#nv joy

[incorrectnerov-quotes]

Dante: Alright, Show of hands, How many of you, at one point or another wanted to see me dead?

Both Nero and V: [Raise hands ]

Joy: [slightly raises hand]

Dante: Yes!

#incorrect sparda fam quotes #incorrect devil may cry #Source: Shameless #devil may cry #devil may cry 5 #v devil may cry #v devil may cry 5 #nero devil may cry #nero devil may cry 5 #nero sparda #devil may cry incorrect #NV joy

[justundi]

anya taylor joy

(more)

#après un mois chaotique ça fait du bien de pouvoir graph un peu #j'ai tenté un nv colo pour la rentrée on verra bien #anya taylor joy #anya taylor joy avatars #avatars rpg #avatars forum #avatars 400x640 #ressources rpg #ressources avatars #je redisparais

[drop-dead-nvous]

~ 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ~

(he/him for both, ty ♡)

#final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #miqo'te #keeper of the moon #seeker of the sun #nv scribbles #art #artists on tumblr #I love them your honor #they bring me so much joy

[kerink]

So when Station Management was explained away by The University of What It Is last episode, I couldn't help but feel great sympathy for poor Cecil. In my mind he's always just been a pure artist. He writes stories, and he lends his voice to his community. He gets paid. The end.

sorry im thinking about this bit from the e226 director's commentary again. cecil's job is to write stories. i know, logically, that they mean news stories. i understand that.

however. here is how the cecil is telling a mythos girlies can still win

#hes keeping the world afloat by telling a story #hes actually a normal man in a normal town making up fiction in order to bring joy and work thru his trauma #etc etc its just fun to play in the early nv theories space #the edge WHAT IF IT WAS A DREAM WHAT IF HE WAS JUST CRAZY 🤪 theories #edgy* #its fun to take janet lubelles pov #wtnv

[obessivedork]

Oh man the segment where you go into Kellog's brain is WILD and SO COOL

#It uhhhh probably won't hold up for multiple playthroughs though. #Anyways it's when Michael fully grasps his son has grown up a little bit. Straight up he didn't trust a goddamn word Kellog actually said #Also Nick is SO KIND I LOVE HIM THANKS UNCLE NICK 😭😭😭😭🖤🖤🖤 #I wonder if there will be any references to the Big Empty at the Institute when I eventually get around to the main quest again? 👀👀👀 #Literally any reference to the West Coast games besides the BoS existing has me hooting and hollering with joy lol #I found the Robco outlet! my friend Robco! (that's a joke fuck House I have thousands of hours in NV and I've let him live ONCE) #kat plays fo4

[havarija]

A bit of a retouch of an older painting I did while writing ‘Plundering History’ & ‘Smells like a Heist’.

The chief troublemaker, bane of everyone’s existence (but mostly Domino’s), the resident overseer of chaos that is New Vegas, and the wasteland in general - Courier Six.

#fallout new vegas #fallout nv #fnv dead money #dead money dlc #fnv honest hearts #honest hearts dlc #fnv old world blues #old world blues dlc #fnv lonesome road #lonesome road dlc #courier six #new vegas #and all the joys of surviving in a wasteland

[morwenlovespoems]

Come! Let Us Dance!

(by NV Bennett)

Sometimes when it seems

the world is moving towards an end

and chaos is just outside the door

I sing to my sisters:

.

Come! Let us dance!

Let us whirl through the dark night

till the morning dew washes our feet

till the warm sun finds us

asleep on her bosom.

Come!  Let us dance a new world into being!

#nv bennett #spiritual #nature #solace #joy #endurance #hearth #interconnectedness

[bzedan]

I mean honestly.

ID: A screencap from Fallout: New Vegas of Atomic Wrangler co-wonder James Garret. He is saying “Our wealthiest client has a thing for ghouls and a thing for cowboys. He wants an escort who can satisfy both fetishes.” End ID.

ID: The Ghoul from the Fallout TV series, sitting up against a post. He is decked out in a full on cowboy look with a bandolier of huge bullets, his hat partly covering his face and the vibe is very fire. End ID.

