#hpwlwbb2022

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That’s a Wrap!

Hard to believe that after months and months of the authors’ and artists’ hard work, we’ve now posted all the fics and art for the 2022 HP WLW Big Bang! A massive thank you to all creators for making this fest happen <3  

Below is the list of all this year’s works (see AO3 for summaries and tags!), and you can keep an eye on this space for a final fest stats post in the next couple days :)

Title: Nicotine/Linger

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Author: @teacup-tai

Artists: @carlav-blogs & @digthewriter

Rating: E

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Title: (Self)Deception

Pairing: Petunia Evans Dursley/Narcissa Black Malfoy

Author: space_mermaid

Artists: @digthewriter & @anaxandria-writes

Rating: E

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Title: Passion, Patents, and Pen Pals at the Ministry

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Authors: @yrfrndfrnkly & @violetclarity

Artists: @anaxandria-writes & @veelawings

Rating: T

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Title: Silhouette

Pairing: Narcissa Black Malfoy/Hermione Granger

Author: @maraudersaffair

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @SecondSilk

Rating: E

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Title: The Handle Toward My Hand

Pairing: Narcissa Malfoy/Lily Potter

Author: @yletylyf

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @carlav-blogs

Rating: E

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Title: you will burn right now but then you won't regret it

Pairing: Fleur/Tonks

Author: @thistlecatfics

Artists: @SecondSilk and @veelawings

Rating: M

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FIC & ART: Passion, Patents, and Pen Pals at the Ministry

Title: Passion, Patents, and Pen Pals at the Ministry

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Authors: @yrfrndfrnkly & @violetclarity

Artists: @anaxandria-writes & @veelawings

Rating: T

Warning/Content Notes: rivals (to coworkers) to lovers, getting together, first kiss, screen reader friendly, semi-epistolary, misogyny in the press, misogyny at the Ministry, invasive press coverage, insecurity, career frustrations, unprofessional behaviour, Ministry of Magic employees, at-work hexing, gossip, flirty letters, friends being secretive, group chats, humor, comedic situations, meddling friends, underground zines, loving insults/friends gently dragging each other, Blaise’s inability to have only one beverage, Hermione’s inability to let anything go, the WLW urge to question if the woman obviously flirting with you is indeed flirting with you, apology meals, reading and watching each other's faves as a love language

Summary: After an extremely ill-timed lovers'-tiff-turned-food-fight at the Ministry leaves her less one boyfriend and suspended without pay for six months, Hermione pleads for some position–anything–to fill her days until her suspension is up. The good news is, her temporary position in the Magical Games & Sports's Ludicrous Patents office is just down the corridor from Harry's office in General Inquiries. The bad news is Harry's officemate is Pansy Parkinson, the Ministry's operations are shockingly outdated, and every altercation between Hermione and Pansy winds up a headline in MoM's internal rogue gossip zine, Hot Goss. Pansy, who's already chagrined about having been glass-ceilinged in the same position for six years, is no happier with this turn of events. Unbeknownst to each other, Pansy and Hermione each take to The Daily Prophet's Opinions column to air their grievances. When their Op-Eds morph into (increasingly flirty) private correspondence, Hermione and Pansy seem to be the only people they know who haven't figured out one anothers' true identities. Is it a recipe for disaster—or romance??

Word Count: ~34k

Read on AO3

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FIC & ART: Nicotine/Linger

Title: Nicotine/Linger

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Author: @teacup-tai

Artists: @carlav-blogs & @digthewriter

Rating: E

Warnings/Content Notes: Enemies to friends to lovers, Pansy in the Muggle world, meet-cute, soft butch Pansy, slow burn, UST, EWE, Minor Hermione/Lisa Turpin, mentions of the war, flashbacks, anxiety, mentions of getting burned in a fire hate crime, trauma from fire, neo-nazi metaphor for young death eaters, Pansy pines a lot, she likes to pretend she’s a mean lesbian, she’s not, she’s soft as warm butter, i’m soft as warm butter for them too, tentative flirting, then straight on heavy flirting, easy banter, pubs, found family, clubbing, recreational drug use, slice of life, character study, redemption arc (kinda), minor Pansy/OFC, OCs, Blaise & Pansy friendship. See the rest of the tags on AO3.

