HP WLW Big Bang

Everything you'll need to know for this year's fest can be found under the read more of this pinned post. If there's anything else you need to know, please send us an ask!

Hello writers!

Your submission deadline is fast approaching. You should have received an email today checking in with your writing progress and requesting your fic summary. Please respond to the email, it makes the modding process much less stressful for us!

We had some writers that didn’t respond to our 50% check in email. If this was you, no hard feelings - but please respond this time, otherwise we will assume you are no longer participating.

Beta Readers, This is a call for help! 

As mentioned here, we have brought back the HP Saffics WLW Big Bang event! We are asking YOU ALL, if anyone would be interested in Beta reading for some of the Authors! 

Want to see a sneak peak into the stories being written? Want to help out other writers who took on this fest? 

Then please fill out this form here

If you sign up, you will be paired with a writer by June 24th!

... I know it's probably a long-shot, but is there a way a podficcer could participate as an artist? (If it's at all helpful, I can look up and send you examples of how other big bangs and similar include podficcers?)

Hi! We are also very excited to bring hpwlwbb back this year!!

We have discussed amongst the mods, and we don't think podifcs fit the scope of the fest. In the sense that, the beauty of the big bang is that artists create two specific drawings for a specific story, and by doing so the art and story mutually enhance and compliment each other. Podfics, though an amazing and wonderful part of the fandom ecosystem, don't transform a work in the same way.

We are very excited to announce that HP WLW Big Bang is back for its 2026 edition! After a 3-year break, we are finally bringing this fest back for everyone to enjoy.

The purpose of the HP WLW Big Bang is to encourage longer fic and accompanying artwork for wlw pairings featuring our favorite Harry Potter characters! Through this fest, we hope to encourage wlw stories with rich character development and plots. Nonbinary and trans interpretations of characters are welcome, as are poly ships and ace characters, but all stories should have a romantic/partnership component. The primary relationship should be between two or more characters who are canonically not men.

The HP Saffics discord server have picked up the fest - you don't have to be a member of the server to participate, but the fest and server have the same mod team.

See our rules and fest timeline

Sign up as a writer!

Please contact us if you have any further questions!

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Hello all! Thank you so much for your support of the fest over the past four years. We love running this fest, but it takes a lot of time and energy, and both your mods are at busy moments in their non-fandom lives. Unfortunately, we don't have the time to devote to the fest this year, so we've made the difficult decision to go on hiatus for 2023. In the meantime, we encourage everyone to continue writing awesome WLW fic and making beautiful WLW art! 

your mods, 

Well comrades, we’ve got another year on the books! we literally could not have done it with out the 7 authors and 6 artists who brought us:

6 fics

14 artworks

5 ships (3 of which were rare pairs!)

200k words

together with the 22 hype readers who signed up and all others who’ve read, kudosed, reblogged, liked, commented, rec’d, or ‘just’ enjoyed reading, we’ve been fortunate to have a fest with uncountable good vibes <3 

Hard to believe that after months and months of the authors’ and artists’ hard work, we’ve now posted all the fics and art for the 2022 HP WLW Big Bang! A massive thank you to all creators for making this fest happen <3  

Below is the list of all this year’s works (see AO3 for summaries and tags!), and you can keep an eye on this space for a final fest stats post in the next couple days :)

Title: Nicotine/Linger

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Author: @teacup-tai

Artists: @carlav-blogs & @digthewriter

Rating: E

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Title: (Self)Deception

Pairing: Petunia Evans Dursley/Narcissa Black Malfoy

Author: space_mermaid

Artists: @digthewriter & @anaxandria-writes

Rating: E

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Title: Passion, Patents, and Pen Pals at the Ministry

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Authors: @yrfrndfrnkly & @violetclarity

Artists: @anaxandria-writes & @veelawings

Rating: T

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Title: Silhouette

Pairing: Narcissa Black Malfoy/Hermione Granger

Author: @maraudersaffair

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @SecondSilk

Rating: E

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Title: The Handle Toward My Hand

