My Collab With InnerLilith For The 2024 Drarry Mini Bang’s Out Now. I’m Still Blushing Over This

I just have to reblog this again on my main account. I’ve scrolled up to the very first thread, read all the shared words and appreciation, and I crumbled. I’ve never seen quite a fandom like this. It’s simply beautiful and I just feel happy to be here.

i debated for the longest time whether or not i'd do this. it's been a time. i've not created for fandom in what feels like ages and am truly going through the motions over my place here but, no matter what, there are people whose talent, wisdom, kindness and friendship keep my days bright and my spirits high.

so here's a (very incomplete, i started with ten fics and it just kept growing) shamelessly biased rec list. i picked one fic per category only but the way i see it, this is one author per category, to celebrate the many different ways we all write love. (also yes i included myself bc of self love or some shite idk)

lovely creators and friends, consider this the giant bouquet of flowers i bought you, the breakfast i brought you to bed, the teddy bear i won you at the fair, the chocolate covered strawberries i got sent to your work, the card i left in your locker, the velvet boxed jewellery you found under your pillow, the sloppy drunken fingering i gave you in the club loos, the song i requested the local radio station to play, the perfumed lipstick-printed love letter my raven left on your bed, etc etc (which is to say, whatever your preferred valentine's day activity is, i don't actually celebrate). thank you for inspiring me every day, so often in ways you don't even realise.

❗️love as adventure

i took a half, he took the whole thing—baby slow down by @fw00shy

🧪 love as chemistry

Slick by @slytherco

🦁 love as courage

Beneath the Wave by @moonflower-rose

⚠️ love as danger

Chasing Dragons by @the-sinking-ship

🙏 love as devotion

give me something to hold onto by @softlystarstruck

🏡 love as domesticity

Remembrall by @gryffindorhearts

⚖️ love as endurance

Cup of tea, love? by @orange-peony

🔮 love as fate

(Un)Happy Accidents by @lqtraintracks

🔥 love as fire

If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted by @shealwaysreads

🤝 love as forgiveness

Both Hands by @sweet-s0rr0w

💔 love as grief

Last Offices by @tackytigerfic

⬆️ love as growth

Nothing Left to Burn by @skeptiquewrites

🩹 love as healing

Take These Lies by @pennygalleon

✨ love as inspiration

Secretly, between the shadow and the soul by @teacup-tai

🤲 love as intimacy

peeled citrus (from twenty five days) by @babooshkart

💫 love as longing

Drive a Little Slower by @thesleepiesthufflepuff

💡 love as meaning

Water, Water by @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm

💪 love as perseverance

In My Solitude, Comes Our Rain by @opalesqueopioid

✴️ love as respect

Unseen by @jackvbriefs

🤍 love as sacrifice

Weapon of Choice by @lou-isfake

🧷 love as safety

Love has left a printed trace by @maesterchill

💌 love as tenderness

Just Stay by @nv-md

⚫️ love as tragedy

Free To A Good Home by @onbeinganangel

🕯️ love as trust

in a bind by @bonesliketambourines

🔍 love as understanding

For Old Times' Sake by @the-starryknight

☀️ love as warmth

Sunseeker by @shiftylinguini

That shy inexplicable hesitation before leaving kudos on a Scandalous Work bc now the author will know I’m a pervert when they’re literally the one who wrote it ajeydysywhrhghfhdyege

Get your prompting minds ready for a fest dedicated to all of your asexual and aromantic Harry Potter head canons, my friends!

Harry Potter Ace/Aro-Spec Fest

This fest is created to highlight any character who you see is asexual, aromantic, or anywhere on those spectrums.  Any era, any age, anyone.  Give me your QPR, your sex-repulsed lovey-doveys, your hypersexual aromantics, and everything else you got.  As long as you give me a main character from the HP fandom who is a-spec, your work has a home with this fest.  Accepting fic, fanart, podfics, any medium your heart desires to give us.

Important dates

Announcement: 6/24

Prompting: 7/14-7/31

Claiming:  8/1-9/22

Posting: 10/1

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share something with you—a glimpse into my current (messy) process, like what I used to create this one. Click here.

If Draco had lingered a moment more... he would have caught Potter looking back.

Freely Given | 18K | E

Written by InnerLilith & Illustrated by K (Yours Truly) for the Drarry Mini Bang Fest ♡

Excerpt:

“Mate. You took one look at the man and called in a life debt for swimming lessons. That doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.” — Wise words from Ronald Weasley 😌

☞ Read here.

Babe

There's something tragic about you

Something so magic about you

Don't you agree?

Lately, all I have are wips that intimidate me, so I tried to do a very quick study to get out from the claws—ended up liking this quite a bit so I thought I’d share it. Happy Friday, everyone!

Draw Drarry Badly Challenge While beta-reading for @phdmama some time ago, I had the joy of finding a glorious typo that the spell-checker didn’t flag because it was a perfectly good word, just not the intended word. I give you: “Harry’s tantalizing pants bugle”.

✨ If you're seeing this, you're tagged! Draw Drarry Badly! ✨

You’ve created and shared something so, so beautiful, and so devastating.

You owe us tissues. Lots of tissues. I ugly sobbed and had to remind myself I have the ability to breathe.

The Boy from the Piano Shop

Harry's hand lingered a little longer on the scarf, even after Draco had released his wrist. He wanted to know everything Draco knew, so he asked,

"What colour is the scarf?"

"Purple," Draco replied, "dark purple, like a plum or a violet."

"Purple," Harry echoed.

Harry touched the colour, trying to etch the feel of purple into his fingers, before his hand reached down and brushed against Draco's soft skin: his cheekbones, his cheeks, his jaw. Harry nodded and returned to his shirt, pulling it off with one hand while keeping the other on Draco's face to make sure he didn't remove the scarf.

"I won't take it off, I promise," Draco whispered.

For some reason, it was one of the few promises Harry knew he could trust. He withdrew his hand from the scarf. His T-shirt was on the floor, and now they were both exposed only to each other's touch.

From The Boy from the Piano Shop, chapter 11

Read HERE

“…it’s not happy, exactly. Well, it is. It’s the happiest I’ve ever felt. But it’s complicated…

…it’s the best I have.”

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edit: I am weak and so I made a [Part Two] [Part Three]

This comic’s official title is: Made With Thoughts of You

Who we are on the shadows by @quicksilvermaid

It’s an understatement to say I love this story. I’m on my knees. My heart on my throat. So I just spilled everything through art.

Note: There’s a bit of blood and wound on the second artwork, so please click/view upon your own discretion.