HP Beholder

THE HP BEHOLDER 2009 MASTER LIST

And here we have it, all forty-five stories and works of art from this year's hp_beholder exchange, now with names attached.

To all Artists and Authors: feel free to post your work where you like...and thank you so much for participating in this year's exchange (note: artists and authors of long stories that I'm currently hosting on my website - let me know when you re-post and I'll redirect the links)

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( ART and FIC )

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A few thanks are in order, first to femmequixotic who spent time on the look of the LJ mirror community using tripperfunster's art, which you can see on the IJ community (the fact that you can't currently see anything but a standard style on LJ is attributable to some weird LJ bug that stripped the coding...and not in that good "stripped" way. *g*)

I also want to thank odogoddess, tripperfunster, and lesyeuxverts for their lovely offers to pinch hit, but do you know what? We ended up needing not a single pinch hitter in this exchange, which those of you who have ever helped to run an exchange know is practically unheard of.

And finally, I want to thank all the participants and all the folks who read stories and admired art and left feedback and made recs in their journals and who were so positive and supportive about the uncommon pairings that were the focus of hp_beholder. It's people like you who make this kind of [niche] exchange a pleasure to mod.

And here we have the pre-reveal Master List, featuring all forty-five stories and works of art!

As I mentioned yesterday, you'll see the list with names attached on Saturday, but here's a final chance to look at the wonderful art and read the excellent stories while the artists/authors are still anonymous!

( the pre-reveal master list )

Oh, and one more thing: I've been collecting recs for hp_beholder fic and art as I've seen them come by on my f'lists, but if you've recced anything from this exchange in the past few weeks, please place a link in the comments section below!

Today is the final fic/art round-up for hp_beholder 2009 (which includes today's story: "Finding Viktor Krum"). This should give everybody a chance to catch up with the great art and fiction from days 18 through 25 of the Exchange.

ART

"The Question and The Answer" (Arthur Weasley/Molly Prewett Weasley. G.) for ze_dragon.

"Contrast" (Severus Snape/Rubeus Hagrid. G.) for vissy.

FIC

"A Slytherin Fairytale" (Millicent Bulstrode/Gregory Goyle. PG.) for trickofthedark.

"The Caretaker and the Cat Lady" (Argus Filch/Arabella Figg. PG) for donnaimmaculata.

"Dragon's Blood and Meadowsweet" (Draco Malfoy/Millicent Bustrode) for ragdoll.

"Two" (Minerva McGonagall/Septima Vector. R.) for magnetic_pole.

"Tangled Webs" (Poppy Pomfrey/Rabastan Lestrange; Rabastan/Evan Rosier, implied Rabastan/Severus, Rabastan/Rodolphus. NC-17.) for r_grayjoy.

"Playing for Keeps" (Eileen Prince Snape/Severus Snape. R.) for regan_v.

"Such is the Flare Through" (Rufus Scrimgeour/Rita Skeeter. PG.) for miramiraficfic.

"The Hand That's Dealt" (Severus Snape/Argus Filch. NC-17) for miss_morland.

"Two, Divided Briefly" (Grey Lady/Bloody Baron. PG) for snapesgirl_62.

"A Toast to Lord Voldemort" (Minerva McGonagall/Augusta Longbottom. PG.) for woldy.

"Much Better Days" (Alastor Moody/Minerva McGonagall. R/NC-17) for dognmonkeyshow.

"Finding Viktor Krum" (Albus Severus Potter/Viktor Krum. NC-17) for femmequixotic.

Admin Note: Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 13), I'll be posting the Master List...and the Artist and Author reveals will be on Saturday, May 16.

And here, with "Finding Viktor Krum," we have the final entry in this year's hp_beholder exchange. The third fic/art round-up will be posted later today and the pre-reveal Master List will be posted tomorrow, so remember to leave comments for all the talented (and still-anonymous) exchange participants.

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Recipient: femmequixotic
Author: atdelphi
Title: Finding Viktor Krum
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Albus Potter/Viktor Krum
Word Count: ~13,000
Warnings: n/a
Summary: "A man walks into a pub..." Or, how the universe played a joke on Albus Severus Potter and how he learned to go along with it.
Author's Notes: A heartfelt thank-you to my long-suffering beta, and to Femme for setting me this challenge. I had a lot of fun with these characters and I really hope you do too.

( Finding Viktor Krum )

Recipient: dognmonkeyshow
Author: r_grayjoy
Title: Much Better Days
Rating: Hard R/NC-17
Pairing: Minerva McGonagall/Alastor Moody
Word Count: 2,085
Summary: The first time it happened was eight months into the first war with Voldemort.
Author's Notes: Massive thanks, first and foremost, to bethbethbeth for not giving up on me. My heartfelt gratitude also to R. for being there, as always. And finally, thanks to dognmonkeyshow for the prompt that brought my writing mojo home!

