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Fic recs?

Can anyone rec me a heartstopper fanfic where Jane Spring isn't a cartoon villain (as in, where Jane Spring is actually written in canon as a mother who has watched her son get bullied after coming out and has extreme mental health struggles and is therefore worried about him and that comes across as very strict)

AND/OR

where Sarah Nelson is actually called out for not defending Nick against David and her husband? I have read way too many fics where Sarah is either perfect, or sits by while David is biphobic and their dad is an asshole and then she is treated like the victim.

Like give me some actual nuance please, thank you!

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Meghan: Kate made me cry

British press and Kate stans: OMG she just had a baby and was hormonal, of course she was rude, get over it, poor Kate

Meghan: Hey Kate, I know you were an entitled brat over my wedding (throwing tantrums, wasting other people’s time, changing seating arrangements cause you don’t want to be near your husband), but that’s fine, I know you just had a baby

British press and Kate stans: OMG I can’t believe Meghan would be so anti feminist as to say perfect Kate was dealing with hormones after having a baby! How horrible! Poor Kate!

You guys are exhausting.

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Does anyone have the video from the Invictus Games interview on the Today Show where one of the competitors talked about how his son or wife had met Harry but immediately asked to see Meghan? 

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[we-all-have-magic-inside-us]

Hi, this is very random but I'm actually writing a dissertation on Harry Potter Fanfiction and I'm looking for the 'big' fics, i.e. fics that lots of people in the fandom read - the most popular/famous ones that might even have their own sub-fandom (All The Young Dudes for example). Do you know of any Drarry ones like this? Thanks in advance!

What a wonderful topic for a dissertation @realistic-but-optimistic - I would LOVE to read it if you ever publish/want to share. And I definitely have some recs for fics that have their own mini fandom and/or are ‘The Drarry Classics’

What We Pretend We Can't See by @gyzym [131k words]

Seven years out from the war, Harry learns the hard truth of old history: it’s never quite as far behind you as you thought

This is THE fandom classic almost everyone has read and talks about. It features a redeemed, slightly obsessive, charming Draco. Grimmauld Place plays a huge role in the fic and Ron/Hermione are wonderful. Overall 10/10.

Running on Air by @tinyhistory [75k]

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

I genuinely do not know if any fic rec can do justice to this masterpiece. It’s so beautiful and poignant and somehow nostalgic. The language, the plot, the pining and the mystery are all breathtaking. You have to read this one yourself to believe me. This is definitely a major fandom classic.

Tea and No Sympathy [70k] by who_la_hoop

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

If you like Groundhog Day style fics, this is the winner! It has over 32k kudos on AO3 which is INSANE! It’s super well written and keeps you hooked until the very end. And it’s not just this one, every fic by this author is a classic in its own right. Especially ‘written on the heart.’

Right Hand Red [73k] by @lqtraintracks​

Harry felt Malfoy's breath on his lips as they came together over the bottle, hands firmly planted on the floor as though they each needed their familiar soil, refusing to cross into enemy territory.

Except that Malfoy no longer felt like his enemy.

Malfoy felt inevitable.

No rec list can be complete without an eighth year fic. The fandom is FULL of eighth year fics and they’re perfect for anyone craving a Harry Potter continuation but with Drarry. This is one of my absolute favourite ones. It features a lot of party games and it’s really nice to see Harry and Draco have a chance at a normal school year for once, something they’ve been robbed of for so many years. There’s a lot of pining and healing in this one and I felt all the feels when I read it. 

Away Childish Things [151k] by @letteredlettered

Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him.

This one. This one. THERE ARE NO WORDS BUT I WILL VALIANTLY ATTEMPT. I love it. It explores Harry’s childhood in a way very few fics have managed to and it really really tugs at the heartstrings. It’s gorgeously written and evokes so many emotions. Please read this one.

Stop All the Clocks (This Is the Last Time I’m Leaving Without You) [44k] by @firethesound

Living with Draco was difficult; living without him is unbearable. But if there’s one thing Harry learned from the war, it’s that even when one life ends, the rest of the world goes right on living.

