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DC Fanfic Recs: Grave Tales from LJ

Fly Robin Fly by Phoenix Angel Suyari: Death comes for the batfam circa OYL. The Titans bear witness.

Survival by JBMcDragon: All Tim has to do is survive. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?

The Sea is Just a Wetter Version of the Sky by Alexiel Neesan & The Protagonist: Jason Todd must be the bearer of the bad news that will put a crack in the center of Tam Fox's world.

Heart, Humble by Brown Betty: Jack Drake must grapple with his son's secrets tonight.

[dictacontrion]

If this counts as a rec just delete this ask and I'm sorry :) Imagine you know someone who has never read any Drarry and asks you where to start. What do you say?! This is so much pressure!!

It does, but I’ve just had a glass of wine and am in fandom space and am not going to do a full rec post so anyway, I tell them to read As Souls From Bodies Steal by @femmequixotic and/or Azoth by @lol-zeitgeistic. Both fics do an exceptionally brilliant job of feeling like HP stories while building out the HP ‘verse in intriguing and inviting ways and demonstrating how it would be possible from Harry and Draco to get from where they are in canon to being able to contemplate/have a romantic relationship. They’re also well-written and engaging reads in their own rights, and show off some of the best of what fic can do. Then, when asked this question IRL (which does happen, bc I can only keep my mouth shut about fannishness for so long) I also generally recommend that people go look at femme and zeitgeistic’s work generally, as well as @blamebrampton, @pir8fancier, @firethesound, @writcraft, and @icmezzo, whose fic accomplishes the same very important things and covers a broad range of emotive registers such that a new reader is likely to find very good things that will appeal to their particular tastes among those back catalogs. And if I know a reader has particular tastes or interests, I will tailor accordingly.  I also generally send them to what’s on some of my lists of favorite fics. @firethesound adds that she sends people to @capiturecs brilliant rec lists and tells them to pick whatever looks appealing, which is very good advice indeed.

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dicta do you have any larry fic recs? nothing specific but just any fic that you loved a lot? thank you, your opinion on fics means a lot to me, and i feel like you'd probably know the really good ones!

Oh my gosh anon I love the wording of this ask so much. I’ve been meaning to make a larry rec list for going on a year but it just feels so official/overwhelming? But this, fic I loved a lot??? I can absolutely do that!!! and aaaaah there are SO MANY!!! I am not as organized about larry fic as drarry fic so this is, basically, like, a list of fics that stuck in my brain and/or heart and that are all so so good. SO GOOD! (and tbh there’s a whole other list of stuff that i’d rec but would want to reread before attempting commentary, and I have so many things marked for later and like….yeah….there’s a lot of good fic out there) And really, what better rec is there than “this is a fic that stuck in my brain and/or heart”?? Everyone should read them all!!

an act of faith against the night by @elianefics​ - M, 65k - It’s a clear path, drawing itself in Harry’s mind – where they began, how they ended up here. It’s not hard to convey all the events that led them to this very moment, with all of their twists and turns, not when Harry has been going through them again and again every night, albeit searching for something else.  “Did you know?” When Harry replies, it’s a question, not an answer. “Did you know, that it would end like this?”[Harry and Louis had never imagined that, when they would finally go back to New York, it would be as spies.] (part two of the landscapes of war series)

The war from ‘a prayer for which no words exist’ (recced below!) is over, or at least as over as war can be for the people who were there, which is to say….not all that over, just taking different shape. I have endless love for the way this fic treats that aftermath, the way it shows how deeply and irreversibly harry and Louis were shaped by being fighters, and it is a stunning mix of beautiful prose and important ethical questions. It also does some really fascinating meta work with Simon Cowell, the Azoffs, and the Cordens taking on central roles in the post-war nation-building project. It’s a lot for one fic to do, and this one manages it beautifully, and throws in some more beautiful NYC cityscapes, heartaching and conflicted nostalgia, and taut but unwavering H/L love, you know, just for good measure.

another hazy may by deLILAh - M, 41k - louis is a terrible poet and harry lives in the now and they have six weeks to fall in love but, really, it only takes six seconds. bookshop meets military meets summer romance au ft. marlboros, the backstreet boys, and underrated literary devices.

It’s been over a year since I’ve properly read this all the way and I can still see parts of it as vividly as if it had been last night. Harry’s hair, cigarette smoke curling upwards, hardwood floors, the rhythm of Harry’s feet as he runs to stay in shape for the job that will take him away from Louis, the feeling of seconds slipping away, and each of them more precious for being so few in number. This is one of those fics that made me nostalgic for somewhere I’d never been - except who hasn’t felt as though time was moving simultaneously quickly and too slowly, as though there is something precious that could fall apart at any second? And that’s one of many things this fic does beautifully: gives us the universality of their story, and reminding us of our own.

Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart by @conscious–ramblings​ - M, 19k - Louis and Harry had been childhood best friends, but had been separated by evacuation as the city they grew up in was destroyed around them. Now, twelve years later, they are both back in London, and through chance they meet again. In a time when you can’t admit to being gay, for fear of arrest, admitting to your best friend that you love them seems like an insurmountable obstacle.Featuring boxer Harry and mechanic Louis, much pining, and a lot of post war Britain

There’s often a moment in fic where they’re trying to figure out if the other one is gay and/or available, that’s full of a certain kind of tentative hope because there’s some kind of attraction there and what if, what if it was everything they think it might be? This fic takes that to 11 in the most meaningful way, because it’s the 40s, and being gay is a crime, and it’s not a question of whether they’re reading the right signals - neither of them can afford to send any - but of trying to accept that it could never, can never be. Set against absolutely simmering chemistry (the moment Louis first sees Harry in the ring is a thing I’m still not over) and wonderful research and settings (loved the feel of it, the way it all came to life, how present the remnants of the war were as they went about their lives) and fab secondary characters (Niall is a gem, and Liam is so how I think of him, and really everyone was just perfect) and this incredible click where you can feel the ease and understanding between them, feel the sense that they are destined and absolutely belong together…it takes that tension and longing, already at an 11, to a 12, and the ending is cathartic and beautiful and means so much more for knowing how rare and lucky and precious that moment is, and how much they’re willing to risk, and how it’s kinds of risk that are sometimes very specific to being queer in a moment when it’s illegal and how many of them are universal, and how incredible and enormous and moving a thing it is when both kinds of risk pay off.

Don’t Look Down by zarah5 - M, 92k - AU. In which Louis is a solicitor at one of London’s most prestigious law firms and Harry happens to apply for the position as his trainee. And everyone else is around, too.

Harry is unbelievably charming here, and it makes total sense that Louis falls for him, and as the story unfolds the clarity and meaningfulness of their connection gets more and more apparent even as Louis is fighting it tooth and nail. But it’s not miscommunication and it’s not self-loathing, it’s that Louis’ reasons are genuinely thoughtful and important (professional ethics!!!!!! With real implications!!!!) and that they’re genuinely in a difficult position and can’t be together without betraying things that mean a lot to both of them, which made me love this version of him even more and root for them that much harder. And I was already rooting for them pretty damn hard. They fit together beautifully from the first, understand each other on so many levels, are drawn together just magically…and then there are these beautiful moments (Venice omg) and heart-wrenching moments (after that dinner and that one morning and then that other one omg) and hold-your-breath moments (what is Louis gonna dooooo) and heart-pounding momebts, and I could not put it down.

Fake you’re full and feel tomorrow by theglitterbee - NC-17, 21k - Louis is a high class prostitute and the best at what he does. Harry is a hard to please 17 year old who wants to give himself completely to another man. [It contains prostitution, d/s, daddy kink, silly banter and two idiots in love.](The one with the text messages.)

listen this is gonna sound like a weird rec but bear with me. this fic was one of the first 1d fics I read, and on face is almost entirely made of things i don’t like, and yet, here it is. It did that alchemical thing where it just worked and it did all these things really well - like daddy kink was 100% squick for me before this and it’s still like 80% squick but this fic explained it in such a way that i got it and could understand it and see why it worked for them and what it meant for them and that psychology made it work (and made me get why it was hot? which is pretty massive for something in the squick category). and i was hesitant about their ages but it wound up being (i think not unrealistically) part of a fundamental kind of self-discovery that was part of why things between them felt so critical and important. and i was v skeptical about social media stuff in fic but this one did it so well that i got it and felt like it really enriched the story and showed a particular kind of progress and dynamic in their interactions that needed to be done that way (and wound up being really cool and impressive). and i was nervous about the potential for the dynamics to not work but they are both full people who needed each other in this very specific way and fit together beautifully and it did some of the best stuff kink fics do imo, where the kink reveals something about who they are and what they need and why they work and who they are individually and together, and so here we are, a fic with tags i wouldn’t usually touch, reccing away and considering a reread. this kind of rec can be kind of ~, i know, but the tl;dr is that this fic is so good it overcame every hesitation and left me totally engaged and impressed and invested.

Hold Me Closer by balanceds - NC-17, 36.5k - Louis Tomlinson is one of the most promising dancers of the English National Ballet, on track to become the youngest principal dancer in the company’s history. That is, until forces conspire to significantly complicate his life, including: a surprise ballet, an unfairly attractive guest choreographer, and being pushed into a rivalry with his best mate. Featuring lots of wine, dancing, pining, and a happy ending.

