| REC: Six Impossible Things |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|02:01 pm] |
Title: Six Impossible Things
Author: ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sarka
RATING: R (contains very mild sexual references)
PAIRING: Percy/Luna
WORD COUNT: 5,623
SUMMARY: "Do you want to see something fantastic?" she asks, standing on his landing. She's wearing a bright yellow sundress and blue Wellington boots, and she's carrying an almost-empty basket, with what looks like the handle of an umbrella poking out.
MY THOUGHTS: I have an unfortunate habit of mainly reccing fics that are written for me, which this one was (for the 2008 ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) percy_ficathon), and that probably makes me seem biased. After all, if it's written for me, it probably hits all of my kinks, right? For this fic, though, the fact that it's written for me is almost incidental. It filled my request, of course, but it didn't really hit a single one of my usual loves in fanfiction. It's het. It's fluff, sweeter than sugar. It's post-war fic with no fallout after the war. These are things that would often make me want to run in the other direction before even finishing reading the fic rather than making me want to rec it. If you feel the same, or if you can't really imagine how this pairing could work believably, then this is the fic for you. All of those things that I would usually dislike combined to make this fic absolutely perfect. I particularly adored Luna's characterisation and the details of both Percy's living style and his reactions during and after the final battle. In a small amount of words, I was made to believe wholeheartedly not only that the characters had grown and matured even as they stayed the same, but also that they might have ended up being perfect for each other. |
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| REC: Five Women Who Hate Fleur Delacour |
[Oct. 4th, 2007|07:12 pm] |
Title: Five Women Who Hate Fleur Delacour
Author: snegurochka_lee
Pairings: None (gen)
Summary: She was beautiful, intelligent, talented, successful – and not very nice about it. Clearly, other women must hate her.
Yes, it's a gen fic. Like many people this end of the fandom, I read and write less of them than I would perhaps like. It's also a fic entirely centred around the woman of the Harry Potter universe. I find that I'm rarely satisfied by such a fic because the male characters in HP are simply a lot stronger (with a few exeptions). This fic deserves to be read because it takes those same female characters and delves beneath what we see in a way that makes me appreciate their many flaws rather than just wanting to roll my eyes at them.
Well, all right, I still rolled my eyes at Tonks. I think that was probably because she was portrayed quite spot-on (so it's not a flaw in the fic itself by any means). I really don't like Tonks as a character.
On the other hand, Fleur and Luna were both written to absolute perfection. Considering Luna is by far my favourite female HP character, this made me very happy indeed. |
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