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@flightytemptress27
we need more men in STEM (Stockings, Tight pants, Eyeliner, Mesh tops)
Me entering any museum: man Iām so excited to learn all the things
Also me: GIFT SHOP GIFT SHOP GIFT SHOP
There are two dragons inside of you. One hoards knowledge and the other hoards trinkets. Theyāre both very excited when you bring them to a museum
Ship Sizes
Supercarrier: fandom flagship. Ā Everybody and their dog ships it. Ā The fandom is glutted with artwork and fic. Ā You cannot escape this ship.
Dreadnought: massively popular. Ā Nearly everybody ships it. Ā You can, with dedication, in theory, reach the end of the AO3 archive for the shipās tag, but itāll take a long time.
Cruiser: pretty popular ship. Ā Not everyone ships it, but everyone knows about it. Ā Has a good amount of fic/art, and probably multiple ask blogs.
Frigate: just plain popular. Ā Feels like it could use more fanworks. Ā New people to the fandom might not know about it, but theyāll stumble across it sooner rather than later.
Gunboat: bit of a rarepair. Ā It might have an ask blog or two. Ā A couple big name fans ship it. Ā Probably only takes a few weeks to get through the entire AO3 backlog, and one new fic gets added during that time.
Tugboat: rarepair. Ā Almost never seen except as a side pairing to a more popular ship. Ā You can usually get through everything on AO3 in a matter of days. Ā Youāve forgotten what it is to be picky about what you read.
Rowboat: less than a dozen people ship it. Ā You all know each other. Ā You exist in an endless cycle of the same five people desperately producing art and fic and one person who constantly contributes headcanons.
Canoe: you are one of maybeĀ three people who ship it, and thereās a not-insignificant chance youāve never encountered those other two hypothetical shippers. Ā You spend your days paddling furiously in hopes of keeping the ship afloat, dreaming of the day you upgrade to a rowboat so you can finally rest.
Submarine: Quite a few people ship it, but nobody wants to admit to shipping it. Will randomly appear and throw the other ships into confusion.
Pontoon: that random crossover ship with that one black dress character/trope/fandom everyone will ship with everything else. Has the potential to turn into a massive party until someone gets sick and everyone goes home.
Pedalo: That iconic bizarre crackship whose proponents claim theyāre only into it ironically, but secretly theyāre all dead serious.
Paging @amythe3lder for the pool noodle definition.
Barge: Not quite seaworthy, but buoyant in both the literal and figurative senses. Someone is always merrily drunktweeting about it at 11pm on Saturday night and then wistfully sobertweeting about it 4 hours later from their kitchen floor. The kind of ship that generates more playlists than fic. Artfully covered in trash and dirty laundry.
Raft: Thereās two-to-four people who Ship It Hard and a few others who grab onto the side for safety when thereās drama on their usual flagship.
Barrel:Ā Thereās orphaned fic of it. Thereās unsigned art of it. Thereās headcanon asks on anon. Someone must ship it, but no one knows why or who they are. Your friend got a glimpse once before they ducked back down.
Pool Noodle: Itās just you, kicking your feet. You named the ship and wrote it on your noodle with a big sharpie. You tell people about it and are met with confused blinking. Most of the fics in the tag were either written by you or for you. You are caught between wanting to shout about how lovely life is on this floating scrap of whimsy and fearing that your noodle canāt bear much weight. Or worse, that someone will come over and dunk you, take your noodle and fwhap you on the head with it.Ā
This is a brilliant guide š
Ever Given: the fandom Supercarrier is, unfortunately, your NOTP, and it is impossible to find art/fic/meta of your preferred ship without being impeded by the Ever Givenās presence.
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ā© drarry | E | 527 words | gags, deep-throating, trans man draco, magical sex toys | read on ao3ā©
~ āOpen up.ā
He slips the ring gag between your teeth, careful not to let it clank. The metal is cold on the corners of your mouth, and you watch the concentrated line of his pink lips as he secures the leather straps over your curls. He slips a finger between your cheek and the strap, humming in approval. There's already a gentle ache in the hinge of your jaw, like your body remembers how this feels.
āWhatās your safeword?ā he asks. You hold three fingers up. āGood boy. Donāt touch me.ā
@kinkuary Day 1/28: Gagging
Want to learn something new in 2022??
Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)
40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano Iāve ever seen)
Excellent basic crochet video series
Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)
Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)
How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)
Another drawing character faces video
Literally my favorite art pose hack
Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??
Introduction to flying small aircrafts
French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding
Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)
Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)
Color theory in digital art (not of the childrenās hospital variety)
Retake classes you hated but now thereās zero stakes:
Calculus 1 (full semester class)
Learn basic statistics (free textbook)
Introduction to college physics (free textbook)
Introduction to accounting (free textbook)
Learn a language:
Ancient Greek
Latin
Spanish
German
Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)
French
Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)
I was just thinking of goals for the year today!
This January is @lqtraintracks ' ten-year anniversary of writing HP fic, so I wanted to rec one of my favourites of their fics to help celebrate.
