Swish and Filk – Potter Style Filks and such

We have been getting so many new submissions lately that we decided it was time for a more organised indexing system so our filks are easier to find. Today we’ve launched Part 1 of the new system.

As you can see in the right-hand column on the page, our regular “Leaky Sisters Filks” and “Your Filks” links have disappeared and have been replaced by three new links: “Alphabetical List,” “Filks by Character Theme” and “Filks by Performer.” Each of these pages contain ALL the filks on the site, both from you and us, but indexed in different ways.

“Alphabetical List” speaks for itself: at the top of the page you will find the Leaky Sisters Filks organised alphabetically, and lower down the page there is a list of Your Filks, also rearranged in alphabetical order – useful if you know exactly which filk you’re looking for.

“Filks by Character Theme” has the filks organised by groups of characters, such as “the Trio,” “Death Eaters and Dark Magic” or “Hogwarts Students.” Per category you will find the Leaky Sisters filks at the top with Your Filks below it.

“Filks by Performer” gives you an alphabetical list of who have performed the filks, again with Leaky Sisters at the top, followed by a list of other filk writers and singers. So if you want to see all filks that were sent in by Harry’sJulie, or by Snape44, this is the page for you.

Part 2 of our indexing system should be launched soon and will contain an index page of filks organised by book and a page that is organised by topic, such as love, good vs. evil or holiday filks.

We’d love to hear your feedback on this, tell us if you think it’s made browsing easier, or actually more complicated!

~Nina

PS: We have also added a new Leaky Sister’s filk today, called “To Know but not to Seek” – a filk of Harry’s thoughts as he buries Dobby at Shell Cottage, based on the song “Scarlet” by the amazing Brooke Fraser.