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Dec. 5th, 2004 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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...
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 (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
--> Sam Vimes has been Niffled three times already, which is the limit.
The Best Revenge by Scattered Logic (
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
--> 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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Date: 2004-12-05 07:53 pm (UTC)Thanks for the Niffler list, looks like there's quite a bit of good reading to be had from it!
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Date: 2004-12-05 08:13 pm (UTC)Ein paar Kilometer ausserhalb von Stuttgart :).
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Date: 2004-12-05 08:26 pm (UTC)I win!
Date: 2004-12-05 08:39 pm (UTC)Same good taste. Same good writing. same liking for dark fics. Same geographical location.
I rest my case!
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Date: 2004-12-05 08:56 pm (UTC)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?
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:10 pm (UTC)*amused and trying not to be too curious*
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:20 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:31 pm (UTC)Meaning we're actually secretly
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.
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:34 pm (UTC)Last time I looked,
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Date: 2004-12-06 07:50 am (UTC)Re: I win!
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:31 pm (UTC)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!
Date: 2004-12-05 11:39 pm (UTC)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*)
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:54 pm (UTC)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. ;)
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:48 pm (UTC)Re: I win!
Date: 2004-12-06 12:03 am (UTC)I was just about to run off and friend you as this comment came up! So no, of course not!
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:27 pm (UTC)I was just going to point that out. Does that convince?
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:37 pm (UTC)Now you've got me wondering what a fluffy!Hijja alter ego would look like.
*ducks*
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:42 pm (UTC)*growl*
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Date: 2004-12-06 05:45 pm (UTC)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.
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Date: 2004-12-05 09:17 pm (UTC)Maybe you are me?
*slinks away, confused*
(I'm sure you are cool really!)
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Date: 2004-12-05 11:33 pm (UTC)It kind of defeats your logic, doesn't it? *g*
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