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Hi, I’m *bitches* 🙋‍♀️

bitches be like “this is the best piece of literature i have ever read” and it’s either a book that took them six weeks to finish or a fanfic they read at 3 AM

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Say it with me now

You are never late to a fandom. Your fic is never "invalid" for being "late". Your fic doesn't need a high word limit. Your fic does not need a high standard. Your fic does not need to be highly popular. Your fic isn't less valid than a popular author's fic. Your fic isn't inheritly bad. Your fic is amazing. Your fic is valid. The only thing that matters is that you're having fun. Fandom is not consumption and consumerism. Fandom is fun, free and for the people. Fandom is not a popularity contest. We're all nerds at the end of the day.

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There’s no better place than the fandom.

do you know where "no beta we die like x" comes from and how it is used?

The term "beta" in this context is short for "beta reader" - a person who reads a fic while it's still in the editing stage and helps the writer get it ready to post. Some betas check grammar. Some check canon compliance. Some are sensitivity readers. There are lots of things that betas can do.

So functionally, saying "no beta" means that the writer didn't get this checked by a second person before they posted it. It's a warning that there might be errors or typos etc. It's mostly used when an author has written something quickly and is posting without doing a lot of (or any) edits first.

As for where it comes from? It all started with a bumper sticker.

This image was an internet meme at one point, and it got meme'd on in the form of "no ___ we ___ like men"

Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

From there, it migrated to AO3 as the "no beta we die like men" tag, and very often the word men is replaced by the name of a character who dies in canon.

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We’ve all indulged - don’t deny it!

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“She swung on him. He let her. The crack of her fist against his face, the pain shooting from her knuckles to her wrist— Then Harry and Ron were there, pulling them apart. Malfoy’s perfect nose was crooked, blood gushing over his lips, blood smeared across his teeth because he was smiling, laughing in her face. He wasn’t resisting. Ron—the tallest and most thickly muscled of them—had the easiest job. It was Harry—wrapping Hermione up while she nonsensically yelled “I keep my promises, Malfoy!”—who had to plant his feet and jerk her back.”

Excerpt from and Art based on: ‘BLOODY, SLUTTY, AND PATHETIC’, by WhatMurdah

I had to join the trend and create some fanart because this fanfic has me on a chokehold.

I’ve taken some “creative licence” for Draco; the fanfic has him wearing a signet most likely on his pinky, but I wasn’t vibing with it; his tattoo should be on his right but we would have lost it for the art; and lastly, he was not meant to wear a heavy cloak, but alas, he looks delicious in one 🤷‍♀️

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do you take commissions? I love your art. I am set to publish my first novel and your art is so beautiful that I dream about it being the cover of my book.

Hi 👋

No, I do not take commissions, as in I do not create artworks to be remunerated for, since this this is purely a hobby to me and I don’t treat it as a job. However, I am open to collaborations. If you’re interested in that, please DM with few more info.

Happy to take it from there. X

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This is perfect 😍

“I’m asking Theodore Nott to the Ball,” said Hermione, dumping her books on the desk. Ginny raised a brow.

“Do you even know who that is?”

“Oh, shush." Hermione took out an emerald green cover from the pile. “I found his sketchbook. The one that's always on his desk."

“Must be some wicked sketches if they've breached your Quidditch-player fever.” Ginny snatched it.

“I suffer from no such ailment,” she scoffed, but her smile gave her away. More seriously, she said, “I’m lonely, Gin.”

All jokes aside, Ginny felt it, too. “But what's so special about Theo Nott?” She didn’t get it. Hermione could have literally anybody.

“Look at the drawings.” Hermione grinned.

“You snooped?” Ginny tutted. “Naughty, Ms Granger.”

She flipped the cover, licking her tongue to turn the thick pages with an exaggerated flair. “Shut up,” she cried a few pages in. “Shut up!”

“I know,” said Hermione. “There’s maybe a dozen of them in there.”

“And this doesn’t seem creepy to you?”

Hermione shrugged. “They’re harmless. Look, they’re all from a distance. See that one in the classroom? I think it’s from Transfiguration. My hair was braided like that one morning. They’re rather beautiful.”

Ginny sang out, “He liiikes you.”

She handed the sketchbook back, and Hermione began casting spells over it.

“What are you doing?”

“Locking it up.”

“Not only did you snoop, but you also broke his privacy charms?” Ginny’s grin widened.

"I'm Head Girl," she reasoned. "Simply monitoring."

Ginny kicked Hermione under the table, giving her the hurry-up-and-get-on-with-it eyes. Theo Nott had just entered the library with Malfoy, who seemed to have come from Quidditch practice.

Hermione finished casting her spells, then tousled her hair, pretending to study.

As the Slytherins passed by their table, Hermione called out innocently, “Theodore?”

Theo turned at the sound of his name, appearing confused, or maybe distrustful, when he realised it was Hermione. Odd for a bloke supposedly obsessed with her.

“I found your sketchbook,” she said, holding it up.

Malfoy stepped forward, hand outstretched. “That’s mine, actually.”

(340 words, prompt: that's mine actually, cross-posted from twitter)

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Take him back to the night he met her.

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Finally, they get to be each other’s valentines 💌

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An ice cream to cool down…

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🙌

UNBROKEN

Draco Malfoy

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Double Trouble

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I damn know I belong to another parallel universe - the dramione one. But this is too on point.

Also drarry will always makes sense 👏

[Draco and Harry holding hands]

Hermione: So who confessed?

Draco: It was me. I made sure it was short and sweet

Harry: You yelled "listen here you little shit, I have feelings for you and it's about time you acknowledged them!"

Draco: And it worked

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Draco & Hermione studies

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There's no straight way of explaining this.

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The Incident - a dramione fan-comics

He can be all tattooed and 6ft tall but that doesn’t mean that our girl doesn’t come with her own quirks

Ao3 link

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It’s 2023 and I still think about this artwork from time to time (my heart will never recover).

Senior Auror Draco has been MIA for almost a year now, the only thing found was a ring on a necklace given to him by his wife before the mission, as a reminder of who he had to come back to no matter what.