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Skimming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and I noticed a funny detail which I don't remember realizing or having seen pointed out (it's very likely I have and just forgot, it's been a while):

In the chapter when Harry drinks the Felix Felicis, he decides on a whim that he's going to go down and see Hagrid, so he puts on his invisibility cloak to sneak out of the dorm. At first, he's with Ron and Hermione; Lavender, who's in a rocky relationship with Ron, is like "Ron, what are you doing alone with Hermione at this hour?" Then, as he leaves the Gryffindor area, he bumps into Ginny outside the Fat Lady's portrait. Ginny turns to her current boyfriend, Dean, and is like "stop trying to help me up, I don't need your chivalry."

Two chapters later, Harry returns from his meeting with Dumbledore to find that Lavender finally broke up with Ron over this slight (Ron had been wanting to break up with her for a while but was too chicken), and Ginny broke up with Dean.

Felix Felicis opens the door both for Harry/Ginny and, later, Ron/Hermione to materialize by getting in the way of the existing ships :D

Seduce, Swear, Slay (3396 words)
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Hermione Granger/Viktor Krum
Characters: Viktor Krum, Hermione Granger
Additional Tags: Accidental Marriage, A Game Of 'Fuck Marry Kill' Somehow Becomes Legally Binding
Summary: When a teammate's hex goes awry, Viktor finds himself racing to undo the consequences of the spell.
Well, maybe not all of the consequences.

Scorching up the Charlatans (1855 words)
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Fire God/King
Characters: Fire God - Character, King
Additional Tags: Marriage, Misunderstandings, Not-So-Symbolic Marriage
Summary: Ishim had come to power not through birth or sacred rite, but in blood.

 I don't really post much here anymore, but you can read some of my thoughts about writing for the HP Darkarts fest on Tumblr. I'll post again if I blog more about it. :)

(A lot of this might show up in comments to replies, I thought I'd put the whole long ramble here in case people specifically cared about the thought process behind the fic.)

It's Reveals Time at HP Friendship, which means I get to take credit for "Before Peace"! (Also on Ao3 and FFN.) This is a fic centered on the Ravenclaws in Dumbledore's Army during the year of book seven. As a self-declared (and other tests-declared) Ravenclaw, and a big fan of anything that explores the Hogwarts resistance, this was the perfect prompt for me.

"In this class," says Longbottom, distantly, thinking back to old cauldrons, "you won't find much call for wand-waving. But, that said, you don't know how or if a straightforward incantation might aid you. Think of Lumos. It's just about your first charm to cast. Or, shall I put it, my first."

That was what scholars didn't think so much about. That fight, staring down Nagini, burning in Hogwarts' old Sorting Hat and finding Godric Gryffindor's sword, looking at Harry's body--was how dark it all was. A silly occasion for a war fought by young warriors, and still a day worth honoring.

Here for Day 1 of the Fandom Snowflake Challenge: "post a rec for at least three fanworks that you have created." (Yuletide reveals coming soon, hopefully, and I'll plug those as well in time!) But for the moment, I'm collating my fanfictions set during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and explaining what I think the Hogwarts students were getting up to that year. Most of these are consistent with each other, and I'll mention which of them aren't.

I'm far from the only one who's wanted to know just what the heck Dumbledore's Army was up to, and in general I try to balance the final staggering casualty counts (possibly a mathematical error on Rowling's part) with the hopeful themes the series reflects overall. These are mostly gen pieces, focused on friendship, and hopefully with a little bit of humor here and there.

Ao3 makes use of an archive warning system; some of these feature canon-typical violence, but there is no sexual content. The Golden Generation and Within A Morning Star feature character death warnings, and I've chosen not to warn for Waiting on the World to Change. No archive warnings apply for the other two.

The Golden Generation (3000 words) A Dumbledore's Army piece, with on short sections following various DA members (at Hogwarts, defected, or on the run) throughout the year. This was written for Round 4 of the Fanfiction Idol contest on HFPC (Fanfiction.Net). FFN link.

Within A Morning Star (15000 words) "They were fifteen, for a moment..." Follows three pairs of fifth year friends during the year, in each case a minor canon and an OC. Gryffindors Demelza Robins and Siofra Heffernan, Slytherins Asteria Greengrass and Chrysanthemum Jewkes, and Hufflepuff Derek Marchand and Ravenclaw Orrel Trask have their friendships formed, and/or changed, and/or tested, as more things change and stay the same at Hogwarts. (Yes, I spell Asteria with an e, flower names are a thing. And Derek shows up very briefly at the Christmas party in Book 3 as an ickle firstie.) This was written for the HP Friendship fest on Dreamwidth and Livejournal. FFN link.

Up In Flames (900 words) Part of a Quidditch-themed collection of stories. This one focuses on Demelza and the Gryffindor Quidditch team after Ginny's departure from Hogwarts. These were inspired by the "Talk About Categories" challenge on HPFC. FFN link.

Now, I have two different headcanons when it comes to what one of my favorite characters was doing that year. So this next rec is for a fic that contradicts one of my other fics set around the same time, but everything mentioned so far should be consistent with either of those, taken separately. The points of overlap revolve around, um, mostly what the Quidditch teams were up to that year. What can I say. I really like sports.

Waiting on the World to Change (47000 words) "Officially, I'm a halfblood. Officially, I'm Scottish. Officially, I didn't accidentally wind up here from three years in the future. The official story is wrong. Seriously, my dad hasn't been to Scotland since Hogwarts." The war didn't go quite as planned for Oliver Wood, but 2000 nevertheless finds him successful in the new world. But once he's thrown three years back in time, he struggles to keep out of the way of his younger self, a quest that eventually leads him to Hogwarts. Where he referees a bunch of Quidditch matches. Written for the minor characters' Time-traveller fic challenge on HPFC. FFN link.

And finally, here's a romance that should be just about technically canon-compliant (although not really compliant with my other fics, and I can't say I really ship this pairing...but this was an amazing prompt!)

The Samhain Tiend (11,000 words). As Neville and Luna try to survive their classes and lead Dumbledore's Army, Neville finds himself wanting to learn her secrets...or at least grow closer to her. This goes from the beginning of term up to winter break. FFN link.

I won a poetry prize for a comment I left at poetree  a while back. alee_grrl  blended my love of Harry Potter and Wicked to create this lovely poem. Although it's not in any set form, I liked the repetition of rhyming words (bound/found/ground//abounded/surrounded) that knit the poem together. Thanks again! :)

Not really sure what I'm using this journal for but hey, I can has fic, you can has advertising?

Um. Fly Away will be a series of nine short one-shots, all set on or around the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch, and spanning more or less one century. This will also be pretty much what the "Undisclosed Characters" Ao3 tag was designed for, heh. :p Titles are from a challenge on HPFC (Fanfiction.Net), and three of the nine will be entries to that challenge.

Updates Saturdays, either one chapter or (as in the initial posting) two short ones of less than 1k each.

On Ao3

On FFN

Next up: working on queer_bigbang  for Asexy April, and perhaps the hp_friendship fest as well! :)