The Tear-Taste-Test Fest: Author Reveals!
Our sobmeliers were too excited to wait until the 14th (and preferred reveals to be on a Sunday instead of a Tuesday), so I am super proud to reveal which of the 10 participating authors wrote the 10 fics in The Tear-Taste-Test Fest Collection!
Thanks so much to all the writers who gave us such tasty treats: @being-luminous, @cannibalinc, @vdoshu, @cindle-writes, IceLynx, @meles-merrivale, @mrviran, @ellionne, @rudehellion and @wolfantlersinspace! Please go check out their now-revealed fics and shower them in the love they so deserve!
Last notes before the masterlist:
We did have one writer score a perfect 10/10 in author guesses, so congrats to Reign for winning the guessing game portion of this little event.
Once again, thank you to Cindle for the fic banners I've used in both the anon and revealed masterlists. Appreciate you!
Shoutout to Doshu for letting us use her quick artwork as the icon for the fest. We love our tearful Harry!
The Tear-Taste-Test Fest Masterlist
A Lesson Learned Well || written by: Pengress
Mature | 1.9k | Content Tags: Alternate Universe - Voldemort Wins, Canonical Character Death, Cannibalism, Captivity, Parselmouths & Parseltongue, Mental Disintegration, Master/Pet
Despite Voldemort’s numerous and single-minded past attempts on his life, now that he had Harry contained within his reach, the monster that used to haunt his every step seemed content to simply ignore Harry’s continued existence.
Most frequently guessed writer: Pengress (3/10)
Number of writers guessed: 7
Amensalism || written by: eleven_eaves
Explicit | 6k | Content Tags: Canon Divergence - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Rape/Non-con Elements, Extremely Dubious Consent, Loss of Bodily Autonomy, Choking, Tentacle Sex, Cannibalism, Soft Vore, Monsterfucking
When Harry glances up, gleaming red eyes are staring at him out of a ghostly white, snake-like skull with jagged rows of razor-sharp teeth.
It chuckles at Harry, high and cruel, then bumps its head against the shield charm and pops the Protego.
“What the hell are you?” Harry demands. “I am Voldemort,” the pale monstrous face hisses out, a nasty smile stretching across its face. “And you are mine.”
Most frequently guessed writer: eleven_eaves (5/10)
Number of writers guessed: 5
Cynosure || written by: wolf antlers
Explicit | 2.7k | Content Tags: Under the Influence of Horcruxes, Soul Bond, Choking, Resurrection, Possessive Behavior
When he risked another look, billowing green plumes bubbled over the lip of the cauldron, snaking into the grass. And then Voldemort rose, tall, unnaturally thin, with hips pulling translucent skin taut and ribs ridged like fragile fingers. He looked like he’d collapse at a slight breeze.
Most frequently guessed writer: wolf antlers (7/10)
Number of writers guessed: 4
Eulogy || written by: merrivale
Explicit | 5.5k | Content Tags: Alternate Universe - Voldemort Wins, Emotional Manipulation, Mental Health Issues, Blood and Gore, Pseudo-Incest, Dubious Consent, Established Relationship, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
You run through the things you have to do for the day. It is, admittedly, a very short list. Wake up. Be clean. Be ready. An empty life, some might call it. You don’t. It is the life He has given you, and so it is what you deserve.
Most frequently guessed writer: merrivale (4/10)
Number of writers guessed: 5
Frigid || written by: MrVillain
Explicit | 3.4k | Content Tags: Imprisonment, Sexual Trauma, Impotence, Rape/Non-con Elements, Master/Pet, Temperature Play, Genital Torture, Humiliation
In which one of Voldemort's Horcruxes is broken and needs to be fixed.
Most frequently guessed writer: MrVillain (6/10)
Number of writers guessed: 4
Keepsake || written by: IceLynx
Mature | 4.8k | Content Tags: Horror, Memory Alteration, Memory Loss, Loss of Identity
“I am Lord Voldemort and I have not kidnapped you.”
“That's . . . I should have known that.” Because Voldemort's words ring true, deep in Harry's heart. Harry tries to remember, but the thoughts won't come to him. The more he forces it, the more obvious the gaps in his memories become. “Why didn't I know that?”
Most frequently guessed writer: IceLynx (4/10)
Number of writers guessed: 5
Matriphagy || written by: asterismal
Mature | 2.4k | Content Tags: Alternate Universe - Vampire, Character Death, Rape/Non-con Elements
He staggers out into the hall, then down the stairs.
What he finds at the bottom makes him stop, swaying in place. Static rushes over his head, threatens to drag him under, to send him to his knees. Black spots cloud his vision. Still, the image lingers. His mum in a heap on the floor, hair dark with blood, with sweat, splayed out across the floor. Her chest barely moves as she breathes. In the cradle of her throat, her pulse beats weakly against near translucent skin.
Blood seeps slowly from a wound where her neck meets her shoulder.
Saliva fills his mouth. He swallows.
Most frequently guessed writer: asterismal (6/10)
Number of writers guessed: 3
Phalanx || written by: doshu
Explicit | 3.7k | Content Tags: Polyjuice Potion (Harry Potter). Ambiguous/Open Ending, Foot Kink, Humiliation, Breathplay, Forced Voyeurism
Harry expects to have time to poke around Malfoy Manor when he arrives, at least until dinner when he’ll presumably be required to put in face time with Narcissa. But before he even has the opportunity to find his way to Draco Malfoy’s bedroom, he is instead frozen in place by the words that emanate from beyond an open door at the end of the hall.
“Narcissa,” calls a familiar, high-pitched voice. “Bring the boy.”
Most frequently guessed writer: doshu (4/10)
Number of writers guessed: 4
Research and Development || written by: cannibalinc
Explicit | 5.5k | Content Tags: Laboratory Logs, Human Experimentation, Captivity, Imprisonment, Medical Horror, Body Horror
Subject acquired.
Primary Objective: Establish with certainty that Subject IS or IS NOT a living Horcrux.
Secondary Objective: If Subject is a living Horcrux, determine whether the soul fragment can be extracted intact and transferred to a different vessel, allowing Subject to be terminated thereafter.
Cell captured audio sample: You can’t keep me in here forever, Voldemort! Why don’t you come in here and face me, you COWARD! I’m not scared of you! Dumbledore will find me and—
Most frequently guessed writer: cannibalinc (6/10)
Number of writers guessed: 3
Tearing me apart (like a new emotion) || written by: RudeHellion
Explicit | 1.7k | Content Tags: Rape/Non-con Elements, Non-Consensual Bondage, Dacryphilia, Forced Marriage
Sex is such a petty entertainment compared to the thrill of watching Harry Potter break apart.
Most frequently guessed writer: Pengress (6/10)
Successfully fooled the majority!
Number of writers guessed: 4