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Review: "The Puppet Master," by Tryfanstone
Title: The Puppet Master (note: link takes you to warning page; click through to story list)
Author:tryfanstone
Rating: NC 17
Pairings Harry/Snape/Voldemort
Warnings: I'm not sure how to categorize this story, in the sense of warnings. It's both consensual and not: the sexual ethics here are intricate and provocative.
Summary: "Moments after the last battle, a man clings to his own soul."
This short but very effective story is simultaneously chilling, hopeful, and powerfully erotic. It's got rich detail and satin-smooth prose. And the writer's control over the story POV is simply masterful. You'll want to (and need to) read this a second time, to see all the shadings she's achieved, in terms of conveying delicate implications and connotations, and in foreshadowing the story's ending. Very few writers could achieve this level of control over POV, I think.
This story does a marvelous job of showing us how Voldemort's mind truly works, avoiding all the shallow, cliche "evil monster of non con" fanon renditions. Rather, it shows how Voldemort's evil flows from his grasping, scrabbling attempts to cling first to life and flesh, and then to power. Because that is what is driving him: an absolute rejection of death, bone-deep fear of death. This story brings that part of him to life, and actually made me pity him, because this story shows that it is a terrible thing to live inside a mind like Voldemort's. And it delivers all that, along with one of the most poetic and graphic descriptions of sex that I have ever read. And a hopeful ending.
Don't miss this. Even if Voldemort isn't usually your cuppa.
Title: The Puppet Master (note: link takes you to warning page; click through to story list)
Author:
tryfanstoneRating: NC 17
Pairings Harry/Snape/Voldemort
Warnings: I'm not sure how to categorize this story, in the sense of warnings. It's both consensual and not: the sexual ethics here are intricate and provocative.
Summary: "Moments after the last battle, a man clings to his own soul."
This short but very effective story is simultaneously chilling, hopeful, and powerfully erotic. It's got rich detail and satin-smooth prose. And the writer's control over the story POV is simply masterful. You'll want to (and need to) read this a second time, to see all the shadings she's achieved, in terms of conveying delicate implications and connotations, and in foreshadowing the story's ending. Very few writers could achieve this level of control over POV, I think.
This story does a marvelous job of showing us how Voldemort's mind truly works, avoiding all the shallow, cliche "evil monster of non con" fanon renditions. Rather, it shows how Voldemort's evil flows from his grasping, scrabbling attempts to cling first to life and flesh, and then to power. Because that is what is driving him: an absolute rejection of death, bone-deep fear of death. This story brings that part of him to life, and actually made me pity him, because this story shows that it is a terrible thing to live inside a mind like Voldemort's. And it delivers all that, along with one of the most poetic and graphic descriptions of sex that I have ever read. And a hopeful ending.
Don't miss this. Even if Voldemort isn't usually your cuppa.
