History FanficRecs / HarryPotterShipping

** [=Clendy82=]: I'm really torn. It is good, but it is ''so close'' to being ''truly great'' that it's painful. I can understand wanting a more intelligent Harry to work out the original story's logical fallacies, but these lead to many WhatCliffhanger and AntiClimax moments. Problem presented, problem solved...[[SoWhatDoWeDoNow now what?]] If the author really wants to showcase Harry's noggin, then give him new and improved problems worthy of him. Much adu is given to Harry's early [[Americanitis American]] magical education, which really only serves to cement his borderline MaryTzu status. Along with that, the author's contempt for Dumbledore [[strike: colors]] ''poisons'' the entire story, along with McGonagall's [[CharacterDerailment seething contempt]] of him and his decisions. If only these, and a few other niggling issues, were fixed, then this would rank among the truly great [[AltFic Alt Fics]] in the entire Potterverse. As it is, all I can say is that it's very well-written, good grammar, easy to follow, with many genuinely good moments throughout, but anything truly specacular is missing, just out of reach. Moderately Recommended.

* ''Comments'': [[TheChessmaster Brainy!Potter and Hermione]] work very well together. The story explains why Harry is suddenly rather more intelligent than his canon-counterpart believably. The pairing actually makes sense (Ron doesn't ''meet'' Hermione for quite some time, and even then is in Gryffindor and has little impact on the story, and Ginny, like the entire wizarding world, doesn't know where 'The Chosen One' is or if he is alive). The HumiliationConga pulled on Snape is incredible, and the author seems to enjoy calling out logical flaws in the canon characters (for example, Blood Quills are illegal, with a possible Azkaban sentance for black artifacts. So Harry and Hermione report Umbridge to Amelia Bones. Problem solved. And then Harry asks Hermione if Umbridge really was stupid enough to think that they would be stubborn and put up with it.) The author doesn't seem to like Dumbledore all that much, catching him up in the HumiliationConga that hits Snape in the first year, and occasionally giving him the IdiotBall (most prominently in the trial), but it doesn't really detract from the story. All in all, one of the best Harry/Hermione fics I have run into. And don't instantly assume that just because Harry is in Ravenclaw the story is bad. It isn't.

''Only Enemies [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2896398/1/Only_Enemies]]'' by leave this world
* Recommended by Magyareagle
* ''Pairings'': Harry/Bellatrix
* ''Synopsis'':In the aftermath of the Final battle a misplaced spell sends HP and Bellatrix to an alternative world. It holds everything each of them have lost to the war and yet they find themselves inexorably drawn back to each other. HPBella done right.
* ''Comments'': Perhaps the most realistic Harry/Bellatrix fanfic I have ever come across. Dark, and twisted, this story captures Bellatrix's personality perfectly. I believe that the author's summary sums this up best: Harry/Bella done right.
[=[[reviews:Only Enemies]]=]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2896398/1/Only_Enemies]]'' by leave this world

* ''Synopsis'': When the brothers Weasly make the mistake of scaring off Ginny's most recent boyfriend "for her own good", Ginny decides to get revenge by making a long-delayed move on Harry. What starts off as an amusing seduction attempt transforms into a prank war between the Weasly brothers and Harry while the students (and faculty) of Hogwarts place their bets. Somewhere along the way, the plot transforms into Harry finishing off Voldemort by completely wrecking his latest schemes with a lot of luck and "the power the Dark Lord knows not."

* Recommended by @/{{Willyolio}} and @/{{cardboardtubeknight}}

* Warning : AnyoneCanDie
** @/{{cardboardtubeknight}}: I liked this, it goes from somewhat lighthearted to dark suddenly and that kind of caught me off guard. Even with the author's warning before it happened. Also, there's a lot of misspellings and miss wordings. If you can overlook that, you're golden.
* Warning : There's a bit of MustacheTwirling!Dumbledore in there.

** Seconded by LostLenore; I'm of the opinion that characters, once dead, should stay that way. But this fic was particularly interesting and not nearly as cliche as it sounds. It fleshes out the world beyond the veil really well.

* Recommended by Goodwrench

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3613160/1/ The_Sinews_of_Thy_Heart]]'' by Amarielle

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2454211/1/A_Feast_in_Azkaban A_Feast_in_Azkaban]]'' by ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/125508/Nyx_Fixx Nyx_Fixx]]''

* ''Comments'': Powerful and angsty. The author has written several other good HP stories.

* Recommended by @/{{Willyolio}}

* Has its [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/TheShoeboxProject own page]].

