M'lah Sihfay ([info]wired_lizard) wrote,
@ 2007-07-29 09:00:00
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GRINDELDORE FOR GOATS - the conclusion!
So here I am, twenty-four hours later, totally unslept and reasonably well-fed, mostly-naked and well-flirted-with, and, most important, bearing a more-or-less complete fic!

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Fic Links



being a correspondence between Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, and being also somewhat unedited and in need of a title, but done, in the end, for the Greater Good:
GG, 09/10/51
AD, 10/13/51
GG, 10/16/51
AD, 11/12/51
AD, 08/04/52
GG, 09/26/52
AD, 10/13/52
GG, 11/19/52
AD, 01/01/53
AD, 04/18/56
GG, 07/11/56
AD, 08/02/56
GG, 09/27/56
AD, 02/28/57
GG, 03/15/57
AD, 05/17/57
GG, 06/30/57
AD, 12/05/57
GG, 12/25/57
GG, 07/12/66
AD, 09/05/66
GG, 12/25/68
GG, 12/25/70
AD, 12/13/81
GG, 12/25/81
AD, 12/25/95
GG, 01/96
AD, 06/09/97
GG, date unknown
OO, 07/21/97

*takes a deep breath*

I DID IIIIIIIIIIT!

About 9,500 total words of fic!

And I feel surprisingly good!

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[info]chaoticmatter
2007-07-29 01:01 pm UTC (link)
Woo! An official thank you! I'm honoured.

I had fun. Well, except when I was cursing time and space for not bending to my will. I'm glad I could do something for Team Venture. You guys put on a good run tonight!

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[info]wired_lizard
2007-07-30 11:51 pm UTC (link)
Silly time and space. It should bend to all our wills. Bend and beg, mwahahahaha!

Ahem. Thank you! <333

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[info]nevacaruso
2007-07-29 01:04 pm UTC (link)
YOU DID IT YOU DID IT YOU DID IT!!!!!!

*hugs and kisses and swings you around in a circle*

CONGRATULATIONS!

*tucks you into bed with tea and kitties*

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[info]wired_lizard
2007-07-30 11:51 pm UTC (link)
*dances with and kisses and squees!*

THANK YOU!!!

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[info]serenity_winner
2007-07-29 01:30 pm UTC (link)
It was brilliant! Well done! That last entry was like... OMG!

<3

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[info]wired_lizard
2007-07-30 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Thank you very much! (And, oh, was that last entry interesting to write at five in the morning. o.@)

<3!

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[info]marmota
2007-07-29 09:57 pm UTC (link)
You rock like a rocking thing.

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[info]wired_lizard
2007-07-30 11:53 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! and so do you!

I admit it was slightly sporky to be curled on the couch next to you typing away at one of Albus' letters, given who you played (and most excellently too) in the Phoenix Flap. :P

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[info]marmota
2007-07-31 05:48 pm UTC (link)
Um, define 'sporky'? Is that good or bad?

By the way, I think we swapped laptop power supplies; the one I had
was from my employer, has a blue foil asset tag on it, and they'd like
it back. Perhaps we can exchange them at some point?

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[info]frudule
2007-07-30 04:59 pm UTC (link)
Well.

It was ...fantastic.

I can't believe but, you made me cry - and I didn't even cry reading Dathly Hallows!!!

I'm so reccing it now ^^

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[info]wired_lizard
2007-07-30 11:55 pm UTC (link)
...I did? Awwww! I'm sorry!

So many thanks for comment and rec. <333

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[info]xmusicloverx
2007-08-03 02:17 am UTC (link)
This broke my heart.
It was beautiful- utterly beautiful.

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[info]chaperoned
2007-08-03 01:10 pm UTC (link)
<3 DAMNED beautiful.

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[info]confusedkayt
2007-08-08 03:21 am UTC (link)
Not sure what the blogathon is but came here on a link from the Daily Snitch and... guh. One ought to be more articulate about it, but, guh. So, so good. And such good voices, particularly.

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[info]fivil
2007-10-20 12:43 pm UTC (link)
ohgod. I sort of forgot about HP fandom after the initial DH enthusiasm but now the love resurfaced with the you-know-which news. So I came back to where I read my first AD/GG fic and found this and ohgodohgodohgod.

These were perfectly characterized and though I'm usually somewhat alien to prose this clever, I was an enormous lover of it in this. Every emotion portrayed in the letters felt so ..fitting, and every shade of this peculiar love comes out magnificently.

Fics like these make me feel inadequate as a writer myself.

Thank you. ♥

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[info]priestesspadfoo
2007-10-20 05:20 pm UTC (link)
My god, this is good.

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[info]solesakuma
2007-10-20 05:57 pm UTC (link)
The ending was amazing.
Really.
You're amazing too!

