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yes yes yes yes yes gimme draco "no sense of personal space" malfoy

what if i told u . . u don't need to give draco a complete personality transplant to make dron work . . . [gets stoned (by rocks)]

i think the absolute best way to write ron is to make him so calm and easy-going and mellow (in his pov), especially in how he thinks abt himself, the epitome of "i'm just a chill guy :]"

and then you read the subtext/context/what's actually going on Outside his Head and suddenly he's being physically restrained from punching a bitch and getting into all-out public brawls that get them kicked out of stores

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there is an interesting tension to be had when both the malfoy and weasley families have been sorted into their respective hogwarts house for generations upon generations, and we come to find that despite surface-level appearances: draco isn't the most slytherin of slytherins, and ron isn't the most gryffindor of gryffindors

released ch5 of inspiral from its cage 😌 at long last:

In which Ron is consulted on his opinions on aesthetics for some reason,,,,,,

comedic highlights in this post! this is the most sitcom-y chapter so far, and can honestly be read alone if you rlly like the trio + nev + patil twins and their chaotic friendship! also for chess players, hairstyling enjoyers, and lee jordan appreciators

ch4 of inspiral is up!!

yes the chapter title is a shitty pun😌 now, onwards!

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everyone talkin about the "Oh. Oh." revelation but can we refocus on "Oh no they're hot"

because alas. you're hot as fuck. i still despise you, but you're hot as fuck. all our interpersonal actions are gonna erotically tinged from here on out. it won't change anything plot-related but now i hafta be aware of it

I don’t even go to this fandom anymore, I don’t ship dron, and I will likely never read your fics, but the snippets I see of your writing on tumblr are utterly delightful, and it’s a joy whenever I scroll across a post of yours

Keep going dude, this is fantastic

you don't know how much this means to me

sorry to disappoint but there's no murder, unfortunately, though dron murder husbands (while extremely ooc, least likely characters to actually get off their asses and kill someone) would be awesome

i'm referencing these tags specifically:

i too, hate when problems aren't simple enough to be solved by murder, we have to resort to hitting the books unfortunately 😔

random meme of a future scene in inspiral:

ron: i'm glad this experience could bring us closer

draco, feeling lightheaded: blood . . there's blood everywhere . . . [shakily covering his mouth with a hand] how are we going to clean this all up . .

dobby, popping in suddenly: i thought i be tellings wheezy and not-master draco to not be doing anything Fucking Stupid

anyways dobby nation rise up‼️

random meme of a future scene in inspiral:

ron: i'm glad this experience could bring us closer

draco, feeling lightheaded: blood . . there's blood everywhere . . . [shakily covering his mouth with a hand] how are we going to clean this all up . .

dobby, popping in suddenly: i thought i be tellings wheezy and not-master draco to not be doing anything Fucking Stupid

anyways dobby nation rise up‼️

I'm really loving your dron fic, you have a great grasp on their characters! I'm curious, what are your favorite dron fics? Do you have any recs 👀

tysmm<33333

i rlly spend too much time figuring out their personalities! gonna preface this by saying i started writing bc i couldn't find many fics characterizing em in the specific way i like to read em, but my bookmarks list has been waiting for this moment!

lemme go by word count (everything's completed) (im obsessed + feral over every one of these btw):

-> absolutely delicious minific snacks:

Cognitive Dissonance by Emonym23

Yuletide Distraction by someonesbeenhere

-> medium/oneshot length:

Archipelago by Mad_Maudlin (seer/slightly feral ron, my love)

Go the Distance by hull1984 (closure fic that's so perfect and lovely, not solely abt dron)

Here Again (Can't Stay Away) by my_thestral (theyre so obsessed with each other your honor, has some banger quotables)

-> long-ish but still within 40k:

Keep Them On A Leash by dappled_feathers (nailed ron's personality in this one, beautiful)

Similar in Senses by hoboheartache (a pretty dark fic but it tore me to pieces and i Need everyone to read it Now.)

happy reading!!

Don’t get attached to unpopular ships because you will run out of fic and die

something terrible is happening within my psyche rn as i realize this song fits with this goddamn chap

they DO have REPUTATIONS ooooohhhhh my goddddddd my shaylaasssssss 😭😭😭😭😭

so bye i'm gonna go finish crying to this now

y'all alr know the dron tag hates to see me coming [steeples hands for a transaction] but here i am again with a new chapter !!

here's ch3 in screenshots bc i can't promise it's all comedy this time:

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y'all alr know the dron tag hates to see me coming [steeples hands for a transaction] but here i am again with a new chapter !!

here's ch3 in screenshots bc i can't promise it's all comedy this time:

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my dumbass clicked on this tag, ecstatic, and then had the audacity to act surprised when it was just an influx of drarry fics.

idk what i was expecting🧍🏻‍♀️

i'm. i'm writing my fic, rn, bc, it hasn't been done before. that's like. the whole point.

it's cool. drarry's cool, i like it, i'm just not in the mood for it rn

we've seen harry rebuilding draco up from a low point (in fics). do i think he'd acc be any good at it? no. do i think he would contain the level of obsession within him (for draco, for him specifically) that draco would require for it to not be seen as pity? also no. do i think harry is emotionally intelligent/astute enough to accurately clock & juggle both their strong + controversial emotions during this process so this doesn't end in blows? . . . could be debated, however brute-forcing past it is his entire emotional m.o., so.

anyways read my fic ig and stan dron for clear skin i'm gonna go be a clown somewhere else

they both do this to each other btw, draco even started it. in his mind ron occupies a space scarily adjacent to beloved little pet.

draco, mentally, while stroking ron's hair: i've always wanted a puppy.

