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tipgardner. He's a bloke from South Ken, and a very nice one at that. He has a decided knack for short fiction: drabbles, ficlets, poetry, etc, and he has several pairings to choose from, but because I am so amorous about H/D, I am going to focus on his fic in that pairing. It's a rare writer who can portray so much in such a short space as a drabble or ficlet affords, yet Tip always manages to sweep me away with his strings of sentences and fantastic imagery.
The Tipgardner List.
(No disclaimers here. Check Tip's disclaimers per story)
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Sex in Your Violence
H/D, rated R
There are ways to win, and then there are ways to win. This triple drabble is a great example of the fairytale's grace Tip's writing has: delicate, almost dreamy, as if one is being told a story on the edge of sleep. It flows smoother than silk from one part to the next, and the ending... killer.
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The Chamber of Secrets
H/D, rated PG with underlying harder themes.
The ultimate moment comes in a haze of half-knowns for Harry. Oh, this one is lovely because everyone knows what is being discussed here, yet it remains so gracefully oblivious to itself, so absorbed in the existential moment. Different than the writing style I often associate with Tip's, and equally lovely.
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"It's Not What You Think!"
H/D, rated PG-13
Harry's got a problem in the eyes of his friends. This one lingers around the edge between darkness and light, and threatens to spill over either way time and time again. Dreaminess again, accompanied by a certain uneasy comfort with the material.
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The Despair of Hope
H/D, rated R
Perhaps there is a time when defeat and death only matter as much as life does. Easily the saddest fic I have read of Tip's, and the marvelous thing is, you don't know exactly which area of emotion you are dealing with until the end. Again, I feel like I am listening to a lilting storyteller here, being taken for a swooping and multi-sensory ride.
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To See a Star Clearly
Draco-centric, rated PG
The drum. This is the pervading image, a slow steady beat in one's ear as one reads. It's there from start to finish, like an oppressive sinister heartbeat pulsing blood through the veins of the fic. I am reminded of the death drumming from a Black Plague era novel. The approach of something unknown, and feared because of that vague darkness. Draco here has the feel of one who is passing the hours of waiting by trying to settle himself into a less confusing time, when everything was clear and the drumbeat went unnoticed.
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Draco Aside
H/D, rated R (link gets you to all three chapters)
Draco's dealing with some new emotional attachments for a certain someone and fighting them as well as he is able. One of Tip's longer fics, and WIP as far as I know. I love Draco in this: Tip addresses the most prominent part of Draco's personality with grace and a certain amount of contemplation -- his spoiled selfishness. No apologies here for our darling of Slytherin, for which I am very glad.
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Reunions Will Do That To You Part 1 (no pairing) ~~ Part 2 (H/D)
Rated G
On Harry Potter's To-Do list for today: revisit friends and attempt to be sociable. I love this gentle portrayal of Harry's journey back into the living twenty years after the conclusion of the war. He is so regretful, yet so afraid... and his realization during these two fics come directly from the heart in so many ways. In a sense, he learns to live again.
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And last but not least, I leave you with this joyful drabble-response to a titillating story by Opiumcoffeebean...
So Many Words, So Little Time... (my title)
H/D, absolutely-positively-no-questions-asked rated NC-17
All I can say is... I laughed my ASS off.
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So those are my picks from the Tipgardner list! If you want to read more of his stuff, go HERE and enjoy yourself thoroughly.
It's Celebrate Tipgardner Day on Ru's journal!
Haven't done one of these in a while, what with school, but I must doff my hat to
tipgardner. He's a bloke from South Ken, and a very nice one at that. He has a decided knack for short fiction: drabbles, ficlets, poetry, etc, and he has several pairings to choose from, but because I am so amorous about H/D, I am going to focus on his fic in that pairing. It's a rare writer who can portray so much in such a short space as a drabble or ficlet affords, yet Tip always manages to sweep me away with his strings of sentences and fantastic imagery.The Tipgardner List.
(No disclaimers here. Check Tip's disclaimers per story)
...
Sex in Your Violence
H/D, rated R
There are ways to win, and then there are ways to win. This triple drabble is a great example of the fairytale's grace Tip's writing has: delicate, almost dreamy, as if one is being told a story on the edge of sleep. It flows smoother than silk from one part to the next, and the ending... killer.
...
The Chamber of Secrets
H/D, rated PG with underlying harder themes.
The ultimate moment comes in a haze of half-knowns for Harry. Oh, this one is lovely because everyone knows what is being discussed here, yet it remains so gracefully oblivious to itself, so absorbed in the existential moment. Different than the writing style I often associate with Tip's, and equally lovely.
...
"It's Not What You Think!"
H/D, rated PG-13
Harry's got a problem in the eyes of his friends. This one lingers around the edge between darkness and light, and threatens to spill over either way time and time again. Dreaminess again, accompanied by a certain uneasy comfort with the material.
...
The Despair of Hope
H/D, rated R
Perhaps there is a time when defeat and death only matter as much as life does. Easily the saddest fic I have read of Tip's, and the marvelous thing is, you don't know exactly which area of emotion you are dealing with until the end. Again, I feel like I am listening to a lilting storyteller here, being taken for a swooping and multi-sensory ride.
...
To See a Star Clearly
Draco-centric, rated PG
The drum. This is the pervading image, a slow steady beat in one's ear as one reads. It's there from start to finish, like an oppressive sinister heartbeat pulsing blood through the veins of the fic. I am reminded of the death drumming from a Black Plague era novel. The approach of something unknown, and feared because of that vague darkness. Draco here has the feel of one who is passing the hours of waiting by trying to settle himself into a less confusing time, when everything was clear and the drumbeat went unnoticed.
...
Draco Aside
H/D, rated R (link gets you to all three chapters)
Draco's dealing with some new emotional attachments for a certain someone and fighting them as well as he is able. One of Tip's longer fics, and WIP as far as I know. I love Draco in this: Tip addresses the most prominent part of Draco's personality with grace and a certain amount of contemplation -- his spoiled selfishness. No apologies here for our darling of Slytherin, for which I am very glad.
...
Reunions Will Do That To You Part 1 (no pairing) ~~ Part 2 (H/D)
Rated G
On Harry Potter's To-Do list for today: revisit friends and attempt to be sociable. I love this gentle portrayal of Harry's journey back into the living twenty years after the conclusion of the war. He is so regretful, yet so afraid... and his realization during these two fics come directly from the heart in so many ways. In a sense, he learns to live again.
...
And last but not least, I leave you with this joyful drabble-response to a titillating story by Opiumcoffeebean...
So Many Words, So Little Time... (my title)
H/D, absolutely-positively-no-questions-asked rated NC-17
All I can say is... I laughed my ASS off.
...
So those are my picks from the Tipgardner list! If you want to read more of his stuff, go HERE and enjoy yourself thoroughly.
It's Celebrate Tipgardner Day on Ru's journal!
