Paula

Disclaimer: I don’t own Harry Potter because I believe Trans women are women and Trans rights are human rights.

@aibidil wrote a brilliant short story in which our favorite magicals protest a misogynistic, transphobic, gender essentialist dress code. They may have included a foot of parchment about women’s hemlines, but never mentioned men’s! And somewhere in the protest, our boys finally get together. It’s a delightful read. aibidil’s voice is hilarious and I cannot recommend their work enough! Read it here

I had a ton of fun making this. It’s a different, more cartoon-y style than usual and really challenged me. 4 figures is so many figures! I really like how Harry and Hermione turned out, and I’m still working on my Dracos and Rons.

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Deadline: 9/15/20

Hi guys! I’m supplying a list of my very specific favorite tropes and prompts to choose from. Most of them are shippy romantic themed because I’m feeling very 😍. I don’t care how you use one, just that it’s used!

This can apply to any fandom or original fic. For this one I’m going to do no stories already posted to the archives and for a reward everyone will receive a picspam of whatever they write and winners will receive an award graphic. Combinable with other challenges and multiple entries are welcome!

fae/fair folk

enemies to lovers

healthy exes

gamers/discord users who fall in love with each other’s online anonymous persona but want to kill each other at work

lake/beach/cabin trip featuring a rowdy friend group where feelings are realized

space station life

rival teachers being shipped by their students

ethical pirates

steampunk/cyberpunk

tech support/office luddite falling

tabletop gaming group

modern mythology retellings

oh my god they were roommates

oh my god they were labmates

thieves guild/crime syndicate

reading thirst tweets

modern pride and prejudice retelling

bounty hunter

remote researcher(s) in the middle of nowhere

spending the night at a haunted house

vikings

shy, awkward library love

Yaxley by @discount-dionysus (picspam by the author)

2018 Pride of Gryffindor winner: Best Original Character

2019 FROGs winner: Best Angst/Drama

2020 Pride of Gryffindor winner: Best Portrayal of a Gryffindor

“Yaxley is a dark thriller set in the Marauders’ era. The story follows Cassie Yaxley as she makes her way through sixth year at Hogwarts. Cassie is tortured by the past, trying to find her place in a mixed up world - the choice between family and friends, good and evil is ever present. Yaxley is based on Sirus/OC concept but offers so much more for the reader. It is a mix  of playful tropes such as enemies and lovers and darker tones of war. It echoes the classics from this genre but uses new and interesting twists. Cassie’s range and depth as a character puts her firmly in control of her own story in a powerful and moving way. The writing style offers beautiful descriptions and a desire to question everything you thought you knew about the characters and plot as the story unfolds. It is mesmerizing by design. A must read!” - @crimson-creamcracker

“You might think you know how this story’s going to go: the usual Marauders OC romance – a blisteringly dramatic on/off relationship between two renegade purebloods, stuck on the wrong side of the war to their families and eventually finding comfort in each other. You would be wrong. Cassie is struggling, carrying secrets and burdened with her own issues; Sirius is antagonistic, charming, handsome, and occasionally cruel. The backdrop is grim, war-filled and waiting for the characters to be old enough to really enter it. It’s a romance that isn’t quite a romance, twisting and dramatic and addictive.”   - @aphoride

Me: Has 2 novel WIP’s

Me: Has a hundred different fics I need to finish reading

Me: Needs to sleep

Me: Has to be up early

Brain: Let’s give her another WIP idea

Me: Oh my GoD, that’s brilliant!

Me: Is up until 5am writing a new fanfic