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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
daily_snitch [ ziasudra ]	10:12p	The Daily Snitch: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Archive: Walking the Plank, a Harry/Snape archive, has been updated with new stories and art. Challenges: catchmysnitch posts its January Challenge: Invisibility Cloak fwhg_ldws announces Round 2 signups for Fred Weasley/Hermione Granger Last Drabble Writer Standing. Prompt claiming is open for the do_me_veela Veela Fest 2009. More information here. Communities: hp_beholder will begin signups for Round 2 on January 29. hp_rarities posts information about its upcoming fest. Nominations are now open for hpgw_otp's Fourth Annual Best Of Awards. springtime_gen posts Springtime Gen 2009: Rules, FAQs, Guidelines. sshg_exchange has started posting. General Interest: LiveJournal Inc Press Release Have a Laugh: regan_v posts HP on LJ: how would HP characters have used LJ, if it had been available at Hogwarts? And its sequel: Harry & Co. on LJ. Hot Recs: Forbidden Passion: A Soap Opera in Five Acts, by Anonymous. (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings) Taste, by Anonymous. (Snape/Lupin, NC-17, see warnings) News: Emma Watson talks life, Deathly Hallows & more in new interview High Res Weasley Wheezes, Trio and Slughorn Half-Blood Prince Photos HP Fan Trips Including London and the World Premier of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Participate: bottomsnape is looking for helpers to gather art and fic links. Resources: metamorfic_moon has posted the Pink Christmas Advent Index. snapeartcontest posts the masterlist of past contests. Search: daily_snitch is looking for fan works and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
painless_j	3:07a	Quick rec: Marauders’ Era on LJ Sort of meta, very, very funny! Not quoting because it's a tiny thing but go look, it's so worth it! Marauders’ Era on LJ, by Regan V. (Comment on this)
Monday, January 5th, 2009
daily_snitch [ padme_kenobi ]	11:53p	The Daily Snitch: Monday, January 5, 2009 Actors and Movies: Tom Felton visits Universal Orlando Resort. Gary Oldman marries fourth wife. Rupert Grint enjoys New Year drink with his co-star girlfriend. Communities: Signups are open at hd_worldcup. The Snupin Santa 2008 Guessing Poll ends this Wednesday, January 7, at lupin_snape. The 2008 Master List has been posted at smutty_claus. The Fall Fest Exchange Reveal List has been posted at ron_draco. lupin_snape has Snape's Birthday Challenge. Hot Rec: The Gryffindor Gambit by Anonymous (Rated NC-17, Remus/Charlie) News: Games company denies new Harry Potter Lego game rumors. Searches: daily_snitch daily_snitch is looking for fanfic, fanart, communities and resources featuring Bellatrix Lestrange. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
daily_snitch [ titti ]	4:48p	Special Edition: Percy Weasley (Fic Edition - R and NC-17) ( R and NC-17 ) If you have more fic rated R or NC-17 that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here. Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen (Comment on this)
daily_snitch [ titti ]	2:36p	Special Edition: Percy Weasley (Fic Edition - Gen through PG-13) Fics: ( Gen ) ( G and PG ) ( PG-13 ) If you have more fic rated Gen through PG-13 that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here. Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen (Comment on this)
daily_snitch [ titti ]	2:15p	Special Edition: Percy Weasley (Art and Resources) Art: ( G to PG-13 ) ( R and NC-17 ) Resources: - nqdonne's Master List of all my Percy fic recs - Tag on H/D Hols for all fics featuring Percy as a featuring secondary character/pairing - The Percy tag on Daily Deviant - Percyness: The Percy Weasley Archive - Prefect? - snape_percy is for fiction, art, and discussion related to the pairing Severus Snape/Percy Weasley - weasleys_wood - A Percy/Oliver Community - percy_ficathon - A Percy Fic/Art Exchange - allie_andromeda's Percy Weasley recs - percy_fans - for everything Percy - billxcharliexpercy club at deviantART - percy-x-penelope club at deviantART - lucius_percy - percy/draco, percy/george, percy/harry, percy/hermione, percy/kingsley, percy/lucius, percy/neville, percy/oliver, percy/penny, percy/tonks tags at hp_springsmut - Percy/Snape at the Snape/Weasley Archive - Essay: Excuse Me, I'm Head Boy: Percy Weasley by strangemuses If you have more art or resources that you will like to see posted, please leave a comment here. Previous editions can be found at Live Journal, InsaneJournal and JournalFen (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
