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[auroralynne]

T’Mara Kirk

So! I devoured a fic in two days and it’s so lovely and funny and heartbreaking at times, and it has the most precious OC ❤️

So here’s my take on T’Mara Kirk, Jim’s adoptive daughter and fellow Tarsus IV survivor from the fic “No Dawn, No Day” by @xiaq

Go read this fic, it’s wonderful ❤️ this girl is RUTHLESS and I love her so much.

[philon-awards]

2025 Winners!

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Philon Awards 2025 Winners

(officially announced on 2 Nov 2025, at KiScon) 🏆 Gold: ...in relief by a_most_beloved_fool 🏆 Silver: Dig it in There, Captain Kirk by mazarinememories

Short Fic (word count 1K–5K): 🏆 Gold: HOWL by indeedcaptain 🏆 Silver: summer comes, winter fades by InkDropMemories Medium-Length Fic (word count 5K–10K): 🏆 Gold: Lessons in Seduction, Presented by S'chn T'gai Spock by Phoenix_Rose 🏆 Silver: A Little Human Emotionality by Moreta1848

Long Fic (word count 10K–20K): 🏆 Gold: thrum: a sonata in three movements by selfmadepurgatories 🏆 Silver: on a crooked little trajectory by tothewillofthepeople

Novella (word count 20K–50K): 🏆 Gold: long you live and high you fly by pinkgrapefloyd 🏆 Silver: Too Lonely a Place by Illegalpaladin (kellysaur)

Novel (word count over 50K): 🏆 Gold: No Dawn, No Day by xiaq 🏆 Silver: Silent Star by Moreta1848

Podfic: 🏆 Gold: The Exiles (written by Moreta1848) by cookiemom6067 🏆 Silver: Time After Time (written by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)) by cookiemom6067

Poetry: 🏆 Gold: HR Violations on the USS Enterprise by indeedcaptain 🏆 Silver: Opportunity Knocks by gunstreet

Traditional Art: 🏆 Gold: “Because the word love isn’t written in your book” by strawberry-sweets (Bluesky post) 🏆 Silver: Love in Bloom by PageofWands

Digital Art: 🏆 Gold: HURT (comic) by beloved-icarus 🏆 Silver: Irrational Numbers (comic) by sidetrek (link to full download)

Zines: 🏆 Gold: KiScon Zine 2024 by 1lostone and Alice West (editors) 🏆 (Note: As no other zine was nominated in this category, it is the winner and was not included on the voting ballot.)

[painting-by-wandlight]

Way down we go by @xiaq

If you haven’t read this one then add it to your list quick! Despite a tragic storyline (that ends well, I promise) this feels like a warm hug. Beautifully written, it is a classic for a reason.

[plagues-and-pansies]

@xiaq sometimes being my friend means being reminded that i am, in fact, insufferable

[solsticelosthermind]

I’m a little late to the party but @xiaq’s breakaway series has maybe taken over my entire life. I ate up the first two books so fast. Alex and Eli are adorable and I swooned my way through their story which means now I’m very impatiently waiting for the arrival of the next because y’all. Patrick and Damien were on the page for legitimately five second at the end of book two and I already adore them so much?? E.L. Massey/xiaq is so good at cramming so much personality into these boys, I’m jealous and in awe and also just feeling very well fed lmao—So like. If you’re into ridiculous boys on ice skates being so so so insane about each other y’know. Maybe give the breakaway series a peek 🥰😘⛸️

[soojoelle]

TOP TIER Drarry fics imo.

AURA READER by toxik_angel

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33987673/chapters/84529762

My absolute fave Drarry. It's rough and rly hard and painful. Basically the 6th book got rewritten by the author and therefore the whole canon got changed. Main character dearth, IT HAS A HAPPY ENDING tho.

INSIDE GREY EYES by toxik_angel

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31908952/chapters/79015036

Draco gets kidnapped by Fenir Greyback and forced to work in a stripclub, sa'ed and drugged a lot. Harry wants to help him get out. Very dark, very heavy, do not read if mentally unstable. It can trigger a lot.

WAY DOWN WE GO by xiaq

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18591952/chapters/44075971

Werewolf Harry and Veela Draco, so good.

MENTAL by sara_holmes

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5163386/chapters/11891996

Legilimecy miscast and Draco can hear Harry's thoughts. Eigth year, post war.

I'LL BE INSUFFERABLE FOR YOU by toxik_angel

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30415035/chapters/74987151

Eigth year, Harry starting to protect Draco bc Draco is rly not fine. SO he protects him from himself. (my first ever read)

THE CLAIMING OF GRIMMAULD PLACE by bixgirl1

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12693843/chapters/28945038

When Grimmauld Place begins fighting against Harry’s ownership of it, he decides he needs help to train the historic home — but little does he expect that it’ll be Malfoy who’s most suitable for the challenge.

THE ORDEAL OF BEING KNOWN by louisfake

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28864512/chapters/70806630

When Auror Potter is anonymously cursed with silence by being forced to hide his own voice inside his mind, there's unfortunately only one person in the country with the qualifications to fix it: Certified and Licensed Healer Legilimens, Draco Malfoy, specialist in Mind Curses and Afflictions.

TALES FROM THE SPECIAL BRANCH by Femme (femmequixotic)

https://archiveofourown.org/series/661862

This is so good I fell in love with the whole plot, it's rly well researched, and it all started with a oneshot: After he sees Harry Potter naked in the Auror showers once, Draco can't stop thinking about him. fell in love with a fucking OC character and felt like Harry (my fav character) doesnt deserve the oc bc he's too kindhearted. THIS FIC HAS SEVERAL BOOK LONG PARTS 5 books BUT IT HASNT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2019 but it'S fucking worth the read still.

I am no longer engaging in any HP content, I cant be where turfs try to delete human beings. HP fandom was my home since i was in elementary school and it broke my heart so much to learn the cruelty behind this person's mind. So... I hope i can reconnect at some point. Bc Darry is everything and also I need to enter Marauders side of the world. Anygays.

[juiche]

Inspired by Way Down We Go by @xiaq 🪄

Draco and Harry found a way to snuggle together while remaining as clueless, platonic best bros and it's a bit hilarious and very sweet, so I had to draw it :)

[lostdrarryfics]

Hello, I’m looking for a fic I red on Ao3 not long ago, it’s post-canon where Draco was sentenced to five years without magic. He isolated himself in a town in the interior of the USA, and Harry coincidentally goes to that same town. He discovers that Draco is living there too. He works as a cashier at a small grocery store and lives in a trailer in the back of the store. Draco is very sick because he can't use magic, and they discover that Harry is so full of magic that he can pass some of his magic to Draco when they touch each other, and this helps. If I'm not mistaken, the fanfic is finished.

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