Harry Potter Fanfics

[thistlechaser]

(LJ's such a bitchkitty this morning that I'm writing this up in Notepad and will copy and paste it in when LJ comes back up.)

For a long time (years and years), I've avoided fanfics. They tend to be seriously badly written and contain grammar so bad it would make your grandma cry.

Last week things changed.

I was so bored at work, I went poking around for something to read. A random Googling of 'Harry Potter' brought me to a fanfic site (fictionalley.org), and from there I found the most amazing story ever. The First Piece of Silver (warning: man-man kissin'. Don't click if you'll twitch.). After sending the URL to a number of folks I knew would like it (hi free_basing and evil_grayson!), I checked out the author's LJ (isiscolo).

Ahhhhh. isiscolo is like a filter: She writes great stuff, so she tends not to link to crap. She linked to Shade More Than Man, which I stayed up way too late last night reading. (Snape/Black slash, more than kissing. You've been warned.) Snape/Black. Hell, Snape/anything. Who'd think that worked? But wow, well written, and it does indeed make sense and work.

Since Shade More Than Man is NC17 rated, I can't read it at work (whine, whine), so googling I went again. Link lead to link, and I found this: the Severus Snape Fuh-q Fest. Now that's some funny (and wrong!) reading. It's a contest to write slash pairing Snape with various other characters from the HP books. How about Snape and Fluffy (the three headed dog), Snape and Fang (Hagrid's dog), Snape and a Dementor, or
Snape and a broomstick?

I'm a whole lot less bored at work today!

Comments

[animarelic.livejournal.com]

O.O My life is flashing before my eyes!

*dies*

(Snape/FLUFFY? SAVE MY SOUL!)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You think that's bad, read the broomstick one! I was laughing and twitching at the same time. :)

[sisterthemoon.livejournal.com]

Very belated comment, happened to come across this post while I was reading your LJ trying to figure out who you were. :) Anyhow, if you haven't yet, I'd recommend checking out http://www.schnoogle.com for some great novel-length fanfiction. Cassie Claire of Secret Diaries fame has a trilogy there. If you haven't read any of Barb's stuff (also on Schnoogle), I highly recommend it. She's mid-way through her third fic (seventh year), and is also writing a prequel at the same time, and it's all *great* stuff, IMO.

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Howdy!

I wander schnoogle.com's halls a lot, but I haven't come across those yet. Thanks for the recommendation!

Did you figure out who I was on your own? If not, (or even if you did!) I'll tell you: We only know each other very indirectly. I knew Bret through GarouMUSH. I think you and I met only once (at Graham's house?) one Thanksgiving or Christmas or BBQ or something.

I enjoy following marriage plans (and pregnancies, too) so I hope you don't mind if I made you a LJ friend. Eh, liking reading about those two things probably sounds odd, but I'm not a dangerous sort of freak, honest! :) I'm not intending to ever get married, so it's sort of an indirect way to see how all that goes.