Draco Tops Harry monster rec post

[birdsofshore]

I meant to do this as I went along, and now I am reaping the wotsit of my own indolence. There are LOADS of lovely fics over at dracotops_harry, and here are a few of my favourites so far.

Also, I wanted to go on the record and come clean as being someone who used to think topping / bottoming preferences were weird. I thought it was a bit sad, childish or even creepy, if I am completely honest. (Yeah, right, because everything I do around here is so MATURE and NORMAL O_o). I still can't personally relate to ONLY reading one person topping, but I completely get the idea of fests based around one or the other.

If I had to pick a favourite, for me it would definitely be Top!Draco. Although capitu pointed out to me that I write Top!Harry more often in my own fics. How did that happen? I didn't believe her, and had to go and check. She was right.O_o Anyway, this is a roundabout way of saying 'Sorry I used to think it was weird.' I didn't actually SAY anything much about it being weird, but I THOUGHT it quite a lot. :DD I was wrong. Topping / bottoming preferences are perfectly good kinks just like any other, and perfect fests like dracotops_harry grow out of them. So, hoorah.

Title: A Fox's Bargain
Summary: Harry made a bargain with Draco. He knew it was going to come back and bite him on the arse, he just didn’t think about what exactly Draco would ask for. Draco would say that Harry must have known deep down what he was agreeing to, but then Draco is a prick and what would he know?
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): Non-con kiss (at the beginning), dub-con sex, fingering, rimming, orgasm denial, D/s dynamics, unredeemed!draco (he’s an arsehole).
Word Count: 6000

This is just the most heavenly dub-con scenario, with delicious smutty details ladled on like whipped cream and a cherry on top. Arsehole!Draco FTW! My favourite part is the way Harry is completely manipulated and used, but comes out of it (despite grumpy attempts not to enjoy it at all) having had a whale of a time.

Title: let me see you stripped (down to the bone)
Summary:

"So," Malfoy said. "Are you in? Or are you out?" He turned and looked at Harry squarely.

Harry remembered the slow way Malfoy had slid his hand down his own stomach, into his pants – the outline of his long fingers gripping and stroking his own cock. The way his head had fallen back, exposing his pale throat. How he had owned them all.

He took a deep breath. "I'm in," he said.

Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Draco/Harry, (Hermione/Ron, Millicent/Luna)
Warning(s): stripping, exhibitionism, some alcohol consumption, and yeah I gave in and did my first leather trousers!Draco
Word Count: ~24,000

I don't even know how Harry and Draco as strippers works, but it SO DOES. Filthy, filthy onstage dancing and smut. It's really hot and heavy and intense and insane and marvellous.

Title: In the Interest of Interhouse Cooperation
Summary: Organizing a Duelling Club was supposed to be a fun extracurricular activity for Harry’s 8th year. But add in Draco Malfoy and a malfunctioning Room of Requirement, and things can’t help but get complicated.
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): A slight bit of dominance during sex, and maybe a teensy bit of dub-con.
Word Count: 12k

THIS FIC! It was written for my prompt, and it's just such a joyous romp through lots of my favourite tropes and kinks, and buckets of lovely lovely UST. I might go and read it again right now :DD

Title: Save My Wonders
Summary: Immediately chocolate assaulted Draco's senses. Warm melted chocolate mixed with his mother's roses and... something else. Something new. Freshly scrubbed skin and maybe a faint sheen of sweat. It was so familiar...
And it only intensified when Potter came up behind him...
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): chubby!Draco, angst relating to body issues (no fat shaming)
Word Count: ~21K

This was charmingly romantic, warm and sweet , funny, and hot, too. Draco and his insecurity, and Harry with his cheerful smittenness, are both delightful. A real heart-warmer.

Title: Touched
Summary: On the insistence of his parents, Draco begins to see a therapist to discuss his difficulties with physical intimacy. When he changes his appointment time, Draco discovers he’s not the only one seeking assistance as a result of events which occurred during the war and he finds comfort in the most unexpected of places.
Rating: R
Warning(s): Post traumatic stress disorder, erectile dysfunction, mental health related matters.
Word Count: ~7,300

This was another nice change of gear, gentle, wistful and tender. It wasn't too angsty, but I liked the way the characters were allowed to be flawed, and their relationship didn't end up unrealistically perfect.

