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I need you to understand that when I say "comments are appreciated!" I mean that I will reply to every one of them. I mean that an email with an ao3 notification has a higher priority than a message from my mother. I mean that I will have entire discussions in the comment section if you're up for it. Message me on tumblr and I will have the same discussions on an even more unhinged level. I will dissect entire personalities and ships and fictional political structures and worldbuilding with you. I will become your new best friend. You already ARE my new best friend. At the last battle, I would raise Anduril and say "For my ao3 readers" while a single tears rolls down my cheek, and dive into the fray. I would upload from beyond the grave if someone asked about the next chapter

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Last chapter of the "Gods' gifts and "normal" people" is finally out! I actually think it turned out pretty good, despite rewritting it a couple of times.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62127364/chapters/165171328

It's just the first part of the series, I swear, next part will be more NottPott oriented. *cries of the author who cannot write romance set up and whose pairs are always give of "married for years" vibes*

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Okay, I promised the NottPott – Jegulus parallels, I shall deliver. Part 1.

(This is mostly me gushing about Theo and Reg, be warned. Also, I'm making parallels, I do not say that the characters are practically the same. Also not as much pairing interaction as in my Jeverus - Drarry post, bc there is none or close to none)

Theodore and Regulus are both pureblood, rich Slytherins, they’re quiet, and they do not seem important for the overall plot, at least on the first glance.

More of a joke, but they both are outshone by a Black by blood (Sirius and Draco). Back to being a good literature analyst!

Theo has no spoken lines in the book, only lines about him and even those are scarce. Regulus has no spoken lines either (unless we count the note in the locked, which, to be fair, does give us a bit of his personality). He has a bit more about him, but that's rather bc Sirius is important to Harry and the plot, not Regulus himself for the most part.

Regulus is smart, I would go as far as to call him a genius. He figured the horcrux out, got into the cave and successfully swapped the lockets. You can tell “but Mira, he just followed Kreacher, he’s no genius!” but how many people actually know what a horcrux is? That Voldemort even created them? And how many of those people figured it out in a year or less?

(B.c canon says that Reg got the mark at year 1977 (at 16), then “a year later” Voldemort asked for an elf. Then Regulus died in 1979. A year or less.)

Theo is a genius too. I understand that not many of us consider the Cursed Child canon, but when your favorite character is someone with no lines like Theo, you take what you can get and make the most of it.

Making a normal time turner is already a feat, but making a time turner that can rewind years is definitely smth really big. Heck, more then a half of the article about time turners in potter wiki is about "Theodore Nott's time turner"!

(Although I personally think that it was not a time turner per se, it was a dimension jumping device. If they don't time travel, but rather universe hop, then Cursed Child makes a lot more sense)

They both do not support Voldemort in the end. Regulus's story is known, he had a change of heart and died for it. But let's focus on Theo.

Theo never got the Dark Mark.

This is canon btw. He only got arrested for creating and keeping a time turner in Cursed Child. His surname is Nott, remind you, his father (or grandfather) was one of the original Tom Riddle's gang. And yet.

(Death Eaters "enter" age is 16, based on canon info about Draco Malfoy, Barty Crouch Jn and some others. So Theodore must've tried really hard to Not get the mark to actually end up without it.)

And my last point! They have same vibes for me XD That's it.

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I like Draco, I really do, but in my fics he’s kinda… a loser? In the nicest way possible. At least in my NottPott fics. Bc imagine you spend seven years in this weirdly homoerotic rivalry with a guy. He saves your life, you save his life. Your mother asked him (your enemy!) whether or not you survived and lied to a magical Hitler for him after. He testifies for you at your trial, your relationship is slowly getting more and more civil…

And then you come back to school and he’s suddenly in love with a guy that didn’t speak, like at all (not just to your rival – at all)

I’d start screaming.

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Clashing colours

This piece is way too small to be a fic in its own right (just around 500 words), but I love Harry &Lucius passive-agressive talk a little too much to not share it with smb.

This is set in the "Complementary" universe, but that's not that important. Harry wants to be a teacher in the fic and even opens his own school! (Also, all fics in the series is named after smth from color theory and this piece is not an exception.)

