#hermione myth

[xjulixred45x]

Do you know something that honestly bothers me? that when they want to make retellings of Greek stories, they almost always go for the figures that really do not deserve their own story.

I KNOW IT SOUNDS BAD, BUT LISTEN.

Circe, for example, from this woman (who turned out to be quite controversial) Madeline, they try to sell you Circe's story as a "feminist" retelling and normally there would be nothing wrong with that.

The issue is that Circe (in the myths and from what I understand in the book) is not at all feminist.

I mean, she is a morally gray woman, I respect that, but is it really a good idea to use as an example of a "feminist" a woman who 1- killed a man who did not want to be unfaithful to his wife with her, 2- converted an innocent nymph in a MONSTER (Scylla) only for an unrequited love (again) and 3- in Telogony, after Odysseus dies (her supposed "lover" who in some versión she ENCHANTED, at the hands of the son they had together) she marries HIS ANOTHER SON.

Since when did a woman who tramples on men or hurts other women for her own benefit become a "feminist" or "girlboss"??

WITH SO MANY OTHER POSSIBLE SCENARIOS TO MAKE RETELINGS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND THEY DECIDE TO GO FOR CIRCE?

"BUT JUlIx WHAT ANOTHER EXAMPLE DO YOU WANT THEM TO USE?? Circe is SUPER KNOWN, OBVIOUSLY it's easier to go for her"

other examples? let's see:

MEDUSA (old classic, a great allegory that still works today about how SA victims are re-victimized and blamed by the people who should be protecting them/they don't get justice because their attacker is more "relevant" and powerful than them). (Even if it's the Roman versión, You can't Say that a myth that reflects the reality of THOUSANDS of women and give streng to the víctims its not "feminist")

PENTHESILEA(Amazon queen who fought in the Trojan War, which she attended because she was depressed after having accidentally killed her sisters, but she did not leave without killing dozens of Trojans and fighting with Achilles himself. IMAGINE A BOOK ABOUT HER) .

THE AMAZONS IN GENERAL (Tribes of warlike women, daughters of Ares, whom he loved very much, who had a matriarchal system that existed without men, without competition, with a great sense of sisterhood and who participated in many velic encounters in mythology) .

HERMIONE OF SPARTA AND ANDROMACHA (the daughter of Helen of Troy and Menelaus and the wife of Hector of Troy respectively. Both were married against their wills to Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, who was abusive (quite graphically) and they hated him. Imagine a story where the two become friends and team up to kill Neo, Hermione takes control of Sparta and Andromache is her second in command).

ATALANTA (The only woman of the Argonauts who, when the magical boar of Calidon appeared, was the one who managed to hurt him first and kept the home trophy (but FOR SOME REASON later there are myths that kill her in the stupidest way possible, thanks Aphrodite) )

In conclusion, let's give the spotlight to Greek women who genuinely deserve to be known about them❤️ (without trowing Hate to Circe, she DESERVES TO BE KNOWN, but not as a feminist story).

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(ESPAÑOL)

¿saben algo que sinceramente me molesta? que cuando se quieren jacer retelings de las historias griegas, casi siempre van por las figuras que realmente no se merecen una historia propia.

SE QUE SUENA MAL, PERO ESCUCHEN.

Circe, por ejemplo, de esta mujer(que resulto ser bastante polemica) Madeline, tratan de venderte la historia de Circe como un reteling "feminista" y eso normalmente no tendria nada de malo.

el tema es que Circe(en los mitos y por lo que tengo entendido en el libro) no tiene nada de feminista.

digo, es una mujer moralmente gris, eso lo respeto, pero ¿realmente es buena idea usar de ejemplo de "feminista" a una mujer que 1- mato a un hombre que no queria serle infiel a su esposa con ella, 2- convirtio a una ninfa inocente en un MONSTRUO(escilla) solo por un amor no correspondido (otra vez) y 3- en Telogony, después de que Odiseo muere(su supuesto "enamorado", a manos del hijo que tuvieron juntos) ella se casa CON SU OTRO HIJO.

¿¿desde cuando una mujer que pisotea a los hombres o hace daño a otras mujeres por beneficio propio paso a ser "feminista" o "girlboss"??

CON TANTOS OTROS POSIBLES ESCENARIOS PARA HACER RETELINGS DE LA MITOLOGÍA GRIEGA Y DECIDEN IR POR CIRCE?

"PeRo jUlIx ¿¿QuE oTrO eJeMpLo QuIeReS qUe UsEn?? Circe Es sUpEr cOnOcIdA, OBVIamente es mas facil ir por ella"

¿otros ejemplos? veamos:

MEDUSA(viejo clasico, una gran alegoria que sigue funcionando hasta hoy sobre como las victimas de SA son re-victimizadas y culpadas por la gente que deberia protegerlas/no obtienen justicia porque su agresor es mas "relevante" y poderoso que ellas).

PENTESILEA (Reina amazona que peleo en la guerra de Troya, a la cual asistio por estar deprimida al haber matado accidentalmente a sus hermanas, pero no se fue sin matar a decenas de troyanos y pelear con el propio Aquiles. IMAGÍNENSE UN LIBRO SOBRE ELLA).

LAS AMAZONAS EN GENERAL (Tribus de mujeres guerraras hijas de Ares, a las cuales el amaba mucho, que tenian un sistema matriarcal que existia sin hombres, sin competencia, con un gran sentido de hermandad y que participaron en muchos encuentros velicos en la mitología).

