Dana, I've been enjoying those too, although they're...trope-y, I guess...enough that I'd wondered if they were older fics reposted to AO3. I like them a lot for the skill and the worldbuilding, even though I don't ship canon!Harry/canon!Draco. Reading the one with the gate to the land of the dead, I was half convinced Harry would get through and find Hermione had taken over.
Xander: Look who's got a bad case of Dark Prince envy. Dracula: Leave us. Xander: No, we're not going to "Leabbb you." And where'd you get that accent, Sesame Street? "One, Two, Three - three victims! Maw ha ha!"
'Lessons'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
chrismg - Apr 01, 2016 1:20:07 pm PDT #9815 of 10434
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 01, 2016 3:38:19 pm PDT #9816 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I don't think shipping the pairing is needed to get into her fics. I'm sure not a Wincest fan, but found her SPN stories very enjoyable regardless.
She did lose me for a while with the underage American Idol RPF though. shudder
P.M. Marc - Apr 04, 2016 7:21:44 pm PDT #9817 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Was it the underage or the American Idol that lost you?
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 05, 2016 7:52:17 am PDT #9818 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
RPF in general sends me scrambling for the back button, but I'm sure the fact that some of it featured a minor who looked about 12 speeded up my mouse click.
P.M. Marc - Apr 05, 2016 1:03:09 pm PDT #9819 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Makes sense.
Dana - Apr 07, 2016 8:16:22 am PDT #9820 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That feeling when you accidentally read 250,000 words of fanfic by Thanfiction, AKA Andy Blake, FKA Amy Player, FKA Victoria Bitter.
And it was in that irritating place between "scratches an itch I have" and "I disagree with choices and characterizations so much that I will stop reading."
Consuela - Apr 07, 2016 10:13:52 am PDT #9821 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Woops, Dana. I read DAYD a few years back, and yeah, I got more & more uncomfortable with it as it went on. He's not untalented, but I really don't need to see so much of his ID.
Dana - Apr 07, 2016 10:36:14 am PDT #9822 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I got more & more uncomfortable with it as it went on. He's not untalented, but I really don't need to see so much of his ID.
Exactly. It was decent, but then themes kept creeping out that were making me unhappy, and then the final battle was just gruesome.
Then I got to the end, and the author's note said "Andrew", and I thought, "Of course it was written by a guy." Which is not fair, but the gender politics were ooky, and the whole thing was so militarized.
And then this morning, the penny dropped.
P.M. Marc - Apr 07, 2016 10:40:06 am PDT #9823 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What story were you reading so I can avoid like the plague?
On a different note, I've been, because Bitchin' Party, re-reading a LOT of fake dating and therefore need recs if you've got 'em.
Dana - Apr 07, 2016 10:48:54 am PDT #9824 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There's a pretend relationship tag on PolyRecs, if that helps.
It was "Dumbledore's Army and the Year of Darkness". I really want a proper "Neville Longbottom, leader of the motherfucking resistance" story, so I gave it a shot. I didn't regret it until that last section, though. Much more gruesome than in Rowling's original.