daily_snitch [ furiosity ]	8:08p	The Daily Snitch: Saturday, January 3, 2009 Actors and Movies: Dan Radcliffe Says NO Thanks to Harry Potter, The Musical Half-Blood Prince up for most anticipated movie of 2009 Radcliffe Sings Dan Radcliffe talks Harry & Ginny and more in Half-Blood Prince Dan Radcliffe & Nat Tena to star in Agustina de Aragón biopic? Video: Dan Radcliffe talks Equus, Deathly Hallows production, Harry Potter & more Emma Thompson Makes New Comments on Decision Not to Return as Trelawney Freddie Stroma talks Cormac McLaggen, Ron & Hermione in Half-Blood Prince Archive: Moonshadow, the Snape/Lupin archive, has been updated. Challenges: less_for_you 2009 sign-ups are now open. hp_fringeart's January challenge is Imitation of a Famous Work of Art. hp_traditions sign-ups are open. hp_unfaithful is a new challenge community for infidelity-centric works. Communities: hp_yule_balls has revealed its 2008 masterlist. forbiddenawards, a multi-fandom awards community, is open for round 10. dramione_awards round 4 voting is open. Fandom: nqdonne is looking for "Deconstructing Percy" Azkatraz panel members. Hot Rec: Moonlight Composition for Two by Anonymous (Binns/Pince; R) Hot Art: The Education of Teddy Lupin by Anonymous (Teddy/older women, Tonks/Fleur; R) Searches: lupin_snape has opened its January Theme Search. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
painless_j	3:47a	HP rec: Until We Meet Again, by Hollycomb (Harry/Teddy) Until We Meet Again: part 1, part 2, by Hollycomb ## Harry/Teddy, NC-17, novella. Summary: Harry Potter, now considered a dangerous loner by Wizarding society, has financially provided for Teddy Lupin for the boy's entire life. Emotionally, however, he has been completely unavailable, until the summer before Teddy's final year at Hogwarts, when Teddy finally connects with his remote benefactor. Warnings: EWE. This is my absolutely favourite next gen fic now. Yes, I do realise that this is not the first time I said it. I know I said something like this two times about another fic of Hollycomb's, too. And it will happen again in the future. But for now, this is how much in love I am with this story. Terribly in love. This is, like, my ideal next gen crossgen fic. Right after finishing it, I thought that I wished I had read it in the fest while it had been anon and become all excited about an unknown new author. But then I thought, no way I wouldn't recognise Hollycomb's writing. Nobody writes post-war and next gen fics as she does. In one word... well, I nearly said 'unhappy' but that's not true. I can't find a one-word definition. I think I can't find a three-word one either. Hollycomb's future is usually less than happy, or not ideal. Or not as ideal or fictionalised as we are used to seeing in HP fics featuring epilogue generation. Her characters are a bit (or not a bit) broken, a bit (or a lot) fucked-up, and that and the tone of her writing made the stories sound very real. But that doesn't make them unhappy. Harry lives in a large mansion in Northumberland. Alone. With only Kreacher for assistance. Well, basically, Teddy lives there too, only he's in Hogwarts all year long and when he isn't, Harry is barely ever home, travelling on some mysterious and vaguely sinister business of his. They aren't family. They aren't even close because Harry doesn't let anyone close to himself. And it's not that Teddy minds. Only then he does, sort of. I loved how Harry always seemed larger than life to Teddy and how the author underlines it with his physical description: how large his hands or his clothes are for Teddy. I also absolutely loved details. This is what always works best for me. My mind needs something to catch, to visualise and remember: what Teddy picks off Harry's plate and how he does it (and that scene at all), the owl that delivers Harry's last letter and how it's introduced, how Teddy tries to envision his domestic future, and many more. I would love to say more but I'm still pretty overwhelmed and very, very happy that I've read this story. Run, don't walk! (Comment on this)
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
painless_j	3:24p	Eroica rec from Yuletide2007 The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Sounded Like This), by Livia # Dorian/Klaus, PG-13, 4600 words. "You'd think a queer like you wouldn't care to use blackmail as much as you do," Klaus remarked. I had to go and look what other Eroica fics this author wrote after this year Ylutide's one (see rec here). How did I miss the last year's? This story was harsher than most Eroica fics I've read and I liked it, especially that Livia didn't make it in any way melodramatic or even pointlessly dramatic. It explores a what if: what if Klaus really secretly wanted Eroica but couldn't cave in to his advances because of Eroica's own nature that makes him a pretty ruthless individual for whom nothing is too low if it makes him closer to his goals? The story is very vivid. I enjoyed it a lot. (Comment on this)