HERMÍONE DE ESPARTA Y ANDROMACA(la hija de Helena de Troya y Menelao y la esposa ee Hector de troya respectivamente. ambas se casaron en contra de sus voluntades con Neoptolemo, el hijo de Aquiles, que era abusivo(bastante gráficamente) y lo odiaban. imaginense una historia donde ambas se hacen amigas y se alian para matar a Neo, Hermíone toma el control de Esparta y Andromaca es su segunda al mando).

ATALANTA(La unica mujer de los argonautas que cuando aparecio el jabali magico de calidon fue quien logro lastimarlo primero y se quedo con el trofeo de casa(pero POR ALGUNA RAZON después hay mitos que la matan de la forma mas estupida posible, gracias Afrodita))

en conclusión, demosle el reflector a mujeres griegas que genuinamente merecen que se sepa de ellas❤️(sin titarle Hate a Circe, MERECE SER CONOCIDA, pero no como historia feminista).

[desmathewu]

Harry Potter Myths and Legends fest! Come and blend the Harry Potter universe with myths we all know and love! PROMPTING IS OPEN!

[neoptolemid]

Tall wife and short husband

[hafrenfae]

she went to glastonbury in hopes of finding some inspiration for her final chapter

[dilfaeneas]

Pyrrhus and Hermione, in a nicer world

[sophiejanefostersilver]

Hermione's mum: Hermione, you named after the daughter of the most beautiful woman

Hermione: mother...?

[kyokimidori]

This one was a part 2 of a Hermione/Voldemort fic that I was writing where Voldemort is Hades. I'm happy to rewrite the first one, or continue with this one. Let me know if you want more! Love ya1

“He will come for me”

Voldemort had never thought that those words, spoken so long ago, with such defiance, would ever ring true.

Years had gone by in the mortal realm as time ticked slowly by in his domain.

No one had ever come to save the girl that had been forsaken by the gods.

Not until today.

Voldemort stared down at his brother’s child, his nephew.

It had taken him more than half a decade to finally come to the underworld, begging for the soul of his childhood friend.

“Let Hermione go, I beg of you! She is innocent.”

Harry’s cries echoed in Voldemort’s throne room, bouncing off the walls.

If he kept this up, he was certain that she would hear her friend, would recognize his voice.

“Innocent? Why would an innocent soul be sent to me?” he asked, eyebrow raised. “If she was innocent surely the gods would not have forsaken her.”

“A witch named Bellatrix cast a spell on Hermione, as a punishment to me. When Bellatrix was killed by me, it actually killed my best friend. Bellatrix has been living in Hermione’s body for five years, I didn’t realize until recently..”

“You claim this soul, this Hermione is innocent and you best friend, yet you did not realize this other woman was not her?” Surely his nephew was joking. How could a demigod not know that a witch had done such a thing for five years?

It made his blood boil, the thought of his Hermione, being tortured, begging for forgiveness for leaving this boy alone, only for him to not even realize she was dead.

“I- We had a fight and I--” Harry stopped speaking, his voice cut off by Voldemort’s presence as he rose from his throne, his figure seeming to taken over the ample space of the throne room.

“Get. Out.”

The words echoed through the room, but to Voldemort’s and Harry’s surprise, they did not come from the King of hell.

“Hermi-” Harry started towards the girl Voldemort had taken from the rack, the one that he had abandoned in hell while he was doing only the gods knew.

Hermione didn’t stay there, instead she turned on her heel and left, back towards where she had come, to the sanctuary Voldemort had never shared with another soul before her.

“You heard her, you are not wanted here nephew.” Voldemort growled, gesture with his hand towards a wall where a door appeared “Don’t come back”.

Harry didn’t get a chance to say anything, a forceful gust knocking him backwards through the door Voldemort had summoned to the mortal plane.

The king of hell looked back towards where Hermione had gone, sorrow filling him, knowing how she must be hurting, after all, the one person she had cared most for hadn’t even realized she was gone.

It was something Voldemort would not forget nor forgive, even if his Hermione ever did.

After all, her soul was his own, her heart his.

He would never allow her to be taken away, especially by a boy who didn’t understand her.

He had spent these past few years mending her, knowing that she was innocent and trying to bring her joy and comfort when all the others had forsaken her. In that time, she had mended parts of him that he hadn’t even known were broken.

No Mortal, Immortal, or anyone in between would take that from him.

Ever.

[drarryspecificrecs]

2024.05 ~ Top 10 longest fics posted on AO3

1. Extraordinary Labor by Miershooptier [E, 259k]

►Set long after the Battle of Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy is abruptly and unwillingly called home after spending the last twenty years living and studying abroad. It seems that there are things at Malfoy Manor which need to be put to rest, and the Ministry of Magic has determined that as the sole remaining Malfoy by blood, Draco is the only one who can do it. But curse breaking is not Draco’s area of expertise, and so the Ministry has found someone willing to help.

2. Saviour by @whumpitlikeyoumeanit [E, 204k]  *typo

►Several years post-War, Draco is found wandering, incoherent, and ill, in the aftermath of an extended bout of the Imperius curse. Harry Potter brings him into his home to protect him while the rest of the world thinks he's dead.

3. A Dark and Savage Magic by @tessacrowley [E, 124k]

►They say that the earliest spells were cast without wands, that they were bargains made with the earth. They say that the magic was theoretically limitless, equal only to the price the caster was willing to pay, strong enough to move mountains and reshape the sky. They say that omegas were pioneers of that magic, its scholars and its stewards. But that was many thousands of years ago. Ages have come and gone since the last of the druids drew breath. Their knowledge, and their power, has slipped from history to legend, from legend to myth. Omegas are now an underclass, and druids a relic of an idealized but unattainable past. Draco Malfoy, an omega himself, has a natural skill in the old magic that will do him no favors.

