You know what? I have just created a special Slashy: the Switchknife Award. In the future, it will go to fics that get me to consider pairings I previously thought abhorrent. Named, of course, for the fiend in human form who rec'd Harry/Draco stories to me. Because I have been patiently reading these over the last few days, and while I am still intensely dubious about the pairing, I must reluctantly admit that some of these stories were, well - persuasive. Dammit.

(Previously nominated stories that would've won a Switchknife if there had been one at that time: Wax Jism's "Overture," Kass's "Clay," Gloria Mundi's "Leverage," Helen's "Close Enough," and...hmmm. I notice a lot of these are HP stories. How appropriate.)

So, got any other pairings you'd like me to learn to contemplate with equanimity?