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The Soulmate Test by ThebeMoon, read by @karmacookiereads Rating: M Pairing: Draco x Hermione Length: 56 minutes Summary:

Draco Malfoy’s life after the War has lapsed into a steamy round of indulgence between the Manor and Knockturn Alley. A highly eligible bachelor despite his dark past, Draco is used to scheming witches glamouring “DLM” on their arms and claiming to be his soulmate in accordance with ancient magic. But he never expected Hermione Granger to be one of them.

Cover art for The Gloriana Set by ThebeMoon.

Inspired by Penguin Classics covers.

I spent my morning catching up on new chapters posted for WIPs I’m doing my best to keep up with and then spent my afternoon making this which I’m actually pretty proud of tbh

I wish you could change the songs per picture — ivy is a major theme song throughout ‘meet me in dreamland’ but the rest are just my own interpretations — turns out there are percs to having Taylor Swift’s discography memorised because it was surprisingly easy to come up with lyrics for each WIP — the three lyrics for ‘flicker, fade’ are my interpretation of Draco’s POV chronologically so far through the story — vibes for ‘untested and unqualified’ are based off chapter 2 but I feel like they will change a lot in upcoming chapters 🤭

The Gloriana Set by @thebemoon

Oh gosh you're so sweet. I know it's taken me a while to answer this ask, so my apologies for the delay. I've been hoarding it and thinking of how to respond to your insanely sweet comments.

I'm really really honored @thebemoon asked me to be involved with making some graphics for The Darkwood Wand! She's had some really really fun ideas for graphics (seriously if you haven't seen The Dental Posters or the Inkpot, you're missing out), and when we had the initial conversation about the story concept and the cover, I just knew I wanted it to be special. I have to say it's one of my favorite edits I've done too, so to hear it resonated with you as well is really touching. Obviously @thebemoon is an incredibly talented author we're lucky enough to have in our little corner of fandom, and being able to bring her (brilliant) ideas to life in even a small way is such a joy! Thanks so much for taking the time to send this ask, and stay tuned because there's another graphic in the works for the final bits! 😏

So I just worked on this as one of the permanent pages on my blog (you can find it in the sidebar menu now) and spent entirely too long on it not to post it here too...three cheers for fan fic!

I do have several Dramione fic ideas and (surprisingly long and detailed) drafts of my own floating around in the ole noggin and hard drive, respectively. For the moment, though, I’m having a blast focusing more on drawing and don’t have enough time outside of work to do both drawing and writing well.

If you’re interested in following my currently empty account on fanfiction.net in case anything cool pops up in the future, go for it and thanks in advance! If I publish I’ll post about it here as well.

To hold you over and/or win you over to this ship in the meantime, here are some amazing Dramione fics by some really amazing people.

Have Read / Would Strongly Recommend:

Clean / Marked by @OlivieBlake

OlivieBlake is truly SO talented. This is a two-part series where you need to read the first (Clean) for the second (Marked) to make total sense, and it is 100% worth every one of the 300k+ words. I laughed. I sobbed. I fell in love with Theo as a character for the first time. Lots of amazing character development all around. This is my current all-time favorite Dramione fic. Hermione is such a badass and the writing will punch you in the gut.

The Fallout by Sage / EveryThursday

This one is truly foundational to the whole ship, but somehow I completely missed it until a friend recommended it in fall 2019. Cue my descent into adopting Dramione as an OTP and creating an entire art blog mostly focused on them, oops. Lots of angst, action-driven, a bit impressionistic in its treatment of time and the progression of Hermione and Draco’s relationship, will 10 out of 10 make you cry. It’s a classic for a reason.

Breath Mints / Battle Scars by @Onyx-and-Elm

Enough angst for you, your mom, your cat, your third cousin twice removed, and the entire rest of the world for that matter. I love that both Hermione and Draco are broken and flawed yet still sharp as a tack in this fic. The storyline will keep you on the edge of your seat, or, in my case, just glued to the couch in pajamas all day binge reading. The dialogue is top notch. U will cri everytiem for Theo also.

Isolation by Bex-Chan

Another classic that's constantly recommended for a reason. This one accomplishes the transition from enemies to lovers very believably in my opinion and does a great job branching out from a sole focus on that dynamic to a broader storyline that incorporates a lot of other characters very well. I really loved the inclusion of Andromeda especially.

Nightmares and Nocturnes by @OlivieBlake

I just like….really really love OlivieBlake’s writing, ok? And this one is extra noteworthy for me to have loved because in general I really don’t vibe with a Hermione who’s lost her mojo in fan fiction. A very creative, unique concept, and OlivieBlake always masterfully fleshes out side characters in a way that makes you care about them deeply.

Currently Reading and Loving:

The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy by Speechwriter / @BatmanSymbol

A work in progress but the writer updates regularly and also posts on Tumblr about it! The storyline is fantastic and the progression of events and writing style both feel very true to the original HP books, which perfectly fills a void left in my heart from having boycotted buying any more JKR merchandise due to her transphobic nonsense. Highly recommend! Let’s sit on the edge of our seats together waiting for more updates!

On the To-Read List / Heavily Recommended by Others:

Manacled by @Senlinyu

(I have avoided this one for a while due to being very very sensitive to descriptions of non-con situations. BUT Senlinyu is lovely, everybody I know who has read Manacled loves it, and I do in fact love The Handmaid’s Tale despite how dark it can be. Planning to dive in soon while also keeping up with Disappearances!)

The Right Thing to Do by @Lovesbitca8

Cruel and Beautiful World by @LenaPhoria (fic is no longer on ff.net or AO3 but a file can be found with some creative googling)

Wait and Hope by @MightBeWriting

The Gloriana Set by ThebeMoon