Discrimination!

[lynsangelic1]

So I registered for harrypotterfanfiction.com today (I can't even remember how or why I found it).  It says it's one of- if not the oldest HP archive. 

Holy shit! says me.  How have I never heard of it?

But to be honest, I'm not entirely surprised.  I've only reached the halfway point in the internet, so there's a whole 50% still to discover.  *shrugs* S'alright.

I'm trying to upload IOY, just to whore it out a little more.  I've reached the 'create a new story' bit.  Blah, rating.  Blah, summary.  Blah, pairing...

Wait.  Where is my pairing?  Where?


If you can see it below, then I most likely have black spots in my vision.  Which is probably caused by too much rose wine (not tonight, I just mean in general) and I probably have liver failure.

<input ... >Arthur/Molly <input ... >Bill/Fleur <input ... >Cho/Cedric <input ... >Draco/Pansy <input ... >Ginny/Dean <input ... >Harry/Cho <input ... >Harry/Ginny <input ... >Hermione/Krum <input ... >James/Lily <input ... >Lucius/Narcissa

<input ... >Remus/Tonks <input ... >Ron/Hermione <input ... >Ron/Lavender <input ... >Dean/Luna <input ... >Draco/Ginny <input ... >Draco/Hermione <input ... >Draco/Luna <input ... >Harry/Hermione <input ... >Harry/Luna <input ... >Hermione/FredOrGeorge

<input ... >Neville/Luna <input ... >Remus/Lily <input ... >Ron/Luna <input ... >Rose/Scorpius <input ... >Sirius/Lily <input ... >Snape/Lily <input ... >Snape/Narcissa <input ... >Teddy/Victoire <input ... >Draco/OC <input ... >Ginny/OC

<input ... >Harry/OC <input ... >Hermione/OC <input ... >James/OC <input ... >Lily/OC <input ... >OC/OC <input ... >Remus/OC <input ... >Ron/OC <input ... >Sirius/OC <input ... >Snape/OC <input ... >Other Pairing

Now.  I see that the first column and a bit deals with canon couples.  I'm cool with that.  List them first, by all means.  Then we come to popular UC's - Draco/Ginny, Harry/Hermione (How much funnier would it be if the bottom box of the 2nd column read: Hermione/FredAndOrGeorge?). 

So further down and still no sign of my ship.  Now I've come to Rose/Scorpius which has been in existence for barely a year and I'm getting a little annoyed, likewise with Teddy/Victoire (even though that is canon).  Snape/Narcissa seems somewhat like a slap in the face.  To be honest, I've never seen that pairing in general ff forum, area or site.  I am sure it is out there, and the people who ship that most likely have good reasons for doing so - but would you say that Snape/Narcissa is more common than Hermione/Ginny?

No, neither would I.

There are no femmeslash/slash couples here, but at all.  Not even the canon Dumbledore/Grindelwald.  WTF is that all about?

I know that, comparatively, femmeslash fandom is not that big.  It's a good sized niche and I think it's stronger for it.  A lot more 12 year olds will write a Harry/Draco than a Fleur/Pansy.  But most archive sites will have the most popular Slash/Fslash pairings - it's not that obscure.

This site claims to be the oldest HP archive.  It has a check box for slash/Fslash in the genre area correction, the warnings area.  *rolls eyes*

So, now here is the question - do I check Ginny/OC or Hermione/OC? (Edit: which is of course completely wrong but what other option is there?)  This is a bit bloody ridiculous. 

What a piece of nonsense.

Comments

[redbeargrl.livejournal.com]

I just went to the site and despite everything I did I couldn't find, or it wouldn't let me find, a single Hr/G fic.
::grumble::

I say frak 'em. Repeatedly. And with malice aforethought.

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

I think will, as protest.

I never thought of trying to find another Hr/G there. If you couldn't, I'm sure my short attention span will fare no better.

I ask you, what kind of huge, huge HP archive does not have any Hr/G? That, my friend, is total tomfoolery.

*is still reeling that Snape/Narcissa is more highly regarded that Hr/G*

[redbeargrl.livejournal.com]

I don't think you're missing much not posting on this site. I just did a quick (and when I say quick , believe me) survey of Ginny/OC. I have never seen such bad writing! Mostly Mary Sue's that appear to have been written (I'm using the term very loosely) by a hoard of pre-pubescent's who seem to have spent most of their time in school avoiding any English classes.
I'm still shuddering.

[lynsangelic1.livejournal.com]

Urgh.

I searched using Ginny and Hermione as main characters and since you can't search by 'warnings' (that would've been helpful!) I put 'fem' in the summary search box. There were about 3 of 20 or 30 that were femmeslash but reading the summaries gave me serious shakes.

One was an AU private eye, film noir thing (with no fslash). Another was 'Oki2bgay!' In which is Gay Pride comes to Hogwarts. Rofl.

This is probably badness to copy/paste but, well...

"Hermione's parent's were murdered when she was younger. Taken in by a man who runs an assassination group called the Silver Snakes, Hermione becomes their top female assassin — codename Viper. She is given an assignment to kill Dr. Ronald Weasley who works for an energy company with a secret agenda. When she begins to develope feelings for Dr. Weasley, Hermione also becomes a target. Its a race against time as Hermione tries to save herself and the ones she loves."

*is stunned*

It's a fricking AU whorin', mary sue lovin' trash crap site. I'm glad they reject femmeslash as a major fandom subsection. I don't want my girl loving girls anywhere near this rubbish.

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

That little quote seems to have been written by someone who just watched "Kill Bill".

As for Snape/Narcissa... pure Canon, they've been having it off for years and Lucius is to fuckin' scared of Snape to object.

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[redbeargrl.livejournal.com]

Speaking of places to post work, this: http://www.dreamwidth.org/
looks like something I will be keeping an eye on.