Yes -- much more perilous to have an exciting life than to observe it from the sidelines!Thanks for your review!~MMADfan

I think he's a bit of an ambiguous character, so I understand your mixed feelings about him!Glad you enjoyed it. :-) Thanks!

I think he's a bit of an ambiguous character, so I understand your mixed feelings about him!Glad you enjoyed it. :-) Thanks!

Yeah, I definitely found Burton creepy, too, but using his point-of-view allowed me to do some things that would have been hard, otherwise, and, as you say, to show the Marauders through a different, though not completely impartial, character, and at the same time, to imply things about the character that he himself wouldn't necessarily want to admit, such as being jealous of the four, particularly James and Sirius. He's also more than a bit of a prig, himself. Not very moral, really, but loving to moralise about others' behaviour.I'm glad you liked it, and that my experiment with the character and with his point-of-view worked for you. It was fun to imagine what sort of person this fifth Gryffindor would be if we never heard of him in the books.

Yeah, I definitely found Burton creepy, too, but using his point-of-view allowed me to do some things that would have been hard, otherwise, and, as you say, to show the Marauders through a different, though not completely impartial, character, and at the same time, to imply things about the character that he himself wouldn't necessarily want to admit, such as being jealous of the four, particularly James and Sirius. He's also more than a bit of a prig, himself. Not very moral, really, but loving to moralise about others' behaviour.I'm glad you liked it, and that my experiment with the character and with his point-of-view worked for you. It was fun to imagine what sort of person this fifth Gryffindor would be if we never heard of him in the books.

Indeed, he is troubled, and as you say, not entirely trustworthy, and he may be a survivor, but not exactly a noble one -- just as you point out.I always thought that Severus and Sirius were much alike, except that Sirius was more outwardly attractive than Snape and he came from a privileged background that he could afford to spurn, while Severus came from a poorer, mixed-blood background, and he wanted to belong.The dynamic between the Marauders and Snape was always an interesting one to me -- it seems like it must have had a lot of layers, and plenty of responsibility to spread around.I think Remus is the nicest of the group, too, and a gentle soul, just a bit too afraid of rejection to be as honest about things as he probably wishes he could be.

Indeed, he is troubled, and as you say, not entirely trustworthy, and he may be a survivor, but not exactly a noble one -- just as you point out.I always thought that Severus and Sirius were much alike, except that Sirius was more outwardly attractive than Snape and he came from a privileged background that he could afford to spurn, while Severus came from a poorer, mixed-blood background, and he wanted to belong.The dynamic between the Marauders and Snape was always an interesting one to me -- it seems like it must have had a lot of layers, and plenty of responsibility to spread around.I think Remus is the nicest of the group, too, and a gentle soul, just a bit too afraid of rejection to be as honest about things as he probably wishes he could be.

Thanks! Using the first-person is new for me in my HP fanfic, but I thought it worked well here.Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! Using the first-person is new for me in my HP fanfic, but I thought it worked well here.Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks -- I always figured that James must have found out about it after Sirius had pulled it -- maybe Sirius had come to him, laughing about it and expecting James to think it was funny, too, and being surprised when James didn't. At least, I hope that James had some decency in him! Glad you liked the different perspective on the Marauders. :-)

Thanks -- I always figured that James must have found out about it after Sirius had pulled it -- maybe Sirius had come to him, laughing about it and expecting James to think it was funny, too, and being surprised when James didn't. At least, I hope that James had some decency in him! Glad you liked the different perspective on the Marauders. :-)

I always thought it was sad that at the end of the last war, all four of the "Marauders" were dead, as well as Lily and Severus, and all at relatively young ages, all of them gone from the world.I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I always thought it was sad that at the end of the last war, all four of the "Marauders" were dead, as well as Lily and Severus, and all at relatively young ages, all of them gone from the world.I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks! Glad you liked it. It began forming in my head several months ago when I was working on "Stray" and thinking about Sirius, Remus, and Severus, and how they each seem to the other.Yes, it is different from my usual, but it was enjoyable to write in a different style, with a different narrative p.o.v. I think it's the first time I've used first-person in an HP fic. I've always enjoyed playing with p.o.v. in telling a story, but it's still always been third-person narrative, so that was fun.He is both jealous & contemptuous of them. Not a very nice person, really, but no worse -- or better -- than the Marauders, in his own way.Thanks again!

Thanks! Glad you liked it. It began forming in my head several months ago when I was working on "Stray" and thinking about Sirius, Remus, and Severus, and how they each seem to the other.Yes, it is different from my usual, but it was enjoyable to write in a different style, with a different narrative p.o.v. I think it's the first time I've used first-person in an HP fic. I've always enjoyed playing with p.o.v. in telling a story, but it's still always been third-person narrative, so that was fun.He is both jealous & contemptuous of them. Not a very nice person, really, but no worse -- or better -- than the Marauders, in his own way.Thanks again!