Glee fic: The Sidhe by Chazzam

The Sidhe by Chazzam

Last time I wrote, I introduced you to the Glee world of fic and Klaine. I’m not going to lie but I’m still OBSESSED with Glee, so please humour my flailing over anything and everything Glee/Klaine.

This time I’m reccing something that is a Glee fic in as much as the main characters are Kurt and Blaine. This fic, I found by accident and ended up staying up late into the night reading it as fast as I could.

The Sidhe by Chazzam

Epic romantic fantasy adventure, seriously AU, with angst and fluff in equal measure. I can sense your hesitation, but just give the first chapter a try. It's been winning some folks over and it may surprise you.

Glee - Rated: M - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 32 - Words: 118,669 - Reviews: 2905 - Updated: 7-15-11 - Published: 5-13-11 - Blaine & Kurt H. - Complete

First off, The Sidhe (pronounced ‘Shee’) is a fantasy. Blaine is a human living in a place called Villalu, where there is a roaring slave trade of the Sidhe. The Sidhe are like elves, powerful, beautiful and long-lasting. However, this slave culture is more than just manual labour...


One day, Blaine goes along with his master, the prince of Villalu, to buy more slaves, and this is when we meet Kurt. Kurt is a Sidhe, and despite his predicament, Blaine notices the fire in his eyes has not gone out, he’s still fighting. Blaine immediately decides then and there to somehow free this Sidhe, and get him back to his homeland.


And this is where the story begins. Chazzam weaves a complex world around these two characters that is infinite, lush and detailed. All the original characters are well developed and interesting. Kurt and Blaine themselves are recognisable as Kurt and Blaine, because despite their different circumstances, Chazzam has worked in the traits we see in the show into the personalities of these characters. Eg. Kurt in the show has had a very hard time at school, so has built up walls to protect himself, but is still inherently positive. Sidhe!Kurt is the same, but this stems from being in captivity as a slave.


As the story progresses, you learn more and more about the Sidhe and their ways, and about Kurt’s life before he was captured. Of course, over time Blaine and Kurt become closer, and the fluff, smut and angst start to come with equal measure.


I think the underlying story of these two people finding each other and battling the odds to try to stay together is what keeps you reading, not the supernatural goings-on, or the world Chazzam has built. The epilogue by itself is a masterpiece that will leave you wanting to know more, but satisfied at the same time.


This fic already has a pretty solid following. The author has a tumblr, where she posts fanart, and has answered some questions to be read after you’ve finished (i.e very spoilery).


I hope you enjoyed my last rec, and will give this one a try.

Glee fic: The Sidhe by Chazzam

You Do Or You Dalton by Lizloz

You Do Or You Dalton

Hi, everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve contributed to the blog. Unfortunately real life got in the way. Had a degree to pass and whatnot, but now I’m FREE to do whatever I please until I get a job…

So to ease my way back in I’m introducing a new fandom. Glee.

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen my recent obsession with Glee and with a certain pink sunglasses-wearing actor by the name of Darren Criss. Well, anyway. Glee, as you probably know, is about some high school misfits who find an outlet in show choir AKA Glee club.

You might be wondering what fanfic there is out there for a show such as Glee, which seems to be primarily about singing. Well, there’s lots. According to our not-so faithful friend, FF.net, there are currently 40,585 stories for Glee. Due to the myriad plot holes and missing moments, there is inspiration galore for writers to grab hold of.

There are also many many different ships in Glee. My particular favourite and the central pairing in this rec is Klaine, or Kurt/Blaine. Kurt is one of the main characters in Glee, and Blaine is a student at a rival school.

So I will introduce you to one of my current favourites: You Do Or You Dalton by lizloz.

In the Glee universe, Dalton is the rival private boys school that Kurt Hummel goes and spies on. There he meets the dapper Blaine ‘Warbler’ Anderson, another openly gay teen, who becomes a kind of mentor for Kurt who is experiencing some pretty horrible bullying at McKinley HS (the main school in the show).
Eventually Kurt transfers to Dalton because the bullying gets so bad. Here is where YDOYD picks up the story.

Here is the summary:

Kurt leaves his McKinley life behind to embark on a schooling career at Dalton. With it comes the highs, lows and just plain weird moments of living in a boys school, but will Kurt embrace this change, or crumble?

Glee - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 43 - Words: 138,177 - Reviews: 489 - Updated: 7-26-11 - Published: 1-4-11 - Kurt H. & Blaine

Lizloz takes us through the highs and lows of a first romance, while introducing the world of Dalton, which in her story is a boarding school. Kurt finds friends, enemies and most importantly acceptance in this new school. Both Kurt and Blaine are very close to their on-screen counterparts, while the smaller background characters (both actual Glee characters and lizloz’s original characters) are well developed.

