Magnetic Attraction
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Magnetic Attraction |
| Author(s): | frizzy |
| Date(s): | December 23, 2003 - January 27, 2005 |
| Length: | 127,242 words (original) / 147,184 words (revised) |
| Genre: | Romance |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| External Links: | Magnetic Attraction of fictionalley (first chapter (original)), Magnetic Attraction - PDF (46 chapters. Note: chapters 43 - 46 are author's notes. (original)), Wayback Machine archive of chapter titles and summaries (45 chapters (original)), Magnetic Attraction on FFnet (first 10 chapters (revised)), Magnetic Attraction on AFF (25 chapters (revised)), Magnetic Attraction Yahoo Group (25 chapters (revised) (note: to access files, join group)) |
 Magnetic Attraction cover by Goeti | |
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Magnetic Attraction is a Harry Potter fic written by frizzy.
It features the pairing Harry/Draco and mpreg and is one of the earliest examples of Veelafic.
In the original version, frizzy gave the readers choices at the end of every chapter so they could give their input regarding what they would like to see next.[1]
Magnetic Attraction was deleted multiple times off FFnet.[2] During the course of this, frizzy posted the fic to multiple different archival sites,[2][3] eventually returning to FFnet as frizzy returned.[4]
Magnetic Attraction is not complete. Frizzy indicated an intention to finish the fic,[5] but there have been no updates since 2005, and the author seems to have vanished off the 'net.
Versions
Originally, 43 chapters were posted. This is the version posted to FictionAlley, and to Forever Fandom under the title "Magnetic Attraction" (with three subsequent chapters consisting solely of author's notes). (The only existing copy of this online seems to be this PDF file of the Forever Fandom post of the fic.) Later, frizzy abandoned this version in favour of greatly revising and expanding the first 25 chapters, with the intention of doing the same to the rest. This is the version posted to AFF and FFnet. It was posted to Forever Fandom under the title "Magnetic Attraction revised". (The only complete version is the AFF post.)
Summary
Author's summary:
- Draco Malfoy is a part Veela who has just come into his Veela Inheritance to discover that his mate is none other than Harry Potter. After accepting his fate and admitting that he does love Harry Potter - just a little - Draco must try to seduce his mate into bonding with him. The question is, will Harry fight against the bond forced upon him, or will he fall in love with the softer side to the boy he used to hate?[6]
Impact on Fandom
Altogether, over the various versions posted on different sites, Magnetic Attraction received well over 10,000 comments.[7] As one of the very first Veela!Draco stories, it hugely influenced fandom's love of the trope, and a lot of people subsequently adopted ideas from it. Inevitably, parodies also abounded - Not Just Another, 'Oh no, Draco's a Veela story' by Relle is one example.
foryourpleasure called MA a "somewhat sweet and simpering [...] story that has both its fans and detractors",[8] and irana said it was "[l]ikely the most popular story out there in this niche." [9]
Controversy
Frizzy expressed anger at how much of MA's plot devices had found their way into other Veelafic:
- I would just like to say that I have never said that I own the veela idea, hell, anyone can use it. What I am complaining about is people using my plot. I don’t mind people writing Veela fics as long as my ideas aren’t used excessively, for example, most Veela fics I’ve read begin the same as my own. Why? There are hundreds of other ways to start off a Veela fic, or anytype of fic. Why does Dumbledore have to tell Harry in his office?[10]
Frizzy also struggled with people flaming MA and reporting it for violating FFnet's TOS, and strongly considered not writing anymore as a result:
- I will continue to write, merely because I want to. This will be my final fic, and I have no intentions of writing anything else in the near future. I did draft out a Harry/ Severus fic for those that asked me whether I could write a fic with that pairing, so I’d like to apologise, but I shan’t be posting it. On a happy note, MA should be finished by March, at the latest, if everything goes according to plan, and if I decide to finish it (more details on that further down).
- [...]
- Flame all you want, I don’t mind. I read them, take the advice and use it, but I won’t feel guilty about stating my opinions and beliefs — you did the same in your reviews, or should I say flamers?
- Who ever reported me for posting announcements and not chapters obviously is blind because I have not done that since I was pulled the first time, until now. I post chapters with authors notes at the beginning so technically it’s a chapter.*shrugs* If that’s your ideaof revenge then so be it, I don’t mind, you’ve got your wish, I GOT PULLED off fanfiction! I’m actually tired of explaining myself and plan to have a large break from writing, as of now. The world of authors has gotten too petty for my liking — and I’m considering discontinuing this fic.
- I won’t be posting on fanfiction for a while, months maybe, and I doubt I’ll update any new chapters. I’ll post the whole fic in full, if I decide to finish it, when it’s done for you to flame to hell and back, and to be honest, I won’t mind.[10]
In an interview posted to the Magnetic Attraction Yahoo Group, Frizzy explained the reasons Magnetic Attraction was pulled - the first time, for being an interactive fic, and the second time, for posting an author's note as a chapter without any actual story content.[7] The third time, the fic was pulled because of the author's note that was posted as chapter 43.
References
- ^ Author's end notes for Chapter 1 in the archived PDF version of the Forever Fandom post: "For those that don’t know me very well, I’d like to say that at the end of each chapter I give a number of choices for the reader to choose from. This gives me help when I need it and makes the reader more involved. I’ve found that my previous readers appreciate it and since then other authors have started to do the same." Accessed Sep 18, 2016.
- ^ a b frizzy. AFF Profile. "I have decided to post Magnetic Attraction here after being pulled off fanfiction.net four times." Accessed Sep 18, 2016.
- ^ Internet Archive Wayback Machine. frizzy Forever Fandom Profile. "Due to the fact that my main fic, Magnetic Attraction, has been banned, I decided to post here." Snapshot from Dec 14, 2011, accessed Sep 18, 2016.
- ^ frizzy returned. FFnet Profile. "My name is frizzy, and I’ve returned once more to fanfiction.net." Accessed Sep 18, 2016.
- ^ frizzy returned. FFnet Profile. "I just wanted to let you all know that I do intend to finish this fic in the future, no matter how long it takes." Accessed Sep 18, 2016.
- ^ Forever Fandom. frizzy - author profile, Wayback Machine snapshot from 14 Dec, 2011, accessed Oct 3, 2016.
- ^ a b Interview with Frizzy, file in the Magnetic Attraction Yahoo Group, posted Feb 19, 2004, accessed Sep 18, 2016. "I was pulled off fanfiction.net the first time for being an interactive fic, in other words, the choices, which to me, was a petty reason. A fic is always going to be interactive because you use what people say in reviews to help you change and develop your work. I just asked for help which would have been given anyway. I was sad to see that all the reviews I’d collected, I was told the figure was about 10,000, were deleted. [...] I was pulled the second time for posting an authors note as a chapter, which I accept. That was the official reason, but the main reason was because people did not like my disclaimer, which is why I posted the rant on foreverfandom.net."
- ^ foryourpleasure. Harry Potter: Harry/Draco Recs Hogwarts Era, posted Sep 4, 2009, accessed Oct 3, 2016.
- ^ irana. Veela Fic List, posted Jan 22, 2015, accessed Oct 3, 2016.
- ^ a b frizzy. archived PDF version of the Forever Fandom post of Magnetic Attraction - Chapter 43: notice, acessed Sep 18, 2016.