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This is GORGEOUS. The art is a perfect fit and the binding is sooo CRISP. I could stare at this all day.

Beautiful work, @dogearedbindery ! I'm so honored you wanted to bind my fic 🥰

finely drawn lines by @the-sinking-ship

i’ve finally gone down the rabbit hole of TSS. the pining, banter, and delicious angst in this fic 🤌🏻 absolutely speechless.

artwork is by cuckcoo. i love her character face studies and knew it’d be perfect for this fic.

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This is SO BADASS. It's no secret that I'm a sucker for bad boys on bikes but this?!?! Probably one of the sexiest binds I've seen. Im so obsessed with the foiling. The cover image. The bookcloth. Just... everything.

Well done, @printedgardencreative !! I'm shook!

Too Good at Raising Hell by @the-sinking-ship

Typeset and bound by me, and gifted for free to an exchange partner.

I tried to tap into the “ghost rider” vibe for this Halloween bind since Harry’s the less than straight and narrow, bad boy on a bike.

The homemade bookcloth (fabric from rockerbyedestash) gave me a run for my money when trying to place my chosen cover design, so instead I went all in on the dust jacket, end pages, and toner foiled title page and chapter headers.

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"why do I want to be a writer" I say, as though I am not compelled by otherworldly forces at all hours of the day to put together the messiest sentences known to mankind just to feel alive

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sassy draco

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One of my favourite things when reading fanfiction is when you click with an author's style so much that you adore the fanfiction you're reading, and once it's over you need more. So you go to their page and hope that there's more for any fandom you might know- only there isn't any. They've written for other fandoms you aren't familiar with and never would've thought about before.

But you're down so bad for their style and talent that they got you wading in like:

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you dangle on the leash of your own longing; your need grows teeth

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he’s feeling very normal about this

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cue gay panic

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This is amazing!!! The dust jacket is perfection. Lynn's art looks fab and I love all the little details (the dragons, the jeep!).

The typesetting looks sooooo profesh. And ahhh that cover? Those endpages???

Sorry, I'm gushing but I'll never get over the way fic binders translate so much of the story into the physical form of the book. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing!

Chasing Dragons by @the-sinking-ship and art by @fictional 🐉

i recently made this for an exchange and now that it’s finally on its way to its home i thought i’d share! this was my first bind i got to use soft touch laminate on and let me tell you. it feels so nice i’m obsessed. i will be laminating everything with it. i tried doing a toi/chinoiserie vibe for the whole thing so everything is very blue and white 💙🤍

the author and artist were so kind to let me use their works to make this come to life and i couldn’t be happier with the end results!!

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i bet you've seen this one plenty of times before, but:

can you rec some drarry fics where jealousy is an important motif? it can be infidelity if they're an established couple, or just getting with someone else while the two of them are dancing around one another. would be great to see recs both where harry is jealous and where draco is jealous. i prefer a happy ending, but i'll be grateful either way.

since i'm here let me also say i admire what you do, your incredible ability to recall and sort through so many stories. this fandom is lucky to have you! <3

Hello friend! Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it ❤️ here are some fics centered on jealousy. I did a few other lists for this trope over the years, you can find them here, here and here.

Jealous Harry:

Hourglass Heart by @bixgirl1 (E, 5k)

It only happened once — depending on how Harry counted.

Utterly Yours by @lazywonderlvnd (E, 6.5k)

Draco gets back at Harry for his late nights as an Auror by flirting with the new Arithmancy professor. Harry's not usually the jealous type, but he has his moments.

on the divine agony of longing by @flimsi (E, 25k)

Speaking to Draco is like poking a beehive - and Harry is a glutton for punishment. In which Harry makes some serious blunders and then tries to fix it. Somehow.

Around You Moves by ignatiustrout (E, 29k)

Harry knew Draco was gay when he invited him to move in. He’s never had a problem with this. So why does he feel so weird about Draco bringing men home all of a sudden?

Two to Lie and One to Listen by @fluxweeed (E, 84k)

It’s weird when Hermione announces that she and Ron have broken up. It’s weirder when this is followed by the revelation that she’s already moved on—and the new object of her affections is Draco Malfoy.

Grounds for Divorce by Tepre (E, 122k)

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter.

Jealous Draco:

Packing the Flat by marguerite_26 (E, 6k)

Months after their explosive break-up, Draco insists Harry return to their flat to remove his belongings.

Don't Stop It Before It Begins by mischieviolet (E, 19k)

“I don’t understand how this is of any concern to you, Malfoy,” Harry said, crossing his arms over his chest. Draco blinked at the use of his last name, something that Harry only used with him in jest these days. “I’m merely spending time with my Auror partner, who is from another country, and has no one here. I would do the same if it were you.” “It’s not me though, is it?” Draco all but shouted, unable to stop himself.

