thank you!! i'm pining this comment & here is the link to SEP for those of you who would like to listen 🫶🏻 th-cam.com/play/PLv23-J1AGrh5k06xXuO4XGxwcu8HFFSW9.html
I read it and it is my FAVORITE Dramione fic so far. I know some people don’t like slow burn, but I personally love it so much. The emotions and the story and the character development made it so perfect. I’m glad you finally read it though!
Aah I‘m so happy, that you were able to finish this story! MoaM is probably my favourite Dramione ff of all time 😍 I laughed, I cried, this story just has a very special place in my heart! I hope many dramione fans will give it a go :)
I just re-read. This time around I was noticing so many more touch points this story has with Pride & Prejudice. Just for fun (for anyone who’s read P&P) here’s who I thought some of the characters loosely matched to: obviously H & D correlate to Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy; her parents: Mr. & Mrs. Bennet; Harry & Ginny: Bingly & Jane (only in that they are very lucky in love); Ron:Mr. Collins; Lisa: Charlotte Lucas; Cormac:Wickham; Narcissa:Lady Catherine de burg. Some of these are very loose matches, and inadaze22 takes them in different directions, though. Some situational match-ups I noticed: the two train wrecks of proposals/attempted love declarations in each story-the first “nothing” and the second the viscous fight; when D takes over all H’s spinning plates when H is in the hospital and delegates the tasks or does them himself is like when Mr. Darcy discovers and patches up the Lydia/Wickham debacle; the H & N scene where H resigns as N’s healer matched to the Lady Catherine demanding a denial scene; obviously the D wife-hunting circus matches up with the first line of the book “it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” Unfortunately there was no “are the shades of pemberly thus to be polluted” moment. Also two unrelated comments: 1-there are so many beautiful love stories woven together . . . oddly I have to admit that my favorite love story in this work is D&Astoria-their story is so beautifully tragic. 2-I imagine a sequel to this story picking up with Albus and Scorpious if they were sorted in Hufflepuff-could be the beginning of something amazing and we need more Hufflepuff stories!
Oooohhhhh!!! Yes! One more correlation I missed [skip/postpone reading this if you don’t want spoilers to a couple things in P&P]-all the ways D is quietly competent & quietly benevolent/good. In MoaM one thing that keeps recurring is that H will accidentally stumble upon something that has been going on for weeks or months that she didn’t know about. Example, D making plans to put S in a school and coordinating that with Harry, and when she had been chronically worried that no one had been explaining N’s health to S but later when she observed them she could see that it was obvious the groundwork had been lain and just because she had not been aware of it didn’t mean that it wasn’t happening, and of course the way D had saved Daphne, and how he had gracefully gifted time to A & [spoiler] at the end, also how he quietly was working to build a bridge with H & her dad-in the story when she comes across these things she is puzzled and almost um jealous(?) that it was outside of her scope of influence, but definitely she was hit with a blunt blow that he had greatness in him that pre-existed her and was beyond and outside of her. I think this is unique to dramione in that many or most other dramione works show D’s goodness as growth/changes that were directly inspired or influenced by her. Anyway, this is a definite tie to P&P when Elizabeth visits Derbyshire and finds out how revered (deservedly) he is be the townspeople, local business owners, his tenant farmers, and his servants and house staff. Critics say that it is a tongue-in-cheek joke that she all of a sudden realizes her love for him when she has seen his opulent house, but I disagree that it wasn’t the house that made the difference, it was the admiration and respect he had earned from his inferiors and dependents that pushed her over to realization. & a second note-I don’t thing there is a slot for Theo if one is looking for a correlation to P&P, a guess a little like colonal fitzwilliam . . . , but actually inadaze22 kind of hints that he is outside the paradigm when he comes to the birthday party as colonial brandon from sense and sensibility (in that he is languishing in longsuffering love and devotion)
I love this fiction a lot!!! I just finished it between audiobook and reading it took me 5 days. God! This is so awesome. Personally, I love children and always love reading fiction that involves kids, and this one hit me so hard! I love every bit of it. Thank you so much for your recommendation.
