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Operation Pac Man is a go

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Drarry Fic Recs: Healer Drarry

Healer Harry Potter

The Star Splitter

In What Universe?

Constellations on your skin

The shape of my love

In the Company of Serpents

how we were taught to love

knead, then let rise

F*ck!

Of toenail clippings and designer underwear

Healer Draco Malfoy

Room For Two

Eye of the Storm

Lovesick

In Pursuit of Lost Marbles

Always Already

the shape of my love

Exposure Therapy

match fit

The Real Thing

To the beat of you breathing

Charlie l Good Job, Healer Malfoy

So Heal Me

From Ashes

Chasing Dragons

A Class Act

Darling Buds of May

Five Minutes, That's All

Promising Produce

Heal thyself

Symptom of Your Touch

A second chance (I've done well enough with mine)

The Four Doors

The Ordeal of Being Known

And Draco makes four

Raise Yourself Clean

Slippery When Wet

Interpersonal relationships year 7, unit 3: how to have sex like a responsible adult

Mirror, Mirror

The Potter Malfoy bathroom war of 2007

every fragment of the moonlight

VIP: Very Important Patient

Homesick

My Mate

How Much

Regret-Me-Not

No Harm

rather a lover than a fighter

the space between (what you want and what you need)

Doctor Feel Good

Draco Malfoy and the Calendar of Harry Potters

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A list of favorite Drarry fics for @silverlight-art!

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Dear @silverlight-art, welcome (back) to the Drarry fandom! Your ask about favorite Drarry fic recs got me thinking about mine, so here's a little list of my faves, as a welcome gift!

This list is by no means a comprehensive list of all the amazing fics that are out there! Friends and mutuals, feel free to reblog with your own favorites <3

My "classics:"

Reparations by Saras_Girl (and its sequel, Foundations) - E, 87K Why I rec: I love everything by this author, but the Foundations series has a special place in my heart for its Healer Harry and ex-addict-turned-addiction-counselor Draco and the heart-warming development of their relationship!

A Private Reason for This by Femme - E, 92K Why I rec: amazing case fic with the hottest, most nuanced older Drarry ever. This fic alone is responsible for half my Drarry kinks and headcanons (but I could rec anything by Femme without a second thought!)

dirtynumbangelboy by @magpiefngrl - E, 39K Why I rec: a wonderful fake dating fic, sexy, witty, and full of heart. Draco is so hot in this, and Harry is so gone for him (and vice versa)!

Blood and Fire by @lqtraintracks - E, 45K Why I rec: a foundational second-chance romance for me, and THE sex scene that simultaneously melted and rearranged my brain cells.

Chasing Dragons by the_sinking_ship - E, 99K Why I rec: TSS's writing is fire, and this fic is Exhibit A! Featuring Healer Draco and a dragon tamer Harry who's too hot for his own good (and Draco's)

Down A Hill At High Speed by Tepre - E, 21K Why I rec: Tepre is one of the most unique, beautiful voices in this fandom, and this little fic is the perfect example of what she can do: funny, hot, a little unhinged, until the underlying emotion kicks in and you can barely breathe from it. A masterpiece.

The Exhale by orphan_account - T, 7.5K Why I rec: Harry goes to therapy and Draco is his therapist. I just love(d) the author's writing, full of understated emotion.

Late Bloomers by thistle_verse - E, 13K Why I rec: a gorgeous, emotional Epilogue Compliant fic, where Harry and Draco get a chance to reconnect after their divorces.

Embers by @shiftylinguini - E, 41K Why I rec: THE A/B/O Drarry fic for me. Insanely hot, beautiful, tender. I re-read it regularly <3

Recent faves (2023-2026):

Within You Without You by @arminaa8 - E, 40K Why I rec: am I a sucker for depressed Harry and therapist Draco? Yes, yes I am. Despite the tags, this fic is so gentle and comforting. Loved it!

the long game series by @yellowfork - E, 13K + 46K Why I rec: insanely hot, perfect idiots-to-lovers series. Harry and Draco falling in love over sex without realizing it is like catnip to me, and every line of this series delivered!

Talk To Me in French by @fluffyunderneath - E, 65K Why I rec: it's all in the title, really. Harry goes to Paris, Draco speaks French, and the result is the sweetest, funniest, sexiest romcom!

if i could never give you peace by poisonivy206 - E, 17K Why I rec: gorgeous, poignant getting together fic where Harry and Draco are made to work together on a new Auror case.

I only want the ones i envy (I envy) by @porcelainheart3 - E, 14K Why I rec: I adore everything this author writes, and this fic is no exception. Hilarious, sexy, and emotional, feat. idiot fuckbuddies to lovers and a bit of a clothing kink.

Keep tag by @jungeatheart - T, 10K Why I rec: This fic is a RIOT. Imagine the Gryffindor and Slytherin gangs meeting up for a game of laser tag for Ron’s bachelor party and you’ll get the picture. So funny, and featuring a very unexpected (and sexy) kiss!

