Sunshine and Death; a Self-Rec and a Proper Rec

[paulamcg]

The first prompt at the Sunshine Challenge is Hades

I've never been very much interested in such stories which undo death's finality. The bonus prompt here gave me an idea about some interaction between Cerberus and Padfoot the dog, who's not happy about what I ended up doing to Sirius despite trying to avoid the Bring Back Black trope in my writing.

There's no new drabble (yet), but here's how Sirius experienced what had looked like a lovely conclusion of a subplot in a post-OotP Remus fic:

He's Come Back (1200 words)
After the veil's gone, Sirius realises that there's no way but back to the scene where he was once captured.

And here's a serious Severus/Minerva rec. This is an exceptional, significant, excellently-written small story dealing with what an age difference is eventually bound to mean in a long-term relationship.

Mind the Gap by Squibstress (1100 words)
Severus never thought he minded the gap. Until he did.

Comments

[mythicmistress]

These fics are quite nice. I love seeing fic that deals with consequences like the Snape/McGonagall fic you recced.

[paulamcg]

Thank you! Even though there's magic in Squibstress's fic, too, it is a lot more realistic than the one which deals with the consequences of using a magical portrait to get back someone who's dead. :)

[enemytosleep]

Not my fandom, but I do love the tie in to this prompt in each fic summary. I know HP had the resurrection stone, and the lore of it only working for Harry because he wasn't seeking to give them an unlife. Cool to see some of that lore expanded on in fanfic (in a magical world where many impossible things are possible)!

[paulamcg]

Thank you for commenting! (Because I'm only in the Harry Potter fandom, I often don't mention its name in my posts, for instance not in the subject of a fic post, but I suppose I'd better do it in the Sunshine posts. In any case) it's lovely that a lot of people who are not in this fandom know so much about HP. <3

I love it when a HP writer remembers to include some magic in a story, but I don't like magic to solve problems too easily and completely. When I developed Magic of Images for my Remus to practise, so as to show the value and possibilities of art in a magical way, I didn't mean to ever resurrect Sirius.

Thank you so much for reading the story and for leaving kudos, too!