[Fic] "Of a Feather" -- Harry Potter

This is a belated (oops!) birthday present for annearchy. As such, it can be interpreted as Harry/Hermione, but once again, I failed to write actual romance. (This failure is rather more comprehensive than in "Definitions of Romance.") Sorry, Anne -- I tried!

...And in all honesty, I think the story's kind of cute anyway, romantic or not. (Cross-posted here on FF.net.)

( Of a Feather )

Am now off to format "Knives" for lj. Expect it soon!

[Fic] "Of a Feather" -- Harry Potter

This is a belated (oops!) birthday present for annearchy. As such, it can be interpreted as Harry/Hermione, but once again, I failed to write actual romance. (This failure is rather more comprehensive than in "Definitions of Romance.") Sorry, Anne -- I tried!

...And in all honesty, I think the story's kind of cute anyway, romantic or not. (Cross-posted here on ff.net.)

[ETA: The ever-so-slightly revised final version is now up on AO3!]

( Of a Feather )

Am now off to format "Knives" for LJ. Expect it soon!

[Fic] "Knives" -- Harry Potter

And here we are. The story that ate my brain. It's probably the darkest thing I've ever written (not the creepiest; that would be "Mona's Blood," just for the way that story hovered in my mind for years, and for the eye thing) and it doesn't get magically better in the end. All three main characters are deeply screwed up, and I'm not really sure if any one of them qualifies as a 'good guy,' regardless of what Ginny thinks.

Graphic physical torture, and severe emotional trauma. I am not kidding.

(The beta'ed and edited version -- which is also HBP-compliant -- is now up here on Fanfiction.net and here on FictionAlley. It's better than this one. Trust me.)

( Knives )

ETA: Yes, the ending is ambiguous. I know that. It's meant to be ambiguous, for two reasons.

First, I just like lady-or-the-tiger endings. As an author, I like the feeling of power -- it's the same thing that makes cliffhangers fun to write. As a reader, I love the way they make you go back over the story and think.

Second, it has to do with the structure of the story. I wrote it in second person present tense for a reason; I am trying to be invasive. I am trying to make you, the reader, complicit in Ginny's actions. Therefore, it's ultimately up to you to decide how Harry reacts, and what happens to Ginny. You choose, and that tells you something about who you are as a person. If I decide, if I tell you what happens, all that reveals is who I am -- and that's not what I'm trying to do. I'm already in the story enough by virtue of being the author; I want to pull you in as well.

[Fic] "Knives" -- Harry Potter

And here we are. The story that ate my brain. It's probably the darkest thing I've ever written (not the creepiest; that would be "Mona's Blood," just for the way that story hovered in my mind for years, and for the eye thing) and it doesn't get magically better in the end. All three main characters are deeply screwed up, and I'm not really sure if any one of them qualifies as a 'good guy,' regardless of what Ginny thinks.

Graphic physical torture, and severe emotional trauma. I am not kidding.

(The beta'ed and edited version -- which is also HBP-compliant -- is now up here on ff.net, here on FA, and here on AO3. It's better than this one. Trust me.)

( Knives )

ETA: Yes, the ending is ambiguous. I know that. It's meant to be ambiguous, for two reasons.

First, I just like lady-or-the-tiger endings. As an author, I like the feeling of power -- it's the same thing that makes cliffhangers fun to write. As a reader, I love the way they make you go back over the story and think.

Second, it has to do with the structure of the story. I wrote it in second person present tense for a reason; I am trying to be invasive. I am trying to make you, the reader, complicit in Ginny's actions. Therefore, it's ultimately up to you to decide how Harry reacts, and what happens to Ginny. You choose, and that tells you something about who you are as a person. If I decide, if I tell you what happens, all that reveals is who I am -- and that's not what I'm trying to do. I'm already in the story enough by virtue of being the author; I want to pull you in as well.

random thoughts on Ekanu, or, what Liz does when she can't go online at work

( cut for those of you who don't care about my original fiction )

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God, I wish I still had internet access at work.

I think, if I'd been born ten years later, I would probably have been diagnosed with ADHD. Ekanu has itchy feet. I have an itchy brain.

random thoughts on Ekanu, or, what Liz does when she can't go online at work

( cut for those of you who don't care about my original fiction )

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God, I wish I still had internet access at work.

I think, if I'd been born ten years later, I would probably have been diagnosed with ADHD. Ekanu has itchy feet. I have an itchy brain.