harp: (R/Hr or Death?)
I'm seriously thinking about removing [livejournal.com profile] bottom_draco and [livejournal.com profile] hpstoryfinders from my friend list and de-friending them.

For Bottom_D, every single story is H/D, without fail. I thought it was supposed to be about variety and creativity! Sure, it's a popular pairing. Sure there's no accounting for the people that join posting what they just happen to like. But Jesus, it's like nobody wants to post a thing that isn't H/D. There are plenty of other pairings to resort to, my OTP (Ron Draco forever, a-ha-men) excluded. Oliver/Draco? Percy/Draco? Twins/Draco! Snape/Draco, even! Where the fuck is the Snape/Draco? Oh, right- coupled with H/D.



I'm seriously starting to despise that pairing- the 90's 4Kids DragonBall Z of fanfiction. By that, I mean back in the day when there was no anime on basic cable and all of the poor would-be weeaboos had no choice but to sate themselves on DragonBall Z until they could get down to a store for a decent bootleg. Either that or pay up to forty dollars for a video tape from FYI or Best Buy (GET OFF MY LAWN!).

Storyfinders is sort of the same. Joined it because I (stupidly) thought that people would be looking for interesting stories and commenting with links. Most of the requests, though, go unanswered and most of the requests are... well...

Hi i'm looking for a fic that was centered on another couple but Draco and charlie was in it and charlie gave draco a necklace that bound him to charlie, Draco can't resist things that has a dragon name or from a dragon. I think it was SS/Hp.

HP/SS main pairing with LM/HP non con scene.
Severus gets a divorce from his wife who is a vampire.
Harry is bitten by a vampire which proves poisonous to the vampire and Severus saves him.


Unedited.

Same reason I eventually stopped looking at HP Chan. There were two good fics- Uncle Lucius and "A Want and a Need", the latter of which was removed after some people through an epic fit over Ron being underaged and having a clothespin briefly on his...


The Fandom's stagnating. All that'll be left in a few years will be SS/HP, SS/HG, and R/HR. How I miss the golden days of fanfiction.

But I'm just being pessimistic and annoyed. There are still plenty of communities out there where the same old is not permitted. I just have to find it.

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Date: Friday, October 2nd, 2009 07:48 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] heathus-saves.livejournal.com
i just read all the HP books over the summer..amazing. i like R/H but theres sooooo much fic, idk where to even start

Date: Sunday, November 15th, 2009 09:02 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] gala-apples.livejournal.com
quite a late comment, but i recently wrote a fred/george/draco based on a bondage prompt, and a bit before that wrote a ron/draco bloodplay (problem being draco's the sub and i know you like an abused ron).

i was bitching just earlier today about dying!fandom, i saw a comm i liked the mod was requesting someone take her place as she was loosing interest in fandom. i was like 0.0 BITCH-WOT? but there's a good new mod, and everything's cool.

my key is to like a shitload of pairings, so no matter what i can find a comm with a new fic i like. that's not helpful though, if you've got an OTP you've got an OTP. *hugs*

Date: Sunday, November 15th, 2009 09:08 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com
Abused/sub Draco is fine! I don't mind the characterization or the positioning- it's the pairing for which I crave variety!

I do try to like as may pairings as possible. The problem is... I just can't bring myself to like them! Harry bores me to death... unless he's with Ron, I guess. I've even resorted to reading H/Hr (when I need to remind myself how straight sex works) for the sake of variety. ... It's actually not that bad. *nods*

Date: Friday, March 5th, 2010 09:26 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] koi-no-soshan.livejournal.com
*wandered in on a vague idea that you have femslash fanart, but doesn't have the time to look around much before bed*

If it's any consolation, almost all of the Hermione/Snape out there is pure crap. And one of the few decent HG/SS stories actually contains far more Ron/Draco than HG/SS, despite the latter ostensibly being the main pairing. Like...HGSS were still subtext at the end while RWDM got married or something. I'm admittedly fuzzy on the details...but from what I remember it really should have been filtered under RWDM instead.

And ahahaha, I wish I could find good Ron/Hermione. It would be great to see fandom take that mess and write it well, but I've yet to see a single worthwhile story for the pairing.

Date: Friday, March 5th, 2010 04:28 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com
Oooh! do direct me to this SS/HG! I've grown a place in my heart just for that pairing. Ron/Draco would just sweeten the deal!

I do have a few femmeslash pieces. Let me quickly look up your user info... ah. No, guess you aren't in any of the communities I'm in. Yes, as of now, I only have a few femmeslash works, one of them in [livejournal.com profile] fem_exchange for Star55. ... You know, I really should go back and tag my entries!

If you friend me, I'd be glad to take your art plot bunnies and grow them, though. I've been on a drawing kick lately.

Date: Friday, March 5th, 2010 09:45 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] koi-no-soshan.livejournal.com
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1594497/1/Triumph_Out_of_the_Bitter_Taste_of_Ashes

Like said, I haven't read it in a long time, so I'm fuzzy on the details. I remember it as being, well, not bad, but no more specific than that concerning quality ^^; (And the 'DM/HP' in the summary is incorrect.)

Well, I'm just an observer of the HP fandom- I never have any plot bunnies for it, fic or art ^^; I'll think about it, though, and thank you!

Was the picture for the femmeslash exchange Luna/Hermione? It must have been removed from the hosting service, because it's no longer available. I'm finding that a lot of the femmeslash fanart up on LJ and IJ is no longer hosted...

Date: Friday, March 5th, 2010 09:53 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com
*Checks* Son of a Banshee... it's not. Rgh. Well, here it is: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/Piefis/Art/The%20Open%20Canvas/Hermioneluna.jpg

I've gotten better at it, to be sure.

Date: Sunday, March 21st, 2010 09:19 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] harpsi-fizz.livejournal.com
Your rambling makes my life complete and your Lu-Lu story... well! You saw my reaction to that. *unf* More gushing? Why of course! It'll never be enough! You know how to write good, tasteful Luna Lovegood.

I envy you hardcore being able to like H/D. R/Hr has give me a Pavlovian aversion.

If you ever want some free art, do comment. Any post will do.

Ron/Draco is a story I've wanted to commission for ages, but the summary is so damned long that all I'd get would be "This is practically a fic already; just do it yourself!"
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