Hey, I rec this all over the place, but I'll do it again-
Blood and Nails (http://au.geocities.com/calmardaa/fics/BAN.htm) by Calmardaa.
Established relationship with plot. o yeah, the plot. and the action. :)
And there's frulie's Amalgam (http://www.livejournal.com/users/frulie/12875.html); again,
nice established relationship, and action every hour, on the hour.
And tons of others with plot AND getting the romance started at the same time.
pandarus is putting up bits of the sequel to Invisible to See on her lj- plotting, funniness, and thousands of extras. ...........................
I do love the cliches, too. Though,understand the frustration at the predictability. Sure, a lot of newer writers cut their teeth on the H/D fandom, but hey, they need to get it out somewhere.
And turn a cliche around, and you have plot- under a good deal of neat characterization, setting, funny/ neat/ poignant turns of phrase.
And after OotP, where the H/D reader might need some reprieve from a good established relationship, I'd like to see some good reasoning, plot, psychological plausibility in what *might* keep these boys together.
At the end of the day is it just apples and oranges, milk or dark choc? You ship what you ship, read what you read, take a break, skip into another ship, and still come back.
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Date: 2004-08-18 10:07 pm (UTC)I rec this all over the place, but I'll do it again-
Blood and Nails (http://au.geocities.com/calmardaa/fics/BAN.htm) by Calmardaa.
Established relationship with plot. o yeah, the plot. and the action.
:)
And there's
again,
nice established relationship, and action every hour, on the hour.
And tons of others with plot AND getting the romance started at the same time.
...........................
I do love the cliches, too.
Though,understand the frustration at the predictability.
Sure, a lot of newer writers cut their teeth on the H/D fandom, but hey, they need to get it out somewhere.
And turn a cliche around, and you have plot-
under a good deal of neat characterization, setting, funny/ neat/ poignant turns of phrase.
And after OotP, where the H/D reader might need some reprieve from a good established relationship,
I'd like to see some good reasoning, plot, psychological plausibility in what *might* keep these boys together.
At the end of the day is it just apples and oranges, milk or dark choc? You ship what you ship, read what you read, take a break, skip into another ship, and still come back.