Image Description: A digital drawing of a polaroid photo in sepia colours with the words “The Gateways 1960” scribbled underneath the picture. The polaroid shows Minnie and Poppy on their first date slow-dancing at the Gateways Club. Minnie is wearing a sleeveless jumpsuit with white polka dots and a deep V neckline, Poppy is wearing a white blouse with short sleeves and a high collar as well as a dark maxi skirt. Minnie and Poppy have their hair in artfully arranged updos, they are smiling widely and only have eyes for each other. They don’t even notice the women dancing in the background or sitting at the small tables next to them. Art by celilasart. End description.
The fic, this fic, I was allowed to create art for, is absolutely phenomenal. Whether Minnie & Poppy are your OTP or you’ve never read a single fic for this pairing, this fic is for you! It’s just beautiful how we follow these two through the decades :))
Go check it out and please have a look at all the other amazing works of @hpwlwbigbang
Try as she might, Ginny can’t make herself stop loving Tom. The knowledge of his true identity doesn’t prevent the memories of how wonderful he was from consuming her thoughts. Even though it makes her a monster, she can’t stop thinking about him. And if the opportunity to help him came up, well. She was always told to listen to her heart.
A series of one-shots and drabbles about Alecto and Bellatrix’s love, their loyalty to the Dark Lord, and the sweet darkness of everything between. Set in the first war.
Lily Evans is a budding investigative journalist, following the Riddle Family’s rise to notoriety in 1969. Unable to bag an interview with Antonin Dolohov, currently imprisoned for murder, she manages to secure a meeting with Bellatrix Black, arrested for car theft. She is quickly caught in a web she may be unable to unravel. Muggle!AU. Manson Family!AU
Luna Lovegood takes baked goods to Azkaban, Luna meets Bellatrix, and thus forms a strange friendship in which Bellatrix sees something in Luna that reminds her painfully of herself, and Luna fantasizes about being taken away by a particular, beautiful witch.
Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood, side by side and as trussed and full-fleshed as Yule geese. And real, they must be real, neither gui nor Polyjuiced prostitutes, because Malfoy was many things but gauche was not one of them.
the war ends and people rejoice. luna finds bellatrix on the battlefield, wounded, and seeks to protect her. they try to heal as the world around them descends into madness. this is not a happy story.
Voldemort won the war. Pure-blood survivors from the Order of the Phoenix were parcelled off as ‘prizes’ to favoured Death Eaters. Bellatrix Lestrange chose Ginny Weasley; a choice which she has no reason to regret.
Shortly after Lucius has been sent to Azkaban, a stranger shows up on Narcissa’s doorstep to invite her to her cousin’s funeral. Meeting her niece Nymphadora for the first time stirs up old memories, and Narcissa finds she likes her more than she expects - and certainly more than she should.
Tonks thought of the photograph she knew so well from her childhood. What had happened to turn that woman into this snarling, feral creature? More importantly: why didn’t it change the way Tonks felt about her?
Andromeda and Tonks have lost their loves to war. They are both in pain, they are uprooted and isolated in their grief. In the emptiness that remains the other is the only constant. It is natural to find solace and refuge in each other’s arms.
HERMIONE SCORES A HAT TRICK (Hermione/Bellatrix + Hermione/Narcissa + Hermione/Andromeda)
In another world, Hermione Granger never attended Hogwarts, orphaned at the age of three. But Post-war desperation and a chance encounter lead her into the employ of the three Black sisters. She finds herself caught in their deadly web, helplessly waiting to see who will reach her first.
Dark AU- Hermione was sorted into Ravenclaw, she lives a life of isolation in search of knowledge. Enter one of the oldest magical families, will Hermione find her place in life and happiness?
Finally brow-beaten by Andromeda into attending a Black Family “redemption banquet,” Hermione unwittingly finds herself party to a rapidly escalating sequence of events. The War may have ended ten years ago, but some old resentments still run deep, and Hermione will soon learn that there are conflicting agendas at work inside Malfoy Manor.
She has never had the three of them at once because she will die if she does. All that pleasure, all that passion combined will more than likely kill her, she is sure.
A biweekly HP femslash rec list made by the lovely members of the HP SAFFICS (18+) discord server. See all previous rec lists in the WLW Library. And because the server members were SO enthusiastic about this week’s theme, we have split the rec list into not only 2 but 9 rec lists (!) about the Black Sisters which will be added periodically throughout the next month. So mark this post and enjoy!
This week’s focus: Bellatrix, Andromeda, Narcissa Last week’s focus: Pansmione Pandemonium (see list)
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Hermione’s on track to become the youngest Minister of Magic in history. There’s just one issue– the polls hate her. Well, the polls hate her gayness, specifically. When a solution is presented that could fix everything, who’s she to decline?
