This is my last rec and I will shortly be switching off posting access for the last time. Thank you, everyone, for all of your lovely comments over the past month. crack_van has been a labor of love these many years, and it's really gratifying to know that it has meant so much to so many people. ♥

Fandoms: ONE DIRECTION / HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry ( Read more... )

Title: who knows me half as well as me by ten_miles_til_midnight
Pairing: Jordan Eberle/Taylor Hall (Pairing Primer here)
Length: 13,945 words
Author on LJ: til_midnight
Author Website: Author page on AO3
Why this must be read:This is a wonderful AU fusion with the Harry Potter universe (magic, but no Death Eaters or canon characters appear). Jordan is a ( Read more... )

Fandom: HOCKEY RPF/HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews
Length: 111,000 words
Author on LJ: staraflur
Author Website: Staraflur's hockey rpf at AO3
Why this must be read:All fandoms must, of course, have a Harry Potter AU, and Hockey RPF is no exception. I find that they're often pretty great fics as well, and, again, no exception here ( Read more... )

Fandom: AVENGERS (2012)/HARRY POTTER
Pairing: none
Length: ~2k
Author on LJ:igrockspock
Author Website: AO3 page

Why this must be read: Because it literally is, pretty much, how Natasha's life would have gone if she'd been part of Rowling's universe. And because this fic maintains so much of the characters backgrounds/motivations while still staying true to ( Read more... )

Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Length: 11,540
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Spoilers for the entire book series
Author on LJ:
Author Website: CallicoKitten on AO3, LowkeyLyesmiths on FFN
Summary: When Draco first meets Harry he knows he's met someone special, it just takes him a while to work out why.

Why this must be read: There are a ( Read more... )

First of all I want to apologize for a late start to the Comics van this month, but hopefully I'll be able to make up for lost time!   While in recent years I've definitely leaned towards reading more Marvel, I have a fondness for DC.  Either way expect a variety of characters/comics.

Title: The Better Men by TurtleTotem
Pairing: Erik Lehnsherr/ ( Read more... )

Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter)
Length: (70589 words)
Author on LJ: http://rightonthelimit.livejournal.com/
Author Website: Rightonthelimitin AO3
Why this must be read: A Tom/Harry love story its certainly not always sweet... it can have and a very dark side by its own ( Read more... )

Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: (Tom Riddle/Harry Potter)
Length: (92,809 words)
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Paimpont in FFNET
Why this must be read: Another of the best dream and fairytale Tom/Harry stories of the sweetest type and the very first one I read, perhaps the best of its kind and from one of the best authors. Paimpont certainly knows ( Read more... )

Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: (Harry Potter, Severus Snape, gen)
Length: (318,389 words)
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: kbinnz in FFNET
Why this must be read: Another amazing epic Slytherin Harry with Snape adopting him this time... again great characterization and while dark at times, the humor was such that it had me in stiches on the whole ( Read more... )

Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: (Harry Potter, Severus Snape, gen)
Length: (175,130 words)
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: jharad17 in FFNETWhy this must be read: One of the best if not the best Slytherin Harry with great characterization and dark humor... but most of all really life like ( Read more... )