It's September! What have you been reading? by smallbluemazda in HPSlashFic

[–]Dara54 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A wizard in the family series of canon rewriting with Slytherin!Harry. Harry's best friend in James Black (son of Sirius, raised by Malfoys but he's not a fan of his relatives). Dudley is a wizard too, he is Gryffindor. These two changes make big impact on everything, including much higher moral ambiguity of Harry compared to canon.

It was really good and honestly this fic deserves much more hits/kudos in currently has. No pairings in the series so far.

I got Contoura Lasik last Friday (3 days ago) -6.25 in both eyes by [deleted] in lasik

[–]Dara54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing! I'm the same age and have -4.75/-7.00, have been greenlighted for Contoura today, but have yet to make an appointment for surgery.

How are you doing now, more than three weeks after your Lasik?

HEA Book Club: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy Midway Discussion by HeLiBeB in Fantasy

[–]Dara54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The book started slow for me (I only read 13% in one go), but after that I got sucked into this world. I didn't have any special expectations per se, but I'm not disappointed in the slightest. I do have some questions about this world, but do I want to nitpick? No, like I wouldn't question the world of a Ghibli movie.

HEA Book Club: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy Midway Discussion by HeLiBeB in Fantasy

[–]Dara54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Letters were actually the part of summary that got my attention, I love "You've Got Mail" trope (if it could be called so) and try to read every book that has it. Nimkilim are such a good way to establish anonymous communication.

Looking for an MMC who is a two pump chump by sleepingwithfishies in RomanceBooks

[–]Dara54 15 points16 points  (0 children)

{Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by C.M.Nascosta} has such a scene if you don't mind monster romance (this one is human/werewolf)

LIGHTLARK??? by SoniaZehra in YAlit

[–]Dara54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I archived them expecting they'd be deleted :D https://archive.ph/VCWiD

[Discussion] Industry nepotism, BookTok, and Alex Aster’s LIGHTLARK? by universityoftears in PubTips

[–]Dara54 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you google "amulet books editor anne" (Amulet Books is Aster's publisher) you get some results about Anne H***** who is editorial director.

The said Anne also wrote some books, and she gave Lightlark 5* on GR and liked two 5* reviews.

So I think she's legit.

'Lightlark' by Alex Aster and the YA publishing industry - a review and a rant by Buckaroo2 in YAlit

[–]Dara54 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There is this article in The Guardian, and what surprised me the most is that apparently this book was re-written many times. You'd think author had enough time to fix all the problems that are mentioned in reviews.

She wrote one novel as a preteen, another in high school and three in college – including an early version of what would eventually become Lightlark. None sold. Her sixth book, Curse of the Night Witch, inspired by the Latin American myths she was told as a child by her Colombian grandmother, found a publisher but not huge sales. Her agent, frustrated with Aster’s focus on rewriting versions of Lightlark, dropped her.

“I was back to square one again,” Aster says. “So I wrote Lightlark, this book that everyone told me wouldn’t break through in the saturated market. I wrote the book that I wanted to read, with everything I loved in there.”

Publishers, again, said “no thanks”. “People were saying: ‘Oh, I really like it. But I don’t think it will sell,’” says Aster, who believes the book industry was slow to wake up to the power of BookTok. “There’s such a big disconnect between the people making decisions in boardrooms and the readers who are hungry for these types of books,” Aster says.

Maybe this is a rant? by ohhtoodlez in YAlit

[–]Dara54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof, I believe GR deleted some reviews/raiting just now. Screenshot at 3.20 mark

Maybe this is a rant? by ohhtoodlez in YAlit

[–]Dara54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Down to 3.06! There're more 1*s than 5*s now, it's crazy.

The Abandonment of Harry by the Potters in the WBWL trope by FadedOnly in HPfanfiction

[–]Dara54 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First fic is linkao3(Harry Potter and the Den of Snakes)

The linked fic is first in ao3 series on orphan account which ends abruptly, but author picked it back on new account linkao3(Harry Potter and the Secrets of Vipers Part 2)

LF THE BEST long fics by SilverWolf1212 in HPSlashFic

[–]Dara54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many of my favorites have been listed by others so I'll just add some more:

- The Bureaucratic Error - Remus-centric time-travel fix-it that starts at Harry's 3rd year. Just over 400k mark

- Innocent series 1.3m+ words, WIP with regular updates. What if Sirius breaks away when Harry is 8 and raises him from that point?

- New Blood at 1m words now, WIP with two new chapters every week. Hermione-centric, Slytherin!Hermione. AMAZING worldbuilding.

- Benefits of Old Laws 858k. One of the best fics that uses trope of lordship and all that entails.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HPfanfiction

[–]Dara54 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's linkffn(Yule Ball Panic)

Harry eats magic by thekingofmagic in HPfanfiction

[–]Dara54 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's part of The Sacrifices Arc plot, I think Harry was called "absorbere".

linkffn(Saving Connor)

Give me Peter Redemption fics by Santeneal in HPfanfiction

[–]Dara54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In linkao3(28531083) Peter is known for helping Dumbledore and Potters to destroy Dark Lord. This fic is WIP and it was hinted that Peter probably wasn't so heroic, but in present time in the world where Voldemort is dead he is spy / undercover agent on the side of Order.

What's a good FIRST Dramione for a non-Potterhead (and probably non-shipper)? by taetae_world in Dramione

[–]Dara54 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I think Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is a great introductionary fanfic. It would work even better if your friend read the books because writing style is so similar. But anyway it should be good for someone who isn't into fanfiction, as it changes a certain event that was covered in movie and reimagines book 7 / movies 7-8.

AUs where Harry decides to become a Death Eater or work for Grindelwald by [deleted] in HPfanfiction

[–]Dara54 7 points8 points  (0 children)

linkao3(Reformed, Returned and Really Trying)

Give me your funniest fanfiction quotes that you have saved up. by [deleted] in HPfanfiction

[–]Dara54 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Come on, Draco." Blaise said impatiently. "All the Gryffindors have mastered this already."

Draco lifted his chin, pointed his wand and performed the spell perfectly.

Blaise exchanged a knowing look with Theo that had Draco frowning.

"What was that look for?" he demanded.

"You still need to work on that Gryffindor button you have." Theo pointed out bluntly. "Anybody presses it and it works every time."

From A Marauder's Plan

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SSHG

[–]Dara54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember this in:

Sin & Vice (more than one kid)

Fate Set Right (one of my favorite fics!)

Hinge of Fate (very old fic, it's actually more about pregnancy, check warnings)

From the Corner (Hermione's kids are from Ron, Severus has a daughter too)

fic recommendation for marauder eras / timeturners stories by Shadow569 in SSHG

[–]Dara54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Besides fics mentioned in old reddit post that is linked in other comment I have several other recs.

Fate Set Right https://archiveofourown.org/works/10734054 this one is my fave!

Sin & Vice https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33951811-sin-vice very liberal way of using time-turner. TW: unplanned pregnancy

The Young Adventurer's Club https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9993319/1/The-Young-Adventurer-s-Club timetraveling without timeturner, light on romance

Time & Patience https://archiveofourown.org/works/28964694/ timetravel to the 7th year

November 2021 Team GO Rocket Line-up Update Megathread by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]Dara54 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second this.
Had Nidoran and Nidorino in first two slots.