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Hiya! It's my first time reccing for the fangirl_tour , so I do hope everyone finds something in this list to enjoy! It's all Harry Potter, all the time, for me, so take a look. A bit of something for everyone. :)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: memoria incognita
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: kaalee
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Link: http://triatha-ron.livejournal.com/19612.htm
Rating: PG-13
Status: Completed
Summary: Ron wakes in front of a mirror with no memory and works against time to realize that he, and everything, is there for a reason
Why I fangirl this: Because trying to figure out what is going on with Ron is a spellbinding process, and because the end result is priceless and insightful.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Hero Hunting
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: slantedknitting
Link: http://harryronbigbang.livejournal.com/11785.html
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Summary: Harry disappeared after the war and Ron spent the next fifteen years searching the globe for him. When he finally finds Harry in Scotland, things do not go exactly according to plan. Not that he really had a plan in the first place, anyway.
Why I fangirl this: Because it's a great take on Harry post-war, and because I love Ron when he's portrayed as a strong, intelligent, and fiercely loyal. A fabulous read.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Between the Shadow and the Soul
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: golden_scarlett
Link: http://hghpficexchange.livejournal.com/25741.html
Rating: NC-17
Status: Completed
Summary: When Hermione tries to discover where Harry is going at nights, she finds much more than she bargained for.
Why I fangirl this: It's Harry Potter meets Fight Club - not a crossover, but an enthralling mystery fic in which the twists and turns of the plotline finally resolve themselves into a really unique ending.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Crooked
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: dickgloucester
Link: http://grangersnape100.livejournal.com/1224912.html
Pairing: Hermione/Severus
Rating: G
Status: Completed
Summary: There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile ...
Why I fangirl this: Because dickgloucester has managed, in 800 words and a few italicized lines, to completely unfurl an entire, beautiful relationship. The last line in particular destroys me every time with its poignancy.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Cauterize
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Lady Altair
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4152700/1/Cauterize
Pairing: gen
Rating: K+
Status: completed
Summary: "Of course it's missing something vital. That's the point." What happens with Dennis Creevey takes up his brother's camera after the war.
Why I fangirl this: It's simply the most gorgeous series of character profiles I've had the chance to read. The metaphor of scarring - physical, emotional, visible, invisible, some expected, some not - is carried through the entire thing in a perfect fashion. It is, quite simply, breath-taking.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: My Father's Dog
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: siriuslysnogged
Link: http://nextgendarkfest.livejournal.com/22196.html
Pairing: Sirius/Lily Luna
Rating: R
Status: complete
Summary: art based on the prompt: Upon returning from the Veil, Sirius becomes obsessed with Lily Luna, the spitting image of the Lily that he loved - and lost - to James Potter.’
Why I fangirl this: because it's sheer, utter, creep! The tiny words, the starkness of the black and white, and the absolute despair on Lily's face at the end - even her sock! - is just perfect.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Less Wrong
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality
Pairing: gen
Rating: R for language and violence?
Status: WIP
Summary: Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter...
Why I fangirl this: How can you not love a Harry Potter completely devoted to rational science? What happens when he hits Hogwarts? A dense, delightful, brain-twisting, canon-shattering, soda-spitting fic.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: The Bracelet
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: akashathekitty
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Link: http://dramione.org/viewstory.php?sid=15&warning=5
Rating: NC-17
Status: Completed
Summary: Sick of how Hermione always thinks she knows everything, Draco proposes a bet. The winner will get to order around their most hated enemy for a month. Everything is at stake, but winning has its price.
Why I fangirl this: Because the story starts out in such a plausible fashion - Draco is an absolutely despicable, yet totally understandable and sympathy-inducing git, while Hermione is both believable and a downright bitch. The story unfolds in delightfully realistic and sometimes surprising ways.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: The 500 Socks of Severus Snape
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: busaikko
Link: http://busaikko.slashcity.org/?p=84
Pairing: Remus/Severus (sorta)
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Summary: As busaikko put it, "Doesn't 'The 500 Socks of Severus Snape' describe it well enough?"
Why I fangirl this: Because Chinese mustard is definitely not lube, because the thought of Albus Dumbledore crocheting an antimacassar out of his own beard hairs is delightful to me, because Voldemort likes to knit, and because Severus wears a toe ring. Eventually.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Second Life
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: karasu_hime
Link:http://lambchop.iwillsing.net/BigBangBlackout/nwhiker-karasu_hime.htm
Pairing: Severus/Sirius
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Summary: What happens when Black and Snape are given a second chance at life?
