Interesting Links for 04-06-2014

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HP: 101 Ways to Heal Your Wizarding Woes (Or, an Unfortunate Incident with a Traffic Cone and a Policeman’s Helmet), by who_la_hoop.

Harry is a trainee Auror, and Draco is living at Malfoy Manor, bored and petulant with nothing to do, and no career prospects. Draco's attempt to heal himself via Muggle psychology - including writing a series of 'why I hate you' letters to Harry - backfires when an overanxious house elf delivers the results to Harry. Harry is bemused, Draco is angry and together they have a lot of issues to work out.

-- > This is very funny, and cute and sweet with just the right amount of snark. The very beginning had me laughing, and I enjoyed it very much. This is just the right story after you read something dark and/or depressing.
(tags: harry_potter(fandom) harry_potter draco_malfoy draco_malfoy/harry_potter ron_weasley severus_snape hermione_granger ewe first!time snape-lives m/m nc-17 20.000-40.000 10/15 )

• HP: War Wounds, by ozma_katiebell.
  
  Neville's already had his hero's trial. How hard could telling a girl you fancy her be?
  
  -- > Lavender is one of those characters that doesn't get much attention in canon, and if she does than as a cliché or a plot device. The author of this story brings her to life. She's still herself, as we see her in canon, but she's more, grown, a real person. And Neville is brave and couragious, but still young and a bit insecure. The sex is hot, but realistic. I enjoyed this story very much.
  (tags: post-war neville_longbottom lavender_brown lavender_brown/neville_longbottom f/m harry_potter(fandom) nc-17 5.000-10.000 12/15 first-time )
  
• HP: Turn to Me With Frozen Lips, by kethlenda.
  
  A Christmas gift from Luna Lovegood is never dull.
  
  -- > This is adorable and sweet and hot, but not schmoopy. A little bit of humour, and nice characterization. A enjoyable little fic.
  (tags: dean_thomas luna_lovegood luna_lovegood/dean_thomas nc-17 1.000-5.000 11/15 f/m fanfiction harry_potter(fandom) rare_pairing supporting_character female_character character_of_color first-time )
  
• HP: Fra Pandolf's Hands, by a_t_rain.
  
  Dean thinks his dreams have come true when the most famous painter in the wizarding world takes him on as an apprentice. But magical portraiture is a dangerous enterprise, and in the final days of the war, the Minister for Magic approaches the young artist with a commission that may end in murder...
  
  -- > Wonderful character study and great use of magic. Wonderful world-building.
  (tags: dean_thomas character_of_color character-study the-wonders-of-magic world-building supporting_character gen pg 5.000-10.000 13/15 )
  
• SGA: Empty Vessels, by rhymer23.
  
  Four people awake separately in the darkness with no memory of who they are, and there is something in the darkness, and it wants them.
  
  -- > How much of our personality is learned, how much is innate? It's not easy to write amnesiac people. rhymer23 manages to balance this. It's an intriguing view on people we know, or we think we know. The voices of each of the team members is very distinctive, so the reader knows who each person is even though they don't know themselves. I love the insight we gather.
  Beside this, the story is very well plotted, very engaging. I couldn't stop reading even though it was way past my bed time.
  (tags: ream stargate_atlantis rodney_mckay teyla_emmagan john_sheppard ronon_dex amnesia pg 20.000-40.000 12/15 action/adventure character_of_color character-study mystery suspense hurt/comfort plot whump gen )
  
• Hobbit/LotR: In the Service of the Elven King, by artaxastra.
  
  Aragorn came to the halls of King Thranduil in the autumn of his twenty-second year, following the Elven Road through Mirkwood with Gandalf the Grey. - This takes place in the decades immediately after The Hobbit.
  
  -- > This is a wonderful look at Gandalf, Aragorn and Thranduil. I love their interaction and the story makes so much sense, I accepted it as my headcanon.
  (tags: gandalf aragorn thranduil lord_of_the_rings the_hobbit g gen 1.000-5.000 12/15 small_fandom supporting_character character-study headcanon:accepted competence missing-scene it-could-be-canon )
  
• DS: Leaving a mark, by keerawa.
  
  Inspired by: stop_drop_porn's knife!kink Challenge. I don't do 24-hour deadlines, but it got me writing!
  
  -- > Oh, this is hot and intense and so very much in character. Sometimes kinky porn drifts into OoC, but these Fraser and Kowalski can be extrapolated directly from canon.
  (tags: due_south benton_fraser/ray_kowalski benton_fraser ray_kowalski nc-17 m/m 1.000-5.000 13/15 kink knife!kink porn established-relationship hot! bloodplay d/s )
  
• NCIS: Kill Me With Kindness, by janedavitt.
  
  "Nice? I don't want nice. It's not Gibbs if he's nice." - DiNozzo in 'Kill Ari Part One'.
  
  -- > Very hot and very in character. I can stand schmoop in most fandoms but for NCIS and especially DiNozzo/Gibbs it really annoys me. This story is delightfully schmoop-free.
  (tags: 12/15 hot! pwp character-study 1-1.000 ncis tony_dinozzo jethro_gibbs tony_dinozzo/jethro_gibbs nc-17 m/m )
  
• Hockey RPF: The Limits of the World, by turningterrific.
  
  “So, umm,” Sid says into his phone, suddenly nervous.
  “Sid?” Geno’s voice registers surprise.
  “Yeah, umm.” Why is this difficult? “I’m here?”
  Geno laughs. “Back in Pittsburgh?”
  “No.” Sid clears his throat. “I’m-- I’m in the Moscow airport.”
  Or:
  Sid decides to spend his summer in Russia.
  
  -- > gorgeous, slow build. lovely.
  (tags: sidney_crosby mike_kadar sergei_gonchar natalia_malkin denis_malkin vladimir_malkin troy_crosby trina_crosby taylor_crosby sidney_crosby/evgeni_malkin evgeni_malkin nc-17 20.000-40.000 13/15 rpf(hockey) rpf slow-build romance summer-vacation learning-a-new-language sharing-a-bed slash m/m )
  

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