birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-25 06:10 pm

For Dustmouth - AT LONG LAST - Remus / Sirius embroidery

I finally finished this really bad copy homage to [livejournal.com profile] dustmouth's beautiful beautiful art. I am pleased with some parts and not so pleased with others.

Here it is:

dustmouth 1

more... )
People on my flist, if you don't know [livejournal.com profile] dustmouth, (and I sort of suspect you may have seen some of her work somewhere lately *whistles*), she does the most delicious, original, emotional drawings and is basically a fandom treasure.  ♥ ♥ If you go to look at her art, I think you will adore it.
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-21 06:42 pm

Outrageously wonderful art

I am having THE BEST DAY. [livejournal.com profile] raitala drew me some art and I feel like I won the jackpot. You have to see it, it's just stunning and Harry and Draco have never looked better. There's leather, and muscles, and smirking, and bare skin, and posing, and hipbones. Come and join the happy crowds gathering round it and drooling:

Tropes: Quidditch Players

PLUS, there's a lovely fic posted at [livejournal.com profile] hd_smoochfest which has made me laugh and hug myself in delight. The Comfort of Tea. It's got tea and pissing and a delightful Draco and a lovely oblivious Harry. And a plate of caramel and gherkin biscuits. :DD

Hoorah for Fridays!
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-16 02:49 pm

Notice-Me-Not is just a fanon thing? Noooo :-O

I was just searching for info on the Notice-Me-Not charm, and there isn't any, because it's a FANON INVENTION. NOOO! Really? The first webpage I found where someone was asking about it, had some smartarse saying "I think you'll find that's just a sad FAN FICTION thing, you poor deluded fool", I was smirking away: "heh, that's what you think, I have seen it in LOADS OF.....er.... loads of fics. Err. Ahem."

Did you all know this? Who made it up? What other fanon things have become so widespread that they can fool us like this? I know about Tempus, but can you tell me any others?
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-14 05:36 pm

Capriccio - Ficlet (H/D, R) for geneva2010

Title: Capriccio
Pairings: Harry/Draco, Ron/Hermione
Rating: R
Word count: ~1150
A/N: Written for the lovely [livejournal.com profile] geneva2010, with thanks for her wonderfully supportive help with my Smoochfic. Sorry this took a while, geneva, but your suggestion to try Johnlock threw me a bit! I seem fated to stick with H/D for now, sorry. Your other prompt was "H/D - piano", and I hope this entertains you.


Capriccio )
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-10 03:27 pm

(no subject)

I just wanted to wrap up the Draco's birthday love fest with a big ♥ ♥ thank you ♥ ♥ to everyone who joined in.

Draco's birthday love fest... )

Cliche Celebration post... )

Two recs for Smoochfest... )

There are lots more things I want to post about, but I must leave it there before this gets any longer. Hope you are all having a good week?
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-05 08:36 pm

All of the things for Draco's birthday

1)

getting even
EDIT: why is the picture not working now??? It was working 10 mins ago! **LJ, you torment me** - EDITED AGAIN : It is working, but for how long who knows...

THE SMIRK. I can't breathe. This is an ACTUAL PHOTO of Draco as a child, yes? :DD

more things )
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-04 06:58 pm

Hold me while I show you my Lupin feels

I feel like I'm spamming everyone this week, but I need to discuss my overwhelming feels for Remus Lupin. I've been reading Prisoner of Azkaban with my eldest son for a while now (we only get 10 or 15 mins most nights without his brothers, but I love sharing it with him) and I've enjoyed it an awful lot more than I did on the times I've read it alone. I remember a discussion recently on [livejournal.com profile] hp_canon_love about what was your favourite book, and LOADS of people picked POA. I was really surprised, as I actively disliked a lot of things about it.

The Remus Lupin Appreciation Society )
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-03 07:00 pm

Draco's Birthday Love Fest - the Master List

I thought this would help us find our way around the fest and make sure nothing gets overlooked. If I miss something, just poke me.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far; feel free to keep posting anything Draco-related to help us celebrate his birthday week.

Master list )
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-03 08:35 am

Come join the LOVE FEST



Everything is looking rather fabulous over at Draco's birthday party. It lasts all week and you can post something whenever you like, or just chat and admire the things that people have left for us. We have rec lists, discussion, fic, art, video, gifs and limericks (!), all to celebrate the birthday of our beloved Draco. :DD

I have a bit of real life to be getting on with, but will start a master list later so we don't miss anything! Please leave the contributors some love if you haven't already; there is some wonderful stuff on there ♥
birdsofshore: (flapping)
2013-06-02 10:42 am

Announcing the Draco Malfoy Birthday Love Fest!

Please join me for a week of Draco love and appreciation, in honour of his 33rd birthday on June 5th.

What is happening at the Love Fest? Whatever you like! Please bring your drabbles, prompts, arts, gifs, quotes, squee, meta, and general flailing. Contributions can be slash, het or gen, any pairing, maybe even a crossover, as long as Draco features. Anything from a few words about why you enjoy the character of Draco, or a gif that you thought was cute, to a multi-chapter fic (well, I can be optimistic, can't I?). ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE ADORED. You don't have to restrict yourself to Perfect!Redeemed!Draco love, either; feel free to celebrate him in all his snarky, spoiled, unrepentant, irritating and glorious nastiness, if you so wish. Just warn for the usual things, if you feel like going dark or kinky.

