I've got a little list!

• OK, late to the party as usual, but weighing in on the Diana Gabaldon thingy...
  
  Does anyone remember when Anne Rice went all strainy with her Dickensian principles (whatever the hell that was supposed to mean)? I think the best reaction I read to that came from Neil Gaiman: "I think Anne Rice going on Amazon and lambasting her critics was undoubtedly a very brave and satisfying thing for her to do, was every bit as sensible as kicking a tar baby, and, if ever I do something like that, please shoot me."
  
  I actually think Gabaldon has every right to feel how she feels, and to tell her readers, "Please do not fanfic my stuff. If you do and I find out, I will sic my lawyers on you."
  
  Simple, concise, and to the point, covering her copyrighted heinie, avoiding calling her fans rapists and thieves, and possibly less likely to make her look like a complete and utter tool.
  
  
• Speaking of looking like a tool, someone on my flist linked to this, and I swear I nearly peed laughing. Things That Can Make You Feel LIke An Idiot Almost Instantly. I ::heart:: my flist. So, so much.
  
  
• HP Weekend Fics! It's a community for fics 25,000 words or more! OMFG ::dies of happy::
  
  
• Ah yes, I also come with fic recs!
  
  The Leaves Talked in the Twilight, for hds_beltane, H/D, R
  Warnings: mpreg, angst.
  Word count: 24,000ish
  Summary: Just when you think you've stumbled into the wrong magic ritual...
  
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• Endurance of Life, also for for hds_beltane, Harry/Draco, past Harry/Ginny, R
  Warnings: Vampires, blood-drinking, sex, some angst. This is non-linear and shifts its tenses between scenes, but hopefully won’t be too hard to figure out.
  Word count: 14,700
  Summary: Harry was hit with a curse that the Healers were helpless to stop. Now, on Beltane evening, Harry is ready to admit that Draco was right about the treatment for his condition all along.
  Excerpt: "You sound as though you want to be cursed or turned yourself, Malfoy. Why don’t you go out and get that done?"
  
  "As a comeback, that’s weak," Draco said. "Besides, you see how pale I already am. Undeath would render me too pale to be attractive."
  
  
• The Green Year, by lomonaaeren, Harry/Draco, PG
  Warnings: Profanity, some angst.
  Summary: Draco’s private Beltane ritual may not be so private after all.
  Wordcount: 4000
  Author’s Notes: This is the second in what I’m calling the Seasonal Processions series, a set of one-shots taking place on the pagan holidays. It may make more sense to read Equinoctial, the story set on the vernal equinox, first, although this one probably stands alone well enough.
  My note: Yes, it does. I didn't read Equinoctial after The Green Year, and it stood on its own very well :)
  Also, although this is Beltane-themed, it is not part of hds_beltane.
  
  
• Haven't seen anything like this before, and am now really wondering why not: Who is Canon!Harry?
  
  frayach did a poll, then summed it all up, re. what most of us think canon!Harry is like. Not fanon, not the Harry he would've been if JKR had let him out of his metaphorical closet instead of just his literal one: pure from-the-source Harry Potter.
  
  I swear this should be done with more characters. It's a terrific chance to touch base with what we're all supposedly writing about, yes? And while I adore stories in which our heroes depart from canon (pretty much every Harry/Draco ever written) it's good to remind ourselves of our supposed starting point. If only so that we can think of clever ways around it :)
  
  Anybody taking on canon!Draco? 'Cause if nobody else will do it, and it hasn't been done before, I will :)

Writer's Block: Sheldon and Penny 4ever! (And a request for help)

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Dude, that totally depends on who's writing it.

Also, who are Sheldon and Penny? ::is clueless::

OK, so, I posted last night that frayach had done a really cool survey, Who Is Canon!Harry. And I linked to it. I also wanted to link to her new story, Inevitable, despite not having read it, because I'd heard it's awesome. Then I decided linking to something I'd never read (and never would) was really not on, and dropped that idea.

...and ended up linking to it anyway, thinking I was linking to Canon!Harry. ::facepalm::

( Re the story )

So, mea culpa, and I'm pretty sure the links above are good. Please let me know if they're not.

Anyway, back to Canon!Harry. I was hoping to do the same thing for Draco that frayach did for Harry: ask a bunch of questions re. what you believe is canon about Draco, then post the results. Eg, would Draco be "reformed" after the war? Would he marry for love, or political advantage? Would he get a job, or live off his family's wealth? Would he be a good father? Is he brave?

Here's where I ask for help:

• If this is already being done by someone else, could you point me in their direction? 'Cause there no sense reinventing the canon wheel ;)
  
  
• If it's not being done anywhere else to your knowledge, what questions do you think I should include in the survey?