Back again for Round 3 but changing things up! Welcome to HP Queer Fest 2023 #bingo!
The rules are simple: get bingo! You can do it by putting 5 prompts in one work OR by making 5 works with prompts that cross the board. Up to you! Vertical, Horizontal, Diagonal!
No WC minimum. Open to art, fic recs, moodboards, etc.
The collection will remain open through July 31!
AO3 Collection: HP Queer Fest 2023
Tumblr: mention us @hpqueerfest and tag #hpqueerfest2023 (do both to ensure we see what you created!)
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ROW 1: queer friendship || gay character || cis/straight appearing || trans character || rainbows
ROW 2: older queers or mentors || parent comes out to child || inter-house unity || late bloomers || cross dressing or drag
ROW 3: polyamory || (chaotic) bi character || FIRST PRIDE! (free space) || magical gender affirmation || queer joy
ROW 4: hogwarts is home || kink || queers of color || (found) family || lesbian character
ROW 5: t4t || nonbinary character || queer parenthood || aro or ace character || pronouns
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A longer, laid back version of Queer Fest continuing the fun through the rest of the summer. There are no word count minimums, no rules. Wanna write HCs, meta, drabbles? Go for it! Doesn’t quite fit with a prompt? Self-prompt is always an option!
Reminder that Queer Fest is a fest centered around characters that fit anywhere in the LGBTQIA+ community! Open to all eras, characters, and ships. The only requirement - the main character or characters have to be queer or that the work itself is centered around these identities. It can be about self-discovery, identity, coming out, etc. Anything that centers around being queer!
Claiming Opens: July 18 - Claim Through AO3 and submit the claim form
Works Due: October 31
First, I want to thank all of our amazing creators this year! You all created 16 incredible fan works! Queer Fest is one of my favorite things to run and you make it all the better.
And so! Reveals beneath the cut:
The Knowledge of Possibilities - for @unsuspicious-nobody
creator:Â @bifuriouswaterbender
rating:Â G
word count:Â 3413
summary:Â Narcissa thought everything at Regulus and James' wedding would go according to plan, but naturally Sirius messed that up. Naturally he decided last minute that Narcissa needed to dance with Lily Evans. Narcissa barely knew her, and of course, this was going to upset the Black family matriarchs. As they started dancing, though, Narcissa found she didn't mind.
[ART] Queerness & All Forms - for @shonxiuwan
creator: @digthewriter
rating:Â G
summary:Â Queernes and all forms of it is accepted in the magical world. We celebrate that.
[ART] Not like the other “girls”
creator: @digthewriter
rating: G
summary:Â Millicent tried to be feminine her whole childhood. As she got older, she realized that the muggle concept of "butch" was right for her.
Quidditch Stars Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint on Coming Out Together: Exclusive Tell-All (Daily Prophet, August 3rd, 2001) - for @yourtokentrophywife
creator: @sleepstxtic
rating: E
word count: 11,017
summary:Â The story of how Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint fell in love, as told through scenes from their lives and an interview from the Daily Prophet.
Rosmerta’s Special Brew - for @thistlecatfics
creator:Â @lumosatnight
rating: T
word count:Â 6035
summary:Â Let me invite you, dear reader, into a story about love and longing, growing and growing up. About recognising what society wants and saying To hell with that. A story about finding your true self, no matter who or with whom that may be, and never letting doubt swallow you whole.
This is a story about how Madam Rosmerta, of the Three Broomsticks fame, became the unofficial Queer Crisis Counselor for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Wizardry, and Wixenry.
Or, 5 times she helped other baby gays + 1 time they helped her.
no present like the moment - for @hawksquill
creator:Â @leftsidedown on ao3
rating:Â T
word count:Â 1482
summary: She’s alwasy been a moon child; the language of the skies came to her naturally. The language of the earth has to be learned. She is learning.
I Miss You
creator:Â @mean-whale-writes
rating: T
word count:Â 2414
summary: Sirius remembers Remus. He wishes he didn’t.
Crown Enterprises - for SiriuslySapphic
creator:Â @storyof-eden
rating:Â E
word count:Â 2841
summary:Â Hermione was the best, and everyone knew Narcissa employed only the best at Crown Enterprises.