The Klaine relationship is progresses quite slowly, as Kurt comes to terms with what happened to him at McKinley and Blaine tries to understand and handle his feelings for his protégé of sorts. However, it does not run smoothly.

As the story was started before the last season finished, it does not necessarily follow canon, though aspects are included, making for an interesting take on the Klaine relationship.

Anyway… I’m babbling nonsense at you now. I interviewed lizloz about YDOYD so I’ll let her explain stuff better:

You Do Or You Dalton by Lizloz

Sue's interview with Quantumfizzx about her fic 'Book of Misremembrances'

Book of Misremembrances

A painful present leads Hermione to seek refuge as a Hogwarts professor...only to learn the past is more uncertain than her future. Cedric/Hermione

Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 6 - Words: 11,097 - Reviews: 179 - Updated: 7-14-11 - Published: 7-6-11 - Hermione G. & Cedric D.

Ever since I read Finding Himself by minnissinoo I have been looking around for another Cedric/Hermione story that would captivate me just as much. The hard thing is, once you have read what I consider to be the best fic ever, you are gonna have a hard time finding something that can compare (yes, I know T and I disagree. She keeps trying to get me to read SLASH but it scares me. And T still has no desire to read CD/HG fic) 

Like the way I find most fic I was sitting on Twitter one night (I get all my news from Twitter) when one of my friends happened to mention that she is a beta for a new fic about Cedric and Hermione.

OHH is it any good? 

Yes, it's good. I tend to take this with a grain of salt because, after all, one persons good is another persons flounce but I'm up for anything.

THEN I heard who the author was. Anyone remember The Plan? You know, that brilliant idea QF had, to post a story in real time? Remember the fun of the updates? The little vingnettes we got? Yeah, I do too. It was a blast for the reader and I bet a nightmare for the author and her Beta.

At any rate, I was all excited because I wanted to see if she had come up with an idea I could sink my teeth into. So happy I gave this one a chance! 

LOVE this avi

The idea behind it is, that the world Hermione is living in is basically the one she was left in at the end of Book 7. The war is over, they have seen devastation, heartbreak and death. Minerva asks Hermione to come join her. She has something for her from Dumbledore. It's a book and it seems empty? Weird. Follow Hermione as she finds out the secrets behind this book.

How cool is that? We get to discover things as Hermione does. We find out the truth. SO how does Cedric come into this?

Well, you will get to meet a sweet teenage boy. He is cute, he is flirty and written as an adorable match for our heroine. SO if you like reading Cedric/Hermione and you were left wanting more of this pairing, give this one a shot. I think, like the few of us that are reading it, you will NOT be disappointed.

Remember what to do. Read what is there, leave some comments to our lovely author and then come back and tell me if you like this! 

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Sue's interview with Quantumfizzx about her fic 'Book of Misremembrances'

SOME Harry Potter O/S for you

ALRIGHTY, when we did the poll a few months ago about what you people want to see on SYTYCW some voted on more coverage of other fandoms. Now, as you may know, I do not have time to read in all fandoms and read real books and deal with real life at the same time. I mean if I read in all the fandoms when would I find time to play on Twitter?


So mostly I read in HP and Twilight. I would love to find something fabulous in say, Hunger Games fandom (any recs let me know!) or in Pride and Prejudice fandom (same thing) or even GASP the Time Travelers Wife. Well you get the idea...


So lets talk some fic


I know that several of you have listened to me and have read Finding Himself. Good job, I hope you enjoyed it. As you can see from our HP Fic stuff page as well as from our interview/reviews we have some fabulous HP fics and there are TONS of places to read them.


The only thing I ask of you is to remember that the HP fandom has been around for a LONG timeS. o look for completed fics OR O/S OR for fics being updated recently it will save you a LOT of frustration.


Sadly I do not have many Cedric/Hermione fics to rec, they are just not out there.


SO TODAY I want you all to join me in checking out these lovely O/S
staring: DRACO


Now, now don't get all freaky on me. The neat thing about Draco in many fics I have found is what is called reformed Draco basically the author takes the character and something has happened to him in that fics history to make him change so he is not ALL bad.


If you saw the last movie or read the books you know that Draco is a multi level deep character. He is not evil, he is a kid that was lead astray and was raised with prejudices.


I give you some of the cute fluffy and even a sad oneshots. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did and remember I WANT to hear from you so let me know what you think and in between reading these I give you some lovely pics of Tom Felton as well!!


