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hopefulshaggydog_swap wanted to ask you all (participants & audience members alike) to take a tiny bit of time to answer some/all of the questions below and leave a comment (all comments are screened so only the mods will see). shaggydog_swap! Thank you to all participants for their wonderful art and fantastic fic! Thank you to everyone who read, everyone who commented, and those who recced. And a massive thank you to those who stepped up to pinch hit so no artist would go without fic. Remus/Sirius fandom is so supportive and encouraging, not to mention, talented.daily_snitch.)
mypretty_art, epithalamium, eprime, dogsunderfoot, and remuslives23 - for making this fest a success!the_realduck chaladabrighty18. You’re awesome :)little_werewolfpandafoot105liliths_requiem azhrarn_vazdruazhrarn_vazdru, proud. Thanks to my beta, K, for being amazing, as always. I hope everyone enjoys this. :)on_waxepithalamiumepithalamium, who's art was beyond inspiring and amazing. Huge thanks to remuslives23, whose beta on this makes it readable! I hope anyone who reads this enjoys it! The title comes from Shake It Out by Florence + the Machine.heartofspellslivinglibrariesxkeijukainenx/Heidi, the doll that she is, for the spectacular beta job. Would have been lost without her. Also, why this is in present tense, I've no idea. It's very seldom that I write anything that is not in past tense, but it just wanted to be written like this, so…I apologise in advance.escriboschnupsipupsikiltsandlollies and pavlablack for the betas. archduckithinktsdashingithinktsdashing for creating such a stunning piece of art, I really hope you like the story it inspired ♥pandafoot105tortugaxheartofspellsmay_gmypretty_art for the help and inspiration which was: Soap is to the body as laughter is to the soul. – Yiddish Proverb And another giant handful of thanks to acidbathory for the beta job. Angel, she is. I hope someone actually enjoys this. I'm still a bit 'eh' about the entire thing. Also, the heart attack comment…I had to, I'm sorry. Couldn't resist.katie_padfootthedeathchamberthesiriusmoonduskblue duskblue for some amazing art, and thank you Shaggymods for your infinite patience with me! protegonoxphiso_kunmypretty_art, for making me want to do this in spite of everything and for helping me feel inspired when I wasn’t feeling inspired. And to the rest of you, well, hope you like it! For phiso_kun: I hope it’s (kinda) what you imagined. I had fun with it! <3sopdetlycackling_madlycackling_madly for the wonderfully descriptive artwork that spoke to me so clearly. livinglibrariesdustmouthbluebellmeadows who doesn’t like paragraph long sentences. Also to dustmouth I hope I’ve done your beautiful art justice with my Pinch Hit. mindabblesmypretty_artmypretty_art/myprettycabinet for her delicious art. The tension in that drawing was all the prompt I needed. Thanks also to her for being so encouraging and for offering feedback on several versions of this. Thanks to the mods for this great idea and for running a wonderful fest. Smooches times a million to gryffindorj who went way above and beyond in helping me with this and to midnitemaraud_r for stepping in at the last minute, as any Marauder worth their salt would.sopdetlyepithalamiumepithalamium for the gorgeous artwork which helped to push me a bit out of my comfort zone.remuslives23deviant_foreverdeviant_forever, I adore your art! You’ve drawn for my fic before and I’m so glad I got the chance to write something for your gorgeous art. Thank you to mypretty_art and dogsunderfoot for beta reading and pom pom waving!eprimeshira_ashira_a created is so warm and beautiful. I love the tender scene she drew. When I first saw it the colors immediately evoked Gryffindor, of course. I thought, hm, maybe it is the Gryffindor common room, but the details reminded me more of the parlor at Grimmauld Place. I doubted Walburga had had a sudden urge to redecorate in Gryffindor colors, so in trying to figure out why the Black parlor would be decked out this way, this story came about. Thank you for the lovely image and inspiration, shira_a. (Forgive me if this subverts the warmth and tenderness in your beautiful art somewhat. ;))dogsunderfootlivinglibrariesremuslives23. I am in awe at the fact that you still even like me, after all I've put you through. Thanks and hugs of gratitude to my fellow mods (and apologies that I'm such a slacker) for putting together and running such an interesting and fun fest.pavlablackhorcruxhymenescribo for helping me settle on an idea, and to horcruxhymen for the great art.wwmrsweasleydokath_ballantyneremuslives23).kath_ballantyne for a fascinating picture to work from. I'm afraid the tone of the story is not as cheerful and bright as those in the picture.binarykittensthe_limousine