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Novel Length Fics (> 200,000 words) (Part 8)
Title: Unsinkable
Author: Gingersoup
Rating: T
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Angst
Chapters: 38
Word Count: 250,812
Summary: After a fight gone wrong in the Department of Mysteries, sworn enemies Draco and Hermione are thrown into a mysterious pensive-like portal and come out the other side onto the RMS Titanic. In a race against time and without their wands, the unlikely duo will have to fight against the binds of their new identities as well as their animosity toward each other in order to survive.
Title: Anchor and Rose.
Author: sixth_senses
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Angst
Chapters: 38
Word Count: 200,220
Summary: "Is it really a good idea to run away from war with the person you despise the most?"A hotel, A boathouse, Narcissa Malfoy's safe-house, and the world's most powerful wand left behind by Regulus Black. What else could Hermione add to the list to make her absolutely insane?Ah yes, Draco fucking Malfoy.ALSO AVAILABLE ON MY WATTPAD (sixth_senses)
Title: selfxconclusion
Author: spicyxpisces
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Angst
Chapters: 40
Word Count: 424,687
Summary: One year after the death of her husband, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger is trying to navigate her way through her loss. While trying to discover who she is without her husband, her friends move through their own forms of grief within their relationships.
Title: The Stars Above Us
Author: embersofapril
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Fluff, Angst
Chapters: 40
Word Count: 200,988
Summary: He remains silent at first, clearly unsure of what to say next. The temperature feels hot, he thinks, especially for the dungeon's standards. He feels as if he can see the air particles between them, perhaps even count how many separate them from one another.It feels odd for him to be alone with Granger in the potions lab after all this time.He catches the faint scent of strawberries and honey, reminding him to order the ingredients for his lesson on Amortentia for his NEWT classes next week.-A slow-burn, flashback-filled dramione fanfiction with a side of wolfstar.
Title: A Game of High Stakes
Author: in_dreams
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Angst
Chapters: 51
Word Count: 263,110
Summary: In theory, the task is simple: kill Draco Malfoy. In practice, putting a curse through the Dark Lord's favoured lieutenant will take everything Hermione has―especially since he's trying to kill her, too. Even more so when the lines between them start to blur. Sometimes, the only way out is through.
Title: Who We Are Now
Author: LiloLilyAnn
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Angst
Chapters: 60
Word Count: 398,717
Summary: She lived through the war, but did she actually survive it? She didn't recognize the girl who looked back at her in the mirror, sunken eyes and protruding ribs, covered in scars. This wasn’t Hermione Granger. She died alongside Lavender, Fred, Sirius, Remus... Her name wasn’t up on any walls in memoriam, but she felt like a casualty nonetheless.*****When Hermione can't seem to get past the trauma of the war and all that happened to her, she's convinced to get help for her mental health issues. Unfortunately, the Wizarding World has none... yet.
Title: Redemption/Atonement
Author: LordoftheManor
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Angst, Drama
Chapters: 75
Word Count: 448,946
Summary: Draco Malfoy has had a crush on Granger for years. When Blaise tells him he's heard Granger has a crush on him--Draco decides to seize the opportunity. The only problem is, Granger wants to keep things quiet. Oh and he's a Death Eater working for Lord Voldemort. Hermione Granger has been secretly pining after Draco for years, telling no one. When he suddenly confronts her after class her world turns upside down. This is a 7th year fic as if Dumbledore hadn’t been killed and Voldemort hadn’t taken over the ministry yet. Draco redemption arc. This will cover books 6 & 7.Really just an excuse to write smut about a curly haired witch and her platinum haired beau. There will be dark themes, I’ll try not to stray too far from the books with that though. Explicit sexual content.
Title: A Dangerous Collection
Author: Lia_Redrose
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance
Chapters: 34
Word Count: 208,277
Summary: Eight years after Voldemort's defeat, Draco Malfoy has left England for good. He has become a potioneer and works in a Potion Shop in Florence. He thinks he has done with the past, until one day a famous girl with messy curls and curious eyes storms inside and asks for a cure.The words and the newborn smile died as the woman turned to face him. Her mouth opened and her facial features became confused and astonished. “Malfoy?” There were surely some deities - three at least - that hated him and conjured for that to happen, because there was no other explanation to what was happening to him. It was a catastrophe. A catastrophe Draco couldn’t escape unless he bolted out of the shop to never come back again, which was something he couldn’t do. That’s why he cleared his throat and proceeded to greet his customer with a simple and clear “Granger.”
Title: Redemption
Author: gnrkrystle
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 45
Word Count: 237,960
Summary: As an Unspeakable, Hermione has been tasked with a very complicated case. All the Marked Death Eaters in Azkaban are falling ill - Draco Malfoy and Theo Nott the worst among them. She has to find out why and cure them.
