Off To Have A Flying Date!

I love this fic so much. "Way down we go" by @xiaq

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Dear Vee,

Oh, my heart skipped a beat when I saw your ask!

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#2! 🩵💙

2024.07.14

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. Draco Malfoy and The Mirror of Erised by @smehur [G, 2k]

►Is Draco ready to learn his heart’s true desire?

2. Je te reverrai by @soliblomst [E, 16k] — ART by @kk1smet

►When Beauxbatons visited Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament, Draco managed to control his attraction to fourteen-year-old Harry Potter. When Beauxbatons returns three years later for a cultural exchange, Draco’s attraction to seventeen-year-old Harry Potter is impossible to curtail. In his defence, Harry’s perfectly tailored blue robes, mixed signals, and French accent do not help.

3. Mr Black’s House of Botanicals by amomori [E, 10k]

►Harry finds out about a new bar on Knockturn Alley called Mr Black’s House of Botanicals. If the unusual employment practises weren’t enough to arouse his suspicions, then the owner co-opting the name of Black and plastering it on the front of their business certainly is.

4. Note Taking for the Impractical and Inexperienced by Lovechraft [M, 23k]

►Armed with a hero complex, depressive episodes, and failing grades, Harry stumbles through Hogwarts in a rather unfortunate attempt to finish his eighth year. He’s none too pleased to discover his desperate need for a tutor in order to get his future back on track. […]

5. Rival by @springairs [T, 14k]

►British newcomer Harry Potter is given a wildcard for Wimbledon after winning at the Nottingham Open, and fights his way to the final of his very first Grand Slam. Hopes are high, but can he really win against defending champion and world number one Draco Malfoy of France? Well, Ron and Hermione seem to think so. And perhaps Wimbledon isn’t the only thing Harry has a shot at winning from Malfoy.

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Fest/Exchange

1. My Good Name by @thecouchsofa [M, 13k]

►Standing there, in the foyer of Draco’s parents’ house, was the most visible display of love that Draco had ever been shown. Harry loved him. He loved him. And Draco was about to throw him to the wolves. ★ The Tortured Poets Fest | @thetorturedpoetsfest

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!

I found it difficult to maintain my breath as I read your response, scanning through the tags and summaries of the linked fics. Will I dive in? Absolutely. Will I come back normal? Debatable.

Harry with a hint of darkness always captivates me. To witness him acting in ways contrary to canon or his usual portrayal in fics, to contemplate how his moral compass might fluctuate in different circumstances, whether influenced by external factors or his own internal conflicts.

Oh, Frayach! *drops to my knees* Their work, Bound Skerry (if you haven’t read it yet), in my opinion, perfectly embodies this theme too. That Harry, and the way we only glimpsed him through Draco still haunts me to this day.

I’ll definitely read The Offering, too! Thank you!

PS. The day you ever decide to write a dark or morally grey Harry Potter, in terms of magical prowess or political power, or the idea you mentioned (Master of Death Harry with a close unreliable narration) well, hello to my end.

Never have I ever: Dark, or morally grey Harry Potter? 🙈

ohhh hello, pal!! thank you for this ask which is a really interesting one and a trope i was just thinking about the other day.

I have never written dark/morally grey Harry in terms of politics or magical power. However if you're talking personally/emotionally then I have written him as a bit (or a lot) of a shit quite a few times. I've chosen these because in them, he deliberately goes out to cause harm, which imo is a different thing to an ordinary, nice person being a bit selfish or acting the dick (yes i'm looking at you, the commenters on modern love who think harry should be pilloried for how badly he treats poor sweet little angel draco lmao)

Call Me Friend - baby's tacky's first fic 😅It's a Neville POV where he's in a relationship with Harry... or so he thinks.

Buttercup - this is a crossgen Harry x Scorpius fic and i think everyone (except Draco, bless him) is a bit terrible in this

Aaaand The Quiver of a Heartstring which I wrote for Unhappily Ever After fest and just has Draco treating Harry badly and then Harry treating someone else badly and no one comes out of it looking well.

I don't actually think I have ever read a dark Harry fic?! The only one I can think of is The Offering by Frayach which I remember really liking back in the day.

