#m gawain

[queer-ragnelle]

Yvain: Knight of the Lion by M. T. Anderson | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

[gellavonhamster]

The lord and lady Bertilak of Bliss & Blunder - Vern and Lou - are definitely human, but in my eyes something about their arrangement with (Ga)Wayne still gives them a fae-like quality. Preventing a guy from hurting himself of purpose by ensuring that he has to inflict on another person what he inflicts on himself is not an approach that would cross most people's minds. It's fairy logic, a weird gift culture. That, and Vern's mysterious absences.

In general, I like how... hazy and strange Wayne's storyline is thanks to this and him living in the past arguably to an even greater extent than most other characters. And the ghost. The latter actually made me briefly suspect that he was the one who killed Carly and then suppressed the memory - there is an episode in Le Morte d'Arthur where Gawain accidentally beheads a lady. But I guess he was seeing her just because Gawain is the Maidens' Knight, and if there was anyone that she would ask to avenge her death, it was him.

[unravellingsilencehq]

“Oh, Merlin, tell me, does THE FALLEN PRINCE get what he deserves?” He is in the NEUTRAL & CLOSED to finding out. 

— he walks through the world as ;

name → alexander tremblay pronouns → he/him identification → cis male year of birth → september 1951 - september 1952 face claim → richard madden blood status → pure-blood (metaphoragus) sexual orientation → sexually fluid occupation → owner of gladrags wizardwear future information → n/a

— he is best described as ;

Raised on a statue of GOLD, he is the welcoming of the SALTY SEA AIR, FRESH and LIBERATING in its ALLURING SENSIBILITY able to tantalize even the most stubborn madden to its shores.  Fraught with FAMILY TRAGEDY, though believed CURSED by HAGS for his FLIPPANT love affairs; his DESIRE to hold TRUTH and NOBILITY conquers even his FLEETING displays of dashed freedom. Leaving hopes for a life of LAVISH FRIVOLITY and SIREN LIPS to the depths of the seas which still sing in his eyes. 

— his story starts with ;

tw: death

Born to French man Lucas Tremblay and Italian woman Isabella Tremblay, with crystal waves crashing against Italian stone, Xander grew with a silver spoon in one hand and the political scripture of his ancestors in the other. Pure-bloods with an accomplished history and relatives of the sacred twenty-eight; their morals were not always as liberal as some perceived. While their children basked in adoration from all, their parents were more selective with the people that occupied their time. Wrapped in fine silks with sun kissed skin, the Tremblay’s were royalty amongst the elite. Marble statues with rose bush mazes, it was an idyllic place for a stolen first kiss and for a young wizard to fall in love. But Xander’s first love wasn’t the beautiful wix that paraded around him at balls. The sun warming his skin and the wind pelting his face was where his soul soared. With their personal boat charmed to sail and submerge when willed, while the surface world was filled with wonder the underwater realm held more marvel than any of the stories he devoured. Towering cities with sirens shimmering in his blue hues; it sparked a never-ending love affair with the sea as he sought to find thrills befit the sailors' tales his grandfather told.

Known amongst the harbors for lustrous love affairs, piercing eyes and winning smiles, the Tremblay brothers were the heartthrobs of Italian society. With their name on every wix’s lips, finding companionship wasn’t a difficult task; it was warning off heartbroken maidens after an inevitable ‘mistake’ where their charms truly shined. MASON TREMBLAY’S [sibling] witty charisma eased any tense situation, but if all else failed Xander was always on standby to shock with a transformed shark in the waters to leave even the most profound wix baffled enough for a timely escape. Though as Beauxbatons encapsulated them and time past, Mason turned reclusive and sharp whenever Xander wished to spend time with his beloved brother. An unexpected turn of character that left him whimless and confused. And with his travel partner occupied with whatever he wasn’t telling him, newly graduated with decent grades but more friendships and ex-partners than he could count, Xander packed up his belongings and took their dreams of traveling Europe alone. He knew his inevitable fate with his family's continuous reminders, but until he had to face that day he’d spend it lavishly for when time came regret would never be something he harbored. 

