Creature Fest 2020 | Last Ditch Effort

Its honestly so painful when the creator of something you love so deeply, rejects your very identity. It hurts. I don't blame anyone for wanting to leave the fandom at all. I keep hearing people say "if you hate j.Karen Rowling just leave the fandom" (okay, they probably don't call her that but i do 🙃) and if people want to, I get it completely. But I don't want to. Harry Potter is something that is a part of me now. It is a part of me as much as having been bullied as a child is, as much as reading to escape the real world is, as much as being queer is. It helped to shape me and I don't want someone else's hate and fear to take away something that I love. That happens enough in the real world and I don't want it in fandom. I reject that.

I've spent hours in thrift shops looking for merch (because I never buy new things if I can help it. This works out even better for me now.) I've devoted so much time to writing fic in this world and appreciating other fan creators and their works. I've got a huge tattoo on my arm showing my love of Harry Potter, a love I shared with the artist who created it. Without this fandom, I would never have met most of my closest friends. This is a big part of my life. It's something that's brought me a lot of joy and a lot of goodness, in spite of its problematic aspects.

If there's one thing I've learned from taking literature classes, its that you can be critical of a work and of its author and still enjoy it. Making that criticism, analyzing the text and the author's life and motives, can be part of the enjoyment. With literary analysis, you're free to take the pieces that have meaning to you and toss out the rest. You're free to connect dots within the story to create your own full picture. And if those dots include criticism of the author, that's OK. And if they don't include the author at all, that's fine, too. That's where I'm at right now.

Another thing that I think about with literature is that it doesn't hold much meaning for me personally unless I can put myself in it, unless I can move in and live there for a while.

Lord of the Rings is basically a story about people walking around the countryside until you feel like you're one of those people, wishing you could just stay with Tom Bombadil and ignore the rest of the world, wishing the ents would maybe be just a little bit hasty. The Stand is any dystopia until you're stuck in a tunnel heading out of NYC, hoping to get to Colorado. Or Vegas, depending on your inclinations. Hell, Ramona Quimby is any random kid until you're sitting in the lunch room with her as she smashes a raw egg on her head.

Harry Potter is just another story about magic and a child hero until you're stepping onto Diagon Alley with Hagrid, until you're brewing a potion in the dungeons and praying that Snape doesn't hate it too much, until you're kicking off on the Quidditch pitch and hoping your House wins. That kind of enjoyment doesn't come from the author at all. Their words have something to do with it, for sure, but it has more to do with our own imagination; it happens inside our heads.

And if there's one thing I learned from Harry Potter, it's that even if something is happening in your head, why on earth should that mean it isn't real?

I guess my point is that I enjoy Harry Potter by analyzing it, by being critical of the text and the author. (And I am critical of her. I hope that she gets some help for the irrational fear that she's propagating, but I don't think she will. She's not there yet, at the very least.) And perhaps more importantly, I enjoy Harry Potter by being a part of it, in a myriad of ways. By being there with Harry throughout the story, by writing about Snape, by looking at the incredible art that people create of the characters I love so much, by discussing it all with other fans. And that kind of enjoyment has nothing to do with she-who-must-not-be-named at all. It belongs to me and to the people I share fandom interactions with. That kind of enjoyment is ours alone.

Yes, she is toxic. And yes, she has hurt me. She's hurt people that I love and people that I don't know who have my love and support, nonetheless. But I don't need her. I reject her. That's not me being a snowflake or whatever you want to call me. That's just me holding on to something that is important to me. Her books, the wizarding world, would be nothing but paper and ink without the fans loving it and making it real, sharing it with our friends and building it in our imaginations. So this is me, this is us, taking our love and our imagination, taking our analyses, taking the pieces that have meaning to us, and tossing out the rest. This is us moving in and living there, free from hate, in the world we've become invested in.

And to the people who say "find another book to read"... I have. I've found a lot of them. But I like this one and I want to keep it. I divorced Anne Rice a long time ago for her treatment of fans, but I still love Lestat and Louis and Armand and Stella and Julian... This isn't new to me. It looks like ima do it again.

