"harry potter" recs and things
NOTE: this is not a comprehensive "this is the best HP fic I have ever read" list because that list would go on for-fucking-ever. This is just stuff I've found/enjoyed recently that I felt like sharing with everyone here.
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and the rest | eleusis_walks | lavender brown centric
I cannot even articulate how much I loved this. It was meta and it portrayed both Lavender and Parvati (who, let’s be real, are not given much respect in canon) in positive lights. Post-war Lavender Brown reflects on what it means to fight in a war. It’s beautifully written and made me tear up a few times.
sentimental heart | byzantined | cho chang
UGH CHO CHANG YOU GUYS. I love Cho and some day, I shall write an essay on why, but for right now, have some beautiful fic about her.
winter of discontent | aliciadances | narcissa malfoy
so I just read this and FEELINGS EVERYWHERE FEELINGS! This is such a haunting, minimalist Narcissa-centric fic set during the First War when they realize that Regulus is missing and she thinks back to how she could have helped him and so much is said with so few words.
five women who hate fleur delacour | snegurochka-lee | fleur delacour (featuring other women)
I WILL REC THIS UNTIL THE DAY I DIE. This is a beautiful, poignant fic about Fleur Delacour and the petty reasons why people dislike her. As Tina Fey said in Mean Girls, “there’s been some girl on girl crime here” and this just articulates why Fleur is not a bad guy or a joke like canon and fanon often make her out to be. OH AND ALSO there is no bashing of the other female characters. Seriously, it would have been so easy to be like, "Fleur rocks because Narcissa suxxxx" (and then rattled off Narcissa/Molly/Tonks's failings), but it doesn't do that at all and that's why it's so perfect. Also featuring a pitch-perfect Luna Lovegood.
and also i'm just going to leave the link for the harry potter femgenficathon tag here because there is just so much great stuff there and there's seriously something for everyone.
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how i married your mother | creativeslumber | draco malfoy/astoria greengrass
One of the only Draco/Astoria fics I can find (although I haven’t looked too hard, I’ll admit.) This is just hilarious and wonderful and a few times I had to walk away from my computer because I was laughing so hard.
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wear it on your sleeve (he shan’t know another way) | mentalistecbm
A long-ish, really enjoyable and often touching look at Harry, post-war. He’s working in a coffee shop that Draco frequents. Everyone is written perfectly, especially Ron and Hermione and it has TRIO LOVE you guys, and Draco and Ron form this grudging friendship that is just beautifully written and there's Ron/Hermione and one of the best parts? POSITIVE. SLYTHERIN. CHARACTERS. Pansy Parkinson is there and she's, for once, not some scheming, evil bitch but she's Draco's friend and she ends up liking Harry and, honestly, nothing turns me off a fic more than if there's random and totally unnecessary bashing of the characters, especially female ones, so this is such a lovely and refreshing change that it would have make this list based on that fact alone, except the rest of the fic is equally well-written that the positive female representation was just an added bonus.
20 random facts about the things in draco’s bag | snegurochka-lee
Just a short and sweet Harry/Draco fic. Semi-epilogue compliant and Harry and Draco as fathers is just too sweet for me to pass up.
the den of so-called iniquity | snegurochka-lee
Harry and Draco, post-war. They meet up at a club where they take drugs and fuck. It’s seriously much better than it sounds and some of it is like a punch to the gut. Just read it, man.
a quiet full of longing | themostepotente
The structure and eloquence and…. This is just beautifully written. I’ll leave it at that. Check. It. Out. Now.
but not for love | fictualities
Only read this if you’re in the mood to have your heart smashed into a million little pieces. Seriously, this is heart wrenching and poignant and beautiful and I can’t even think about it without wanting to cry and die and fall off my bed. Seriously, just thinking about it will hurt. Kill me now. That is an order, not a request.
hope is the thing with feathers | obscureauthor
This is just another punch-in-the-gut fics. It’s a lot like “but not for love” in that regard in that it hurts a lot and it’s also quite, quite dark, but haunting and beautifully written.
harry potter and the inconvenient condition | mirabella
Harry, through a series of unfortunate events, turns into a vampire and has a thirst for Draco’s blood. LOL NO SHUT UP, IT’S ENJOYABLE, I SWEAR. And I love the way Draco is written.
yuletide treasure | rurounihime
WONDERFUL. FIC. I can’t articulate why I love it so much because I am terrible with feelings etc but this? This was just perfect. Harry and Draco are characterized beautifully and it’s just lovely all around and a few times, I was like biting my nails and going “oh SHIIIIIIIIIT!” because of how tense it made me.
NOTE PT. 2: also check out this list for more h/d (especially maya's stuff, which is found at the top of the list)