H/D hug challenge!!

[reenka]

You know what seems like a great idea right now??

A challenge (post-HBP-- preslash welcome) for short stories, something like....


    "15 Ways for Harry Potter to hug Draco Malfoy and live to tell about it"

:D :D :D :D
    The 2 criteria would be: no shmoop or sap!! I mean this to be touching or funny or a bit sad, but not... y'know, fluffy, 'cause that'd mean it'd be stupid & OOC. Also-- no pre-established relationship fics, man-- that's the whole point!
    Deadline: something like.... August 30, that's literally 4 weeks from now >:D
    And! Artists also welcome! >:D!

I don't think I could easily come up with more than one. I mean, it is seriously a lot harder to get them to hug than to shag, I think, so I'm all excited :D


I mean, c'mon!!

There's been all sorts of rough sex and licking and fighting and so on in fic, but how often have they hugged???


...Oh, I'm a genius. And yeah, I'll prolly write one anyway ;)

So tell me if you're interested and like, uh... well, come back & comment if you write it, so I'll... make a website? Or a community? Or just link to them :D

Comments

[malafede.livejournal.com]

It's kinda hard for me. >.<;;; i think in terms of build-up, so lame. although now we have pity so i suppose one could capitalise on that?? but you'd hate it, didn't you?

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

It's kinda hard for anyone, I believe >:D That was... sort of the point. But yeah, while I don't personally wanna see a pity hug, er... it's a realistic way for it to happen, so I can't disqualify it :>

[malafede.livejournal.com]

well, i should explain that build-up for me means that you need to build every single line of dialogue the characters utter and then you find yourself with 100.000+ words and realise that NOOOO--- THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING WTF---- etc. anyway maybe i just like creating universes, i don't know?

ahah, well. the canon pity wasn't THAT bad, was it? ;)

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Well, uh, I know some people are predisposed to write long-ass epics, and it's likely enough you're one of them :-? Though... uh... you don't HAVE to, I've seen you write short fics :>
I guess to me, it's not -that- hard to jump over events and project intuitively if I know the end-goal I'm after. I sort of wrote `An Unlikely Pair' like that. It's... well, I guess it's a much more non-analytical way to write.


It wasn't that bad, but there wasn't enough for a hug!! :P
Plus, uh... I dunno, I just want it to be more slashy than that. *is obsessively picky, omg*

[malafede.livejournal.com]

see, whereas i am obsessively point-making, that's it.

but i too want the slash! btw i meant to ask, you said something about licking... has there been post-HBP H/D licking then?? because i can't find anything, which pisses me off.

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

Ha, I wasn't talking about post-HBP fics 'cause I haven't read much of any. Don't feel like it. Like canon, dammit. Also, am not actually inspired by HBP, unlike everyone else-- things are too obvious in terms of how they can plausibly progress now, believe it or not. That's why I liked OoTP-- there were literally a zillion directions I could see it going. A lot of them dark and emotional and grudge-fuck oriented. Mmm. Not so much with the grudge-fuck anymore :( :( :(

Anyway, I just meant pre-HBP or post-HBP, I haven't read any H/D fics the point of which was to make 'em hug. I dunno. That was my main idea.

Well, see, but the hug is the point. There need be no other point, that's like... the point. Or something.

[malafede.livejournal.com]

well, they could grudge-fuck again. don't be so black and white! :P like, harry has pity, but it's not like that sweeps away his dislike and superiority complex and all the emotions tied to their history... imagine when draco's all in his face again?

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