Where is it by the way? Something is wrong with the story on FicWad, and the DLP Archive had the edited version.

 

Jeconais's White Knight, Grey Queen gets an honorable mention for being (I think) the first Harry/Pansy story that I ever read, and quite possibly the first one of any respectable length that was written.

It must have been one of the first, since nearly every other Harry/Pansy fic borrows elements from this (most notably, that her pug-faced appearance is merely an illusion to protect her from the predatory tendencies of Slytherin males).

Despite the shortcomings (which have been mentioned here frequently), and the fact that I don't picture Pansy quite the way she was portrayed in this fic (it was far too easy turning her into a tolerable person, for one thing), it left quite an impression on me and was largely responsible for making me a Harry/Pansy fan.

There aren't enough good stories with that pairing. The ones that do crop up tend to enjoy a few decent chapters before suffering 'abandonment issues', IYKWIM.

I definitely agree with a lot of the other examples here. I sit down to think of more that haven't been mentioned already and my mind kind of balks at the prospect. I think I've read too much. It starts to blur together.

Browncoat, Green Eyes IS an example of how crossovers don't have to always suck and can, in fact, be downright awesome.

Hehe, an interesting choice.
It's odd, but I tend to find Ginny's presence most tolerable when the main ship is H/L/G. While not many novel length stories have been done with that ship, there have been numerous, very eloquently done one-shots, short stories, and drabbles.

As far as Back to the Garden is concerned: Having Ron involved with even one woman is a stretch for me... but two?

Ahem. Eri's 'fun with polyjuice' moment amused me to no end. How many people, confronted with an unattended dose of the stuff, wouldn't try it out?

But, yeah, a very interesting story and Antosha does tend to have a way with words. O the writing I would do, were I able to borrow it.

 

I'd add Cygnus Crux's Harry Potter's Existence After Life and three sequels: old school stories, they date back to 2002 and represent early and influential post-Hogwarts world-building epics. (I find Harry/Ginny much more tolerable in early fanfiction; so many of the tropes weren't yet).

 

A serious suggestion from me this time around, Dethyl's They Shook Hands series.
http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/dethryl/

Think it's at least partly responsible for the Harry/Draco Diagon Alley friendship concept, along with the Ron Malfoy trope in Slytherin!Harry stories.

 

I'm going to say either "Flying without a Broom" or "Where in the World is Harry Potter" for humor.

Abraxan's "Refiner's Fire" series was pretty influential as well.

Also, I remember a story that I think was called "Dumbledoor's Army", but I have no idea who wrote it. That was way back before I ever even found ff.net. Maybe on fictionalley, or something.

 

For humor fics, I think we have to include Anya's 'Naked Quidditch Match.' It was well before my time, and even though some of the characters seem OOC now, it did come out in 2001. I think it also originated the m-mail concept that Jeconais used in This Means War!, another fic that definitely belongs on the list.

 

You can't count any of his works, simply because he's an arse who removed them all because people liked them and its impossible to read any of them anywhere. To be seminal people have to be able to read it.

 

Actually, I think I found one of his works here http://fanficarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=45&chapter=1.

 

I'm not clicking the link, since ME said at one point during his hissy fit that when people shared his stories without his permission it was like they were RAPING him.

/ya rly, fucking drama queen

 

Yeah, that link is from people who frequently and without permission host stories of authors. Not really a fan of that - if I want my story posted somewhere, I am capable of doing it myself.

 

I've been wanting to find this one for ages. Thanks. Tis was an awesome story.

 

That takes me back... I remember enjoying Cygnus Crux's work back in the day (I always thought of him as sort of a poor man's Ruskbyte), although I recall him being a bit of a review whore.

 

Wim's always asked before posting my stuff. It's possible that ME gave him permission and then forgot that he had.

 

The Guy who posted ME's story is Lostfanfiction. Stories that have been removed from their original archive are posted under that name, works out similar to HPRecycle Bin. Doesn't seem like they asked Eldryn for permission though, probably couldn't reach him and ignored his demands to stay offline for eternity. But I somehow find it hard to care in his case. Wonder why.

 

Yeah, I think Lostfanfiction is just run by the organizers of the site.

I think they asked me about posting mine too - I probably didn't respond or something, knowing me - and I'm not saying I'm butthurt about it or anything, because I really don't care. But I've heard other people wave those accusations about.

I know they saved that Fettucini guy's story KIP. I would say they saved Stained Future's work too, but "saved" just doesn't feel like the appropriate word.

 

My bad. I hadn't clicked through to see who had posted it.

 

C. Night's first and sadly unfinished second fics Getting Out or Dying Trying and Inquiring Minds.

A long time ago now but I think I remember it being these that kickstarted the Harry/f!Blaise fad, even if not they definitely raised the bar.

 

The Paradigm of Uncertainty Trilogy by Lori is probably the best H/Hr series out there (for that matter it's one of the better post Hogwarts stories as well). It's a shame this series was never actually completed. It should have ended up as a quadrilogy rather than 2 stories and an unfinished 3rd.

Paradise Series by AngieJ is the other major post-Hogwarts H/Hr story. Just like POU, it has some of the best relationship drama I've seen in any HP fanfiction.

Both of these stories are post-Voldemort's death and have significantly better writing in general than the original books.

These may violate some of DLP's rules but they are still both incredible stories.

 

I've encountered this one before, and generally heard good things about it. I avoided it, though, because stories set ten years after Hogwarts usually don't appeal to me. Is there a credible plot and some action there, or is it 150k words of relationship drama?

 

The plot and action aren't really the problem, IMO, so much as the "10 years later." (but yes, there's an abundance of fluffy relationship stuff). The stories are well-written, but they're only nominally "Harry Potter" stories.

The characters have the same names and general physical characteristics, but they use different magic and have completely different personalities.