4. The Rehabilitation of Draco Malfoy by sayschu [E, 119k]

►Harry Potter spent the first year post-war being the hero everyone needed. Draco Malfoy was abandoned in Azkaban, where a plot to punish Death Eaters has left him more vulnerable than ever. Now they're both returning to Hogwarts, and while Harry aches for a connection, Malfoy can't bear to be touched.

5. Mute series by Wendy_Noire [T, 106k, 2 works]

►While the wizarding world were led to believe that Harry Potter was treated like a prince, the reality was much worse. It was a shock for Draco to realise the other 11 year old in Madame Malkins' wasn't simply uninterested in him, but couldn't speak. He was even more shocked to discover that this child was none other than Harry Potter, someone he had been expecting to be as cocky as Snape had told him James was, not this small, shy, mute boy. From that moment on, Draco swore to himself that he would protect the smaller of the two, even if his parents disagreed with his decision.

6. Follies of an Ornamental Hermit by @mallstars --- ART by @itsphantasmagoria​ [E, 103k]

►Potter still wasn't looking at him. Instead he faced the windows, watching the snow and the sunless sea. Behind the welcome desk, standing tall amidst the wisdom and glistening magic, Draco controlled the spheres of restless light and the flustered books, all with gentle flicks of a wand that had once served Potter without a beat of hesitation. If Potter were to look, Draco would be ready. He had a right to be here. The library was his, if only after hours.

7. Harry & The Slytherin Six by @youhavemyswordandmybow [M, 100k]

►Three things happened after the war. Hermione lost her memory. Ron didn’t handle it well, started to wear lots of black, work-out relentlessly, fix up Sirius’s motorbike and sleep around. And Harry let homeless, ex-con Slytherins move in with him until their homes and Gringotts accounts were released. Because, he's a f--ing idiot. Oh, and Andromeda made him take parental classes - in order for him to have Teddy overnight.

8. Protego Obscurial by @sightedkarma [E, 90k]

►As the Founder of Protego Maxima, the top-rated Mixed Magical Security Firm in England, Harry is a busy man. He has a policy that states he no longer takes on clients personally, as he, Ron and Hermione continue to grow the business. So when Pansy Parkinson appears in his office requesting he takes on a special case, one would think he would reject her. You would be right, if that special case didn't include a huge donation to his charity and the opportunity to work with his favorite band. But when he finds out just how familiar the men behind those masks are and how personal this case will be, he may wish he had stuck to policy.

9. An Exercise In Forgiveness by @pepperpaperpopper​ [M, 74k]

►Seven apologies in seven years. A down and out Draco is on a quest to become a better man while trying to find his moral compass. Meanwhile, Harry struggles with regret and resentment and is unable to leave the war behind. Can they find grace and forgiveness? [...]

10. The Future Is Guaranteed by iima_k [T, 40k]

►Over two years ago, Harry and Draco made big life changes: Harry moved away and Draco ended his marriage. Now pessimistic about life, a chance meeting has them learning about love, purpose, and family. For once, they begin to honestly question, what is it that they want?

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At least I'm trying. by carelesspeaches [E, 17k]

An Eight-Headed Snake by Otherain [T, 30k]

Goodbye Pond by @handledwithgloves [G, 18k]

How do you spell ‘love’? You don’t spell it…you feel it. by skotini [T, 20k]

How to live with Malfoy by ProseMary [T, 16k]

Mordax Afectium by maxallover [M, 14k]

The Risk of Falling by @siobhanhazel [T, 19k]

Tastes Like Commitment by Reloumi [E, 21k]

The Third Son series by Runner3434 [E, 31k, 3 works]

Walked In and Dream Came Trued It for Ya by CheatsatUNO [G, 12k]

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Ongoing Fest/Exchange

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H/D Erised Fic: Slip Slidin’ Your Way (In a Land of Fire and Ice)

Author: khalulu Recipient: @frm9pm Pairing(s): Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Character(s) Tags: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Charlie Weasley, Hermione Granger, Original Characters Rating: Teen Word Count: ~9,800 Tags: Magic and Science, Iceland, Mentions of Myth and Folklore, Volcanoes, Sea Monsters, Yule Cat, Sea Slugs, Puffins, Petrichor, Getting to Know Each Other, Falling in Love, Getting Together, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Secret Identity

Summary: How does a war-scarred young wizard recuperate and create a new identity? Harry opens himself to the magic of the land. Draco learns to wonder at the humblest of creatures. Years later, Magigeologist Evan Jameson and Malacologist Derek Black begin an enthusiastic correspondence. They’re in for a shock when they finally meet. Or: Science nerds go to Iceland and fall in love. Or: Why should kelp have all the fun? Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Slip Slidin’ Your Way (In a Land of Fire and Ice)

[tomionefinds]

Christmas/Yule Fics

moodboard by mod @april-17-rose

This list is by no means comprehensive.

-TF Team

A Christmas Story by KyokiMidori

Not Rated | One Shot |3k

Some Christmas Traditions are better left alone.

