Honestly I don't know if I like this movie. The first version burned me so bad.
To make my friend happy because she was in love with Harley Quinn character we watched the movie 2 times at the cinema then she cancelled from her memory the 2nd time. I wish I could do the same. At least in this version there's no Joker and all the horrible cuts they did with the 1st, no Ben Affleck Batman cameo, there's Peter Capaldi, Idris Elba (the best), a really good soundtrack (it's a James Gunn movie).
I should rewatch it and pay more attention to the plot. I'm literally lost.
Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖
twenty-twenty-one top 5
I've been sitting on this anon ask (as well as same from my sweet friends @fangqueen and @mystickitten42 thank y'all!) for a fair amount of time.
A bit of a block hiatus from writing has settled in...and honestly the time has come for her to go. So I'm clearing out brain cobwebs and dusting off WIPs. This exercise is timely in that it has reminded me that I love writing these boys. And that I love the things I've written. And so.
I've melded this ask with a related tag from @sugareey-makes-stuff (mwah, lovely!) and narrowed my top 5 to 2021 postings.
My 2020 top 5 can be found here.
My 2021 short list!
Excerpts and personal thoughts below the cut!
xoxo peach 🍑
🍑 In a Jam
draco x harry || 2.6k || T || Getting Together Berry Picking
🍑 Come as You Are
draco x harry || 3.8k || E || High School Non-Magical AU
🍑 the weed which strings the hangman's bag
draco x harry || 1k || M || Auror AU Angst-lite
🍑 It's Called Fashion, Potter
draco x harry || 2k || E || Getting Together Clothed Sex
🍑 Like You a Latte
draco x harry || 1.6k || M || Coffee Shop Non-Magical AU Meet Cute
BONUS!
🍑 A Weasel in the Hamptons
draco x ron || 15.4k || E || Getting Together in the Hamptons
🍑 In a Jam
draco x harry || 2.6k || T || Getting Together Berry Picking
[Harry] focuses on plucking fruit, shoving his hands deeper into the brambles, letting the thorns prick him back to his senses. Even in his limited experience, he recognizes the fragility of this thing between them, like autumn fruit, heavy with promise, yet easily bruised.
This fic is the last thing I've posted(!) and my favorite, in no small part, because of Molly Weasley and her heirloom berry buckets. Drarry UST is strong, just like I like it.
🍑 Come as You Are
draco x harry || 3.8k || E || High School Non-Magical AU
“Ok, well!” Ron claps his hands. “On that note, I gotta run. If I’m tardy again, McGonagall will skin me alive and make a football from my freckled hide. I’ll leave you”—he points at Draco—“in our star quarterback’s capable and rather large hands.” He grabs Harry’s wrist and waves his arm about. “Span of ten inches. Good for palming footballs… and other things.” He winks and departs, answering his ringing phone. “Hi babe! I’m walking in the doors right now…”
This fic was, hands-down, the most fun to craft. Ron Weasley, the social media edits, and the letterman jacket all conspire to make this fic my absolute GOAT to date. Includes delicious art (and gif!) by @fictional.
🍑 the weed which strings the hangman's bag
draco x harry || 1k || M || Getting Together Angst-lite
Smoke curls from the tip of Malfoy’s cigarette, an ephemeral rope cast asunder by the wind, as murky as the puddles peppering the cobblestones between them. Slick film coats the water’s grey surface, shiny with misshapen rainbows.
Like Malfoy’s eyes, Harry thinks madly. Alive, not dead. Alive, not dead.
A (sleeper) divergence! But a favorite. The most drarry angst(lite) I've written. Also the most purple I've slanted. I vortexed down some obscure rabbit holes for inspiration on this one...and the tone of this piece was the better for it.
🍑 It's Called Fashion, Potter
draco x harry || 2k || E || Getting Together Clothed Sex
Pansy kicks Draco with the pointy toe of her Louboutin. “Pay attention to my plight, for fuck's sake,” she whines. “My eye candy has buggered off.”
“I’ve no idea what you mean.” A shift on the arm of the chair and a nonchalant slouch against the chair back allows Draco to elongate his leg. Darkening green eyes follow the pinstripes lining his trousers from his ankle to hip. Draco’s magic purrs, gratified.
“Look at you,” Pansy says. “Preening like a bloody peacock. When will the eye fucking progress to actual fucking?” She stabs her straw at a cherry swimming at the bottom of her drink. “I’m already bored.”
Some of the best banter I've written, imo, damn. Also, dual POV mirrored at the beginning of each POV section...of which I am proud. Also also, fashionista!Draco, my beloved. Includes gorgeous art by @pauleonotis
🍑 Like You a Latte
draco x harry || 1.6k || M || Coffee Shop Non Magical AU Meet Cute
Harry looks out at the crowded room. A platinum blond bloke slouching mid-queue snags Harry’s gaze.
And it’s A Moment… One of those stupidly cliché tunnel-vision moments—where the Earth slows its rotation, and flowers bloom, and kittens frolic, and the sun shines through parting clouds to spotlight as if touched by angelic grace, the most beautiful individual Harry’s ever seen.
“It’s him,” Harry breathes.
My first introduction to the glory of social media edits, and to the brilliance that is @hogwartsfirebolt (mwah, sweet for the collab!) I love an ensemble cast and Weasley bros abound here.
BONUS!!
🍑 A Weasel in the Hamptons
draco x ron || 15.4k || E || Getting Together in the Hamptons
A sleek red convertible, top down, rolls to a stop in front of them. Draco hands back the champagne. Ron fills his mouth as he watches the attendant hop out, collect Draco’s belongings, and toss them into the back seat. Draco tips the bloke smoothly and slides easily into the driver’s seat.
The alcohol burns Ron’s throat as he swallows too hard and wipes a drip off his cheek with the back of his hand. He’s used to Muggle contraptions, having traveled without magic all these years, but seeing Malfoy—the purest of purebloods—seated confidently behind the driver’s wheel of a car is messing with his mind. It’s incongruous and unfathomable.
And sexy as bloody hell.
“Get in,” Malfoy commands. He smirks. “That is if you’re willing to go off-script.”
Listen. I adore this pairing. I loved writing this...even if it pushed me out of my short-fic writing comfort zone (see my faves above, all under 4k). Can things be improved? Absolutely. But. This fic has shown me that long(er) fic is within reach. I've got Ideas. Here's hoping!
***I'm sure everyone has done this already, but tagging*** @thusspoketrish @calypsotempete @vukovich @wheezykat @thistlecatfics @rockingrobin69 @pennygalleon @amorsindolor
