You're not the first person to rec HP, but I find myself a little reluctant to try out the fandom because a) the only slash pairing I can personally get is Harry/Draco and the idea of Harry/Snape kind of weirds me out and b) I've gotten more and more disillusioned with each HP novel (to the extent that I haven't been able to bring myself to read Deathly Hollows yet). Of course, I'm running out of fic in my current major fandoms, so I'm going to have to break down soon and branch out. So, never fear, these HP fics will be read (and probably sooner rather than later:)

And you can never go wrong with McShep AUs! I loved A Supermarket in California and will no doubt be reccing it at some point (thanks for the link -- I think this is one of many, many SGA stories that isn't archived). Not sure about Lenore's fic. Is that the one where John's running a matchmaking service?

Thanks for the recs!

I can't really see H/D from the books, because Draco sucks in the books, but I do think they have chemistry in the movies. Ron has gotten on my nerves lately, primarily because Rowlings seems determined to pair him with Hermione, despite the fact that they have nothing in common and no chemistry in either the books or the movies. If I was going to pick a preferred pairing for HP, it would actually be Harry/Hermione (I *know*! It's been so long since I've read het, I don't know that I could figure out what to do with it if I saw it:)

I think the biggest problem I have with H/S, aside from the huge age difference, is the fact that Snape is Harry's teacher. Position of trust relationships always worry me, because younger people tend to idolize people in authority over them and it makes them behave even more irrationally than teenagers usually do. Not that 'trust' or 'idolizing' has much to do with Harry and Snape's relationship, but the squick is still there.

I think I have read Lenore's fic and really enjoyed it (though, as usual, I wished it were five times longer:)

I think my biggest problem (if you can call it a problem:) is that I really, honestly *want* to like het pairings. Unfortunately, most female characters in today's shows suck (or, if there are good female characters, there isn't much in the way of a fandom -- damnit, I want The Closer fic!) The end result is that anytime I see a great female character, I go totally het for that fandom. My main pairing for X-Files was Mulder/Scully. My pairings for BtVS were all het. Should I dabble my toes in HP, I'd probably search for Harry/Hermione. And I desperately, desperately, want to find Brenda/Sgt. Gabriel (from The Closer -- are you sensing a theme here? :)

(Also, I love me some Alan Rickman, but his version of Snape seriously creeps me out. It's the black hair, I think. *shudder*)

Amen!