I try not to do the whole 'New Years Resolution' thing too much, because so often it just sets people up for failure. On the other hand, it's a good prompt to just stop and take stock a bit, right ( Read more... )

Today is a weird day to be an ex-Pat ( Read more... )

Yay!

First of all I have to thank my darling ships_harry for my awesome gift, Tontine. I feel such a wally for not realising it was you! But I knew that Deskbound was yours, and it somehow never occurred to me that you might have done more than one. Let alone three, you machine! *glomps all over you*

The fic I wrote was El Tango de las Serpientes for chantefable. ( Read more... )

...and I am going to ramble on about it for pages.

( Cut because I care )

I was talking about fandom stuff with a friend the other day, and the subject of warnings came up. Basically, we came down on opposite sides of the on-going argument about them. I'm for them, as I like to know what I'm getting into. She doesn't like spoilers, and feels that warnings can rob a story of its impact. (She did also point out that ( Read more... )

There are not a lot of H/D established relationship fics around. And I've noticed that when someone makes this observation, a lot of the feedback is that people just don't like them very much, which seems weird to me. I have no problem with Harry and Draco being older. And I doubt their relationship would ever be entirely smooth sailing - it's ( Read more... )

Let me explain. I have a definite reading/viewing comfort zone. I generally stick to H/D. I generally steer clear of things where one or the other of them dies at the end, and other such really angsty stuff. I flinch from Snape as a sexual figure. Some of you don't read angst, some don't read fluff, some avoid m-preg, some won't touch het ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: Click links at your own risk - it will be pretty clear what the subject matter is going to be.Squicks are such personal things, and sometimes so very random. I mean, there's the usual fairly common ones: non-con, scat, watersports, chan, bestiality, you get the picture. But then there are those little quirks of preference everyone has. ( Read more... )

O hai fandom, i r still here. R u ( Read more... )