( Much Better Days )

Recipient: vissy
Artist: tripperfunster
Title: Contrast
Rating: G
Pairings: Hagrid/Snape
Word Count: na
Warnings: none
Summary: big/small, hairy/smooth, younger/older
Artist's Notes: Vissy said she liked physical contrasts, so I hope this pleases her! Pose is shamelessly stolen from an older movie poster. Can you guess which one?

( Contrast )

Recipient: woldy
Author/Artist: magnetic_pole
Title: A Toast to Lord Voldemort
Rating: PG
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Augusta Longbottom
Word Count: 4500
Summary: Neville joins an unexpected celebration.

( A Toast to Lord Voldemort )

Recipient: snapesgirl_62
Author: ze_dragon
Title: Two, Divided Briefly
Pairing: Grey Lady/Bloody Baron
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~1400
Summary: The Bloody Baron didn't like reminders, but the Grey Lady had nothing but reminders to offer.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my betas for their speedy and brilliant work. And mucho mucho thanks to the mod that dealt with my crazy lateness. The title is from Emily Dikinson's The Grave

( Two, Divided Briefly )

Recipient: miss_morland
Author/Artist: regan_v
Title: The Hand That’s Dealt
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Snape/Filch
Word Count: 3800
Warnings: None. Both characters are adults.
Summary: Filch might be a squib, but he was a pureblood.
Author's/Artist's Notes: miss_morland, I hope you enjoy this. As ever, P improved this quite a bit. She has a fine ear, and I’m very grateful for her skill as beta.

( The Hand That's Dealt )

Recipient: miramiraficfic
Author: injustice_worth
Title: Such is the Flare Through
Rating: PG
Pairings: Rufus Scrimgeour/Rita Skeeter. sort of?
Word Count: 2620
Warnings: Not much. Rufus does a bit of cursing but, well, that's Rufus, and it really isn't terribly excessive.
Summary: The press has been at it again, revealing Ministry secrets. Auror Rufus Scrimgeour has just about had it with the whole lot of them, particularly with the harpy known as Rita Skeeter. Unfortunately for Rufus, Or, in which Rufus has further issues with women.
Author's Notes: First war and all that, where Crouch is Barty Crouch Sr., Rufus and Moody are doing their Auror-ly duties, and so on. PROBABLY ought to say that no small part of the image of Rita held in mind comes from a mix of the Rita-ones o' skeeter_green, who portrays Rita far more aptly than I ever could, and featherxquill, who writes both Rita and Rufus far more skillfully than I've a prayer at chancing. Not to place any blame on them for the stilted/whatnot Rita produced here so much as to say that if anything about her is even vaguely Rita, they'd probably be why. Much of the gracias, then, to both of them. The title is from the same poem as the beginning bit, the line being as follows: "such / is the flare through memory or desire." At any rate. My apologies if this lacks in plot and such; the initial idea had a bit more of that, not to mention more characters and a McGonagall/Robards focus, bu-ut it kind of got out of control. So, er, hope this is acceptable annnnd je ne sais pas. LOVELY. DAY.

( Such is the Flare Through )

Recipient: ze_dragon
Artist: littleblackbow
Title: The Question and The Answer
Rating: G
Pairings: Arthur and Molly
Medium: Markers, pen and ink
Warnings: None
Artist's Notes: I know it isn't porny, but I thought you might like this particular scene. And yeah, I can't believe how much Arthur ended up looking like his sons, too. It was so much fun to do!!

Hope you like it.

( The Question and The Answer )

Recipient: regan_v
Author: vissy
Title: Playing For Keeps
Rating: R
Pairings: Eileen/Severus, (Eileen/Tobias)
Word Count: 5800
Warnings: incest, dub-con
Summary: Eileen Snape, former Captain of the Hogwarts Gobstones Team, is losing her marbles.
Author's Notes: Regan V, this is a bit grim, but I hope you enjoy it.

( Playing For Keeps )

Recipient: r_grayjoy
Author/Artist: snapesgirl_62
Title: Tangled Webs
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Poppy Pomfrey/Rabastan Lestrange; Rabastan/Evan Rosier, implied Rabastan/Severus, Rabastan/Rodolphus.
Word Count: 7728
Warnings: m/m, anal intercourse, voyeurism, Lestrangecest
Summary: Rabastan Lestrange must marry to satisfy his family obligations. Rab decides to be old fashioned with his courting and learns a few things about friendship.
Author's/Artist's Notes: You asked for some unusual/surprising characterizations for Rabastan Lestrange. And for first times (of all varieties), romance-not-schmoop, unlikely pairings and relationships, hurt/comfort, humor, snark, powerful women. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it for you.
Disclaimer: HP is owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc.

( Tangled Webs )

Recipient: magnetic_pole
Author: miraielle
Title: Two
Rating: R
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Septima Vector
Word Count: 1348
Summary: There is a week until professors return, and Hogwarts will not wake.
Author's Notes: Many many thanks to V, as ever.

