THE HARRY POTTER CHARACTER LOVE FEST

[birdsofshore]

I hereby pronounce the Love Fest OPEN!     ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥




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ALPHABETICAL MASTERLIST OF CHARACTERS

I've started you off with 40 or so of the requested characters, and I might add more as the urge takes me. If your character is not here, start your own comment thread and I'll link to it here!

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE'S thread
ALBUS SEVERUS' thread
ARTHUR'S thread
BELLATRIX'S thread
BILL'S thread
BLAISE'S thread
CEDRIC'S thread and more CEDRIC here
CHARLIE'S thread
CORMAC'S thread
CROOKSHANKS' thread
DOBBY'S thread
DRACO'S thread
DUDLEY'S thread
FRED'S thread
GEORGE'S thread
HARRY'S thread
HEDWIG'S thread
HERMIONE'S thread
GINNY'S thread
HORACE SLUGHORN'S thread
JAMES SIRIUS' thread
KINGSLEY'S thread
KREACHER'S thread
LUCIUS' thread
LUNA'S thread
MADAM POMFREY'S thread
MINERVA MCGONAGALL'S thread
MOLLY'S thread
NARCISSA'S thread
NEVILLE'S thread
PANSY'S thread
PROFESSOR SPROUT'S thread
PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY'S thread
REGULUS BLACK'S thread
REMUS LUPIN'S thread
RODOLPHUS AND / OR RABASTAN LESTRANGE'S thread
ROMILDA'S thread
RON'S thread
RUBEUS HAGRID'S thread
TEDDY LUPIN'S thread
SCORPIUS' thread
SEVERUS SNAPE'S thread
SIRIUS BLACK'S thread
TONKS' (NYMPHADORA TONKS) thread
VOLDEMORT'S thread

MASTERLIST OF FANWORKS Updated as regularly as I can!

FEST INFO:

When is the fest running?
We're here all week, from Feb 7th to Feb 14th. Please drop in regularly to leave love and see what else has been left.

How do I leave love for a character?
It's entirely up to you, but here are some examples, for your inspiration. So, for instance, if you're feeling a lot of love for Ron this week, go to his thread HERE and leave your contribution as a comment.

You could post explaining that you've always liked a man with a freckly arse. You could draw a sketch of Ron doing his bad-ass Auror thing. You could write a drabble featuring Ron just being Ron, a kinky PWP, or a 100k Gen rated kid!fic. You could cosplay as Ron and post a photo. Sculpt your interpretation of Ron's face in mashed potato. Or eat a bacon sandwich in his honour and then compose a haiku about how delicious it was. What about some Ron-centric recs? Ron icons, favourite quotes connected to Ron, a Ron fanmix, Ron's name written in fairy lights – if you can think of it, then DO IT.

Leave a description of your contribution in the subject line. Eg, RON: FANMIX, RON: HAIKU, or RON: DRABBLE or just RON: LOVE if it's just general love.

Commenting on other people's contributions, and general chit-chat, is firmly encouraged. Will this mean the threads get a little crazy? WHO KNOWS. :D

What is and isn't allowed?
You can write any pairing, or gen, any length, any genre, any rating. Please use warnings appropriately. Content does not have to be fluffy by any means, but character bashing would not be appropriate at this fest. If you have any doubts, just ask me or capitu.

I've written a 20k fic for the fest, is that OK?
:DDD OF COURSE. If there's anything that you want to host on your own journal, just leave the link in the comment thread.

I can't find a thread for Aunt Marge / Griphook / Trevor! Are only certain characters eligible for love?
Please check the masterlist first, HERE. I'll try to keep the masterlist updated as much as possible, but I do have to sleep and stuff, so please skim through the latest comment threads as well, to see if someone else has begun one for your character. If Aunt Marge or whoever has been cruelly neglected so far, please start your own thread, putting their name in the subject line.

As to who's eligible: EVERYONE. If they feature in the Harry Potter series, they qualify for the fest.

