[ SECRET POST #233 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #233 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

19. His death hurt me more than anyone else's, even Sirius'. All my friends would say that I'm most upset about Sirius, and that's certainly how I act, but if I could bring back anyone it would be Fred, because it breaks my heart to think of George living all alone. I don't mean that lightly; I'm almost in tears now just thinking about it. It hurts. It made me, for once in my life, hate J.K. Rowling for killing so recklessly, so pointlessly.

I pretend Sirius hurts the most because I know he'd be happier with his friends in the realm of the dead and it's easier for me to accept. But there isn't any way that I could joke about Fred. My friends wouldn't get it. It's one of those things that you absolutely cannot be made fun of, and I'd hate my friends if they tried to make a joke about Fred's death. He was really amazing for his family, for his friends, for George, for me, and for anyone who is dedicated to the books.

[longlongwaytogo.livejournal.com]

I am refusing to read the rest of the books (haven't read the last two) and I heard about that and I almost burst into tears just at the thought of it. That's just... argh so tragic and depressing.

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[planecrashdream.livejournal.com]

Well said. Right on.

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. It made me SO ANGRY that she didn't even MENTION him.

I feel like I have a little hole in my heart where Fred used to be...when the two of them left Hogwarts, it was hard enough. I cried all over that chapter in the fifth book, and I saw the movie before I even knew he died, and sobbed all through it. I love the twins more than any other characters in the whole series. It felt almost as if I lost a twin.

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[harleen.livejournal.com]

I am in complete agreement. His death hit me really hard and it still hurts. Someone actually asked me if I had posted it, it's that bad. The idea of George living alone is one I can't even begin to wrap my mind around, and I've taken to writing almost strictly AU because of it. :(

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

I wish I could write AU. My muse strives on earth-shattering angst, so all I've been writing is post-DH stuff. :/

(And tell whoever asked that I'm proof you didn't make it. ♥)

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

I've written some, but my muses get all wibbly and emo if I don't gloss over things and have the twins reunited as ghosts in the end. :(

(I will, thank you! ♥)

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's kinda what happens in mine, too. They have kinda bittersweet endings in all my stories. Whenever I have a story that CAN'T have a bittersweet ending, I don't seem able to finish it...

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

Same here. AU has become my friend lately...

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

I'm writting a fic that's supposed to be set in thier fourth or fifth year, but I dunno if that counts as AU. I've never been any good at AU...

...Unless turning Fred into a Patronus counts as AU...

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

I like that idea! Not sure if it's AU but it's really quite cool.

The ideas I'm getting are pretty much based on him being injured and not killed in the book. I know, I know...but, yeah. :)

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

You do? :D Thank you! I have it finished somewhere, if you'd like to read it. XD;

Aww, I like those ideas. ;_; I mean, she was vague enough on his battle scars that he could...

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I would love to read it. :D

Really? Thanks! She really was vague, and logistically, his death makes no sense. She didn't describe him as being mangled or bloody (eww, I know!) and you would think Percy or the trio would have had at least some dust on them, if not have been injured as well!

The fics I've written since DH are at my IJ, here they are (http://harleen.insanejournal.com/tag/fic) if you want to take a look. :)

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

It's here (http://community.livejournal.com/lyingink/1665.html#cutid1), at my creative journal. :3 There are like, four other Fred and George-related stories there, too, if you're interested. [/loserpimage]

I know! I thought that, too. I mean, it said they got dirty, but not even a BRUISE? C'mon...

OOH! Okay! :D

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

*runs off to read all of them

Exactly! Also, if Percy was closest to him, why wasn't he hit? I honestly expected that Ron or Percy would die, not Fred. :(

Hope you enjoy them!

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Even my MOTHER expected that Ron was gonna be the "Sacrifical Weasley." And while I love Ron emensely, I really would've rathered that.

