HP Beholder 2010 Fic & Art Master List
And here we have it, all fifty-nine stories and works of art from this year's hp_beholder exchange, now with names attached. Authors and Artist: you're at liberty to post your work wherever you want!
FIC
alimsiemanym wrote "Dogs of War" for mindabbles (Alastor Moody/Rufus Scrimgeour "A tale of triumph and tragedy, of two broken men and the war that made them and killed them." PG-13)
alwaysasnapefan wrote "Loyalty" for magnetic_pole (Rabastan Lestrange/Regulus Black "Regulus discovers that no family is perfect." PG-13)
anguis_1 wrote "“Sod Off” Means “I Love You”" for kinky_kneazle (Severus Snape/Millicent Bulstrode/Dennis Creevey "It begins and ends with the camera. Snapshots of life, and the living thereof." R.)
arcadian_dream wrote "Closing Time" for krechet / seatbeltdrivein on LJ (Minerva/Rosmerta "Minerva was older, but she was not dead and the girl - woman, really, that's what she was; the way her dress clung to the plush curves of her body left Minerva in no doubt of that - well, the girl was breathtaking." PG-13)
atdelphi wrote "The Conjugal State" for sweetmelodykiss (Argus Filch/Severus Snape "In which Albus Dumbledore makes an error, Severus Snape is certainly not married, and Argus Filch is the happiest man in the world. " NC-17. )
cardigrl wrote "As Time Goes By" for miss_morland (Rufus Scrimgeour / Augusta Longbottom "In the midst of war, unlikely alliances may form. Sometimes, they become more." PG)
cat_goddess wrote "The Fantasies of Stan Shunpike " for luvscharlie (Stan Shunpike/Millicent Bulstrode, Stan Shunpike/Marietta Edgecombe, Millicent Bulstrode/Viktor Krum "Stan’s many customers give him a lot to think about before he goes home." R.)
chaos_rose wrote "Never Hearts and Flowers" for alimsiemanym (Rufus Scrimgeour/Alastor Moody. "Scenes from the lives of two men." R.)
chazpure wrote "Charming a Prince" for snapesgirl_62 (Eileen Prince/Tobias Snape "Tobias had been sent away from danger into a strange world he'd never known, where he met a most unusual girl." R.)
cranky__crocus wrote "The Madmen, the Scarecrow and the Milkmaid" for featherxquill (Rita Skeeter/Irma Pince; Aunt Muriel/Mr. Ollivander/Xenophilius Lovegood (mentioned) "Irma spends a day of her holiday in one of her favourite bookshops. Irma had established that she was weary of other patrons." NC-17)
curia_regis wrote "Revolution and Betrayal" for eeyore9990 (Peter Pettigrew/Lucius Malfoy. "Peter never meant to betray his friends. He had never meant to become a Death Eater. It just happened. All he wanted to do was to join the Slug Club. All he'd ever wanted to be was like James Potter and Sirius Black." NC-17)
donnaimmaculata wrote "The Dog's Days of Summer" for florahart (Aunt Muriel/Griphook, Arabella Figg/Arthur Weasley "After Voldemort is gone, the wizarding society must re-establish its ties with the goblins, and Arthur must regain his equilibrium in a world without Molly." NC-17)
eeyore9990 wrote "For Whom the Bell Clonks" for gala_apples (Charlie Weasley/Viktor Krum/Bill Weasley "Maybe it was the echo of goats long past, but there was just something about the Hog's Head that called out to those looking for a bit of nefarious privacy." NC-17)
ella_bane wrote "But Can She Do Maths?" for nimrod_9 (Minerva McGonagall/Viktor Krum. "Viktor Krum needs a date. Where's Hermione Granger when you need her? " R)
featherxquill wrote "An Interesting and Difficult Woman" for inspired_ideas (Ollivander/Muriel "After his rescue from the Malfoy dungeon and his stay at Shell Cottage, Ollivander finds himself waiting out the war with five of the Weasley clan at their Aunt Muriel’s. Their hostess is a difficult woman, but as he learns more about her, Ollivander begins to find her interesting as well. " NC-17)
femmequixotic wrote "Ode to Broken Things" for comicsbycate (Millicent Bulstrode/Viktor Krum "'Krum's in town," Harry says finally. "I just thought you should know.'" NC-17)
