James: "I Just Tried Making A Reservation At The Library."

My recommendation no one asked for:

The taste of Țuică

By fluxweed

R: Explicit

It’s quite one thing for your best mate to casually tell you about all the sex his boyfriend wants to have. It’s altogether another to have him bring up the time you snogged him in a shitty Central London park.

Draco Malfoy/ Harry Potter/ Ron Weasley

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New chapter <3

Chapters: 11/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood/Ginny Weasley Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Bellatrix Black Lestrange Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Retelling, Werewolf Draco Malfoy, Werewolf Remus Lupin, Pack Family, Gryffindor Draco Malfoy, Trans Ron Weasley, Coming Out, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Panic Attacks, Mental Health Issues, LGBTQ Character, Black Hermione Granger Summary:

Draco wakes in old familiar surroundings, but has no memory of how it happend. He wakes in his childhood room in his 11 year old body, but even as it seems like he traveled back in time his body is not unmarked of the war he went through. Old scars remain on his skin. How will he handle this new challenge? Will he fall into old habits and keep history repeating itself or does he step in and take destiny in his own hand.

I plan this to be very long and spanning over all years of the war. And very slow burn.

the little animations added to the netflix adaptation really made it so special for me! the flying leaves, little sparkles and electricity bolts when nick and charlie held hands, the tiny hearts over one of the main couples and the black scribbles around charlie when he had intrusive thoughts... they all added such a nice touch and connection from the comics to the show <3 everyone involved in making it put so much love and care into the show and it really shows on screen

Heartstopper is different because it takes pleasure seriously

Since I watched Heartstopper, I've been trying to figure out what about it made it feel so different from other stories similar to it. When you just describe the plot of it, it sounds like something straight (har har) out of Glee or Sex Education or Elite or SKAM or Skins or Degrassi, or...you get my point.

But it felt so different to me, and I realized yesterday what it was. Hearstopper takes the pleasures of queer romance and eroticism as seriously as it takes the pains of it. By which I mean, it gives an incredible amount of screen time to the excitement of it, the thrill of it, the visceral good feelings of it. Pleasure drives Heartstopper, in a way that is still incredibly unusual in mainstream queer media.

In most other stories like this, the pain and the angst and the ambivalence and the negative social ramifications of the premise take up like 90-95% of the screen time. The pleasure aspect typically exists as minimally as possible to catalyze all the negative or difficult parts that are the 'real' story. And while Heartstopper doesn't shy away from those things, it gives a roughly equal amount of narrative and screen time to the two leads getting a lot of pleasure out of their relationship, too. The amount of time the show invests in showing Nick and Charlie enjoying each other romantically -- throughout the story, not just at the very end -- is just absolutely decadent (and I mean that 100% positively).

The first kiss is a perfect example. In any other TV version of this story, the boys would have kissed that first time for less than 2 seconds, and then IMMEDIATELY been interrupted by the other boys. Instead, Heartstopper lets them kiss once, take a breath, and then have a second, very extended kiss enhanced by animated embellishments designed to emphasize just how incredibly enjoyable this is for them...before finally disrupting it again with Plot™.

And the amazing thing is, from a pure narrative standpoint, you don't need the second kiss. It's completely unnecessary to the plot. You could completely eliminate it and the plot would hold together exactly the same. The second kiss is there exclusively to emphasize the intense pleasure of this experience for them. That's all it does.

Heartstopper is serious about foregrounding pleasure, and how important pleasure is in all of this. Which frankly, is a thing you usually only ever see in romance novels and fanfic.

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One of the reasons I was hesitant to watch this show initially is because I have limited tolerance for coming out stories that are so focused on the unappealing parts of the experience. It's not that those things don't MATTER. But there is such a cultural allergy to making the pleasures of the experience a serious focus, particularly (yes I'm going to say it) the sexual pleasures of it.

Hearstopper, blissfully, refuses to shy away from pleasure, and from making it important.

It's not just that my tolerance for queer pain in media is limited (although admittedly that's true). I also grow so weary of popular culture treating queerness as mostly a political identity upon which we simply moralize about tolerance, and engage in self congratulatory yarns about ~being yourself~ and loving yourself. It's not that I think any of those things is BAD. But a) I've seen that story many times before and b) there's an ENORMOUS piece of this experience that we're still mostly skirting around the edges of because we're still very chickenshit about it, to be perfectly frank.

