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THIS ONE’S FOR YOU ELLWOOD!! 🔥🔥🔥 I KNOW YOU’RE A KEATS FAN!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Please reblog this I had to draw historically accurate military uniforms and I’m still not sure if this is the correct Light Brigade one 🐎

(A study of La Belle Dame Sans Merci)

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h. gaunt and s. ellwood, 1912, preparations for a ball

(save their poor hearts)

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PLEASE PLS PLS read in memoriam by alice winn this book changed my freaking life!!!!!

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Hi, this is very random but I'm actually writing a dissertation on Harry Potter Fanfiction and I'm looking for the 'big' fics, i.e. fics that lots of people in the fandom read - the most popular/famous ones that might even have their own sub-fandom (All The Young Dudes for example). Do you know of any Drarry ones like this? Thanks in advance!

What a wonderful topic for a dissertation @realistic-but-optimistic - I would LOVE to read it if you ever publish/want to share. And I definitely have some recs for fics that have their own mini fandom and/or are ‘The Drarry Classics’

What We Pretend We Can't See by @gyzym [131k words]

Seven years out from the war, Harry learns the hard truth of old history: it’s never quite as far behind you as you thought

This is THE fandom classic almost everyone has read and talks about. It features a redeemed, slightly obsessive, charming Draco. Grimmauld Place plays a huge role in the fic and Ron/Hermione are wonderful. Overall 10/10.

Running on Air by @tinyhistory [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.

I genuinely do not know if any fic rec can do justice to this masterpiece. It’s so beautiful and poignant and somehow nostalgic. The language, the plot, the pining and the mystery are all breathtaking. You have to read this one yourself to believe me. This is definitely a major fandom classic.

Tea and No Sympathy [70k] by who_la_hoop

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

If you like Groundhog Day style fics, this is the winner! It has over 32k kudos on AO3 which is INSANE! It’s super well written and keeps you hooked until the very end. And it’s not just this one, every fic by this author is a classic in its own right. Especially ‘written on the heart.’

Right Hand Red [73k] by @lqtraintracks​

Harry felt Malfoy's breath on his lips as they came together over the bottle, hands firmly planted on the floor as though they each needed their familiar soil, refusing to cross into enemy territory.

Except that Malfoy no longer felt like his enemy.

Malfoy felt inevitable.

No rec list can be complete without an eighth year fic. The fandom is FULL of eighth year fics and they’re perfect for anyone craving a Harry Potter continuation but with Drarry. This is one of my absolute favourite ones. It features a lot of party games and it’s really nice to see Harry and Draco have a chance at a normal school year for once, something they’ve been robbed of for so many years. There’s a lot of pining and healing in this one and I felt all the feels when I read it. 

Away Childish Things [151k] by @letteredlettered

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

This one. This one. THERE ARE NO WORDS BUT I WILL VALIANTLY ATTEMPT. I love it. It explores Harry’s childhood in a way very few fics have managed to and it really really tugs at the heartstrings. It’s gorgeously written and evokes so many emotions. Please read this one.

Stop All the Clocks (This Is the Last Time I’m Leaving Without You) [44k] by @firethesound

Living with Draco was difficult; living without him is unbearable. But if there’s one thing Harry learned from the war, it’s that even when one life ends, the rest of the world goes right on living.

Full disclosure- I haven’t read this and I don’t know if I ever can. It features MCD (main character death) and I really struggle with reading fics that don’t have a happy ending. Having said that, it is a fandom classic and everyone who has read it, RAVES about it. They say it’s gorgeous and beautiful and devastating. What I can confirm is that firethesound is an amazing author and I have read several other fics by them which could also be considered fandom classics. Especially ‘All Our Secrets Laid Bare’ which is the ultimate Auror partners fic and ‘A Convenient Impracticality’ which is the ultimate fake dating/friends-with-benefits fic. 

Dwelling [83k] by aideomai

Curses, James and Lily Potter ride again, several Ministry balls, a teenage Summer of Love, a grim young adult dystopian winter, a few different Draco Malfoys, secrets and the problems re: not having any, alternate lives, impossible lives, real lives, allusions to Dirty Dancing, and just because it's not called the Mirror of Erised doesn't mean you shouldn't know better.

Oh my goodness, this fic ruined me. In the best possible way. If you want a glimpse into how Harry’s life could have been if his parents had been alive and if Harry and Draco had been friends from the start, this is the one. There's a huge twist which makes the fic EVEN better. I don’t want to spoil too much but this one is worth a read. Another fic by the same author, ‘Far From The Tree’ is also gorgeous. It’s a newer fic so I wouldn’t say it’s a classic yet but the plot is SO unique. It features Harry’s grown up kids coming back into the past and how that could affect Harry/Draco’s relationship. All the characters are super well written and it’s one of my personal favourites!