I’m so excited to start reading this fic. I litterly just finished Manacled less than an hour ago as of writing this comment and I have to say I think it is one of my favorite things I have ever read. I don’t know what to expect out of Measure of a Man, but I have heard it be very highly recommended so I am looking forward to giving it a go!
ahhhh manacled baby 😭 i know how you feel! kudos to you for starting a big fic after a big fic. i can tell you they're vastly different from each other, so i'm excited to see how you like measure of a man
The sound in the outro with the birds is really nice and cute. I am currently stuck in the middle of the fic isolation so 600.000 words seems very impressive to me :D
I read Moam in 4 days, and I can say I was equal parts not okay and ecstatic. this fic gave me all the cottage core, healer Hermione feels I love my only issue now is that I haven’t ever found something similar
Currently reading. I overlooked this one a couple of times and it's turned out to be a beautiful story. I've been telling my boyfriend what a monstrously long fic it is, but it's surprised me. I'm on chapter 36, almost done!!
Oh my god, I literally just finished Measure Of A Man too 🥹 It’s gone straight to the top of my favourites list - absolute god-tier story. Couldn’t have been a better time for you to upload 👏 I live for your videos xx
I've been intimidated by the word count to start reading this story, so thank you for making this video, I know I'll need to set time aside before reading this one..😊
GURL I WAS as well 😭 - i usually gravitate towards 100K fic, so 600K is like 6 of my normal intake LOL. it's worth it but at the same time you have to literally invest in it, so i'm excited to see how it turns out for you 🫶🏻
I started reading this straight after BATMOBIL. Quite the difference in style... I love the cottagecore vibes and also the very relatable commentary and critique on healthcare/corporate work culture/corrupt government but it is slow. I'm now halfway trough Remain Nameless, maybe I'll pick MoaM up later in summer, I think it'll work well read on the beach or in a hammock.
Also, it is hilarious to read about Theo as this restrained chess grand master type of person when he is often depicted as a slightly unhinged party animal and Draco's preferred partner in crime. I just expect him to have this secret wild side to him that is about to burst out in MoaM too lol
ahhh yes how do you like remain nameless so far? personally i prefer the slow burn of RN much more than i do with MoaM, though I do acknowledge that they are very different in their own ways 🥹 definitely agreed to your point on the knowledge/critic on a range of topics & on reading MoaM during the summar and preferably outside LOL ❤️ lastly - i find myself MUCH more in love with unhinged theo than a reserved/quiet theo because i feel like he is the spirit animal of our dramione fandom LOL, especially if he plays coy cupid with harry ❤️
@@ireadthisandthat In RN, I think the writing is just beautiful and so impactful, I have like half of the book highlighted. And this vulnerable Draco tugs my heartstrings. But now that they're together in the book, I think the relationship is a bit red flags and Draco quite toxic (though we get to see why). I also think the plot is losing a bit of oomph and the book is only half-way. But I'll keep reading and hope D&H and the book get trough this phase. And yes, unhinged cupid playing Theo is the BEST, BATMOBIL has one of the best Theos 😂🩷
I think I must have been in the wrong headspace for this fic. It's so descriptive on stuff I didn't give a flip about. I only got like 12 chapters in and had to stop.
nooo totally relatable LOL - i'm the same way the first two times, except i never got as far as you did (i dropped after 2.5 chapters LOL). trust me - they are like building blocks; they add depths + round out the stories; but I DO agree with your point LOL
I picked this story last night, but the story is killing me.. I dont know what really happened, the monologe is super long sometimes it doesnt make sense. How come theyre in a conversation and the monologue is 3 page long between the aswers... And hermione was so bitter, why oh why... I give it up. Thanks for the review..