Sometime in March 2002

"Do you really think I'll help you, Mr. Potter?" Lucius lifts his eyebrows. Draco purses his lips and twists eyes to the side. Harry smiles. This smile of his is already known to many. Harry does not wish people well with this smile. "You sent me to Azkaban."

"And you tried to kill me, multiple times, mind you," Harry shrugs. "Besides, you ended up in Azkaban solely because of your own merits, and you're out because of your wife's actions," Lucius nods. Harry knows that he loves Narcissa, sincerely and wholeheartedly. Lucius wouldn't undermine her.

"Then why don't you go to her?" Lucius tilts his head. Harry chuckles. Draco shifts nervously from one foot to the other in the doorway until Astoria finally grabs his elbow and drags him into the hallway. She's a lot stronger than she looks.

"Because Lady Narcissa, for all her virtues," Harry begins. Lucius nods. They agree in their respect for Narcissa Malfoy. "Had never work in school and does not know the Board of governors from inside out. Unlike you, Mr. Malfoy."

"I'm far from alone on the board of governors," Lucius laughs. Harry joins in his laughter with a brief smile. If you don't know what history connects them, you might think they're old friends. For a second. "Why don't you go to… Lady Longbottom, perhaps?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Mr. Malfoy," says Harry. "You ran that thing like the navy, and Lady Longbottom spent a lot of time, effort, and money on her son and daughter–in-law, not on her grandson's education," August Longbottom is easy to understand, and Harry understands, but he doesn't forgive her for Neville.

"You're right about that," Lucius smiles with satisfaction. "And yet. There are other governors who are closer to you and more… open to cooperation."

"Oh, I tried, Mr. Malfoy," Harry says, sounding tired. He is tired of those governors, but it doesn't stop him from weaving verbal lace at all. It even helps – a little bit of truth in flattery and it sounds much more convincing. "I need someone who won't look at me as a savior and won't act like it's some boyish whims. I need them to look at me as at someone who will soon open his own school."

"Well, I won't look at you as a savior, I can promise you that," Lucius chuckles. "Are you so sure that you will open this school and that it will really work? Most entrepreneurs go broke," Harry laughs.

"I have enough money to open this school in the apocalypse," he says. "And enough fame for people to go there even in the apocalypse," he smiles. "But I'm not sure I have enough money for it to continue working for more than a few years."

"And you need me for that," Lucius drawls understandingly. Harry smiles.

"And I need you for that," he repeats, still smiling. "Don't worry, I know how to separate personal and work relationships," Lucius laughs.

"I really hope so, Mr. Potter," he says, and leans a little closer to Harry, before he had been leaning back in his chair. Harry considers it a win it is. "I hope you brought the first versions of the documents with you. Otherwise, I'm afraid we won't work out."

"Of course I did," Harry smiles and reaches for the folder in his bag.

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Hey guys, gals, nonbinary pals, could you recommend some Voldemort wins au, but with a happy ending? Preferably focusing on the golden trio year mates or on young death eaters. Unfortunately I don't have anyone else to ask...

Im going to write a fic in this au (sorta, Voldemort wasn't defeated during the Battle of Hogwarts) but I kinda need some inspiration on vibes. I'm not all that good at writing angst :( I don't want to hurt my babies!

(Before you ask: I read Manacled (translation in my language) and unfortunately it was too... clean to me? Too detached and sorta medical, so there's that. Reminded me of disassociation actually.

I also read Eclipse, that one is not Voldemort wins, but it kinda has that "middle of the war" and "deciding your side through hardships" vibes. It's def good)

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Okay, my thoughts about Jegulus|Drarry|NottPott|Jeverus similarities & differences.

Let’s start with Drarry & Jeverus similarities. And before you ask: in this case it’s James - Draco and Severus - Harry parallels. They are different people though, so parallels, not copies.

One of them is pureblood, proud and full of himself (Draco, James) and the other is a halfblood, that grew up in abusive household (Severus, Harry). Yes, Potters are rich, unlike Snapes, but did it help Harry specifically? Not really.

