The author of this story has been called out multiple times about being problematic and has handled it inappropriately every time they've been called out. Their other story "don't look back" feels the same as bm/bs with all of the icky abuse and violence, but it had a large following and afaik it will never be finished because the author cannot handle being called to be accountable. Really enjoying your perspective on these fics!

(i need you to read lionheart. its a wip but i promise you will think about it forever)

I've read "sometimes" , it was sweet ...I read draft of living death and it was good but incredibly sad .... My favourites are "bus stop" by mermelade fever and "Ice" by Senlinyu ... both so good I enjoy rereading them every other day ... I can't wait for the review of détraquée when you finish , it's beautifully written, I kinda put it on hold 😅 it's so long and I was impatient to read other things but definitely gonna go back to finish it

Firstly, I am so sorry if my English is not that good, but I'll try my best to comment anyway! 🤣 I wanted to start this saying that your videos are amazing and I am currently obsessed with every each of them! I really love how you put your opinions in a very organizing and clear way that it's so easy to comprehend (even for me that English is not my mother language). After seeing your video it kind of gave me courage to put a review on my good reads account for this fanfic. The first time that I read this I was freshly returning to read Harry Potter's fanfic again, and after so many people on TikTok started to recommend it, I thought it wouldn't be that bad, right? So many people are complementing and give amazing reviews towards it that I thought it would be safe zone to be in. The thing about fantasy is one thing, but this pic it's a bit beyond that. For me, Draco's doesn't redeemed himself in any time. And the first spicy moment that they had was awful and hard to read. He was awful and for me was totally SA, it was brutal. All of the after moments of Draco's arm situation, and self harming was really discomfortable. I'm usually easy to read and watch dark and deep stuff, but this was something that was memorable, not in a good way. Well, thank you so much for making this video, and please, continue to upload more content about this! I don't really have any friends to talk about this kind of stuff and it would be really nice to have someone to share my thoughts about it too! PS: I loooooove your hair! It's really beautiful, and seeing you making nail art for me was really relaxing too!

SO LONG. I pushed through till the end, I usually read a book within 2-3 days. I had to actually put it down for a couple days and talk myself into finishing it. I couldn’t stand the constant talk about thrifting and mental health lol I have no problem with talking about mental health but it’s seriously every page.

You are too funny! I kinda wanna read Detraquee but it seems like a wholeeee thing omg I don’t know if I’m ready to commit to that. I wouldn’t get anything else done lol

Seconding the audiobook suggestion for Detraquee! karma_cookie’s audiobook on ao3 is FANTASTIC. I would switch back and forth sometimes when my eyes/brain got tired lol. Detraquee takes time for sure but it is so brilliant! Also I adore the fact that you checked out pacificrimbaud’s oneshots! There’s a ton on here that I haven’t read yet so you’re adding to my TBR 😊 love these videos so much!!

Détraquée is so good! And so, so long. I was absolutely giddy reading it, though. Highly recommend the audiobook, it includes the songs and paints a great audioscape

When I was middle grade age my go-to books were the Spooks series by Joseph Delaney and the Demonata by Darren Shan (the second one is pretty gory tbh). I've heard from Aussies and Americans that Deltora Quest was great but it isn't available here (UK) nowadays, maybe it was at Scholastic fairs back in the day. I do want to find it one day out of curiosity though.

I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR A RANT REVIEW ON THIS BOOK FOR 5 YEARS. Im eating good tonight

Measure of a Man !!! I was sobbing/laughing/happy or heartbroken during that book multiple times .. it is heavy and beautifull .. another one (I just finished) is Selfxconclusion (which is not as epic as Manacled) but to me has the best characterization of both Draco and Hermione I have read so far .. both of those books are full (and I mean sopping wet full) of psychological trauma and heavy healing so I would really advise to read through the tags and warnings before diving in :)

I don’t remember anything about Red Rising other than dnfing the audiobook probably within 25%, excited for the video though ❤

Girl you made me laugh so much you are too funny I love it. I loved DM & Mortifying Ordeal… I am going to start disappearances next because of your review!!!! I didn’t like Secrets and masks (a lot of demented violence I dnf at 32%), ten out of ten was meh and meet your match was meh. I liked remain nameless it was fine and I liked isolation a lot if you haven’t gotten to it.