If I were to write this trope now, btw, I think I'd go for a Harry whose power grows too large (something to do with his mastery of death perhaps?) and who ends up having to work against his very nature in terms of how he navigates the world... maybe a really close unreliable narration where you think at first that he's lovely and then as the fic unfolds you start seeing these unsettling glimpses of the world around him where his actions have really significant consequences. i do think Harry is good and kind at heart though, so that would be interesting to work through.

Au where the malfoys move away from the manor, scorp goes to preschool (harry + albus r there too??) and they explore the muggle world???

🍐 if you could make one character real, who would it be

&

🌊 a kink you would like to write draw but you think you’d be judged

for the ask game!

Dear @emsuemsu,

1. Drarry was, as usual, the first thing that crossed my mind. But then, I started thinking about this character I'd love to bring to life—Kamaji from Spirited Away, who ever so casually gave away his tickets (to gain freedom) to Chihiro (as if he hadn’t kept them for 40 years!) I remember painting him for a project in an idyllic meadow, a deliberate departure from his confined boiler room. I wanted to see him free, at last.

2. This one got me thinking. I haven’t tried drawing anything related to this yet, but I think con-non con is something I’d want to explore in an art form, but, yeah..

Thanks a bunch for throwing this question my way, Emmi!

Freely Given by innerlilith, @kk1smet (18k, E)

Tags: swim lessons, swimmer draco malfoy, curse breaker harry potter, life debt, mild D/s vibes, praise kink, fic with art

When he complains at the end that the back of his neck is cramping, Malfoy says it’s because he’s lifting his whole head straight up out of the water to breathe, like an idiot. Apparently, he should keep half his face submerged, possibly including half his open mouth as well, for efficiency’s sake. You’ll get used to it, he says. And of course, he’s got a drill for that. Facedown, Harry holds the wall and kicks. Muscles taut and thrumming, bubbles running out of his mouth, Malfoy’s fingers gentle at the back of his skull. When his warbled voice filters through the water: breathe, Harry dutifully turns his face to the side, heaves a great open-mouthed gasp like a fish, then plunges back into the cool, muffled cocoon, awaiting permission to surface on the other side. If he lifts his head instead of turning, Malfoy’s hand is right there, giving no quarter. When Malfoy’s touch recedes, Harry is spitting out chlorine, heart pounding and dizzy with shortness of breath. In the shower, lathering up the shampoo and rubbing it over his head, he can feel the ghost of Malfoy’s fingers there, the gentle pressure. Breathe. Malfoy’s hand, pressing on his skull. Malfoy’s voice, telling him just what to do. Breathe. Harry puts his head under the spray. He wraps a hand around his cock. When he emerges, Malfoy is already gone.

(rec by @mallstars)

an incredible collab with brilliant dynamics and gorgeous art!

“He’s getting distracted, he realises. It’s Malfoy, he thinks—the smell of him, so near—and he inches even closer and lets his head drop onto Malfoy’s shoulder. It’s good here—the curling ends of Malfoy’s hair are close enough that they stir every time Harry breathes out, and he watches the slide and quiver of the glossy strands with fascination. And better yet, when he blows gently, the hair moves off Malfoy’s neck, and then Harry can see the whole creamy stretch of it and more: the sharp tensing line of Malfoy’s jaw; the three beauty spots like a constellation on Malfoy’s cheek; the silvered line of a scar that runs from below Malfoy’s collar to just behind his ear. He’s noticed all these things before, of course, but he can’t remember why he hasn’t ever really looked at them before, or told Malfoy how lovely they are.” — If It Takes All Night by tackytiger | Read here

This is for @tackytigerfic whose fic didn’t stop running in my mind after reading it, mostly this scene, or, scratch it—all of it hunts me, especially tacky’s approach and style of writing.

This is easily my favorite portrayal of Harry who finds his friendship with Draco after the war conflicting. His yearning, his hesitation, and good lord his undeniable attraction were conveyed with raw intensity that was both sensual and captivating. I enjoyed how there’s not much dialogue and instead it took me inside Harry’s mind. It was so sensory that it made my skin tingle.

Tacky, the writer that you are. I’m in awe of your ability to craft such compelling stories. Please marry me.

PS. I just need to mention again that the scene with Draco’s beauty spots and scar killed me. I am forever including that every time I draw him.