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So, I had this idea a few months back, and it bloomed into a story idea that will be my NaNoWriMo come next month.
The idea itself is Harry as a sultan, and Draco as his slaveboy. Before I decided to write it as my NaNo, I put it up as an idea for HD_Fanart over at LJ.
The picture went up today, and all I can do is squee. It's absolutely gorgeous. So if anyone were to want to go see it, here it is: On My Command. Go check it out and tell the artist how gorgeous it is. :D
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What with life being insane, I haven't managed to do a rec day in quite some time. I'd say I'd try to do it more regularly, but I doubt I'll manage. I will, however, try to shoot for at least once a month if I can, to keep these numbers down a bit.
Two things before I continue with the two that will be recd unlocked.
One is that I've been playing with Delicious for some time now, and now that I'm at work all day, I've come up with a new idea of how to use it. Now that I have to find a new way to store the stuff I like for recing later, I thought why not add a "recs" tag to it? So I've added Rec and rating tags, so if anyone were to want to look at my recs (not that there's much there yet), they could go here to see them. I intend to go back through all my recs at my rec journal and add them in. Not sure if I'll keep the journal itself or delete it once I'm finished there. I'll also be adding my Sunday recs, too. So that eventually everything I recd will be linked there. Easier retrieval, as it were.
And the other is that I have yet to get through most of the Cup fics. I think I got through about a third of the prompts or so. I will endeavor to read the others as well as soon as I can manage.
Deconstruction of an Architect - Dacro
Genish Snarry. One-shot. AU. Severus finds himself being made into an architect to follow in his father's footsteps by a manipulative old man. - PG13
Riptide - Annafugazzi
Harry/Draco, Draco/Astoria, Harry/Ginny, others. One-shot. Draco can't understand how Harry can be so blase about everything. But he can't quit resist, either. - PG13
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![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mayflo drew some drawbles, including an absolutely gorgeous Lucius/Regulus (nsw) for me. You should go check it out! :D
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| 2008-04-04 20:39 |
| State of the Elf again |
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* Job is...nuts. They've been getting twice the work I'm able to do in a day. And have no one else doing it. And I'm scrambling to be able to do as much as I am. Plus, I'm not really doing it the way they want to end up having it be done. Someone else does a bunch of lookup and callbacks that I couldn't do yet because I didn't have access to the relevant system yet. So eventually they want to have three of us doing the lookup, callbacks, and entering all at once. Which would slow things down incredibly much. I don't think they're quite cognizant of that just yet. :P
* Have been wibbling back and fort on a reclist of Anj classics. So...the question is, would there be any call for it, or does it seem redundant or silly, and I should just keep my big yap shut?
* Have not been playing in my games at all of late. I suck. Mostly because I can't really at work without feeling like I'm breaking rules, and by the time I get home, I'm wiped.
But I have been able to rp a bit through email and a few private rps...
Harry and Draco have been together since September of 2006, and got married in 2007 (realtime). One private ceremony with just very immediate family (Lucius, Severus, Sirius and Remus) in the Netherlands where it was legal for males at the time (the rp took place in 2002 at the time, I think), and one public ceremony several months later in the summer that was just for show. And now that we've moved them to "today," Harry's asked him again, now that it's legal for men to be able to marry each other in England. So he's been working on that.
And my Blaise has finally gained a Theo. We set it up that they were together in school a bit and then separated by the war. And now they're engaged to be married. My Blaise is very much of the "love doesn't exist" mindset because of his mother, but his friends and lovers have convinced him otherwise, and so now he's shocked, but very happy. It's odd, but sweet.
* Writing - finished my HP Vamp fic, but for the editing, which will begin this weekend. Need to start my D_D, and have ideas for another fic as well that wants to push the D_D right out of the way. And if I finish all that, I might claim another prompt at HP Vamp. Oh, and I have drabbles to do, too. :) And I have this amazing fic idea that I *have* to find the time to do, too.
* Also…have been having an idea that I’d like to do one of those “commentary tracks” for one of my fics. Anyone have any preferences for which? I might do a poll at some point.
* ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) hd_worldcup. If you’re not watching, why not? I haven’t had much chance to read what’s been posted so far, but I have enjoyed what I’ve read.
* Politics - I'm starting to get annoyed with both candidates. I was so thrilled when they both ended up as frontrunners, because I thought it meant we could avoid the “vote for me because I’m a …” argument. Why they couldn’t just run on the issues… Well, I suppose I know: they’re too close in most beliefs, so they need better ways to separate themselves.
