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This blog serves as an archive of past LJ ICMezzo content--at least for now. I sincerely hope that I'll be back one day to read/write/post regularly about various fannish things once more. Until then, be well. xo

I am in the process of importing all of my LJ content into Dreamwidth. In the meantime, in addition to Dreamwidth, find me:

(I will be deleting my LJ account in the near future. Apologies for the inconvenience.)

Sapph and I are bringing out our multifandom holiday fic rec list once again this year.

It's a community-sourced rec list, so please, add your favorites! So many of us are reading in multiple fandoms these days, so I expect plenty of new fandoms to be added this year in addition to new stories and old favorites.

Submit your favorite holiday stories:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10ypKuEqqpLifRHBEFNtdpPzTcQJj5RtKXLMJEfCkVWw/viewform

Find new holiday stories to read:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15AQJAbExBvre1C3lmtKh3Xe_vr7JH2QDtsImrN0zu14/edit#gid=0

(Every now and then we go in and sort it nicely by alphabet and fandom for easy use and add new fandoms as needed.)

So, help us out and drop off new favorites as you enjoy some recs from others!

Happy holidays!
sapphirescribe and icmezzo

Just an FYI for any of you who were looking for my fic: I’ve gotten past (and over, I suppose) the privacy incident from this summer, and my fic has been restored to my ICMezzo username in all places. You should be able to find links much more easily now, but if you continue to experience trouble and want some assistance, shoot me a message.

Thanks for your patience. I’m sorry there hasn’t been anything new from me lately, but I’m certain your inboxes are already full of new things to read this time of year. :)

I wrote a little piece for hp_kinkfest. Apparently this is what ICMezzo!kink looks like. :) Head on over and check it out if you're so inclined.

Title: The Slytherin Urn
Author:

icmezzo
Prompt Number: #26 submitted by

candamira
Kink Showcased: Beautiful casting (Magic kink)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Summary: Nothing turns Harry on quite like redemption.
Warnings/Content Notes: None beyond the explicit content implied by the rating.
Word Count: ~4.5k
Author's Notes:

candamira, I just loved your prompt. I’m sorry the resulting story isn’t superdirtyporny, but the prompt was so lovely, and this is what spilled out in response to it. I think it matches the tone of your prompt, at least, and I really hope you like it. Thanks to the mods for all of their work on the fest. Thanks also to my delightful betas,

lettered and

arcadianmaggie, for their thoughtful critique and helpful feedback. Story by story, they’re making me a better writer. I’m endlessly grateful to them. Thanks also to

omi_ohmy and

sapphirescribe for their Britpicking and support.
Available on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3285977

The Slytherin Urn

Now that

hd_erised reveals are up, it seems I ought to claim my story. Thanks to those who left such lovely comments. If you haven't had a chance to read it but would like to, the link is below. The story was written for

isinuyasha, and I was so pleased to write for her. Her artwork is amazing! I tried to include several of her requests and prompts, such as the Crup and a mix of fluff and humor.

In any case, here are the details.

Title: Fata Morgana
Author:

icmezzo
Recipient:

isinuyasha
Rating: R
Word Count: ~16.5k
Warnings: None
Content/Enticements: Dragons, mirages, and Arthurian legends. Also a recalcitrant crup and a house-elf on a tricycle. (I honestly don’t know how these things happen.)
Summary: “It’s only a mirage,” they tell Draco (and Pepper). “You must be imagining,” they dismiss him in turn. But Draco Malfoy is certain something is out there, and, come hell or Harry Potter, he’ll find out. He will.
Author's Notes: To

omi_ohmy and

arcadianmaggie, my amazing prereader/Brit-picker and beta: Thank you never seems like enough. You’re so unbelievably kind to share your time and considerable talents with me again and again. I’ll love you both for a thousand years.

Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.

Fata Morgana

In addition, I would like to thank

primea for the absolutely gorgeous artwork that she drew for me. I highly encourage you to take a look: You are my sun, my moon, and all of my stars, (Not only is it completely stunning, but if you happened to read my prior story, Wish Upon a Star, you'll know why I was nearly in tears of joy when I recieved it.) Thank you, Primea!

My year in numbers

4 Drabbles, all HPfic from Last Drabble Writer Standing:

The Basilisk Slayer (Gen)

As Etiquette Demands (H/D)

Warming Up Waffles (H/D)

Circle of Life (H/D)

3 Stories, all HPfic:

Crystal Clear from Remix fest(H/D)

Wish Upon a Star (As Dreamers Do) from Career fair (H/D)

Fata Morgana from Erised fest (H/D)

Other:

51,091 Words Written

228 HP fics and drabbles read (and add to that ~40 Avengers/MCU and Merlin fic)

8 Betas/Prereads

3 Fests/0 Dropouts

69 New LJ friends

1 crazy fun voice meme :)

The writing/betaing/reading numbers are way, way down from last year and down again from the year before that. Part of this was intentional. For about six months I didn't write, beta, or read much of anything because I was moving and changing jobs and dealing with life garbage and burnout. In 2015 I'd like to take a more moderate approach and limit myself to maybe one fest and try to write one other story just for fun. I think I need to get back to writing without the fest pressure. That said, I'll read fest prompts because I generally like the stort that results when a prompt steals my heart. Wish Upon a Star was prompt-based, and it's my favorite from 2014. Also, interestingly, I didn't write a lot of hard angst in 2014 (compared to 2013 when I wrote Kiss the Joy and And So Death Took), but I'm in the mood to write it again, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's what appears first from me in 2015. I also wouldn't mind doing some additional betaing in 2015, perhaps picking up another regular writer or two.

And with that, Happy New Year, everyone. Wishing you all a joyous holiday and a spectacular 2015.

A few of us have been speaking doing a recipe exchange by genre... the talk of swapping favorite soup recipes has come up, for example. Last year I was part of a multi-fandom holiday gift exchange and requested people send me their favorite cookie recipes. It ended up being really fun and I got well over a dozen new recipes and they were delicious and gave me all sorts of new ideas on top. I thought maybe this year it would be fun to exchange collectively on LJ. I know everyone many of us are about to dig out our Christmas/Holiday cookie recipes as December progresses, so I thought maybe we could start with a holiday cookie/dessert exchange. Yes? Yes.