I was so surprised when I looked up the word count for this bc I would have sworn it was at least twice as longc there is so much story, and so much development, and so many moments that stick that. Watching Louis come to terms with who he was as a dancer and and person was this beautiful process that was so rewarding to read, and it was unusual and fresh in this way I really want to talk about but really don’t want to spoil. Along the way there is spectacular chemistry, zayn and Louis taking on gay swan lake, so much yearning and despair and happiness and reckoning and growth, an amazing and deeply satisfying Simon moment, and one of those h/l relationships where they make each other strong.

like a boomerang by @youwilll​ - M, 52k - AU in which Harry gets trapped in a lift, Louis gets stuck in a Wednesday, and it’s always February 2nd. Until it isn’t.

This fic is so so utterly charming in like nine different ways. Harry and Louis slot together so beautifully you can practically hear the click, and then they do it again and again and somehow every time feels fresh and important, and through it all the stakes get bigger as Louis contemplates the meaning of their repeated day and all of these deep questions sneak in, and a bit of a mystery, and a bunch of self-discovery, and a bunch of personal growth as Louis learns and thinks, really thinks, about what he needs to do, and realizes how willing he is to do it. It was so perfectly balanced between being gentle and exciting, between destiny and action, between grand gestures and quiet moments, and it settled like a warm blanket and I looked forward to every chapter so much.  And then, at the end…it was one of those stories that made me want to add and place to my travel list because the relevant moments are so well located and satisfying that you just want to be there, and it captured this particular instant - the way it wound sound and smell and how the air would feel and the electricity of it - so vividly. Lovely through and through.

Love Is A Human Right by @conscious–ramblings​ - M, 41k - The one where Louis has spent years getting over his ex, Harry Styles, and was almost successful. That is until Harry is elected as an MP, and Louis is given the task of getting him to support an Act of Parliament. Through tears and arguments and a heavy dose of LGBTQ+ politics, their lives finally line up. Will Louis be able to forgive? Will they still want the same thing? It’s difficult to let go of five years of hurt, but even more difficult to be close to the love of your life and let them walk away again.

This fic is basically everything I want in a fic, but together so amazingly well that I would never be able to put into a prompt because it’s the *how* that makes it so perfect. I mean, politics, check, LGBTQ politics, check, larry, check, vivid settings, check, emotional stakes, check, pining, check, everything, check. But the kicker is the beautiful complexity to all of it, that the story really truly understands the complexity of coming out and why people  do and why they don’t and what it mean and how it works and the ways it plays out in queer communities, and these gay leads aren’t incidentally gay, but engaged in identity and politics in a way that feels true and resonant, and that manages to both say really important things about queer communities and tell a beautiful love story about coming to terms with who you are and what you stand for and how love shapes (but doesn’t always determine, and I love that about this fic too) your priorities. Then add some simmering UST and simmering RST (hot damn i mean really) and viscerally, deliciously painful pining and hilarious side plots (SGIL!! Ziam!! Nick’s guessing games!!) and a background story that had my heart twisting for them from the first and settings that felt so real they were popping back into my head for weeks and just…superb. Superb.

a prayer for which no words exist by @elianefics​ - M, 65k - “Louis is a few seconds away from blowing up a rather important section of the New York subway when he sees Harry for the first time.” (part one of the landscapes of war series)

War!AU in NYC! Another one that I will admit fit my interests beautifully but it’s the execution that makes it work so beautifully. From the second they meet, there’s an urgency and fragility to Harry and Louis’ relationship that is a perfect fit for the politics and the newness of it all. At the same time, their connection is so certain and solid, and whether they’re waking up in the Brooklyn penthouse loft that I am still not over or getting ready to run into battle, their love casts everything else into relief and brings out some of he human consequences to why people fight and what they have to gain or lose, and shows what all they’re risking. Left me breathless in the best ways, and so glad to have gone on this journey.

Pull Me Under by zarah5 - NC-17, 140k - AU. As the first British footballer to come out at the prime of his career,  it helps that Louis Tomlinson is in a long-term, committed  relationship. Even if that relationship is fake. (Featuring Niall as Louis’ favourite teammate, Liam as Louis’ agent, and Zayn as Liam’s boyfriend, who just happens to be good friends with one Harry Styles.)

This was the fic that tipped me right over the precipice and properly into the fandom; how could I not rec it? Even if I wasn’t personally attached, how could I not rec it? It’s so bloody beautiful, watching Louis come to terms with the idea of being out, and to take steps towards it, and to see how his interactions with Harry change that and what develops between them. The pacing is amazing, the depiction of internalized homophobia is chest-tightening in the good illustrative moving way, the world is so immersive (like I went to get the link and 20 minutes later I was still reading and totally entranced), and their relationship 100% made my heart sing, in both the big triumphant moments and the little ones.

things have gotten closer to the sun by starseas - M, 49k - it’s strange, making the choice to face his past—it almost feels like he’s heading for the sun straight on, like he’s screaming come on and burn me, i deserve it.-when a solar flare is announced to end the world in twelve days, harry reunites with the people that he used to know better than the back of his own hand.

