here for the snacks

so they do things like making windshields that shatter into tiny dull fragments rather than huge sharp shards of glass. they keep its positive features (transparent, for example), but avoid characteristics which would be bad in the situations where a failure would occur (sharp edges).

some of this you can do by talking things through with your partner, getting a fair, looked-at-by-separate-lawyers-in-each-of-your-employ, thoughtful prenup, and considering your partner's handling of frustrations and disagreements.

other things you need to do by keeping up your own financial independence, arranging your life for resilience including preparing to handle the sudden absence of your partner (people not only betray and divorce but also die, get into car accidents, and get called away to help family or friends across the country), and being familiar with your locality's divorce laws.

The author's proudly displayed fetish

The author's fetish you're pretty sure they don't realise they have

The author's fetish which they're firmly convinced everyone has and is just pretending otherwise

The author's non-sexual special interest which just sounds like a fetish because of their habitually unfortunate phrasing

The fetish the author is making a well-meaning effort to cater to in spite of clearly not understanding it themselves

The author's fetish that never quite makes it into the text because they keep getting sidetracked by the requisite worldbuilding

The author's utterly pedestrian sexual preference which the text treats like a bizarre fetish because they've got shit to work through

The author's seemingly innocuous recurring trope they're going to have a personal revelation about ten years down the road

art by misterwalnut 

Hi hi hi friends! It’s June, and if you’re anything like your very enthusiastic and impatient mods, you’re already thinking about @hd-erised!

We had a spectacular fest in 2025, and we cannot wait to see what 2026 will bring!! We hope you’re as excited as we are. The full schedule is below so you can start planning ahead for H/D Erised 2026!

2025 H/D Erised Fest Timeline: Sign-ups open: July 3 (9AM EST | 2PM BST) Sign-ups close: July 10 (6PM EST | 11PM BST) Assignments will be sent out by: July 20 Check-in #1: September 7 Check-in #2: October 5 Fic and Art due: November 2 Posting starts: December 1 Big Reveal: January 6

Hooray!! Mark your calendars now, and keep an eye out for more information. Erised is our favorite time of year, and we're beyond excited to see all the phenomenal creators, readers, and commenters this year!

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Your mods,

Someone will get super invested in your story and stay up all night reading it.

Someone will be inspired by your work, write something of their own, then sheepishly message you asking how to write as well as you do.

Someone will re-read your story every month or two because nothing captures the same vibe to them.

Someone will get excited every time they see your username pop up because there's a chance it means you wrote more.

Y'know that sense of empty sadness you get whenever you finish a REALLY good book/movie/etc? Someone's gonna feel that for your story.

Someone will draw fanart of your characters (or if you're writing fanfiction, fanart inspired by your interpretation of the source material).

Someone who loves your work will recommend it to a friend. Now another someone will fall in love with your writing.

Someone will want to reach through the screen and give your characters a hug SO BAD.

Someone will come back to your story whenever they're sad because it comforts them.

Harry stretches his hands over the mugs, straining for that lingering warmth, tasting the last faint wisps of Draco’s magic and savouring it like the final glass of a rare wine. He lets out a long, slow breath.

Then, with a murmured Finite, Harry picks up the mugs and carries them into the kitchen for washing up.

Stop All The Clocks by @firethesound

This peice of work changed me on a molecular level.