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Team Fanon:

On One's Knees by pir8fancier (NC-17, HP/DM)
Five years after the final battle at Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy has been paroled from Azkaban and works nights as a janitor at The Daily Prophet. Harry Potter, recently married to Ginny Weasley, is training as a Healer at St. Mungo's. One wastebasket=one head injury=our story.

Fantastic story! The opening paragraph...Draco who can only cast a limited number of spells, who works night shifts at the Prophet, who has to check in with Ron, so much love. The replies he wrote instead of Lavender were the best.

Oh, and I love Pansy...her story is so tragic...the way Draco talks about her...
How Draco defines pride! Wow!

Draco's voice in general...so Draco, perfectly in character. I loved all the little details he mentioned about Harry and about his surroundings.

I loved Harry as a healer. This role fits him. He was perfection in this story, he was exhaust and was so thin...it was painful to watch. And the reason why was brilliant and such a Harry thing to do.

And Astoria, wow! I didn't expect something like that, great! I could have read another thousand words of this story and it still would have been too short. I soo didn't want it to be over.

And the end.

( Spoiler )

Really enjoyed it! Thanks soo much!

(Now I want more Harry as a Healer stories like this one!)

Team EWE:

The Arc of the Pendulum by brummell (NC-17, HP/DM)
After his father casts a mysterious curse on Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy is forced to try to make things right.
This story is soo amazing! A werewolf!Harry story...I think this is the first time I read a good one! I soo much loved the idea of this curse and it was so like Harry that he overcame it. Harry is fantastic....you can feel how struggles to remain sane and how Draco helps (in his usual way).
OMG and the sex scene...wow...loved it. Really enjoyed it a lot!

Team Epilogue:

Day of the Dead by _pinkchocolate (NC-17, HP/DM)
On the evening of the anniversary of the war, everything changed.
Wow, fantastic story! I sooo much love the way the author wrote Harry...the way he acts!! This line for example;
"Pretending to be straight didn't really suit me," Harry told Malfoy. "There was no reason for me to keep doing it when neither of us was getting anything out of it."
And Harry had an ultimatum for Draco...sooo great. And Draco actually does it and asks her for divorce. The way Harry interacts with Ginny, really liked it. And love the comments Draco says regarding Ginny, he doesn't like her. Also, really love the cards and that Harry gives them to Draco as a gift in the last part.
Oh, and all the flashbacks between scenes, loved them!


Team EWE:

Beneath Boundless Skies by blamebrampton (R, HP/DM)
The end of one journey is the start of another. No matter how hard it is, nor how long it takes you to make the first step.
Fantastic story! I soo much loved Harry and the way he interacted with others. I really loved it that the story was set directly after the battle and continued from there. It was a perfect mix between sad scenes, humorous ones, witty ones, serious....
Oh, and I really liked Prof. McGonagall...she was really IC. And the funerals...great...and I loved it when Harry arrived at the Burrow...the way he was greeted by Arthur and Molly...the way Ginny acted and George...love him and the speech he held at the funeral.
Draco and Harry together in Australia was fantastic...
And the many OCs the author included...normally it confuses the hell out of me but for some reason it didn't in this story...big compliment...I really don't know how the author managed to do it. I really loved Hannah...
Marvelous story!

Team EWE:

Lamp in the Cooling Room by sansa1970 (R, HP/DM)
Draco and Harry become snared in a trap, but they're not alone. Love guides our path for reasons we can't always understand.
This is such a wonderful story. I just love the way the author writes the little girls POV. She was so real...and I really love the way she interacts with Harry and Draco (calling them Potter and Malfoy!)
I love the characterization of Harry and Draco. At the end when they are both so weak (Harry can't stand up) and they say to her she should go and she doesn't want to but still does...wow...and then she turns around and sees them whispering and leaning against each other...so fantastic!
Oh, and I know that this is an ambiguous ending but I got the feeling that the boys didn't make it.

Team Epilogue:

The Last Voice by malachic (PG-13, HP/DM)
Who knew a single letter could change so much?
The thing about this story is that it has not even 6000 words but you read it and everything fits together, it doesn't feel short at all.
l so much loved the idea that Harry's generation started their own newspaper. I loved it from the first moment. For this idea alone the author should get an award.
This story was all about the relationship between Harry and Draco. It shows us how it can still work after the epilogue. Oh, and I really like their "tradition" even when it is really bad if you think about it.
This is a really wonderful story...Draco's voice...Harry's voice...they complete each other! Beautiful

snarry_games started posting!!! Yeah!!

