behold my midlife crisis

REC: Scorpius/Blaise, Rated M, UST

2020-12-19T15:23:51Z

*taps mic* Is this thing on? XD

I had the pleasure of watching this Scorpius/Blaise fic come together recently on discord, and listen. If you like cross gen UST with the younger party doing the seducing... RUN, DON'T WALK.

The author's style is alluringly cinematic. You'll feel every flick and drag of this little rebel-without-a-cause's cigarette. Good stuff.

Title: Burn
Author: feelingofthesea
Pairing: Scorpius/Blaise
Word Count: ~1.3K
Rating: Mature
Tags: age difference, UST, smoking, seduction
Summary: Scorpius wanted Blaise and he decided it was finally time to act on it.

Read on AO3

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firewhiskey reveals + signal boost

2020-08-06T14:08:07Z

Reveals have gone up at firewhiskeyfic, so now I can face-palmingly own up to the following... masterpiece.

I wrote a very confused Neville ending up with a bedroom full of witches at Grimmauld Place due to a blocked floo. With only one bed and a side of Devil's Snare. (prompts in emphasis)

ladie's night
Neville Longbottom + Lavender Brown, Pansy Parkinson, Somebody Greengrass, Hestia Jones
Teen • 1.2K • some mild tentacle action, male gaze, UST sorta
neville just wanted a night alone with his plant ok

( not entirely worksafe banner under the cut )

Also a quick signal boost for a perennial favorite event...

on IJ | on DW

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Drabble: Neville, Harry, Gen

2020-08-01T21:10:33Z

Title: Forty
Author: sportivetricks
Pairing: Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter
Word Count: 100
Rating: Gen
Warnings: none
Notes: Written for neville100's Prompt 440: Sunrise

( Forty )

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current fannish stuff

2020-08-01T18:51:14Z

Had an absolute blast yesterday at A Very Harry Birthday! So much good stuff, all day long. Check out the AO3 collection or the masterlist at harrypotter_birthdayparty.

I might have to do a full rec post later, but meanwhile suffice it to say I have already read this Harry/Demelza bed-sharing fic by lightofdaye an embarrassing number of times.

Prompting is open until tomorrow at weasleyjumpers.

Posting for hp_crossgenfest begins Monday. AO3 collection here. I have a little something in this one.

The new prompt at neville100 is sunrise. In case anyone needs an excuse to write a Neville drabble. :D

( bingo progress )
( why won't this ship just leave me alone )

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firewhiskey fic - entries up!

2020-07-28T19:38:32Z

I went to reblog my Firewhiskey Fic post from Saturday night and add to it... and remembered this wasn't tumblr.

~~I am on vacation and may or may not currently be engaged in some day drinking. Don't @ me. It's vacation.~~

Anyway. The entries are in at firewhiskeyfic, and I can confirm there is something for everyone. WOW. Hilarity, smut, angst, anything you're looking for in drunken, typo-ridden fic. :D I've been off the journals so long that I can't wait to ~~stalk~~ check out some of the creators once reveals go up. No idea where to even begin with the voting.

A pic update from my current heaven (with apologies to those getting double hit from tumblr)...
( Read more... )

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aaaaaand we're off

2020-07-25T21:09:53Z

Ardbeg 10 & Neville Longbottom. Hello, lovers.

Butterflies galore! Clearly I need to start drinking... faster. (pls ignore the mess; we're ~~procrastinating on~~ packing)

Come and play!

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NEW Neville/Hermione fic

2020-07-24T16:31:25Z

Title/AO3 link: Captured
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Neville/Hermione
Word Count: ~10K
Content: kidnapping roleplay, consensual noncon, kink negotiation, rope bondage, knifeplay, and edging are the biggies - full tags and content overview on AO3
Summary: Neville and Hermione play a game of captor and captive.

Written for my seasonofkink Bingo Card: interrogation/kidnapping

Cheesy graphic here (linked for non-explicit pulp art image of rope bondage)

This is seriously niche stuff, I know, and I admittedly let my id run wild on this one. :) But I thought I'd post here for anyone who might be interested.

I *think* I might have this Neville/Hermione thing out of my system now. LOL! Regardless, only 2 more bingo squares to go! Voyeurism & Begging. Hmmm.....

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yes another post

2020-07-20T19:59:46Z

PROMPTING IS OPEN AT weasleyjumpers!!!

Very low-stress, self-posting fest format.

Y'all please go leave some prompts so I can stop? You know mine are only to get filthier the more I'm allowed to go on.