Other notes:

I made a Drarry rec list when I first got into the fandom. I would say almost all the fics on this list are also classics/very well liked. 

Another great way to find classics are through this link. They are Drarry fics on Ao3 (30k+ words) sorted by the number of kudos they’ve received. I would say all fics on the first five pages can be considered classics. 

Here are three other SUPER adored authors in the Ao3 fandom: Bixgirl, Saras_Girl and GallaPlacidia

All works by Bix and Saras_Girl are considered classics. GallaPlacidia started writing for the fandom only a couple of years back but she has such a knack for writing both these boys, it’s absolutely insane. I’m 100% confident her fics will be considered classics in a few years! Especially ‘The Bucket List’ and ‘Ship of Theseus.’

Enjoy and hope this helps!!

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Best 8th Year Drarry Fics

(Off the top of my head and according to me.)

I absolutely love 8th year fics! These are my top picks:

Nice Things by Aideomai

This one’s just so sweet and lovely, I adore it. Best comfort fic, best fluff.

Two to Lie and One to Listen by fluxweed

Hermione pretends to date Draco, and Harry gets jealous. This fic is funny, sweet, and oh so romantic. I love it.

Written on the Heart by who-la-hoop

After getting hit by a soulmark curse, Draco gets a soulmark of Harry’s name. Harry… doesn’t get anything. Cue the sweet angst. Draco and Blaise are so good in this.

Oxytocin by woulditwere

Draco can only sleep if Harry is nearby. Lovely hurt/comfort with plenty of angst. It’s marked as missing the final chapter, but I consider this fic complete. It has an ending that is plenty satisfying. I assume the author wanted to add an epilogue, but it really doesn’t need it.

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i think theres this idea in the general public that the "best" fanfic gets turned into real books like 50 shades of grey. but the truth is that the best fanfic can never be published as an actual book because its intricately woven into the canon material so its inseparable even if you change the names

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Adventures of a Suicidal Gentleman

inspired by Gallapacidia’s now deleted fic of the same name. was one of my absolute all time favs. I drew this in june 2021 when i finished reading it for the first time.

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ten years late to the party but hi

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Erised Fic Recs Part I

@hd-erised has started and is posting a new drarry fic every day. Yay! Gimme moaaarr Drarryyyyy *grabby hands*

So, the collection on AO3 is here, it has about 15 works so far (including some amazing art!) and I thought I’d make a quick rec list of the first week’s fics, with the usual disclaimers that:

1. I haven’t read everything yet, and 2. My recs suck as my usual response to something I love is either an eloquent gjdlsdkflksdajdfkl or ‘omg you killed me how could you’. Bear with me and trust that these fics are truly exceptional.

1. The Claiming of Grimmauld Place (75k) by @bixgirl1

Summary:  When Grimmauld Place begins fighting against Harry’s ownership of it, he decides he needs help to train the historic home — but little does he expect that it’ll be Malfoy who’s most suitable for the challenge. However, as Malfoy and Harry get closer, Harry comes to understand that expectations aren’t always the best path by which to guide his heart — and in the process learns just what is needed to make a house a home.

Thoughts: This fic has everything I love: a sentient house, two pets that you will LOVE FOREVER, a smitten Harry, a Draco who makes my chest hurt when I think of him, amazing smut, a lot of emotion, omg I cried at the end. The characterisations are on point, there is humour and gorgeous, filthy sex and cool magical theory and it’s basically everything you’d want from a fic in one place. GO READ IT NOW

2. No One But You (10k) by @unadulteratedstorycollector

Summary:  Harry and Draco are friends. More than friends. Close friends. Which might be a little annoying for… well, everyone else around them.

Thoughts: Wonderfully written (some sentences are jewels), mutual pining, oblivious Harry, a sublime cast of friends. There’s humour and great sex and just a TON of feels and it’s ugh. So great. Just trust me on this.

3. Adventures in Solitude (Are You There, Sirius? It’s Me, Draco) (25k) by oceaxe

Summary:  Draco is grateful to have had Sirius’ portrait to confide in all those years ago, about his sexuality and unwanted feelings for a classmate named Harry. But when he gets the portrait out of storage after twenty years, the secrets he has kept from Sirius all along come out. Secrets about Draco’s role in the war… and secrets about Harry Potter.

Thoughts: The premise of this is absolutely magnificent. Portrait!Sirius is a masterpiece; he’s indolent and sexy and carefree at sixteen, which makes it all the more heartbreaking to see for us (and Draco) who know what the future holds for him. There are Wolfstar feels, a Jeddy mention, background Linny, and a Draco dealing with his sexuality and the repression of a whole host of emotions until it all comes flooding out in a couple of intense scenes. The Drarry first kiss is searing hot and the love in the epilogue will make you feel all warm and fuzzy. 