The Hogwarts Christmas Orb by NerysDax

E | Complete | 31k

Christmas is a time of peace and joy, and most of all, presents. Do Tom and Hermione get what they want or what they need? 2012 Secret Santa Tomione Fic Exchange - gift for Serpent In Red

An Equal Exchange by Izzo

E | One shot | 7k

“This is the man who destroyed Myrtle Warren’s arsehole, Ginny. He has a lust for violence.” “No, Hermione. He’s the reason she’s even called Moaning Myrtle, okay?” -- Feminist porn star Hermione Jean doesn’t get fucked—she does the fucking. So when hardcore king Tom Riddle contacts her to film a holiday scene with him, she’s far from enthused. She really should have put him on her No list. But maybe there’s more to the man, the myth, the monster than his body of work lets on.

gilded by peppershark

E | Complete | 6k

Hermione is in Pansy’s room, staring in the mirror at her bewildered face with a dozen brushes flitting about her head. Makeup. Ugh. It will only be worth it if he catches sight of her… If she can inspire the same jealousy burbling in her stomach like a cauldron of the Draught of Living Death. My, how Slytherin she’s become.

Santa Tom is Coming to Town

T | One Shot | 4k

Au! Tom tries to impress Hermione by dressing up as Santa Claus. He decides to fulfil a wish he didn't expect to hear.

new traditions by Anonymous

T | One shot | Under 1k

Tom is new to holiday traditions, so Hermione teaches him exciting and fun traditions. However, there is one she hasn't told him about, and Ginny is determined to put it to good use.

A Deadly Gift by fandomgalore

M | One shot | Under 1k

Christmas was a horribly muggle tradition, and thus not one Tom was inclined to participate in. Hermione did like Christmas and she would always give Tom a Christmas present even if he didn’t get her anything. This year she’s giving him his present early.

don't kiss me under the mistletoe by nekositting

E | One shot | 3k

Being placed on the naughty list can come with an array of consequences, and sometimes, far steeper than a sack of coal.

Ringing in Christmas by articcat621

E | One shot | 1k

They ring the holiday in their own way.

Rock, Paper, Scissors by provocative_envy

T | One shot | 1k

It had been unprecedented, and their courtship had consisted of almost nothing but thinly-veiled threats and coldly-delivered insults—there had been screaming matches in the Transfiguration corridor, a rather memorable month of increasingly creative hexes over breakfast, and a peculiarly understated admission of mutual attraction on Christmas morning.

[mask131]

Everybody loves to consider Greek mythology as a world of clear-cut deities with specific roles and defined limits between them, but it isn't true - and looking at how the deities changed, evolved and mixed together throughout the times is always a deeply rewarding experience.

One example I can give you are the "alternate Aphrodites". Aphrodite was one of the main and most important goddesses of Greek religion - as such she existed with many local variations, specific epithets and alternate cults. But many of these alternate deities ended up actually fusing Aphrodite with or having her replace other gods - a confusion between deities reflected by their very myths and legends.

The most famous case is the "Aphroditos" that was honored in Chypria: the "phallic Venus", the "bearded Aphrodite", an Aphrodite with male and female attributes honoring a mix of both female and male sexualities - and which according to records was linked to rituals of genders exchanging clothes, and other ritual crossdressing. It has been attested and confirmed that the "male Aphrodite", "Aphroditos" was the source of "prototype" for the figure of Hermaphrodite, the source of "hermaphrodism", and the male-female androgyne born in legends of the union of Hermes and Aphrodite - while also acting himself as an alternate form of Hermes in some places.

Hermes isn't the only lover of Aphrodite the goddess ended up confused with. Everybody likes to talk of "Aphrodite Areia", "Aphrodite of war", "Aphrodite in arms", the Aphrodite bearing weapons honored in more war-like cities and cultures of Ancient Greece, notably Sparta. This Aphrodite was usually coupled or paired with Ares, and legend does notoriously point out how the two were lovers. But in some areas, Aphrodite Areia was more than just the companion of Ares or an "Ares-influenced Aphrodite" - she was LITERALY the female version of Ares, replacing him. One same idea of a deity, for two genders.

And a last example I will point out is the Aphrodite Thalassa, or Aphrodite Pontia. "Aphrodite from the sea". We all know Aphrodite has a strong connection to the sea, since in the Hesiodic version she is supposed to be born out of it, and in religion she was considered a protector of sailors and ships. But further than that, you can see how deep her connection goes due to how in Greek religious (or non-religious) art, Aphrodite was often paired with Poseidon. It is something attested (you can check the book "The Twelve Gods of Greece and Rome", which studies the various depictions of the Twelve Olympians) - among the Olympians, when Aphrodite isn't depicted paired with either Hephaistos or Ares, she was usually paired with Poseidon - and when Aphrodite wasn't among the Twelve, she was replaced by Amphitrite, Poseidon's wife and queen. To the point that in many depictions it is hard to tell them apart - if they weren't fused in one...

Aphrodite's alternate self and "combo fusions" can even go in unexpected ways. Take the local cult, at the Hermione town, of Aphrodite "Nymphia" - Aphrodite the Bride, an Aphrodite of weddings and wives honored both by maiden virgins who were to lose their virginity upon their marriage night, or by widows who prepared themselves for a second union. This marital Aphrodite is the first step in the existence of another alternate self usually described as... "Aphrodite-Hera". And if you recall, back in The Iliad, Homer himself talked of how Aphrodite shared with Hera her belt of seduction to awaken the desire of Zeus... (Plus the fact that Aphrodite was said in the Homeric tradition to be the daughter of Zeus and Dione - Dione herself being literaly just a female verson/counterpart of Zeus ; and by extension later some people called Aphrodite herself "Dione" in reference to her mother, the same Helios in the Homeric traditon is also called "Hyperion" despite Hesiod splitting them in a father-and-son duo)

So yeah, sorry all of you who like neat classifications and little boxes that never get mixed up - but by the real facts, while Greek mythology as quite stable, it was also more fluid than you'd think, and the gods did have a tendency to fuse together...