florahart wrote "Fresh Start" for r_grayjoy (Alastor Moody/Viktor Krum. "All Alastor needs is more eyes and ears on the continent, but if he gets something more in the bargain, he supposes he'll take it." NC-17)
gala_apples wrote "Redefining " for carrot / vikingcarrot (Regulus Black/Walden Macnair "A family feud puts a budding Creature expert right where he would never choose to go, the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. " PG-13)
janus wrote "Washed Clean" for arcadian_dream (Rodolphus Lestrange/Rabastan Lestrange "The Lestrange brothers are freed from prison and taken to Malfoy Manor, where they begin to come to themselves in the bath." PG-13 )
kelly_chambliss wrote "Witness " for shadowycat (Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall. "Many years after Voldemort is finally overthrown, a Bulgarian former refugee comes forward to help answer one of the great mysteries of the wars. " NC-17)
kinky_kneazle wrote "Moments in Love" for noeon (Poppy Pomfrey/Pomona Sprout "Poppy has known Pomona Sprout since her Hogwart's days. And she just keeps falling in love with the woman." PG)
krechet / seatbeltdrivein wrote "Beauty Is: a not-quite-love story in four bars and one hotel" for omens.dreamwidth.org (Eileen (Prince) Snape/Sirius Black. "“Eileen was always told she’d never be her own person, and she agreed. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t wander outside the lines on occasion.” A night on the town, Sirius Black, and juvenile discussions. Eileen learns that there’s a life beyond her ex-husband, and Sirius just loves all women everywhere." NC-17)
lash_larue wrote "A Fucking Marvelous Wolf" for pale_moonlite (Fenrir Greyback/Remus Lupin "Theirs was a complex and largely one-sided relationship, especially after all was revealed." NC-17)
ldymusyc wrote "Diamond In Rough" for scarletladyy (Marcus Flint/Pansy Parkinson, Pansy/multiple "Pansy is the jewel of the private club known as The Den; Marcus is the one who makes her shine." NC-17)
leela_cat wrote "Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire" for janus (Rabastan Lestrange/Severus Snape "Duty takes Rabastan Lestrange down a path towards darkness, but it cannot steal away his dreams or his desires." PG-13)
leni_jess wrote "Steps to the Lightning-Struck Tower " for odogoddess (Severus Snape/Sybill Trelawney "Everybody meant well, even Dumbledore, in opposing Voldemort's schemes, but Fate is a malicious entity and Divination its ally." R.)
luvscharlie wrote "Dinner and a Show (not necessarily in that order) " for swissmarg (Viktor Krum/Nymphadora Tonks (past mentions of Charlie Weasley/Nymphadora Tonks) "Tonks has been given the assignment of guarding the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team as punishment for a few Auror transgressions. " NC-17.)
lyras wrote "The rest of the mornings in the world" for purplefluffycat (Horace Slughorn/Cornelius Fudge "After the Battle of Hogwarts, Horace finds an opportunity to repay a favour to an old friend." R.)
magnetic_pole wrote "Air Heart" for leela_cat (Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch. "Minerva McGonagall takes flight." PG-13)
meri_oddities wrote "When You Least Expect It " for leni_jess (Millicent Bulstrode / Dudley Dursley "Dudley meets someone unexpected at Harry's wedding. " PG)
mindabbles wrote "The News Today (Morning Edition)" for cat_goddess (Molly Weasley/Arthur Weasley, Minerva McGonagall/Arabella Figg, Augusta Longbottom/Alastor Moody "Tell it as you see it. Expose the bastards for what they are and if everyone, on every side, hates you, you are probably doing a fine job" PG-13/light R)
miss_morland wrote "Men of War" for chaos_rose (Rufus Scrimgeour/Alastor Moody "There was always the light coming from the small window, the taste of Firewhisky in the morning, and Moody's gruff smile as he opened the door to let him in." PG-13/R)
nimrod_9 wrote "Haud Maius December" for rebism (Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape "Just another day in the life of two Hogwarts professors." R.)