They have a very open rivalry/hostility that sometimes escalate into a full on fight. In Drarry’s case it’s rather homoerotic in some moments. I’m not going to list them, bc my understanding of homoerotic is def not the same as yours, but you can probably remember some. We cannot tell if Jeverus had the same dynamics, bc we’re not shown much and also told that they fought over a girl. But they had a hostile relationship.

Also, in Jeverus case we can’t tell if it was one-sided or not. Drarry definitely was a rivalry, not just hostility. But Jeverus? We don’t have enough canon material. Snape did retaliate, surely, but did he start some of the fights? We don’t know. I think it was a rivalry, based on some canon bits, but that's just my thoughts. But was James obsessed with Severus? Probably.

Draco tries to humiliate Harry (“Potter stinks” badges, “Dementors” during quidditch, etc.) And “Snape’s worst memory” exists. I don’t like Snape, that’s true, but damn, I feel bad for him in that moment. It’s mixed, because he also calls Lily a slur in the same scene, but still.

Draco saves Harry’s live (DH, in the Malfoy manor). To Draco it’s also an action against his family. James saves Severus in the Shrieking Shack, when Sirius gets him there while Remus is transformed. It’s an action against Sirius. Please, tell me you understand what I mean, please, I cannot put it into words.

If we go into Cursed child, there’s also some interesting things. Draco outgrew his rivalry with Harry, like James did, became a better person for his wife and son. Harry… Harry didn’t, at least not entirely. Harry, just like Snape, judges a child by his father’s actions (seeing Scorpius as a “dark cloud” near Albus and all that). He’s not as bad as Snape, but he still sees “sins of the father”.

Thank you for coming into my Ted Talk, I guess. I’ll post about Jegulus - NottPott another time, this is already really long…

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Alright, everybody! It's time for some more family trees, i.e. my obsession, for the "Gods' gifts and "normal" people".

Firstly, the Potters! Some are canon, most are headcanon, bc we don't know a whole lot about them! (I also did Euphemia's surname wrong in my first post, bc I didn't have enough place on the paper. *laughs nervously* She's Indian and her surname was hard for English speakers, so she often just let ppl call her "Euphimia Moon", bc her middle name "Chandra" mean "moon". And one of Fleamont's middle names, "Surya", means "Sun god". Can you tell I love them? I hope you can.)

Potters are nice, their family tree is rather simple, really.

Now to the Notts! (pure headcanon, bc we know the names of two of them: Theodore & Cantankerus.) It doesn't come up often in the fic itself, but Notts are complicated. I love them, but dear god, they're a pain... Mostly because FamilyEcho and other sites do not like cousin incest. And marriage between first cousins is not illegal in the UK even now btw.

(you can tell I had to correct it a bit)

Also, why did I made Cantankerus Theo's grandfather? Bc of timelines! If we assume that Cantankerus wrote the "Pureblood directory" (the thing that codified the "Sacred Twenty Eight " btw) he should be alive in 1930s. Yeah, the Sacred Twenty Eight is a really new concept in universe.

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"Drarry is the next Jegulus"

No, it is not. NottPott is the next Jegulus, but you are not ready for that talk yet.

Drarry is the next Jeverus

(And you're not ready for this talk either)

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1990s Slytherins are very Lana Del Rey coded to me. At least the fandom version, bc JKR hates us and most canon info is questionable at best.

Children of the Bad Revolution? A freaking Slytherin hymn, no less!

Lolita? Every Slytherin girl that was in a political marriage. So most of them. (I think that the song is disturbing and that it was probably intentional)

Doin' time? How others see Slytherins. Especially the "Evil" part. Also "We're qualified to represent..." As if it's Slytherins saying what people expect.

Cinnamon girl? First somewhat good relationships. "But if you hold me without hurting me, you'll be the first who ever did..." Probably a Slytherin/Huflepuff ship, at least to me.

And that's what I can remember on top of my head, there's definitely more examples.

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Oh, I didn't know that. I'm a latecomer to the fandom, despite reading the books in 2011 I think? But I have an excuse: I was a first grader back then and I did not reread the books since. Fics are better.

