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Sep. 13th, 2005 09:57 amRec day! My choice for today is... FIRE ELEMENTAL. It's Celebrate Fire day!
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fireelemental79: She's my boo. Oh lordy, is she ever. I can trace it back to that semester when we had EVERY. DAMN. CLASS. TOGETHER. So we figured, why fight what's meant to be? ^_^ The girl can write. She's got the training; I should know, I saw her get it. She's got a morbid, dirty gutter-streak a mile wide, and she interprets things so differently from what I expect her to do that she always surprises me. Fire's style is unique, with a dash of the snark she's known for and a dollop of the devilish sense of humor I have come to love. She takes Draco and Harry and just... plays with them to her heart's content (and ours), and what results from it all is a sometimes extremely giggly, sometimes very frightening, but always guh-worthy read.
So. The Fire-list.
(Not disclaiming. Check out Fire's notes on her stories.)
I shall start you off with the cream of the crop, His Last Days
H/D, R so far (WIP, 15 chs.)
Harry has been captured by the last person he ever wanted to see again. But dark cells and unseen cellmates have a way of making the ghosts come out. This story, though begun before HBP, actually fits the new canon so well my jawed dropped after finishing the new book. Fire's talent for the macabre is at its height here. A lyrical, eerie look at what wartime does to people. Draco is frightening and wraithlike, Harry is dreamless but dreaming, and the suffering is handled deftly and unapologetically. Disturbing, beautiful.
...
Once Upon a Prophylactic
H/D, R
Draco must face up to life as a Muggle, even if it's only for a week. But what a hard week! If the title doesn't get you to read this fic, then nothing I can say here will. Absolutely hilarious. This was Fire's entry in my Safe Sex Challenge. A prime example of how her Draco wiggles his way into your heart forever. And Harry is nicely sweet and petulantly stubborn. Watch for the making-new-friends-in-the-store scene.
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Broomsticks and Bobbing Knobs and the sequel, Yippi-Ki-Ay, Says the Blond-Haired Cowboy
Both H/D, both NC-17
A Quidditch accident and a handy new interest in photography lead to dirty things for Harry and Draco. Broomsticks was the first H/D Fire ever wrote, and she entered the fandom with a delightful -- and HAWT -- salute to smut. The first example of her new term "Pornady," these fics are deliciously full of Draco's snark and Harry's craftiness. Or... is it Harry's snark and Draco's craftiness? At any rate, leather chaps, Muggle toys, and the lurvely Creeveys make a memorable appearance.
...
In preparation for Halloween, I must send you here as well:
The Horror Nigh and Survival Strategies
Original fiction, R and PG-13 respectively
I had the marvelous chance to be a part of her editing process for these two in school. The first is a very twisted fairytale, the second a stunningly claustrophobic look at having too much on your mind while taking a horror films class. If you have read any of the original old fairytales or seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, you will love these. Neil Gaiman's influence here, as well as horror theory and a wicked talent for storytelling. Take a look.
...
If you desire more of Teh Fire, the rest of her fics are HERE, at her website, or read her Eros Affair entry. It's Celebrate Fire Day on Ru's journal!
fireelemental79: She's my boo. Oh lordy, is she ever. I can trace it back to that semester when we had EVERY. DAMN. CLASS. TOGETHER. So we figured, why fight what's meant to be? ^_^ The girl can write. She's got the training; I should know, I saw her get it. She's got a morbid, dirty gutter-streak a mile wide, and she interprets things so differently from what I expect her to do that she always surprises me. Fire's style is unique, with a dash of the snark she's known for and a dollop of the devilish sense of humor I have come to love. She takes Draco and Harry and just... plays with them to her heart's content (and ours), and what results from it all is a sometimes extremely giggly, sometimes very frightening, but always guh-worthy read.So. The Fire-list.
(Not disclaiming. Check out Fire's notes on her stories.)
I shall start you off with the cream of the crop, His Last Days
H/D, R so far (WIP, 15 chs.)
Harry has been captured by the last person he ever wanted to see again. But dark cells and unseen cellmates have a way of making the ghosts come out. This story, though begun before HBP, actually fits the new canon so well my jawed dropped after finishing the new book. Fire's talent for the macabre is at its height here. A lyrical, eerie look at what wartime does to people. Draco is frightening and wraithlike, Harry is dreamless but dreaming, and the suffering is handled deftly and unapologetically. Disturbing, beautiful.
...
Once Upon a Prophylactic
H/D, R
Draco must face up to life as a Muggle, even if it's only for a week. But what a hard week! If the title doesn't get you to read this fic, then nothing I can say here will. Absolutely hilarious. This was Fire's entry in my Safe Sex Challenge. A prime example of how her Draco wiggles his way into your heart forever. And Harry is nicely sweet and petulantly stubborn. Watch for the making-new-friends-in-the-store scene.
...
Broomsticks and Bobbing Knobs and the sequel, Yippi-Ki-Ay, Says the Blond-Haired Cowboy
Both H/D, both NC-17
A Quidditch accident and a handy new interest in photography lead to dirty things for Harry and Draco. Broomsticks was the first H/D Fire ever wrote, and she entered the fandom with a delightful -- and HAWT -- salute to smut. The first example of her new term "Pornady," these fics are deliciously full of Draco's snark and Harry's craftiness. Or... is it Harry's snark and Draco's craftiness? At any rate, leather chaps, Muggle toys, and the lurvely Creeveys make a memorable appearance.
...
In preparation for Halloween, I must send you here as well:
The Horror Nigh and Survival Strategies
Original fiction, R and PG-13 respectively
I had the marvelous chance to be a part of her editing process for these two in school. The first is a very twisted fairytale, the second a stunningly claustrophobic look at having too much on your mind while taking a horror films class. If you have read any of the original old fairytales or seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, you will love these. Neil Gaiman's influence here, as well as horror theory and a wicked talent for storytelling. Take a look.
...
If you desire more of Teh Fire, the rest of her fics are HERE, at her website, or read her Eros Affair entry. It's Celebrate Fire Day on Ru's journal!
