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mini_fest_mod ([personal profile] mini_fest_mod) wrote in [community profile] mini_fest2015-12-01 08:50 pm

The ties that bind [Harry/Draco - G]

Title: The ties that bind
Author/Artist: [livejournal.com profile] epithalamium
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Prompt: 9 (2014), "In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." Albert Camus
Art Medium: CS6, SAI
Rating: G
Contains (Highlight to view): *Plants growing out of people's heads? Maybe body horror.*
Disclaimer: Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended.
Notes: Thanks to the untiring K, who asks me to play in the sandbox time and again. All the hugs for you, hun! Special thanks are in order for K (a different one) and N, who kept this from collapsing over my head. You guys are brill. Happy holidays everyone!
Summary: They're held back by various things, but what are the Christmas hols for after all, if not for giving?



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[identity profile] alisanne.livejournal.com 2015-12-02 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, how lovely!
The posture says it all here, doesn't it?
Harry slightly dejected pose, Draco's proper posture until that last one, where we see his pain, and then when they are together, how well they meld with their 'compromise'.
This is beautiful work. :)

[identity profile] knowmefirst.livejournal.com 2015-12-02 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
This is so beautiful, I love how each has something that hold them back and yet at the end they are able overcome it to be together :D Lovely!
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[personal profile] gracerene 2015-12-02 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my goodness this is so freaking adorable! The concept is just super awesome and I just love the plants and how it kind of binds them together. Really wonderful work!

[identity profile] smirkingcat.livejournal.com 2015-12-02 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
stunning!!!
and also really touching!
really, really cool!

[identity profile] candamira.livejournal.com 2015-12-02 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Brilliant interpretation of the prompt! I love your idea to show that hope and faith grow only until a special point from which on they need a bit of encouragement in order not to wither. Wonderful concept and wonderfully executed! <3
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[personal profile] llaeyro 2015-12-02 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Deep art is deep. This is so thought provoking, curious and beautiful.
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[personal profile] torino10154 2015-12-02 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, this is really creative and clever. Subtle. I do especially love Draco's last one, as well as Harry's rain cloud. Wonderful work.
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[personal profile] capitu 2015-12-02 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
This is so absolutely adorable!!!! I love the uniforms, and I love so, so much how entwined they are. Harry looked so sad and lonely at the beginning, and Draco, as well, almost despairing, that last imagine is all kinds of perfect. Thank you! <3

[identity profile] suitesamba.livejournal.com 2015-12-02 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Loved this - excellent idea and so lovely and appropriate. kudos!

[identity profile] leontinabowie.livejournal.com 2015-12-02 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
This is such a cool concept. I love the art style, and I adore how cute they look together at the end ♥
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[personal profile] tryslora 2015-12-02 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that is just beautiful and lovely and sweet.
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[personal profile] nia_kantorka 2015-12-02 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Gosh, their compromise looks so great and the little changes from panel to panel. I adore your style. Wonderful, MA!
Edited 2015-12-02 18:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] digthewriter 2015-12-02 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS IS GORGEOUS!

[identity profile] sophia-clark.livejournal.com 2015-12-04 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
I love this! Very creative & beautiful! :)

[identity profile] fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com 2015-12-05 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I love this. I can't say I completely understand it, but I love it for the feels it gives me. I love Harry conjuring a rain cloud above his head to grow mistletoe, but no one comes and slowly it dies. I love Draco sitting in his stubborn pose as a plant (holly?) slowly overtakes him. And then they sit side by side and Harry's withered mistletoe springs back into life and the vines around Draco die away, and they are holding hands, and I am grinning like a loon.

[identity profile] cloelockless2.livejournal.com 2015-12-06 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, this art is incredible!
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[personal profile] lokifan 2015-12-08 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
This is beautiful, clever, and very touching ♥ I love how much you do with body language alone.

[identity profile] dark0feenix.livejournal.com 2015-12-08 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow! This is so beautifully done! Love how they both need that little extra from the other to find a balance. Well done!
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[personal profile] delphipsmith 2015-12-10 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Very unusual and charming -- the visuals play off the words nicely, I love the sharp pointed little faces, the school uniforms with the house badges, and the lively little green shoots and vines that (I'm sure) are about to bind them together. Harry getting rained on is just too cute for words. Taken altogether, this makes me think of two well-known quotes: "Hope springs eternal" and "The greatest of these is love."

[identity profile] shadowycat.livejournal.com 2015-12-22 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Clever, sweet, and charming! Well done. :D

[identity profile] frnklymrshnkly.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh wow! This is really beautiful. I love the sentiment. <3
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[identity profile] articcat621.livejournal.com 2016-01-10 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
This is wonderful! What a unique and sweet concept <3