Old People Recs!
Jan. 1st, 2014 11:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kelly_chamblissThe HP holiday fest season is one of my favorite fannish events, and I have good news and bad news about this year's incarnation. Bad news = most of the holiday fests are either finished or drawing to a close.
But the good new is that for the first time in rather a while, several have actually had quite a few entries featuring older characters.
So for the next couple of days, I'm going to spam you with some older-folks recs from the fests I've been following.
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mini_fest, a holiday-themed event open to all HP pairings and gen. I have a soft spot for this comm, because it was one of the first holiday fests in which I participated, back in 2009. (I wrote Not a Present, a gen fic featuring Severus, Pomona, and Minerva.)
This year, three fun old-lady entries showed up, including two from prompts of mine. They're all short, quick reads:
And a Portrait in a Pear Tree (Minerva, portrait!Severus; G)
A warm and gentle friendship fic with some nice banter.
Savour the Good Things (Minerva, Severus; G)
Art and fic in one! A heartwarming Christmas story.
Taking the First Step (Rolanda/Irma; G)
I was delighted to see this prompt chosen. I'd asked for "Hooch/female -- Rolanda gets a Christmas gift that for once has nothing to do with brooms or Quidditch." The Mystery Author chose a wonderful rarepair and gives us sharp characterizations both Hooch and Pince -- with a bonus appearance of Minerva.
But the good new is that for the first time in rather a while, several have actually had quite a few entries featuring older characters.
So for the next couple of days, I'm going to spam you with some older-folks recs from the fests I've been following.
I'll start with
mini_fest, a holiday-themed event open to all HP pairings and gen. I have a soft spot for this comm, because it was one of the first holiday fests in which I participated, back in 2009. (I wrote Not a Present, a gen fic featuring Severus, Pomona, and Minerva.)This year, three fun old-lady entries showed up, including two from prompts of mine. They're all short, quick reads:
And a Portrait in a Pear Tree (Minerva, portrait!Severus; G)
A warm and gentle friendship fic with some nice banter.
Savour the Good Things (Minerva, Severus; G)
Art and fic in one! A heartwarming Christmas story.
Taking the First Step (Rolanda/Irma; G)
I was delighted to see this prompt chosen. I'd asked for "Hooch/female -- Rolanda gets a Christmas gift that for once has nothing to do with brooms or Quidditch." The Mystery Author chose a wonderful rarepair and gives us sharp characterizations both Hooch and Pince -- with a bonus appearance of Minerva.