In crochet news, I have made...

( yet another bag )

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couple of recs

2020-07-19T23:19:45Z

This Sunday evening, I bring you two fics giving mid-July heat a run for its money....

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View From My Seat by gracerene
Pansy's got an itch, and Cormac's happy to help her scratch it.
Cormac/Pansy, Explicit, 1,300 words
Tags: infidelity, UST, power dynamics, voyeurism, mutual masturbation, dirty talk (not a comprehensive list, just hitting the high points here)

Occasionally someone will write a fic for me (which is like the best thing ever to begin with), and they just.... throw so many of my kinks at me that I'm like... I came out to have a good time and honestly... XD

This fic, whew son. I wish I had something more substantial to say than HOT FILTH RUN DON'T WALK. I'll say this. gracerene sells these two characters in all their canonical glory, signed, sealed, delivered. I can absolutely see them locked in this dance of bluffing and banter and oneupmanship. Great smut, killer dialogue. If these are your kinks, there are a few lines in particular that will hit you right there.

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risky business by human_veil / humanveil
Come on, Granger.
Hermione/Pansy, Mature, 100 words
Tag: semi-public sex

*slams hand on table* The title says it all. That's the stuff. YUP.

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A good week to all!

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Drabble: Neville/Hermione, Mature

2020-07-19T21:04:24Z

Title: After You
Author: sportivetricks
Pairing: Neville/Hermione
Word Count: 100
Rating: Mature
Warnings: sexual content
Notes: Written for neville100's Prompt 439: Date Night. Love playing with that gentleman/devil dichotomy. :)

( After You )

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signal boost & writing thoughts

2020-07-16T13:32:29Z

Come join weasleyjumpers' Fourth Annual Fest!

WEASLEYS!!!!!!! ♥

( some general thoughts on writing )

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sunshine-challenge Prompt 4: Green

2020-07-13T14:22:33Z

And now we have reached my faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavorite color. Here are (really bad, sorry) pics of...

( My 3 Favorite Green Things! )

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sunshine-challenge Prompt 3: Yellow

2020-07-09T12:47:49Z

Three Yellow Things Right Now...

1. A recent scrap yarn bag, crocheted in panels and sewn together with whipstitching and single crochet:

Definitely went my own way on this one, but I think it paid off. Best crochet advice I ever got: "Put your hook somewhere. Draw up a loop. Do something with it." I think that approach speaks to many creative endeavors.

2. My favorite Hufflepuff! This war hero and Auror right here, in all his cocky, shoulder-padded glory, who's about to have his arse handed to him by his brother's girl:

[source]

UNF.

I can't wait to get more Theseus canon. I was lukewarm on Newt in the first FB movie. It took Theseus to make me fall in love with Newt, and now they're a package deal. I love that they show us two very distinct types of Hufflepuffs — Mr. Straight and Narrow and Rebel With a Cause. An exciting dynamic when the two come together.

And Newt playing Theseus? Perfection. Mad props to Callum Turner in that scene.

3. Highlighting

I don't use it in books. Pencil underlining is for books. But I use it in my writing process as I throw ideas at the page. It's for those stray ideas that aren't quite right, but I'd better leave them for now, just in case. And make it so I can easily maneuver around them.

(Example from a WIP here, linked for kink negotiation related to consent play. Yup, realized pretty quickly that angle didn't need to be there, LOL! But just in case....)

It's also for those bits that I know are self-indulgent and going too far. But darlings!! Highlighted for my amusement until I'm forced to kill them.

Thanks for stopping by! Who's your favorite Hufflepuff? Are you a highlighter? Click that banner up top and join me!

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32 pages

2020-07-08T22:14:13Z

I had to go in for a quote, but I'm good now.

It was a close one, but I managed to get in and out without too much collateral damage.

And now they're safely clamped back together.

Whew.

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sunshine-challenge Prompt 2: Orange

2020-07-05T18:46:31Z

Orange is a warm color that is associated with a variety of things including: excitement, vitality, invincibility, speed, vigilance, dedication, loyalty, family, success, friendship, power, change, harvest, and warmth.

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Emphasis mine above because when I think of orange, I think of how Harry Potter must have felt all those things when he entered his BFF's bedroom for the first time ever.

Harry stepped in, his head almost touching the sloping ceiling, and blinked. It was like walking into a furnace: Nearly everything in Ron's room seemed to be a violent shade of orange: the bedspread, the walls, even the ceiling.

