Draco and Neville's Potent Herbs

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[dreville]

Hii..

Do you have a copy of Theft of assets,destruction of property fic.It was a great dreville fic and i cant find it on AO3 now.

Or any idea why the author deleted it.This is so random but I don't know anyone else to ask this.

Greetings! I found the original link to the fic and then plugged it into web.archive.org to see if it would work. Fortunately it is only one chapter, so it would be easy to copy and save to a word document or save as a pdf.

Here is the URL for the original that you can use: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1808485

[blossominglovely]

Neville softly taking care of a venomous tentacula or some equally dangerous and sinister-looking plant

Cue to Lucius looking downright terrified, Draco with a stupidly fond expression on his face, and Narcissa turning to him to say "dear if you don't marry this boy I will"

[funnymartian1800-deactivated202]

cloudy evenings

[memendoemori-deactivated2025020]

The best quality a fictional man can have is being deeply, pathetically, wretchedly in love with someone, I think

[dreville]

What is your favorite thing about Dreville as a pairing? I always have trouble explaining to people who don't understand it why I love them so much (and some of my other HP rare pairs).

Oooh, good question. I've always loved both of them, separately. They were my two favorite characters in the series.

I adore Neville who started out as this timid boy who somehow ended up in Gryffindor and you realize it's because he did have inner strength when it really mattered, as Dumbledore pointed out. And he also had confidence when it really mattered, about the the things that he liked, whether it was his beloved herbology or a simple pleasure like dancing. It just took time for him to recognize that strength and confidence in himself and grow into it.

Draco means a lot to me because he started out having all the flaws that any kid who grew up in that toxic environment would have. And the only way to burn away all those traits was to go through the horrors of war on the wrong side. He could have become even more twisted, as many around him clearly did, but at the end of the day he didn't. He was broken at the end of the series, but I wished for him a better future.

Then one day (almost 7 years ago now!) Tom Felton posted a picture on Instagram of him with his friend Matthew Lewis, miming a kiss on the cheek, with the caption, "Love you, Longbottom" and that was when it CLICKED. It hit me so hard at that moment just how perfect they would be together post-canon. They were opposites as kids, and still opposites as adults, but in a much better way.

So to answer your question: I love the idea of Neville, who was always quiet, gentle, patient, steady, now adding confidence and self-assurance, being there for Draco, who has always been brash and prickly, terrified inside, seeing the world with new, humble eyes, having to start from scratch. I think Draco would really admire Neville, and I think Neville would see the real Draco and want him to thrive. Just like the way he nurtured his Mimbulus mimbletonia. 🥰

[dreville]

What would you consider to be the classics for Dreville fic?

Ah, it's nice to be asked this, but it's not a question I can adequately answer. There are fics I haven't read because I've saved them in my Marked For Later like a fine wine that I've heard is amazing and so I'm saving it up for a special occasion. But AO3 doesn't make Marked for Later fics searchable, so finding them again is about as easy as finding 12 Grimmauld Place.

Then there's the fact that I've not read any fics that aren't on AO3, so I'm sure that there have been some amazing dreville fics out there that have escaped my notice.

And last but not least, I can sometimes be picky in my preferences. Most of the time I'm not interested in Established Relationship, for example. And there's a lot of dreville fics out there where either one is treating the other like shit, and I can't deal with that. No judgment, it's just not my thing. But it does mean that some fics others would consider classics are ones that I've not bothered with.

Having said all that!! Here is the link to fics I've bookmarked and loved over the years. And if someone else wants to chime in with classics, go for it!

And while I'm at it, I'll give a shout out to my own fics, I consider them classics of course.

[fictional]

Lest we forget. 

[mxlfoydraco]

dreville, for the ship ask 👀

I like them! Neville has both a soft side that would be soothing to a Draco re-examining his whole belief system and a hard edge that wouldn’t let him get away with his shit. Neville knows personal change in a different way but I feel like that would speak to Draco as well! The fact that their power dynamics shift complete opposite after the war is really compelling to me too.

Send me a ship and I’ll give you my (brutally) honest opinion on it

[thedogeveryonehates]

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

ngl given the choice of music I thought he was just gonna cut it into a crop top or something

[dreville]

FYI this lovely gentleman has been one of the inspirations for Chubby Neville for years now.

