"Countdown." The year-long-written twinfic. Here 'tis, completed.

[thrihyrne]

I thank llembas in the author's notes, but want to do so here as I post the story because she has been such a tried and true beta for me. Before linking to either my website or skyehawke (while it's not novel-length like geoviki's well-known H/D and other exceedingly long stories it does clock in around 75 pages printed out, and I didn't want to splice it for LJ), I want to give her virtual hugs for this. I'll be cross-posting to weasley_worship, though I don't really know where else to put it since it's not slash and focuses on the twins.

Anyway... many of you have been kind enough to read several of these chapters in piecemeal. For you, and for those of you who (probably rightly) avoid Works In Progress, here's the whole thing; beta'ed, spellchecked, and spellchecked again. The one thing it isn't is Britpicked, and if anyone notices something atrocious, feel free to let me know. I do so hope that you enjoy. It's rated PG-13 for language only. I've been to Scotland and walked like a salmon against the current of uniform-clad young'uns far less mature than these two, and I've never heard the "f-word" so much in casual conversation. I just feel that the twins and their fellow 7th-year Gryffindors might have had potty mouths, especially outside of class.

So, here're the links:

Countdown, at my website
(pretty, though if you run into HTML stuff, let me know; I hardcode all of these stories myself)

and at skyehawke; slightly less pretty because they won't allow you the < ul > capacity, nor can you link to other sites, so you can't see George's signature in the font I chose, lol.

Aside from a couple of my Ardaverse stories, and "The Essence of Black," I do believe that I am most proud of this telling of OotP from George Weasley's POV. Oh! Summary:

A filling-in of The Order of the Phoenix from George Weasley's point of view. What kinds of conversations did they have with their roommates Lee Jordan and Kenneth Towler (and the other 7th-year Gryffindors) while Harry whines and Ron tries to figure what's going on? Who did they talk to before securing rent on their shop in Diagon Alley? Backstory for the twins, hopefully adding a 3rd dimension to two HP characters usually given short shrift and fairly flat descriptions. I wrote this over 9 months, and if you've read OotP, I hope you'll appreciate all of the canon references (and a few quotations interspersed when the twins show up in the book from Harry's POV). Feedback and concrit most welcome.

Comments

[snottygrrl.livejournal.com]

congrats sweety, i am so v. v. proud of all the fic you've pumped out this past yr. really amazing. good on you!

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! Everybody seems to be having such a hard time- I just want you and everybody who needs a pick-me-up to spend a while reading this and hopefully enjoy it. I should check skyehawke and see if anybody's bothered to read it. After a year, I'll be pretty devastated if it never garners any new feedback. *sniff*

Thanks for your sweet comment!

[seventines.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to reading this, but RL has backed up a bit on me, so it will be a few days. I managed to start reading before everyone started asking me if I'd read the papers for tomorrow's meeting and I decided I'd better look as if I was making an effort to prepare :)

I'm saving it up (I think the twins are interesting characters and I love stories that fill in gaps in canon).

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

I'm saving it up (I think the twins are interesting characters and I love stories that fill in gaps in canon).

Oh, good! I was just saying that I'd feel terrible if it doesn't do well out in the fandom due to it being about the twins, and sex/slash-free. Oh well. I enjoyed writing it, and hopefully those who do take the time to read it will enjoy it as well. :)

I'll love to hear your comments when you do get a chance, but I sure understand the RL getting in the way of fanfiction reading!