RECOMMENDATION! Teddy/James

Since I've been writing like a fiend for what seems like WEEKS without stopping, I was going into reading withdrawal.  I saw the summary for this recced on someone's page (can't remember whose - sorry, it was like 5am!) and it sounded lovely, so I gave it a chance.  (After having some of my Twitterpeeps read it first *cough* thank you, darlings!)

ANYWAY OMG IT WAS SO GOOD!  Full of plot and mystery and lovely, beautiful Teddy and adorable James, and slightly terrifying Albus and very terrifying Draco, and (brace yourselves) a likable Astoria and even Ginny.  *nods*  AMAZING, isn't it?  Be warned that both Harry and Draco are impossibly straight in this, so give up that hope before you read and go on to enjoy the awesomeness that is Teddy Lupin, half-Auror, half-Unspeakable.  I really liked this one.  

A Small Spark Neglected

It's almost 24k, so settle yourself in with some snacks and give yourself a treat.  It's hilarious and gripping and with just enough hurty to make the ending full of fab.  *happy sigh*

The post wherein I will shut up after I blab a lot.

You may or may not have noticed me complaining recently about the prompts at slythindor100 's HD LDWS.  (No, really, I have been!)  And I just want everyone to know that my whining is not a reflection on the mods who chose the prompts, or even REALLY about the prompts themselves, it's been me whining because it's HARD for me to write about angst.  Which is sort of the damn point of a competition, Y/Y?  Step out of your damn box, woman!

So even though I've been bitching my face off, I'm still having a good time participating (because competition = YAY!) and I've really liked reading the drabbles, even some of the angsty ones, because we have such amazing and awesome writers in this fandom!!!  *high fives all around*

AND, even though I'm not an angst fan, I love and adore those of you on my f-list who think angst is the BEST THING EVER.  You guys are perplexing to me, but OMG how boring would this fandom be if we all wrote fluff porn?  This morning I realized most of my favourite fics have a LARGE amount of angst stuffed into them before the happy ending arrived and it actually made me analyze why I can handle some forms of angst and not others.  (Thank you, oldenuf2nb , for making me do some brain searching - it was interesting to discover the reasons, even if they are based on my fully dysfunctional relationships.  OUCH.)

ANYWAY with all that said, I plan to stop torturing you with my prompt whining and just mention that I'm SO FREAKING HAPPY that HD finally has an LDWS competition.  A billion huggles to the mods for coming up with it and doing all the work to make it awesome, and a billion more to all the writers for participating.  You guys are amazing!  :D

NOW GO READ THAT AWESOME TEDDY/JAMES FIC I JUST RECCED! 
(Unless you have fest fics to write.  You know who you are.  *stares sternly*)