4. For The Greater Good (62k) by @jadepresley

Summary: When Harry and Draco discover they’ve been bonded to one another, neither one of them is prepared for the secrets they slowly begin to uncover.Together, they learn that they can’t escape their past, or the things that have been left hidden there, and that sometimes the only way to move forward is to look back.

Thoughts: OK so I only started reading this, but it’s so promising! The writing is fantastic, the story is intriguing, and it’s a freaking bonding fic! I LOVE bonding fics! Blaise is Harry’s Auror partner! And there’s a mystery! This fic is making me use a lot of exclamation marks! But it’s worth it! EDIT: Yes, it was absolutely incredible and worth every exclamation mark!

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Hey!! Just decided to start reading drarry (I know where have I been!) and I was wondering if you could give me some your best recs?!

Ahhh, welcome, welcome! I’ll try not to make this too long. I tend to get a bit carried away. Okay, here we go….

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound (E, 149 K)

This is my all time favourite fic. Draco and Harry are Auror partners. There’s mutual pining, mystery, getting together, Ron being a great friend, and office sex.

Things Worth Knowing by Femme (femmequixotic), noeon (noe) (E, 164 K)

Hogwarts Eighth Year fic. Lots of angst. Honestly, as far as eighth year fics go, I think this is my favourite.

Bond by AnnaFugazzi (E, 173 K)

Hogwarts sixth year. Forced bonding. Do I really need to say more? Angsty angst.

Turn by Saras_Girl (E, 306 K)

This one is a masterpiece. I don’t think anything I could say could do it justice. I went into reading this really having no idea what it would even be about and I was not expecting what I got. It’s set right after the epilogue, Harry gets a second chance. Also, there’s a snake called Frankfurto.

All Missing Things (Can Be Found) by gracie137 (E, 100K)

Auror Harry, Unspeakable Draco. This fic has the most amazing original characters in it. Truly.

Number Seven by sara_holmes (M, 253 K)

Rentboy Draco, Ministry worker Harry. You know what? Just read everything by sara_holmes. These ones are also in my favourites list Get some and Mental.

The Claiming of Gimmauld Place by bixgirl1 (E, 74 K)

Read everything by bixgirl1 too, she’s amazing. This one is SO funny. I laughed most of the way through this. Basically, Draco and harry sharing a house. Draco has an interesting pet. 

Right Hand Red by lq_traintracks (lumosed_quill) (E, 73 K)

Here’s another eighth year one. For good measure. This one has party games, including twister. 

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Spideypool Fic Recs

I've recently been reading a lot of Wade/Peter fics, so I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you! Please remember to check the tags before reading <3

Lobster Biscuit by Scarlet_Ribbons (2.6k)

Peter goes on a terrible, terrible date, cashes in a favor on behalf of Spider-Man, and begs Deadpool to crash it.

Deadpool delivers.

Not One Hundred Percent by HashtagLEH  (7.3k)

After being drugged at a party, Peter is lucid enough to figure out that he needs help. But who does he even know (and trust) enough that he can just pop up on their doorstep at two in the morning?

Meanwhile, Wade would just really like to know who this random college kid is that showed up at his door.

let me explain by jilliancares (8.5k)

Wade scoffs, shaking his head and elbowing Peter in the side. “Sure,” he says, sarcastic. “That’s why your spidey-sense doesn’t see me.”

Peter’s on the verge of laughing, wanting to join Wade in his amusement, but he freezes. His entire body goes still. He finds himself staring at a roof three buildings over, not even looking at anything. Two blocks away, a car alarm finally shuts off.

“I never told you that,” Peter says, the realization startling him.

Or: Peter's starting to realize just how much Wade knows about him.

Bear the Pain (as the Gods Intended) by mustehelmi (9.8k)

Five times Wade is injured and one time Peter is the injured one.

Gravitation by WillowSong (9.9k)

In a universe where Spiderman never exists, young Peter Parker makes an unlikely friend in Deadpool.

A Friendly Neighbourhood Kidnapping by Willow Writes (12k)

Peter is more than a little mad when Wade ghosts him for years, and then when he finally shows his face in New York again, it’s to kidnap Peter Parker. So he decides to have some fun with the situation and see how long it takes for Wade to recognise him.

Wade thinks he has an easy hit ahead of him and is planning on getting back in touch with his favourite Web–Slinger once the job is done. But Peter Parker seems harder to take down than his buyer let on.

what light through yonder window by hellornothing (14k)

The figure moves quickly, but Peter’s faster. He’s still adjusting to the sudden brightness, so dark red is really the only thing he takes from this initial encounter, but it’s enough.