We start with 101 ways to woo Hermione Granger


This little O/S is a series of letters written by a stubborn suitor to his love. You get the gist of the story from only his side and there are so many reasons to love it. He is snarky, witty, determined and funny. It is just so cute


I asked a friend, who also reads HP fic, for recs and she gave me a few links. Here is her fav Drarry (Draco/Harry) for you slash lovers out there: http://serpentinelion.livejournal.com/116556.html


Guess I gotta read it to find out what that is about (Slash is just not my thing. No matter how much Drarry fans try to convince me that Draco/Harry belong together. I just CAN'T)


Back to my HET recs Dramione (Draco/Hermione)


Amistlemour
This is a Christmas themed O/S. I love it for the extra character and the neato twist IMO it is a cute fic. Read it, if you are disappointed tell me why LOL


OH and this one is a ficlet Bus Stop and OH MY is it sweet.
Hermione visiting her aunt, takes the bus to get out of Muggle London and who does she run into at the bus stop? A flirty, reformed, Draco who is on his way to his job. He is a taste tester at an ice cream shop. Silly? Yes but super cute. The interactions take place mostly at the bus stop. I really enjoyed the little convos between them.


I think that is enough to wet your whistle. Please let me know if you want more of these and if you read them leave feedback. Not just for the author but also FOR ME I wanna know if people like these as much as I do!

SOME Harry Potter O/S for you

Always A Bridesmaid by inell - a Harry Potter Fic

Always A Bridesmaid

Hermione is performing bridesmaid duties for the seventh time.

Here is what I want to know from you my readers before I go on:

What do you think of my Harry Potter recs? Did you read them? Did you enjoy them?

So make sure you comment to let me know if you want to see MORE of these great stories. I promise I will ONLY rec completed HP fic. That way you will not have to worry if I found some story started in, say, 2005 that is not finished.

OK, on with todays fic rec.

When I first started reading HP, I read Finding Himself by the fabulous minnisimoo. (In fact, Sue has talked a LOT about this fic - check the page on top saying HP Stuff) It is a Cedric Hermione story and after I read that I CRAVED more of this pairing. So I went on the hunt. SADLY this is not a very popular pairing. 

Now if you read Finding Himself you will know that this is a great couple. In todays fic rec we get to see them be older and a little more mature. We also get to see what is to be the last of the singles amid a group of married off or paired off friends and this poor pair is stuck at a wedding. Not only that, they are IN the wedding party.

We have Harry getting married to Pansy.
We have a VERY pregnant Ginny, married to Neville, that is wearing a horrific color for a red head.
We have a bride in the middle of a melt down.
A groom that tries to wear a rut in the floor by pacing too much.
A horrible aunt, that recommended an even worse caterer so the food is inedible and needs to be replaced.
We get Luna looking to the sky for advice
A justice of the peace that is intoxicated and stealing apples and so inebriated he cannot perform the ceremony
AND a Rita Skeeter attack!

And through it all Cedric and Hermione flirting with each other, trying slowly to solve each problem without the bride or groom finding out.

What things will Hermione learn throughout her stressful day? Will she finally find the someone that will love her for who she is - a bossy, logical 30yr old, independent know-it-all? Will Cedric be able to finally impress the seemingly aloof Hermione and convince her of his sincerity?

Well, what do you think?
I love the way inell tells a story. Her dialog is adorable and the situations are so silly and sadly those of us, that have been in weddings, can attest to the fact that when one gets married Murphy's Law rules the day.

Whatever can go wrong WILL go wrong.

Always A Bridesmaid by inell - a Harry Potter Fic

A Wonderful Caricature of Intimacy by Countess of Abe - Harry Potter fic

A Wonderful Caricature of Intimacy

Draco loves his son more than anything in the world. So, when his ex-wife plans to take his son away, Draco asks the most unlikely person for help. Hermione must decide whether changing her entire life is worth helping the man she hates unconditionally.

Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 25 - Words: 137,486 - Reviews: 2877 - Updated: 9-3-08 - Published: 11-6-07 - Draco M. & Hermione G. - Complete

Now move away with me from Bella and Edward, and let's talk about fic that is based in JK Rowling's universe.

Alright, you should know by now that I like fics that are sweet, without tons of angst and tons of manufactured strife. This story has just that. This is a story that I love. You wanna know why?

Well, Draco is a young dad of an adorable kid. He is not the spoiled brat you know from the Harry Potter world of JK Rowling.

He grew up.

He matured.

And he is deeply in love with...

Zane.

Don't get all freaky and shocked, thinking I have recced you slash (SUE does not do slash. You want that, talk to T!).

Zane is his son and NOTHING is as sexy as a man that loves and cares for his child.

Take the attributes of Draco, the determination, the tenacity, add to it a man who learned from a mistake of a one night stand with a spoiled woman (Pansy), and you have this Daddy Draco.

