Special Editions - the Second Round: intro post == Special Editions ==
Many of you will remember the Special Editions posted in the dailysnitch from August 2008 until September 2011. titti did a truly amazing job, collecting an astounding 149 Special Editions about Harry Potter characters from Aberforth Dumbledore to Zacharias Smith. Do check them out.
Tonight, we are starting the second round of Special Editions. :)
What are Special Editions? Special Editions are collections of community resourced fanart and fanfiction recommendations, meta, communities and resources about one specific character from the Harry Potter series.
What do we mean by community resourced? Community resourced means that you, the readers of dailysnitch, provide the recs and links that are included in the Special Editions. It will work like this:
A post will go up in the dailysnitch, asking for art, fiction, meta, communities and resources about a specific character. We are looking for art and fics that feature this character specifically. All artistic styles, ratings, genres, length etc. are welcome. The character may be in a romantic pairing, but we only accept stories that focus predominantly on this character. Outright "pairing fic" is not be accepted for a Special Edition. Likewise, fic/art with a main pairing that does not include the character is not accepted. NC-17 rated videos and manips are also not accepted.
During the following two to three weeks you leave your recs and links in a comment to this post. There will be reminders posted in the dailysnitch.
vaysh will gather all recs and links into one post: the Special Edition post for the specified character. Links will be grouped into art, fic, meta, communities and resources (if they exist). Art and fic will be sorted by rating. Special Editions will be tagged, both with a general tag, #special edition, and with the character-specific tag, for example s. e. gregory goyle.
Which Characters get a Special Edition? The first round of Special Editions was specifically done to gather recs and resources "featuring less common" characters, as titti phrased it in the first Special Edition post back in 2008. Special Editions has since become an invaluable resource for most HP characters, and not only the "less common" one. Still, the first round did not include many of the main characters – there is no Special Edition for Harry Potter, Lily Evans, Hermione Grange, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy etc.. Thus for this round of Special Editions, we decided to include these characters as well, if only to see if there are certain artworks or fics that many people across fandom consider defining for a main character. And to get a complete resource on all HP characters. We are expecting a lot of recs/links for those Special Editions, and we will post special guidelines for those. :)
If you have any questions or suggestions about Special Editions, please comment here or email the Daily Snitch.