Here you are! Artists, podficcers, remixers and translators are extremely welcome, just credit me, let me know and send links! All these are H/D so far.

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I am looking forward to taking part in H/D Remix again this year. (And you should try it too! There are now two choices of formats, so there are different ways to participate - sign up by Feb. 11.) I realized I needed to update my master list and claim a few things I wrote last year.

Last summer I took part in Round 9 of the Harry/Draco Last Drabble Writer Standing competition, which is always interesting and fun. The theme was Magical Artefacts. I lasted 3 weeks; failed to use anything close to the right voice for a Sorting Hat POV in week 3 but it was interesting to try on that perspective! There's also a little Teddy kidfic for The Hogwarts Express and a trapped-in-the-lift fic for Chocolate Frog Cards. Nothing higher than PG on the page, but implied more later. Anyway, I am finally getting around to posting my 3 "Magical Artefacts II" drabbles on AO3.

And I wrote a fic for H/D Career Fair called He Whose Hand and Eye Are Gentle (on AO3). G rated, but romance is building. 5250 words. Summary: Draco reads poems and sometimes writes them. Harry receives poems and sometimes reads them. Rutherford delivers poems via the scenic route. Wombat snores. Eventually, all comes together, with help from the foxes in red bibs and the sumo referee.

As usual, extremely belated posting here, but I had a lovely time again in this year's H/D Remix, and remixed a fic by lyonessheart called Broken. It's a story of trainee Healer Harry helping Draco through his recovery from a suicide attempt. Harry's life hadn't been so great either, but they help each other turn the corner. My fic is a sequel and a bit of a travelogue as they head off to China (Sichuan province, to be specific) for a combination of research and holiday. About 3300 words, rated G.

Mending (in the Mountains, with Monkeys)

Also, my drabble Map Kinks/Mischief Well-Managed was deftly and thoughtfully remixed and expanded by ustorycollector as Two Things About Harry Potter (NC-17, about 3000 words). Fun and moving and written like a string of bright compressed vignettes. I recommend it!

The 9th round of the Harry/Draco Last Drabble Writer Standing is looking for more writers to sign up! Sign-ups have been extended through Wednesday. It's a competition, yes, but a super-supportive one with participants and readers all being very generous to each other, and it's a fun challenge. Each week all participants get the same prompt and word limit and have about three days to write the drabble, then people read (fun!) and vote for most and least favorite (which can be hard), the field of writers becomes smaller (the sad part) and there's a new prompt. I've done it twice. This year's theme is Magical Items and Artefacts. I was planning to just be a reader this year but if they are still needing participants I might sign up at the last minute.... I just signed up! I encourage you, anyone out there reading this, to join the fun! Just click on the pic below.



art used with artist permission – art by red_rahl

The gracious, generous and talented nia_kantorka offered to translate a fic into German for the Fandom Trumps Hate auction, and I was the lucky bidder! (And Planned Parenthood the lucky donation recipient!) She translated my fic for this year's hd_erised, The Owl and the Pussycat, and you can find it on AO3 or on fanfiktion.de. (She had to do all kinds of cumbersome coding for the fanfiktion.de site, but one nice thing about that site is that readers tend to leave comments, sometimes long ones, as I found when the lovely phonixfeder translated fics of mine there.) Thank you so much, Nia, and also candamira, who helped! The generosity of international fandom is a much-needed source of hope these days.

This past year was my first time writing for hd_erised, and it was a wonderful experience. dicta_contrion wrote me a truly beautiful gift, On Open Wings, and 8c left me very fun prompts to inspire the fic I wrote for her:

The Owl and the Pussy-cat.
H/D, soft R (PG-13?), about 8,000 words.
Summary: Harry, Draco, an owl, a cat, green peas, moon-cheese, an elf in a toga, a few Golden Snidgets, and some messing about in boats. Takes place 11 years after the war.

If you prefer to read in German, there is now a translation of this fic by the lovely nia_kantorka called Die Eule und die Miezekatze - that link is on AO3 - or if you prefer, you can read it here on fanfiktion.de.

This fic was initially inspired by Fum and Gebra. I dedicate it to the memory of the dearly beloved and handsome Fitz-kitty, keyboard-walker, chin-on-glasses-scratcher, and shoulder-leaper extraordinaire. Rest in peace, sweetest boy.

A fun and interesting challenge returns, with two formats to choose from! (Be matched with another participant, or find something to remix on your own, with permission from creator.)

The Harry/Draco Remix challenge invites you to create new Drarry fanfic or art inspired by previous works by other artists and authors.

 

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Well, it has been a week. It started off quietly and nicely with my birthday on Sunday, a rare sunny day in November, with visits with friends and some lovely notes and gifts from LJ friends. (Thank you birdsofshore capitu and dicta_contrion, and nia_kantorka - I'm still debating whether to mix the fox userhead with my rabbit name/icon!) But to have a US birthday in the first week of November is always a dicey thing. Monday was the first bad news as I heard that I will quite possibly be laid off after December - I teach English to international students, and enrollment is down. Then election day Tuesday. I don't even know what to say about that unthinkable disaster. Being around like-minded people has helped, psychologically, but as for what's ahead - I guess we're going to need to be Dumbldedore's Army here. Community helps.

At any rate, it is time for me to claim my H/D Pet Fair fic, Hippomancy for Beginners, which was a lot of fun to research, and the fest was wonderful as always.

Title: Hippomancy for Beginners
Author: khalulu
Prompt: # 123
Animal: hippogriff, campchurch, thestrals, Fluffy, mention of Pictish Beast, Uffington White Horse
Rating:NC-17
Pairing(s):H/D
Warnings/Content Notes:No warnings, but lots of obscure words and phrases beginning with cock.
Summary: When Draco desperately insists on becoming a Centaur Liaison, he doesn’t know what he’s getting into, especially with that annoying hero-turned-hermit Harry Potter living right at the entrance to the Forbidden Forest. Not to mention foreign unicorn women, slavering three headed beasts, bitter brews, unexpected friendships, and the consequences of a very cocky vocabulary.
Word Count:11,500

For this year's hp_drizzle fest, which was very fun as always, I wrote a Potterverse version of the Norse folk tale, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. It's light and was a lot of fun to write. I recommend reading the original tale as well!

Pairing(s): Harry/Draco, (side) Millicent/Pansy
Word Count: 5979
Rating: PG
Warning(s): None, although some characters remark often about nose length, which might be rude. But it will be seen that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Summary: One stormy Thursday evening, a big white bear named Draco turns up to carry Harry away from the dreadful Dursleys. They get along fairly happily together until one night Harry’s curiosity gets the better of him, and Draco is whisked away to his wicked aunt’s castle, East of the Sun and West of the Moon. It will take a strong wind to bring Harry that far…..

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

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