Fic Reccomendation
Sep. 22nd, 2007 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladymirthI read The World Of The Living a while ago. Up until then I was convinced that Maya was the undisputed champion of character twists and all things Harry/Draco, but after reading Fourth Rose's fic, I realized she definitely had competition. The World Of The Living is the story of how Harry and Draco, one hailed as the saviour of the wizarding world and the other as the scum of the earth, become reluctant housemates and finally become lovers through Luna's POV. Although this is just the kind of fic that a fan newly initiated into the good ship H/D can definitely appreciate, the biggest draw of this fic for me is Luna's unerring characterization. I've never been able to like Luna very much, simply because she was just too weird for my tastes, but this draws a portrayal of her that is impossible not to love, yet remaining entirely true to her character in canon without the slightest alteration. I love this fic not so much for the H/D action but because this is the fic that cemented a love of Luna in my heart forever.
Today, I stumbled onto a post-DH mulit-chaptered WIP fic on Schnoogle. I normally don't read H/D unless it's pre-DH or AU, because the Ginny-bashing most H/D authors indulge in simply turns me off. I've never been able to get into H/G myself, but that's only because I can't see any chemistry between them at all, and not because I hate Ginny. On the contrary, I love Ginny, and I love Ginny/Draco as much as Harry/Draco. Maybe they should have a threesome....(hmmm)
But I digress. Some good angel prompted me to give this a try and right from the start, the author's remarkable skill in writing drew me in inspite of myself. The characterization is superb and the evolution of events extremely realistic. The only point I disagreed with was the author's assertion that Harry wasn't even having wet dreams about Ginny and simply saw her part of his fantasy of having a real family. Now that is simply non-canonical and even a biological impossibility, in my opinion. Harry may be a love-starved war-veteran and bi-sexual for the purposese of the story, but I don't think an eighteen-year-old can avoid wanking off to the thought of his sexy ex-girlfriend unless he had his balls surgically removed. However, that doesn't really detract from the story, so I can overlook it.
Anyway, vastly impressed by the writing, I checked to see who the author was and found - you guessed it, Fourth Rose.
Check it out for yourselves: Not In The Hands Of Boys.
Today, I stumbled onto a post-DH mulit-chaptered WIP fic on Schnoogle. I normally don't read H/D unless it's pre-DH or AU, because the Ginny-bashing most H/D authors indulge in simply turns me off. I've never been able to get into H/G myself, but that's only because I can't see any chemistry between them at all, and not because I hate Ginny. On the contrary, I love Ginny, and I love Ginny/Draco as much as Harry/Draco. Maybe they should have a threesome....(hmmm)
But I digress. Some good angel prompted me to give this a try and right from the start, the author's remarkable skill in writing drew me in inspite of myself. The characterization is superb and the evolution of events extremely realistic. The only point I disagreed with was the author's assertion that Harry wasn't even having wet dreams about Ginny and simply saw her part of his fantasy of having a real family. Now that is simply non-canonical and even a biological impossibility, in my opinion. Harry may be a love-starved war-veteran and bi-sexual for the purposese of the story, but I don't think an eighteen-year-old can avoid wanking off to the thought of his sexy ex-girlfriend unless he had his balls surgically removed. However, that doesn't really detract from the story, so I can overlook it.
Anyway, vastly impressed by the writing, I checked to see who the author was and found - you guessed it, Fourth Rose.
Check it out for yourselves: Not In The Hands Of Boys.