All you need to do is copy your favorite recipe (doesn't have to be fancy!) into a comment below. Then we can all ooooh and ahhhh and ogle the growing lists of sweet, delicious things to make, and we can bake until our friends, coworkers, families, and dentists cry for mercy.

I'll kick us off with a recipe or two in the comments below. Who is with me??? :D

(Watch out for measurement and temperature conversions for recipes from different places around the world!)

Quick drive-by post to let you know that

sapphirescribe and I are continuing our multi-fandom holiday rec list this year. It's a community-sourced list. We created a simple form that you fill out to submit your favorite holiday stories.

Those stories are then automatically added to our rec list, viewable here.

Every now and then we go in and sort it nicely by alphabetically and by fandom for easy use. We will add new fandoms as we get additional submissions as well. But this way we cover more fandoms than we read ourselves and everyone gets great new recs.

So, help us out and drop your favorites in the list and grab some links to some new stories you might enjoy in all of your fandoms.

Now that the

hd_fan_fair's Career Fair reveals have gone up, I'll go ahead and post my story as I'm still too sick (*sniffle**cough**sniffle**whine**cough!sniffle*) to be writing at the moment. In any case, if you haven't read it already, I'd be delighted to share my work with you. I often hate my stories by the time they post--they've usually driven me mad by then--but this one is so light and fun that I couldn't be angry at it, even after the 37th hour of editing. I really did enjoy writing this one, I'm still smiling about it now, and I hope you enjoy reading it.

It's dedicated to

evening12, of course, as it was her prompt that made my imagination take flight. (If it was ever on solid ground to begin with, I'm not sure.) The ghosts were actually inspired by a discussion that was held at my house when

firethesound and

zeitgeistic visited last summer right as the prompts went up for the fest. I'm not sure they'll remember it, but I'll thank them for that regardless. The plants...well...those are dedicated to the many gardens I've had over the years, big and small, whether I've been their to harvest them in the fall or not. (I move way too often. smh.) They make me happy--no small bit of magic right there.

And, of course, I have a feast of riches when it comes to betas, Brit-pickers, and other support. Endless gratitude to the talented, amazing (underlined thrice) women who helped bring out the very best in this story. Thank you for your thoughtful editing, dearest

lettered,

arcadianmaggie,

omi_ohmy,

sapphirescribe, and

twilightmundi (it boggles my mind to even type out that list). I honestly couldn’t wish for anyone but you. [shooting star emoji]

And if you've actually read all of the above, know that the actual story isn't that much longer. Well. Sort-of. It's a quick 27k, I promise. :)

Title: Wish Upon a Star (As Dreamers Do)
Prompt Number: # 174
Rating: R
Career Choices: Harry: Hogwarts Consultant; Draco: Wishmaker
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco (secondary Neville/Hannah, Hermione/Ron)
Warnings/Content Notes: None.
Summary: There’s plant magic and celestial magic and dark magic and the normal magic that allows Harry to use a spell to clean his socks when Myrtle’s taken up in his laundry room again. Then there are wishes, and dreams, and love, and those are even more magical still.
Word Count: ~27k

Also! Also! I would be remiss not to mention the lovely works that were created based on a few prompts that I left for the fest. You should definitely take a moment to check out the amazingly gorgeous artwork/movie by

mayfly_78, who created Like Salt and Pepper (Harry: Salt Shaker; Draco: Pepper Grinder). And then dear

noeon wrote The R. Correspondence (Harry: Private Security Consultant; Draco: Manuscript Expert) for me, and well, Draco deciphers ancient manuscripts. So. Enough said right there. :D Be sure to check out others from the fest too!

Terrible news!

Sometime in the last week the voice memes started being deleted from the site many of us used to record them. It seems they change things so recordings last months now, as opposed to years. I expected to have MUCH more time to archive them somehow. UGH. (I am seriously so, so sad to have lost many already.)

The good news is that some people who did them later were saveable, and i'll keep those for archiving. And then I've discovered that other clever people have been downloaded a few (or many) of them, so that archives many more.

So. Here's what I need from you. If you happened to download or save your own recording or anyone else's, can you please comment below or PM or email me? Let me know what you have and I'll let you know if they are recordings we don't yet have. WITH YOUR HELP, I THINK WE CAN REBUILD AN ARCHIVE. I would *hate* to lose this resource for us all, but I already have about half of the recordings. So fess up! Who has some saved? :)

ETA: These are the people for whom WE HAVE memes:

birdsofshore

blamebrampton

capitu

celestlyn

chronos_tide

dannyfranx

dysonrules

eidheann_writes

ellie_nor

femmequixotic

groolover

huldrejenta

icmezzo

iulia_linnea

iwao

lamerezouille

leemarchais

mab

mccargi

nia_kantorka

oakstone730

pir8fancier

rainfallsdown8

raitala

saras_girl

sassy_cissa

sisi_rambles

sylvaticginger

taradiane

vaysh

wemyss

These are the people whose memes WE STILL NEED TO RECOVER:

alley_skywalker

amorette

anemonen

ashindk

bloodisshrp

bryoneybrynn

captainraychill

codenamerogue

drarryxlover

dustmouth

evening12

firethesound

gamma_x_orionis

gothrockrulz

gracerene

hazel_wand

idikehaine

indyonblue

isinuyasha

josephinestone

kedavranox

khalulu

leochi

lijahlover

lordhellebore

luci0logy

notearchiver

praevarus

rhoda_rants

sara_lakali

slowroad

sophie_french

wwmrsweasleydo

zeitgeistic

So, again, if you have a copy of your own or anyone else's meme from that second list, please let me know! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! Once I collect all the files, I'll host them somewhere permanent and share the new set of links. xoxo

Goodness. Thank you for the nominations and votes and love over at the

hpfanficfanpoll. I'm touched and honored. I also think it's pretty much the best thing ever to be recognized for both Darkfic and Comedy in the same round...I laughed with delight when I saw that. I tried to do some different things last year, fic-wise, and I appreciate that you stuck with me through that and tolerated the growing pains. Again, thank you. So much. <3

Congratulations to the many other nominees and winners. The recognition is so well deserved; your stories are amazing and special, and our fandom is so lucky to have so many wonderful authors and artists.

As you may have read earlier, zeitgeistic and firethesound have been in town the last few days, hanging out at my place and attending the Con.txt conference here in the DC area. I think we can safely say we had a great time. :)

It was requested that we share a little bit about the conference, so we decided to debrief on the sessions we attended and what we learned and experienced over the last few days. We put our thoughts into words via gchat, and I'll pretty much post it unedited below. Hope you enjoy!

