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Cartographer's Craft
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationships: Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius Black/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
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In the summer after Harry's sixth year, Harry and Remus uncover a section of the Marauder's Map which has been hidden for the past twenty years, releasing a carbon copy of sixteen-year-old Sirius Black from its depths. As they prepare for the impending war, Sirius must find a place for himself in this new world, Harry must find a way to destroy Voldemort, and Remus must face his own past while trying to build a tenuous future with Tonks.
Relationships: Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Sirius Black/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
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In the summer after Harry's sixth year, Harry and Remus uncover a section of the Marauder's Map which has been hidden for the past twenty years, releasing a carbon copy of sixteen-year-old Sirius Black from its depths. As they prepare for the impending war, Sirius must find a place for himself in this new world, Harry must find a way to destroy Voldemort, and Remus must face his own past while trying to build a tenuous future with Tonks.
823 pages, ebook
First published July 1, 2005
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August 6, 2019
About 3.7; a year-seven AU that's original, interesting, touching, thoughtful, and not without exciting parts.
Here's what I wrote when bookmarking this on AO3:
LONG, but very good. Map!Sirius is a bit *younger* than Harry — it's not icky. Slow-burn and as much about plot (the sequence of events re. Voldie is quite different) and issues (such as unfair treatment of werewolves) as the relationships (Remus/Tonks is secondary).
... and the comment I posted on the story after finishing all 44 chapters:
This has been an excellent story, well worth the investment of time. I'm so glad I didn't only read the tags — "Harry/Sirius" made me go "Ew, no!" but I read the summary anyway, and was immediately intrigued.
Slow-burn is my favorite sort of romance, and you've got so many great *issues* about bigotry, self-doubt, etc., too, w/o getting excessively preachy. I like the way it gets a bit gray, without entering antihero territory.
I'm much fonder of map!Sirius (even with his occasional ill judgements, not out of place at 16-17) than I was/am of canon!Sirius, despite my sympathy for what the older version went through.
Here's what I wrote when bookmarking this on AO3:
LONG, but very good. Map!Sirius is a bit *younger* than Harry — it's not icky. Slow-burn and as much about plot (the sequence of events re. Voldie is quite different) and issues (such as unfair treatment of werewolves) as the relationships (Remus/Tonks is secondary).
... and the comment I posted on the story after finishing all 44 chapters:
This has been an excellent story, well worth the investment of time. I'm so glad I didn't only read the tags — "Harry/Sirius" made me go "Ew, no!" but I read the summary anyway, and was immediately intrigued.
Slow-burn is my favorite sort of romance, and you've got so many great *issues* about bigotry, self-doubt, etc., too, w/o getting excessively preachy. I like the way it gets a bit gray, without entering antihero territory.
I'm much fonder of map!Sirius (even with his occasional ill judgements, not out of place at 16-17) than I was/am of canon!Sirius, despite my sympathy for what the older version went through.
May 25, 2017
listen.
don't judge a fic by its tags.
don't judge a fic by its tags.
March 26, 2018
This was good, but oh so dry in many places.
January 8, 2021
Really, really well done.
And, takes to rereading well too.
And, takes to rereading well too.
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