Ahhh. TFW when you've just been dramatically rescused in a flying car, fed more in one meal than you've eaten all summer long, degnomed a garden for the first time, and you're so sleepy and full and ecstatic to finally have a family of your own, but man. So much orange. XD Apparently with good reason.

To think that Ron was ashamed of his home! He couldn't possibly imagine how very far that would be from Harry's mind, how very perfect the Burrow would be to Harry. In every way the opposite to the "home" he had just rescued Harry from. My feels.

On a side note, can we talk about the fact that 12-year-old Harry's head almost touched the ceiling? Poor Ron. How did he ever get in that room after 16?

For that matter, how did all three of them fit in it at 17? Oh my, it must have been very cramped indeed in that room as they made their plans. :D And somehow Hermione still had room for every book she owned.

Ron love forever. Burrow love forever. Chudley Cannons forever! *sigh*

( on a personal note )

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FIC: Michael Corner/Lily Luna Potter

2020-07-04T21:42:51Z

Happy 4th of July! If you're looking for a diversion from fireworks, here's some UST. :D

Michael Corner / Lily Luna Potter • Explicit • 3K

Lily's boss catches her daydreaming on a Friday afternoon. He thinks there could be a business opportunity in it, and he wants to hear more.

Kink Bingo Featured Kink: Bodily fluids (vaginal lubrication)

Custom Bingo: Silver Fox

Additional content: crossgen, boss/employee, UST, talking about sexual fantasies, more in tags

Read on AO3

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sunshine-challenge Prompt 1: Red

2020-07-01T15:56:24Z

This seemed like a good excuse to crochet. Like I needed one. XD

I can't think of red without thinking of Gryffindor! So here's a quickie Gryffindor coaster.

And while I'm at it... why not? A ranking of my top ten favorite Gryffindor characters:

10. Remus Lupin
9. Minerva McGonagall
8. Harry Potter
7. Sirius Black
6. Hermione Granger
5. All the Weasleys (yeah, I'm cheating here)
4. But I'm sure Percy would agree that he deserves his own honorable mention
3. And so does Ron because he is, after all, Our King
2. Neville Longbottom
1. Albus Dumbledore

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quarantine life, day whatever

2020-06-30T00:33:10Z

Yarn, yarn, yarn.

As lightofdaye aptly put it: Keep calm and crochet on.

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I'm in that cycle now, where I write a fic and immediately must write the even filthier fic for my own gratification. But, to be fair, one of my Kink Bingo squares was kidnapping. And Neville Longbottom amirite.

In case you're interested and missed it, I recently posted my first Kink Bingo fill, and here's a silly graphic to go with it:

Neville/Hermione • Explicit • 6.5K

A matching service brings Hermione and Neville together, leading them to confront some of their deepest fantasies head-on.

Content/Featured Kink: Consent Play + multiple tags

Read on AO3

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Also rewatching all of the Twin Peaks 'verse and more convinced than ever that David Lynch is both a genius and an absolute troll and has spent half his career thumbing through every trashy pulp cover he could find, going, "That story, and that one, and that one, gotta tell it." I approve.

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Time for another online yarn order, I think.

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craftsmanship

2020-06-27T14:26:04Z

I. Will. Finish. This. Fic. THIS. WEEKEND. !! Hopefully.

Meanwhile...

Sometimes I see something — a bag, a jacket, an embellishment — and I just have to knock it off. I can't rest until I've figured out how it was made and tried to make it myself.

I've been deep-diving crochet on Pinterest, and I kept seeing these bags by Italian designer Daniela Gregis. And every time one popped up, I would stop scrolling and marvel enviously: How did she *do* that?? Structurally, they are the most basic of designs, but her use of color and texture and pattern is remarkable.

I knew I could get close. And I just couldn't rest until I'd made my own version. And here it is! (~~Albeit with much worse photography.~~ Edited because my pro designer husband was bored and took pity on me and hauled out his digital & tripod.)

( view of the back, plus a ramble on craftsmanship, including writing, with a side of coronavirus talk )

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DH feels

2020-06-16T13:57:09Z

I feel almost sheepish, unabashedly squeeing over JKR's work these days, but I can't hold this post in because OMG MY FEELS.

Last night I needed to confirm a detail from the books for my fic-in-progress. (It was, of course, a detail from Neville's big reveal before the battle, which has to be in my top 5 favorite moments of the whole series.) And I made the mistake of picking up DH and thinking I could locate that detail and put the book right back down.

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BINGO galore!

