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| stella8h8chang |
Author has written 19 stories for Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and Casanova. I, stella8h8chang, do solemnly swear to review all the fics I read, regardless of the number of reviews, its age, or anything else. disclaimer: 1. I never write to profit. I write to exalt the "real artists", whose characters and settings I merely rent for a moment in time. (Also, I am a medical student and am not planning to go into the writing business.) So please, if I forget to include a disclaimer anywhere, don't sue me, I mean no desecration or ownership. 2. I am happy to read and support both shipping and slashing. If it’s in canon, I’m all for it. If it’s not in canon, providing it doesn’t include bestiality, incest or persons under the age of thirteen, I will generally tolerate it. 3. I write with all the types of relationships mentioned above. I’m most comfortable writing about Harry Potter, but I will occasionally pop out a Doctor Who fic, or anything that happens to inspire me on the spur of the moment. 4. Original characters? Love them! Tempus in particular has a lot, because it's novel-length, set in the 1890s (and JKR named about 5 canon characters alive at that time), and it was sort of my bridge between original- and fan-fiction after my 4-year hiatus from the latter. I feel very strongly about this - that Mary-Sues are a product of careless writing, not some sort of pseudoscientific formula. 5. Alternate Universes? Bring them on!I don't do them that often though, because I will almost always end up in original-fic land. 6. Everyone seems to be writing tidbits of their style, so I feel compelled to do so! I love minor characters, complicated plots, rhyming poetry, over-the-top literary techniques and intertextuality. I like writing angst, but only with a few sprinklings of sunshine here and there, and I like writing humour, but only with a little darkness served on the side. As William Blake, my poetic idol said, "without contraries there can be no progression". 7. Feedback is always, always, always appreciated. stella8h8chang in short (pun not intended): My genetic karyotype contains an XX pairing, which is coincidentally my age in Roman numerals. I am fascinated by things starting with S (storywriting, sucrose, the number 7, skating, singing, soundtracks, surgery (mainly neuro), skin (see, I'm an ectodermal kind of girl), stethoscopes (well, except for that), success (who doesn't?), summer, shiny stuff (though not Edward Cullen), and my screen name. However, I adore men whose names start with J (Josh Groban, John Barrowman, James Marsden, Jonathan Rhys Meyer, Jeffrey Buttle, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Weir, Johnny Depp, Jack Chambers, David John Tennant, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, James Potter...) and I admire ladies whose names start with V (Vienna Teng, Vanessa-Mae, Vanessa Carlton, Virginia Woolf, the Veronicas...) or...any letter, really. I can be something of a feminist at times. In case you hadn't noticed, I am a glutton for music, particularly that which does not come from my generation, am one note short of a three-octave vocal range, and play pop music on my piano mostly by ear despite my parents' hassling to buckle down and get my associate diploma. Most of the time I live in a flat opposite a hospital, which means I frequently get woken up by ambulances, which might explain my ineptitude when it comes to mornings (that was a warning, and this is a hint: I live within Australian Eastern Standard Time). If you want to find out more about me, you can do so by paying my Livejournal a visit (same username as here). currently loving and beta-ing: Daphne Greengrass and the 7th Year from Hell by WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot! An adventure that is sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, and always uplifting. Go read it now. currently writing: Tempus Amat Volare (Time Loves to Fly) aka NaNo07! Novel-length fic; expect in the vicinity of 80K words when complete. A truly original look at the build-up to the Dumbledore/Grindelwald showdown. To be released progressively over 2008/2009. Soon to come? Find out what happened to Hesper and Harvey... Beedle in Rhyme - part 3, Ode to the Fountain of Fair Fortune, is now up! Knitwit! Purler! Ornament! Tweak!- I love to knit, and so do many of my favourite characters in the Potterverse. "Why" I think is the question! Want to know why Luna, Molly and Hermione all knit? | |||||||||
1. Knitwit! Purler! Ornament! Tweak! » reviewsA set of giant drabbles dedicated to all the 'knitwits' in the Potterverse who use knitting as therapy. You're my inspiration. Chapter four, 'Albus' Socks', finally now up!Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 4 - Words: 2,059 - Reviews: 22 - Updated: 1-6-10 - Published: 7-16-08 - Albus D. & Hermione G.2. To Dwell on Dreams » reviewsIn dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own...Or do we? Five songficlets about the times Dumbledore and Grindelwald encountered each other in dreams. Warning: Slash. PART FIVE now up: where an ageing Gellert refuses to dream that it's all over.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 3,667 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 6-22-09 - Published: 10-20-08 - Albus D. & Gellert G. - Complete3. Time Loves to Fly: Tempus Amat Volare » reviewsEver wondered about magic 100 years ago? Read on if you want mystery, philosophy, love, poetry and unforgettable original characters in epic proportions! In Ch30, explore the very end of Grindelwald's boyhood, and the beginnings of his dark regime.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Fantasy - Chapters: 31 - Words: 99,362 - Reviews: 221 - Updated: 6-17-09 - Published: 1-6-08 - Albus D. & Gellert G.4. Ballads By Beedle: The Bard's Tales In Rhyme » reviewsClick here for a collection of rhyming retellings of Beedle the Bard's fairytales. 'Fountain of Fair Fortune', 'Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump' and the 'Tale of the Three Brothers', now up! Please read and review and mention me on Pottercast! .Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,406 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 12-5-08 - Published: 3-16-085. Danse Macabre » reviewsFollow Bellatrix step-by-step as she learns the Dance of Death from her first love, the Dark Lord. Partners in crime and partners in dance - how did it all begin? Find out, in the final chapter, what was going through Bella's mind during those last hours.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 16 - Words: 19,025 - Reviews: 183 - Updated: 9-16-08 - Published: 2-25-08 - Bellatrix L. & Tom R. Jr. - Complete6. In Her Eyes » reviewsLily was the perennial best friend whose conviction never wavered, but Marlene was the girl whose temperament changed with the temperature. Watch a friendship etch itself upon the sky with diamonds. For the 'Seasons Challenge'Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 6 - Words: 4,106 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 8-8-08 - Published: 5-16-08 - Marlene M. & Lily Evans P. - Complete7. I knew I loved you before I met you reviewsJust a little bit of fluffy holiday cheer about Ron Weasley's fifth birthday, and the girl who helped him find his way out of a scary situation - getting lost in IKEA. Hey, it happened to my brother when he was five!Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,256 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-27-08 - Ron W. & Hermione G. - Complete8. Waffling Never Hurt Anyone reviewsMinerva McGonagall is intrigued when she finds out that before her teacher, Professor Dumbledore, left Hogwarts in 1898, he was corresponding with the great magical theoretician Adalbert Waffling. But Adalbert was born in 1899! How can this be...?Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,683 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 6-16-08 - Minerva M. & Albus D. - Complete9. Shipwrecked for the Greater Good reviewsAlbus and Gellert, my OTP, safe and sound in their alternate-universe, sit down and ponder the ships that JKR wrecked 'for the greater good'. Watch me go through each of FFN's 138 listed HP characters in a bid to prove that Gellert deserves to be there!Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 943 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 6-4-08 - Albus D. & Gellert G.10. Moon River » reviewsIn 1966, Alphard Black returns to London and begins a lifelong friendship with his nephew Sirius. In 1976, Sirius returns to London to see his uncle Alphie one last time. Two-shot about 'two drifters', for BonniDolle's Twinkle Challenge. For Sal.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,679 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 4-16-08 - Published: 4-14-08 - Alphard B. & Sirius B. - Complete11. Another One Through and Through reviewsRufus Scrimgeour reflects on a number of Easters in his life, especially on where his cold, hard feelings for Albus Dumbledore came from. For TRL's Easter Challenge. Warning: Slash.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,686 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-18-08 - Rufus S. & Elphias D. - Complete12. Seven Ways to Say 'I Love You' » reviewsSeven drabbles about seven moments in the lives of Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore, a tragic duo who never really exchanged three little words, despite having a century to do so. How does it all end? Find out now! SLASH here.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 2,851 - Reviews: 87 - Updated: 2-14-08 - Published: 1-16-08 - Albus D. & Gellert G. - Complete13. Sail On, Silver Girl reviewsJune 1996. Narcissa Malfoy, in the aftermath of Draco's induction, reads Igor Karkaroff's last words, and is compelled to take matters into her own hands. Can be read as a sequel to 'When You Hear Nothing At All'. For the Writers Anonymous Hook Challenge.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,555 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 2-6-08 - Narcissa M. & I. Karkaroff - Complete14. When You Hear Nothing At All reviewsBefore there was Lucius, there was Igor Karkaroff. This is the story of a love which words could not express. Written with ToManyLetters' Valentines Day prompts. A series of scenes, dating between 1963 and 1979.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,429 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-28-08 - Narcissa M. & I. Karkaroff - Complete15. I Return reviewsAlbus has no choice but to return to Nurmengard after a fifty-year absence. Set during Order of the Phoenix.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,568 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 1-12-08 - Albus D. & Gellert G. - Complete16. Rule Venezia reviewsAU. Evil Henriette Evil Bellino. If Giacomo Casanova had never wandered into that city of sin, what might have happened?Who might have ruled Venezia instead? Written for my HSC in 2006.Casanova - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,220 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-30-07 - Complete17. Christmas Angels Heard on High reviewsSometimes Snape hated Dumbledore, the patronizing preacher, an 'angel' who talked in metaphors about love and yet could not possibly understand. But he had forgotten that angels sometimes fall from heaven. References to SnapexLily & AlbusxGellert.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,287 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 12-22-07 - Severus S. & Albus D. - Complete18. Someone to Watch Over Me reviewsHe has watched over me my entire life...he will not desert me now... From the perspective of Reinette Poisson, from The Girl in the Fireplace. Contains spoilers for seasons 2 and 3.Doctor Who - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,236 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-22-07 - Complete19. Harry Potter and the Heir of Atlantis » reviewsMY 1ST STORY HERE EVER: Harry returns to Hogwarts for his sixth year...and learns beyond his wildest dreams...NB: I keep this here for nostalgia's sake. Fortunately my 14y.o. self never finished this terrible tale. DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU LIKE MARY-SUES.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 7,712 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 6-29-03 - Published: 6-25-03 - Harry P. & Hermione G.
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