Title: Finding Hermione
Author: ebookdragon
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 51
Word Count: 217,753
Summary: Fifteen years after the end of the Second Wizarding War, former Hogwarts' students are sending their own children off to school for the first time. As the train leaves, Hermione makes a startling discovery about her husband and the secret life he's been living. Draco witnesses Hermione's world shatter and comes to her rescue, helping her pick up the pieces and find herself again.
Title: The Education of a Lady
Author: thewanderers'wanderingdaughter
Rating: M
Genre(s): Drama, Horror
Chapters: 34
Word Count: 365,605
Summary: Fourth and final (for real this time) part in the His Little Bird series. The story of survival, betrayal, and tragedy. A monster took everything from her. Now she's expected to be a willing participant in the world he's built for them. They want her to become one of them. She only wants vengeance, and now that she has her power back, she can make that a reality.
Title: Snow Angel
Author: SunflowersXx
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 31
Word Count: 353,142
Summary: ‘To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves’- Federico Garcia Lorca. Hermione hated secrets, she hated the idea that their lives were already decided in the stars; but mostly, she hated that she had to break Draco Malfoy’s heart.Draco didn’t think he would ever know what love felt like, he didn’t think he would find it in the sun, in whiskey and in that one curl. He certainly didn’t think he would loose it just as he had it in his grasp.
Title: The Hardest of Hearts
Author: WillowingScribe1709
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Humour
Chapters: 34
Word Count: 219,508
Summary: Hermione, driven to become Minister of Magic, reluctantly joins a matchmaking agency, only to discover Draco Malfoy as her top match.Initially scoffing at the idea of marrying her old nemesis, Hermione is forced to reconsider when their paths intertwine, unraveling not just their past but also new layers of deceit. Among these Draco's connection to the Seven Devils, a group wrapped in secrecy and rumoured to have been founded by his father, Lucius.What starts out as a simple match of convenience soon blossoms into a profound connection that catches Hermione completely off guard. With a menacing new threat casting a shadow over their future, their growing bond becomes the crux upon which destiny hinges.---------“It’s not that simple,” he said, and his eyes flashed with something dark that curled around her airways and choked the breath out of her. “Even if we never consummate our marriage, I need to know that I can touch you in public without you flinching. That you can touch me in return without looking green in the face.”“Of course I can,” she said with more bravado than she felt.“Is that so?” Malfoy asked, more darkness swirling in his eyes. “Care to demonstrate?”
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reached a little milestone tonight! that's a lot of words :3
#this is for all my works combined btw not just one specific fic#i may not have achieved much in my life but i *have* written the equivalent of two average-length novels in gay fanfiction#so that counts for something i guess#i know 200k isn't that prolific compared to some other fic writers but it's way more than i ever expected sooooo#i think i deserve to pat myself on the back a little#(metaphorically that is. i'm not literally patting myself on the back because that would feel a bit weird i think)
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in my "using the transform tool on my novel to fix the anatomy" era
#it looks sooooo bad but once i lower the opacity and draw over it again it will be SO GOOD#unfortunately dream game first so this agony will continue for another few months#tbh i have no idea how long dream game will take. used to think it's a 200k novel but i think the only reason the main book is this long#is bc it's bloated by a lot of the layered confusing scene content im currently cutting#i mean i kinda operated on the '50k per death arc' principle but all things considered it should move fairly quickly?#more of a 20/40/20/20 distribution length wise (percentiles not wordK)#but i have been out of writing for so long i dont trust my judgment either what if i plan it at 150k and it ends up 250k#like just. for nano tracking purposes..#NOT THAT I HAVE TO WORRY ABT THAT RN theres still 50k of current novel mess left at least#elia txts#growing pains!!!!!!!!!!!
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how many chapters is like ur goal for what you make?
iiiii don't really have a goal in mind! i really think whatever amount of chapters the story is completed in will be fine by me.
#asks#also i feel like we have moved well past ''long fic'' by now bc it's almost 200k words#so i am more than satisfied with its length!#(am actually a lil concerned that its length will b prohibitive to prospective new readers. help)
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while the story I'm writing gets longer and longer, let's ask:
this question is asking how long a story needs to be to discourage you from reading, e.g., you wouldn't start it unless someone recommends it to you, or it's so long that you would never reread it
because of the lengths involved, this is going to refer less to individual novels and more to full book series, very long fics, and web novels/web serials
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Hello from Blighty thoughts about Saltburn
As a continuation from my reply to @armands-eyefuckery because BRAIN
Aight gang let's have a lil sit down because there is a big ol angle to the film that I think is getting missed by a lot of folks who aren't from the UK because it's a very uh...
British Thing.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT OLIVER IS FROM THE NORTH.
Cut because Length.
Now look. I am not going to go into Thatcher and Her Crimes, but it's worth a google. I do bring it up in You're Almost Home because...
