Welcome to the seventh round of hp_beholder! Once again, we're here to bring a little love (or lust) into the lives of our favourite Harry Potter characters who are otherwise often overlooked.
Sign-ups are now open and will remain so until 6:00PM (Pacific Time) on Thursday, February 6th. Assignments will go out on the following weekend. Completed, edited stories and artwork are due by 11:59PM (Pacific Time) on Thursday, March 27th.
If you have not already done so, please read the updated community information here, which includes general guidelines, additional tips for writing your request, and this year's schedule.
( Please copy/paste the sign-up template hidden below the cut... )
List of Qualifying Characters
Below is the list of characters from which at least one member of the pairing/threesome/moresome in each fanwork must be selected.
(adult) Dumbledore | Aberforth Dumbledore | Alecto Carrow |
Amycus Carrow | Arthur Weasley | Molly Weasley |
Dedalus Diggle | Augusta Longbottom | Professor Binns |
Bloody Baron | Grey Lady | Barty Crouch, Sr |
Vincent Crabbe | Gregory Goyle | Aunt Marge |
Dudley Dursley | Petunia Dursley | Vernon Dursley |
Eileen Prince | Elphias Doge | Tobias Snape |
Fat Friar | Fenrir Greyback | Arabella. Figg |
Argus Filch | Firenze | Filius Flitwick |
Cornelius Fudge | Griphook | Professor Grubbly-Plank |
Rubeus Hagrid | (Rolanda/Xiomara) Hooch | Igor Karkaroff |
Olympe Maxime | Marcus Flint | Marietta Edgecombe |
Marvolo Gaunt | Merope Gaunt | Walden Macnair |
Minerva McGonagall | Millicent Bulstrode | Moaning Myrtle |
Alastor Moody | Mundungus Fletcher | Mr. Ollivander |
Peter Pettigrew | Irma Pince | Poppy Pomfrey |
Quirinus Quirrell | Rabastan LeStrange | Madam Rosmerta |
Rufus Scrimgeour | (Aurora) Sinistra | Sybill Trelawney |
Rita Skeeter | Horace Slughorn | Pomona Sprout |
Ernie Prang | Stan Shunpike | Tom (of the Leaky Cauldron) |
Dolores Umbridge | Walburga Black | Xenophilus Lovegood |
Viktor Krum | Charity Burbage | Nearly-Headless Nick |
Morfin Gaunt | Abraxas Malfoy | Antonin Dolohov |
Aunt Muriel | Andromeda Tonks | Amelia Bones |
Griselda Marchbanks | John Dawlish | Septima Vector |
Apollyon Pringle | Silvanus Kettleburn | Augustus Rookwood |
Bane | Ted Tonks | Yaxley |
Things to Keep in Mind:
1. Please do some research before creating fic or art about places and peoples with which you're only vaguely familiar, and ensure that your work and your sign-up don't perpetuate oppressive, discriminatory tropes and attitudes. The Beholder community has been pretty good so far in these areas, and it would be great if we could keep it that way. If you have any questions about whether your work might be problematic in its conception or execution, write to the Mod.
2. This exchange is anonymous. I will be posting all completed works to the community to preserve the authors' and artists' anonymity until the end of the exchange. To that end, please make sure that your work is free of any identifying markers (such as a signature or watermark on art and the appearance of established OCs in stories) and that you remain discreet in your journals.
3. All completed work—1500-word minimum files (.txt or .rtf or .doc) with html coding on stories, please—and all questions should be sent to me at: beholder.mod [at] gmail [dot] com. Please use appropriate content notes when submitting your work. Warnings for non-consensual or dubiously consensual activity, or for sexual activity involving any character under the age of 18, are mandatory.
If you defaulted last year, or had to be contacted after missing deadlines, you are welcome to take part again. However, I would ask that you commit to meeting this year's set deadline.