Countdown to Small Gifts 4/7: Beginnings

[magnetic-pole.livejournal.com]

How did you first discover R/S? Do you remember the first story you read? The first art you saw? What attracted you to the pairing?


For those of you just discovering our posts, we're counting down to small gifts with a series of daily discussions of the ship:
Monday, November 23: Favorite eras and genres
Tuesday, November 24: Cliches
Wednesday, November 25: Sex

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[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the name of the first R/S fic I read - and probably a good thing, since it was really awful! LOL It was over at ffnet, back in September, 2004. But I'm so grateful for it because somehow it led me to Practice Material (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1975575/1/) by the_dark_twin, which led me to other amazing writers like _nyxfixx and thistlerose, and to LJ itself, where I found kabeyk, minnow_53, archon_mentha, sheafrotherdon, franticbabbles, ignipes, musesfool, later shaggydogstail, and many many more. Plus, the artists: nassima and kasche, remeciel, seviet (Marta), cathybites, ponderosa, and more. 2005 was a great year for R/S. :)

(My 5 year LJ anniversary was today actually! Earlier today - the 26th, since it's after midnight now)

Remus and Sirius were my favorite characters - and I loved the whole MWPP era storyline. I finally came over to HP fandom looking for MWPP-L fic. The first HP fanfic I ever read was "After the End" by Zsenya and Arabella over at The Sugar Quill, which was actually a post-Hogwarts trio fic, but Remus and Sirius had a fairly significant role in the story. That was in like July 2004. The R/S subtext was screaming, but I didn't hear it. :-P Go figure. It wasn't until I accidentally stumbled on a R/S slashfic (the bad one!) that it finally clicked in my head.

Of course SBP was recced everywhere back then, even more than it is now, if you can believe it. :) I read the first 3 or so chapters, but...what can I say; I didn't connect with it. *shrug* I vastly preferred thistlerose's Midnight Conversations, and franticbabbles' Years fics. And if you've never read any of the stories in prankstersguide, which was co-written by sheafrotherdon, ignipes, krisomniac and lacylu42, and illustrated by krisomniac - even though it's unfinished, and destined to remain so - it's absolutely fantastic, each chapter is its own contained story, and you should!

Holy shit! 5 years in HP fandom! Where does the time go?

[mindabbles.livejournal.com]

Happy Anniversary, L!

I think you know that, along with such_heights, magnetic_pole, and most of the artists and authors you list above, you were one of the people whose stuff elizassecret used to convince me she wasn't crazy. In retrospect, that is very funny!

*hugs*

[midnitemaraud-r.livejournal.com]

Weeeeell... I won't she isn't crazy... :-P I just wish I wrote more back then. I read so much fic (and meta - the speculations back then when canon was unfinished - so much fun!) that I hardly took the time to write. Now I'm just lazy. :-P And yes - it's very amusing! Hee!

I spelled nyxfixx wrong up there, and I forgot copperbadge, who doesn't really need the name recognition or anything, but aside from Stealing Harry, one of my favorite stories by Sam is still "Masked Revels" and I re-read it every year on Beltane/MayDay. :-P