I’m not even entirely sure what to say about this fic that won’t give it away or send people running because here’s the thing: it is heartbreaking. It is worth it. It is sad, yes. It is also exhilarating and beautiful and about why love, platonic and romantic, makes the risks worthwhile, and how we know, viscerally know what is important to us. Real talk pt. 1: read it because I had terrible pms and really needed to cry. Real talk pt. 2: it worked, in that very particular way thar also made me sit and think about who and what is really important and had me sobbing in the best, most cathartic way. That lasting, deep way that’s making my chest a little tight just thinking about it, but that also means that I can smell the snow and feel the frost and see the brilliance of the sun and feel the boys’ love as - more - constant than the sun, and what the heck else could you ask for?

These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch and everydayslike - NC-17, 190k - Future AU in which nobody tries out for X Factor but the boys end up finding one other eventually anyway. Louis is a jaded bastard who owns a cat named Duchess and teaches drama to teenagers, Harry is an idealistic aspiring photographer/part-time footy coach, Zayn teaches English lit and wears leather jackets, Liam saves people from burning buildings, and Niall is Niall.

this is one of the top ten most affecting things i have ever read in my life. i don’t know how. i don’t know why. i do know that i couldn’t put it down for days and wound up finishing it in a blanket fort on a friend’s couch at 4am, literally doing that feet-kicking thing where you’re so full of feelings you can’t actually physically contain it but have to be quiet and still because the rest of the world is asleep during your emotional revelation. it restored my faith in love and hope. i am still not recovered from the thing on the soccer field at night before the train or the star tattoo or harry taking picture after picture or basically anything about it. clear your calendar if you have to but read this fic and then pls come talk to me about it because like i said i am deeply affected and possibly forever changed.

walk my days on a wire by sunshiner - M, 38.5k - Harry hums, staring at his hands in his lap, and Louis can still feel their smoothness, how solid they were in between his own. “Do you think it’s the same for us? Are we here only because of the likeliness of our jobs? Of our lives?”“We’re here because we have inventive managers,” Louis says, giving Harry’s leg a little nudge with his knee, but all that’s going around in his head is, I think I’d be in the same spot in every possible universe.  or, when actor Louis Tomlinson used to daydream about dating Harry Styles, this is not what he had in mind.

There’s this one moment in Cannes when they kiss and I both really want to talk about it bc it is amazing and really would not dream of talking about bc you have to go read it yourself. So like the summary suggests, they’re in a fake relationship, and they know that that’s what it’s supposed to be, but of course - of course - there’s more to it than that. Like instantly more in this way that you can feel rolling off the screen, that is about sexual chemistry but also a certain kind of very precious fitting together. Watching them see themselves through each others eyes is beautiful, as is seeing how much it means to them to have someone else who understands the pressured of this rarefied, panopticonic world of celebrity, and who loves and validates the ott celeb performer and the human underneath the facade. It’s interesting to read in the context of this fandom, and entirely universal at the same time - who doesn’t want a partner who can love them at their most extreme and most mundane, most accomplished and most afraid, right in the middle of a stadium or right in the middle of taking up the whole damn bed?

whispering of fields half-sown by @elianefics​ - PG-13, 7k - “And how ironic is it that even now, at the end of all things, Louis’ mere presence makes Harry want to believe that anything is possible again. That the earth isn’t close to collapsing on itself, that the tomorrows are bright and shining and full of promises. Harry hates Louis for giving him something to look forward to when the sky only keeps getting darker. Harry loves Louis for it. ”[All of his boys come back to him in the end, but it’s Louis, Harry has been waiting for all this time.]

heartbreaking, lush, moving apocalypse!fic wherein it is absolutely the case that through fire and water and earthquakes and ice, there is one person Harry needs by his side. There’s Liam and Niall and Zayn, too, and what it would mean for all of them to say goodbye, really goodbye, who they all are and what those friendships mean. And Louis. Oh, Louis. My eyes got mysteriously damp in the really good way, and it made me want to sit down and write just to make words like this. The conversation at the end of this stayed with me like whoa, and my chest is getting a little tight thinking about it again. That may make some people want to X it off the list; think twice before you do. This is worth it.

Young & Beautiful by velvetoscar - M, 227.5k - Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn’t stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes.

absolutely beautiful. so vivid i dreamt about it and then went and got a whole bunch of flowers and spent a while wandering around in fancy clothes just because it felt as though i was already living in the story so why not? And how could you not want to be part of this world that is complex and nuanced and subtle and gorgeous (which is not a way i expected to feel about a fic about rich kids btw but this fic makes them so full and the story so engaging that it happened and not only a little). Dimensional characters, wonderful tension, simmering slow burn, complexity, believable and complex psychological motivations,  theme parties, a falcon named cleopatrick, long nights, loaded touches, meaningful subplots, love, resilience. The only possible complaint is it made me want a champagne fountain, and that is not any sort of complaint at all. (lmk if you have a champagne fountain though, it’s been a few weeks and i am really still about wanting to live inside this fic, and also champagne)

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guys, do yourselves a favour, drop everything and read this big bang:

The Ends of Earth by darkforetold

It has super interesting plot, steampunk elements, awesome use of show's lines and actually made me tear up a bit!

