devdevlin

[devdevlin]

Have been reading @devdevlin's Break Yourself Against My Stones and I AM LOVING IT.

The atmosphere, the tension, and the adrenaline I feel while reading it are magnificent.

Dev's writing contrasts Hermione's innocence with Tom's cruelty in an incredible mixture.

Go go go go read it!

[devdevlin]

Just finished the last chapter of BYAMS and god… the way you write feels like I’m watching a movie. TYSM for creating such amazing fics for Tomione!!!

thanks you sweet thing, you 🖤🖤🖤

[devdevlin]

I stand by my comment on the last chapter - I’d let byams Tom carve endless amount of lines on me 🖤 ur an absolute treasure and gift to this fandom dev 🖤

At this rate, I almost hope more anons drop by to berate me, because all this love is making me teary eyed eeeeee ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[devdevlin]

let’s hear it 👏 for well executed 👏 well written 👏 sexy ass 👏 uber-dark rape fantasies 👏

#ihaveneverbeenwetter #byamstomcanhaveitanyday

lmao you are cracking me up

[devdevlin]

I have loved byams, every disturbing, thrilling and erotic moment. That anon needs to touch grass if they think a bit of rape fantasy is actually harming society. I live in Canada and we have much bigger fish to fry with the recent ruling in the Hockey Canada rape trial. Maybe that anon should focus that energy on activism in their own community?

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[devdevlin]

I can appreciate that it’s meant to be a portrayal not a glorification of SA but honestly hell yeah to byams tom, idc if anon thinks I’m fucked up for it, I would happily be VII any day lol

lmao you real for this ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[devdevlin]

Dev, please don’t let the noise get to you.

Those claiming “they didn’t know what they were getting into”—that’s simply not true. It’s disingenuous at best and abosolutely bizzarely absurd at worst. You’ve made it abundantly clear—through tags, content warnings, and thematic cues—what kind of story readers were stepping into. To act shocked now, after willingly consuming the narrative, is nothing short of willful ignorance.

And I say this as someone who has personally survived SA/attempted rape.

I knew what I was getting into. I read the tags. I made the choice to read your story—and I did so willingly. And what I found wasn’t romanticized trauma. It wasn’t glorified abuse.

What I found was a brutally honest, psychologically sharp portrayal of manipulation, power, and how deeply blurred the line between consent and control can become—especially when you're being gaslit, coerced, or emotionally entrapped.

For example some of the girls did enjoy what’s happening at first—because that’s how abusers manipulate. Believe me, I know what I am talking about.

And your story isn't a celebration of abuse (Collen Hover mentioned) ; it makes it a mirror to how abuse operates.

You are an extraordinarily intelligent and talented writer, both emotionally and academically. Your scientific background alone speaks to your analytical clarity—and your prose speaks for itself. You don’t glorify the dark; you dissect it.

The people attacking your work clearly missed that. But you already made your stance clear. You gave us all the tools—disclaimers, tags, trigger warnings—to make our own decision. If someone ignored that, that’s on them. Not you.

And let’s be real: the majority of us do understand. We're not here to romanticize rape or dismiss consent—we're here, in a safe space, processing dark fiction that handles dark themes with intelligence and integrity. We are readers who can distinguish between fiction and reality. Frankly there’s nothing shameful about exploring these themes within the safety of a fictional space.

Some of us even find healing through fiction like this—because it allows us to feel seen. To feel understood. To process things through a narrative that doesn’t sanitize trauma or force it into a neat moral framework.

As a victim myself, I saw myself in Hermione.

She didn’t willingly desire what was happening to her—but she felt it. Desire. Because that’s what happens. The body can respond to unwanted touch with arousal—and that doesn’t equal consent. That doesn’t mean it was okay. That’s what makes it all the more painful, confusing, and real. This is something too many people don’t understand unless they’ve lived it.

There’s a scene where Tom gropes her in public and no one helps her. No one sees. That hit like a punch to the gut. Because that’s the reality for so many of us. It’s not just the abuser—it’s the silence of everyone around you. The invisibility. The loneliness.

No also believes her for she becomes isolated.

And at the end of it all, Hermione is still alone.

There’s no rescue or savior coming for her.

Still she doesn’t flee from her abuser, because sometimes you can’t. Sometimes you’re trapped. And if telling others doesn’t work, if no one comes for you, then all you have left is yourself and your rage. Your will to survive. Your fire. BYAMS’s Hermione doesn’t submit—she adapts, she resists, she survives, even when survival looks like going toe-to-toe with the devil himself.

It’s not romantic. It’s not clean.

It’s honest.

To those who are offended: no one forced you to read it. You had every opportunity to step away. But to tear down an author for writing something that makes you uncomfortable—even after being warned? That’s not critique. That’s projection.