* Have been considering switching my default icon to something different. Not sure to what yet, though.
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| 2008-02-18 21:00 |
| My Role in Fandom |
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So...this is something I've been meaning to re-do for ages now. But especially since the move to IJ in August.
My number one priority in fandom is, has and always will be, fic. Writing it, and still occasionally recing it. I post the 13th of every month to daily_deviant, and participate in random fests here and there. And, on great occasion, I write something just because it desperately has to get written.
Modding -
I am an editor at potter_prophet, which I contribute to each Sunday.
I mod the asylum blaise_zabini, which accepts all fic, art, icons meta or other entries having to do with the dark-skinned Slytherin.
I also mod hp_nano, which is a gathering place for those in the HP fandom participating in the yearly NaNoWriMo Challenge in November.
RP -
I co-mod the game founders_legacy, where I play Draco and Blaise.
I also RP in a slightly different form at rp_bad_boyz as Rabastan and Blaise.
And there's also still an older Draco in my head who snuggles with K's Harry.
Then there is true_revenge, which foodie and I have been slowly posting all our stories that started with a simple little idea I had about how Lucius might have proposed to Narcissa.
And shadowhunt, which is the beginning of a pseudo-rp surrounding an idea foodie had where Hestia Jones starts up a bounty-hunting agency after the war.
Then there's something that's not strictly fannish, but which I haven't mentioned in my journal until now--writing_linkz. It's nowhere near complete, and probably never will be. It's invite-only to join, but anyone is free to watch. Mostly, it's a place where I stash links that I think will be helpful in my writing.
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So...I keep forgetting to do this, but I have a good selection this time, so that's something, at least, right? This set will contain most or all of my Christmas Fest favorites. (wow, it really has been too long...)
Wrapped Around - Osmalic
Gen. One-shot. The Marauders and Lily each spend a bit of time with Harry before that last Halloween. - PG
41 Random Facts About James Potter - Xylodemon
Gen One-shot. Facts about the first James Potter, just like the title says. - PG
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So...in order to encourage myself and others to review, I had a new idea. Simple enough, but with a possibility of improving everyone's chances to get a review. Because everyone likes reviews, right?
The idea is this:
* Rec your favorite fics, both yours and your favorites of others, particularly those you think have been under-read (preferrably something that got less than ten comments).
* For every one rec of your own, up to ten (and please keep it at ten for your own stuff so that no one person overwhelms the meme), you should post two others by someone else.
* For each fic, include the following information:
<b>Title</b>:
<b>Author</b>:
<b>Rating</b>:
<b>Pairing/Characters</b>:
<b>Warnings</b>:
<b>Length</b>: (general is fine here - long/short, one-shot/two part/chaptered)
<b>Review/Comments</b>: (optional)
Do make sure each fic you rec, either yours or others, is not locked. If people can't get to it, they can't comment.
* Then, once you've posted your fics, go back through the list and read and comment! After all, it won't make a difference if no one does.
* And don't forget to pimp this in your journal! The more people who participate, the better. I did a love-meme last year, and if we get even half the number of recs we got that time, we'll all get lots of reviews.
Reference: Maeg's Guide to Leaving Feedback - good if you're never sure what to say.
Go forth and rec!
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| 2007-12-30 17:16 |
| End-of-year fic round-up & meme |
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Fic in review can be found by looking at my fic list tag. I'm not quite up to doing that a second time. ;)
( Counts )
( The Meme Questions )
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I know...it's been ages since I've done this. But I do still read the occasional fic. So...here's what I've collected since last time. Lots of fest fics. Most are probably Adult-rated, but I've got a few that aren't.
The Perfect Blend - Alisanne
Harry/Draco. One-shot. Harry and Draco try a spell meant to get rid of Draco's Dark Mark. - PG
Unconventional - Terradine
Harry/Draco. Two-part fic. Harry and Draco are called to Hogwarts because their daughter is taken ill. MPreg implied. - PG
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kabal42 wrote me the most gorgeous fic... It's Harry/Draco, and based on V for Vendetta, and she really did an amazing job. Everyone should go read it.
Say Just Words to Me
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So, this seems to be shaping up to about once a month these days... But at least this way, I have a bunch of recs for you. :)
I won't be separating out the spoilers from the non any longer, but I will put warnings. Still...read at your own risk if you haven't read the last book yet.
