Recs ahoy!

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ego_chan asked for HP fic recs. I got so carried that I ended up with enough recs to fill a post, so under the cut, there are recs for Lucius/Severus, Draco/Severus, James/Lily, Narcissa/Lucius, Regulus/Remus, Lily/Narcissa, Pansy/Luna, Cho/Hermione, Tonks/Hermione, Bellatrix-gen and Hermione/herself. Some have sex, others don't and all have a little desc saying what its appeal is.

If you have a lot of time to spare, I cannot say enough good things about The Lack Of Morals arc, which focuses mainly on Severus Snape. I'm not really a Snape fan but I am a definite fan of this arc -- pairings are Lucius/Severus, Draco/Severus, Lucius/Narcissa, amongst others but it's not really about the romance or the relationships. It's about interaction and how people grow and how people change and the sheer unfairness of the world, at times. It is incredibly long but starts with Severus' first year at Hogwarts and goes on from there.

Sirius Black, Super Genius is a Marauder-era fic by mistful that is absolutely fantastic. Pure cracky comedy but still with a plot, and so far, it's never failed to make me laugh out loud. A little slashy, a little het, and more than a little wonderful.

The Gloaming, on the other hand, is definite mindfuck sex. It's beautifully written and the way that the writer phrases things just makes my heartstrings quiver. Regulus/Remus, contradicts HP7, but it's gorgeous. It's one of those fics that I keep coming back to because godsfuckingdamnit, the writing style is absolutely perfect.

And on the other side of the riverbank, Frost is a gorgeous Narcissa/Lucius piece, cutting and cold and about the sort of love that people refuse to acknowledge as well.

Much shorter than the others, practically a drabble but still excellent quality is Identity, a Bellatrix-focused drabble. It's a slice of her personality, but the way that it dissects her makes it easy to see what all the other parts of her are like, the parts that the drabble doesn't look at.

Now for my femmeslash recs!

Through The Gates is a Lily/Narcissa story and one of those fics where I could see both character's points of views and their reasonings perfectly. The wording and style is superb, the narration flows perfectly, and the imagery is so very Narcissa.

The aptly named Breathtaking Beauty is very different -- it's a lyrical poem, Pansy/Luna, about a Hogwarts under siege. No capitalization, somewhat stream-of-consciousness but terribly gripping anyway.

There's another semi-stream-of-consciousness fic called The Value of a Badly Decoded Message, which features Cho/Hermione from Cho's point of view. She's so bitter, and angry, and I love her pov here. I think this is also really well-written, because there are bits that just grab me by the throat and make me choke up.

skinslipper's 2nd Song is probably the femmeslash equivalent of the Lack of Morals arc, focusing on Tonks/Hermione and mostly told from Tonks' pov. This is actually really extraordinary because the author uses other media than just words -- there are photos, there are mock documents and she just incorporates them with the fic beautifully, images flowing with the words to create an absolutely flawless long tale of the war.

Since I'm covering pretty much type of pairing here, except threesomes or moresomes, I'm winding up the rec session with Calligraphilia, a stunning Hermione self-love fic that's really easy to visualize and has a kink that's definitely not a common one but so very fitting for her, and unlikely to offend anyone.

Meme time!

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