Lqt's catalogue -- over 250 HP fics with all kinds of pairings -- is in and of itself impressive. They've done dozens of fests from Cross Gen Fest to Erised to Big Bang and more, been in communities on LJ and Dreamwidth and Tumblr and more, written rarepairs and Draco/Harry alike.
But on top of all that brilliance (and they are an incredible writer) -- they're also a dear friend. They're always willing to lend a kind ear or to chat through writing troubles with excellent advice; and their book recommendations are out of this world. And they bring such love and care to fandom -- meeting even unkind anons with empathetic education.
A little less than a year ago, Lqt dropped this fic on one of my TLC Tuesday lists and the summary caught my eye.
like the lost lyrics of a song suddenly remembered E | 11k | 2018 | Bill/Teddy & James/Teddy by @lqtraintracks
Teddy Lupin, aging rockstar, is making a comeback after his life and career were nearly ruined by an illegal potions habit. Everyone's out to support him tonight. Including the man he's always tried so hard not to love -- as well as the man he's always turned to instead.
The music shines in this fic, vibrant even when I didn't know every song; the fic is full of a clear love for performance that should be indescribable, and yet, it's here on the page. I loved finding this Teddy, among Lqt's other brilliant Teddy-centric fics, where he's a little older, a little more tired, and somehow still so vibrant. The way that this fic talks about love (a love that simmers over time, and that is necessarily complicated) feels so genuine that reading this fic can feel like looking into a pensieve.
When I think of LQT's writing, I think of scorching hot smut, brilliant tension, beautiful characterizations, deep love, and little phrases that pop off the page and take up residence in my mind and heart -- and like the lost lyrics has everything on the list.
I've got many favourites of LQT's fic, but I'll leave it with just this one rec for now. Happy fic-iversary, @lqtraintracks -- I can't wait to see what you'll write next.
Euphoria
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For @phoebe-delia who gave me this idea <3
āOi, Potter,ā Harry sneered, imitating Dracoās younger self. His tone was teasing, but Draco couldnāt help the euphoric thrill that rushed through his veins wherever Harry addressed him like that. āWhen will you start putting your bloody socks in the laundry basket?ā
Draco laughed and patted the cushion next to him. āMaybe when you learn how to make the bed, Potter,ā Draco threw back playfully.
Harry merely grinned and picked up the tumbler of Firewhiskey that sat on the coffee table in front of him. The clink of a platinum ring that tied them together reverberated in the room as it collided with the glass from where it sat snug on his finger. Harry settled himself into Dracoās side, his unkempt hair tickling his husbandās ear. The scene was frighteningly domestic, yet Draco wouldnāt change a thing.
They were the Potters, and thatās all Draco could ever ask for.
Thank you to @purplehotmess for the beta and the wonderful suggestions!
Written for the @drarrymicrofic prompt: Euphoria
rb to give a flower to the person you rb this from
i am unashamedly asking everyone for fics where draco is Very Hot and Harry is Very Distracted. thx ā¤ļø
Itās what we all deserve š here are some of my favorites:
Like This and Like This (Dreams of Lace) by @primavera-cerezos (2020, E, 6.6k)
Harry gets an accidental peek. He canāt think of anything else.
Play Dates by @bixgirl1 (2017, E, 7.7k)
Harry never thought seeing Malfoy as a dad would affect him this way.
check this hand 'cause I'm marvelous by @lqtraintracks (2014, E, 8k)
Harry's had a crush on Malfoy for months now. But it will take a bar full of his friends, some Firewhisky, wagers made on his behalf, and Malfoy himself to get him to act on it.
Born Slippy by @dracoladon (2020, E, 8k)
Harry finds that it's less 'one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor' and more 'one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, decide Malfoy's quite fit, actually, and decent company after your friends traitorous abandonment, floor.' With Malfoy lying next to you.
Ten Thousand Reasons Why Not by @lqtraintracks (2018, E, 8.4K)
Harry and Draco are stand-ins for the usual witch who gives the workplace harassment and sexual consent talk to the Auror trainees. Or, a little tale in which Harry consents to be sexually harassed by Draco Malfoy.
Playing Dirty by @sweet-s0rr0w (2021, E, 8.5k)
As punishment for screwing up yet another mission, and with their magic going haywire, new partners Potter and Malfoy are sent to clean the Auror locker room, the Muggle way. Will they make it out alive? Does Malfoy ever work out how to use a sponge? Do they actually even hate each other, or is it all just misconstrued sexual tension? How long until they accidentally end up naked?
Sex Ed for Aurors by curiouslyfic (2010, M, 8.7k) - lust potion
Some things, you need to learn on the job.
Sex on Legs in Six-Inch Heels by @tessacrowley (2017, E, 9.6k)
Draco Malfoy is a brilliant freelance cursebreaker and the only one who can help the Department of Magical Law Enforcement with a very dangerous case, but more importantly, he's wearing six-inch heels, and Harry cannot handle it, he really just can't.