noeon wrote "When Dudley Met Millicent " for meri_oddities (Millicent/Dudley (background Harry/Dean, Ron/Pansy) "Dudley didn't know what to expect as a visitor in his cousin's world. He certainly wasn't expecting her." PG-13 )
odogoddess wrote "The Days & Nights & All The Hours" for kelly_chambliss (McGonagall/Hooch, McGonagall/Moody, McGonagall/Snape "Minerva reflects on those closest and dearest to her in both past and present" R.)
pale_moonlite wrote "Fists of Ink" for ldymusyc (Millicent Bulstrode/Blaise Zabini, Rita Skeeter, Minerva McGonagall/Aurora Sinistra "Girls like you simply need to work a little harder, develop other strengths to be able to compete." (Rita Skeeter to Millicent Bulstrode)" R.)
purplefluffycat wrote "Clouds of White" for venturous (Filius Flitwick/Peter Pettigrew "He would never have looked at the boy, at first. That was the truth by Merlin, and Filius reminded himself of that fact for many years after the event had passed. He was not a bad man, after all. Indeed, quite the opposite; didn't everyone always say that he was cheery and good natured and would go out of his way to help someone in trouble? . . . Well, yes. And that was quite possibly how the whole thing had started." R.)
r_grayjoy wrote "A Small Touch of Luck" for cardigrl (Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick "After the war, Severus finds himself dealing with excessively apologetic former colleagues, struggling through a difficult recovery from his injuries, and holed up inside Hogwarts in order to avoid the Ministry. Strangely, Filius is somehow making it almost enjoyable." NC-17)
ragdoll wrote "On the Mating Habits of Muggles & Naturalist Witches (OR Muggles in the Midst) " for didodikali / trickofthedark (Dudley Dursley/Luna Lovegood "Noted naturalist Luna Lovegood trails an elusive Muggle male in his native environment, seeking to gain his trust in an attempt to learn more about Muggle behaviour. Luna gets more than she bargained for, while Dudley Dursley gains more than he ever imagined. " R/NC-17)
scarletladyy wrote "The Arrangement" for tattooedsappho ( Marcus Flint/Pansy Parkinson. "Pansy thinks Flint is an irritating git, but he has more to offer than she ever thought possible." R.)
snapesgirl_62 wrote "Forbidden Fruit" for alwaysasnapefan (Eileen (Prince) Snape/Irma Pince Eileen/Tobias implied Severus/Gideon implied "Eileen always had a fondness for things she shouldn’t indulge in." NC-17)
strav / Josephine Stravinski wrote "Swings and roundabouts" for donnaimmaculata (Dudley/OC, Petunia/OC "In which Dudley finds, and loses, and rediscovers love, and Petunia hopes he'll find himself." PG)
sweetmelodykiss wrote "Surviving the Aftermath" for ella_bane (Arthur Weasley/Draco Malfoy. "Out of grief springs hope." R.)
swissmarg wrote "Bespoke Broom" for anguis_1 (Millicent/Ron, Millicent/Oliver "Ron never dreamed of what Millicent's hands could do to his broom. Now, he has." R.)
synn wrote "Zinnia and Honeysuckle" for atdelphi (Hooch/Sprout // Hooch/Neville (if you squint) "Muggle plants bloom out of season in the wizarding world. They flourish and wither at the whim of magical energies, a barometer of wizard emotions." R.)
tattooedsappho wrote "Classy" for lash_larue (Argus Filch / Irma Pince "When Argus begins working with Umbridge he gains some self confidence and goes after what he wants." G.)
