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Because AO3 is that site. Because AO3 was that site long before you decided AO3 was better than the sites you bullied us off of before, and I can promise you if someone somehow comes up with a fanfic site you like better specifically for the 'gross stuff' you'll try to bully us off that too so you can benefit from it.

AO3's specific core purpose is to preserve fanfiction, yes, but it was also instigated as a host site for the fanfiction that kept getting yeeted off other platforms like Wattpad. Its designed to preserve all fanfiction, not just the fanfiction you, personally, think is 'allowed' to be written.

AO3 is the site for all the gross stuff the freaks make. We've been there just as long as you. We've been funding it just as long as you have. AO3 has specifically said you have a place here. The timeline was literally:

Wattpad/FF.net/LiveJournal purge fanfics > AO3 is born > The people who's fics got purged moved over to AO3 > AO3 gains popularity as the best functioning site > The people who pushed for the fics to be purged off Wattpad move to AO3 > The same people try to push for AO3 to purge fics.

It was built around "we need to own the servers" so we wouldn't have to deal with anyone else's judgment calls about what was acceptable in fanfic: Not corporate sponsors, not evangelical religious groups, not "save the children" activists... and not other fans who think that The Gross Stuff should be banned from public view, only shared via private email after you've sent in a request heavily laden with special keywords.

Some of the founders remembered when slash fanfic was kept under the table at the dealer's room, distributed with brown paper wrappers only to people who knew to ask for it specifically.

And they said: Fuck that. Our art is not a crime and we're not going to be ashamed of it. If you are ashamed to have your art next to it - there's a whole wide internet that's ready to host your G-rated genfic.

Peachydreamxx is one of my favorite authors. Here are a few recs, listed in alphabetical order.

days go by by @peachydreamxx [3k]

Minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve, Harry finds Draco outside a cosy London pub. This is the year that follows.

It's Not Hate Sex If You're Secretly In Love With Your Baby Daddy!  by @peachydreamxx [33k]

Harry's life has not turned out the way he envisioned. He hadn't planned to impregnate Draco Malfoy after a careless, drunken hate fuck. Or that, a year and a bit later, Draco would reluctantly invite him to a fancy woodland retreat with their 11-month-old son, Scorpius. Or that there would only be one bed. How bad could it be?

Strawberry Kisses by @peachydreamxx [3k]

“I’m extremely naked right now.” Potter says, in a way that suggests it’s a crime that Draco isn’t. Draco nods, painfully aware that his eyes are also mapping over the planes of Potter’s body, lingering a little too long on the plush, slick-haired thighs that are streaming with foam. The thought consumes Draco that he’ll happily dry Potter with a towel then proceed to soak him with his tongue instead, but he’ll keep that little musing to himself. “Yes, you are.”

Take My Pure (Wash It All Away) by @peachydreamxx [16k]

The only thing Draco is good at is using his mouth. The only thing Harry Potter is good at is everything, apparently. (The one where both of them are total sluts for each other and they don’t care who knows it)

Take The Lead by @peachydreamxx [39k]

When an unfortunate health-related mishap occurs in the middle of the pre-season game, professional Quidditch Chaser Potter is left benched before the season has even started. But it’s not all doom and gloom. He’s tasked with mentoring the team’s last-minute replacement - Draco Malfoy. 

What We Left Behind by @peachydreamxx [32k]

Harry’s recovering from an injury. Malfoy’s recovering from heartbreak. Beaten down and bruised, Harry takes up Malfoy’s offer to stay at his secluded seaside cottage in Dorset. It’ll be good to get away from it all. It’s only for a few days, and it’s only so he can heal. Nothing else. Digging up past feelings will only make matters worse, and besides, Malfoy doesn’t feel the same way. Does he?

When the Dust Settles by @peachydreamxx [6k]

Something is hiding in the shadows of Malfoy Manor, something Harry doesn’t expect.

By now you've probably heard about Kansas's fuckass fascism. Trans folks need help, and we also need to kill this bullshit before it spreads.

For the next week (2/27 - 3/6) if you donate $25 or more to the following orgs, I will do an art commission for you OR write a short (500-1k) fic for you.

