HP Recs

I'm still terribly behind in reading at hd_holidays. But I did manage to get one last 56k fic in before reveals and it was a fabulous read.

The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by anon @ hd_holidays Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry Potter is an Unspeakable. Draco Malfoy is the wizard who shagged him. Adventure! Intrigue! Secret identities, celebrities, spies! It's all right here, folks.
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 56,000

There have been a ton of recs for this, long beautiful recs that I can’t hope to match. But just in case you haven’t seen any of them, or need to see one more, I’ll add my two cents. First, I loved the writing of this fic. It had great pacing and charming style that made for an easy read. Second, the sex was hot like burning. And third, the fic has such an interesting take on Unspeakables, and this whole concept of assuming another identity through polyjuice. I love the idea of not just using polyjuice for occasional disguises, but using it to create a single different identity over a long period of time to ensure your own identity is kept secret. That concept is a key element through the entire fic and it felt fresh and really worked for me.

Also... I'm reccing H/D at crack_broom this month! \o/

Merlin Recs

I'm still poking away at merlin_holidays...

Bound to Serve by piscaria Merlin/Arthur [NC-17] (12k)
Summary: When he accidentally reveals himself to be a Dragonlord, Merlin is drafted into the service of Camelot’s Royal Dragon Force.

This is a fascinating AU. It’s modern day warfare with dragons! Merlin as a pacifist and Arthur as a war general was a lovely match. I felt it set up a really compelling AU.

And waltzing_mice recced this yesterday and I adore it:
Colin by ~sundogsbarking

Kinkspiration - Round 4: Underage

Round 4 Challenge:
Kink: Underage (with or without age disparity)
Posting date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Any fandom, any pairing.
Both Fic and Art are welcome.

About the Kink:
Underage has a very broad definition and age of consent is different for each country, but for this round we are going to require that at least one character in a romantic relationship be under the age of 18. Age Disparity refers to a relationship between characters with a significant difference in age. This round accepts underage kink with or without age disparity. Which means we are looking for underage character A in a sexual situation: by himself, with another underage character, with a character slightly older, or with a character much older.


Related kinks/themes include: first time and sexual discovery, coercion/manipulation with age disparity, Dec/May romance, teacher/student, school-age fumblings, crushes/seducing best friend’s parents, slave/hooker fics, incest, sibling-cest.

This “kink” is by no means restricted to the sexual spectrum. Give us your rated Gs and SFWs - as long as it fits the theme, it’s welcome.

Please include appropriate age warnings in your fic/art as a year or two difference in a character’s age is the line between a kink and a squick for many people.

You don’t need to sign up/tell us you are writing/tell us you lost your muse. This is all very casual. We just want a MORE OF THIS KINK. But part of the point of all this is to post all these fics on the same day. If you are late, we understand. But we are aiming to be flooded with underage fic/art for a day.

After the fics are posted, we’ll issue the next challenge with a new kink.

ETA: if you are looking for a little inspiration, hermette's got a post for dreaming up ideas.... Everyone is welcome to hang out there and share pervy ideas.

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I'm trying to go through and make sure I comment on every hd_holidays fic/art I've read/looked at in that last 6 weeks. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which I've already commented on and so many have multiple pages of comments... so...

If I comment twice, I'm sorry. /o\