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holygnocchi · 8 months
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On "Reviewing" Fan Fiction
A gentle note, that fan fiction is written as a hobby, as stress relief, as a coping mechanism, as a creative outlet, as writing practice, and for fun. Fan fic writers do not have a team of professional editors behind them, they do not earn money. And therefore, "reviews" do not have a place in our discussions around fan fiction.
"Rating" fan fiction is akin to being given a handmade gift from a friend and then sending a "thank you" note filled with your critiques. It's a gift, something shared out of mutual passion for a fandom and its characters.
"But what about if it was a glowing 5⭐ review?!!"
Recommending fan fic is appreciated and encouraged! My personal platform is almost entirely fan fic recommendations and I've made some of my best fandom friends through this space.
But "reviewing" them as we would traditionally published books, that are a commodity, is in conflict with the gift economy and community-ethos of Fandom. If you're giving star ratings (even glowing ones) it perpetuates the message that this is the way to approach fan fiction, and sets the stage for the 4 stars ...3 stars....and DNF "reviews."
Fandom is community, not commodity.
Writers are readers. Readers are writers. Your favorite writer is alongside you in these fandom spaces, looking for the same escape you are. Please always consider the frustration and hurt caused by seeing someone "review" their hobby.
Of course, as readers we want to critically engage with what we read. I encourage new fan fiction readers to connect with others and keep the negative or critical discussions to private spaces. Fan fiction serves many purposes, of which reader entertainment is only one. There's a reason the fan fic motto, across fandoms, is Don't Like; Don't Read.
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[[Disclaimer: This conversation can go through 20 levels of nuance, but for brevity let it be known this post is not saying we turn a blind eye and stay silent about hate speech or uncritically examined depictions of harmful behaviors. Nor should we ever refrain from warning people about possible triggering content]]
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canttouchthis87 · 8 months
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Art by @flyora (instagram @/flyora.art)
The Captain and the Rebel / M / 60K / Dramione / Sci-fi
“I see you in my dreams,” she said the words like they were a song. “In the moments before I wake. I see castles and spaceships and pastures. And every time, I see you. I wondered how long it would be until we met this time.”
In the year 3486, Draco Malfoy is a loyal, tired Captain of the Intergalactic Sovereignty. But when he’s tasked with interrogating the illustrious rebel Hermione Granger, he’ll slowly find his world upended as she weaves a love story that spans a thousand years and countless solar systems.
Now Complete!
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absumoaevum · 2 months
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"Wipe that grin off your face, you nancy little prat! You blood traitor!"
Draco's head snapped up at this, and he looked Harper right in his beady eyes. It was clear to him that there wasn't going to be a peaceful resolution to this conflict. The two boys had a bit of an audience now, and they had worked themselves up too much to back down. They were going to try to hurt him. The only way out was through.
So be it. Draco braced himself.
Harper’s smile was vicious. "This is going to be fun," he said, and he shoved Draco hard into the wall beside the door of the Charms classroom, coming at him almost faster than Draco could react. Harper's fist hit stone instead of flesh as Draco ducked out of the way. His cry of pain was cut short as Draco's shoulder connected with his chest, ploughing him all the way into the wall at the opposite side of the corridor. Around them, people were moving out of the way, but they weren’t leaving. No one lifted a finger to help, to stop it. He was on his own.
Draco pounded his fist into Harper's stomach. Harper doubled over with a grunt, and Draco drew his wand. He raised it, unsure even as he did of what he was going to do—
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A huge thank you to @swottydoodler for this incredible piece! I am so grateful to her for all of the wonderful illustrations she's done for Jury of Hearts so far, including the cover art!