Title: Let’s Go Outside
Summary: Harry’s done with the sofa, the hall and the kitchen table, baby.
Rating: NC-17
Warning(s): EWE. Lots and lots of sex, most of it public, not all of it involving Harry/Draco, a little, er, decorative arm wrapping for fun (it might be a little bit bondage-y, but nice, you know, with silky fabric and stuff), etc. Very little plot.
Word Count: 24,339

The best way I can describe this is 24,000 words of GUH. With a little nggggggh and a generous helping of asdfghjklksdgfhjkll. OK, MA, why don't you just take ALL my favourite kinks, roll them together in a big ball of crazy hotness, and tie them up with a pretty ribbon? Yes, that'll do nicely. I read this one late at night under the covers with my jaw hanging open, thinking, just another 5 minutes, then I'll stop.



What have your favourites been? Did you like these? I'd love to chat about the fest.

Comments

[0idontknow0]

Read most of these and loved them.

On the note of preference. I prefer top!Draco but I also prefer pregnant!Draco. It's a conundrum. My preferences are weird and don't make sense so I try not to make sense of them. (I also really like pregnant!top!Draco, I know right?). Kinks don't make sense, they just happen.

[vaysh]

I am sitting here with a huge smile on my face because of your note about topping/bottoming preferences. Topping / bottoming preferences are perfectly good kinks just like any other, and perfect fests like dracotops_harry grow out of them.
Yes! YES!! YES!!!

I love you. ♥

And thank you so much for the recs.

[birdsofshore]

Oh, you are welcome! It took me a while to get there (both writing the rec post, and realising what was going on with topping/ bottoming preferences), but I did good in the end ;-)

I was going to link to this post over at the DTH recs post, would you still like me to?

And, thank YOU for the super, super fest. I can't remember the last time there were so many fics in one fest which really hit my buttons <3

[birdsofshore]

Hee! Pregnant!top!Draco! That's a new one on me :DD I'd actually be interested to read that some time, do you have any recs? (Bear in mind I don't like dark or mega-angsty)

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

To be honest, i don't like top/bottoming preferences. Or, specifically for Harry/Draco, because for me the pairing works because they are equals, and exclusive top/bottoming roles (can) creates a power imbalance that i find hugely irksome. That said, it's all in the writing, and i am hugely picky on how the characters (especially Draco) are portrayed. SO, my choosing to take part in the dracotops_harry fest is less about my preference for top!Draco, and more about seeing the kind of Draco i don't see written often enough--a stronger, more well-rounded Draco, a less feminised or "weak" Draco.

I have many Draco feels, is what i'm saying, and don't think he's written enough to my liking, on the whole. The DTH fest has more of what i enjoy in Draco character, the fact that he is topping is... coincidental and kind of irrelevant to me.

[0idontknow0]

Honestly, that kink is my own fault. *blushes* Not sure if I've seen it around much though. Hmmm.

I wrote something for HD Mpreg last year and Harry wouldn't cooperate and thus the kink was born. It's [here]. Not dark, but it's got infidelity which comes with a bit of angst.

[birdsofshore]

Yes, that makes a lot of sense to me! I like strong, capable Draco very much, too - that's a definite yes for me. I also really enjoy power imbalances, though - that has a great appeal for me, although I don't really like it if one character is highly feminised and weak, and that's expressed through topping / bottoming.

I also like it where one character is strong, and masculine, and capable, and all of that, but likes to bottom. And switching. I like switching! I mostly like ALL OF THE THINGS, really :D

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

Ya know, a discussion of the whole top/bottom thing might be good. Not here, although I will say that, like you, I used to be weirded out by all the preferences one way or the other. I don't really care what others do anymore. It's just not where I'm at, but to each their own. I did stop following both Harry tops and the Draco tops boards/fests a few years ago. Not because I didn't want to read awesome fics, but because of the whining and bitching that went on between those with nazi-level preferences. They sort of spoiled it for me.

These days I just let it all go right past me and ignore most of it and while I really don't want to go back to all the whinging, I miss some good fics. So I am utterly dependent on people rec'ing the awesome fics they find! So thanks for these.

