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Outcasts by Buttercup tackles the racism/fascism issue quite head on. It's not mudblood/pureblood, but it's about Lupin and his struggles as a werewolf, and her inspiration smacks of Jim Crow laws and the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.
The Mirror of My Dreams by ladyjenilyn confronts mudblood/pureblood relationships from a racism perspective. It's still a WiP and I haven't read the last several updates, but it was going along smoothly when I last read it.
Oddball Pride is an MWPP-era that I found fascinating in its commentaries on Hogwarts, the magical community and the world in general. It has rather an inter-war feel to it, and if politics interest you, it's very enjoyable (though I could see how it would bore someone who isn't interested in politiics). It follows Snape, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter through their first year, and there's a lot of social commentary in it, and a LOT of
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Hi, someone on my f-list pointed me this way. A fic that nicely addresses issues good/bad, Muggleborn/pure-blood, and choice is The Prefect's Portrait by Arsinoe de Blassenville.
Avus is looking at the psychology of Voldemort and Harry in his WiP, Getting Harry Back. So far he's done a fascinating job of exploring the role of abuse, power, and shame in creating "monsters" and "heroes."
If you're interested in the question of POV and Harry as narrator, you may want to check out the Yahoo group Harry Potter for Grownups (HPfGU). You may already be a member of that group, but if you're not, you'd probably find many posts on the topics you've listed above
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Here from sistermagpie. The first place I'd go to look for discussions of the issues you mention is to ataniell93, who is a fascinating essayist on those issues, and often links to stories on those themes.
I'd point to my own fiction, but it only hits those issues tangentially -- I do Snapeslash in the epic-romance mode. The issue I take from the source text is "what forces in Snape's life made him such a bitter bastard?" and then I add "lost love" to the obvious canonical ones, and then I fix it. Still a form of critical response to a text, but pretty lightweight compared to what you're looking for.
That's totally who I was thinking of was ataniell93! Also, I've just remembered that Gwendolyn Grace on FictionAlley dealt with the Fascism angle in her story...(looks for story)...His Majesty's Secret Service.
I thought she had mentioned it on this thread in my lj. I was wrong, but that thread does get into some of those issues.
Also, you might want to look at The Shadow of His Wings by mirasfics, not just because I really enjoy it, but particularly because two people on my lj were recently discussing it in these terms here.
My own work is almost 100% non-fiction essays addressing these issues. But my site does have some fiction in .pdf format written by others. These were design projects. The Prefect's Portrait is one of these, and yes, it is a very good example of a literary response to what appear to be the failings of the society presented in Rowling's series. There are about a dozen bits of fiction posted, but Portrait is probably the one with the most overtly political outlook. And is a ripping good story as well. The author does not let the politics overwhelm the plotline
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It remains to see whether he is yet ready to take the step of noticing of the fact that Malfoy (and his hangers on) can not and do not speak for all of Slytherin House.
Oh, I don't know. I haven't seen much evidence that they don't speak for the rest of the House.
They laugh at his jokes. Yes. But some of his jokes pass for wit among teenagers, and the Slyths have never been given any reason to stand up for Potter.
I suspect that in most cases it is more a matter of not wanting to go up against "the Malfoy". When you really stop and think about it, Malfoy does not come across as very popular among his peers. The girls hang around with him (Pansy has quite a following, apparantly, and they all tag along) but the only male students ever mentioned in his proximity are consistently Crabbe and Goyle. He doesn't even hang out with the rest of the Quidditch team.
Until the day that Harry noticed him trying to reel in Nott. And that was almost certainly because of their fathers' association.
I suspect that in most cases it is more a matter of not wanting to go up against "the Malfoy"...trying to reel in Nott...almost certainly because of their fathers' association...He doesn't even hang out with the rest of the Quidditch team.Perhaps. But that's all speculation at present, since we don't get a perspective into Slytherin and who regularly associates with who, or why. (For instance, Nott may have approached the Slytherin trio. We really have no canon on the subject.) There just doesn't appear to be any evidence that Slytherin as a whole disagree with its most vocal members, or fear/dislike them in any way
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Outcasts by Buttercup tackles the racism/fascism issue quite head on. It's not mudblood/pureblood, but it's about Lupin and his struggles as a werewolf, and her inspiration smacks of Jim Crow laws and the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany.
The Mirror of My Dreams by ladyjenilyn confronts mudblood/pureblood relationships from a racism perspective. It's still a WiP and I haven't read the last several updates, but it was going along smoothly when I last read it.
Oddball Pride is an MWPP-era that I found fascinating in its commentaries on Hogwarts, the magical community and the world in general. It has rather an inter-war feel to it, and if politics interest you, it's very enjoyable (though I could see how it would bore someone who isn't interested in politiics). It follows Snape, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter through their first year, and there's a lot of social commentary in it, and a LOT of ( ... )
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Avus is looking at the psychology of Voldemort and Harry in his WiP, Getting Harry Back. So far he's done a fascinating job of exploring the role of abuse, power, and shame in creating "monsters" and "heroes."
If you're interested in the question of POV and Harry as narrator, you may want to check out the Yahoo group Harry Potter for Grownups (HPfGU). You may already be a member of that group, but if you're not, you'd probably find many posts on the topics you've listed above ( ... )
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I'd point to my own fiction, but it only hits those issues tangentially -- I do Snapeslash in the epic-romance mode. The issue I take from the source text is "what forces in Snape's life made him such a bitter bastard?" and then I add "lost love" to the obvious canonical ones, and then I fix it. Still a form of critical response to a text, but pretty lightweight compared to what you're looking for.
Good luck!
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I thought she had mentioned it on this thread in my lj. I was wrong, but that thread does get into some of those issues.
Also, you might want to look at The Shadow of His Wings by mirasfics, not just because I really enjoy it, but particularly because two people on my lj were recently discussing it in these terms here.
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Oh, I don't know. I haven't seen much evidence that they don't speak for the rest of the House.
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I suspect that in most cases it is more a matter of not wanting to go up against "the Malfoy". When you really stop and think about it, Malfoy does not come across as very popular among his peers. The girls hang around with him (Pansy has quite a following, apparantly, and they all tag along) but the only male students ever mentioned in his proximity are consistently Crabbe and Goyle. He doesn't even hang out with the rest of the Quidditch team.
Until the day that Harry noticed him trying to reel in Nott. And that was almost certainly because of their fathers' association.
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