Lots of people are saying Oliver is upper middle class, and honestly? That doesn't track for me. At all. Yes, his parents have a detached house in a nice suburb and they went on holidays, but there's a lot of Very British Context to them that I really want to point out. Also remember, it's 2006/2007. That is also important.
First of all- Oliver's parents probably never went to University.
Really listen to them. How gullible they are- they believe that Oliver can study at Oxford, and be on the rowing team, and be in plays, and be top scholar. He's always been so clever. If Oliver was anything near upper middle class, his parents would be educated professionals. Oliver probably has dockworkers not even three generations back- his dad has management vibes, but he probably worked his way up in the 70s when all you needed was a good attitude and not to be an obvious murderer.
Secondly- let's talk about the house.
As someone from Down South who has also lived Up North, Oliver's Parent's house would not have been as expensive as people think. Let's assume they bought it in the 1980s- we ALL know that house prices are through the roof NOW, but even today there is a huge gap between house prices in the south and the north. 200k down South might get you a one bedroom flat, if you're lucky. 200k in Prescot can get you a 4-bed, semi-detached HOUSE. Check rightmove.
It is also important that the house is relatively new-looking, because over here Upper Middle Class people aren't really into new build houses- if Oliver was upper middle class, he'd be living in something Victorian or Edwardian. Probably somewhere with a good link to London, especially in 2007. It also means that Oliver's parents may not have even bought it outright- my parents got on the housing ladder via a shared ownership scheme. Oliver's parents aren't rich.
Now, the holidays. Mykonos. Another fun Brit thing is the package holiday. Here's a pretty interesting article about them;
Two adults and three kids could absolutely have gone to Mykonos every year in the late 80s/90s for far less than you'd expect, especially if they paid in installments each month.
I also mentioned about Ollie being from Merseyside specifically, but again. CONTEXT. Although Oliver isn't Liverpudlian (it's important, he's from NEAR Liverpool but not Liverpool itself) the North of England as a whole has routinely been fucked over by those in power. The government AND the royals and the very wealthy. It's still ongoing today- again, another fun source.
Remember when Mr Eats-Crunchies-Sideways called him a Bootlicker? That's fucking IMPORTANT. To many folks he IS a bootlicker. He is highly unlikely to have been raised to grovel at the feet of those with hereditary titles and wealth, and honestly he doesn't. I've written before about how Oliver Denies Felix Things and how that dynamic is important. Oliver likely hasn't been raised with any real deference to The Rich (except Princess Diana).
It also effects Oliver's response to Felix, because goddamn it THATCHER again- it is HIGHLY likely that Oliver has lived through a lot of homophobia. Internalised a lot of it. Felix's parents do not give a shit, but that was not the norm. Again, tried to hit on it in YAH, because times have changed since the 90s/2000s and people change with them, but no fuckin wonder Oliver never responded to Felix chirpsing him like a maniac. He's fucking REPRESSED when he's in Oxford, pals. It also makes sense with that weird Tumblr Dom shit he pulls; he's still fuckin weird about it, he's just being In Charge so he doesn't need to be vulnerable in any way. He is only vulnerable for Felix, and even then he can't SHOW felix that, that would be gay.
Leiflitter over'n'out
#leiflitter rambles#saltburn spoilers#saltburn thoughts#incoherent as usual pals#can't take the brit outta saltburn#yah!posting
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Hi! Thank you so much for your work. I'm looking for long finished fics, it can be canon or not AND I'm also looking for fics focused on Kevin and Neil friendship
Recs with Kevin and Neil friendship will follow in a separate post.
Now to get nerdy. 🤓 In a previous ask for longer andreil fics, we linked the official AO3 tutorial for honing searches to find what you’re looking for. The key for finding long complete fics is a combination of word count and completion status.
“Complete Works Only” must be selected and the “Word Count” must be written as numerals with no commas.