Pairing: Narcissa Malfoy/Lily Potter

Author: @yletylyf

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @carlav-blogs

Rating: E

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Title: you will burn right now but then you won't regret it

Pairing: Fleur/Tonks

Author: @thistlecatfics

Artists: @SecondSilk and @veelawings

Title: you will burn right now but then you won't regret it 

Pairing: Fleur/Tonks 

Author: @thistlecatfics

Artists: @SecondSilk and @veelawings

Rating: M 

Warnings/content notes: Rape/non-con, anti-magical creature prejudice, substance abuse, prejudice against substance users, medical sexual assault, medical restraints, police brutality, internalized homophobia, dissociation. See additional tags on AO3.

Summary: Eight years after Voldemort’s defeat, as the illegal potions trade ravages England and the government intensifies lycanthropic restrictions in response, Fleur and Tonks join forces to uncover corruption in the Ministry.

As they discover a scandal deeper than they could imagine, Fleur contends with her complex legal status, Tonks contends with her mother, and they do their best to avoid contending with their feelings for each other.

Word Count: 32k

Title: The Handle Toward My Hand

Pairing: Narcissa Malfoy/Lily Potter

Author: @yletylyf

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @carlav-blogs

Rating: Explicit

Warnings/Content Notes: Explicit Sexual Content, Non-Graphic Violence, Minor Character Deaths, Murder, Death Eater Collaboration. See additional tags on AO3.

Summary: Voldemort ensures his victory over wizarding Britain by not immediately acting on the prophecy. Lily Potter survives, but no one knows what to do with her. Narcissa Malfoy certainly does not need the complication of taking a Muggle-born into her home. One look at Lily, however, and she is undone.

Word Count: ~25,000

Title: Silhouette

Pairing: Narcissa Black Malfoy/Hermione Granger

Author: @maraudersaffair

Artists: @sunflower-swan & @SecondSilk

Rating: Explicit

Warnings/Content Notes: Post-Hogwarts, POV Narcissa Black Malfoy, Ministry of Magic Employee Hermione Granger, Angst, Self-Esteem Issues, Sexual Tension, Drinking, Down and Out Narcissa Black Malfoy, Former Death Eater Narcissa Black Malfoy, Derogatory Language, Narcissa Black Malfoy-centric, Bisexual Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lesbian Hermione Granger, Jealousy, Internalized Homophobia, Falling In Love, Minor Narcissa Black Malfoy/Kingsley Shacklebolt. See the rest of the tags on AO3.

Summary: After the war, Narcissa is down and out and working as a seamstress when Hermione asks her to be her personal dressmaker. Narcissa agrees because Hermione is a rising star in Ministry politics and any association with her would do wonders for Narcissa's reputation. The problem is Narcissa can't stop thinking about what it would be like to shag Hermione.

Word Count: 25,000

Title: Passion, Patents, and Pen Pals at the Ministry

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Authors: @yrfrndfrnkly & @violetclarity

Artists: @anaxandria-writes & @veelawings

Rating: T

Warning/Content Notes: rivals (to coworkers) to lovers, getting together, first kiss, screen reader friendly, semi-epistolary, misogyny in the press, misogyny at the Ministry, invasive press coverage, insecurity, career frustrations, unprofessional behaviour, Ministry of Magic employees, at-work hexing, gossip, flirty letters, friends being secretive, group chats, humor, comedic situations, meddling friends, underground zines, loving insults/friends gently dragging each other, Blaise’s inability to have only one beverage, Hermione’s inability to let anything go, the WLW urge to question if the woman obviously flirting with you is indeed flirting with you, apology meals, reading and watching each other's faves as a love language