* ''Comments'': Known for its humour, good characterisation and snappy dialogue, this comes highly recommended. It manages to be both hilarious and heartwarming As a bonus, Peter isn't completely stupid and annoying. This Troper isn't a fan of Lily/James, but this fic made the ship almost likeable.

** CaellachTigerEye: YMMV. There's no doubt it's well-written, but whether the ''style'' is you cup of tea depends. I personally am not a fan of stories giving such a ridiculous edge to Harry's side from the start, since it detracts from the well-balanced pacing of canon. Furthermore, the main characters' characterisation feels borderline Sue-ish. More importantly though, the author can ''not'' write children very well - they're either too immature for me to believe in, or far too mature and intelligent despite their age. It makes me wonder if the author has any experience with people of that age recently ... the writing might avert the DiLP or RtDE, but it still over-perfects Harry and Hermione in my eyes. And the romance is just ... ''painful''. People joke about Harry liking Hermione when he's ''eleven''. Seriously ... you only need read a few more stories to see the consistency in the author's narrative style as presented herein, which ditches proper character growth, development and change in favour of this, which tends to REALLY drag. Evidently, it has it's good points, but in my personal opinion they don't redeem the many faults ... the alt-fic ''Magical Relations'' is a better choice for a story in which early changes make for a less suspenseful plot (lack of suspense isn't bad, but when nothing else really appeals to you it's not something you'll want spend your time on ... As I said, good in many ways, just not necessarily in the ways I enjoy my fiction.

** @/UncloudedTJ: Seconded I wasn't expecting much when I read the premise thinking it would be a retelling of canon, but I was very mistaken. At first is seems almost completely the same but soon Harry's maturity causes events to forgo canon and end with something dramatically different. Not AnyoneCanDie territory ''yet'', but certainly feels like it's heading that way. Also the expected pairing is done rather well for apparently questionable ages involved in the story.

* Synopsis: Five years after the end of the War, Harry returns to Hogwarts a changed man. He's the new Transfiguration Professor, but before anything can even hope to settle down, there are a few things to be relearned and even more things to be cleared up.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2427170/1/bObsessive_b_bLily_b_bDisorder_b Obsessive_Lily_Disorder]]'' by Procrastinator-starting2moro

* ''Comments'': Truly lunatic romance, and highly recommended. The author's also written several other excellent stories.

* ''Comments'': An excellent action/adventure piece. This is THE big Remus/Tonks story. The author's other stories, such as ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2063033/1/Oblivious Oblivious]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3688609/1/A_Little_More_Time A_Little_More_Time]]'' are also good.

* Pairing: Remus/Sirius
* Synopsis: Trapped in a world where he can be neither seen nor heard, Sirius Black struggles to communicate to his friends that he may not be as dead as they think he is and that something dreadful lurks beyond the veil.
* Warnings: Slash.
* Comments: This is the classic bring back Black story, and an absolute must read for shippers of Remus/Sirius. It doesn't get much better than this.

* Pairing: James/Lily
* Synopsis: "If I promise never to try and flick ice-cubes down the front of your shirt again, can I have my glasses back?" Assorted MWPP-Era madness, letter-style.
* Comments: Very funny and charming James/Lily piece. There needs to be more fanfics like this.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/35895 The_Stolen_Glasses_Shenanigans]]'' by afterthree and thirty2flavors

* Comments: Written before Books 6 and 7, so who's alive and who's dead are kind of different, though the author nails the fact that [[spoiler: Sirius, Snape, and Dumbledore]] are all very obviously doomed from the start. Very, very long (clocking in at 450K), but SO worth it. I don't ship Harry/Draco, but this is how I could see it happening. Honestly, the pairing kind of fades into the background for me, because this is also one of the most fascinating fics I've ever read. The American contingent Harry hides out with are an amazing amalgamation of sympathetic magic, herb-craft, and Native American traditions. I love the notion of a magic school at Disney, and Sunday is a lovely original character. The linguistics are excellent as well, the notion of spellcasting having a dialect that purebloods speak differently from others, and the idea of calligromancy. But I have to warn you, it's also one of the most ''legitimately fucking terrifying'' stories I've ever read. The curse-mines all over Hogwarts, the conditional clauses (including "hide", "multiply", and "target Headmaster/Minister of Magic/all Hogwarts professors") and sheer horror-movie feel of the piece just build and build, and there are consequences.

* Paring(s): Percy/Hermione, Ron/Hermione, Audrey/Percy, Harry/Ginny

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1416891/1/Beyond_the_Veil Beyond_The Veil]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/34574/Atalan Atalan]]