#i had forgotten this bit #but when my bff sent me this screencap I remembered his dialogue when you find #Beatrix and I was like ‘lol this one’s for you James’ #fallout: nv #fallout tv series #other people I’m sure realised this faster #but still what a joy

[galoogamelady]

I got an Xbox for my birthday a month ago and I recently downloaded Fallout 4 (totally not bc of Buttons..) and I wondered if there’s a specific order to play them? If so, which one should I play first? :}

Depends on how deep you want to get into it, I guess? If they're available on Xbox and you are up for the original turn-based games, I would start with that. Don't let anyone tell you that they're unenjoyable, I played through the original Fallout in 2020 and had a BLAST! So in that case I would go Fallout -> Fallout 2 (I still gotta play this but I keep putting it off because I know I'll be too into it) -> Fallout 3 -> Fallout New Vegas (still gotta finish this myself, might just start over) -> Fallout 4 The latter 3 also have DLC-s you should get, especially for Fo3 and NV.

I've seen people recommend new fans to start with Fo4 and work their way back, I'm not sure why... Playing Fo3 right after Skyrim really showed its age, and the difference is even larger between Fo3 and Fo4. I think it's easier to start with the less intuitive titles and better to start with the original vision but I understand turn-based stuff is not everyone's cup of tea (no I don't, look at how successful Baldur's Gate 3 is and Act 3 was a PILE OF BUGS!). There's also Fallout Tactics as part of the old games but ehh I think it's one of those titles most fans don't count as canon. (Except my ex, who for some reason? thought it was the best shit) And we don't talk about Fallout Brotherhood of Steel. I think you couldn't play that one even if you wanted to, probably for the best. I can't say I recommend Fallout 76, perhaps if you don't have more Fallout content left to consume and you don't mind nonsense lore stuff and just want to hang out with your friends. I have it but I can't say it brings me more joy than idk... Rust. It's just surface level Fallout for me.

This is just my personal take obviously, feel free to ask other fans.

#I want to play Tactics after Fo2 just to see what the fuck he was on #Fallout #personal #text #happy bday btw!

[getawayfox]

At the beginning of the year, I thought I'd make a couple of little rec posts with a quote from some of my favourite fics, you know, something easy. And easy it was: with so many gorgeous fics that are out there, it's been such an absolute joy to keep finding quotes to share that I ended up making one each week for the whole year. I got so many lovely messages and tags about them and I'm so happy that I helped people discover new things to read. So, here is a masterlist of all the 50 quotes that I shared this year. (There are actually 51. Idk how that happened. Let's pretend it's a nice round number, it looks better on the banner😂)

Thank you to everyone who liked, shared, commented, and showered our writers with love. I will be back next year with more!

Fire Meet Gasoline by lettersbyelise (Drarry, E, 63k)

if you've changed your mind by warmfoothills (Drarry, E, 20k)

the long ways by oknowkiss (Drarry, M, 10k)

Under Giant Mountains by wolfpants (Drarry, E, 34k)

You Know the Feeling by sorrybutblog (Drarry, M, 12k)

In The Company Of Serpents by corvuscrowned (Drarry, E, 25k)

Draco Malfoy Absolutely Does Not Need to Be Loved by Harry Bloody Potter by nv-md (Drarry, E, 18k)

Poppiholla by moonflower-rose (Drarry, M, 13k)

The Courting by the Pureblood Who Only Has Five Milligrams of Romantic Intelligence and Thinks He's Real Smooth by cibee (Drarry, T, 20k)

check this hand 'cause I'm marvelous by lqtraintracks (Drarry, E, 8k)

When It Returns by academicdisasterfic (Drarry, past Harry/Neville, M, 8k)

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

Take These Lies by pennygalleon (Drarry, E, 20k)

Nightcall by wolfpants (Drarry, E, 1k)

find a new place to be from by oflights (Drarry, E, 48k)

Winner Takes It All by skeptiquewrites (Drarry, E, 41k)