Reading dark fiction—especially stories that confront power, violence, and control—is a personal, adult choice. And we deserve the right to choose what we engage with, just as authors deserve the freedom to write without being silenced by moral panic.

Dev, don’t let them silence your voice.

You’ve already proven your care, your intelligence, and your artistry. The majority of us are here because we see you, and we respect the hell out of what you're doing.

We’ve got your back. Keep creating.

You’re brilliant. You’re brave. And you are not alone.

With all my heart,

—A survivor and long time reader of your works who stands with you.

[devdevlin]

As we wait for BYAMS and Verso, are there any good Tomione fics you’ve been reading recently?

❤️ Muchas gracias 😘

Hehehehhe thanks anon, a couple I am enjoying lately are All In by @ohthatbunnygirl

Dissimulation by @april-17-rose

The Curious Case of Two Souls by LadyMiya

[devdevlin]

Honestly, it's exhausting to see people who aren't able to read tags, who struggle to understand that not every work is supposed to make you feel good and who seem to think that enjoying a fictional work means you'd condone the content in real life.

BYAMS is an incredible story and it's terrible what kind of shit some people are spouting because they are unable to differentiate between what someone might enjoy real life vs. fiction. Please don't be discouraged by someone like that 🤍🤍

Thank you for popping in to say this 🖤🖤

[devdevlin]

what is going on lol

someone’s lost, lmao

[devdevlin]

sure. I don’t get it! but if it’s supposed to be horrific like you’re saying, then I don’t think anybody in your comments section is either. seems like they can’t get enough of it and are getting off to it which …. Ew

Byams is a work of fiction, one that is SUPPOSED to be dark, disturbing, erotic, and horrific, all at once. The main themes I am trying to capture are about a predator hiding in plain sight, a system that fails, a girl who refuses to become just another victim, and the relationship between fear and desire.

Now. Say it with me: THE EXPLICIT CONTENT IS INTENTIONAL. IT IS THERE TO BE CONFRONTING. THAT’S THE POINT. The fact that you’re confronted is THE ENTIRE POINT. If you don’t like that, if you’re not comfortable with reading DARK, EXPLICIT CONTENT that is labelled as DARK EXPLICIT CONTENT, then don’t read it. The fact that you chose to do so is entirely on you. You could’ve stopped at chapter 4. No one held your eyes open and forced you to read it.

As for your remarks about comments from other readers—some comments come from my GOOD FRIENDS who enjoy bantering with me in the comments, and they use humour and sarcasm to do so. And hey, some aren’t sarcastic, and you know what? THAT’S OKAY TOO. I’m annoyed I have to break this to you, but there’s nothing wrong with engaging with FICTIONAL dark erotic material. The combination of sexual themes with the unsettling, frightening elements of horror is ITS OWN GENRE, one with the PURPOSE of exploring the intersection of desire and fear, that is BUILT on the heightened emotions of these… WHICH IS ONE OF THE UNDERLYING THEMES OF THE STORY ITSELF.

If you don’t get it, that’s fine. But don’t come to me here on my personal page intent on shaming me and others that do get it

[devdevlin]

you actually read a children’s book about a magical boy who goes to live in a world of whimsy and decided that THIS is what it was missing??

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[devdevlin]

like genuinely dev is your next thing going to be just-fictional-enough-to-be-legal kiddie porn? unbelievable…

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[devdevlin]

oops my bad. raping and torturing women to death is totally adorable. I forgot

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[devdevlin]

you’re joking around but I am actually so concerned for you and everyone who finds this appealing. the internet has desensitized everyone so much to the point where you think that rape and snuff are cute? good lord y’all need help

Ermmmm who said it was cute??? It’s not meant to be appealing?? It’s tagged as a thriller, it’s MEANT to be disturbing??? That’s… the genre????? Literally what I was going for????? As it’s TAGGED??????

[devdevlin]

screen time boutta go from 10+ hours a day to 0 because BYAMS made me reconsider my life choices so hard I’m getting rid of social media for good

Lmao might I advise some time outdoors beneath the sun and a nice cup of tea 🖤🖤

[devdevlin]

Damn authors need to stop over-tagging on ao3 because I went into BYAMS thinking it would be like any other dead dove fic I’ve clicked on before, maybe a little peremo-ey, maybe a little rape-y but holy crap it is NOT at all, this shit is seriously messed up like on a whole other level I actually feel sick that there is people who get off to reading this ?? So disturbing to see somebody I consider a friend comment about how sexy they think Tom is in this shook me to my core I think it’s time to get off the internet for good

Sorry fam, I warned you! 🖤🖤