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@morgan-leigh on Three Bags Full (first titled Glenkill in its original German), the beloved mystery novel that was the source for The Sheep Detectives film.

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@annejamison on the Good Omens series finale as a metatextual commentary about fandom and fanfiction—and one that gave the characters back to the fans.

@elizabethminkel on depictions of tech on television, and how we read these characters in light of our shifting feelings about real-life tech.

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Thai GL fandom

Conlang enthusiasts

Fandom stats as fanworks

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Homestuck's fanworks

Gay pirates

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Happy birthday to everyone's favourite blond 💚💚💚

To kick off our fest we have two amazing creations both inspired by the same prompt by @draykray

Garbage Queen is a stunningly beautiful debut comic, and To The Cat Knocking Over My Bins: Stop (please?) gives us perfect, obsessed Harry. Prepare to fall in love with Animagus Draco!

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Title: To The Cat Knocking Over My Bins: Stop (please?)

Rating: Teen and Up

Word count: 17,442 

Warnings/Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Auror Harry Potter, suspended harry, restless Harry, Harry Potter is Obsessed with Draco malfoy, Coincidences, Animagus Draco Malfoy, Cat Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy is a Little Shit, Good Friends Hermione Granger & Ron Weasley, Minor Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas, harry needs a hobby, Ex-Death Eater Draco malfoy, death eater prejudice, Targeted Violence, the daily prophet being the daily prophet, Harry Potter in the Muggle World, Annoyed Harry Potter, Unapologetic draco malfoy, POV Harry Potter

Summary: 

There are two things bothering Harry: 

One, he is on suspension and bored out of his mind. 

Two, Draco Malfoy is missing and Ron kept this fact from him. 

Harry could handle both of these things perfectly well if only this pesky cat would stop knocking over his fucking bins. 

Author's note:

Thank you to C for letting me talk myself through this fic and helping me sort through all the different ideas I had as well as helping with the title <3

Thank you S and B for beta reading and helping polish up this fic! I appreciate you so much! 

For Draykray, thank you for prompting this idea, I had such a fun time writing this, and I hope it was everything you imagined. I was not going to participate in this fest until I saw this prompt and I was sold. 

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Title: [ART] Garbage Queen

Rating: Mature

Art Medium: Digital Art/Comic

Warnings/Tags: Animagus Draco, Humour, mild Hurt/Comfort, getting together

Summary: 

Draco is on the run as a cat, and is keeping an eye on things by scavenging from certain wizards that he may know.

Harry Potter has a soft spot for the pretty white stray that keeps getting into his bins.

Author's note:

The ghosts and specters in residence at Hogwarts find many things to keep themselves entertained.