Love Is My Religion

So I come, once again, bearing recs. Well, one rec really. And I read it the day it posted but it's taken me this long to form semi-coherent thought and I had to calm down on the flail just to write this.

Pocket Full Of Starlight (Never Let It Fade Away)

I almost didn't click on this because I thought it would be mega fluffy and if you are here you know I fail at writing fluff just like I fail at reading copious amounts of it. *dodges all the tomatoes* Anyways this fic. THIS FIC! Like...I can't...it's *spazzes all over the place* I want to write this fucking awesome!

ALL THE AWARDS

This fic has it all!
*Kids with faults who seem like fucking terrors (like their fathers) when they set their minds to it
*BEST NEXTGEN NOTCANON!KIDS I'VE EVER READ!
*Harry and Draco who are so fucking in love it hurts almost and who are both too stupid to stfu(I mean this in the good way I SWEAR) and run back to each other already
*AN AMAZING LUCIUS AND NARCISSA (and while I don't particularly like canon Lucius. He's still Lucius enough for me to believe he's Lucius while being a BAMF Grandfather)
*A girlfriend of Harry's that doesn't turn out to be a nightmare of a cow that you want to shank
*Harry/Draco FEELS ALL OVER THE PLACE
* SOME OF THE HOTTEST H/D SEX I'VE READ IN A LONG, LONG TIME Not that that's what this fic is about but GODDAMN it was awesome. DRACO SPREADING HIS LEGS THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. I mean for srs you guys!
*OMG ANGST But like it's so worth it at the end and it's not like angst you can't handle. I promise. Let the author make you misty eyed and make the author or authors put you back together again and make you cry all the tears of happiness.

Of all the fics I've read at the fest this year this is one of the top three for me. It takes the mother fucking cake!

SO GO FORTH AND READ IT AND FLAIL AND LOVE IT AND JUST ALL THE FEELS!!!!!!!!!!

Claiming is open at HD Career Fair and I'd love,love,love someone forever if they wrote this for me. *all the cheeky grins and big puppy eyes at my flist* It is the only prompt I left and I am not so good with careers for H/D BUT I was like OBSESSIVE HARRY FTW!

Prompt # 262
Era: Post-Hogwarts
Scenario: Harry's an obsessive collector, Draco's an antiques dealer, but Harry's not looking at any of the items Draco's offering -- he's much more interested in collecting the last Malfoy.
Additions:
Squicks: Sex with children/child molestation DNW. Scat.
Maximum Rating: High as you can go if you'd like.
Submitted by: crazyparakiss

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

HOT! Like ridiculously so >.> I won't lie I kind of have a weak spot for knotting fic and that uncontrollable desire when there are "mates" or possible mates and things. Like fucking becomes pure instinct more than desire because if you've ever had a "I don't give a damn I need it right the fuck now and you are gonna give it to me and you are gonna fucking LIKE IT!" then you can sorta relate :D But yes, just GUH I am melting in the brain and I am here to shoo you off to read it. It's fun, it's hot, and it needs a fucking sequel when reveals go up *gives the author big puppy eyes* PLEASE AUTHOR WE NEED ALL THE HARRY/DRACO PUPPIES *bats eyelashes*

My favorite part:

Which is why he shrugged off the rest of his clothes and rolled Malfoy onto his belly, dragging his hips up and spreading him open. Merlin, he was so wet it was trickling down his thighs. It would be okay. Harry could do this, if Malfoy needed him to so badly, and he could pull out before he came. He could. He would.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG GO READ IT NAO!!!!!!

You know, there are times when I think I've read the last of the great fanfiction. And what I mean by "great" is the unique, the amazingly touching and the insanely intense fics that just reach out and grab me and stay with me and I am not predicting them exactly as they are before they end (hell I write like that a lot of the time, predictable, so I don't mean that harshly).

Take What's Left of Me

Spoilers ahoy, because you will not shut me up about this fic.

First off: THIS HARRY! ALL THE AWARDS TO THIS HARRY! He's fucking OMG! From the minute you meet him you can sense all of the love he has for Draco, it is tangible and heavy on the heart. And I wouldn't have it any other way. He is just so in love and it is as raw and as painful as being in love truly is so I applaud the author.

Most of all what he does for Draco, out of love is so very powerful and heartbreaking. I love it. There is this raw ache that I felt when Harry first held his son and I was so very proud of how selfless and courageous he was to give Draco the one thing Draco wants and despite the fact it must have ached to give away his baby HE DID IT because he didn't want to watch Draco suffer. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS!

I also quite loved Astoria. She's like a true friend to Draco, she knows and loves him and wants to give him happiness. There is such intense respect between them, she and Draco and I think it's a rather beautiful friendship.