Nine months ago, Hermione and Millicent had a passionate affair, but now, Hermione is in love with Pansy, a power couple fighting for creature equality in the Ministry. Everything comes crashing down when Hermione discovers she is pregnant and Millicent is the other mother. Hermione had no idea two witches could create life, but now she must answer some big questions about parenthood, intimacy, and love.
Eighth year. Hermione’s ready. She’s going to study, have fun with her friends, and ignore her new roommate’s obnoxious wanking habits. And alright, maybe she wouldn’t be so annoyed with it if she’d had any good sex in the past. But that doesn’t mean she wants Pansy Parkinson to teach her how to wank….does it?
At this very moment, Hermione Granger is a tiny muggleborn child who’s tried half a dozen spells. No one is scared of her. No one knows to expect her. “We’re really doing this,” Pansy eventually says, breaking the silence. “We must be insane.” (time-traveling Pansmione)
Hermione thought her life had quietened now that the world was calmer. She had a good, stable job at the Ministry. She had her pub nights with Harry and Ron. All in all, things were going well for her. That was until she died and was turned into a vampire.
Last week, Hermione finally went to her first lesbian bar. This week, she’s being invited to the office of a very high powered CEO who’s legs never seem to end and who’s taste in whiskey is rivaled only by her own. (Pansmione Wall Street AU)
It started out as a favor for a friend. Show up, model some lingerie, and leave. Easy, right? Too bad the other model was also her ex. An ex she hadn’t seen in eight years. The same ex that had broken her heart.
Ron can’t bring Hermione to orgasm. Pansy decides that Hermione deserves better. And that she would be more than happy to do something about it herself.
“Hey,” Pansy says, forehead creased in concern. “Still with me?” “Yes,” Hermione replies, snapping back into the moment. She shifts her hips, pushes them up in a slow grind that has Pansy cursing under her breath. “Yes, always.”
“Sorry I’m late, babe. You know how it is down at the Prophet.” Hermione’s mouth fell open as she stared dumbly at one Pansy Parkinson. Pansy sent her a look that said, “just go with it” and took Gryffindor’s hand in her own. Hermione shut her mouth.
The first time should have been a fluke. Nothing more than an accident after too much elf wine. Then there was a second time on her desk in her office after hours. The third time is the riskiest of them all but Hermione had realized that she has to stop drinking if this witch is going to be anywhere near her.
I feel like a scream is stuck inside my chest, creeping up in the deep dark hollow of my throat. It’s a mix of pain and agony. So to keep it down, I open my mouth and fill it with your soft, tender flesh. The bronze skin of your shoulder right against my tongue.
'Hermione, it’s your turn.’ Harry bumped his shoulder into her, 'Truth or Dare?’ 'Dare.’ She was a gryffindor after all. 'I dare you to flirt with Pansy for the rest of the night.’
Welcome to the Sapphic Spring Fest, a Harry Potter Fest dedicated entirely to Women loving Women. The goal of this fest is to both celebrate WLW and provide more representation for WLW stories in the Harry Potter fandom.
This fest is inclusive for all gender identities and sexualities as we understand that they exist on a spectrum. explorations of the two are delicate and personal and are up to the author’s interpretation.
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All stories must feature a romantic/partnership relationship between two or more characters who are not canonically men. The primary ship should comprise characters from the original seven books. We welcome ace characters, poly ships, and trans or nonbinary interpretations of characters, but the intention of this fest is to celebrate wlw pairings, and to encourage the creation of longer, richer stories that these ships don’t often get. If you have a question or concern about this rule, you are welcome to contact the mods, but please respect the intentions of the fest.
The format we are using has changed slightly this year; we’ll still be doing writer sign-ups first, but this year artists will sign up a little later, once authors have fully completed their fics. Moderators will be pairing up artists with writers, however if an artist and a writer know they want to work together and would like to sign up as a team, that is fine.
And yes, we will have Hype Readers again this year! We know that wlw ships tend to get less attention than other ships. In an effort to provide a way for people to participate without writing or making art, and to make sure that our lovely creators get a good response, we are creating the position of Hype Readers – if you are interested in being a Hype Reader, you can sign up in August, and pledge to read and comment on at least two stories from the fest.
For writers: The word length requirement for this fest is minimum 25,000 words.
Writer timeline
26 March-9 April: writer sign-ups
7 May: 25% check-in
4 June: 50% check-in
25 June: 80% check-in and summary due
9 July: deadline for submitting fic
16 July: writer and artist matches will be sent out by this date
1 September: posting begins
For artists: Minimum art requirement is 2 pieces of art that are more developed than a sketch.
