Drarry Art + Fic: Eager for the Sky

Title: Eager for the Sky Author: @oknowkiss Artist(s): @upthehillart Pairing(s): Harry/Draco (background Harry/Ron, background Draco/Blaise, brief Ron/Hermione and implied Harry/Ron/Hermione) Other Key Characters: Ron Weasley, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Oliver Wood, Hermione Granger, Zacharias Smith, Ginny Weasley Rating: Mature Word Count: 35.4k Art Medium: Digital Illustration Era: 8th Year Content/Warnings: Quidditch Players Harry and Draco, Slow Burn, Getting Together, Coming Out, Mutual Pining, Teasing, Drinking, Haircuts, Nonmonogamy (with Drarry Endgame), Sexual Experimentation, Cutting Fruit as a Love Language, Implied Sexual Content, Masturbation, Shower Masturbation, UST, Resolved Sexual Tension, Brief Blood, Mentions of Depression & Caring for an Unwell Parent, Brief Nightmares Summary: It was announced, just as the Triwizard Tournament had been, at the start of term feast.

A year-long, international Quidditch varsity match — the inaugural Wizarding Academy Cup.

In which Harry is Hogwarts’ star Seeker, Draco is on the bench, and they both have a thing or two to learn about playing for the same team. Author’s Notes: This was so much fun—my first fest back in… over a decade! Yowza. Massive thanks to UpTheHill, whose art is truly a thing of beauty, and is the inspiration for this story. If you’d like to look at the art first, it’s at the end of chapter four.

Thank you as well to my incredible betas: iota, makeitp1nk, and nv-md! You are a dream team and whipped this entirely into shape. Like having three Oliver Woods at hand, except fully in charge of your mental faculties. I am so privileged to have you in my corner. Thank you thank you thank you.

And, of course, thank you to the HD Reverse Bang Mods, for all the work and time and energy you’ve put into this amazing fest. You’re all rockstars, truly. Artist’s Notes: Nothing beats the good ol’ Drarry rivalry and competition… Unless it also involves snogging. Maybe secretly in a deserted locker room after an intense match. Yes, that’s it - nothing beats THAT! haha I love reading fic like this, so of course I had to draw it for the Reverse Bang! ;) Enjoy!!

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[art] Red Roses and Free Spirits by @upthehillart / upthehillart

She's seen the Lady there before, an airy blur of elegant fabric and blond hair. With roses in hand, maybe she'll see her again.

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Ummm byee

So I kind of hate that Putin is trying to restrict the flow of information into Russia so that he can control the narrative, so for my Russian friends, here is my guide on

How to get around internet censorship and maintain internet privacy

This will be an extremely long post 😅

Priorities

Alternative Front-Ends A frontend is the the part of a website which the user interacts with directly. To browse the contents of websites, you usually have to visit them. However, many people have made alternative privacy-respecting frontends to popular websites that allow you to see the site’s content without actually visiting the website. This helps avoid tracking, data-collection, and even countries’ attempts to ban websites. Twitter is banned in Russia right now, but using all an alternative frontend to Twitter works (according to my Russian friend).

Google Translate

Imgur

Instagram

Medium

Reddit

TikTok

Twitter

Wikipedia

YouTube

YouTube Music

If anyone knows of one of these for Tumblr please let me know. I found this site called Tumgir but it looks sketchy and unlike the rest of the ones I listed, it’s not open-source. So visit with caution, but I’m mentioning it because it might be better than nothing.

There are also these browser extensions that automatically redirect site links to the available alternatives:

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

iPhone (iOS 15+) Safari

Android

Messaging / Communication

Matrix is a federated and decentralized End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) messaging with many platforms, the most popular of which is Element. It’s like Discord, but worse. It’s getting better over time though! You can even use a a throwaway email to sign-up.

If you’re Russian you likely already know about Telegram, but MAKE SURE you’re aware that only Secret Chats are End-to-End Encrypted. So don’t say anything that would get you in trouble outside of a Secret Chat.

End Notes

China is way better at internet censorship. They’ve had years to build the infrastructure to control the flow of information online. And yet, the Chinese people still manage to “climb the wall” and find ways around this. Russia is new to this game and doesn’t have the resources China does. So I really doubt it’ll be that hard to get around their attempts to block websites. Have faith! And feel free to DM me for more info cause this post just scratches the surface for things you can do tbh.

Additionally, if you’re struggling to access non-state news sources, the BBC (whose coverage of Ukraine so far has been excellent and which has now been blocked in Russia) has set up alternative methods to access its reporting.

It is also providing shortwave radio coverage in English, available in Ukraine and parts of Russia, on 15735 kHz and 5875 kHz.

Text version below:

Advice on accessing BBC News

To access the BBC, circumvention tools can be used, such as the Psiphon app (Android, iOS, Windows, Mac).

The Tor Browser also has a dedicated BBC site, on this URL: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/

Please note the BBC site for Tor works only on the Tor Browser, or a similar browser (such as Onion Browser for iPhones).

If you find it difficult to get the two applications above from AppStore or Google Play Store, please send a blank email to get@psiphon3.com or gettor@torproject.org, respectively. You will then be sent an email with a direct and safe download link.

Some reputable links to help Ukrainian military & civilians

- https://savelife.in.ua/en/

Charity fund Come Back Alive that supports soldiers on front lines and after service.

- https://voices.org.ua/en/

Charitable Foundation Voices of Children, mostly with focus on mental health and development of children in Lughansk and Donetsk region.

- https://www.peoplesproject.com/en/

Ukraine's military and civil crowdfunding.

You can also donate directly to Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, for logistical or medical support. More info here: https://mil.gov.ua/en/donate.html

Please do not ignore individual calls for aid and crowdfunding too! Whether they come in form of patreon links, emergency commissions, etc. I'd say setting up a patreon account to support creators and people in need would be the surest way to help, since things like PayPal, Ko-Fi, CashApp etc do not work in Ukraine (although some people still use them through friends or relatives in different countries). Not all circumstances are dire enough to need organizational help, but even 10$ can really help an individual person who had to evacuate from their town, relocate from a damaged building, etc.

Last but not least: CHECK YOUR INFO SOURCES!! Russia has been on disinformation pipeline since last week, and sowing panic in Ukraine and around the world is one of the worst things to do right now. Like, for real, stop with the WW3 bullshit. The conflict as it is, while obviously hard for Ukraine, is fairly localized and with your help it can very much stay that way.