I got Teddy's full name from Potter wiki bc I needed it for one of my fics and didn't think to check where it came from. "Being named after your grandpa" bit is sweet, so... To me Teddy became Edward and the name kinda stuck in my head (litteraly nobody, except the paperwork in the Ministry called him by his full name, but somehow!)

Also, I wrote that post after talking with my friend, who mixes up Teddy and Theodore Nott of all people litteraly all the time! It was her fic, btw

The plumbing bit and everything else that she says... I try to forget that woman exists. And fix her plotholes without making my own. Most of the time I'm successfull in first and really bad at second.

Every time Teddy is called Theodore in post-canon fics something in me dies. Look, I love the name, but Teddy Remus Lupin was named after his grandfather Edward Tonks and in this house we respect that.

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I love reincarnation in all its forms.

But most importantly: currently writing a scene, where a character realises, that she used to live in a different world. And it's not a big thing that gets her, not some memory about countries or geography. Not some historical inconsistency. No, that new world is a fantasy one, while her previous was sorta sci-fi. No match in history, completely different worlds.

It's paper.

She gets a existential crisis, because that world didn't invent paper yet. And she remembers writing on both paper & wax tablet. She's terrified.

(Thankfully, she's not alone, there is another character who remembers everything, while she just remember pieces. But does she know that? No.)

(I also went on research warpath for an entire evening and now know a lot about oasises, ancient water supply systems and amate - mexican type of bark paper that was manufactured since the precontact times.)

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Black cousins at the Ministry Gala 1938, 2nd of August

From left to right: Top line: Cassiopeia Black, Dorea Black (future Potter), Charis Crouch neé Black Bottom line: Lycoris Black, Cedrella Black (future Weasley), Callidora Longbottom neé Black.

Not my picture, it's from pinterest. Not my fancasts, but I just love the vibes this picture is radiating. Plus, the dresses are somewhat historicaly accurate. It's 1950s fashion from what I can tell (I'm not an expert)

«Last time all Black cousins were seen together. Despite the age differences, before that year they were rather close, but after they all walked different paths.»

The very next year (1939) Cedrella will elope with Septimus Weasley and end up burned from the tapestry. Her father Arcturus however, will attend her wedding and gift quite a lot to the newlyweds. Her sister Callidora will never talk to her again, but her sister Charis will stay close, even becoming Arthur Weasley's godmother.

Cedrella will live a life very disconnected with her pre-marriage one, but a happy life nonetheless. Her cousin Dorea and distant niece Lucretia will be with her when she dies in 1979. Charis will not be there only due to her death in 1973.

Lycoris will have a fight with her mother about woman's role, about "not wanting to be a fucking broodmare" as Lycoris herself put it. She would not be disowned, but her relationship with her family will remain cold for the rest of her life, with a few exceptions.

In 1939 Lycoris will open a salon in a house that she bought with her brother Regulus II. It would take a few years, but the "Black Vine Salon" will gain popularity, especially in the potioneer circles. The nature of Lycoris' relationship with one of the salon's visitors, Eustace Prince, are a topic of furious debate among the purebloods.

It's even rumored that Lycoris had a child with Eustace in 1950s. None of the involved give commentary on this.

Callidora will give birth to her second son Albert in 1940. Boy will be, unfortunately, born dead. Broken by the loss, Callidora, along with her husband Harfang Longbottom, will become recluse, growing famous mourning roses in the greenhouses for the rest of their life. Callidora would still keep in touch with her closest cousin Cassiopeia, whom she even named her eldest son after - Cassius Longbottom.

Charis, who lost her daughter Berenice just a few months before, unlike her sister will get more active. Together with her husband Caspar Crouch and Potter family involvement, Charis will shape the future politics of Magical Britain - firmly against Grindelwald's.

Minister for magic of the time, Hector Fawley, did not take Grindelwald's threat to the wizarding world seriously enough and was, as a result, will be forced out from his office by the public. Crouch family will support the next, more proactive Minister, Leonard Spencer-Moon. Rumors often say that Leonard slept with one or both Crouches, but in reality their interest in him was purely political.