daily_snitch [ oddnari ]	3:59a	The Daily Snitch: Wednesday, December 31, 2008; Thursday, January 1, 2009 HAPPY NEW YEAR Actors and Movies: Happy birthday, Pam Ferris! Ferris, who turned 61 on January 1, 2009, played Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Happy birthday, Verne Troyer! Troyer portrays Griphook, the Gringotts goblin, in the Harry Potter movies. He turned 40 on January 1, 2009 Emma Watson talks of the two Harry Potter and the Death Hallows films and on wrapping up the filming for the movies Daniel Radcliffe's next on-stage project may be a musical Daniel Radcliffe speaks about Dumbledore's funeral in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Archive: The Snape/Lupin-centric Moonshadow archive has been updated Snape/Hermione-centric archive When I Kissed The Teacher has been updated Challenges: HarryLovesDraco have posted 2009's first challenge: New or First [On LJ] [On IJ] snupin100 have posted Challenge 189: Resolutions on LJ and IJ Snapedom are looking for ideas for new challenges Communities: HP_Unfaithful are gathering prompts for a mini-fest in January and February on LJ and IJ Snarry_Swap have started posting lupin_snape have posted the Snupin Santa 2008 Guessing Poll HP_Traditions have begun sign-ups for their fest. Sign-ups are open on LiveJournal and InsaneJournal, and will run from January 1 to January 31, 2009 snape_het is a new community featuring Snape-centric het pairs hermione_loves is a new community featuring Snape/Hermione, Sirius/Hermione, Remus/Hermione and Draco/Hermione Essay: geri_chan wrote about the similarities between Snape and Harry Hot Rec: More Than Blueberry Scones by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, Teddy/suprise partner; PG-13) Before We Get Too Old by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, Draco/Astoria; R) Elephants by Anonymous (Harry/Draco; NC-17) The Fall by Anonymous (Teddy/James Sirius; NC-17) News: Six new high-resolution stills from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (featuring Ron, Ginny, Harry, Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall and Slughorn) are now available online Resource: PotterCast 179 offers the best of 2008 Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
painless_j	10:55p	HP rec: The Fall, by anon (Teddy/James Jr) The Fall, by anon # Teddy/James Jr, NC-17, ~30K words. Summary: "You may go now. I don't want to see you back in detention again." James mutely picked up his bag, heeding Teddy's instructions. "Walk back to Gryffindor Tower, no stopping anywhere. I want to imagine you with come dripping down your legs." Warnings: None, other than the rating indicates. No, that's not an overly long PWP, even despite what the headers might make one think. When I finished it, I thought that it was a lovely story, and said so in my comment, realising almost immediately that it was silly of me to use that word when I had kept biting my fingers while reading. The story is pretty tense; I kept expecting things to go pear-shaped. Spoilerish thoughts ahead, highlight if you want to read them: I admit I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't, or didn't quite go pear-shaped. I felt that Teddy needed to learn a lesson. On the other hand, I suppose he did learn it, even if only by approximation :) The story contains lots of sex and then some but despite it, the strongest impression it left on me wasn't with its hotness but with the problems of various kinds of teacher/student relationships Teddy faces. Teddy tries hard. He wants to be a good teacher like his father was, from all the stories he hears about him. But thing is, he's kind of not. That is, everybody keeps telling him he's good but he feels out of sorts, inadequate most of the time. Add to this the slippery slope of his highly inappropriate relationship with James. Teddy tries (when he does) to be an adult but in truth he's barely out of childhood himself, still impulsive, immature, and rather insecure. Anyway, it was an interesting story :) Worth rereading later. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