ICMezzo: So, Zeitgeistic and FiretheSound and ICMezzo just spent three days attending Con.Txt, a fandom slash con in DC. We'd had some requests to talk about the con, so this is our attempt. La! Okay, so, how many people were there? It wasn't huge.
Zeitgeistic: 70ish
is my guess
Firethesound: definitely not huge. i'm terrible with estimates, so 60-70ish?
ICM: Not like a huge con. 3 sessions going on simultaneously.
Should we talk about some specifically?
Zeitgeistic: slashbabies
Firethesound: SLASHBABIES
that name begs for all caps
Zeitgeistic: surprisingly not mpregged
ICMezzo: Okay. Yes. Slashbabies. That was the first day.
Zeitgeistic: wishes
Firethesound: wish babies
ICMezzo: It was all about different ways (accidental and not) for our gay characters to get babies.
Zeitgeistic: weirdly no regular options were discussed until like 5 min til the end.
ICMezzo: I think there were a lot of RPF fandom folks in the panel, which maybe was part of it.
Zeitgeistic: stanley cup pregnancy featured, as i recall? or lilke, the stanley cup issues you a wish baby?
ICMezzo: They don't have potions to take and such. (Reason #436 why HP is the best.)
so they had to like. Discuss adoption and surrogacy. It got kinda heavy. I think i'd hoped for more mpreg itself.
Because Slashbabies.
Firethesound: same here. i was sort of disappointed by the lack of mpreg
Zeitgeistic: yeah. and i was also baffled that wishing for babies and them coming from storks was considered a valid option for non-magical fandoms. very gabriel garcia marquez, but without the literary value
Firethesound: magical realism ftw?
ICMezzo: Babies being left on doorsteps does have its place in our fandom...
But anyway. Less mpreg than we wanted. That's the consensus, I think. So. What else did we see that day? Slash through ages. That was ancient pairings. Think Gilgamesh/Enkidu. Some biblical pairings. Ruth/Naomi.
Zeitgeistic: there was a lot of posturing.
and irrelevant trivia
regarding roman naming systems
of which i knew from wikipedia
but didn't comment on because it wasn't the fucking topic
Firethesound: there was also a lot of knitting that happened. I'd just like to say that i was both surprised and excited by how many people were knitting during panels
Zeitgeistic: one girl was making this really elaborate blue lace
Firethesound: for once, i was not "that weird girl with the knitting"
it was strange and wonderful
ICMezzo: There was a bit of cosplay.
I don't know. The panel wasn't terribly cohesive as a panel.
Firethesound: yeah, from what the mod said she'd asked friends for help who are in relevant fandoms, and they all flaked out on her
Zeitgeistic: so we talked about les mis
surprisingly large fandom
Firethesound: which is a shame because i feel like that panel had a lot of potential for being sort of awesome
Zeitgeistic:
yeah i was really hoping for gilgamesh slash recs
ICMezzo:
yesssss..
okay. Well. We'll just have to write some.
Zeitgeistic:
curling
ICMezzo:
(We said that about 234872034875423 times this weekend.)
Firethesound:
(so many things to write!)
ICMezzo:
Oh! And Rivers of London panel!
Zeitgeistic:
which is cool but would be hard to write for, imo
ICMezzo:
Yes. Magic for adults, pretty much. Based in London, but would be very hard to write as someone not based there. And the characters don't necessarily lend themselves to slash.
(Though I've only read the first book so far.)
But that panel was pretty interesting, thinking about alternate magic systems and such.
Firethesound:
i think that was one of the more interesting panels we attended. the discussion was more meta than slash, but i really love meta so it worked for me
ICMezzo:
Yes. Agreed. It was a good discussion.
Firethesound:
Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronivitch
*Aaronovitch
ICMezzo:
Definitely worth a read. (It's a book series.)
Firethesound:
(and all of them are awesome!)
ICMezzo:
Any other first day takeaways?
Finding HP folks was tougher than I thought.
Firethesound:
yeah, i thought there would be way more than there were.
but it was a lot of hockey rpf and teen wolf and stargate sga, i think were the big ones that kept coming up
ICMezzo:
And Avengers.
Firethesound:
oh yes, avengers
Zeitgeistic:
captain america and avengers
ICMezzo:
Because Steve.
:)
Firethesound:
because bucky feels, is what i got from the captain america panel
ICMezzo:
Right. We went to Captain America panel on day 2. That was a good one, I thought.
Firethesound:
yes, definitely one of the most fun and engaging we saw, i think
ICMezzo:
Energy.
Zeitgeistic:
it made me interested in the fandom. or at least watching the movies (which i haven't done)
Firethesound:
it made me want to go read captain america/avengers fic, so i think that's a success
ICMezzo:
Yes. I know. I read a bit in the fandom, but I want to read some more now.
we may need some recs...
Zeitgeistic:
^^
Firethesound:
seconded!
ICMezzo:
So, we also went to a session on writing AU.
Zeitgeistic:
there was bingo.
which sort of showed all the different AU tropes there are
ICMezzo:
and the point of AUs... such as characterization.
Zeitgeistic:
(coffee shop AU is apparently in every fandom everywhere)
ICMezzo:
Remember Friends TV show? Makes me wonder if that Fandom has a coffee shop AU...
ANYWAY. (irrelevant)
there were some AUs that seem to be prevalent in a lot of fandoms but not so much in HP. maybe tehre are things we need to explore?
Steampunk. Space?
Firethesound:
yes, there were a lot of things that came up (in other panels as well) that i just had never encountered before, since like 90% of what i read is HP
definitely makes me want to branch out a little more
::coughAVENGERScough::
ICMezzo:
and adopt what works back into HP too.
Firethesound:
ooh, yes!
ICMezzo:
(I need more steampunk art)
Firethesound:
(everyone needs more steampunk art)
Zeitgeistic:
yes
ICMezzo:
Regency
That would also be amazing for art.
(As would space.)
Oh, it did seem that "HP" serves as an AU for almost every other fandom. I think that's cool.
Firethesound:
ha, yes! i found that amusing
ICMezzo:
Why did I put scare quotes around HP? #novice
Zeitgeistic:
lol harry potter AU was one of the bingo spots
ICMezzo:
yes. EVERYONE wants to go to Hogwarts. :D
Firethesound:
well who wouldn't?
Zeitgeistic:
or make fun of hogwarts
ICMezzo:
Pffft.
Firethesound:
they're only jealous they didn't get their hogwarts letters
ICMezzo:
Last session that day was on Harry Potter.
Harry Potter Now and Forever.
Firethesound:
the one i think we were all looking forward to most!
ICMezzo:
Something like that.
It was...odd. There was a lot of discussion about JKR and her work on characters like Neville and Draco and treatment of Slytherins.
Zeitgeistic:
and some pats on the back about JKR coming out against hermione/ron
i got the feeling that no one in the room was aware of harry potter fandom at all
ICMezzo:
a lot of strong opinions about canon though.
Firethesound:
or they'd been out of the fandom for a few years at least
Zeitgeistic:
i think

