RECS, LJ and fannish squee

Wheee, posting has started for merry_smutmas, harry_holidays, hp_holidaygen, smutty_claus and hd_holidays (and probably others, but these are the ones I'll be trying to follow - emphasis on trying).

Isn't it great! :)

This year, I'll be hampered by not being able to access LJ at work (even less so when I fly home in late December), but I'll struggletry to keep up and do recs.

Speaking of recs... Two utterly gorgeous fics so far:

Angels and Ministers of Grace by anonymous [Snape, Harry, gen, PG-13]
Snape survives the war, but ends up in hospital. Harry comes to visit. Sounds unexciting? Just go and read it. It's one of the most intense, heart-wrenching stories I've seen in ages, with Snape so canonical (and bitter) it hurts, and graced by the most *amazing* writing.

Let Go by anonymous [Harry/Draco, R]
Summary: There was a logical explanation for what happened between Harry and Malfoy: adolescent insanity. Not their own, though—their children's.
If post-DH fic on the whole turns out as gorgeous as this, I'll make my peace with the Epiloge o'Doom yet! Funny as all get out, hot as heck, and the characterisation (especially of the next generation) is just shiny. And no, I'm not usually a sucker for kids-of-our-heroes fic!

Um, yes... am I happy that LJ has been sold to a Russian company who's apparently thick with the infernal Mr Putin, especially right after a rigged election? You guess. As much as I'm happy to be rid of 6A, this isn't necessarily a positive development, especially not for fandom in terms of possibilities of being censored/dictated to. We're talking experts in this respect here...

*huggles her IJ closer*