Thanks I really needed this. I’ve been really struggling with MoaM because of the writing. It is exhausting and I really am a hater who is barely halfway through. I still don’t get why it’s up there with Manacled and Mortifying Ordeal as those were amazing page-turners. MoaM feels like a chore to read. I’m trusting the process thanks to you.
haha thank you for checking my vid 🥰 but honestly though, if you really cannot continue, i totally understand why you drop it. i agreed with your comment about manacled & batmobile (ordeal) being page turners - i think we are just into faster pace stories as readers, so to each our ownnn
An audio version is available as a podcast: SEP fanfic readings. Or if you don’t have access to podcasts, the episodes are posted to TH-cam too.
thank you!! i'm pining this comment & here is the link to SEP for those of you who would like to listen 🫶🏻
th-cam.com/play/PLv23-J1AGrh5k06xXuO4XGxwcu8HFFSW9.html
If people choose to do the audio version, I suggest still scrolling through the chapters on ao3 to catch the artwork (imbedded and linked)
I read it and it is my FAVORITE Dramione fic so far. I know some people don’t like slow burn, but I personally love it so much. The emotions and the story and the character development made it so perfect. I’m glad you finally read it though!
yesss i'm glad too
i totally agree! the amount of detail put into each character was amazing
righttt howw - feels like i am watching anime when every character gets their own arc LOL ❤️
Aah I‘m so happy, that you were able to finish this story! MoaM is probably my favourite Dramione ff of all time 😍 I laughed, I cried, this story just has a very special place in my heart! I hope many dramione fans will give it a go :)
SPECIAL is the word righttt 🥹 truly god tier calibre
I just re-read. This time around I was noticing so many more touch points this story has with Pride & Prejudice. Just for fun (for anyone who’s read P&P) here’s who I thought some of the characters loosely matched to: obviously H & D correlate to Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy; her parents: Mr. & Mrs. Bennet; Harry & Ginny: Bingly & Jane (only in that they are very lucky in love); Ron:Mr. Collins; Lisa: Charlotte Lucas; Cormac:Wickham; Narcissa:Lady Catherine de burg. Some of these are very loose matches, and inadaze22 takes them in different directions, though. Some situational match-ups I noticed: the two train wrecks of proposals/attempted love declarations in each story-the first “nothing” and the second the viscous fight; when D takes over all H’s spinning plates when H is in the hospital and delegates the tasks or does them himself is like when Mr. Darcy discovers and patches up the Lydia/Wickham debacle; the H & N scene where H resigns as N’s healer matched to the Lady Catherine demanding a denial scene; obviously the D wife-hunting circus matches up with the first line of the book “it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” Unfortunately there was no “are the shades of pemberly thus to be polluted” moment.
Also two unrelated comments: 1-there are so many beautiful love stories woven together . . . oddly I have to admit that my favorite love story in this work is D&Astoria-their story is so beautifully tragic. 2-I imagine a sequel to this story picking up with Albus and Scorpious if they were sorted in Hufflepuff-could be the beginning of something amazing and we need more Hufflepuff stories!
i'm saving this comment because i'm ABOUT to read P&P!! coming back to ya to examine all this 🥰🥰
Oooohhhhh!!! Yes! One more correlation I missed [skip/postpone reading this if you don’t want spoilers to a couple things in P&P]-all the ways D is quietly competent & quietly benevolent/good. In MoaM one thing that keeps recurring is that H will accidentally stumble upon something that has been going on for weeks or months that she didn’t know about. Example, D making plans to put S in a school and coordinating that with Harry, and when she had been chronically worried that no one had been explaining N’s health to S but later when she observed them she could see that it was obvious the groundwork had been lain and just because she had not been aware of it didn’t mean that it wasn’t happening, and of course the way D had saved Daphne, and how he had gracefully gifted time to A & [spoiler] at the end, also how he quietly was working to build a bridge with H & her dad-in the story when she comes across these things she is puzzled and almost um jealous(?) that it was outside of her scope of influence, but definitely she was hit with a blunt blow that he had greatness in him that pre-existed her and was beyond and outside of her. I think this is unique to dramione in that many or most other dramione works show D’s goodness as growth/changes that were directly inspired or influenced by her. Anyway, this is a definite tie to P&P when Elizabeth visits Derbyshire and finds out how revered (deservedly) he is be the townspeople, local business owners, his tenant farmers, and his servants and house staff. Critics say that it is a tongue-in-cheek joke that she all of a sudden realizes her love for him when she has seen his opulent house, but I disagree that it wasn’t the house that made the difference, it was the admiration and respect he had earned from his inferiors and dependents that pushed her over to realization.
