Rec list for all the tropes :)

[snowgall]

Yesterday vaysh got everyone on a Trope Meme kick, which was tons of fun. And then in a comment thread, she went and said:

"It would actually be fun to make rec lists of fics to go with the trope. It would take ages, though. :)

So you know me. If Vaysh makes an off-hand comment, I'm tempted to go do the thing :) (see: Who Tops More?)

So I went through the original list of 28 tropes and tried to find a representative (and awesome) HD rec for each one, while also trying not to duplicate any fics. But I decided that the original list was inadequate.

• Some tropes needed to be renamed to more clearly fit HP (e.g. "High School/Uni AU" --> "8th year")
• Some tropes needed to have subcategories within the trope (e.g. "Vampires/Werewolves AU" --> "Creature!fic" --> Veela, Werewolf, Vampire, etc.)

Once I did that, however, I felt like too many good fics were not being represented, so I added a bunch of additional HP tropes (second list at the end). All in all, I've recced 66 fics from 56 authors!

And even after all of that, there are still 4 tropes from the list that I could not think of any recs for:

• Coffee House AU/Food Service AU
• Fake Out Make Out
• Incest
• Selfcest

"Incest" and "Selfcest" really don't make sense for HD, but if anyone has good recs for the other two, let me know! (Coffee House AU is just not my thing, and I couldn't think of any examples of Fake Out Make Out :)

And also let me know if you think I missed any important tropes or fics that should have been recced instead

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Tropes from the Meme

8th year (High School/Uni AU)

• Love Comes Tumbling by taradiane

Adopting/Raising a Baby

• Like a Real Family by mab

Age Difference

• Older Harry: Draco at Nineteen by birdsofshore
• Older Draco: Beyond the Veil by leo_draconis

Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics

• Alpha!Draco: Harry Potter and the Alpha-Omega Bond by februaryflower
• Alpha!Harry: Turn, Drop, Fall by tessacrowley

Amnesia

• Draco's Memory Loss: An Issue of Consequence by faithwood
• Harry's Memory Loss: In the Room of Requirement & Memory by silentauror

Bond (Magical Connection)

• Forced marriage: Bond by annafugazzi
• Mind-reading: Not Your Face by khasael
• Soulmates: in the electricity of your touch by tryslora
• Slave bond: Unexpected Consequences by lauren3210
• Wand Connection: Two Wands Make a Right by dannyfranx

Creature!fic (Vampires/Werewolves AU)

• Veela!Draco: The Weight of Eternity by envy_venis
• Veela!Harry: High Priced by dysonrules
• Werewolf!Draco: Savage by marguerite_26
• Werewolf!Harry: Our place on the path unwinding by thisgirl_is & bakaknight
• Vampire!Draco: Purple Secret by vaysh
• Vampire!Harry: Intended by ladyvader
• animal!Draco: The Wolf Pack by dracogotgame
• animal!Harry: He Was He and I Was Bunny by bryoneybrynn

Enemies to Friends to Lovers

• And I've Never Told You Till Just Now by pasdexcuses

Espionage (Espionage AU)

• The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by lettered

Fake Dating Turns Into Feelings

• In Which Harry is Magnetic North and Draco Is An Idiot by bryoneybrynn

Found Families

• Where Your Heart Is Set by hazel_wand

Friends to Lovers

• Elixir d'Amour by naadi

Groundhog Day

• Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop

Hate Sex (Rivalmancy)

• Polyjuice Pastime by dysonrules

Hurt/Comfort

• Harry comforts Draco: Why Insulting the Boyfriend is a Bad Idea by oldenuf2nb
• Draco comforts Harry: In the Bleak Midwinter by oldenuf2nb

Loyalty Kink

• Sir by calrissian18

Marriage of Convenience (Royalty/Arranged Marriage)

• Appallingly Wrong and Irreparably Broken by tessacrowley

Multiple Alternate Realties (Reincarnation/'25 Lives' AU)

• Progressive Displacement by gatewaygirl

Pining (Seemingly Unrequited Pining & Actually Unrequited Pining)

• Mutual Pining: Misuse of Muggle Artifacts by scrtkpr
• Pining!Draco: Homecoming by novembersnow
• Pining!Harry: (The Piece) I was Missing All Along by lauren3210

Role Reversal ( = Draco saves the day)

• Draco Malfoy, It's Your Lucky Day by faithwood

Sex Pollen

• Sex Ed for Aurors by curiouslyfic

Soulmate Identifying Marks

• A Tale of Woo by veritas03

Trapped Together

• Kiss the Joy (Until the Sun Rise) by icmezzo

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More Tropes that Should Have Been Listed

Bed Sharing

• Sharing Different Heartbeats by talithan

Bets/Wagers

• The Bet by firethesound

Caring/nursing

• Unkissed Kisses and Songs Never Sung by femmequixotic

Club!fic

• An Aching Soul by writcraft

Draco tropes

• down&out!Draco: The Shadowy Corners by kedavranox
• muggle!Draco: Magic Tricks by talithan
• rentboy!Draco: Unhook the Stars by jad
• unredeemed!Draco: A Fox's Bargain by raitala

Established relationship

• First Time: Slip Into My Lover's Hands by lumosed_quill
• Reveal: The Ties That Bind Us by dracoxlovesxharry
• Reconciliation: Make Me a Headline (I Want To Be That Bold) by dicta_contrion

