Recs: MWPP_Mischief's Rarepair Fest

[fox_confessor]

This rarepair challenge was held/posted by mwpp_mischief back in September. A list of all the fic is here. There were a lot of good stories but these are my favorites. I'm slowly catching up!

01) All You Need by eprime (Remus/James)
Summary: Easter hols sixth year, James shows Remus that there's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. (It's easy.)

Fantastic dialogue for my secret OTP by my favorite r/s writer. This is really a fantastic James, too. (And I could stare at the prompt picture for ages.)

02) Going, Going... (Gone) by apohdiopsis (Lily/Alice, Lily/James)
Summary: “It was like a leaf loving a hurricane. It couldn’t last.”

So this Alice isn't how I envision Alice at all but she is quite engaging anyway--alluring. She reminds me of the character of Claire in the movie Enigma--passionate and beautiful and completely selfish. I rather loved this story because of it.

03) On Golden Sands by museme87 (Alice/James)
Summary: Even after they're both long since gone, Alice will remember him like a hazy dream—his insurmountable youth and the taste of the sea in the air.

This gives us an older, more mature Alice and storybook hero James. I loved that it was told from Alice's POV and she gives us the best of James and a realism that was quite endearing.

04) Beautiful Misfits by kiss_me_cait23 (James/Sirius)
Summary: War is brewing, and sixteen-year-old Sirius Black has chosen the family he made over the family he was born to. But coming home isn't always easy, and young hearts don't always listen to danger.

Just a moment, but a truly lovely one.

05) Smoke and Mirrors by perilousgard (James/Petunia)
Summary: Exactly as the prompt says. Petunia has to deal with the consequences of a love potioned James for a day!

This was one of my prompts and the writers did such a good job with it. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time. Perhaps the first time I ever thought "poor Petunia".

06) The Moon So High by pavlablack (Lily/Remus)
Summary: When Remus and Lily return to Hogwarts from the worst Christmas ever, they find solace in each other.

A good insight into Remus, and a chance for something different. The writer has a good rhythm to her work.

Comments

[starlite-gone.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs! I read All You Need and I agree-- the dialogue is fantastic. But, really, that's no surprise since eprime wrote it. I freaking love her works.

[escribo.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I LOVE her work, all of it. Brilliant stuff.

[starlite-gone.livejournal.com]

Me too! I especially love that she takes crack premises sometimes and makes them really good. I'm still waiting on her to write a sequel for that Voldemort-is-the-Headmaster fic, where James, Sirius and Remus are each prefects in different houses. (Gryffindor, Slytherin and Ravenclaw respectively)