lettered was recced in every panel we went to tho
ICMezzo:
Yes. They seemed surprise that people were still writing.
Zeitgeistic:
including this one
ICMezzo:
Yes. in many fandoms.
We exchanged recs toward the end.
People seemed surprised that things were still being written and had nooooo idea where to find anything.
I hope we helped?
Firethesound:
we pointed them at

capitu's

my_drarry_recs
which is where i get a lot of my recs from
ICMezzo:
Yes. And some people knew of fics by

saras_girl (Turn and Stanley-fic)
Oh, and A Piercing Comfort by

talithan.
We had to fill in a lot of the titles and authors, though.
Firethesound:
we impressed them with our vast knowledge of authors and titles
ICMezzo:
They thought us to be encyclopedias...for knowing TURN!
Zeitgeistic:
i also got to rec zero at the bone, so my life has meaning
ICMezzo:
Tell us more about that one?
Zeitgeistic:
lol this is like a coke can in an avengers movie
ICMezzo:
lol. Mkay. You can comment with a link or more info in the LJ post.
Someone knew about Smoochfest.
So some people are still reading current fests.
There were some other Harry/Draco shippers there.
Were there other ships? A few rarepair folks?
Didn't HP_beholder come up?
Firethesound:
yeah, along with snarry
Zeitgeistic:
someone really wanted dumbledore/snape recs
ICMezzo:
Yes. I...didn't have much to offer there.
#nojudgment
Firethesound:
it was fun to be around fellow HP fans, but it felt like most of the other people there had moved on to other fandoms in recent years
so many of the recs we got were either very popular stories we'd already read (eg: Turn) or things that have been around for years
luckily we had each other and a free evening, and now i have enough recced stories to keep me going for several weeks, at least
Zeitgeistic:
good lord yes
ICMezzo:
Yes. After the con we had a fun dinner in DC with a beautiful waiter who was clearly Harry/Draco's child.
Zeitgeistic:
and all the new fandoms we discovered too
oh god, yes. he was the product of legit mpreg
Firethesound:
oh, that waiter
Zeitgeistic:
tall, pointy, blond, with glasses
ICMezzo:
headcanon green eyes?
(he had his father's eyes)
Zeitgeistic:
yes and headcanon named kevin because draco would never let harry name their child after harry's parents and harry would never let draco name their child something like scorpius
Firethesound:
compromise!
ICMezzo:
He often paused to watch the England/Italy game...
Zeitgeistic:
(Italy won)
ICMezzo:
Quidditch not being broadcast on this side of the pond.
Zeitgeistic:
and we ate bacon wrapped dates
or firethesound: and i did
Firethesound:
good lord those things were fucking good
Zeitgeistic:
i licked that fucking kebab stick
Firethesound:
fellating?
ICMezzo:
It was a delicious evening.
We had sangria.
Zeitgeistic:
let's talk briefly about our effective margaritas
ICMezzo:
Oh. Yes. The first night.
Firethesound:
HIGHLY effective margaritas
ICMezzo:
Luckily in walking distance of my house.
Firethesound:
i had half of mine. just half
Zeitgeistic:
we didn't fall in the bay on the way home thank god
near thing.
Firethesound:
because i would probably have been unable to manage the short walk back if i'd had the whole thing
ICMezzo:
It was a close call.
Zeitgeistic:
they were so strong and so delish
like a good man
ICMezzo:
We had a pitcher. Or rather, it had us.
New pairing firethesound/zeitgeistic/icmezzo/margaritas/hotwaiter
I ship it.
Firethesound:
HIS NAME IS KEVIN
Zeitgeistic:
god OT4
and curling
Firethesound:
OT5
Zeitgeistic:
icy toe sex
Firethesound:
and coffee shop AU
Zeitgeistic:
YESSSS
with rimming
Firethesound:
it works because curling has brooms, which would somehow be involved in all this
Zeitgeistic:
(we are not drunk right now)
Firethesound:
(sadly)
ICMezzo:
(pauses to go open a bottle of wine)
Zeitgeistic:
#yolo
we now all have wine
Firethesound:
thank you, mezzo!
ICMezzo:
YAY!
Let's see. Today we went to 3 other sessions. We started with Tagging.
Zeitgeistic:
not a kink
Firethesound:
sounds like one
Zeitgeistic:
actual AO3 tagging
ICMezzo:
could be a kink
metadata is hot
So one of the AO3 tag wranglers was there.
Firethesound:
not the most exciting panel we attended, but probably one of the most informative
ICMezzo:
She was helpful, i thought.
Firethesound:
she gave us sort of "behind the scenes" info about how exactly tagging works
ICMezzo:
I wanted to download her brain about how it all works.
Zeitgeistic:
i learned why " - Freeform" shows up after some tags
ICMezzo:
and why is that?
Zeitgeistic:
but I won't tell you
Firethesound:
you're such a brat
ICMezzo:
(takes away your wine)
Zeitgeistic:
it's super difficult to explain oh my god
okay fine
Firethesound:
lol
Zeitgeistic:
because you're doing it wrong, basically
Firethesound:
so not a brat, just lazy
Zeitgeistic:
if it shows up it means that someone has already used that tag either as a canonical tag or a freeform tag and since there can't be 2 tags that are exactly the same, the system adds that fugly freeform bit to the end
so if you see it, move your tag. or don't and accept the freeform.
ICMezzo:
Or change the punctuation slightly?
add a final space or something?
I wasn't listening.
Zeitgeistic:
that is the cheap way
don't be lazy
like me
ICMezzo:
We also learned to be careful with the Penguin tag.
Zeitgeistic:
Penguins*
ICMezzo:
Because you'll end up getting a lot of hockey fic when you just want to read about Penguin!Draco.
Firethesound:
i'd love to read about penguin draco
just saying
ICMezzo:
Our fandom is awesome enough to have several.
So that's that sorted.
Firethesound:
we learned about tumblr too
for example, only the first five tags listed are searchable
i had no idea
