Purge Of 2002? Of 2012? What ARE Those?

purge of 2002? of 2012? what ARE those?

Oh, how quickly the past is forgotten. 

They are part of the reason A03 is a thing now. Not the whole reason, but part of it. 

The Great Purges of 2002 and 2012 are when ff.net got a wild hair up their ass about THINK OF THE CHILDREN and nuked any fic posted on there that was explicit. Thousands upon thousands of nc-17 smutfics were lost.

It’s what led to the creation of alternate hosting sites for smutty fic…AdultFanfiction was the one I went to…but thousands of fics would never be recovered. 

Harry after Healer

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @blue–dreaming, bluedreaming

Word Count: 2,131

Rating: Teen & Up

Content: Fluff, High after surgery, EWE, Sarcastic Banter, Domestic Fluff, St. Mungo’s, Slice of Life, Established Relationship

Warnings: None

Summary:

Harry’s loopy on potions after his procedure. Draco rather likes Harry this way, all open and innocent and awestruck. Oh—and yeah. Obsessed with Draco’s beauty. That part’s rather nice.

“Do we call each other ‘love’? How long have we been together?”

“We’ll have been married three years next month,” he replies.

“Merlin, I hit the jackpot!” Harry exclaims, beaming.

Read it now on AO3!

In The Deep “Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead.” – Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

Seeker’s Games

Facial expression description library (1/?)

Dear authors, HELP! Do you know that feeling when you want to write something and your character makes a face in your head but there aren't any words for that facial expression? Yeah, I hate that. So, my 05:30am brain had an idea:

Why not take pictures or gifs of the expressions we need words for and post it, and then everyone reblogs with how they would describe that expression! It takes a moment, but in the end we all have a neat little library of gifs and descriptions and we just have to find the one we need when we need it.

Now I have no following, so I humbly ask if you would consider to reblog this even if you don't add your own description – I would be forever grateful.

But let's get to the point: How would you describe this expression?

(edit: feel free to make your own posts with expressions you need and tag them with 'facial expression description library' so they're searchable!)

The Plans We Made

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @sylvanandstarlit / sylvanandstarlit 

Word Count: 5,371

Rating: General Audiences

Content: Post-War, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafes, Established Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Pianist Draco Malfoy, Barista Harry Potter, Snakes

Warnings: None

Summary:

After the war, it got easier for Harry to leave a few things behind and start to live with less. Luckily for Draco, Harry had already carved a place for him in his heart.

Read it now on AO3!

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