daily_snitch [ ziasudra ]	9:08p	The Daily Snitch: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Challenge: snapedom posts its January Challenge: Severus' Hair. Communities: helga_salazar is a new community for all fan works related to the Helga Hufflepuff/Salazar Slytherin pairing. snapeartcontest will merge with snapedom on InsaneJournal starting January 1: information and details about the merge here and here. snapedom will celebrate Snape's birthday during January 7-13. Discussions: doriscrockford2 discusses The Fountain of Fair Fortune from The Tales of Beedle the Bard. kanedax wonders about the specific definitions about Halfblood vs. Pureblood. Hot Rec: The Courtship of Benjamin Jink, by Anonymous. (Slughorn/OMC, Slughorn/Snape, written for snapelyholidays) News: Bloomberg: Hollywood Looks to Potter in 2009 to Stem Decline in Movie Attendance Jason Isaacs Talks Deathly Hallows, Lucius "Half-Blood Prince" Cameo, Politics, "Good" and More New Hig Res "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" CineLive Photos New print articles on 'Half-Blood Prince' movie Resources: bestmates_xmas posts the 2008 Best Mates Exchange Reveals. dark_flowers, a Severus/Remus/Lily community, has posted the Masterlist for 2008 Mini Holiday Exchange. harry_holidays posts the Pre-Reveal Recap 2008. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
painless_j	5:48p	Eroica rec from Yuletide 2008 An almost perfect alibi, by ??? ## Dorian/Klaus, R, ~10K words. "I need a favor," Klaus said, very carefully, if the words were bits of broken glass. Written for musamihi in the Yuletide 2008 Challenge Loved it, loved it, loved it! Delightful and perfectly Eroica. This is exactly the sort of Eroica fic I want to read. Saved it to my hard drive halfway through and in places simply squealed, for real. It's flirty and tense, funny and hot. Aww, I'm a happy reader now :) As he approached, Dorian's vanity battled his curiosity. His impulse to wash up and put together a really sensational outfit was strong, but so was the urge to find out what could have possibly prompted the Major to call. After a rough and dirty fight, his curiosity won the day. Whatever it was that had brought the Major here, onto Dorian's territory, it must be awfully impressive, especially after-- No. Dorian pushed Zurich out of his mind as he entered the castle, hurrying through its spacious halls. The Major had rejected him, that was all. Nothing odd about that. Dorian wasn't going to give it a second thought. -- Having stopped only to run a razor over his face, comb his hair, put it into a ponytail, pull it out of the ponytail again, and put it back into the ponytail once more, Dorian strode into the sitting room where the Major waited. He pulled the tie from his hair impatiently, tossing his head to shake his hair out. Of course it looked better down-- what had he been thinking? The Major looked as he always did, forever and ever amen. His clothes were crisp, if unstylish, his tie was a tragedy, and his expression was businesslike, betraying only slight impatience. Dear Klaus. Dorian had always enjoyed ruffling other people's feathers, and the Major was an eternal temptation in that regard. Among others. He had, Dorian noticed, dragged one of the Queen Anne chairs nearly eight inches out of place, turning it fifteen degrees to the left. It ruined the neat arrangement of the furniture in the room, but allowed the Major to sit facing both the door and the window. It was very like him. (Comment on this)
Monday, December 29th, 2008
daily_snitch [ padme_kenobi ]	11:55p	The Daily Snitch: Monday, December 29, 2008 Actors and Movies: Steve Kloves comments on WB worrying over anticipation for Potter films? Emma Watson talks Half-Blood Prince, Christmas, New Year's & more. Video interview: Dan Radcliffe on Broadway and Harry. Emma Watson uncertain about her future in acting. How safe are the last three Harry Potter films? Alan Rickman to receive Queen's Honour? First Look: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, new Slughorn photo in Empire Magazine General Interest: SnitchSeeker Sorting is open. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
painless_j	1:56a	HP recs: next gen crossgen, Snarry, and H/D. Practical Uses of the Orphaned Heart, by Hollycomb # Harry/Teddy, NC-17, one-shot. Summary: Harry misses the annual Weasley Family Reunion after Teddy Lupin, his summer houseguest, comes down with a mysterious illness. Shenanigans ensue. Firstly, ridiculously hot. Secondly, messed up like (I suppose I've read enough fics of Holycomb's to say it) next gen always is in her stories, and I loved it here, as I always do. And thirdly, hopeful and lovely despite it. I loved it! A Time to Forget, by GatewayGirl # Snape/Harry, NC-17, ~25K words. Warnings: Epilogue-compliant. Summary: Harry had expected teaching at Hogwarts, even temporarily, would have complications -- his children, for instance. But when he goes exploring in the dungeons, the past moves inexorably into his present. This is a cliché plot (highlight to read: sort of mental