Summary: Pansy has been living a slow Muggle life in Ireland for five years now. Managing her anxiety and trauma with one too many drinks, way more anonymous fucks in loos than strictly advised, wonderful Muggle friends and a job that keeps her hands busy. Life is kinda alright -though a tad bit fucked up- until she stumbles into Hermione Granger in the Muggle Hospital.

This is a story about childhood enemies trying a tentative friendship far from the chaotic magical world. A tale about falling in love with the cute golden lesbian and the slow, ginger path of reconnecting with things that make you feel whole.

Word Count: 26k

Read on AO3

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FIC & ART: The Handle Toward My Hand

Title: The Handle Toward My Hand

Pairing: Narcissa Malfoy/Lily Potter

Author: @yletylyf

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @carlav-blogs

Rating: Explicit

Warnings/Content Notes: Explicit Sexual Content, Non-Graphic Violence, Minor Character Deaths, Murder, Death Eater Collaboration. See additional tags on AO3.

Summary: Voldemort ensures his victory over wizarding Britain by not immediately acting on the prophecy. Lily Potter survives, but no one knows what to do with her. Narcissa Malfoy certainly does not need the complication of taking a Muggle-born into her home. One look at Lily, however, and she is undone.

Word Count: ~25,000

Read on AO3

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Ahoy Hype Readers!

It’s nearly your time to shine, Hype Readers! 

If you love squeeing about wlw fanfic and you’re 18 or over, you can sign-up here to be a Hype Reader for the 2022 BB! 

It’s simple: just sign-up and then, between 1-20 September, leave a substantive comment on at least 2 fics and their corresponding artworks. 

Hype Readers will receive a couple perks and those who complete their pledge on time can opt into a wee reward if they choose :) 

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Author Sign-Ups Now Open!

You can now sign up to write for this year’s HP WLW Big Bang!

Sign-ups are open through midnight EST on Saturday 9 April. As always, please contact us if you have any questions!

We can’t wait for another great year of amazing WLW fic!

Author Sign-Up Form

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2022 Fest Sched and Rules

RULES:

All stories must feature a romantic/partnership relationship between two or more characters who are not canonically men. The primary ship should comprise characters from the original seven books. We welcome ace characters, poly ships, and trans or nonbinary interpretations of characters, but the intention of this fest is to celebrate wlw pairings, and to encourage the creation of longer, richer stories that these ships don’t often get. If you have a question or concern about this rule, you are welcome to contact the mods, but please respect the intentions of the fest.

The format we are using has changed slightly this year; we’ll still be doing writer sign-ups first, but this year artists will sign up a little later, once authors have fully completed their fics. Moderators will be pairing up artists with writers, however if an artist and a writer know they want to work together and would like to sign up as a team, that is fine.

And yes, we will have Hype Readers again this year! We know that wlw ships tend to get less attention than other ships. In an effort to provide a way for people to participate without writing or making art, and to make sure that our lovely creators get a good response, we are creating the position of Hype Readers – if you are interested in being a Hype Reader, you can sign up in August, and pledge to read and comment on at least two stories from the fest.

For writers: The word length requirement for this fest is minimum 25,000 words.

Writer timeline

26 March-9 April: writer sign-ups

7 May: 25% check-in

4 June: 50% check-in

25 June: 80% check-in and summary due

9 July: deadline for submitting fic

16 July: writer and artist matches will be sent out by this date

1 September: posting begins

For artists: Minimum art requirement is 2 pieces of art that are more developed than a sketch.

Artist timeline:

25 June-8 July: artist sign-ups (based on writers’ 80% check-in and summary)

16 July: writer and artist matches will be sent out by this date

30 July: 50% check in

20 August: deadline for submitting art

1 September: posting begins

Check-ins:

The check-in dates listed in the timeline are the date by which you MUST have sent us your work in progress/completed piece. We will send out reminder emails a week in advance of the check-in date, and if we have not heard from you by midnight EST on the date of the check-in, we will assume you are dropping the fest. Please note that we are always happy to work with creators to sort out extensions provided creators get in touch to request them BEFORE deadlines have passed. Because this is a matching fest, and the nature of a Big Bang results in the mod workload getting heavier closer to posting, it is imperative that all participants follow the check-in schedule. If we don’t hear from you by a check-in or extension date, especially for final submissions, we will have to make alternate plans, which are very time sensitive — we will not have time to follow up with you or hound you via email.

