Anna Fugazzi

Title: Not About Superheroes (A Private Little War), Chapter 4
(link to Chapter 2)
Universe: Marvel Movies
Characters: Steve/Tony, Clint, Natasha, Bruce
Words: in this chapter, 5106
Rating: R
Warning(s): Dark stuff? And abuse of Academy-award winning movies
Summary: In less than a year, Steve has been brought back from the dead, adapted to a whole new world, plunged right back into battle again, and moved in with a bunch of superheroes. He's handling everything remarkably well. Except when he's not.
Notes: Thanks so much to scrtkpr and NotAllGirlsAreGlass for beta!!

( 4: Tom Jones )

Don't suppose this is gonna mean anything to anybody but me, but hey, it's my lj :)

Anybody remember about a million-jillion years ago I wrote an H/D story where Draco is a choir director in Ireland? I did this thing where I linked to a bunch of choir songs that Draco's choir sings. Most of them were songs that my own choir sang, and some of the files I linked to were recordings of my own choir.

Well, tomorrow is my choir's tenth anniversary concert (and may I say it both pleases and disturbs me deeply to say that I'm a founding member of a choir that is ten freaking years old) and we're singing a bunch of the songs that were mentioned in the fic. And it made me all nostalgic for the fic itself. As well as totally grateful to be part of a choir that sings such beautiful stuff.

Our men's section is currently tiny and... um... not very good. In part because they're so few. But the rest of the choir is sounding better than ever. Our concert tomorrow is going to be gorgeous.

::happy sigh::

In case anybody's interested, here's some links:

• Volunteers (Volunteers Music Page)
  
• Ember to Ember (Ember to Ember Music Page)
  
  And recordings of the Volunteers/Ember to Ember songs we're singing tomorrow:
  
  
• All Too Soon
  
• Pie Jesu (recording of my choir)
  
• Al Schlosha D'Varim
  
  
• Here's another gorgeous song we're singing tomorrow (not from the fics), and this is my choir, singing it:
  Love, Deliver Me

Here's a bonus thing we're not going to be singing tomorrow, but was in the Ember to Ember soundtrack (I think Draco sang it as a lullaby? Possibly?) and totally blew me away when we sang it at our last concert. This is what it sounds like when 200+ people sing with their eyes closed.

I'm serious. We were doing the final rehearsal before the performance, at least seven choirs including a children's choir and a francophone high school choir, and the guest conductor (Stephen Hatfield, OMG) had us all close our eyes as an exercise in "truly listening to each other and blending your voices." It went well, we all opened our eyes, said, "Cool!" and then the conductor said, "You know what? That was so good I think I'm gonna have you do it like that for the concert. You don't need me."

We honestly thought he was joking.

Close-up starting at 54 seconds. I'm guessing the one tenor whose eyes are open was from the high school and didn't get the instructions translated to him, poor guy. I wonder if he spent the whole song waiting for the conductor to come back.

I've... gone and committed fic. In a new fandom. Well, new for me, Ms "Jump on the Bandwagon Three Years Later." It's over on AO3. Where I really need to think about posting the rest of my HP fic.

OK, I don't need to think about posting it... I need to actually post it. It's just that the thought of actually doing it feels me with ennui the likes of which are only surpassed when I contemplate doing cleaning out our pantry.

Title: Not About Superheroes (A Private Little War)
Universe: Marvel Movies
Characters: Steve/Tony, Clint, Natasha, Bruce
Words: in this chapter, 5,987
Rating: R
Warning(s): Dark stuff? And abuse of Academy-award winning movies
Summary: In less than a year, Steve has been brought back from the dead, adapted to a whole new world, plunged right back into battle again, and moved in with a bunch of superheroes. He's handling everything remarkably well. Except when he's not.
Notes: Title taken from Not About Heroes, a drama by by Stephen MacDonald. And, um, a random Star Trek Old Series episode.

Thanks so much to scrtkpr, schemingreader, and tree00faery for beta!!

( 1: The Bridge on the River Kwai )

Chapter 2: Ben-Hur

Wow, no entries in weeks, and all of a sudden, three in a row. Weird.

I've kinda fallen for a new fandom. Avengers. Kinda heavy. As in, devouring fanfic, and even writing some.

So, two requests, for any other Avengers fans out there (and I know you're out there ;)

• Any fic recs? My OTP is Clint/Coulson, but I'm also thrilled to read any good fic (including gen and het) starring Clint, Phil, or Steve, as well as Steve/Tony, Clint/Steve, Steve/Phil... pretty much any combination of Clint, Phil, Steve or Tony. Natasha, Pepper and Bruce are cool too, Thor is OK, Loki frankly creeps me out, and I started to read a slashfic starring Fury and then realized I was only doing so in the same spirit as I once started to read one starring Barty Crouch Sr., and stopped right there.
  
