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So, I feel like such an idiot. Not only did I not spot that delphi / atdelphi had written my amazing gift, but I was cursing only this morning that I didn't seem to have read her fic yet. In my defence, it is very different from her usual style, but I still feel like I should have guessed it. Clearly I need some sort of advanced stalker lessons since I must be slipping. Anyway, if you didn't read it before, obviously you will be doing now, yes? Good.

I will add names to my recs in a moment, and nice to see a lot of the usual suspects in there (and some that have been absent for a while!), along with some that are newer to me. I've still got lots to read there, but will be reading everything. I can't resist those rare pairs, it's just that every time I sit down right now, I fall asleep. Puppies are tiring *g*

I wrote The Chelmsford List, which is Stan Shunpike/Mundungus Fletcher. I'm still shocked everyone didn't run away screaming from those accents, so thank you all <3

And I can now use my Stan icon again (on LJ anyway) without feeling too obvious. Yay!

Desperately trying to get the rest of my hp_beholder recs in before the reveal, and I still haven't finished reading them all *sigh*

The Two Names of Xiomara Rolanda Hooch (McGonagall/Hooch, PG-13) by pauraque is just beautiful. I have a fascination with names (I've lost count of the times I've had characters go by different names in stories. It's definitely a thing with me, god knows why) and this pokes at the mystery of Hooch's name and other questions of identity. Love it.

Smiles of a Summer Night (Moody/McGonagall, R) by kellychambliss is one that has really stayed with me since reading it. I tend to favour fics that are heavier on dialogue than this as a general rule, but it kept my interest until we got there, and the Moody and Minerva interaction is well worth the wait. This is a marvellous glimpse at a real (if interrupted) relationship rather than one of those mystifying things involving perfect bodies and some sort of standard progression which make less and less sense to me, to be truthful. Wonderfully believable, and best of all, you can genuinely feel the attraction here...but that's why we love this fest, right?

A Fire in the Deep (Grey Lady/Bloody Baron, PG-13), by chantefable. And right after I mention my thing for dialogue, we have one with none at all. I didn't even notice. Completely entrancing.

A Magical Moment in the Life of Petunia Dursley, Née Evans (Petunia/Snape, Petunia/Vernon, Petunia/Lily (of sorts), R) by pale_moonlite is wonderful, revolving around one perfect moment where Petunia had real power to hold over someone. I'm getting quite shockingly fond of Petunia lately. Hmm.

Safe in Your Arms (Art, Snape/McGonagall, PG-13) by shadowycat. Doesn't really need any explanation. This is beautiful.

ETA: I have to take a break, but I hope I will manage a few more recs before the reveal. I'll keep adding to this post for now. Since there are quite a few I haven't had chance to comment on yet though, feel free to take a wild stab in the dark about which entry is mine :D It's a pairing I've never written before, though I've written one of the characters in the past in a different pairing. Everything else is, um. Very me. And if you haven't read it yet, you NEED to read the gift for me, Eyes Open. No excuses, it has Snape. And Moody. And it appeals to the long ago drama geek in me among many, many other things. READ IT NOW. The author atdelphi / delphi deserves ridiculous amounts of praise.

I'm not going to do the AO3 meme thing properly because yawn, other people's writing is way more interesting and I have more Beholder fics and a realllly long Sherlock fic clamouring to be read (yum) plus lots of recs to write up. But I looked quickly out of idle curiosity and the most hits for my fics go something like 1st place - HP incesty threesome porn, 2nd-5th place kinky porn of various types in big fandoms and 6th place ... completely smut-free Lewis/Hawthaway fic.

Lewis fandom is beyond awesome, and also fabulous at leaving kudos/comments/feedback in general. Not saying this to have a go at any other fandom, more like trying to encourage those tempted but not sure yet to dip a toe in the Lewis waters.

That sounds wrong, somehow. *scratches head*

On another note, it's ridiculous fun seeing familiar names and new ones sign up for the Reversathon. Whee!

Ahaha, a Downton Abbey/White Collar crossover couldn't possibly work, could it? Yeah, I think it could! It's short, but so worth a read. Neal Caffrey/Thomas Barrow. I <3 Thomas, though that seems to be an unpopular opinion. Whatever you think of him, there should be more of this. Much, much more.

I forgot to actually say that Lottie is definitely having puppies. They are due around the 18th May, so I'm scheduling reversathon assignments to be out a few days before that, and hopefully things will be settled down by the time we open mcshep_match for the summer. So that we don't spend weeks and weeks posting entries we're scheduling both sets of posting for the same dates, so reversathon will have a longer writing period than originally planned. I know this will probably make no difference at all to people hitting the deadline, but we live in hope :D

Okay, so recs from hp_beholder as promised. I think I've missed some even from the ones I've read and commented on so far, and I have lots still to read and look at, but five isn't a bad start for now.

Eyes Open. Fic, Moody/Snape, NC-17. By atdelphi / delphi. Yes, I already linked to this, but I am determined that everyone who could possibly have an interest should read it. My gift (mine! But I can share) and I'm completely in love with it. Interrogation scenarios fascinate me, and I'd happily sell my soul to see this Snape get under Moody's skin forever, or even just try. I can't even list all the things I like about it, but I do love how the balance of power shifts through the story, and the wonderful writing – the author has a talent for the subtly chilling. Gah, I wish I could write like this.