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ART
camillo1978 drew "Post-Coital" for femmequixotic (Viktor Krum/Severus Snape "Traditional post-shag activity" PG-13)
carrot / vikingcarrot drew "Untitled" for thilia (Walden Macnair/Luna Lovegood. NC-17)
comicsbycate drew "i like my body when it is with your body" for ragdoll (Arthur Weasley/Molly Weasley "i like my body when it is with your body -e e cummings" R.)
didodikali / trickofthedark drew "Conjunction" for cranky__crocus (Irma/Sinistra, Pansy/Luna "One fine summer everything falls into place." G.)
inspired_ideas drew "Bedtime Stories" for camillo1978 (Wilhemina Grubbly-Plank / Aberforth Dumbledore "Wilhemina thinks Aberforth is a prickly old goat, but he tells the most wickedly amusing bedtime stories." PG.)
omens.dreamwidth.org drew "Palmistry" for lyras (Sybill Trelawney/Xenophilius Lovegood. G.)
shadowycat drew "Timing is Everything" for tripperfunster (Dumbledore/Filch. NC-17 )
sweet_lemmon drew "Dreamlike" for curia_regis (Marietta Edgecombe and Antonin Dolohov "Unreal or just magic?" PG)
thilia drew "In the Rain" for sweet_lemmon (Rabastan Lestrange/Luna Lovegood. R.)
tripperfunster drew "Size Queen" for synn, aka Three Sided Orchid (Hagrid/Harry. G.)
venturous1 drew "Barfly"; "Sweet Dreams"; "Roll in the Hay" for chazpure (Aberforth Dumbledore/Severus Snape "Young Severus drowns his sorrows at the Hog's Head, and finds not only a listening ear, but a friend, with benefits!" G, PG, R)
A few notes for the statistically inclined: The character who was in the greatest number of stories and art was...Severus Snape, who isn't actually on the list of needy characters. In my defense (since I may have been seen to engage in some shameless Snape-begging), it should be noted that in Beholder's first year, a very high percentage of participants were friends/acquaintances of mine, which is going to make the group skew towards the Snape-friendly side of fandom. And after that? Well, let's be honest...if one is pre-disposed to appreciate typically unappealing characters, Snape's not the least likely object of one's affection. :)
(To those Beholder participants who aren't Snape-fanciers: I love you too!)
Characters who were the focus of 3 or more stories/works of art
Severus Snape - 13
Minerva McGonagall - 10
Millicent Bulstrode - 7
Viktor Krum - 7
Alastor Moody - 6
Irma Pince - 5
Dudley Dursley- 4
Rabastan Lestrange - 4
Rufus Scrimgeour - 4
Argus Filch - 3
Arthur Weasley - 3
Eileen Prince- 3
Luna Lovegood -3
Rolanda Hooch - 3
Top Pairings
Scrimgeour/Moody - 3 (can you believe this? *g*)
Snape/McGonagall - 3
Millicent/Dudley - 2
Arthur/Molly - 2
McGonagall/Hooch - 2
Special Beholder Award for the Pairing Never Before Seen - Or Imagined
Aunt Muriel/Griphook the Goblin
Fic/Art by Pairing Category
Femslash - 10
Het - 30
Slash - 21
I'd like to close with a few thanks, first to the half dozen participants (and three watchers!) who volunteered to pinch hit. Your generous offers were much appreciated, even though for the second year in a row, not a single pinch hitter was needed! (woo-hoo!) There was a tiny bit of behind-the-scenes assignment re-shuffling when one participant had to withdraw, but due to the Beholder crowd's sheer coolness, that was an entirely stress-free process.
And for the third year, many thanks to all our wonderful participants and all the folks who read stories and admired art and left feedback and made recs in their journals and who were so positive and supportive about the uncommon pairings that are at the heart of hp_beholder.
NOTE: This year, stories that were too long for a single IJ post were hosted on the HP Beholder Dreamwidth Account (if anybody would like a Dreamwidth invite, email me at beholder.mod at gmail and let me know. Art, however, I still hosted on my own website, so Artists? Please let me know when you've posted your work on a site of your own and give me the new URL so I can update the coding. Merci!
