Illustrations for Manacled by @senlinyuwrites (Part 2)
Part 1
Not to be incredibly extra on the main…
Lmao. If you follow me on Tumblr you all probably know I’m incredibly extra. Let’s not act surprised about this.
But I’m still flailing over these. I was just starting to recover from the first set, and now there’s more and I cannot handle it.
1) Just first one, the cover. I initially saw it on my phone, and I was like, ”ahhh. It’s so good, he looks so cold, cruel, and dangerous just the way he does when Hermione first arrives at the manor. The very closed off but intense way that he looks at her. So good.” But then, when I was adding the on ao3 and messing around with sizing, I accidentally made the picture massive and I realized his eyes are SO sad. His eyes are heartbroken, but his expression is so masked that at a glance he just looks cruel. And it’s KILLING me because obviously that’s exactly right, but the fact the @avendell managed capture both things at once in a picture just has me flattened.
His eyes are so sad. 😭😭😭 I can not get over it.
2) Harry and Hermione. It’s just so good. The cigarette, Harry’s tired and frustrated posture, and he’s not looking at Hermione, because he doesn’t really ”see” her anymore. But she’s staring at him, and her eyes are so big and sad and longing, while she’s literally disappearing into the darkness of their surroundings. 😭 (I’m gonna use so many crying emojis in this post.)
3) Voldemort’s legilimency. The imagery of this like a kick in the stomach. The dissolving cranes, the map of her memory structure with all it’s glowing lights, her eyes are so wide and there are cracks across the surface of them. And then Draco’s hands are cradling her face, and he’s holding her SO gently, and her curls are entwined with his fingers and he’s got his fingertips against her pulse points. 🥺🥺🥺🥺
4) Battlefield cat walk. I can stop crying. Thank God. My murder baby, sallying forth to commit crimes and tell Hermione she’s an idiot. And of course he did it in an excellently tailored coat and mask. The aesthetics, the tiny murder birds, the trail of bodies… it’s all there. 😩👌
5) Savoy. I could write a ten page essay about Draco’s hand in that picture. Good lord. Bury me with this. And Hermione’s hair in all it’s glory. And she’s such a smol bean and he’s so big. My top/smol kink is in overdrive. And she’s trying to heal him, and he’s not interested in that at all. And she has her ring on, and she’s running her fingers across his runes. The hair on both of them is SO good and I don’t know how @avendell manages to do it in black and white. 😍😍😍
6) Hermione building the bomb for Hogwarts. It’s so good. The swirl of darkness rising up above her head as she works, the Secrets of Darkest Arts book that Draco gave her lying on beside her. The scribbled notes. AND the dark magic seeping into her fingertips and up her hands like blood poisoning. 😭
7. Dancing. This is the definitive tol/smol image. It should be passed down through the annals of fandom history to illustrate the perfect height difference. Hermione’s face is so feisty and she’s glaring up at him. And Draco is staring at the wall and visibly trying to dissociate from the fact he’s holding her in his arms. And his hands are so big and long fingered. 🤤
8. Hermione’s dragon. I love how it’s wrapped around her, as if it emerged from her wand and protectively encircled her before rearing up. And she’s standing there so stunned, while the dementors are trying to nope into the night as fast as possible. 😂
9. The granian! It’s wings and the glow of its eyes! 👌 You can feel the movement. And Droco’s slumped forward and still not fully lucid so Hermione is holding him up. 😭
10. Aurore! The smollest of small beans with her curls from Hermione and Draco’s grey eyes, and she’s off to help her daddy check the wards the way she does every day. Her eyes are so alight as they walk through the forest, and she’s so visibly secure and content as she holds onto Draco’s hair. And Draco’s holding her so carefully with both hands, while still keeping his wand close. But even though he’s vigilant, he’s relaxed, he’s not looking around like he thinks there’s any danger. He looks so at peace. 😭😭😭
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