Mini Fest: Claim Post

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HP DIVERSITY MINI-FEST!

Claim Post
ON DW || ON LJ
If you posted a prompt, please consider participating. The more fanwork produced, the better :)

Working Timeline:
Prompting Opens - April 8th
Prompting Closes - April 12th (may change if necessary)
Prompt Claiming - April 15th
Posting Begins - May 5th

Claiming:
1) You may claim up to three prompts.
2) Prompts may be claimed up to three times. Claiming is first come, first served.
3) This fest is ran on the honor system. If you claim a prompt, do your best to complete a fill.

Participants will post directly to the comm (or with a link during the posting period; more guidelines to come later).

Filling:
1) Submission must feature a character of color. In prompts with "Any" as a character option, you must create with a HP character of color as the subject. Check out our tag list under "character:" for your canon options or write/draw an original HP character of color.
2) Prompts are open to interpretation (do try to maintain the spirit of the prompt in your creation).
3) Minimum wordcount for fanfiction is 300 words; please keep an equivalent in mind for art. There is no maximum on wordcount or quality.
4) Please consider having your work beta'd. At the very least, please check for spelling, grammar, flow, and characterization.


Prompts:

CHARACTER STUDY/GEN:
Any, a different history of magic
Any, uses or discovers a system of magic different from the Western European one in canon

Blaise, Muggle and Muggle-born racism
Cho, what happened to her friendship with Marietta
Dean, Muggle art vs. Wizarding art
Dean, The truth about his father (1: librasmile)
Dean, The difference between the Muggle and Wizarding worlds
Fred II, Reluctantly living up to his namesake
Mrs. Zabini, The art of raising a son
Kingsley, Adjusting to the role of Minister for Magic
Kingsley, life working for the Muggle Minister
Padma, is tired of explaining tantra isn't limited to sex
Parvati, the search for good vegetarian cuisine in the wizarding world (1: igrockspock)
Roxanne, following in her dad's footsteps

Angelina & Roxanne, from mother to daughter
Cho & Su Li, Chinese New Year
Cho & Flitwick, Unexpected support
Kingsley & Alastor, Veterans and rookies (1: duh_i_read)
Roxanne & Lee, favorite uncle

POLY:
Angelina/Lee/George, taking care of George
Padma/Parvati/Harry, double your pleasure

FEMMESLASH:
Angelina/Alicia, Quidditch changing rooms
Angelina/Cho, professional quidditch
Cho/Female Character, future fic: "It's not the life she imagined"
Mrs. Zabini/Female Character, her eighth marriage
Parvati/Lavander, Ron breaks up with Lavander, Parvati comforts her
Padma/Lavender, how to tell Parvati (1: cinnamonselkie)
Padma/Lavender, potions tutoring
Roxanne/Dominique, Dominique feels inferior/ugly compared to her siblings - Roxanne tries to help her see that she's just as great/pretty as they are.
Roxanne/Molly II, Keeping secrets

HET:
Blaise/Ginny, while Harry's away
Blaise/Ginny, after the quidditch match
Blaise/Ginny, The tides of war
Blaise/Hermione, interhouse unity
Blaise/Parvati, no one has to know
Cho/Harry, midlife crisis
Cho/Male Character, Future fic: "It's not the life she imagined"
Dean/Lavender, the Weasley cast-offs
Dean/Luna, why they love the rain
Kingsley/Andromeda, just friends
Roxanne/Lee, favorite uncle
Roxanne/Scorpius, different ways to love

SLASH:
Blaise/Draco, Sweets
Blaise/Draco, Arranged marriage
Blaise/Kingsley, seducing the auror (1: delphi)
Blaise/Neville, 7th year, Blaise feels helpless; for once, Neville doesn't (1: rebecca_selene)
Dean/Kingsley, A portrait commission (1: vividescent)
Dean/Seamus, Meet the parents
Kingsley/Alastor, A schoolboy crush
Kingsley/Draco, ministry affairs (1: alisanne)
Kingsley/Harry, They grow to be friends, and more, while working together to re-build the wizarding world after the war
Kingsley/Remus, Remus never knocks, Kingsley never asks
Kingsley/Remus, love in wartime
Kingsley/Severus, seeing beyond the darkness
Lee/Charlie, after drinks

CROSSOVER:
Slumdog Millionaire, Padma/Jamal, smarter


RESOURCES:
Please feel free to comment with additions to this resource list! I'll post this list as a separate post for the general comm's use as it grows.

⟹ On writing a culture not your own; on writing a character of color:

- Pro-Character of Color/Anti-Racism Guide zvi_likes_tv at newbieguide
- Some thoughts on writing outside my experience by brown_betty
- Some advice for white people in fandom by zvi_likes_tv
- Writing Characters of Colour (Now With 10% Less White Liberal Anxiety!) by rydra_wong
- dark_agenda

⟹ Britpicking help from the Britpick Reference Guide

⟹ Beta Resources:

- hp_betas_wanted
- hp_betareaders
- beta_search

Happy claiming!