or if you reblog something and add tags, your tags are not searchable
ICMezzo:
I suppose I'll be less inclined to write ridiculous tags in the future on AO3, I suppose.
Though I sort of love ridiculous tagging.
Firethesound:
i do too. i probably won't stop
Zeitgeistic:
even tho i really love long tags
ICMezzo:
But now that I know there's someone behind the scenes who has to deal with me tagging for centaur euphemisms...
Zeitgeistic:
but i think it should be differentiated...like "oh my god I can't believe I wrote this" tags are annoying, but I like "sherlock is a hot mess" tags
Firethesound:
yes, that's an important distinction to make
ICMezzo:
mmmm. hotmess!sherlock
Zeitgeistic:
it gives insight into feels
Firethesound:
really, hotmess!anyone
Zeitgeistic:
this
ICMezzo:
srsly
The second panel we did today was on bisexuality.
(non-monosexuality)
Zeitgeistic:
i liked this one a lot. it was so well prepared
ICMezzo:
The mod was fantastic.
Zeitgeistic:
the mods were really on their game. or one was at least.
Firethesound:
yes, it was really well organized and engaging
Zeitgeistic:
and good discussion
Firethesound:
and they made pins for everyone
Zeitgeistic:
good call to action
ICMezzo:
Serious at times...heartfelt...and then discussion of bi-characters.
Zeitgeistic:
loved that
ICMezzo:
in canon or plausibly canon.
Zeitgeistic:
again, made me interested in other fandoms, although now i can't remember which fandoms they were from
13 from House was mentioned.
ICMezzo:
There are a lot of bisexual vampires in various fandoms.
I remember that.
Zeitgeistic:
And Teen Wolf of course
ICMezzo:
Right. And Queer as Folk came up.
Zeitgeistic:
vampires were talked about in detail, because they're so old it's like, after so many years, gender doesn't matter to them (or this was the theory)
ICMezzo:
What were some of the others where it was plausible?
Steve Rogers was mentioned there. Stiles from Teen Wolf.
A lot from minor fandoms.
Tom Daley RPF
Zeitgeistic:
Penny Dreadful
ICMezzo:
I missed the call to action for a bathroom break. Explain?
Firethesound:
basically, WRITE BI CHARACTERS IN YOUR FIC
ICMezzo:
Accio Ginny
Zeitgeistic:
acknowledge characters who have canonical het relationships that you are now slashing instead of conveniently ignoring the fact that harry once liked cho and ginny
that was the takeaway
Firethesound:
yep
ICMezzo:
less handwaving. i could do some of that personally.
Firethesound:
same here
Zeitgeistic:
me too
and THEN.
THE PANEL OF A.
ICMezzo:
Last one we went to was an Asexuality Roundtable.
Zeitgeistic:
mezzo has opinions
so did one mom
who was using it as group therapy
ICMezzo:
There was a sharing of resources, basic ones, like AVEN, which was helpful, I think.
There is a lot that's not known about asexuality and demi and gray-A sexuality by the general population. So the sharing of resources is never a bad thing. There are a few dedicated tumblrs too.
and some of that came up in the panel. so i hope in some ways there was some education for folks.
Please, please, please. If someone tells you they are asexual, don't tell them they aren't or tell them they haven't met the right person or ought to seek medical help for hormones or whatever. That can be so, so damaging.
steps down from soapbox
Zeitgeistic:
Agreed.
I think that part stood out to all of us from this panel, but I also came away from it with some broader understanding of demi-sexuality. And of course, some asexy recs (mostly Sherlock but there was one Pacific Rim one that sounded good enough for me to toe that fandom)
Firethesound:
seconding all of that
ICMezzo:
And Lettered's Fall of the Veils of course. <3333 (Rec came from another multifandom reader, but I was pleased to learn she'd found it!)
Zeitgeistic:
Lettered's everything was recced
ICMezzo:
Haha. True.
Zeitgeistic:
we personally recced the correct spelling of her name
Firethesound:
the other message i think we all took away from the con as a whole: lettered is awesome
Zeitgeistic:
and curling
ICMezzo:
and margaritas.
and Harry Potter.
Zeitgeistic:
and we are incredibly cool people
ICMezzo:
We srsly are.
(I hope you all get to meet these two someday.)
Zeitgeistic:
and we suck at writing things while hanging out with icmezzo because we have such a good time that we can't concentrate
Firethesound:
yes, that. it'd be a problem if it wasn't so much fun
ICMezzo:
(Zeitgeistic is so full of life and firethesound has the absolute best giggle.)
Zeitgeistic:
(I'm sorry I asked for a tropes extension, Nox and Mari!)
(but thanks anyway!)
Firethesound:
(and i just learned that i giggle...)
ICMezzo:
:D
Zeitgeistic:
And CHOLERA needs a cameo
ICMezzo:
Cholera is my cat. Actually named Clara.
I think the margaritas were responsible for that as well...
Firethesound:
the margaritas were responsible for a lot of things
ICMezzo:
>.>
Any closing remarks, ladies?
Zeitgeistic:
there was a starfighter update
and also tropes
Firethesound:
not really. just that i feel like our little corner of HP is really something special. everyone i've met so far, especially these two here, have just been the nicest people <3
it's incredible to meet someone for the first time and within a few minutes we're talking like we've known each other for ages
ICMezzo:
It didn't take long.
Zeitgeistic:
i knowwww! we've had a really good time
Firethesound:
(wine makes me all lovey. blame mezzo for that. she brought it to me. because she's a wonderful hostess.)
Zeitgeistic:
yes she is
ICMezzo:
My work here is done.
Zeitgeistic:
she keeps asking if we need anything. my mom doesn't even do that
ICMezzo:
LOL
OKAY....
I think that's it.
Thanks for reading. and feel free to ask us specific questions or whatever if you have them.
BYE!