Illustrious thrills, liquor laced lips danced with others as he traveled from Spain, to France, to the UK levitating in red wine and gallivanting through the night. With a wisp of white in his curls and piercing eyes that turned violet, it was difficult for anyone not to fall for Xander’s beauty and charm. That was until he met him. If Xander was the lightning in a storm, captivity and striking OSIRIS SNYDE [former partner/potential love interest] was the crackle of unexpected thunder. Dark and ominous, despite his guarded nature; with every meeting Xander unraveled a new piece of him like he was reading a beloved book with weathered edges. Enthralled with one another, while Xander had promised himself he wouldn’t become romantically attached, he cared too much. Even if Osiris in his mind's eye, cared too little. But after endless fleeting moments with wix he barely knew, companionship despite its imperfection eased him. He dreamed of love even if choice was not something he possessed. Still a part of him couldn’t help but fantasize Osiris by his side. Until the mention of it left him fleeing with not even a whisper of goodbye. 

Told of his future bride, tales of her beauty and intellect captured his heart. It seemed too good to be true, that was until he met her; CLAUDETTE TREMBLAY [wife/potential love interest]. Prejudice with a mind as sharp as a knife; her poignant and aloof nature left him disarmed. Unfazed by his charm, she blamed him for her doomed unhappiness. Taken aback by someone not falling privy to him, it was a breath of fresh air even if it wasn’t pleasant. While Claude’s distaste formed a ‘challenge’, Xander had grown idealizing his parents as they grew in love with age. There was no doubt in his mind that his match could hold equal happiness. However adamant advances for Claude’s hand would have to wait with the sudden and untimely deaths of Lucas and Isabella. His constant, without them the world concaved. Returning to Italy to finalize his fathers estate, to everyone’s dismay it was left in its entirety to him; with Mason getting not a knut. Pained at his fathers dismissal, Mason sulked but to Xander’s surprise he wasn’t shocked. While he wanted to split the inheritance, it was written in fine line in the will and testament that if done so, they would both lose everything. Reluctantly following his father, he watched helplessly as his brother slipped into the shadows. Despite his offerings of help, Mason was too proud to accept.

Endless parchments filled his fathers desk. With ink stained cuffs, no matter how many bills he paid another fell in its place. A once grand estate with exuberant wealth, Xander found their resources were more limited than his father led them to believe. With a string of unpaid gambling bets, he became solely reliant on a company Lucas won in a bet: Gladrags. But trying to rationalize with the artistic director JOSEPHINE DU GLAD [employee/potential love interest] was another feat in itself. A wild woman of colorful vests adorning whimsical caricatures; controlling her was like trying to control a summer breeze. Rolling the dice, Xander began to have a hand in every aspect of the empire. That was until he saw news of his fiance’s arrest in The Daily Prophet without receiving an owl. Exasperated from being left in the dark, he returned to London for answers; despite her lowering gaze he still cared for her. Guarding her from the press who lurched like vultures for photographs, he brewed beauty potions to mask act as disguises and cared for Claudette when the world had turned its back on her. To his surprise, he saw a change in her. Warmth in her smile, a kind touch and finally he started to think that their union could be filled with everything he’d once wished. Hopeful for their future, they married at midnight in private. 

Relentless, what had been a joyful evening turned suffocating with the guilty charge against his brother. Accused of killing AMELIA BONES [person of interest] he was sentenced to life in Azkaban never to be seen again. Heart broken with torn expectations of reality, Xander is trying to save the Tremblay's reputation since Mason’s timely imprisonment under the luring eyes of RODOLPHUS LESTRANGE [second cousin] and RABASTAN LESTRANGE [second cousin]. Betrayed by his brother, with the shocking news of his werewolf status, Xander is finding that not everything in his family’s past is as it seems. Hiring investigator and old friend GAWAIN ROBARDS [friend/employee] to look into the allegations against his family, every passing week uncurls a new piece of information that he wished was left undiscovered. Finding that his parents both engaged in love affairs outside of their marriage, it has left Xander questioning his family name, the lessons they taught him and even the woman they chose for him to marry. But as Gawain uncovers letters shared between his father and a mysterious figure penned under TOM RIDDLE [person of interest], he fears he’s only touched the surface of his family's unmarked skeletons. 