"It worried Ron sometimes, and the uncomfortable, hard edge of it pressed up against his side even when he wasn't-- that Draco only kept agreeing to these meetings not (only) out of obligation, but because he viewed him as some petty form of entertainment. A talking, dancing monkey in a long line of dancing monkeys, that he deigned to wave a hand at and let amuse him after he grew bored, of-- of swimming in a massive pool filled to the brim with his own Galleons, or whatever it is rich bastards did in their free time.

hell, the way he looked at him sometimes, undeniably fond, but exactly in the way you'd look at a pet that just did something cute-- the way he put his hands on him, how he liked to curl one around the back of his neck to prompt Ron to look up at him, then thread it in his hair and keep it there, proprietary."

draco is incredibly touch starved, obviously (we're going off of pure canon where it's clear he has no real friends, and his parents aren't exactly . . huggers), and so what ends up happening eventually is that ron just takes to petting him like he's a damn dog:

i'd like to highlight specially the scenes above where ppl just freaking, rub a hand over the entirety of will's face, bc first off wth, and second off draco would LIVE for that shit he is so pathetic wet car.

and they cuddle. obviously. draco is clingy asf. as they bond he takes to standing with his arm around ron's waist whenever they're next to each other, specifically bc ron's taller and he thinks thats awesome, actually

since i got two of these gay ass fucking reels in a row and got one-shotted by this fuckin one right before i was abt to go to bed i think this would be a good time to share that the central conflict or wtvr of inspiral is that the two of them are trying to keep draco from dying.

yes, draco tries to have the "you need to learn how to act when i'm gone" conversation, several times in fact. good freaking night.

(bonus)

draco is incredibly touch starved, obviously (we're going off of pure canon where it's clear he has no real friends, and his parents aren't exactly . . huggers), and so what ends up happening eventually is that ron just takes to petting him like he's a damn dog:

i'd like to highlight specially the scenes above where ppl just freaking, rub a hand over the entirety of will's face, bc first off wth, and second off draco would LIVE for that shit he is so pathetic wet car.

and they cuddle. obviously. draco is clingy asf. as they bond he takes to standing with his arm around ron's waist whenever they're next to each other, specifically bc ron's taller and he thinks thats awesome, actually

the lil mannerisms and micro-struggles i give these british teenage boys are so . . unabashedly girl-coded, undoubtedly bc im a gal myself, in what i hope is in a subtle way but idek atp,,,

draco slaps half a pound of gel onto his head whenever he's too dead inside to do his hair in the morning, ron gets sidelined and mansplained to constantly and chooses to smile genially and take it bc it'd take just too much energy to get properly offended abt it . . .

draco hides nearly every single emotion he has behind a polite, blank smile whenever he's not (performatively) taking out his pent-up anger on the gryff trio, he is performing for an audience even when he's not supposed to be, when he's taking a break from the mask to be nasty and cruel . . but of course you have to be nasty and cruel in just the right way of course . . .

ron has so deeply internalized the belief that you have to be exceptional (something he is inherently, at the absolute base-level, not, he believes) to be worthy as a person that he's completely stopped putting in any effort at all; has so completely given up hope for himself (his erised-reflected pipe dream of standing out: head boy, quidditch captain, etc) that he struggles to see his own positive/arguably exceptional aspects at all; is living, essentially, in low power mode . . .

mentally pss pss pss-ing at all the phenomenal drarry artists on here like they're easily startled stray cats with dron snippets bc i KNOW they can be converted with minimal effort and i Want More Content

comedic snippets from the freshly posted ch2 of inspiral!!

here's the summarizing line:

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snape my absolute king shines bright this chap:

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mkay dron nation, i present to you: the fic that stemmed entirely from the offhand thought "Ron would have more emotional intelligence than this" while reading a random mention of the sectumsempra scene™ and then summarily took over my entire life.

inspiral

[in which Sirius lives, Harry chills out (relatively), and Ron is forced (by absolutely no one) to pick up the Malfoy-stalking slack.

. . .

Ron was growing weary of Harry and Malfoy circling each other like a pair of feral street cats gearing up for a fight. It reminded him of Mr. Mittens, the raggedy cat Ginny had smuggled home once, and his . . . friend. He sometimes worried that this all might end up like that, what with Harry throwing around wild accusations and Malfoy sneering cryptic shite at them in response. It was ridiculous, but Ron suspected whatever Mr. Mittens had going on back then wasn’t very rational either, and they’d still ended up with a cat, a corpse, and a bloody living room floor.

. . .