Hahaha yeah I also tried this one and couldn’t do it 😅 from what I understand, it’s iconic in the fandom because of the time it came out (I want to say mid 2010’s?) like isolation - a lot of the fandom was younger at the time and the high-school quality of it hit really hard (like Isolation) - I could be totally off on this though so don’t quote me on it haha. But I think that why it holds a special place for a lot of people - nostalgia etc. Now we’re all a lot older and the average fic is very different but we wouldn’t be where we are today without these stories building the fanbase and laying the groundwork for the more mature stories we have nowadays ❤ The author onyx and elm was posting a new story recently called Don’t Look Back which people were saying was very good (it was still a WIP so I hadn’t read it yet) but they have since pulled all of their works form the web which is really sad and now no one will know the ending. Hopefully they come back! Anyways, I’m still out here screaming about Detraquee, Soft as it Began, Lionheart, One and Done (+ any/all of pacificrimbaud’s one-shots), Beginning and End (of the Wait and Hope universe), Bloody Slutty and Pathetic, Teach me How to Forget … etc etc etc I have so many recs tell me what you’re in the mood for but if you’re looking for quality writing and in depth characters who feel like real people, gorgeous realistic character and relationship development, and insanely beautiful prose and masterful intertextual references I cannot stop repeating Detraquee Detraquee Detraqueeeeeeeeeee 😂❤

I've been looking forward to another Dramione video from you! A couple of thoughts: Firstly, I absolutely loved the format of this video-it was perfect to have on while I cleaned my apartment, so lovely. Secondly, I was curious about this fanfic given its status in the fandom, and I have to say, I completely agree with your opinion on *the line* and how easily we can slip into glorifying or romanticizing abuse in literature, especially in this fandom. Lastly, I noticed you mentioned Wait and Hope in your Dramione overview video. I'm about halfway through, and while I can't give a full opinion just yet, I'm absolutely loving it. It has the angst and complex emotions without crossing *the line*, and the perfect touch of fluff. love what you're doing <3

thanks for wasting your time so i won't waste mine!!

BM/BS does seem to be a type of dramione classic, and while I was drawn in and at times affected by the story, I completely agree with your criticism. There’s so much cringe in this one, and it goes darker than I think it needs to be (for an 8th year fic, especially). Lots of icky feelings, but strangely compelling 😅 I recently found The Fixer-Upper Club by CharliPetidei and I highly recommend for an 8th year fic that took a different approach. It is way lighter story and does not bash Ron but develops Hermione in an interesting way through her relationship (Also read The Fallout and am attempting to bind it I loved it so much, can’t remember if you’d already tried that one).

I wish I could remember the name of the ff where Draco is forced to be dorm mates with Hermione and she has him read about MLK jr to highlight pureblood hypocrisy. I do think some readers stick a little to hard to their own expectations of characters, when the point of fanfiction is fans making the story go how THEY want. Do i get annoyed when they make the characters too immature... sure. Do i think some works take trauma/toxicity to far... definitely. But outside of torture corn disguised as dark romance (believe me i have run into some that were a hard pass/is this writer okay territory), I'm okay with most variations of characterizations.

Things are getting kinda "Sirius". Lol

Weasley bashing is illegal.

Okay, I. Love. This. Video. OOTP was my favorite book for yeaaaaaaaars. I remember going to the midnight release at Barnes and Noble the night came out and absolutely devouring it over the next 36 hours. It absolutely captivated me. I’m pretty sure I got to the end and then started from the beginning again haha. #12 Grimmaukd place, The Order of the Phoenix members, the visit to St Mungos and both sequences in the ministry (the trial + the end sequence in the department of mysteries)did such a great job at expanding the universe and intrigued me so so much. The tragic death of Sirius was so heartbreaking and I absolutely cried reading it. The final showdown where Voldemort and Dumbledore fight in the main hall was sooo exciting to read with the depths of their magic. And then the Ministry finally being forced to eat crow and recognize that he IS back. Ugh it does such a good job of elevating the tension, darkness, setting the stage for the high of the the final two books. I also remember how real and relatable Harry’s extreme mood swings felt at the time as (a moody teen myself) but now I can look back on it and laugh a bit. Can’t wait to watch the rest of these videos! The movie did this book NO justice at all. I’m curious how the new HBO series will go

