My dear, this is fabulous! So much information, and you present it in such a funny and readable way.
Would you please allow me to link to you page on the hoggywartyxmas com? It's too good to miss.
And allow me to offer an explanation for the f/f peak. It all started as a little party I decided to throw for my flist. Several of them had complained about the huge m/m rate at the great Christmas fests (HP_yuleballs, Snapely Holidays and such). They were in doubt whether they wanted to sign up, since they felt they might get assignments they didn't enjoy writing.
At that point, I thought, 'let's throw a little party (as you pointed out, it's not a fest) where authors can do basically anything they like. The only requirement was that they should avoid their recipient's particular squicks. (Hence the very different lengths, too).
Well, my flist consists for the major part of ardent f/f lovers...
And the rest is history.
Oh, and I included Sybill Trelawney in the list of invites because she is a Hogwarts Professor. For the whole 7 years of canon. Can't ignore her. But no-one on my flist is very fond of her.
For that very reason I excluded Umbridge and Squirrel. And Gilderoy Lockhart, for I felt no-one would want to write him, and he was only there for a year. But then one author took up the challenge and wrote what is to me the canon background for Lockhart.
So really it's the 'it's not an official fest, it's a party where my flist and I have a ball' attitude that explains most of the funny things.
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Date: 2011-01-10 06:32 pm (UTC)Would you please allow me to link to you page on the
And allow me to offer an explanation for the f/f peak. It all started as a little party I decided to throw for my flist. Several of them had complained about the huge m/m rate at the great Christmas fests (HP_yuleballs, Snapely Holidays and such). They were in doubt whether they wanted to sign up, since they felt they might get assignments they didn't enjoy writing.
At that point, I thought, 'let's throw a little party (as you pointed out, it's not a fest) where authors can do basically anything they like. The only requirement was that they should avoid their recipient's particular squicks. (Hence the very different lengths, too).
Well, my flist consists for the major part of ardent f/f lovers...
And the rest is history.
Oh, and I included Sybill Trelawney in the list of invites because she is a Hogwarts Professor. For the whole 7 years of canon. Can't ignore her. But no-one on my flist is very fond of her.
For that very reason I excluded Umbridge and Squirrel. And Gilderoy Lockhart, for I felt no-one would want to write him, and he was only there for a year. But then one author took up the challenge and wrote what is to me the canon background for Lockhart.
So really it's the 'it's not an official fest, it's a party where my flist and I have a ball' attitude that explains most of the funny things.