A Pastoral Interlude by cruisedirector (R, HP/SS)
On an unhappy Christmas Eve in Somerset, Harry finds the last person he expects to see cooking in the kitchen of an inn.
Fantastic story! I just love the way the author uses the next generation. I've never seen it done like that before. Love it. And I really liked the way the author solves the "Snape is dead" problem. Harry is really lovely...still the same we know but matured.

Team Epilogue:

Blind Leading the Blind by nqdonne (NC-17, HP/DM)
Harry catches wise to a series of blind items in the Daily Prophet's gossip pages that sound suspiciously like him. Except no one knows that he's gay, do they?
This story killed me. I didn't want to read it because I read recs for it and thought I wouldn't like it. I was so wrong. I started reading it and then there was Teddy and I was in love. He had the best timing in this story and his reaction!! The sex scene, the letters Draco wrote, mini-Draco...
Harry at the club, Harry in the sex shop, Harry reading the column...and the revelation what this is all about!!
Oh, and I loved the children. James who wants to impress a girl who is a Ravenclaw, awestruck Scorpius,...Ginny as a Quidditch reporter was really interesting, it suited her.
Really fantastic story!


Btw, I'm nearly caught up with all the stories posted, only two more to read! I'm sure that I'm going to fall behind again as soon as the Snarry Games start posting.

Team Epilogue:

Take A Sad Song (And Make It Better) by femmequixotic (NC-17, HP/DM)
The last thing Harry wants is to lose his kids.
This story is so beautiful and true. You read it and believe every word of it. The whole divorce was handled so well...I've never seen in done like this in a story before.
Furthermore, everyone is true to their character. The kids, how they reacted to the divorce, especially James. Scorpius, never saw him portrayed like this, I really liked him. And Ron, I adore your Ron, that was the perfect reaction for him. I also really liked it that you had Hermione stick with Harry even when she was disappointed. The way your portrayed Ginny was really realistic...when she says to Harry that she wants to hurt him I can so believe her! Hell, we saw George, Snape and McGonagall only once and I liked them.
I really liked the opening scene. I could vividly imagine middle aged Harry sitting on the floor, drinking, smoking and staring up at the ceiling. I also really liked Harry's flat blowing up because this is something that doesn't happen all the time, But I absolutely adored Godric and was really sad that you had to kill him...this line was truly heartbreaking "His hand shook. "He—" He broke off, voice tight. "Stupid dog," he whispered, and he pulled away."
This story was really made of awesome and there are still about thousands things I could say. Really great, realistic, fantastic story!


Team Fanon:

What Could Have Been (And What Was) by amanuensis1 (R, HP/DM)
Neither epilogue-compliant nor EWE; seven separate demonstrations that you can't stop the signal.
This story is absolutely gorgeous. I've never seen this style done before (I loved the backwards structure!) but for me it is the ultimate proof that H/D can exist after DH and that they can get together at any time of their lives. The last section was so perfect and little Teddy...loved him! The scene where Draco showed up in a bathrobe at Harry's house...soo funny! And I really loved Harry's fascination with Draco's mouth and smile in each section.

Yesterday hd_worldcup finally started. I only read one story because there was not enough time to read all four. I choose Team Fanon for no particularly reason.

Prodigal by aoifene (NC-17, HP/DM)
One year after Dumbledore's death, the tide turns in Voldemort's favour and with Harry Potter locked in the Malfoy dungeons, the fate of the Wizarding World seems bleak. Who'll save the saviour when he's in need of saving?

After finishing the story I knew why I waited with bathed breath for posting to begin. It is a really fantastic story. It is Draco-centric and first person. You could really identify with his feelings and thoughts...the way he handles his father is breathtaking.
Harry was also perfect. He was so Gryffindor, so Harry, simply perfect!
Furthermore, I loved how the ending was resolved...the way Draco's dream was incorporated.


This is a really fantastic story. Just perfect! (not that I expected anything less from hd_worldcup)


On another note, I have to confess I'm still a little bit confused how this whole voting works but I'm not giving up!

I'm terribly bored and so I'm just filling out this meme