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I bound this fic two years ago, and although I was happy with it at the time, I knew I could improve up on it. And this time I was not going to subject it to my guillotine.

(What started this project was pulling it off my shelf to read it and being unable to because of how crooked the trim job was. I just couldn't stop staring at the uneven margins.)

(I'm also amused that in my post for that bind, I commented on how happy with how square it turned out.)

Here's what I did:

Cleaned up the typeset (but didn't change it much)

Trimmed it using my plough

Sewed the endbands

Didn't use AI generated endpapers (look, it was two years ago, before I knew better)

Designed a more interesting cover (I actually made the background in Procreate. This is about the limit of my Procreate abilities.)

Printed the cover on canvas

Used gold HTV for the title/author on the cover

Bound: Far From The Tree by aideomai

Typeset and bound by: me, @phoenixortheflame Ft. art by: mims bindery

The arrival of Harry Potter’s children—snapped back in time, the children themselves guessed, twenty or so years—was the most interesting thing to happen at Hogwarts for years.

Wheres my Soup-pocalypse bind came together in a mere few days, this one I agonized over for months.

You win some, you lose some.

I made this bind for @maleekamolscreates as part of our twins exchange, which we set in motion the day we found out we share a birthday.

I didn't plan to make another sci-fi themed Drarry bind, the chiyogami endpapers kind of dictated the direction. And I couldn't not use these endpapers. I mean... come on.

I opted for a nearly entirely monochrome exterior, save for the title which is layered offset HTV. If you look closely, you can see a wavy texture on the bookcloth mimicking the pattern of the endpapers, which is just matte black HTV.

I don't love the way the HTV turned out, and if I had to do it again I would have left the cover entirely blank. Maybe include a black-only title on the spine. But conceptually I dig it, and hopefully Mally does, too.

The edges are painted with black acrylic ink and the endbands are hand-sewn with black silk thread using DAS's Two Colour Front Bead Headband tutorial.

I finally managed to find short-grain cream paper in Canada (ty, Canada Papers!), which really elevated the typeset in my opinion.

Typeset art is by mims bindery (ty, mims!).

There are two pieces for this bind: the twins and a second piece (so avert your eyes if you don't want any spoilers!)

I opted to use red thread for the text block because, uh, it looks cool?

I was a big baby during this whole bind, so I must thank my emotional support crew who helped me troubleshoot and talked me off the ledge more than once: @citrusses @epitomereally @sits-bound @jtimu

Fanfic Classics Series ⏳🪐🌌 This batch of fanfiction deals with the multiverse!!! Time travel!!! Imminent thoughts about life and death!! Past lives and dreams of a future together — get ready to witness a love for the ages.

the earth from a distance by spqr

A Beginner’s Guide to the Afterlife by mcsyndrome

Us, infinite (unfortunately) by @thecouchsofa

"An Emerald In The Sky" by @corvuscrowned

In Every Universe by @skeptiquewrites

Our Little Life by @tackytigerfic

Dwelling by aideomai

there will be time, there will be time by @amywaterwings

Harry Potter and the Future He Doesn't Really Want, Thanks. by orphan_account

Everything is Relative to You by @thehoneybeet

The Star Splitter by @oflights

art credits + some cover commentary under the cut :)

I knew it should be good because a lot of drarry fans suggested it, but I was just leaving it to read later. But today I decided to just start it already. The result: I couldn't stop reading until I finished it

So here I am, obsessed with the Potter twins, with future auror long haired Draco and future consultant Harry that seems to be a little more than that??????

I am looking for a post war fic on ao3 where draco is kind of an unofficial dragon caretaker and harry is an auror. the ministry is corrupt or wrong in this fic, if not corrupt.

The description was a scene where harry finds a dragon and he is about to stun it (as he’s an auror and they’ve been tracking unmarked dragons to chain or something) but he sees draco under its wing/near its leg. Turns out draco is actually taking care of them unofficially, you know? like he has gone underground and is living unplottable or something and yeah... bunch of other stuff happens.

But he is not in the manor, but mountains. i think he also works at a butcher shopㅡ pigs if i remember correctly? i cannot remember other details.

Thank you.

Day 11 - A fic that happens at Hogwarts

Far From The Tree by aideomai

5 Tags: Down and out Draco Malfoy, Swords, Time Travel, Harry and Draco invent emojis, D/S dynamics

Look, I know you all have probably read it. But just in case there is one person out there looking who hasn't.... This is by far the very best 8th year fic I have ever read. Gorgeous prose, smoking hot, angsty - highly, highly recommended.

Summary:

It’s tearing my heart apart. I can’t, i love these two idiots so much😭 i need them to end up together.