SO SUE, where does the hotness come in?

Enter Hermione, who, taking a page from her Muggle roots, has started a school for magical children. Where as most children from magical families are home-schooled, Hermione starts a preschool where the children can prep for Hogwarts.

Guess what newly-single Dad needs to do with his little boy? YUP. Enroll him in school. AND here is where the sparks start to fly.

Zane, of course, falls in love with his new teacher. Draco tries his best to not badmouth her, while being oddly attracted to her physically (of course).

In this story, the two make a choice to be together in order to save Draco's custody of his son from his ex-wife.

During the course of this, they actually fall in love, but it takes time.

Other things you will love about this fic:

• The precocious and very cute mini-Draco, Zane. He is adorable but not super cutesy.
• A special appearance by Fred and George Weasley had me laughing, literally OUT LOUD. I got some funny looks from the family for those times!

SO give this fic a shot. You never know, this might be the one that converts you to a new fandom!

And if you have already read some HP fic, it will reunite you with an old friend!

A Wonderful Caricature of Intimacy by Countess of Abe - Harry Potter fic

An HP fic for you! A Pound of Flesh by Pennilyn Novus

(This scrumptuous banner was made by RobsButtonsBabe of the RobNipulations. THANKS DOLL!)
As many of you know I vanished from Twific for umm well a couple weeks and found myself lost in the world of HP fanfic.

Ever since I was told by Hannah to read the fantabulous 'Finding Himself' by Minissimoo (link on the HP Stuff page) I try to search out more HP fics to share with everyone.

Sadly many of the Cedric/Hermione fics are either not finished or, well, not very good so I was told by The_Glory_Days (author of Alphabet Weekends, among other fics) to check out the Draco/Hermione ships.

Draco Hermione is one of the biggest ships out there (I think you're lying *cough*HPDM*cough* but carry on) and SUE has been reading a whole bunch of them.

Some good.
Some OK
Some meh.
Some Smutty.

As you can see I got lost and then... I fell in love... 
Yes I know, SUE is so fickle. She falls in and out of love so often. But lets just say that, when SUE gets bored reading about Edward pinching the bridge of his nose and Bella tripping over air, SUE goes into the magical mystical world of HP fic and finds her joy in fic again.

don't know who he is but hes pretty!

Of course there are cliches in HP but as a new reader I am not annoyed with them.

NOW on to the chat of the fic

A Pound of Flesh

Some will roll their eyes at the description of this story and while I have to admit it made me giggle in places it was still a JOY to read.

This story is a mystery.

Hermione goes out with Ginny for a girls night. They head to a strip club with an all male review to celebrate Ginnys upcoming wedding. The star of the all male review is a guy that can really work a cape (SUE LOVES A MAN THAT CAN WORK A CAPE).

Both women recognize the man on stage. It is NONE OTHER than Draco Malfoy!

WAIT he's supposed to be dead! He disappeared years ago.

I feel so damn dirty posting this ...

SO why is the prince of Slytherin in an muggle strip joint?

That is where the mystery comes in!
And Hermione is gonna find out
HERE is where the smut comes in

Remember when you read TWI smut for the first time? Yeah... it is kinda refreshing in that way.

SO if you are in the mood for a good, different, fic in a fandom you have either overlooked or have not looked at in a while

GIVE this one a shot and do not forget to LET ME KNOW what you think of this!

DO you want to see more fics in other fandoms? Do you know of fics either in other fandoms OR original fics you would like to see rec'd here?

Then by all means drop me a message either by e-mail to the blog or on Twitter @sytycw or @Roselover24

I plan on reccing HP fics without interviews because these fics were written a while ago and some of them I have no idea if the authors are still around so you are just gonna get the rec!

An HP fic for you! A Pound of Flesh by Pennilyn Novus

Silver's interview with Kenoshachick about her Hunger Games fic 'Scars'

Scars

Post-CF. Peeta is rescued from the Capitol by Katniss and her band of rebels; however, after months of torture it is unknown if he will survive. It is also unknown if Katniss will survive if he doesn't. Majority written prior to the publication of MJ.


When I first finished Catching Fire, I started searching for something to read while waiting for Mockingjay to be released. Rae told me to check out “Scars” and I was hooked from the moment I began reading.  I can’t recommend this story enough to anyone who is a fan of Peeta/Katniss. The plot is original but follows on well from the ending of Catching Fire, and all of the characters are both real and well written.  It would now be considering an alternative ending to Mockingjay, and at sometimes I almost prefer it. The author is wonderful  (even though her writing sometimes makes my heart break and her views on Alex Pettyfer make me sad) and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to interview her.

Silver's interview with Kenoshachick about her Hunger Games fic 'Scars'