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Monday, March 28th, 2005 10:14 pm
exploring the outer reaches of something or other
See, I knew there was a really good reason I never read the sequels to The Tale of the Shining Prince. I knew it would hurt and require multiple readings. You know, just to dig it in a little deeper. So. Yeah. I so needed that.
I have an--itch.
Like, okay. You want something to read. You don't know what it is. You are at the point where you are thinking dirty Clark thoughts that don't involve sex and prettiness and you think, maybe you should take a step back from that there story--or that one--or that one--or oh God, you realize, you have four FOUR WiPs all in the same fandom and you panic.
Um, let's get beyond that bit, though. There's this itch. Last time that happened, you broke your heart with Julad's Nightblooming Heartsease, and yeah, that was good for the realization you *don't* have a pairing of choice in HP, you have what amounts to being an orgy of choice, in which you will *cry your eyes out* over it and promise yourself that next time you feel the need to read HP, you will choose the happy stories.
So how did this translate to Illuferret? I know better. I was warned. Like, multiple times. And yet, there I went and there I read and read and then read some more and now I just want to curl up in a tiny, tiny ball of whimpering messiness.
Well. Yeah.
But anyway. I'm all--itchy. I'm not even sure what I'm looking for in a story, I just can't quite find it. Maybe I am jaded. Maybe I really am after Harry the Dark Lord crushing the world beneath his heel or something and don't even know it. Mmm. Destruction. Maybe I want curtain fic. Or cookies. Hell, I have cookies, so you'd think I'd be satisfied.
Well. Off to burn through another archive now that Illuferret has *scarred me for life*.
You know, if any of you have some favorite HP recs just, you know, sitting around at the tip of your fingers that you want to rec to me, just feel *free*. Or a good rec page. Cause seriously, I run across another deathfic, something might break, and it might be my sanity.
Whimpering. *Mess*. So not pretty.
I have an--itch.
Like, okay. You want something to read. You don't know what it is. You are at the point where you are thinking dirty Clark thoughts that don't involve sex and prettiness and you think, maybe you should take a step back from that there story--or that one--or that one--or oh God, you realize, you have four FOUR WiPs all in the same fandom and you panic.
Um, let's get beyond that bit, though. There's this itch. Last time that happened, you broke your heart with Julad's Nightblooming Heartsease, and yeah, that was good for the realization you *don't* have a pairing of choice in HP, you have what amounts to being an orgy of choice, in which you will *cry your eyes out* over it and promise yourself that next time you feel the need to read HP, you will choose the happy stories.
So how did this translate to Illuferret? I know better. I was warned. Like, multiple times. And yet, there I went and there I read and read and then read some more and now I just want to curl up in a tiny, tiny ball of whimpering messiness.
Well. Yeah.
But anyway. I'm all--itchy. I'm not even sure what I'm looking for in a story, I just can't quite find it. Maybe I am jaded. Maybe I really am after Harry the Dark Lord crushing the world beneath his heel or something and don't even know it. Mmm. Destruction. Maybe I want curtain fic. Or cookies. Hell, I have cookies, so you'd think I'd be satisfied.
Well. Off to burn through another archive now that Illuferret has *scarred me for life*.
You know, if any of you have some favorite HP recs just, you know, sitting around at the tip of your fingers that you want to rec to me, just feel *free*. Or a good rec page. Cause seriously, I run across another deathfic, something might break, and it might be my sanity.
Whimpering. *Mess*. So not pretty.
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From:It won't break you. I promise. Even if it looks like it will.
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From:Don't really know what you read in HP, so I'll throw in some classics: Lust Over Pendle, the Draco/Neville epic comedy of manners; Tissue of Silver, Harry/Draco post-war; and Invisible To See, er, Harry/Draco. Well, see, I read H/D or Harry/Snape, and I didn't think that was your bag, so...
Man, I suddenly remembered that of course you're familiar with those. I very nearly recommended Transfigurations, which, well, duh! Well, that's me -- totally unhelpful. But maybe you just need to go reread an old favorite. Best of luck to you!
