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“You don’t have to say that to make me feel better, by the way,” she said, feigning indifference. She wasn’t good at it. She spoke with her hands, and they were too honest; they were already trying to wring themselves for the mistruth. “I can take it. I’m tough.”

“Hermione Granger.” He wondered if it sounded too fond. It was worrisomely close.

She stopped.

“If they cut you open, and withdrew a fragment of a particle of marrow — if they drew a single drop of your heartsblood, and laid it together with one cell of your gray matter — if all that remained of you was a constellation of particles, in other words, you profoundly intransigent idiot — the distilled essence of you, your vanishing remainder, would still hold more goodness in it than this school has under its roof without you.”

She rested her head against the mantle and looked at him frankly for a moment, like she’d never seen him before. He discovered that it was pleasant to say the things that he believed. What a terrible shock.

“So for God’s sake, pull yourself together,” he said.

She laughed with less humor than surprise. Her eyes were shining.

“Sometimes I used to think I imagined you,” she said.

He’d imagined she might come back at him with some sort of equivalently nice or affectionate thing, so this was moderately disappointing. He was brave about it, however.

“That must have been depressing.”

ff: Lionheart by @greenerteacups

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Obsessed with the slowly growing dynamic between these two in this fic - reluctant Gryffindor Draco has my whole heart

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all of taylor's previous albums, in the style of The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

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I'm excited to announce that I have signed a book deal with Del Rey at Penguin Random House in the US and Michael Joseph in the UK for my debut novel, Alchemised, a standalone dark fantasy set in a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy, in which a healer with amnesia is taken as a prisoner of war and must fight to protect her lost memories and the secrets hidden among them. It will grapple with themes of trauma and survival, legacy, and the way that love can drive one to extreme darkness, and it is, as you may be able to tell, a reimagined version of Manacled.

I know I’ve been rather quiet about my publishing journey, and a lot of that has been because I didn’t want to spark any concerns or worry that I might be abruptly taking away a story that is such a deep part of myself and that I know has meant so much to so many people. This process has unfolded very slowly and quietly because I have tried to be mindful as I could be in every step of the way. 

As most of you know, I have been a reader in fandom long before I ever began to write. Fanfiction is incredibly special to me, and I have tried to do my best not to undermine its legal protection or allow my works to do so either. During the last several years, there has been a growing issue with illegal sales of Manacled, putting both me and the incredible community that shares fanfiction freely in legal jeopardy. 

After consulting with the OTW as well as other lawyers, it has grown clear that as a transformative writer I have limited options in protecting my stories from this kind of exploitation, but I wasn’t sure what to do; I didn’t want to just take the story down, in part because I worried that might only exacerbate the issue, but I didn’t know what other options I had. Then I suddenly had this idea of alchemy, which was peculiarly appropriate; an academic world filled with unique transmutational abilities, and a necromantic war against people who had discovered the secrets of immortality, and I could see a path to reimagining the story while still holding on to as much of the original spirit of Manacled as possible. 

I began redrafting the concept privately around Christmas 2022, and then as if the universe had aligned, just as I was finishing, Caitlin Mahony and Rivka Bergman of WME reached out to me and were delightfully enthusiastic about concepts and ideas for my new alchemical world and the ways I had reimagined the story. 

I'm thrilled to be working with Emily Archbold, my visionary editor at Del Rey, along with Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph in the UK, to polish this novel for publication in Fall 2025. I feel uniquely privileged that both my publishing teams are familiar with Manacled and understand how special it is to so many people, and how important it is that this reimagining captures the same spirit while also having its own wings. 

Manacled is not going anywhere at present. It will remain online throughout 2024, at which point it will, if you’ll pardon the pun, alchemise for 2025 and be removed from AO3. 

I'm so thankful to all of you who've enjoyed my works, and I hope that I can continue to rely on your support as I take my next steps as an author.

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When I was in the middle of reading Measure of a Man for the first time I was driving home from work and this song randomly shuffled on and made me gasp listening to it cause it lines up so well!!! I wanted to do the entire song but just didn’t have the time 🥲

Also MoaM Scorpius owns my soul 😭🌵 this took me so long to get around to making cause I was so nervous about drawing him - the babysitting Teddy video was actually me teaching myself to draw kids so I could feel more confident for Scorpius lol

(got kinda tired towards the end of doing this one so it’s a little messy but I can’t be bothered to fix it 🤷‍♀️)

ff: Measure of a Man by inadaze22 on AO3

Song: Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills & Nash

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Green Light ✨ by SereneMusafir.

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GORGEOUS art created especially for Out of Time by the immeasurably talented Talita Asami!

Out of Time is a 6th/7th year Horcrux hunt rewrite. It's a WIP updating 2x a week.

It's the third in a series, but is the primary work. The prequel works explore Hermione propositioning him to lose her virginity and their subsequent inability to keep their hands off each other. Lots of fun, but not necessary for plot.

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Hermione knew when the war comes, she should have certain boxes checked in advance. She didn't expect to fall for the person she propositioned, someone who only earned the role because he was (a) fit and (b) not a friendship she'd be risking with a good shag. Now they're hiding it from Harry, Ron, and everyone else, while Draco balances his growing obsession with Hermione alongside his mission deadline to allow a Death Eater breach of the castle. Featuring possessive and dangerous Draco, BAMF Hermione, jealous Ron, good friend Ginny, double/triple/quadruple agent Snape, good Slytherins (Theo, Pansy, and Blaise) and very, very bad ones, and a little T.S. Eliot. Still to come: castle invasion, locket retrieval, ill-fated camping, snake encounters, and Horcrux hunting - complete with all the toxic infestation and mental poisoning the Horcruxes bring along for the ride.

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Cause my love is mine, all mine

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Practicing some cover art with ol' Manacled😎😎

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Enjoying some contraband 🎶

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CLEAN (TAYLOR'S VERSION) from 1989 Tour Visuals

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It’s been waiting for you.

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I had the honour and pleasure to work on @ivmaruva ‘s beautiful lineart and art vision for a cute little collab we decided to participate in 🤗 I’m far too excited to hold onto it any longer!

I’m such a huge fan of you, Ivy! This was so much fun to work on! ilyyyy🩷🩷🩷

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“I just...I need you to understand," muttered Draco hesitantly, pulling in a deep breath. And then he began. "I'm never going to be a man who tells you how lucky I am to have you, even though I know I am. I'm never going to be a man who tells you that you're beautiful everyday, even though you are. And I'm never going to be a man who tells you I love you everyday, even though I do. And I really do, Granger."

"I know you do," she said. "I know.”

Isolation by Bex Chan

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Hogwarts Dramione❤️‍🩹

Арт для печатной версии фф «Доза» от Malfoy&Granger

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Draco's birthday 🎂

It feels weird posting this at the end of September.

This was supposed to be part of some photos of Draco's birthday celebration, but I was having trouble finishing them. So the rest will probably be very late (This one alone is already so late).

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I have thought about this at least once a day for the past nine months.

He kisses her, and he’s twenty-five, finally allowed to fall.

And he’s twenty-six, telling a woman he loves her for the first time.

And he’s twenty-seven, down on one knee.

He’s twenty-eight, sobbing at the sight of her white dress.

He’s thirty, meeting his son.

Thirty-two, meeting his daughter.

Fifty, reaffirming his vows.

Sixty-five, meeting his first grandchild.

Ninety, knowing five years had been almost nothing at all.

Almost Nothing At All by @mightbewriting