Definitely Maybe by @upon-poppyhills - E, 8K Why I rec: what could sex collar shenanigans even hotter? Years of pining, and Harry and Draco being 'forced' to share a bed for the night. Sooo hot and funny!

Of Antlers and Wings by @lexi-leckstar - G, 4K Why I rec: the 'Harry and Draco were friends before Hogwarts' fic I didn't know I needed. Gentle, wholesome and so heartwarming!

Say I'm The One You Want by @phoebe-delia - T, 697 words Why I rec: okay, maybe i'm not objective here because this little fic was a lovely unexpected gift, but I adored Draco's 1st person POV, laughed out loud so many times, and had to clutch my heart at the ending. The sweetest!

Last First Kiss by @sassy-cissa - E, 25K Why I rec: with a Curse Breaker Harry and a Draco who's hired to layer the protective charms Harry will need for his missions, this one was so funny and original, and featured one of my favorite house elves OC ever!

I'm probably forgetting so many others I loved, and will reblog with more soon!

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One of my biggest literary pet peeves is when historical or history-inspired fiction pretends that "courting" is a synonym for "dating". Usually it's just a one-to-one word swap--in a modern context, these characters would be dating, but this is olden times, so they call it courting instead. Sometimes they'll pretend there's a shade of difference, and that courting is a more serious exploration of marriage or something. But I read a lot of fiction that was actually written during these historical eras, and the word "courting" is never used like that.

Two people do not decide that they are "courting". One person decides to "court" someone else. It's an action, not a stage in the relationship. A man decides to court a woman because he wants to encourage her to have romantic interest in him. He's trying to win her favor. It's not an exclusive relationship--a woman could be courted by multiple men at once. She'll spend time getting to know the guy who's interested in her, but they won't officially define their relationship as one where they only show romantic interest in each other. If they reach a point where they want it to be exclusive, that's when you propose.

There's no middle ground--either you're getting to know each other, or you're committed to marrying each other. This idea of a period where you kind of commit to each other until you decide you definitely want to get married is a modern one, and it occurs in eras where they use the word "dating" to describe it. The closest equivalent I can think of are times and places where they'd talk about a couple "stepping out together", but they're still not calling it "courting". Words have meaning, and the word "courting" has never meant that, so stop using it that way!

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“Black Snake” (2002) ∿ William E. Nutt ◆ Polished marble, raw limestone

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“You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”

— Ernest Hemingway

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Hare trinity

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Just some thoughts on turning twenty.

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (the fact twenty-one is the cut off, the time when women must become self-conscious of their age. It’s a different time, sure, but it’s still strange to be on this precipice…), Mitski, ‘Class of 2013′, extract of a poem I wrote (tormented by how birthdays sometimes seem an endurance test, it is a miracle to still be alive, to have outlived others, the privilege of growing up and growing old, and yet it is all so exhausting to know you still have decades of life to get through, joy and pain, etc.), Unknown seventeenth-century painter from the Veneto, Portrait of Angela Adorni Sbardellini, Prioress of the Zitelle (I like the contrast between her and her costume, the complicated creases and folds vs her still young face, she seems a girl peeking out of an adult body), Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals, Florence + the Machine, ‘Free’, picture of Marilyn Monroe at twenty, Luke Hemmings, ‘Diamonds’ 

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Happy birthday me. You're old now.

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moon and rainbow at sunrise by mark ham

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I'm basically like if a girl had stuff to do and then didn't do it

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My latest cartoon for Guardian Books

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What is the difference between The Secret History and If We Were Villains?

For two stories with themes that are so similar—be it the cultist college students, the dead haunting the narrative, the deplorable acts, the so-called ‘inadequate’ protagonist—they are not identical. Let me explain.

The secret history is a criticism of those who base their actions purely on the aesthetic and superficiality, while if we were villains shows the punishment of those who fail to differentiate between what is real and what is fiction.

The secret history is a full-fledged novel. It it about six-hundred pages of someone so used to being an outsider that he commits murder along with his classmates to feel part of the group. It doesn’t dance around the act with delicate prose and poetry, and there’s no valid reason to it either, but you don’t question it. Every single character from Donna Tartt’s book is morally grey from the start, with few moments of humanity, which you could say makes the reader numb to even something as evil as murder, or it is possibly the unreliable narrator trick she uses. Has this truly happened? Was bunny truly a horrible person or was this just Richard’s point of view?

If we were villains is a play. A Shakespearean tragedy. It’s written as one, intended to be and everyone has their specific role, unmovable and unchanging. Rio states the character’s roles clearly, through foreshadowing mostly. James being cast as Brutus, or Macbeth was no coincidence because, as stated at the beginning of the book, life and art imitate eachother. The only character who’s evil, per se, is Richard (the other one), and is our antagonist. Meredith: the temptress, the seducer. Filippa and Alexander: the masterminds.

Is If We Were Villains a copy of The Secret History? In some ways, maybe. I can’t deny the parallels. But, honestly, I think the biggest difference of all is this: Rio’s finale spikes hope, Tartt’s speaks of consequence.

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