femgenficathon

nagasvoice.livejournal.com

I got excited about the fengenficathon challenge back when it was first proposed, such that Molly Weasley's voice popped up unexpectedly in my head without even waiting for a prompt.
As I never got a chance to post it last year, I'm putting it up now.
When I recently saw the lovely lj graphic of the HP women, I'm afraid I screamed and pointed at the picture of Madame Hooch in the lower left and said, "Yes, exactly! That's it!" even though this story is actually about other people instead.

This story was Brit-picked by a wonderful beta-reader, who will have to step forward and claim credit because I've lost my original emails and some of my earlier story drafts in computer crashes and reformats. They made wonderful suggestions for edit improvements, too, so that the story was much improved. My apologies for not properly crediting you right here!

I should also warn those of you who are Lucius fans reading this story that Molly's attitude toward him, and mine, are not at all the same. Just mentioning, because it might be a little hard to tell that in this story.

Also, I'd offer a round of applause for seeing one of our mods,

gehayi, back online!

As always, feedback and comments are welcome.

( An Invisible Strength )

texasmagic.livejournal.com

Title: A Mother Knows
Author:

texasmagic
Rating: G

Prompt: Let us not fear the hidden, or each other.~Muriel Rukeyser

Summary: Narcissa has always been skilled at keeping things hidden, but now it appears as if she might have taught Draco too well.

( A Mother Knows )

Current Mood: satisfied

secondsilk.livejournal.com

Title: Victories Worse than Defeat
Author: Rose Williams (RoseWill),

rosewilliams
Rating: PG 13.
Warnings: Character death.
Prompt: 43. Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than defeat.--George Eliot, a.k.a. Mary Ann Evans.
Summary: Petunia never liked magic, Lily used to like her sister. Four rather imporant scenes in their lives.
I would like to apologise most sincerely for the lateness of this fic. All feedback is greatly appreciated, although I won't be able to reply to it for a couple of weeks.

( Here is a story )

~*~

Current Mood: anxious

archon-mentha.livejournal.com

Title: The Consequence of Curiosity
Author:

xellas
Rating: PG
Summary: Messing around with time travel can be dangerous in more ways than Hermione understands.
Credits: Many, many thanks to

pre_raphaelite1 for her incredible beta. Any errors remaining are mine, most likely the result of a last-minute tweak or several.
Disclaimer: The characters and the universe aren't mine, but leik if you don't pay me, I'm like going to have to get a job or something and I'll never update, evah!!1
Notes: Hermione-centric. Written for the

femgenficathon I'm afraid I interpreted my quotation a bit strangely: 1. There was never a place for her in the ranks of the terrible, slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead, where there were no paths.--Dorothy Parker

My apologies for my extreme lateness.

( The Consequence of Curiosity )

Current Mood: curious

lareinenoire.livejournal.com

Title: Putting Away Childish Things
Author: La Reine Noire
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Mild language.
Prompt: No. 9: 'I ought to deplore what we did--but I sigh only for what we have lost.' --Héloïse, in a letter to Abélard.
Summary: Andromeda Tonks reflects, as she visits her family's home for the final time.
Disclaimer: I'm just playing. Characters, et al, belong to JKR. Please don't sue me.
Betas: Many many thanks to

adelynne and

rosamund for the quick betas.
Word Count: 1470

NB: Written for the

femgenficathon. Although most of this was written out after HBP, it was conceived beforehand, so Andromeda is the eldest of the three sisters for the purposes of this story. Massive apologies for the lateness. For some reason, it simply did not wish to leave my brain.

( I ought to deplore what we did--but I sigh only for what we have lost. )

Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Prokofiev - Balcony Scene from Romeo and Juliet

lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com

Title: Roses
Author:

lazy_neutrino
Rating: PG
Words: 1070
Prompt: Number 53: I don't visit my parents often because Delta Airlines won't wait in the yard while I run in. Not used in the end.
Summary: The past is another country. Thanks to the delightful

winding_path for a quick, thorough and helpful beta.

( Roses )

rubytuesday1313.livejournal.com

Title: Bitter News to Hear
Author:

rubytuesday1313
Rating: PG-13, to be on the safe side
Warnings: Character death
Word Count: 2,312
Prompt: 13. The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.--Amanda Cross (1926 - ) Used as a starting point, but not really related to the fic at all.
Summary: AU: "What if You-Know-Who had got you, and the last thing I ever said to you was that you didn't get enough O.W.L.s?"
A/N: As always, much thanks to my beta,

sholmes87, for everything from proofreading to inspiration. The title comes from Callimachus' Heraclitus, as translated by Willliam Johnson Cory. Some of the dialogue in this story is taken verbatim from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, pg. 68-69, American version.

