[kmd0107]

Update: Chapter 16 - If We Make It Through December

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Chapter 16 - If We Make It Through December

Winter had settled over the grounds of Malfoy Manor. The only color visible as far as Draco could see were shades of grey and the saturated tone of evergreens. Just below, his mother's rose garden sat quiet and dormant. The gentle, though still trembling, touch of his mother's hand on his shoulder followed her familiar magic. "You know, my dragon, some of the old families use stasis charms and weather wards to keep their gardens in bloom year-round. But that is not nature's way." She held her other hand out flat. A pink carnation bloomed in her palm and then wilted and faded. "Life cycles. We cannot have spring without winter."

Read Resilience on: AO3 || FFN

Resilience by @kmd0107 & @the-og-mkt

Source: archiveofourown.org

[lavidaextraordinaria]

What if oxygen is poisonous and it just takes 75-100 years to kill us?

[frenchshower]

My science teacher said he thinks that’s true actually

[thepioden]

Yeah this is actually pretty much exactly what is going on. It’s why anti-oxidants are such a big deal. Bonus fact: oxygen oxidizes stuff in your cells or, in other words, it’s not toxic, just setting you on fire very very slowly.

[sarah-mcelroy-deactivated202601]

[femonologue]

What if there are aliens out there but they subsist on entirely different substances and they’re just scared as shit of us and our crazy ass hell planet? Once in a while some alien anthropologist type suggests checking out the people on this inhabited planet out towards the galaxy’s edge. The other aliens just look at the naive academic with horror. No!! We do not go to that world. That is where the DEATH BREATHERS live. They recreationally consume poisons and are more or less composed of biological fire. Their atmosphere is made of rocket fuel. We must leave the DEATH BREATHERS in peace. Do not go there. Do not.

[optimysticals]

I tend to always reblog posts about humans being terrifying weirdos to aliens.

[alessariel]

@brainsforbabyjesus

[brainsforbabyjesus]

okay but…that is actually what went down on earth about 2.5 billion years ago.

Earth was doing just fine with a mostly nitrogen/carbon dioxide atmosphere and everyone was happy to go on living in anaerobic bliss and then cyanobacteria suddenly hit the scene, altered the atmosphere composition so that there was a ton of oxygen gas and killed practically everything (97% or more of all species on earth).

We are literally descendants of the DEATH BREATHERS and cyanobacteria is our deadly mother.

[digitaldiscipline]

The cyanobacteria holocaust is so big, it doesn’t even have a cool name; it’s just called “The Great Oxygenation Event”; the *second* most apocalyptic extinction event in our planet’s history is the one that’s called THE GREAT DYING (the Permian-Triassic event, about 252 million years ago).

This shit makes like the rock-throwing that wiped out the dinosaurs look like kindergarten.

[violent-darts]

OH HOW I LOVE THIS POST. It makes me so much happier about being alive. I AM BURNING VERY SLOWLY. *hugs it*

[cannedcream]

And once again, the internet makes learning history and science a thousand times more interesting than school ever did.

[tsvrcm-deactivated20161229]

I love shit like this.

[department-of-fagriculture]

I was totally having thoughts along these lines and along comes tumblr to pretty much sum it all up. Bravo~

[areyoudoingthis]

babe wake up ao3 came up with the only funny april fools joke in the history of the world

[the-unflappablewolf]

Who would you trust more?

total stranger in a star trek shirt?

total stranger in a star wars shirt?

Voting ended onFeb 25

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

No exaggeration, the vote split on this poll is hysterical.

[nick-nellson]

The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

[nwmo]

NEW FISH JUST DROPPED

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

I KNOW that playing God is morally wrong, but holy HELL, it looks fun.

[ninjakittenarmy]

Why is it playing God? We aren’t violating any natural laws. God set the parameters of the universe to allow these things. There’s nothing wrong with it, there’s no hubris in learning more about how to manipulate the universe around us.

[cannibalcaprine-deactivated2024]

We made a whole-ass fish.

[ospreyonthemoon]

The reason this was accidental BTW is because they used paddlefish eggs as a negative control group for a breeding experiment on sturgeons because the scientists, quite naturally, assumed that they were SO unrelated it would be genetically impossible for them to mate. Like. I cannot stress enough to you how these creatures last related ancestors were

140 MILLION YEARS BACK.

If you don't know how far that is, that's basically the start of the cretaceous. Let me simplify that for you even further. Chimpanzees and humans seperated, what, 5 or 6 million years ago?

This is basically like if humans could hybridise with THESE THINGS.

This is the sort of thing that should be impossible. They used those eggs to be ABSOLUTELY 100% SURE NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.