Why I fangirl this: Because this is just about the only Severus/Sirius pairing I've ever fallen in love with. The writing is so beautiful, and the plot believable. I just started bawling reading the ending again. Truly one of the most heart-wrenching fics ever.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Spinsters on a Sunday Morning
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: tetleythesecond
Link: http://hoggywartyxmas.livejournal.com/7343.html?view=127151
Pairing: Minerva/Irma Pince
Rating: light R
Status: Completed
Summary: The headmistress is retiring, and Rita Skeeter is sent to interview her
Why I fangirl this: Because this is a delightful rendition of a snarky, sweet, wry, witty, Minerva - just the way I like her - in a totally plausible situation. Because I just really don't care for femmeslash and yet this sold me on them together. And because of course, they completely flabbergast Rita. As they should.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: The Whomping Willow's Story
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Mieko
Link: http://webspace.webring.com/people/lb/biancablack/willow.htm
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Rating: PG
Status: Completed
Summary: The story of the special relationship between a tree and his boy
Why I fangirl this: It's just so sweet - the tree is so paternal, so touching, so concerned about Remus, and the ending is incredibly sweet.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Post Tenebras, Lux
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Loten
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6578435/1/Post_Tenebras_Lux
Pairing: Severus/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Status: WIP
Summary: "Serendipity is the gift of finding things we did not know we were looking for." What happens when, ten years after the last battle, Hermione bumps into a very much alive Severus Snape?
Why I fangirl this: I fangirl this because it's the first WIP I've read in ages that has me literally refreshing my browser a few times every day in hopes that the next chapter has been put up (and just FYI, the author is *super* great at updating frequently). The writing is great, the dialogue is witty, and the plot is - gasp! - plausible! Hermione is acerbic and dry, Severus is a painful, scarred, damaged wreck. A long, delightful read.
I had no idea it was going to be this hard to narrow it down to 13, but I think I picked a few decent ones. Please don't forget to read and review on any or all of these if you like them - especially some of the older ones, which I'm sure would love to know they're still loved!!
Hiya! It's my first time reccing for the fangirl_tour , so I do hope everyone finds something in this list to enjoy! It's all Harry Potter, all the time, for me, so take a look. A bit of something for everyone. :)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: memoria incognita
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: kaalee
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Link: http://triatha-ron.livejournal.com/19612.htm
Rating: PG-13
Status: Completed
Summary: Ron wakes in front of a mirror with no memory and works against time to realize that he, and everything, is there for a reason
Why I fangirl this: Because trying to figure out what is going on with Ron is a spellbinding process, and because the end result is priceless and insightful.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Hero Hunting
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: slantedknitting
Link: http://harryronbigbang.livejournal.com/11785.html
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Summary: Harry disappeared after the war and Ron spent the next fifteen years searching the globe for him. When he finally finds Harry in Scotland, things do not go exactly according to plan. Not that he really had a plan in the first place, anyway.
Why I fangirl this: Because it's a great take on Harry post-war, and because I love Ron when he's portrayed as a strong, intelligent, and fiercely loyal. A fabulous read.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Between the Shadow and the Soul
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: golden_scarlett
Link: http://hghpficexchange.livejournal.com/25741.html
Rating: NC-17
Status: Completed
Summary: When Hermione tries to discover where Harry is going at nights, she finds much more than she bargained for.
Why I fangirl this: It's Harry Potter meets Fight Club - not a crossover, but an enthralling mystery fic in which the twists and turns of the plotline finally resolve themselves into a really unique ending.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Crooked
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: dickgloucester
Link: http://grangersnape100.livejournal.com/1224912.html
Pairing: Hermione/Severus
Rating: G
Status: Completed
Summary: There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile ...
Why I fangirl this: Because dickgloucester has managed, in 800 words and a few italicized lines, to completely unfurl an entire, beautiful relationship. The last line in particular destroys me every time with its poignancy.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Cauterize
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Lady Altair
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4152700/1/Cauterize
Pairing: gen
Rating: K+
Status: completed
Summary: "Of course it's missing something vital. That's the point." What happens with Dennis Creevey takes up his brother's camera after the war.