(Cut to a long post about how Selene, Hekate and Artemis ended up all fused into the "Diana triformis" and the "Triple Moon" by Roman times)

[sitp-recs]

hi liv!

do you have any recs for fics that are just kind of somber? like not extremely angsty but a deep set sadness?? i don’t really know how to explain it 😭

Hi anon! I think I get what you mean, hopefully these will hit the spot for you. I love somber fics myself, love to read them at this time of the year. It’s one of my favourite genres (?) and I think it fits post-war Drarry really well. enjoy!

Too hard to be lived without by @harryromper (T, 3k)

Or, in which Draco manages to find some peace until Harry comes barrelling back into his life.

Intelligence by aideomai (T, 6k)

“I don’t believe it,” Ginny said, voice low with venom and fury. “Did you know?” “I knew there was a spy,” Hermione said.

Between Myth and Man by slytherco (E, 16k)

Draco, lost and a little broken, navigates post-war reality convinced that people like him should not be allowed to make their own choices. To solve the problem of his self-sabotaging tendencies, he starts taking a few drops of Veritaserum every morning.

The Seventh Life by @corvuscrowned (E, 18k)

Draco is an immortal vampire. Harry is trapped in eternal cycles of life, death, and reincarnation. They meet again in Paris, and the seventh life isn't any less complicated than the first.

The Boy Who Died by @magpiefngrl (E, 27k)

Harry dies in the forest. Sixteen years later, he comes back to life.

Open For Repairs by @drarrytrash (M, 35k)

After the war, Draco works at a tv repair shop and Harry breaks things.

(Un)wanted by @aibidil (E, 36k)

Ginny's pregnant, then she's not and Harry's single. Harry, again with no family, doesn't know what to do with this turn of events, or how to find a new life—post-war, post-Ginny, post-abortion—in which he belongs.

As Souls From Bodies Steal by Femme (E, 41k)

Hope may be found in the oddest of places, even in the bleakness of winter.

Take A Chance On Me by @mintawasalreadytaken (E, 41k)

There's a DJ on RareFM with a secret. Or: the one with all the ABBA in it.

Running on Air by eleventy7 (T, 75k)

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

Away Childish Things by lettered (T, 153k)

Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him.

WIPs:

First Watch of Night by @tackytigerfic (E)

Harry Potter defeated Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts on May 2nd, 1998. But what if he didn't?

In The Dark by @bixgirl1 (E)

In the aftermath of an apocalypse, Harry receives an order to find and bring Draco Malfoy nearly a thousand miles, to the tenuous safety of Hogwarts. But more than distance separates them from their goal. The world has fallen, and death is hungry.

[dramioneasks]

HP FESTS: HP Daddy Knows Best (Part 2)

HP Daddy Knows Best Fest 2024:

Home & Away by EastWindmlk - T, WIP - While attempting to recover her parent's memory, Hermione discovers something that turns her life upside down. She is pregnant. The father? Draco Malfoy. Knowing the pandemonium that awaits at home, she decides to stay and continue her life without magic and the complications of wizarding Britain still reshaping itself and the relentless quill of Rita Skeeter. The only way she sees how is to vanish completely. Which works flawlessly, until fate decided that one Draco Malfoy should stumble onto her path once more.

Your Husband, Draco Malfoy by acapulcogold - E, one-shot - When Hermione wakes up with no recollection of the past few years of her life, it’s up to Draco, her husband, to help fill in the missing pieces. Just not too many. [Warning: Rape/Non-Con]

Happy Birthday, Scorpius by SunnyWhileItRains - E, WIP - Hermione and Draco have been sucessfullly co-parenting their child for 10 years, but what happens when he overhears a conversation he shouldn't have in Hermione's kitchen during their son's birthday party.

Wight, Wine, and White-blonde by ViridianRynn - E, WIP - Hermione's life is in a state of flux: feeling unfulfilled, she's changing careers and swapping her London flat for a cottage in the Codswolds. To celebrate these changes, Hermione takes a week-long vacation on the Isle of Wight. Things take an unexpected turn when she runs into Draco Malfoy and his son on a muggle ferry. When he helps her out of a bind with her itinerary, she finds herself staying in his summer home for the week- his only request being nightly conversation. This isn't the vacation that she expected, but it might just be the vacation she needed...

Your Wife Calls Me Daddy Too by Etoile_Nabeerie - E, one-shot - Hermione Granger only has a few months left to carry the Malfoy heir before their marriage is annulled. No matter how much they try, every month brings forth a new wave of disappointment. After months of potions and heirlooms, Lucius Malfoy decides to step in. Caught between two daddies, she can only hope for one outcome: to keep her family. [Side Pairing: Hermione x Lucius]

i could never define all that you are to me by llcooljones - E, one-shot - They were two sides of the same coin, puzzle pieces that fit only each other. Whoever had written that Greek myth on the origins of humans — four legs, four arms, a head with two faces, a whole, split in half by Zeus, punished, spending the rest of their lives seeking their matching half, a whole — they had written it of Hermione and Draco. OR, Draco comes home from a work trip to find his wife has broken the rules.

