Beauty and Brains

Before I reveal all the authors of this year's fest, please let me shout out a huge THANK YOU to all of you who contributed to this fest - writers, readers, watchers. It's been a real pleasure, and it was remarkably stress-free :) Everyone was great, and... yeah. I really don't have words for that!

A special big thank you goes to our two pinch-hitters, florahart and joeyjames, who offered to back up the requests which the original writers had to drop for various reasons. I don't know what I'd have done without the two of you!

And my apologies to tattooedsiren and kendas because the fic they had written for their assigned giftee had to be reassigned. Which is less than ideal. Thank you that you took it easy there!

Now, without further ado, here's the reveal:
( *drumroll* )

Authors, you can now post your work outside of this community and respond to your comments!

Now, because I have a lot of fun doing it, let's have a look at a couple of statistics:
( Stats )

And now that's it for real. The 2007 fest is officially over. Again, thank you SOOOO much, and make sure to drop by next year! :)

~ Jules (envinyatar15)

That's it.

The fest is over. All the gifts have been posted.

The reveal will go up as planned on October 15, but before that I'd like to remind you all to go back, read and enjoy and leave lots of feedback - especially the giftees, as the person assigned to you has tried very hard to meet your expectations!

( Here's the (still anonymous) masterlist: )

ETA: Please remember that you have to join the community in order to read the friends-locked entries! An age statement/DOB confirming that you are older than 18 must be available on your profile for me to let you in.

Title: Machinations
Author:
Recipient: kendas
Pairing: Blaise/Hermione
Rating: PG
Warnings: Spoilers for DH.
Word Count: 1428
Summary: Harry just knows that Zabini is planning something.
A/N: A mixture of AU and canon. It took on a different perspective than I intended, I hope it pleases you. I wrote this with speed, so it’s not as polished as would like. Many thanks to S for the beta.

( Machinations )

Title: Beginnings
Author:
Recipient: lorraineblue
Pairing: Hermione/Charlie
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1,056
Summary: Sometimes understanding can be found where you least expect it.
Notes: This story is quasi-DH compliant. Essentially, I ignored the parts that I did not like or felt were unnecessary to the facilitation of this fic. Thanks to D, K and J for beta reading. lorraineblue, I realize it is not smut (I did not feel confident enough to practice for the first time on you), but I hope I was able to do your request justice.

( Beginnings )

Title: Babies and Beginnings
Author:
Recipient: sweet_lemmon
Pairing: Harry/Hermione
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: DH compliant, but ignores the epilogue of crap.
Word Count: 958
Summary: Harry and Hermione care for baby Teddy Lupin and discuss their potential future as parents.
A/N: I hope this isn't too fluffy for you. Thanks to my betas; all remaining mistakes are mine.

( Babies and Beginnings )

Title: Filing
Author:
Recipient: drcjsnider
Pairing: Hermione/Draco
Rating: PG13
Warnings: none
Word Count: 1500
Summary: Draco is on probation and ends up under Hermione. He wishes.
A/N: It’s not the R rated fic you asked for, but it does have some nice jokes in it.

( Filing )

Title: The Obvious
Author:
Recipient: joeyjames
Characters/Pairing(s): Remus/Hermione
Rating: PG13/R
Warnings: None
Word Count: 2865
Summary: Remus took a small step closer, his eyes still locked on hers. They looked at each other for a moment, as if they were each giving the other one last chance to back out of what they somehow knew was going to happen. When Hermione refused to look away, Remus sunk to his knees.
A/N: The one thing you asked for was plot. To be honest, there isn’t too much plot going on. But nevertheless, I hope you enjoy this. I really like how it turned out and I hope everyone out there enjoys it. Cheers.
Mod note: This gift was reassigned due to the original giftee dropping out.

( The Obvious )

Title: Odyssey
Author:
Recipient: inell
Pairing: Hermione/Viktor
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: 3,687
Summary: When a man discovers the real worth of a woman, the odyssey of the conquest lasts forever…
A/N: For my dear Inell. I hope you like your fic, it was written with all the admiration I have for you… I took the liberty of using your Viktor’s spelling for Hermione’s name, I hope you don’t mind. Many thanks to my dear beta S, she’s simply the best, and to H for all her invaluable help.

( Odyssey )

Sorry for the glitch in posting, there was some unscheduled RL stuff coming up. The rest of the fest should continue as had now :)

Title: Comfortable in Her Skin
Author:
Recipient: idea_of_sarcasm
Pairing: Hermione/Charlie
Warnings: None.
Rating: PG-13, I think
Word Count: 7000. Oops.
Summary: After an incident after Fred's funeral, Hermione finds herself uncomfortable and looking for a place to fit in.
A/N: The request was for post-DH (except epilogue) with plot. I wanted to get to some real smut, but this is a pinch hit, and as a result, once I found myself writing something way longer than the rules said, I realized it was really going to get long if I added smut, too. Sorry. Thanks to I and H for the read-throughs.

( Comfortable in Her Skin )

Title: Awkward is the Surrender
Author:
Recipient: florahart
Pairing: Hermione/Dean Thomas
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None other than minor spoilers for Deathly Hallows.
Word Count: 3, 042
Summary: It’s strange how much a person can seem to change in just a week. However, Hermione thinks that it’s even odder how easily lines can be redrawn that you didn’t think would ever alter.
A.N: Set post Hogwarts. All characters are over 18.
Mod Note: This gift was reassigned due to the original giftee dropping out.

( Awkward is the Surrender )