#harry vane

[chaotic-history]

personally I think that bate should've poisoned cromwell cromwell should've died in '52 and then had harry vane take over everything

[buckybarneshasmyheart]

I present to you:

Romilda Vane and Draco Malfoy bitching together about Harry not noticing them

[iamnmbr3]

Romilda Vane is so lucky Draco was busy with other stuff in 6th year. Otherwise she never would've known a moment of peace.

[theonceandfuturequeenoftarts]

It happens while he’s having a long-overdue visit with Ginny. After a night of good food and alcohol and catching up, she digs her fingers right into the bruise that is his loneliness.

“So, seeing anyone?”

The short answer is no. The long answer is, frankly, depressing. 

It’s a no, but not for lack of recent effort. He retired from professional football nearly five years ago, and he hasn’t had any luck finding a partner despite going on several dates. He’s tried to meet people; his friends keep subtly (and then not-at-all subtly) pushing him in the direction of single acquaintances or friends-of-friends, but he’s been out of the game long enough that it all feels foreign to him. He hasn’t felt a spark or connection with anyone. And if one more person mentions Tinder or Grindr to him, he might stuff his phone down their throat.

Hell, his last real relationship was… Ginny. Christ, that was almost twenty years ago. No wonder his friends think he needs to be set up. But after he and Gin broke up, he was so focused on playing better, keeping his team in the Premier League, or playing in Euro Cups or World Cups. The long hours spent training and playing and travelling didn’t exactly allow for much time to meet people or date, and a lot of the people he’d meet through club events or at the bars and parties his teammates frequented weren’t exactly looking for a committed relationship. From a couple disastrous attempts, he's well aware he doesn’t do well with one-night stands.

By the time his retirement loomed, he was more excited to spend time with his friends and family – to watch his honorary nieces and nephews grow up. He’d done his best to maintain those relationships when he could, and now he’s going to enjoy the results of that effort. 

But he’s always wanted a partner – a love like he’d heard his parents had. He’s sure there’s someone out there for him; he just wishes they’d stop hiding.

“I’m going to take that as a no,” Ginny says after an embarrassingly long pause. “Oh no, don’t get all mopey on me–”

“I’m not mopey,” Harry grumbles into his beer. Ginny gives him a look. “I’m not! I just. Maybe I’m a bit frustrated. Trying to find someone is exhausting. And demoralising.”

“If you can’t find someone, what chance do mere mortals have?” she teases.

“Oh, ha ha,” he snarks. “I know you’re taking the piss, but… I think that might actually be part of the problem? Most of them want Harry Potter, but I’m just Harry. Once you take away the sports stuff, I’m really quite boring.”

“Harry.”

“What?”

“You are not, and could never be, boring. You, my friend, are a chaos magnet. Even now that you’re not one of the highest paid football players, or on the cover of Sports Illustrated, or modelling underwear, or whatever ridiculous thing, you are plenty interesting on your own.”

“Gin,” he says, feeling a bit choked up.

“There, there.” She pats his hand before leaning back in her chair, lost in thought. “So, dating isn’t working…”

“To put it lightly.”

Ginny gives him a considering look. “Have you ever thought of finding a sugar baby?”

“A wh–” He chokes on his spit and coughs. “Sugar baby?! I’m not some creepy old letch, Gin!”

She waves off his pearl-clutching. “No, but you are rich and desperate.”

“Oi!”

“Oh, hush. Why not give it a shot? One of my rugby mates used this matchmaking service and had great luck.”

“I’m not paying someone to have sex with me,” he says flatly.

“Then don’t. Pay someone to keep your lonely arse company.”

He sighs, running a hand through his unruly hair and wincing when it snags on a knot. “That just seems so pathetic…”

“Harry,” Ginny says, looking him in the eye. “You have money you don’t need, and want someone to care about. There are many people out there who would love to have that money and someone to care about them.”

And that’s a little more enticing.

“But, since I know you, I will add: Do not try to be a hero. It should be mutually beneficial,” she stresses sternly.

“You say that like I’m going to do this, but I haven’t agreed–”

“We’re going to create a profile right now.”

“Ginnyyyyyyy,” he groans. “Noooooo–”

“None of that,” she says, grabbing his laptop. “You need to build up some relationship confidence, and since the old-fashioned way isn’t working, you’re going to give this a shot.”

He finishes his drink and goes to flop on the sofa in protest.

After a fair bit of typing, Ginny calls from across the room, “Ay, Harry – birds or blokes?”

He lifts his face from where it’s wedged into a pillow enough to shout back a bleary “Both!”

