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birdsofshore ([personal profile] birdsofshore) wrote2014-01-16 06:39 pm

Thanks, recs, and claiming my erised

I've been looking forward to finding the time to post and say thank you for all the wonderful things I received over the Christmas period.

First, my fabulous [livejournal.com profile] hd_erised gift, Morning Constitutional by [livejournal.com profile] mayfly_78. She packed so many things I love into a vibrant, witty piece of art. Please go and leave her love if you haven't already. The art will put a smile on your face - just look at their outfits, the way Harry is determinedly removing Draco's, and those amazing rainbow trees!

[livejournal.com profile] hd_owlpost was full of lovely treats. I was lucky to receive 3 beautifully varied gifts:

Veritaserum by [livejournal.com profile] obliqueo really hit my kinks - a deliciously intriguing piece of art where Harry appears to be forcing a half-naked Draco to take Veritaserum.

How to Fall in Love in Three Weeks by [livejournal.com profile] leontinabowie tells how Harry and Draco are forced to become partners in Potions. It's funny, smutty and full of great dialogue.

Bewitch and Befuddle by [livejournal.com profile] chantefable has such a great title. It's a lego tableau with drunk and smirky Draco and amused watcher Harry, which really made me smile.

Then lovely [livejournal.com profile] citrus_lime was sending Christmas cards, and drew me this gorgeous scene with Draco falling asleep on Harry at the cinema....Wonderful first date.

[livejournal.com profile] micehellhpdm kindly included me in her Secret Santa art giveaway, with this charming scene of Draco receiving a cute anonymous gift... Secret Admirer Present.

[livejournal.com profile] nenne sent a beautiful Christmas candles V gift; thank you, my dear!

And [livejournal.com profile] marianna_merlo wrote me a sweet and funny festive fic, Christmas Kisses, where Harry and Draco keep getting stuck under the mistletoe. ♥

Thank you all so much! And so sorry if I forgot anything.


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A couple of recs from the last month:

[livejournal.com profile] firethesound is posting a chapter a day of the most brilliant getting-together fic, All Our Secrets Laid Bare. I had no intention of reading 10k a night, but I simply cannot miss each installment. It's an Auror fic full of favourite tropes, is fresh, funny and exciting, and the latest chapters are dripping with gorgeous UST. For those who dislike WIPs, she has finished writing the story, so you won't be left hanging. It's due to wrap up next week, but I urge you to start reading along now. It's wonderful!

And So Death Took, by [livejournal.com profile] icmezzo, was one of the fics at [livejournal.com profile] hd_erised that didn't get as much love as it deserved. I'll admit I personally avoided it while it was anon, as the warnings really put me off, plus it just didn't seem like the kind of genre I enjoy much. However, I trust [livejournal.com profile] icmezzo not to stomp on my heart, and while parts of this fic were indeed very difficult to read, I found it compelling all the way through. I don't think it's spoiling too much to say that the author pretty much fixes everything by the end of the story: I hope more people might take a chance on it.

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Claiming my fic! My own [livejournal.com profile] hd_erised story was In the Company of a Rubber Duck. It's got quite a cracky premise, but I would say the fic as a whole is more humour / romance, with a touch of flangst. I don't know! I'm not very good at genres. Anyway, it's got first times, bath sex, Malfoys down on their luck, Quidditchstar!Harry, post-war shenanigans and, er, Draco as a rubber duck :D I'd love to hear what you think if you want to give it a read. A million thanks to everyone who gave it a try already. ♥

[identity profile] nherizu.livejournal.com 2014-01-16 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm actually reading In the Company of a Rubber Duck right now. I'm half way through! It's hilarious and the UST is killing me! :D

[identity profile] nherizu.livejournal.com 2014-01-18 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay I've finished it! OMG it was sooooooo sweet, the ending was lovely. And I was grinning like an idiot! And Snape in the bathroom? OMG I almost died laughing! Thank you for writing it, I really enjoyed it. The fic made my day!

[identity profile] kedavranox.livejournal.com 2014-01-16 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel the same way about icmezzo's fic! Terribly underrated. I'm glad to see it rec'd.

I loved your fic! I hope I commented on it. I can't remember. Lol.

[identity profile] kedavranox.livejournal.com 2014-01-16 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
It's quite all right. :P

I think many times I write a fic I think to myself, oh Birds will never read this. LOL.

