takenbytheview

harry potter fanfiction writer. find me on AO3. 18+.

[imtakenbytheview]

I’m trying to follow through on my promise to continue existing on SOME platform in fandom after getting rid of my Instagram and Discord, so I figured I’ll start with reintroducing myself:

Hi, I’m takenbytheview on AO3! I’ve been a fanfiction reader for a little over a decade and have been writing for about two years now. I started as a Drarry reader, then drifted into Dramione, and now I spend a lot of time with Panville, Theoria, Jily and Wolfstar.

COMPLETED FICS:

dangerous game || 21/21 | 108,550 | dark voldemort wins au | dramione + theoria

to all the wizards I’ve loved before || 7/7 | 34,398 words | eighth year | dramione

midnights || 1/1 | 7,372 words | post-war | panville

spite’s as good a reason to take his power || 2/2 | 7,075 words | canon-compliant | lucissa

one more time || 1/1 | 6,054 words | post-war | panville

off the record || 1/1 | 9,949 words | post-war | dramione

atonement || 1/1 | 3,019 words | post-war | dramione

seconds to midnight || 1/1 | 6,080 words | post-war | panville

what would you do (if you only knew) || 1/1 | 8,755 words | hogwarts era | jily

WIPS (WORKS IN PROGRESS):

spared || 12/? | canon remix | dramione + panville + cho x cedric + wolfstar

roses among thorns || 3/8 | regency au | panville + theoria

I have two additional small projects cooking: one sapphic Pansy x Cho post-war fic, and one founder’s era fic, but we’ll see if those ever see the light of day.

[imtakenbytheview]

Finally wrote my very first Jily fic! Now live on AO3, with my absolute favorite concept: Five times Lily Evans found herself locked in a room with James Potter. 🚪🗝️🫦

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[imtakenbytheview]

Dangerous Game, my Voldemort wins Dramione AU fic inspired by the short story The Most Dangerous Game, is now complete on AO3 in all its dark glory. 🖤🐍

“The gods make some men poets. Some they make kings, some beggars. Us, they made hunters.”

The Noble House of Nott has risen from the crucible of war at Voldemort’s right hand. To celebrate the anniversary of the Dark Lord’s victory, they devise a game—a hunt. Seven Hunters. Seven Hunted. Seven days. Who will survive?

Featuring 108k words of Death Eaters Draco and Theo, BAMF women and female rage, and more angst than a person can emotionally handle.

I hope you enjoy, and mind the tags!

[sigrid-of-solstheim]

Fanfiction writers be like:

"here's the immensely time consuming 100K word novel-length passion project I'm working on between my real life job and family! It eats up hundreds of hours of my one and only life, causes me emotional harm, and I gain basically nothing from it! Also I put it on the internet for free so anyone can read if they want. Hope you love it!" :)

[nondelphic]

"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

[imtakenbytheview]

Chapter 10 of my dark, Voldemort wins Dramione AU, Dangerous Game, just posted on AO3. This fic has been so much fun to make edits and fancasts for, and I’ve missed having a space to share them.

Seven Hunters. Seven Hunted. Seven days. Who will survive? 🐍🖤🔪

[imtakenbytheview]

Jily (James x Lily) reader friends: what is your all-time favourite Jily trope, and what is your favourite fic that uses it?

[imtakenbytheview]

Trying to write two WIPs/stories at once is like having to choose your favourite child every single day you sit down to write, except you sort of love and resent them both for different reasons and with equal levels of intensity.

[daiziesssart]

i realized i never shared my snape youtuber au that i posted on twitter

[weasleypottergranger]

Harry Potter movie posters.

(illustrations made by  Natalie Andrewson)

[capacity2]

The cure to anxiety is completing all the tasks you have to finish for the day early and doing them phenomenally and being physically perfect and on everyone’s good side preferably even their favorite.

[imtakenbytheview]

I want to revitalize my presence on here, share more about writing, share more OF my writing, etc. — but I don’t even know where to begin. Tumblr was a blog for me back in the day and a space where I lurked in fandom in the in-between, and I have no idea what it is now or what to use it as.

[quietwingsinthesky]

there’s wip (active development) and wip (stuck in development hell) and wip (oh you’re not even getting funding for this one)

[prophetic-writer]

Becoming a writer is great because now you have a hobby that haunts you whenever you don’t have time to do it

[orolin-writes]

Just a little reminder of fandom etiquette for those that sadly need it—please don’t rate and review fanfic. We’re all just doing this for fun and as a hobby. A fic you read wasn’t for you? Absolutely fine! Go crazy reccing the ones you did enjoy (without the rating system ofc). Don’t bring writers down rating their fics, it can be really disheartening to see. Surely none of us want to put people off writing? Let’s hype each other up instead ❤️

[nicolodigenovas]

Come back, I have to tell you the plot of a fic I’ll never write and get you excited about it so we can all be disappointed with me later

[syoddeye]

ok, because i just saw a terrible take, i feel compelled to say that there is no "fic market" to "oversaturate" in fandom. good gravy.

[cordeliawhohung-deactivated2024]

i need everyone reading this post to remember that writing is not "content." writing is art. you don't look at a painting of an ocean and say "eh, it's overdone." you look at it and think its beautiful, because it is, and y'all better start treating writing the same fucking way before you lose your favorite authors for good.

Art is not something to be capitalized on. Stop treating it like it is.

[irisbleufic]

ILU @impishtubist for these tags