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mark356's will start us off, with:
I have to begin with a few old favorites of mine byepicyclical. Something Impossible (also available at LJ) made it onto HPSA's list, and rightfully so.
H/D, PG13. It's only fourteen pages of pure, over-the-top sugar in Cassie
Claire's best writing. Draco does something bad to Harry and is
forced to perform three tasks to apologize to him, although the nature of the
what Draco had done and of the tasks are not clear to Draco until the very end. Both Harry and Draco are delightfully innocent, and Draco is something of a fanon send-up in the best possible sense, and almost every page leaves me laughing no matter how many times I read it.
A Lot to Be Upset About, also byepicyclical.
Ginny/Draco and about thirty other Ginny ships and some references to
Draco/Snape. PG13. Ginny Weasley begins dating, and she doesn't go
halfway about it. Draco thinks that he should be perfectly
irresistible, so feels spurned when she doesn't date him, asks his super-flattering mirror for advice, and does all sorts of strange things to try to get Ginny's eye. Meanwhile, Harry speaks in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, and no matter what he does, whether he's coated with yellow paint or
dragging a can of petrol, everyone just says that he has a lot to be upset about and ignores it, whose significance we don't really see until the end.
Sins of the Father byali_wildgoose. R-rated Harry/Draco, but do not let that fool you, since it really has quite a developed plot other than the H/D, and you can read it as gen. Its R-rating has nothing to do with sex yet. (Note that this is a fifth-year story begun in the GoF era, so it diverges radically from OoTP and is wildly AU, but has some concepts from and spoilers for OoTP in later chapters anyway.) In Harry's fifth year, Arabella Figg is one of the very meanest DADA teachers ever, Mundugus Fletcher is potions professor, Draco's parents are dead, Harry is a reluctant Quidditch captain (especially because Ginny is a better flyer than Ron is), and Draco
is ostracized by the entire Slytherin house as well as by Mrs. Figg.
Most of Ali's voice is highly canonical, and in a few places where it's not, you'll see that she was still using her narrative much the way JKR
does anyway.
The Librarian, bylillithj, also avalaible at
ffn. 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 bymsscribe 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, bypingviini. 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 byisilya. 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.
Sociofemme's Slash!Hogwarts Mary Sue ficlet bysociofemme. Unrequited Coralynneanne/Harry, with marginal Ginny/Hermione, Harry/Draco, McGonnagal/Coralynneanne, and probably a few other slash ships as well. PG13, I think. Written to the Blame Each
Other bunny of A Mary Sue attempts to transfer to Hogwarts, but she accidentally bumbles into a Raving Slasher's Hogwarts instead of the fluffy-and-pink Hogwarts she expected. Chaos ensues. That summary describes it as well as any.
Boston, bybookofjude, and its sequel, Peppermint Jazz. Rita/Hermione (yay!), Colin/Harry, various other pairings implied. AU, set in Boston in the 1940's, with alcohol. Hermione is the editor of the Boston Globe and Harry knows too much information.
Reply in comments (and name the fic) if you second these nominations.
mark356's will start us off, with: I have to begin with a few old favorites of mine by
epicyclical. Something Impossible (also available at LJ) made it onto HPSA's list, and rightfully so. H/D, PG13. It's only fourteen pages of pure, over-the-top sugar in Cassie
Claire's best writing. Draco does something bad to Harry and is
forced to perform three tasks to apologize to him, although the nature of the
what Draco had done and of the tasks are not clear to Draco until the very end. Both Harry and Draco are delightfully innocent, and Draco is something of a fanon send-up in the best possible sense, and almost every page leaves me laughing no matter how many times I read it.
A Lot to Be Upset About, also by
epicyclical.Ginny/Draco and about thirty other Ginny ships and some references to
Draco/Snape. PG13. Ginny Weasley begins dating, and she doesn't go
halfway about it. Draco thinks that he should be perfectly
irresistible, so feels spurned when she doesn't date him, asks his super-flattering mirror for advice, and does all sorts of strange things to try to get Ginny's eye. Meanwhile, Harry speaks in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, and no matter what he does, whether he's coated with yellow paint or
dragging a can of petrol, everyone just says that he has a lot to be upset about and ignores it, whose significance we don't really see until the end.