Addendum: (Because we forgot this one earlier)
We caught one other panel that first day, on inverted tropes.
Firethesound:
run by Beneficent
ICMezzo:
That was the bestest mod.
She had wings.
Firethesound:
like Maleficent, except the good fairy version of her
she was sparkly
Zeitgeistic:
i love her
ICMezzo:
Wings are magical.
Zeitgeistic:
i want to friend her on LJ but I don't knw her name
ICMezzo:
I want them.
Yes. I feel like she should be our BFF immediately.
So what did we talk about?
Zeitgeistic:
parent fic!
lol surprise parents on your doorstep instead of baby on the doorstep
someone write this
ICMezzo:
lol.
Firethesound:
seconded
ICMezzo:
oh, and like waking up straight instead of waking up gay.
Zeitgeistic:
pretend divorce and forced divorce. those sound awesome
so much potential for angst
Firethesound:
so many fic ideas there...
Zeitgeistic:
and there was also losing super powers instead of gaining them
Firethesound:
aliens kept them from having sex
ICMezzo:
FtS is giggling again.
Firethesound:
(it was house-elves)
(it's always house-elves)
Zeitgeistic:
(of course)
ICMezzo:
houseelves will do it every time.
but that's a different pairing...
Zeitgeistic:
(she's gigglng)
ICMezzo:
Kreacher/Dobby. Yummy.
Aaaaand the wine has kicked in.
So that was a fun panel.
Firethesound:
yes
ICMezzo:
Good for ideas.

Well. WELL.

Let me just say that I'm currently sandwiched between

firethesound and

zeitgeistic, which makes this pretty much the best day ever. To be slightly less misleading, we're sitting around my dining room table with laptops and coffee/tea and watermelon, but I stand by my earlier claim of Best. Morning. Ever.

We're off to another day of Con.txt soon. I'll post more about that after it's all over. I did want to share something completely amazing in the meantime though...FiretheSound brought me some awesome! Do you recognize it? She stitched a lovely towel for me based off of

dustmouth's drawing for "Love Lies Bleating"!

I just about turned inside out when I opened it! So that pretty much means I'm sitting beside the Best Thing Ever on the Best Morning Ever.

We have our Harry Potter con session this afternoon. If that also goes well, I might never recover!

The lovely

dustmouth let us make some suggestions for some sketches that we'd love to see from her, and I'm not ashamed to say I took full advantage of this. Her prompt fill is below and it is absolutely hilarious. To see the others, including a fantastic illustration of

birdsofshore's "The Joys of Nature," take a look at her entire post. I believe she's leaving it unlocked for about a week or so.

Prompt: Draco attempting to determine whether his new trousers make his butt look good.

Now that the

hd_remix Masterlist and reveals post is up, I'll go ahead and claim my little remix fic, Crystal Clear. It is a remix of the artwork "The First Snow" by

0idontknow0.

Title: Crystal Clear
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: PG-13
Warnings/Content: None. This one’s as fluffy as newly fallen snow.
Summary: Harry customizes a snow globe. Draco listens to centaur weather reports. Ron investigates the height of Pansy’s boots. And Hermione knows even more than everything, as usual. (No one signs up for the class for lactating witches.) A remix of the artwork "The First Snow" by

0idontknow0.
Word Count: ~7k
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. The original art, "The First Snow" is the work of 0idontknow0.
Author's notes: Dear

0idontknow0, I’m sorry I was unable to remix your starred story, but when you posted your art, “The First Snow,” earlier this winter, I fell a little in love with the idea of Harry and Draco outside in a beautiful snowy world. I attempted to play with perspective in this remix, pulling Harry, Draco, and the others into and out of the scene you originally drew as I tried to fill in the story around your winter wonderland. Thank you for letting me play in your world; I hope the end result is to your liking. Thanks to my delightful beta, prereading, and Brit-picking team,

sapphirescribe,

capitu,

twilightmundi,

omi_ohmy, and

arcadianmaggie. I thank you for sharing your time and talents. Finally, heartfelt thanks to the mods for managing this fest year after year.

Crystal Clear

I honestly went to bed the first night after I posted that voice meme thinking I'd be lucky if 2-3 friends participated because they felt bad for me. I had no idea it would take off as it did and it seems impossible to express how overjoyed I've been seeing how it expanded from a few brave friends to a huge community of amazing, amazing people. Some participants were entirely new to me, others are good friends from another continent, and still others are authors or artists whose work I've cherished for years. And every single person had something amazing to say.

Truly, the recordings are so special. I've just today caught up with them all and every person had something unique to share, some lovely thought or personal belief or hilarious commentary--not to mention a beautiful accent to wrap around their meme like a little bow. Every single one made me smile or laugh or delighted me in some way. There are 50 or more now...and every single one is different and cool and special. (I was pretty much squeaking and bouncing whenever someone new posted one! :D )

If you hadn't had a chance to listen, I urge you to do so. There are a lot now, so I've created an index to help you navigate them. I would encourage you to listen to your friends and those fav authors and artists you adore, of course. But I would also encourage you to listen to a handful from people you've never interacted with before and maybe a few from the end of the meme, because there are amazing submissions throughout. I have no doubt others will post additional recordings in the coming days. (If you haven't but are tempted, I urge you to do so!)

I did come away with a few takeaways, which I thought I'd share with you now that I've finally caught up on listening to all of the various recordings.

No two people pronounce Accio the same way. Hermione needs to give us some lessons, I think.

Approximately 95% of the people who participated dislike their recording and were incredibly nervous to post. (A regular podficcer or two seems to be the exception here.) Yet to me every one of the recordings was beautiful and amazing and I think you're very brave for taking the chance to do this. We're all human and we all babble and our voices shake at times and we aren't as articulate as we'd like--but it doesn't matter. If we were robots, these memes wouldn't be nearly as fantastic. Part of the magic is that we hear and experience each other's humanity.

The impromptu visits, chirps, and meows recorded from various cats, birds, friends, siblings, and one insistent microwave were kind of hilarious and made me laugh every time.

We have recordings from ALL OVER THE WORLD...all continents but Antarctica, if I'm not mistaken. Special kudos to all of the non-native English speakers who posted memes. I know it took a little something extra from you and I think you're amazing for doing it.

Special thanks to those who had to go out of their way to find microphones or internet connections or time and space to record and post. I know some of you were borrowing equipment, hiding in bathrooms, using your lunch break, or trying for days to upload. You are AMAZING. Thank you.

