H/D Hols Recs!

HD Holidays recs:

The Business of Saving Souls, by Rurounihime
http://community.livejournal.com/hd_holidays/64758.html
This is the one I was guessing was written by Furiosity, because it was clearly by one of the more accomplished and polished writers in the H/D crowd. Wonderfully plotty and vivid, it's one of my faves from the fest. It's from Draco's POV, and really captures the nuance of how broken he can be, even as he struggles to regain his dignity. Just beautifully, beautifully done.


Bad Company, by Furiosity
http://community.livejournal.com/hd_holidays/35830.html
A terrific one if you love fighty, snarky, 'we're still enemies' H/D fucking. The set up with the 'mind-link' device Snape uses to communicate with Harry is a little weak, but one hardly cares since it's clearly just a plot device to get things going and it disappears quickly from the story. Hot and not at all sappy.


Once Burned, by Lillithium
http://community.livejournal.com/hd_holidays/49696.html
A comic in 3 parts, gorgeous and sad. As beautiful and enchanting as Lillithium's H/D art always is.


Previously recced:
Of Owls, Horcruxes, and Snakes, by kabal42
http://community.livejournal.com/hd_holidays/61316.html
This is the gift for me, and what I previously wrote: "It's a wartime scenario, very plotty and nice. The sex is a little scant but v. hot. It's very well written, too..." and in comments I called it "Classic H/D."


There is soooooo much of the fest I haven't read yet, I will probably make more recs later. After I am done hiding from the Internet which I am mostly doing until I finish reading Book Seven.

What should Rowling's "Book Eight" Be About?

Publishers Weekly is running a poll asking people what they think Rowling's next Potterverse book should be about, should she write one. I believe anyone can post (it's a blog that one can post feedback/comments to) and can be found here: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6460916.html

Personally I think she could do a much better job than George Lucas of going back to the previous generation. The story of the Marauders and that era would be totally gripping and fascinating. And not just to "the fandom," hardcore people like us, but to the more mainstream readers, I think. It could still be YA, still in the Hogwarts milieu...

Spoiler Avoidance

I think I'm going to start my own personal media embargo right now. With scanned copies of the book having been leaked to Bittorrent sites and so on, it's just too risky for me to read LiveJournal right now!

I may still respond to comments from people I know via email notifications, but I won't be reading my flist (not that I've had time for that lately anyway) nor any of the comms I usually watch.

Talk to you guys again in about a week...!!