I should be thinking about the upcoming midterm exams. Instead, I've been wondering why I like the Harry Potter series so much, when the main theme is "love conquers all", which is an overused fairy tale cliché and not one I like seeing in literature ( Read more... )

- Fate's Favourite by The Fictionist (Rated Teen; Harry and Tom gen ( Read more... )

Boy Who Lived by Megii of Mysteri OusStranger (PG; gen/het; complete)

Not another "Harry goes back in time and raises Tom" fanfic! It isn't. It's unlike all the other dozens (hundreds?) of such fics.

Harry doesn't come to the orphanage and adopt Tom while he is a kid. He comes early enough to save Tom's mother (and later falls in love with her; ( Read more... )

Some of the best Harry Potter fanfics I've been reading this summer:

The Elite by Adari (Rated Teen. Gen. Complete.)
A hilarious execution of the "Harry and Draco become Aurors" plotline. Because I can't believe they would just become friends.

Delenda Est by Lord Silvere (Rated Teen. Gen, eventual het. WiP ( Read more... )

Inspired by discussions with irnan

One of the things that become obvious when watching the two Star Wars trilogies in quick succession is the character development of Anakin Skywalker between the prequels and the original trilogy. Most of us saw the OT before the prequels, saw him save Luke before seeing him try to "save" Padmé, and so we analyze his ( Read more... )