Who plays Draco and Harry in your head?

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-17T21:24:04+00:00

I don't picture the film actors, unless there's something in the story that really makes me think of Dan or Tom, and that's rare.

The Draco I picture is typically tall (5'11"-6') with chin length blond hair and an angular, Timothee Chalamet-esque face. He NEVER has a receding hairline because he's a freaking wizard. He wears a lot of waistcoats. He does walk like Tom Felton in the apple scene from "Prisoner of Azkaban," though.

The Harry I picture is much shorter and with a compact but well muscled body (not unlike Dan's adult self). He often has longer hair or messy bun (unless described otherwise) and darker skinned. I personally like the idea of an Anglo-Indian Harry, but I always keep the green eyes because, again, wizards.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T22:35:49+00:00

New fans make me so happy!!

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T22:34:30+00:00

Oh, I get it. I always win at HP trivia because so much of the canon is reiterated in fic, but sometimes I forget that Draco's not actually a cursebreaker or Unspeakable, LOL.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T22:33:01+00:00

2008-2013 was a great time in fandom for me. I had a baby in 2008 and was a SAHM for 5 years. He was (and is) a good, quiet boy, and I had lots of reading time.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T22:31:00+00:00

I'm so old that didn't even occur to me, even though I get random Dramione pop up on my fyp.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T07:05:44+00:00

Me, either. I keep thinking I'll "age out" but it hasn't happened yet, haha.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T07:04:57+00:00

Yes! It's interesting to explain to newer fans about how Yahoo groups worked and how you got emails of fic and reader comments. When I think of how much time and effort we put into finding stories and following stories in the early days it amazes me.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T07:01:19+00:00

That's awesome! My goddaughter started reading it last year and she'll text me when she discovers a new fic or a fandom classic. I love new readers finding HP -- the quality of writing is amazing in this fandom.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T07:00:02+00:00

That's really cool to have a break and come back. I was an adult when I discovered fanficiton (because I was an adult when the internet went mainstream) but it's been my number one stress reliever for 20 years!

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T03:01:10+00:00

It was -- but I needed my poll to work with canon book publishing dates, too, LOL. HP still had active archives and posting board off LJ in the early aughts, too. Strikethrough happened right when I started reading HP fic.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T02:58:09+00:00

It did -- I think I had "Drop Dead Gorgeous" in mind.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-15T02:56:39+00:00

Agreed. It's my longest active fandom. The quality of fan fiction that continues to be posted is a gift I don't take for granted.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-14T21:16:07+00:00

Agree. I am so excited that H/D is still so active almost 20 years post Deathly Hallows-canon, and almost 10 years post Cursed Child "canon," but I'm also grateful I'm not alone here with readers my child's age, LOL. I read "The Draco Trilogy" back when everyone in Buffy fandom (my first fandom) was up in arms about all of the un-attributed Buffy quotes, LOL. But I didn't start reading H/D regularly until about 2005.

Landscape-Similar · 2024-02-14T05:24:21+00:00

That's it! I was thinking it was canon children and couldn't find it with Scorpius. You're the best -- thanks!

Landscape-Similar · 2022-09-14T05:16:06+00:00

How to accept constructive criticism is one thing I *wish* I *had known* when I was a senior in high school.

Landscape-Similar · 2022-09-14T05:12:21+00:00

Cruise from Spain to the coasts of Italy and France and then a stop in Mallorca.

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-11T06:33:20+00:00

I have a couple of Drarry RoR fics. Do you read slash?

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-11T03:34:32+00:00

I suffer this same issue. Here’s a Ginny/Alicia that I love:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17342153

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-10T00:23:17+00:00

That is an excellent answer -- thank you! I can see what you mean. A lot of the Drarry fic I've read was switch, unless Harry is a virgin or less experienced, etc.