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From:as for recs, i can only offer the standards, but ones that i'll happily reread include:
Telanu, Tea Series http://www.amplexus.org/~telanu/shop.html
Kai, Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger http://www.squidge.org/~kali/cmi.html
Julad and Calico, Lustre http://yearningvoid.net/julad/lustre.html
DragonLight, To Dream These Dreams http://dragonlight.slashcity.org/darkcaverns/fic/otherfic/dream.htm
Juxian Tang Lukewarm http://www.geocities.com/juxian1972/slash.html
Kel, No One Said It Would Ever Be This Hard http://obsessivetendencies.net/songs/remus.html
Torch, A Spirit of Brotherhood http://strangeplaces.net/torch/brotherhood.html (gen)
Kalinlea Buried Life http://www.geocities.com/kalinalea/buriedsummary.htm (het)
and, if you like this type of writing,
AJHall Lust over Pendle http://homepage.ntlworld.com/russell.baldwin/ebooks/lop/
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From:The Language that God Speaks by Liz Barr: Hermione and libraries.
Space Oddity by Dale: horror and war.
Dissipate by Pogrebin: Padma/Parvarti
Of Cephalapods and Semen: Please note I have not read this, but thought you might enjoy Snape/Draco/Squid/Aquatic fetish.
The Gift by Schuyler: sweet mid-length story about Gilderoy and a frog.
Perfect and Poisonous by Inell: Hermione/Fred/George SMUT.
Roundabout by Arakne: Draco/Hermione, well told.
Inferno by Ociwen: Screamingly intense Hermione/Lucius that blurs all the lines between non-con, Stockholm syndrome, love and life.
The Malfoy Guide to Productive Extortion by Mira: Ron/Harry/Draco. Very funny, very sexy.
The Last Mudblood by Furiousity: Creepy Neville story.
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From:The Zone, possibly the best HP only recs page I've ever found --
CJ's Recs -- I find myself liking less of the stories recced here, but the recs archive HP only, searchable, articulate and my favourite markers are included -- length. WiP status and pairing.
Oggam Recs is multi-fandom, but again searchable, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. Dale has impeccable taste.
Apologies for all the mult-comments: my brain is DED.
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hp recs
From:Red by breed
http://www.rightthisway.net/proclivities/silvia/firstkiss/weatherby.html
because I love to see young harry and draco, it isn’t done enough. Short.
Hatred by Maya
http://lasairandmaya.koanju.com/mayafic/#otherfic
because Dudley is rarely done well. Short.
Dancing Queen by Maya
http://lasairandmaya.koanju.com/mayafic/#otherfic
again with the Dudley, although this one is a bit funnier. Short.
Something Impossible by Cassandra Claire
http://www.astronomytower.org/authors/cassie/SI.html
because the idea of oblivious draco without a shirt is really hot. Short.
Desires What is Understood by Ivy Blossom
http://ivy.veela-inc.net/fanfiction/
because this is really, really sweet. Short.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Harry Potter by Ashura
http://arcadia.envy.nu/fics/greatpumpkin.htm
very sweet and funny. short.
The Worst Happiest Day of His Life by Amanuensis
http://www.restrictedsection.org/disclaimer.shtml?/8/theworst.html
a classic, and probably the funniest thing written in the fandom. short.
SPEW2: Revenge of SPEW by Franzi Dickson
http://www.geocities.com/franzeska_elise/spew2.html
very funny. short.
Before the Ball by Nope
http://nopespace.com/hp/btb.htm
Nope has a sly sense of humor. Short.
Let Loyalties Lie by Moon Faery
http://www.thedarkarts.org/authorLinks/Moon_Faery/
one of the few sympathetic but realistic lucius’ that iv'e read. Short.
Blood Oath by lalejandra
http://www.livejournal.com/users/lalejandra/61002.html#cutid1
because its strange and unexpectedly funny, and I love the ending. Short.