The HP-themed jokes were perfection. As were the non-English tongue twisters. You all have extremely talented tongues, in my opinion. ;)

As best as I can tell through LJ stats, approximately 170 different people visited the meme web page. Approximately 1/3 recorded memes of their own, which is a pretty fantastic participation rate. Well done! Many others left comments. Speaking of comments, I think we're almost at 800 of those. Phenomenal.

FINALLY...what I think is most special about this whole thing is how amazingly supportive everyone is in the comments. The number of people who listened to all or many of them and took the time to leave such thoughtful comments--I find it difficult to articulate how amazing it is. Perhaps it's because I had all the comments flowing through my email inbox over the last few days, and as such got a chance to skim or glance at so many of them, but so many people connected and learned new things about each other and fangirled over shared loves and interests and recs and everything else. People made new friends and found new stories and art to embrace. Others found people in their area to connect with or people who ship their ships or speak their native languages. The love everyone expressed for fandom and each other was completely beautiful and overwhelming.

Whew. It's been a crazy week and I didn't even get close to an appropriate amount of sleep, but I THANK YOU from the bottom of my fandom-loving heart for making it that way. Well done. It would be a very sad meme without you. ;) And seriously--listen to some more of these when you have a chance and leave a nice little comment if you can. And of course, feel free to post a recording if you'd still like to do so. <3

THANK YOU <3333
-ICM

Hey. Hey. HEY!

Have we ever done an HP voice meme? I can't think of one. Let's do it! Because words are the most inexhaustible source of magic we have. Or something. And because voice memes are kind of fantastic. And funny. And because ACCENTS. And you get to HEAR WHAT YOUR FRIENDS SOUND LIKE!

And, okay, one by one we'll feel a little silly but put us all together and it's going to be a GIANT MEME-TASTIC CLOUD OF VOCALIZED AWESOME. (Potter will supply the requisite lightning bolt.)

Let's do it!

The instructions are simple. Record yourself answering the following questions and then post the link to the clip in a comment.

( Questions )

How do you record? There are several ways. Personally, I think Vocaroo is awesome because you don't need to sign up or anything like that. You just record a sound clip and then when you like it, you click the Save button and it spits out a link to your recording. So it's completely anonymous, very simple, and effective for this sort of thing. Another option is soundcloud. Your iPhone or other device might also have built in sound recorders that can work. I'll get us started below. Update: You can make a recording via your phone on LJ if that's easier for you. http://www.livejournal.com/support/faq/183.html Thanks to Raitala for investigating!

If English isn't your first language, no worries! Feel free to say just a few words or say hello in your native language. We would love to hear from you!

Also...the recording process is awkward and nerve wracking for almost everyone, but it's so worth it, don't you think?

NOTE: If your post gets marked as spam, I'll release it as legitimate as soon as possible. I promise!

Finally, thank you to all of you. The love that just exploded below is absolutely wonderful to witness. You are all incredible. Thank you for participating. And special thanks to those who have posted or plan to post recordings--I know there are many more still to come. You're brave and wonderful to share of yourself in this way. I know it wasn't easy, but I think we can agree that the results are really special.

( Index of Participants )

Lalalalala. I thought I'd post my H/D LDWS Round 6 drabbles for archiving purposes. Feel free to disregard if you've already read, dislike drabbles, dislike me, etc., etc., etc. ;)

This one, from week 3, is my favorite. The prompt was "Basilisk" (140 words exactly). I actually love writing in this style but rarely seem to have the opportunity, though I suppose "He Walked" is similar.

Title: The Basilisk Slayer

Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 140

He was the only one who could, they said,
Destined by birth for adventures grand.
First Voldemort. Now Basilisks.
Conquering evil and emerging unscathed.
Unharmed.
Or so they said.

He was the only one who could, they said,
A brave Gryffindor who spoke the beast’s tongue,
Commanding the serpent: Sleep and so die.
Parseltongue from his lips spilling effortlessly.
Painlessly.
Or so they said.

He was the only one who could, they said,
Survive the snake’s aureolin gaze.
His mother’s eyes but his father’s sight,
Sans spectacles near blind, exempting him from death.
Immune.
Or so they said.

He was the only one who could, they said,
One Chosen for tales he’d not ever choose.
Antidote in pocket, a sacrificial vial
From a Phoenix in mourning, his life-cycle companion,
In life
And death,
Then life
Again.
Or so they said.

I try to write in a number of different genres--keeps things interesting!--from more intense content (see above) to fluff and comedy. This next one is a bit of fun from Week 1. Prompt: Hippogriff (300 words).

Title: As Etiquette Demands

Rating: R
Warnings: None
Word Count: 300

Harry met – and held – the gaze of the proudest creature he’d ever known. Eyes watering as he tried not to blink, he ducked his head, never breaking eye contact as he waited for a bow in return.

Harry’s throat caught. A handsome devil, this one. His sharp gaze, the classic line of his neck… Merlin, the strength in those thighs practically made Harry’s mouth water. Such incredible power. But as they were new to their relationship – Harry’d only ridden him a few times so far – he had to follow the proper protocol or the talons would come out. The creature could be nearly as vicious as he was gorgeous, but the effort was worth it. Harry’d practically touched the stars last time they’d got together.

Now, though, time seemed to stand still. His skin prickling in anticipation, Harry attempted to keep his breathing measured as he waited to be judged worthy. He never got used to this part, always wanting to look away, to stare at his feet as he fought the nerves colouring his cheeks.

He was, after all, completely starkers, and his knees were too knobby and his chest hair too—

“Oh for fuck’s sake, Harry,” Draco muttered. “I’m not one of your bloody Hippogriffs. If you want to ride me, all you have to do is ask.”

Grinning widely, Harry clamoured over to the bed where Draco lay equally naked and sprawled across a meadow of green throw pillows.

“You truly have the oddest idea of bedroom eyes,” Draco said, voice tinged with fondness as he pulled Harry close and breathed the words across his lips. “But so eager.”

Harry claimed Draco’s mouth. Draco was correct, of course; Harry was desperate to touch him. But the prideful Hippogriff must always be allowed to make the first move.

Then, of course, there's the inevitable ICMezzo crack comedy. Prompt: Pygmy Puff (350 words).

