Tired, Yet Interested (The Real Harry Potter)

[jheti]

This is fun, funny, and kinda an interesting alt-take. AU. Harry Potter; I guess there's gonna be an H/Hr vibe to it later on, but it might as well be genfic.

I'm not sure how I acquired it; I was poking through fanficrants and there's always links to the Pit, and somebody's favorite list had it in there somewhere; it appears to be the "Sink to the Bottom With You" or "The Abyss" of its respective fandom, judging by review count.

Comments

[nyohah.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the rec, but "Sink to the Bottom with You"...that was a good story. It still gets updated...like once every three years. It kind of sank into Robert Jordan-ness, though. Here's the new chapter! It's 7,000 words! Nothing happens! Makes me think she got cold feet about ending it or didn't actually know how to.

What fandom is "The Abyss" from?

[jheti.livejournal.com]

It's fun! Harry Potter is awesome, but nobody cares, 'cause of his limelight-stealing brother Daniel! XD As of three chapters in, it's a sharp!smart parody of some actual canon tendencies, and a good look at how Harry might deal with being a total nobody even in a world where he's always been part of the wizarding life *and other minor spoilers*.

Plus, there was Gringotts! (I likes me some Gringotts scenes, yes. Even minor ones.)

I have yet to see if the fic devolves from there, but it's the first thing I've read in a while that wasn't FULL OF LURID EYEBLEED.

My bad, it's not "The Abyss", it's "Understanding" (confused the title and the summary hook). It's Matrix; Agent Smith/OFC, but it's so well-written that doesn't matter.

It has something like four hundred reviews and was a serious "OMG LOVE IT" among most of the Smith fen I once knew. It approaches almost-publishable-in-the-good-sense in many places and is nearly Sue-like Behavior free, which is amazing, 'cause it's totally about a relationship between Smith and Some Girl Who Is, Amazingly, Not a Sue, For Serious.

It also appears to be permanently dead. But I hope, now and then.

[ghostwriter155.livejournal.com]

Understanding! I remember that one. It's been so long... Definitely worth the reread, even if it never gets finished.

Speaking of Matrix, I also liked Three Shades of Sky, but with the last update being 2003, I don't think it will ever be finished. Why is all the good fanfiction dead?

[jheti.livejournal.com]

OMG Three Shades of Sky!

I was thinking of that one, too, but couldn't remember its title. XD I was all, "Eh, sky, Darkling Sky or Hues of Sky or something like that..."

Thanks for the reminder; I was totally blanking! XD

Yeah. Understanding is pretty much the Smith fic all other Smith fic would like to be when it grows up. ^_^