This author never disappoints!

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DC Fanfic Recs: Batfam + Dimensional Hijinks

In a Parallel Life by Firestar385: Bruce and the boys are pulled through a portal to a world where Batman doesn't exist. They have no weapons, no resources, and no way home.

The Till-Then From the Ever-Since by Kieron_ODuibhir: Did the ex-robins' tiny tweenage dopplegangers come from the past to the future? From another dimension? Or are they even truly real? The only way to find out is to put all their heads together and try not to kill each other as the batcave grows impossibly full.

On the Other Side of the Glass by Capucine: When Dick lands in a different dimension, the logistics of getting home prove difficult. Mainly because Batman is evil.

The Bat's Crest by livierambles: It starts with Tim Drake waking up in a body that's not quite right.. and walking down the stairs to find Oliver Queen serving up breakfast. He quickly finds he's not the only one noticing something wrong.

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DC Fanfic Recs: Beguiling Bat-Drama

deep roots (are not reached by the frost) by fanfictiongreenirises: Dick is de-aged and re-aged by degrees. He keeps landing on the most traumatic points possible.

Tso'ape Mumbichi by keeptogethernow: Ten years ago, two people made a deal with the devil--unlimited funds in exchange for their child. And now it's time to pay up. But there's no way to ensure that the child will cooperate. Thankfully, the child once known as Tim Drake is about to get a Bat-shaped intervention.

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DC Fanfic Recs: Tim Drake Drama (ft. Batfam)

Port's Bakery by RedStarfish: In a world where Jason Todd became a baker instead of a vigilante, he still finds himself hanging out with a sad bird in a cape.

Year of Fallen Angels by Maychorian: Tim was taken, but he made it back alive. He just didn't escape unscathed. The recovery will be... long. And yeah, that's an understatement.

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DC Fanfic Recs: Dick & Tim + Amnesia Trope

Things That Don’t Kill Us by PolsVoice: Tim swore along with the rest of the family to stay away from Ric Grayson. But when Bruce breaks an unspoken promise of his own, Tim finds himself in the back of his once-brother’s taxi. Post-Batman #71.

Genesis by Shirokokokuro: When Tim wakes up in a bloody bathtub with no memory, he hurries to piece his identity together. (And maybe picks up a new mask along the way.) Post-Red Robin.

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Drarry Recs from H/D Erised

@hd-erised​ reveals are almost upon us! As always, there have been a ridiculous number of superb fics. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried, I’ve stayed up till 4am (really, I have done all of those things while reading these stories). There are many, many fics from this fest that I’d rec enthusiastically - many of which I’ve recced here!! - and a few more I’m hoping to read before reveals. Among this incredible treasure trove, there have been a few that extra moved me and stayed with me, and I wanted to give them more formal recs before the fest comes to an end (and I’ll update with author info once it does - cannot wait to find out who these folks are!!!!) Absolutely recommend checking these out, and please remember to leave comments and kudos for these fantastic authors!!

Antediluvia by @lol-zeitgeistic - NC-17, 57k - Everyone always forgets about the Merpeople. So did Harry until the day his, Lee’s, and Hermione’s Portkeys land at Reagan National Airport’s Arrivals dais. He’s just had to leave a job he loves and pack his entire life—literally—into his luggage. Then Malfoy and his subplots arrive, and suddenly, saving the world again, one Mermaid at a time, sounds like the perfect excuse to do something he’s always wanted.

This is one of the smartest, wow-est fics I’d read in a long time, and it blew me away, start to finish. It begins with Harry, Draco, Hermione, Lee, Padma, Blaise, and Narcissa being sent to the U.S. to resolve a dispute with Merpeople. As I wrote about a million times in the comments, JK Rowling could stand to take a few notes from this mystery author, as they develop a more complex and interesting mythology of American magic than anything in the extended canon, from the descriptions of different Mermish groups to the amazingness that is Kyle Malfoy. Every chapter, page, paragraph, etc., is filled with new observations that are funny and smart and that I’d like to keep forever. The politics of the story are dynamic and exciting, and the big reveal pays off with a bang. Through it all, Harry and Draco develop a deeper and deeper understanding of what they’re about and who they might become, individually and together, and their relationship comes together beautifully. Deeply interesting, deeply rewarding, and a lot of fun to read.

And, On The Other Side, A Welcoming Voice by blamebrampton - PG, 39k - For twenty years, the official history has told readers that Harry Potter died at the Battle of Hogwarts. The next edition is going to require some significant revisions.

