• Announcements/Discussion
  • harrypotterbang will begin Round Two sign-ups on July 30.
  • harry_holidays opened sign-ups for all ships, fic/art.
  • smutasticawards opened up the Seconding Phase.
  • hp_wishes issued Summer Activity's third theme: Crack!
  • hp_unfaithful polls about their inaugural One-Night Stand Mini-Fest
  • dramionedrabble mini-challenge: the road not taken, 1499 words max.
  • crack_broom has a feedback-wanted post for questions/suggestions.
  • hp_creatures gauges interest in a Creatures Halloween Fest.
  • deatheaterdrabs asks: How often should we have contests?
  • hp_ssc_fest submissions are due August 1.
  • hp_tarot will archive fests at AO3 and start a new fest.
  • hpthemes’s theme this week: Mental Illness recs.
  • lazysundaydrabs prompt: ...never so vulnerable than when we trust...
  • slytherin100’s Prompt 135: Manual.
  • hawthorn_vine revealed the third of July's Featured Stories.
  • malfoy_icontest extended Challenge 140: Darkness to Saturday, July 31.
  • draco_chorus extended Challenge 112 to Tuesday, September 7.
  • dmhg_icontest extended Challenge 56: HBP Draco to Friday, July 30.
  • msadrianamalfoy searches for middle names, swearing, admiring rack!fic.
  • ecstasied hopes for some Muggle life recs.
  • fangirlyness asks: Feelings about translations/saved copies of your work?
  • pink_martini2 linked to a D/Hr scene in A Very Potter Sequel.
  • thatromantic wants to find dad!Draco, mum!Hermione fic recs.
• Graphics/Art
  • New Heels (D/Hr) [G] drawn by cowboifunk
  • Plushie Love, or How Draco Met Hermione (doll!art) by bunney
  • 6 Emma icons by satin_resonance
  • 1 Draco, 15 Emma icons, graphics by addicted_smiles
  • 4 AVPM Draco icons by brainaches
  • 2 Hermione, D/Hr wallpapers by mariay_m
  • 7 SS Hermione, 4 Emma gifs by sunshinefun27
  • 8 HBP Hermione icons by kirjava17icons
  • 5 SS Hermione, 1 Draco icons by xsecondstar
  • 5 DH Hermione, Emma icons by dazzling_cullen
  • 172 House icons by mintygraphix
  • 4 Emma icons by gildedanddusted
  • 6 D/Hr icons by wendymalfoy
  • 5 Draco, 4 Hermione icons by aiken_4graphics
  • 4 DH Hermione icons by jeuxd_enfants
• dramione fanfiction
  • Tingles, Chills and a Heart's Desire by margaritaabate [NC-17] | Summary: The book was a myth.  Or so it was believed.  The book’s power wasn’t real.  They were wrong.  And Hermione Granger was about to find out how wrong. 
  • In View by atratuslupin [PG-13] | Summary: Hermione and Draco have never really been friends, but when seventh year rolls around and Dumbledore appoints them Head Girl and Boy, it should change things right? The way they act has everyone wondering if they will ever get along. Do they really loath each other, or is it all an act?
• Hawthorn & Vine
  • Completed:
    • Seven for a Secret by Musyc [MA] / Summary: Draco celebrated Beltane with a woman whose face he never saw. Eight years later, he meets a little boy whose face is a match for his.
  • 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.
    • A Smattering of Drabbles by thesixthconclave [K] / Summary: Various drabbles written for different challenges.
    • Jam by dormiensa [T] / Summary: When coincidence is liberally doused with magic, it's called Fate. Marriage Law crackfic.
    • Bring Out Your Dead by riptey [MT] / Summary: Draco only needed to keep his father's death a secret for a week so he could collect on a Quidditch wager, and everything was going according to plan until Hermione caught him in the act. Now she has to find the corpse before she can report the death, but Malfoy...
    • Never Expected by adorlee malfoy [M] / Summary: They both had their own demons, their defaults, their own fears and nightmares. How can they understand, much less work together, each other when they live at different ends of their world? No one expected them to bond. They were opposites, no common ground....
    • Blood of Angels by Audrey414 [MA] / Summary: Hermione, recently changed into a vampire, is struggling with her control while teaching at Hogwarts. Draco, also a vampire, is busy teaching her the secrets of their world. An unknown danger lurks in the shadows, waiting to strike innocent lives.
    • Awakening Dreams by spikeluv84 [MA] / Summary: Draco Malfoy is a conflicted man. Two years after taking over his father's businesses, he constantly feels as if something is missing. To make matters worse, the Ministry has approved a Marriage Law.
      