The Language of Birds. Art (plus text), Marcus/Ginny, NC-17, by didodikali
Such a clever idea, and beautifully executed.

Irma's Library. Fic, Irma Pince/lots of people, PG-13. by miramiraficfic. The story of Irma's week of assignations from Slughorn's silver tongue to the mysterious Snape and the guilty pleasures of Rosmerta is utterly charming. I'm not sure, but I think Flitwick might steal the show in the end. Wonderful.

As You Say. Fic, Petunia/Snape, PG-13/R. By lash_larue. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through 16k words of this pairing, but it didn't take long for me to get hooked. I'm a complete sucker for a structure, so that appealed outright, but what really grabbed me about it in the end was the undoubted common ground between the characters and the convincing thawing out of Petunia's attitude towards magic, while not losing any of the Petunia we see in the books. Great stuff.

Smudge. Fic, Dean Thomas/Millicent Bulstrode, R. By kinky_kneazle. Really not a pairing I expected to read or enjoy, but that's normal for this fest, of course! Beautifully written, and a fascinating look at a relationship through an artist's eyes.

ETA: Round up posts so far here and here if you want to peruse the rest of the postings but don't know where to start. Sigh, I love this fest SO MUCH.

Did a massive, massive update (24 fics, I think?) to my website, adding some long-neglected stuff as well as the SPN kink meme stuff I said I'd claim. (Not that I think anyone will object, but you never know with *cough*certain fandoms*cough* -- read the warnings and if you have a problem with any of it, don't read it.) There's also a bit of Lewis, HP and god knows what else. Oh, the Midsomer Murders one I did as a Yuletide treat. Um, no, can't think what else. My brain is tired. Newly added stuff here, main page here.

If you're on my flist and I don't have your masterlist/website/designated archive page linked, PLEASE drop me a comment so I can add it to the page here. How am I supposed to actually complete my recs page some time (eventually!) if you all hide your fics, hmm? Even if you don't think I'm interested in your main fandoms, leave me a link. If you know me, you know it doesn't imply any obligation to do something similar. I'd just like to include them.

I was going to put this behind separate cuts, but since the cut text would be spoilery I gave up on that. I imagine people are more concerned about spoilers with this ep, at least about certain things.

I have lots of questions as well, like 'how much does Mycroft know?' and observations like 'just how cool was John Having Words with Mycroft?' More urgently, I have the need to wallow in another 50 rewatches of this episode interspersed with every fic in the world that shows me What Happens Next. Seriously, there cannot be enough fic. GIMME NOW. And although I want massive, massive amounts of How ******** Gets Back to **** and There is Lots of Shouting Followed by Enthusiastic Sex fic (*'s there to make it hopefully non-spoilery enough on the important parts), I want everything else too. I want to know what happens to everyone.

Randomly, I also like it when you can see a writer's odd little favourite devices / plot whatevers showing up. Clearly this one likes his graffiti and messages, and I liked them here too.

Please excuse me if these thoughts are a bit jumbled – if you saw my notes you'd realise this is a big improvement. Most of it is probably blindingly obvious, but as long as it vaguely makes sense I'm happy ;-)

( The Reichenbach Fall, and the series as a whole. Pretty much continues from my 2.01 post. (Link under the cut if needed.) )

Title: Bumblethwacker, Broken Nose and the Wizard's Finger
Pairing/Characters: Severus Snape/Aberforth Dumbledore, with considerable off-screen input from Albus Dumbledore
Rating: Adult
Content info: dirty talk, references to voyeurism, improper use and abuse of beer, object insertion, blink-and-you'll-miss-it spanking
Summary: A romance (of sorts) featuring three ales, two lonely men, and one interfering big brother.
Word count 4414
Author Notes: Written for delphi for snapelyholidays. Huge thanks to asphodeline for the beta!
Bumblethwacker is real, though I have no idea what it tastes like. Broken Nose is made up, by me and probably by Aberforth as well. Wizard's Finger is a magical counterpart to Bishop's Finger, when it's not busy being innuendo.

So I won't lie, I might have uttered a bit of a MEEP! when I saw my recipient. Knowing that delphi is a lovely person who would appreciate the effort no matter what is the only reason I dared tackle any of the pairings on her list, but I did, and in the end I had huge fun with this one.

Bumblethwacker, Broken Nose and the Wizard's Finger

Also on AO3.

Yes, two dark fics for smutty_claus this time. *glee*

Title: In Captivity
Pairing: Ron/Pansy, minor Harry/Draco and Harry/Pansy.
Summary: Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one. - Miguel de Cervantes
Rating: NC-17
Length: 2855
Warnings: Contains non-consensual sex, character death and violence/disturbing content in general. Despite initial appearances, none of the sex depicted is truly consensual. You won't find romance here.
Author's notes: Written for smutty_claus for scarletladyy

Note: To avoid any confusion with the timeline, please note that the lengths of time given are specific to the character(s) in each section and not indicative of a single overall timeframe.

In Captivity

Or here at AO3.

But hey, it's only 3 episodes. *pets the non-Sherlock fans*

( Not spoilery about the plot of Hounds, but that's mostly because plot is not my concern. )