Mab's Mad Musings

winnett just posted a lovely spot of HD porn as a gift fic for me! It's hot and filthy, angsty, but with a huge amount of under the surface sweetness...

Stop and have a read if you have a minute. It's a quickie and I loved it.

Anyone But You.

It's been quite some time since I've done a rec post and I figured it was about time to fix that. I do have several more squirreled away that I need to finish writing, but that will have to wait for a bit.

Please enjoy the following recs for fic and art and other things if you haven't already seen them!



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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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These recs are crossposted to my tumblr rec blog mabs-recs Be sure to follow me if you don't already. 400 followers now, and counting!!! I also have a personal blog where I post things from other fandoms, about feminism, writing, activism, etc… mab-shares

based on 4 fanfic examples




based on 5 original fic examples





These was rather fun to do. It figures my style would be like these lovely ladies. I have a shelves in my dining room dedicated exclusively to each of them. Do them yourselves and share!

Also... I have a fic rec for you! The remix done from one of my fics posted and was so lovely and perfect, I want to see it get more love!

Author: currently anonymous
Title: Romance, in Quartet
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, past Harry/Ginny, past Draco/Astoria
Rating: NC-17
Contains: minor character death and suicide (behind the scenes)
Summary: It is a human need to tell stories, as it is to live, to love. As his cancer-stricken son battled death, Draco, the writer of WWN's The Romance Hour, found solace in his quill. Little did he know this romance, written over endless cups of coffee, would star himself and Scorpius’ Healer, Harry Potter. Remix of Coffee Talks by Mab.
Word Count: 14,000
Why I loved it: I loved this story so much, and not only because it's a remix of one of my own fics. The voice the author has given to Draco is just perfect. It's fits in so well with how I had pictured him in my mind when I wrote the original, that being treated to the remix was very much like a visit from an old friend that I hadn't realised I had missed and needed for so long. I do recommend reading the original before the remix, to get the whole story, but I also think this fic stands well on it's own.

And I also want to get more reading of my own done soon.

Oh boy, it's been a while since I've posted recs. I've been collecting them, but because of harrybang and the horror fest at hp_darkarts getting going, I've not been reading as much as usual.

I do hope you'll enjoy these recs.

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Day 3

In your own space, post a rec for at least three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. See if you can rec fanworks that are less likely to be praised: tiny fandoms, rare pairings, fanworks other than stories, lesser-known kinks or tropes. Find fanworks that have few to no comments, or creators new to a particular fandom who maybe aren't well known or appreciated. Appreciate them.

Remember that recs don't have to be long or eloquent or ~deep (although if you are skilled at those types of recs, please don't hold back! :D). Squeeful capslocking, a bullet-pointed list of reasons you love a thing, audio or video rambles, a string of reaction gifs, even just a set of links with a header saying "these are great examples of X trope/kink/pairing/fanwork"... Create a themed list or just link to things you happen to like. Rec more than three things if you want to! Have fun with this. Share stuff you love!

You know me! I have a ton of recs lined up all the time. Here are 8 really good ones!

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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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It feels like ages since my last rec post, and I suppose it has been nearly a month. November is just not a good time of year for me productivity-wise. However, these arts and fics are just too excellent to not share in case you missed them when they posted. So take a look and if you like them, leave love for the creators!

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Now that Vaysh has had her birthday, I can share the podfic I made for her. It's a wonderful fic based on the last moments of Charity Burbage's life and is canon compliant while still giving Charity a backstory and voice that makes her death even more tragic.

Please take the time to read the fic or listen to the podfic if you can handle this sort of darkness. It's not much worse than the darkness that is already in Deathly Hallows canon.



Audio streaming and download links on livejournal

Audio streaming and download links on Ao3

Official fic rec:
Author: vaysh11
Title: A Casual Death (link to the fic text)
Character(s): Charity Burbage, Severus Snape, Lord Voldemort, Narcissa Malfoy
Rating: R
Contains: torture, canon character death
Summary: The last minutes of Charity Burbage's life.
Word Count: 1900
Why I loved it: Where do I start? This fic is AMAZING. It develops Charity's character in her last moments, and really adds power to the punch canon delivers in this scene. I can't even … gah … Just trust me, all right? If you can handle darkfic, you can handle this. It's not much darker than the actual book, but looking at it from another POV is a must for lovers of the books. You'll see what I'm talking about.