I would prefer not.

[flemmings]

It's a dismal season to read other people's FLs. Everyone is posting recs for yuletide that I have no desire to read. I read a recc'd fic once; no truly, I read the whole thing. It was one of those reccing communities incandescens friended, which should be a recommendation in itself, and the reccer said she reread this story at least once a month because it'd just worked its way under her skin and stabbed her periodically with its quiet loveliness.

Before McGonagall can stop her Hermione looks in a mirror that shows what might have been but won't. She sees herself with small children and a loving older dark-haired man. She's pierced to the soul. McGonigall looks at her with immense pity. In years after, Hermione sneaks away from Ron and the kids on the day it happened and she and Minerva sit crying in each other's arms because Hermione will never be married to Snape.

Hermione. Weeping. Because she can't marry Snape.

This is why print yaoi never works as well as visual. And this is why I always think Yuletide is such a dangerous activity, fraught with the potential for monumentally cringe-worthy moments.

(Anyway, if you're going to do that theme, this is how you do it:

Erised

He liked to use the mirror- to brush his teeth, to comb his beard, to straighten the folds of his robe. To reassure himself that all he saw was his reflection- and to prove that he was still human, a pair of woolen socks.

But the socks were never his- always too big or too small. There would be dainty pink wand-patterned stockings, or boatlike men’s winter woolens: the socks of lovers uncourted, the socks of friends never made. Or dozens of baby booties to mock his empty mantelpiece, which overflowed with the photos of children and grandchildren never born.

ETA: Somehow I thought most people knew this justly famous drabble. So much for assumptions about huge fandoms. Authored by deepfryerfire.)

Comments

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

reccing comms are scary scary things, no joke. stick to trustworthy individuals, plus pinch of salt for idiosyncratic preferences.

Is that Dumbledore drabble yours? ♥ I vaguely recall in distant past a very good one along very similar lines, but not by whom. Dumbledore + socks = greatness, it seems =)

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

aarrghhhh!!!! my brain! ewwww!!! shudder n cringe!!!!


But your drabble is not cringeworthy at all. in fact quite lovely.

I daren't rec. fics to folk. I would be too worried about letting them down. I do if someone asks and I know that they may be of like minds on whatever subject... but even so never without a disclaimer. ^_^

edited because I have woxin on the brain ... and it still kind of fits!

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Ah, I'm glad to know that others find this sort of thing odd as well. Yes, shall stick to people whose taste I trust; except that they usually rec bb stories in Chinese that I can't read. (weeps)

The drabble's not mine. deepfryerfire wrote it; and in fact I think you recc'd it yourself once lo these many years. ^_^

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

See ETA. Not my drabble, since I've never written Harry Potter. But Woxin is a good thing to have on one's brain. So do I; I go back to considerations of Gou Jian's body servant...

[baka-gaijin.livejournal.com]

I've tried fic rec communities before and really didn't enjoy them too much. They tend to pander toward a certain pairing or author and will post a rec to a fic for that purpose only.

My lj is not a fic rec community, but for all intents and purposes that's what it has become. Except I'm the only one posting, so the fics I rec are skewed totally towards what I like. XD If it works for other people, that's great. But I never post a rec to something just because it's pairing A/B or author X.

Originally it was just a way for me to keep track of my favorite fics, so that I could find them quickly and go back to them (I'm an obsessive/compulsive fic re-reader!). It's kind of gotten out of hand now, though, to the point where the personal posts are the rarity. But it's fun and it keeps me off the streets and out of trouble. XD

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you, then! A blast from the past. I was rifling my lj archives trying to find where I had recced it. =D

[incandescens]

I apologise. Sometimes I friend communities that . . . don't necessarily throw up gems.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Good heavens, there's no need to apologise. One friends communities from curiosity and convenience, and if other people don't like what's there, well, DLDR has never been more applicable than there. 'It's not *for* you,' as they say.

And on another note, I love the Suggestion of Something Else picture quite considerably. When my scanner and I are again speaking to each other I shall display it to the world. Thank you very much!

[incandescens]

A pleasure! I'm very glad that you like it. It just really did suggest to me something not quite human looking out through the eyes and posture.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

The community in question doesn't deal with a single fandom even, so it's not a question of narrowness. But someone's own fic-rec blog is a different kettle of fish anyway. Consistent-- if your tastes agree with theirs it's a gold mine; even if they don't it can be useful. Anything paleaswater likes is 98% sure to interest me; anything Certain Unnamed Person likes will make me break out in hives, so I know to avoid those writers.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Ahh so I see.

^_^ its because I am not keen on Harry Potter . Saw the first film and that's about it! Har.Probably one of few who was dare I say it with no fear of being lynched? not impressed by it. I think I did pick up a book once out of curiousity, looked at a few pages and then put it back.