Had to grin at this. "Blood Will Tell" has to be one of the more... extreme fics on the entire Niffle list. :) But IMO its true brilliance comes towards the end, should you be able to face it again.
Anyhow, I know you were asking Hijja and not me, but what the heck, you're free to ignore this! When you say you're not into 'too much blood' are you referring to explicit descriptions or general character torture? Assuming the former (and trying to avoid too much of the latter) my suggested starting points would be:
So you want to go to Hogwarts? The Art of War Tales From the Brute Squad To Serve in Hell Go Gentle Somewhat Lighter Sympathy
Not because these are the 'best' (I wouldn't presume to make such a judgement) or even my favourites, but because there's a mix of old and new there, and I think that taken together they represent a range of Hijja's subject matter, PoV, inventiveness, attention to detail and writing style. If you want to jump right in at the dark end, try 'Trinity'; I'll leave you the pleasure of discovering the other gems of genius for yourself. :)
Oh, and Hijja (once you rejoin the party ;) - please feel free to jump on me if you think my suggestions are out of order (in any sense). I just thought that sometimes it's easier to come up with a list (especially of one's own fics) when one has something to disagree with. ;)
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Re: I win!
Date: 2004-12-07 02:49 am (UTC)Anyhow, I know you were asking Hijja and not me, but what the heck, you're free to ignore this! When you say you're not into 'too much blood' are you referring to explicit descriptions or general character torture? Assuming the former (and trying to avoid too much of the latter) my suggested starting points would be:
So you want to go to Hogwarts?
The Art of War
Tales From the Brute Squad
To Serve in Hell
Go Gentle
Somewhat Lighter Sympathy
Not because these are the 'best' (I wouldn't presume to make such a judgement) or even my favourites, but because there's a mix of old and new there, and I think that taken together they represent a range of Hijja's subject matter, PoV, inventiveness, attention to detail and writing style. If you want to jump right in at the dark end, try 'Trinity'; I'll leave you the pleasure of discovering the other gems of genius for yourself. :)
Oh, and Hijja (once you rejoin the party ;) - please feel free to jump on me if you think my suggestions are out of order (in any sense). I just thought that sometimes it's easier to come up with a list (especially of one's own fics) when one has something to disagree with. ;)