The night before Valentines Day, Remus Lupin decides to drunkenly send one Sirius Black a valentine professing his love. @goodboylupin Prompt: Love Him

Quibbler's Queer Quills Pride Fest Presents:

Title: 93 Diagon Alley

AO3 Name: Schmem_14

Tumblr Name (if applicable): @schmem14

Prompt: Moving in together

Pairing: Harry Potter/George Weasley

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 30204

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Fluff and Angst, Depression, Grief/Mourning, Healing, Comfort, Moving In Together, there was one bed, Bisexual Harry Potter, Gay George Weasley, Slow Burn, Explicit Language, Explicit Sexual Content, Kissing, Treacle Tarts (Harry Potter), Eating Disorders, Friends to Lovers, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, Rimming, Oral Sex, Masturbation, Amortentia Potion (Harry Potter), Amortentia has a fourth scent, Potions Master Harry Potter, George is built, Happy Ending, Minor Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Dramione is my HC, Reconciliation, Jealousy, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, POV Harry Potter, Waltzing, Harry is a Good Cook, George works out a lot, Harry is rich af, Mutual Pining, George eats but doesn't sleep, Harry sleeps but doesn't eat

Summary: The war has been hard on everyone, especially Harry and George. Harry is depressed, and needs to be taken care of for once. George is always hungry, and definitely doesn't want to talk about Fred. So, they make the only reasonable decisions available in such a situation; move in together, and fall in love, but not necessarily in that order.

Link: 93 Diagon Alley

Fic: Mind Your Manors - Hermione Granger/Lucius Malfoy, E/NC-17

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This entry is part of a fest posting from 6th July. Creator reveals will be posted on 1st August. Please read full tags on AO3 as some entries contain content which may be triggering. Title: Mind Your Manors  Creator: To Be Revealed Pairing: Hermione Granger/Lucius Malfoy Rating: Explicit/NC-17 Length: 5.8k Content: Dubious Consent, Rope Bondage, Hair-pulling, Vaginal Fingering, Rough Sex, Caning, Punishment, Begging, Orgasm Denial/Delay, Come Shot, Daddy Dom Summary: Hermione is caught sneaking around Malfoy Manor, Lucius decides to teach her how to behave. A/N: Beta’d by BDSM. Prompt: Self-prompt

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The dynamic in this one is just beautiful. Draco is so charming and confident. LOVE 

Fic: Develop, Stop and Fix

Title: Develop, Stop and Fix Creator: Anonymous Prompt: #266 Career Theme: Draco - Curator | Harry - Photographer Rating: Explicit Warnings/Content Notes: Light Angst, Accidental Identity Porn, Mistaken Identity, Misunderstandings, POV Alternating Summary: In his five years in New York City, James Black has earned significant fame as a photographer. In fact, he’s attracted the attention of London curator D. Black. Harry Potter uses a fake name and runs away. In a way, so does Draco Malfoy. How do these stories connect? It’s quite simple: they’re one and the same. Word Count: 15,000 Creator’s Notes: This somehow turned into a love letter to photography, to curating and to snogging in darkrooms. I could not have done any of it without the lovely humans who cheered me on, fixed my commas and my overused words and helped me edit the hell out of this. Thank you! ( Develop, Stop and Fix )

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Something that bears mentioning: I get why we need to shame straight girls who fetishize mlm ships but. To any straight girls who consistently relate to or resonate with mlm dynamics on a deep level or see themselves in queer male characters. if by any chance this post from a tiny tiny blog crosses your dash. Please take this moment to very privately consider the possibility that you might not be straight. Or a girl.

Dare I? I dare!

Author: MoonlitMarauder

Rating: Teen and Up

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Relationship: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter

Characters: Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Severus Potter, Rose Weasley, Original Character Slytherins

Additional Tags: Fluff, Slight Angst, Soulmates AU, Truth or Dare, Drinking Games, First Kiss, Hermione’s Nook Lovebird Fest

Summary:

For Al, it started with a game of Truth or Dare.

For Scorpius though, it started with a bird.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29450769

Dare I? I dare!

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Zkd1tr

by MoonlitMarauder

For Al, it started with a game of Truth or Dare.

For Scorpius though, it started with a bird.

Words: 3560, Chapters: 3/3, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, OC-Slytherins, Rose Weasley

Relationships: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter

Additional Tags: Fluff, slight angst, Soulmates AU, Background Relationships, Truth or Dare, Drinking Games, First Kiss, Hermione’s Nook LoveBirds Fest

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Zkd1tr

Quibbler's Queer Quills Pride Fest presents....

Title: Nobody's Inn

AO3 Name: MalfoysMuggleMrs

Tumblr Name (if applicable): @malfoysmugglemrs

Prompt: "There is only one bed"

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Rating: E

Word Count: 6705

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Tags: Sharing a bed, Masturbation, Masturbation Interruptus, Pillow Humping, Explicit Sexual Content, Lesbian Pansy Parkinson, Bisexual Hermione Granger, Scissoring, Tribadism, Lesbian Porn, Literally and Figuratively, Cunnilingus, Enemies to Lovers, Dirty Talk, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Romantic Comedy

Summary: "There's only one bed." "I see that," snapped Hermione. Ron and Daphne's wedding weekend is far from smooth sailing. With cancelled reservations and a booked-up hotel, Pansy and Hermione begrudgingly share a space at Nobody's Inn: the adjacent Muggle motel with one room left.

Link: Nobody's Inn