So, for complete aftg fics that are more than 200k words:
Search AO3 for All For The Game - Nora Sakavic
Click Works
Go to the Sort and Filter menu on the right side of the screen
Look for the More Options header near the bottom
Click the arrow by Completion Status
Select Complete Works Only
Click the arrow by Word Count
Enter 2000000 in the From field
Click Sort and Filter
Current yield: 19 complete aftg fics over 200k words
For complete aftg fics that are between 100k and 200k words:
Repeat steps 1-7
Enter 100000 in the From field
Enter 200000 in the To field
Click Sort and Filter
Current yield: 54 complete aftg fics between 100k-200k words
Etcetera, etcetera. The real fun begins when you select the pairings and types of stories you want to read! Below you will find some specific long complete previous asks, and a handful of previously featured fics. -A
previous asks
long complete parental andreil here
long complete Raven!Neil here
long complete kandreil here (more of these sorted by length on ao3 here)
long complete post canon fics here
long andreil fics here (all completed)
staff top long post canon fics here
staff fave longer fics here and here
long fics for a return to fandom here (many are completed)
fluff
‘Pinch of Salt.’ here (51k)
canon universe
‘Dead Girl Walking’ (217k) here
‘A Falling Star’ series 245k here (updated)
dark/angsty
‘Armies’ 300k, ‘The Nameless Monster’ 118k, ‘I Spy a Broken Heart’ 205k (completed), ‘what it takes to survive’ 100k here
‘Not Damsels, not Knights’ 93k here
‘Joseph’ series 119k here
‘Red Rabbits’ series 729k here
action/adventure/fantasy/scifi
‘The Foxhole Force’ 245k (completed), ‘In Reel and Rout’ 91k here
‘Of Smoke & Bone’ 200k (completed) here
‘The Wonders I've Seen’ 158k, ‘if you get lost (you can always be found)’ 68k, ‘F.O.X.E.S. Division’ 270k here
‘The Odds Are Never In Our Favor’ 258k here
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Writing fanfic is dangerous. Every idea is like, is this going to be a drabble? A double drabble? A one shot? A chapfic? Am I going to get 30k into an idea I swore would be a tenth that length? Is it going to turn into an ongoing 200k+ fic that I will continue to sporadically update until my deathbed? Am I going to get 20k into it and then lose all interest forever? Is the horrible demon in my brain going to go, "Hey, you could make an original idea out of this with some minor worldbuilding changes and an extended plot," when I'm only 2.5k through the first part of it? Am I then going to feel the need to extensively debate over the merits of the idea as a fic given the meta of the fandom versus the merits of writing it as an original idea and the added freedom to chase the idea where it wanders? What about any effects of censorship standards for published fiction on the idea versus the freedom of publishing a fic through something like Ao3 and the much more lax DL;DR standards in fandom? Oh hey look, another idea—
#fic#fanfic#fanfiction#writing#hey hey hey hey hey guess how far through this fic I got#2.5k words :) :) :)#:) :) this is fine :) :)
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It's been a month since Binderary ended but I've still got books to share! This is @worse0mens's (hi!) wonderful Good Omens series, The Blossom Realm, which starts with Omens of Another Kind. This is very much a longtime favorite of mine, an AU with a really compelling combo of worldbuilding and characterization. This is a believable grand romance that's also a court drama and a fairy tale, and it's really long (the full series is about 220k words) so it will keep you reading for a long time. This is one of the fics I learned bookbinding for, and it was the first really long fic that I typeset (and redid once I learned more about typesetting). It's been a long road but it was so worth it.
More photos under the cut!
Couple of photos of the spines. The series doesn't divide easily, with one very long work, one medium-length one, and several shorter pieces. The main story is nearly 200k on its own, the longest single volume I've ever made (about 500 pages), and I was worried about it getting too unwieldy, so I put all the other works into their own volume of about 100 pages. They make a disparate set but I love them. The cover is done in skiver green faux leather from Hollander's; I've never worked with this brand before but I loved it, and one sheet was big enough to do both books. The titles are done in cricut brand gold foil htv. There were some issues with that, as I'd bought a multi-pack with a few different colors and only found out after applying the front cover graphics on both books that one, I didn't have enough to do the backs and spines; two, that the gold in that pack is a totally different color than the gold they sell on its own; and three, that no one in my area stocked it anymore and I had to order it from Europe. Here's what the back looks like:
It's the same graphic as the front but without the title in the center, and it's one of the fanciest backs I've ever done and it took forever to weed all those little cutouts. The graphic was free to use on rawpixel. The font I used on the spines and front is a basic Microsoft font called Harrington that worked incredibly well on the cricut, even at small sizes; a lot of basic fonts are too thin, especially fancy ones, so this was a delightful surprise.
Photo of the top, with ribbon bookmark and handmade double core endbands. The endbands didn't come out as well as I'd have liked; they're a little uneven and the color changes aren't that evenly spaced. Double core ones are harder than I expected and I need more practice. The endpapers are chocolate silk moire, and I chose them because there's a very important massive tree in the fic and I thought they looked like wood grain. I did a little experimenting with the shorter volume that's visible around the edges of the endpaper. I wanted gilded edges but the longer book had to be rounded, and I thought I'd try paint instead of foil since I don't know how to foil a curved edge. But I did my experiments on the smaller volume and I couldn't get good coverage, so the edge had to be trimmed off. The watered-down paint had leaked into the edge of the silk moire too far for me to trim, so it's still there. But it's kind of pretty, so I'm going to call it an aesthetic choice.
