Hey, some of the best HP stories feature WolfStar.I'm no stranger to fanfic and have read a number of short stories many years ago, mostly Star Trek and Harry Potter. I enjoyed the "slash" stories in particular.I have to say many of the stories are very well written in terms of structure and plot, but being the light reader that I am, I never delved much into them. Besides, if I had that much time to read fanfic, I could also have been reading my Marvel and DC titles.
I've learned that I'm more of a visual reader, though not quite purely textual, and I've listened to a few audiobooks. Unfortunately, I have too much on my plate right now to even listen to podcasts and audiobooks.
But I've also read a couple of really good Adult-Hermione-goes-back-in-time-and-falls-in-love-with-Remus stories. And then there was a story in which a 30s-something Hermione hears a sound at her front door one night, opens it, and finds Sirius there, not a day older than he was when he fell through the Veil 20 years earlier (convenient that they're now age-mates and she and Ron got a divorce ).I prefer the Marauders-era for fanfiction. Most of the kid characters just annoy me. And I'm not into the "19 years later" era at all. Fortunately, there are lots of fanfic authors who prefer the Marauders as well. Have you seen any of the fan films?
As for Star Trek fanfic... if you follow the Valjiir link in my sig, you'll find a treasure trove of material (stories, songs, poems) that first saw publication in print 'zines 35 years ago (not all of it, of course; a lot of the later material and all of the artwork were only ever online; the original artwork is very different). And no, I'm not tooting my own horn - I didn't write any of it. I'm just a fan who loved this in the '80s when I had to get it by snailmail order and later when I posted in the fanfiction forum here, asking if anyone knew anything about the Valjiir stories since I'd lost contact with the authors by that time. Lo and behold, one of them popped up and said they'd been searching to see if people were still interested, I was asking because I am still interested, and he gave me the web address.
I'm not into podcasts or audiobooks. I tried, and without anything visual to anchor my attention, I either tune it out or fall asleep. It could be the most interesting thing ever (like the Fallen Heroes DS9 audiobook - that novel is one of the best non-TOS ST novels I've read - but I've never actually heard the entire audiobook because I couldn't stay awake).