[gracerene]

Def agree w/ you on the recs! I also really like the first fic with the parseltongue!kink :)

And your note about topping/bottoming def made me happy! So many people make it seem like it's such a terrible thing to have a preference, and I def view it like a kink preference. I just find some combos hotter than others :)

[eidheann_writes]

Agreed with vaysh; I feel like I've been somewhat pushed to be... I guess closeted with officially stating a preference. I mean, I have, and anyone reading my recs or fics can probably guess (though silly birds throwing people off the trail with her preference by writing mostly the reverse)... But so often topping/bottoming *isn't* treated like a kink. It's treated like "oh must be 50/50 with no preference or else it's not a relationship of equals and if you have a preference, it is somehow also secretly internalized misogyny on your part"

And, no, I just find it really hot when a desperate Draco takes it up the arse >.< I also find it hot when there's dirty talk, or frottage, or mpreg, or bowjobs. *throws hands in air*

I mean, I think the bad name comes from the fic that treat the bottom as a girl with a nominal penis, but it reads like an old Mills and Boon with explosions of light and waterfalls and orbs and the like. And really backwards, misogynistic representations of helpless feminine bottom and hypermasculine alphamale top.

And I don't like those either >.< It's okay to like one bottoming more than the other. It doesn't have to mean anything.

*cries*

(I'm only half following DTH, but I love the ones you recced that I've read, which I think is most of them? I'm in denial about finishing my mpreg and am a bit overloaded with fests with remix/hurtfest/dth all on top of each other. XD)

edit: Sorry about the rant oy

[disapparater.livejournal.com]

Power imbalances in their characters are what bother me. Draco being gooey-eyed in love with Harry and perfectly willing to embarrass himself about it--that's not Draco. And a Harry that's overly confident and sure of himself and sweeping Draco off his feet--that's not Harry. So, team that characterisation with top!Harry and bottom!Draco and i will back button and side-eye faster than you can blink.

I'm fine with anything in the bedroom, so long as outside of it they are well and equally written. (Which, for me, doesn't happen often enough!)

[celestlyn.livejournal.com]

Amen!

[playing-perfect.livejournal.com]

LOL after your dino love recently I saw this and totally assumed you were reccing a top Draco monster fic! But yeah, there have been some excellent fics posted and I love all the ones you've mentioned (really really must do my comment catch up) I have a free day today for once, can you tell? :-D

I couldn't care less who tops or bottoms, I love it when either do in a major way though :-), so yeah... that last one, I couldn't agree more. But as I said I loved all the ones you mentioned with a special prize for the rubber duck dream, lol

[birdsofshore]

Ah, thank you!

Harry wouldn't cooperate

I love it when that happens :DD

[anemonen.livejournal.com]

I haven't read all of these, but so far I think "Save My Wonders" and "In the Interest of Interhouse Cooperation" are my favourites. I liked chubby!Draco with his insecurities, it's always nice when they are attracted to each other despite imperfections. And the other was super hot and funny!

About topping/bottoming - I don't really have any preferences. Exclusively reading one of them would make me miss out on a lot of amazing fics I think. I don't mind that people have preferences, though, but if it's a lot of focus on it in a fic it weirds me out a bit. I mean - if I was a gay man I'd like to try both, change it up a bit every now and then :P

[birdsofshore]

Ah, I realise now it was a bit of a can of worms. I probably should have phrased it more carefully if I'd have been being thoughtful.

It's funny, I think it's not a thing I notice very often, unless the fic is ABOUT the topping / bottoming. Like if there's a very memorable scene, or it's about the first time that person tops, or whatever. I don't think I would notice if a person only recced or wrote that type. I didn't even know what *I* wrote. O_o I explained to capitu why I wrote a chunk of top!Harry lately, though - I wrote one fic where Harry was inexperienced, and Draco 'kindly' let him top (Rubber Duck), and in one fic (Pure and Simple Truth) Harry was recovering from being ill, and I thought it would be less strenuous for him, poor darling. LOL. I do give it some thought, but they don't always do what I want anyway :D

[birdsofshore]

I understand. I like a lot of different dynamics - for instance, I like to read and write a confident Harry, AND a confident Draco, and sometimes I like to read and write a more shy / neurotic Harry, or a shy / neurotic Draco. I think it's when it becomes a real stereotype cliche that one of them is the boy, and one is the girl, that's it's problematic.