— he is a LEVEL 4 WIZARD  & LEVEL 5 METAMORPHMAGUS readied for war ;

[quailfence]

@paulgadzikowski

polyamory and bisexuality could have saved camelot

[merlinmacgyver]

https://fanalytics.anthems.fm/

[nimonabigbang]

Tiny Specks Of Light | Rated Mature

Written by @thegrimshapeofyoursmile | Art by @glockgal

When a mysterious green knight shows up at Queen Valerin's court and challenges everyone to a game, her best knight Ambrosius takes it upon himself to defend her honor - and to finally, desperately prove that he is worthy of his place at court. But the game does not end as expected and Ambrosius finds himself bound by honor to meet the Green Knight again at a legendary place in exactly one year to reap what he, Ambrosius, sowed. The journey there is not what he expected, either … and will hold many revelations and twists that Ambrosius is entirely unprepared for.

Content warnings and tags below the cut:

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen, M/M

Fandom: Nimona (2023)

Relationships: Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart/Ambrosius Goldenloin, Ambrosius Goldenloin & Nimona, Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart & Nimona

Characters: Ambrosius Goldenloin, Ballister Blackheart | Ballister Boldheart, Nimona (Nimona), Queen Valerin (Nimona)

Additional Tags: arthuriana, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight retelling, Character Growth, Medieval Fantasy, Fellas Is It Gay To Yearn For The Mysterious Knight Showing Up On Your Queen's Doorstep, Nature Spirit Nimona, Green Man Ballister, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Coming of Age (kinda), Nimona Big Bang 2024

Words: 11,526

Chapters: 3/3

[sitp-recs]

hi liv! love this Tumblr, I've read so much good fic that you've recced. Can you think of any fic you liked where Harry being notably very powerful is a plot point? Thanks!

Hi anon, I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you ❤️ here are some recs for you:

And One To Play by @tackytigerfic (E, 21k)

Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter are the best team in the Auror Department, even when they're driving Gawain Robards up the wall. When Malfoy is injured on a mission, it causes Harry's magic to go haywire.

Under Pressure by VivacissimoVoce (M, 21k)

Harry Potter has quit magic and left the wizarding world. Draco, a top-notch Tracker, has been hired to find him and save his life.

In The Red by @bixgirl1 (E, 45k)

When Harry goes looking for a vampire at a Creature club, the second-to-last thing Harry expects is to find Malfoy working there. The last thing he expects is to fall in love with him.

The Way Down by lettered (T, 65k)

Harry is overwhelmed by his own power and fame and angst, so he's become a hermit. Draco Malfoy is tired of the melodrama.

I Am Not Who I Became by mab_di (E, 93k)

Draco left England after the trials and has travelled the world meeting wizards and Muggles from different cultures and with vastly different relationships to magic, each other, and the natural world. Now he's a fisherman in Finland on commercial vessels. Harry has been struggling since the war and has become a recluse while trying to write his autobiography.

A Sword Laid Aside by @korlaena (E, 128k)

When Draco’s cover is blown during a deep undercover operation and the Ministry is compromised, Ron takes Draco to the only safe place he can think of—Potter. Hiding out with a taciturn Harry Potter, who has been missing from the Wizarding World for almost two decades after a shocking fall from grace, is nothing like Draco thought it would be.

Any Instrument by @dictacontrion (E, 131k)

Draco Malfoy wouldn't go back to England for anything less than an exceptional case. Being asked to figure out why Harry Potter can't control his magic might be exceptional enough to qualify.

[mordredpendragon]

hiii cain. for the ask meme: yvain of the lion!