  
• Anyone up for betaing? I'm writing a Steve/Tony, God help me.

Right! Well, I totally forgot to post this year's hd_holidays entry. My recipient was romaine24 (hey, no pressure, I only adore just about everything she writes), and I had a heck of a time with my betas getting clobbered by life just when the thing was due. Thank you so much for the mods, for their infinite patience - both for this fic in particular, and for seven amazing years of hd_holidays.

Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, past Harry/Ginny, Draco/Astoria, past Harry/Draco
Summary: A random curse leaves Harry and Draco forced to work together again. It's quite all right, though; they can be professionals. It'll be a nice change from the last time they worked together.
Rating: R?
Epilogue compliant? Pretty much.
Word Count: ~ 17K
Author's Notes: romaine24, I've never used an actual plot prompt before, but your third one was too cool to pass up. Thanks so much to aquila_star and groolover, for awesome betas :D


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Part 2

So, here's the second batch of fics that were written solely for me at the end of the last hd_holidays. I'm still all verklempft over this. I wasn't that upset at not getting a fic or pic, because considering how huge hd_holidays is, it's a testament to how awesome the mods are that a dozen people don't fall through the cracks. However, going from nothing to an even dozen fics and pics made just for me was just... whoa.

Anyway. Here's the second set of fics and pics. Hope you guys enjoy them as much as I did :) :) :)

• Author: writcraft
  Title: The Mystery of the House-Elf Choral Society
  Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, brief non-explicit reference to Harry/OMC and past Harry/Ginny, Portrait!Snape, Minerva McGonogall, Hermione, Dobby
  Summary: Auror Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts following a strange and seemingly irreversible attack on the new Potions Master, Draco Malfoy. While keeping a petrified Malfoy company, Harry works through his muddle of a personal life and his doubts about his professional career while trying to get to the bottom of the mystery. With only a bottle of expensive Muggle wine and a number of cryptic owls as clues, Harry must get to the bottom of the attack before somebody else is harmed. Who are the mysterious House-Elf Choral Society and why does Malfoy give them money every month?
  Rating: G
  Word Count: ~13,500
  Author's Note: Written in response to the hd_holidays post requesting gifts for annafugazzi. For the purposes of this fic, Dobby survives the war and the story is set four years after the Deathly Hallows. I really enjoyed writing this fic, which grew into something larger than I expected when I started out. Enjoy!
  Comment: Oh wow. This was so awesome - long, plotty, and so full of Harry just reaching out and being adorable in an angsty sort of way and wonderful and... well, OK, not the most awesome Auror in the world, but that's part of the charm! Much as I love BadassAuror!Harry, it's also a thrill to see an alternative :D :D :D
  
  And Draco. ♥♥♥. And Snape! Who I normally don't even like!
  
  And the House-Elf Choral Society!
  
  
• Author: tigersilver
  Title: Dream
  Pairing(s): H/D
  Summary: T'is is another stocking stuffer for annafugazzi, and the reason is simple: I wrote crack for her this morning, and tonight I write 'feeling'. Draco-POV, and can be read as the subtext to 'I was never your enemy'
  Rating: R (barely!)
  Word Count: 700
  Author's Notes: This, darling, is a little bit of what's real, I hope, and this, I hope, is the meat-and-bones of it, and far more satisfying than silly parlour tricks. You deserve the real thing, the heart of it. You've given such heart to us, and no lie, so? No magic....just want, pure and simple. Want, and love. With all best regards, Tiger
  Comments: I couldn't believe tigersilver wrote me two stories! Different as night and day. This one... I can't give it a better comment than a direct quote that just charmed the heck out of me:
  
  Spoilt children have spines, nonetheless; they grow them, and Draco’s is steel, Malfoy steel, thanks so much, and he’s been given—no, he’s taken, as his due, Potter.
  