Fluff

• A Fountain of Unspoken Words by astardanced77

Game Show

• Last City by zeitgeistic

Genderbender

• Take These Lies by white_serpent

Humor

• Crack!fic: In the Company of a Rubber Duck by birdsofshore
• Meta Humor: Harry Potter and the Mysterious Portrait Painter by create_serenity

Mpreg

• preg!Draco: The Green Vial by eidheann_writes
• preg!Harry: The Silent World Within You by femmequixotic & noeon

Matchmaking

• Matchmaker, Matchmaker by firethesound

Party games

• Starts With a Spin by maxine_chan

Remix

• Humbug (A Christmas Tale) by snegurochka_lee

Roommates

• Something I Don't Want to Stop by traintracks

Sex Magic

• Absolution by dracosoftie

Unknown Identity

• Harry doesn't know it's Draco: Lettered by pir8fancier
• Draco doesn't know it's Harry: Someone Just Like You by disapparater

Veritaserum

• And I'll Tell You No Lies by annafugazzi

Comments

[cagnurit.livejournal.com]

This post is fabulous! I'm always in awe how you can make something so detailed in a short time <3

(I think in each trope can have its own list of recs, so many wonderful fics out there~)

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! I always wanted to see the old Guns N Handcuffs list updated and once thought about taking it on, but quickly realized I haven't the skill or the connections to do it right. But I do think it's time for a good new list of fics that fit into various cliches and tropes, along with current, working links. I rely so heavily on recs, as I have limited time and I don't follow every single fest. The only way I hear of some of the awesome fics are through word of mouth and recs. Good work!! I'm really glad you are doing it.

[amorette.livejournal.com]

I feel like Ignatiustrout's Here's the Pencil Make it Work would be a good coffee house au :) Since Draco ends up working in a coffee shop, if I remember correctly... Oh and Emma Grant's Left My Heart, I believe there was something to do with a coffee shop?

Sorry, I feel like I wasn't actually helpful... Lol


Eta -- Also, THANK YOU for compiling these, now I have a great reading list!

[amorette.livejournal.com]

Another thought: Maybe compiling the rec list little by little wouldn't be too hard if you did, for example, a post every week on the harrydraco com, and also in places like accio-hd-fics and asked people for recs in the comments. Each post pertaining to each trope, of course.

[this-bloody-cat.livejournal.com]

Hm! We sadly don't have many Coffee House AUs. We have Black Coffee on a Lonely Night (http://archiveofourown.org/works/7033), by femmequixotic, which is pretty much fantastic, and then perhaps Pret-a-Partenaire (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1107190) by nqdonne? Oh, and Coffee (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3772570) by writcraft.

Also, we do have a few Muggle Uni AUs in which the boys are actually wizards! :D Along The Way (The Time Has Come) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1751654), by laurelgreengras is a great one, and Beneath Boundless Skies (http://archiveofourown.org/works/119739) by blamebrampton.

I took that poll yesterday! Surprised darkfic tropes were completely ignored by it though. Also, whores -- come on, whore!Draco is my favourite trope ever! But well, I guess perhaps they're not as common in other fandoms? :) No idea.

[vaysh]

I am so smugly please this meme overtook my flist last night. ;)

This is so, so great. :) You are the best, Snow!

The ultimate H/D hurt/comfort in which Draco is both hurting and comforting Harry: aoifene, Prodigal.

[eidheann_writes]

I'm not sure if it counts as self-cest, but I've run into polyjuice and time turner h/h/d And d/d/h situations in fic. There is also the fic (and I'm completely blanking on the title, but I'm pretty sure it's by romaine) where Draco is working at Hogwarts and seeing a Harry provided by the room of requirement and then real Harry comes and I think there's a threesome?

[besamislabios]

This is so great!

Do you want more recs for the other tropes also? or just the ones you mentioned?

[gracerene]

Would body swap fics count as self-cest? Like the kind where they end up getting it on with each other while still in each other's bodies? I was sort of surprised to not see that on the tropes list, actually.

[blithelybonny.livejournal.com]

This is glorious!

[obliviateamores.livejournal.com]

*sighs* This is fabulous :)
Two things:
a) You managed to find an espionage AU... it came out top on mine, and I've never read one (slightly weird???) so, yeah... *squees*
b) I just thought, for Role Reversal, I Did it For Love, and I Was Not Afraid (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1827937) by lauren3210 pretty much exactly fits the bill :)

[birdsofshore]

I was coming to rec Narcissus by barefacedbandit for self-cest, but I see you don't like the trope anyway. Shame, it's super ;)

http://dracomalfoy.livejournal.com/9473.html

Thank you for including my fics on here - I was delighted to think that they were memorable for you <3

I don't really like coffee shop AU immensely as a trope, but the fics that sprung to mind when I was taking the test are such wonderful ones (clever people have linked them above) that it came up pretty high on my list just for that reason!

[create-serenity.livejournal.com]

I'm very flattered to see one of my fics up there, thank you :)

This is a great post. So many wonderful fics on this list; loads of my favourites and also quite a few I haven't read. *Adds them to the ever-growing list.* At some point I will find time for them all.

Also "Starts With A Spin" was a real flash back to the past for me. I originally read it when it as it was being published all those years ago and I'd forgotten all about it. I'm pretty convinced I read it on ff.net actually, but it doesn't seem to be there now and the author only mentions publishing on LJ so I might have imagined that part!

For the 'Unknown Identity' trope I quite like "When It Alteration Finds" by Momatu over on ff.net. In the story neither of them recognises the other and although it is set in the magical world and compliant up to the epilogue Harry actually owns a muggle bakery/coffee shop so sort of works for that trope too.