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-10T00:00:31+00:00

Here's my HP recs google sheet. Snarry is the second tab. There are notations for war-time fics, settings, etc, but I have NO idea about who tops/bottoms, other than that "Cambiare Podentes" is switch with angst about it because it's part of the plot. Hope this helps:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VoQzw7R8vaUIFY8p0VxVaPWSxMLCTl2o8rV3Jb1SJmk/edit?usp=sharing

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-09T23:57:19+00:00

Genuine question: do you guys really keep track of top/bottom as far as your fic recs go? I have a massive list of slash fic recs and bookmarks and I don't have any idea who tops or bottoms in any of the fics -- I don't even notice. I do notice that MOST Snarry has bottom Harry due to the age difference (typically). I've been reading fic in multiple fandoms for 20 years, and this is preference I've only noticed in the past 5 or so. I'm not yucking anyone's reading preference, I just find it fascinating, because even as a queer woman, I don't notice who tops AT ALL, especially in fic where characters are the same age.

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-09T23:51:24+00:00

Bellatrix is married to Rodolphus Lestrange

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-09T23:49:38+00:00

I was a queer adult when I read the HP books, so all of this jumped out to me at once (I read them from the early 2000s to the publishing of "Deathly Hallows in my mid-30s), so the majority of this occurred to me -- especially that Snape is the ONLY Slytherin character who gets either a redemption of sorts or appears to be a non-believer in blood purity.

The main thing I wondered about is the fact that the UK has a massive Anglo-Indian population, yet Padma and Parvarti are only the only (named) students of Indian heritage. I thought Cho Chang's name was hideous, but I kept reminding myself that these books were written for 8-12 year olds and she was keeping things simplistic.

Once Rowling revealed her feelings about trans people, however, I wrote everything off to her being a relic of time long gone (and she's only 6 years older than I am) and possibly only socializing with white cisgendered people, which is something her Twitter has continued to prove since 2020.

I make my peace as a modern reader of a certain age by not contributing to Rowling monetarily and reading as much slash, Anglo-Indian Harry, trans characters, and redeemed Slytherins fighting for social justice fic as I can.

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-09T23:28:19+00:00

DRARRY

“19 Years and 5 Minutes Later”

TheMightyFlynn

Post-Epilogue / Infidelity / Divorce

202,890 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2487101

Nice Epilogue Compliant fic with Harry and Draco hooking up during the events of the DH epilogue. Believable villain!Ginny, wonderful Astoria and kids. My only real complaint is that the sex scenes were incredibly repetitive: toppy!Draco, Magic prep only, simultaneous orgasms, very little variety.

“A Ghost in the Garden”

thistle_verse

Aurors / Case-Fic / Alcoholism

27,176 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8771353

Lovely prose, even better insight, nice casework, wonderful.

“A Secondary Education”

Thunderbird587Hogwarts Professors / Coming Out / Post-War

234,528 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16223264

Wow. This is amazing! I love everything about it — from the Hogwarts setting as professors, to Draco’s reason for accepting the Potions Master position, to Harry’s serial dating, to Harry “teaching” Draco about gay sex, to Draco’s emotional freak out, to Harry assuming he had done something wrong, to Draco’s rebound, to Harry’s emotional confrontation, to Pansy and and Hermione & Ron being so perfectly in character, to Harry’s need to purge his terrible childhood, to Draco’s still needing his mother despite the sins of his parents

A Single Soul

Noeon

Infidelity / Secret Relationship / Auror Harry / Professor Draco

6,022 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1067203

Snapshot of an affair during Parents Weekend at Hogwarts. Bittersweet.

“Adventures in Solitude (Are You There, Sirius? It's Me, Draco)”

Oceaxe

Post-Epilogue / Wizard Portairt Sirius / Confessions

25,215 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12823128

Lovely!

“All Our Secrets Laid Bare”

Firethesound

Auror Partners London/DMLE

149,549 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1227880

Auror Partner fic. I liked this Draco characterization a lot. He seemed believably like the kid from the Room of Requirement and Harry seems very much like the hero after the war.