We all have our things. :)

Re: ahhhh

[identity profile] kedavranox.livejournal.com 2014-01-16 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
The comic loads for me, but I haven't gotten to the new part because I wanted to reread some bits and savor. Maybe when i get to the new part it'll crash for me, too?
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[personal profile] capitu 2014-01-16 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Icmezzo's fic was amazing. Even before I knew it was by her, I trusted the author to get me through it, and it was an amazing journey, to get to the end and look back and just wow.
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[personal profile] firethesound 2014-01-16 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Birds, you spoil me rotten with the rec! You are so very very good to me. :D

And So Death Took was brilliant. I love love love retellings of fairy tales and icmezzo did an amazing job of exploring the Deathly Hallows and oh, so many feels with that story. I didn't read the warnings before I jumped into it, so there was some amount of flailing when I came to the end of Ron's section, and I definitely need to give it a reread now that I know what's going on with it. My list of things to reread is currently miles long. I might finish at some point before 2016, but we'll see.

Your fic was fantastic, and I totally didn't suspect you of writing it. I read the summary and went "Draco as a rubber duck, that sounds like a faithwood plot to me!" and then read it and it didn't sound like her, and I had no idea what to do with that. I might've suspected you for it at that point, but I already suspected you of having written Side-Along, because motorcycle sex (do you see the reputation you have with me?) Really, all this means is that I'm really really awful at guessing authors. Anyhow. Harry taking Draco to the movies was wonderful (I think I've told you this already?) and is hands-down my favorite first date, er, first not-date I've ever read. Oh, and Draco as a hairbrush. And then the end with Snape, I nearly fell off the chair I was giggling so hard. :D
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[personal profile] firethesound 2014-01-16 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it turns out I really like writing long things, and All Our Secrets has been a learning experience in a lot of ways, so yes. I'll probably be writing more long things. It just takes me a while to get them written and then ready for posting. I have another long fic in the works (I'm estimating around 120k but I'm only halfway through so that could change) that I need to jump back into writing, and I'm hoping to have that one ready to go at some point in the not too far away future. It definitely helps to know that people want that sort of thing, so that gives me a lot of encouragement and motivation to make it happen!

I really should read warnings for stories so I'm not caught off-guard by things like that. I went along reading Ron's section, and things got worse and worse and I was still all, Well I'm sure they'll get better. And then I got to the end of his part and was like, Um. That's not... fixable. But then it was! And I was happy again!

I hear that the best way to get better at writing motorbike sex is to practice. So.... you should do that just to be sure. ::waits for all the motorcycle-themed porn::

I was just thinking about who_la_hoop the other day. She hasn't posted anything in ages. Or, like a month.
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[personal profile] firethesound 2014-01-16 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad to know that she's alive and well. I'm neurotic and worry about these things. That being said, I'm all for assisting you in spreading vicious lies about her until she comes back to refute them.

I HEARD THAT [livejournal.com profile] who_la_hoop THINKS THAT TOM HIDDLESTON HAS A TERRIBLE ARSE!

::waits::
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[personal profile] firethesound 2014-01-16 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard that she thinks the Epilogue is totally legit. In fact, I heard it's her favorite part of the series!
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[personal profile] firethesound 2014-01-16 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, rofl. She better come back soon, these lies are getting vicious we're exposing all her deepest secrets!

[identity profile] icmezzo.livejournal.com 2014-01-17 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
I love you, you darling, darling Birdbrain. Thank you for the rec. <3

Also, I knew Rubber Duck was yours. Beyond a doubt. It just...was you. I'd have known even if there wasn't a feathered shore bird at the center. (Rubber ducks are shore birds, no?) Also, I LOVED IT. Ty for the laughs. I almost peed myself at the movie theater. Er. I meant, when you wrote the scene about the theater and the popcorn and the...I didn't actually...you know... *shiftyeyes*

[identity profile] sassy-cissa.livejournal.com 2014-01-17 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Did the card with the stamps arrive?

[identity profile] hd-ldws-mod.livejournal.com 2014-01-17 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
me too...I just heard from the other winner - her's arrived just yesterday so...

and crap...am in mod account. sorry. lol

[identity profile] knowmefirst.livejournal.com 2014-01-17 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I just love the fic that Icmezzo wrote. It was fantastic, she did such a fantastic job that I actually went back and re-read it again :D

[identity profile] slashedsilver.livejournal.com 2014-01-17 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't keep up with [livejournal.com profile] hd_erised as much as I'd hoped to; I saved "In the Company of a Rubber Duck" to my reading list though, so I really need to be getting round to that once RL lets up on me a bit!