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Fic: The Darkness Hummed

I wrote a fic for the @hplyricistsfest. It is a Draco/Ginny fic. It is dark, but ends on a hopeful note. Nevertheless, mind the tags.

#harry potter fandom #fanfiction #fanfic #drinny fanfic #drinny fanfiction #drinny #draco/ginny #draco x ginny #hplyricistficfest #author: @welurklate

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A moodboard I made for the @hplyricistsfest for the prompt 'I'll be a better man today' from the song "I'll be good" by Jaymes Young.

#draco malfoy #ginny weasley #drinny #i'll be good #moodboard #hp lyricists fest 2024

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Ginny Weasley moodboard for the @hplyricistsfest .

Prompt:

"We all live and we all die" from the song 'Chasing Thunder' from the Album 'High Road' by Kesha

#Ginny #Ginny Weasley #Ginny Weasley supremacy #Ginny Weasley is a badass #Ginny Weasley moodboard #Kesha moodboard #chasing thunder

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Moodboard for the fabulous fic "Is it over now" by @iwouldnevergetintofanfic - free to read on AO3

This is absolutely not a coincidence that I post this on the day the Young Royals series finale will air. Itsme_hi_imtheproblem is on location in Stockholm with all the other super fans (and A.) who finished the insane quiz in record time and who will watch the finale together. I wish I was there as well, but I have neither the fandom qualifications nor the liberty to be there. So instead I will be posting all the illustrations I made for this fic and book covers that didn't make the cut for the paperback edition throughout the day to celebrate this special day.

PS: Read her fics, if you haven't already!!!

Wilmon endgame?

#wilmon #wilmonedit #wilmonfanart #moodboard #wilmonendgame #young royals #young royals fanfiction #yr fanfic #young royals fanfic

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Pansy Parkinson

#moodboard #harry potter fandom #harry potter moodboard #pansy parkinson #pansy parkinson moodboard #slytherin aesthetic #slytherin girl

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A quarto-sized tiny book of one of my favourite fics.

#author: faith wood #harry potter fandom #drarry #drarry fanfic #storm in a tea cup #faith wood #harry potter fanfiction #harry potter fanfic #draco and harry #bookbinding #bookbindersoftumblr #book binding #quarto #tiny book

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It's season 3 time with @iwouldnevergetintofanfic We'll see how much she has manifested. And I still hope for August's redemption arc!

#wilmon #young royals #it is intense

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My first paperback that is not a script for uni lectures :D Finding a place that would print the cover was difficult. The ladies at the copy shop I went to first were extremely rude and I ended up not getting the covers done there, which is ironic since a copying machine plays a huge role in this fic. It is now glossy photo paper and because it had a kodak print on the back, I had to laminate it with some green paper.

I did the typeset and the cover design. The story is "Fuck the Monarchy" by @iwouldnevergetintofanfic. It is a Young Royals fanfic and it is free to read on AO3. It is Wilmon endgame, just in case you're anxious about season 3 ;D.

#wilmon #young royals #young royals fanfiction #yr fanfic #young royals fanfic #fanfiction #itsme_hi_imtheproblem #bookbindersoftumblr #bookbinding #book binding #fuck the monarchy #misuse of the copy room #paperback

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Draco Malfoy moodboard

#draco Malfoy #draco malfoy moodboard #slytherin #moodboard #harry potter fandom #harry potter moodboard #Instagram

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I wrote a ficlet

#drinny #drinny fanfic #harry potter fanfic #fanfiction #harry potter fandom #draco x ginny #draco malfoy pick up artist #sassy Ginny #hogwarts era #my own writing

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Wohoo

Hey all, check out new short fics on our Drinny Exchange for International Fanworks Day 2024! :) And ALL THANKS to We Lurk Late for organizing this. https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Drinny_Ficlet_Exchange_IFD_2024

#drinny #draco/ginny #draco malfoy #d/g #fire and ice archive #fic exchange #harry potter #international fanworks day 2024 #drinny fanfiction

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nothing pisses me off more than when i see a fic on ao3 talking about reach. "this ship isn't here but i added them for reach" "this fandom tag isn't necessary but i'm adding it for reach" "reposting for reach" STOP IT!!!! this is not tiktok this is not twitter this is an ARCHIVE this is not how it works!!!

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Neville Longbottom moodboard. Another underrated character.

#neville longbottom #moodboard #harry potter moodboard

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#harry potter #the chosen one #harry potter moodboard #moodboard #gryffindor #childhood trauma #the one who cheated death twice

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Hermione Granger moodboard

#hermione Granger #hermione #crookshanks #spew #hermione Granger moodboard #harry potter fandom #golden trio

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In defence of Ron Weasley - or: why Weasley is our King!