This story starts with a fascinating premise, and it only gets more interesting from there. Draco is killed briefly and finds Harry on the other side, pushing him back towards life. When he says as much to Ron, the Auror on his case, they set out to figure out whether Harry – who disappeared the moment he defeated Voldemort – might be able to come back to them. The relationship between Draco and Harry, as they chat in between life and death, is warm and lovely, and the story is full of wonderfully creative, coherent magical theory, and chuckle-inducing observations about the state of the world. Beautifully done and deeply moving, with thought-provoking meditations that stuck with me long after I’d put it down.

Boom Clap (The Sound of My Heart) by @femmequixotic and @noeeon - NC-17, 40k - Post-war Hogwarts has been energized by its new teaching fellows program. Where once bitter enmity divided the wizarding community, Malfoy and Potter chummily patrol hallways together whilst Granger and Zabini seek lost parts of the castle at McGonagall’s behest and Chang supervises Quidditch when not lecturing in Charms. It’s a veritable wizarding utopia and life is predictable for the first time in years. Which is, of course, when everything blows apart as the result of a drunken dare and Malfoy’s life is ruined beyond his capacity to repair it. Ever. In a million years.

Draco and Harry’s push-pull had me on the edge of my seat more than once. The UST (and aching unresolved emotional tension) between them, and Draco’s longing, were resonant and beautifully done. I loved the construction of the teaching fellows program, which puts them back at Hogwarts with more maturity and perspective than we often get in eighth year fics, and some very moving interactions with students. Add in a fabulous cast (including maybe my favorite Cho Chang ever, a delightfully snarky portrait!Snape, and a Blaise and Pansy to die for), gorgeous writing, and some astounding magic (the room of requirement makes an excellent, moving appearance) and you have everything you need for a brilliant story, which this very much is.

Bound To You by @agentmoppet – NC-17, 28k - Hag magic is capricious and unruly, and Harry and Draco are bound to stay by each other’s side until they can solve the riddle. In between long car trips, misty rain, and midnight star charts, they begin to understand each other.

This story grows beautifully. It starts with real antagonism between Draco and Harry, and real mutual skepticism between them. As they’re pushed together, the growth of their relationship is halting and feels realer for it, and it’s accompanied by a quiet respect that feels substantive and makes the payoff all the more rewarding. Along the way, we see some truly exceptional magic. Harry’s job as a magical cartographer sets the stage for beautiful explorations of magical space, and those, as well as the car rides he and Draco spend together, suffuse the fic with quiet beauty. The ending brings unexpected pieces together fantastically well, with a great twist that sheds light on magical history and the nature of Harry and Draco’s relationship.

The Full Four Seasons by @ravenclawsquill - NC-17, 49k - Draco Malfoy just wants a quiet life. He has a successful business, a lovely wife, and a delightfully horrible circle of friends. He’s fine. Or, he was fine until Harry Potter thundered into his life with all the subtlety of a blast-ended skrewt and turned everything on its head. Now he’s beginning to wonder if ‘fine’ is enough, after all.

On top of overflowing with incredible UST, this a fantastic coming out story. Harry and Draco’s chemistry is, it quickly becomes clear, undeniable, but that’s only one part of the story. Draco has to grapple with whether coming out is worth the substantial costs, and his story rings true in a million different ways. The writing is gorgeous, the supporting characters pop off the page, and the story itself kept me up till 4am, absolutely captivated from the first word to the last.

A Ghost in the Garden by @thistle-verse – NC-17, 27k - That night Draco dreams, and he is the ghost in his garden. He is both silvered figment and his own solid and flesh face pressing against the window, watching. Spinning and spun, haunting and haunted. Turned and turning, an open mouth with no sound.

Ohhhh, this story! It got into my heart so very quickly and stayed there.  The atmosphere is incredible; every setting is beautifully drawn and immersive. It’s against that gorgeous background that we get a million fab tropes reimagined. This fic has case fic, auror partner H/D, forced proximity, forced bed-sharing, going undercover, pretend boyfriends – so many faves! And each of them done so that they feel fresh and original, and so that they contribute to an amazing, timely story that reveals quite a lot about how the wizarding world has changed in the years since the war, and how Harry and Draco find their way to each other in it. 

Lumos by birdsofshore – NC-17, 42k - Harry never expected to spend eighth year listening to Draco Malfoy wanking.

This story does so much more than what’s on the tin! It starts with that classic, much loved, “Harry and Draco are back for eighth year and have to share a room” premise, but the relationship that develops between them grows as their physical relationship does. This fic has a million cool headcanons, the use of magic is beautiful and unique, and the writing is confident and sensual and an absolute pleasure.

[dictacontrion]

hiya! i am a massive fan of you and your fic recs and i was wondering if you have any fics with drarry shower sex or just sharing a shower in general?? thank you!!

