What I give away...

[skoosiepants]

I've updated my fic recs page! Yes, this is what I've done so far during my lovely week off. I promise I'll write too, though :)

Anyway, I've got four new popslash recs up, and two new Harry Potter pieces. Definitely all worth a read, so go check it out *pokes you*

Now. Time for my new BRILLIANT PLAN.

I've decided that I can't come up with a suitable amount of HP recs, because I can't remember all my old favorites. So I want to take a leaf out of x month's popslash rec archive (check out my links page for that one) and start a character of the month rec list. And YOU ALL have to participate. For me? *bats eyes prettily*

Each month I'm going to pick a Harry Potter character, and beg for people to send me (suzcudd@yahoo.com or post in comments) story recs that feature that character. He/she doesn't even have to be the main focus, but I want an explanation for why you love how that character is portrayed in that particular story. And then the story and explanation will be posted on my site, with you as the rec-ee. Fair enough?

I'm giving you a jump on January. (and each of my subsequent updates in this LJ will have an annoying, nagging tagline reminding you to send me your recs). I'll start you off with an easy one, and also my favorite character when he's portrayed "correctly." I'm well aware that a lot of people DON'T like him, or don't like how he's often written. So I figured it would also be nice and informative. Remember he doesn't have to be the main character, and any pairing at all is welcome. Or none.

I declare January to be the Month of Ron.

Urm. Okay with everyone? Rec away!

EDIT: The popslash secret santa Don We Now Our Gay Apparel for 2004 is now live. No, I didn't write for it. Just love reading them :)

EDIT #2: Feel free to pimp my Month of Ron fic rec request on your LJs. *bats eyes even more prettily*

Comments

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Ooo, I'll have to check that out! That would be an excellent place to advertise.

[veracity]

*grins* yes, it is a good place. I need to put Percy there. It's for all the Weasley males.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Looks like it's just for challenges? Think they'd yell at me if I asked for fic recs?

[veracity]

People put fic out there all the time.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

All righty. I shall advertise my Month of Ron! I like the sound of that *grins*

[veracity]

Hehe! I like that name too.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Done *grins* Community doesn't seem too hopping at the moment, though. Don't know how much of a response I'll get. *shrugs* Ah, well.

[veracity]

Give it time. Also, dammit. Ted was a Muggleborn, but wouldn't that mean that he would be Muggle too? *is confused*

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Um. Technically, yes? I think? Although I guess the difference would be in the fact that he's a wizard. So... maybe he's not considered a Muggle, since the term is reserved for non-magic folks, and now I'm totally confusing myself. A lot.

[veracity]

See, I was thinking that he'd still be Muggle, since the first 11 years I'm assuming he didn't know magic even existed. Very confusing stuff, that.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm not sure. All that stuff is muddled up. Probably the only one who really gets it is JKR

[veracity]

It follows her magic gene too. She needs to write a guide to understanding the world after the series is done. It could be one of those charity books or something.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

It'd probably be so big that I wouldn't want to touch it. And I'll make up my own stuff. Which I do anyway *grins*

[veracity]

LOL True, but it would be nice to know these things, wouldn't it? At least, the major things. Like all the departments of the Ministry for instance.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. The Ministry confuses me to no end.

I got a few recs already! Woohoo!

[veracity]

Hell, I just make departments up. A medical department for instance. *grins* In the as yet, edited D/G long.

Oooh! Recs. Yay!

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

I was doing a memo exchange sort of fic with Ladybeth and this other girl, and I had Ron in charge of taking care of all of Hagrids cock-ups with beasts. I think I might have researched it as an actual dept, though. Can't recall.

[veracity]

I had one for Genetics, to deal with the intermixing of muggleborn, muggle, and purebreed.

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

I think you could probably come up with just about anything. There'd always be an "official" dept you could file it under eventually.

[veracity]

Yep. I need to research out some of that type of genetics decoding to come up with a real name for it.

Ted Tonks?

[aisforamy]

Sorry to butt into your conversation, but if you're asking about Ted Tonks, he's a wizard of Muggle parentage. If this confuses you, think of Hermione - it's the same thing, and you wouldn't call her a Muggle. Muggleborn just means that a magical child is born to non-magical parents, but they would stil be considered at witch or wizard.

I'll butt out now!

Re: Ted Tonks?

[skoosiepants.livejournal.com]

Yes, that makes sense. I think I was confusing myself the more i thought about it *grins*

Re: Ted Tonks?

[veracity]

I think what gets confusing is that they were Muggles before they were wizards, even knew what magic was. It gets me terribly confused.