MAJOR PET-PEEVE - Let's set the record straight in regards to physical child abuse and canon Harry Potter. HARRY POTTER SUFFERED PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE AT THE HANDS OF PETUNIA AND VERNON DURSLEY. There are multiple examples of the Durselys physically abusing Harry in just Book 1 & 2. Since I work with children and those with autism and other mental impairments, who are so easily taken advantage of and often can't communicate what they are suffering to others, child abuse and neglect is a very sensitive topic for me. People saying that Harry Potter wasn't physically abused in the books, just neglected & emotionally abused, are greatly misinformed about what constitutes physical child abuse.

Most people think of physical abuse as hitting or other forms of violence. Physical abuse also encompasses intentional injuries, drugging someone against their will/without their consent, intentional failure to act that causes harm (Snape could probably be charged for all of his Potion classes where he saw the Slytherins sabotaging potions, but Snape did nothing, and which led to any students being injured), failure to provide necessary medical care to someone under their care (not discussed in canon, so don't know if there had been any severe injuries that Harry received but the Dursleys never got him treatment for) and physical restraints. Physical abuse by restraints includes tying a kid up, locking them in a room for hours, or drugging them to keep them sedated/prone/defenseless/disoriented. Physical restraints is considered physical abuse because it deprives a child of being able to satisfy their basic needs (food, water, bathroom, fresh air, etc.) and lack of food, water, bathroom (leads to body rash & unsanitary conditions), and fresh air (leads to CO2 poisoning or other ailments) causes physical harm. Plus, restraints also deprives the child of safety from harm since it prevents the child from being able to escape in emergency situations like a fire.

Book 1 & 2 - Multiple charges over 9.5 years of locking a child in a cupboard all day, or even just for several hours, is actual physical child abuse. Denying the child food, water (especially in the hot summers), fresh air (small vents in the door like in the movie are considered insufficient), and access to a bathroom all day while locked in the cupboard just makes the physical abuse by restraint charge worse. Book 2 just adds more instances of the same physical abuse from Book 1 over several weeks, with the only lessening of the abuse that Harry had to suffer being a larger room and access to fresh air. Case closed!

Book 2 - Petunia went past physical child abuse to ATTEMPTED ASSAULT & MURDER of a CHILD. Petunia swung a frying pan at the head of an 11-year-old child, a child under her care even. Harry dodging her swing doesn't matter in regards to Petunia's actions and guilt. Petunia ATTEMPTED to HIT a CHILD'S HEAD WITH a frying PAN, which goes beyond physical child abuse to attempted assault & murder of a child (saying "I knew he'd dodge my swing" is not a defense), because if that swing had actually landed, then Harry could have been killed or completely brain dead. Even a glancing blow from that pan would have caused Harry serious physical harm. Case closed!

Honestly, it is disturbing how much child abuse is in the books that the Light side adults should know about -- Harry's systematic, long-term physical abuse by the Dursleys that all of the adults in his Harry's life (Mrs. Figg, Molly & Arthur Weasley, Remus Lupin, the Hogwarts staff, the Order. etc.) ignored, plus all of Snape's years of child abuse (physical & emotional) that those in authority at Hogwarts ignored -- but the adults willfully & intentionally ignored when you consider that those adults who did nothing to protect the children from being hurt & abused are SUPPOSED to be the GOOD GUYS in the books. In my opinion, the only actual good guys in the books are the children and those adults that were completely ignorant of what was going on at Hogwarts (we don't actual meet many adults that fit this category). All of the Hogwarts staff and the Order members (including Arthur, Molly, & Remus) are not the good guys, just better than the evil terrorists that they are fighting. If the "Light" side's only selling point is that the Light side doesn't mass rape, torture, and murder like Voldemort's & his Death Eaters, but the "Light" side does knowingly & intentionally allow physical & emotional child abuse to occur, then the Light side is NOT the good guys! All of the Hogwarts staff & the aurors in the Order, since they intentionally did nothing to stop the abusers from harming children, are definitely the bad guys. The "Light" side is just not as bad as those other guys.

