Request for a friend.

[conuly]

ladydiana has a tiny problem. After reading HBP, she went out to find some interesting discussion - and somehow managed to find nothing by chan, slash, and so on. Mostly non-PG stuff. I'm still not sure how she did that.

Anyway, believing as I do that fanfic in HP is overwhelmed with all sorts of romance, I offered to beg youse guys to show up with lists of gen fic, and also links to interesting, non-slashy discussions on HP from, oh, the last month or so.

Lists of good references to find these things would also be appreciated.

Because, honestly, if I were looking for talk, and all I found was a bunch of stuff I'm not interested in, I'd be a little freaked out too.

While you do that, I'll be sorting out my bookmarks, separating the wheat from the chaff. See, I'm addicted to the written word, and I have a perverse fondness for not-so-good stories, so I'll have to sort out all the urg fic and discussions before I can point her in that direction.

And I know, a lot of you don't like fanfic at all. That's your perogative. I have a nice side discussion with Diana right now about the concept of the author owning the story. I'm not entirely sure where I stand on that issue, but I have some vague feelings about it.

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[conuly]

I know, I know. I'm trying to state your problem in a completely non-inflammatory way. Being against chan isn't such a problem. Being completely anti-slash... well, with a lot of my friends, it might be. And I like them all too, so.

[ladydiana.livejournal.com]

It depends on what it is. If it involves someone like Harry and Draco, I don't want to read it. I MIGHT be willing to read Snape/Lucius (less likely, since I don't care, really, for either of those characters), or Snape/Dumbledore. I'd ABSOLUTELY be interested in Worple/Sanguini.