Whoops HPSA's alive-- and an idea

[icarus]

I have an idea.

The benefit of the HPSA was not that people picked the greatest Harry Potter stories ever, but that the HPSA collected, democraticly, a large number high-quality recs in various pairings and ratings.

Many of you know that I talked to Natalie of the HPSA about a complimentary contest, the details of which are not needed here as tinderblast pointed out some fundamental flaws in my idea (yeah, she was right).

A Nominations Page
Fool that I am, I'm creating a nominations page on my site.

Here's how it works:
1 - Give me a link, an author's name and email, pairing, rating & summary (and any warnings please).
2 - I'll post it in my LJ.
3 - If someone seconds the nomination, then I'll add the link to my site (with credit to the person who recommended it).

This is open to any pairing, any rating, Gen, Slash, Chan, Mpreg, Squidfic, Femmeslash -- whatever. It is not subject to my tastes, nor am I allowed to nominate or second anything myself. (Ah, democracy!) I only request (unenforceable of course) that people not nominate (or second) their own work.

Now I'm rather busy and an utter fool to do this, so links will be added on my availability of time and personal whim. But I'll try to get them up once a month or so. Without further ado...

The Nominations Are Now Open!

You can nominate anything, but if we need focus (or an idea scratcher) let's see some Fred/George.

Comments

recs, continued

[mark356.livejournal.com]

The Librarian (http://www.witchfics.org/lillith/librarian/index.html), by lillithj, also avalaible at ffn (http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1129611). Pince/Malfoy, and R in the last chapter, but its nonporn plot is actually quite entertaining. Madam Pince actually comes from a line of Dark witches, and is quite proud of it; her ancestors could more than stand up to the likes of Voldemort. She has in her possession a certain book of dark magic by one of her ancestors that Lucius Malfoy would dearly like to get his hands on, and as of the last chapter, the two of them were falling in love. The POV alternates between Madam Pince and Lucius Malfoy, with their subtly different voices, and through the clear tone there are lots of treats like more hints at just how powerful Madam Pince's family is and a ghost who doesn't know she's dead.

Knockers (http://www.circusinmyhead.com/fics/knockers.htm) by msscribe and available at several other places, but I am too lazy to go find the links. Harry/Ginny, R-rated, but it's not your average smutfic! Over the summer, Ginny Weasley grows a pair of breasts so enormous that they cause traffic accidents, and she doesn't know how to make anyone pay attention to her instead of to them. Also, Harry, her crush, finds them positively frightening, and they have a lot of other nasty side-effects too, so she has to find a way to work around them by the end of the story. Give it a try; it's very short, and much funnier than it sounds!

Soft as a Feather (http://www.livejournal.com/users/pingviini/96354.html?mode=reply), by pingviini. Harry/Hedwig, and I would rate it a hard PG13. This hardly has any plot, but Hedwig, an Animagus employed by Dumbledore to help keep tabs on Harry, has a crush on Harry, and this is just a little mood piece where the crush becomes more than a crush and she reveals herself to Harry. It's very short and told in lyrical, poetic language that help bring this ship to wonderful realization.

Eyes Big Love-Crumbs (http://www.livejournal.com/users/isilya/132781.html?mode=reply) by isilya. Hermione/Hermione, NC17, warnings for chan and timeturning. There's nothing quite like giving in to a temptation you've been resisting for months. In her third year, when she has a time-turner, Hermione uses it for sexual purposes, yielding a very strange ficlet with logical impossibilities dealt with, sensuous, evocative language, and very hot sexual activities.

Also, I want to recognize that resmiranda collected a huge list of gen recs here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/resmiranda/226522.html).