private message to alt-fen

[elisem]

I am cracking up at a lot of things in these conversations and AMAs, but what drove me to post this PM (which I am posting here, because putting a PM in the relevant discussion seemed a bit disruptive) is Molly's post in "the master-apprentice-type relationship." Oh, my. I don't think she's likely to get an answer, but what a gloriously irate question!

Anything you've seen and not wanted to break the flow by commenting on it there? Feel free to comment here.

Comments

[keshwyn]

I actually had my stomach clench and get tense after I'd asked my question of Barty. Because, y'know, he's dangerous and unpredictable and I had NO idea how he'd react.

Kudos to the player for making him really into the boogeyman.

[alt_crouch_jr]

. . .

[keshwyn]

Auror Crouch, I don't believe for a moment that you do not take *some* pride in your ability to scare the pants off a witch separated from you by 15 years and 2000 miles.

I really don't.

I'm just glad I'm that far away from you.

[alt_antonin]

Dear heart, don't frighten the nice folks.

Much.

[lapin_agile]

(Sorry. I have no idea how he got in here. He's been asked to leave, I promise.)

Thank you so much for saying so, though. Barty was absolutely the most difficult character I wrote. Sincerely. And he spoke the fewest words.

[keshwyn]

Writing bad guys is *such* a thrill sometimes, but aaaaaaaghad it's hard. There's the temptation to soften them down, and there's the temptation to make them mustache-twirling robots, and you did neither with Barty. He was broken, scary as hell, and human. Kudos to you for doing such an awesome job of it.

[reenie]

Well you've certainly hit on all the reasons that Daphne was so drawn to him!

[synecdochic]

But weirdly enough, he was one of the highest number of posts, I believe!