I've just found something that I never knew I needed to read - never even thought that anyone would have ever, ever, ever come up with, in fact - and it's brilliant. I stumbled on it completely by accident browsing through the AO3 fandom lists, and was surprised (and thrilled) to see "1066 and all that" listed, and of course I had to click ... and ( Read more... )

Do you know how sometimes good things happen at an absolutely perfect time? ... That happened to me this week when my hp_cross_fest gift was posted - and goodness, was it ever perfect. :D :D :D

I'd been having the crummiest day week past two weeks, and stressing out over this, that, and the other thing. I haven't had half a chance to just breathe, lately, and ( Read more... )

Mrs Scamander and the Unusual Courtship by iulia_linnea (Lunucious and other pairings, NC-17) - Luna is just delightful - perfectly captured here and an absolute joy to read - and the twists and turns of this courtship are brilliant!

Take Me Down by shellydkitty (Draco/doll, Harry/Draco, NC-17) - Shelly's debut fic over at daily_deviant, and what a debut it is! Hot and deviant and ( Read more... )

I got home really late last night, and didn't have time to squee about these before I collapsed - but look! There is fic for me! *grins like a mad thing* iulia_linnea wrote After (Severus/Lily, PG) , celandineb wrote Estimation (Percy, G) and unbroken_halo wrote Season of Giving (Bill/Neville, G) for me! Eeeee, I have such lovely friends! *glomps* :D :D :D ( Read more... )

My percy_ficathon gift has been posted, and it's incredible! Complicated (Percy/Teddy, PG-13/R) ... YES, someone wrote Percy/Teddy for me! And it's AMAZING! Brilliant story with brilliant characterization and OMG, you simply must read it to understand exactly how wonderful it is! Go on, now! :D

westernredcedar, who is an absolute sweetheart, wrote me this double-drabble: Grey for absolutely no reason at all, and that just brightened my day up immensely. :) :) :) It's Remus/Sirius (with a perfect Sirius, omg I love him so much), PG, and you should definitely go and read it and tell her how awesome she is!

In other news, snapenews is looking for an editor to fill ( Read more... )

You guys, I HAVE FIC! My hp_traditions gift was posted while I was gone, and it is perfect beyond words. Honestly, I am just blown away by it... it's beautiful. Beautifully written, beautifully characterized, beautifully plotted. (I completely <3 non-linear stories, as you may know, and this one does it SO well!)

It's a Remus/Sirius fic, Fire and Ice, and it's ( Read more... )

Aren't I a lucky girl? *g*

westernredcedar wrote Ornithology: The Study of Birds (Sirius/Remus, R) for me - absolutely hilarious, and a perfect, funny, charming Sirius. When I fell in love with movie!Sirius, this is totally who I fell in love with ( Read more... )

If you haven't been watching hpvalensmut, then you've definitely missed out on some great fic, but more importantly, you've missed out on the fic that was written for me! It's wonderful, so I absolutely wouldn't want any of you to miss it.

It's There's Not Always a Crowd (Harry/Severus, Bill/Harry/Severus, NC-17, mind the warnings if hot threesomes and ( Read more... )

( Why yes, I do believe that I'm completely caught up, after spending most of the weekend reading ... )