& a second note-I don’t thing there is a slot for Theo if one is looking for a correlation to P&P, a guess a little like colonal fitzwilliam . . . , but actually inadaze22 kind of hints that he is outside the paradigm when he comes to the birthday party as colonial brandon from sense and sensibility (in that he is languishing in longsuffering love and devotion)
Perfect reason to finally read P&P and S&S along with this! Long summer afternoons here I cooome ~
I love this fiction a lot!!! I just finished it between audiobook and reading it took me 5 days. God! This is so awesome. Personally, I love children and always love reading fiction that involves kids, and this one hit me so hard! I love every bit of it. Thank you so much for your recommendation.
OMGGG gurl u are lightning fast!! took me a whole month 😭 thank you for your comment 😍
I’m so excited to start reading this fic. I litterly just finished Manacled less than an hour ago as of writing this comment and I have to say I think it is one of my favorite things I have ever read. I don’t know what to expect out of Measure of a Man, but I have heard it be very highly recommended so I am looking forward to giving it a go!
ahhhh manacled baby 😭 i know how you feel! kudos to you for starting a big fic after a big fic. i can tell you they're vastly different from each other, so i'm excited to see how you like measure of a man
Ok this sounds like exactly what I like! Just moved to the top of my TBR list. Thank you!
it IS long 😍 such an investment (one that pays off in my opinion) ✨
I plan to read this over the summer. Love your videos!
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thank you!! let me know how it turns out for you!! 🫶🏻
The sound in the outro with the birds is really nice and cute. I am currently stuck in the middle of the fic isolation so 600.000 words seems very impressive to me :D
ahhh thank you for noticing my effort 🥹 isolation is my first dramione story
I read Moam in 4 days, and I can say I was equal parts not okay and ecstatic. this fic gave me all the cottage core, healer Hermione feels I love my only issue now is that I haven’t ever found something similar
gurlll 4 DAYS 🥹 did you sleeep 🤣 you are absolutely right - there is none like measure of a man 😭 this is truly a 1 of 1 type of story 😭
Hahaha no I don’t think I did Shabbat
struggling through the first couple chapters but im trying to push through😭
the first 3 are brutally slow 🥹🥹
I started listening to the audiobook on TH-cam .. love it already
aww let me know how you feel when you finish it
Hey girl... You conquer this!! 🎉🎉
hahaha i'm glad i'm heree 🤣
I enjoyed this one and pulled all nighters
haha same here!! ❤️
Hey can you tell a bit of summary?
Currently reading. I overlooked this one a couple of times and it's turned out to be a beautiful story. I've been telling my boyfriend what a monstrously long fic it is, but it's surprised me. I'm on chapter 36, almost done!!
omgg 6 chapters to go and i still feel like you are about to uncover a lot still LOL 💕
Oh my god, I literally just finished Measure Of A Man too 🥹 It’s gone straight to the top of my favourites list - absolute god-tier story.