I have noticed that in the last decade so-called Ron-bashing has almost become a sport in the Harry Potter fandom, or at least in certain corners of the fandom. And that makes me quite sad, because in my eyes it is unjustified and a product of circumstances that have nothing to do with the canon character. People depict Ron as a laughing stock, a truly incompetent wizard who is nothing but jealous and petty. Even in fanfics where Ron is an adult he rarely outgrows his teenage character. I believe this has to do with a few thing I will get into here.

First and foremost, we have to take a stance and decide if we believe that redemption is possible or not. If you think that once a fruit shows signs of rot it is better to throw out than to salvage it, stop reading here. If you think there are parts that can be saved and possibly restored, you are probably a Draco fan as well 😉 and you're welcome to read on.

So first of all, everything we see the characters do in the books they do as children and teenagers. Adolesence is a time of great changes, physically and psychologically. The prefrontal lobe of our brain still develops until our mid-twenties. It is a time to experiment and to make decisions, even if they are objectively the wrong ones, and to learn from that and to evolve into well-adjusted, open-minded and self-reflecting adults. So it isn’t even necessary to ‘redeem’ oneself for what you did growing up, it is just imperative to evolve. I have been working with teenagers my whole professional life and I am always amazed by what happens between the ages of 10 and 20/25.

So Ron is a child in the first books and an adolescent in the final parts and we actually see him grow and evolve. Not everyone is as perfect as Hermione and we sometimes forget that people can be flawed in small ways (not only in big ways such as ‘oops, I’ve taken the dark mark and commit war crimes’). I think people tend to hate on Ron because of this. He is so normal in his jealousy and his envy. We see a lot of ourselves in him and that is uncomfortable. We turn to fiction to experience the extraordinary in both good and bad, but we rarely want to see our very common shortcomings reflected in the characters. Because then we could just read self-help books and do something about it. But we don’t. We just want to escape reality and enter into worlds where everything is starker in contrast, emotions are deeper and stakes are higher.

And Ron is not such a character. He is a mild grey. He is not the hero, but he is also not the villain. Ambiguity and nuance have very little place in fantasy. But I think that is exactly what makes Ron such a great character and the books (despite JKR’s bigotism) so fascinating.

So what I see people do in fanfiction is to push his character to the extremes – mostly make him an antagonist. Interestingly, this usually occurs in in Dramione or Harmony fics. In Drarry fics or others where Hermione and Ron stay together, he usually gets to grow up into a reasonable and well-adjusted adult. And I get it. I love Hermione and I get what she sees in Ron (stability, a deep understanding, loyalty, common values, a wise mind that complements her academic one etc.). But in stories where we pair Hermione with other people we need to get Ron out of the way. Because we cannot, for the love of Merlin, make Hermione be the problematic one in the relationship (she is the queen of the books - she cannot be touched). So of course we have to make sure that Ron is the reason why their relationship fails. And to make their breakup believable, we antagonize Ron so that there is no chance for them to get back together. From a storytelling viewpoint this makes absolute sense. But it does not do Ron’s character justice. Canon Ron is a truly amazing character. The movies did him dirty and depicted him as the slightly stupid one with the punch lines and this has often clouded our image of him. Book Ron holds much more power in the trio's friendship. He is the one who introduces Hermione and Harry to all things in the Wizarding World. He is smart – even though he is not as zealous as Hermione, he is a good student and a brilliant wizard’s chess player. He is genuine, kind and loyal. I won’t reiterate all the smart things people have said about his character before. If you are interested you can check some good arguments here:

here, here or here

Everything he is and everything he goes through makes him a hero in his own way. He is the character with the biggest development and the biggest potential. He overcomes his own shortcomings again and again to stay by Harry's side. Especially in the last books he struggles, makes decisions he deeply regrets and faces his insecurities.

I could go on and on about this… but leave it at this for now. I hope this makes you see Ron in a better light! Fight me in the comments or sing along my praise of Ron!

tl;dr: Ron is a truly interesting character but the movies and fanon have skewed his image in a negative way.

#weasley is our king #ron weasley #ronald bilius weasley #in defense of ron #in defense of ron weasley #harry potter movies #harry potter fanon #dramione #harry potter fandom #canon ron #moodboard #ron weasley moodboard #redemption #say no to ron bashing

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To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

#that's beautiful #cartoon #substitute teacher #american beauty vibes