The R/D Challenge!

So here it is: the masterlist. I want to thank everyone once again for participating -- even though this comm is small, I think we ended up with a really great fest. So feel free to take a shiny banner for your efforts. :D




And a huge thank you goes to everyone who voted consistently; you guys made for a really fair challenge, which is exactly what I was hoping for when I made this comm.

So enough rambling.

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Let me know if I somehow left something out, or there's a broken link or something.

And now for the winners!

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And that's it! Thanks again, everyone! A tentative schedule for next year will be posted later, and if you guys are still interested in a ranked list, I'll post that, too. :)

Oh, and if anyone wants to know their score, just drop me a PM and I'll be happy to let you know.

That's it! Every fic has been posted now, and you have until the 28th to finish scoring the romance fics. Winners and the masterlist will be posted on the 30th.

I want to go ahead and thank everyone for participating; whether you wrote a fic or if you voted consistently, your participation is what kept this challenge going!


In the mean time, does anyone have any suggestions for next year's challenge? I know it's been very obvious to some of you that we've had a couple of major problems this year, with everything from prompts to mods disappearing and other little things that I'll be sure to straighten out before next year. But if you have any thoughts on how to make this fest run more smoothly, please let me know!

Also, I'm taking suggestions for themes for the prompts. If you missed it somehow, this year's theme was supposed to be movie quotes (even though we had some problems with that), and you can suggest anything from lyrics to poetry, or anything else! I'd love some input! And if you have any ideas for which genres you'd like to see next year, you can suggest those here, too. :)

Thanks again, everyone! After the reveal is posted, everyone will be free to claim their fics (and prizes, of course!).

Title: Love of Hate
Author: midnight_birth
Rating: PG-13
Assigned Genre: Romance.
Prompt: Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing.
Word Count: 4,889
Warnings: EWE, romance masquerading as minor angst, plot twist.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: As their relationship is slowly disintegrating and Draco acts more and more distant and strange, Ron is sure that no matter what he does, it is about to come to an inevitable end. Draco has his own ideas when it comes to the subject.

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Title: Beginnings
Author: kaguya_yoru
Rating: PG
Assigned Genre: Romance
Prompt: "Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an
arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing." - (The Notebook)
Word Count: ~6600
Pairings (other than R/D): None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: How did Ron and Draco’s relationship start?
Author Notes: This story took on a life of its own in the end. I just tried to keep up. There are a few direct quotes from the dialogue of the Harry Potter series.

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Title: Just So You Know
Author: alexandripearl
Rating: PG-13
Assigned Genre: Romance
Prompt: "Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an
arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass.
Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You
have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next
pain-in-the-ass thing."
- (The Notebook)
Word Count: 1,444
Pairings (other than R/D): None
Warnings: Mild language
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Ron makes a toast in questionable taste. Draco has to explain just why that is.
Author Notes: Thanks to my beta. You know who you are. All remaining errors are mine.

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Title: And under everything, there has always been you
Author: redsnake05
Rating: R
Assigned Genre: Romance
Prompt: "What would I say to him, if he were really here? Forgive me, I have never known this feeling. I've lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, that I fail to recognize you? You-- who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way I can tell you how my life has changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say...I cannot find the words. Except for these-- I love you! Such would I say to him, if he were really here."
- (Somewhere in Time)
Word Count: 6240
Pairings (other than R/D): None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: An accident on a routine assignment sends Ron and Draco into a complicated charade, one that highlights things they both thought were well-buried.
Author Notes: Many thanks to my beta reader for her unstinting support, and to those who listened to me and brainstormed with me as I wrote this.

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Title: Echolocation
Author: latex_muffins
Rating: PG
Assigned Genre: Romance
Prompt: #1 - "Well that's what we do, we fight... You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass. Which you are, 99% of the time. I'm not afraid to hurt your feelings. You have like a 2 second rebound rate, then you're back doing the next pain-in-the-ass thing."
- (The Notebook)
Word Count: 1,760
Pairings (other than R/D): N/A
Warnings: Minor language
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Ron thinks about how and why he fell in love with Draco in the first place.
Author Notes: A large chunk of the middle of this is a flashback, which is why it is in italics...in case you don’t catch that as you read.

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All of the humor fics have been posted, so you have until the 20th to finish up scoring! Polls close will close at midnight (on the 21st, technically), and then I'll start posting romance fics.

Title: Ron Weasley and the Forgotten Boyfriend
Author: entrenous88
Rating: NC-17
Assigned Genre: Humor
Prompt: Mitch: Chris, something strange happened to me this morning...
Chris: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god
robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing
little pickles at you?
Mitch: :o No..
Chris: Huh. Why am I the only one that has that dream?
Word Count: 15,903 words
Pairings (other than R/D): background Ginny/Dean
Warnings: Explicit erotica.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Ron Weasley has forgotten something very important. Now if only he could remember exactly what it was… Fortunately, or not so fortunately, he has Draco Malfoy to help him put the pieces together.
Author Notes: My use of the prompt was rather impressionistic -- you won't find it quoted anywhere, nor will you find the level of absurdity of Chris's dream in this story (partly because, really, how can I top the little pickle dream?). But I hope you'll find in Ron's confusion and disorientation in the face of something Draco insists upon something similar to Mitch's :o face. In any case, I hope you enjoy this story!


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Title: The Scintillating Secret Tryst of Epic Proportions
Author: la_dissonance
Rating: NC-17
Assigned Genre: humour
Prompt: Mitch: Chris, something strange happened to me this morning...
Chris: Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god
robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing
little pickles at you?
Mitch: :o No..
Chris: Huh. Why am I the only one that has that dream?
Word Count: 2991
Pairings (other than R/D): none
Warnings: Crack fic!!!! Also some slightly disturbing descriptions of sexual acts
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Ron and Draco are trapped, and there's only one way to get out.
Author's Notes: I blame S fully for this. It is all her fault, all of this.

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