‘Deadpool?’

aka the one where they get together via late night window visits

The 6 Times Peter Wanted To Reveal his Identity (And the 1 Time He Did) by Spongeekat (28k)

"Look, I’m just a Deadpool. I know I’m not Dr. Phil. But I couldn’t just let you make some bad decision and let the world lose one more hot piece of ass. Anyways, I live in the area and saw you standing on the ledge, and I thought I could maybe talk you down. Dying hurts, in case you were wondering. It’s not worth it.” Dying...hurts? Talk him down? Bad decision?

Oh.

“Oh.” Everything suddenly connected and the gears started turning in Peter’s brain. “No, wait, I wasn’t…” He didn’t quite know how to explain he wasn’t there to do that without completely explaining why he was up there in the first place. Any resolve he may have had earlier about revealing his superpowered persona had melted away, his plans going awry within seconds. "

Or Peter is madly in love with Wade, and plans to meet him on top of his apartment building to reveal his identity. Wade thinks Peter is standing on the ledge ready to jump, and takes it upon himself to make sure he gets home safe and finds a reason to live again.

Finite State by Scarlet_Ribbons (34k)

When he's blackmailed by, of all people, a weird work acquaintance who needs Spider-Man gone for obviously illegal purposes, Peter is forced to hang up the suit- at least temporarily -until he can resolve the situation. Unfortunately, things start to get sticky when Deadpool, who Spider-Man's been on-again off-again with (okay, yeah, lowkey messing around with), crashes into Peter's life and demands the photographer help him figure out what's got his favorite webhead so spooked.

Peter's life is really weird.

I Think I Missed a Step ('Cause I'm Fallin' For You) by mokuyoubi (42k)

There’s a weird familiarity about the kid's tone and posture, and it’s true that Wade is pretty far from home today but he’s also certain he’d remember that baby-face if he’d seen it before. On the other hand, he has spent the better part of the past few years feeling like he’s missed a step, so this conversation isn’t exactly anything new.[[A hot guy is willingly talking to us. Go with it.]][Don’t make an ass of yourself.]“Shaddup,” Wade grumbles, though Yellow has a point...

OR Peter thinks Wade knows his secret identity, and Wade is really confused by the hot coed who keeps popping up and hanging out with him.

Damage by dontcareajot (42k)

Peter Parker finds himself in a sticky situation and who should show up to rescue him but the infamous Deadpool? Now Peter feels indebted to the mercenary... And maybe weirdly charmed by him.

My Boyfriend's a Murder Bot by Fredegund (55k)

Wade Winston Wilson is ugly. His skin's inside out. It ripples and moves every second of every day, at constant war with the cancer. Vanessa put on a brave face for him when she first saw the changes, but it turns out even she can't stomach the sight for long. He's ugly and alone and nothing will ever be good in life again -

If only that were his only problem.

But Weapon X is at it again, under crisp new management, turning orphans into super slaves and bringing out the big guns to make sure nobody interferes this go around (namely one Pool comma Dead). So now, not only is Wade alone and ugly forever, but he's got a bit of a pest problem in the form of a black-clad murder-happy man spider with a collar around his neck and an unhealthy obsession with tying Deadpool up.

So maybe it's not all bad...

Paradise (spread out with a butter knife) by Sarah_Sandwich (72k)

He sighs from where he’s prone, arms akimbo, and roof gravel digging into his spine. “I lost my job. My… other job. The one that actually pays the bills.”

He doesn’t want to dwell on why he’s telling Deadpool of all people. Surely it has nothing to do with his desperate lack of friends. MJ is in California chasing her dreams, Harry’s undergoing treatment for his mental health and isn’t allowed visitors (not that it matters since they blacklisted Peter after last time), and Gwen… Well.

And it’s not like he can talk to Aunt May without her worrying about him starving to death under a bridge or something so… Deadpool it is. Man, when did his life get this pathetic?

OR: The one where Peter and Wade are literal soulmates but don't realize it for literal years because they're literal idiots.

Dissonance by stuckybarnes (121k)

Wherein Deadpool is reluctantly hired to protect Peter Parker from an organization out to hunt him, with varying success on both ends and quite a lot of feelings, revelations, and identity crises.

I hope you enjoy these fics as much as I did, and please let me know if you have any more Spideypool recs! And, as always, thank you to all the wonderful writers for sharing these incredible fics with us <33

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pov: you interrupted his slumber party with spider-man

based on this

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When I sit in the sun with you everything feels okay.

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The atoms that make up my body aren’t mine, It’s just my time to use them.

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filmbros will be like “wow he is literally me” and this is the character