My fanwork deals with more than one character, where shall I put it?
GOOD QUESTION. Did you feel inspired with love for one of the characters more than the others, perhaps? If not... if it's a pairing fic, say Neville / Luna, you could post it on Neville's thread, and leave a link to it on Luna's thread. If it's, say a drawing of the Lestranges, start a thread titled “The Lestrange family” and put it on there. If you still don't know where to put it, just ask me or capitu, or just do something different entirely, if you like; we won't shout at you.

Am I only meant to leave love for my favourite character?
No! Leave love for as many people as you like! You have the whole week to shower as many HP characters as you wish with love. You could even challenge yourself and try to appreciate a character you haven't really given much thought to before.

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LET THE LOVE BEGIN! ♥

Comments

Re: Letter to Tonks

[birdsofshore]

Very heartfelt! I like your Teddy and Victoire, beautiful people!

Re: NYMPHADORA TONKS' THREAD: Six Word Story

[birdsofshore]

Fabulous! I felt a bit guilty putting her full name in the thread title!

Re: Spirits and Divination Part II

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

I love this fest, so much! What a wonderful idea to brighten dreary winter days. (at least they are dreary days in my part of the world!)

DRACO - ART - After Hours at the Ministry of Magic

[raitala.livejournal.com]

I thought about submitting this to Harry's thread, just to mix things up a bit. But I'm not really fooling anyone and birdsofshore already called me on my Ron, but really Draco, ficlet.

This is an art gift I owe birdsofshore from way back. It's an illustration to her lovely fic After Hours at the Ministry of Magic

Harry and Draco are trapped in a lift. The air conditioning charms fail. It gets very hot. Draco is stubborn about getting undressed in front of Harry, until he nearly passes out and Harry has to help him. This could happen to ANYONE!

Re: DRACO - ART - After Hours at the Ministry of Magic

[birdsofshore]

Oh my giddy aunt. Oh, what have you DONE?

Oh, I am swooning. SWOONING.

I will be back in a bit, slightly more coherently, when I can type again.

OHHHHHHHHHHH YOU!

I am flailing on the sofa. FLAILING AND SWOONING AND FLAILING, forever and ever.

♥ ♥ ♥

Re: FRED'S THREAD: chibi

[anemonen.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!! <3

Re: DRACO - ART - After Hours at the Ministry of Magic

[raitala.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome! I'm sorry I took so long to produce your promised art work ♥

Re: PANSY: ART (NSFW!)

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I love your take on Pansy, it's exactly how I see her <3. And you beat me to it, I'd just come to post a little ficlet for Pansy when your post popped up!

Pansy's rant

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Pansy sat in the leather chair, legs crossed, sipping on the red wine Draco had poured for her. She had grown into her features and no longer resembled a pug. Her face had thinned and the elegant bob framed it nicely.

“So, Harry,” she said, putting her glass on the table next to her. “I guess I’m not surprised to hear about you and Draco.”

“You’re not the first person to say that,” Harry said, his forehead creased. “I don’t know why everyone expected this given how we behaved towards each other at school.”

“Oh darling, please, that was the most obvious example of pigtail pulling anyone has ever seen. But anyway, that’s beside the point. Draco hasn’t stopped smiling since last Friday so I guess that was the first time you fucked each other?”

Harry turned bright red and choked on his drink.

“And since he hasn’t stopped smiling, or stopped going on about you, I’m guessing he’s in love with you. So, do you love him?”

Harry laughed. “Pansy, are you asking me what my intentions are?”

Pansy looked at him, her eyes narrowed. “Don’t laugh at me. I’m just warning you that if you hurt Draco in any way, lead him on or are just using him for sex, then I will hurt you.

“That doesn’t surprise me and, to be honest, I think I’d expect it from you, Pansy.” Harry took another drink, not noticing how pale Pansy’s face turned.

