Mab's Mad Musings

Oh my goodness. I've been so busy with modding things and real life that I've not had much time to keep up with all the amazing fests that have been posting in the past few months. I've had some recs prepared during these months and thought it was high time to actually share them. I apologize for the unplanned hiatus from reccing/reading.

Thank you, writcraft for hosting another comment-a-thon to help prod my arse into getting back into the swing of things again. :D

Most of these are Harry/Draco fic and art recs, but there may be a couple other ships in there too. I will have more recs ready in a couple of days. I'm going on a reading/commenting/reccing binge to try to catch up on all the things. Please enjoy!




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THE HP FANFIC FAN POLL AWARDS - SPRING-SUMMER ROUND 2014
Rules, Timelines, and How to Nominate a Fic
To Make Nominations/Ask Questions: hpfanficfanpollmod@gmail.com
Nomination period: April 1st - April 28th, 2014
Voting period: May 1st - June 30th, 2014
Winners announced: by July 10th, 2014

I want to post to say thank you to the mystery person who nominated Like a Moth to Flame for the HP fanfic poll award for Drama/Angst fic in the Hogwarts Staff/Spirit division.

You made me smile!

We collaborated and it was so much fun! Please give the podfic a listen, or if audiofic isn't your thing, give the fic a read. It's fun and fruity scented!

Author: zeitgeistic
Podficcer mab
Title: Onslaught
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing(s), Character(s): Harry/Draco, Lucius/Narcissa, Ron/Hermione
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 8,000
Contains: Magical synesthesia, Hot sex, Hidden Identities
Summary: Since Harry developed the unfortunate ability to smell magic, his life has been a series of scent-induced headaches…until the night he finds a mysterious wizard in a sun-scented Glamour.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: This fic was written for the pod-together lightning round at pt_lightning. It was written specifically to be podficced, but if you'd rather just read it, or read along with the podfic, the text is also available. Thanks to groolover for the britpick and beta, and leemarchais for hosting the podfic.


click banner to read the fic or listen to the podfic on Ao3

Snagged from knowmefirst


I am participating in the Pay it Forward initiative: people who comment on this post with "I'm in" will receive a surprise from me at some point in this calendar year. Anything from a book, a ticket, something home grown or made, a postcard, absolutely any surprise. There will be no warning; when the mood takes me, and I find something that I believe would suit you and make you happy it will be sent. Copy and paste this to your own journal only if you wish to do so.


I did this last year and had a fabulous time doing it. Time to go for another year! I'll screen comments, so if you want to leave your address you may, or send it to me by PM, or specify that you'd only like to receive digital gifts by either email or lj post.

First of all, I want to say thank you to lokifan for hosting a love meme last week that was just the right injection of fandom feels that I think we've all been needing lately. Here's the thread for me and if you are one of the lovely anons to leave me love: *hugs and kisses*

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Day 4

Comment to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them. Afterwards, leave a comment in this post with the equivalent of "I did it!"

It doesn't have to be anything complex - it can be feedback for a fanwork or discussing something you might have in common or even simply admiring their icon. The point is to reach out to someone you normally wouldn't and connect with them, even if it's only for the briefest moment.

I met and friended cyn_ful and am very much looking forward to getting to know her more.

Day 5

In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I guess I kind of said it already in my mod intro, but my favorite thing about fandom is the people in it, and they way we're all connected because we love our very different things in kind of the same way. Today is about celebrating people who are creating things in your fandom - icons, podfics, stories, art, picspams, meta, organizing challenges, setting up watch parties, whatever. Celebrate a person/the people who are putting awesome things out into your fandom, and - if you're comfortable - leave us a link so we can check them out too.

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*wipes sweat from brow*

I'm so very impressed by the talent the HP fandom has for writing kink. Holy smokes, there's some really good shit being written! Please enjoy these recs. There are more to come, but I need to take a breather.


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I have been reading and reccing more now that my fic from hell is finished! \o/ Take a look through these recs! I'll have more soon!

Also, be sure to check out hp_darkarts In the Shadow of the Season fest which is posting now! There are some brilliant fandom offerings!


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The dark Christmas fest, In the Shadow of the Season is coming to hp_darkarts in two days and I'm so excited!!!



My livejournal 5 year anniversary is on the 15th (only 5 days away)! I'm torn between feeling like that feels like a long time and it feels like I've been around longer. lol

Life for me has been going well. I'm busier than usual trying to find the right high school for my daughter to attend next year and getting her application in before it's too late. Next year I will have one kid in pre-school, one kid in middle school and one kid in high school. I think it may short circuit my brain trying to get them all to and from school on time.

The older two kids are also in braces (for their teeth) and the past few months has been busy with appointments and other stuff related to the mouth. The anniversary of my first husband's death was last month and we all made it through well enough. 10 years he's been gone. It's amazing how time flies.

I'm plugging away at writing a short fic for something secret and because my attention has been pulled in all directions, I've been working on it for over a month and am at about 1000 words. *headdesk* This too shall pass. My only other plans for fandom are to get my hd_remix written and to mod hp_darkarts with writcraft

I just got home from showing my other house to prospective renters (the woman is also a fandom friend and slasher in the Avengers fandom) so ... fingers crossed they'll take it and I won't have to worry about finding renters any more.

I have more HP recs for fic and art and will post them soon, but I've been a bit scattered, so that will wait for now.

I hope you are all well and to the people who signed up for my Christmas cards post, I hope the cards arrived and you liked them!

Love you lots, f-list!