de-aging/amnesia)) but with enough originality to make it stand out and with enough 'meat' to sink my reader's teeth into. Reads wonderfully, perfectly entertaining and captivating. The Potter-Malfoy Problem, by anon [] Harry/Draco, NC-17, ~29,000 words. Summary: The room of requirement's gone mad — at least, that's what Harry thinks. There's no way that Draco Malfoy 'requires' him, of all people, but why does it keep dragging Harry there like he's some kind of furniture, every time Malfoy enters it? Throw in Pansy the pervert and a clipboard-wielding Hermione, and things can only go from bad to worse. And that's not even mentioning the pirates . . . Warning(s): Hot sexin' (om nom nom) of both a top!Harry and top!Draco variety, sort-of voyeurism, bad language, a dash of girl-on-girl snogging and blatant abuse of the prompt 'pirates' to get Draco in a dress. I just realised the following might sound as a critique while in fact, I'm going to pay compliments to this fic. So keep my intent in mind :) This fic reads like an Old Skool HD, a bit cliché, a bit fanon, with some things a bit careless (why would Draco know about Peter Pan?). You know how it will end; you probably even know the steps to get them there. But it's one of the most pleasantly entertaining and feel-good pieces of HP fiction I've read recently, in which making you feel good after reading is done without undue sappiness. Besides, it's hot, even though there's nothing particularly edgy or innovative in how the sex is written. On the whole, it reads as if it's written as a good-natured tribute to the old times HD. I enjoyed it a lot. (Comment on this)
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
painless_j	3:54a	HikaGo recs. Vol. 7 Square One, by murinae # Touya/Shindou, PG-13, ~26K words. But if Shindou Hikaru is a frog prince waiting, that would make him, perhaps, the princess. And since Akira refuses to accept such a role, he kicks Shindou's sandals with a not-so-gentle thump... One thing is clear: I'm going to read more by this author. This story is wonderful on many levels. Plot is: Hikaru is framed and accused of cheating in his Tengen matches. Imagine how it affects him. He knows he didn't cheat. Touya trusts him. They begin investigating. It written wonderfully, with lots of moving scenes, and lovely scenes, and lines that are perfectly placed. But I want to just stop at a couple of points that made me fall in love with this story. Ogata. He is perfect. I'm a big Ogata lover but, disregarding the fact that there are too few fics at all that feature him, as for me, most of them either fluff him up a bit (or not a bit, but I'm not speaking about those) or villainise him. This one though... As for me, he's spot-on here. Another moment that I'll be re-watching inside my head is how Shindou sort of moves into Touya's life and how Touya frets about it. It's just so IC, real, and lovely. Very engaging and satisfying reading! And a few gen pieces from fifthmus that I liked. Affecting Eternity: Ponnuki, by lanerose [] Gen, G, short. Summary: In which Touya Kouyo acquires a student and, some day, a rival. A nice short story where we can see the much younger future Touya Meijin and the coming to go of another character I like very much. Lovely! Reasoned Madness, by thephoenixboy [] Gen, G, short. Summary: After the last match of the Honinbou tournament, Kuwabara takes Ogata out for a drink. The Ogata-Kuwabara duo never gets old. Ogata finally wrestles the Honinbou title from Kuwabara. But the latter wouldn't be the man he is if he couldn't find his victories elsewhere. Very amusing. Drunk!Ogata (and hangover!Ogata) is fun. The Simple Life Plan of Shotaru Shindo, by aka_anonymous [] Gen, G, short. Request 1: Hikaru's dad - his opinion of his son's liking for go. Apart from the Western first name-last name convention applied in this fic that my brain, used to the opposite, stumbled over, I liked it. Hikaru's father is a bit more present than absent in it, the fic being from his perspective, than in canon but he's still rather detached and doesn't really get his son, which, IMO, is as it should be in this universe. A very ordinary man raises a very extraordinary child. What's going on inside his head? This fic offers us a look into it. I found it believable and the story, interesting and a bit amusing, if a bit sad at the same time too. (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
