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As time goes on, I find that I get more touchy and less willing to put up with a great deal of fanfic bad habits. I mentioned a while ago the fics that spend a great deal of time and ingenuity in breaking up canon relationships and getting Harry in bed with Draco or Hermione. Another one that honks me off is the kind where Dumbledore is bad-mouthed - and I just stopped reading a particularly egregious specimen, in which the people who morally condemn Dumbledore are (get ready for this) several Marvel characters. It does not seem to have occurred to the self-righteous twit who wrote it that if we go through the Marvel canon, we shall find far worse than Dumbledore's supposed manipulative streak. That the writer him or herself was displaying appalling self-righteousness would not, of course, occur to him/her. And then there is the usual slash Draco or nice Draco bullshit. There are times when having fought with half Harry Potter fandom seems to me a positive badge of honour.

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[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

That's some great artwork! Did you ever actually publish anywhere? I like the world-building aspect of SF and fantasy, which it seems you can relate to. Even with fanfic some of the fun is fleshing out the universe that the source material doesn't show you.

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Thank you. I published a small number of small press comics, but I never could break through to professional publication. There is indeed an extensive universe behind those characters. I also enjoy the opportunities that the HP universe affords - have you read my HP fics?

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

I actually have read a couple of your HP stories on fanfic.net, and liked them. There was one I particularly enjoyed, and I'm having brain fade right now as to the title, but I left a comment. Now I want to go read more of them. ;)

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FFnet has a few non-HP fics that I haven't published elsewhere (except here), including a couple of my best, Orpheus and What if Glory had won? However, you will find a lot more at FictionAlley, archived under "Fabio P.Barbieri".

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I will definitely check that out. ;)