( She jumped out of bed and hurriedly opened it, wondering who on earth needed to contact her at this hour. )

churri-arashi.livejournal.com

Title: Lessons
Author: Churri Arashi (

churri_arashi)
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Prompt: #75 -- So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women? -- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Spoilers: Everything up to and including OotP.
Summary: An offer from the Minister of Magic makes Griselda Marchbanks realize that the world still has a few surprises in store for her. 1,958 words.
This fic took a lot of different forms before reaching the one you see. The quote's influence is more thematic than it is direct, but it's still there. Hopefully. Thanks to pelirroja_ljc for the excellent beta-read.

( Griselda Marchbanks woke up in the middle of the night with a most peculiar feeling. )

Current Mood: creative

elucreh.livejournal.com

Title: Proud of Him
Author:

elucreh
Rating: G
Warnings: Psychotic six year old
Prompt: #63: I never wanted to be a hero, but on the other hand I am not anxious to cultivate cowardice.--Gertrude Stein
Summary: Never teach a child what you would not want him to know as an adult.
Notes: Thanks to

adalanne for making this story less of a hash than it was. ^_~ Thanks to my preschool class, for teaching me. And thanks to

jlmatthews for suggesting and debating guinea pigs with me.

( Proud of Him )

tangleofthorns.livejournal.com

Title: Sea Change
Author:

tangleofthorns
Website: Spark
Category: Narcissa, various Blacks and Malfoys, rated PG-13.
Words: 2645.
Prompt: #49. A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter as fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together. -Margaret Atwood
Thanks:

atrata and

daygloparker. Feedback is love.

( 'Giving birth isn't the part you should be frightened of, darling. It's the day after, when you realize someone's life is in your hands.' )

Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: tori: they will hunt you down, you and your unborn seed

corvidae9.livejournal.com

Title: Transatlantic Migration
Author:

corvidae9
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~5189
Warnings: References to significant amounts of previous character death. :( Includes an OC as a key figure.
Summary: Ginny was charged with a significant task just before the Last Battle that took her far from home. Going back proves to be easy; deciding whether to stay does not.
Author Notes: Written for the

femgenficathon; prompt 81: I'm just a person trapped in a woman's body.--Elayne Boosler. I wrote it at the top of a blank page in my notebook and stared at it for two days, and then the first 75% of this came out in a rush. Not the most obvious connection, but there it is. Went on a total limb; hope it's ok. :D
My fics: listed in my LJ memories :)

( Transatlantic Migration )

rosie-red73.livejournal.com

Title: Through The Eyes of Others
Author:

rosie_red73
Rating: PG
Character: Petunia Dursley
Word Count: 3964
Summary: When the wizarding world is exposed, Petunia finds herself in the midst of a tabloid scandal.
Warnings: Spoilers for HBP
Author's Notes: Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.--Susan B. Anthony. Thanks to

rosesanguina for the excellent beta and brain poking.

( Through The Eyes of Others )

thistlerose.livejournal.com

Title: Careers
Author:

thistlerose
Rating: PG
Warnings: language
Prompt: 29. Death does not frighten me, but dying obscurely and above all uselessly does.--Isabelle Eberhardt
Summary: Rome wasn't built in a day. Beta read by

midnitemaraud_r. Approx. 1,200 words. Post-series, no spoilers.

( When Hermione Granger went to work for the Ministry of Magic they gave her the smallest office in the building, apparently thinking that it would faze her. It didn't. )

aconite.livejournal.com

Title: The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Witches
Author: Cate S. (

aconite)
Rating: PG
Warnings: HBP Spoilers.
Prompt: 66. Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.--Myrtle Reed (Not that I used it but.)
Wordcount: 2847
Beta-Reader: Many thanks to

desert__lily for the speedy beta.
Summary: Twelve months go by a lot faster when she thinks it's all she has left.

( The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Witches )

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: Holding Out for a Hero-Frou Frou-Shrek 2

vaguely-dirty.livejournal.com

Title: Vanity
Author: Minx//

silent_fey
Rating: R
Disclaimer: All characters copyrighted to J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., etc. I claim no ownership over anything; this is just the product of boredom.
Summary: Sometimes, the one thing that we seek to protect will lead us down paths we'd rather not take.
Notes: Written for prompt number 22, Rules are for people who don't know how to get around them. --Tori Harrison. Beta’d by

caffeinechick03
Length: 1,957 words
Concrit: Very much welcome and appreciated.

