FIC: Defense Against the Dark Arts, NC-17 (various ratings), Harry Potter/Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Title: Defense Against the Dark Arts (31 chapters)
Author: Lunalelle
Pairing: Remus/Giles (Remus/Sirius, past Remus/Tonks, Remus/Fenrir, other, Remus/Harry, Remus/Peter, Giles/Ethan, Remus/Snape)
Rating: NC-17
Word count: over 35,000 words
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: The Dark Lord Voldemort has fallen years ago, but that does not mean that the power-seeking fall back into the shadows again. The Black Arts are stirring in the calm cauldron of England, and it prepares to rise again in the form of a familiar face. One wizard and one sorcerer are enjoying retirement, but the world never seems to lack in new evil. Crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Parts: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

Notes: I wanted to include the links to all the chapters in one post rather than inundate your flists with chapters this month. So here it is. My Remus/Giles fic for the pervy_werewolf Lusty Month of May Marathon - At least PG-13 rated smut every day. And if you knew me, there's lots of plot, too. All warnings will be in the individual chapter headers.

Comments

Defense Against the Dark Arts.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Lunalelle.

I read your fic with great interest, as I am a fan of both BTVS and Harry Potter, and I liked the Remus Lupin character, and wished he was developed more in Rawlings original works.

I thought the plotline, another Dark Lord rising, murders and fires all centered around people heavily involved in the original fight with Voldermort very interesting, though I was saddened by the extremely-dark place that most of the characters had ended up in. Harry in particular having issues after all he had been through was believable, if, again, quite sad.

I liked the way you brought Giles into the story through his connection to strange occurrences and dark magics.

Now, where you lost me was the sex. Not simply that there was sex, or even really hot sex, because I enjoy that in a well-written story. I think what disturbed me after a while was that 1: most of the sex had some violence in it. If consensual, it was rough sex. And there was plenty that was not consensual. That, too, can be ok in a story, but at some point I found myself hoping for something really loving and caring between Giles and Remus. Remus took a number of beatings, some h/c might have brought out the better qualities in the characters. 2: ALL of the sex was M/M, and 3: Every major character either had, did, or wished to have sex with Remus. This part of the plot struck me as a bit one-dimensional, and ended up being a deterrent from what was a very interesting and creative plot line otherwise.

Still, it was an enjoyable read. Well-written, no grammatical errors, (which make me nuts!) and engrossing enough to keep me coming back to read all 31 chapters.

Congratulations on your nomination to Bodice Ripper Awards. Well done!

Kathy P.

kapantaleo@aol.com

Re: Defense Against the Dark Arts.

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*L* It's part of the problem with trying to write a fic with plot for a pervy_werewolf ficathon that requires kinks of some sort in every chapter. The premise of the Lusty Month of May Marathon is some kinky sex, and one of the kinks available is dub con. A lot of the time, I didn't want for there to be attraction, but it was sort of compelled by the context of the time. :)

I'm also a darkfic writer. Fluff is very difficult for me to write with a straight face, which is why some of the Remus/Giles sexual stuff was a little harder to write. :) I'm not a dark person (just so you know), just a darkfic writer. That's why the story went to the places it did.

I'm glad you liked how Giles was brought into the mix. I love Giles to pieces, and apart from some idiosyncracies, I think the Buffy and Harry Potter world can meet if worked through very carefully. I'm not sure whether I covered it all by using wizard ignorance, but since Giles was in the Harry Potter world rather than Remus being in the Buffyverse, I think that made the meshing more believeable. So I'm glad the premise itself worked for you. :D

I really had a blast writing this. It wasn't meant to be very serious, even in the darkest places. It was an exercise, over 1000 words every night, no planning, just improvisation. I'm glad the result was well-liked.

Thank you so much!