[sneverussape]

draco and lacewing flies.

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snapetober 2020 - potions brewing

[myrandomfanart-deactivated20230]

Who’s Neville mooning over?

[ectoheart]

draco's drunk and giving tours of the manor again (ft. my favorite vine ever)

[lilbeanz]

Oh my wizard god😭🤣

[johix]

a lovely dreville commission for @dreville for their fic Safe In Your Arms, thank you so much again!

[hprarepairfest]

Claiming is now open!

You are all now free to claim a prompt for the Rare Pair Fest!!

We have over 300 prompts to choose from and they’re all wonderfully creative! I don’t know how some people can choose between them, they’re all so awesome!

You can find all the prompts here: https://airtable.com/shrd3xuoMWNHWUtjg

And if you so wish you can claim a prompt to create for here: https://airtable.com/shrZnddxdpYpKfWqP

You can also self-prompt if you have an idea you already have that you want to write for, so long as they’re a rare ship. You can also get a random prompt if you want to spin the wheel and take a chance!

Claiming is open: August 3 - October 5 (2022)

[slytherco]

@ladderofyears requested a portrait Draco and the only wish was for him to be happy. I hope It will make you smile, darling! Thank you for your help 💗 This piece is part of my little fundraiser to help people in Ukraine. The war isn't over yet and you can still help - Check out the list of charities here.

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[hprarepairfest]

Rare Pair Fest is Back! Again!

Hey all! We are back again! The last couple of years have been chock full of rare pair goodness and love and I am so excited for more! You all have made this fest an absolute joy and I hope you're as excited as I am for more!

Timeline/Schedule: Prompting: July 20 - August 1 2022 Claiming: August 3 - October 5 2022 Works Due: October 12 2022 Posting Begins: November 2 2022

[Image Text: For this fest, a rare pair counts as a ship with fewer than 1'000 completed works on AO3 (Archive Of Our Own) in English. At this time these are the excluded ships: Albus Dumbledore/Gellert Grindelwald, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Credence Barebone/Original Percival Graves, Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy/Ron Weasley, Fleur Delacour/Bill Weasley *, Harry Potter/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter/Severus Snape, Hermione Granger/Tom Riddle | Voldemort *, Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson, Hermione Granger/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger/Fred Weasley, Hermione Granger/Severus Snape, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Lily Evans Potter/Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy, Luna Lovegood/Ginny Weasley, Original Percival Graves/Newt Scamander, Regulus Black/James Potter *, Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin/Severus Snape, Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter, Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas, Sirius Black/James Potter, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Sirius Black/Severus Snape *, Tina Goldstein/Newt Scamander]

For this fest, I @oliverwilde105 am your mod, but I am sure throughout the fest there will be more who help me out, as those in the fandom are amazing and willing to do.

Please note that this fest contains adult content and is only open to those over the age of 18.

If you're wanting to join in the fest feel free to get involved by following, commenting, joining the discord server, and chatting with everyone!

Rare Pairs are special, and because they're rare sometimes it can feel a bit lonely writing for a ship that isn't so well-known, and the best way to let the special of the ships shine is to talk about them and get excited with people who love them just as much as you which is what I hope we can all come together to do in this Fest.

With love, Oli

[dreville]

Not so much a rant as just me whining, I guess:  there are so few fics for dreville, that I tend to wait a long time to read new ones so I can savor them.  I read them so infrequently that sometimes I forget that folks have their own idea of how the dynamics between Draco and Neville will play out, and it’s not always compatible with mine.

I enjoy the various interpretations of dreville, especially of how they’ve grown up as individuals after the war.  But one thing that is a huge turn off for me is hate sex.  Like, where circumstances contrive for them to have sex before they’ve fallen in love, and it plays out in an ugly way. 

It’s not that I am disdainful of them being written that way, I firmly believe authors can write whatever they want. It’s just not what I want to read.  And I was caught unawares because I was all set to read a fic with a pretty high word count that seemed like from the synopsis and the tags that it would be very interesting story.  I guess I’m grateful that this happened in the first chapter, and I could nope out immediately with little investment.  Oh well.  Better luck with the next one. :(