We'll Figure It Out by Ohmorefina - M, 2 chapters - Hermione and Draco have entered the battlefield again – only this time, they're on the same side. Their opponents are clever, creative and downright manipulative. They'll have to trust in each other and hope that when logic and reason fail – as it often does where children are concerned – bribery, pleading and empty threats will be enough to aid them as they face the eternal conflict of parenthood. Or A typical Saturday in the Granger-Malfoy household. Or Hermione and Draco are tired but doing their best. Their kids don't give a flying fu–fudge. Life goes on.

Scorpius Malfoy’s Guide to Being a Menace by Jellylegswriter - G, WIP - After a blissful first year of being stay-at-home parents to young Scorpius Malfoy, Hermione Granger has decided to head back to work! Join her husband Draco on his first full day of being a solo stay-at-home dad. Unfortunately for Draco, Scorpius doesn't plan to let him have a peaceful time. Then, a visit to the Grandparents where Narcissa is all too eager to leave Lucius alone with young Scorpius. Essentially just two chapters of Scorpius Malfoy torturing the Malfoy men.

A Very Merry Daddy Knows Best 2024:

Hark! A Herald Angel's Wings by makingTime - M, one-shot - The first time Draco Malfoy picks his son up from the school’s nativity rehearsal, Hermione expects she’s in trouble. She hasn’t seen him in 10 years and clearly, much has changed. Now, they’re both divorced, their five-year-olds are best friends and, though she prides herself on being unflappable, her good sense seems about to fly South for the winter… Back at Malfoy Manor, the Master has brought half the grounds in with him, but with the Christmas party coming, that’s the last of Gammy’s worries. He does wish Master Draco would stop behaving so oddly, but then again, if there was anything Gammy was accustomed to, from his many long years as Personal Elf to the Master of the Malfoy Household–it was oddities…

Bah Humbang by Ohmorefina - E, one-shot - Hermione Granger has become a miser with her time and affection – success her only measure of happiness in the last two decades. But, when a twist of fate gives her the opportunity to see where her life is headed…will she be able to undo the damage before it's too late? A Christmas (New Years) Carol...but make it Malfoy. [Hermione x Lucius/Hermione x Scorpius]

mine by riddikulus_puff - E, one-shot - “You’ll behave for me, won’t you baby?” Draco played with her curls, before roughly grabbing her neck and forcing her attention on him. He stared at her, his eyes darkening in mere seconds as he waited for an answer from his little girl. “Answer me.” “I’ll behave.” Hermione whimpered. “Do you promise me?” He commanded, his grip on her curls tightening.

A Joyous Conspirator by Zeebee3 - E, one-shot - “So this…ensures fealty?” she guessed. “To make sure neither party strays, so that the intended bloodlines merge appropriately?” Malfoy glanced to the side, jaw working again. “Close. But not exactly.” A cursed object that was used during traditional, forced marriages to encourage the production of an heir. Ah. So, something to do with the act directly, rather than simply facilitating the act. A joyous conspirator. And then it clicked. Latin’s version of French’s a little death. “Oh,” she blurted. --- Or, where Professors Draco and Hermione touch a cursed object and trap themselves in a Hogwarts cupboard.

His Mother's Eyes by vannminner - E, one-shot - Draco comes home to discover the women in his life plotting behind his back. Fortunately for him, their schemes work in his favor. 'Tis the season for surprises, after all.

Santa Always Comes by Dizzle00, Sophiesstreet - E, one-shot - “Look at her, Draco. Our witch is looking a bit peckish.” “Do you need us, love?” their blond husband purrs to Hermione, kissing up her neck. “Hungry for more?” “I need both of you,” she whimpers, her petulance from the day before all gone; now she is only sweetness, back on Santa’s nice list--beautiful, golden, and ready to beg. They’ll give her anything she wants. Or In which Draco’s daddy will hear about this, but not the daddy you’d expect. [Draco x Hermione x Blaise]

The Draco Malfoy Affair by Wanderingfair - E, one-shot - She started her day hoping to apprehend a criminal, and now, well now, she’s feeling slightly dumbfounded by the way this tableau of domesticity is affecting her. There is so much she is actively trying to process; she doesn’t realize she’s stepped too far out into the road. She’s nearly in the middle of it, watching Draco Malfoy embrace his son. He puts the boy down, noticing her presence in the street. “Hello, Granger.” All she can say back is, “Hello.” OR Hermione Granger is the Head Unspeakable for the Department of Mysteries. While investigating the disappearance of a priceless artefact she encounters her prime suspect: Draco Malfoy.

The Delivery Clause by ThornedHuntress - E, one-shot - Draco Malfoy needed many things from her. His coffee. The financial reports from Shanghai. A swift kick up the arse—though he hadn’t asked for that one, specifically. But there was one more thing he'd need for Christmas and, god help her, Hermione was going to deliver. ~~~ “Draco.” “What?” he muttered, an intense, distant look of focus on his expression, his hips never ceasing. “If you want to get me pregnant, you are going to have to at least attempt to enjoy this at some point.”

Feels Like Home by charingfae - E, one-shot - When Hermione has nowhere to go for the holidays, her very hot, competent, single employer graciously takes her in. As a nanny, she's used to taking care of people. But when Draco offers to take care of her for a change, she doesn't resist. --- Draco stretched languidly in his chair. “I was a terror of a child, if you can believe it.” She drew her hand to her mouth in a faux gasp. “No!” “You’re not allowed to be cruel to me, it’s Christmas.” “You’d rather I be nice to you? But that’s so boring.” He ran his tongue along his lip, his eyes darkening. “Believe me, it’s not.”