Why I fangirl this: It's simply the most gorgeous series of character profiles I've had the chance to read. The metaphor of scarring - physical, emotional, visible, invisible, some expected, some not - is carried through the entire thing in a perfect fashion. It is, quite simply, breath-taking.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: My Father's Dog
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: siriuslysnogged
Link: http://nextgendarkfest.livejournal.com/22196.html
Pairing: Sirius/Lily Luna
Rating: R
Status: complete
Summary: art based on the prompt: Upon returning from the Veil, Sirius becomes obsessed with Lily Luna, the spitting image of the Lily that he loved - and lost - to James Potter.’
Why I fangirl this: because it's sheer, utter, creep! The tiny words, the starkness of the black and white, and the absolute despair on Lily's face at the end - even her sock! - is just perfect.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Less Wrong
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/1/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality
Pairing: gen
Rating: R for language and violence?
Status: WIP
Summary: Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter...
Why I fangirl this: How can you not love a Harry Potter completely devoted to rational science? What happens when he hits Hogwarts? A dense, delightful, brain-twisting, canon-shattering, soda-spitting fic.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: The Bracelet
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: akashathekitty
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Link: http://dramione.org/viewstory.php?sid=15&warning=5
Rating: NC-17
Status: Completed
Summary: Sick of how Hermione always thinks she knows everything, Draco proposes a bet. The winner will get to order around their most hated enemy for a month. Everything is at stake, but winning has its price.
Why I fangirl this: Because the story starts out in such a plausible fashion - Draco is an absolutely despicable, yet totally understandable and sympathy-inducing git, while Hermione is both believable and a downright bitch. The story unfolds in delightfully realistic and sometimes surprising ways.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: The 500 Socks of Severus Snape
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: busaikko
Link: http://busaikko.slashcity.org/?p=84
Pairing: Remus/Severus (sorta)
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Summary: As busaikko put it, "Doesn't 'The 500 Socks of Severus Snape' describe it well enough?"
Why I fangirl this: Because Chinese mustard is definitely not lube, because the thought of Albus Dumbledore crocheting an antimacassar out of his own beard hairs is delightful to me, because Voldemort likes to knit, and because Severus wears a toe ring. Eventually.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Second Life
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: karasu_hime
Link:http://lambchop.iwillsing.net/BigBangBlackout/nwhiker-karasu_hime.htm
Pairing: Severus/Sirius
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Summary: What happens when Black and Snape are given a second chance at life?
Why I fangirl this: Because this is just about the only Severus/Sirius pairing I've ever fallen in love with. The writing is so beautiful, and the plot believable. I just started bawling reading the ending again. Truly one of the most heart-wrenching fics ever.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Spinsters on a Sunday Morning
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: tetleythesecond
Link: http://hoggywartyxmas.livejournal.com/7343.html?view=127151
Pairing: Minerva/Irma Pince
Rating: light R
Status: Completed
Summary: The headmistress is retiring, and Rita Skeeter is sent to interview her
Why I fangirl this: Because this is a delightful rendition of a snarky, sweet, wry, witty, Minerva - just the way I like her - in a totally plausible situation. Because I just really don't care for femmeslash and yet this sold me on them together. And because of course, they completely flabbergast Rita. As they should.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: The Whomping Willow's Story
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Mieko
Link: http://webspace.webring.com/people/lb/biancablack/willow.htm
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Rating: PG
Status: Completed
Summary: The story of the special relationship between a tree and his boy
Why I fangirl this: It's just so sweet - the tree is so paternal, so touching, so concerned about Remus, and the ending is incredibly sweet.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Title: Post Tenebras, Lux
Author/Artist/Vidder/Creator: Loten
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6578435/1/Post_Tenebras_Lux
Pairing: Severus/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Status: WIP
Summary: "Serendipity is the gift of finding things we did not know we were looking for." What happens when, ten years after the last battle, Hermione bumps into a very much alive Severus Snape?
Why I fangirl this: I fangirl this because it's the first WIP I've read in ages that has me literally refreshing my browser a few times every day in hopes that the next chapter has been put up (and just FYI, the author is *super* great at updating frequently). The writing is great, the dialogue is witty, and the plot is - gasp! - plausible! Hermione is acerbic and dry, Severus is a painful, scarred, damaged wreck. A long, delightful read.
I had no idea it was going to be this hard to narrow it down to 13, but I think I picked a few decent ones. Please don't forget to read and review on any or all of these if you like them - especially some of the older ones, which I'm sure would love to know they're still loved!!