I must mention that now that I've started reading slash, I start looking for the slash in everything.
So where do I send the toaster?
OK, I've spent the last four days re-reading the entire HP series, and it's whetted my appetite. I'm not looking for anything wildly sexual, unless it's set many years in the future, and even then anything former student/former teacher would be a whole world of squick for me. I'd be interested in events within the timeframe of the existing canon from other characters' POV as well as futurefics
Read AJ Hall . Lust Over Pendle is novel-length, but it's to die for. PG13 futurefic, wonderfully plotty, with a large ensemble cast that concentrates on Draco/Neville (yes, I know, I can
see
your expression - trust me on this) but features Hermione, Narcissa and a host of characters both canonical and original. Read it. Then read it again and enjoy all the little details that passed you by the first time.
Also at Shoesforindustry is 'The Boys of Summer' by Susan Hall, which is thoroughly charming.
I'm very fond of Zahra's stories , although they're generally rather slashy.
I've not read all Liz Bair's stuff, but I've enjoyed what I
have
read. The Language that God Speaks is Hermione-centric genfic - it's a crossover with Gaiman's
Sandman,
but if you're not familiar with the latter then it should still read okay.
Then there's the remarkably silly but perfectly enjoyable Draco/Hermione piece Draco Malfoy the Amazing Bouncing...Rat? by Maya. Made me giggle lots, but cute Hermione/Dracoishness.
I just recced this over in Due South, but I love it so much I'll say it again: Second of Our Reign, by Wax Jism (!), is one of my favorite fucking stories ever. It's really very well-written, and terribly tear-your-guts-out-and-stomp-on-them. I missed my train because I couldn't stop reading it.
giggling madly
Now THIS is something I'd like to find in my stocking.
Heh. The G&M article seems to have stirred another kerfuffle.
Which is to say, someone is upset about being quoted, some are rushing to her defense and slamming the writer, others are saying "my, but don't you understand that that's what journalists do?"
Sigh.
Fandom is nuts. IJS.
t idly curious
Which someone is upset at being quoted?
Meredith Lynne.
I can understand her thinking "Aaargh!", but once you've cast your fic onto the waters it's pretty much up for grabs.
Ah, yes, all right.
You know, I was annoyed too when I saw the quoted text from Merry's fic, but it was more because I love that particular fic *so* much that I felt weirdly possessive of it (*), and I was upset that it hadn't been quoted quite as flatteringly as it might have been.
(*) the exact possessiveness, I might add, that fuels fandom itself-- this is meta-fandom!
[edited to finish a sentence. God, why did I even get UP this morning?]
Oooh, this is good. God bless Shrift & Nestra, the bestest enablers that there ever ever were.
Thanks for letting me know, Ple. I was curious how that would go over, especially in light of the TWOP banner debacle. I don't really bother to keep up with Smallville fandom issues; I barely keep up with Smallville.