Aere Perennius by onbeinganangel (Drarry, M, 25k)

Phoenix in the Fire by fw00shy (Drarry, E, 1,5k)

Of Mirrors, Myths and Men by the-starryknight (Drarry, E, 5,5k)

When Times are Dire by aibidil (Drarry, E, 130k)

Captivated by doubleappled (Drarry, E, 8k)

Countdown To a Life by tackytigerfic (Drarry, E, 3,5k)

I, Ferret by curiouslyfic (Drarry, T, 2k)

Hourglass Heart by bixgirl1 (Drarry, E, 5.2k)

When The Party's Over by sweet-s0rr0w (Drarry, E, 5.4k)

Like This and Like This (Dreams of Lace) by primavera-cerezos (Drarry, E, 6.6k)

Everybody Hates a Tourist by wolfpants (Drarry, E, 51k)

No Distance by skeptiquewrites (Drarry, E, 4.9k)

I Fall On Grass by tackytigerfic (Drarry, T, 3.1k)

Waking Up Slow by sweet-s0rr0w and ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm (drarry, E, 22k)

Sun Stroke by peachpety (Drarry, E, 3.8k)

Together Like This by shealwaysreads (drarry, E, 3k)

A Saviour’s Guide to Manners and Decorum by wolfpants (Drarry, E, 13k)

The Four Ds of Apparition (or: Destination, Determination, Deliberation, and Dicks) by eidheann and firethesound (Drarry, E, 37k)

Shiny Things, Slightly Damaged by lqtraintracks (drarry, E, 5k)

In Which Harry is Magnetic North and Draco Is An Idiot by bryoneybrynn (drarry, T, 14k)

I only want the ones I envy (I envy) by porcelainheart3 (Drarry, E, 13.5k)

in between two tall mountains (there’s a place they call lonesome) by oknowkiss (drarry, E, 8k)

Boy Wonder by maesterchill (Draco/Ron/Harry, E, 6k)

Cool About It by oflights (Drarry, M, 16k)

Pissing for England by moonflower-rose (drarry, M, 2k)

Do I Make You Cringe? by graymatters (drarry, M, 5k)

takes one to know one by hogwartsfirebolt (Drarry, M, 3k)

Between the Power Lines by tackytigerfic (Drarry, 3k, M)

It's Me Or The Peacock by harrows (Drarry, T, 4.5k)

Waiting for that Feeling by sorrybutblog (Drarry, T, 4k)

Waiting for the Moon to Rise by wolfpants (minor Draco/Harry/Bill, endgame Drarry, E, 9k)

On Permanence by the-starryknight (Drarry, M, 1.4k)

Birds Behaving Badly by peachpety (drarry, E, 10k)

Löyly by citrusses (Drarry, E, 10k)

Of Magical Beings Being - Magic by rockingrobin69 (Drarry, E, 30k)

#QQR #quick quotes recs #masterlist #drarry #drarry fic rec

[incorrectnerov-quotes]

Nero: Hey, what number do we call if there's an emergency?

Joy: 3!

Nero: We're all gonna die

#incorrect quotes #source: tik tok #nero devil may cry #Nero Sparda #devil may cry incorrect quotes #Little Joy #NV joy #devil may cry #devil may cry 5 #dmc5 nero #happy demon family au #happy demon family

[eleectric-city]

My favorite Drarry fanfics that i read in 2023

Just like the post from last year, i'm going to list the fics that i enjoyed the most this year just because reading about these two idiots falling in love is one of the best part of most of my days, so thank you to all the creators for writing these masterpieces <3

More than one chapter:

Grounds for Divorce by @tepre (122k)

Star Quality by who_la_hoop (118k)

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by @firethesound (149k)

"Dad says" by GallaPlacidia (39k)

Loverboys by @corvuscrowned (84k)

speak of the devil (and the devil shall appear) by @sophisticatedyet (87k)

Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Ecidyrue (saga) by starbrigid (1,219k)

Witness Marks by @gryffindorhearts (15k)

Thermodynamic Equilibrium by @dorthyanndrarry (5k)