Daddy, Chill by So_scarlett_maroon - E, one-shot - When Draco is forced to spend his Christmas in Russia watching over Hermione and the rest of the International Magical Cooperation Team, he's already annoyed. When he then gets locked on the roof of the Russian Ministry in the bitter cold, he has totally lost his chill. But when Hermione Granger is the one who finds him, his Christmas just might start looking up.

A Dove Coos in the Night by Serpent_Sortia - E, one-shot - His fingers were long, graceful, and elegant, as he reached out to graze lightly up and down her cheek, “You’re not going to be lonely any longer Miss Granger,” his words came out as a soft caress, his touch leaving a trail of fire in its wake as he continued with quiet steel in his tone, “A Malfoy man takes care of what’s his. Tell me, little dove, do you want to be ours?” — When a homesick Hermione Granger reluctantly agrees to attend the Malfoys' inaugural Christmas Eve Ball, she’s expecting awkward small talk and overpriced champagne. Hermione is about to learn that at Malfoy Manor, Christmas isn’t about giving—it’s about taking. And taking turns. [Draco x Hermione x Lucius] [WARNINGS: Rape/Non-Con]

Peas and the Pitfalls of Parenthood by LoreChic - M, one-shot - Amidst the snowy charm of a magical Christmas, Draco and Hermione navigate the chaos of new parenthood with humour, love, and a few sleepless nights. As Hermione battles postpartum struggles, Draco’s unwavering devotion reminds her that even in their messiest moments, their family is pure magic.

The Season of Giving by TheMaryScribbler - E, one-shot - New parents Draco and Hermione escape to a holiday themed live sex show and discover they would rather be onstage than in the audience.

All I want for Christmas is five fucking minutes by malfoyesque - E, one-shot - “Hermione—” he said, breathily. “I thought you said not in the office?” “I said I wouldn’t fuck you in my office.” She tilted her head back, brushing her lips against his to meet him in a soft kiss. “But you may have noticed, we’re actually in yours.” His breath shuddered hard across her lips, his hands falling to the sides of her skirt as he gripped her hard. “Do you mean it?” he whispered, barely-held-back kisses planting across her lips. “Because if you’re teasing me…” Hermione grinned, blushing as she watched him begin to unravel at the idea. “I’m your present, Draco,” she whispered into his lips. “Unwrap me.” --- Under usual dating circumstances, she would have fucked him by now. There are two circumstances getting in the way; one in each of their houses. His son and her daughter. But the office Secret Santa exchange has delivered her an opportunity to change things. And now, Hermione can get Draco what he really wants for Christmas.

Amorvita by Becca_Rae - E, one-shot - Hermione Granger has been Scorpius Malfoy’s tutor for the last year, frequently visiting Malfoy Manor to guide the bright young boy through his studies. On the day of the Malfoy family’s annual holiday party, Hermione plans to leave just as the festivities are about to begin, but Scorpius has other ideas. Determined to convince her to stay, Scorpius enlists his mischievous charm and the help of his Aunt Pansy, culminating in a situation where Hermione somehow ends up perched on Draco Malfoy’s lap.

Frostbitten and Smitten by feistyferret - E, one-shot - Draco fucking hates being cold. ~ • ~ With a grunt, Draco wrapped his arms around himself, tugging his heavy cloak even closer, and muttered as he adjusted his scarf. “Blasted manor… draughty corridors… might as well be living in a damn icebox,” he grumbled, his voice low, laced with irritation. He tightened the thick scarf around his neck, pulling it up to cover his chin, his breath a faint puff of fog against the crisp winter air

This fest is ongoing.

[neoptolemid]

Hermione of Sparta, with her marriage hair

[littlesparklight]

What are the specific sources that say Helen went willingly with Paris? Was discussing with a friend but all I could remember was Sappho fragment 16? Ty!!

Let me start with a quote from the preface to Ruby Blondell's Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation:

"Though her [Helen's] departure is typically referred to as an "abduction", none of our sources claims that Paris took Helen by force against her will. Her complicity is essential to her story."

I could, in short, give you almost any and all sources possible, anon! Even the late sources like Dictys and Dares include mutual attraction and desire, even when Helen is, actually forcibly taken. And sure, some might protest about Aphrodite's (implied, usually) forcible meddling in Helen's psychology, but that is never what we really see and that is, secondly, not really how personal responsibility, even in the face of potential/actual divine interference, works. (In that case you'd have to absolve Zeus of a lot of his escapades.)

Anyway, I'll try to give you a selection, vaguely arranged in chronological order.

The Iliad - I could pick several different lines from here, and they'd all be from Helen herself. Sure, if one's interpretation is that she is not honest about what she's saying, you might not agree, but I'm going to insist on allowing Helen the agency she is claiming for herself. So, here, from Helen's conversation with Priam in Book 3:

"Honored are you to me, dear father in law, and revered, and would that evil death had pleased me at that time when I followed your son here, abandoning [...]" (trans. Caroline Alexander)

Elsewhere Helen uses "I went". But for this the pertinent thing is that "had pleased me" because the clear implication is that what pleased her back then was Paris, not death.

The Kypria; fragmentary, here's a quote from Proclus' summary: "Aphrodite brings Helen and Alexandros together. After their intercourse, they load up a great many valuables and sail away by night."

That "brings [them] together" isn't a language of force in the terminology used, and it's clearly both Helen and Paris who takes the valuables, not Paris alone. In fact, lets compare a directly comparable sentence from the (much) later Bibliotheke, Epitome 3.3: "Alexander persuaded Helen to go off with him. And she abandoned Hermione, then nine years old, and putting most of the property on board, she set sail with him by night."

