#i’m also soliciting recommendations 👀

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i’m sick right now, and you know what that means: it’s time for me to eat soup and read fic!

one day i’ll make a more thorough rec post, but these fics are some of my favorites. i plan to revisit them this weekend :-)

a pain star has entered your house

And rising in the dead time of the night

at the end of the world, but not before

Aught But Death

Both halves sword and shield

come, dearest heart

(i carry it in]

I Won’t Stop Till I Get Where You Are

Incident Report

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Would you be willing to share more of your favourite Tom fics? I just feel like you’ll have real good taste👀🤣 I also promise not to judge any pairings 🫡

I’m actually mainly a dramione girl, but I do have a few Tom ones I actively like/follow. I used to have more but I was a fucking idiot and cleared out all my bookmarks a year ago and lost everything. So this, which includes the two I’ve already posted about, is all I got rn. 😬

Blood and Gold by ObsidianPen

WIP: 44/? Chapters

“Summary: The true time-turner was slammed savagely into Hermione's throat. It shattered against her neck, bits of glass and gold piercing into her skin. The last thing she saw before blackness consumed her was a plume of metallic dust and vitreous fragments, tiny prisms dancing behind her eyelids.

In which Hermione accidentally ends up in 1950, pitted against an ascending Dark Lord in his prime, caught in the entanglement of pureblood politics, dark magic, and Tom Riddle's interest.”

So so good. Literally cannot recommend it enough, I want this story published and sold in stores.

Born and Bred by Ciule

One-Shot

“Summary: “Troubled by the cold, Miss Granger?” he asked, looking for all the world like a gentleman solicitously inquiring after a lady’s comfort. But she knew him too well, because behind his so-called caring there was only contempt and disdain for someone he perceived as weaker than himself.

Sure enough, he continued, using his obnoxious nickname for her: “One should think that our resident little princess would be immune to such trivialities.””

Simple run down: it’s the 40’s. Not a time-travel fic. Hermione and Tom goes to Durmstrang. Tom is an ass because he can’t come to terms with finding a girl attractive.

Love it, even love when it gets to the smut and he’s begging to put the tip in 🫠🔫 like baby you don’t even gotta ask.

Unsphere the Stars by Cocoartist

Complete: 58/58

“Summary: When you can't change time, but you can't go forward, what is left? Hermione learns how to be the protagonist of her own story.”

Basically our girl is sent back in time and even though her and Tom fall in love, there’s nothing she can do to change him or anyone else’s fate, so she’s forced to just go forward with the knowledge of all that’s gonna happen.

I LOVE this fic because not only is it such a good portrayal of Tom but like I really like the idea of her being sent back but unable to change anything.

The Brightest Star in the Sky by Tippilo

WIP: 20/40 chapters

“Summary: Hermione should have died at the Battle of Department of Mysteries. Falling through the veil should have killed her, everyone knew that. Instead, she found herself hurled into the past and her new life became entwined with the young, handsome, charming Tom Riddle.

Tom couldn't keep his eyes off her. The witch had secrets, an enigma that he couldn't wrap his head around. He found himself fixated. Obsessed. He wanted to trap the little lion in a cage and uncover everything she kept hidden.”

Not the most accurate depiction of Tom or Hermione, but it’s entertaining, I still really like it lol

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FAQ

Questions I get a lot!

When will you update? Do you have a set update schedule? I don’t. I used to but it became unrealistic once chapters started being 10k+ words. Now I try to update 2 things a week. You can see what the status is on any of my writing on my trello.

Can I request a story? Sorry, I don't write requests except I do occasionally write drabbles as requested. I also sometimes solicit guidance from my patreon on which longer stories I start next so if you want in on that process feel free to join my patreon!