Collaboration and communication:

Because the purpose of this fest is to create written works that are minimum 25k, accompanied by 2 pieces of art, communication is extremely important. We don’t want any writers or artists to be left in a lurch, without a story or art to go with their creation. Moderators will communicate with participants via email, and if we require a response, that will be clearly indicated in the subject header. If you do not reply to one of these emails within three days you will be assumed to be dropping the fest. Please note that though we do our best to stay on top of communication Monday–Friday, all emails will be answered by the following weekend at the latest. If a weekend goes by and you don’t get a response, please reach out on discord, tumblr, or by follow up email–we are but human and may have missed it!

Please remember that artist/author matches will be sent out by 16 July. Once you have received your match, you will be expected to get in touch with your collaborator within three days. Please also be respectful of your collaborator by responding to their messages in a timely manner.

If you know you’re going to have unreliable internet access etc. at some point during the fest, please let mods and your collaborators know IN ADVANCE so that we can plan accordingly.

Fest eligibility:

The mods are very understanding that, especially during these times, unexpected life events can throw a wrench into our fandom plans. However, if in a past year, you have signed up as an author or artist and then ghosted (failed to reply to mod emails and dropped out without communicating), you are not eligible to sign up for the HP WLW Big Bang this year. If you ghost this year, you will not be eligible to sign up for the fest in 2023.

Please note that this DOES NOT apply to authors or artists who communicated that they were dropping out in a previous year. We always do our best to accommodate creators who stay in touch with us about changes to their schedules and there’s never hard feelings toward any creator who has to drop. This rule ONLY applies to folks who stopped communicating without letting the mods know that they were dropping the fest in a previous year.

You must be 18+ to sign up as a writer or artist for HP WLW Big Bang. This does not mean your fic/art needs to be E rated, only that artists and authors must be 18 or older to sign up. Hype readers of all ages are welcome, provided they engage only with fics and art rated T or lower.

A final note:

Please communicate with moderators if you encounter any issues, think you will need an extension, are having trouble finding an alpha or beta reader, etc. We want to help support you and make sure you are successful, but we can’t do that if we don’t know what’s going on.

Postscript: Want to squee with other HP WLW enthusiasts about the fest and our favourite women of the HP verse in general? Come hang out with us on the discord server.

And thanks again to @banana-ge-ge and @showknight for the fest banners!

Be sure to follow the fest if you aren’t already for further updates, reminders, and mod-posts!

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Artist sign-ups extended

Artist sign-ups have been extended until Sunday 10 July. 

If you’re an artist and you love the women of HP,  you can sign-up using this form. 

We welcome all those who want to create HP wlw art, so if you haven’t done a fest before but you’ve been thinking about it, we’d love to have you!

Pairings this year include: Fleur/Tonks Narcissa/Hermione Hermione/Pansy Narcissa/Lily Nacissa/Petunia

Catch you in the fest!

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Artist Sign-Ups Now Open!

Artists, it’s your turn! 

Artist sign-ups are open now until 8 July! If you want to create artworks for HP wlw long fics, sign-up using this form.

We cannot wait to have you join us in the fest!

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Posting starts tomorrow!!

HP femslash fans and WLW enthusiasts, get ready, because posting for this year’s HP WLW Big Bang starts TOMORROW!!

We’ve got six amazing F/F works coming your way, so stay tuned for our first fic & art to be revealed tomorrow, on 1 September!

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Stay tuned!

Hey pals! Exciting news--HP WLW BB is returning for 2022! 

We’ve adjusted the timeline this year and pushed things back by a couple months, so stay tuned for all the details coming in March!

See you soon!

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2022 Fest Stats

Well comrades, we’ve got another year on the books! we literally could not have done it with out the 7 authors and 6 artists who brought us:

6 fics

14 artworks

5 ships (3 of which were rare pairs!)

