#drarry

[outromoony]

Books: Main characters must follow the plot.

Fanfiction: Okay but what if they went to IKEA and fought over furniture instead?

[meemoop]

The Compliment

He still gets shy

[wisteria-lodge]

Why did Harry use only Expelliarmus on Voldemort but Sectumsempra on Draco? Also, if Expelliarmus was Harry's go to spell why use Sectumsempra when he could use it against Draco's Crucio?

Harry fights Draco really differently than he fights everyone else.

So okay. Normally when he fights, Harry's go-to spells are:

Impedimenta (slow down)

Petrificus Totalus (paralyze)

Stupefy (knock out)

Expelliarmus (disarm)

Which means his strategy is get away from/incapacitate his opponent as quickly as possible and that's IT. Harry is not a flashy or creative fighter the way Dumbledore, Voldemort, and heck even side characters like Percy are. Which makes perfect sense. Fighting has never been a game for Harry. It's never been abstract. He'll do all these badass things but when he talks about fighting (like we see during the DA segments) he's not thinking about it like it's something interesting or cool. He's picturing going up against a more powerful opponent, probably while injured and scared. And what's the best thing to have in that situation? Four useful, all-purpose spells that you've practiced enough times that you don't have to think about them anymore.

Zachariah Smith gives Harry a hard time for relying on a spell as "basic" as expelliarmus, which tells us that in-universe, Harry's stripped-down dueling style might be considered kind of plain or boring. But Harry's a very effective duelist, probably because he is so practical. He doesn't care about showing off, looking powerful, or intimidating his opponents.

... except when he's fighting specifically Draco.

When he's fighting DRACO MALFOY, Harry brings out the fun spells:

Rictusempra (tickling)

Furnunculus (boils)

Leg-Locker jinx

Levicorpus (levitate by ankle)

Toenail-growing hex

And also Sectumsempra, which he THINKS is going to be another embarrassing/fun spell, because levicorpus and the toenail-growing hex also came out of the Half-Blood Prince's textbook, and Harry thinks this third spell is going to be another one like that.

So my conclusion is that Harry just kind of... uniquely enjoys fighting with Draco. He's not trying to end the encounter as fast as possible, there probably is some element where he wants to show off, hit Draco with something new or something clever. Harry and Draco have a dynamic where it's *fun* to one-up/get the upper hand over each other, and duels are perfect for that.

To me this is a very natural extension of Harry's "lets plot hypothetical ways to get Malfoy expelled" (which he does with Ron, for fun) and "lets try to figure out what Suspicious Thing Malfoy is up to now" (one of Harry's very favorite pastimes.) So long story short - when Harry fights Draco, he fights like a teenager. When he fights anyone else, he fights like an auror.

[thalthanmadanus]

Harry's POV:

Am I late for this dtiys? @the-forbidden-forest

[delulu-lu]

This is canon to me

Voldemort: i’m going to check ur loyalty by reading your mind

Draco: potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter potter

Voldemort: what the fuck

[mzuul]

CUNTY DRACO

Thank you to @the-forbidden-forest for creating the best Draco dtiys chain ever! I had to draw my own!

[ireallyneedaintrestinglife]

There is something so inexplicably lonely about time travel fics that very few stories I've ever read manage to hit on.

There is something so terribly isolating about seeing the people you love and care for surrounding you but being unable to communicate to them why you care so much more about them than you should at that moment in time.

So many little moments that you hold near and dear to your heart that they may never get to experience if and when you end up changing the timeline.

Not being able to reminisce on those shared moments, forever being unable to have the same inside jokes you had before, even if you end up making things better there is something so bittersweet about it all that never really gets addressed.

[itsphantasmagoria]

Commission for @sits-bound of Draco from Watch the Castles Burn by @moonflower-rose 😍

[jocollins]

Chosen one + arranged marriage 😏

This links to a wheel with nearly a hundred fic tropes for plots, settings, and more. Spin it twice.

This could also work with art inspiration, but the buttons only allow for so many characters on them. And please do ramble in the tags! I'm going to have no idea what most of you are talking about, and it's going to be great.

[pocketlessdruid]

This was my contribution for the @hd-tarot fest, i had so much fun doing it and im looking forward to participate again in the next cycle🧚‍♀️🃏🪄

[cl0wnstuff]

“are they lovers?” WORSE

[lilbeanz]

I'm back!!! 🩷🩷🩷

Sorry for the wait T^T

[drarrytilidie]

STOPPPPP THIS IS SO PRETTYYYYYYYYYYY

Spring Term. Harry's off to teach DADA, but he'll have his Floo set up and ready for Draco to crawl through by the evening.

[diagonfilmfest]

We're super excited to announce The Diagon Film Festival! 🎬

The fest is dedicated to AUs based upon some of our favourite films! Films of all genres, eras, and languages are welcome. 🎬 We hope you’ll join us!

This fest is open to ALL Harry Potter generations including Marauders, Golden Era, and Next Gen. All pairings are welcome!

Writers, artists, video editors, and betas are all welcome. We'd love it if you joined us! This is an 18+ only fest.

🎭 Creating

All ships from all generations are welcome (Marauders, Golden Era, and Next Gen). This is not a ship-specific or generation-specific fest.

There is a minimum word count of 1,000 words for all submitted fics. For podfics, the recorded story should be a minimum of 1,000 words. There is no maximum for either fics or podfics.

Multi-chapter fics are allowed, but you must finish the first chapter of the fic by the submission deadline.

Dead dove and NSFW are allowed, but all works must be tagged appropriately! In light of the various topics discussed and portrayed in film, please consider yourself, your fellow participants, and your readers when discussing any themes that may be sensitive for others. 

Collaborations are welcome!

A beta is not required for a fic to be submitted to the fest, though you're more than welcome to use an outside beta if you'd like (and there are other participants in the Discord server happy to help out).

All submissions are due on May 1, 2025, by 11:59 PM GMT. If you need an extension or to drop out, please let the fest mods know ASAP so we can adjust the posting schedules.

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop us an ask!

- the production team, @poetskings @weasleytriplets @itsjaywalkers @inevitablestars @otrtbs @messrsrarchives

[mintisgay]

tension feels strongly