We got TWENTY-FIVE amazing authors participating in our Romione Masquerade! Check out the fics in our collection and match them to the authors below. Fill out this form with your guesses by 9/21 at noon EST and we'll reveal the authors and our Tumblr winner for "Best Guesser" the following day!
Each fic's author is within the same group as the fic. All group 1 fics' authors are within group 1. Same for group 2.
Group 1 Authors:
Honouraryweasley12
grace_under_pressure0510
DrPansyParkinson
KateNotEight
TheAustralPoltergeist
ExpectoPatronum
reallybeth
Whatrebeccawrites
MromiTosen
RosieTheRenaissance
Purple_Damianya
Amber Kaela
Penny (someone's cat) - im being deadass, come on guys its obvious
ALL THE FICS HAVE BEEN REVEALED!!
Masterlist of Fics!
Group 1 fics:
Having a Lie-In
The Wireless
Going to the chapel.
Corrections in Red Ink
When Weasly falls in Love…
TIFU by accidentally taking my wife to a swinger's party
You Belong with Me
The Tale of Captain Papers & the Pirate Queen
Group Therapy
oh those baby blues
On The Way
I'M IN A RAGE
All Engines Go
Group 2 Fics:
Head Over Broomsticks
FRAGILE: This Side Up
Where the Love of God Goes
wyd?
Set it up
The Perfect Date
A New Reality
right on time
R.O.N. Version 1.1
Against My Better Judgement
Bedtime
A Preference for Canaries
So I (@grossinnit) am hosting a Romione themed masquerade fest!
Masquerades are fests that operate in two parts, a writing period and a guessing period. Writing period is when authors write fics within the theme of the masquerade and submit them to the collection. Reveals of the fics will be carried out anonymously, you will not know the author of any revealed fic. This is followed by guessing, where participants match fics to their authors. Guessing is usually a chaotic time; it’s chaos, anxiety inducing, and really really fun!
People need not take part in both parts. While most people write and then guess, you need not submit guesses if you write, and there is no prerequisite of submitting a fic to participate in guessing. But if you have the time, please try and do both - the experience is something else entirely.
This particular masquerade is a little different. We have made available the option to request prompts! You are not bound to fulfil a prompt, and you can even fulfil your own request. You can request prompts and just ignore them, and other prompts, altogether. More about prompting and fulfilling in rules later.
**Timeline: **
Prompting opens: March 31st 3pm UTC
Deadline for submitting fics: April 25
Works Reveals/Guessing opens- May 2nd
Guessing closes - depends on how many works we get!
Author reveals and awards - depends on how many works we get!
Collection Link
Rules:
This is a Romione (Ron/Hermione) themed masquerade. Works must center the couple.
No minimum word count, but 1000 words is the cap. It’s not too strict, but don’t go too much over.
All formats of works are accepted. Fics, poems, art (pls include some fic text with the art), etc etc.
All ratings are accepted, from G to E (gore, filthy smut, yada yada).
For the sake of welcoming a broader audience, dead dove topics like rape, incest, bestiality, cannibalism, pedophilia cannot be the main theme of your fic. The fic may feature the aftermath of such incidents, but cannot be a description of them. If your story is crack-y and you want to employ darker themes in your humor, you may do so, but please let me know.
You can use unorthodox tagging methods to throw guessers off your scent, but keep in mind that your tags mustn’t be misleading or downright lying. All major warnings must be mentioned.
Sign ups: You can fill out prompts by signing up to the challenge on AO3 and requesting a prompt. This added angle is purely to cause more mayhem. You need not request prompts. But if may be more fun if you do.
You can request as many prompts as you want. You don't have to request any.
You can claim and fulfil any prompt, including your own, anonymously.
For writers not fulfilling a claim, they can submit works by clicking on the “Post New” button on their AO3 profiles and selecting the “Romione_Masquerade_2026” in the “Add to collection/challenge:” section that pops up when posting a new work.
Submission forms and guessing forms will be rolled out soon. Fill out the submission form when you’re done submitting a work.
Guessing form will be released when guessing opens.