Couldn’t have been a better time for you to upload 👏 I live for your videos xx
ahhh thank you 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 yes it is truly a god tier story, no doubt 😭 just so special 😭
I've been intimidated by the word count to start reading this story, so thank you for making this video, I know I'll need to set time aside before reading this one..😊
Me too😂😂
GURL I WAS as well 😭 - i usually gravitate towards 100K fic, so 600K is like 6 of my normal intake LOL. it's worth it but at the same time you have to literally invest in it, so i'm excited to see how it turns out for you 🫶🏻
@@ireadthisandthat I did it!! What a beautiful story and well worth it! I need to tackle Remain Nameless next ^_^'
* sighs and opens Kindle *
lolll it's an investment gurlll 🥹🥹
I started reading this straight after BATMOBIL. Quite the difference in style... I love the cottagecore vibes and also the very relatable commentary and critique on healthcare/corporate work culture/corrupt government but it is slow. I'm now halfway trough Remain Nameless, maybe I'll pick MoaM up later in summer, I think it'll work well read on the beach or in a hammock.
Also, it is hilarious to read about Theo as this restrained chess grand master type of person when he is often depicted as a slightly unhinged party animal and Draco's preferred partner in crime. I just expect him to have this secret wild side to him that is about to burst out in MoaM too lol
ahhh yes how do you like remain nameless so far? personally i prefer the slow burn of RN much more than i do with MoaM, though I do acknowledge that they are very different in their own ways 🥹 definitely agreed to your point on the knowledge/critic on a range of topics & on reading MoaM during the summar and preferably outside LOL ❤️ lastly - i find myself MUCH more in love with unhinged theo than a reserved/quiet theo because i feel like he is the spirit animal of our dramione fandom LOL, especially if he plays coy cupid with harry ❤️
@@ireadthisandthat In RN, I think the writing is just beautiful and so impactful, I have like half of the book highlighted. And this vulnerable Draco tugs my heartstrings. But now that they're together in the book, I think the relationship is a bit red flags and Draco quite toxic (though we get to see why). I also think the plot is losing a bit of oomph and the book is only half-way. But I'll keep reading and hope D&H and the book get trough this phase.
And yes, unhinged cupid playing Theo is the BEST, BATMOBIL has one of the best Theos 😂🩷
Reporting back from summer hols: I'm 40 % deep into the book now and completely hooked!
@@elinamakela8435 love that for you - now it only gets better (knock on wood) 😍
One of my favorites but yes it definitely requires patience.
definitely but sooo worth it
I think I must have been in the wrong headspace for this fic. It's so descriptive on stuff I didn't give a flip about. I only got like 12 chapters in and had to stop.
nooo totally relatable LOL - i'm the same way the first two times, except i never got as far as you did (i dropped after 2.5 chapters LOL). trust me - they are like building blocks; they add depths + round out the stories; but I DO agree with your point LOL
I picked this story last night, but the story is killing me.. I dont know what really happened, the monologe is super long sometimes it doesnt make sense. How come theyre in a conversation and the monologue is 3 page long between the aswers... And hermione was so bitter, why oh why... I give it up. Thanks for the review..
i honestly feel you 🥹 took me many tries to finally stay the course with this. the early chapters killed me 😨
I still will not. Happy you did it and loved it though 🩶
🤣🤣 GURLL. on the same note - i can personally spoil it for you, if you ever are curious 🤣
@@ireadthisandthat Ah yes please! When do they finally get together?! And is there miscommunication nonsense or more angst after they do?!
@@ireadthisandthat also, I have a few recs if you’re ever looking for something new. I know your TBR is long though. Just let me know.
Thanks I really needed this. I’ve been really struggling with MoaM because of the writing. It is exhausting and I really am a hater who is barely halfway through. I still don’t get why it’s up there with Manacled and Mortifying Ordeal as those were amazing page-turners. MoaM feels like a chore to read. I’m trusting the process thanks to you.
haha thank you for checking my vid 🥰 but honestly though, if you really cannot continue, i totally understand why you drop it. i agreed with your comment about manacled & batmobile (ordeal) being page turners - i think we are just into faster pace stories as readers, so to each our ownnn
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