Bound: Grounds for Divorce by Tepre

For some reason, after I posted this, it disappeared. So here it is again.

I love everything about this bind. The end.

(Did I hit the lemon theme hard? Yes. Do I regret it? I do not.)

Usually, I'd complain about whatever I messed up here but I didn't mess up anything! It's perfect! I love every little bit of it! (Okay, if pushed, I'd say I wish I'd used slightly darker paint on the borders of the cover, but I also like how they're kind of invisible.)

Let's see. I bought the lemon graphics off etsy, and used them all over the book. The end papers are just a bunch of them layered. I love them. I even foiled one on the other side of the endpapers, just for fun.

The stenciling came out beautifully. The vinyl gave me no trouble. I don't even know what to say about this except I can't wait to read it.

Body text: Corundum Text (as usual) Chapter titles: MrsSaintDelafield Pro Drop caps and titles: Fino Pro

Bookcloth: Dubletta in orange-yellow

Whatever, Viktor's not even here for real.

Drarry Fic Rec: Set Eight

Grounds For Divorce by @tepre 122,217 words, E

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter. A story about histories, a story about families. A story about a lemon tree somewhere in Upper Egypt.

That Old Black Magic by @bixgirl1 77,777 words, E

Centuries ago, marriage contracts were the norm — ready-made alliances between families, expected and complied with, without complaint. But norms have a way of changing, and when a long-dormant contract flares to life, Harry has to navigate an unexpected splintering of the path he'd thought would be easy after the war… with Draco Malfoy.

Stain of Silence by Brummell 28,356 words, E

After the war, Draco serves out his sentence in Harry Potter's house.

Lessons in Grace and Decorum by GallaPlacidia 48,977 words, NR

In Azkaban, Narcissa Malfoy gives Draco lessons in how to manipulate people into loving him. When Draco is released on the condition that he is bonded to Harry as his prisoner, he finally has a chance to put his newfound skills into practice.

This set includes stories where Harry and Draco are bound together - either magically or by circumstance. All of them feature the boys being forced into closeness, one way or another. This, of course, contains all the angst you would expect from that premise. Here, you'll find emotional distance, disconnected realities, startling intimacy, and tragic love, seemingly rooted in rot. I also noticed that in all of these stories, the two of them are somehow confined together at Grimmauld Place for a while. So, if you are a fan of that creepy old house, these might be for you!

All of them begin shortly after the war, with Harry and Draco still raw and exhausted and with no empathy for the other. These stories each illustrate their changing understanding, helped along by compulsory proximity.

'Grounds for Divorce' is probably the most mellow story in this set. It starts off pretty angsty, but their relationship grows and blossoms into something kinder over time. It's also carefully crafted, and the (magical) bond between Harry and Draco is described so tangibly, I sometimes felt it in my own toes.

'That Old Black Magic' starts off with a toxic and antagonistic physical dynamic. It has a gripping, fucked-up, and charged relationship between the two boys and handles the implications of a forced magical marriage wonderfully.

'Stain of Silence' doesn't include a bond or marriage of any sort; instead, Draco is bound to Harry by the law. This leads to an uneven power dynamic between the two of them, which gives the whole story a gloomy tinge. It is beautifully written, painful, and sharp. Ginny is portrayed as especially hostile towards Draco. So if you are in need of a good Draco/Ginny bromance afterwards, I suggest you scour the internet for 'Lessons in Grace and Decorum' — which also includes bonded Drarry due to Draco's sentence, lots of sadness and an uneven power dynamics. But a fun friendship between Draco and Ginny. So, Enjoy!

Illustration for Grounds for divorce by tepre

Can you imagine if Nina's coffee shop was actually called 'Grounds for Divorce' ? The coffee theory would finally make sense

Just reread Grounds For Divorce and, after almost 4 years, the story that made me reconnect with the Drarry fandom it's still my favourite fic in the world. @tepre 's writing is just bloody amazing and this story is so very dear to me. 💕 the slow burn, the way tepre wrote a bonding story that is realistically painful, with characters that are evolving every chapter, how they grow and change and bloom apart and together as life keeps moving forward. This is such a gorgeous love story, and such a beautiful ode to family roots, to finding our way back to our ancestors' homelands. About falling in love but keeping our loved one's decisions first and our desires second. Aywa, my heart, habibti, I'll be foverer in love with this. Eternal shukran for this tale 💜 Mashallah!

So, I’ve had this idea for a project for years now, to make book covers for fanfics on my e-reader. Now I’m finally doing it! And since photographs are moving in HP, I thought why not make animated book covers.

Grounds for Divorce by @tepre

Malfoy finds a coin. Harry finds a letter.

A story about histories, a story about families. A story about a lemon tree somewhere in Upper Egypt.

Elbow - Grounds for Divorce

From the album The seldom seen Kid

it’s okay i’m no longer bored i had a buddie edit idea and am downloading buck begins caps

I’m scared

Also how could you betray me like this. I thought we were in this together /j

“We’re not eleven, Draco,” he said at last, taking a small step forward. “This is not you trying to shake my hand. We’re not those children. So much has changed. I’ve changed, for god’s sake, you’ve—” This, again, made Draco fierce. “Nothing has changed. You are exactly the same. I am exactly the same. I still want today what I wanted at eleven. What I wanted at sixteen, at nineteen, at every bloody turn, Harry, just—!” A smile, a panicked pull of his lips, flashed over his face. He glanced at Harry. At the table. “Just sign the paper.”

Excerpt From

Grounds for Divorce

Tepre

Ok NOW my bind of Grounds for Divorce is done. It’s harder than you might think to find a lemon charm.

Figured I'd promote myself a bit. Made this some time ago and I'd love to know what people think.

Broken bodies, dreams and promises.

Grounds for divorce, part 2

grounds for divorce

“I was completely in love with you until you insulted the orange one!” - fleur's very legitimate reason for divorcing her husband

(no, it has nothing to do with rarity! what are you talking about?)

applejack vector

thank you for your service, vector artist and aj herself.

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Kamala Thiagarajan, ‘Leprosy: the ancient disease scientists can't solve’, BBC