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Falling in love with your worst enemy sounds like a bad idea. That’s no reason not to assume Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy won’t do it in every fanfic I write. If you were looking feelsy fraught Drarry banter, you’re in the right place! Read my other fics on AO3: https://bit.ly/3hSFPjJ Sign up for my newsletter: https://newsletter.gallapod.com Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/let_them_eat_books/

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    • Jun 18, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 53 EPISODES
    • 7 SEASONS


    Latest episodes from The Gallapod

    Scaredy Cat (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 29:20


    Tone shifts and why they happen, how commenters shape the way I write, and whether or not acquiring a kitten affected my ideas (spoiler: yes).  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com    

    Scaredy Cat (Part 10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 31:41


    Harry gives a speech, fluff & love Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 38:55


    Draco returns from New York and they FINALLY TALK.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 42:45


    Harry tries in vain to get over Draco. Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 29:28


    Draco moves to New York. Harry starts talking about the war more openly with his friends.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 27:00


    Draco freaks out, Harry freaks out, everyone freaks out Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 31:48


    Harry and Draco start sleeping together. But like, in a casual way.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 31:23


    Harry and Draco continue to share intense but futile moments. Pansy does a lot of MDMA. Draco throws Harry a lovely party.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 34:15


    Draco moves out. Harry misses him. The mystery of the stress-catism curse is uncovered!!  This episode is read by my delightful husband.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 26:33


    Harry and Draco try to be friends. It's a little awkward, very sweet, and wholly unsatisfactory.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Scaredy Cat (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 35:50


    Draco is cursed and starts uncontrollably turning into a kitten whenever he's stressed. There is, of course, only one logical solution: he must move in with Harry until they figure out how to break the curse.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Drarry and our Collective Colonial Hangover

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 119:27


    Shibz and I talk about Guam, how race affects the way you read fanfic, and the ways in which fifth year Harry can be seen to capture the colonial experience. Also let's be honest, my Draco always kind of represents white guilt You can find Shibz at: wistfulrat.tumblr.com  siobhonm.wordpress.com  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com  

    Teenage Wasteland (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 129:01


    My friend Chesca and I discuss why people who haven't experienced child abuse feel drawn to writing about it, and Chesca gives tips for writers hoping to write about abuse and trauma! Plus we both get quite distracted by how much we still fancy Effie from Skins.   Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 22:26


    Love and Resolution! Lots of fluff to recover from those sad first chapters.    Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 36:22


    I love yous!! Lots of wholesome fluff.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 34:27


    Draco goes to church and gets quite into it. Harry blurts something out that changes everything. 

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 28:12


    Draco and Harry start dating until Adelaide gets back from rehab. Only temporarily, of course. Defo not falling in love with each other or anything.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Brideshead Revisited: A Classist Queer Classic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 69:18


    For all its flaws, I love this book. A break from fanfic as I talk about its Evelyn Waugh's life, get very distracted about how much I love Evelyn Waugh's older brother Alec's gay boarding school tell-all, and read my favourite passage from Brideshead Revisited: Anthony Blanche's epic, rambling, drunken monologue.   

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 46:44


    Adelaide goes missing. Draco seeks help from the only person he can think of: Harry.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 33:19


    Harry finally finds out Adelaide is a teenager and briefly thinks Draco is abusing her. Draco finds this... distressing. I think this is the emotional low point?  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 41:47


    Adelaide gets drunk and causes trouble. Harry and Draco finally talk but the air is still murky with MISUNDERSTANDINGS.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con  

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 31:51


    Harry needs a werewolf potion. Draco happens to be very good at werewolf potions. Adelaide is a mess.   Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Teenage Wasteland (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 45:57


      Draco never thought he'd end up the sole guardian of a troubled teenage girl. Harry never thought he'd end up a werewolf. Being twenty-two is hard.    This story starts out bleak, but from about halfway through it is almost entirely fluff!    Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 44:42


    In which I discuss the romance of friendship, American modes of vulnerability, and the best taxi driver in the whole world.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Part 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 27:06


    Poison and kidnapping and breakfast in bed! Long talks that resolve everything! Cats, or more specifically, one extremely pampered cat.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 29:09


    Harry talks to Draco about the awkward Harry-being-in-love-with Draco thing. Meanwhile, the Hammersmith Murderer develops an interest in Draco...  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 41:46


    Harry inadvertently confesses love for Draco. It does not go well.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 33:01


    Lots more texting, friendship, and Lucius Malfoy as a terrifying burlesque stage mom  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 36:19


    Years later, Harry finds Draco in a most unexpected setting. Texting ensues.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Can I Tell You Something (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 37:51


    It's not a party unless Draco Malfoy is there. He's so fun! So wild! So crazy! So many drugs! So many drugs. Too many drugs? Harry's starting to think it's probably a lot too many drugs.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con  