'Persuasion', 'she abandoned', '[she] put most of the property on board', 'she set sail'. You see the point here. Helen is not baggage that Paris has picked up like an inanimate object and left with, no matter what its will. She is doing things.

You already mentioned Sappho 16 yourself, so let's turn to her contemporary Alkaios, fr. 283 (taking the translation of the quote of this from Blondell's book): "... and [Eros?] excited in her breast, the heart of Argive Helen; and driven mad by the Trojan man, the host-deceiver, she followed him over the sea in his ship."

The rest basically reiterates these opening lines, and you can see some of the similarity to Sappho 16, but Alkaios is a lot more condemnatory. Of Helen and Paris both.

Euripides next. Iphigenia in Aulis: "[...]and he, finding Menelaus gone from home, carried Helen off, in mutual desire, to his steading on Ida." (Agamemnon speaking.) and "[...]that Hellas might exact vengeance on the one who had fled her home to wed a foreigner." (The chorus speaking.) Trojan Women: "Their captain too, whom men call wise, has lost for what he hated most what most he prized, yielding to his brother for a woman's sake—and she was willing and not taken by force—the joy he had of his own children in his home." (Kassandra speaking.) I'm not going to quote all of Hecuba's speech in the agon against Helen, but her whole argument is that Helen went willingly... and some of Helen's own arguments are less to deny this idea of mutual desire/having left willingly and more to say Aphrodite is impossible to resist (but then we have to absolve Zeus, for Helen uses his vulnerability to Aphrodite as her thrust for as to why she should be excused).

Herodotus in his Histories is another that speak of abduction out of one side of the mouth and implies something far more willingly/mutual with the other (from 2.115):

"gave wings to and were gone with her"; the phrase really is that, quite literally, and I haven't been able to find anything that actually discusses this. (Another translations goes with "did stir her to desire" which, while that isn't what the text literally says, does, like, get the idea of something mutual happening/the usual focus on Helen's desire for Paris across to us better.)

And for something a little later, Gorgias' Encomium of Helen: like Blondell points out in her book, Gorgias' suggestion of actual force/violence as a potential factor in Helen leaving Sparta is quite singular. (In fact, all of his arguments turns into force/violence against Helen and make her basically an object who doesn't so much have no agency as no will or personhood that might react independently at all.)

And Ovid's Heroides certainly has Helen inviting Paris' attentions, even if she does so in a circuitous manner, circling up on saying "yes, come here, now that Menelaos has left".

Anyway, I could probably have gone on, but there's a couple sources, at least!

And I'd like to point out that whether one wants to insist that Aphrodite's potential direct influence means any "willingness" of Helen's is meaningless or not, there's a whole galaxy between "Helen went off with literally no thought to what this would cause or to her daughter and Menelaos and her family, and didn't care about the consequences/intentionally meant to cause all this destruction to both sides" and "she cares about this, and is/will be conflicted over it, yet is also attracted to and leaves with Paris".

Like, just because she wasn't violently kidnapped against her will, and was/is actually attracted to Paris (which she is still in the Iliad! That is part of the point of her confrontation with Aphrodite!) and so on, doesn't mean there aren't a lot of nuances (as the Iliad itself shows) that can be put into Helen being attracted to Paris and leaving willingly in some manner.

[justvea18]

In my AU, I'm trying to piece the timeline together of Iliad and the Odyssey and other myths/events relating to the characters such as (I just did this during my free time for fun so it's probably HISTORICALLY INACCURATE):

Helen's suitor era, the time between Helen and Menelaus' wedding to Helen's abduction may be 8 years in between at the very least because of Hermione being a woman already by the time of Iliad (Helen's words) so I assume she Hermione was 8 when Helen was taken and 18 at the time of Iliad (I based this on Spartan customs)

Odysseus' marriage proposal to Penelope and Telemachus's birth - this is kinda difficult since usually couples like them have a child after marriage. But I just figured that they must've had Telemachus 8 years after the suitor era and were married and childless for quite a while (?) and they had Telemachus a few months before Helen's abduction since Telemachus was obviously an infant when the entire thing happened.

For their ages (approximately):

- Married - Odysseus (26) & Penelope (24)

- Telemachus' birth - Odysseus (32) & Penelope (30)

- Iliad - Odysseus (41) & Penelope (39) & Telemachus (9)

- Pre-Odyssey/Post-Trojan War - Odysseus (42) & Penelope (40) & Telemachus (10)

- Post-Odyssey - Odysseus (52) & Penelope (50) & Telemachus (20)

Hector and Andromache's timeline is quite easier since Astyanax is a baby/toddler during the events of Iliad. But I'm still not sure on Hector and his siblings' age gap

Achilles' time in Scyros is also difficult to count but I assume that Phyrrus was 13-14 when he was drafted. I'll be honest I'm quite confused with the Achilles' timeline in terms of his age and it deserves a different post itself

but so far, the age I've come up with his (and Patroclus' for reference) age(s) thanks to half-assed math:

- Achilles - 17 (Scyros Arrival), 18 (Marriage to Deidamia and Phyrrus' birth), 22 (Pre-war), 31 (Iliad - 9 yrs into the war) early thirties is considered young right

- Patroclus - 13 (Exile), 17~18 (Helen's Suitor), 25 (Pre-war), 34 (Iliad - 9 yrs into the war)