Full disclosure- I haven’t read this and I don’t know if I ever can. It features MCD (main character death) and I really struggle with reading fics that don’t have a happy ending. Having said that, it is a fandom classic and everyone who has read it, RAVES about it. They say it’s gorgeous and beautiful and devastating. What I can confirm is that firethesound is an amazing author and I have read several other fics by them which could also be considered fandom classics. Especially ‘All Our Secrets Laid Bare’ which is the ultimate Auror partners fic and ‘A Convenient Impracticality’ which is the ultimate fake dating/friends-with-benefits fic. 

Dwelling [83k] by aideomai

Curses, James and Lily Potter ride again, several Ministry balls, a teenage Summer of Love, a grim young adult dystopian winter, a few different Draco Malfoys, secrets and the problems re: not having any, alternate lives, impossible lives, real lives, allusions to Dirty Dancing, and just because it's not called the Mirror of Erised doesn't mean you shouldn't know better.

Oh my goodness, this fic ruined me. In the best possible way. If you want a glimpse into how Harry’s life could have been if his parents had been alive and if Harry and Draco had been friends from the start, this is the one. There's a huge twist which makes the fic EVEN better. I don’t want to spoil too much but this one is worth a read. Another fic by the same author, ‘Far From The Tree’ is also gorgeous. It’s a newer fic so I wouldn’t say it’s a classic yet but the plot is SO unique. It features Harry’s grown up kids coming back into the past and how that could affect Harry/Draco’s relationship. All the characters are super well written and it’s one of my personal favourites!

Other notes:

I made a Drarry rec list when I first got into the fandom. I would say almost all the fics on this list are also classics/very well liked. 

Another great way to find classics are through this link. They are Drarry fics on Ao3 (30k+ words) sorted by the number of kudos they’ve received. I would say all fics on the first five pages can be considered classics. 

Here are three other SUPER adored authors in the Ao3 fandom: Bixgirl, Saras_Girl and GallaPlacidia

All works by Bix and Saras_Girl are considered classics. GallaPlacidia started writing for the fandom only a couple of years back but she has such a knack for writing both these boys, it’s absolutely insane. I’m 100% confident her fics will be considered classics in a few years! Especially ‘The Bucket List’ and ‘Ship of Theseus.’

Enjoy and hope this helps!!

[wynnyfryd]

Obsessed with every single one of these

[drarryspecificrecs]

Thematic Rec Masterlist

★ Lists (of links) to lists (of fics) || as of 2021.06 ※ About my favourites + fave authors ※ Crowdsourcing for ultimate favourites

Timeline :

Book 1. Sorcerer’s Stone : Friends in early years of Hogwarts

Book 2. Chamber of Secrets : Draco has the diary

Book 4. Triwizard Tournament : Draco appears in the 2nd task  |  Yule Ball

Book 6. Sectumsempra : alternate scene

Book 7. Horcrux hunting : Draco with the trio

Hogwarts Era

Wartime

8th year   •   8th year Hufflepuff!Drarry

Draco’s birthday

Halloween

Christmas

Settings :

5+1 things

Bets & Wagers / Pranks

Breaking the Statute of Secrecy

Climate change

Clubbing

Coffee shops AU

Coming back to the Wizarding world   |   Leaving England

Different schools AU : Beauxbatons, Durmstrang

Everyone lives AU   |   Sirius Black Lives

Fairy-tale elements

Games : drinking games, party games,…

Historical AU

Muggle life   |   Muggle things

No Hogwarts AU (joining the Wizarding world later)

Non-magical AU (& high school, college/uni)

Politics

Pureblood culture

Sentient house / Hogwarts

Sorting AU : Slytherin Harry | Gryffindor Draco | Ravenclaw Draco

Time travel   |   Dimension travel

Voldemort wins AU   |   No Voldemort AU

Genres / Formats :

Angst

Canon rewrite

Case fic / Mystery

Dark fic / horror

Epistolary   |   Social media

Fluff   |   Fluff (Hogwarts era)

Humour

Hurt / comfort

Kid fic   |   Raising a child

POV Outsider

Serialized fics

Slow burn / slow build

Song fic / song-inspired fic

Relationship status :

