Why do I think I've read discussion about Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality?

Dunno. Is it good?

Speaking of fic, I read something really really good this week. It's a ridiculously long WIP on FFN, by someone who seems really comfortable with what she's doing--an adult who's willing to delve into messy politics and interpersonal stuff.

The premise is that after Voldemort dies, the war doesn't really end--there's continued werewolf attacks, Ministry malfeasance, and vicious assaults on survivors of the losing side (like the 7th-year Slytherins). Oh, and Gringotts goes after Harry, Ron, and Hermione for damages. Hermione ends up working two jobs to pay her share (Harry covers Ron's because otherwise they'd take the Burrow), including working on a magical database for the War Crimes Commission. Among other things, the story addresses the ethical lapses of Our Heroes (like Harry's use of Unforgiveable Curses): nobody really comes off clean.

It's really fascinating, with all sorts of complex characterizations, including a not-quite-redemption storyline for Draco Malfoy. Oh, and sexual shenanigans of various sorts. Definately an adult work: I'm a bit surprised it fits within FFN's "no explicit sex" mandate.

Amends, or Truth and Reconciliation.

The down side is that it's not finished yet; the up side is that it's gotta be over 150,000 words so far. If you're looking for a meaty plotty read and don't mind having some mud splattered about, I definitely recommend it.

I'm a bit surprised it fits within FFN's "no explicit sex" mandate

I have been reading *so* much explicit stuff on FFN recently that I can't imagine they're enforcing anything.

Why do I think I've read discussion about Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality? Search doesn't show me any here.

I bitched about it somewhere. Maybe Literary or Movies? I really, really adored the beginning, but returns began diminishing around Chapter 10 and I finally bailed sometime in the 40s, thoroughly annoyed with the author. It turns out, shock of shock, that taking Rowling's sprawling, messy world and carefully patching up all the plotholes, jettisoning the non-intellectual characters and retaining only such elements as can be made to square with current scientific understanding and logic theory makes for... not a lot of fun.

It's just about the only fic I've ever read that took me all the way from gleeful chortling to massive resentment at the hours I'd never get back. But YMMV, of course. I think it's a Jessica sort of "If you like this kind of thing, this is just the kind of thing you'll like," and for some people it's clearly the perfect fic and in fact their true HP canon. Just, not mine. But I only got a hundred some-odd pages into it, so who knows.

only such elements as can be made to square with current scientific understanding

Yeah, no, that doesn't work. It's magic...

You know, I would really like to post this story. However between LJ and AO3, I'm having a hell of a time.

Do not make me post this to FFN!

I think AO3 might be overloaded due to LJ. It certainly loaded slow and stuttering for me the past few days.

Done! [link]

Carpetbaggers, 120,000 words of gen Narnia story, set right at the end of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Eee! I've just finished the first chapter (trying to squeeze in a little reading at work, shame on me) and I wanted to say how much I liked it. Particularly Susan, she's always been the one I felt got the worst deal out of going to Narnia. It also made me sniffle a little in comparison to Lamp Post by thistlerose. Very short, 350 words, but it's oh so sad.

Oh, yes, I've read that one, Sail. It's lovely.

Really, dealing with Susan fairly was one of the big challenges of the story, because I want her to be entirely awesome, and yet I wanted also to be consistent with canon--if in a sympathetic way. It was tricky.

Has anyone here ever done a reversebang (art comes before the story) in any fandom? What makes a good pictorial prompt for you?