#happy new years!!!!!!

[emsuemsu]

@hprecfest day 31: fav among favs

Last day of 2023!! Last prompt of the magnificent HP rec fest!!! This fest has given me so much joy and introduced me to a bunch of new stories to read (which I probably would never even considered to read if it weren't for this fest) for the past month 🥹 December went by so fast, 2023 went by even faster. I’ve been in and out of the fandom for the last too many years, more out than in to be honest, but this year I crashlanded back to HP fanfiction which honestly is my safe haven even after all these years. Further ado, fav among favs which my silly little words will never do justice:

The Brightest Constellations of Our Souls by @thecouchsofa 🩵 256,402 words, draco/harry

Harry doesn’t know how to cope after the War. The only things that make him feel even remotely normal again are taking risks while flying and fighting with Malfoy. It’s not likely to end well. Or, Draco becomes obsessed with ‘Wonderwall’, reads Muggle books, and drives a campervan, while Harry slowly falls in love with Draco. A story about travelling around the British Isles in the late 90s while healing deep scars.

My life can be divided to before and after this fic. I like to think that I didn’t find this story but the other way around - this story found me. And since it is a new fic, posted in the course of last six months I truly do believe it was meant to be I'd come back to the fandom via this story.

This fic is really fucking precious to me and I'm like a healthy-ish amount of emotional about it. First of all it's incredibly well-written, the style of the whole story is very straight-forward but at the same time extremely detailed, immersive and beautiful, sentence after sentence. Even though I love longfics (and this is definitely a longfic with 250k) they can feel a bit dragged out at times, but the way this story is paced and organized I never had that feeling reading this. I felt like each and every word of this story was essential, nothing too much, nothing too little.

This story does come with a little cw from the author. This fic is heavy, really fucking heavy at times, but there is so much light and eventual happiness to balance it out. One of the reasons I love this story so much is that it feels so relatable, it's raw and real to me in so many ways. Harry is my ultimate favorite character out of all the fandoms and characters out there, and the Harry we get served in this fic is godsent. His gradual healing with Draco during their little travels is really moving and touching. Babes.

It's extremely slow burn. Like the burn is so slow the fire is completely out most of the story. But then there's these small things along the way; like Draco's wet left shoulder from the rain and getting almond croissants all the way from Edinburgh that feed the flame and just wreck the shit out of me. And this fic drags you through the mud and minefields right before (and/or during) getting to the part where something actually happens between them. The way their relationship builds along the story is magnificent and emotional. And when we finally get to part where the slow burn pays off and flames lick every inch of my rotten body this fic has some class A smut that I file in the category of "so good I cried". Although, I did manage to cry for nearly the entirety of this story.

This fic definitely is a journey, and it's a long, at times difficult and gut-wrenching, but in the end it's a journey I'm really fucking glad I took. This is a fic I think everyone should at least give a chance to, it'll steal your heart.

All in all, this is a very, very dear story to me on every level possible. Thank you so much @thecouchsofa for writing it, I'm beyond in love with this story and I'm so glad I happen to exist on this planet at the same time as you and your brilliant, beautiful stories 💕

#hprecfest2023 #drarry #did i also cry writing this? i mightve #im a crier idc #posting super early because i need to start getting ready to get so blackout drunk i forget the whole year #happy new years!!!!!! #my rec

[wataksampingan]

In mine and many other east Asian cultures, the dragon traditionally symbolises things like power, wealth and strength (imperial symbol and all)

I think we often forget that in the story of the Great Race, the dragon came in fifth because it'd stopped to give people rain. Then it'd stopped again to push a rabbit adrift on a log across the wide river so it reached the shore safely (that's why the Rabbit year comes before the Dragon).

Dragons aren't meant to just be powerful - they are meant to do good with such power, and to help those in need.

So in this lunar new year, I hope you gain more power, so that you might be able to help others. I pray you have abundant resources so you may give to yourself and those around you. I wish you courage, endurance, kindness and generosity, for yourself and your people.

I hope you, and I, will be rain givers, life preservers, joy bringers.

I hope we will be dragons.

Extremely belated postscript that should have been here far earlier:

Free Palestine, Free Sudan, Free Congo 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩

#lunar new year #happy year of the wood dragon

[wordfather]

goodbye 2023👋hello 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓋴 𓇌𓅂𓄿𓂋 𓇋 𓅃𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓎼𓅂𓏏 𓄿 𓅓𓅲𓅓𓅓𓇌 𓃀𓅱𓇌𓆑𓂋𓇋𓅂𓈖𓂧 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓃀𓅂 𓉔𓅲𓋴𓃀𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋𓆑 𓉔𓅂𓂕𓋴 𓎢𓅱𓅱𓃭 𓅃𓇋𓏏𓉔 𓏏𓉔𓄿𓏏

#happy new year

[karlrincon]

Happy New Year 2024 from Korea.

Year of the 🐲🐉!

#Seoul #korea #happy 2024 #new year #drone show #drone #fireworks #amazing #video #viral #3d #technology #🎇 #nature #space #Star #night #earth #awesome #tumblr #hd #dragon #dragon year #chinese #tradition #art #love #moon #animal

[planetary]

#updated this for 2024 queueing it now happy new year everyone #chatter🦋

[vampire-email]

#happy new year #new year #2024 #phan

[purr-in-ink]

#art #black cats #comics #illustration #artists on tumblr #happy new year #2024

[k-eke]

I wish you a happy new year 2024!!!

#animated #animation #gif #happy new year

[jramseyi]

Happy New Year!!

Starting off 2024 with a dragon and some bunnies.

#happy new year #digital art #art #artists on tumblr #illustration #jramseyi #rabbit #animal art #music #original art #drawing #year of the dragon #dragon

[littleboynamedplatypus]

#green day #American idiot #happy new years

[nadjaofstatenisland]

#userstream #happy new year #happy new year 2024 #meredith stepien #starkid #team starkid

[tapiocats]

Decay exists as an extant form of life

#artists on tumblr #my art #gavle goat #gavlebocken #yule #yule goat #happy yule #merry yule #christmas #hi yes I’m alive #so much work but oh well #wishing you happy holidays :D #new year #2024 #2023 #happy new year #happy holidays #Gavleboken 2023 #christmas goat #burn the goat

[clawsomebeats]

its time

#happy new year #im ready for the juggalo renaissance #homestuck #icp #dirk strider #jake english

[a-flickering-soul]

OTC BIRTH CONTROL APPROVED BY THE FDA

#IM SO HAPPY I ALMOSY STARTED CRYJNG #it's a minipill its been on the market already for 50 years it's identical to the prescription version #FINALLY A GOOD DECISION FROM THE FDA!!!!!! #flickerthoughts #the only question i have now is pricign and accessibility but holy shit what news

[mystericmoon]

#2023 #new year #happy new year

[velnna]

As an end of year present (and because I won't be able to bring u anything new until next week), have that one comic I posted for the VIPs a while back

#happy new year #astarion #staeve #fan comic #bg3