Heidi's Democratic Fic Nominations

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You know the drill. Second these nominations in comments, and they'll go up on the Democratic Fic Recs page. Or put in your own nominations. The only person not allowed to nominate or second a fic is me.


heidi8 takes us on a walk through history -

Really Old Fics (in fandom terms):

1. GrimSlasher's Boys' Own Camping Adventure - a Sirius/Remus fic that takes place at the end of the Marauders' 7th year. Email is Quite_Serious@hotmail.com. Summary: Soon after their Hogwarts graduation, the Marauders go camping. Remus and Sirius share a tent. Slashy things happen. This fic was first uploaded on ffn back in August, 2000 and for many in the fandom then, was their first exposure to slash fanfics.

2. LadyNettle's Into The Woods. Bearing no resemblance to Abaddon's fic of the same name, this fic was posted on the HPSlash list starting at post http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpslash/message/2260 and going through post # 2267. It's a Draco/Harry fic, and as the summary quotes Draco as saying to Harry, "You'd better take off those wet clothes, looks like we're going to be stuck here all night." It's one of the earliest fics where Harry & Draco get stuck in some random place and are forced to spend some time with only each other for company. There is some backstory Pansy/Draco as well. No clue about a current email address.

3. A pair of fics from Hyphen (also at Quite_Serious@hotmail.com - see the overlap?):
a. A Marriage of True Minds - Lily, James and a riding crop, set somewhere during their last year at Hogwarts.
b. The Speculum Curse - The Marauders are all affected by a cursed mirror. As the summary says, "along the way you'll encounter a pugnacious Peter, a rowdy Remus, and a (very) serene Sirius" - and a neurotic James as well as a very very bitter Severus. Remember, it's pre-ootp, so one of the scenes in the last part might seem a bit jarring right now.

Honestly - I recommend everything from Hyphen, including the fic with transvestite!snape and the one in which Draco has to explain "wanking" to Goyle.

4. Everything from copperbadge, including All This Time (Young Sev Snape has just gotten his Hogwarts letter, and run away from his squib parents to attend the school he's dreamed about for eleven years. But when he takes some advice from a man named Anac on the Hogwarts train, he's sorted into Ravenclaw and befriends a trio of troublemakers named Potter, Black, and Lupin. History is about to suffer some drastic changes...) and even his unexpected Moody/Lupin post-ootp called "The Fifth Drink". Pay particular attention to his recent About Beds, which is S/R during their schooldays and stay tuned for his upcoming Tonks/Lupin fic, which is previewed here."

Note: longer summaries are cut due to squawks from my friends list. ;)

Comments

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I'll second "A Cup of Rain," "Green Candle" and "Rising from Ashes" (and would recommend the story it's an AU continuation of The More Is My Unrest (http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=847&chapno=1) by the same authors - Draco watches Ginny watch Harry. Painful and true to being fifteen and wanting something you don't even know you want, and when you do figure it out, knowing you can't have it but wanting it anyway.)