A/B/O Dynamics

BDSM

Bonding

Boss/Employee relationship

Casual relationship

Childhood friends

Counselling

Courtship

Domestic!Drarry   |   Pet names

Enemies (to Friends) to Lovers

Established relationship

Fake/Pretend relationship   |   Arranged marriage

Flirting

Friends to Lovers

Friends with Benefits

Infidelity

Marriage proposal

Misunderstandings / Miscommunication

Reconciliation

Roommates   |   Sharing a Bed

Secret relationship

Slavery

Soulmates

Stalking

Strangers to Lovers (with various AUs)

Teacher-student relationship / Tutoring

Ties switching

Unhappy ending (between H/D)

Unrequited love

Occupations :

Arts : artist, dancing, music, musician, pianist!Draco

Auror   |   Military

Breakup specialist!Draco

Chef

Healer!Draco   |   Mind healer

Matchmaker

Minister-for-Magic!Harry

Model

Pirate

Potions Master!Draco

Professor (at Hogwarts)

Prostitution / Sex Work   |   Stripper

Secretary / PA!Draco

Seer!Draco / divination

Unspeakable!Draco

Wandmaker!Draco   •   Wandmaker!Harry

Writer

Characteristics :

Chubby!Drarry

Dark!Drarry

Determined!Drarry

French!Draco

Insecure!Draco

Jealous!Draco   •   Jealous!Harry

LGBTQIA+ : asexuality, fem!Drarry, transgender

Manipulative!Harry

Master-of-Death!Draco   •   Master-of-Death!Harry

Oblivious!Drarry

Pining!Draco   •   Pining!Harry

PoC!Drarry

Possessive!Drarry

Powerful!Draco   •   Powerful!Harry   •   Powerful couple

Protective!Draco   •   Protective!Harry

Reckless!Harry

Recluse!Harry

Sassy!Harry

Shy!Drarry

Silly!Draco

Snarky!Draco

Spy!Draco / Redeemed!Draco

Sweetheart!Draco

Tall !Harry

Troubled!Draco   |   Exiled!Draco

Magical / physical situations :

Abusive relationship

Age difference

Amnesia

Animagus

Bodyswap

Captivity : Draco in Azkaban   |   Harry in Malfoy Manor

Coming out

Creature!Drarry (vampire, veela, werewolf)  |  merman  |  phoenix

Crossdressing

Dark Mark

De-age

Disability (+blind, deaf)  &  mute

Drunkenness / Intoxication

Ghost

Illness   |   Hanahaki disease

Injury

Internalized homophobia

Life debt

Love / Lust potion

Mental health issues / PTSD   |   eating disorders

Mpreg!Draco   •   Mpreg!Harry

Occlumency

Parseltongue

Patronus

Quidditch

Sectumsempra

Substance abuse

Suicide implied/referenced

Tattoos (magical)

Sexual details :

Bottom!Draco   •   Bottom!Harry

First time / Virginity   |   Awkward first time

Non-Con (Dub-Con) elements

Smut : anal plug, (specialized) dildo, hate sex, hospital sex, ice play, piercings, praise kink, (semi) public sex, riding (Draco), size kink, slut, wanking

Interaction with other characters :

Animals / Pets

Draco & his parents

Draco & Luna friendship

Draco & Ron friendship  |  Draco friends with Hermione/Ron first

Draco & the Dursleys

Draco & the Weasleys : Molly  |  George  |  Ginny & others

Draco has a sibling

Drarry & Scorbus

Drarry & Scorpius

Drarry & Snupin

Drarry & Teddy

Drarry & Wolfstar

Harry & Narcissa friendship

Harry & Pansy friendship

Harry & the Malfoys / Meeting the Parents

Harry & the Slytherins friendship

Harry has a sibling

Harry reconciles with his Muggle family

Matchmaking / Meddling from family, friends, professors…

Mentor!McGonagall

Mentor!Snape

Sex Ed class

The Golden Trio broken up

Misc.

+ podfic

uncategorized themes (aka Suprise me!)

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[capsloch]

Opinion | The class divide at the heart of the British pummeling of Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle letter to Pelosi and Schumer backing paid leave exposes a class divide

A great article on why the US supports Meghan and why it’s embarrassing that the UK doesn’t. And though it doesn’t say it, it shows exactly why the US won’t have the same support or reception for William and Kate, who have made it clear they are desperate for the attention of Americans.

