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soul_awakenings

A Friendly but Earnest Challenge - Finding the GQFs!

Mar 07, 2005 00:19

Ok, why is it so hard to find Harry Potter fics I like!!?! The unfortunate thing is, I've seen some excellent writing... but often for pairings or plotlines that I can't at all see happening and therefore don't read. The unlikeliness factor/disturbance factor just nags at me relentlessly until I stop, despite the quality of writing. This is what ( Read more... )

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cassadinechik March 7 2005, 05:38:06 UTC

Wow, you have put a heck of a lot of work into this! Were Harry and Hermione put in twice on purpose, because I wouldn't blame you if they were. Alas, and woe is me, I wish I could point, but no going. I usually end up with case #14, the abandoned fic :( Excellent ponderings though!

soul_awakenings March 7 2005, 05:44:07 UTC

Heehee, oops!! Umm... I can pretend that I'm *that* adamant about Harry/Hermione, but really I copied and pasted it and put it higher up the list to follow the Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione comments, and forgot to erase the bottom one. XD

And thanks! I was fed up with the lack of good fics (by my reckoning) and decided to make a challenge to the fandom! You know, ulterior motives and all that. ;)

soul_awakenings March 7 2005, 05:50:18 UTC

I fixed it! :D

siriusaboutsev March 7 2005, 05:57:43 UTC

wow, talk about high standards! LOL. Well, because I've fallen way too deep into the hole that is slash, I dont really know of any other type of fics BUT have you tried searching at the borgin_and_burkes (or it's PG counterpart Flourish_and_Blotts) Yahoo!Group? Because there are so many members, you can usually find what you're looking for in a snap. *snaps fingers*

Hope that's of SOME assistance. Good luck finding your GQF!

-Chi

soul_awakenings March 7 2005, 06:19:48 UTC

HAHAHA!! I know, eh? I can't seem to change my standards though! I've tried! But I have not yet tried Borgin_and_burkes!! I will give it a try - thanks, Chi! :)

siriusaboutsev March 8 2005, 05:15:15 UTC

no problem. A pleasure to be of service!

vanilla_pixie March 7 2005, 12:56:05 UTC

I agree with you on all of the above. This is why I don't read fics... I prefer to keep it all in my head. :O)

soul_awakenings March 8 2005, 05:01:04 UTC

Oh, I definitely remember talking about this with you. See, that's what I lose several hours to each day - panning out HP fics in my head that I know I'll never write out, simply because I'm too pressed for time. I can't find enough concrete fics that I like, so I have to make em up instead!

Tell you what - if any particularly good ones that match the criteria are recommended to me, I'll direct you there and you can check them out! Let's hope there's at least one or two really good ones! I plan to be fair and try them all.

vanilla_pixie March 22 2005, 17:14:06 UTC

Heh! I plan to be fair and try them all. Like that idea! :O)

sweden_girl25 March 7 2005, 15:12:20 UTC

I would rec you good fics but as you know I only read wel lwritten draco/hermione or hermione a few other pairings odd pairins lol

soul_awakenings March 8 2005, 05:02:35 UTC

Yup, not a problem! :) That's your thing and that's totally valid! My thing is just a little different ;) At least we share a deep love of Draco!! *hugs* I appreciate the thought anyhow, Maria!

sweden_girl25 March 8 2005, 16:19:17 UTC

your welcome heh

bibliophile81 March 7 2005, 16:59:38 UTC

Wow, you have put quite a lot of thought into this.

Some of my greatest irks are the same as yours, so when you get some more recs, I'll start reading them, too!

Aside from After the End (which I love so much that I just made a soundtrack for it over at hp_soundtracks and shoebox_project (on which I am terribly behind in my reading), I've had trouble finding Good Quality Fics.

The only two that I would recommend (and even then, I have reservations, as they are both NC-17) are over at The Firelight. It's a Harry/Ginny-centric site.

The first I'd recommend is 17, Clumsy and Shy by Velvethope. And the events of that story are later continued in In Essence: Undivided. And it seems she's updated quite a lot since I've last been there. Excellent. For a while, I was afraid she wouldn't continue the story. It's still a work in progress. Her plan is to continue through the end of year 7 ( ... )

bibliophile81 March 7 2005, 17:02:43 UTC

Blah. MoC, not MoS. I suck, lol!

soul_awakenings March 8 2005, 05:03:17 UTC

Heehee, I knew what you meant ;) No fellow Hufflepuff of mine sucks!!

bibliophile81 March 8 2005, 17:14:19 UTC

Okay, then, if you say so. *grins*

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