Challenge Five

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In addition to any recs you wish to post at any time, the comm has bi-weekly rec challenges issued by the mods.

Challenge five:



Fandom: Harry Potter
Deadline: December 21
Challenge: Rec your favorite het fics from this fandom. Any and all pairings welcome! Just c/p the text below:

<b>Fandom Category:</b> <b>Pairing:</b> <b>Fic Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>Link:</b> <b>Rating/Warning(s):</b> <b>Genre:</b> <b>WIP?:</b> <b>Why This Must Be Read:</b>

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After the End, by Arabella and Zsenya (R)

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Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Bill/Fleur, and other minors ones
Fic Title: After the End
Author: Arabella and Zsenya
Link: http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=619&chapno=1
Rating/Warning(s): R, mature themes, some violence, angst, and language,
Genre: Post-books, AU, Drama
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: Simply the best Harry Potter fic I've ever read. It's based on the summer after seventh year, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and the rest of the wizarding world must learn to live without fear. This story was written prior to the release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." It's EPICALLY long (along the length of any of the real books, actually), with gorgeous writing and characterization. The authors explore and expand on the wizarding world, and really I can't describe enough how well-written it is. Read the first few chapters, and you'll be hooked.

Go. Now. Seriously.

( Excerpt )

Harry/Hermione rec post.

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Like I've done for Iron Man, I've read a lot (a lotlotlot) of Harry Potter fanfiction. Pretty much unilaterally Harry/Hermione. Understandably, these are AU.

( The bookworm and the accidental hero. )

parvati prevails by a_linz (pg-13)

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Fandom Category: Harry Potter
Pairing: Parvati Patil/Harry Potter
Fic Title: Parvati Prevails
Author: a_linz
Link: http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/a_linz/PP2_01.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG-13 / written before HBP
Genre: Romance, Humor
WIP?: No

Why This Must Be Read: If you even have a passing interest in the inter-workings of Parvati Patil, you need to read this fic. Parvati is funny, quirky, of average intelligence, and self-deprecating to the point that you will end up just loving her. The Gryffindors are also united in a way that is not seen in most fics; fans of minor characters will really enjoy all the cameos from the various houses.

Tonks/Remus recs post.

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I've also read a frightening amount of Tonks/Lupin fic.

( An auror and a werewolf. )

Finding Himself, Cedric/Hermione, AU

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Fandom Category: Harry at Hogwarts era, AU
Pairing: Cedric/Hermione
Fic Title: Finding Himself
Author: Minisinoo
Link: http://www.themedicinewheel.net/finding_himself/finding_himself.html
Rating/Warning(s): I'd say R, but some might say NC-17 (hard R?)
Genre: coming-of-age, romance, suspense
WIP?: No (although the sequel is a WIP)
Story Summary: (author's) 'The boy who almost died' has to figure out what it means that he didn't. Harry's tumultuous fifth year at Hogwarts is Cedric's seventh and final. Bound together by a shared trauma survived, both boys fall under Ministry suspicion and fire, and both undergo a 'deconstruction' of sorts in the face of that crisis. Who is Cedric Diggory? He must find himself amid rumors of war, the awkwardness of falling in love, and a crippling personal tragedy. (parallel canon)

Why This Must Be Read: This is the fillet mignon of Cedric/Hermione stories. C/Hr is a rarepair, but a fairly sizable one, and there IS no better example of the pairing than this AU novel. It starts with the premise, "What if Cedric didn't die in the graveyard?" and goes from there.

This is NOT just a recasting of Order of the Phoenix from different points of view. She manages to both stay true to the canonical events of the fifth book AND add entirely new plot twists, including a fantastic power struggle between Head-Boy Cedric and Ministry-plant Umbridge. If you think you hated Umbridge in OotP, you'll DESPISE her after reading this. It's brilliant. Some additional pluses include a creative new magic using art/painting, which includes a compelling OC (Cedric's mum), plus the best use of Hufflepuff House I've ever read in ANY fic. Chapters 31-32 leave you cheering (and you'll never think they're the "left overs" again). Oh, and Cedric is in a wheelchair ... but it's not one of those Afterschool Specials, even while being very realistic. (What originally drew me to this story WAS the disabled aspect, because my sister is in a wheelchair. I'm very iffy about "disability fics," but this isn't one. It's got a disabled character, but it's not a "disability fic.")

Oh, yeah, the romance! :-D It's a really wonderful treatment of first love that builds naturally AND doesn't demonize any of the other characters (canon love interests) in the process. If you think "Hermione and Cedric?!?" going in, by the end, you'll have a hard time picturing her (or him) with anybody else.

(/gushing)