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[kennahijja]

There was a minor earthquake last night around 3am, which shook the computer and scared the cat quite a bit.

My Niffler term is at an end, which is a good thing because it's been quite a bit of work, and a bad thing because it was great fun. Although I was slow at the beginning, I managed to finish with 16 recs for four months, one per week, *phew*.
Did a table with a breakdown according to characters and genres and so on, should anybody be interested:

Title -- Author -- Rating -- Protagonist(s) -- Genre

The Five Steps -- ari -- PG -- Harry, Remus -- gen
Blood Will Tell -- Harloprillalar -- R -- Sirius/Lucius -- slash
A Half a Conquest -- Arkady -- R -- Tom/Albus -- slash
Fantastic Beasts: a Book Review -- Mary Borsellino -- PG -- Sirius -- gen
Fractured Triangle -- Fyre -- R -- Hermione/Lucius, trio -- het
Over Tea -- Dementordelta -- R -- Harry/Snape, Minerva -- slash
Take Up Serpents -- Rusalka -- PG-13 -- Tom -- gen
Welcome to the Dollhouse -- Lilith Morgana -- R -- Snape -- gen
Surprise -- Xandria -- R -- Harry/Lucius -- slash
Blood Magic -- GatewayGirl -- -- R -- Harry, Snape -- gen/het/slash
Midnight Conversations -- Thistlerose -- R -- MWPP, Lily -- slash/het
Out of the Bag -- Bernice Russell -- G -- Snape, Minerva -- gen
Once Upon a Time, in Egypt -- Josan -- PG-13 -- Snape, Bill -- gen
Fidelius/Secret Keeper -- tradescant -- R -- Harry/Snape -- slash
World's End -- bruno -- PG-13 -- Voldemort, Snape -- gen
To Serve a Purpose -- Dark Twin -- R -- Remus/Sirius -- slash

I knew three of the authors I niffled, got to know three more after stumbling over the fic niffled, exchanged a review with another, and don't know the other nine.
Seven Snapefics out of 16 was *definitely* too much, but there suddenly seemed to be far too many good ones floating around...
Nine angst fics and ten R-Ratings is a lot, too, but heck, that's my kind of thing.
I'm proud of reccing as many gen as slash fics, and really should have looked into more het!
And I feel kind of guilty for not Niffling even one H/D fic, and nothing at all Draco-centric, but that's perhaps only fair after doing a H/D overkill in my first Niffler term...


Oh, and there were two stories that broke my heart because I could *not* Niffle them:

Stealing Harry by Sam Vimes (copperbadge) [Sirius/Remus bringing up young Harry, R]
--> Sam Vimes has been Niffled three times already, which is the limit.

The Best Revenge by Scattered Logic (scatteredlogic) [Lucius/Hermione, NC-17]
--> NC-17 rating (while I agree with that restriction, the story itself is less racy than a lot I've seen under a R-Rating, which made it painful to pass up...

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[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

If you felt the earthquake where you live, it can't be too far from the place where I live, because the teapot on my table rattled mightily, too. :)


Thanks for the Niffler list, looks like there's quite a bit of good reading to be had from it!

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

If you felt the earthquake where you live, it can't be too far from the place where I live, because the teapot on my table rattled mightily, too. :)

Ein paar Kilometer ausserhalb von Stuttgart :).

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Check your e-mail. :)

I win!

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

OK. the_dark_twin, you have said that you are an alter ego. You and kennahijja are one and the same and I claim my prize.

Same good taste. Same good writing. same liking for dark fics. Same geographical location.

I rest my case!

Re: I win!

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

LOL! Sorry, LN, but that case still remains to be solved. I think Hijja and I are as astonished about the many parallels as you are! (Maybe it's the climate in our corner of the world, or something.)

And honestly: How sad would it be to Niffle your own fic??? Thank you for suggesting that I'd do something like that. ;)

But really, this is odd - how can we make you believe we're not the same person?

OK, Hijja has a cat. And I have a cat hair allergy. *sneeze* See? Doesn't fit. Umm... what else... Hijja sometimes writes HP/DM, which is a concept that irritates me... besides, Hijja is probably a really cool person altogether, so there's something else that doesn't fit.

Convinced?

Re: I win!