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FIC
alimsiemanym wrote "Dogs of War" for mindabbles (Alastor Moody/Rufus Scrimgeour "A tale of triumph and tragedy, of two broken men and the war that made them and killed them." PG-13)
alwaysasnapefan wrote "Loyalty" for magnetic_pole (Rabastan Lestrange/Regulus Black "Regulus discovers that no family is perfect." PG-13)
anguis_1 wrote "“Sod Off” Means “I Love You”" for kinky_kneazle (Severus Snape/Millicent Bulstrode/Dennis Creevey "It begins and ends with the camera. Snapshots of life, and the living thereof." R.)
arcadian_dream wrote "Closing Time" for krechet / seatbeltdrivein on LJ (Minerva/Rosmerta "Minerva was older, but she was not dead and the girl - woman, really, that's what she was; the way her dress clung to the plush curves of her body left Minerva in no doubt of that - well, the girl was breathtaking." PG-13)
atdelphi wrote "The Conjugal State" for sweetmelodykiss (Argus Filch/Severus Snape "In which Albus Dumbledore makes an error, Severus Snape is certainly not married, and Argus Filch is the happiest man in the world. " NC-17. )
cardigrl wrote "As Time Goes By" for miss_morland (Rufus Scrimgeour / Augusta Longbottom "In the midst of war, unlikely alliances may form. Sometimes, they become more." PG)
cat_goddess wrote "The Fantasies of Stan Shunpike " for luvscharlie (Stan Shunpike/Millicent Bulstrode, Stan Shunpike/Marietta Edgecombe, Millicent Bulstrode/Viktor Krum "Stan’s many customers give him a lot to think about before he goes home." R.)
chaos_rose wrote "Never Hearts and Flowers" for alimsiemanym (Rufus Scrimgeour/Alastor Moody. "Scenes from the lives of two men." R.)
chazpure wrote "Charming a Prince" for snapesgirl_62 (Eileen Prince/Tobias Snape "Tobias had been sent away from danger into a strange world he'd never known, where he met a most unusual girl." R.)
cranky__crocus wrote "The Madmen, the Scarecrow and the Milkmaid" for featherxquill (Rita Skeeter/Irma Pince; Aunt Muriel/Mr. Ollivander/Xenophilius Lovegood (mentioned) "Irma spends a day of her holiday in one of her favourite bookshops. Irma had established that she was weary of other patrons." NC-17)
curia_regis wrote "Revolution and Betrayal" for eeyore9990 (Peter Pettigrew/Lucius Malfoy. "Peter never meant to betray his friends. He had never meant to become a Death Eater. It just happened. All he wanted to do was to join the Slug Club. All he'd ever wanted to be was like James Potter and Sirius Black." NC-17)
donnaimmaculata wrote "The Dog's Days of Summer" for florahart (Aunt Muriel/Griphook, Arabella Figg/Arthur Weasley "After Voldemort is gone, the wizarding society must re-establish its ties with the goblins, and Arthur must regain his equilibrium in a world without Molly." NC-17)
eeyore9990 wrote "For Whom the Bell Clonks" for gala_apples (Charlie Weasley/Viktor Krum/Bill Weasley "Maybe it was the echo of goats long past, but there was just something about the Hog's Head that called out to those looking for a bit of nefarious privacy." NC-17)
ella_bane wrote "But Can She Do Maths?" for nimrod_9 (Minerva McGonagall/Viktor Krum. "Viktor Krum needs a date. Where's Hermione Granger when you need her? " R)
featherxquill wrote "An Interesting and Difficult Woman" for inspired_ideas (Ollivander/Muriel "After his rescue from the Malfoy dungeon and his stay at Shell Cottage, Ollivander finds himself waiting out the war with five of the Weasley clan at their Aunt Muriel’s. Their hostess is a difficult woman, but as he learns more about her, Ollivander begins to find her interesting as well. " NC-17)
femmequixotic wrote "Ode to Broken Things" for comicsbycate (Millicent Bulstrode/Viktor Krum "'Krum's in town," Harry says finally. "I just thought you should know.'" NC-17)
florahart wrote "Fresh Start" for r_grayjoy (Alastor Moody/Viktor Krum. "All Alastor needs is more eyes and ears on the continent, but if he gets something more in the bargain, he supposes he'll take it." NC-17)
