Reading Material

[meri_oddities]

So, I know it's been forever since I posted, and I'm not going to address that now (but I might later on

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[lucius_complex]

Hi Meri

[meri_oddities]

Wow, I haven't read either of these. Going to take a look! Thanks!

[geoviki]

I second Railwaylands. It's got some SPAG errors that I long to just edit for her, but on the whole, the story's really engaging and gritty. I keep it on my Kindle and have reread it several times.

[meri_oddities]

Thanks. I've got that up in a tab for this afternoon.

How are things going with you? I am wondering where the summer went?

[lady81bird]

I really like Blood Magic by GatewayGirl.
(http://www.the-archive.net/viewstory.php?sid=5561)

I like the worldbuilding in it, and characterisation, and that while there is romance in the story, the romance is not the point of the story.

[meri_oddities]

I loved this story. I've read it a couple of times. Even given it to a non-fannish friend to read. *g* Thanks.

[lady81bird]

Oh, and Resonance by GreenGecko
http://www.darkirony.com/resonance.php

That one has Snape as a mentor/father figure for Harry, too. And the world-building, a lot of it.

It has two sequels and by third story it pretty much reads as an original story with original characters. It's kind of - if you start at the beginning and follow the story arcs you can see, for example, Harry's development. The changes in him are explained and make sense in the context of the stories. Bu if you try to start reading the third one without going through the first two things and characterisation make no sense.

But Resonance can stand on it's own well enough.

[lady81bird]

* its.

[meri_oddities]

:-) Yeah.

[meri_oddities]

I read this, too. Well, Resonance any anyway. She hadn't started the sequel(s) when I read it. Maybe I should read it again.

Thanks.

[joanwilder]

My favorite non-Snarry HP story is Brave New World by aashby. One of of five long HP stories I've chosen to print out and bind.

[meri_oddities]

Wow. That looks very long. It looks sort of Mary-Sueish. I'm assuming that it's not, if you're reccing it.

[joanwilder]

Huh, uh, oh no, it's not Mary-Sueish at all. That would've put me off entirely. I guess people think that might be the case whenever an HP character is paired with an original character. But believe me, it's not.

Great, complicated plot (including one that involves developing a financial/money system for the wizarding world). Her characters are mature and drawn out (esp the canon ones), something you don't often see done well, at least in my experience.

[meri_oddities]

I didn't think anyone I know would rec a MS story, but I read the beginning, and wondered.

Do you have it one file or a couple of files? Transferring it into my Kindle is going to be quite a process otherwise.

Thanks.

[goseaward]

I feel like most of the non-Snarry stuff I liked was written by Snarry authors so I'm not sure how much help I can be. And I haven't read most of these in years, with the exception of the first two. But:

Seven Things that Didn't Happen on Valentine's Day at Hogwarts, or Maybe They Did -- rageprufrock (sirius/remus)

A Soft Spot for Lost Causes - helenish (Ron/Draco, with a well-deserved noncon warning on it, but...overall not nearly as dark as that would make it seem)

In Academia -- sushi (v. dark!). Actually the whole noire.sensus archive is exactly as I remember it, back from my super-early days in HP fandom. In particular I remember liking this Snape/Draco by Kat Reitz and Tzigane, though I can't remember what it's about...

I remember quite liking Predatrix's non-Snarry stuff (Snape/Filch and Snape/Hagrid, I believe).

Cartographer's Craft by copperbadge - Harry/teen!Sirius

And then there's the great Sherlock/HP crossovers by 1electricpirate, if you haven't been reading those.

[meri_oddities]

Thanks! I've read A Soft Spot and Cartographer's Craft. Both were great. I think I've poked Academia and it was way darker than I like.

But a unread Pru story is always worth the time. Thanks!