I have to mention...

[valis2]

...that I just read a highly original, lovely piece of work by rinsbane called the Medicamentarius.

It's SS/KS, so if you don't like that pairing (or slash), don't click. The NC-17 portion is quite tame, only a paragraph, if that. An awesome fic, I enjoyed it thoroughly. It had unique applications of magic, thoughtful magical details, and great characterization, all of which I love to death. Check it out if you care for the pairing. It's in two parts, not very long, and quite rewarding.

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[valis2.livejournal.com]

My smutmas entry was...well...smut. It's here (http://community.livejournal.com/merry_smutmas/84825.html), if you're interested.

I am so interested in reading what else you've written, but it will have to wait until I come back from Hawaii.

I wrote a rant once about how the HP fandom sometimes seems to forget that it's in a magical universe, and that we really need to write more fic peppered with unique little magical details, and I have to say, it was such a delight to read yours, with the imaginative stripping of the peacock plants...I adored it. :)

[rinsbane.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I'm looking forward to checking it out. Smut is good. ;-)

I'm so jealous of your upcoming trip to Hawaii. Wonderful place, but then I was there on vacation, which tends to make things better.

I agree with you about the magical elements. I adore reading fic that's full of them. They add an extra dimension to the fic, and as you say, one of the reasons many of us love HP to begin with is for the magic that infuses the novels. I rarely try to think such things up deliberately, but they sometimes come to me as I'm writing as things that just belong. In small ways, of course. Or at least I like to think so. Perhaps I flatter myself unduly. *g* Enjoy your trip.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I so agree. Have friended you. Must go to bed, have to get up early tomorrow, or I would so be babbling about magic and extra dimensions right now. ;)

Talk to you soon!