[Fic] "Fixation, and Other Stories" -- Harry Potter

[edenfalling]

I finally finished editing Fixation, and Other Stories, my set of Ginny/Harry/Draco ficlets for thirtyforthree. The link in the previous sentence goes to the final version on ff.net. Even if you've read all the component fics before, you might want to read the collected version. For one thing, I edited several pieces significantly, and for another, now you can see how the connected ones fit together.

I wrote Fixation, and Other Stories as a set of theme responses for the thirtyforthree livejournal community. At first, I had no intention of letting any of the stories, drabbles, or character study vignettes interlock into anything like a unified story or timeline. Except then some of them did.

Fixation, and Other Stories is arranged in a pattern of alternating chapters. The odd-numbered ones contain two fics each and are all part of a single timeline -- "Fixation" -- while the even-numbered chapters -- the "Other Stories" part of the title -- contain three fics each and have sod-all to do with each other. The only consistent inter-chapter link is that they all deal with the same three people: Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, and Draco Malfoy. (Each even-numbered chapter does, however, have an internal thematic link, like 'dystopian future' or 'crack AU.')

Basically, I was just having fun and trying bizarre things out to see if they would fly or crash. Some flew. Others I'm still not sure about.

Thanks to bluefate for beta-reading.

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For those who are curious, I've created a table of contents linking to the original lj versions of the ficlets. They're listed in chronological story order rather than by theme number or post date.

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Fixation, and Other Stories: Table of Contents
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I. Fixation, I:
12. Alone -- Gethsemane
19. Time -- Vision (Quantum State Collapse)

II. By the Numbers:
2. Kisses -- Variation and Fugue
15. Stop that -- Pressure
30. Touch -- Skin Deep

III. Fixation, II:
7. Hugs -- Touch
18. Clouds -- Peace

IV. Grayscale:
3. Giving up -- After
10. Rent -- Transience
13. Irritating people -- Novocain

V. Fixation, III:
25. Looking -- Tabloid
28. Get out -- Transitions

VI. Something Completely Different:
4. Surprise -- Fairy Tales
16. Pillows -- Daydreams
14. Forbidden -- Xenophilia

VII. Fixation, IV:
17. Fever -- Walk the Tightrope
27. Fluffy things -- Kept Man

VIII. Dystopia:
9. Talking over distance -- Azkaban
5. Love bites -- The One Where Aliens Make Them Have Sex
21. Naptime -- Quietus

(Side story: Blood Is Thinner)

IX. Fixation, V:
1. Bloodlines -- Domesticity
23. If it wasn't you... -- In the Bleak Midwinter

X. Spiral Out:
24. Dreaming -- The Rules of the Game
26. Hidden -- Ripples in a Pool
6. If only -- More Subtle Than Any Beast of the Field

XI. Fixation, VI:
22. Remembering -- Fault Lines/Perspective
8. Babies -- Truce

XII. Quantum Mirror:
11. Snowfall -- Solstice
29. Tattoo -- Beauty
20. Far away -- Unexpected Turns

XIII. Fixation, VII:
Epilogue: Wish Upon a Star