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: MOLLY'S THREAD

[capitu]

Naturally! Its use was absolutely filthy. XD

Re: Crookshanks

[birdsofshore]

<3

I'll add your only-slightly-late homage to Crookshanks to the masterlist :D

Re: Poppy Pomfrey

[birdsofshore]

<3 I agree. Such a lovely character! I loved her especially in 'All Life is Yours to Miss.

Re: HARRY'S THREAD- Why "I" Love Harry

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

He definitely is!

and you're welcome!
(although I totally forgot to add the headcanon that he has a nice singing voice. (not melt you in your shoes and but a little edgy and raspy that still gives you butterflies in your belly)

Re: HERMIONE'S THREAD

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

*NODS vigorously*

I really don't get why Some people are so adamant of saying they wouldn't work out. Everyone has at least one good friend with completely different interests-but same or similar core values- and those work out- so just WTH?

they key difference between "working out" and "doomed" is in core values Not in personality differences. like she might be a workaholic and he might be a working sloth, but if both of them value working hard and not being prejudistic then that's going to take them further than if both of them were workaholics.

(plus my grandparents were like R/Hr almost to the letter and they stayed married till the "death do us apart" so yeah. )

Re: RON'S THREAD-Top favorite Ron scenes in the movies

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

Movie Ron is Awesome and more people should take note of that, even if I agree that he should have been allowed to shine more (and they should have given Grint's meatier material to work with)

one thing though- Not All the links are videos- some of them are just gifs or picscams because I did not had enough time to scavenger for videos.

Re: CHARLIE WEASLEY'S THREAD-fancast

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew- so I could use his face for Charlie manips more.

I saw this picture of him on someone's weasley dreamcast- but they did not put a name- and they never answered me when I asked about it.

if I ever find out, i'll let you know

Re: HARRY'S THREAD- Fanfic(s)/Fanwriter Rec

[nevrafire.livejournal.com]

He's amazing! I found him through someone's rec list a long time ago and he was just what I wanted to find in a hp fic writer.

He only writes Het with the occasional femmeslash, which is probaby why he isn't so well-known.

hope that doesn't puts you off, because his work is really, really good.

Re: Why Snape? - pt III

[smallbrownfrog.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this. You've articulated so many things that I think and feel, but wasn't able to express. He's a difficult, stubborn thorn in my side, and he shifts as I look at him from different angles. But somehow you've captured a large part of who he is.

Re: SEVERUS SNAPE'S THREAD

[perverse-idyll.livejournal.com]

Yes, this. I can't begin to explain why I'm so involved with this fictional character and his fate, but the emotional compulsion runs deep. It really is a semblance of a love affair, and it shows no signs of ending anytime soon.

I'm glad fandom is full of your sort of fool, and mine, all of us who keep Snape alive even though in canon terms his story's over. Without him, I wouldn't be here. But fandom is always breathing new life into him, and the quest to portray all those hidden sides and private moments, the darkness that sacrificed itself for the sake of light, is a temptation impossible to resist.

Re: Why Snape? - pt III

[perverse-idyll.livejournal.com]

What's here is only the beginning, the springboard for ten thousand flights of fancy. As you say, there are so many different angles, so many varieties of bastard, so many second chances he never got to take, so many of Snape's regrets and petty triumphs and late-night thoughts and unfinished projects. The friendships he never had. The brilliance that died with him. He's a difficult character to write (because a Snape who isn't difficult seems OOC to me), but that's why I keep circling back, desperate to figure out how he might pay the price and still walk away.

Re: SEVERUS SNAPE'S THREAD

[smallbrownfrog.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I had been trying to find words all week and finally "gave up" and just wrote what came, then had to fight myself to keep from deleting it. So I was surprised and glad to know that something did come accross after all.

Re: SEVERUS SNAPE'S THREAD

[smallbrownfrog.livejournal.com]

*raises glass*

to fellow fools and glorious bastards

Re: DRACO'S THREAD

[g-bowneyes.livejournal.com]

Bit late for the actual fest.... but here's a link to some Draco love I wrote for Literary Lads 2013 :)

http://g-bowneyes.livejournal.com/14992.html

Re: PANSY: Pansy Parkinson, 19 Years Later

[scratches-i-am.livejournal.com]

This totally warmed my heart. (Pansy is my favorite character because of her open ending. So many possibilities.)

Re: SEAMUS FINNIGAN'S THREAD: Six Word Story

[scratches-i-am.livejournal.com]

This. Is. Perfect.

Re: CHARLIE WEASLEY'S THREAD-fancast

[scratches-i-am.livejournal.com]

I've never imagined charlie as a heart throb, but one of those dudes who grows into an epic man beard that is kind of lumber-jacky and full of muscles under his plaid.

Re: FRED'S THREAD- FRED LIVESSSSS (the saga)

[scratches-i-am.livejournal.com]

(I am so sorry for just jumping into this post.. I am just in love with it!)

There was one where Fred returned to Hogwarts as a ghost and gave Peeves a run for his money. Wish I had the link off hand

Re: PODFIC OF LUNA FICLET

[sisi-rambles.livejournal.com]

OMG that was utterly delightful! Your Luna was pitch perfect and her love and exasperation at the kids come though so well. I was beaming with delight on my morning bus ride (and scaring my fellow passengers, no doubt). Absolutely wonderful!

Re: PODFIC OF LUNA FICLET

[raitala.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot - I'm really pleased you enjoyed this piece. It was just so fun to do!