Recs

[lunabee34]

I need HP icons. Rec me your favorites that are shareable, pretty please. *bats eyelashes*


Harry Potter

Night-Blooming Heartsease by Julad. Snape/Neville This fic begins just after PoA and imagines a war-torn Potterverse. Although the version of Snape in this story is not my own personal version of the character, I think that the Snape here is very plausible and convincing. The dialogue sparkles and Neville is just glorious. The fic is very touching (there was crying) but never maudlin. This is not very explicitly sexual. In fact, it's not really about the sex at all. It's much more about characterization and motivation, which is why I think it's such a success.

Lustre by Julad and Calico. Harry/Draco I have to admit that I don't get this pairing yet, so my enjoyment of this fic doesn't stem from the ship. What is really nice about this piece is the insight into Draco's character and the way his family operates. The sort of Old World arrangement of marriages and gifting, etc, is really fascinating. The house dynamics of Slytherin are really great here too--dark, seductive, sinister, everyone using sex as a tool. Finally, the descriptions of the snake in this fic are so beautiful, so exquisitely wrought that I wish I could see the snake in real life.

The Night Watchers by teaspoon14 Harry/Ron/Hermione Harry's still having terrible dreams and Ron and Hermione comfort him. This short piece is a very, very tender first time piece that gives each layer of the sandwich equal time (which is important to me because I don't like reading threesomes where one member seems utterly extraneous). The best word for this is sweet.

BtVS

Diamond by Polly Burns. While in jail, Andrew explains his relationship with Warren to Jonathon.

Meta

Watson Was a Woman? by Rex Stout. This essay explores the gender of Sherlock Holmes's sidekick.

Firefly: Dr. Simon Tam This essay is executrix's meditation on the character of Simon Tam.

Other

Rough Diamond by lyrstzha This is a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast that is such a joy to read. It is slightly dark and has all those wonderful turns of phrases and images that I've come to expect from Lyr as a matter of course. It's also told with the wink-wink-at-the-audience narrator that I so enjoy.

Comments

[nashmaveric.livejournal.com]

oh OH! I made some! (http://draconash.livejournal.com/680.html#cutid1) But they're out of art so it's not the actors. And literati has some here (http://theboywhoscored.slashverse.com/tbws.html). And there are some very funny ones here (http://iconoclastism.livejournal.com/39233.html)!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! Thanks.

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

The wonderful literati of Spander and Giles/Wes luv makes HP icons. You can find them here. (http://theboywhoscored.slashverse.com/tbws.html)

so_severus makes some nice slashy ones, found here. (http://community.livejournal.com/d0rk_icons/)

And kc_anathema just makes oodles of icons. She used to say on her site she didn't even need credited but I do anyway. HP, Buffyverse, Twisted icons, just oodles. Found here. (http://pics.livejournal.com/kcwriter/)

Hope that helps you luv!

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

OH! There's also hp_icons and hpslash_icons. frk_werewolf used to make HP icons too. Check out her old icon journal iconic_moon and her new community lupa_libri.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much sweetie

[jjjean65.livejournal.com]

I have made a few hp icons. Mostly just single shots of Harry and Draco. I'd be happy to do you a presonal one if you email me with that you'd like. :)

[jjjean65.livejournal.com]

oops forgot to say the first one is fanart by The Theban - I do hope you know about them! mulit fandom artists - who are Aussie btw. ;p

Oh and this one...

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

So cool, all these. Thanks so much Jean.

[shannon730.livejournal.com]

I have some here (http://shannon.creative-musings.com/hp/graphics.htm).

There are a lot of Weasleys, Hermione and various Weasleys/Hermione icons at books_freckles, they are mostly fanart, not movie icons though. Everything is in the memories.

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Thank you sweetie

[lyr]

You rock like a great rocking thing, you. Which is to say, my toes are all curly with the glee of authorial satisfaction now. Thank you for the lovely, lovely rec! *hugs*

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

*squish*