~~ my pot of gold for a plot that sold. erm.

i finally found an h/d story that's remotely like something i'd have written. which is strange and unnerving, but i can take comfort in the fact that at least the actual writing style is dissimilar, though the thematic underpinnings could've been taken straight from my hindbrain. or something. anyway-- `the smallest stars' by lostgirl is making me want to write my equally strange and incongruous-yet-fitting dream carnival story. characterization authenticity doubtful, completely AU and utterly confusing for the die-hard slasher (why am i liking this?? NO PORN!) but still. only the faeries could drag me away from the porn. but then, i always knew that.
~~

actually... this reminds me. if i think about the actual -plot- of most slash fic (especially harry/draco) that i know of, it kind of sucks. i mean, if by some miracle i'd want a plot and to read for a plot, i -wouldn't-. love potions, mind bonds, evil lucius plots, inexplicable desires for conversation prompted by depression (oh wait, that's not a plot), sex sex and more sex (i actually like those), potions potions and more potions (oh wait i mentioned those), quidditch, azkaban (oooh, draco in azkaban, lucius in azkaban, draco out of azkaban and the hopeless angst of death eater draco, who would've been so good with harry if only it wasn't too late and he wasn't evil already). and oh yes, and then there's voldemort. naturally, of course, yes. voldemort who really has draco as a vital part of his plan. it's all about draco, really. actually, let's face it, voldemort cares more about draco than he does about harry. voldemort needs draco's mind or draco's body. draco, meanwhile, thus needs to be saved by harry as he also defeats voldemort at the same time.

( wah. yet another stupid rant about my frustration with the slim pickings out there. this is why people have more than one pairing to keep them in a fandom, isn't it. )