Recs and general Sunday nonsense

[birdsofshore]

- H/D rec:

Title: Hey, Potter
Author: anonymous
Prompt: # 173
Summary: Harry returns to Hogwarts for his 8th year, determined not to let Malfoy get to him. But when the snarky teasing starts up again, Harry finds that returning the jibes with compliments has a far more interesting outcome.
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Warnings: None
Word Count: 16,000

Everything I've seen at dracotops_harry so far has been great, but this was the most enjoyable so far for me. I love the premise of Harry returning Malfoy's nastiness with niceness, and this story is full of lovely banter, humour, and sweetness.


- Merlin art rec:

The Gentleman Barber by alby_mangroves - NWS

I am not even in the Merlin fandom. Everybody in the Merlin fandom probably saw this already, but just in case you are not, like me, you need to see this beautiful art. This is basically GORGEOUS NAKED MEN SHAVING. OMG. It's super-nice, and hot. And SHAVING. I have a thing for shaving, and I put it in my first ever fic, but they were clothed at the time. I see now my major error.

I have a new goal in life and that is to stalk alby_mangroves and possibly kidnap her (in a really respectful and consensual way :D) and drag her over to the HP fandom. She seems to fancy a bit of Harry/Ron but we won't mention that. I think we should all bow down and sacrifice animals to her and maybe she will come and draw us some delicious naked dark haired wizards, with naked blond aristocrats sitting in their laps, instead of what she currently draws: delicious naked dark-haired wizards, with.... Oh. Well. Anyway. WE SHOULD ALL WORSHIP HER.

- General nonsense:

I was looking for something else, I can't remember what (this is the story of my relationship with the internet, really) and found this website,

The Parselmouth

which claims to translate your text into Parseltongue. I spent a happy five minutes typing things like "Suck my cock, Malfoy." Oh come on! What else does it exist for?


- Fandom trivia:

I finished the first draft of my hd_smoochfest fic! I am so happy! I thought I was absolutely going to need an extension, but fingers crossed my beta can help me whip it into shape by the submission date.

I had to check something in the Astronomy Tower scene, so I basically ended up re-reading the whole of the chapter 'The Lightning-Struck Tower' and snivelling away. Half-Blood Prince is my favourite book in the series, but I don't read it very often because it makes me too sad. It's a wonderful chapter; I had forgotten all the humour in it, though! Like when Dumbledore says "Little jokes? No, these are manners." I was laughing and snivelling both together. Then I went to eat chocolate.

So, how is your Sunday going?

Comments

[birdsofshore]

Yay! Happy to rec from the DTH fest. It's full of gems so far.