Wishlist: The Girl With Thestral Wings (Snape/Luna)

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Author: deslea
Recipient: articcat621
Title: The Girl With Thestral Wings
Pairing: Severus Snape/Luna Lovegood
Request/Prompt: Something that takes place during the DH timeline where Luna is sweet and all-knowing and Severus needs some of her "advice."
Rating: PG.
Word Count: ~1000
Summary: Severus prepares to die.
Author's Notes: This is a bit of an odd and dream-like one, but I hope you like it anyway.

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Comments

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

A sideways moment in time for Snape, and then Luna is nothing short of otherworldly. Fantastic piece.

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! This Luna was really good fun to write - kind of elusive, like trying to grab onto fairy dust.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

I love your Luna so much in this. So much.

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[krissy-cits.livejournal.com]

Really beautiful! I lost it when she told him he would never see the light of another day. So much emotion packed into one short piece--great work!!

[snegurochka_lee]

That was really lovely. I like the dreamlike atmosphere, not sure if it's really happening or not. And I love the idea that Luna is not quite human. :) And this --

"I couldn't live with myself in the light of day."
"Severus," she said, "you will never see the light of another day."

-- gave me the shivers. And also put in place any doubts I might have had about making their bond sexual. :) Oh, Luna!

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I do struggle with these age-difference-young-girl pairings, but I liked the idea that she might be a different kind of creature for whom a different idea of autonomy and fulfillment might be in play.

[too-dle-oo.livejournal.com]

Well, this is perfect. I mean... just... perfect. Luna's wisdom and innocence and otherworldliness is just palpable here, and it's absolutely what Severus needs in order to face his last task.

She knows what will come to pass.

And he knows enough not to fight her gift.

Absolutely stunning.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

What an incredible, perfect moment. I am undone by it. Her declaration, "you will never see the light of another day" brought my resolve undone. I'm typing through a haze of tears.

wars need the hearts of thestrals more than the hearts of girls

Quite possibly the most beautiful line uttered in any fanfic anywhere. Thank you for this incredible piece of breathtaking beauty. ♥

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

Oh, what a wonderfully stunning portrait you've painted here! I absolutely love Luna in this; her sense of peace and yet still that very in-character bemusement and charm. Utterly gorgeous.

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

Here via teddyradiator's rec. This was really beautiful, somber, and ethereal. Not a pairing I would have credited but it just feels right that Luna should be the one to give Snape one bright light of comfort in what she already knows is his final day.

Excellent writing!

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

It was lovely and touching. I like otherworldly Luna, it fits her.

[mywitch.livejournal.com]

This story is so beautiful. Luna is exactly what Severus needs at this moment. So gorgeously written, such an incredible grasp of Luna's sweet, innocent, powerful essence. My eyes are leaking, big time. Utterly fantastic. Thank you. ❤️

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I feel like this Severus can accept it because she was sent (he believes) to help him finish the work. Whereas if it was a more ordinary sort of pity/sympathy, he couldn't stand that.

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, Teddy, I'm glad it spoke to you! And thank you for the lovely rec!

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the kind words!

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I don't write Luna often, but I have a real soft spot for her.

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it!

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

I was doing ok until the last paragraph.

That is sweet, and poignant, and oh god so so lost...

[lemonade8.livejournal.com]

I agree, she's a gentle, pretty oddball.

[helenarickman.livejournal.com]

I am breathless. Wet, snotty and breathless. What a beautiful piece.

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the kind words!

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[dharkapparition.livejournal.com]

Teddy recc'd this and I've had it sitting open on a tab, waiting for a free moment. Today has been a day for weeping induced reading. I think I'll stop with this one. I am undone with this. Beautiful.

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm glad it spoke to you!

[articcat621.livejournal.com]

I left a review on AO3, but wanted to comment here as well...

I absolutely adored this. So sweet, yet full of angst. And I love that Severus tries to resist but realises that he should be allowed this one bit of goodness.

Wonderfully written, thank you again <3

[deslea.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, and thank you for the prompt! I had the beginnings of this on my hard drive for years as a Snape/Hermione piece, and it never worked (the personalities just didn't fit the interaction IMO). I knew there was the seeds of something to it but it never occurred to me to try it with a different student. And then when I saw the prompt, I had one of those skidding-to-a-halt moments and went, WHOA. I can do something with this!