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Rebecca --
<p>I enjoyed your fanfic musings! :--) Are your stories on
ff.net or elsewhere? I'd be interested in reading them (well, HP
ones that is ... I know nothing of Dr. Who or X-Files).
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>I have been thinking about compiling a "Fanfiction
for People who Hate</tt>
<br><tt>Fanfiction" archive of stories that are not only excellently written
in</tt>
<br><tt>terms of spelling, grammar, style, plot and dialogue, but which
really seem to me to capture the spirit of JKR's universe, stay true to
the canonical characters as we know them, and don't explicitly contradict
anything we know from the books. I'll take recommendations, if anybody's
got 'em.</tt></blockquote>
Since you asked -- I would put the following stories in the above
category:
<p>Paradigm of Uncertainty -- Lori Summers
<br>The Show that Never Ends -- Lori Summers
<br>A Sirius Affair -- Carole Estes & Penny Linsenmayer (shameless
self-plug but part of the PoU universe)
<p>Draco Dormiens & Draco Sinister -- Cassandra Claire
<br>Trouble in Paradise -- Ebony Thomas
<br>Surfeit of Curses -- Heidi Tandy
<p>Now, people have argued (and you might agree) that the characters in
*all* of the above stories are not true to their canonical selves.
It's a subjective judgment though. I think Lori did an outstanding
job of extrapolating traits & characteristics of the canon characters
for her adult characters. I know others disagree (apparently with
respect to Hermione in particular), but I don't think they're OOC at all.
When you've aged the characters by over 10 years, they aren't necessarily
going to meet everyone's expectations -- it's a very subjective matter.
It's easier to use your strict "do they adhere to their canon selves" standard
when you're evaluating fanfics set during the Hogwarts years.
<p>Draco -- he's definitely different in the works of Cassie & Heidi
than he is in canon. He is *not* his canonical self. He *is*
though a *possible* canon self. I don't think the Draco created by
either of these authors is implausible at all.
<p>In any case, all of my recommendations clearly meet all your criteria
IMO, with the only category for some argument being whether the characters
are true to their canon selves.
<p>I know there are some other excellent authors on the HP_Paradise site,
and I apologize that I can't include their works in my above list because
I simply haven't had time to read them. I do *intend* to read them!
:--)
<p>Penny
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