I share your stance. I have been thoroughly spoiled and have not read the last book. I much prefer thinking in terms of the last two books existing in some alternate dimension.
Although, when done right the affair!fic can be really good. And it doesn't even have to be the full-blown affair, either...Paracelsus wrote an excellent fic along those lines a while ago... A Deeper Love on Portkey.
I've read affair fic (which is weird considering I don't like it, but eh figured I'd give it a shot. The only one I've ever read and really enjoyed instead of ho-humming over is one on Portkey that was started after HBP by a very slow-updating writer but that had delved into the true remorse, guilt, shame and anger H/Hr felt at themselves for ignoring their marriage vows. It actually takes awhile before they hook up together because they are so torn apart at failing their own senses of honor despite the deep unhappiness each feels with their spouse and the utter joy and freedom they feel together with each other. They start the affair with wide open eyes desperate for one another and true happiness the whole time planning to divorce Ron & Ginny. That fic to me is the ultimate flangst of great affair fic
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I probably will break down and read it one day if only to make sure I'm aware of everything that actually went on and so I can develop my own thoughts on events whenever I write fic. Thanks for letting me know that at least it is better than HBP which sucked on eggs bigtime!
Personally, I'm in the "Epilogue? What Epilogue?" camp. It was total unmitigated crap, and I'd rather pretend it hadn't been written. I've seen a lot of better written fan fic - in fact, I can direct you to one right now on Portkey. It's by Viper714 and I think he called it AFTER THE FIGHTING. Really, go read it; he picks up at the end of the actual book and shows how H/Hr could have happened quite naturally in the period covered by the epilogue.
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I share your stance. I have been thoroughly spoiled and have not read the last book. I much prefer thinking in terms of the last two books existing in some alternate dimension.
Although, when done right the affair!fic can be really good. And it doesn't even have to be the full-blown affair, either...Paracelsus wrote an excellent fic along those lines a while ago... A Deeper Love on Portkey.
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Personally, I'm in the "Epilogue? What Epilogue?" camp. It was total unmitigated crap, and I'd rather pretend it hadn't been written. I've seen a lot of better written fan fic - in fact, I can direct you to one right now on Portkey. It's by Viper714 and I think he called it AFTER THE FIGHTING. Really, go read it; he picks up at the end of the actual book and shows how H/Hr could have happened quite naturally in the period covered by the epilogue.
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