I don’t ship Drarry but with that being said, I will accept no other Drarry prompt than them stubbornly competing to outdo the other for the sheer drama.
It starts off when they’re still enemies in the Goblet of Fire. Draco makes a taunt about who Harry’s going to ask to the Yule Ball and how they must be from the worst of the worst lot and Harry rolls his eyes and says, “Well, fitting you say that, Malfoy, because I was going to ask you.” A perfect zing, Harry. 10/10.
But now the ball’s in Draco’s court and obviously he’s not going to pass up on the chance to humiliate the scarhead so he takes the most logical route of humiliation and calls out his bluff: “Fine, Potter, I reckon we’re going.”
But do you think Harry James Potter is just going to back down? That stubborn teenager is going to stare Draco down and say, “Reckon we are.”
Ron’s confused and Hermione’s confused and literally the entire castle is confused but Harry’s satisfied because he called out a bluffer’s counterbluff with a bluff of his own. And they just keep it up.
“I suppose you don’t even know how to dance, Potter?”
The furious teenager who spent years having to watch soapbox dramas with Mrs. Figg just glares at him in his stupid dress robes. “I know some things.”
“Prove it.”
“Fine.”
It’s like that for days until Draco makes the ultimate power move by inviting Harry to the Malfoy’s Annual New Years Eve Ball, taking out a Daily Prophet ad no less, because oh, oh, he’s got Potter now. He’ll never accept and he’ll be humiliated in front of the entire wizarding world. And do you think Harry’s just going to go down without a fight? God, no, he’s going to win whatever the hell this is because he’s Harry Potter, Draco better be worried, oh boy.
They’re still going at it six months later.
“Err—Malfoy?” Crabbe says. “Potter just sent you a dozen roses?”
“That son of a bitch! Send a box of chocolates. That’ll show him.”
chuck tingle, two time hugo award nominee and author of such erotica classics as ‘space raptor butt invasion’, ‘i’m gay for my living billionaire jet plane’, ‘bigfoot pirates haunt my balls’, and ‘there’s a bitcoin in my butt and he’s handsome’ just published a short story about the importance of consent and how it’s okay to have a loving relationship without sex if you want to???
that’s lovely on its own but it’s also called ‘not pounded in the butt by anything and that’s okay’, which is my favourite book title ever
I honestly thought this was a shitpost. This had too many words in it that dont make sense together to be anything less. But no. its real. this is the cover:
Henry V. We had been told in the promo pic it was coming:
It features one of the most famous Shakespearean speeches, delivered in beautifully mad ranting glory by Sherlock in TLD as he waves a gun, surrounded by a truly astonishing array photos and articles of Culverton Smith, aka our dark!John mirror. The speech contains the classic Sherlockian line, “The game’s afoot!” but there is much more to the use of this speech in this context than just a canon reference.
Shakespeare first introduces the character of Henry V in the play Henry IV Part 1, where the to-be king is still just Prince Harry, aka “Hal”, who spends his time faffing about with his pal Sir John Falstaff, a disreputable knight, and generally acting like a lawless, wild juvenile brat. Sound familiar?
I’ve been going back over old s4 meta, and I realised I never revisited this after TFP aired. And that’s a shame, because I think it still holds up!
Where we were left after TLD: we had gotten the Once More speech, but as mentioned in the above meta, that is a rallying cry to the troops from a place of power and remove, in the same way Sherlock was still manipulating his soldiers John, with a convoluted plan to get John to save him by keeping him at a distance and not letting him in on his plans, not including him as a peer.
Ben Daniels is going back to his roots with his
kosher-style bakery – problem is, he doesn’t know his roots all that well.
Enter Adam Bernard, a Canadian hockey coach in Boston for one week only – and
unfortunately for Adam, it’s the same week as Hanukkah. Adam has all the Jewish
culture knowledge Ben needs. Ben has all the holiday trappings Adam craves.
Their relationship was only meant to last the week – but when the holiday’s over,
are they really going to be able to say goodbye for good?
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am neither Fiercynn nor Scribe – hence the link. I just felt it was entirely, entirely, completely necessary to share this with everyone, because this is one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen in my life. I just – fuck. I’m in tears as I type this, because this vid? Is not about a bunch of fandoms, it’s about what fandom is, it’s about a tradition that goes back a long, long time of people looking at stories and saying “here’s what I have to say about that,” and other people listening. Towards the end it gets into fandoms I know, fandoms I’m in or have been in, and that’s when I started crying, because – this is going to sound so ridiculous, but I can’t help it, because that was when I realized that I was part of it, this old often-problematic beautiful revolutionary thing. And then, the last few minutes, it gives us characters who tell stories in the stories (Becky Rosen!), it saysyes, you, this is your story too. It’s two-thirty in the morning, I’m crying, and I may not be coherent but I have absolutely no regrets. Watch this.
fiercynn here! aww, I’ve never actually reblogged WDSTF before! Doing it now because Scribe and I finally managed to get the thing up on AO3, so if anyone actually sees this, it’s available here.
Man, even after all these years, this vid is one of my favorite things I’ve ever made and been part of, and also such a wonderful, wonderful part of one of the most important relationships in my life, my 18 year-long (and counting!) friendship with Scribe. I adore her, and this vid, and all of fandom SO MUCH. ❤
WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!
I teared up at Einstein for Granada Holmes, and then when Afghanistan hit I fucking lost it. The brilliant timing for every fandom, and every cut, is breathtaking (though of course I’m especially emotionally susceptible to the Sherlock ones! 😅)
So I got this ridiculously cute ask from 221b-gone-feels on my main Sherlock blog where they described how they were wearing a bee onesie, and talking about how they headcanon John making Sherlock wear one too! LOL I ABSOLUTELY had to draw it, because I effing love cute things and I love my two fave idiots being gross cute too. The ask also spawned a fic and a ficlet, so be sure to click on that link above to read them.
Anyway, this was never meant to even be in colour, but I added little splashes of colour which turned into solid lazy colours for this one. I really hate John in this one, but who really is good at drawing back of heads (everyone except me, LOL) but I do love Sherlock’s disgruntled-but-secretly-loving-it face, so that makes me giggle. Not my best work, but it was only meant to be a quick doodle. Hope y’all like it :)q
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