This is the basic structure of the fest, more announcements about rules and guidelines will be made at the start of each new period (writing, fic reveals, guessing, author reveals/awards).
The fest isn't bound to a single discord server! But if you're interested in joining the HPRomione or the Wooly Bladders discords to banter and have fun, DM!
pls join i really want romione authors to have fun 👉👈
Romione Summer Banging Bangers Fest Rules and Timeline
It's here 🎉 Thanks for your patience folks 🙏🏽 Without further ado...
Important Links
🌴 Romione Summer Bangers Fest Collection Link 🌴
🚨 Save this form! 🚨 This is the all-purpose form for the fest. Please use it to confirm your claims, suggest song prompts, and/or sign up to help with the fest.
The Rules
Prompting:
Prompts will consist of summery songs that evoke common themes in Romione: longing, repressed lust, communication problems, profound love, jealousy, etc.
The moderator, with input from a small group of Romione writers, pre-selected a handful of prompts, and hopes to add additional prompts with input from readers.
There will also be a “wild card” prompt where creators can choose their own song that they believe fits summer vibes (this is open to interpretation).
Claiming:
Creators must select a prompt through the collection and confirm each claim via the above form.
After submitting their work for the prompt, creators can select another prompt.
There is no limit to the number of claims per creator, but the creator must fulfill one prompt before claiming a new one.
Prompt voting: If you'd like to see a specific song or songs as a prompt, please submit it for voting!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽 The moderator will then create a poll based on the songs submitted. Voting will take place on Reddit in r/HPRomione and on Tumblr. Below is a playlist to help you brainstorm songs:
Works accepted: We are open to all sorts of fan creations, including — but not limited to — fanfiction, fanart, moodboards, fan videos, and podfics. If you decide to produce a podfic of existing work, please make sure to clear it with the author.
Fic guidelines:
Fics of all ratings are allowed.
This is a fluffy summer fest, so works must fit the vibe: a happy ending for Romione and labeled as “no archive warnings apply.”
No AI.
Minimum word count is 100 words to encourage new writers to participate.
Entries must be standalone works; they may be part of a series as long as it’s not necessary to read other fics in the series to understand the fic. Multi-chapters are accepted as long as the first chapter is completed by the deadline.
Age restrictions: 18+
The Timeline
April 20: Initial prompts are revealed and claiming starts; crowdsourcing for additional prompts
April 27: Voting for additional prompts begins on Tumblr and Reddit.
May 3: Voting for additional prompts ends
May 4: Readers' top prompts available for claiming, as well as wild card prompt
June 29: Last day to request a deadline extension
July 6: Works due
July 13 to July 19: Reveals
Questions?
The ask box 🗳️ is totally open! The "asks answered" tag will be updated as I get asks.
Happy creating! Please submit additional prompt ideas for voting and join the Woolly Bladders server to brainstorm and create alongside other participants!
We’re having a Romione Fanfic Masquerade! In this event, you will write a short fic (500-1,000 words) that features Romione (more details on what that means below) and submit it to the anonymous AO3 collection. Across AO3, reddit, the HPRomione discord, and tumblr, we will then have fun guessing who wrote which fic. You DON’T have to write in order to participate as a guesser.
There are many strategies you can take - you can play it ‘straight’ and just be yourself, you can try to disguise your writing style, you can pretend to be someone else, you can write a style of Romione that differs from what you normally write, etc. This event should be fun and low pressure, so don’t stress about what you’re writing! We encourage new writers and those who are new to writing Romione to join! To learn more about other examples of this type of event, go here: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Masquerade_(fanfiction_event).
Moderators: @potterblog (ErrolsBestie on AO3/reddit; cheese on discord) and @unhinged-romione (misfit_romione on AO3; anika_jhonaki on discord)
Timeline
Prep period: Sunday, July 28 to Saturday, September 7.
During this time, people will be writing their fics and can also get a head start on familiarizing themselves with the writing of possible participants. Stay plugged in to more news about the prep period here, on reddit, and/or the HPRomione discord (links below).