The title pages are the same, with free graphics from rawpixel. I got lucky and found a similar set of roses that I used for the chapter headers:
These had to be positioned by hand for each chapter so they'd fit around the text properly. It was a pain but they look so pretty. The final photo contains a story spoiler, so proceed with caution if you don't want that:
The scene break image in both volumes is this tiny snake. This was one of the first aesthetic choices I made for the books. A lot of the plot is centered around a prophecy about a monster snake that everyone thinks will destroy the kingdom, and of course in the manner of Good Omens fic it's a wildly inaccurate misinterpretation and not a threat at all. I wanted something like this because the snake is not only non-threatening but it's been here the entire time and there was never any reason to freak out about it. It was surprisingly difficult to find a snake image that was both simple enough to still be clear at this size and also didn't look dangerous or like a cartoon character. I looked at so many snakes before I found this one, it's ridiculous.
And that's it! I hope the author likes it (and remembers me since I asked to do this almost a year ago). There are three more binderary posts forthcoming, though I don't know how long it'll take me to get to them. It was a busy month.
#bookbinding#fanbinding#snek makes books#good omens#fic rec#everyone look at my books they are so pretty#and then go read the fic it's so good omg
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This may sound really stupid, but I've been reading your asks for a long time and I would like your input.
Even after many many years of using Ao3 I have problems understanding how to use the "word count" tags because the numbers mean litteraly nothing to me. My first fanfiction site used "number of chapter" tags and when I started to use Ao3 I tought they were a better system of sorting.
Now I can see why the word count may be useful (I've seen obscenely long one-chapter stories on Ao3), but I still think sorting by chapter number is easier to use and understand, mostly because I prefer long fics and only read one-shot if I am in a "one-shot mood" and that doesn't happend often.
What do you think? And do you have some suggestion on how to use the word count tags or I just have to feel it?
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I don't find chapter count useful on AO3 because so many people have chapters of less than 500 words. I mean... it might be useful to be able to screen out people who write chapters that short, but aside from that, their massively inflated chapter counts tell me nothing about the length or meatiness of the work.
People routinely post 50k works with section breaks that function like chapter breaks to AO3. That chapter count also means nothing.
Most people don't tag for work count on AO3. The automatic calculation can be helpful for a general sense of what kind of bucket a thing falls into.
<10k - short story
30k - novella
60k - concise novel
200k - bloated epic
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How on earth can you know the length without looking at the length?
Sure, on some older, smaller sites, people wrote in a more consistent style where X chapters was usually Y words, but that just isn't true on AO3. Only wordcount—the wordcount automatically generated by AO3—has any hope of telling you how long a work is.
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Novel Length Fics (> 200,000 words) (Part 7)
Title: The Darkwood Wand
Author: ThebeMoon
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Mystery
Chapters: 69
Word Count: 201,107
Summary: Draco Malfoy is harsh and cold and hated at Hogwarts. And Draco is fine with this. He’s even casting the Vanishing Cabinet spell again, although for a much less nefarious purpose. This time he's using Harmonia Nectere Passus to link his bed with the bed of a willing witch. But something goes horribly wrong, and instead of the buzzy flirt Draco's been secretly meeting, his bed keeps delivering an extremely unamused Hermione Granger.So begins Draco’s travesty of an Eighth Year on probation, where nothing ever goes to plan and good deeds NEVER pay. His Divination classes are a disaster, his mother owls him daily prophecies of doom, a rabid she-weasel stalks him through the castle, and his mad roommate from Durmstrang plots to avenge the Dark Lord.Each day sparks an internal battle between Draco’s calculating Malfoy nature and his reckless Black side. Every night brings Granger back again, wreaking havoc with his body and mind. Draco is convinced he's headed straight back to Azkaban and he’s almost looking forward to the trip. COMPLETE!(FYI: This story is not part of “The Gloriana Set” universe. This is a whole new castle full of crazy.)
Title: The Dark Maladies Line
Author: GinnyFics21
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Mystery
Chapters: 66
Word Count: 276,768
Summary: The only way for Draco Malfoy to get Ministry funding for the development of his new line of revolutionary potions was for Hermione Granger to oversee the process. It wasn’t best-case scenario, given their history, but maybe they could put all that aside for something that could change their world.
Title: The Memory of You
Author: PotionChemist
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Angst
Chapters: 75
Word Count: 495,557
Summary: Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger fell in love against all odds, but there was one big problem — he was already married. Pressured, Hermione does something she promised herself she would never do again and erases their affair from his memory. But is their love too strong? Are they inevitable? What will happen if he finds out about their previous relationship?
Title: An Imperfect Situation
Author: PotionChemist
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Angst
Chapters: 47
Word Count: 306,741
Summary: After indulging Ron’s request to take their newly-founded relationship to the next level, Hermione finds herself pregnant just a month after the Battle of Hogwarts. In a post-war society where Pure and Half-blood babies are highly desired, she finds her best option for resolving her situation lies in the hands of the person she trusts least in the world: Draco Malfoy.