gala_apples wrote "Redefining " for carrot / vikingcarrot (Regulus Black/Walden Macnair "A family feud puts a budding Creature expert right where he would never choose to go, the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures. " PG-13)
janus wrote "Washed Clean" for arcadian_dream (Rodolphus Lestrange/Rabastan Lestrange "The Lestrange brothers are freed from prison and taken to Malfoy Manor, where they begin to come to themselves in the bath." PG-13 )
kelly_chambliss wrote "Witness " for shadowycat (Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall. "Many years after Voldemort is finally overthrown, a Bulgarian former refugee comes forward to help answer one of the great mysteries of the wars. " NC-17)
kinky_kneazle wrote "Moments in Love" for noeon (Poppy Pomfrey/Pomona Sprout "Poppy has known Pomona Sprout since her Hogwart's days. And she just keeps falling in love with the woman." PG)
krechet / seatbeltdrivein wrote "Beauty Is: a not-quite-love story in four bars and one hotel" for omens.dreamwidth.org (Eileen (Prince) Snape/Sirius Black. "“Eileen was always told she’d never be her own person, and she agreed. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t wander outside the lines on occasion.” A night on the town, Sirius Black, and juvenile discussions. Eileen learns that there’s a life beyond her ex-husband, and Sirius just loves all women everywhere." NC-17)
lash_larue wrote "A Fucking Marvelous Wolf" for pale_moonlite (Fenrir Greyback/Remus Lupin "Theirs was a complex and largely one-sided relationship, especially after all was revealed." NC-17)
ldymusyc wrote "Diamond In Rough" for scarletladyy (Marcus Flint/Pansy Parkinson, Pansy/multiple "Pansy is the jewel of the private club known as The Den; Marcus is the one who makes her shine." NC-17)
leela_cat wrote "Triptych: Duty, Dream, and Desire" for janus (Rabastan Lestrange/Severus Snape "Duty takes Rabastan Lestrange down a path towards darkness, but it cannot steal away his dreams or his desires." PG-13)
leni_jess wrote "Steps to the Lightning-Struck Tower " for odogoddess (Severus Snape/Sybill Trelawney "Everybody meant well, even Dumbledore, in opposing Voldemort's schemes, but Fate is a malicious entity and Divination its ally." R.)
luvscharlie wrote "Dinner and a Show (not necessarily in that order) " for swissmarg (Viktor Krum/Nymphadora Tonks (past mentions of Charlie Weasley/Nymphadora Tonks) "Tonks has been given the assignment of guarding the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team as punishment for a few Auror transgressions. " NC-17.)
lyras wrote "The rest of the mornings in the world" for purplefluffycat (Horace Slughorn/Cornelius Fudge "After the Battle of Hogwarts, Horace finds an opportunity to repay a favour to an old friend." R.)
magnetic_pole wrote "Air Heart" for leela_cat (Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch. "Minerva McGonagall takes flight." PG-13)
meri_oddities wrote "When You Least Expect It " for leni_jess (Millicent Bulstrode / Dudley Dursley "Dudley meets someone unexpected at Harry's wedding. " PG)
mindabbles wrote "The News Today (Morning Edition)" for cat_goddess (Molly Weasley/Arthur Weasley, Minerva McGonagall/Arabella Figg, Augusta Longbottom/Alastor Moody "Tell it as you see it. Expose the bastards for what they are and if everyone, on every side, hates you, you are probably doing a fine job" PG-13/light R)
miss_morland wrote "Men of War" for chaos_rose (Rufus Scrimgeour/Alastor Moody "There was always the light coming from the small window, the taste of Firewhisky in the morning, and Moody's gruff smile as he opened the door to let him in." PG-13/R)
nimrod_9 wrote "Haud Maius December" for rebism (Minerva McGonagall/Severus Snape "Just another day in the life of two Hogwarts professors." R.)