i have just finished reading OotP, and I am sooooo surprised that !! Harry Potter !! is my favourite character so far. Sassy, bold, also slightly emotionally unavailable, and has a hidden dark side. I don't understand why so many fanfictions are written about Draco, we have such a golden source right here.

Hey! So I just found your video… I am extremely new to the fan fiction world and recently after re-reading the books and re-watching the movies, I really wanted to see a love story between Hermione and Draco, so my question is, what would be the recommendation for a first fan fiction reader? Like what’s your go to, if you have one? :) thank you in advance!

Hey! So I just found your video… I am extremely new to the fan fiction world and recently after re-reading the books and re-watching the movies, I really wanted to see a love story between Hermione and Draco, so my question is, what would be the recommendation for a first fan fiction reader? Like what’s your go to, if you have one? :) thank you in advance!

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I can't find Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love, do one of you guys or@babybookworm2859 have the site of it? Sorry. anyways love your videos <3

This review KILLED me 😂😂 I felt exactly the same way about this story. You had me cackling. Hermione drove me ABSOLUTELY INSANE “not a thought in her head” hahah Poor Draco

not remembering the books that are read is SO relatable!

“It felt confusing for the sake of being confusing” 😂😂😂 honestly I had the same feelings about Parade of the Sun hahah but the odd Lost quality to the island ultimately kept me reading The Fallout by everyThursday has a similar jump in jump out quality to the writing but I actually quite enjoyed the story arc

You have HAVE have HAVE to read Détraqueé by Hystaracal!! I’m absolutely of the same opinion to you - it has to be believable to canon, I’m picky with characterizations and relationship development hurdles. I generally avoid any Hogwarts era fics because it just not believable to me and I don’t like reading about kids (this starts in 6th year but runs through the war and beyond). This story though. THIS STORY. It’s absolute LITERATURE. And this is CANON Draco and Hermione to a T. It is so believable and everyone is so three dimensional and real.

Can someone give similar recs to the Worst Witch?

Love and Other Historical Events is so fun im excited for you! It has that banter from batmobile with the fun hijinks, but a little lower stakes. Also the way you deliver all of this info is so satisfying you could totally start a dramione podcast lol

Wow the cover photo is super cute!

Hiii! I have to watch this vid after part one!! This book was sooooooo sooo sooo long, but I love it 😍I think you may like Secrets and Mask, I read it months ago and I can't get over it.

I'm jealous that your Libby has the audiobook! I really enjoyed reading it - I especially liked seeing his self awareness/reflection/growth throughout. also found myself laughing in the epilogue 😂 Thanks for the review!

I had to watch the whole video it was so entertaining to listen you talk about this fanfic, we should have more people just talk about fanfics. I have never read it but there just so many fanfics out there that sometimes it’s nice to have a review of some ❤thank you for sharing this with dramione shippers

Have you read isolation by bex chan ?

I am obsessed with these videos! Iv found my people! 💜

DMATMOBIL is my all time favorite. Nothing comes close it's soooo fun and so believable. But it's definitely explicit what are you talking about 😂 there's like an entire chapter of smut. The tub jets??? The whipped cream???????