[capsloch]

Does ‘irrelevant’ mean something different in British English than in American English?

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All I’m saying is telling a biracial woman that she should be 50% less than she is...that’s really chilling

[capsloch]

Also, fuck the Brits for using the assassination of an American journalist to further abuse Meghan Markle.

This man’s poor family had to watch Trump defend the Saudi royals and now they have to watch a bunch of racist dicks in the UK boil his horrific murder down to an excuse to hate a black woman.

Fuck all y’all

[capsloch]

So Prince Andrew is trending higher on twitter than Meghan Markle. People are calling out the double standards. And in the Meghan Markle trend, people are calling out the media and royal family.

This backfired a lot more than I think they were expecting. The only people taking it seriously are the ones who want to hate Meghan anyway and want to have an excuse to be racist.

[thisismyspitesong]

I received my second covid vaccine dose yesterday, so here are a few thoughts on the whole thing for anyone who is curious (specific to my experience here in New Jersey; YMMV):

The actual process of being vaccinated was a goddamn walk in the park compared to the clusterfuck of trying to secure an appointment in the first place. I was vaccinated at one of New Jersey’s vaccine ‘megasites’, which are run by the state in conjunction with the NJ Army National Guard, local hospital staff, and personnel from out of state who are here with FEMA. Everything went smoothly.

It was a very simple process: Temp check at the door; multiple registration points to verify your identity, your appointment time, your personal info, any relevant health history, etc; receive the vaccine along with your CDC vaccine record card; proceed to the observation area and sit for 15-30 minutes (depending on your allergy history) to make sure you have no reaction. (And, if this is your first vaccine dose, you’ll be instructed to make the appointment for your second dose before you leave.) I was in and out in less than an hour for both of my appointments. There was no line the first time I went; there was the second time, but it moved quickly. Everyone was wearing masks, hand sanitizer was plentiful, and social distancing was strictly enforced.

I don’t have many tips for getting an appointment because it really seems to be a matter of sheer luck and good timing. I was vaccinated about 3 weeks after I became eligible because I got *REALLY* lucky and got on the waitlist for the particular megasite i went to literally right after it opened up.

Some employers are offering the vaccine to their employees, but if that’s not the case for you, then start with your state health department to 1) see if/when you’re eligible, and 2) what the vaccination process is for your state. NJ has a centralized vaccine registration database, but all it does is let you know when you’re eligible on the basis of age/health/job to receive it. It’s still up to you to sort through the state-maintained list of hundreds of vaccination sites to find an appointment once you are eligible.

One thing to keep in mind (because I’m assuming it’s like this in other states): not all vaccination sites in NJ are open to all NJ residents. Some will only vaccinate local/county residents, so be sure to check that before you try to get an appointment at a location halfway across the state.

Some vaccination sites use waitlists, others put up appointments every day on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis. Waitlist yourself everywhere you’re eligible, and try using the many state-specific Twitter accounts and Facebook groups that post every time ‘first come, first serve appointments’ become available, so you don’t have to sit there refreshing 50 different browser tabs every day.

For NJ residents: here’s a Twitter account and a Facebook group for us. r/newjersey over on Reddit also posts a daily vaccination luck thread with even more info.

 As for as the vaccine itself: I received the Pfizer vaccine, and I had zero allergic reaction. (I was a little concerned because I have had anaphylactic reactions due to my food allergies in the past, though it has been literal years since I’ve had one.)

As far as side effects: The general consensus is that side effects are more likely if you’re under 50 (I am), and more prevalent with the second dose (also yes). It’s recommended that you schedule your vaccine appointment with the expectation that you will feel under the weather for a couple of days after.

I’ve never experienced even minor vaccine side effects before, but with my first dose, I had some pretty significant arm pain for about 48 hours. I also had an intense migraine after I received the first dose, BUT. I have had chronic migraines for 30 years, and I was feeling that fuzzy prodrome feeling before my appointment, so I don’t think the vaccine was solely to blame (if at all).

