still reeling
Feb. 23rd, 2005 01:25 pmI draw three conclusions from the sudden massive popularity of my little H/Hr story:
1) Romances really DO get more readers/reviewers.
2) H/Hr is unquestionably of the two most popular ships in the fandom. (I forget this sometimes since I haven't been reading a lot of HP fic these days.)
3) It is very helpful to be recc'd by a BNF.
Please excuse me while I go have a squeeing fangirl moment over the fact that
madlorivoldmort and
epicyclical, the two authors whose work was my introduction to HP fanfiction, have read and reviewed my story. :-)
1) Romances really DO get more readers/reviewers.
2) H/Hr is unquestionably of the two most popular ships in the fandom. (I forget this sometimes since I haven't been reading a lot of HP fic these days.)
3) It is very helpful to be recc'd by a BNF.
Please excuse me while I go have a squeeing fangirl moment over the fact that
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Date: 2005-02-23 06:45 pm (UTC)HA!! Indeed. Hey, I knew you didn't mean ME :)
As a H/Hr shipper (and rock-solid at that) I often don't understand why my ship isn't more popular, because to me it Just Makes Sense (but then, that's me. I was a Mulder/Scully shipper in X-Files before I ever knew what the word meant :) Your story obviously hit a nerve with H/Hr fans - if
Kudos!!
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Date: 2005-02-23 10:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-23 07:08 pm (UTC)OMG.
Hardly shocking, since you wrote The Squickiest Non-Neville Ship In All Of Fandom If You're Lasair and I didn't vomit. *g*
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Date: 2005-02-23 07:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-23 08:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-23 09:01 pm (UTC)Or no, Neville as a sex therapist! Neville giving out love advice over Wizarding Wireless! Neville the provider of aphrodisiac plant products!
Um...
I think I'll stop before I squick myself.
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Date: 2005-02-24 01:37 am (UTC)I am friending you, btw. (sounds so odd) I hope you'll do the same.
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Date: 2005-02-27 11:56 am (UTC)A dashing romance is a nice escape from reality. But to read something that reminds us of the small and wonderful joys in our own lives puts a smile on our faces and makes us look away from the computer screen.
Or this could just be another mad theory!