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[hardparade]

I've got Harry/Draco fans on my flist, right? I mean, I must do, seeing as there are so many of them. xd

Right, well, if you read H/D, I need your help.

I never used to understand the appeal AT ALL. At the beginning, I didn't get why anyone would write slash about two characters who hated each other. And when I was first getting into fandom, the H/D I read was crap, anyway.

BUT NOW. I'm starting to get curious. Draco's never been of any interest to me, but in HBP he became more of a human being to me, and I started to care about him a little more. And I couldn't avoid thinking "H/D! H/D!" at various points in Deathly Hallows.

And when I was watching PoA last night, too, I kept picking stuff out. And now...yeah, I want to give it another go.

So what I'm looking for is a Harry/Draco fic of a reasonable length (not too long, not too short) that has quite a lot of plot, and they're in character, and it's...believable. That's the most important thing. If they're all OMGINLUV I just won't be able to take it seriously. :/ I want something well-written and well-characterised. Smut optional.

Anyone? :/

The reason I'm asking is because there's SO MUCH OUT THERE that I don't know where to start.

Comments

[asaiyansmoothie.livejournal.com]

hm...i'll try to help. rly it's their chemistry or...fighting for dominance i guess *snerk* that does it for me. kind of like, you know they pretend to hate each other just to hide whatever's really going on when they aren't in front of all their friends. hehe. i guess their passion for hate could be just. passion in general, so it's appealing?

i actually used to hate HP but harry/draco got me into the fandom cuz it was very similar to the original fandom i was in, Dragonball Z with goku/vegeta.

but anyways ^^;;;

here's some links: (most of them are probably very pronny but ^^; )
http://magnus-leo.livejournal.com/3408.html
http://mizbean.livejournal.com/92202.html
http://sangembrasse.livejournal.com/5696.html
http://community.livejournal.com/hp_squick/54642.html
http://community.livejournal.com/stagesoflove/500781.html
http://annella.livejournal.com/87016.html
http://dripping-cherry.livejournal.com/12495.html kind of intense and ooc
http://dripping-cherry.livejournal.com/14755.html
http://magnus-leo.livejournal.com/4730.html
http://community.livejournal.com/hp_rimming/53007.html i don't rly see draco as a sub. but *shrugs * iono, maybe.
http://confiteor-3.livejournal.com/14870.html
http://community.livejournal.com/pornish_pixies/446081.html
http://nishizono.livejournal.com/3607.html
http://community.livejournal.com/pornish_pixies/450930.html
http://dripping-cherry.livejournal.com/79855.html
http://dripping-cherry.livejournal.com/47066.html
http://idontgiveafaux.livejournal.com/2125.html
http://community.livejournal.com/pornish_pixies/461326.html okok plotless
http://community.livejournal.com/hd_holidays/65163.html
http://community.livejournal.com/daily_deviant/174188.html


art and random amusing:
http://nk-aoede.livejournal.com/35442.html
http://son-of-darkness.livejournal.com/388570.html
http://miyavivivi.livejournal.com/1548.html these icons just...amuse.
http://isinuyasha.livejournal.com/7358.html
http://community.livejournal.com/pornish_pixies/467660.html
http://community.livejournal.com/daily_deviant/157438.html

there's more obviously. but. ^^; and a lot of the good fics were deleted or the journals were purged D:

[rand0mica.livejournal.com]

Whoa! thanks for those! :D
H/D is a guilty pleasure of fine, though i'm just a lurking fan really.
lol

[asaiyansmoothie.livejournal.com]

uh yeah i, uh...^^; got a little carried away while going through my mems ehehe

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

Wowwww. *gazes at list*

Thank you!

I guess I should get reading. <_<

[asaiyansmoothie.livejournal.com]

haha yeah sorry ^^; you can ignore that if it's too overwhelming :]

[droobless.livejournal.com]

Can't really rec anything in particular, because I haven't read H/D so much. Only bits there and here, nothing spectacular yet :D But still, I'd like to mention this site (http://notquiteroyal.net/switchknife/hd.htm) where I've found most of the good fics I've read :)

I'm way too choosy for my own good; I demand perfect and nothing less ;) That's one of the reasons why I've read so few fics with this pairing even that I started more than a year ago. I hope you fins something good to read!

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

I'll have a look! Thank you for the rec.

Haha, I'm the same. If I have a really specific idea of how a certain pairing should be written, nothing else seems good enough. *sigh*

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

I'll have a look for them! I don't mind about lack of smut. :) I'm just curious to read any well-written stories about the pairing really.

Thanks for the rec!