traintracks

Day 2
In your own space, promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them.

I'm going to try to do ones my flist hasn't already done (AO3 and daily_deviant in particular even though they're both fantastic).

hd_tropes -- because it was a really well-run fest that turned out some amazing stuff and also gave me the chance to write a trope I'd been wanting to but had shied away from precisely because it *was* a trope. Kudos to marianna_merlo and kedavranox for running the fest so awesomely. It was a great experience, and I'd love to participate again.

hp_3somes -- because there just needs to be more threesome/moresome fic in the world! Maybe it's because I'm writing a moresome right now that this is coming up for me, but I'm really grateful a comm like this exists for all kinds of HP combinations. And while I'm not sure if they're going to have a fest like last year's, I loved participating in it and would definitely want to do something like that again some time.

quibbler_report -- which consistently reports on great rarepair stories and art in HP fandom. I've read and seen some really great stuff from watching this comm that I would never have come across otherwise. Plus, every time I get recc'd there, I squee a little bit. ;-)

Title: Announcing Your Place in the Family of Things
Author: traintracks
Threesome: Teddy/James/Scorpius
Additional Pairings: James/Scorpius, Teddy/James, (*background Harry/Draco* [highlight to read])
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 15,765
Contains (Highlight to view): *implied infidelity (background), not-quite-incest, dub-con (sort of). I tried to use as many prompts as possible. I managed: first time, falling in love, figuring things out, families, aurors, heavy magic, arguments, walking out, amnesia, running out of time *
Notes: This was written as a gift for tryslora for the hp_3somes gift exchange. Enormous gratitude to my astoundingly awesome beta, sdkshelly and to elrhiarhodan who gave this story love enough to grow into what it is. The title is taken from the Mary Oliver poem, "Wild Geese".
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.

Summary: When an unknown spell gives Teddy amnesia, and he can't remember what his relationship with James Potter ought to feel like, James' boyfriend, Scorpius Malfoy, hatches a plot to finally get James into bed with his secret first love.


( Announcing Your Place in the Family of Things, Part One )

Go to Part Two

First off, kitty_fic is the one who wrote my awesome gift, Dirty Little Secret!

I wrote:

Announcing Your Place in the Family of Things Teddy/James/Scorpius, NC-17, 15,765 words

and

At the Edge of The Crossroads and Leaning Harry/Hermione/Draco, NC-17, 6,750 words

And I'm so incredibly awed and touched by all the amazing comments each story has gotten. Like blown away really. I'll be replying to them (and squeeing) today and tomorrow and such, and then I'll be reposting both stories here in a few days or a week or so.

Also, it is SO COOL to finally see who wrote what, OMG! Y'all are AWESOME!!!

<3

Happy Sunday! Today, three GORGEOUS recs to make your whole week:

The Beginning and the End (and After) by Currently Anon at hd_remix, Harry/Draco (mentions of past Harry/Ginny), R, 3,130 words.

Summary: Harry touched Draco with such familiarity, as if he'd been doing it for years, as if it was nothing—and yet it was everything.

Separately, the boys in this are flawed, in character, brilliant. Poor Draco is confused, angry, in love. Harry, Merlin bless him, fucks up, but his feelings for Draco, when they're together, shine so beautifully -- he gives everything so unselfconsciously. The angst is lovely, the coming together is joyful and hot, and the last two lines are just stellar.


Wicked Game by torino10154, Ron/Lily Luna, canon Ron/Hermione, Lily/OMC implied, NC-17, 2,340 words.

Summary: Harry was left to ponder in silence the depths to which girls would sink to get revenge. ~"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

In a word? HHHHHOMG! I mean this is HOT! This is sweaty, dirty-talking, lewd, fantastic WRONGNESS, and I loved every word! Ron is such a DIRTY old man (but also kind of brainless, and who wouldn't be in this situation, I ask you?) and Lily Luna is Machiavellian and delicious. I've never seen this pairing before, and now Torino's got me hooked. Scorching, this!


Like Heaven by Currently Anon at hp_3somes, Teddy/Albus/James, NC-17, 2,900 words.

Summary: In which a boys' night out turns into a boys' night in and gives James an opportunity the likes of which he's never dreamed. (Except when he has.)

There's really so much to say about this phenomenal little story, that I don't know where to start. The structure of the story itself is artistic, the psychology is smart, the emotions are palpable. Each character brings his own beauty to the table: Teddy is confident, warm, dirty, and loving. Al is shy, mischievous, horny, and adorable. James is conflicted, haunted, sweet, and in love. Together...well, the sex is OFF THE CHARTS HOT, but that's not even what I loved most about this story (and fucking hell did I love that!!!) What I loved the most is that this, as I said in the comments, is a real love story that just happens to be told through porn. I ached for James and Al to be together. I was so grateful to Teddy, even while I wanted to LICK HIS WHOLE BODY, and in the end, my heart ached as much as the rest of me for how gorgeous they all are with one another.

I'll come back to this story again and again.

It's all about the sex today. When is it not?

Push and Pull by Currently Anon, Albus/James/Scorpius/Teddy (in various combinations), 3250 words, NC-17. This posted today over on hp_3somes.

My reasons for reccing are that it's just so fantastically carnal. It hits several of my kinks (sloppy seconds [THIRDS, FTW!!!], incest, secret sex), and whereas the moresome is nearly bullet-proof for me as it is, bad writing can ruin ANY pairing, right? This is not bad writing. This is very good writing. This is hit-your-bunk-right-the-hell-NOW. This is delicious.

Safehouse Secrets by gypsyflame, Ron/Draco; background Ron/Hermione and Harry/Draco, 3,347 words, NC-17. Originally posted for hp_humpdrabbles.

My reasons for reccing are HOMG! The writing itself is masterful. I've never really ever been quite convinced of Ron/Draco. Except for this beautiful thing, which I would qualify as more than background H/D, honestly. It's the canon-ness of the Hermione/Ron, the Harry/Draco, and the Hermione & Harry (and the Firewhiskey) that lends credence to this very plausible (and as it turns out, incredibly HOT) situation. It's rare that I read a fic and then immediately go friend the author. I totally just did that here.

I need a good threesome icon, no? Just imagine someone else of your choice down in the nether regions, all right?

I know that everyone I know already knows about this, but it bares bears repeating that sign-ups are almost over at hp_3somes for the big, awesome fic exchange!

So get yer fanny over and do it!  Why are you waiting?  Are you scared?  I'm scared, too.  But I'm doing it.  Peer pressure!!!!!

Seriously, though.  Do it.

Do it.