Title: Haunted, Hollow, Hopeful, Cursed
Author: HoneyOvercast
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Mystery
Chapters: 56
Word Count: 267,306
Summary: “Pansy, I’m still not seeing what this has to do with me. You all clearly know more about the curse than I do. So what could I…”“Granger...” Pansy interrupted. “We need you because aside from Astoria, who is worsening with time…”Pansy had to take a breath and steel herself at the words before she could continue. Astoria gave Pansy a brief nod and squeeze of the hand.“You’re the only person who has ever survived it.”
Title: Amor Vincit Omnia
Author: Twin_Flame_Blues
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 32
Word Count: 286,547
Summary: After three years of dating, Ron admits he cheated on Hermione for two of those years with Daphne Greengrass--and Harry knew all about it. Reeling from the betrayal by her friends and family, Hermione must rebuild her life and discover new bonds with an unlikely group including Theo Nott, Blaise Zabini, and Pansy Parkinson.What happens when Draco Malfoy, her first and deepest love, suddenly reappears in Hermione's life and she finds that her feelings have only grown deeper with time?OR: Hermione and Draco secretly dated at Hogwarts, he left after his trial, and now he's returned to win her back.
Title: Something Golden
Author: justalazywriterr
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 94
Word Count: 284,298
Summary: "Hermione Granger is undoubtedly the most irritatingly opinionated, patronizing, overbearing, excruciatingly optimistic and self righteous human being I have ever met but there's something about her that draws you in, something golden." -D.M.This fic will begin during fifth year, will follow Draco's initiation and journey of being a death eater and follow through post battle of Hogwarts. It will loosely follow some canon events (timelines/dates may not be identical). Please take time to read the tags, while this story does contain some lighter moments and humor it does sometimes have a darker tone to it. WARNING : mentions of abuse, graphic depictions of violence, self harm and mentions of suicide.
Title: Secrets and Masks
Author: Emerald_Slytherin
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, War
Chapters: 75
Word Count: 465,571
Summary: 9 years after the battle of Hogwarts, the war still rages on and everyone is much changed since their days at Hogwarts. Hermione is the most lethal soldier in The Order, spending her days on rescue missions to free captured Muggleborn slaves and fight on the front line. For years, she's been meeting in secret with a spy within Voldemort's ranks to exchange information. But, when she's captured and made prisoner at Malfoy Manor, of all the dark and evil ways she'd envisioned Malfoy would torture her, she never quite imagined anything this horrific. I just wanted to make it abundantly clear that I was originally inspired to write this fic after I read the masterpiece that is Manacled, so I would like to thank SenLinYu for her amazing work!The memory searching aspect of Manacled is what inspired me, and although I have adapted that, (and also made Draco head Death Eater, because... ya know... we all love it when he's Voldemort's right hand man 😅😉), Secrets and Masks will be a very very different fic all together.
Title: Dreams and other Deceptions
Author: cancerravenclaw
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 45
Word Count: 268,520
Summary: “That’s all I have left of him - dreams and other deceptions. All we were is all we’ll ever be.”Hermione Granger can’t remember the last time she dreamt —sleep came as a black abyss, an empty space between waking moments… not unlike her memory. There are so many months missing from the last two years of her life. She had made peace with those blank spaces, told they were the result of the trauma and torture from the war. So, when she wakes up from something that feels more memory than dream, something her mind would have never concocted on its own, she dives headfirst into the mystery of sixth year. Determined to illuminate the black spots in her timeline she can’t recall, Hermione finds herself caught up in nightmares from years past that are more than they appear.The more she remembers, the more she discovers that at the center of all her forgotten memories is Draco Malfoy – war criminal pending trial for his crimes as a Death Eater.Will navigating her past bring her closure or more unrest?
Title: Res Ipsa Loquitur
Author: Halliwell19
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 63
Word Count: 433,069
Summary: What if Draco Malfoy was sorted into Gryffindor? This is a retelling of the Harry Potter series as if Draco had been in Gryffindor and a slow burn Dramione friends to lovers story.
Title: Shattered
Author: ACourtOfSmut
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama, Angst
Chapters: 46
Word Count: 283,504
Summary: What will happen if Hermione Granger falls in love with a blond Slytherin?When their secret relationship is uncovered at Christmas, not by one of their friends but by a Death Eater, they find themselves in a difficult spot. What will they do? Will Hermione's Gryffindor courage save them, or is it Draco's cunningness?Will he change her or will he uncover her true potential?Love, war and a lot of secrets.