Are you still taking drabble requests? For now, yes! Feel free to send me your drabble request (whether it's related to one of my stories or a totally new idea, either is welcome!) but please understand that I just jump around and get to them when the fancy strikes me, so I won't be able to tell you when it'll actually get written. You'll see them on my trello once I start working on it. Please understand too I write as my discretion and there may be times I choose not to fulfill a drabble request if I'm uncomfortable with the topic or feel like it's not within my wheelhouse to write, but so far it hasn't come up.

How do you write so much? A mixture of committment, practice, priority, and the inability to stop thinking about my stories haha. I have a couple posts on here that talk about my process and style. You can find them with the tag mywritingadvice or writing tips. 

Can I be an emoji anon? Yes! I’ll keep a list below of the ones already claimed. If you don’t interact with me for a few months, the emoji might get freed up if it’s one in high demand. 

Claimed (deleted ones I haven’t heard from in forever 6-12)

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Have you ever considered writing _____? The answer is probably yes, haha, but there just aren’t enough hours in the day for me to write all that I want to write, and I make no promises about what comes next after my current stories. I just go where inspiration takes me! There aren't many things I wouldn't try to write, because I like exploring genre, character, odd situations, morality, etc. Just depends on my motivation and comfort at that particular time.

Can you recommend other stories to read? You can check out my fic rec blog here

I don’t like reader insert, will you add an OC to this story? OR I don’t like OCs, will you rewrite this as a reader insert? Probably not! Usually I have a reason I chose to write the story in that particular style. It’s often significant work to change and I’d rather spend writing something new! I understand if this means you don’t read all of my works, that’s ok! I never expected all of my stories to appeal to everyone because this is my opportunity to explore different genres, styles, etc.

Will you ever write a character like _______? Maybe yes! I am thoughtful about every aspect of a characters’ background in each story and what life experiences have shaped them to be who they are in that place and time, and what I feel like suits that particular story, and what I felt comfortable writing about. I hope to continue expanding my character roster in every direction –race, weight, height, culture, sexuality, interests, etc.– beyond my own personal lived experiences.

You write a lot about children and parenthood. Can you write something else? Not every story I write includes these themes but many do because it's what I feel like writing. I am writing during a time in my life in which I have felt very lonely and isolated as a parent of young children and because one of my goals for writing was to explore and better represent the experiences of motherhood. I almost always have tags identifying these stories from the very beginning so they should be easy to avoid if you are uninterested in those plots and themes.

Why do you only write about Jungkook? This is becoming less true over time. I find Jungkook the easiest to write and often ideas for him come to me more easily, but I’m excited to be writing more stories for the other members

Have you considered publishing a book? I am highly flattered this has been asked enough to put on this list. Yes, I have thought about this many times in the past. I had a brief and unpleasant experience with self publishing many years ago, as well as with trying to get some short works published. Someday I will want to give it another go! But for right now, my writing is a protected space of joy and exploration for me. I love writing whatever I want, however I want, sharing it with others and getting to talk about it as I go. Right now I don’t want to do anything that interferes with this really wonderful part of my life. At the point I do decide to write an original work or attempt to de-fanfic any of my works for publication, I will for sure let you all know. 😉 

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Will you include (unofficial, rumored, or private information) in your Secret Song Series? No, I won’t. I don’t follow anything unofficial from BTS. I’m not on Twitter. Every character (other than BTS, and I take a lot of creative license even with them), storyline, private event, scandal, etc. in that story comes from my own brain and any similarity to anything in real life is pure coincidence. The "true" things I use are many public performances, awards, and official BTS content but even there I take creative license to use, create new, or cut as I see fit. This is as much a work of fiction as any of my other fanfiction. Please do not send me private photos or personal info about the guys, I don’t want to see it. 😄

Will you write a Secret Song Series book about the other members? Probably not an entire book, but I have started one shots/drabbles/short stories for the other members. I hope to have a collection of these for each member.

How many books will the Secret Song Series be? I don't know for sure. I'd written about 2million words of the story before I started posting, and the timeline of that stretches across about 5 books, but I hadn't written an ending or final chapter yet, so it kind of depends how we're feeling once we get there.