Sleight of Hand by @the-starryknight (2021, E, 15k)
Itās another one of those horrid Ministry affairs, and the only interesting thing is twinkling from Draco Malfoyās finger. Can you really blame Harry for being fascinated by the gorgeous emerald ring and those long, elegant hands, especially when heās certain Malfoy is up to something?
Take These Lies by @pennygalleon (2021, E, 20k)
Thereās a portrait of his godfather in Draco Malfoyās potions shop and Harry needs to know why. But thatās not why he keeps coming back.
I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor by birdsofshore (2015, E, 28k)
Harry felt lit up from inside as soon as he entered the bar. There were blokes dancing together, their bodies close to one another, not keeping a wary distance as Harry was always careful to do when he was near another man. God, he wanted this ā wanted it so much he could taste it, a metallic tang of heat and desire. He suspected nothing would ever be the same again ā especially when he saw who else was in the room.
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slytherin flirting style is 100% scheming because nothing can be straightforward š
for @drarrymicrofic's november 12th prompt, carte blanche
āI said Iāll make you one, but donāt push your luck,ā Malfoy says, looking around the lab. āStop touching the vials, Iāll kick you out.ā
Harry smiles at the telling-off.
āAlright. One potion? And youāll tell me all about it?ā
āSure.ā
āMake me Amortentia. Tell me what it smells like.ā
The Language Of Flowers
Acacia: Hidden love, beauty in withdrawal
Amaryllis: Pride, a hard won success
Anemone: Vanishing hopes
Bells of Ireland: Wish for good luck
Carnation: Fascination, love and distinction
Daffodil (Narcissus): Honesty and truth
Dahlia flower: Warnings and change
Daisy: Innocence, loyal love and purity
Delphinium: Open heart, ardent attachement
Gardenia: Symbol of secret love
Gladiolus: Remembrance, faithfulness and sincerity
Hyacinth: I'm sorry, please forgive me.
Iris: Eloquence
Lily (general) : Purity of the heart and refined beauty
Lily of the valley: Return of happiness
Marigold: Passion and creativity
Orchid: Beauty, refinement and love
Peony: Happy marriage
Lavender: Love at first sight
Red rose: Love, respect, courage and passion
White rose: Purity, secrecy, silence, innocence and charm
Sunflower: Good luck and ambition
Tulip: Irresistible love
Violet: Faithfulness, modesty and delicate love
Zinnia: Lasting affection, daily remembrance and good memories
Read on ao3
Charlie/Draco/Harry | Rating: E
Summary: Charlie wanted Harry, but heād never planned on having him. Heād never planned on Draco Malfoy, either. He hadnāt planned on anything but living out his days in Romania, with his friends and his dragons and his safe, peaceful distance.
Apparently, it wasnāt a very popular plan.
This is a story about crumbs and flickers and roots, running away and coming home; about falling in love without meaning to (twice), and having truly good friends, and the mutually revealing recognition between two people in love with the same man.
Excerpt:
Maybe Charlie was truly going round the twist, this time, because he swore this Malfoy boy recognized the same emotion in him, the same impossible, inevitable attachment to Harryāhis Harry, and his Harry. And instead of anger or jealousy or bitterness, he saw something like respect in that recognition. Understanding, the same way Charlie could understand him; he knew the feeling of wanting Harry too much, and being completely vulnerable to it. He knew the ache and terror of watching Harry dangle on the precipice of life and death, and being powerless to stop it. And maybe that was what he saw in Malfoy, and what Malfoy saw in him, and maybe that was just what loving Harry felt like: Helpless.
It's happening!! Hold on to your hats, and read the tags! For once, I'm not dropping this whole thing like a fat cat on your stomach. (It'll be more like kittens keep showing up sleeping on you in weird places, until you're like, jfc how'd all these damn cats get in here, I can't move??)
Special shoutout to my truly amazing alpha reader @nv-md, and my lovely cheerreaders @academicdisaster24 and @softlystarstruck! <3<3<3
Here's a neat little schedule below the cut, including chapter word counts, that I'll update with links as they're posted:
fanfic end of the year asks
since itās december, i thought iād make a little end of the year ask meme for fanfic writers and readers! reblog and ask away
favorite fic you wrote this year
least favorite fic you wrote this year
favorite line/scene you wrote this year
total number of words you wrote this year
most popular fic this year
least popular fic this year
longest completed fic you wrote this year
shortest completed fic you wrote this year
longest wip of the year
shortest wip of the year
fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year
favorite character to write about this year
favorite writing song/artist/album of this year
a fic you didnāt expect to write
something you learned this year
fic(s) you completed this year
fics youāll continue next year
current number of wips
any new fics to start next year
number of comments you havenāt read
most memorable comment/review
events you participated in this year
fics you wanted to write but didnāt
favorite fic you read this year
a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read
number of favorites/bookmarks you made this year
favorite fanfic author of the year
longest fic you read this year
shortest fic you read this year
favorite fandom to read fic from this year
*feel free to specify fandoms or a fic depending on the question.
Oh fun! Iāve had zero fic spoons for a while šš but Iām hoping to find them again when I get a little break over the holidays. 2021 was my first year writing! So literally all of my work is on the table for this ask game š