Title: Perfectly in Pieces
Author: CDLynn
Rating: E
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Chapters: 65
Word Count: 556,730
Summary: A Golden Girl missing. A Slytherin Prince trapped. An Order holding secrets. And a Dark Lord ruling. Warning: Dark AU (not dark main character) with deep discussions of trauma caused by physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. This fic starts out in the midst of the darkness, and shows the trauma, and healing journeys of each character as they fight to keep as much of themselves as possible, in a world trying to take it all.(The rape is not between Draco and Hermione)
Title: In Very Cold Blood
Author: Axiomea
Rating: M
Genre(s): Romance, Mystery
Chapters: 42
Word Count: 260,042
Summary: Hermione's brother was killed just before the seventh year students returned to Hogwarts to resume their education. A grieving Gryffindor, a proud Slytherin, a murderer on the loose, but above all... two neglected souls who belong together. "Granger, tell me why you tried to kill yourself... just now"? HG/DM. Slowburn (200k plus). Murder, investigation, romance. Trigger themes. HEA
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Good Omens Fic Rec: What We Make of It (Shotgun Wedding)
The important thing, Crowley tells himself -- the most important thing -- is Adam, his brilliant, creative, empathetic nephew. Being fourteen's hard enough; the kid didn't ask to deal with the weight of the world on top of it.
And if taking care of Adam means Crowley has to tough it out at a job he can’t stand, so be it.
And if Crowley's job means that Adam’s charming English teacher is NOT a romantic possibility, well, that's just how things go.
But the occasional drink with Aziraphale proves hard to resist. They frequent the same pub, so who can object to them saying hello? Briefly sharing a table? Perhaps a little conversation? The painful knowledge that it can’t be anything more -- not without somebody getting fired or sued or both -- well, that can't be helped.
Until Crowley stumbles onto a terribly reckless idea...
Length: 213,340 words
AO3 Rating: Explicit / Spice Level 🔥🔥
Best for: Safe in Public, Human AU, Slow Burn, Pick-Me-Up
Triggers: None
Read it here, fic by charlottemadison
*Minor Spoilers* I was so certain that I had already posted about this one! When I saw I hadn't, well, that just warranted a reread didn't it! This is a very famous fic, so I wouldn't be surprised if you've already read this. But if you haven't, or maybe didn't know if it was worth committing to the length, I'm here to tell you its very much worth your time.
Not only is this an excellent parent story, it's also a fake marriage story! Crowley is a single parent to his nephew Adam who strikes up a friendship with Adam's English teacher Mr. Fell. The problem? The company Crowley works for has a strict rule against dating anyone in the School Industry. You know, it's a tiny bit dramatic, but also one of the cleverer ideas to justify writing a forbidden relationship. Does this happen in real life? I don't know, but the way this is written I fully believe it could! Either way, there's a loophole they can exploit so they can be together, and all it takes is a quick, "I do."
Ugh their relationship is so wonderful here. It's very mature and healthy, the kind of relationships we want to read about because they are just so safe. They're able to talk through their issues and feelings and know they're always going to be supported. The love they have is so heartwarming it’s sickening. A lot is told through letters and text messages, which I personally loved. These are different characters from canon, they've both been changed by their human lives and surroundings, but this story just understands who they are deep down. They're not shallow characterizations.
Who this story really gets right is Adam. I full on believe this is the best handling of Adam in any fanfic I've read for Good Omens. A majority of the plot revolves around him being narcoleptic and epileptic. It has tons of amazing things to say about health care, being chronically ill, and being a parent to a child with health issues. But outside of that it understands who Adam is. Someone who is brilliant, creative, a leader, manipulative, arrogant. And how those traits can be both positive and negative for him. He wants to change the world, but has some learning to do along the way. I loved him, and I love how much Crowley loves being a dad. He even remarks on it, that people don't expect men to love being parents. It's nice to read a story of such a devoted guardian.
A really excellent story, it deserves it's popularity! I would say this is largely safe for public. There are a couple explicit scenes tucked in but they are skippable and a small section of a large story. Which by the way, will fly by! This story does NOT feel like 200K words. If you haven't gotten around to this one, I highly suggest you do!
Read it here, fic by charlottemadison
#good omens#good omens fanfiction#good omens fanfic#fanfic rec#aziracrow#good omens fic rec#aziraphale x crowley#What We Make of It (Shotgun Wedding)#charlottemadison#extra long#two flames#fake relationship#marriage#parent#human au#teacher au#pick me up#safe in public#slow burn
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Epic Novel with Historical Context
Anonymous asked: I'm working on a novel with one of its major themes being historical and transgenerational trauma. I have three main characters in the present day, who are suddenly faced with war. Their fates, natures, and reactions parallel those of their ancestors who lived under WWII, whilst the experiences of their WWII ancestors often mirror the personal, smaller scale backstories and traumas of my main characters.
Now, my issue is, I could write this tale in two drastically differing manners. I could cut out the backstories and prolific details of the ancestors, but keep the parallels as the stories of unnamed/unrelated historical figures, making it a shorter, more symbolical tale. Or, I could go the "Victor Hugo direction" and keep everything, including the elaborate family tree of brilliant, vibrant characters that feel too real, and the arcs that go with it.
The bigger issue is I don't want to make this into a series or spin-off. I could technically write a whole new book about them, but it would cut them off from their contexts. And I'm afraid if I just mention the characters and give them one or two characteristic scenes, the readers would wonder about the significance of these characters to the main story, which is close to none. Is there a compromise?
