whale_binding

Binding my favourite drarry, jegulus & Wolfstar fanfiction. also, recycling this account so maybe don't scroll too far. or do, live dangerously, eat some crepes, idk. Agathe - 🌈 - 🇫🇷

[knittinghistory]

An c.1000-1200 CE example of Egyptian cotton knitted socks.

[yarns-nstuff]

I made a chart for it!

I realised while making it that the pattern on the sock isn't always symmetrical or identical, so I had to be a little creative. But I managed to get it pretty close, I think!

[academic-vampire]

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”

-Albert Camus ☕️🌙

[doubledecks]

“While many people think fanfiction is about inserting sex into texts (like Tolkien’s) where it doesn’t belong, Brancher sees it differently: “I was desperate to read about sex that included great friendship; I was repurposing Tolkien’s text in order to do that. It wasn’t that friendship needed to be sexualized, it was that erotica needed to be … friendship-ized.” Many fanfiction writers write about sex in conjunction with beloved texts and characters not because they think those texts are incomplete, but because they’re looking for stories where sex is profound and meaningful. This is part of what makes fan fiction different from pornography: unlike pornography, fanfic features characters we already care deeply about, and who tend to already have long-standing and complex relationships with each other. It’s a genre of sexual subjectification: the very opposite of objectification. It’s benefits with friendship.”

— Francesca Coppa, “Introduction to The Dwarf’s Tale,” The Fanfiction Reader (via francescacoppa)

Someone put it into words. I gotta sit down

[amomorii]

first snow ❄️

[industrations]

[whalebinding]

Seeing this while I'm reading CR is the therapy I didn't know I needed (I did know I'm lying)

[laurents-laces]

So some random Canadian bookstore posted a new capri cover on their instagram story, apparently. Like it's not even an announcement post, it's just on their story with no other information 😭

But I assume this means we're getting new covers from them, in English! I don't know if it's all three books separately or if it's just the first one or if they're doing an anthology. But it's finally happening!

[whalebinding]

Fanning myself, this is a work of art and I want it so bad.

[whalebinding]

Way Down we Go 🪻 by Xiaq

I knew I wanted to bind this fic 1k words in. Procrastinated on the typeset for a month, then on the bind for another month, then on taking the pics for, you guessed it, a month. Yay for... Consistency? 🥲

Anyway, many thanks to @xiaq for writting this beauty and letting me bind it, it's been so much fun. Since the fic is set in Alabama, and Draco and Harry do quite a bit of "gardening", I used the cover of The farmer's Almanac and changed some bits. Many thanks to @garforprongs for letting me use their portraits of the boys ✨ each chapter starts with a flower that grows / is native of Alabama.

Way Down we Go is available for free on AO3, do yourself a favour and go read it! Link to the fic

Reminder that fanfic is only legal if it is free. Don't buy binds.

[thehoneybeet]

I’m SO here for the cow reclist please do it! 🤍🖤

Okay so it turns out niche reclists are really hard. I have no idea how you and @sitp-recs do it. A million kudos to everyone who does these. Anyway, thanks @mxlfoydraco for the nudge I needed to get this going! This one was inspired by a post I reblogged from @corvuscrowned about the universal truth that love is stored in cows. Without further ado,

DRARRY + COWS

fics with the presence of at least one cow:

🍃 the treehouse near primrose downs (2022, M, 14k) by @softlystarstruck

Draco is sure his giddy joy is written all over his face, but he doesn’t care. He’s going to have a cozy magical house with his best friend, and he’s going to get cows.

🐮 Featured cows: Flora, baby Freya, and Felicity

I can't say enough good things about this fic. Not only does the word "cow" appear 41 times, but it is a central point in the story of Draco and Harry's gentle love for each other. When everyone else gets tired of Draco talking constantly about his cows, Harry listens. I am also in love with Mexican Harry exploring his heritage and also learning the harp (!!). A beautiful meditation of the kind of love that makes a friendship and a home.

⚡️ The Bolthole (2020, E, 54k) by @tepre, aideomai, and GallaPlacidia

"Harry, are you scared of cows?"

"No!"

“Because it seems as if you may be scared of cows,” said Draco, looking more and more amused.

“I’m not!”

“Is this your one weakness? Saving people, and… cows?”

