this is an sshg post

[borg_princess]

Shiny: I am so in love with Fade to Grey. I’ve been a little sad lately that I’ve been through all the really great SSHG fics and craving a new epic-length fic and feeling frustrated that I can’t find much good fic for my OTP anymore- then I found this. My SSHG flisters, if you haven’t read it, you really should! (And if you have, why the hell

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Part 2

[queenofcups]

I'm okay with a certain level of darkfic, like there are some where Hermione is kind of hardcore raped by Death Eaters and it's not particularly pleasant or anything, but occasionally it does produce good stories. And again, it sets up so much angst which just delights my soul, haha. But I agree that most do go too far, especially with the Death Eater angle. Tbh, I think the idea of revels where the DEs torture and rape people and whatever is both overdone and ridiculous to begin with. I know they tortured Muggles for no particular reason but ... IDK. Maybe it just shows up in way too many stories so I'm just sick of it, but it seems like, not the kind of thing they would be wasting their time on quite as often as some fics would have us believe. I feel similarly about MLC, that they're waaay overdone at this point and just a little boring, but I'm so happy you mentioned CoMC because seriously, second favorite fic ever. There is nothing in it that is less than wonderful.

Umm. Oh yeah the thing about her teeth. Lol IDK why that stood out to me but. I've only seen it brought up once, in TPWP, and I thought it was well-done and relevant there. Because, I mean, she is a girl, and a sometimes insecure one at that, and he publicly humiliated her and then he becomes this hugely important person in her life, so I can see it lingering there in her mind and maybe becoming a bigger deal than it should be, especially if like in TPWP he never compliments her and then tells her she's too heavy, lol.

I forgot all about A Murder of Crows. I think I'll reread it soon, I loved it a lot once I got into it. But yeah, that sort of Hermione is really irritating to me too, her being so needlessly and stubbornly mistrustful and refusing to let it go and nearly destroying everything. I love fics with scenes that can make me feel as tense and anxious as that one did. Also a definite yes for strong trio friendship. I will always dislike Harry and I'm not exactly a raving Ron fan either, but the bashing is so unnecessary. And I like to see other interactions apart from HG/SS occasionally, like in some fics when Snape and Minerva are friends or there's some Hermione and Ginny friendship.

As to my own preferences, I'm not terribly particular. I prefer smut as long as there's plenty of plot to go with it, and angst by the bucketful, and Snape being the biggest bastard in the history of bastards, and I'm very partial to stories where Hermione is still a student because I like that dynamic and the problems it can create. And I like war fics (which I think is another difference between us if I remember correctly), and trapped fics. the ones where they're stuck together somewhere for some reason and have to learn to live with each other. Especially if they can't use magic, which I've only seen in a couple of fics. I dislike tender mushy Snape and bratty tantrumy Hermione, and most marriage law fics, and fics that only exist for the sex, and OMG I hate fics where Ron is abusive to or cheats on Hermione and that's why they're not together anymore. I have seen a surprising number of these. And I hate fics where they are still together and then she's attracted to Snape and they start something and she has to be all conflicted. Ew. and I don't like time travel.

Yeah there are probably a billion other things I wanted to say, but this is so long already. Sorry, as usual, for my inability to shut up. I feel like writing a proper HG/SS essay now.