Oh my god. That's so beautiful! The way Silvia loves Remus so much, and after the bite her view if him is warped a bit. The bit about mourning him, and the bitter part about the infamousity of her painting. The writing was beautiful, absolutely amazing.

*slow claps* Brilliantly done.

Remus as a little wolf cub
is so adorable yet depressing
once you read this.
*favorites it*
~Silver

This was beautifully done.

every time I say one of your stories are the best, you come up with a better one...this is so sad!

The end was built up so dramatically i was tense with anticipation for it, but Silvia being attacked was too glossed over, you only said what was happening and the thoughts of Silvia and glossed over what makes it real to a reader - the feelings and sensations. It was a good read though.

Oh my goodness. WHY and HOW are you SUCH a beautiful writer?! All of your writings make me FEEL. You capture and flesh out these minor characters so well, so beautifully! You paint such angst-y but poignant backgrounds for each of them and they make me cry! D:

So my heart just broke.

Flawless. You write a mother's perspective perfectly.

So beautiful. Ive been reading your work, and enjoying the blissful immersion in another time, anothers mind. You are the favourite kind of a writer to me, making the words and sentences dissapear into an seamless, effortless stream of consciousness, the emotions so concentrated and true. I remember my childhood issues - how is it possible to be interested in mundane tidbits and drudgery that the peers seemed to be fascinated by, when there are entire worlds and exiting personalities - just a book-cover away? And how do you manage to stay IRL when your mind creates such beautiful times and places?

This story is very sad. I liked it, though. I like your characterizations of Remus's parents, too. It's interesting to think about what Remus's bite did to them...

This is - yet again - incredible.

Very sad and lovely - this is a great perspective on Remus' story. I like the focus on his mother (and her name, Silvia), how you link his personality to both of his parents. He very much seems to take after his father, but he has his mother's courage.

The painting imagery works very well - Remus being her masterpiece and failure, her taking a knife to the last painting. The maiming occurs on both a physical and emotional level for her, and for Remus.

Finally, I like the brief views you give of Remus' early transformation. There isn't much said about them, but what you do say is heartbreaking. Nicely done.

"They agree to blame no one, but they both lie." - great line

Crit (though I realize this fic's pretty old and probably doesn't reflect your current writing):

In general, you could ease up on italics.

some capitalization issues: "[N]ot long now..."; "[T]he mediwitch is quite insistent..."; is it "God" or "god"?

"Vanity had...a luxury" - past tense jars here, feels like it should be present

"so characteristic of his particular idiosyncrasy" - redundant

"[lying] awake"
"[lies] peacefully asleep" - too much repetition of "sleep" in that line as well

"She had already failed...Silvia is sure" - awkward structure

"he'll never have[,] for that row"

Wonderful story.

Horrible. Jesus. Just... you have such a talent for the excellently awful.