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(Anonymous)
2007-10-20 06:42 pm UTC (link)
a;ljfdlkdsj You have no clue how much I love your right about now. This was...well, awesometastic doesn't even sum it up. And the end--oh, the ending. I wanted to scream and shake Dumbledore and demand that he at least give him the fucking WORDS. And then he was DEAD and I think Gellert probably laughed himself sick. I think I cried.

In short: ILU <3.

Sockpuppet Rat

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[info]originalpuck
2007-10-21 09:39 am UTC (link)
This broke my heart. Absolutely lovely, stunning voice, great use of descriptors -- and I agree with the others. This is one story that lingers, you've captured them so skillfully that these words and their memories will haunt a tired and curious fan.

_Morgan_

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[info]nam_jai
2007-10-21 10:41 pm UTC (link)
I came here via a rec, and so glad I did. This was breathtaking. I knew the ending that canon would dictate and yet that last letter left me stunned and devastated. Fantastic, beautiful work.

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GRINDELDORE FOR GOATS
(Anonymous)
2007-10-22 02:29 am UTC (link)
I read all the letters and I must say that they are amazing.
Really amazing.
You have talent.

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[info]mireille719
2007-10-22 03:44 am UTC (link)
This is completely amazing. Incredible. Absolutely perfect.

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(Anonymous)
2007-10-22 06:07 am UTC (link)
Wow. WOW. That was amazing and heartbreaking and perfect. Well done.

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[info]acern
2007-10-23 09:03 pm UTC (link)
*Cries*

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[info]lefaym
2007-10-27 05:19 am UTC (link)
Oh. my. god. You totally nailed them. That was amazing.

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[info]scrtkpr
2007-10-31 04:49 am UTC (link)
Oh, wow. This made me cry.

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[info]loredi
2007-10-31 05:14 am UTC (link)
Hello,

I'm here via painless_j's recommendation. And all I can say is that this is amazing. I'm not especially fond of letters, but this one's stolen my heart and I don't want it back.

Besides, I was wondering if you possibly... *cough*... would give me permission to translate this into Spanish? I'd love to share this with my friends :D and some of them, sadly, don't understand a word in English :(

If you agreed with it I would start as soon as possible and would let you know, of course, where I published your work with all the necessary credits :).

I hope I'm not being a pain in the neck for you ^^'. Your 'yes' or your 'no' is very important for me :D

My best wishes,
Lore.

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[info]loredi
2007-10-31 05:16 am UTC (link)
PS: I forgot to say that it'd be for the greater good!

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[info]wired_lizard
2007-11-01 11:50 am UTC (link)
Ohmigawd! No, you're not being a pain in the neck, just flattering me enormously. I'd love to give translation permission.

Here's the catch, though - this, er, for all that a lot of people have been reading it, is a completely unedited draft. And editing it - along with adding some new material, as I had to skip some stuff in the '80s in order to be able to finish it within twenty-four hours - is a momentous enough task that I've been, er, putting it off.

Sigh. Lazy writer!

So how about I go finish this thing off as soon as I can, and then you can go do your marvelous thing?

On a practical note, may I have your email address (feel free to screen comment) so that we can communicate more readily? LJ seems to like to eat comment emails sometimes.

Many thanks,
Letterblade

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[info]loredi
2007-11-01 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Hi again :).

First of all: YAY! Thank you :D

Then, my e-mail address is: regan.slash[@]gmail.com :).


And finally, I understand (or I think so) what you mean. But are you already editing the letters? Are you editing entry per entry or posting (or will be posting) completely new entries?

I could translate letter per letter... for example, if you told me 'letter one is ready' then I'd translate letter one and wait until you finished the next. However, if you feel more comfortable I can start translating when you tell me that everything is exactly as you want it to be :D

Regards ^^

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(Anonymous)
2007-11-02 03:25 am UTC (link)
This is stunning, really. The end, it just tears me apart. But, somehow, it is completely right. Thank you for writing this!

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[info]the_secret_side
2007-11-02 07:51 am UTC (link)
First AD/GG I've read and it had me up to nearly 4 am. It was beautiful. To develop such strong characters through only letters was just plain impressive. This story has opened up a whole knew pairing for me...know of any recs?
Thanks :)

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[info]fairytaleaddict
2007-11-09 04:17 pm UTC (link)
Oh god. I got this link from a friend and... wow, it was heartbreakingly good! Thank you for sharing this, it was stunning and so very sad! I love the characterization.

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[info]maria_barring
2007-11-25 07:13 pm UTC (link)
Dear Arkady!

I want to say that your fic is really great!
Would you mind terribly, if I translate it into Russian language and publish it on Fanrus website (www.fanrus.com)? I will state everywhere that I am just a translator and you are the author of the fic. Also, all the additional information (like your email or website) can be published, if you wish.

Thank you for your wonderful work!

Milva

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[info]alaceron
2008-01-10 04:05 am UTC (link)
So absolutely, indescribably, wonderful.
You fair broke my heart with that ending.