We, as a culture, are still scared as fuck to really say, very bluntly: queerness feels fucking good.

In the midst of this, Heartstopper does something wondrous. It says to the audience, in no uncertain terms: Queerness feels fucking good...so, let's spend some time actually talking about THAT for a while.

Levihan Community Favourites- Fanfic Masterlist 📚

A few days ago, I asked the Levihan community to send me their top 3 favourite LH fanfics of all time. This list is a compilation of the fics sent to me, and each of these fics mean a lot to someone out there 💕

Free Falling by djmarinizela 

A Tale of Two Slaves by tundrainafrica

Eat Your Heart Out series by dontatmethanks2

until another thursday evening by pinkweirdsunsets

Outlier by tundrainafrica 

Somewhere only we know by someonestolemyshoes

The Titan Tracker by KayEver

Young Monster by FC2000

The Secret Society of the Children of the Forest by redchestnut 

At the coastline of memories by fanmoose12

Lovebug by tundrainafrica

Abnormal by absolutebearings

Things You Said At 1 a.m. by ZangeHoe

Catch My Breath by PeculiarVelociraptor

A License to Science (And To Kill) by just_quintessentially_me

Meant to last Forever by LadyEny

Suit Yourself by gaygemtheirs

Worth a Thousand Words by someonestolemyshoes

Aftermath by just_quintessentially_me

yellow by ariadneamare

Ghost of You by jarchetype

Terrible Things by someonestolemyshoes

Give me your hand by jarchetype

peaches and honey by mikasasofficialhandholder

Our True Paradise by glassesandswords

Out of Nowhere by Dontatmethanks2, Hamandcheesebaguette

Swim by bitterbones

Ease our Burden by glassesandswords

Darling I’m right here by Dontatmethanks2

Four Eyes by elmundodeflor

All hands in the dark by djmarinizela

Feels Like Home by halcyonstorm

A Dangerous Game by just_quintessentially_me

The Grief Baton by moonyix

All of Me by MannaTea

Darkling by Nakimochiku

Pristine by MannaTea

Something like destiny by MannaTea

Once Upon A Heichou by MyDoki

City Comma State by ForcedSimile

reverie by orphan_account

The Experiment by KakashiSensei

Hold Me In Your Good Arm by Neighborhood_Nori

Time to Time by Lady Eny

Unintended Consequence(s) by Ella3982

How many colors can you see in the dark? by TundrainAfrica

A Handful of Rejected Proposals by Jarchetype

A brief history of reluctant heroes by rocksaltandroll

Rager Teenager by smallblip

I see rivers by smallblip

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Wow, this took me a while, but if I’ve missed any of your favourite fics, please feel free to link them in your reblogs or in the comment section below! 

Happy reading! 😄💕

Just finished it. So good.

My heart!

Sex Pistol

author: artificialaorta on fanfiction.net

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Punk guitarist Remus Lupin was never been a big fan of popular band 'The Marauders', but with a chance like this, how could he resist?

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This has to be one of the best band fics i’ve read

I love punk Remus, and the writing is so amazing.

It’s just really good

there are some explicit scenes and drug use, so make sure you read the warnings first

My Writing

Even though everything I write is tagged, I decided to make a masterlist to make it easier to find stuff. Also, I don’t have actual titles for like any of these, so the “titles” are basically just what each one is about. Some of them might have the same names, but they’re different I promise! Also, my requests are always open, so if you want something written, feel free to send it in!

Drarry

babysitting teddy

breaking up

before the wedding

post sectumsempra // Part Two (headcanons)

badass harry // Part Two

jealous!draco

jealous!draco (headcanon)

flustered!draco (headcanon)

werewolf!draco (headcanon)

draco learning to drive

coming out w/ their relationship

guilty!draco

injured!draco

scared of a storm

harry wears draco’s tie

looking at photos

nervous!harry

harry doesn’t make enough time for draco

instead of sectumsempra

jealous!draco

harry wants a dog

a surprise for harry

dragon

getting back together

jealous!draco

harry’s scar hurts again

fighting

birthday cake

safety

anniversary of the battle

draco wants a cat

how harry spends his afternoon

first kiss

drunk!draco

draco is not a morning person

draco is rude again

sick!harry

more fighting

harry’s having a bad day

harry won’t go out with draco and his friends

jealous!harry

flustered!harry

amortentia

you are my sunshine

Scorbus

going on a date

sick!scorpius

christmas time

can’t sleep

herbology

scorpius is upset

jealous!scorpius

telling their parents

fighting and fluff

the yule ball

jealous!albus (smut)

