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Author has written 14 stories for Harry Potter. I'm a femslash fan; I especially like stories featuring Minerva McGonagall (Potterverse) or Kathryn Janeway (ST: Voyager). Would that I were as cool as either one of them. Yes, I know it's silly to be in love with fictional characters, but what can you do? I want stories that are well-written, use standard grammar/spelling, keep the characters canonical as much as possible, and show some sense of literary style. Is that too much to ask? Well, most of the time, yes. I'm afraid there's an awful lot of really bad fanfic out there. Still, I'll at least start reading any story featuring McGonagall or Janeway. But I abandon it pretty quickly if the author has basic grammar and spelling mistakes (particularly with characters' names) or if the characters are too unlike themselves and/or speak like some contemporary American kid (OMG!) But luckily, there are some superb stories in both fandoms. In terms of pairings, I prefer Janeway/Seven and McGonagall/Grubbly-Plank. (That's right, Grubbly-Plank. Unfortunately, there aren't any such stories except the ones I've written myself. But you never know; the pairing could catch on. They seem like such a perfect couple.) Meanwhile, I quite enjoy good MM/Hooch when I can find it (which sadly, isn't often enough), and I'm thinking of writing an MM/Amelia Bones. I'm uncomfortable with stories featuring MM with underage Hermione (although I'll always give any MMHG story a try, just in case I'm lucky enough to find a well-done, thoughtful one). I'm a teacher myself; I don't want to read about teachers abusing their power, no matter what clever justifications are on offer. If teacher/student sex is going to occur, it shouldn't be presented as something unquestionably wonderful and romantic. The story doesn't have to be a judgmental screed; it just needs to examine honestly the issues involved and recognize the moral complexities. I'm not much of a het fan, although I have a soft spot for McGonagall/Snape and Janeway/Paris, and I've become quite the McGonagall/Moody convert. (I think my problems with some het pairings come not from the "het" part per se, but from the way the pairings are written. Take McGonagall/Dumbledore, for instance: it can be done well, but too often, MMAD stories are overly-sentimental or overly-melodramatic or over-loaded with unexamined, even harmful cliches about heterosexual romance, pregnancy, children, and domesticity. The same is true of a lot of Janeway/Chakotay.) Janeway is someone I see as unrestricted in her sexuality; for her, gender's not an issue when it comes to partners. McGonagall is different, though: as far as I'm concerned, she's a dyke like me. So there. (Still, I'm willing to allow her to stray when she wants to. Let's make her a Kinsey 4.75, like me. And an INTJ, also like me. Simplistic, these scales -- I know. But fun.) | |||||||||||
1. Storytelling » reviewsHad Hermione known what a cliché it was for a young girl to have a crush on a teacher, she might have been more cautious about giving away her heart. But she didn't know. A story about stories and how we read them.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 28,212 - Reviews: 73 - Updated: 11-22-09 - Published: 10-4-09 - Minerva M. & Hermione G.2. Majesty reviewsOnce upon a time, a great queen met a very powerful witch. . . Minerva McGonagall and Queen Elizabeth IIHarry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,594 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 10-20-09 - Minerva M. - Complete3. WineDark reviewsA double drabble in response to the challenge "Snape and Mythology."Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 542 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 8-19-09 - Minerva M. & Severus S. - Complete4. Not Just Any reviewsSnape and McGonagall chat about teen love, poison, and Dumbledorian methodology, among other things.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,201 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 8-11-09 - Minerva M. & Severus S. - Complete5. Mark reviewsAt the start of her third war, Minerva McGonagall remembers the first two. A short fic based on the raised-wand scene in the HBP filmHarry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 811 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-4-09 - Minerva M. - Complete6. Brazen reviewsAugusta Longbottom receives a late-night visitor.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,830 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 7-22-09 - Minerva M. & Augusta L. - Complete7. Liminality reviewsSome lines are meant to be crossed.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 940 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-11-09 - Firenze & Bane - Complete8. Fortune and Men's Eyes reviewsSeverus upon waking. . .Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,015 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 6-24-09 - Minerva M. & Severus S. - Complete9. Watchers of the Skies reviewsAt the Three Broomsticks one day, Narcissa Black sits down to chat with Lily Evans. A story about roads taken and not taken.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,484 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-7-09 - Lily Evans P. & Narcissa M.10. Tea for Two reviewsIn the summer after Dumbledore's death, Luna Lovegood invites Ginny Weasley to tea.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,057 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-23-09 - Ginny W. & Luna L. - Complete11. Trainspotting » reviewsMy take on the question, "What if our heroes had lost the Battle of Hogwarts?" Minerva in the Muggle world. With Hooch interludes.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 14 - Words: 25,821 - Reviews: 111 - Updated: 5-10-09 - Published: 1-26-09 - Minerva M. & R. Hooch - Complete12. Wave o' the Sea reviewsA page from Mad-Eye Moody's memory book.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,926 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 11-16-08 - Minerva M. & Alastor M. - Complete13. A Whiter Shade of Pale » reviewsVoldemort makes Harry watch something. How will Harry and McGonagall cope with what he sees?Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 6,179 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 11-2-08 - Published: 10-22-08 - Minerva M. & Harry P. - Complete
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