Quite a few people expressed a severe dislike of Draco in this fic. I cannot agree with that. Personally I thought he was perfection so very canon and guarded and in love with Harry as much as Harry was with him. He's a prick, sure BUT he's a downright nightmare in the books so that's not far off the mark. As far as him not being as in love as Harry I don't think that's true--there is this heavy cowl of duty and responsibility that we see through all the books "What it is to be a Malfoy" if you'd like and I think that is portrayed in this fic beautifully. It's not so much that Draco is a "coward". I mean DUH he is, but he's not as spineless as people would like to believe. It is very selfless to throw away love to do what you feel you must. There are centuries of tradition and expectation and to run away from that, to me, would make him a coward in his own mind. So in his own mind, this Draco, was being brave.

The ending is hard for me to swallow. I mean it's lovely and wraps up the heartbreak in a nice fluffy package. But to be honest I would have loved to see Draco find out and things not change because that sense of duty--the heavy crown that both of these men carry in this fic would have been even more monumental if there was tangible desire and desperation between them and they both knew it would never come to be. BUT alas it is not my fic and I am kind of envious that I didn't think of this first because OMG WHAT A CONCEPT AND HOW WONDERFUL! I mean it. I really did love this fic. Truly and deeply.

Bravo Mystery Author and if you are who I think you are then I already stalk fangirl your fics like WHOA.

Bad Faith in Name, But Gracious in Nature

This is an excellent fic. It's full of brilliant imagery, witty humor, and TEDDY LUPIN :D

So you need to read it. This seriously left me without words for how amazing it is :) And Portrait Snape is pretty much perfect.

I especially love the line:"I'd be a terrible real boyfriend," Draco said. Harry's mouth felt dry, and he took a hesitant step towards him. "I'm possessive, and jealous. I'll misread your intentions deliberately."

So go read it and enjoy it :D

Incubus

This is more than a love story, at least it is to me.

I love the absolute longing, fear, bitterness, and rage Harry has in this fic. He is a human Harry I recognize. A Harry who has had something very important stolen from him and he is losing hope even as Draco comes to him rekindling the not-so-secret longing.

This Draco is what I love most, and from the title and through out the entire fic I had an idea of what would happen and the author did not disappoint--I would have been irritated if it had gone another way (Not that it can't because fuck all it's not MY story, right?) but it didn't and this Draco is canon enough for me--even when it seems that he is giving he isn't he is full of guilt and is wanting the taste of freedom and he gives out of selfishness, or at least that's what I got out of him and I FUCKING LOVE IT!

This is a fic that will stay with me for a long time, it's not so much a love story--even though there is a relationship in it, not a graphic one but one that gives the illusion that there will be more to come later--but to me it is more than just a love story. This is a fic that dived beneath my bones and has settled in my heart. I applaud the mystery author. This was unique and horrifying, in a way, and wonderful from the first sentence to the last.

Since it is late and I am waiting for my drugs (prescribed I promise) to kick in and knock my ass out for the night I figured I could use this time to avoid writing to give you guys some long deserved Recs.

I will do separate posts for each rec as I like to give individual love to each of the fics I rec. :D KISS SPAM WILL BE HAPPENING SOON.

Metamorphosis

Every now and then we find fics that touch us someplace deeper than our hearts; fics that dive to the deepest parts of our souls and touch something very vulnerable and painful--this is one of those fics and I mean this in the best possible way. This Millicent is something more than human; a fragile withered caterpillar that slowly transforms into this not so beautiful butterfly. But what's great about her is that she doesn't have to be beautiful to be loved, she doesn't have to be amazing or anything more than ordinary, and her constant bitterness is something I understand, but even more than that I can relate to her small slivers of hope--the ones she clings to desperately even if she doesn't want to believe she still has a lingering amount of faith. This desperation to be loved, whole, accepted--all of it is human, so very stark and frank but written with such wonderful imagery. You will grit your teeth with Millie, cry with her, feel vulnerable, sense her hope, laugh with her--basically you will walk in her shoes and it is beautiful.

Go watch Millicent's Metamorphosis and be moved beyond reason.

It's that time of year when the call of the wind lures me and I disappear for months at a time. The sun is shining, the grass smells sweet, and there is a pool filling in my backyard as we speak.

This time I will have more of you to miss. It's odd to think that in the last year I have made a ton of friends online. Friends I actually talk to about life and mention in day to day conversation to my family. In fact I have a quote for this

"When we first met, I had no idea how important you'd be to me." (Paraphrasing it as my stupid LJ won't show me my images in my scrapbook as icons and there are so many I can't just GUESS)

That being said I am going to tell you that if you've got my number feel free to text me(Rike you need that phone contract like NAO :D). I am always around, and if I don't have my phone on me I will get back to you as soon as I've got it. (can't really have a phone in the pool you know XD). I am also always available by email. crazyparakiss at gmail dot com But I may not be in chat as often as I am now. However if there is every anything you need do not hesitate to contact me. I have this weakness for listening/talking to you lot :) I am kinda waning on Twitter, it's kinda like facebook for me where I go days of posting and then months of NOT.