Title: Warming up Waffles

Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: 350

“Draco! Come in.” Noticing Harry behind him, Luna gestured them both inside. “Hello, Harry.”

Harry nodded bravely, eyes glassy. Something was cradled in his arms.

“Tea?” Luna asked.

“Actually, Lovegood, we require assistance with our Pygmy—”

“Draco killed him!” Harry thrust the bundle at her. “First he gave me Waffles, then he killed him!”

“I didn’t kill your pet.” After attempting to kiss Harry’s forehead while Harry rebuffed him, Draco turned back to Luna. “I didn’t kill Waffles.”

Harry’s lip wobbled, but he allowed Draco’s embrace. A single tear ran down his cheek.

Unwrapping the blanket, Luna gasped. “Draco!”

Harry promptly burst into tears.

The creature was missing most of its fur; the remaining scraggly patches were brownish grey while its skin was blueish. But while otherwise unmoving, Waffles still breathed. Barely.

Hypothermia.

“Explain,” she demanded.

Harry shrugged from Draco’s arms. “Draco didn’t think... Waffles went… with our décor,” he said between shaky breaths. “He tried to turn him green! Then he tried to get rid of the evidence when it didn’t work,” Harry wailed. “I’m surprised I even found the body!”

“Puffs aren’t wizards, Draco! You can’t dye their fur like you do your hair!” She sighed. “He isn’t dead but he’s freezing and deeply insulted. You must warm Waffles immediately. No magic; he’s too weak. Take him home, strip down, and all three of you get into bed. Your body heat should be enough.”

Harry dried his eyes on his sleeve. “Thank you.”

Draco’s eyes took on a suspicious gleam. “You heard her, Harry. We’ll simply have to get naked for Waffles. Best hurry, don’t you think?”

Luna handed Waffles to Harry. “Go on. The fur will grow back soon. But I should warn you; no shagging while Waffles warms up. He’s traumatized enough. Apologies wouldn’t be remiss either.”

“No shagging? Apologies?” Draco looked lost.

Harry snorted. “Be glad he needs you or you’d be on the sofa.”

“Bye, Waffles! Feel better!” Luna called as they departed. Of course Waffles wouldn’t be harmed by their imminent shagging, but imagining them trying to resist was a delicious thought indeed.

And last of all is my final Week 5 drabble. I really struggled with this one (Prompt: Jarveys, 225 words) and in the end was eliminated this week, which seemed fitting. I didn't feel I could write Jarveys as endearing; they're rude and violent and horrible. So I decided to stick with that, even though I knew it was never going to be a favorite, because life and nature aren't always pretty. I'm not sure I pulled it off, regardless. Kudos to the other authors who managed to better wrangle their Jarveys into great drabbles.

Title: Circle of Life

Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Word Count: 225

Harry cringed from his balcony vantage point as Jarveys chased across the Malfoy grounds. The Gnomes didn’t last long once caught.

He tried to bite his tongue; he knew better than to question the practice. He and Draco were still new at this, new at them. Building each other into their existing lives was messy.

But the tradition was violent. Flinching as another Gnome was eliminated, Harry turned and found Draco watching him, expression unreadable.

“Would you have us de-gnome the entire grounds by hand?” Draco asked. “Never mind that clearing hundreds of acres would take months, whereas the Jarveys will be finished, collected, and gone within the hour.”

Harry winced; Draco was still prickly sometimes. Defensive. “No, it’s not…” he trailed off. Because it was that, a little. Few beyond old-fashioned purebloods used Jarveys anymore, the practice as archaic as the Manor itself.

“It’s the circle of life, Harry.” Draco’s face softened.

“Why must it be so bloody?” Harry pouted. “And why are we watching? I’ve witnessed enough violence for a lifetime.”

“I’ll agree with you there.” Stepping closer, Draco wrapped his arms around Harry. “Tell you what: Let’s go inside,” Draco murmured, breath hot against Harry’s neck. “I suspect there are other facets of the cycle you’ll find decidedly more appealing.”

Harry snorted but allowed Draco to pull him in for a kiss.

Finally, massive congratulations to the Round 6 winner, slashedsilver. She wrote some amazing drabbles throughout. Well done to lamerezouille as well, who came in runner up. Make sure you take the time to read their wonderful pieces. And thanks to the Mods for modding and to readers for reading and voting each week!

The list below includes my very favorite HP fics, all spectacular reads. Some are sweet fluff, some are pure angst, and others are epically hilarious. You'll find Veela, animagus, mpreg, flashfic, and PWP. Most, but not all, are H/D. (There are a few Snarry and Snaco thrown in...) Some are classics, others perhaps a bit off the beaten track. It's all slash.

ETA: It's not all slash. There is one exception. :)

I'll update this list as I continue to encounter more amazing stories. I hope you enjoy.

( Read more... )

I have been grinning for the past six hours. My face might actually fall off from all the smiling. My lips are probably all red and swollen like fic!Draco's after a great snog.

hd_remix is to blame. And, more specifically, the mystery author who remixed my cracky comedy "Love Lies Bleating." (Oh, yes, dear Remix Author, you've made me giggle and grin stupidly and continually. Thank you. So, so, SO much.)

So, friends, you must go read. It is such a delightful treat. Truly. She's given Draco a voice and it's quite perfect. And there are more goaty shenanigans, of course. And how can you go wrong with that? Trust me. This one will make you smile. Hard. Possibly for six straight hours. :D

And can we talk about her title? Hee! Well played! <3

Remix for ICMEZZO
Author: anonymous
Title: Two Hearts That Bleat As One
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, Narcissa
Rating: G
Warnings/Content: (Highlight to view) *Silly goats doing goat things*
Summary: After the war, Draco was prepared to spend the rest of his days alone and miserable. Then that damned goat showed up. This is a remix of

icmezzo’s brilliant Love Lies Bleating
Word Count: 5,300
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of this work. The characters belong to JK Rowling and the plot as mentioned before, is

icmezzo’s. This fic is a remix of an original fanwork and was made for fun only.
Author’s notes:

icmezzo, your original work was hilarious, entertaining and wonderfully written. I couldn’t bring myself to change much about it at all. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this attempt to look at the story from another point of view- Draco’s specifically.

digthewriter, thank you for being the best beta ever and a wonderful cheerleader. All remaining mistakes are mine.

Oh! Here. I'll post this again, too, just because I can. It seems appropriate. :)

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