noeon wrote "When Dudley Met Millicent " for meri_oddities (Millicent/Dudley (background Harry/Dean, Ron/Pansy) "Dudley didn't know what to expect as a visitor in his cousin's world. He certainly wasn't expecting her." PG-13 )
odogoddess wrote "The Days & Nights & All The Hours" for kelly_chambliss (McGonagall/Hooch, McGonagall/Moody, McGonagall/Snape "Minerva reflects on those closest and dearest to her in both past and present" R.)
pale_moonlite wrote "Fists of Ink" for ldymusyc (Millicent Bulstrode/Blaise Zabini, Rita Skeeter, Minerva McGonagall/Aurora Sinistra "Girls like you simply need to work a little harder, develop other strengths to be able to compete." (Rita Skeeter to Millicent Bulstrode)" R.)
purplefluffycat wrote "Clouds of White" for venturous (Filius Flitwick/Peter Pettigrew "He would never have looked at the boy, at first. That was the truth by Merlin, and Filius reminded himself of that fact for many years after the event had passed. He was not a bad man, after all. Indeed, quite the opposite; didn't everyone always say that he was cheery and good natured and would go out of his way to help someone in trouble? . . . Well, yes. And that was quite possibly how the whole thing had started." R.)
r_grayjoy wrote "A Small Touch of Luck" for cardigrl (Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick "After the war, Severus finds himself dealing with excessively apologetic former colleagues, struggling through a difficult recovery from his injuries, and holed up inside Hogwarts in order to avoid the Ministry. Strangely, Filius is somehow making it almost enjoyable." NC-17)
ragdoll wrote "On the Mating Habits of Muggles & Naturalist Witches (OR Muggles in the Midst) " for didodikali / trickofthedark (Dudley Dursley/Luna Lovegood "Noted naturalist Luna Lovegood trails an elusive Muggle male in his native environment, seeking to gain his trust in an attempt to learn more about Muggle behaviour. Luna gets more than she bargained for, while Dudley Dursley gains more than he ever imagined. " R/NC-17)
scarletladyy wrote "The Arrangement" for tattooedsappho ( Marcus Flint/Pansy Parkinson. "Pansy thinks Flint is an irritating git, but he has more to offer than she ever thought possible." R.)
snapesgirl_62 wrote "Forbidden Fruit" for alwaysasnapefan (Eileen (Prince) Snape/Irma Pince Eileen/Tobias implied Severus/Gideon implied "Eileen always had a fondness for things she shouldn’t indulge in." NC-17)
strav / Josephine Stravinski wrote "Swings and roundabouts" for donnaimmaculata (Dudley/OC, Petunia/OC "In which Dudley finds, and loses, and rediscovers love, and Petunia hopes he'll find himself." PG)
sweetmelodykiss wrote "Surviving the Aftermath" for ella_bane (Arthur Weasley/Draco Malfoy. "Out of grief springs hope." R.)
swissmarg wrote "Bespoke Broom" for anguis_1 (Millicent/Ron, Millicent/Oliver "Ron never dreamed of what Millicent's hands could do to his broom. Now, he has." R.)
synn wrote "Zinnia and Honeysuckle" for atdelphi (Hooch/Sprout // Hooch/Neville (if you squint) "Muggle plants bloom out of season in the wizarding world. They flourish and wither at the whim of magical energies, a barometer of wizard emotions." R.)
tattooedsappho wrote "Classy" for lash_larue (Argus Filch / Irma Pince "When Argus begins working with Umbridge he gains some self confidence and goes after what he wants." G.)
