Let Me Count the Ways... The HP Character Love Fest wrap-up post

[birdsofshore]

The week is over and the fest is now complete. We had an extraordinary 127 entries expressing love for 42 characters, including fics, poetry, art, meta, graphics, fancasts, letters, gifs, recs, podfics, quotes, six word stories, and general squee. It was wonderful to see the range of ways in which people showered their favourites with appreciation, and also the variety of characters chosen. Ron, Draco, Luna, Pansy, Severus and Neville were big favourites at the fest, but Trelawney, Dudley, Kreacher, Voldemort, Rodolphus and even Umbridge got themselves a little love, too.

A million thanks from capitu and myself to all those who contributed a post, and also to our lovely readers and commenters. Please snag yourself a thank you banner for your journal; you can find the code under the cut. The banner links to our masterlist so that people can click and have a look at your contributions. ♥






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Here's a copy of the final masterlist - please tell me if I've missed anything, or if a link doesn't work! I've not linked to brief comments, but everything else is hopefully included. Comments and discussion are still welcome over at the fest, naturally.

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
Banner by capitu
Letter to Dumbledore by 0idontknow0
Thoughts on Albus / Minerva ship by nevrafire

ALBUS SEVERUS
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Graphic by capitu

ARTHUR
Letter to Arthur by 0idontknow0
Six Word Story by dracogotgame

BELLATRIX
Six Word Story by dracogotgame

BILL
Graphic by kedavranox
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Fancast by nevrafire

BLAISE
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Chibi by digthewriter

CEDRIC
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Cedric's Last Letter by oakstone730

CHARLIE
The Shed and The Cottage - excerpts from a WIP by oakstone730
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Fancast by nevrafire
Art by raitala (heavily featuring a delicious Albus Severus, Teddy and Scorpius)

CORMAC
Gif from capitu

DOBBY
Banner by capitu
Six Word Story by dracogotgame

DRACO
Those Are Pearls - ficlet by raitala
Ten Reasons Why I Love You, Draco (from Harry's POV) - excerpts from fics, chosen by capitu
Fanvid snippet by sophie_french
Draco/Tom Felton pic - celestlyn
After Hours at the Ministry of Magic - art by raitala ♥ A gift for me, oh my beating heart!
Valentine for Draco - Graphic by birdsofshore
Art: calendar by thania_hinata
Podfic: I Shall Not Speak by raitala ♥ ♥ ♥

DUDLEY
Link to art by imera, from lijahlover
Letter and fic by ashindk
Excerpt from fic by lobelia321

FRED
Chibi by anemonen
Art recs by nevrafire

GEORGE
Ficlet by calrissian18
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Chibi by anemonen

GINNY
Neville / Ginny art recs by nevrafire

HAGRID
Letter to Hagrid by 0idontknow0
Message for Hagrid by khalulu

HARRY
Ten Reasons Why I Love You, Harry (from Draco's POV) - excerpts from fics, chosen by capitu
Graphic by kedavranox
H/D Art recs by raitala
Fanwriter rec by nevrafire
Trio comic rec by nevrafire
Reasons I love Harry, by nevrafire

HEDWIG
Letter to Hedwig by 0idontknow0

HERMIONE
Art by ashindk
Chibi and ficlet by digthewriter
Thoughts for Hermione by khalulu
Thoughts on Hermione by nevrafire

HORACE SLUGHORN
Art rec by raitala

JAMES SIRIUS'
Graphic by capitu

KINGSLEY
Singing dwarf telegram by ext_1054020
Thoughts and quotes by alisanne

KREACHER
Thoughts and quote by gracerene

LUCIUS
Thoughts on Lucius started by marianna_merlo
Lucius/Harry rec by sophie_french

LUNA
Reasons I love Luna by blossomdreams
Luna Lovegood's Noisy Nifflers Nursery School - ficlet by birdsofshore
and podfic by raitala
Chibi by digthewriter
Art recs by raitala
Thoughts for Luna, by khalulu
Thoughts on Luna by nevrafire

MINERVA MCGONAGALL
Fanon Dowager McGonagall by zeitgeistic
Things I love about Minerva McGonagall, and artist rec by nevrafire
Minerva's McGonagall's self-love by dicta_contrion

MOLLY
Letter to Molly by 0idontknow0
(and please note PROMPT for fic about Molly at a spa)

NARCISSA
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Graphic by sassy_cissa
Art recs by raitala

NEVILLE
Banner by capitu
Graphic pinched by birdsofshore
Letter to Neville by 0idontknow0
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Video snippet posted by digthewriter
Patronus headcanon by nevrafire
Thoughts for Neville by khalulu

PANSY
Pansy's rant - ficlet by indyonblue
Pansy/Harry Art (NSFW) by zeitgeistic
Pansy Parkinson, 19 Years Later - ficlet by thusspakekate
Pansy art by digthewriter
Pansy art recs by raitala
Ficlet by ashindk

REGULUS
Singing Dwarf Telegram by ext_1054020
Six Word Story by dracogotgame

REMUS
Art by saintgilbert
Chibi by digthewriter
Thoughts for Remus by khalulu

RODOLPHUS
Six Word Story by dracogotgame

RON
Art by ashindk
Banner by capitu
Haiku by firethesound
Graphic by kedavranox
Ron is Hot - ficlet by raitala
Haiku by digthewriter
Favourite Ron movie scenes by nevrafire
Favourite Ron / Hermione fanworks by nevrafire
Favourite Ron / Hermione videos by nevrafire

SCORPIUS
Graphic by capitu
Art by digthewriter
(cross posted from Luna thread, as I decided they were really in worship of Scorpius :D) Ficlet by birdsofshore
and Podfic by raitala

SEAMUS
Six Word Story by dracogotgame

SEVERUS SNAPE
Link to How Harry Potter Should Have Ended, animation, from writcraft
Letter to Severus by 0idontknow0
Severus Snape - the Byronic hero of the Potterverse - meta by writcraft
Letter to Severus by eelegantlyeevil
Chibi by digthewriter
Why Snape? - meta and art links by perverse_idyll
Snape - meta by smallbrownfrog

SIRIUS
Banner by capitu
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Chibi by digthewriter

TEDDY
Ficlet by stereolightning
Thoughts and chibi by digthewriter

TONKS
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Letter to Nymphadora by 0idontknow0
Thoughts on movie!Tonks by nevrafire

TRELAWNEY
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Spirits and Divination - fic by oakstone730
Chibi by anemonen

UMBRIDGE
Discussion and quotes by gracerene

VOLDEMORT
Six Word Story by dracogotgame
Letter to Voldemort by 0idontknow0
Chibi by digthewriter
Art recs by raitala

I wanted to sign off with an excerpt from smallbrownfrog's beautiful post about her feelings for Severus Snape, which I suspect many of us can identify with, whoever our favourite characters may be. For me, it summed up the passion that drove this fest.

At times I identify with him. At times I want to rescue him. Always he fascinates me. And yet I know where this story is going. [...]

There are so many of us who love him. Surely that will make a difference? Maybe if we write passionately enough, paint clearly enough, read deeply enough, the story will shift and something new will emerge?

Probably not.

But I'm foolish enough to keep trying.

♥ ♥ ♥

Comments

[birdsofshore]

Hee! It was a bit crazy, wasn't it? Why on earth I thought I had time, I don't know, but I just wanted to feel a bit more connected to fandom, and OMG, it worked, LOLOL. One of those 'be careful what you wish for' things :DD

Thank you for everything. You are just brilliant, and you commented like a demon <3