Everyone is welcome; please don't be shy, just jump in. If no-one else comments, I will just fill up the thread by myself. :D Please post any contributions as a comment to this post, with a relevant title so people can navigate the fest more easily. eg. Prompt: Harry/Draco, or Fill: Draco/Hermione, or My favourite quotes about Draco or My favourite Draco fanart, or whatever it is you want to share.

Edited to add: Here is the master list of contributions so far! Thank you everyone <3

The Love Fest will run here from June 2nd to June 10th. Do spread the word with a banner! Choose from happy-rainbow-sparkly-fluff Draco, or moody-black-shirt-and-cheekbones Draco. Or take them both, to make yourself an amazing DRACO SANDWICH. :DD

click to share the Draco love )
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-06-01 06:59 pm

Ficlet: Eight Birthdays (Harry/Draco, R)

Title: Eight Birthdays
Pairings: Harry/Ginny, Harry/OC, Harry/Draco
Word count: ~1100
Rating: R
Warnings: brief mention of canon child neglect
A/N: For [livejournal.com profile] omi_ohmy, to wish you a very happy Birthday Week, full of love and warmth and friendship and cake and candles. And meandering. Lots of meandering ;-)

Eight Birthdays )
birdsofshore: (flapping)
2013-05-30 04:09 pm

Birdsofshore's master list

All pairings are Harry/Draco, unless stated otherwise. Sorted by length, and from newest to oldest. I usually write romance, smut and humour, but there is the odd aberration in there, so please heed any warnings!

If anyone would like to make art of anything that I've written I would be DELIGHTED. Ditto, podfics or remixes or whatever you like. Please just let me know, and link back to the original, thank you!

Thank you for looking ♥

My master list )
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-05-25 08:13 pm

Room of Requirement ART recs needed

I am doing the Cliche celebration thingy on the Room of Requirement for [livejournal.com profile] hd_cliche, and I've got my fic lined up already, but I'm finding it harder to think of / find art based around this theme. I found some lovely pictures by [livejournal.com profile] naadi, of the Fiendfyre rescue in the Room of Hidden Things, but no other Room of Requirement art with a Harry/Draco pairing. Do you know of any? Please please don't be shy to rec your own work if you've done something on this theme. I'd love to see it!

While I'm asking for recs, if you're reading anything fabulous and fluffy at the moment, do let me know. My brain is so tired and I am craving sweet  romance, but I don't even know where to begin looking.

Thank you all ♥
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-05-23 09:54 pm

Quick meta rec and a last lines quiz

I took everyone's point about not composing posts in Word, so fingers crossed this one won't look as fucked up as usual...

Meta rec (contains cocks) )

I found another lovely HP canon quiz, after doing the top 200 characters one I tried last month. This one is on characters' last lines and as before, I can stand as a dire example, to make everyone feel better about their own results.

Cut for discussion of answers )

Finally - [livejournal.com profile] hd_fan_fair is rolling around again and I am getting my prompts ready *shuffles index cards*. I can't believe the delightful theme this year. I want to prompt and write and read ALL THE BOOK FIC.
birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-05-19 04:57 pm

More Sunday nonsense than usual: interviews and shenanigans

Well, this week LJ was a sod, so I had to go and play with my bit on the side, tumblr, instead, and read and look at lots of things on there. This means that this post is maybe a bit more about Sherlock than HP. I also had so much fun catching up on watching Graham Norton, with both Benedict Cumberbatch, and Daniel Radcliffe. I have not watched so much TV for months.


Daniel Radcliffe interview )


Benedict Cumberbatch interview )


RPF rec shocker! )


I have got some sensible recs, for H/D, too, but this post is long enough, plus as usual the fonts and spacings on LJ are driving me insane, so I'll do them later.

birdsofshore: (curlew)
2013-05-06 03:53 pm

Bank holiday nonsense with a small side helping of meta

I didn't read much this week, so I don't think I have any recs for you. *Checks pockets* No, sorry. But as is traditional, I have some nonsense for anyone who is in a playing mood. I can't remember how I came across this, but I HAD to try it straight away, even though I didn't really have 18 mins to spare.

Harry Potter top 200 Quiz

You have 18 mins to type in as many of the top 200 Harry Potter characters as you can. What a challenge! I got 102 and was so pissed off with myself for not remembering more. To be completely honest, I only got so many because if you type, eg, "Weasley", you get a point for ALL the Weasleys. I'm not saying I would have forgotten any Weasleys, but some other families, I would have.

My memory is actually atrocious. For lots of characters, I knew exactly who I was trying to think of, but I could not get their names! For instance, I'd be thinking "oh ffs, the Daily Prophet poison pen journalist. She uses a Quick-Quotes Quill. Miranda Richardson plays her in the films, OMG WHAT IS HER NAAAAAAAME?"

Anyway, go and do this quiz, if you are going to, and then you can come back and read about all the people I forgot, and feel smug because you are a much much better fan than me ;-)

Cut for more discussion of quiz answers )

If you did the quiz, I would love to know who you remembered, and who you forgot.