  
• Author: vampyrerayne
  Title: Ribbons and Rings
  Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Harry/Ginny (in the past) Ron/Hermione (the merest mention), and Pansy/George.
  Summary: Draco Malfoy’s life after the war officially sucks, until the day Pansy Parkinson decides to give him the perfect Christmas gift – one all tied up with a perfect, Slytherin bow.
  Rating: PG-13 (barely)
  Warning(s): M/M (duh), language, and WAFF. I know people don’t normally warn for WAFF…but I don’t normally write WAFF, so it seems apropos.
  Epilogue Compliant?: Nope; this one is EWE.
  Word Count: 4861
  Author's Notes: Written for the lovely AnnaFugazzi, because she didn't get a gift for the HD_Hols fest. <3 Prompts/words I used: Aurors, curse-breaking, humor, owls, and silk ribbons!
  Comments: OK, so I have a soft spot for both George and Pansy, but they weren't even my favourite parts of this story. Poor Draco being post-DH-mopey, yet still so himself, and Harry deciding to be his own person, and Ginny safely out of the way with no bashing in sight, and... and Slytherins give the best Christmas presents :D :D
  
  
• Author: daemoncas5
  Title: The Pooper Conundrum
  Pairing:Harry/Draco
  Summary: In which Scorpius called Harry Pooper, there are job offers, and the boys being oblivious to each other. Just the usual.
  Rating: PG-13
  Warning(s): unbetaed, probably some confusing phrase, and one stolen phrase stolen from saras_girl
  Epilogue Compliant?: EWE
  Word Count: 2890
  Author's Notes: Dear annafugazzi, I'm one of those fans of yours, and very happy to write and draw you little something to express my delight in every fics you wrote! I think this HD -HOLS year is a blessing in disguise for you! [omg look at those arts and fics!] I manage the Auror thing (quite), cliche, and schmoop! Hope you like ♥
  Comments: Kidfic! I love kidfic! And Aurorfic, and friends-who-want-more. This one even comes with illustrations that made me aaawww out loud, which is somewhat embarrassing at a public site ;)
  
  
  
• Author: dysonrules
  Title: Interdepartmental Collaboration
  Pairing: H/D
  Summary: Meetings can be really boring unless you have someone to stare at.
  Rating: PG
  Warning(s): Mean person
  Epilogue Compliant?: LOLWHUT
  Word Count: 1954
  Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy this, annafugazzi, and hopefully it will help to make up for our EPIC FAIL in overlooking you on the Spreadsheet o' Doom. :( Many many snuggles and huggles to my eternally wonderful beta, byaghro, who needs to quit her job and start hunting for a suitable location for the bishie cafe. :D
  Comments: Draco as a defence attorney. As a defence attorney, this makes me swoon right there. Add in Draco being all stoic in the face of prejudice, Harry being all obssessey, and Kingsley being... well, Kingsley, and I'm, like, in love ♥♥♥
  
  
• Author: ms_mindfunk
  Title: Untitled
  Pairing: H/D
  Summary: House points are a very serious matter :) :) :)
  Rating: PG
  Word Count: 438
  Author's Notes: Happy HD Holidays, Anna! You're awesome to be so gracious about the goof, and I've thoroughly enjoyed your stories through the years. As someone who had to drop out and helped create more stress and chaos for the mods, I'd like to give you a little something to help make up for it. Hope you enjoy! :) Very short, totally unbetaed and probably crap, FYI, but written with the best of intentions.
  Comments: No, not crap at all :D :D :D
  
  So about this one... let's just say that Harry and Draco take their, um, jobs very very seriously. Ahem. ::snicker:: ::thumbs up::
  
  And also, Slytherins are still hilariously inventive in the next generation ;)

OK, so, dealing with a bit of shock here, so please excuse any babbling, 'kay?

The final H/D Holidays finished the other day, and it was awesome. The mods did a wonderful job, and I had been awash with angst over my entry but with major help and patience on the part of the mods and my betas, I ended up with something I was fairly pleased with, and my giftee was very sweet in her comments, and the fics and pics reminded me why H/D has such a place in my heart despite by brain currently being populated by a whole lot of Clint Barton/Phil Coulson and Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, and all was well, except for one thing: I didn't get a gift.

Really, it wasn't a huge deal. It's a huuuge fest, and a lot of people drop out, and I didn't mention it to the mods because c'est la vie and all that. I did mention it to twistedm, though, who asked what happened - and it turned out that the mods had about a billion things going on and my gifter dropped out and my gift slipped through the cracks, which, seriously, is not a big deal. Shit happens.

Except that wasn't good enough for the mods. I was profusely apologized to, and offered a replacement gift, and when I said really, it wasn't necessary... well...

I got a post asking for pinch-hitters. And then I got pics. And a fic. And...

I'll, uh, be over there, being all blinky-teary, if you don't mind. Post with links to follow tomorrow.

Third week of fics and art over at the final round of H/D Holidays!

( Big table of holiday cheer )

::blows dust off microphone:: ::tap:: ::tap:: Is this thing on?

So, yeah, suddenly it's not just December: it's almost halfway through December already, and H/D Holidays has been posting its final fest for almost two weeks.

So in the spirit of helping out those who may be just as far behind as I am, here's ( the first week's worth of art and fics :D )