It Was All Just a Game (Rewrite) by write_me227 (616k)

body electric by @lastontheboat (8k)

One-shots:

missing-him-thing by Thelmostrhetoricalquestion (19k)

House Proud by @astolat (23k)

Un serpent m'a conduit jusqu'à toi by NellanaSylveon (6k)

Welcome to the Broom Closet by incapricious (23k)

See How it Burns (your touch from a distance) by muted_needs (13k)

The Breakfast Club by @peachpety (7k)

Birds Behaving Badly by @peachpety (10k)

Playing for Keeps by @peachpety (6k)

The Joy of Bleeding by @teledild0nix (6k)

Who I Really Am by agentmoppet (8k)

Some Dance to Remember, Some Dance to Forget by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (5k)

Un Noël très parisien by @femmequixotic and @noeeon (14k)

Starting Positions by @bixgirl1 (8k)

Shit Happens by @nv-md (3k)

#i really adored all these fanfics #if u haven’t read one of these u definitely should #they’re amazing #they’re not in order of preference #happy new year! <3 #i’m excited to start reading the ones that i have in marked for later #drarry #fic rec #drarry fic rec

[bulkhummus]

i fucking love lubelles goal of being to explain everything and ruin the joy and wonder of what makes up the damn show. feels like a backhanded acknowledgment of old nv criticism (and honestly criscsim in sci-fi and fiction these days) where people used to say “okay but whats the point, whats the plot, why does the weird stuff happen with no consequence, i dont like that its not linear, how come this happens, theres no continuity wah” Baby it was never about the plot its never been about a plot its been about the magic and joy of fucking sitting there and listening to another world for 30 minutes from a man whose just has got a lot on his plate and has two braincells. Its commentary its jazz its free form fucking word poetry that sometimes stabs you in the gut. If thats not your cup of tea then thats completely and utterly fine but that doesnt automatically define it as bad. i know i joke a lot about them having no continuity but i dont care! Id listen to anything wtnv makes bc theyre playing in the space and breathing life into new stories and changing things because they want to and each episode feels like a weird thinkpiece on whatever’s going on in our world. Not everything needs an explanation or a grander purpose sometimes its just there for the joy of writing sometimes a story can be built from talking about everything but the thing that its talking about just how cecil palmer is defined by the people around him and we are never given a description of the guy. giving explanation destroys the beauty and wonder and dont u fucking get why i fucking LOVE LUBELLE and what this arc is doing and commenting on because above all else wtnv has been commentary even in the places its stumbled and failed dont u freaking see.. question why you’re asking what the point of something is question why you care so much about numbers and things lining up and working out perfectly. people are ugly and emotional and small towns are weird and stuff gets rehashed there over and over and over again dont you see the layers? Dont you see the fucking romance in a man who praises science above all else refusing to explain something to his husband to keep the magic alive? No No? In your quest to find the answer did you forget about the joy of the question?

[hp-lawofattraction-fest]

Law of Attraction Fest Wrap-Up

Hello beautiful loaves! Our time has come to an end. The ovens are off, the mixing bowls are clean, and all our wares have been devoured.

All of our pairs are listed below; please continue to look through them and leave our creators some love!

Start and End:

Start: Red Wine Supernova by @mono-chromia

End:  You’re horrible (and I love it) by @vukovich

Faith and Doubt:

Doubt: Closet Space by nocturn

Faith: When two hearts beat as one. by digthewriter

Artist and Artist's Work:

Artist: Angel, Can't You See? by @dodgerkedavra

Artist's Work: the muse is fickle by beeprescott

Day and Night:

Day: Daydreaming into the Night by @krethes

Night: Facts, According to Percy Weasley by @elosieevans

Life and Death:

Death: a flower wilts by @beyondtheclose

Life: how we were taught to love by @tigerlilycorinne

Dark and Light:

Light: Pale Gold by letsdothepanic aka @nymphadoratonqs 

Dark: Mirrors And Promises by Ladderofyears 

Reality and Fantasy:

