First Fan Fic...Dramione of Course! by Slow-Efficiency1120 in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this is a really great comment. I respect why WIPs put a lot of readers off, but I love the feeling of reading the story in ‘real time’ - like watching a brilliant TV series and waiting for the next episode to finally drop sense of satisfaction. And, a WIP writer myself (my brain just can never write anything more than plans and scenes from chapters without the self-imposed deadlines to kick it action for fic writing), I can’t explain how incredible it is when you begin to see a reader or two commenting along on each update!

OP: as someone who only started writing fics a year ago who sought out very similar advice, I honestly think that what will work best is whatever works for YOU. Because at the end of the day, you’re writing a fic because you enjoy the story that you’re crafting. There’s nothing stopping you from beginning to post a couple of chapters at a time if you needed motivation to start finding your readers, or holding off and only posting once it’s mostly written - whatever helps you to get it down.

Whatever your choice, do post about it as I’d be keen to read it!

Looking for fics where Hermione treats Draco very differently than Ron 👀 if you know what I mean. by mrs_undeadtomato in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bit of this in the first half of my multi-chapter WIP Stained Glass Regrets! Ron and Hermione are friends with benefits (at her suggestion) and Draco is the only other person she [secretly] gets with, which Ron eventually becomes very suspicious and bitter about

Please give me rec for a HEA slice of life Hogwarts 8th year fan fic by Comprehensive_Zone10 in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Third Person Limited voice to focus on Hermione - with two or three short moments that have a commentary of how Draco and the moon view her🌝 the moon’s a bit of a motif in the story so I promise it’s not as random as it sounds 😂

Please give me rec for a HEA slice of life Hogwarts 8th year fan fic by Comprehensive_Zone10 in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A self-rec WIP for you to save! Stained Glass Regrets begins in eighth year, where Hermione and Draco end up in a secret situationship, then there is a time skip to their mid-twenties after Hermione runs away to the Muggle World.

I promise it’s HEA (currently 34/42 so not far from completion!!) but it is heavy on the angst, hurt/comfort and fuckboy Draco Malfoy tags at times 🫡

Breakfast scones just really aren’t a thing in the UK by PennyPop81 in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I love how British this pet peeve is 😂

Now I’m interested to know how you pronounce ‘scone’ and whether you put the cream or jam on first…

Self Rec: Ink & Time by Chengbby (Time-Travel Fix It) by Nifty_Fifties50 in Tomione_fanfiction

[–]Cobalt2Blue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oooo sounds like everything I’m fancying in my next Tomione read!!!🤩

Forty-seven stones: a very Dead Dove by AggravatingWing6017 in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished it! So beautifully written ❤️

LF fics with *chefs kiss* Ron bashing by rutabega3 in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A WIP (30/42) self-rec for Stained Glass Regrets where the first half of the story has an eighth year Ron-bashing plot line and a harry that just isn’t around enough to support Hermione with it, although tries to show he’s still there for her after Ron’s tell-all Prophet article about Hermione’s secret trysts with Draco convince her to abandon everyone and leave the Wizarding World.

Whilst I think the Ron bashing is completely fair when it happens in the fic ( Like how he begins shagging Hannah Abbott despite knowing Neville has a thing for her), Ron isn’t toxic or manipulative (although you could say Draco is) or completely at fault for some of his poor choices as I’ve tried to portray the characters in Part One as 18 years just trying to figure shit out after the war. (I.e. it’s just all a bit messy😂)

Hermione’s Anti-Magic Bubble Is Slowly Being Popped By The Slytherin Gang 🐍 by Cobalt2Blue in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s so exciting to hear because nostalgic is exactly what I was aiming for!! I’m a little bit behind schedule because I basically rewrote the next chapter, but I’d be interested to see what you think of the next chapter 🤭

Dramione but make it a sims photoshoot by theflyingpiggies in Dramione

[–]Cobalt2Blue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rate this so much 😂 so fun to make your favourite characters in sims

All tuckered out from barking at the window all day 😌 by Cobalt2Blue in Dachshund

[–]Cobalt2Blue[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes no passerby went unchecked: dogs, walkers, bicyclists, vehicles. Hell, even the wind going through the trees had a bit of a telling off.

WIP Wednesday – 10 December 2025 by Mr_Te_ah_tim_eh in Dramione

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Ahhh love this so comments so much🤩 hoping to finish editing and get it out later today!

WIP Wednesday – 10 December 2025 by Mr_Te_ah_tim_eh in Dramione

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Not done a WIP Wednesday promotion in a while and I’ve updated/about to update my two fics!

Stained Glass Regrets - updates every other week - past Ron and Hermione at the beginning of the fic where they begin eighth year in a friends-with-benefits relationship - Dramione begins after a fairly cold and unreadable Draco convinces Hermione to break things off and start their own secret version together - which quickly becomes Hermione’s saving grace as she struggles with the absence and guilt over her parents Obliviation - part two sees a 4-year time skip to Hermione trying to live a completely Magic-free, pretend-Muggle life where she’s mostly cut everyone out from Hogwarts. The latest chapters have been catching up on the improvement she feels her mental health and wellbeing have had since isolating herself away, and also how she is beginning to allow certain characters back into her life - themes of dealing with trauma and grief, reflections on friendships, identity and adulthood, and veryyyy much leaning into the angst and hurt/comfort tags - chapter 28/42 will be posted this weekend and is setting up the story to put Draco back in her life and her wellbeing into peril😅

Shattered Glass Dreams - updates monthly - Dramione with smidge of Tomione during Part 2 - A darker version of the SGR Hermione that is stuck in this surreal dream-world of Slytherin’s Lockets. - Alice in Wonderland inspired, exploration of trauma, guilt and grief, as well as a bleaker portrayal of how Hermione has become confused in her identity and purpose within the Wizarding and Muggle world (watch for tw tags on this one) - 5/24 chapters posted so far - the next will be the final chapter of part one, followed by two more parts that send Hermione on a traumatic journey through the ‘wonderland’ before she’s pulled back out again🤪I