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| I've been a fan of the Harry Potter books since Chamber of Secrets was released in the US, but I've only been reading the associated fanfic since 2001, when a particularly stupid and poorly written Harry/Draco piece was submitted in the little 'Worst Fanfic Ever!' contest my friends and I held. It didn't win, and I checked the fandom out in spite of this story, and I've been hooked ever since. A bit about my preferences, though, just so you know what sort of recs I'll be putting up here. 1. There are a ton of potential pairings in the Potterverse, mostly due to the large number of characters in the books. And I'm open to most ships, with a few exceptions, but here's a list of ships that I get genuinely excited about: Snape/Hermione -- my favorite by far Neville/Ginny -- especially since OotP came out Draco/Ginny -- only as a secondary pairing Ron/Draco -- my second favorite Ron/Harry -- the quality of these stories is often impressive Harry/Draco -- this one snuck up on me out of nowhere The only pairings I absolutely won't touch with a ten-foot pole are incest and Snape slash. Incest, well, for obvious reasons, and Snape slash... I simply see Snape as a heterosexual fellow and am not able to suspend my disbelief long enough to read otherwise. 2. Oh, my, the Mary Sues we often encounter in this fandom. I mean, they're pretty bad in other ones, but in the Potterverse, when we can give ourselves magical superpowers in addition to our bubbly personalities and beautiful hair, we've got a veritable infestation. Having said this, though, it's mostly confined to the fanfiction.net and Fiction Alley sites. 3. I'm pretty bad about not liking the classics in this fandom -- I'm not a big fan of Pawn to Queen, Cassie Clare's Draco Trilogy, or Underwater Light. Sorry. Although having said that, I am fairly fond of a couple of the classic slash fics out there. One in particular that I would wallpaper my living room with if I didn't think it would result in institutionalization. 4. Lots of WIPs in the Potterverse, which stinks, but what can you do? It just means that there are a handful of excellent stories out there that I'm following, but haven't been finished yet. I'll let you know when they're done, though ::g:: Enough babble -- go, read! |
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