Once upon a time there was a sweet, innocent maiden...

Another short story and boasting

Mar. 25th, 2008 at 10:08 AM

A short thing for

remeciel (who draw me this wonderful, slashy and NWS picture)

It is all in the name. His parents had always told him so and Sirius had learnt his mythology and star maps at the tender age of nine.

He was the brightest star and the heir of one of the oldest families (the oldest family according to his father) in Britain. Names were very important. At least the ancient, proud and significant ones.

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"It is all in the name," he thought wryly when his fellow Gryffindors looked at him as if he was some kind of underage spy or a mistake.

"What the hell?" "And here I thought Blacks had reservations in Slytherin." "The Sorting Hat is getting senile."

His parents shared the popular opinion, they just used more elaborate style.

All of sudden it wasn't so good to be a Black, but when James Potter and Peter Pettigrew, boys with names that were blissfully mundane and symbolism-free, joined him at the dinner (and breakfast and lunch...) table, it suddenly didn't matter that much. Sirius stopped looking for hidden meanings and gladly forgot about legends.

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"Bloody Merlin!" The twelve year old Sirius Black slapped his forehead. "The name! Remus Lupin! Damn! Triple damn! It was right under our noses!" He was so perplexed by his own stupidity and the fact that his parents had been right for once about something that he completely forgot to freak out about having a werewolf in the dormitory.

HP fandom, Sirius-centric gen. Characters are JKR´s and whatnot.

Mood: calm

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remeciel wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2008 06:48 pm (UTC)

Oh, really neat. Your drabble is simply wonderful.

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ivakas wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 03:53 pm (UTC)

I am happy you liked it! :-D
It is interesting to write in a foreign language. It makes me thing differently about what I want to say.

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remeciel wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 04:59 pm (UTC)

I do understand you even though I don't write any fics in English. I believe that expressing oneself in another language is a kind of "betrayal" of what one wants to say in their mother tongue.

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fera_festiva wrote:

Mar. 25th, 2008 09:45 pm (UTC)

This is really cute. I love how you use name meanings, and Sirius's reaction is perfect. :)

Sorry this comment doesn't make more sense but my brain is asleep, even if my body is still sitting at the computer typing.

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ivakas wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 03:59 pm (UTC)

I know the feeling. I was working on a translation last few weeks and at the end I was not able to type anything and kept forgetting what I actually wanted to write.

Thanks for a nice comment!

Btw, great icon. Who drew it?

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fera_festiva wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 05:58 pm (UTC)

Thanks! The art is by Ponderosa - she doesn't have an LJ any more (she was one of the victims of all those journal deletions) but she's on IJ (as ponderosa121) and she has a website somewhere. Her art is beautiful, and often porny. ;)

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brighty18 wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 04:30 pm (UTC)

He was so perplexed by his own stupidity and the fact that his parents had been right for once about something that he completely forgot to freak out about having a werewolf in the dormitory.

That pretty much sums up Sirius, does it not?

This was really cute! I love the names thing. And, you know, I've often wondered, why nobody noticed the Remus Lupin thing. I mean, come on, BOTH names are connected to being a wolf? ;)

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ivakas wrote:

Mar. 27th, 2008 05:03 pm (UTC)

"That pretty much sums up Sirius, does it not?"
Oh, yes. The last sentence is just so Sirius. :-D

I thought about the name issue a lot. The only explanation I thought of is that I think that mythical names are just so common that nobody really notices them that much.

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laroseminuit wrote:

Mar. 28th, 2008 01:41 am (UTC)

Wonderful story. Although I might argue that the name Peter has the symbolism of the diciple who denied Christ... but that is nowhere near as obvious as "Remus Lupin." And "reservations in Slytherin" was a clever phrase.
And if I may comment on a grammar point? I know some people don't like it, so forgive me if this is unwelcome, but
"twelve years old Sirius" should be "twelve year old Sirius" and "triple" only has one 'p'.
For writing in a foreign language, you've done a marvelous job. The meaning was clear and your tone was easy to discern.

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ivakas wrote:

Mar. 29th, 2008 05:59 am (UTC)

Thanks for your nice comment! And for the corrections. I needed them, especially since I am no native speaker and I am bound to make mistakes. It is only good that you pointed them out for me. :-D

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