YESSS OUR BOY !!!! thank you cen!

here's an yvain doodle for you! <3

putting the ask game under the cut

favorite thing about them

HIS LION <3 unironically my fav. that's his big kitty. gawain is to gringolet is to yvain is to his lion. i think its really funny that yvain just treats his lion like you would with a dog

ALSOOOOOOOO his madness arc.... the fact that he's divorced canonically is hilarious to me. he got divorced then got remarried. hilarious. he's laudine's puppydog forever

least favorite thing about them

nothing why would there be smth i dislike about yvain our boy. maybe the lack of retellings or modern stories that feature or center yvain? we need sooooo much more of him!

favorite line

changed my brain chemistry i fear. (source)

arthurian men yearning for their lady loves seriously hits different

brOTP

HIM AND GAWAIN 100% THEY'RE SO GOOD AAAHHHHH I LOVE FAMILY.

this part from Yvain: Knight of the Lion by M. T. Anderson KILLS MEEEEEE.

they're also together all the time in medlit, like in the welsh peredur, the knights peredur first meets (and befriends) is literally gwalchmai and owain.

Peredur son of Efrog tl. Sioned Davies

they're family attached by the hip + the fact that gawain literally followed yvain into banishment after he defended his mom morgan after trying to kill urien drives me insane. i love them. they're family its so important. doesn't help that @queer-ragnelle rewired my brain chemistry on their friendship/dynamic through her books lol. they're flops together and they're best friends its great.

and speaking of morgan, they're another dynamic i thinkn about so often too.

yvain loves his mommy !!!! steinbeck srsly changed me i NEEEDDDDD more stuff that includes him as morgan's son i think it's such an underrated and underutilized dynamic, there's so much to unpack there

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck

I FEEL CRAZYYYYYY. + ewain saying that morgan never used magic and that she warns him against it? BRUHHHHH STEINBECK COME BACK AN YVAIN CENTRIC RETELLING COMING FROM YOU WOUL'VE BEEN SO FIREEEEE

OTP

him and his wifey laudine <3 <3 <3 <3 what else could there be <3

nOTP

i don't really have any tbh. just no incest ships for me.

random headcanon

i think he and laudine are into some crazy bdsm femdom shit in the bedroom does that count.

unpopular opinion

i don't really have an unpopular opinion i just think he should be utilized more. i'm pretty neutral on morgan's son being mordred in retellings/film, but it would be nice to see it be yvain for a change

favorite picture of them

pretty much everything in The Knight With the Lion by John Howe, John Howe is an artist i admire for his work in Lord of the Rings, so him having worked on Arthuriana as well is great!

[malkaleh]

YES. Mostly it’s Gawains but he shares it with Dagonet because sometimes Gawain has to leave and if he doesn’t loan one to someone else everything is Fucked ;). They absolutely hold the braincells.

This does mean that sometimes they have to hit their king over the head with the Clue Stick but regardless.

@nocompromise-noregrets if Lancelot would just stop being Dramatic for two seconds he might have noticed that Arthur and Guinevere asked for his hand in marriage but NO. Must be DRAMATIC ;).

[ierofrnkk]

Organized generally by the actors that play each character. Requests are open!

Oscar Isaac

Fics

Many Moons Are Deep at Play - werewolf!Steven Grant x reader

The Sum of His Parts - Steven Grant x reader

Summer’s Over - merman!Cecil Dennis x reader

I Love You, Go Back To Sleep - Poe Dameron x reader

So Much More Than Everything - Llewyn Davis x reader

Bots

Basil Stitt - he ended things on a weird note

Cecil Dennis - he’s a merman

Jake Lockley - rainy late night drive

Jonathan Levy - it’s getting late

Jonathan Levy - caring for you after a long day (CG!Jonathan)

Llewyn Davis - he needs your couch for the night

Steven Grant - help him stay awake

Steven Grant - cuddling on the couch

Hugh Jackman

Drover - he’s not so talkative

Eddie Adler - you’re his new roommate

Jack Willis - he really does love you

Logan Howlett - happy retirement

Logan Howlett - waking up early

Wolverine - roommates

Dev Patel

David Copperfield - you’re lodging with him

Deon Wilson - you have his undivided attention

Gawain - the knight

Saroo Brierly - still lost

The Kid - you clean him up after a fight

Timber Woods - the radio’s broken

Jay Baruchel

Dave Stutler

- best friends, right?

- he takes you to his lab

- cozy night in with your bf

- he’s texting you!

