still reeling

[edenfalling]

I 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. :-)

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[annearchy.livejournal.com]

3) It is very helpful to be recc'd by a BNF.

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 madlorivoldmort recs your fic, you'll get hundreds of readers (since a gazillion people have friended her).

Kudos!!

[edenfalling]

*pets* You are far from unknown, but yeah, we all must bow in Lori's general direction. :-D

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

*blinks at number of reviews*

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*

[edenfalling]

...suddenly I have a mad urge to write Man-ho!Neville just to see your reaction.

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

Trust me. That? I would not click on if you paid me.

[edenfalling]

Then I shall have to be sneaky and work it into something else. Like a femslash threesome.

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.

[caalan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not a fantabulous HP writer, but I do write, and I did love what I read. Anyone who has that kind of insight will definitely grab the attention of readers and authors alike.

I am friending you, btw. (sounds so odd) I hope you'll do the same.

[dragon-boots.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps it reminded them a bit of their own relationships?

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!