These Fragile Bodies of Touch and Taste
creator:Â @hawksquill
rating:Â M
word count: 9863
summary:Â The year is 2014 and the Ministry of Magic has decided to relaunch the Triwizard Tournament to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fateful tournament of 1994-1995. The new tournament reunites former champions Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory, who haven't spoken in years. Reliving the memories of their own traumatic tournament forces the two men to confront a few things: Harry hates being an Auror, Cedric regrets sending Harry to the graveyard alone, and there's an undeniable spark between them.
Love is Blind as a Bat - for @hawksquill
creator:Â @diandrastrikesback
rating:Â E
word count: 11,834
summary:Â Severus Snape is convinced to participate in a gay reality dating programme. What could go wrong?
Becoming
creator:Â @polyjuicedpadfoot
rating:Â M
word count:Â 8792
summary:Â When Teddy asks one day how his father knew he was bisexual, Remus finds himself going down memory lane.
On Christmas Card Terms - for @vocative
creator:Â @hermioneclone
rating:Â M
word count: 24,392
summary:Â The last thing Draco expects when Astoria and Lovegood drag him to a Muggle gay bar is to find himself spilling his darkest secrets and dancing the night away. Has he found the man of his dreams at last, or will his past continue to haunt him no matter how hard he tries to be a better person?
Nothing Else Needed To Be Said - for @lumosatnight
creator:Â grey_kenaz on ao3
rating:Â T
word count:Â 2496
summary:Â Genderfluid Sirius trying to hide from his parents and Regulus showing his support in his own (secretive, sneaky, very Slytherin) way.
A series of moments when Regulus shows that he recognises Sirius' fluidity while leaving Sirius somewhat baffled as to what exactly Regulus means because he's a Slytherin and nothing is going to be forward. Just a bit of brotherly bonding and a look at how the wizarding world reacts to gender fluidity.
Let’s Wait Until After the Wedding - for @the-kellephant
creator: @cheyla-v
rating: G
word count: 2464
summary:Â Harry doesn't know what's more difficult: coming out as gay to Ron or to tell him he's in love with his brother.
He does know one thing for sure—he won't be telling him until after Ron and Hermione's wedding is over.
Varda, Thou Art There
creator:Â @justtoarguewithyou
rating: M
word count:Â 10,769
summary:Â Remus vomits into a trash bin, thinking about how Dumbledore had promised to help.
But in the end, no one helped.
Dumbledore had forgotten him, most of the Order was dead.
As “Age of Consent” begins to play, Remus’s fingers tap along to the beat that he can feel through the floorboards. Near the end of the song, Bernard Sumner’s voice lowers, and he sings, “Lost you, I’ve lost you, I’ve lost you, I’ve lost you…”
Remus blinks away tears, thinking of the boys he’s lost. He’s lost all his boys.
The Persistence of Memory
creator:Â @deliciousblizzardshark
rating: T
word count:Â 7292
summary:Â When Draco can't live with his guilt and his grief any longer, he does the only thing he can think of; he makes a potion.
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Remus vomits into a trash bin, thinking about how Dumbledore had promised to help.
But in the end, no one helped.
Dumbledore had forgotten him, most of the Order was dead.
As “Age of Consent” begins to play, Remus’s fingers tap along to the beat that he can feel through the floorboards. Near the end of the song, Bernard Sumner’s voice lowers, and he sings, “Lost you, I’ve lost you, I’ve lost you, I’ve lost you…”
Remus blinks away tears, thinking of the boys he’s lost. He’s lost all his boys.
For HP Queer Fest, from the prompt: Remus Lupin navigates the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 80s during the Lost Years. As a wizard/werewolf, he's immune, but, as a queer man involved in the underground economy (sex work, drugs), he's experiencing the decimation of another community. Please pay attention to the tags here.
Genderfluid Sirius trying to hide from his parents and Regulus showing his support in his own (secretive, sneaky, very Slytherin) way.
A series of moments when Regulus shows that he recognizes Sirius' fluidity while leaving Sirius somewhat baffled as to what exactly Regulus means because he's a Slytherin and nothing is going to be forward. Just a bit of brotherly bonding and a look at how the wizarding world reacts to gender fluidity.