Cassiopeia, who never strode far away from the family, will end up in St. Mungo with her mind lost in 1946. Healers would not be able to lift the curse and Cassiopeia will spend the rest of her life in Mungo. Her cousin Callidora and Lady Roanne Lestrange, mother of Rabastan and Rudolphus Lestange, would often visit her there.

Funny enough, several decades later her cousin's grandson Frank Longbottom and his wife Alice will be admitted to the same department with the same symptoms. Only connection between two incidents are the Lestranges' involvement.

Two years from that (1941) Dorea will join the war against Grindelwald, namely the "Resistance", along with her future husband Charlus Potter. As a mental mage, she will be a rather important member of comutications department. She and Charlus will be both present at the series of trials in 1945, all condemning Grindelwald's Acolyts.

However, their and some other Resistance members' involvement in the war will be hidden for the next thirty years due to secrecy protocols. It's theorised that this is because Dorea Potter was a spy in Grindelwalds ranks.

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Cover art for "Complementary"!

Complementary...

My first ever NottPott fic, actually. I still love that fic, absolutely adore. So I made cover art! Yes, after like... a month? Don't know, don't care!

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You know you're not okay, when you start fangirling about Harry Potter's grandparents.

His parents? Great, enjoy various headcanons, edits, fics. A bit misogynistic, a bit problematic, but that's Fandom, babe, at least people try to change that and be nice to each other. Or don't get involved into scandals.

His children? Nice, not that much variety, but vibrant characters, active Tumblr community and vibes. Plus I'm closer to that generation myself. And Next gen has canon material! Questionable, but Canon.

His grandparents? Not as parents or background supporting cast, but as characters? Good fucking luck. 1930-1950 is mostly Voldemort's original gang of Death Eaters and time travel. Not that I don't like time travel. I just want that generation to have the same bloom as the Marauders era.

Unfortunately, that's probably not going to happen. Fandom is an unpredictable place, so I'll have my hopes up. Yea, I am delusional. In the meantime watch me go completely crazy for Tom Riddle's generation. Just watch.

(Naming an era/generation after him, so it's clearer what time period I'm talking about, even though it feels weird. I don't even like Tom!)

Do I need therapy? Oh yes.

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Important on the sidelines, part 1: Noah Shafiq (1901-1925)

"If there is no mercy, I shall become one"

Third son of Mustafa Shafiq and Thekla Shafiq neé Nott. Best friend and lover to Arcturus Black III. Distantly related to Theodore Nott through his mother.

Shafiq family is from Ottoman empire, only coming to Britain in 1850s. They quickly rose to power and became a very prominent family by 1910s. Their power started to decline during the World War I.

Shafiqs kept close connections with their family members that stayed in Ottoman empire, intermarring a few times. When the Ottoman empire entered the war at the Nazi Germany side, Shafiqs became outcasts in the "polite society". During the aftermath of the WW1 most of the family left the country. Noah was among them.

Noah Shafiq was Arcturus' roommate at Hogwarts (1912-1919) and was even allowed to call heir Black "Arc". That was not something small, because only his wife, children and Noah ever called Arcturus that.

Noah was less prejudiced against muggles and muggleborns than Arcturus, a bit of a bleeding heart. He was still in school when the WW1 ended and the Turkish war of independence started (1919).

His elder brothers left Britain and joined the war back at Ottoman empire, while his younger sister and mother stayed. After graduation Noah had the biggest fight with Arcturus and left too. (1921)

Noah was a healer and supported Turkish Nationalist resistance, but treated everyone. He got a magical infection while treating a patient in 1923 and suffered for two years before his death.

Arcturus wasn't present for Noah's funeral, but named his daughter after him (Lucretia Noah Pruett neé Black)

Mentioned by: Dorea Potter-Black in the 2nd chapter, when she's telling Harry about Grimmauld. Noah gifted Arcturus Grimmauld Place 12 at their graduation, implying that he wanted to live together. That's why there's so many snake decour at Grimmauld - snake is a symbol of the Shafiq family.

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Every time Teddy is called Theodore in post-canon fics something in me dies. Look, I love the name, but Teddy Remus Lupin was named after his grandfather Edward Tonks and in this house we respect that.