Please share your recs for Harry Potter fan fiction.

[danajsparks.livejournal.com]

What do you consider to be the best HP fics, the ones that are especially memorable or exceptionally well-written? I feel like I'm running out of good stuff to read, but I'm sure there's more out there. All lengths, ratings, pairings, etc. are acceptable. Please also feel free to advertise your own stories.

ETA: Don't panic if your response doesn't appear right away. Livejournal is making me approve any comments that include hyperlinks.

ETA2: WIP's are also fine.

Comments

Re: Deathly Hallows redux

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How do you think Voldemort should be depicted? With a low voice instead of a high voice? With a Teddy Roosevelt-like "Bully, fellows, let's have at them!" instead of as someone who uses flattery and ceremony and playing followers against each other?

I'm not saying that Voldemort's traits as they are shown (or more likely told) to us are female. I just think it's an odd thing to state that so-called girlish traits are (1) lesser for a particular character or (2) anything that can be defined with great certainty.

I think a lot of villains are actually ambiguous in gender, and authors rely on this to make them unsettling to readers. You might identify a villain as being definitely one gender with all the stereotypes that go with that, but it might not be the case that everyone does.