Changing of the Guard

Oh sweet babies! The Changing of the Guard by Lomonaaeren was by far the most interesting thing I've ever read. Like, out of fanfiction, this was the most original that I have come up with. And woot! I love how strong Harry is portrayed. Violations: Harry, Original. *I list these things as violations, because they violate my rules! But they don't matter! 

Location: AFFN!

The summary for this story is: 

"Need a perfect stranger? Come to Metamorphosis. Harry runs it in secret and becomes whoever's needed. Now he's posing as Draco's 'perfect' boyfriend, Brian."

Warnings: Angst, HJ, M/M, SoloM, Trans (not what you think)

Rating: Adult + (note, one plus!)

Length: LONG! 50 Chapters

Time Period: Post DH

How Good?: Genius! 9/10

And the Smut?: When its there, its good. Really sexy, very representative of the characters

Status: Complete

Pairing: Harry/Draco

Its just genius. And the characters work so well together, ALL of them. It's like, you think you'd know who would be perfect for Draco, but... Wow. 

Pros: Long, awesome plot, engaging, sexy, and you really really wanted to know Brian. He is just so perfect its ridiculous! And as Draco becomes engaged in him, and his amazingness, so does the reader. And it was based on such a great cause! It translates to the Wizarding World! And I loved how it was completely played out, didn't just stop at the hard stuff. 

Cons:... only that Draco wasn't even close magically. He was sort of weak in that respect. There's a point where greatest just becomes absurd. 

**Leave a Note

Alright, so I am writing on my story. Actually, for the past few days I stopped. I got so stuck, mainly from a review that assured me that I was rather "on point" with Draco. Which sort of made the entire chapter that I already had written sort of sad, cause it was moving really fast and he was extremely out of character. It's like, I have all these ideas, and I'm just trying to seriously get them all down on paper when the characters aren't really at that stage yet...

Also, I have been reading a story to try to get me back on track with Draco. Silencio, by Akashathekitty. I know, it's ridiculous that I haven't read it by now. It's pretty retarded actually, that I never read it until now and... it is so very well developed! And angst! Oy!!! For some reason I was convinced that this was a story that had Blaise Zabini as a female... Hm, I must be confusing it with something else. 

**Not dropped off the earth!

Alright everyone, I did not drop off the planet! I have been around, reading and such. But my newest development is... I started my own fanfiction! At AFFN it's called Leave Notes On My Pillow, and its really... just an idea. But it's growing into something more! It's as if, once I write a chapter, and post it, it's as if I didn't even write it. I don't know why... I ought not say too much about the story on here, don't want to give anything away, but I will say that there are many different pairings. How they all are involved is still debatable, but yeah. 

Oy, and I started semester classes so, that's slowing things down a bit too! Oy! 

**Recent Reads

I just finished what was posted on Bound by Duty by SoftObsidian74. It is pretty rough, beautifully written. So nicely written that I skipped over quite a few of my rules to get through it. Its a moresome with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco. Its like, insanity. But it works! And its really exciting! I have heard good things about a different story called Some Blonde Fool, so I think I'm going to start that tonight! 

**Stories

I have yet to finish a story! 

I really don't feel like writing about a story that has not been finished yet, but I imagine I will have to with Claiming Hermione. 

Currently, I am re reading a story called "More Than Anything by dynonugget over at AFFN. So far, the only thing I don't really like is the fluff. I miss the old Draco! The mean Draco! The snark!

**When I get a chance

I plan on writing a review of the story The Wedding, a Lumione I finished yesterday! I can find all sorts of stories when I just search deep into the archives of sites....
There was something else I read this morning... or rather, last night, that I will post on as soon as I find it again! And get internet... :(

**Check In

Alright, sorry about the long wait between posts. I have been looking around for an apartment while living in a place in the middle of nowhere, no internet, no tv, nothing...

But I have a phone, a Blackberry, with internet, and I have managed to continue reading quite a bit!

So I am reading three stories right now. One, a WIP is Claiming Hermione (Dramione). Another, Heart and Soul (Luna/Draco thought I'd try something new!). And my current obsession, Love Thy Enemy (Lumione).... I will be posting about Claiming Hermione as soon as I can get on a computer long enough to write about it, and put the links and email the author and such.