Foggy memories flicker in and out of them shouting questions and answers back and forth, with Ginny eventually migrating to the sofa and asking him to look at photos.

The next morning, Harry wakes up with a nasty hangover and a message on the sugar baby matchmaking app saying he has a date that weekend.

What.

(wake-up call)

[ellorypurebloodculture]

There's a relatively famous video of a female gamer saying to harrassers "I'm going to f*ck your dad and give him a child he actually loves".

Which leads me to this FSF request: any pairiing but using the phase- " I'm going to bond with your (Mater/Pater) and give them an heir they can actually be proud of."

When Lady Harriet Potter is certain that Mister Ron Weasley, her First Vassal and one of her dearest friends, will recover from the love potioned chocolates, she storms out of Professor Slughorn's office and back up to Gryffindor Tower, her hair glowing Potter-Crimson with magic so vibrantly that it almost appears as if she has inherited her mother's hair color instead of her father's.

The Fat Lady opens without even asking for the password, her painted eyes wide with horror.

Miss Romilda Vane is sitting on a sofa near the fireplace, tears streaming down her face, not a single friend at her side. She glances up and full-body flinches before stuttering, "L-Lady P-Potter, I-I--"

Harriet glares at the cowering girl who has no right whatsoever to call herself a pureblood witch with her reprehensible and unforgivable behavior and snarls, "I'm going to bond with your father and give him an heir he can actually be proud of as soon as he disowns you."

[greenhousethree]

Thank you so much, anons! It's been such a gift knowing this fic is on your minds even through a hectic wrap-up of 2023. Chapter four has been sitting in an open tab awaiting the edits I haven't had time to make, but this should be the week! This one's got some meat on its bones... check below the cut for a sneak peek.

(More Chasing snippets from chapter 4 and beyond can be found here!)

Maybe I could see your place or that pub or something, I don’t really care what we do. Shame I missed Ron’s singing, I’ve been meaning to collect more source material for my impression of a cat getting hit by the Knight Bus. Hope work’s still good. Not sure if she’s told you, but the girls in my dorm convinced Hermione to let us have a party for her this Friday (she made us wait till after exams, obviously). It seems like a lot of people are trying to get to know her more than before, and I’m not sure how she feels about it... can’t imagine you know what that’s like. So anyway, we might be throwing a rave-up, which is great because I missed the last one Gryffindor had. Can’t remember why, something about a bloke wanting some privacy to ask me out. Tell Teddy I miss him, okay? I don’t even want to think about how big he’ll be when I get back. Weather’s been awful here… hopefully this reaches you by the end of the month. I miss you a lot too, by the way. It's not stupid.

[grahambaham]

HP FIC REC

An Hour of Wolves by solvskrift

I know that I've technically recommended this already with nine other fics but it's so good that I just have to make a whole post just for it. 432222228654677879654/10. READ IT. If you like emotional pain, that is. If that's not your cup of tea...eh, read it anyway.

Sirius is dead, but Harry's doing alright: between a brand new Quidditch Captaincy, private lessons with Dumbledore, and increasing suspicions about Draco Malfoy, he's got enough to keep him busy. And if an uncomfortable encounter with a classmate ends up leaving him with another challenge to face and even more secrets to keep, well...he's still fine. Really. He is. Sirius is dead, but Harry's doing alright: between a brand new Quidditch Captaincy, private lessons with Dumbledore, and increasing suspicions about Draco Malfoy, he's got enough to keep him busy. And if an uncomfortable encounter with a classmate ends up leaving him with another challenge to face and even more secrets to keep, well...he's still fine. Really. He is.

Read the tags though.

[derdhetmuzgu]

Libri që po lexoj tani. Kam nja 2 ditë që e marr me vete kudo prandaj shkronjat janë fishkur.

Rn jam team Basil. Do bëj reblog po ndodhi diçka që të zgjerohem me detajet.

[hprarepairfest]

Rare Pair Fest IV Works - Day 18

Some GREAT ships in today's reveals!

Title:Those Tight Tight Shorts Author: @lumosatnight Ship/s: Sirius Black/Harry Potter Prompt: Self-prompt Rating: E Word Count: 6.6k Warnings: Post-War, Excessive Drinking Summary: 

The war is over, the big baddie defeated, and Sirius can't stop thinking about his godson's arse.

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Title: For Your Burning Gaze Author: @blackseatwenty Ship/s: Neville Longbottom/Pansy Parkinson Prompt: #56 Rating: E Word Count: 21,201  Warnings: Rape/Non-Con Summary:

Prompt 56. Panville. Voldemort Wins AU.