Reality: I Thought You’d Never Ask by DrWhoIsGinnyHolmes

Fantasy: Fantasy by aqua-myosotis

Weak and Powerful:

Weak: You're Not Alone by sugareey

Powerful: Firewood by J_Amethyst

Lost and Found:

Lost: Magic that Lingers by lemonfractals aka @wqtson

Found: Finding my way to you by suhtmuikkis

New and Old:

New: Three New by @elskanellis

Old: What Branches Grow by @the-fools-errand

Empty and Full:

Empty: Necro-Romance by @thehoneybeet

Full: Bathe in the Blood of the Moon by This_Time_I_Wont_Regret_My_Username aka @blue-sunshine

Rough and Soft:

Rough: will you stay right here (shake this frost off of my bones) by nv-md

Soft: I Have Loved You Before by @fantalfart

A note from the mods

It has been an absolute joy and a delight, and all of you creators are lovely, and all of you readers are spectacular, and now we are all crawling into bed.

We are still discussing whether to run this fest again next year, but if we do, we will absolutely need help coming up with more pairs, so if you have any suggestions, please DM this account!

- @goblinmatriarch @fantalfart @vukovich @thehoneybeet

#hplawofattractionfest #loaf #hp fests #hp fandom #lawofattractionfest #harry potter fandom #gift exchange fest #mod post

[fluxweeed]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

i've had so much fun reading other answers to these questions over the last few weeks!! thank you @nv-md and @sweet-s0rr0w for mentioning me in your posts!! i fear my answers drifted much too far into self-indulgence, but what's new for this blog eh??

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

22, but one of them is 11 separate drabbles/microfics in a 2k-word jacket

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

293,865

3. What fandoms do you write for?

i'll only ever write hp on this username!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

all drarry:

the four doors (legilimency healer draco + memory loss)

adventures in truth and texting (advent texting fic)

all i have to do (draco thinks harry is a magical fantasy but whoops he's real)

eight o'clock, tomorrow evening (four doors sequel)

two to lie and one to listen (8th year fake dating, sort of)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i respond to everything on the final chapter of a fic! sometimes very kind commenters will say something at the end of every single chapter, which is SUCH a joy to receive, but i haven't yet figured out a way of saying "thank you!" 26 times over without sounding insincere

(i also don't usually respond to comments on fics i've co-written bc i don't feel like i have? the right? feels like i'm taking credit for something i did not really do!)

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

also drarry: for lack of wanting, wherein harry thinks it's sexy when draco acts like an evil dick again, and draco is too in love with harry to tell him that makes him feel weird

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

man i think all the rest are pretty happy, all things considered? tho i guess two to lie and wrapped are the only ones that end with explicit i-love-yous?

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i've been quite lucky, actually! i've had the occasional demand to change an angsty ending, or comments that have been quite mean about a character who isn't supportive of drarry. oh and i've had a couple of people get suuuper mad when draco malfoy, death eater and snotty spoilt brat, makes mildly immoral decisions. i've found all of those quite funny tho, which i'm sure i wouldn't if they were legitimate hate, so i don't think they count!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yep! the vibe of two characters wanting to fuck but knowing they shouldn't for some reason (uneven dynamic, magic stuff, they simply haven't had a fucking conversation about it) is my absolute favourite. will read it every time, will write it pretty much every time too 😅

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

the closest i've come to writing a crossover is say no to this, a fic vaguely based off the storyline of the song from hamilton. it was the first drarry fic i'd written in about 10 years!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

yep! not any under this username (that i know of), but someone re-uploaded an old drarry fic of mine to wattpad – and honestly, i don't mind at all. i don't think the fic is very good lmao, if someone else wants to take the blame for it, that's totally fine by me

(the wildest thing about it is the combined ff.net + wattpad views of that fic now top 2 million i think?! but despite that u have almost definitely not heard of it!! i've only seen it mentioned, like, maybe 3 times since i properly re-joined fandom spaces in 2020)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes!!!! it's SUCH an honour!!! the four doors is in german, chinese, russian and spanish; thirst (drarry vampire fic) is in chinese; and all i have to do (the not-fantasy-harry fic) is in russian 🥰

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes!!! well, sort of – officially, i co-wrote per my last letter (i hope you choke on it) with @lastontheboat, but i really do think i was more like an alpha reader with knobs on. the workload split was at least 25/75, with j shouldering a great deal of the burden (and all of the brilliance)!