Oy, I just realized that a different Harry Potter fanfiction award place is Quill To Parchment. I never really paid much attentiont to anything other than the Dramione Awards... So QTP is where I found that Luna/Draco story... it is actually rather sweet!

**A story I'm reading

Currently I am reading a Lucius/Hermione story called Wizards Porn by Utopia over at AFFN. 

It is pretty wonderful, and very well written. But the true Dramione fan in me cannot imagine Lucius anywhere near this yet... It just doesn't match. 

I think it's because I've developed my own little pickiness when it comes to fanfiction, and I guess I should clear some of that up. Not the pickiness, but why I don't bother reading most stories, because in reality I start about 5 stories in order to get into 1. I guess that doesn't make sense. I will search all day for a story that passes my inspection. Then I will read it.

I guess these are my rules:

-Until recently, no WIP stories or single chaptered ones. It drives me nuts to get into a story that hasn't been updated in 2 years. 

-No first person POV stories. I cannot read that way, the character whose POV I'm reading through is never really developed... Literally, I have started Dramione Award winners, but as soon as the 1st person thing is realized, I go back and look for something else.

Lucius/Hermione

-Time travel, I don't really understand the idea of Hermione going back and falling in love with a past character or something, like Voldemort/Tom Riddle or some senior Malfoy. Keep it in the current!

-A dumb, submissive Hermione. Like, I am growing into D/s fiction, but not so much the idea that Hermione is just waiting around for someone to do her. The Hermione in my mind is intelligent beyond belief.

-A dumb, old, sad, depressed, lonely Lucius is a no. That includes poor Azkaban-damaged Lucius. My Lucius, that I appreciate, is smart, clever, witty, and just plain gorgeous. He has impeccable manners, and can challenge Hermione in anything. 

-I also cannot picture a threesome story with Lucius and Snape/Harry/Draco/ANYONE. Lucius just seems to be selfish. 

-Any filthy Muggleborn/insane Death Eater pairing of Hermione/Lucius is just not going to catch my attention. 

-Any super into the future fic, with a middle aged/menopausal/elderly Hermione is just freaky. Especially if she is a virgin with extremely low self esteem. I guess this falls into the Dramione category as well. Also, I believe in the age system of wizards, that they live to be a lot older than us Muggles. As described in Girl Talk by Snapes_Goddess, a wizards prime age is in the early hundreds... 

Draco/Hermione/Blaise

-Well, Draco and Blaise have to be friends, like best friends.

-I hate a fluffy sweet Draco.... whiny like in A Dowry of a Single Galleon by Krissy. Don't get me wrong, that was a good story, but he was painfully out of character.

-An evil Death Eater Draco who is just raping Hermione. That is just dumb.

-Blaise is Italian to me. I've always pictured him as European, very endearing, and very generous. Not black. Ethnic, yes, European, yes, Tanned skin and thick curly hair, double yes. Don't get me wrong, I'm black myself, but Blaise Zabini is very Italian. 

-I don't do the baby thing. Draco with kids, or Hermione with kids is just wrong, and ruins the entire development of their relationship with their pasts. 

I guess I don't have too many limits on Dramione/Dramionaise pairings because most of them work out fine. I will add more as I look up a new story today. I'm sure I'll find plenty more. 

**Lots of info

Maybe not too much, but it seemed alright to put that. I have been reading, a lot, but it seems like nothing is complete! Ahh! Thats just retarded. I am slowly working my way through Round 1 and Round 3 of the Dramione Awards nominees/winners.

Okay, so I have also added some more criteria in my review, a How Good? rating, and the awards it has received. 

I guess that didn't take hardly any time at all. Hm, well I guess I could update on what I've been reading.

Lucius' Bookshelves appears to never have an ending. Like, literally, she hasnt updated in 3-4 years. She got an idea to write a story called Senior Project, which I couldn't stand at first, and am slowly starting to appreciate it. I think Snape is gross. 

Severus Snape is thick, with a stick up his butt, nasty greasy hair, a gruff old face, and an annoying voice. He has never been soft, arousing, or even interesting. He's just been stiff, mean, and rude. And also, just for convention. he's evil. I cannot understand what the big appeal is with Snarry and Snape/Hermione. 