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First, thanks for putting the highlights in bold. It did help me comprehend everything. ♥
As for which route you take, it really depends on your situation and intentions with this story. If you're just writing it for yourself and maybe to share with friends, I think you can definitely go the Victor Hugo route and have fun exploring the whole epic story.
If you plan to pursue traditional publishing, you'll have a difficult time finding an agent and/or publisher who are interested in an epic from a debut author. Bigger books are a bigger financial investment, which makes them a bigger risk, and readers are trending toward shorter books anyway. That said, the longer your book, the harder it will be to find a publisher. Right now, the sweet spot for debut authors is around 90k words. Yes, you can certainly go higher than that--and many do--but again, every 10k above that you go, the more you decrease your odds of finding a publisher. No matter what, you would want to try to stay under 150k words or so. Fantasy novels have been known to debut at 200k, but it's really rare and always a case where every single word is absolutely needed.
If you plan to self-publish, you have a little more leeway, but the higher your word count, the higher your base price will need to be. There are also limits on length through various POD publishers. E-books have size limits, but you'd be unlikely to come up against those even with a super epic length book. So... ultimately, if you're okay with self-publishing this book as an e-book only, the sky is the limit in terms of length. That doesn't mean people will buy it, though.
Ultimately, I do think finding a compromise is your best bet, and one way you could do that is by zeroing in on one or a few of the ancestors for the parallel rather than a whole family tree worth of people. If your three characters are closely related--a mom and two children; a grandmother, mother, and child; or three siblings--you could easily focus on just one ancestor belonging to all three of them. If the characters are less closely related or not related at all, you could probably do one ancestor for each of them. And if you want to delve more into the ancestor's stories to explore more of those family trees, you can do a companion novel which isn't a brand new book or a sequel/series, but something in the middle... almost like a spin-off TV show where it takes side characters from one show and gives them their own show.
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I’m developing a problem called “I’m reading so many longfics that 60-90k fics are starting to look like bedtime story length and 100k-200k fics are no more than a couple days investment” Syndrom
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For Rent: Property Management Challenge by WitchingMermaid
Transcript below.
[Slide 1]
Guidelines: Part 1
Start off as teen but you can use any lifespan length that suits your gameplay due to this being a short challenge. I recommend using long lifespan.
This legacy challenge is only 4 generations long. Each generation will get an added gameplay challenge. If you want more of a challenge, you can always continue your legacy journey.
There are two main paths for this challenge. You can choose to be a benevolent landlord or a slumlord. You choose which path but each generation must follow the path you chose until the end.
You can end each generation when your sim has completed their generations challenge as an elder sim and passes on the inheritance to the next.
[Slide 2]
Guidelines: Part 2
Mandatory trait for a benevolent landlord/property manager is "good" and for slumlord it is "evil". You can choose your other traits.
All sims starts off with §20k simoleons. You must start off as a tenant at the cheapest apartment. Once you have done so, you may only keep §100 to start off with.
To get your sim to §100, use testingcheats true and type in "money 100". It will deduct your simoleons to §100. This is the start of your journey. You may not cheat by adding more money at any point.
Optional but highly suggested download: The Sims Legacy Hub App or use the website [link]. This will help keep track of your generations and support your gameplay.
[Slide 3]
Guidelines: Part 3
Your sim doesn't have to have the ability to get another sim pregnant to continue the legacy. You may adopt as well if you decide to expand your family this way.
No cheating! You may use mods but not to provide a benefit in the form of money, skills, moodlet fixing, or to cheat death.
CAS Challenge: Create a sim landlord using only base game & For Rent pack. Remember the paths and the traits to choose. Upload to the gallery using #WMForRentChallenge.
Builder Challenge: Create a furnished apartment building using only base game & For Rent pack. It must have at least 2 apartments. Upload it to the gallery using #WMForRentChallenge.
[Slide 4]
Guidelines: Part 4
Challenge #1 for the 1st gen: §100 to start, upgrade to own 10 addition apartments with tenants. You must have 1 heir to continue your legacy before your elder sim passes and the heir inherits.
Challenge #2 for the 2nd gen: Upgrade to 20 apartments owned. §50k in simoleons, 1 heir with at least 5 skills maxed before passing to the next heir when elder sim passes.
Challenge #3 for 3rd gen: Upgrade to 30 apartments owned. Own 1 commercial space, §100k in simoleons, 1 heir with at least 8 skills maxed before passing to next heir when elder sim passes.
Challenge #4 for the 4th gen: Upgrade to 40 apartments owned, 3 commercial spaces owned, §200k in simoleons. Heir must become an occult sim, max out skills & pass as an elder with a successful business in tact.
#wmforrentchallenge#gameplay challenges#sims 4 challenge#sims 4#sims 4 legacy challenge#sims 4 gameplay challenge
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