Beth Winter

I finished this one in three hours (took me four for HBP). Overall verdict is approving, with certain reservations.

( Spoilers within, brief )

All in all, a nice bit of escapism in a period devoid of it. As if it wasn't enough that last week had Weather From Hell and I'm busy enough at work to make me beat my head against a wall, now I'm also worrying about people :S

The Boy Was A Puppet, a Harry Potter vid by wistful_fever.

That's what my interpretation of Harry is all about. And her vidding skills... :D

Frst of all, I spent 3 hours at the hairdresser's yesterday, getting new highlights done. Way more mocha, with a hint of titian, and here's hoping the darker colour holds this time. Before, I had the hair in the icon - cinnamon/copper depending on lighting.

( Now it looks like this )

Recommendation the first: A few weeks ago, guede_mazaka posted a random snippet of an extremely dark Harry torturing Lucius, the first thing I've seen her write for HP ever. I (and others) pleaded and begged until she wrote a little bit more. The rest, as they say, is history.

The Black Road - Epic, amazing, terribly dark and yet making so much sense in the way that perfect tragedy does. Harry is dead, but he's back, with a contract with Lucifer and an agenda that terrifies even the most seasoned Death Eaters. Lucius features prominently, so does Draco, Snape, Sirius, a heartbreaking Remus, and a host of other characters damaged by the war, but still so much themselves. If you only read one Harry Potter fic this year, let it be this one.

Recommendation the second: alighiera finally posted that Coldfire thing! *squees* Probably won't make much sense unless you've read the books, though.

Recommendation the third: fyrie did it again. More Tanz/Buffy fic, this time without brain-breaking vampire domination (don't worry, the next part makes up for it), but with an utterly adorable semi-original character whom I've had the honour of naming. (I also picked VK's last name in that one. Canon has him as Alfred, but Johannes fits him much better, don't you think?)

Undercurrent by sionnain

ciciaye just threw this at me, and I've melted, because this fic does everything right. A delightfully distraught and disturbed young Lucius, fresh from his first kill and for the first time aware of his dark power, watches Narcissa sleep. Characterisation, imagery, emotions - everything matches, and creates a piece that's an erotic miniature with barely a PG-13 rating.

The second batch of St Nick’s request not-really-drabbles. 480 words about Hob Gadling for xwingace, 658 words about Sirius Black’s mother of all people for amamiyarin. Next up: vampires and more vampires, because I still have to polish up arabwel’s vignette.


( Sandman’s Hob Gadling gets a little Christmas spirit )

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( Tom Riddle and the Hogwarts Express )

This started out as an attempt to prove how easy it'd be to write Harry/Draco in certain settings in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Needless to say, spoilers for that book. Everything belongs to JKR, and the first three sentences are directly from page 488. Written on the fly, in the update window. Dedicated to my inspiration, amamiyarin.

( Moments of Choice )

For luthienofold: Remus Lupin/Lily Potter

DESIRE (HAVE YOU EVER WISHED?)

Remus stands downwind.

He isn't hiding. They’re not hidden – Lily and James are just sitting in the sun, talking. Her fingers crook like spider legs; she always shapes her thoughts in the air. She throws her head back, the throat arched, the skin on the back of the neck folding in on itself. The wind carries the scent of her sweat, the staccato of her laugh.

After a while, Remus drops his eyes to his book. There is a career to obtain. A life to be lived. His friends, Lily Evans among them.

Remus always wants what he cannot have.

100 words

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Eight drabbles to go (and still taking requests if you want one of your own). And two hours to think up cover letters for two internships before the deadline's up. Doing well on the first one means I don't have motivation to come up with businessbabble for the other two, even though nothing's certain :/

EDIT: One application sent off, one left to go, 88 minutes left until midnight. Go me.


Happy birthday, ninjatrauma :)

Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Sirius and Remus friendship. Could be interpreted otherwise, I suppose. But mostly concentrating on the bond between those two; the interpretation of the nature of the bond is left as an exercise for the reader.
Spoilers: everything up to and including Order of the Phoenix. Yes, including THE SPOILER.
Summary: Afterwards, Remus remembers the last year they had.
Note: Sweetness and tragedy. Dedicated to everyone who let me babble at them after I read OotP.

( Eight Shards of a Broken Mirror )