And then THEY GOT FISH OUT OF IT.

Like. You can quite clearly understand why they didn't think anything would happen. WE ARE MORE RELATED TO BLUE WHALES THAN THESE THINGS.

THE AMERICAN PADDLEFISH AND THE STURGEON ARE SO COMPLETELY UNRELATED THAT THIS IS NOT PLAYING GOD. IF ANYTHING THIS IS AN ACT OF GOD.

THE SCIENTISTS HAD NO BLAME IN THIS BECAUSE NOTHING LIKE THIS HAD EVER HAPPENED BEFORE

It sort of goes against the rules of genetics a bit.

[ospreyonthemoon]

Oh i forgot to add

THESE THINGS, FOR HYBRIDS, HAD A REALLY HIGH SURVIVAL RATING. LIKE 70% OF THEM SURVIVED.

To put that into perspective, getting a blue whale and a squirrel and trying to hybridise them is more sensible, and that wouldn't produce anything but getting you banned from science. Most animals that aren't plants can barely hybridise two degrees away from each other.

BUT THESE TWO ENTIRELY UNRELATED FISH create PERFECTLY HEALTHY HYBRIDS.

the scientists literally had to do the tests AGAIN just to be like "okay this is real right. This is actually like, not a fluke, this works right" and it worked again. They just Can!

[jackofacetrades]

So for those who don't know what the original fishes look like, this is an American Paddlefish:

And this is a Russian Sturgeon:

So honestly, saying the hybrid is "weird looking" is a bit fort de café when you see its parents. I think the sturddlefish looks cute.

[marlinspirkhall]

"these creatures last related ancestors were 140 million years back"

(glances at fish)

Yeah that's exactly what I thought you'd look like, you Mesozoic fuck

[thriceandonce]

#Holding a red squirrel in my left hand and a blue whale in my right desperately hoping to make a purple squale (via @dykepuffs)

[kmd0107]

Lots of real-life work this past week. Today I finally get to spend a little time with my fictional friends.

Academic romance meets beach fling—my preferred way to survive January.

[kmd0107]

KMD0107 Writes Things

As so many of us do in the new year, I’ve found myself thinking about what I want to accomplish this next year.

Last year, I spent a lot of time reading about writing—and much less time actually writing.

One quiet milestone did happen: I finished a first draft of an original novel. It’s not ready for anyone else yet, but it exists.

This year, I want to be a little more present here in the social spaces. Writing can be really isolating and I’m feeling the need for community.

My plan is to share what I’ve got going. Craft books I’ve really enjoyed. Progress on my WIPs. The journey that is editing my original work. Hopefully, you’ll all share too!

[mademoiseli]

The notes are broken. This is what tumblr is all about apparently.

[atonau]

THE NOTES ARE BROKEN!  This has been reblogged so many times, Tumblr just shrugged and said “infinity”

[tsunflowers]

the thing with romance for me is that you need to convince me through behavior and dialogue that the characters enjoy spending time with each other and seek each other out. even with enemies to lovers a foundation of mutual respect goes a long way. you can be like "he's the youngest ever general of the dragon slaying guild and I'm secretly a dragon, but he's the best swordsman I've ever fought and our sparring matches are the only thing that make me feel alive ever since my family was killed." if he implies something similar then bam, you have a reason for the two of them to hang out even though one of them knows it's dangerous. you can't be like "he's a dragon slayer and he's mean to me all the time but the flex of his arms when he swings his sword is just too sexy." it does not matter how many times you have your protagonist say "I shouldn't be drawn to him... but I am" if you never show a real moment of connection between them that draws them together

[apothecarydragon]

Calling All Writers and Artists, The Dramione Music Fest is now Open! Entries due Sept 1st!

The Musical Mandrakes are proud to present our first ever Dramione Music Fest!

This event will be held on AO3 and will be open for sign ups from today to August 15. All writing and artwork entries will be due September 1.

Results will be announced on September 15.

Our theme is Dramione Playlist.

To view prompts please visit our AO3 collection.

For writers, please note that each prompt has a maximum of two written entries and only one entry is permitted per person. These tend to fill up quickly, so claim a prompt as as soon as you can

Whether you are writing or creating art, choose a song and be inspired

For complete rules and guidelines, please read: Dramione Music 2025 Guidelines

For updates, join our discord group, The (Writing) Room of Requirements, or add u/adk8rr on discord to join.

Wishing you all the best of luck!

