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[ivyblossom]

thete1 writes: But what I wanna know is this: what do you think your last five completed stories say about you, if anything?

Hmm.

5. Left Handed. Pansy/Hermione, R. A story about...er, two girls. Pansy observes Hermione and notes that she is trying too hard to be someone she's not because it's what she thinks the boys want her to be. She wants to be pretty and cute and giggly and flip her hair. Pansy figures she's better off being herself. So she gets smoochy with her. I mean, what else can a girl do in such a situation? Heh. What does this say about me? er...well, I'm left handed. How about that?

4. Turkish Delight. Narnia slash, Edmund/Bacchus, R. We were all discussing the strangeness of Narnian memory...the Pevensies spend an entire lifetime in Narnia, grow up, presumably doing all the things adults do, and then one day the disappear and end up back in England as children, returning to the same moment they left. The questions remain: how does a person return to being a child after having been an adult? What happens to the people they loved and left behind? What must it be like to be the lover of one of these kings and queens and be forced to wait until the end of the world for them to return to you? Enter Edmund/Bacchus. It still makes me all weepy.

3. Desires what is Understood. Harry/Draco, PG-13. Draco muses about the process of seduction, of passive seduction, I suppose. I really love oblivious!Harry, and I like the concept of having a mad crush on someone and not actually knowing it. Or at least, not acknowledging it. And I also like the idea that the physical response to attraction, kind of unfettered by realisation, shame, fear, or whatever, being very seductive. Hence this story, wherein Draco is seduced by Harry's own unacknowledged crush on him.

2. Fall on your Knees. Millicent, PG. This is a story wherein a girl kills a bully at school for making fun of her size. Hmm. Well, I'm not a skinny girl, per se. So I guess there's that. We all hate bullies, though, don't we?

1. Blue Vase. Harry/Draco, PG. Your standard amnesia fic. Post-war, Harry and Draco are in their 30s. Harry works as a typesetter for the Daily Prophet, and loses his memory one day. Draco has been stalking him for half a year, hoping to wreck vengeance on Harry for killing his father, but finds himself helping Harry instead. And then lets Harry think they're friends, and then that they're lovers. After a couple of days Harry remembers the truth. Or does he? dun dun dun DUN!!

What this all says about me: I have memory issues, I'm left handed, and gosh darn it, I like girls. Did I miss something?

Comments

[capitalflash.livejournal.com]

on that, i decided to read "Desires what is Understood" despite [or maybe because-i'm contrary like that] not being that fond of the harry/draco pairing.

and i loved it. thank you. :)

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Er...your welcome? I'm not sure whether I should say that, given that I seem to have encouraged you to read a fic with a pairing you don't like.

Is it a bigger compliment that someone who hates your pairing likes your story, or what?

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[capitalflash.livejournal.com]

i personally think it is a compliment. i very rarely read h/d anymore unless i get the vibe that it's going to be a good one. and it was :)

[dine.livejournal.com]

Somehow I'd missed Desires What is Understood before, which is a shame, because I loved it. The theme of who seduced whom was skillfully handled, you described that dance of attraction beautifully. I loved the vintage-looking sketch at the top of the page, did you create it?

Desires what is Understood fanart

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Nah, Alice did that. Alice also did a drawing for 'Lefthanded'. She rocks my socks. :)

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

I think it's just that sometimes the writing is so good you overlook your prejudices and love the particular piece. Doesn't always convert you, but it can make you see things in a new light.

And dude, I SO did not get the point of the ending of Blue Vase until about the fourth time I read it. It made sense before and after the epiphany, though, so many kudos. Although...wasn't Draco hoping to wreak vengeance? I wouldn't want someone to wreck my vengeance, then all my carefully laid plans would have gone aft agley. ^^;

[cindysilver.livejournal.com]

hey there :)

i was wondering where you got your LJ avatar -- who drew it, where could i find more art by that person, etc. i'm very interested in it, as it is quite lovely. cheers! :)

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[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

digikym drew my portrait. :) You can find more of her art, and more about her wonderful self, at her lj (http://livejournal.com/users/digikym) and at her website (http://digikym.com). Kym is outstanding as an artist, as a person, and as a friend.

I love her. :)

Go send her love!

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[cindysilver.livejournal.com]

Thanks! i visited her site, she's got some amazing artwork there. i appreciate your reply! :)

cheers!