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snowgall ([personal profile] snowgall) wrote2014-10-12 01:04 am

Snowgall's Best of Drarry Fanfiction: 2009

What follows is a list of my picks for the best Drarry fanfiction of 2009
(13 fics, sorted by date published)

Updated Aug 16, 2015

Note: There are so many lists of favorite Harry/Draco fanfiction, but I wanted to do something a little different. Rather than create a list based on genre or length or era or whatever, I've decided to do a series of "best-of X year" lists. This means the year the work was published not the year I read it.

More lists:

Title Author Rated Length Original Post Pub Date
One Harry Potter, Please
(If Possible, Seduced and Ready)
[livejournal.com profile] faithwood NC-17 60,000 livejournal 2/12/2009
All Draco wants is Harry Potter's friendship, just to make his new Auror job more bearable. However, after Harry stubbornly pays more attention to his secret admirer, Draco is forced to resort to drastic measures.
Recs: capitu | hd-storyroom (aydenclare)
favicon Abandoned Destinies [livejournal.com profile] nicevenn R 2,400 hp-spring-fling 3/24/2009
Harry finds a stone that can show him how his life would have played out if only he'd done things a little differently, and it reveals something he'd never considered before. Is it too late to fulfill an abandoned destiny?
Rec: hd-storyroom (snowgall)
Added 17 Jan 2015
favicon An Inconvenient View [livejournal.com profile] curiouslyfic R 6,000 hds-beltane 5/11/2009
There is, by Merlin, some Slytherin future that's not all raging fires and death. She knows because she's seen the porn.
Recs: hd-storyroom (snowgall) | hollyheartshd
favicon Elixir d'Amour [livejournal.com profile] naadi PG-13 9,000 hd-smoochfest 5/21/2009
Asteria Greengrass has a love potion and Draco is her target, but the outcome is unexpected--well, to some people, anyway. ;-)
Recs: hd-storyroom (snowgall) | capitu
PERSONAL ALL-TIME FAVE
favicon Punishment [livejournal.com profile] dysonrules NC-17 15,500 livejournal 6/8/2009
Harry makes a stupid wager against Malfoy and ends up paying the price.
Rec: capitu
Make Love [livejournal.com profile] plotting_pen NC-17 16,300 slashfest 6/16/2009
When Draco thinks he can sink no lower, Harry Potter proves him wrong.
Rec: capitu
Added 17 Jan 2015
Obsession [livejournal.com profile] faithwood NC-17 4,000 livejournal 6/19/2009
Harry worries that there's something very, very wrong with him because he just can't stop staring at Draco Malfoy's arse.
Rec: hollyheartshd | remula
favicon Light as Iron, Singed as Pearl [livejournal.com profile] snegurochka_lee NC-17 14,000 hd-career-fair 10/8/2009
The owner of the elite BDSM club M. had not gained his reputation as the most coveted Dominant on the scene by taking on just any riff-raff submissive who asked. It would take an unexpected letter to convince him to accept a new client, but it might turn out to be the biggest mistake he ever made.
Recs: capitu | gracerene
Draco Malfoy and the Amazing Dancing Bear [livejournal.com profile] quill_lumos NC-17 14,500 bottom-draco 10/16/2009
Draco is lost and lonely, until, one day he meets a creature who will change his life.
Added 17 Jan 2015
favicon Sealed with a Kiss [livejournal.com profile] faithwood NC-17 48,000 livejournal 12/1/2009
Harry Potter will fall in love with the first person who kisses him. Draco knows what he must do.
Rec: capitu
A Funny Thing Happened
On The Train To School...
[livejournal.com profile] treacle_tartlet NC-17 1,000 livejournal 12/25/2009
See title :)
Rec: snowgall mini-theme
Added 17 May 2015
And I'll Tell You No Lies [livejournal.com profile] annafugazzi R 23,500 hd-holidays 12/30/2009
It all started with a stupid interrogation. Or: Don't ask a question if you're not prepared to hear the answer.
Recs: hd-storyroom (snowgall) | epic-recs (mothlights)
PERSONAL ALL-TIME FAVE
favicon Draco Malfoy, It's Your Lucky Day [livejournal.com profile] faithwood NC-17 39,000 hd-holidays 12/31/2009
Even though he's unarmed, injured, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and facing a possible murder charge, Draco Malfoy gets lucky.
Rec: hd-storyroom (snowgall) | remula
***Note: If you are looking for [livejournal.com profile] bryoneybrynn's "Cheaters Prosper", it has been moved to the 2008 list since I learned the correct pub date :)

General notes:

  • The "original post" column provides links to the first place I can find evidence of the work online. However, it can be really tough to determine when and where a work was first published (see my rant here: Dates Matter). So it could be that a fic was actually published earlier somewhere else and I didn't know it. Corrections are welcome.
  • I've read a lot of HD fiction, but I certainly haven't read it all, so if I've left off something you think I shouldn't have, I'm happy for you to let me know.
  • I may continue to add works to this list but I will try to keep the total number to 25 or less. (On the challenge of maintaining lists)
  • My goal is to add lists for other years as well, time permitting.

How my fic preferences will skew the lists:

  • I tend to like fics which contain explicit sex, so the list will probably skew that way. However, I prefer that there be an actual plot, not just sex, and I read PG rated fics too--just fewer of them.
  • I like almost all the standard tropes, but I don't usually go for non-magical AUs, unhappy endings, dark!fic, or threesomes
  • I don't give a toss who's on top or bottom, so you'll find both here.
  • I shy away from epic-length fanfiction unless I'm very confident in the author, so most of my recs will be less than 100,000 words.