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Ron/Harry Rec: Nights Made for Miracles by static_abyss

([personal profile] ceu Aug. 17th, 2020 02:46 am)
title: Nights Made for Miracles

author: [archiveofourown.org profile] static_abyss

rating: T

tags/content: Friends to Lovers, Getting Back Together, Kissing, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not Epilogue Compliant, Makeup

summary: There's something about Ron's presence that makes Harry feel safe when they're waiting outside in the hallways in front of Potions, when Ron leans against the wall next to Harry, when all of his attention is concentrated on what Harry's saying. It's as though Ron commands all of Harry's focus. He makes Harry feel comforted, makes it so that Harry wants to do anything to make Ron laugh, makes it so that all Harry can think about sometimes is Ron's mouth.

wordcount: 2k

rec notes: I am so. TENDER!! i am so tender. this is just hbp/dh moments mixed as harry/ron and practice kissing and being boys and loving each other and i LOVE them. I am emotional about their friendship and relationship and love otherwise constantly 24/7. also i love static_abyss and we are friends and i'm subscribed to everything she posts because that's because they all make me feel things and i am soft and emotional from her words, Constantly.
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Gen Rec: Calibration by TheDivineComedian

([personal profile] necessarian Aug. 10th, 2020 09:30 pm)
title: Calibration

author: TheDivineComedian

rating: T

tags/content: Boggarts, Remus Lupin is a badass, Hogwarts Third Year

summary: Remus's mind is usually a tidy place. The worst has already happened, what's left to be scared of? His fears are labelled, annotated, and most of all, archived. For one evening, though, he'll have to let them come out and play. (Remus prepares the Boggart for his lesson with the third years. Featuring Severus Snape as an unwanted critic, and Sirius Black as the elephant in the room.)

wordcount: 4k

rec notes: After writing about Boggarts myself, my friend sent this to me and said, "Wait, have you read Calibration?" The answer was no, I had not, but I have now, and oh my god. Oh my god! This is how you do a character study. I want to teach this fic in a masterclass. By weaving the motif of the Boggart alongside explorations of Remus' past and his fears, this fic manages to mix tense psychological horror with a sense of gradual revelation, as we get to know Remus a little better with every calibration step. I love the character work in this fic - there's some good stuff on Snape and Sirius too, with the Sirius moments being particularly heartwrenching - and the worldbuilding/magic stuff too. Plus I think this fic does something that all perfect fic does, which is sits perfectly in relation to canon as well as presenting a sort of opposition to canon in the way we receive a different version of events. It's just stunning. Short but rich, this is an easy one to tick off your "must read" list, which I have just put it on. You're welcome.
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Sirius/Remus Rec: Brighten the Corners by montparnasse

([personal profile] necessarian May. 4th, 2019 10:07 pm)
title: Brighten the Corners

author: montparnasse

rating: T

tags/content: Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - America, Drug Use, Music

summary: Nowhere, USA, 1:47 A.M. Fate, love, nausea, and a seven-layer burrito at the Taco Bell drive-through.

wordcount: 7k

rec notes: I am a huge fan of fic that feels deeply rooted in its setting, clinging exhaustively but never frustratingly to detail and establishing a strong sense of place from the start and throughout. You get it in spades in this fic. Reading it feels like you could just dive in, lie back, spread your arms wide, and become immersed. The author's use of language is otherworldly. And this is before I even get started on the characters, tone-perfect Sirius who's full of insecurities and bursting with feeling, and Remus as an ethereal presence, elevated in Sirius' drug-induced haze. Though the fic only covers their first(-ish) meeting, you can feel the promise. It's great.
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Golden Trio Rec: James and the Giant Memory Loss by tarie

([personal profile] ceu May. 1st, 2019 07:25 pm)
title: James and the Giant Memory Loss

author: [livejournal.com profile] tarie

rating: PG-13 (T)

tags/content: Amnesia, Canon Divergent after Order of the Phoenix (written before HBP came out),

summary: Harry is injured and has no memories of Ron and Hermione. They make him remember.

wordcount: 5k

rec notes: I am very sad!!! I am very emo!!! H/R/Hr are established but since Harry has the amnesia they're not going to weird him out by coming onto him but they're still intimate with each other and Hazza is JEALOUS. Also the angst. The prose is wonderful and makes it hurt even more!!!! :( I am baby (so is Harry)
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Gen Rec: one thing (or the other) by rougeatre

([personal profile] necessarian Apr. 6th, 2019 02:49 pm)
title: one thing (or the other)

author: rougeatre

rating: T

tags/content: slightly meta i suppose, all dialogue between women, Female Friendship, Femslash

summary: "It’s men that started this war, and it won’t be men who end it. It will be women. Do you hear me? Women, like you and me."

wordcount: 7k

rec notes: This is an absolutely breathtaking character piece, but it's more than just that: layered through the story of Lily's relationships with other women over the course of her life is rich insight into the way the magical world and the war might shape a woman's life, her choices. The language of this fic is just incredible and it's left me with something ponderous weighing at my chest - sadness, because of course this is canon compliant, but also it's that this fic tapped into real heart, absolute emotional realism. Masterful, tbh.
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