Senior Project has quite a bit of Snape/Hermione in it. It sort of grosses me out, like terribly. Hermione/Lucius good, Draco/Hermione amazing. It's that that is keeping me reading the story. 

**Another update

Alright so I have been reading, catching up on updated stories and going back to look up more dramione! 

So I have turned to the Dramione Awards to find new stories to read and try. I tried a story called Laid by drcjsnider... it was ridiculously out of character... I couldn't get through it. I started The Bracelet by AkashaTheKitty but i couldn't get past the fact that Theo Nott was the Head Boy. I guess I've gotten picky. 

I am also especially turned off by stories in the first person. I just can't stand it...

But, I have started something else that is working out nicely so far! Pas De Deux by Eilonwy. The only thing that is annoying me is the fact that it's going to be over soon.. Like, its very short.. Arrggh! 

**Alright

This story is so wonderful, I found the name of the story. It is called Lucius' Bookshelves, and I have an email address to who I believe is the author! Yay me!

** An Amazing Discovery

I have found what I've been looking for for ages... A Lucius/Hermione pairing that completes every story that I have read that ended before the "good stuff" started, or hasnt been updated in years. It's like.... Amazing, and this is a story that will lure anyone from Draco to Lucius.... 

I think it is called No Silly Wand Waving Here... It was extremely difficult to find, after numerous clickings and redirecting, and then ignoring the username/password thing, I got to it. And if I had ignored the story because I didn't have password (which I can't figure out how to get), I would shoot myself in the foot. 

Lucius is creepy, but wonderfully so. Hermione is smart, bookloving, and focused. And the fall is fantastic. You know, the fall from sane and reserved, avoiding Lucius at all costs and only doing her job, to giving into her desires and... goodness! And Lucius, he is so developed. He is true to his character, just as Death Eater ish as ever, just as Malfoy ish as ever, and his reasons for reaching out are so... thoroughly explained. It's wonderful! 

I just wish I could contact the author, which i am going to try to do, in order to let them know that I mentioned their story, and to thank them for the story that no one has managed to write yet! This is awesomeness!

**I am reading...

I promise I am still reading fanfiction, I've just been stuck trying to find some good Lucius/Hermione pairings. I gave up last night, and started back on the Dramionaise train. I am addicted, and wish this wont ever end though I know it will on a story called Off Limits by Avari20 over at IATQO... Is it HOT!!! Oh goodness, well I ought to get back to it! I will be sure to post about it after I have finished it, hopefully it's completed already... I don't feel like waiting....

**Another update post!

After quite a bit of stress with my Macbook hard drive, it appears all is well now! 

I still haven't read any new Dramione, as I've been enthralled by a surprisingly "clean" Lucius/Hermione pairing... It's called Ball and Chain by scifichick774. Give it a go, I swear, it's my favorite Hermione to date, and when this starts to get sexy, it will be really hot! Really nice development of the character's relationship...

** Just a quick posting

Just so everyone knows I'm still alive and well, I have been ardently searching for Lucius/Hermione pairings... and apparently I'm very picky. Ahhh! 

I am favoring post war fics, Lucius still has his money, superior complex and everything... I am sick of the whole Death Eater Lucius, prisoner Muggleborn Hermione. I haven't even read any of that, but I would want a consenting Hermione... 

Sigh. I did read something today though, before I read Girl Talk again... I think it was called Draco's Dad by Snapes_goddess. Quite a nice one-shot it was...

What is the Lucius/Hermione pairing called? Like literally, there is Dramione, Snarry, Mionaise.... But what's my newest ship called? 

**Read a few stories

Alright, so a quick notice. I actually have been reading stories, I just either haven't finished it, or didn't like it enough to follow it completely. 

Those stories are:

A Place Called Home by Sage

Accidental Dessert by EclecticSista (I LOVED this one... it reminds me of Never Again by Em North)

Amplified Wants by ashleyfanfic

But I have just started A Dowry of a Single Galleon by Krissy. I am only a few paragraphs in but... I am surprised... I think I got confused at one time or another. I thought this was something else, and never wanted to read it despite the reviews and ratings of it. But I am liking it, and the Hermione in it is really likeable :). I have one little confusion about the Weasley brothers but... I will get to it after I've finished.