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mercuryinmalfoy · 1 month
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Dramione quotes as wallpapers
originally posted on tt but beginning to move my content over here (I had more but had to pick my fav 10)
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alexandra-emerson · 1 month
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Some Thoughts
(For readers horrified by what’s been going on in fandom who want to help)
Twats
I’m sad that some authors have been pulling their works from AO3, though I totally get it. But I’m not going to add to the “don’t sell fanfics” commentary much. I’m working with a lawyer to get mine taken down from Etsy, and it sucks, but I think this is an opportunity to talk about the fandom community as a whole. Specifically, what you can do to keep it alive and healthy.
I think it’s easy to sit at home, read about this illegal fanbinding drama with interest, run to AO3 to mass download your favorite fics, pat yourself on the back for not buying or selling fics illegally or not adding them to Goodreads, then move on with your life. But I would argue this passive attitude is just as harmful to the community, in some ways.
The Criticism Ratio
You all have probably heard that you’re supposed to deliver compliments and criticism with a ratio of 5:1. This is because negative comments stick in our heads more, so even if you were balancing the good and bad, or giving twice as many good comments as bad ones, the bad ones carry so much weight, they still seem to be winning.
With writing, I would argue this ratio is probably more like 10:1. Because it’s so personal. And most of us are so new to it. And it’s so much freaking work. I timed it once, and one chapter typically takes me 12 hours to write. That doesn’t include editing, or the hours my beta puts into editing. Then, to float all that work out into the world and get negativity back … oof, it makes embarking on the next 12 hours, and the next and the next VERY difficult.
My Experience
I’ve been an author of some popular fics in both the Harmony and Dramione spaces. On the Harmony side, I’ve dealt with personalized attacks, not just against my stories but against me as a person. And when that was going down, there weren’t a ton of fans speaking up on my behalf. I got a lot of DMs telling me those bullies were just the “loud minority” but from my point of view, with my supporters sounding like crickets, they felt like a majority. 
(Quick note to my Harmony readers: No I’m never writing Harmony again, get over it, and stop following me to every work I write next to ask me when I’m writing Harmony again. You had your chance to support me, and you fucking missed the boat.)
On the Dramione side, the public spaces are more moderated (thank God) so I’m less likely to stumble upon downright bullying. But this space is overwhelming in how BIG it is and how much conversation goes on about my fics. I always feel like the last to know when there’s some big Tik-Tok boom happening with one of my stories, when a story gets added to Goodreads, when there’s a reddit thread discussing the flaws in ‘Timeless’, when it gets posted for sale on Etsy, when someone popular binds it. It’s very hard to keep up with this giant fandom and it’s too much to handle at times. Which means if people don't send us things directly, we don't see it.
I also get this thing in Dramione that I didn’t get as much in Harmony where people act afraid or embarrassed to reach out to me. They’ll say things like, “I’m so sorry to bother you…” or “I’m sure you hear this all the time, and I know you don’t need to hear it from me too, but your works are great…” I think in Dramione people assume because it’s so big, other people are taking care of things, but that’s not the case. There is a lot of activity, for sure, but not much of that is making it back to the author.
My Ask
So anyway, think about the role you play in fandom. Are you contributing to the compliment bank, or the criticism one? (Remember, abstentions go with the majority. And in this case, every negative experience holds x10 weight).
Good things can be as simple as sending a quick note like, “Just letting you know I thought about your story today” or “Here’s another kudos because I just reread this gem!” It can be correcting a negative comment or review you see out in the wild, so that if the author ever stumbles across it, they see that their people are out there, sticking up for them. Ten people can instantly negate a bad comment with ten positive ones. Then if the author ever finds it, no harm done.
We all know the bad things that harm fandom, so there’s no need for me to rehash them here. But don’t forget that the passive things can be just as harmful. Things like: Rating a fanfic on Goodreads, because it’s already there, and you really want it to count towards your goal. Downloading a story, loving it, and never letting the author know. Reading rude comments online, complimenting yourself for not being that mean, then scrolling to the next thing.
My challenge to fandom is this: Let’s fill that compliment and support bucket so full that when an author does encounter a negative experience with one of their fanfics, they have a giant, fluffy pillow of endless love to fall back on. Let’s make those rare moments of nastiness truly feel like a minority to our creators. It’s not a ton of work. Our fandom is so flipping large, it just takes a tiny comment from each person to keep our community feeling like a fun, positive place to play.
