Recs and general Saturday nonsense

[birdsofshore]

REC FOR HARRY/DRACO:
Title: Magic Tricks
Author: anonymous
Summary: When Draco agreed to accompany his flatmate to a Muggle magic show, he did not expect Harry Potter to be the magician onstage. Since then, nothing has gone according to plan.
Rating: PG-13
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Word Count: 5665

This was a delicious little thing. I defy you not to want to find out what happens next, when it begins like this:

*

When Draco left his flat this evening, he did not have any idea that he would end up in Harry Potter’s flat, on Harry Potter’s bed, snogging Harry Potter rather desperately. He did not anticipate being in a position to fuck the saviour of the Wizarding world. Even now, he isn’t entirely sure how he got here. He meant to blackmail Potter, not dry hump him.

“Please fuck me, Andrew,” Harry Potter begs.

No, Draco thinks, swallowing hard; this was not the plan at all.

*

It's a clever fic that also has a lot of heart, and there are a number of lovely little moments and phrases that still have me grinning. Draco's voice is a delight, cluelessness always hits my sweet spot, and the last two paragraphs are a joy all by themselves.

NEW FEST:
I am completely intrigued by hp_silencio.



Entries will be between 1,000 and 5,000 words, and contain no dialogue.

That's right, NO DIALOGUE WHATSOEVER. Excuse me while my head falls off. I am probably being completely stupid, but I cannot begin to fathom how I would write a story without dialogue. I am sure there must be hundreds of classic stories without dialogue, but can I think of one? I can not. Can anyone help me out here, please? Link me to wonderful fics without dialogue. Are there novels without dialogue?

I am just so fascinated and alarmed by this. And, of course, I want to sign up and accept the challenge. NO MORE FESTS FOR YOU, BIRDS. Not until I have at least ticked something off my list, at least.


GENERAL NONSENSE:
I had a very entertaining half hour, well, maybe more like an hour, reading about the Swimming Anime fandom on tumblr. Did you know about this? Here's the background (via the daily dot). Basically, an anime studio released a 30 second clip showcasing their skills, featuring an imaginary new anime about 4 cute male swimmers. Tumblr went insane at the sight of pretty, wet boys and within 48 hours had created backstories, fanfic, gifs and RPG and cosplay for the non-existent anime. Here is a great example of the type of thing that's been teased out from the 30 sec clip.

The best bit is, an actual series is now being made, or, as themarysue.com put it, "Tumblr has successfully willed their fan-created Swimming Anime into existence as a real show". You could see this as an extremely cynical move by the studio, or an equal opportunity triumph for yaoi fans (the anime studio previously made shows geared towards male viewers, featuring cute teen girls), but either way, I like the whole story a lot, as a fascinating example of the rather ouroboros-like nature of fandom.


I have more things to post about, but it will have to wait. Please expect more general nonsense later, or tomorrow.

Comments

[nerakrose]

Admitted, this is a self rec, but I was reminded today that it exists. Fic without dialogue: http://shaggydog-swap.livejournal.com/19174.html I'm signing up for the fest! Because dialogue is my favourite thing to do and it's really hard to not write it.

[nerakrose]

When I thought about novels without dialogue I though of this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shelter-Catherine-Whiteway/dp/1478116005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367093600&sr=8-1&keywords=Catherine+whiteway+shelter I see in the preview that there is actually dialogue, which I think is either my memory screwing with me or that it was added in in the second editing process... (My friend wrote this, I was one of the betas (is it still beta when it's an actualfax novel? XD) and when I read through it it was very, very dialogue sparse. I never got around to reading the finished version, but I do recommend the novel. Tough if it were fanfic, it would have a warning for major character death....)

[birdsofshore]

Oh that's an interesting one. Funny that you remember it as dialogueless; I wonder if it was added or whether it just stuck in your mind as having none?

It looks a very interesting read; thanks for the rec.

[nerakrose]

the more i think about it, the more inclined i am to believe it's just my memory screwing with me. because the bits i remember most are the long descriptive/narrative bits and the emotions they conveyed, not the dialogue bits. they're pretty irrelevant for the story, anyway.

[birdsofshore]

Yay, you wrote one! And you're doing the fest!

For some reason this whole idea has completely obsessed me. I've started a speechless fic now; I don't think it's going to be terribly long, but I'm trying it. I can't wait to see what people do with the idea, and whether I like reading fics with no speech, or whether it puts me off.

[nerakrose]

it appears i did! XD i think it's the only completely dialogue free fic i've got, though.

it'd be hard to do longer stuff without dialogue, i think... i don't think i could pull it off.