200k words

together with the 22 hype readers who signed up and all others who’ve read, kudosed, reblogged, liked, commented, rec’d, or ‘just’ enjoyed reading, we’ve been fortunate to have a fest with uncountable good vibes <3 

Thanks to everyone who made it happen!

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FIC & ART: you will burn right now but then you won't regret it

Title: you will burn right now but then you won't regret it 

Pairing: Fleur/Tonks 

Author: @thistlecatfics

Artists: @SecondSilk and @veelawings

Rating: M 

Warnings/content notes: Rape/non-con, anti-magical creature prejudice, substance abuse, prejudice against substance users, medical sexual assault, medical restraints, police brutality, internalized homophobia, dissociation. See additional tags on AO3.

Summary: Eight years after Voldemort’s defeat, as the illegal potions trade ravages England and the government intensifies lycanthropic restrictions in response, Fleur and Tonks join forces to uncover corruption in the Ministry.

As they discover a scandal deeper than they could imagine, Fleur contends with her complex legal status, Tonks contends with her mother, and they do their best to avoid contending with their feelings for each other.

Word Count: 32k

Read it on AO3

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FIC & ART: Silhouette

Title: Silhouette

Pairing: Narcissa Black Malfoy/Hermione Granger

Author: @maraudersaffair

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @SecondSilk

Rating: Explicit

Warnings/Content Notes: Post-Hogwarts, POV Narcissa Black Malfoy, Ministry of Magic Employee Hermione Granger, Angst, Self-Esteem Issues, Sexual Tension, Drinking, Down and Out Narcissa Black Malfoy, Former Death Eater Narcissa Black Malfoy, Derogatory Language, Narcissa Black Malfoy-centric, Bisexual Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lesbian Hermione Granger, Jealousy, Internalized Homophobia, Falling In Love, Minor Narcissa Black Malfoy/Kingsley Shacklebolt. See the rest of the tags on AO3.

Summary: After the war, Narcissa is down and out and working as a seamstress when Hermione asks her to be her personal dressmaker. Narcissa agrees because Hermione is a rising star in Ministry politics and any association with her would do wonders for Narcissa's reputation. The problem is Narcissa can't stop thinking about what it would be like to shag Hermione.

Word Count: 25,000

Read on AO3

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Artist sign-ups postponed 1 day

We know there are artists excitedly waiting for sign-ups, and we want to inform you there’s been a minor hiccup, but sign-ups will be opened tomorrow (26 June). We apologize for the delay.

Keep an eye out here tomorrow for the sign-up form to go live!

Thanks for your patience, and see you in the fest <3

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FIC & ART: (Self)Deception

Title: (Self)Deception

Pairing: Petunia Evans Dursley/Narcissa Black Malfoy

Author: space_mermaid

Artists: @digthewriter & @anaxandria-writes

Rating: E

Warnings/Content Notes: Slow Burn, Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort, late bloomer lesbian, Friends to Lovers, Secret Identity, Family Drama, Bisexual Female Character, partially redeemed character, Minor Character Death, minor/background Drarry, Past Rape/Non-con, implied underage rape, Sexual Trauma, implied fertility issues, Implied/Referenced Incest, Self-Harm, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Torture, flashback to murder, Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Violence, m/f sex scene, F/F sex scene, mention of past abortion, Domestic Violence, Self-Hatred, Abduction, POV Alternating

Summary: Narcissa Malfoy is sentenced to two years of rehabilitation. She and Lucius take on new names and live amongst Muggles, a task made all the more arduous by their prickly handler. Although Narcissa is confident in her ability to fake it til she makes it, she quickly realises her freedom is not guaranteed. And her motives are muddied as she becomes closer to a kind Muggle woman.

Petunia Dursley is struggling to find her footing when Dudley leaves for university. She joins the Eardisley Women’s Institute despite Vernon’s grumblings. Her goal of making acquaintances suitable to invite over for tea is overshadowed after a chance encounter with the mysterious newcomer to the village. As she grows closer to Priscilla, everything she thought she knew about herself unravels.

Word Count: 58,000

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