daily_snitch [ furiosity ]	6:01p	The Daily Snitch: Saturday, December 27, 2008 Challenges: hermionesirius has announced the Valentine's Day 'True Love' Challenge. Communities: hermionesirius has posted the Christmas 2008 challenge master list. sirius_n_pansy is a new community for Sirius/Pansy fiction, art, and graphics. Essay: eeyore9990: Why Snape did NOT teach Harry Occlumency Hot Art: Christmas Orange Curse by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, PG) Hot Rec: A New World by Anonymous (Lucius/Hermione, NC-17) Father of the Bride by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, NC-17) Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Percy Weasley. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
painless_j	4:21p	OMG so extatic! RAMMSTEIN ARE RECORDING A NEW ALBUM, OMG WHEEEEE!!!! I've been thinking there were gone for good. But the official site got redesigned (i.e. lost former super design) and some news started leaking. YAY! OMG, this is the best winter holidays' present. By the next New Year we'll probably get this new album :)))) (Comment on this)
painless_j	5:35a	Jeeves and Wooster recs, from Yuletide 2008 The Aunt and the Ankh, by ??? # Fandom: Jeeves and Wooster, hint of J/W, PG-13, ~5K words. "It would seem that Miss Bassett has her heart set on an Egyptian-themed wedding." "Will this involve everyone wrapping themselves in gossamer drapes and clasping asps to ye olde bosom?" "I fear so, sir." Wonderfully in-style, following Wodehouse's narrative manner and story structure, wonderfully in character, and very funny. The plot is properly Wodehousesque too: an Aunt, a theft, a misadventure, and Jeeves saving the day. What else would one want from a J&W story? If only a hint of slash? Here you go then :) Jeeves and the Christmas Spirit, or, Turkey in the Offing, by ??? # Fandom: Jeeves and Wooster, Gen, G, 3000 words. Christmas at Brinkley Court. What could go wrong? Not as funny as the other story of this year's Yuletide that I picked but just as charming, Wodehousesque, and enjoyable. This time it's a traditional battle for the incomparable Anatole. Jeeves saves the day, of course :) (Comment on this)
Friday, December 26th, 2008
daily_snitch [ saraannette ]	8:12p	The Daily Snitch: Friday, December 26, 2008 Actors and Movies: Broadway.com names Daniel Radcliffe Star of the Year 2008 New Emma Watson interview Hot Art: Cut Our Bodies Free by Anonymous (Snape/Lupin, unrated-- mildly NSFW) Hot Rec: Mad Slytherins and Blood Traitors by Anonymous (Ron/Pansy, R) Making the News by Anonymous (Draco/Rita Skeeter, R) Rowboat (Against a Dark Sky) (Neville/Luna, NC-17) Searches: daily_snitch is looking for fanworks and resources featuring Percy Weasley. Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
painless_j	3:37a	Miscellaneous small fandom recs. Yuletide: Antique Bakery Fools and Their Money, by ??? # Fandom: Antique Bakery, gen, G, ~1000 words. Fabulous and funny. Chikage plays at stock market. An impending disaster, you'd think? Heh. Read and see. I adored it. All the characters are IC, especially Tachibana and Chi whom we can see the most. I want to quote the entire short fic because there are wonderful bit after wonderful bit but I'll limit myself with just one of them: He was also strangely good at remembering things long after a true idiot could have been distracted from them. It was a talent that Tachibana's parents had exploited many times in caring for their son. Tachibana might forget to take his vitamins or change his sheets or call home, but Chikage would helpfully remind him beyond all hope of pretending he forgot anyway. Worse, you just had to reward him for being helpful, because yelling at Chikage was like kicking molded gelatine: it caused a ripple, but ultimately didn't change much. "We could play together, if you taught me the rules?" Eager as a daisy in the morning. It took a week of asking followed by a week of hopeful glances, until finally Tachibana gave in and explained the quotes. "So you're helping companies that need you, and someday they pay you back?" "Or they suck your money into a black hole of bad management and a soft economy and you never see it again." As usual, Chikage had blissfully ignored that part. Omikuji, by ??? # Fandom: Antique Bakery, PG, ~11K words. Pairing: not telling. Summary: Paper fortunes for a life no more substantial. Sometimes Tachibana wondered what things would be like with just a little more dimension. Then he drank more sake and had a nap. Maybe read porn. Depended on the day. This story is completely different from the one above. It's quiet, contemplative and, I don't know, unobtrusive, if one can say so about the story. The relationship between the characters I'm not naming (so that you could see how it works on your own) grew so logically, so, to use the author's word, inevitably, that I was completely persuaded that they make sense together by the end, even though I'd never even thought about them as a pairing before. Tachibana's