Snowflake Challenge #8

[kat_lair]

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The more observant among you may have noticed that I've skipped from Challenge #6 to #8. That's because Challenge #7 was about creating your own challenge, I couldn't think of anything and honestly, right now everything feels like a challenge already (it has not been the best week work and mental health wise) so I've bypassed that. I see people posting lovely 'do something nice for yourself and others' types of 'challenges' and that's lovely but doing much of anything beyond current activities, even if it's lovely, feels like a struggle.

Anyway. It's a weekend, I've tipped over to overtime for this week again (moth2fic I'm going to need that slap, oh, by Monday...) and am not feeling great about it. Currently waiting on some takeaway pizza, which I plan on eating whilst watching the most mind-numbing thing I can find on Netflix.

Time therefore for Challenge #8 of



which is to create a Wishlist of Things for Me Pls. I'm going to keep this fannish for obvious reasons, including the one that no one can stop time and just give me extra month between now and February. Anyway.

Things That Would Make Kat Happy:

• Any further creative works based on my fics. Mixes, art of any kind, podfics, vids, anything... Honestly, I can't get over how amazing that is and every single piece like that I've gotten is treasured. My policy basically is 'yes please, show me the shiny'

• Comments on any of my fics. I would say this is a no-brainer for any fic writer but then I was proven wrong! :D But I adore comments on my fics

• Any fic that caters to my specific tastes, beloved tropes/kinks, fave pairings. If I've written it, it's very likely that I want to read it, because significant proportion of my own fics have been written specifically to scratch an itch. Last year's Chocolate Box letter details both likes and hard limits in general but in summary: slow burn, friends to lovers, d/s vibe are my Top Three Tropes. Put them together and I'm almost guaranteed to love it

• Any type of bdsm!AU fic that isn't just pwp. This trope is essentially my favourite and I tend to give almost anything with that premise a go, regardless of whether I know the fandom or not. I have some pairings where I have Very Strong Preference on who's the d and who's the s but others where I can enjoy it either way.

• Recommendations for feelgood movies or series on Netflix. Or any really, but right now want something happy making.

• Recommendations for Spotify playlists, particularly any fanmixes. I like almost all types of music with the exception of techno/dance (unless I'm literally in a club, those were the nights eh) or death/black metal (if it's so screamy I can't make out the lyrics then it's not for me). Preference for pop-punk and singer-songwriter stuff.

Okay, going to finish there.

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Comments

[osidiano]

Okay, have you read:

• All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound? Because it has this truly phenomenal work set up where Draco is also an Auror but all his partners keep turning up dead and so Harry is assigned as his latest partner to investigate what's really going on while they take care of magically booby-trapped Deatheater safehouses. AND THEN THEY CATCH FEELINGS AND FALL FOR EACH OTHER AND HAVE A SECRET RELATIONSHIP and it's glorious.

• Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop? Draco gets trapped in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over again, a year after The Battle Of Hogwarts. I can't even do this one justice in a summary, but the way that Draco gets redeemed and falls in love with Harry while still being an unbearably pompous twat is sheer genius.

These are my two faves, but both these authors have written a lot of Drarry, including one where they literally have to hold hands for almost 20k.

[kat_lair]

Oooh, thank you! I think I've read the first one as the summary sounds familiar, but happy comfort re-reads are the best.

Really appreciate your recs, there's so much nice stuff in this post I'll know I'll be back to it when the need arises :)