Comments | snowgall: Rec list for all the tropes :)

snowgall

Rec list for all the tropes :)

Aug 18, 2015 00:44

Yesterday Vaysh got everyone on a Trope Meme kick, which was tons of fun. And then in a comment thread, she went and said: "It would actually be fun to make rec lists of fics to go with the trope. It would take ages, though. :)
So you know me. If Vaysh makes an off-hand comment, I'm tempted to go do the thing :) (see: Who Tops More?)

So I went through ( Read more... )

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cagnurit August 18 2015, 05:00:29 UTC

This post is fabulous! I'm always in awe how you can make something so detailed in a short time <3

(I think in each trope can have its own list of recs, so many wonderful fics out there~)

cagnurit August 18 2015, 09:20:18 UTC

(Sorry, I accidentally hit the delete button T^T)

And some more tropes in HP fandom, like:
- Time travel
- De-age
- Owls/Epistolary fic
- Different house AU
- Dark!Harry
- Voldermort wins (and also I just find out: No Voldermort)
- Fairytales
- BDSM
Not to mention by careers, such as Auror, Healer, Hogwart professor...

snowgall August 18 2015, 15:36:39 UTC

Thank you! It didn't seem like a short time to me :) I spent a few hours on it, I think!

celestlyn August 18 2015, 05:21:30 UTC

This is awesome! I always wanted to see the old Guns N Handcuffs list updated and once thought about taking it on, but quickly realized I haven't the skill or the connections to do it right. But I do think it's time for a good new list of fics that fit into various cliches and tropes, along with current, working links. I rely so heavily on recs, as I have limited time and I don't follow every single fest. The only way I hear of some of the awesome fics are through word of mouth and recs. Good work!! I'm really glad you are doing it.

snowgall August 18 2015, 15:37:40 UTC

Thank you! I totally rely on recs myself - and I love those old lists too :)

amorette August 18 2015, 06:54:50 UTC

I feel like Ignatiustrout's Here's the Pencil Make it Work would be a good coffee house au :) Since Draco ends up working in a coffee shop, if I remember correctly... Oh and Emma Grant's Left My Heart, I believe there was something to do with a coffee shop?

Sorry, I feel like I wasn't actually helpful... Lol

Eta -- Also, THANK YOU for compiling these, now I have a great reading list!

snowgall August 18 2015, 15:39:14 UTC

Oh I think that's a really good suggestion for coffee house AU. I have to shamefacedly admit to not yet having read "Left My Heart"

And you're very welcome!

amorette August 18 2015, 06:59:05 UTC

Another thought: Maybe compiling the rec list little by little wouldn't be too hard if you did, for example, a post every week on the harrydraco com, and also in places like accio-hd-fics and asked people for recs in the comments. Each post pertaining to each trope, of course.

vaysh August 18 2015, 08:52:22 UTC

Oooooh!!!! That's a great idea. We could get such a huge rec list together.

amorette August 18 2015, 08:54:49 UTC

Who's better than snowgall at making lists?!

vaysh August 18 2015, 09:19:07 UTC

♥

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this_bloody_cat August 18 2015, 07:50:07 UTC

Hm! We sadly don't have many Coffee House AUs. We have Black Coffee on a Lonely Night, by femmequixotic, which is pretty much fantastic, and then perhaps Pret-a-Partenaire by nqdonne? Oh, and Coffee by writcraft.

Also, we do have a few Muggle Uni AUs in which the boys are actually wizards! :D Along The Way (The Time Has Come), by laurelgreengras is a great one, and Beneath Boundless Skies by blamebrampton.

I took that poll yesterday! Surprised darkfic tropes were completely ignored by it though. Also, whores -- come on, whore!Draco is my favourite trope ever! But well, I guess perhaps they're not as common in other fandoms? :) No idea.

this_bloody_cat August 18 2015, 08:05:10 UTC

(Well I should probably have told you none of them actually work at the sandwich shop in Pret-a-Partenaire, and that's why I put the 'perhaps' before it :'D)

vaysh August 18 2015, 08:53:03 UTC

Black Coffee on a Lonely Night!! :)

this_bloody_cat August 18 2015, 09:00:10 UTC

I love that story! It's been around for ages, but I swear I can't stop reccing it because it's GORGEOUS (also, yum, all the talk about politics!) I was going to say it's one of my favourite stories from femme, but considering every story she's ever written has been my favourite until she posted a new one it actually seemed a bit pointless. LOL. What is my life...

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