So far, I have created 13 different C2 groups to help me organize and keep track of all my favorite stories, plus I was over the limit of what you could have listed in your profile's Favorite Stories at the time (which was only 50, then later 100). Currently, I have several different Harry Potter groups, one Star Trek: Voyager (formerly a Janeway & Chakotay group but has expanded to include all my favorite Voyager stories), one CSI - Sarah & Gil group, one Castle - Beckett & Castle group, one Law & Order: SVU group, one Doctor Who group, a Batman & Wonder Woman group in both the Justice League and DC Superheroes categories, and a L&W: SVU group. I might also start a Harry time travel C2 group or a few other groups that are floating around inside my head but am undecided at the moment (and I'm not sure that I want to deal with another fanfiction.net profile and an additional email account just so that I can create another C2 group).

I can always use other people's recommendations to find good fics for any of my C2 groups. Just send me a message with your recommendations and I'll try to read them within a week of getting the PM. I generally will not read anything under 1000 words per chapter, and for Harry Potter fics, I generally prefer over 2000 words per chapter. My C2 groups are a way for me to organize and bookmark all of the thousands of stories that I've read over the decades and that I've liked. Since all my C2 groups are just a giant categorized favorite stories list for myself, I'm not going to add a story that I don't like to any of my C2 groups (or my profile's Favorite Stories), no matter how well it might fit with one of my C2 groups.

HARRY POTTER GROUPS
AU Harry Sorting - Harry gets sorted into some other House than Gryffindor (any of the other 3 Houses or even to a new House). This could take place during his original sorting, or he could be placed into a different house in later years. The different sorting can be from AU childhood (treated differently than canon, raised by non-Dursleys, Lily & James not dead), a different version of Harry (more logical, more knowledgeable, magical fantasy nerd), even the Sorting Hat just decided to shake things up, or any other reason.
Harry During Hogwarts Years - Good Harry Potter fics that occur during Harry's school years. No time travel to another time period, though may be within Harry's time at school . No Lily & James alive!
AU Harry Childhood - Alternate Harry's childhood, i.e. raised by Sirius, Remus, nonDursleys, Lily & James, or even treated differently during childhood when raised by the Dursleys.
Harry & James, Lily - Harry and James or Lily. Time travel fics, Harry raised by his parents, Lily or James never actually died and then return, Lily & James come back from the dead, etc.
Harry After Hogwarts - Stories about Harry Potter after Hogwarts, whether he graduated or not. No Lily or James!
Great NON Harry-Centric Harry Potter Stories & a HP Catch-All - Great stories from the Harry Potter universe that are NOT Harry-centered (i.e. Harry isn't the main character or the story isn't told from Harry's point-of-view). Plus a general catch-all for those stories that do not seem to really fit the criteria for my other HP C2 groups, such as an author's one-shot/plot-bunny collection. [All of the HP stories that were on my "Favorite Stories" list, which were put on there because they didn't fit the criteria for my other C2 groups (about 400 stories), have been moved to this C2 group. I really should have made this group sooner.]

OTHER GROUPS
Star TreK: Voyager - Great Voyager Stories - Stories that feature any of the main Voyager characters, though most of the stories will be centered around Kathryn Janeway since she's my favorite character. Fics can take place before, during, and after the Voyager series. A lot of the stories will probably be Janeway/Chakotay, because this community started as only being for Janeway & Chakotay fics.
CSI - Sara & Gil ship fics - Sara Sidle & Gil Grissom ship fics. Also contains good fics that center on just Sara or Gil.
Castle - Beckett & Castle ship fics - Kate Beckett & Richard Castle ship fics, though fics can take place before the romance occurs (i.e. the two are still with other people). Also contains good fics that center on just Beckett or Castle.
Law&Order: SVU - Great SVU Stories - stories that feature the main SVU characters, though it will mainly contain stories centered around Olivia Benson and some around Elliot Stabler.
Doctor Who - Great Doctor Who Stories - Stories that feature any of the main Doctor Who characters from the new series, though most of the stories will be centered around Rose Tyler since she's my favorite character.