( Two )

Recipient: ragdoll
Author: ldymusyc
Title: Dragon's Blood and Meadowsweet
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Millicent Bulstrode
Word Count: 16,500
Warnings: Language, sex.
Summary:
"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
Draco Malfoy takes an apprenticeship with a potions master after the war, and discovers the way to make a brew he never expected with a component he never considered. Side effects may occur; results may vary.
Author's Notes: Ragdoll, I was terribly nervous to have received your name for this exchange, but I hope that this will catch your attention. I tried to incorporate your likes of fluffy angst, humor, banter, and exploration into an uncertain relationship, and even though I know these aren't your favorite characters, I do hope you enjoy.

( Dragon's Blood and Meadowsweet )

Recipient: donnaimmaculata
Author: eeyore9990
Title: The Caretaker and the Cat Lady
Rating: PG
Pairings: Argus Filch/Arabella Figg
Word Count: ~3300
Warnings: None
Summary: After giving testimony at young Harry's trial, Arabella goes to the Leaky for a bit of something to soothe her nerves. There, she meets a man who does nothing but unsettle them.
Author's Notes: As I was looking through your list of preferred characters, this pairing leapt off the screen at me. I've never seen the pairing before, nor even any fic featuring Mrs Figg, and the idea of these two cat-loving Squibs finding each other utterly charmed me. I do hope you enjoy your fic as much as I enjoyed writing it, donnaimmaculata.

Beta read by the incomparable A.

( The Caretaker and the Cat Lady )

Recipient: trickofthedark
Author: cat_goddess
Title: A Slytherin Fairytale
Rating: PG
Pairings: Millicent Bulstrode/Gregory Goyle
Word Count: 1,186
Warnings: No real warnings. This is kind of fluffy.
Summary: Love is found in the most unexpected places, at the most unexpected times. Gregory and Millicent find out that gala balls aren't always boring.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank you, to our lovely mod for her understanding and giving me the extension. Trickofthedark, I hope you like this, even though it is short, and fluffy. I couldn't get into the frame of mind to write anything heavier than

( A Slytherin Fairytale )

Today is our second posting holiday here on hp_beholder. This should give everybody a chance to catch up with the great art and fiction from days 11 through 17 of the Exchange.

ART

"Nice Wandwork, Young Man" (Minerva/Severus) for tripperfunster.

ART and FIC

"Fruiting Bodies" (Firenze/Trelawney, Hooch/Slughorn, Krum/assorted) for littleblackbow.

FIC

"Finding a Niche" (Snape/McGonagall) for cardigrl.

"Carrying Old Delicious Burdens" (Minerva McGonagall/Kingsley Shacklebolt) for miraielle.

"Daring to Love" (Millicent Bulstrode/Vincent Crabbe) for anguis_1.

"Dark-Eyed Wanderer" (Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick, mentions of Severus Snape/Lily Evans (unrequited) and Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy) for odogoddess.

"Lady of Sorrows" (The Grey Lady/Sir Cadogan) for flourish.

"He Knew He Was Right" (Aberforth Dumbledore/Minerva McGonagall, background mentions of Albus/Grindelwald) for lyras.

"In a quiet moment, I'll teach you" (Rosmerta/Viktor Krum ) for lee_west.

"The Migratory Habits of Seekers & Other Birds of Prey" (Harry/Viktor) for florahart.

"The Backalley Annual C*cks*cking Contest" (Rita Skeeter/Erato Zabini (implied Erato/husbands)) for featherxquill.

"Between A Man And A Woman" (Molly Weasley/Arthur Weasley ) for iamisaac.

See you on Tuesday when regular posting resumes!

Recipient: iamisaac
Author/Artist: ragdoll
Title: Between A Man And A Woman
Rating: Hard R/NC-17
Pairings: Molly Weasley/Arthur Weasley
Word Count: 4700
Warnings: het sex
Summary: When Molly Prewett's father doesn't approve of her choice of a husband, she is forced to take drastic measures in order to marry the man she loves.
Author's/Artist's Notes: iamisaac, I can't tell you how happy I was to get your request. I'd been wanting to write this story for quite some time and your requests/suggested elements fit perfectly, thus giving me the excuse to finally do it. I sincerely hope you like it.

Much thanks to my betas R. and S. and to bethbethbeth for being such a fab mod and for coming up with the idea for hp_beholder in the first place.

( Between A Man and A Woman )

(Modly apologies to the author for 'asterisking' the title. I take responsibility for this wimpy "above the cut tag" change, which was made for the sake of people reading this community at work or the like.)

Recipient: featherxquill
Author: woldy
Title: The Backalley Annual C*cks*cking Contest
Rating: R
Pairings: Rita Skeeter/Erato Zabini (implied Erato/husbands)
Word Count: ~1600 words
Warnings: switching first person POV, strap-ons, more than a hint of crack
Summary: It wasn't anything as simple as sex appeal; if I had to put my finger on it I'd say they had charisma. And a talent for c*cks*cking, of course.
Author's Notes: This plotbunny ambushed me, but it's a gamble for an exchange fic so I hope you like it, featherxquill! If not, then I'm happy to write you another story in recompense. With thanks to my lovely beta, & to Shar Rednour for the inspiration.

( The Backalley Annual C*cks*cking Contest )