Unbroken - Taradiane
Harry/Draco. What do you do when the person you love doesn't remember they love you? Past MPreg. Based on my own fic, Snapshots, and utterly gorgeous. - PG13
Sins of the Fathers - Blamebrampton
Scorpius/Albus, mentions of other pairings. *DH spoilers!* Scorpius makes a new friend upon starting at Hogwarts. Based on Sansa's 20 Random Facts about Scorpius Malfoy. WIP. - PG13 (so far)
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My HD Remix piece went up today, only the third of the fest, and it is the most beautiful thing. It's based on my story, Snapshots (picture links to art by Hill), which is one of those stories I'm most proud of. This fic blows it out of the water by a mile. I read it with tears streaming down my face. The writer did such a fantastic job. Please go tell her how amazing she is. This fic deserves a million comments.
Unbroken
And if my guess is correct as to who the writer is, I'm even more squeeful... :D
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Um...no non-adult fics to rec this week. But I'd still like to link to this in case people haven't seen it. Everyone deserves a bit of love. :)
If you can't see the rec post after this one, it means I don't have you friended back because I don't know who you are, or you didn't have an age statement. Feel free to nudge this post to let me know how old you are, and I"ll friend you back.
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When I first started reading HP fanfic, I didn't consider myself a slasher. I only read het or gen, and kept it at that. Of course, the prevalence of slash in HP fanfic made it impossible to ignore, and so I began stumbling over slash fic with more and more frequency. Finally, after reading the third or fourth piece, I decided to just get it over with, and went to search out some of the "big" fics of the time. Now, this was in 2003, and fandom was probably reaching its peak.
The first of the stories I found, was, of course, Rhysenn's Irrisistable Poison. It was that and another fic that inspired me to start writing my own fic, and I always look back on it fondly. Unfortunately, soon after she wrote IP, she stopped writing the pairing, and so when I saw that she was doing a new post-DH canon fic picking up after the last scenes of DH, but before the epilogue, I was thrilled.
And when I read The Debt, I was even more thrilled. Even without this fic, I would love her, but the final chapter made me weep. Not because it was sad, but because she took her own most famous scene, and worked it for this new canon, and the scene is so good... The story left me smiling and teary in the best way possible.
I feel like I'm saying good-bye to something, but I'm not. I guess it's more that it just feels like things are coming full-circle. If you're a fan of Rhysenn's or IP, you should definitely give it a read. And if you've never read IP, I highly recommend it, and I promise you'll get so much more out of The Debt if you read IP first.
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Of Notepassing and Order Meetings - Lollyphants
Sirius/Remus. Sirius is bored in an Order meeting, so he's writing notes to Remus. - PG13
Unfolded and Undone - Olivia Lupin
Harry/Draco. Sixth-year AU. The meaning of a folded crane, and learning origami. - PG & PG13
( Cut for DH spoilers )
Also, from this point onward, I will be posting all R-rated fics with the NC-17 ones, since I'm sorta being given a clean break here... :)
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I've actually been reading these past two weeks. I'll probably cut spoilers for the next two months, just to give everyone who hasn't read a chance to avoid them, but I'm still only going to do two posts. Easier on me.
The Falmouth Falcons' Star Seeker - Faynia
Harry/Draco. Harry's having trouble dealing with the opposing team's Seeker. But not for the reasons you might think. - PG13
Laws of Motion - Bridget Wenlock aka Acidpop
Theodore/Harry/Draco. Sometimes the only thing keeping you apart is stubbornness. Character death. - PG13
Spoiler Fics:( DH Spoilers Implicit and Implied behind the cut )
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Dear god, it has been far too long since I've done this. More than a month, apparently... But I do have a nice selection for everyone...
Paint Me Black - Ky
Gen (minor Sirius/Remus). Regulus tries to convince his brother to return to the family, and learns something about both of them. - G
Just Another Lifetime - Furiosity
Harry/Draco, Blaise/Draco. A lifetime of Draco's birthdays. Or at least, many of them. - R
Quite a few more in the locked post. Shock of all shocks. ;)
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| 2007-06-18 10:16 |
| Update of doom |
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I just seem to be so distracted these days, I rarely seem to post anything but fic or memes. So a list of my life of late:
* On Spoilers! I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I don't want to be spoiled. Please, please, please! Put stuff under a cut for those of us who want to actually read the book without prior knowledge? Thanks.
( many many many other things behind the cut, to save my flist from teh ginormous post of doom )
And I think I'll stop there. And maybe try to post more often? :P Hope everyone is having a good day.
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