Oh yeah...! Happy new year :D
Jan. 5th, 2006 04:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Today I brought my oldest to the train because he's going to spend a couple of days with his cousin and best friend. They've been friends since they were 2 and 3 years old and whenever they're together they're pretty much attached at the hip and up to a lot of mischief but in such a way that you never can stay mad at them. Now they're old enough to travel on their own, they take every opportunity they've got to do so in order to be together. Very Merry and Pippin.
While I was in Utrecht, where the trainstation is, I went to buy tickets for
gayadi and me, for the Dungen concert next week. It cost me 15 Euro. For two tickets... Cheapest. Concert. Ever.
And now for something completely different:
My (13 year old) daughter has been reading fanfiction for some time now (HP, LOTR and crossovers between those) and told me it's hard finding good fiction written in Dutch, so she'd like to try some English fanfiction. Specifically Buffy, because she can't find any Dutch fiction in that, and HP, because that's her major fandom. I'm afraid all the fics I can point her to have Harry and Draco fucking, which I doubt she'll like, and the only Buffy fic I've read is a Sentinel crossover which has Xander and Blair fucking. Erm... Anyone know of any good places to go looking, or even specific fics she could like?
(She's not averse to some romance, just no hard-core sex.)
While I was in Utrecht, where the trainstation is, I went to buy tickets for
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And now for something completely different:
My (13 year old) daughter has been reading fanfiction for some time now (HP, LOTR and crossovers between those) and told me it's hard finding good fiction written in Dutch, so she'd like to try some English fanfiction. Specifically Buffy, because she can't find any Dutch fiction in that, and HP, because that's her major fandom. I'm afraid all the fics I can point her to have Harry and Draco fucking, which I doubt she'll like, and the only Buffy fic I've read is a Sentinel crossover which has Xander and Blair fucking. Erm... Anyone know of any good places to go looking, or even specific fics she could like?
(She's not averse to some romance, just no hard-core sex.)
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Date: 2006-01-05 03:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-05 04:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-05 07:45 pm (UTC)-Resonance, by GreenGecko
-The Awakening Power by Sib-ff
-Because You're Mine by Ms Padfoot
-The Refiner's Fire by Abraxan
-Consequences of the Truth, by Seal1
-This Mean's War by Jeconais It's HYSTERICAL!
-This fiction is on a different site now, but it's one of the best I've ever read. archive.skyehawke.com/authors.php?no=781 A Year Like No Other. There is a bit of violence, but no sex.
Some of these have sequels too, which is always nice.
Then there are some of the other sites that are fun to poke around on.
Sink Into Your Eyes - Ginny/Harry archive. Can't vouch for no sex.
http://www.hgnetwork.co.uk/siye/index.php
PhoenixSong.net -Harry/Ginny and general HP Fanfiction http://www.phoenixsong.net/index.php
Harry/Ginny (again!) Site. This is a specific author, and she wrote a fantastic series. The first is Carpe Diem: http://www.harryandginny.co.uk/
Lord and Lady Snape _ Severus Snape/Hermione Granger. http://whysnape.tripod.com/ficromance.htm
The Sugar Quill Many pairings of many different ratings: http://www.sugarquill.net/
Will that help somewhat? Let me know if I can help any more.
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Date: 2006-01-05 08:18 pm (UTC)I know the place for her: Sugarquill (http://www.sugarquill.net/)
Lots of sweet Harry/Ginny romance!
And of course there's fanfiction (http://www.fanfiction.net/),
a mixed bag of stuff, but, come to think of it, she might find loads of Buffy
there. There's no hard-core sex there, but since authors from any age group
are welcome, the quality of writing varies- to say the least.
Cheers to your daughter for wanting to explore the fanfic world,
and many more cheers to you for wanting to lead her gently into
said world!!
You're a wonderful Mum, darling Dutche!
:-)
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Date: 2006-01-05 08:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-06 08:06 am (UTC)Oh, and if you could point out gen lotr that would be great too!
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Date: 2006-01-06 08:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-06 08:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-06 08:40 am (UTC)She's already deeply into the fanfic world, but so far only on Dutch sites. It's easier searching in her own language of course, she can spot what's for her and what isn't her taste easier than in English. I know she's read a bit of romance, and she's come across slash, but she didn't see the point of that; for example she can see Sam/Frodo, but Harry/Draco is ridiculous in her eyes (Harry/Hermione is also ridiculous in her eyes by the way). She's very enthusiastic about some James/Lily she's read and her favorite pairing is Tonks/Lupin. She's canon like that ;)
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Date: 2006-01-06 08:46 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-06 09:43 am (UTC)*LOL* That's the understatement of the year! :P Season 6 is not called 'The Sex Season' for nothing. ;D
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-09 01:11 pm (UTC)I never really tried finding anything on Fanfiction.net! Maybe I should do that. At the moment I'm still too busy reading from 852 Prospect though. Ah, so many fics, so little time...
Recs
Date: 2006-01-20 04:02 pm (UTC)If your 13 yr old has seen up to Season 5, I'd suggest these two by Yahtzee (http://www.thechicagoloop.net/yahtzee/insect/).
Being Lois Lane/ pg-13, post season 2
http://www.thechicagoloop.net/yahtzee/insect/insectfic/LoisLane.htm
and Phoenix Burning/ r, not much in the sex vein though, post S5
http://www.thechicagoloop.net/yahtzee/insect/insectfic/PhoenixIndex.htm
this is long, but worth it. Obviously you might give them a skim before you let her read them...which I defintely suggest! :)
Re: Recs
Date: 2006-01-21 09:57 am (UTC)It's also nice to know my recs have been useful to you; thanks for telling me :D