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ART
camillo1978 drew "Post-Coital" for femmequixotic (Viktor Krum/Severus Snape "Traditional post-shag activity" PG-13)
carrot / vikingcarrot drew "Untitled" for thilia (Walden Macnair/Luna Lovegood. NC-17)
comicsbycate drew "i like my body when it is with your body" for ragdoll (Arthur Weasley/Molly Weasley "i like my body when it is with your body -e e cummings" R.)
didodikali / trickofthedark drew "Conjunction" for cranky__crocus (Irma/Sinistra, Pansy/Luna "One fine summer everything falls into place." G.)
inspired_ideas drew "Bedtime Stories" for camillo1978 (Wilhemina Grubbly-Plank / Aberforth Dumbledore "Wilhemina thinks Aberforth is a prickly old goat, but he tells the most wickedly amusing bedtime stories." PG.)
omens.dreamwidth.org drew "Palmistry" for lyras (Sybill Trelawney/Xenophilius Lovegood. G.)
shadowycat drew "Timing is Everything" for tripperfunster (Dumbledore/Filch. NC-17 )
sweet_lemmon drew "Dreamlike" for curia_regis (Marietta Edgecombe and Antonin Dolohov "Unreal or just magic?" PG)
thilia drew "In the Rain" for sweet_lemmon (Rabastan Lestrange/Luna Lovegood. R.)
tripperfunster drew "Size Queen" for synn, aka Three Sided Orchid (Hagrid/Harry. G.)
venturous1 drew "Barfly"; "Sweet Dreams"; "Roll in the Hay" for chazpure (Aberforth Dumbledore/Severus Snape "Young Severus drowns his sorrows at the Hog's Head, and finds not only a listening ear, but a friend, with benefits!" G, PG, R)
A few notes for the statistically inclined: The character who was in the greatest number of stories and art was...Severus Snape, who isn't actually on the list of needy characters. In my defense (since I may have been seen to engage in some shameless Snape-begging), it should be noted that in Beholder's first year, a very high percentage of participants were friends/acquaintances of mine, which is going to make the group skew towards the Snape-friendly side of fandom. And after that? Well, let's be honest...if one is pre-disposed to appreciate typically unappealing characters, Snape's not the least likely object of one's affection. :)
(To those Beholder participants who aren't Snape-fanciers: I love you too!)
Characters who were the focus of 3 or more stories/works of art
Severus Snape - 13
Minerva McGonagall - 10
Millicent Bulstrode - 7
Viktor Krum - 7
Alastor Moody - 6
Irma Pince - 5
Dudley Dursley- 4
Rabastan Lestrange - 4
Rufus Scrimgeour - 4
Argus Filch - 3
Arthur Weasley - 3
Eileen Prince- 3
Luna Lovegood -3
Rolanda Hooch - 3
Top Pairings
Scrimgeour/Moody - 3 (can you believe this? *g*)
Snape/McGonagall - 3
Millicent/Dudley - 2
Arthur/Molly - 2
McGonagall/Hooch - 2
Special Beholder Award for the Pairing Never Before Seen - Or Imagined
Aunt Muriel/Griphook the Goblin
Fic/Art by Pairing Category
Femslash - 10
Het - 30
Slash - 21
I'd like to close with a few thanks, first to the half dozen participants (and three watchers!) who volunteered to pinch hit. Your generous offers were much appreciated, even though for the second year in a row, not a single pinch hitter was needed! (woo-hoo!) There was a tiny bit of behind-the-scenes assignment re-shuffling when one participant had to withdraw, but due to the Beholder crowd's sheer coolness, that was an entirely stress-free process.
And for the third year, many thanks to all our wonderful participants and all the folks who read stories and admired art and left feedback and made recs in their journals and who were so positive and supportive about the uncommon pairings that are at the heart of hp_beholder.
NOTE: This year, stories that were too long for a single IJ post were hosted on the HP Beholder Dreamwidth Account (if anybody would like a Dreamwidth invite, email me at beholder.mod at gmail and let me know. Art, however, I still hosted on my own website, so Artists? Please let me know when you've posted your work on a site of your own and give me the new URL so I can update the coding. Merci!
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