Sb/rl
Stealing Harry by samvines
http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Samvimes/Stealing_Harry/
the most realistic au in this fandom that iv’e read. Long
sb/ss
Oral Sex by Isiscolo
http://isis.arithmancy.net/oral.htm
because it’s incredibly funny, and not nearly as dirty as the title implies. Short
Fifty-three Stories About Snape and Black by Amanuensis
http://www.amanuensis1.com/fiftythreestories.html
because the relationship is seriously impossible. Short.
Hp/ss
Beloved Intruder by Seeker
http://www.bantrim.net/belovedintruder.htm
because it’s really difficult to find realistically sweet harry/severus. Short.
mf/ow
A Friendly Game of Blackmail by Mireille
http://www.breaksforquidditch.net/mireille/blackmail.htm
because I love a double-cross, especially one that ends so nicely. Short
Courtship, the Slytherin Way by bettyblue
http://www.thedarkarts.org/authors/bettyblue/
because it’s funny and hot all at once. Short.
Lm/jp
Cuddle a Cat Today by Libertine
http://www.gongaga.com/utter/vespaspinoff.htm
because I’ve never seen a more novel approach to these characters, or a funnier one. Short.
Rw/dm
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Lillian
http://chocolatefrog.net/fire+ice/fire_and_ice_authors/lillian_page.html
because it hits my supernatural kink, and it’s got great characterizations. Midlength.
Stranded by SkoosiePants
One of my favorites, as much for its characterization of hermione as anything else. Midlength.
Like Water for Squid Meat by Mad Maudlin
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1025782/1/
proof that good fic does still exist on fanfiction.net. short.
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From:Also check the review section (http://media-cow.net/frenzy/date/all/66/all/)- the good stuff there eventually makes it over to the Rec page, once it's been 'despoiled'! But right at the top I note whether I'd rec a story, so it's useful without reading the whole spoilery bit. Of course, a lot of the fics I don't rec are good- I just have pretty specific tastes when it comes to recs.
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From:And I second everything rec'ed above by
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From:Note: the earlier recs have *no* notes apart from pairings, because I set up the page originally as a bookmark site for myself, and when I decided to let it go live, it already had 300 links on it, so the idea of writing all those summaries was a little daunting. *g*
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From:Almost everything HP I've read since September has come off of that list and I'm still not all the way through.
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From:"After the End," by Arabella and Zsenya, which you can find at the SugarQuill (sugarquill.com? .net? Whatever). It's a little more... canon than I usually go for (i.e., Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny, no slash in sight omfg), but it's a beautifully well-rounded fic. With lots of HP fic, actually, I've found myself wishing JK Rowling wrote half as well. This was finished just before OoTP came out, I think. So pretend you've only read through GoF and you'll find yourself wishing the seventh book would come close to this.
"Transfigurations," by Res. Actually I'll be surprised if you haven't read this yet. Er... actually I have this URL memorized. ::cough:: http://www.trickster.org/res . I think. Perhaps it's /inmediares, but I don't think so. Anyway, it's Harry/Draco -- an unusual take on the final battle scenario in which Harry is not, in fact, the superhero. ... It's the rebuilding of Hogwarts. The magical theory is fun, no I'm not kidding, and the H/D is hot.
You have, of course, read everything (everything!) by Maya and by Cassandra Claire, right? I don't even need to mention them, do I? Good.
Okay, I'll jump on the ship and join the shameless plugging -- I've got recs pages here (http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/penumbra/recs_index.html) and at
I totally get where you're coming from, by the way. Sometimes I get really upset I've read so much good stuff, because what the hell am I going to read next?
Book recs, if you're interested: "Sunshine," by Robin McKinley, "The Saskiad," by Brian Hall, "Leave it to Psmith" and "Code of the Woosters" by P.G. Wodehouse (just reread 'em, died laughing), "The Changeover," by Margaret Mahy, and, for kicks, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Holidays on Ice" by David Sedaris.
Good luck! I'm bookmarking this page, by the way -- the cats ahead of me recced a TON of good-looking stuff.
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