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ozqueen ([personal profile] ozqueen) wrote in [community profile] gensplosion2015-03-03 11:14 pm

harry potter: heir to nothing but herself, by dirgewithoutmusic

FANDOM: Harry Potter
FIC LINK: Heir to Nothing but Herself
AUTHOR LINK: [archiveofourown.org profile] dirgewithoutmusic
RATING/WARNING(S): Not rated, I'd say T, with warnings for PTS/psychological trauma
WIP?/WORD COUNT: complete | 3056
MAIN CHARACTERS: Ginny Weasley

FIC SUMMARY:

It was not Harry’s heroism, Ron’s desperation, her mother’s love, or her brothers’ toilet seat humor that brought her back (though the toilet seat helped). Ginny breathed deep at night. She wept. She remembered how to rage. She snuck out at night and stole each of her brothers’ brooms in turn. She took to the skies and brought herself back to life.

RECCER'S NOTES:

There are mentions of Harry/Ginny here, but this is undoubtedly a Ginny character fic. It's heartbreaking in its exploration of Tom's possession of her in The Chamber of Secrets. It builds amazing detail in just a few words, and holds Ginny up as the hero of her own story.