Oliver Whynacht - mortician’s assistant

Misc.

Calvin Weir-Fields - semi-successful author

Danny Foster - coworkers

Eli Brooks - amateur filmmaker

Eric Bottler - you reunite at a halloween party

Ethan Whyte - he wants the best for you

Hutch - he’s got the hutch touch

Jam Bruce - the drummer

Jay Cavendish - he’s indebted to you

Josh Levison - he’s a wolf

Newt Scamander - magizooligist

The Eleventh Doctor

The Twelfth Doctor

header creds to @silvernight-m !! 🩵

[jd-loves-fiction]

𝔻𝕖𝕧 ℙ𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕝 𝕄𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥

Characters: Sir Gawain (The Green Knight), The Kid (Monkey Man), Joshua Madika (Modern Love), David Copperfield, Sanjay Menha (The Wedding Guest).

[m]- mature, [s]- suggestive, [a]- angst, [f]- fluff, [c] - crack/comedy, • - headcannon

Sir Gawain

Opia [m], [f]

Joshua Madika

Black Tie [f], [s]

David Copperfield

[14:24] [f], [c]

Monkey Man

[21:54] [f], [a]

Requests are closed :(

[queer-ragnelle]

Hero Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. Ebbutt | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

[camlannpod]

Binged your show in one night and went insane over it a little bit. Symptoms of insanity include switching my 1900 day Duolingo streak of German to Welsh. Any really good resources for Arthuriana you would recommend for someone looking to hyperfixate unhealthily? Pre-Arthuriana texts and subjects also welcome (e.g. Anglo-Saxon England/Brittany, all the good pre-proselytization stuff, regional folklore/myth).

I was already pretty taken by the subject (although regionally most fascinated with the Germanic because of other brain worms) and have tried to do some research, but it’s hard to find sources that aren’t colonized, for lack of a better term, “white”-washed retellings.

((Unrelated but if you ever want to read some queer fiction that is a historical retelling of some of the folklore (specifically the Twa Sisters and the Wild Hunt) I 10/10 recommend checking out Lucy Holland, she’s part of what put me in a chokehold on this subject.))

Hello hello! Thank you so much I'm so happy you've enjoyed our show!! This is delightful and exactly the way I engage with media.

Caveat to this being that the British Isles got converted to Christianity super early, so we've got no written material that survives from a pre-Christian period, and it's always worth treating any claims of a coherent pre-Christian tradition with a lot of suspicion (we speculate about it, of course, but we just don't have the evidence we need to build a detailed picture). This said, there are all sorts of hidden gems scattered across medieval and early medieval texts.

SO! A handful of key Arthurian texts:

Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Mallory

The Mabinogion (best translation is by Sioned Davies)

Y Gododdin

Historia Brittonum by Geoffrey of Monmouth (*though this is a little dry imo)

Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes

Gawain and the Green Knight (*I really like Simon Armitage's translation!)

More readable Arthurian adaptations:

The Arthurian Trilogy by Rosemary Sutcliffe

Tristan and Iseult by Rosemary Sutcliffe

The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck

Sources on British Folklore more widely:

The Lore of the Land by Westwood & Simpson

Welsh Monsters and Mythical Beasts by CCJ Ellis

Celtic Weird from the British Library

Folktales of Britain by Katharine M. Briggs

I hope you enjoy and find these useful! It's not an exhaustive list, but hopefully it'll be a good leaping off point.

(Also thanks for the Lucy Holland rec!)

[book--brackets]

Summaries under the cut

Lisel & Po by Lauren Oliver

Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice,until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone.

That same night, an alchemist's apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable.

Will's mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey.

Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein

Jim Marlow and his strange-looking Martian friend Willis were allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tuned into a treacherous plot that threatened all the colonists on Mars, and it set Jim off on a terrfying adventure that could save--or destroy--them all!

The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton

It's their very first adventure and the Secret Seven super-sleuths are already on the trail of a mystery! The gang are dressed in disguise, following a lead to a spooky old house in the snow...