I love it when they're beautifully IC. And sometimes I just don't care, because the dynamic is very appealing to me, and the fic is hot, or funny, or kinky enough :DD

[eidheann_writes]

Oh I'm just sorry going off on a rant on your journal. You're NOT the only person who has side-eyed the thought of having a preference. It tends to be VERY divisive. And I just *flails*

People trying to find deeper meaning in someone's top/bottom preferences is like looking for deeper meaning in their habit of knitting or ventriloquism. Sometimes you just like stuff, you don't like other stuff as much, and that's all there is.

[vaysh]

To understand the appeal of topping/bottoming preferences, I think it helps to think of it as a kink as you did, and certainly not as some overall characterization of Harry and Draco out of bed. That in a nutshell is the reason why dracotops_harry and bottom_draco are affiliates – we cater to diametrically opposed kinks but both comms acknowledge that these kinks are okay and fun.

I certainly can relate to what disapparater said below: people tend to write a bit of a different Draco and Harry out of bed if Draco tops and Harry bottoms in bed. This doesn't mean that Harry is feminised, not at all, but some of the major H/D issues like distrust/trust, dominance/submission, redemption/forgiveness are just handled differently. And I am not saying this could not happen, too, with a bottom!Draco and top!Harry. But it does (at least for now) happen more when Draco tops. :) I think that's what makes the dracotops_harry fest so appealing to many in fandom.

i have all your wonderful recs noted on our huge spreadsheet. Not sure what to do with the Hot Links, though, as the daily_snitch seems to be on hiatus. :(

Ah, Birds, you are most welcome. But it's really all the many people writing and creating art and podfics to this year's fest who deserve your gratitude. And the awesome prompters. And my lovely co-mod, corona_0304. ♥

[birdsofshore]

I wasn't really thinking what a touchy subject it can be, when I dived in with those remarks. I'm sorry if I've stirred up old disagreements. I think live and let live is a good mantra where people's kinks are concerned, but of course we all probably secretly have some things that we think are beyond the pale XDD

It's never pleasant when somebody tries to dictate what others want to read / write / squee about, I agree. And I'm glad if my recs help you discover some things you would have otherwise missed!

[birdsofshore]

Oh, yes, that parseltongue fic was a hoot. There were several others I could have included here. The post would have gone on forever :DD

When I say I have a preference for top!Draco, it doesn't stop me enjoying a fic where Harry is topping, or they switch, at all. It's just in the absence of all other considerations, I'll probably like the idea of Draco giving it to Harry more than the other way round :DDD

[birdsofshore]

Ahahaha! I've moved on from dinos, I promise. The alternative was being eternally disappointed at the lack of prehistoric smut in fics.

I couldn't care less who tops or bottoms, I love it when either do in a major way though :-),

God, yes. :DD I just like it when SOMEONE tops. Or when someone gets a blow job. Or wanking. Or frottage. I just like it when there's smut, really :DD

Rubber ducks forever! I'm going to glomp that so-called Mystery Author so hard one of these days. <333

[birdsofshore]

I like it when an author can convince me that their head canon is the correct one, even if differs from mine. I'm perfectly happy to believe in top!Harry, top!Draco, or anything else the author wants me to, if it's well-written and engaging. I can't actually think of any detail of my head canon that HAS to be present for me to read and enjoy a fic.

But, yes, I think most fun would be had by at least trying both?

[birdsofshore]

You can go off on a rant here, I don't mind! I'm just happy people wanted to chat, as I had my first quiet afternoon for a while and it's good to catch up with you.

Oh, I really like trying to find deeper meaning in someone's preferences. Well, mostly I like trying to find deeper meaing in MY preferences. I don't really care about the rest of you ;-)

[birdsofshore]

I could probably give a dozen reasons why I like top!Draco. But I'm not entirely comfortable with what some of them say about me. O_o and :DDD

That's a shame about the daily snitch! Perhaps the hd_prophet would put them in as specially recommended fics, but I know it's not got the same readership.