I do! I don't usually like het, but I like your idea of George and Pansy. It's different. :) And one of 'em...Twelve Years Later? I don't know how you did it, but you made me depressed and happy all at the same time. oO; Kudos for that! XD;

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

My mother said the same thing! I love Ron, but really, I expected it. I also expected Percy as redemption.

Thank you! I roleplay Fred, Pansy and Andromeda, actually. The idea of Pansy and George as a couple came about through that last year, and they actually meshed quite well together and it's become one of my two favourite het pairings (Fred/Katie being the other...my main ship is actually Fred/George). That one was bittersweet for me to write, as was the one with Andromeda becoming close friends with George, since I fail at post-DH George without Fred.

Yours are wonderful! The patronus idea was awesome, and the one where Fred was always there and told George about it nineteen years later? That had me smiling with tears in my eyes. Very well done! :D

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, the Percy thing. I was already sobbing because the twins came through (I had already known Fred was going to die before I read it) and then Percy came through and I EXPLODED. I had missed him so much. D: I love all the Weasleys except for Ginny so much...

Ha, cool! Fred/George is my main one, too. I don't ever really split them up except in canon, but I read Fred/Hermione/George, too. Haha, I'm such a kink. XD;

Aw, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry! But thank you so much! People reading my stories just makes my day. :)

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

I knew when the spoiler book was posted, and I couldn't stop crying. I missed Percy too! I love them all, I can tolerate Ginny if she's not written as a Mary Sue character (same with Hermione, I like her but have seen to many self-insertion fics with her).

I usually don't split them up in fics except for G/P and F/K. I've yet to write twins/someone else but I've contemplated it, and I do like reading it!

It's okay! It was the good kind of crying, because they were finally together. :)

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my best friend spoiled it for me four days before I even got the book. She just called me and shouted, "OH MY GOD, KAT, I'M SO SORRY!" I was like "wtf?" and she told me flatly, "Fred dies."

It was so weird, because when I was on the phone with her, I was perfectly fine. I was just like, "Oh my god! How can she do that? George loses an EAR? WTFRANDOM!" and then when I hung up, it hit me like a ton of bricks and I got my original first copy and sobbed all over it until I fainted. >.>

I'm currently [very, very slowly] writing a Fred/Percy/George fic (everyone loves COMPLETE TABOO! XD) but it's my first threesome (haha, that sounds funny) and it kinda sucks. :/ But whatever. We'll see where it goes.

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

OMG! I had a friend who downloaded it IM me at three in the morning the Monday before the book came out and told me as gently as she could (she's in the RPG where I play Fred, so she knew how I would react).

I was pissed off at first about Fred and about George's ear, but the next day, I cried. I still do at times, and at random things too.

I love Fred/George/Percy! That, I definitely would love to read. :D

Re: 19

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Fred's been my very favourite since the beginning of the series, and my best friend knows how much I love him. I remember her telling me she was "amazed that I was taking it so well." I called her a few days ago and told her I was still crying about it, and she said, "Now see, THAT was the reaction I was expecting." Girl knows me too well for her own good.


Here, mind if I friend you? That way if I finish it, I'll let you know. :)

Re: 19

[harleen.livejournal.com]

Fred and George tie for my favourites, they each have something the other doesn't that makes me unable to choose one over the other.

Sure you can! I'll add you back. I'm posting more at IJ now, but still pop in here. :D

[callmejude.livejournal.com]

19. Thank you so much for understanding. I know exactly what you mean, because I feel the same exact way. Remus and Sirius were painful deaths, but the fact that they're together with James really makes me feel better. Fred...he left George behind. And sure, he'll probably be excepted as a marauder, but George has nobody left...

It's been a month...a month today since I finished the book, and more than a month since I've known, and I still cry. I've never been this upset about any deaths in my life. It's almost disturbing.

But ever since I read the first book - I was ten years old - my favouite characters were always the twins. Fred first, George second. I mean, I've been looking for a man like Fred Weasley for the past eight years. It was like losing the man of my dreams...

~Secret Maker