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

this is going to sound silly given that i'm definitely a drarry writer and only really hang out in the drarry sphere – but i don't have one! for hp, i gravitate towards ships with harry in them, but even that isn't a hard and fast rule for me

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

nothing that i've posted! but i have tons that are never going to see the light of day. three recent-ish hp ones i've written the most for:

a fic i call The Opus, which is a drarry auror partners fic – i have 16k words written; it was going to end up a solid 100k. i love the concept i have for this fic so, so dearly, but a 100k casefic is not happening.

a harry/ginny established relationship smutty oneshot that is really nothing more than ginny being fun and sexy and harry being horny but, like, self-deprecating about it.

a drarry little mermaid au that i wrote for nanowrimo in 2019. like i MIGHT come back to this one day? but it's unlikely. pros: i do have 50k of it written already and the first draft isn't too far off being complete. cons: i have almost exactly 50k words of it written bc i hit the nano goal and stopped in the middle of a sentence bc writing it was SO stressful (that november i had two jobs + one volunteering role, and also i was moving house, so. a lot going on.)

16. What are your writing strengths?

god knows. dialogue and characters come easiest to me, ig? and i tend to cut a lot in editing, so i don't think my stuff is? overly wordy? so it doesn't require much brainpower to read? that could be a positive or a negative, depending on how you look at it!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i suck at caring about anything other than character dynamics, so my fics never have plot outside of something vague to put the main pairing in the same room

similarly, i'm not very good at describing locations – describing anything, really

bc i tend to focus on the "oh we want to but we shouldn't!" moment, i'm pretty bad at actually developing feelings in longer fics – that part always feels too rushed to me, but fuck if i know a way of fixing it that isn't just, like, write another 20k

i think my endings usually feel like a bit of an afterthought and often quite forced

the more i write, the more i realise i know, like, 5 ways of phrasing anything, and i just repeat the same things over and over

i'm trying to fix my lack of skills with plotting + pacing by planning extensively before i start drafting, but i think that takes a bit of the spark out of the final version? it becomes a bit predictable and samey?

em dashes every tenth word

i'm convinced ppl i respect are in group chats talking abt how annoying and bad at writing i am, and also lowkey (…highkey) i agree with them – so actually getting myself to write anything is super hard!!

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

yeah man! i mean, i personally am not sufficiently confident in my skills in any other language to do it without help (and i'm not sufficiently confident in my skills in asking for help to do that), but it's fun to read imo

19. First fandom you wrote for?

i've dabbled in a few over the years, but the first was hp – it was a marauders era snape/lily/james love triangle fic that i posted on a forum on a hp roleplaying site – this was before deathly hallows came out, so i was very smug when my pairing theory (that i undoubtedly stole from someone cleverer than me, because i was 13 years old) turned out to be true

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

god. @decaflondonfog recently told me that drabbles don't really count, so i? don't know? perhaps still the pine-woods scent the moon (guilty remus/harry) or taste of țuică (established drarry bringing ron in as a third) are the ones i like best, but i don't love either of them enough to be able to confidently declare them my favourite!

u know the drill: i got too sad and anxious and unfollowed everyone so i have no idea who to tag. if u made it this far please know i do love you very much, i want to kiss u on the cheek at LEAST, and would love to know any thoughts u have about the things u make ❤️

#as if i said 'a strength of mine is that i'm not too wordy' in this post #have u SEEN the length #fluxweed shut the fuck up challenge #my fic #tag game

[thedrarrylibrarian]

Can I say that I'm SO excited for this rec? It's always so much fun to host a guest in the library, and I have loved reaching out and making new connections with people I hadn't talked with before, but it's EXTRA fun when the reccer is already a friend AND when she recs a brilliant fic that I hadn't previously read! I don't know what else to say about this lovely writer than she's a wonderful and positive addition to our fandom, and a dear friend of mine. Without further ado, here is @nv-md to share our April Happy Hour Rec!