Hey anon! I’m having a problem, which is that I’m not taking rec requests and don’t want to be, but also several things came to mind immediately soooooooooo yeah. There are also a bunch more in the AO3 tag. But! I am still not taking rec requests!! And please remember to leave kudos and comments for these amazing authors!!

Drarry Recs: ft. Sex in the Shower

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound - NC-17, 150k - Over the six years Draco Malfoy has been an Auror, fourof his partners have turned up dead. Harry Potter is assigned as hisnewest partner to investigate just what is going on.

Cheaters Prosper by bryoneybrynn - NC-17, 4.5k - Draco won the Slytherin-Gryffindor match by cheating. Harry has a problem with that.

check this hand ‘cause I’m marvelous by lumosed_quill- NC-17, 8k - Harry’s had a crush on Malfoy for months now. But it willtake a barfull of his friends, some Firewhiskey, wagers made on hisbehalf, and Malfoyhimself to get him to act on it

Draco Malfoy is NOT Attractive by sophie_french - NC-17, 3k - Draco Malfoy is NOT attractive. Not even one bit. Nope.

Hung Like a Horntail by lumosed_quill - NC-17, 2.5k - Draco's become a bit obsessed with Harry's sizable package. It's a little distracting. Even more so when it's up your arse. (Or "Harry's Big Dick is messing with Draco's life." ~Capitu)

Hurt for the Right Reasons by traintracks - NC-17, 4.5k - Everything was so cocked up.  He just wanted this one thing.  He wanted to hurt for the right reasons for once.

Touch Me Fall by lumosed_quill - NC-17, 23.5k - Malfoy was such a ponce. And he was a complete snob. And he was sofucking fit Harry wanted to jump him where he sat. It would be too easyto forget his objective tonight: to really, really, really get Malfoyout of his system.

[dictacontrion]

Hello hon, I have a question, do you know of a fic that Draco makes front to his parents? like Draco is over with the little shit of his dad and finally say no sort of fic ?? I know is weird but I just really like independent Draco. (sorry my english i have no idea if this is write good)

Hey anon!! Listen, you should see me trying to revive my high school language skills on duolingo…yikes. It is allll good and huge props to you for coming to ask in a language you’re still learning!! As for fic, I’m not taking requests right now, but a couple of things came to mind where Draco either stands up to his parents or is rebelling against them, especially Lucius, one way or another. And then a few more things, and I guess we have a list. Though it is an incomplete list and not as thoroughly done as I used to do these because omg I did not mean to make a list. So anyway! You might try:

Drarry Recs ft. Draco Rebelling Against His Parents and/or Rejecting the Malfoy Way

As Souls From Bodies Steal by femmequixotic - NC-17, 41.5k - Hope may be found in the oddest of places, even in the bleakness of winter.

Come In From the Cold by oldenuf2nb - G, 2k - Life is all about choices.  Draco feels the weight of his.

Fade to Silver by furiosity - R, 11k - Four years ago, Draco Malfoy disappeared from the wizarding world. This is the story of what happened after that.

IDK My BFF Hermione? by lettered - NC-17, 19k - Draco’s a hot mess.  Harry’s lovin’ it (hell yes).

In Flight by eidheann - NC-17, 5k - What a Malfoy wanted, a Malfoy got. And Draco Malfoy wanted Harry Potter.

Just One of Those Things by kedavranox - NC-17, 14k - Harry and Draco have sex! Featuring a Muggle curious Draco, adeliciously amused Harry and a strangely perverted Luna. Love’s a prettyscary thing when you find it. Especially when your parents just don’tget it.

Lost and Found by rillalicious - M, 16k - Hermione is an auditor for the Ministry. When she comes across an intriguing case with a familiar name, she turns to her favorite Auror for help.

Lush Life by pir8fancier - NC-17, 19.5k - This is the sequel to Lettered. Draco is now the editor of a gay men’sporn magazine and living in N.Y. His self-imposed exile from England isabout to end.

Lustre by calico and julad - NC-17, 24.5k - He is, he tells himself, fine now.

On the Couch by frayach - NC-17, 26k - It’s a Mind Healer’s worse nightmare to lose a patient to suicide, butMind Healer Nick Nichols can attest to the fact that a murder/suicide iseven worse. If only Dr. Freud had come up with a sure cure for love.

The Proposal by dracogotgame - PG-13, 4.5k - Draco’s proposal is a night to remember

The Rose Tattoo by Vaysh - PG-13, 3k - A drunken tattoo becomes the anchor and compass in Draco’s Life.

Shame Keeps Its Watch by raitala - M, 11k - The post-war world is not an easy place to navigate when you are Draco Malfoy and none of the certainties you grew up with are valid any more. Basically, you are a bit of a mess. But at least you’re hot - that has to be worth something, right? (Remix of IDK My BFF Hermione?)

