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Magnetic Pole
| Fan | |
|---|---|
| Name: | magnetic_pole |
| Alias(es): | Maggie |
| Type: | fic writer, community moderator, meta writer |
| Fandoms: | Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes |
| Communities: | R/S Small Gifts, Nest of Spiders, HP Reread, DH Predictions, 800 Words, HBP Challenge, HP Grad, LGBTQ Recs, API Recs |
| Other: | Fic & Meta Masterlist |
| URL: | LiveJournal Dreamwidth |
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Magnetic Pole first created her livejournal in March 2006, participating in Harry Potter fandom by writing Remus/Sirius stories in the month-long Wellymuck community challenge. Her stories quickly became known for their handling of the complexities of topics such as family relationships, queer identities, and coming out.
Notable Communities
- R/S Small Gifts, co-created with Busaikko, an annual holiday R/S fic and art exchange community.
- LGBTQ Recs, a month of queer-themed recs--books, movies, music, academic articles, television shows, etc. Active in June.
Notable Fanworks
- Out of the Cupboard Under the Stairs In the summer of 1998, after the defeat of Voldemort, Harry comes out to his friends.
- A subtly meta story that deals with the vagaries of coming out. Notable for its take on how characters in the HP universe might react to Harry being gay.
- Remus Lupin, Early Pioneer in the History of Magical Minority Rights Wilhelmina Weasley writes an essay about her hero in the history of Magical Minority rights.
- Notable for the unusual POV (an essay written by a young student) and for its vision of a more progressive post-war magical society, written before the release of Deathly Hallows.