With my second dose: my arm is hurting again, even more so than the first time. I can feel it down to my fingertips and up into my shoulder and back. No migraine this time, but I do have a low level headache. I have a slightly elevated temperature, but I don’t feel feverish. I do have armpit swelling and tenderness on the side i was vaccinated on, which is a little disconcerting, but is apparently just my lymph nodes doing their job. The worst of it has been the fatigue and the body aches, which are FUCKING INTENSE. And I say this as a person who lives with chronic fatigue and pain on a daily basis thanks to my chronic illnesses. I feel like i’ve been run over by a truck, and any sort of movement is difficult.

And that’s it. The enormous pain in the ass of trying to get an appointment, and the side effects of the vaccine are nothing compared to getting covid and dying alone in a hospital. Unless the vaccine is contraindicated for you, I really encourage you to get vaccinated once it’s available to you. (obligatory ‘i am not a doctor’/’talk to your healthcare provider’ statement here.)

[capsloch]

Lol

Americans on Twitter: OMG Meghan Markle is pregnant! How exciting!

Some Brit: Um do you realize Meghan just took the spotlight away from Princess Eugenie again? Everyone was so excited for Eugenie and now they’re not!

Americans: Who?

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For all you Brits who claim double standards don’t exist between Meghan and Kate.

[sandersstudies]

ASGDKFHSKDHKS

[sandersstudies]

“When you die.” IM SCREAMING.

[faithfulcat111]

This sounds like something my mom would say

[sandersstudies]

Once I complained to my father that kneeling in mass hurt my knees and he said “you know what really hurt? When Christ died on the cross for you.” OKAY DAD IM SORRY.

[hamtastrophe]

it’s sometimes hard to believe rasputin was real. like there’s no non-fucked up part of rasputin’s existence

[bigthecat]

did he do something problematic i thought he was just russia’s greatest love machine

[the-itchy-bitchy-spider]

basic (true) story: fanatical russian monk who has almost never shaved or washed and smells like goats shows up at the russian capital with a creepy look on his beardy face and everyone just assumes he’s a prophet or a saint because he’s got a cult following that believes he can cure illnesses. his stans are sexually obsessed with him and he gets just a fuckton of russian pussy wherever he goes cause apparently he can cure his true believers of illness with god-given dick magic. russia’s queen has him come stay at the palace and sets him up in luxury because she thinks he can cure her son’s haemophilia with the power of russian goat jesus, and they (allegedly) become lovers, probably, ‘cause she craves that unwashed goat-scented dick like the rest of his cult which she now  (allegedly) belongs to. 

then the worst assassins in the history of assassinations try to assassinate him, because all of russia is slutshaming the queen he has too much power over the royal family and it’s helping revolutionaries turn people against the royals. so these idiots have him round for tea and cakes which are poisoned with cyanide, but he is magically unaffected by poison they get the dose wrong and he doesn’t die, and then he drinks three glasses of wine, which are also poisoned, and he doesn’t die, so they tell him to look at a crucifix and shoot him in the chest with a revolver when he isn’t looking, and he doesn’t die, but they think he’s dead so one of them dresses in his clothes and gets driven to his apartment to make it look like he’s gone home to hide the crime, and when they come back he gets up and attacks them, so they stab him in the side with a knife, and he doesn’t die, and then he frees himself and runs outside, so they shoot him a few times more, including in the forehead, and they wrap his body up and chuck him in the icy river, and he doesn’t go into the water, so his body is found on the ice the next day. and get this…. he died…. of hypothermia.

[tyrannosaurus-rex]

additionally, everyone who wasnt in the party of getting rid of rasputin was pretty bummed out when they found him and his miracle dick dead the next day and there was a pretty bangin funeral of which the royal family themselves attended. however after the tsar was overthrown a few month later they exhumed his body and burned it because the new leadership was very adamant about making sure there were no ties left to honor the old monarchy. however this dudes body had never been properly prepped for a cremation which meant that under the extreme heat his tendons and ligaments began to retract and shrink causing his dead body to move and twitch around as if still animate. according to some testimony his body actually sat up straight on the pyre, and at least one spectator fired a gun at the body and another may have allegedly died of shock.

[theawkwardqueerturtle]

op was right. there’s no non-fucked up part of this dude’s existence. even his second funeral was fucked

[everythingfox]

“The soul is willing to play but the body is sleepy”

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