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If Arthur thinks that, just by waving enough money around, he can get Eames to risk his life and reputation to rescue him from a death sentence, he's got another thing coming. So Eames sets a malicious, undignified price on his services, one he can be certain that a man like Arthur would never condescend to pay. It turns out to be the first of many mistakes.
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- Part 1 of All the world is bullet shaped
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05 Jan 2020
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The plotting and technical talk is quite lovely, and the windup is perfectly excruciating. Arthur's characterization is not terribly different from usual, but it's significantly more . . . complete in his professionalism. It all makes for a shockingly hot finale.
There's a lot of character backstory development that seems pretty complex and very interesting, if slightly difficult to fully follow at times.
The description of the relationship towards the end is much more subtly full and complete than I remembered. The details of what Eames pays attention to, and the unexpected triggers hold a lot more appeal than I remembered.
This holds up very well on multiple re-reads.
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Plenty of people had looked down on Eggsy throughout his life. He had gotten fairly used to it. Didn't mean it was fair, but he knew how these things worked. What really sucked was that the new Arthur was worse than the old one.
“Eggsy grimaced. He didn’t know how to explain to Harry – who seemed like he hadn’t been discriminated against a day in his life – that the new Arthur kept giving him what amounted to suicide missions, and that he was currently bleeding out in a warehouse because of the deliberately bad intel she had given him.”
Also featuring: Dean is harder to get rid of than Eggsy thought, his mum is going off the deep end, there are way too many nefarious plots in play, and Eggsy is really beginning to wish that Harry would stop holding his hand and kiss him instead.
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12 Mar 2019
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Lagavulin and Guinness by Snarfle
Antagonists are infuriating and insufferable but the story is well-written. Eggsy's emotional life is wonderfully relatably depicted. I absolutely adore Harry's characterization and complexity. Eggsy's feelings. His relationships. I haven't read many stories with such lovingly crafted grey characters. And chapter 5. Oh my God that was hot.
This is one of the most memorable fics for this pairing I've read.
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Arthur is good at what he does. He's just not so good with everything else.
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Bookmarked by Rivyr
04 Jul 2019
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Pretty Woman AU turns a little bit more exciting halfway through. Arthur's brilliance is wasted, really. Not finished, but close enough I guess
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In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn.
Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts, and he needs to be sorted again. Everyone is confident that he’ll go straight back to Gryffindor, but with what he's been learning, Harry’s not so sure.
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- Part 1 of Mutatum
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Bookmarked by Rivyr
22 Jun 2021
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The initial premise and divergence were rather sudden, but I really enjoyed the world building and character development, especially of the Slytherins, of course. I liked the way there weren't excuses made for some of their behaviors, and the way problems continue to linger even as people try to change. I didn't remember him much from the books, but Blaise was really delightful, and Hermione was especially great in counterpoint to Zabini.
Although I generally enjoy Draco/Harry, I was a little uncertain about its development this time. I am quite willing to believe it's a reflection of Harry's point of view, though.
In general, I liked the handling of various sides and viewpoints, even if it felt a bit heavy-handed at times. Much of it reflects my personal opinions on the whole concept of having sides and arguments. Other elements I find somewhat thought-provoking with respect to my own abilities of communication and acceptance.
A solid candidate for a personal favorite and/or writing quality, at least for plot if not necessarily style. I'll have to revisit to make sure.
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- Part 3 of drawn into something
Bookmarked by Rivyr
07 Jun 2021
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OH MY GOD this is so weird and adorable and I love it