Sins of the Father by
ali_wildgoose. R-rated Harry/Draco, but do not let that fool you, since it really has quite a developed plot other than the H/D, and you can read it as gen. Its R-rating has nothing to do with sex yet. (Note that this is a fifth-year story begun in the GoF era, so it diverges radically from OoTP and is wildly AU, but has some concepts from and spoilers for OoTP in later chapters anyway.) In Harry's fifth year, Arabella Figg is one of the very meanest DADA teachers ever, Mundugus Fletcher is potions professor, Draco's parents are dead, Harry is a reluctant Quidditch captain (especially because Ginny is a better flyer than Ron is), and Draco is ostracized by the entire Slytherin house as well as by Mrs. Figg.
Most of Ali's voice is highly canonical, and in a few places where it's not, you'll see that she was still using her narrative much the way JKR
does anyway.
The Librarian, by
lillithj, also avalaible atffn. 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 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, 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 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.Sociofemme's Slash!Hogwarts Mary Sue ficlet by
sociofemme. Unrequited Coralynneanne/Harry, with marginal Ginny/Hermione, Harry/Draco, McGonnagal/Coralynneanne, and probably a few other slash ships as well. PG13, I think. Written to the Blame Each Other bunny of A Mary Sue attempts to transfer to Hogwarts, but she accidentally bumbles into a Raving Slasher's Hogwarts instead of the fluffy-and-pink Hogwarts she expected. Chaos ensues. That summary describes it as well as any.
Boston, by
bookofjude, and its sequel, Peppermint Jazz. Rita/Hermione (yay!), Colin/Harry, various other pairings implied. AU, set in Boston in the 1940's, with alcohol. Hermione is the editor of the Boston Globe and Harry knows too much information.Reply in comments (and name the fic) if you second these nominations.
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Date: 2003-09-21 03:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-21 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-21 08:41 am (UTC)Have you set up a specific page for those Democratic Fic Nominations? Because I can see this taking, um, proportions. Heh.
Anyway, a first batch of nominations, in no particular order. Squee!
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- Mad Martha's The Lodger (http://www.sarcastic-muse.com/puremagnetism/authors/madmartha/thelodger.htm). (Harry/Draco)
- Nancy's Malfoy P.I. (http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Nancy/Malfoy_P_I) (Harry/Draco)
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More nominations to come!
Shezan
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Date: 2003-09-21 08:44 am (UTC)Shezan
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_Fanfic_Recs
What this list needs is more het.
Date: 2003-09-21 10:44 am (UTC)Flame and Shadow (http://www.restrictedsection.org/load/story.shtml?/8/flameand.html), by Maya
Ron/Pansy, NC-17. One-shot.
I recently told
"What kind of girl drinks and takes drugs and-"
"Oh no you don't, Weasley. You absolutely do not get to have a one-night stand with me and then lecture me on my morals."
"I DON'T have one-night stands!" Ron yelled indignantly.
Pansy gave him a long look, and then rolled her eyes. Ron clutched his bedsheet to him as if it was his maiden virtue.
"Well, I don't," he said defensively. "I mean - I didn't. I mean, that's hardly..."
"Any time you want to vocalise, Weasley," Pansy snapped, leaning over the bed and producing her dress. "And obviously, admit that I am right and you are wrong."
"We'll go out on a date tonight," Ron said triumphantly. "And then it'll all be perfectly decent."
Playing Dirty (http://www.restrictedsection.org/load/story.shtml?/11/playingdirty.html), by Sarea Okelani
Draco/Cho, NC-17, one-shot.
author's description: sometimes, kindness isn't enough.
A Certain Point of View (http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=311&chapno=1), by B. Bennett
gen, humor. one-shot.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny watch Star Wars and have a ship debate.