Fics due: September 7, noon eastern standard time (check what time that is in your time zone here)
Form confirming your AO3 account and contact info (submit AFTER posting to the collection): https://airtable.com/appFkFP9MaVStV6XX/shrKBub5cR6uMeBML
Reading & guessing period: Saturday, September 7 - Saturday, September 21
We will facilitate opportunities to guess and speculate, as well as do reveals, on the HPRomione discord (the masquerade-challenge channel), r/HPRomione and r/RomioneMultishippers subreddits, and tumblr.
On each platform, a list of all participants with their AO3 accounts and respective platform names (if they are comfortable sharing) will be provided so people know who they are guessing for. The guessing period will be chaotic, as deception and misdirection will be allowed. That’s the fun of it all! The fanlore page linked above has additional details.
You can also comment on the fics on AO3 with your speculation. Keep in mind that you can only comment with your own account on a fic you did not write. If you want to get around this, you can leave all your comments as a guest user. Commenting is not required, but commenting can be part of the ‘game’ of confusing each other and causing chaos.
We really encourage people to join the HPRomione discord, if possible, especially newer or aspiring writers! Throughout August, we’ll be running lots of writing challenges to help people feel comfortable sharing their work through the masquerade. Discord is also the best and most dynamic platform to host the guessing activities and reveals in real time.
Guesses submitted: Saturday, September 22 at noon eastern standard time (12 pm EST) (check what time that is in your time zone here)
Once the submission deadline has passed, we will link the form to submit your guesses here. The person or persons who succeeded in fooling the most and guessing the most will get awards!
Authors and winners revealed: Sunday, September 23 at noon eastern standard time (12 pm EST)
Rules
Prompting. People can choose from a list of prompts (see below) OR self-prompt as long as Romione is present in the fic, either as the main pairing or a background pairing. Gen fics featuring Ron and Hermione’s friendship rather than romantic relationship are acceptable too as long as they are canon-compliant (i.e. doesn’t imply that they’re not endgame, doesn’t have them dating other people, doesn’t bash the ship.)
This event is anonymous! Do not tell anyone what piece is yours or what idea you are writing. That spoils the fun of everyone getting to guess. Beta readers are not necessary, but if you want to have a beta reader, they must be someone who will not be participating in the event.
Word count: 500 words - 1000 words. You can be 10 or so words under or over (AO3 counts words differently than other places) but no more.
All fics entered must be appropriately rated and tagged with the relevant Archive Warnings that apply. (“choose not to use Archive warnings” or “Not Rated” are not an option). Please no underage explicit content or rape/noncon. However, Major Character Death and Graphic Violence are allowed if appropriately tagged with the Archive Warnings. The rating of fics allowed may be “General”, “Teen and Up”, or “Mature”. Fics with an “Explicit” rating are not allowed for this masquerade.
You must be 16+. Since this event can include fics rated either Gen, Teen, or Mature, you must be 16 or over to participate.
Writers are encouraged to have at least one work up on AO3 before the start of the guessing period. This is so that guessers have a basis to speculate about which work is yours. Even a 100 word drabble would suffice and as mentioned earlier, the HPRomione discord will be hosting a few events throughout August to help people feel confident in their writing. If this is difficult, please ensure that you have at least bookmarked fics on your AO3 profile so that people can get a sense of what you like to read (and by extension) write.
No AI. The point of this event is to guess your writing style, not that of ChatGPT.
Questions? Review our FAQ first. If your question isn't there, please contact us through our ask box. If you don’t have a tumblr, you can ask misfit_romione (anika_jhonaki on discord) or cheese/ErrolsBestie (carrotsoup420 on discord)
Planning on participating? Please let us know in the comments along with a link to your works if you're comfortable, so that people can start preparing!
Special thanks to @lunalive-at for the blueprint for these instructions!
Link to join r/HPRomione discord:
Check out the HPRomione community on Discord – hang out with 529 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Subreddit Links:
Spreadsheet of Prompts and Story Ideas for inspiration:
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If you have suggestions for prompts and ideas for inspiration, please list below. You are not required to use a prompt from this lis
