All the RomCom of Qi Xi

Title: Mad World
Author: wook77
Pairing: Implied Remus/Sirius
Rating: G
Warnings:
Wordcount: 1280
Summary: Sirius's favourite dreams are the ones in which he dies.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to why_me_why_not for wrangling my commas and giving this a bit of polish. Title and summary inspired by the song 'Mad World' as sung by Gary Jules.

( Mad World )

Some fics I've read recently and enjoyed. I thought I'd rec a couple.

GIFT FOR ME!!! - back to when it all falls apart. It's Remus/Sirius. Plotty, angsty, canon compliant, brilliant characterisations, interesting play with tenses, back and forth scenes. It's really really well done. I really liked this because the author didn't shy away from showing Sirius as a complete prick. Too many times, Sirius is shown to be those OHWOEISMEFORIAMAVICTIMFOREVAH sort of characters. He's perfect and a victim all at the same time. This story didn't shy away from showing Sirius as human - warts and failings and greediness and selfishness all right there. It also doesn't pull any punches when it comes to Remus himself. Remus shows himself to have plenty of faults too. ( spoilers for the fic contained within )

Get Down - another Remus/Sirius fic. Only this time - it's got artwork, too! I've had this fic open since it was posted because I can't quite wrap my head around just what sort of comment to leave. I've read it about 30 times but I just don't know what to say to encompass my OMGBESTTHINGEVAH reaction in any sort of rational manner. For now, you all need to go forth and read it and leave your own comments so that I can get mine figured out.

(title from a line from The Fisher King starring Robin Williams)

Forgive the rambly-ness of these thoughts but this is something that's been going through my head for about a week and I sort of need to talk this out to get my head on straight.

Can there be humor-genre story in a post-PoA world for Remus/Sirius?

This is something that came up while I was talking to a fellow participant at rs_games and I simply don't have a concrete answer.

I think, in a Hogwarts-era world, humor is a given genre. The boys prank and trick and it can be humorous. It's a given that there will be at least a few laughs sprinkled about, even in the angstiest of angsty fics. Thus - humor is to be expected and a humor-genre story would completely fit within canon.

However, post-Hogwarts, I don't know that I would, necessarily, expect a funny story. I would expect humorous moments. I wouldn't expect the entire story to be a laugh. First there's the war and then there's the distrust followed by the betrayal and years in Azkaban and then slowly rebuilding a relationship only to have Sirius die, Remus hook up with Tonks and then buy the farm himself.

For me, there is too much death, distrust and angst within the world post-Hogwarts for Remus/Sirius to have an across-the-board funny story.

What are your thoughts on the viability of humor-genre stories post-Hogwarts for Remus/Sirius?

Humor or humor moments? Neither? Both? Discuss. (*steals from coffee talk*)

Today was the workday from hell.

It started with an email from the payroll company telling me that they were unwilling to do further research and that I should seek legal counsel to sue an employee to get the duplicate paid funds back from said employee. Only catch? Said employee only got the funds once, as I've been saying from the beginning. It was clearly apparent that the fucktard hadn't bothered to look at my email let alone the email attachment showing the employee's bank statement illustrating that they only got the funds once. Fucking fucktarding assholes.

Then, we have our annual audit going on right now. ( work babble )

Fandom-wise, I'm writing for fun and that is very very nice. I have a huge deamus that will eventually go along with the 100quills claim I made for Deamus but for now, I'm just tweaking for canon compliance before I start sending to beta and then posting. It's sitting at about 27000 words right now with IDK how many more to go.

rs_small_gifts is making me feel like the nose-picker in elementary school that's last to get picked for dodgeball. I thought I made relatively open requests but no one's claimed any of them. *le sad* All I want is kissing. That's it. However, I claimed something that is made of win and the only problem with it that I shall have is keeping it small. Plus the mods are made of win and have promised everyone who claims will get something so I still have something to look forward to, regardless of said nose-picker status.

UGH, speaking of nosepicking, ( brief rant about Tucson drivers ) Sorry about that, now on to the rest of the post...

thescarletwoman and I have assumed the reins at rs_prophet and we're looking to revitalize and relaunch it. If you have any current Remus/Sirius writers you think we should watch, leave a list here, please. Also, if you're interested in being an editor, email me? wook77[at]livejournal[dot]com.

Typing my email up there reminded me that my paid account is expiring soon. I'm really sad to be losing my icons and that whole LJ email thing.

Finally, a couple of recs.

Because I'm finally able to put coherent thought into it. At hpslashnotsmut, I received Observance and it's Dean/Seamus. Brilliant composition and form, unique and lovely. Add in that this mystery author's characterisations are spot-on and I'm in love. It entwines within the Deathly Hallows canon and it's seamless, really. Just little bibs and bobs of canon that I just love so much. It's extremely well done and I can't tell you that enough. There's these little idiosyncratic observances that really make the story completely full and vibrant. It had me from the first sentence, really. I wanted to know more and the author really gave me just enough to fill in the blanks ALMOST to the point of being satiated. I absolutely love a story that does that for me. I'm gobsmacked that it only has 2 comments on it. Surely more people have read it and enjoyed it.

kaalee wrote a stream-of-consciousness drabble-ish Dean/Seamus for my birthday - Deadly Perfection. We've had these conversations about how I'm a bit of a stream of consciousness author, I like giving insights into their heads and writing exactly what the characters are thinking and kaalee claims that she can't do that. Personally, I think and have thought, she's full of shit. This right here is my physical proof. It flows really nicely and gives you a fleshed out picture simply by what it implies in between the thoughts.

Go forth and heap the love by telling the creators of these (and more) works that you enjoyed them!

Title: Life through Inkstains
Author/Artist: wook77
Rating: Hard R
Pairing: Remus/Sirius
Summary: Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.
Warnings (if any): bit of angst, tattoos
Wordcount: ~4400
Author's Notes: So many thanks to my betas, without whom, I would still be lost. So, to yodels, janicechess, why_me_why_not and thescarletwoman, all my love. Any remaining mistakes are my own. Originally written for tenderly_fierce at hp_summersmut as a pinch hit. The quick sketches are done by myself and inspired by photos of Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in OotP.

( Sirius is sixteen the first time he gets a tattoo... )