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[author_by_night]

Ten fics I'd love to see that I hardly ever do:

- A fic where someone other than Remus or Harry is sad about Sirius.

- A fic that's about all sorts of relationships - not just one type. And where nothing upstages the other.

- A fic where Hermione and Ron get together after Hogwarts, and don't have their first kiss literally a second after yelling mercilessly at one another.

- A fic where Tonks and Remus are in love, but Tonks isn't Lara Tonks, who magically flicks away Remus's tears every time, and kisses every scratch or bruise he gets, and Remus isn't Mr. Sad.

- A fic where Snape is slightly misunderstood - without him being fluffy or a truthfully wonderful person.

- A fic where Remus gets the girl for once, while at Hogwarts.

- A fic that takes place during book six - without the whole thing being about Ron/Hermione/Harry/Ginny/Draco/Pansy/Crabbe/Millicent Bulstrode/Blaise Zabini/Cho/Roger Davies/Luna/Seamus/Lavendar/Fred/Angelina/George....

- An AU that is believable.

- A fic about hard times that manages not to be a pocket full of angst.

- A pairing not seen a lot that isn't NC-17.

- A really good slash fic that's not written because the author wanted to be funny or daring, but because the author honestly saw the relationship.

- A unique pairing ship under the rating of R. Or if it is R, not just because the author wanted it to be all about smut.


* Note: For recs, please nothing over PG-13 unless its not for smut. I'm not using my own computer, and I feel uncomfortable reading sex scenes anyway.

Comments

[ehnel.livejournal.com]

- A unique pairing ship under the rating of R. Or if it is R, not just because the author wanted it to be all about smut.

Word, word, word. Would love to see that.

[ehnel.livejournal.com]

Drat. DRAT. Why do I always hit "post" before I've finished?

Was going to recce http://www.schnoogle.com/authorlinks/a_j_hall <------ Lust Over Pendle by AJ Hall. Witty, plot-driven, Draco/Neville but not focusing on the shagging, instead focusing on the relationship and plot. Absolutely brilliant stuff. Read it, I really urge you to!

[zmedlebum.livejournal.com]

A fic about hard times that manages not to be a pocket full of angst.

Ahem ... (http://www.livejournal.com/users/zmedlebum/112028.html?mode=reply)

Not chock-full of angst. Hopefully something different.

[purple-ladybug1.livejournal.com]

I've read some good Snape fics at witchfics.org, but they were also Snape/Hermione, although Hermione is 18 in them. Also, they're either rated R or NC-17, although the plots are really really good. If you chose, it'd be easy to skip over the sex scenes.

Remus gets the girl in...wait, let me find it real quick...okay, this is a missing moment from a longer fic, but it stands on its own. http://www.phoenixsong.net/symphony/story/2649/

My favorite AU fics are Robin's Promises series.

Hope that at least helps a little. You're on your own for the others! :-)

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do in fact read the Promises series! Robin is pretty famous for them.

[crystalnova.livejournal.com]

Haven't got any to add right now, but maybe later. Just wanted to say that you posted 12, not 10.

[katsmeat.livejournal.com]

- An AU that is believable.

An awful lot of people recommend the Slythein Rising series as a good AU. Mostly I like it, though there are some plot elements that don't really click with me, but I acknowledge that I'm in a minority on this. The series has a big following.

http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/J_L_Matthews/

[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

"Where the Light Is," by ivy&Gracie at the Quill, has a very well done Remus/Tonks relationship. And lots of other good stuff, too, of course!

[irised.livejournal.com]

I second that; "Where the Light Is" is a great fic :)

[spookykat.livejournal.com]

Do you have a link by any chance?

~SK

[kit-the-brave.livejournal.com]

Here you go!

It also satisfies the Snape rec, I think. It's just awesome!

[spookykat.livejournal.com]

A unique fic that is AU AND a good Snape characterization? Snape's Vocation series by GillianM. It's a severitus fic...but still, excellent.

Hang on a sec and I'll send you the link.

Also? A good fic featuring nonfluffy-yet-misunderstood!Snape is Harry Potter and the Enemy Within by Theowyn...also features R/Hr that isn't all shouting and then kissing immediately thereafter. Well, it's during Hogwarts...but...


~SK

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs, guys! :) Will have to look.

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