Fight the law:

Help Trans folks who want to get out:

Some additional notes:

🏳️‍⚧️ I will need some sort of proof of your donation, but I do not need any personally identifying information

🏳️‍⚧️ I can't guarantee a set timeline on when I will be able to finish your request, but I promise you I will

🏳️‍⚧️ Check with me about your request before hand - there are things I won't or can't do

🏳️‍⚧️ If there is another org you know of that is relevant, please let me know! I'm happy to support any and all help in this time

🏳️‍⚧️ I am just a guy, and this is just a way of encouraging you to donate - giving you a little good for doing good. It is not a business deal. Please be kind, please be patient

Ex Parte by @smugrobotics

Sometimes, family is two deranged ex-boyfriends and the sentient magical house caught in the middle.

Literally could not be more grateful that Smug WON THIS RAFFLE (the raffle was supporting trans charities in the UK in the Drarry Pit Discord server #santaiscoming25 - see more here!)

Smug wrote this fic for @hd-erised 2025 as a gift for ME so it was an uno reverse situation where I got TWO INCREDIBLE PRESENTS: a gift from Smug & a chance to bind her a fic as I absolutely adore her writing. Smug is so talented - she writes the best work-in-progress, semi-fucked-up but still meant for each other Drarry. Neither Draco nor Harry is anywhere close to 'self-actualized' and that's exactly how I like 'em. I tried to capture the spiky domesticity rough draft vibe using William Morris draft patterns throughout the bind (as well as his typefaces!). The draft pattern for 'dove & rose' was used in the chapter title page & the cover, while the 'wreath' draft pattern was used for the title page (above!)

I also learned a couple new skills in this bind: foil quill on the Silhouette and FOILED EDGES. Foiled edges are still a work in progress for me, but I ADORE the effect and am so happy to have learned them (thank you to @duran-binding for her incredible tutorials and holding my hand through all the troubleshooting.) Putting the same foiled edge photo TWICE because I'm so proud.

Thank you thank you thank you for @garagepaperback @faiell and @eleadore for hosting this incredible event <3 and Smug for participating & donating <3

One last photo!

Some materials for those who care:

Endpapers: Claire Guillot (adore her)

Bookcloth: Colibri midnight blue color (don't know the name, out of stock forever ;_;)

Typefaces: P22 Morris (recreations of William Morris Kelmscott Press typefaces)

Title page: Wreath by William Morris on Wikimedia Commons

And then, the Quiet

@hd-erised • 13k • Drarry • Rated E

Tags:

Post-Second Wizarding War, Post-Hogwarts, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Getting Together, Denial of Feelings, Secret Relationship, teenage angst, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Anxiety, Drinking, mentions of the war, Hurt/Comfort, Draco's Trial, Mutual Masturbation, secret hideaways, secret passageways, sentient trees, magical gardens, Falling In Love, Slice of Life, domestic setting, Post-War Trauma, Ministry Abuse of Power, brief canon-typical sexist language

Summary:

After the war, Harry is content on staying well within the confines of Grimmauld Place, thank you very much. That is, until an ominous glow appears from the willow tree at the end of the garden, luring him in, desperate to be seen.

Written for the lovely @izroan-ff. Thank you to @drarrymyheart for helping me brainstorm and flesh out ideas. To @greattemptation for your truly valued support and cheers! And the wonderful @epitomereally @nv-md @thehoneybeet and Vera for running such a brilliant fest 💕

drowned in illusion greedy sips of fantasy yet thirst still remains

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HD Tarot Fest Art Claim - Seven of Cups

Title: The Domestication of Draco Malfoy Author: Anonymous Recipient: @peachydreamxx Pairing(s): Draco/Harry Character(s) Tags: Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Narcissa Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Theodore Nott, The Pyreflop Rating: Explicit Word Count: 28,900 Tags: Pureblood Society (Harry Potter), balls, Situationships, Flirting, Semi-Public Sex, Dom/sub Exploration, Collars, Disguises, Exhausted pet owner Harry Potter, Gay Awakening, Submissive Draco Malfoy, Magical creatures, Brief mention of past animal harm, very brief mention of suicidal language, Brief sexist language, Alcohol, minor internalised homophobia, parental trauma, Happy Ending, canon-typical blood purity ideology, magical choking, brief genderbending

Summary: This year's Season is Draco's chance to restore his family's reputation by making a marriage match. Draco is prepared: he's ready for Theodore Nott's barbs, for a less-than-stellar bride, for every boring dance step and lukewarm sip of punch.

What he's not ready for is Harry Potter.

Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.