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Fic update: Unthinkable
I've rewritten and updated my Lucius/Hermione fanfic Unthinkable. The old version kind of sucked, but I've fixed the characterisation, grammar, pacing, etc. It's now a whole new story with a new plot that actually makes sense and has never been written before. It's probably my best work and the only one I'm really proud of. I post new chapters ( Read more... ) -
Really, JKR?
So I suddenly regained interest in Harry Potter, and then I found out about this ( Read more... ) -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Reaction/Review
Hello everyone. Er, long time no see? Okay. I've just read the final chapters of Deathly Hallows ( Read more... ) -
Fandom Politics Poll
So I've taken up fandom analysis as a hobby, and I'm back with another poll to satisfy my endless curiosity. This time, I'm trying to determine whether there is a correlation between people's choice of fandoms and OTPs and their political preferences.
Poll Fandom PoliticsComments are welcome, but please do try to stay on topic, i.e. political preferences in relation ( Read more... ) -
A Poll for Fanfic Writers
I was talking to shyngr8 about literary rejection, of all things, when it occurred to me that some writers use their memories of past experiences to make up plot twists and conflict while others rely almost entirely on their imagination to create the main lines of a plot or the details of a character' daily life. Our conversation led me to suspect that ( Read more... ) -
Fic Rec: Ouroboros by bellonablack (Luna/Voldemort, R)
Ouroboros by bellonablackSummary: Voldemort has taken Luna Lovegood prisoner, but gets a bit more than he bargained for. Luna/Voldemort, R, (rather long) oneshot ( Read more... ) -
Musings about our favourite characters
Harry is my favourite character in the books, but in all my fics except two short oneshots, he is a minor character or is not mentioned at all. I’m not sure why ( Read more... ) -
Cliché Rant: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Dumbledore
Originally posted at potter_cliche
Have you noticed that when Dumbledore's eyes are described in fanfic, it is always in terms of whether they are twinkling or not twinkling? This expression is used in the books several times, true, but I think using it every time Dumbledore appears in a story is overdoing it a little, especially if it goes to the point where ( Read more... ) -
Cliché Rant: Occlumency Made Easy: the Mind Vault
Originally posted at potter_cliche
My last entry dealt with the most common clichés present in Dark and rebellious!Harry fanfics (I reject the independent!Harry term used by many authors because I think Harry is independent in the books. Have you read OotP? May I suggest instead ... nonconformist!Harry?). This time I'm shooting another plot bunny I've seen ( Read more... ) -
Cliché Rant: The Awakening (and the Subsequent Shopping and Training) of Harry Potter
As creator and manager of the Darker Harry fanfiction C2, I have encountered a pattern with few variations while reading hundreds of Dark/Independent/Powerful Rebellious Harry fics. You might object that all of these are cliché and you're probably right. So let's look at what makes them so cliché that after a good dozen of these, you feel like ( Read more... )