The Monster of Thread Rec Posts!!!
Now that the initial flurry of Anniversary posting has subsided, it is my pleasure to renew the monthly Thread Rec posts with a 'special edition' for the First Anniversary of Fiery Inception
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Well I was going to rec Deirdre's A Life Flickering, because that was a monster of an undertaking on Marie's part and very well done, but then I remembered how much I enjoyed reading her session with Tonks. Their doctor-patient dynamic here is just so how I'd envision anyone's unwilling admission into therapy. While Tonks struggles to open up and confront her own problems, Deirdre presents a very human face in a role that could easily become cold and emotionless (even in real life). Here again are two players who know how to create unique and interesting characters. And besides that, Marie just plays the best damn therapist you could hope for. In-game psychoanalyses. Jeez.
More fun at the Ministry, June Connors and Perry Derrick, PG-13
Well this started out as a private thread, but that wasn't good enough for Eve, oh no! She had to send charming adorable June in and totally break through my character's rugged manly walls. Thanks Eve. The thread was just FINE without June and her heart-wrenching vulnerability after her ordeal at the Ministry, which was awesome btw, but previously recced so I won't mention it. As if Perry really needed to see his theta ready to break down when he was barely holding himself together - do you know how hard that was for me to write?! DO YOU?
......Okay I'm done. :D Seriously, Perry's interactions with June's are some of my favorites in this game. And like I've told you before, if it weren't for P/P it'd be P/J all the way. <3
Awkward Reunion, Colin Creevey and Harry Potter, G.
This game has been full of interesting reunions, and Harry meeting up with Colin again - at a cemetary of all places - was too touching. And their interaction kinda followed up on this journal entry, which to me was the most hilarious thing ever. Our boys from the series are now meeting again as adults, and I think the transformation in Colin was both clear and believable... and yet, despite his own tragedy, he still manages to be so upbeat and cute.
A Drink at the Leaky, Pansy Parkinson and Parvati Patil
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A lot of the threads we rec are so poetic and deep, crowning achievements in literature, all that. But I don't think a thread has to be profound to be enjoyable. This is a simple sitdown between Pansy and Parvati, but the sparks going off between them are too amusing to look away from. Pansy's the queen of snark, but Parvati knows how to hold her own. This thread's on the list simply because it's so fun to read.
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Just so we know, Perry and Montague have in fact appeared in a thread together TWICE (well... three times now, yeah?). This was their first encounter. I was still breaking into Perry and did terrible here, so don't read my posts :p but Woodra's were just awesome. I don't know what to say, except I love Montague. I love his snark, I love his ability to push buttons, I love that he's oh so seductive and yet so thoroughly twisted - hell, look what he does to his BEST FRIEND. I loved his interactions with the nicer characters because they promised conflict, something that is often avoided in a game. Threads like this gave me chills because you didn't know quite what would happen; and yet, as bad as he is, he's still so tragic.
An early morning chat., Luna Lovegood and Tonks, PG
I'd be a terrible human being if I didn't mention this thread, because I had so much fun writing it with Jenna. And hey, posted on my birthday! This was the start of a beautiful relationship between Tonks and Luna and an AWESOME project: The Periodic Inquiry. I remember it most because this is what kept me in the game. I'd been struggling with my character, and it was Jenna who reached out to me to help solve her own problem; amusingly, a lot of Luna and Tonks's discussions about the PI pulled from Jenna and my brainstorms. So every bit of this was as much an investment for us as players as it was for our characters. They were truly a dynamic duo, and this thread is what started it all.
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