Muggle Studies (http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Slytherincess/), by
I'm not reccing this because I beta it; I beta because I love it. :)
Author's desc: Fifth Year: Draco Malfoy loses a formal wizards' duel to George and Ron Weasley and is forced to take Muggle Studies as a consequence. Unable to resist bearing witness to Draco's shame, the Gryffindors and Malfoy's fellow Slytherins also decide to come along for the ride. Told from the view of Pansy Parkinson. Unexpected surprises and insights are in store for both groups. Oh, and of course snogs and more snogs. SHIPS: Pansy/Draco, Ron/Hermione, and we'll just have to see about the others! Realistic, Slytherin-centric story, with romance, humor, drama, and maybe a touch of angst here and there. Started before OoTP.
Levity (http://www.astronomytower.org/authorLinks/Pru/), by
author's desc: Remus should have known better.
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Date: 2003-09-21 11:00 am (UTC)Will think hard about nominations.
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Date: 2003-09-21 01:08 pm (UTC)Re: What this list needs is more het.
Date: 2003-09-21 04:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-21 05:09 pm (UTC)Beautiful World (http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Cinnamon/Beautiful_World/) by
Harry/Draco, PG-13.
The Chronicles of Lucius (http://www.riddikulus.org/authors/fyre/CL01.html) by Fyre: Involves dumbblond!Lucius and his diary, roughly in the same timeframe as CoS. Daily reports of Hair, Evil Glare, Robes, and Arse are a must, and endlessly amusing. Also details Lucius's long-standing urge for a Porsche, his control of the school board through his cane--which he has, and they do not--and his attempts to not look into Draco's obsession with "Pot-Boy" and phallic symbols.
Lucius/Narcissa, PG-13.
Occasional Table (http://predatrix.slashcity.org/fiction/occtable.htm) by Predatrix: Snape tries to do Animagus transformations, with interesting (and inanimate) results.
Harry/Snape, NC-17.
Everybody in the Room (http://www.tittisrealm.com/thinline/tavalya/everybody.html) by Tavalya Ra: Includes Veritaserum, personal questions, and Sirius, Severus, Remus, and Harry.
Severus/Sirius, mentioned Severus/Others, PG-13.
The Medean Curse (http://inkstain.slashcity.net/isf/archive/4/themedean.html) by Lydia Lovestruck: Harry has a problem. He needs Severus to help. But in order to receive Snape's help, he must set him up on a date with Remus. Harry helps Severus prepare for said date.
Severus/Remus, Severus/Harry, PG-13ish? Maybe a light R.
The Courtship of Harry Potter (http://diana.slashcity.com/Potter/courtship.htm) by Diana Williams: "Suppose it were a usual thing in Wizarding culture that a young man take an older man as a lover/mentor. Mix in a flashy and ill-intentioned rival, and Snape's machinations to ensure that he is Harry's choice. Extra bunny - a clear period and ritual to the courtship, with the rival managing smoothly while Snape's gestures all appear to fall flat. Of course, our Harry is a better judge of character than that..."
Harry/Snape, Harry/OMC, NC-17.
Rite of Passage (http://slashcity.org/rushlight/riteofpassage.htm) by Rushlite: When Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, he has to find someone to aid him in the passage to adulthood.
Harry/Snape, NC-17.
Quiesco (http://www.thedarkarts.org/authors/apostate/Quiesco.html) by Death Eater Apostate: In which Severus Snape spends the last moments of his life doing what he does best.
Gen, PG.
Just Add Water (http://www.swish-n-flick.netfirms.com/stories/justaddwater.htm) by Cybele:
'The truth was that alcohol had a curious effect on Harry Potter.
It made him gay.'
Bill/Harry, NC-17.
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Date: 2003-09-21 07:48 pm (UTC)Icarus
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Date: 2003-09-21 11:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-22 06:35 am (UTC)Great idea! It's great seeing what people's favorites are, and I'm seeing lots of stories I've never heard of before.
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Date: 2003-09-22 07:44 am (UTC)Re: What this list needs is more het.
Date: 2003-09-23 07:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-23 12:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-24 02:58 pm (UTC)