Quick Rec

Hop over to hp_silencio, where you'll find a wonderfully-written story where Minerva and Filius mourn for Severus's death.

This is a story to read twice. The first time, just let this exquisitely-written dirge of love and friendship wash over you.

The second time, note the way the author works with silence.

The principle of Silencio is to write a story without dialogue, and it is tempting to replace that by a stream-of-conscious-like memory of dialogue.

This author avoids that brilliantly. Every significant part of the story is played out without words, and yet it doesn't feel gimmicky - it shows how much can be said in silence, in body language, looks, actions.

In the entire story there is only one speech-tag, apologised, in the small scene featuring Sirius. And you'll find that the words that clearly must have been said are meaningless: what matters, what angers Filius with an anger this old school marm has felt herself more than once, is unspoken.

I've raved at indecent length in my comments and I'll not repeat that here - it is, after all, a Silencio story.

Go and read Vigil.