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    • Seventeen by Flaming Moth of Doom [MA] / Summary: Draco and Hermione find that "happily ever after" can be more than you dreamed...even if it doesn't look at all like what you might expect. Begins the summer after war's end and covers a span of several decades.
    • When I Look At You by NaTTyKiinz [MT] / Summary: "You want to know a little secret?" he asked me. With my eyes still closed, I nodded. He leaned into my ear and whispered, "I believe I have finally fallen for you, hard."
• Other
  • thegoldenseeker recs We Learned the Sea [PG] drawn by celestialsoda
  • crack_broom recs Five Minutes to Midnight [R] by terrayn
  • broken_deity updated her Master List of Dramione rec lists.
  • A Very Potter Sequel, the Musical is now online!

Have any news/fic/art you wish to be included in the next edition? Comment to this post! :)

Hawthorn & Vine Reverse Challenge

hawthorn_vine Phase 1 Master List!

Art: D/Hr Potions Room Romance [T] drawn by itsbeenvery
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right [K] by dracodew17
100-99 Ways to Drive Draco Malfoy Insane [T] by ellielove
Art: D/Hr and Spider [K] drawn by itsbeenvery
A Tangled Web [M] by dynonugget
Death by House-elf [K] by pips_n_chiaw

Art: Hot Kiss [T] drawn by amandioka
The Beginning [T] by lorcalon
Fifteen Minutes [MT] by little dollface

Art: Piggy-Back [K] drawn by inspire
A Piggy-Back Proposal [K] by twist_myreality

Art: Midnight Escape [K] drawn by sitrusky
Ain’t It Grand? [T] by pokeystar
The Hours [K] by silviaelisa
Art: Wand Symmetry [K] drawn by sitrusky
The Outlier [T] by elektra30
Extracurricular [T] by dbshaw

Art: Yule Ball [K] drawn by kalina_blue
The Black Lake [K] by fourth_drink
The Magic of Ignorance [K] by imane nikko
Art: Couple’s Portrait [K] drawn by kalina_blue
The Timekeeper’s Watch [K] by pennilyn novus
Smithereens [MT] by strawberrykait

Art: Untitled [K] drawn by coconuggetx
I Think We’re Alone Now [PT] by hollywoodland
Tingles, Chills and a Heart’s Desire [MA] by margaritama

Art: Plump Unpecked Cherries [T] drawn by riptey
Undisclosed Desires [M] by pearlescent
The Goblin Queen [M] by yesterday4
Art: How to Pick Them [K] drawn by riptey
We All Fall Down [T] by blackestfaery
Dandy Lies [T] by vox_rowan

Art: Nostalgia [K] drawn by tyrande whisperwind
Et in Arcadia Ego [T] by luciannamalfoy
Where Did It All Go? [K] by suprockstar

July Fest Sign-Ups

mini_fest: Christmas in July/Post-War Parties (theme)
Sign-ups: now to July 10
Due Date: July 10

hp_mhealthfest: Round Two (prompts / your own ideas)
Sign-ups: July 1-14 (prompting); July 17-31 (fest)
Due Date: October 17

hermione_smut: Round Four (fic exchange)
Sign-ups: July 1-22
Due Date: October 15

fantasybigbang: Round One (big bang)
Sign-ups: now to July 31
Due Date: September 30 (rough); November 1 (final)

polybigbang: Round Two (big bang)
Sign-ups: July 15-September 20
Due Date: September 20 (rough); October 27 (final)

harry_holidays: 2010 Holiday Fest (fic/art exchange)
Sign-ups: July 20-August 5
Due Date: November 5 (new), November 20 (veterans)

harrypotterbang: Round Two (big bang)
Sign-ups: July 30-October 18
Due Date: November 17 (rough), January 7 (final)

hp_wishes: Summer Themed Activity (themes)
Sign-ups: now to September 20
Due Date: September 20


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