Saturday morning musings

[mizbean]

I'm knackered, groggy and, blissfully, I'm drinking strong coffee. And the spouse just took the kids to the park.

Recs:
~ A Lesson in Breaking [Snape/Harry, Snape/Draco, NC-17, warnings] by fleshdress
fleshdress is one of the few people who can get me to read Snape/Harry, which is one of my no-no pairings, but I thought this was brilliant. Full of ouchy emotions

Comments

[annephoenix]

Hmmmmm Harry/Pansy! I like ...

[mizbean]

Yay!! ♥

[daisy_chan]

Sort of Homecoming!!!!!
::cough:: Sorry, I just had to express my glee at seeing that ^__^

[mizbean]

Yay!! I'm glad you're excited. I am working on it. I am going to finish it. I am:D

[karaz]

Are you kidding? I'm still on the edge of my chair for updates from mistful She's got a post HBP WIP and a Draco's a Ravenclaw WIP. Both are fantastic. Furiosity and imadra_blue are working on their sequel to their BBBII collaboration. It's going to be a trilogy. Plus the two you've already mentioned.

[mizbean]

I forgot about mistful's, but I just haven't felt the excitement that I used to have about reading WIPs. And I don't really see much talk about them on my flist either. YMMV, of course:)

At the moment, Shadow of his Wings is the only one I will drop everything to read. The rest are: I'll get to them when I have time, or I'll wait until they're complete.

[karaz]

Oh. In that case, yeah, I'm kind of feeling that too. I don't know if JKR has taught me patience, but I don't seemed to get as worked up about wanting an update. I think if they were on a more regular updating schedule it would be easier to get excited... as it is, we can go weeks/months sometimes. Still, it sort of makes my day when they post and I've got time to read it right then. ;)

[mizbean]

Maybe I should have clarified that and said event WIPs. There certainly are a lot still being posted on harrydraco and other het comms of varying degrees of quality.

[mia_chan]

speaking about wips... or finished fictions... would you mind to give me the link for those fiction you mention above

Underwater Light, Eclipse, Left My Heart, and 3T ... +Shadow of His Wings *puppy eyes*

[mizbean]

Shadow of His Wings is excellent in every way and it's only a few chapters away from completion, so this is a good time to get into it. I did find the first few chapters a little dry, but once the action and the UST between H/D take off, it's hard not get obsessive about this fic. The writing and aesthetics are at a level far and above most of the fanfic out there. On lj you can find updates and cookies for SoHW on mirasfics and her other one-shots, also highly recced.

~ Underwater Light by Maya (mistful) This fic meanders a bit too much in my opinion and could use some back editing, but it comes together nicely in the last few chapters.

~ Eclipse The writing is uneven in the beginning, and also suffers from meandering chapters, but a great, believable plot and nice build-up between Harry and Draco.

~ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by novembersnowThis, otoh, is tightly written with great characterizations, a compelling mystery and a nice sub-plot between Ginny and Tonks. It really shows what a mature writer can do with H/D. And by mature, I don't mean

[mordyn4]

I wonder if you know, does the character death warning listed for Shadow of His Wings refer to Harry or Draco? Because that and Percy (I'm kidding - kinda) is what was bouncing me away from this fic every time I see it recced. M.

[mizbean]

It says on her website that you can email her and she'll tell you, if you're truly interested. Just don't publicize it. And don't tell me, please:)

I will tell you someone dies in the first chapter, but I don't think that's what the warning refers to.

[fourth_rose]

Unfinished WIP? Somehow, these words ring a bell... *shifty eyes* At the rate mine has been going until now, you'd get a chapter for each of your birthdays. I've promised myself to stay away from challenges and whatnot until I've made some progress with it.

I'm so looking forward to your Harry/Pansy! :-)

[mizbean]

Well, I'm not making any promise when I'm going to finish mine either:DD