“I’m never going to be allowed to forget that, am I?” she said, standing up and pacing around the room. “I’ll always be that girl, the one who tried to get everyone to surrender you to Voldemort. The coward, the villain, the Slytherin. Well, let me tell you something, Harry Potter, I do not regret what I did in the war. It was okay for you. You knew where your family and friends were – inside Hogwarts. Yes, okay, you didn’t know how they were but you knew which side they were fighting on, knew they would have people to look after them. Where were my family? Were they outside the castle with Voldemort and the Death Eaters? Were they at home or had they escaped abroad? Were they under guard at the mansion? I had no idea. So I did what I had to do to try and make sure they were safe. To protect them. Like Narcissa did for Draco, when you were in the forest with her.”

Pansy paused for a breath. Harry was staring at her, looking a little taken aback by her passionate speech.

Pansy took another deep breath and Harry jumped in before she could start ranting again. “Pansy, that’s not what I meant. I just meant that you’re loyal to your friends and I’d be surprised if you didn’t stand up for any of them, especially if someone hurt them.”

“Oh, right.” Pansy sat down, smoothed out her skirt, and picked up her wine glass. “Just as long as we’ve got that straight. Cheers!”

Re: ARTHUR'S THREAD: Six Word Story

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Hahaha brilliant! I am loving your six word stories, they're amazing!

Re: BELLATRIX'S THREAD: Six Word Story

[indyonblue.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's quite an image!

Re: PANSY: ART (NSFW!)

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes, more Pansy love pls!

Re: FRED'S THREAD: chibi

[birdsofshore]

Oh, sweet! I love their vivid hair and Fred's cute little legs and feet in socks. Thank you so much for doing these for us.

Re: Letter to Voldemort

[birdsofshore]

Oh, I like the old-fashioned psychiatrist's couch! Poor old Tom, eh? I wish we had a Time Turner so perhaps your gift could be of use.

Re: GEORGE'S THREAD: Six Word Story

[birdsofshore]

Oh! *sniff* Why is that so sad? But happy at the same time! Six words, Y U so awesome?

Re: GEORGE'S THREAD

[birdsofshore]

Oh! Funny and cute. And their little red socks are darling. So touching the way they are peeping round, leaning on one another.

Re: LORD VOLDEMORT'S THREAD: Six Word Story

[birdsofshore]

Ohhhh... that's a body blow, that one! I think it's one of my favourites, even though it hurts.

Re: PROFESSOR TRELAWNEY'S THREAD: Six Word Story

[birdsofshore]

Heehehe! She just wants to eat the muffin for herself!

Re: ALBUS SEVERUS' THREAD ~ graphic

[capitu]

Re: ALBUS SEVERUS' THREAD: Six Word Story

[capitu]

Perfect. <3

Re: NARCISSA'S THREAD

[sassy-cissa.livejournal.com]

and she changed the course of the war with a single word "dead".

Re: Pansy's rant

[birdsofshore]

Hee! I love this! Love the way she has worked out exactly what's going on between Draco and Harry, love her fieriness, love the way she smoothly recovers after her outburst.

And Harry is adorable too.

Thank you for this lovely Pansy appreciation!

Re: DRACO - ART - After Hours at the Ministry of Magic

[birdsofshore]

Actually, the waiting was very exciting. And I was no way expecting it this weekend! How did you manage it? I love all the fic you've been producing lately, but I must admit I had been craving some art, as well. To continue the addiction metaphor, I think your fic is like a nice long slow smoke, and your art is a hit to the veins :DD

I've left a looooong comment on your LJ. I've had to shut the window with the art down, because I can't get on with replying to anything else otherwise, LOL.

Re: PANSY: ART (NSFW!)

[birdsofshore]

Happy you reposted! Pansy was wanting love. And there's plenty to love here <3

Re: Spirits and Divination Part II

[birdsofshore]

<3 I can't believe how many people have taken the time to leave something here, or to comment! It's growing and growing, so lovely to see people's appreciation for all of the characters.