oh, man

[asimplechord]

I just started re-reading Lightning Wave's Sacrifices series, which is a Slytherin Harry AU.

It reminds me how very much I miss the plotting involved in HP fanfic.

It was my reward for sweeping, vacuuming, and weeding the flower beds this morning.

Now I'm going to see District 9, and then brave the grocery store and Spec's. The wine fridge is looking bare.

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[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

I'm on book five in that series. Which is where I stopped last time I read it... I think I got overwhelmed. It's a great series. I'm also reading The Apple Tree, which is all kinds of wonderful (if a little angsty).

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

I didn't start with the first in the series, or I'd never have finished it. I think the third book was in progress when someone rec'd it to me.

[libgirl.livejournal.com]

You know, I never finished Sacrifices. I was reading it while sick and I got so frustrated with Lucius in particular that I had to walk away lest I do irreparable damage to my computer and I never went back. Hm....

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

I started reading it when the third book was in progress, so I didn't have a long time for frustration to build. I think, however, that if I'd read it day-to-day from the time it started, I wouldn't have finished the first book.

[sunn-doyouknow.livejournal.com]

I've been working my way through the Harry and Draco Fandom Classics List lately. I got into the HP fandom so so late that I wasn't around when all the good fic was actually written, so I'm playing catch-up, haha.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Plz don't tell me you're reading anything by Cassandra Claire. Clare. Whatever.

[sunn-doyouknow.livejournal.com]

Oh god, no. I may not have been around then, but I've heard about that crazy bitch from about 20 different people, lmao!

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

The thing I don't understand is why everyone loved her fics to begin with. I came to Harry/Draco late, and when I read the first in that trilogy after being rec'd with such high praise, I was like, "What? This isn't that good." and stopped reading.

When the allegations of plagiarism came out later, I was annoyed, but what annoys me more is that her novels sell now, and the publishing community's attitude is that it doesn't matter that she plagiarized, because it was just fanfiction. Because stealing and cheating only matters when you're getting paid for it? I believe there are college professors and employers who would disagree with (and expel or fire you for) that sentiment.

[sunn-doyouknow.livejournal.com]

I hate it when something is super heavily recc'ed and then it sucks! Sometimes I think that I have insanely high standards when it comes to fic, though.

No kidding. Even beyond the plagiarism, I can't believe that anyone would pay for the misfortune of reading her tripe.

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever read that one. I love plotting fic, even if it never comes to fruition it's always fun.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

This one is VERY plotty and twisty. There's a variation on the prophecy, and then a second and third prophecy that relate back to the 1st. I started reading when the series was ~half finished. I am not a big fan of the first story in the arc, and would not have finished if I had read that first.