“Fuck off!”

🐮 Featured cows: none by name, but several picturesque descriptions

This fic speaks for itself, but what I love most about it is the way it deals with grief. Harry is a hoarder; Draco is grieving. A gorgeous classic.

🌼 The Genesis Theory by @stationintern (WIP ch 6/13, 2023, M):

"I am aware that you're messing with me, Potter. You're laying it on pretty thick." Malfoy folded his arms, his lean frame only a few inches taller than Harry's. "I will milk the cow and do it without fear. Just to spite you."

🐮 Featured cows: Rosita the Undead Therapy Cow, Harriet, Juniper, and others

I am reccing this fic even though it's still a WIP because 1) The last update was a few days ago, 2) it's SO GOOD, and 3) there are named cows and mysterious necromantic flowers. Harry has a farm and keeps his life secret from the magical world, but slowly he begins to let Draco in. Go give the author some e(bull)ient praise!

Honourable Mentions (below the cut)

There are a surprising number of fics featuring farms but with no mention of cows. Curiouser and curiouser! Where did they go? It's a moo-stery. Of course, the reasonable explanation is that the farms are simply not cow farms (we'll ignore this for the present, because after all, these fics still have the lovely spirit of cows, and that's really what matters). So:

Here are a few fics involving drarry and farms:

Knead by @jovialobservationanchor: While there are no cows, Luna and Ginny's beautiful farm has thestrals, white bison, an erumpent, and a thunderbird.

Third Quarter Moon by pourcesalad: A nearly complete wip (you've been warned) featuring werewolf!Draco who works on a muggle farm, and a fascinating take on the treatment of werewolves in magical society.

Fruit Stand by @drarrily-we-row-along: Draco grows peaches and keeps bees. Breathtaking, soft, and tender.

In conclusion, the world is unfortunately deficient in drarry + cows fics. My dear writers, it would be so wonderful if there were more cows on your farms and in your steamy cowboy fics and on your roadtrips and countryside vistas (and if they had names)! Happy reading and if you have more cow-related fic recs, don't hesitate to moove those to the cowments.

[vellichorbindery]

Crimson Rivers—bound for a friend for personal use only.

I’m so in love with how these turned out and put my entire heart into them. Mistakes were made, screaming ensued, procrastination was a bitch but we did ittttt.

Thank you so so much to @alexsays-no @crownvus @aoarcturus for letting me use your gorgeous work for these binds 😭😭🫶🏼🥹😘🥰 I appreciate y’all so much!

And thank you to bizarrestars for writing one of my favorite stories that have stuck with me since I finished it months ago.

[whalebinding]

The sheer amount of talent in this woman. Istg.

[nightoftheldead]

he is THE dad moms try to impress during kindergarten pick up (since reggie does most of the drop offs lol) harry is an amazing older brother ! (of two actually, still working on the marylily one)

anyways meet mia! my jegulus fanchild bc why the f not :]

[whalebinding]

1. This is adorable I want more family moments post war, 2. I want to make these sweaters. Like right now. On my way to Michaels.

[madiz]

The Blue Dress

[whalebinding]

The blue dress indeed.

[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 :)

[rosedive]

oh :( oh you read a thing? :( you read a thing for free and you didn’t like it? :( that must’ve been so hard for you. :(

should we tell everyone? should I see if oprah is available for an interview?

[vellichorbindery]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

wrote a short little Christmasy thing bc I couldn’t stop thinking about Sirius with a red velvet bow wrapped around his cock 🙊😌

[whalebinding]

How do people write and hold a job / study at the same time?? I'm barely in the plotting stages and it's consuming my every thought? What is focus even? I just tsked at my phone because my colleague called me?? How dare he ask me about work when Jegulus.

Anyway I hope I actually finish writing this, I'm having fun.

[storiestoldbytime]

The Ordeal of Being Known

And The Rewards of Being Loved

[lackadaisicallizard]

Sirius who has had to say James’ name three times to get him to tear his eyes away from a certain Slytherin on the other side of the room:

“You’re going to marry my brother one day aren’t you?”

James who hasn’t even asked Regulus out yet but is so far gone:

“Absolutely.”

[whalebinding]

In this house we love a supportive older brother / best friend Sirius. They suffered enough in canon tyvm.