Summary: After an extremely ill-timed lovers'-tiff-turned-food-fight at the Ministry leaves her less one boyfriend and suspended without pay for six months, Hermione pleads for some position–anything–to fill her days until her suspension is up. The good news is, her temporary position in the Magical Games & Sports's Ludicrous Patents office is just down the corridor from Harry's office in General Inquiries. The bad news is Harry's officemate is Pansy Parkinson, the Ministry's operations are shockingly outdated, and every altercation between Hermione and Pansy winds up a headline in MoM's internal rogue gossip zine, Hot Goss. Pansy, who's already chagrined about having been glass-ceilinged in the same position for six years, is no happier with this turn of events. Unbeknownst to each other, Pansy and Hermione each take to The Daily Prophet's Opinions column to air their grievances. When their Op-Eds morph into (increasingly flirty) private correspondence, Hermione and Pansy seem to be the only people they know who haven't figured out one anothers' true identities. Is it a recipe for disaster—or romance??

Word Count: ~34k

Title: (Self)Deception

Pairing: Petunia Evans Dursley/Narcissa Black Malfoy

Author: space_mermaid

Artists: @digthewriter & @anaxandria-writes

Rating: E

Warnings/Content Notes: Slow Burn, Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort, late bloomer lesbian, Friends to Lovers, Secret Identity, Family Drama, Bisexual Female Character, partially redeemed character, Minor Character Death, minor/background Drarry, Past Rape/Non-con, implied underage rape, Sexual Trauma, implied fertility issues, Implied/Referenced Incest, Self-Harm, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Attempt, Torture, flashback to murder, Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Violence, m/f sex scene, F/F sex scene, mention of past abortion, Domestic Violence, Self-Hatred, Abduction, POV Alternating

Summary: Narcissa Malfoy is sentenced to two years of rehabilitation. She and Lucius take on new names and live amongst Muggles, a task made all the more arduous by their prickly handler. Although Narcissa is confident in her ability to fake it til she makes it, she quickly realises her freedom is not guaranteed. And her motives are muddied as she becomes closer to a kind Muggle woman.

Petunia Dursley is struggling to find her footing when Dudley leaves for university. She joins the Eardisley Women’s Institute despite Vernon’s grumblings. Her goal of making acquaintances suitable to invite over for tea is overshadowed after a chance encounter with the mysterious newcomer to the village. As she grows closer to Priscilla, everything she thought she knew about herself unravels.

Word Count: 58,000

Title: Nicotine/Linger

Pairing: Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson

Author: @teacup-tai

Artists: @carlav-blogs & @digthewriter

Rating: E

Warnings/Content Notes: Enemies to friends to lovers, Pansy in the Muggle world, meet-cute, soft butch Pansy, slow burn, UST, EWE, Minor Hermione/Lisa Turpin, mentions of the war, flashbacks, anxiety, mentions of getting burned in a fire hate crime, trauma from fire, neo-nazi metaphor for young death eaters, Pansy pines a lot, she likes to pretend she’s a mean lesbian, she’s not, she’s soft as warm butter, i’m soft as warm butter for them too, tentative flirting, then straight on heavy flirting, easy banter, pubs, found family, clubbing, recreational drug use, slice of life, character study, redemption arc (kinda), minor Pansy/OFC, OCs, Blaise & Pansy friendship. See the rest of the tags on AO3.

Summary: Pansy has been living a slow Muggle life in Ireland for five years now. Managing her anxiety and trauma with one too many drinks, way more anonymous fucks in loos than strictly advised, wonderful Muggle friends and a job that keeps her hands busy. Life is kinda alright -though a tad bit fucked up- until she stumbles into Hermione Granger in the Muggle Hospital.

This is a story about childhood enemies trying a tentative friendship far from the chaotic magical world. A tale about falling in love with the cute golden lesbian and the slow, ginger path of reconnecting with things that make you feel whole.

Word Count: 26k

HP femslash fans and WLW enthusiasts, get ready, because posting for this year’s HP WLW Big Bang starts TOMORROW!!

It’s nearly your time to shine, Hype Readers! 

If you love squeeing about wlw fanfic and you’re 18 or over, you can sign-up here to be a Hype Reader for the 2022 BB! 

It’s simple: just sign-up and then, between 1-20 September, leave a substantive comment on at least 2 fics and their corresponding artworks.