( Read more... )

Current Mood: nervous

nokomis305.livejournal.com

Title: A Plain Wooden Box
Author:

nokomis305
Rating: PG
Warnings: HBP spoilers
Word Count: 1520
Prompt: 55 - All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensible, and bear the intolerable.--Kathleen Norris
Notes: Thanks to

rainpuddle13 for the beta!
Summary: Susan accepts her inheritance.

( A Plain Wooden Box )

prettyclever.livejournal.com

Title: Of Heroes and Villains
Author: Seph (

petulantgod)
Rating: PG13 for language, implied violence, and subject matter
Character: Lily Potter
Word Count: 1,000
Summary: She might die, but he won't. He can't. And as long as he lives, she lives. James lives. Harry is not going to die.
Warnings: character death
Author's Notes: There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch. --Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), The Lonely Life (1962). Thanks to

rosesanguina for all her help and the betaread. ♥

( For a moment, it's as though nothing is really wrong. )

snegurochka_lee

Title: Five Dead Women
Author: Snegurochka (

snegurochka_lee)
Rating: R
Genres: Darkfic, Mystery, Drama
Characters: Lovegood, Tonks, Vance, McGonagall, Evans, Granger, others
Words: ~6,400
Warnings: Character deaths (4/5 canon); references to suicide and murder, references to pregnancy/childbirth complications, references to mental illness, adult language, HBP SPOILERS
Disclaimer: Not my characters, and less than zero money is being made here; in fact, money is being spent. JK Rowling owns all, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Prompt: #45: Some there are who are much more ashamed of confessing a sin than of committing it. – Marguerite of Navarra, The Heptameron.
Many thanks to:

dora_the_nymph,

islandsmoke, and a third lovely lady who prefers to go anonymous, for the quick, thorough, and punishing beta reads. I have never quite seen a Darkfic-GenFic, and thus am certain this is not the kind of story the marvellous moderators had in mind for this Ficathon, but once it popped into my head, I couldn't let it go. I hope it still qualifies as acceptable FemFic, and GenFic.
Summary: Five vignettes, seemingly unrelated and featuring diverse Potterverse women, explore the link between these women that will answer the question: why are five of them dead?

( A woman killed on duty is still just another dead woman - and one less for all those blokes at the Ministry to have to worry about. )

Current Mood: accomplished

dora-the-nymph.livejournal.com

Title: Summers at the Cottage
Author:

dora_the_nymph
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Prompt: 14. The smells alone would intoxicate the most rigid of people: night-blooming jasmine, the tang of salt air, and the odd sandy smell after a driving rain. Overhead, creamy, imposing clouds sailed across brilliant blue skies, and the ocean--what colors: cobalt-blue, emerald-green, turquoise-blue, and light-hazel bands of color right next to one another.--Rita Mae Brown (It lead to the inspiration, but only vaguely).
Notes: Huge thanks to

rayvyn2k for the spectactular beta job.
Summary: When Narcissa was five her family stayed at the beach for the first time. As she got older and her sisters went to school things changed, but at the beach most things stayed the same.
Disclaimer: These characters and some settings belong to JKR.
Words: 2441

( Summers at the Cottage )

aramley.livejournal.com

Title: I Show Not Your Face
Author:

aramley
Rating: G
Warnings: SPOILERS FOR HBP.
Prompt: 90. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.--Helen Keller
Summary:1331 words. Hermione looks in the Mirror of Erised. None of the characters or settings belong to me.

( I Show Not Your Face )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Jeff Buckley - Grace

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consider this a fillip in advance of the general wave

Better late than never

Victories Worse than Defeat

(no subject)

Putting Away Childish Things (Andromeda, PG13)

Roses (Petunia, PG)

Fic: Bitter News to Hear - Molly Weasley

Lessons -- Griselda Marchbanks, G

Proud of Him, Molly, Rated G

Sea Change (Narcissa, PG-13)

Transatlantic Migration - Ginny Weasley

Through The Eyes Of Others by Rosie_Red73

Careers (Hermione, PG)

The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Witches, Hermione, PG

Vanity-Narcissa Malfoy

A Plain Wooden Box, Susan Bones, PG

Of Heroes and Villains by petulantgod (Lilycentric - PG13)

Five Dead Women [multiple characters, R]

Summers at the Cottage, Black sisters, PG

I Show Not Your Face, G, Hermione-centric