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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.
January 8, 2021
Really, really well done.
And, takes to rereading well too.
And, takes to rereading well too.
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