What a time for this video to appear on my timeline!!! 😭🤩 … I was soooo confused about this book; if I should start it or not coz it’s so darn long. And the reviews have been mixed on goodreads. I am intrigued but I will really have to be in some vacay ideal mood to start this monstrosity long book. 😭 wish me the best and thank you for such a detailed and meticulous review. 💜✨

YOU REALLY REALLY NEED TO READ “TIMELESS” by “alexandra_emerson” on AO3. There is also spin-offs to it. You can literally read all of the series it’s that good. But do read “Timeless” and “Anywhere”. I haven’t read a better and more cohesive time travel dramione fic ever. It was wayyyyy better than manacled in my opinion. At least for me. There is no loopholes which is usually common with time travel. Every thing ties up perfectly by the end. The rollercoaster ride with this fic is sooo good. And the amount of strategy and notes that the author has put into it is just pure amazing. Do read it if you ever get time. Also, about “the right thing to do/the wrong thing to do” I just didn’t like those works bcoz there was just toooo much pansy and Draco in it for me. I mean I get it that it was flashbacks, but I just hate when the ship I am reading for has majorly detailed intimate scenes with other people. It was just not needed even tho it was shown that he was imagining hermione the entire time or something but that just gave me a bad ick. Even in auction, I was not okay with him bringing pansy and doing stuff with her at the party even when he polyjuiced her as hermione. The author of this series is just really high on OC drama and I hate that. It’s not even true to any of their characters from cannon. Also; I will never understand making hermione a virgin despite dating Ron (clearly being endgame in the books), while Draco who didn’t even give pansy the time of the day in actuality and just mentioned her once at the Yule ball by his side, gets to be this Casanova. I hate how this contemporary trend of virgin FMCs and Casanova MMCs has reached Harry Potter AUs now. Hermione was honestly not that much of a prude and Draco was by no means a hoe. I hate how much pansy and Draco drama is inserted to make something spicy, it’s just icky. And why isn’t the same courtesy extended to Ron and hermione? Draco dated pansy and he isn’t a virgin, but hermione is one despite dating Ron for years. That’s just sexist in my opinion. That’s why I can never enjoy this series as much as other people do. The auction is so good plot-wise but the overly cheap plot devices that have been used to cause jealousy is off-character and just disturbing. I am sorry for ranting so much. I just had to get it out. Btw I am so excited to have found your channel. It’s so good to see dramione channels. 💜 hope you make more content. Would love to know about your reactions to other dramione fanfics or get recommendations. I do hope you read “timeless”.

Saving for later because I actually started MoM two days ago 😂

Here is my current top 5 from what I’ve read this year so far: The Bracelet Between the fall Osculum Annuum Breath Mints and Battlescars Turncoat

This video is a great outlet for my Dramione spiral that started with Manacled and hasn’t slowed since…I just finished Bloody, Slutty, & Pathetic and it was amazing (heavy E, sxx). I’m excited to watch part 2! I think our taste might be similar enough because I DNFd Remain Nameless. I did love the Narcissa/Lucius characterizations by Lovesbitca8 so our tastes might diverge a bit there. I love the notes on Ron bashing and Patronus reveals, great metrics to rate things by! I did really enjoy the Politicians Wife, kind of like how I like messy indie movies. Hoping to get an idea of what to read next, I’m thinking of Green Light but still on the fence

listen.... this one's a Commitment with a capital C. it's called "royal blood" and it is phenomenallll..... not much smut but the BEST plot ever read. amazing!

I read one, but I cant remember the name. It was addicting though, and really pretty long. Maybe you'll name it and I'll remember.

I think i understand your point but part of what makes great reviews is people explaining their reasoning, it would be worse if they just put a 3 star review no comment. I also believe when it comes to buying books for kids, if a parent knows what Goodread is, it will understand that what makes a great 5 to 6 books isn't the same as a good book for all audiences and would look up additional resources. Goodreads might need a difference between professional and user review like metacritic or maybe an age bracket recommendations, that will also help recognize review bombing. Your comment of young adults wanting to adults felt so on brand that it was amazing, your point even if I disagree are very important and would like to watch more of your content ❤.

we have the same dramione taste 🫶 haha would love to see a pt 2!

Skip the line feature is typically given to books that are anticipated to be popular so that more people can borrow it in a short time period. The fact that it wasn't checked out means they reaaally overestimated its success 💀💀

I love Manacled and Secrets and Masks. It is not as good as Manacled, but it came close. Like Isolation, all three from The Right Thing To Do universe. I did not like Breath mints so much. Cannot wait to see what your thought are on your TBR list.