Batman & Wonder Woman ship fics - Batman & Wonder Woman ship fics. Also contains good fics that center on just Wonder Woman or Batman.
Justice League Category
DC Superheroes Category

A pet-peeve of mine is stories that have been poorly proofread. The pages are so filled with spelling and grammatical mistakes that it looks like a seven year-old wrote it. Spell check is useful but not perfect. Commas and periods are also a necessity. If you, the author, can't or won't do it, then get a competent beta. Also, going over the story a second or third time, reading what you have written out loud, or having someone else read it first, will help you pick up on any grammatical mistakes or any inconsistencies in your story before you post it. The story doesn't have to be perfect, just more polished then a first rough draft.

I know this is an unreasonable pet-peeve to have of unpaid authors, but I can't turn my editor's brain [overthinking] off, so I am unable to finish a story, no matter how good the premise is, if the story has too many grammatical and spelling mistakes or has too many internal inconsistencies. There have been a lot of stories that seemed really good that I've unfortunately had to stopped reading because my stupid brain won't shut-up with the nitpicking. (My roommate hates me some days as I analyze and pick apart the show she's watching and unthinkingly [ironic word choose when used with overthinking] start sharing my analysis with her while she's trying to watch a show. Pillows are thrown at me a lot.)

I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan. I enjoy reading stories about Harry or Lily and James. I generally can't stand Ron, Dumbledore or Snape for a variety of reasons, and Ginny is often annoying.

I don't have any preferences when it comes to ships, although I generally won't read a story with any of Harry's generation (students he went to school with) paired with the older generations (around his parents' age or older) unless the youngest in the relationships are at least in their mid-20s. I also don't like reading stories where the main focus is romance. Harry is trying to fight a war and stay alive, not woo a girl. I have read very few romance stories that remember that fact.

I am also a big Star Trek fan. I LOVE Deep Space Nine and Voyager.

I enjoy writing Star Trek stories more than Harry Potter, but I don't have anything quite developed yet. My problem is that I enjoy looking at how a scene could go and then trying to redo that scene several different ways, making changes to the characters and their actions with each "re-shooting", which makes it very difficult to pin down the specifics of a scene to my satisfaction so I can write it (strangely my dreams happen in a similar manner where I redo the scene in various ways, changing elements with each revision).

My favorite Star Trek couple is Jadzia Dax and Worf. Jadzia is also my favorite Star Trek character, which explains why Deep Space Nine is my favorite series. Unfortunately, I hate Ezri Dax and have tried to block out most of Season 7 that she was in.

My favorite Voyager character is Kathryn Janeway. I used to be a die hard Janeway/Chakotay shipper, but recently, I have found that I also enjoy reading stories that pair Janeway with other characters like Paris, Tuvok, or even Harry or Ayla. I was disappointed with how the series ended and most of Season 7 in general. (My sister and I are still trying to figure out the Chakotay & Seven thing.)

I read She-Ra and Walker, Texas Ranger stories when I find some good ones, which have been increasingly hard to find. I used to read Charmed stories about Prue, but stopped looking when I met more failure than success, though I do try searching for them every so often when I feel in the mood for a Charmed fic.

I also enjoy reading Wonder Woman stories based on the old television series with Linda Carter.

I enjoyed the Justice League cartoon. My preferences are Batman & Wonder Woman stories, preferably when they're a couple. Although, if you talk to my sister (the comic book/musical junkie), I don't know enough about the characters to fill a teaspoon let alone form an opinion on romances. Funnily enough, she actually agrees that Diana & Bruce are perfect for each other. Which begs the question of why she discounted my opinion in the first place when it agrees with her?

I used to be obsessed with CSI. The Las Vegas series is my favorite but Miami is pretty good. My favorite character is Sara Sidle and I was extremely depressed when Jorja Fox left the show. I lost interest after Sara & Gil left, Sara coming back to the show didn't renew my interest. I am definitely a Sara/Gil shipper, but I will read good stories that pair Sara with other male characters.

My newest obsessions are the crime dramas Castle, NCIS, NCIS:LA, and Law & Order:SVU. I love the dynamics & bantering that exists between Detective Kate Beckett & novelist Richard Castle, plus the rest of the cast. I'm not sure whether I like Ziva's replacement on NCIS, but I still enjoy the show. From Law & Order: SVU, I really like Olivia Benson & Elliot Stabler, plus John Munch's sarcastic wit is funny.