[February] Story of the Month Nominations

[magemadi]

February Story of the Month Nominations

 

How it works: 

This thread is for you to nominate your favorite stories to be recognized as the HPFT Story of the Month.  Seconding isn't necessary, as all stories will move on to the voting round. 

Mid-month [approximately 10 days after the nomination's thread is posted], a Prefect will post a voting poll for all of the stories that have been nominated. Don't worry about having to rush - you will have about 10 days to read the stories and vote for your favorite!

Winners will be announced in the News Bulletin on the first of each month. All SotM Winners will also receive a cool prize! 
 

Please post your nominations in this thread using the following format: 

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Title:
Author:
Link to Story:
Warnings [if applicable]:
Reason for Nomination:

Rules for Nomination: 

1. To be eligible for nomination, a story must have been updated sometime within the past 12 months. 

2. Stories can be any genre, character type, fandom, or length.

3. No NC-17 rated stories.

4. Any story nominated must follow site guidelines.

5. All nominated stories must be posted on the HPFT Archives.

6. You may only nominate ONE story.

7. Stories do not have to be complete to be nominated. WIP's are acceptable.

 

Nominations will close on January 13th at 11:59 pm EST

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Previous Months' Winners:

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August '19 - reorienting by sibilant

September '19 - Logarithmic by val

October '19 - Fake It Til You Make It by Rhaenyra

November '19 - flower in its decay by crestwood

December '19 - Phineas Nigellus: Vampire Hunter by Bunbury

January '20 - Notes From the Ravenclaw Bulletin Board by Lost_Robin

[grumpy cat]

title: all was true
author: @800 words of heaven
link to story: here+
warnings [if applicable]: violence
reason for nomination: i don't think i've read a story featuring petunia prominently until this one and i was honestly blown away. it's difficult to explain why the story is so impactful without spoiling it too much, but i think that 800 has managed to perfectly weave petunia's story into the hp canon universe. you'll feel torn after reading it, feeling both sorry and angry at petunia. we see a quite shocking side of petunia that wouldn't occur to you when reading the hp books, but now, i'm not sure i'm able to think of her in a different way than how she's written in this story. everything in her life culminates up to this point that we read about and it's awful and difficult and just...hard. and she struggles a lot. but still, we can't only empathise with her without feeling the (justified, i think) anger at her at the same time. and i think it really shows how good of a writer 800 is, because she makes you feel all sorts of things in this one shot (which is just areound 1.5k but tells so so much).

[Darling_take_off_the_mask]

Title: Todentanz
Author: @Noelle Zingarella
Link to Story: Here (M)
Warnings [if applicable]: Consent Issues (Mild/Moderate), Derogatory Language, Domestic Abuse, Hate Speech, Sexual Content, Substance Abuse, Violence
Reason for Nomination: This is a very thoughtful and inspired depiction of the earliest stages of what is arguably one of the ickiest relationships in canon, Eileen and Tobias Snape. It is a respectful treatment and understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse, and the characterizations are compelling. It is chilling but not gratuitous. Noelle also gives some thought to how Eileen's status as a witch plays into things.