A Thousand Beautiful Things by Duinn Fionn- R, 108k - Draco Malfoy struggles with changed fortunes, shiftedalliances, an ugly war, and an unusual spell, with the help of aconcernedprofessor, an insightful house-elf, and an unexpected Gryffindor friend.

Tissue of Silver by fearlessdiva- M, 76k - A love story concerning possessed furniture, black silkpyjamas, courtroom drama, premonitions of doom, assassination attempts,DeathEater yoga, absinthe, bare feet and a sensible werewolf. Beware: coarselanguage, brief drug use, some sexual content, and consideration ofissues of sexual consent.

Hope you find something good!! And pls remember to leave comments and kudos for these wonderful authors!

[1dicta]

I just saw your Larry fic rec post, which was amazing. I've read a few of them and can't wait to check out the others, so thank you. You mentioned Drarry though, so I was wondering if you have a Drarry fic rec list as well?

Oooh, hi anon!!!! You are SO MUCH the right place!!

Not only do I have a drarry fic rec list, I have literally dozens of them. They’re organized on my masterlist here by genre, era, length, trope, career, featured other character, type of smut, and misc. (stuff like “at 12 Grimmauld Place” or “Involving the Daily Prophet” or “Parseltongue” or “Room of Requirement,” etc.) and then some other lists, classics and personal faves at the bottom. There’s a lot there!! You can also find all of that on my #dcrecs tag on my main blog (which is hp/drarry), but they’re better organized on the masterlist.

Also! I rec a drarry fic every day!!! With quotes from H/D fic!! All of them are here (under the #drarry quotes tag on my main) and all of them are lovely fics, def recommend!! (and that’s another ~600 fic recs at this point. the good ship guns ‘n’ handcuffs is plentiful and good to us.)

So, lots and lots of drarry fic for your reading pleasure!! The last full-on rec list I did with commentary was from the most recent @hd-erised fest, and I’ll reblog that plus the quote reveals in a sec for some really good starting places. But srsly, check out the masterlist for alllll sorts of things, and so much to go on!

[dictacontrion]

Hey, can you recommend any drarry fics where Draco is the crazy obsessive possessive one over harry? I've been looking for some but they're all dramione which makes me sad

Have you tried my masterlist? I’m p sure I have something like that, or else answered a question like that recently? You might try my #dcrecs tag as well!

[dictacontrion]

I love the found family trope! I know you don't do rec lists but do you know of anyone that has a list like that? I love reading about Harry with super strong friendships. I know he is close with Ron and Hermione in most fics but I would love to read about other strong friendships!

I love that trope too, anon!!! I don’t know of a rec list like that, and I think what constitutes found family could be up for debate (bc...is that every fic with a super tight golden trio/group of slytherins? what’s the line between close friends and found family? do people have to live together to be family? share hard times? good times? do those distinctions even matter? is it more of a gut feeling kind of thing? it’s probs important that that’s blurry, bc those distinctions mean different things to different people, but also makes a list harder!) but off the top of my head I’d say:

Drarry Recs ft. Found Family

A Certain Kind of Memory by jamie2109 - NC-17, 93k - What would you do if you were given less than a year to live? (NB - Real angsty, not a happy ending)

Collect Your Courage by Mervab - NC-17, 44k - Potter needs control; Draco needs forgiveness. They shag; Lavender givesadvice; they yell; Seamus makes muffins; they fight; and everyone elsedrinks far too much coffee for their own wellbeing.

Here’s the Pencil, Make it Work by ignatiustrout - M, 49.5k - Harry thinks “Why is Malfoy working in a coffee shop in muggle London?”is a much simpler question than, “Are you going to accept that auroroffer and, if you don’t, what will you do?” 

The Moon Looks Lovely Tonight by Omi_Ohmy - M, 36k - When Harry moves into the damp and empty Black house, it doesn’t quitefeel like home. And then the first owl moves in. After that, it’s asteep slope leading to bed-sharing, more owls, assorted housemates,strange potions experiments, and terrible cooking. And a bit ofwaltzing, too.

The Pure and Simple Truth by lettered - G, 65.5k - Harry, Draco, and Hermione go to a pub.  Harry, Draco, and Pansy go to apub.  Harry, Draco, Pansy, and Hermione go to a pub.  Harry, Draco,Hermione and Ron go to a pub.  Harry, Draco, Hermione, Ron, andPansy―you guessed it―go to a pub.  I could go on.  In fact, I did.  Harry, Draco, Hermione, Pansy, Ron, Blaise, Luna, Goyle, Neville, andTheodore Nott go to a pub.  In various combinations.

Welcome to the Real World by IamtheLizardQueen - M, 125k - A Harry/Draco romance, set post-Hogwart’s in muggle London.  Includes red mittens, linoleum, witty retorts, angst, love, dance clubs, strange friends, cooking shows, and coffee, not necessarily in that order!

And would be curious to know what fics other people classify as being about found family!