dhr_news | 06 June 2010

Announcements/Discussion
- dracobigbang opened its doors with tons of fic and art!
- dmhgchallenge started sign-ups for June, prompt: flying.
- hawthorn_vine began sign-ups for the Reverse Challenge Phase 2.
- hpchallengefest posted its first ever sign-ups for adventurous writers.
- dramione_ldws concluded Round Seven and revealed the winners !
- hawthorn_vine interviewed June’s Featured Author.
- dmficexchange made a mod post announcing one story remaining.
- malfoy_icontest: Vote for your favorite Complex Icons.
- dmhg_icontest: Vote for your favorite Challenge 55 icons.
- draco_chorus needs a few more icons for Challenge 111: Lonely Boy.
- hp_fringeart issued June’s Challenge: Original Harry Potter Book Cover.
- savvysparrowluv requests long!fic like Pansy’s Volcano.
- kissesblow searches for 2 fics: D visits Hr’s house; they kiss in his car.
- solas_divided wants some drunk!Draco recs.
- bombillo asks for good recs to introduce the Dramione ship .
Graphics/Art
- At Flourish & Blotts (painting) [G] by mncuddlecub at hp_fringeart
- 3 Dramione manips by themidnighter16
- 1 Dramione wallpaper and other drawings by fragilemorning
- 19 Emma icons by wonderfulka00
- 5 Hermione icons by golden_edge
- 125 House icons by wicked_visions
- 5 Hermione icons by forever_a_fan
- 4 CoS Draco, 8 Hermione icons by socialxscene
- 1 Draco banner by miakosamuio
- 3 Draco icons, 6 Emma icons by pandavirus
- 11 D/Hr icons/banners & 19 icons & 19 icons/banners by mrsbass78
- 3 Hermione wallpapers by golden_edge
dramione fanfiction
- Frankly My Dear Prologue & FMD (1/?) by sensestwisted [PG-13] | Summary: AU. Takes place during regency. Draco Malfoy is a sexy Marquess and Hermione is still the bookwoorm. The war against Voldemort is still raging on and Harry Potter is still the Boy-Who-Lived. Ron is a nice guy *gasp*. Oh and a marriage law thing.
- Deadly Legends (2/?) by butterflys_fics [R] | Summary: Someone is watching her. Someone is stalking. The grounds are bathed in blood. And someone wants her dead. Hermione has to figure out how to keep herself alive....if that's even possible.
- The Bracelet (98/103) by akashathekitty [R] | Summary: When Hermione Granger loses a bet she was sure she'd win to Draco Malfoy, it's the beginning of her own personal hell. And his.
- On the Altar by ldymusyc [NC-17] | Summary: Fertility, life, and beginnings. Draco and Hermione celebrate Beltane.
- The Danger of Love (13,14,15/?) by kozanryuusui [PG-13] | Summary: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single wizard in possession of a large fortune, must be in want of a wife.
- Queen of Heaven by riptey [PG-13] | Summary: Draco is carrying out a life sentence in Azkaban, and his only friend is a spider. It bites him every night, and the venom causes hallucinations of Hermione. The only problem is that Dream Hermione keeps insisting she's real.
Hawthorn & Vine
- Completed:
  - A Kaleidoscope Of Strange Beginnings by Muse_Misery [M] / Summary: "He makes me think of ethics, of philosophy. The way that one should live, as opposed to the way they do. What may exist and what cannot, does not, will not, might insist upon it." Character-Death. "Oneshot"
  - Drabbles: Always So Difficult ; Thirtieth Sulk by strawberrykait [PT] / Summary: Both drabbles were inspired by prompts for LJ Community Dramione_LDWS, Round 7, Challenges 4 and 5, respectively.
  - Choices by Muse_Misery [MA] / Summary: "His solution is my solution. Salvation only realized through cooperation. This is the most risky of paradigms. Greatest gamble, greatest reward. His peace, shall be my peace. This is my choice, had been before I'd even known I'd made it." *Oneshot
  - Queen of Heaven by riptey [T] / Summary: Draco is carrying out a life sentence in Azkaban, and his only friend is a spider. It bites him every night, and the venom brings about hallucinations of Hermione. He's fallen in love with her, and he wants to keep things exactly as they are - the problem...
- WIP:
  - Interludes by dormiensa [T] / Summary: A series of drabbles, snippets, vignettes, day-in-the-life-of snapshots in my corner of the dramione-verse. Mainly just excuses for fluff. In chronological order by writing date. NOTE: The first several have been posted in various places since I started...
  - To Love Life Again by Dayang Lucilla [T] / Summary: It's been five years since she lost Ron in the war. Her parents, the Weasleys and Harry are not content seeing Hermione slaving away with paperwork and living by routine with a dead look in her eyes. They send her to Ireland. Amidst the hills and the romantic...
  - Calliope and Thalia and Their Inspiration by Dayang Lucilla [T] / Summary: Callie and Lia, a Gryffindor and a Slytherin. A lady and a tomboy. Two opposite souls. Two sisters. Separated at birth by circumstances they are determined to discover... and undo. Let’s see them accomplish House Unity, too! “It’s our rule...
  - Sucker Punch by riptey [M] / Summary: After an unfortunate bar fight, Hermione Granger accidentally invites Draco Malfoy to crash on her couch indefinitely, but at least she's got his wand. She's struggling to hang onto her sanity and pleasant disposition, despite those nasty thoughts that keep...
  - Lucky Man by eau_bleu [MA] / Summary: Draco and Hermione discuss their lives post Hogwarts, and the events that brought them together in friendship and perhaps more?
  - A Pound of Flesh by Pennilyn Novus [MA] / Summary: Becoming attached had never been part of the plan. Neither was falling in love. One night out on the town, Hermione comes face to face with Draco Malfoy--Memory Charmed and living as a Muggle--and an opportunity too good to pass up. What starts as revenge...
Other
- hp_weekend_fics recs The Politician’s Wife [R] by pir8fancier
- Will to Power [NC-17] by ms_anthrophy at deatheaterdrabs | Summary: It may not be the pain that hurts the most.
- A New Twist on Old Memories [PG-13] by starduchess at dramionedrabble

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