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and i really do believe that barty's on-and-off but nonetheless serious hogwarts girlfriend was mrs. zabini

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oh narcissa malfoy. she would have been one of those stay-at-home girlfriend influencers making “aspirational” content and have sparked a huge controversy by accidentally leaving her wellness journal open on the table in the background of one of her morning routine tiktoks, because if you pause the video and zoom in on her journal entry you can see that she wrote “i am unfilled. will i ever feel like a person again?” over and over

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Good morning ☀️

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2025.01.10

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. hands, off by @zhizhuu [E, 5k]

Harry knocks over an ancient pureblood artefact, accidentally bonding him to Draco. Sex is the only obvious and quick solution to their current predicament, or so Draco says anyway.

2. i think that possibly, maybe i'm falling for you by @cr-amber [E, 42k]

Harry runs into Draco working at a coffee shop fifteen years after the war, and he’s nothing like Harry remembers.

3. lush green leaves by @dramaticlacrosse10 [T, 4k]

Malfoy Manor's got a new garden boy, and Draco always liked plants.

4. Nocturne by mmm_shanrio [M, 1k, series]

From the doorway of a nursery that will never know the new life it was meant for, Harry watches. It will take weeks for the scar to fade. By the time Draco has healed, they would have been halfway to being parents.

5. Obtundo by Zealously_Obsessive [T, 136k, series]

[...] Harry will try his damnedest and try to save everyone he loves. He knows it might be near impossible, but he’ll try. And they’ll start with the Diary, to destroy it the first chance they’ve got and be rid of it before the Chamber of Secrets even open. But Harry might be in and over himself to simply think it would be that simple, and time, they’ll find, is a tangled mess of webs.

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In my mind, Theo is on the same level of being a narcissistic drama queen as Draco. Why? I don’t know 😂

Them both wanting to be the center of attention all the time? Would result in some interesting group dynamic and I’m here for it!

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⭐️🎄 Merry Christmas and happy holidays! 🎄⭐️

How do you think drarry celebrate the winter season? ♥️

Do you think Draco shares his family traditions with Harry? Or do they make new ones together? ♥️

What sort of festivities would they do? ♥️

merry christmas, praline!

there's definitely a few parties draco tends to drag harry around to. I think after the war, Draco tends to forsake any values or traditions the Malfoys had, but there's still a few thinks he keeps, whether subconsciously or not.

They definitely make NEW ONES together - what those new ones would be I can't think of right now... chocolate sculpting or something.

They would love spending Christmases with Pansy, Blaise, maybe Goyle, and of course Ron and Hermione. But nothing would compare to having a quiet night in with just the two of them and maybe Teddy, with hot chocolate and tucking each other in by their fireplace. A whispered, "Merry Christmas, love." or two, present-passing (Draco has very high standards.) and very quiet Carol singing.

Maybe Harry burns a candle or a letter written to Sirius, Lupin or his parents, or all his other friends lost among the years, and smiles to the thought of their memories.

Maybe Luna Lovegood and Ginny Weasley open presents and send them equally to all their friends in their plant-plastered lesbian lavender cottage sipping sweetened Gurdyroot tea.

Maybe Kingsley Shacklebolt's wife hands him a stack of messily-clobbed together letters with neat print from Hermione, a valiant scrawl from Harry and a downright unreadable transcript from Ron, who ever since he learned how to use Floo message has not written a WORD with his quill.

Maybe Minerva McGonagall receives a gift basket on Christmas Eve that's spelled shut until Christmas morning - maybe she finds a Ginger Newt and smiles, reads "Have a biscuit, Professor." and smiles.

Maybe Draco Malfoy researches Indian celebration traditions to pay homage to his husband's heritage - maybe he slides him a box of diamond cookies that took 32 tries to perfect as Draco's always been hopeless at cooking and baking.

Maybe Harry bites into one, and smiles, and kisses his husband a Merry Christmas.

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being a POC in the Marauders/HP fandom is really interesting to me because it seems and feels like a really predominantly white space, which, hey, nothing new! and that does come with some challenges. for the most part, they're fairly under the radar.

it's things like being able to count the POC in a discord server on one hand, even though there's 100+ people in the community.

it's people not taking into account racial dynamics whether that be in a fic, or in a tiktok, tumblr, whatever. there are innate power imbalances in our society (regardless of what country you live in) and to assume because this fandom is a largely open, liberal and leftist space, that they don't carry over to fandom, is exceptionally naive. buuuuut, we live and learn, so people can and should be given a certain amount of grace. but what is unforgivable is to have them pointed out to you and for you to dismiss, ignore or belittle them. Not only that, but you as a white person, do not get to be the forgiving voice to another white person when they make one of these mistakes. please please please respect and understand that.

there's also (and i'm sorry if this is controversial and frankly it makes me really nervous to even write this), a trend of assigning ethnicities, cultures and races to characters in stories without having a proper understanding of them, or having a particular reason for doing so. I'm never going to sit here and say "you as a white person shouldn't write about ____ race!", because I don't believe that. but what I would really, really love to see, is for white creators and writers to ask themselves some questions beforehand:

what does the race of this character add to the story outside of me chasing clout with a particular group of people/is it necessary for me to be writing the lived experience of a culture/ethnicity I've never taken the time to learn about?

if so, why?

am i the right person to be doing this?

are my actions outside of my writing towards these POC reflective of this?

i also think it's really important to remember that unconscious bias is a thing, and it's really easy for us to spot in your writing if it isn't something you've addressed. Not only that, but even if you write the most well-researched POC in your fic, even if you're sharing posts about Lebanon and Palestine, none of that matters if your actions when interacting with us show us that you are indifferent to the power dynamics at play with you being a white person, often with a large audience, in this space. virtue signalling is spectacularly unhelpful if you're writing checks your ass can't cash.

that being said, I think throwing 'racist' around as a term at people who make mistakes is really unhelpful. because every situation has context and nuance, and dogpiling never helps anybody. there are opportunities for learning, developing and understanding here. but please remember, if a POC tells you something is upsetting, harmful or offensive - even if other POC haven't said that to you - it's not your place as a white person to dismiss that.

anyway, hope that helps, love u very much xo

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I want #harry potter to stomp on me.

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My body is but a #harry potter fanart temple.

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According to all known laws of #drarry comic, there is no way a #drarry should be able to #danganronpa.

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my babiess

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"don't mass reblog/like :/" coward. fool. somebody just went through and liked and reblogged 64 things from my blog in the span of half an hour at most. and i've never felt more alive in my life

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i could never see lunarry as a rarepair like IT’S RIGHY THERE!!!!!! OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!!!!!

no speak up ive been thinking about them so much again….

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sorry but i kind of want regulus who was more like 'thank god that loud fucking bitch got out of here & now i'm an only child. when can i have his room'

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nothing sadder than a piece of media making a girl who clearly more than anything else should be a dyke and then going out of their way to make sure the audience knows how interested in men she is. many such cases

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we forget barty literally kept the man who killed evan in a box for a year. he was fucking petty.

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the number of times harry describes draco in ways that make it clear he thinks of him as his main nemesis is so funny given that voldemort is the one who keeps trying to murder harry

voldemort out there like: can i please get some respect over here?