2020-06-14T15:05:03Z

Got me some cards in hopes of jump-starting the ole muse!

Before I post them, let me just point you in the direction of seasonofkink, in case you're not already aware or involved. Their Bingo card event is obligation-free with a posting period that goes through September 30th. You can request a card here if you're interested.

( the cards! )

As always, I welcome idea-bouncing in the comments if you have additional prompts or pairings or something in my wheelhouse that you'd like to see for any of the squares.

Wishing everyone well.

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a wealth of fandom stuff!

2020-06-04T12:20:59Z

First, recs!

What I Wouldn't Let You Do by lightofdaye
Lily's flirting goes awry when she teases the wrong person.
Draco/Lily Luna, NC-17, 2,250 words, warnings
On Dreamwidth • On AO3

So honored and touched to get such hot filth for my birthday, LOL!! Obviously read the warnings/tags, but if you enjoy crossgen and general dirtywrongness as much as I do, you will LOVE this fic. Draco is CC-compliant but still every bit the antagonist we know and love from the books, and Lily is too bold for her own good and in way over her head. Or maybe Draco is. ;) Either way, there are some really nice touches that might give you unexpected feels for Draco and the scenario portrayed and hope for more for the two of them. Thank you, Daye!

Inevitability by delacourtings
Lily Luna Potter was put on this earth to torture him, Neville is sure of it.
Neville/Lily Luna, R, 836 words, warnings
On Dreamwidth

I was thrilled when I saw delacourtings claim my lipstick prompt, but they really pulled the double-whammy on me with this pairing. This fic plays with one of my favorite things — smut-tinged fic where the tension is left unresolved. Neville's thoughts are hot hot hot, with all the conflicted guilt that makes this kind of pairing so irresistible to me. A crossgen gem!

The Artist and the Auror by digthewriter
Ron needs to get a professional portrait done. He's surprised to find out who the artist is, and is struggling to get along with her.
Ron/Pansy, PG, 1,500 words
On Dreamwidth • On AO3

Oh my! I had no idea I'd get a wish filled so quickly at rarepair_shorts, and what a lovely gift! Ron and Pansy are SO in-character here, and the banter between them is pitch-perfect, and there are hints of both sadness and hope, written with a nimble touch, which elevate this fic far beyond its light-hearted premise. Check it out!!

And a plug for my own fic for the hphet Mini Fest 2020. First thing I've written this year, and I thoroughly enjoyed letting loose on it. :D

Back Alley Type
Two unwanted people meet in a pub.
Cormac/Pansy, NC-17, 930 words, warnings
On Dreamwidth • On AO3

Also two events on my radar...

art by mywitch

Hope everyone is well and safe. If you've got anything particular on your fandom radar right now, feel free to share below!

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fests

2020-05-25T20:05:11Z

Claiming is open at hp_crossgenfest now through July 6th!

I have my eye on a few prompts and feel torn between commitment phobia and not wanting to see them get away. Ahhghhh. BUT. It looks like my femmeslash prompt has already been claimed!!! If the writer is out there somewhere reading this...

OMG I'M SO EXCITED

Another fest that's caught my eye is the Wishlist Event at rarepair_shorts. They're collecting wishlists through May 30th and open for fills all through June, July, and August. Laid-back, short fics, no obligation. I put in a wishlist yesterday and hope you will consider doing the same!

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crossgen

2020-05-22T13:33:38Z

I'm sure everyone is aware, but here's a reminder anyway that there are 2 days left to prompt for hp_crossgenfest. I've put in several prompts this morning across categories and have a few more percolating. There's a generous claiming/writing window, so, muse willing, I hope to participate. I hope you will consider it as well.

This fest definitely serves one of my biggest kinks. Many thanks to gracerene for running it again!

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turn if off and on again

2020-03-27T20:06:03Z

Why has quarantine killed all our muses??

That's a hypothetical question. It doesn't matter. Let's just do something about it, yeah? Yeah.

I am proposing a mini shorts prompt challenge. Comment here with a fandom, a pairing, and a word.

Example: HP, Albus/Gellert, camera

Prompt, peruse, and fill as the mood strikes you. Maybe shoot for a max 1K to keep it low pressure, but hey! If you get inspired to write a 200K epic fanfic, that's cool, too.

NO RULES

Just prompts. And distraction. Anything goes. We could all use some distraction, yeah?

Did I mention no pressure?

Spread the word if you want. Or start something similar on your own journal. Let's get writing.

May the muse be with you!

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