The Partner, The Rival and The Very Big Case by oceaxe (E, 24k)

When Harry and Nott are paired up to go undercover as fake boyfriends, Draco is disappointed not to get the assignment. It's just professional jealousy that's making him feel so upset. Obviously. He's engaged to be married to Astoria, after all.

(The Piece) I was Missing All Along by lauren3210 (E, 30k)

Draco and Harry have been flatmates and best friends for years, and Draco thinks life is just perfect that way. But when something comes along and threatens to take all that away, Draco has to decide what it is he really wants, and just how hard he's going to work to get it.

Make Me a Headline (I Want to Be That Bold) by @dictacontrion (E, 31k)

Draco never expected to see Harry doing that again. Especially with someone else, in a grainy photograph that's landed on his desk one Monday morning.

Nights With You by @the-sinking-ship (E, 58k)

Draco is mortified when moments prior to departing for the most anticipated destination wedding of the year, he is cruelly dumped. But when he learns that Harry Potter has, at long last, split with his horrible boyfriend, Draco is certain his luck has changed.

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Inspired by the Ballad of the Mantis the greatest fan fic ever! 🔥✨💪🔥Why is it the greatest ever I hear you ask? Because it is the beautiful love child between @tessacrowley 's immense talent and hard work and my vague fic prompt! 🙌🔥❤️

Go read it and also everything else Tessa has ever written!!

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I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

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the whump fan’s dilemma

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ways they show each other love !

loads of rambles + clutter-less version below the cut

the yellow lines highlighting things is actually marking (almost) everywhere they touch since the primary theme of this piece is physical affection! the stars were just for fun

top left (kissing): pretty self explanatory! fun fact, it was the first thing i drew for this piece :)

top middle (hand on back): i was trying to sleep the other night and my brain suddenly went. drarry physical affection and that was the first thing i pictured! i kind of imagined this one as like... dracos stressed or something and harry just puts a nice comforting hand on his back

top right: the good ol pinkie hand hold,, link, ,think. yeah. no real thoughts behind this one. it fit the box and its cute

middle left (speech bubbles): one thing i see a lot (im pretty sure this is ((implied in)) canon as well, but dracos a big yapper! so its kinda showing here that harrys just listening to all hes got to say. probably my favourite one of the lot, i had fun rendering it. (looking at this post i too am a yapper)

middle (orange slices): theres this thing where you peel an orange for the people you love. you can look at it either way; draco providing food for harry, knowing his childhood food insecurity and always wanting to make sure he has something, or harry (whose love language is acts of service) giving something to draco, maybe after a long day

watermarked middle (draco constellation): just some fun symbolism i thought i might try to fit in

middle right (legs): in this theyre just chilling. dracos reading (the book didnt come across well ((i cant draw hands very well)).

right edge (flowers): these are narcissus flowers, also known as daffodils. a reference to narcissa malfoy, and also a reference i suppose to how she saved harry in the forest, because draco was alive, because harry saved him in the room of requirement

bottom left edge (flowers): these are lilies. partly to complete the circle of mothers saving sons saving the world, and partly because i wanted to fill space. (theyre fucking terrible to draw tho i do not recommend)

bottom left (hand in hair): well harrys hair is very luxurious as you can see and i imagine during cuddles draco cards his hand through it and teases out snarls and such. (i know hair pulling is something that can be seen as sexual, this isnt that and it isnt meant to be that and please dont see it as that :(

bottom watermark (stag): harrys patronus because why not

bottom middle: so this is a bit obscure but theres this post by @/iamnmbr3 that talks about a headcanon that they can share wands and its kind of special and intimate. so thats what ive depicted here. also for funsies harry has the draco constellation on his arm. not the big dipper. also i cant draw the dark mark for shit

bottom right (shoes): just a subtle way they can touch, not always big. just under the table or sitting on the sofa together, just to feel the other person there.

i knew i wanted a warm scheme and i knew i wanted orange and blue to play a big part in this. i was going to have warm colours on blue and cool colours on orange as a sort of contrast but that didnt end up working out.. the wand scene is an attempt at it except i mixed it up and made it cool on cool, its so washed out and i didnt bother to fix it

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Oh god. When this dropped, I stared and stared and stared. There is so much character and individuality in their faces. So much story in each image.

You're the chosen one, but I could use a change

Even golden suns find the end of their reign

We could meet tonight...

But you're only a ghost

You might as well be gone...

That's my speech... that's my song.

My @hd-wireless submission ghost (might as well be gone) for @tackytigerfic

Draco Malfoy retired from the Auror force and left England a decade ago, but he still receives the Daily Prophet. Today’s issue provides closure on the one case he was never able to officially solve.

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