Random Fandom
Oct. 8th, 2011 09:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kelly_chamblissJust some random fandom thoughts and recs for a Saturday evening. . .
• The femmeslash rec queue at![[info]](https://stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
crack_broom is dangerously low. Go here to sign up.
• I read the most fabulous story atfemgenficathon, based on Dickens' Great Expectations: Star. The author is the wonderful ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
a_t_rain, who wrote that excellent piece of Minerva, Hermione gen a couple years back, The Supervisor's Tale. This new story is written from Estella's point of view and is just beautifully done -- well-paced, well-characterized, written in an excellent quasi-Dickens style. I'm quite impressed.
• Sign-ups continue athp_halloween. Quick and low-key -- just a 200-word drabble. There are only one or two teacher requests so far. So go sign up.
• Calling all McSnape fans! One of my favorite new (to me) writers,dueltastic, has started a fine story, The Spellbook of Minerva McGonagall. It's the sort of intriguing premise that I wish I had thought of: so imaginative, and yet, once you hear it, it seems so inevitable that you wonder it never occurred to you before. The two entries written so far are "Amortentia" and the stunning (pun intended) "Stupefy." The latter contains clever, inventive magic theory, a beautifully-characterized Minerva, and a indirect, perfectly-calibrated MMSS romance. I'm looking forward to reccing this story for my weekly entry on the quibbler_report.
• Check out the participant list atsnapecase. When is the last time you've so much Snapely talent gathered in one place? The flist is well-represented, I'm glad to see. So in a just a few months, we'll have stories from Perverse Idyll, Albalark, Duniazade, Verdeckt, Leela Cat, and others.
I'm not going to be able to participate, unfortunately, since I already have three holiday fests going. Just from a selfish pov, I wish this one had been a month or so later. But I'll be looking forward to it.
• The femmeslash rec queue at
crack_broom is dangerously low. Go here to sign up.• I read the most fabulous story at
femgenficathon, based on Dickens' Great Expectations: Star. The author is the wonderful a_t_rain, who wrote that excellent piece of Minerva, Hermione gen a couple years back, The Supervisor's Tale. This new story is written from Estella's point of view and is just beautifully done -- well-paced, well-characterized, written in an excellent quasi-Dickens style. I'm quite impressed.• Sign-ups continue at
hp_halloween. Quick and low-key -- just a 200-word drabble. There are only one or two teacher requests so far. So go sign up.• Calling all McSnape fans! One of my favorite new (to me) writers,
dueltastic, has started a fine story, The Spellbook of Minerva McGonagall. It's the sort of intriguing premise that I wish I had thought of: so imaginative, and yet, once you hear it, it seems so inevitable that you wonder it never occurred to you before. The two entries written so far are "Amortentia" and the stunning (pun intended) "Stupefy." The latter contains clever, inventive magic theory, a beautifully-characterized Minerva, and a indirect, perfectly-calibrated MMSS romance. I'm looking forward to reccing this story for my weekly entry on the quibbler_report.• Check out the participant list at
snapecase. When is the last time you've so much Snapely talent gathered in one place? The flist is well-represented, I'm glad to see. So in a just a few months, we'll have stories from Perverse Idyll, Albalark, Duniazade, Verdeckt, Leela Cat, and others.I'm not going to be able to participate, unfortunately, since I already have three holiday fests going. Just from a selfish pov, I wish this one had been a month or so later. But I'll be looking forward to it.