christmas at hogwarts

awkward first kiss

game night

stressed!albus

having a bad day

christmas party

albus is upset

scorpius has a nightmare

Wolfstar

remus can’t get a job

sick!sirius

after the full moon

remus hates potions

insecure!remus

hogsmeade date (headcanon)

remus is acting different

new year’s eve

jealous!sirius

insecure!remus

detention

remus wants to be more than friends

sirius wants to take care of remus

azkaban

post azkaban

christmas

harry’s first day at hogwarts

awkward first kiss

talking about the future

injured!remus

drunk!remus

forgiveness

protective!sirius

getting together

family problems

selfish!sirius

angry!remus

anniversary

admitting feelings

studying

Deamus

dean’s drawings

ginny and dean break up

detention

seamus watched football

seamus admits his feelings

bad day

keeping seamus out of trouble

embarrassed!dean

Jeddy

james won’t talk to teddy

injured!james

insecure!james

sassy!james

admitting feelings

teddy’s interview goes wrong

sick!james

a perfect dinner

fighting

Linny

crumple-horned snorkacks

the yule ball (headcanon)

injured!ginny

christmas (headcanon)

Flintwood

sneaking off

birthday

fights

Dad!Draco

scorpius’s nightmare

sick!scorpius

going to hogwarts

advice

flying lessons

patronus

Ink & Parchment

Sunday, January 21st, 1979

Remus—

I know this is perhaps not the best time to have this conversation, but as I’m on my twelfth hour of tending to witches and wizards and confused muggles and LITERAL children, I’m feeling the need to say the things I’ve been holding in my heart for quite some time.

I love you, which I think you know. And I can’t imagine a day without you. I see the looks of grief on the family members of the victims of this latest attack from Voldemort and his minions, and all of them say the same thing when I offer them comfort for their loss. They wish they’d have said the things they were afraid to say, or were putting off until tomorrow. I don’t want to live like that.

So here I am saying them, and I’ll repeat these words to you when I get home…if I get home.

I love you Remus Lupin, and I would be so honored if you would marry me. You don’t need to answer in an owl. But if this is something you are interested in, reach into the inside pocket of my leather jacket by the door. You’ll find a simple ring in there. Nothing extravagant, nothing sparkly, nothing over the top. A simple gold band decorated with a cosmic filigree. A tie of the night sky, the moon and stars, and everything written in the cosmos that tethers us together.

If your answer is no, I will understand that as well. Just know and understand that I will never stop loving you.

Forever yours if you’ll have me,

Sirius Orion Black

“heartstopper is cringey” you mean it’s realistic? yeah their love story might be a little awkward, but it’s because they’re literally kids. kids are awkward. kids are cringey. y’all just aren’t used to accurate portrayals of 14/15 year olds in the media.

Resources for Writers

If you’re coming to this list from a reblog, please click through to the original post as it may be updated with more content!

Please note I haven’t read everything on this list, so I can’t speak to all it contains/ accuracy, ya dig?

Writing a Blind or Visually Impaired Character by @mimzy-writing-online​

Resources For Writing Deaf, Mute, or Blind Characters by @thecaffeinebookwarrior​

Writing Sign Language F.A.Q by @concerningwolves​

Words for Skin Tone | How to Describe Skin Color by @writingwithcolor​

Words to Describe Hair by @writingwithcolor​

So You Want Your OC to be Jewish by @bailey-writes​

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Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers from @theinformationdump​

Cheat Sheet for Writing Emotion by @thewriterswitch​

How to Write a Realistic Argument by @she-who-fights-and-writes​

How to write softness by @oriorwriter​

Writing villains / villains motivations by @the-modern-typewriter​

Personality traits/flaws by @rivalwrites​

Writing Consent - written for The Witcher fandom but the advice is actually general, by @hailhailsatan​

How to Write Characters in Realistic Polyamorous Relationships - by @simplyoriginalcharacters​

How to Write OCs With Trauma

Writing Enemies to Lovers by @pianowritesstuff​

How to write a kiss

❧ So much more is under the cut!

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