[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Recommend Best Fanfic

[Queer as John]

Tamara said:

> I need a fix of some great Harry Potter fic to get me through these dark days
> before JKR FINALLY releases book 5.  What do you all recommend as your
> favorite fanfic?

Gosh, there are so many! I've recently finished Irina's _The Rebirth_ and
_Galatea_, which are the currently completed parts of the _Morrigna_
trilogy. You can find that at Schnoogle --
http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Irina/

I've also recently enjoyed Clio's _Eight Ways From Sunday_, again at
Schnoogle -- http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Irina

At the risk of sounding like Gilderoy Lockhart, you can find my
books--er--fics on FictionAlley, and there are links from the front page of
my LiveJournal, http://johnwalton.livejournal.com.

Hope this helps! 

Fyre Wood said:

> Heidy already posted a link to Fiction Alley, however on some older
> computers it tends to actually cause them to feeze up! This has not
> only happened to me, but also to two of my friends as well. (How
> odd?!)

How odd indeed. Have you ever submitted a support request to the FA Mods?

> If you're looking for easy, accessable fan fics, I recommend
> Fanfiction.net, though their level of writing is mainly 13 yr old
> kids. But they do allow you to choose the characters and genre of the
> story you want.

When Fyre says "their level of writing is mainly 13 yr old kids", that's a
real understatement. As the HPFGU Humongous Bigfile says,

"Fanfiction.net (www.fanfiction.net) is one of the largest fanfiction
archives available. It houses all genres of fan fiction, and has a very
large HP section, including many quality stories. However, be warned: it is
a large archive and there is no provision in place there to screen out the
many stories of dubious quality."

'Nuff said.

> The "Parliament of Dreams" is actually a very good slash
> fic featuring Draco/Harry-- I'm a slasher.. sorry!

No need to apologise for being a slasher, hon. ;)
 
> I tend to stay away from Cassandra Claire's "Draco Dormiens" Trilogy
> since the incident where she was caught plagerizing text. I feel that
> goes against my morals so I won't have any part of it. If you feel
> compelled to read it, then go on ahead.. but hey, I won't =p

Huh. Fyre, were you in fandom then? Because most people who joined the
fandom after the event don't know the full story, and your words lead me to
conclude that's the case with you. I'm quite disappointed, because whenever
I've read your posts -- and when we IMed -- you've sounded like a sensible
person, and not someone who would just chuck out that negative -- and
factually incorrect -- comment.

As someone who was involved at the time, I can say that the author concerned
had no problems with Cassie continuing to use the references to her book in
the Draco Trilogy. Cassie's disclaimers at the time, which were the crux of
the issue, were more comprehensive than those of the people who accused her
of plagiarism. From my perspective, the whole issue was nothing more than a
personal attack on one of the more popular authors, by people on FFN's staff
who were upset at the popularity of her fic.

Ach. This whole thing was what, almost two years ago? I think we need to
move on.

--John
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