Well, I've personally read very little fic since OotP came out, which means I'm not really up on the newer fics and authors... so I'm going to ask my flist to help you out on this one.
My list is, inevitably, composed of fics that are heavy on the Snape side of things, but fortunately there's some good Harry characterization in there too. I'd definitely recommend lizbee's WiP Girl Most Likely (http://www.mirrordance.net/hpfic/girl/), which has an excellent, conflicted adult Harry and some nifty Weasley bits. I also enjoyed [Bad username or site: http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=kalinalea @ livejournal.com]'s The Buried Life (http://www.geocities.com/kalinalea/buriedprologue.htm) for its strong Harry portrayal, though it's pretty light on the Weasley side of things.
I know you said you didn't really want to go pre-OotP, but I can't begin to tell you how brilliant Arabella's The Very Secret Diary (http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=1026&chapno=1) is: it's a look into Ginny's diary entries as she falls under (and tries to resist) Tom Riddle's power in CoS, and as a sidelight on canon it's both terrifying and wholly convincing. Best read on a chapter-a-day basis, I think, which is how it came out -- all at once might seem like too much, but that's IMO of course.
I also just love hedda62's Denizen of the Deep (http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=567&chapno=1), which is a delightful little fic about Dennis Creevey that doesn't, I think, contradict anything in OotP...
I know I'm leaving out about a zillion good fics here, but those are the ones off the top of my head.
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Date: 2004-05-25 05:58 pm (UTC)My list is, inevitably, composed of fics that are heavy on the Snape side of things, but fortunately there's some good Harry characterization in there too. I'd definitely recommend
I know you said you didn't really want to go pre-OotP, but I can't begin to tell you how brilliant Arabella's The Very Secret Diary (http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=1026&chapno=1) is: it's a look into Ginny's diary entries as she falls under (and tries to resist) Tom Riddle's power in CoS, and as a sidelight on canon it's both terrifying and wholly convincing. Best read on a chapter-a-day basis, I think, which is how it came out -- all at once might seem like too much, but that's IMO of course.
I also just love
I know I'm leaving out about a zillion good fics here, but those are the ones off the top of my head.