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[quote=Anonymous]I fell into HP fanfic unexpectedly in 2017 as a mom whose kids were reading HP.  I'm just now tiring of it.

Indeed, I have read hundreds of marvelously crafted fanfic.

I actually started with Snamione.  I moved on to Dramione.  I jumped fandoms to try Reylo (also good) and tried to reverse appreciate the Star Wars movies (which did not work at all since the fanfic is much better).  I actually read a few of the fics that became published novels before they were optioned.  I then started trying other smaller fandoms when I became familiar with the source material.  For example, I enjoyed the Japanese anime movie "Your Name".  There's a brilliant fanfic that continues on from the film's ambiguous ending that makes for quite a good finale.  I also like Zutara fanfic (Avatar) which is rather like Dramione.

My analysis is that these fics are mainly written by bright, highly-educated literate women much like their readers.  And fic Hermione is the same type...an underestimated, highly-educated and intelligent woman (often a career woman).  Rey is also the same...brilliant and underestimated.  So I think there's a bit of vicarious identification and wish fulfillment.  Plus Dramione usually has satisfying bad boy and redemption tropes usually inspired by Hermione.

I really love how fanfiction takes a familiar story and embroiders new material into it in very clever ways.  I also enjoy endings that fix what I disliked in certain stories.  Trust me, you can read this stuff for years!  Reddit is good for recs.  There are also Facebook groups and Discord channels.  Some famous fics have been removed from the internet or sites were deleted so the only way to find them is to network with fans.

The "Mortifying Ideal" fic that you cite is recent and truly one of the best ever in my opinion.  Manacled is a phenomenon BUT for me it was too depressing.  I'm more of a "Down with Love" (movie) fan than a "Handmaid's Tale" type.

I thought about giving you a long list of recs but probably what is best is for you to go to dramioneasks.tumblr.com and poke around.  If you are able to access their balky tab system (best on desktop), the mods' "favorites" are a good place to start.

Based on "Mortifying Ideal", you may like Thebemoon's work on A03 (you must log in to read it).  Also "Ever-Fixed Mark" by ninepiecesofcrait. Possibly "Timeless" by alexandra_emerson (requires login also).  "Once More With Feeling" by Kyonomiko.  And "Malfoy Shrugged" by uselessenglishmajor.

Based on "Manacled", "The Fool, The Emperor, and the Hanged Man" by ianthewaiting.  If willing to try a Snamione, "Extinctus amabitur idem" also by ianthewaiting (more of a creepy short story).

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