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good work to keep a road in repair, like giving alms to the poor or tending the sick. It's open to the sun and wind and rain. It brings all kinds of people and all parts of England together. And it's home to a minstrel, even though he may happen to be sleeping in a castle."

And Adam, though only eleven, was to remember his father's words when his beloved dog, Nick, was stolen and Roger had disappeared and he found himself traveling alone along these same great roads, searching the fairs and market towns for his father and his dog.

The Squire's Tales by Gerald Morris

Life for the young orphan Terence has been peaceful, living with Trevisant, the old Hermit in a quiet, isolated wood.

That is, until the day a strange green sprite leads him to Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, who is on his way to Camelot hoping to be knighted. Trevisant can see the future and knows that Terence must leave to serve as Gawain's squire. From that moment on, Terence's life is filled with heart-stopping adventure as he helps damsels-in-distress, fights battles with devious men, and protects King Arthur from his many enemies.

Along the way, Terence is amazed at his skills and new-found magical abilities. Were these a gift from his unknown parents? As Gawain continues his quest for knighthood, Terence searches for answers to the riddles in his own past.

The Seventh Tower by Garth Nix

Tal has lived his whole life in darkness. He has never left his home, a mysterious castle of seven towers. He does not see the threat that will tear apart his family and his world. But Tal cannot stay safe forever. When danger strikes, he must desperately climb the Red Tower to steal a Sunstone. He reaches the top... ...and then he falls into a strange and unknown world of warriors, ice ships, and hidden magic. There Tal makes an enemy who will save his life and holds the key to his future.

The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston

There are three children: Toby, who rides the majestic horse Feste; his mischievous little sister, Linnet; and their brother, Alexander, who plays the flute. The children warmly welcome Tolly to Green Knowe... even though they've been dead for centuries.

But that's how everything is at Green Knowe. The ancient manor hides as many stories as it does dusty old rooms.

And the master of the house is great-grandmother Oldknow, whose storytelling mixes present and past with the oldest magic in the world.

Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal

Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are identical twins at Sweet Valley High. They're both popular, smart, and gorgeous, but that's where the similarity ends. Elizabeth is friendly, outgoing, and sincere—nothing like her snobbish and conniving twin. Jessica gets what she wants—at school, with friends, and especially with boys.

This time, Jessica has set her sights on Todd Wilkins, the handsome star of the basketball team—the one boy that Elizabeth really likes. Elizabeth doesn't want to lose him, but what Jessica wants, Jessica usually gets ... even if it ends up hurting her sister.

City Spies by James Ponti

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, Sara finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers for the same stretch of time. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret MI6 agency.

Operating out of a base in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from various parts of the world. When they’re not attending the local boarding school, they’re honing their unique skills, such as sleight of hand, breaking and entering, observation, and explosives. All of these allow them to go places in the world of espionage where adults can’t.

Before she knows what she’s doing, Sarah is heading to Paris for an international youth summit, hacking into a rival school’s computer to prevent them from winning a million euros, dangling thirty feet off the side of a building, and trying to stop a villain…all while navigating the complex dynamics of her new team.

No one said saving the world was easy…

Carrie's War by Nina Bawden

Albert, Carrie and young Nick are war-time evacuees whose lives get so tangled up with the people they've come to live among that the war and their real families seem to belong to another world. Carrie and Nick are billeted in Wales with old Mr Evans, who is so mean and cold, and his timid mouse of a sister, Lou, who suddenly starts having secrets.

Their friend Albert is luckier, living in Druid's Bottom with warm-hearted Hepzibah Green and the strange Mister Johnny, who can talk to animals but not to human beings. Carrie and Nick visit him there whenever they can for Hepzibah makes life exciting and enticing with her stories and delicious cooking. Gradually they begin to feel more at ease in their war-time home, but then, in trying to heal the rift between Mr Evans and his estranged sister, and save Druid's Bottom, Carrie does a terrible thing which is to haunt her for years to come.

[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2023.12.18

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. Memos of Originality by @xx-thedarklord-xx [T, 2k]

►Harry owns a publishing company, and his best employee is Malfoy, who sends daily updates from home, but doesn't realize that Scorpius sends his own daily updates to Harry through the Floo every morning. And Harry? Well, he knows exactly what to do with them.