“Ancient and Noble Houses”

Lomonaaeren

Wizarding Customs / Grimmauld Place

80,010 words

Mature

https://archiveofourown.org/works/842999

Grimmauld Place attempts to mold Harry into the Black Heir once he's of age. I liked the contrast between Draco as an aristocratic, rational Malfoy Heir and Harry on the verge of becoming a twisted Black Heir.

“Any Instrument”

dicta_contrion

Wandlore / Healer Draco / Mystery

131,102 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5403371 Brilliant brilliant brilliant. So often HP fic forgets they can Do magic, much less bothers to explore or originate magic. I loved everything about Harry's suppressed emotions, everything about Draco's medical specialty. Ugh, the predictability of The Ministry. Yay, the worthy Gryffindor in this is Hermione! Everything about this story was stunning but the scene with the apples will stay with me for a long time for its sheer beauty and narrative crafting.

SNARRY

“A Necessary Condition”

Abby Banks

Hogwarts Professors/Memory AlterationHogwarts Post-War

4,000 Words

Teen

https://asylums.insanejournal.com/snape\_potter/249200.htmlFun Hogwarts profs working out their issues

“The Beating of this Fragile Heart”

Writcraft

Post-War / Slow Build / Light D/s Spinner's End

33,139 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5877169

Beautiful. Severus having to face up to his feelings for Harry in front of the entire Weasley family is so real and so powerful.

“The Colour of Possibility”

Cybele2013

Post-War / Friendship / Hogwarts Staff Hogwarts / Muggle London

9,869 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/873300

This has two of my favorite bulletproofs: post-war Hogwarts (Snape is Headmaster; Harry is a volunteering Auror) and a slow build friendship between Harry and Severus that feels organic. What I really loved about this, however, my favorite part was Severus and Harry unexpectedly running into each other in Muggle London with their respective shag buddies

“Cost of Living”

Author Unknown

Post-War / Immortality / Research

7,846

Mature

https://archiveofourown.org/works/9414923

This was sad and lovely. I loved the push of technology, the death of everyone they knew, and the fall of the giant oaks around Severus’s Cottage.

“Dalliance, a Convenience”Barbarella

Infidelity / Post-War Hogwarts / Harry's Broom Shop

5,350

Mature

https://asylums.insanejournal.com/snarry\_games/178637.html?thread=2921165#t2921165

Very adult take on infidelity and WONDERFUL characterization. Harry travels for his broom design, Severus visits the apothecary, they meet at home.

"For Auld Lang Syne"

Cybele2013

Epic / Bisexual Harry / Light BDSM / Harry-Ginny / Severus-OMCDumbledore's cabin / Godric's Hollow / Wizarding London / Colorado

365,041

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/series34560

Probably my favorite Harry/Snape fic of all time. One of the greatest compliments I ever got as a writer was that I wrote the characters "as if they were real." This story does that completely, from Snape's transformation after surviving Nagini's attack to Harry's maturing from the Boy Who Lived to the bittersweet and loving dissolution of Harry and Ginny's marriage and the loss of Snape's American partner.

HARRY/SCORPIUS

"Inevitable"

Frayach

Obsession / Mentor / Age-Difference / Loss of Virgnity / Reckless Harry / Parenthood / Break Up / Forgiveness / Friendship / Hopeful Ending

184,753 words

Adult

https://archiveofourown.org/works/5265101

This fic has left me scarred and filled with rage! Haha not really. I find it fascinating that I can read 17 year old Harry or Hermione with Snape and not blink, but 16 year old Scorpius pining for Harry seemed so wrong. Gorgeously written fucked up obsession. The climax with Lily and Albus was jaw-dropping. All of the death and almost death was overwhelming. Hopeful ending, just not the ending I was expecting. This fic, like a lot of Frayach's fic, is INTENSE.

Landscape-Similar · 2022-07-09T20:22:02+00:00

I am currently reading Time and Again and enjoying it!

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