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ashleyfanfic · 7 months
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Chapters: 3/36 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Malfoy Characters: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, Pansy Parkinson, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Tracey Davis (Harry Potter), Daphne Greengrass, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Original Characters Additional Tags: Veela Draco Malfoy, Veela Lucius Malfoy, omega verse tropes, Mates, Jealousy, Enemies to Lovers, quick but slow burn, Rewrite, Draco has a good relationship with his parents, Lucius and Narcissa are relationship goals, Harry and Ginny are relationship goals, Draco and Hermione are relationship goals - eventually, Romance, Smut, Fluff, Violence, Character Death, Prophecy, Ministry of Magic (Harry Potter), Sneak attacks, Mate bonds, feeling through bonds, Christmas, ministry raids, students but legal, Students, Head Boy Draco Malfoy, Eventual Happy Ending, Other tags to be added, Canon Divergence - Post-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, not really Weasley friendly at the beginning, ron has a redemption arc Summary:
REWRITE OF BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
Draco comes from a long line of Veelas on his father's side. The discovery of his mate leads him and his family in a completely new direction.
  See A/N in chapter 1 to explain why this is happening
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mlkincaidbooks · 1 month
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UPDATED - Counting the Stare rewrite
Hello, lovelies. Chapter Two of the Counting the Stars rewrite is up!
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elliebyrrdwrites · 23 days
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I’m looking for some inspiration to accompany a few little bits floating around in my head. Open to any and all other suggestions.
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fractured-fiction · 7 months
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Sugar with a hint of Coffee
Rating: E
Status: Complete/One-Shot
Word count: 5,761
Summary: Hermione wakes up beside Draco Malfoy and promptly tries to get rid of him. Draco has other ideas.
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magicaltraveler3 · 9 months
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On Letting Go
Five times Draco Malfoy couldn’t let go, and one time he finally could.
Read it here on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48504724
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fairybellworld · 11 months
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It's this time of the year again.🙃 I can't help it, I just HAD to start another Dramione fanfic.
🕷 Check out A Deadly Pursuit 🕷
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Summary: 10 years after the Battle of Hogwatrs, Hermione Granger, an investigative journalist, is forced to team up with Draco Malfoy to investigate a string of murders targeting former Death Eaters. The tension between them is palpable as they work together, with their animosity slowly giving way to a mutual respect and attraction.
As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover dark secrets from the past and realize that the killer's motives may be more complicated than they initially thought. They race against time to catch the killer before they strike again, all while navigating their conflicting emotions for each other.
Amidst the danger and intrigue, the characters also confront their own personal demons and past mistakes. Ultimately, they must decide whether their newfound connection is strong enough to survive the weight of their pasts and the danger of their present.
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holygnocchi · 6 months
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My Roman Empire 💭 Dramione, Drarry, Romione, ACOTAR, and FirstPrince fics I can't stop thinking about.
@peanutbrittles @mightbewriting @inadaze22 @firethesound
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darkofthemoonfic · 6 months
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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 🩶
How very lovely to get this ask from a sweet friend 🖤
If I had to pick 5, it would be:
Tender Remedies, which is kind of cheating because it's a series, but I think it's some of my most poetic writing that really gets across what I wanted it to and has one of my favorite writing challenges, which is to tell a story in a single location.
Tremble & Depart, because it was an ambitious story that I wrote because it was the kind of story I wanted to read but had not read yet.
Notes of Melancholy, because it was a way for me to process my own grief and while it's a quiet work it is one that I hear in my heart often.
By the Book, because I get a lot of really lovely comments on it and it was something that I wrote as a weekend writing prompt that went from a simple idea to one that holds a lot of myself in it and I never expected anyone to love it as much as I did.