    Dad Says (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 35:47


    Nazis, Oscar Wilde, and Little Lord Fauntleroy: I speak with confident lack of expertise on all of them.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   

    Dad Says (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 40:59


    Harry takes care of Draco after his injury and much fluff follows.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com   Music: Beats by Con

    Dad Says (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 46:12


    Harry freaks out and is rather unkind to Draco. Blaise Zabini shows up and is comically posh.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com  Music: Beats by Con

    Dad Says (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 51:47


    Scorpius goes to Hogwarts and Harry promises to “check in” on Draco for him, which predictably ends up involving quite a lot of lust.  Join my newsletter here! https://newsletter.gallapod.com  Music: Beats by Con

    Dad Says (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 39:01


    Harry and Draco go clubbing and Harry is bamboozled by Draco's good looks. Scorpius is freaking out about going to Hogwarts and Harry takes him to meet Teddy Lupin. Music by Beats by Con

    Dad Says (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 57:22


    Eleven-year-old Scorpius Malfoy starts writing to Harry. Harry starts to fall in love with Draco through his portrayal in his son's letters. Music by Beats by Con

    Exposure (Bonus Episode - Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 50:27


    What Blue wants to see more of in sex worker fics, the advice Blue gave me when I wrote Exposure, book and fic recommendations, and my actually quite strong feelings about cows.

    Exposure (Bonus Episode - Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 61:37


    My friend Blue and I discuss why the “down-and-out sex worker” trope we often see in Drarry and other fandoms is harmful, why these stories are so popular, and tips for fanfic writers considering writing sex work fics.

    Exposure (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 53:48


    Apologies, madness, and resolution. This is the final part of the fic, but there is a bonus episode split into two parts that I think is really worth listening to! Music by Beats by Con  

    Exposure (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 54:38


    Draco gets sick and Harry takes care of him. An extremely sad series of one-sided text-messages. Everything goes wrong. 

    Exposure (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 52:54


    When Seamus uncovers Draco Malfoy's camboy profile, he, Harry and Ron decide to anonymously book a private show so as to humiliate him later. Fascinated by Draco's confidence, Harry keeps booking private shows under the disguise... Written and read by Galla Placidia. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26163091 Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 33:23


    In which I discuss who wrote the sex scenes and fangirl about Aideomai and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Part 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 46:27


    I love yous, fluff, and Draco fights a wasp. Written by Aideomai, Galla Placidia, and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 41:00


    There's a creepy ancient guilt-curse that comes into play. Also, Harry has a massive existential crisis about being a bit of a top. Written by Aideomai, Galla Placidia, and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 48:04


    Harry goes to the Burrow. Draco gets ravished against a wall. CW: explicit sex scene--that, by the way, I had no part in writing, bc I am a LADY. Written by Aideomai, Galla Placidia, and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 44:48


    A storm tears down part of the cottage. Draco, it turns out, is not keen on blood. Harry comforts him ineptly. Plus...MORE CHICKENS! Written by Aideomai, Galla Placidia, and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 45:39


    Sad times. Draco rides a horse and feels guilty about enjoying it. Harry reads a magazine about chickens and it bums Draco out. Draco decides to clean out the cupboard under the stairs and it causes quite a lot of drama.  Written by Aideomai, Galla Placidia, and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bolthole (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 43:07


    Draco, having become best friends with Ron and Hermione during 8th year, is urged to move into Harry's cottage in the Cotswolds to recover from a bereavement. It's awkward and melancholy both of them are trying very hard not to think about that one time they had sex. Written by Aideomai, Galla Placidia, and Tepre. Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by @Kimbleshankz. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bucket List (Bonus Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 23:33


    If you're interested in learning more about what inspired me to write The Bucket List, my favourite character, and other behind-the-scenes tidbits, this is the episode for you! Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by Nettle-Forest. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bucket List (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 48:33


    Draco will die in 6 months if he can't get Harry Potter to fall in love with him. Since that's not going to happen, he might as well spend his last days working through his Bucket List. Tap-dancing lessons? Rock climbing? Poetry-writing? Threesomes? Cocaine? Getting to know his adorable cousin, Teddy Lupin? Draco will try them all! Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by Nettle-Forest. Music by Beats by Con.

    The Bucket List (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 38:35


    Draco will die in 6 months if he can't get Harry Potter to fall in love with him. Since that's not going to happen, he might as well spend his last days working through his Bucket List. Tap-dancing lessons? Rock climbing? Poetry-writing? Threesomes? Cocaine? Getting to know his adorable cousin, Teddy Lupin? Draco will try them all! Full story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22431970/chapters/53596558 Artwork by Nettle-Forest. Music by Beats by Con.

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