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Fest/Exchange

★ Wheel of Drarry Mini-Exchange Secret Santa 2023 | @drarrymicrofic

Help! I'm a Hopeless Romantic! by Anonymous [M, 14k]

Take A Stab At It by Anonymous [E, 3k]

Teddy's Timetable by Anonymous [T, 1k]

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4. A Hand To Hold (in the dark) by Anonymous [T, 5k]

►It started small. It didn't end that way. A quick tale of falling in love while you piece yourself back together. ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2023 | @hdowlpost

5. Say It Out Loud by Anonymous [E, 11k]

►Eighth year was bollocks, as far as Draco could tell. ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2023 | @hdowlpost

6. To catch a star by @myrtlefics [M, 1k]

►“Of course I came, Potter.” He swung his broom at his side and raised an eyebrow to the precise angle most apt to get Potter flushing. [...] ★ Frottage Cottage FFF

7. We're All Mad Here by Anonymous [T, 4k]

►Draco Malfoy, a doctor, pays a visit to his boyfriend Harry Potter on Christmas Eve. Harry has been placed in a Psychiatric Hospital for delusions of a magical world. Harry Potter, an Auror, pays a visit to his boyfriend Draco Malfoy on Christmas Eve. Draco has been placed in a Psychiatric Hospital for delusions of a wholly muggle world. ★ Yuletide and Mulled Wine Fest 2023 | @yuletide-and-mulled-wine​

8. À Bon Chat by Anonymous [E, 35k]

►Draco Malfoy didn’t intend to lead a life of crime after the war. It’s just that being good had turned out so incomprehensibly boring. Now he's thirty-five, a fully redeemed member of society, the darling of the wizarding social pages, and a newly minted consultant for Gawain Robards' Investigative Research division. In his spare time, he enjoys good whisky, casual sex, and moonlighting as an art thief. [...] ★ H/D Erised 2023 | @hd-erised

[elronds-library]

Can you recommend some good Silm F/F? Thanks!

Absolutely! For a canon work dominated by male characters, there's some good F/F out there. Here's a small selection of some of my favorites. If you were hoping for a specific pairing or rating, let me know :)

Indis/Miriel

let me in your atmosphere (E) - Míriel gifts Indis a strange new piece of clothing. Love and Loss (G) - Indis, and all she has to lose.

Including this one even though it's mostly about Feanor, because it's quite good:

Maker, Remade (T) - Fëanor is reborn, and speaks to the women in his life.

Idril/Elwing

as a river flowing into the sea (E) - Elwing knows she wants more than rehearsed speeches and pointed smiles at lords around council tables. She craves touch. She wants to taste. She wants Idril.

Luthien/Thuringwethil

Two in Shadows (E) - A kiss for luck, a kiss for memory, a kiss for each to walk free. They are both the same, in their own way. A Taste of Royal Blood (E) - Thuringwethil expected she had signed her doom when she let the princess of Doriath go free. But she may have saved herself in the process. every lover's got a little dagger in their hand (M) - There is no love without violence, Thuringwethil knows.

Galadriel/Melian

and when you start to feel the rush (E) - The thing about Artanis is, she wants to see everything, she does not want to miss a thing. I risk my life to make my name (E) - This is the tale of Ser Galadriel, the Lady of Light, one of the mightiest that dwelt in that great realm, and how she became one of the most fearsome sorceresses known to elvenkind - Gawain the Green Knight retelling, in which Ser Artanis learns a lot about herself The Patience of the Oak (G) - Galadriel is determined to show melian she is capable of more than Melian believes. Melian wonders if her pupil grasps her lessons.

Galadriel/Luthien

It's the Secret That We Keep (E) - In Doriath, Galadriel meets the love of her life. She also meets another of her great loves - the Princess Luthien, daughter of Melian the enchantress and skilled in her own right.

Okay, and because I can't help myself, here's a Silm/LotR pairing:

Eowyn/Tar-Miriel

A House of Nettles (E) - Eowyn is not healed. Inside of her, something hungry lives on.

Enjoy!