Artist timeline:
25 June-8 July: artist sign-ups (based on writers’ 80% check-in and summary)
16 July: writer and artist matches will be sent out by this date
30 July: 50% check in
20 August: deadline for submitting art
1 September: posting begins
Check-ins:
The check-in dates listed in the timeline are the date by which you MUST have sent us your work in progress/completed piece. We will send out reminder emails a week in advance of the check-in date, and if we have not heard from you by midnight EST on the date of the check-in, we will assume you are dropping the fest. Please note that we are always happy to work with creators to sort out extensions provided creators get in touch to request them BEFORE deadlines have passed. Because this is a matching fest, and the nature of a Big Bang results in the mod workload getting heavier closer to posting, it is imperative that all participants follow the check-in schedule. If we don’t hear from you by a check-in or extension date, especially for final submissions, we will have to make alternate plans, which are very time sensitive — we will not have time to follow up with you or hound you via email.
Collaboration and communication:
Because the purpose of this fest is to create written works that are minimum 25k, accompanied by 2 pieces of art, communication is extremely important. We don’t want any writers or artists to be left in a lurch, without a story or art to go with their creation. Moderators will communicate with participants via email, and if we require a response, that will be clearly indicated in the subject header. If you do not reply to one of these emails within three days you will be assumed to be dropping the fest. Please note that though we do our best to stay on top of communication Monday–Friday, all emails will be answered by the following weekend at the latest. If a weekend goes by and you don’t get a response, please reach out on discord, tumblr, or by follow up email–we are but human and may have missed it!
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If you know you’re going to have unreliable internet access etc. at some point during the fest, please let mods and your collaborators know IN ADVANCE so that we can plan accordingly.
Fest eligibility:
The mods are very understanding that, especially during these times, unexpected life events can throw a wrench into our fandom plans. However, if in a past year, you have signed up as an author or artist and then ghosted (failed to reply to mod emails and dropped out without communicating), you are not eligible to sign up for the HP WLW Big Bang this year. If you ghost this year, you will not be eligible to sign up for the fest in 2023.
Please note that this DOES NOT apply to authors or artists who communicated that they were dropping out in a previous year. We always do our best to accommodate creators who stay in touch with us about changes to their schedules and there’s never hard feelings toward any creator who has to drop. This rule ONLY applies to folks who stopped communicating without letting the mods know that they were dropping the fest in a previous year.
You must be 18+ to sign up as a writer or artist for HP WLW Big Bang. This does not mean your fic/art needs to be E rated, only that artists and authors must be 18 or older to sign up. Hype readers of all ages are welcome, provided they engage only with fics and art rated T or lower.
A final note:
Please communicate with moderators if you encounter any issues, think you will need an extension, are having trouble finding an alpha or beta reader, etc. We want to help support you and make sure you are successful, but we can’t do that if we don’t know what’s going on.
Postscript: Want to squee with other HP WLW enthusiasts about the fest and our favourite women of the HP verse in general? Come hang out with us on the discord server.
Ginny and Luna haven’t spoken much since Ginny abruptly left Harry and separated herself from most of her old life. Luna is busy working in Diagon Alley [and] Ginny is fresh off a suspension from the Holyhead Harpies. She asks Percy if she can stay in the spare room in his and Oliver’s flat. The trouble is, he’s already offered it to Luna…
After a highly publicized break up with Harry, Ginny finds herself wandering without much purpose in life […] until she reconnects with Luna Lovegood by chance at a coffee shop. Ginny’s looking for a roommate, Luna’s looking for a partner, and they both just might have found what they needed.
“Apparently, if two people are in love, their Wrackspurts match in color.” “What color do you think our Wrackspurts would be?” Luna pondered the question for a moment. “Well, you’re not in love with me, so ours wouldn’t match up,” she said eventually.
A barbecue at the Lovegood residence seems to be the perfect solution to a gorgeous sunny day like this. Then Luna starts to take her clothes off and asks her to go have a dip in the stream…
“You know what they say about girls with short hair who play Quidditch.” Ginny contemplates a Very Significant Haircut. Luckily for her, her girlfriend is kind of an amazing non-conformist. (Also, Ron can’t catch a break, really.)
Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. You wish you’re someone’s ending, but sometimes all you are is a whole lot of middle. Ginny and Harry break up after only dating for a few months his sixth year.
Bellatrix Black is a well respected archer, although she has retired from shooting competitively. Hermione Granger is a young archer who is looking for someone who can help her with her training for an up and coming competition.
A month ago, Pansy would have laughed at the idea of dating Ginny Weasley, Seeker for the Holyhead Harpies and one of Britain’s most well-respected Quidditch players. Now, she supposes, things are different.
Millicent Bulstrode is a successful matchmaker. The irony is, she is still single. When Lavender Brown—Millicent’s childhood crush—shows up and demands that she help Parvati Patil find a partner, Millicent agrees. Little does she know that along the way, she’ll find love for herself, too.
