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[bubosquared]

Happened upon this in my walkabout through other people's memorified posts, and, for some reason, really like it. Wow. It's. The Italy thing. I think.

I need to write some stories set in my favourite places.

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[fraulein.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks for posting this link! It's an amazing story - one I probably wouldn't have read on my own. I was curious as to why you thought it was so good. And you were sooo right. It's the 1st slash HP fic I've read that I really liked.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'd cackle evilly and start piming more on you, but I absolutely detest 95% of all HP slash, so yeah. Any pairing you'd like me to go look for? :)

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[fraulein.livejournal.com]

Hey thank you! I'm not sure what pairing I like. This Ron/Draco popped out of nowhere - but I really liked it. I think the emotional aspects and general overall tone were what was so appealing - not the pairing per see. And - to be honest I've been living over at Sugarquill.net -reading Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermoine. I've found its not the romances I like but the fics that are more action adventure or pov from a character - mostly Harry. There is one author I can recommend as being very good and different. Rabbit on both fanfiction.net and sugarquill.net is very good - I would love to find more fiction like hers!

So - anything you want to rec - I'll read since I'm really just learning what's out there.

May I recommend another writer too? They are known on sugarquill.net as sugarquill -and have a 26 chapter story that is really amazingly well done. No obvious slash - but I can't help but wonder if their Remus and Siruis are really a couple and it will be revealed later - or if it's only written for those of us who think along these lines but not spelled out so that it's considered 'clean'.

Thanks again for the offer - and may I extend it too - what pairing do you like? I can recommend amuse139 - she wrote Oliver and Percy fic before she found the Puppies - has a HP website and everything.

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hm, what kind of pairings do you usually like? Best friends? Antagonists? I'm usually mostly all about the antagonist pairings, I have to warn you. Lessee, from my limited recc files:

Shalott's stuff, which I recced today. All very good. The series that starts with A Rare Descent and ends (for now?) with The Seasonless World is gen, for now, and a WiP, I believe, but very good.

Mireille's fic, which I must amend with a disclaimer that I pretty much think Mir hung the moon when it comes to Marcus Flint, so take that as you will. Start with A Friendly Game of Blackmail, then read The Last Time, and then go to town. :)

And then there's Kym, whose Oh, Captain you really ought to read, but be warned it's a WiP (the cometion of which I await with bated breath.)

Do you have a URL for the authors you mentioned? I'll check 'em out.

And in general, I like (non-sappy) Harry/Draco, Wood/Flint, Flint/Higgs, and the occasional smattering of Ron/Draco. You'll be unlikely to find any W/F or F/H that I've not read yet, though. Woefully rare, those. Sigh.

[fraulein.livejournal.com]

Hi again. Thanks for the links! Now that I'm home from work I can post some too.

Rabbit's fic (http://www.sugarquill.net/authors/rabbit.html) at Sugarquill.net has the only two stories I've read by her. They are both in progress. My favorite of the two - Yet Another Snape Meets the Dursleys Story is sorta dark. Harry is locked up and it borders on abuse how they are treating him - even it wasn't completely intentional by the Dursleys. If you like dark or character driven fic - or Snape this is interesting. Her other story - Balance is an unusual story about Hogwarts, how things get completely out of control during a fight against the dark side and to set things right Harry and Draco end up working together. It too is not finished.

Sugar Quill (http://www.sugarquill.net/AtE/AtEToC.html) is another writer I rec'd to you earlier. The story - After the End is not slash but has a Remus/Sirius thing going on that - to me really seems as if they are a couple. It's 26 epic chapters and not done. It's primarily H/G and R/H and yes, it's sappy and romantic. But, it's got depth and dark stuff going on too. Draco is in it, as are all the Weasleys.

amuse139 has a site that isn't updated anymore except for OliverPercy Improves - but I know her work from other fandoms and I think her writing is excellent. She stopped working on her Oliver stories and site - In a Dark Wood (http://alloliver.tripod.com/oliverwood.htm) because she discovered the Puppies and is now busily writing JoLa and TimberTrick and Choey fic.

As for type of stories - I often like best friends stuff. But sometimes it's the antagonists that have to work together that are best. Conflict and angst is always good in my bopl. Romance is ok - but I don't actively look for it the way I do a good, involved character piece that shows conflicted morals and ideals and has growth in the end. Not to much to ask now is it?! I also like dark stories where in a characters save one another - but no one is really all the happy - just better off now that they are together. Doesn't have to be a romantic pairing but can often be enemies forced into unusual circuimstances.

Sorry, I don't have really have much slash to rec. But I'll keep you posted on things I do find that are interesting if you find you like the three fics I rec'd. Thanks again! I'm off to read your recs.

[fraulein.livejournal.com]

Hi again. Just wanted so thank you again for the links. I just finished reading all of Shalott's HP fic and they were amazing! Of course The Seasonless World ends with something of a cliffhanger but it was definitely worth the read - thanks for pointing me that way.

I hope you continue to post links in your LJ because these are definitely stories I wouldn't have found on my own!

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Hee! You're very welcome. I'll be reading those reccs of yours somewhere next week, BTW. I only really read slash at work. (Yes, I'm a freak. La!)