On a normal day, my inbox is not usually a source of joy. Bills, ads, work, and more ads, means that I spend most of my time avoiding emails at all costs.

However, an email from AO3 brings me nothing but joy.

An email that one of my favorite authors has written another seven thousand words (that I get to savor for free in the middle of the produce section while ignoring the poor man behind me who just wants to buy squash)? 

Well, there’s no greater joy than that.

And I’ll be taking zero comments at this time about how much I rely on fanfic for serotonin.

So, onto the fic in question!

I cannot recommend InnerLilith’s work enough. Like honestly, all of her fics are bangers and you should feel free to stop looking at this post to go and read them all right this moment. But, if you want to stick around, I’d love to tell you about ‘I’m lying when I’m looking away’.

I'm lying when I'm looking away by InnerLilith (6,757 words, rated E)

Sometimes it takes a Purim party and a flapper dress for Harry to figure out what he likes. (Spoiler: He likes Malfoy.)

This fic features: Jewish holidays and traditions, Draco in a flapper dress, flustered Harry, hilarious banter, meaningful discussions about gender norms, the smuttiest smut that ever smutted, and a soft ending that melted my heart.

I fell into this story headfirst and it was nothing but delightful from start to finish.

Harry’s POV is perfect. He’s a goddamn mess, has no idea which way is up, and waxes poetic about Draco’s legs and skin and lips and collarbones, and generally makes a fool of himself in front of all of his friends. Classic Harry James Potter behavior that I will never get enough of.

“Then he was striding over, all that leg just exposed, so Harry could see the muscles shifting with each step, the ripple of satin over his hinging joints, the soft, dark promise of what hid underneath.”

Draco is cool and confident (omg the snark), his legs are long, his dress is short, and I love him as much as Harry does. Honestly, I think about Draco in a flapper dress at least once a day.

“Malfoy certainly seemed to think nothing of it, sauntering around like he was born in that flapper dress. And maybe that’s what the big deal was for Harry, actually—how Malfoy acted like it wasn’t a big deal at all, and how he was right.”

Everyone is at the Purim party, including our beloved Fred (who lives), and they all make cameos as they watch Harry drool over Draco. If I tried to include all my favorite parts, then I would just have to copy the entire fic into this rec, but just know, the gang’s all here and it’s wonderful and brilliant. Lilith nails each voice, their costumes are hysterical (I will never recover from Luna as a demiguise), and I wish I was cool enough to be invited to their party.

In between eating hamantaschen and celebrating with wine, Harry and Draco circle each other all night. They’re not enemies, but it’s clear they don’t quite know how to be friends either, and they’re so obviously into each other that you can’t help but root for them to figure it out. There’s just enough ‘will they or won’t they’ to keep you on the edge of your seat and to make the ending that much more satisfying. Then—

THE SMUT! 

That’s all I can say about that because you need to read it yourself—it is delicious—but here’s a little teaser.

“Harry tugged his clothes off frantically, and when Draco brought a hand to the straps of his dress, slanting his brow in a question, Harry said, leave it, leave it, and his voice sounded cracked and desperate.”

This fic has it all and you will not regret one moment spent in this world. I wish that we could gather around a table, drinking and eating and laughing and talking about this fic. Since we can’t do that, please read it and then come and yell at me about it. 

Happy reading and a big hug and kiss to the Librarian, your hard work does not go unnoticed and it is sososo appreciated!

Hugs and kisses back and thank you to @nv-md for joining us for Happy Hour! As always, if you enjoyed a fic, please leave a kudos or comment!

Lots of Love and Happy Friday!

#happy hour #friday happy hour #drarry fic rec #nv-md #innerlilith #drarry #drarry librarian and friends #Friends of the Library #lots of love and happy friday #friday fic rec