Four years after the 'dark day', Pansy is busy decorating her house and being the perfect wife. Neville's gaze is soft, patient and filled with so much love.

Everything is real.

“Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak… surrender to them. Don't ask first whether it's permitted, or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that.” ― Hermann Hesse, Demian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

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Title: fire burn and cauldron bubble Author: @the-wig-is-a-metaphor Ship: Merope Gaunt/Romilda Vane Prompt: 325 Rating: Mature  Word Count: 9408 Warnings: Rape/Non-con elements Summary:

There's very little Romilda wouldn't do – and hasn't done, over the years – in the pursuit of love, which has led to some extreme situations. But: Tom Riddle comatose on the grimy floor, breathtaking face contorted in agony, when he should be on one knee holding a bouquet of red roses? Entirely new territory even for her.

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Title:  Samhain Paradox Author: Aleysia Snape  Ship:  Hermione Granger/Abraxas Malfoy/Cygnus Black Prompt: Self-Prompt Rating: Explicit  Word Count: 1, 177 Warnings: None Summary:  

Hermione accidentally brings her two mates to her time.

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See the whole collection HERE!

[theazkabandreamer]

Romilda Vane: I can’t believe that Harry Potter’s the Chosen One!

Ginny Weasley: He’s been *my* Chosen One since the day I met him.

[ladiesofhpfest]

The Harry Potter Expert by a (currently) anonymous writer!

Our second work of the week is here, giving us some soft sapphic fun! This week's author is Anonymous for now as this fic has been submitted to two fests!

Summary: Romilda Vane had always been obsessed with Harry Potter.

What's to love: Charmingly questionable (or questionably charming?) Harry Potter fan club behavior from the one and only Romilda Vane! Light stalking, frenemies with Ginny, and finding comfort in unexpected places. Romilda is on a journey of discovery, and she'll find that Harry might not be the most important one, after all!

[veelatrouble]

Harry Potter / Romilda Vane

To inspire the students of Dumbledore's Army to work harder and improve faster, Harry decides to host a tournament and announces that he will grant a wish (within his capacity) to the winner. And the eventual winner is none other than Romilda Vane, who has a very special request for Harry…

[daisyachain]

here i go again. I think I’d be a lot more tolerant of f/m romances in work if any of them actually engaged with the dynamics of heterosexuality. The two characters, no matter how much they like each other or get along, are performing the roles laid out for them. A script exists for their situation. In liking each other they are in some way bending to the whims of society (or not in the case of caste/class/etc differences. but those aren’t explored often either). The dynamics of their relationship have been already laid out and prescribed for them. He was a boy, she was a girl. He was supposed to treat her badly, ignore her whims, take control of their mutual lives. She was supposed to quit her job and hobbies, support his endeavours, relinquish independence. Even in e.g. sci-fi set in a world free of misogyny, we the audience still expect a degree of gender conformity from a f/m relationship.

This should introduce some interesting drama. Shouldn’t it! If people are getting into a relationship where they have to bury their own desires and dance out the little steps they’re supposed to--shouldn’t that cause tension? Angst? Shouldn’t there be some sort of fear that they don’t actually like each other, they’re just doing the done thing? Shouldn’t there be internal conflict over whether they have to adhere to gender roles to make the relationship work? When this does happen it’s fun and interesting.

Ao no Flag does it. Relationships between female and male characters are strained, torn, twisted by the crushing pressure of a) inevitable heterosexuality b) having to perform gender roles to pass the heterosexuality test. I’ve heard that Pale Moonlit Dusk and Lovely Complex do it, though I haven’t read them. But time and again I keep getting reminded why I avoid anything with a romance in it

[iliveinnarniaandstudyathogwarts]

If Hogwarts had social media

Instagram edition 4/41

[schmem14]

Day 10: Mandrakes

Summary: Romilda and Colin find Harry in a compromising position. Pairing: Harry Potter/Romilda Vane, Harry Potter/Colin Creevey CW: Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Rape/Non-con (oral sex only), Somnophilia, Colin lives AU, Hogwarts Eighth-year, Underage (17) Rating: E

written for @hpkinktober

[dramioneasks]

Oblivion - halfpintauthor - M, WIP - In a world where darkness prevails post-Voldemort's victory, Hermione, a clandestine weapons developer for the Order, collides with Draco Malfoy, whose loyalties blur amidst their growing bond. Together, they navigate a treacherous path, uncovering secrets that could alter the course of the wizarding world. As they unravel the mysteries of Voldemort's final Horcrux, Draco's double-agent role becomes crucial in a climactic battle that determines the fate of all. Will their love and sacrifices be enough to tip the scales towards a new dawn of hope?