having a sort of midlife crisis. He feels like something is missing in his life. Purpose maybe? Or anything truly meaningful. I felt his disquiet throughout the story, and love the details that highlighted it, such as the cup and what adventures it gets. The story is like a less comical episode of the anime/chapter of the manga, although not like those sinister ones either. I liked it. Now to think where to put these recs at my site. A new page? In case you have no clue what I'm talking about here, my rec of the manga, of the anime. Btw, I downloaded and watched the Korean Antique Bakery live-action film yesterday from komick's LJ (CAM version, no subtitles). Loved Ono, didn't like Chikage, and Chikage is who I like best in this animanga, so, well, mixed impressions. The film is pretty trashy, aesthetics-wise. I like the highly stylised anime version better. (Comment on this)
daily_snitch [ oddnari ]	5:53a	The Daily Snitch double issue: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 and Thursday, December 25, 2008 HAPPY CHRISTMAS Actors and Movies: New images of Hermione, Luna and Neville from Half-Blood Prince Imelda Staunton will host a fund-raiser and perform with her band on February 8, 2009, at the Almeida Theatre, North London Challenges: snupin100 announced Challenge 188: A Very Hogwarts Christmas Communities: The Lily/Severus anonymous exchange community less_for_you, will begin sign-ups for their second annual exchange on January 2, 2009 [ LJ] [ IJ] General Interest: Italian toy company DeAgostini has created new Harry Potter figurines which will be released for sale on December 27. Images can be viewed here and here Hot Rec: For Whatever Ails You by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, NC-17) Always by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, R) Lessons Learned by Anonymous (Harry/Draco, R) Searches: Daily_Snitch are looking for fan-works and resources featuring Percy Weasley Send your fandom news to Daily Snitch! (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 25th, 2008
painless_j	6:26p	HikaGo recs. Vol. 6 I've got lots of recs for you: more in HikaGo, some HP, and miscellaneous small fandoms from Yuletide. I'll be posting them as I've typed them. Outside the Lines, by aishuu # Touya/Shindou, NC-17, AU, ~14K words. Summary: Akira, the mangaka of "Bleach," meets Hikaru, the mangaka of "Death Note." All kind of awesome and so much fun! The idea is crazy on the surface: to make HnG characters mangaka. Not only that! The mangaka who draw the most popular manga: Naruto, Bleach, Doraemon, Prince of Tennis, Death Note. I admit I'm familiar only with about 1/4 of the manga mentioned but I believe one doesn't have to read all of them to get the story. As for me, this AU works surprisingly well, especially the ending -- I never saw it coming but it's very logical. It all makes sense, even Sai. I do wish, seeing which manga Hikaru is doing, that he had some guidance from Sai :P Wonderful story! Hot, fun, moving, and entertaining. Seance de Go, by aishuu (or here) [] Gen (with some Touya/Shindou undertones), PG, short. Spoilers: Through the anime. Summary: A stormy night, a game between Hikaru and Akira, as promises are finally fulfilled and made. This is a nice story. I was sort of under-impressed when I began reading it. Like, well-written but didn't sink a hook in me. But the ending was what did it. I thought, gah, the clues were all there. Why didn't I notice? The story is very sad but somehow not quite hopeless. I like this feeling. The Rumour Mill, by Harukami # Touya/Shindou, R, 7K words. Set some year or two post-series. Spoilers for the series. A rumour appears seemingly out of nowhere that Shindou and Touya are in a relationship. Shindou freaks out in a very Shindou-ey way. This is, IMO, one of the very best versions of Hikaru's possible sexual identity crisis. Funny and very moving at the same time. It's also a story where Akira cuts his hair. I nearly cried. It works so well here both on the emotional level and as a sign of, well, things :/ Really wonderful! I'm going to read more of this writer. "I'm expecting news in the mail any day now. Whoever it is, though, I look forward to a real good game!" The interviewer laughed politely. "And... let's see, any chance that it might be Touya Akira?" "I can hope, right?" His grin brightened at the sudden interest on her face. Well, of course -- two young Go geniuses across the board from each other, attractive and smart, what wouldn't a girl be thinking about? "So, you don't think your relationship with Touya 4-dan will interfere with your playing?" Hikaru chuckled. "Of course our -- what?" "Pardon?" "Relationship? What?" (Comment on this)