- Musical Mandrakes

ada.kiara, MJade, Wanderess_Wonder, withallspeed

[poseidons-getting-milk]

Half-Blood Prince is like:

Hermione: I wish Ron liked me back

Ron: I wish Hermione liked me back

Lavender: I wish Ron liked me back

Ginny: I wish Harry liked me back

Dean: I wish Ginny liked me back

Seamus: I wish dean liked me back

Harry: I wish Ginny liked me back

Draco: The only way to save myself and my family is to kill Dumbledore which will end the rest of the entire wizarding world, Snape and Harry won’t get off my back, and i have no idea how to fix the magic cabinet but if i fail GrayBack will kill me and my mother

Snape: I wish Lilly liked me back

[dramioneasks]

never on my side by brittany4824 - M, one-shot - There is a rumor going around Hogwarts, but Hermione doubts that it could be true. After all, she would have noticed a Veela walking around the halls for the past five years. But as Hermione dismisses the notion, Draco has learned something that will change the course of his life forever. For as they say, things are not always as they seem.

blood you owe by brittany4824 - M, 21 chapters, Words: 115,290 - He’s trapped himself in a lifeless mansion. She’s determined to show him what he has to live for. But when things aren’t what they seem, Hermione is faced with the impossible: lose everything she’s built or lose the man she’s grown to love.

[dramioneasks]

Complete! :D

[kmd0107]

I was tagged by @elliebear75. Let's see what I've got!

Post the last thing you’ve written and then tag the same number of people as your own word count.

From an update for a VM fic (Time, unedited):

A knock at her door caught Rebecca by surprise. "Yes, come in." "Ms. James, any chance we could talk?"  Casey Gant stood in the doorway looking nervous. "Of course.  Come in.  What's on your mind?" "I have this friend…um…well, we used to be friends.  Maybe this isn't such a good idea."  Casey went to stand up, but Rebecca quickly held out her hand. "Casey, listen, anything you tell me is confidential. Unless I think you're going to hurt yourself or someone else.  You don't have to give me any names.  Let me help if I can."   She watched patiently, as Casey seemed to debate with himself, then nodded and settled back into the chair. "I'm pretty sure a friend of mine was drugged and...  Well, I think I might have figured out who drugged her." 

From my not fic writing (Original Contemporary Romance):

The coffee had gone cold an hour ago. Jack didn’t bother reheating it. He just sat on the edge of his kitchen table, laptop open, inbox refresh blinking at the top corner of the screen. No new messages. He checked again anyway. The condo was too quiet. Not peaceful—just empty. Like something had been carved out and never put back.

I'll tag anyone who sees this and wants to join in :)

[gyzym]

HELLO TUMBLR 👋 i am ENORMOUSLY excited to say: i've written a book! and i'm writing two more! and they're all queer romcoms! and the first one, FALL INTO YOU, will be out in JUNE. there is a LOT of my heart in this novel, and i absolutely can't wait to share it with you 💜

if you've ever enjoyed my fanfic, particularly stories like What We Pretend We Can't See and I've Got Nothing to Do Today But Smile, then you'll love FALL INTO YOU. it's full of ROMANCE and JOKES but also REAL, MESSY PEOPLE with PROBLEMS and TRAUMA, because those are the stories i love telling! it's chock full of things i adore: set on an APPLE FARM in NORTHEAST OHIO, main characters who hate each other more or less immediately, gratuitous depictions of food, and they were ROOMMATES?, people healing wounds they didn't even know were still open, AND MORE.

i'll be sharing more about this book in the weeks to come (i promise i will try so hard not to be obnoxious about it 🫡 ), and about the next two as we get closer to publication! but until then, i just want to say: the fic stays UP and the author stays GRATEFUL, always. i am honored and humbled by your readership, and really proud of the work i've done for and with fandom, and that's not a tune you're ever going to see me change.

okay, thanks so much for reading!! hope you're all well; i'll just be here having one of the coolest and most surreal days of my life 😂👋💜

[kmd0107]

Chapters: 28/40 Fandom: Veronica Mars (TV), Veronica Mars - Fandom, Veronica Mars - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Logan Echolls/Veronica Mars Characters: Keith Mars, Wallace Fennel, Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie, Duncan Kane, Lilly Kane, Aaron Echolls, Lynn Echolls, Veronica Mars, Logan Echolls Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Friendship/Love, Flashbacks, Mystery, Canonical Rape/Non-con, Forgiveness Summary:

Logan being ‘the real-Logan’ is so familiar that she almost can’t help but give in to it, even if it’s just a one night pass. She’ll embrace this moment out of time and the walls and armor can go back up tomorrow.

AU from 1x4 Wrath of Con

It took me ages, but it’s finally here! 💜💜💜

[musicalmelody001]