I will be doing my mod duties and writing for the prompts I signed up for. As well as those few fics I owe to people. Writing never ceases for the wickedly perverted dontcha know.

Now don't forget me while I am gone. ;) I definitely won't forget you.

If not sooner, I will see you in August my loves!

Also this hiatus applies to comments. If I am slow with replies to any fest fic comments (which I will try like crazy not to be as I am ever so grateful for every comment I get) this is why.

I was tagged by appleling and kitty_fic but did Apple's here and Kitty's in her comments place lol


Rule 1 - Post the rules
Rule 2- Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and then make 11 new ones.
Rule 3- Tag 11 people and link them to your post.
Rule 4- Let them know you’ve tagged them!


1.) Do you have a sweet tooth? If yes, what is your favorite sweet/snack/dessert? I do (fat girl who has a field day at the bakery, yes that's me.) I absolutely love red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. My mother bought me one for Valentine's day when I was a little thing and I was hooked. I also looooove peanut butter fudge. I love most sweets really, so long as there is no coconut. I loathe the coconut. ;)
2.) What are you most passionate about? Telling teenagers to wrap it up when they are sexually active, encouraging them to get HIV and STD tested, know their partners' histories, and tell them to avoid teen pregnancy (been there done that, the teen pregnancy thing not the STD bit thankfully, it's not an easy road you know?).
3.) What ticks you off the most?People who treat their kids like burdens, child molesters, people who don't take responsibility for their own actions, there's quite a bit that annoys me beyond reason to be honest lol.
4.) What is your wildest dream? Do you think you'll ever achieve it? If you have, would you mind telling me about it? Like my wildest goal in life? It changes daily. But it's always been something where I create. I don't know what it will be but when I find it I will be sure to let you know. :)
5.) Would you rather be good looking or rich? Why? Well since I am not ugly now I guess I'll go with rich lol. Rich without fame preferably.
6.) Given a choice, if you could have one type of super power or magical ability - what will it be and why. Oh damn, that's hard. Sometimes I think brilliance but then people would be even harder to like/connect with. So no on that. Maybe like Wolverine where if I got hurt I just healed up super fast and never looked old!
7.) What is your favorite mystical/magical animal/creature? I'll be a complete girl now and say it's the unicorn. Though I have a great, great love for mermaids and sirens as well.
8.) When it comes to your life partner, would you marry for true love or follow a marriageable checklist (e.g. rich, good genes... etc etc)? I don't see why their can't be a happy medium of both. I love my husband, more than I love anything (sans my kids because really NO ONE can compete there) but if he became a fuck up and left me in poverty because he was selfish or irresponsible I'd leave him quicker than shit. I refuse to be with someone who leaves the burden of everything on me and I refuse to be one of those people so it is just as much a partnership as it is a love affair.
9.) What is the most thoughtful gift you've ever received? My gran gave me a car when I was seventeen, my mom had let her boyfriend wreck mine and apparently decided she needed a new car so the little payout she got with mine went to her one. I had a baby, little money, and my gran gave me a 1996 Geo Metro. Little green ugly thing with a Guadalupe steering wheel cover and I loved it. It's still the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. I love my gran. I hope she never dies.
10.) If your life was a song, what would the title be? They told me I couldn't do it--fuck I did it anyways. IDK I'd need a whole album full of random song titles.
11.) If you could put a song to Drarry, what song would it be and why? Oh damn. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen as sung by Rufus Wainwright. Why, you ask, because it's fucking Hallelujah!

Erm, if I tag you don't feel obligated, and if I didn't tag you and you want to do the questions do them anyways (so basically I tag you all ;D)

hidinginmybones, hpfangirl71, hamiechi,l"> curiouslyfic, kinky_kneazle, freakingcrups, nimielle, vlorahp, teas_me, singlemomsummer, winterstorrm

My questions:

1.How involved are you in fandom(s)?
2.Do many people outside of fandom(s)know about your activities?
3.What's your favorite thing to do?
4.Music, do you like it? If so, what kind?
5.Can you describe to me what a normal Monday morning is for you (i.e. I make a bowl of cornflakes, take a train, blah, blah, blah.)?
6.Movies, have you got a favorite?
7.What's your take on the enviroment (I won't judge if you are like MEH, or OMG let's save it)?
8.What makes you excited for summer (or if it's approaching your fall/winter that)?
9.Got any pets? If so what are they like?
10.When you "grow up" what do you hope to be? What's your life goal I guess?
11.Have you got a favorite food? If so got a recipe?