Ron paused with his hand reaching for the bathroom door, debating turning back-- back to dinner and his friends and pretending he saw nothing out of the ordinary.

it's. long. this thing. so weekly updates, with ch1 up now💞

He drew in a breath before easing it open. The sound of sobbing -- choking, heaving, desperate -- was no longer muffled by the heavy wood. A high, whiny voice crooned empty platitudes like backing vocals for the world’s most depressing song, and it was with a creeping horror that Ron realized Myrtle wasn’t the one crying.

. . .]

onto the ch1 highlight reel!!

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finally posted it you guys!!!

powering thru a filler chapter rn, so here are some small funny bits released from fic-jail bc they made me laugh as i wrote

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now posted!!

Hiii, just dropping by to say I read your Dron snippet and I'm soo looking forward to it, I feel like I already read all their good fics haha!

holy shit my dude this is so sweet 🥹🥹🥹

i can't describe to you the way i shrieked when i saw this, TYSMM for liking my writing AND for being my first ever ask!!!

the dron fic drought (bar dronarry, smut, or both bc ppl rlly like their pwp) is what inspired (read: held me hostage and forced) me to start writing fr 😔 bc i see so much potential for their characters other than their (admittedly very present) sexual chemistry. much philosophical discussions to be had when u're on opposite sides of the (wizarding) ideological spectrum (dw, draco comes fully around, he's actually a sweetheart deep deep deep deep down)

and also, Reveal Thyself anon, don't be shy!! let's be best friends!!! let's braid e/o's hair!!! i don't acc have any dron shipper friends atm, i've been needing to convert all my irl besties by force thru my nonstop infodumping lmao

i was planning on waiting til i've written more chaps to post on ao3, but if you'd prefer me to start releasing what i have rn, totally can do 👍✨

current wip chapter has got me a lil mentally ill ngl

reading this ask absolutely clocked me bc it basically exactly mirrors my thoughts and unironically what im working at in my current wip fic

cept in this case the anti-racism goop is slow-acting and in the form of voldemort moving in LMAO

draco watching a blood-purist megalomaniac torture his father in front of him/have his snake swallow someone whole on his dinning room table, while desperately trying not to throw up: maybe. 😨 maybe all life inherently has value 😨

ron stumbling in much later on him covered in (metaphorical) goop having a hysterical breakdown in the bathroom: oh! that's not . . . what is going on 🙂

they'd have the best convos abt muggles bc they both have extremely minimal first hand experience so it's always "he said this" and "she told me about this" and "i saw an aeroplane once‼️ it was huuge‼️" they are so cute

Im one of those people who hate canon malfoy for being a racist asshole, but i hink hes funny as a character if that makes sense? Like fuck the guy, but i think if we just dumped him in anti-fantasy racism goo and then let him sit there for a while that he would be a really funny character. I do hate how the fandom has made him all serious and mysterious, like you said. Hes such a little dramatic whiny little asshole and if you want to stan him, then you have to embrcae that part of him. The guy got rejected by some kid he met on a train and decided to hate him for the rest of enternity and suceeded. Hes a pathetic theater kid with a flair for dramatics who has two goons he constantly keeps around him at all times. Dont just overlook that, guys (the malfoy fans).

I agree! Malfoy can be a really fun character to work with especially once he can be somewhat separated from his bigotry. Not entirely, but I guess making him slightly more open minded & less extreme in his beliefs, cause it can be fun to have him be taught things too

It’s been a while since I’ve read a fic where Malfoy was really that involved but if you like Malfoy, the trio, AND the marauders the fic Marauders of the Mind is on fanfic.net and I think it’s really fun. I have some issues with it like the marauders aren’t their canon selves, they’re pretty exaggerated / ooc, but it has a lot of good Harry & Malfoy characterization I think!

draco @ harry & mione as they're having a mild disagreement, post dron-relationship-reveal:

(ron is watching the interaction like a hawk and gives draco approving shoulder-pats for his self-restraint)

[discussing serious and unrelated overarching problem]

ron: of course, your stress levels arent helping out either

draco, very seriously: we should make out about it

ron, genuinely and seriously considering it for a moment: that would be a terrible idea

draco: drats.

[silence as ron tries to figure out if that was for-fun-flirting or genuine interest]

the dron interactions in my fic are boutta be wild bc they're gonna be in such a ginormous grey area where they know they're both somewhat gay + acknowledge they're acting Pretty gay rn with each other + do nothing about it

"no time to hash this out we have a mission to accomplish" type shit bc i suck :) ---

ron, annoyed, nudging a clingy draco away but not far enough to acc move him: stop it you're being so gay rn

draco, offended: i'm the one being gay?? let go of my hand!

the dron interactions in my fic are boutta be wild bc they're gonna be in such a ginormous grey area where they know they're both somewhat gay + acknowledge they're acting Pretty gay rn with each other + do nothing about it

"no time to hash this out we have a mission to accomplish" type shit bc i suck :) ---

ron, annoyed, nudging a clingy draco away but not far enough to acc move him: stop it you're being so gay rn

draco, offended: i'm the one being gay?? let go of my hand!

youre really fucking weird

stop flirting with me