The Ships That Fandom Forgot
Oct. 4th, 2007 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snorkackcatcherI know I've mentioned this before, but ... where are the Cho/Michael and Hagrid/Maxime stories? Two indubitably canon ships -- both of which seem to have lasted at least a couple of years to judge from the books -- but Crumpled-Horned Snorkacks are spotted more often than either of them. Are the characters really that unpopular?
I went looking on the two big general HP fic sites, and a search for Cho/Michael on FictionAlley (well, Cho/Other Canon Wizard with the current character list) produced precisely zero fics for the pairing. A search at Fanfiction.net produced only one ficlet, which was of the painful-to-read type. Typical extract:
As far as Hagrid/Maxime goes, things are very slightly better -- FA and FFN have a brace each. Unfortunately, the FA ones consist of Fraternisation (which is a great fic and well worth its Niffle, but the Hagrid/Maxime is purely background), and one which basically ignores GoF canon. The FFN fics consist of one with the summary "This is a story of Hagrid and Olympe Maxime. Apperently Hagrid can't use protection so guess what happens to Olympe" which didn't inspire me to click (although you never know, it might simply mean she got burnt by a Blast-Ended Skrewt through lack of the right gloves), and a somewhat mundane (and abandoned) one which only covers GoF material anyway.
What I really want to see is the story of their mission to the giants and the bringing back of Grawp -- the author of Fraternisation did have a fic on this subject drafted, but unfortunately she's been largely out of the fandom for the past couple of years due to pressure of work. It seems like an obvious Missing Moments tale to tell, but one that fans don't seem to have rushed to write.
I suppose the lack of fics is simply a reflection of the fact that a lot of fans dislike Cho and Michael for shippy reasons -- and find Hagrid, and presumably Olympe, Eww, Gross unsexy. But I happen to like all these characters, and think both pairings have rather interesting character dynamics, and would love to see a good treatment of either -- i.e. one that explores the potential of the particular characters, rather than just being colour-by-numbers shipfic. Does anyone know of any such stories?
I went looking on the two big general HP fic sites, and a search for Cho/Michael on FictionAlley (well, Cho/Other Canon Wizard with the current character list) produced precisely zero fics for the pairing. A search at Fanfiction.net produced only one ficlet, which was of the painful-to-read type. Typical extract:
He went on to explain about the pretty red head the Wesley girl that beat me to the snitch. I listen to his story. Happy for once people weren't picking on my problems.I don't think Ron licked Michael very much either, although now you mention it Ron/Michael slash would make great crack ... (Yes, I looked on FA and FFN. No, no-one's written that either.)
"And I don't think her brother licked me very much."
He concluded. I chuckled the close thing to a laugh I had in a long time. He smiled at me. "So, it seams to me that your having more problems then you just lost the quiditch match."
As far as Hagrid/Maxime goes, things are very slightly better -- FA and FFN have a brace each. Unfortunately, the FA ones consist of Fraternisation (which is a great fic and well worth its Niffle, but the Hagrid/Maxime is purely background), and one which basically ignores GoF canon. The FFN fics consist of one with the summary "This is a story of Hagrid and Olympe Maxime. Apperently Hagrid can't use protection so guess what happens to Olympe" which didn't inspire me to click (although you never know, it might simply mean she got burnt by a Blast-Ended Skrewt through lack of the right gloves), and a somewhat mundane (and abandoned) one which only covers GoF material anyway.
What I really want to see is the story of their mission to the giants and the bringing back of Grawp -- the author of Fraternisation did have a fic on this subject drafted, but unfortunately she's been largely out of the fandom for the past couple of years due to pressure of work. It seems like an obvious Missing Moments tale to tell, but one that fans don't seem to have rushed to write.
I suppose the lack of fics is simply a reflection of the fact that a lot of fans dislike Cho and Michael for shippy reasons -- and find Hagrid, and presumably Olympe, Eww, Gross unsexy. But I happen to like all these characters, and think both pairings have rather interesting character dynamics, and would love to see a good treatment of either -- i.e. one that explores the potential of the particular characters, rather than just being colour-by-numbers shipfic. Does anyone know of any such stories?