To Feel Her Teeth, because it was like nothing I'd ever written before and it pushed me as a writer.
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absumoaevum · 2 months
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Jury of Hearts (29,473 Words || WIP) by absumoaevum
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Crookshanks (Harry Potter), Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Eudoria Merrythought, Luna Lovegood, Patience Bright, Pomona Sprout, Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn, Violetta Hitchens, Percy Weasley, Leta Brindlemore
Additional Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year, POV Draco Malfoy, POV Hermione Granger, POV Third Person Limited, Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug, Slow Burn, Angst and Feels, Hermione Granger's Parents Are Missing, Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Eventual Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
Summary:
With his family's trials on the horizon and nothing holding him to his home apart from his despondent mother and perpetually-drunk father, Draco Malfoy jumps at the opportunity to return to Hogwarts to repeat his final year. At Hogwarts, he can escape his wretched home life and perhaps even rehabilitate his reputation. Things are looking up. That is, until he gets to school and realizes that his entire House hates him. Now Draco must decide between his old life and something new.
New is the last thing that Hermione Granger needs. All she wants is for her life to go back to the way it was before the war. When a hearing at the Ministry goes sideways, Hermione accepts Headmistress McGonagall's offer to return to Hogwarts, sure answers lie hidden in the school library that will help her find her missing parents. But Hogwarts is a very different place than she remembers, and Hermione must change as well if she has any hope of overcoming her past to reclaim her future.
Fates intertwine and loyalties are tested in this Post-War 8th-Year Slow Burn Dramione Drama/Suspense/Romance.
Updates Mondays.
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draqo-pctter · 1 year
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Hermione could feel the blush creeping its way up her cheeks. That all-too-familiar sense of this-is-so-wrong-its-right bubbled up from her chest, and she had to keep herself from letting it escape. Draco Malfoy had been many things in his memory, but the man standing before her put every previous iteration of himself in her mind to shame.
And he stood there, hands in his pockets, looking at her with a mixture of encouragement and grief evident in his eyes. Encouragement for her first day at a new job in a new life, and grief at the knowledge that she wasn’t who he’d fallen in love with. Who he’d planned a future with. Who he most likely kissed goodbye every morning after walking her to her office because this Draco Malfoy was very much that kind of man.
“I’ll see you at lunch,” Draco said, breaking eye contact all too soon. “Good luck.”
chapter six: first day jitters
mysterious thing about love, a dramione multi-chapter chapters: 6/22-24ish word count: 22,688 rated m tags: alternate timelines, love spell/potion, soulmates, strangers to lovers, slow burn
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alexandra-emerson · 26 days
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WIP Tag
Thanks for the tag @myst867. I'm a one WIP at a time writer, and my writing lately has been focused on original works, so this is going to be a little boring.
List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)
An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing
Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!
Then tag 10 writer friends
Titles
Enchanted Fable - This is my first shot at romantasy and is book 1 of 2. It has wizards (but they're called mystics), an enemies to lovers thing going on, and pages and pages and pages of banter.
Nothing Gold Can Stay - This is a Dramione I'm planning for the Cry Me a River Fest. I'm hoping to finish draft one of 'Enchanted Fable' first, but with the deadline for the fest creeping up, I may need to start writing this one.
That's all I've got. I can barely manage two things in my head at a time. I don't know how you all do five!
Scene
The end!! I just finished writing the big 'they get together' scene I had been planning for months and months. Once I got past that, the ending finally revealed itself to me. So now I have about five chapters to write and I'm just hoping to get this damn thing done.
The beginning! Haha. I really really need to start this and get at least the first chapter posted. And as I write, I hope details about the story, like characterizations and overall tone just come to me. I haven't done that much planning on this one.
Poll
No way I'm writing a poll. You all will just tell me to give up on this OW stuff and start writing fic again please. 😂
Tags
I've seen this one going around for awhile and I think it already made it to all of my friends. If you see this and want to play, please just consider this your tag and do so! I'd love to see what everyone is working on.
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