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please, say "yes"!
[info]alvina3
2008-02-26 09:22 am UTC (link)
Sorry to be a nag but you never answered my email and it becomes sort of urgent... I'd like to ask your permission to translate "Correspondence" into Russian for the forthcoming "AU vs Canon Games".

Yes, yes, I know, you are not too happy with the fic at the moment and, probably, going to edit it, but I still think it's the most beautiful canon compliant story there is. And it would be a pity to deprive of it the Russian speaking part of the fandom. Besides, it's a pleasure for me (as a translator) to work with your text :) I do promise not to archive it without your permission!

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Re: please, say "yes"!
[info]wired_lizard
2008-02-29 05:19 am UTC (link)
I'm sorry I've been so out of touch--currently homeless (long story), amongst other problems, and do not have much time to deal with fandom stuff.

One concern, one request:

The concern is: I don't know what the ettiquette is with this sort of thing, but I had two other people requested permission for a Russian translation, [info]maria_barring and [info]aldhissla18. (The translation requests have been on hold--I've done a lot of necessary revision, though I still have a few more sections to fill in the next time I get the time and a friend's computer. But I know the contest is coming up soon, and I'll try to either finish the revision or have a copy I can let you have.) I really don't know whether this is going to be a translator turf war or what, but if you want to contact them and check and so forth, there you are.

(Personally--I don't have an issue with there being multiple translations out there, but I know translation can be a lot of work, and I'd hate to have three people spending their time on the same thing due to not knowing other people are doing it.)

The request: could I have a link to the contest?

When would you need an English copy by? If it's a week or so, I could probably get you the final version--I hope to have it done soon, I just need to find the computer time and focus. I admit that I'm not happy with the idea of having the unfinished version out there more than it already is, but I know you have a deadline and I've been nonexistent and such. :/

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Re: please, say "yes"!
[info]alvina3
2008-02-29 09:09 am UTC (link)
You have nothing to be sorry about - you are The Author, after all! LOL

I've written both [info]maria_barring and [info]aldhissla18 - no problem there.

The games start 30/03 and my translation is due to 21/04, so if you send the final version in a week, it's fine! As for the link, since the contest hasn't started yet, i could only give you the link to the Astronomy Tower site, if you like, where it will take place eventually: http://hp-fiction.fastbb.ru/. Oh, and my direct email, just in case: alvina3@gmail.com

PS: Oh, and did you by any chance write this one as well?
http://community.livejournal.com/hpvalensmut/97334.html

I bet you did!!! :D




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[info]xuxunette
2008-03-10 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Holy shit I loved this.

Holy holy holy shit.

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[info]avalon13
2008-06-24 03:35 pm UTC (link)
THE LAST POST MADE ME CRY. D:

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[info]passakiss
2008-07-07 11:30 pm UTC (link)
God, this is brilliant. And wasn't this written BEFORE it was revealed that Dumbledore was gay?

Brilliant.

Pure genius, especially the last entry...which nearly killed me. Saving this and reccing like crazy. (:

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[info]sevendials
2009-02-26 05:27 am UTC (link)
You don't know me and I'm about nine million years late on this, but: I'm not in this fandom in any more than a 'liked the books' kind of way and have never read a Harry Potter slash fic in its entirety in my life, but I stumbled across the version of this fic you have on your website through a Journalfen link and was captivated from the start. You're probably sick of hearing it but this is a brilliant, stunning piece of writing - and the end was utterly heartbreaking, even though I already knew exactly what was coming. Thank you for sharing it.

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[info]kahtykat
2009-03-11 02:46 am UTC (link)
Wow. Normally a fic that was posted so long ago would be nothing but something I read, appreciate and don't comment on, since I'm late on the bandwagon.

But I recently found this and read it and I have to say it was too amazing and perfect. The ending had me in tears, just so poignant and sad. This this proof, irrefutable proof, that there exists such a thing as amazing fanfiction (much to the disbelief of my friends). Thank you for writing this. I don't think I've ever read another fic that hit me so hard.

Sorry to disturb you with a comment on something nearing two years old, but I had to express how hard this hit me.

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Ask for permission of translation
(Anonymous)
2009-05-20 11:56 am UTC (link)
Dear M'lah Sihfay,

it took me several hours to finishing reading this splendid fic. i must say i love it!

here i'm asking for your permisson to translate it into chinese and share it to my friends.

thank you very much!

if you read this ,please e-mail me:
calacirya@126.com

Calary

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[info]cesario
2009-09-10 07:23 am UTC (link)
Jesus fucking christ, this is an incredible story. I think it may be the perfect Dumbledore story; I've wanted one for ages, more than I can tell you. I can't even be coherent enough to articulate why this is so amazing. I have to think about it and then post a rec in my journal. I'll link you when it's done.

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[info]vassilissa
2009-10-14 12:02 pm UTC (link)
This is an amazing story.

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