[chthonya]

But isn't the_dark_twin's alter ego supposed to write family-friendly fic? If Hijja's writing falls into that category, your family is rather less censorous than mine! ;)

*amused and trying not to be too curious*

Re: I win!

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

... and possibly rather less friendly, too, if Hijja's writing is family-friendly :) (But there's always The Art of Wool!)

Hmm. Yes. If you were a superhero, your secret mutant power would definitely be faultless logic! (Or maybe it's a double bluff by the hijja/dark_twin entity??)

I agree with you about the trying not to be too curious bit, as well - don't really want to pry into someone's secrets. My only regret is that, since I don't seem to read much family friendly fic (!), I know I've probably missed a very good author somewhere. Or maybe I haven't and just don't know it, which is a nice thought.

Re: I win!

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

(Or maybe it's a double bluff by the hijja/dark_twin entity??)

Meaning we're actually secretly chthonya, too? Argh. Too much honour! Where would a single entity get the time to produce so much fanfic?


I don't seem to read much family friendly fic (!)

Well that's your problem, not mine.

DT falls over laughing about the whole affair.


Ahem. Seriously,

Or maybe I haven't and just don't know it, which is a nice thought.

Maybe one day I'll be brave enough to tell you.

Re: I win!

[chthonya]

LOL

Last time I looked, kennahijja and I were definitely not the same person. How could a single entity consume so much Magenbrot?

Re: I win!

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

Ok, can I ask? What's Magenbrot? I get the 'brot' bit!

Re: I win!

[chthonya]

(Or maybe it's a double bluff by the hijja/dark_twin entity??)

So, we've both been betaing for the same person?


I agree with you about the trying not to be too curious bit, as well - don't really want to pry into someone's secrets. My only regret is that, since I don't seem to read much family friendly fic (!), I know I've probably missed a very good author somewhere.

Likewise. :)

Re: I win!

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

So, we've both been betaing for the same person?

Writing style, that's the only hint you get. :) I don't change my writing style, no matter under what name I write. I wouldn't know how.


And by the way, Chthonia, if I remember correctly you have no reason for that sort of regret. ;)

(Now I *am* driving you crazy, aren't I? *g*)

Re: I win!

[chthonya]

Hmmm. So all we have to do is find everyone who I've reviewed (and LN hasn't?), eliminate the really dark stuff, and compare writing styles? Hmmm...

More curious than crazy, but happy to restrain that in the interested of respecting privacy.

Ah. Actually, I do have an idea. But I'm paranoid about guessing games so I'll refrain from sharing it. ;)

Re: I win!

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

And while you're thinking, do you mind if I friend you, too? :)

Re: I win!

[chthonya]

*grin*
I was just about to run off and friend you as this comment came up! So no, of course not!

Re: I win!

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

But isn't the_dark_twin's alter ego supposed to write family-friendly fic?

I was just going to point that out. Does that convince?

Re: I win!

[chthonya]

Of course, we only have your word for that. ;)

Now you've got me wondering what a fluffy!Hijja alter ego would look like.
*ducks*

Re: I win!

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

I didn't say FLUFFY, did I!!!

*growl*

Re: I win!

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

Oh, fluffy Hijja! What a wondeful idea... actually, I can't imagine it at all, you know. It wouldn't be right. (Although there is The Art of Wool and The Cat and the Star, both of which are rather nice, and I don't remember anyone betraying and/or killing someone in either of them. Maybe I wasn't reading closely enough?

When other authors take their characters to the top of the Astronomy Tower, I expect a little sweetness and fluff. When Hijja does it, I know someone's going to die.

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

I have a cat allergy. I don't care much for HP/DM. I'm not cool :)

Maybe you are me?

*slinks away, confused*

(I'm sure you are cool really!)

[the-dark-twin.livejournal.com]

*slinks away, confused*

It kind of defeats your logic, doesn't it? *g*

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

Most things do, I find!

[chthonya]

Too much physics will do that to a brain. ;)

[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

You sound like an expert? :)

[chthonya]

Far from an expert in physics, though the University authorities did see fit to award me my BSc. It stretched my brain though - trying to achieve an intuitive understanding of inverse negative k-space (or whatever the heck it was), altered my concept of 'logic' irrevocably. :)