How do you decide to invest in a fic with 200k+ words?
For me (with Drarry), I look for the first kiss scene. And it works 99% of the time. If that first kiss scene doesn't hit the spot, I just can't justify getting emotionally invested.
Just something that crossed my mind, if someone wants to discuss it 😄
My favorite part of Temptations on The Warfront is early on >!when Draco breaks down over his mother's death!< and harry feels protective and it's basically when his feelings start to grow.
Any recs in this department? I'm a sucker for 100k+ fics!
This is more related to Fics with 100k+ words, not one shots or smut heavy fics.
I've read some AMAZING fics, with world building that most published authors could never even dream of, with characterizations so real it physically hurt to read, with prose so freaking good it makes you wonder if you can actually be attracted to a piece of writing... you get my point.
Yet, even in most of those fics, the Drarry relationship is never convincing. Yes yes, you ''love him'', but why?? What exactly do you love about him?? What makes you keep loving him?? What is it about him that makes your life better, besides the sex?
I've read, like many of us, millions of words about these two characters, and at least half of them were beautiful pieces of fiction, and yet I could probably only name 1 or 2 where the relationship actually made sense. In many of them I even start hoping they break up because they, at best, tolerate each other.
And yes, I do realize I could stop reading when it stops making sense, but damn, some of them are so good it makes me believe there'll be emotional payoff...
(edit: grammar)
I'm trying really hard to be respectful! I'm talking about Fics that for some reason didn't really crack your top 10, but which had a detail that stuck with you! Complete outliers really.
For me it was these 2:
- A Secondary Education:
best first kiss ever written in the whole universe, including all planets and civilizations in the cosmos. Holy sh....!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16223264?view_full_work=true
- See Me File My Teeth:
Neville/Luna... just that really! I enjoyed their dynamic so much, I actually went looking for Fics about them (there aren't any).
https://archiveofourown.org/works/77263871?view_full_work=true
Although I'm almost the same age as the actors, I actually didn't get into HP until my 20s.
Nowadays popular fan fiction pairings get so loud (love it) that the actors/interviewers actually acknowledge it (think Byler!).
I know Wolfstar was big, specially with book fans, but I'm interested in hearing about Drarry in relation to the movie fans specifically!
I've read (completely) Temptations on the Warfront, Reparations/Foundations and All Life is Yours to Miss, and here are my preferences, if you guys can help me:
- Good writing (world building, characterization, purpose, fluency...)
- Realistic relationship progression (not looking for ''actually I'm gay and you're hot so why not'') (the thing I didn't enjoy as much about All Life)
- Mature Draco, accepts his past and tries to do better (I LOVED Foundations, every time the author reminded us of the pulled up sleeves I melted a bit)
I can get past the good writing if the relationship actually feels logical, so probably no one shots, more like 100k+
I was thinking about going through all the Saras_Girl stuff, because it's peak writing, but I can see that his characterizations vary with each story, All Life's Draco was the absolute opposite of Foundations!
Thaaaaanks