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Snape: You lied to me? Dumbledore: Call it what you will. Snape: I call it lying, you liar!

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teenager snape in potions ⟵⁠(⁠๑⁠¯⁠◡⁠¯⁠๑⁠)

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Can you imagine a group of jocks named "The Bandits", who called themselves "Fork", "Dog feet", "Werewolfy" and "Wormtail" (I can't possibly make this one any worse) EVEN AS FUCKING ADULTS, picking on a boy who had signed his scientific research with "Half-Blood Prince", which

1) sounds epic and gothic as hell;

2) is a political statement from a person with a mixed indentity;

3) is a massive "fuck you" to his abusive father.

The Marauders are a joke except they aren't funny.

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“Certainly not. You must kill me.”

There was a long silence, broken only by an odd clicking noise. Fawkes the phoenix was gnawing a bit of cuttlebone.

“Would you like me to do it now?” asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. “Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?”

If this is not the cuntiest fucking answer to being ordered to commit murder, then I don't know what is. Severus Snape, the icon you are.

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extracurricular sneeptivities

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rings of power ramblings

listen, listen...i know that the uruk are not the best neighbours. they do come out trying to slay an entire helpless village full of women, children, and the elderly. I KNOW THIS. but HEAR ME OUT.

i'm just saying. maybe just...call them uruk instead of orcs, when they ask for that. maybe when you hear adar talk about his children and their heartbeats, maybe suggest coming to an agreement first. maybe don't start with things like "your kind was a mistake" (however true that might be). or that you vow to "eradicate every last one of you while i keep you alive to watch me slaughter all of your kind until all your offspring are dead." maybe don't start with that. it's a lil intense. maybe consider these may be sentient beings who did not ask to be what they are.

maybe...and this is where i'm gonna lose most of you...give them a bit of land. a tiny bit of land. THERE'S A LOT OF FUCKING OPEN UNCLAIMED LAND OKAY? there's a lot of walking. a lot of trees. we can't make room for one more just a plot. some farm land under some trees.

but who am i to speak on the diplomatic relations of middle earth

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i am… not immune to snily

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Writing Advice that Will Save You from Crying over Chapter 3 Again

☽ Sometimes “writer’s block” is actually just your story being broken and your brain knowing before you do. Respect the vibes, go back. Something stinks.

☽ If you’re stuck in the middle, skip to the part you’re excited to write. Chronological writing is a suggestion, not a law.

☽ “Kill your darlings” is not about deleting every cool thing you love. It’s about not hoarding scenes like a dragon with dialogue you wrote in 2017 that doesn’t even make sense anymore.

☽ You do not need to write like your favorite author. You need to write like you, caffeinated and slightly unstable.

☽ Talking to yourself in the mirror as your character is not weird. It’s called method writing. You’re not unhinged, you’re dedicated.

☽ Aesthetic Pinterest boards and playlists are writing progress if they make you feel like a god again.

☽ You can write the climax before you finish Act 1. You can rewrite Chapter 1 thirty times and then delete it anyway. You’re not behind, you’re in hell with the rest of us.

You’re allowed to write stuff that’s not “marketable.” You’re allowed to be weird. Write the story that would make you feel seen. The niche finds its freaks.

☽ Beta readers are not gods. Take what resonates, ignore what doesn’t. If five people say your story drags at Chapter 8? Maybe listen. If one person says “make it all about the dog,” maybe don’t.

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I imagine Molly Weasley during Order meetings making the occasional comment alluding to the terrible poverty of the Weasleys, saying something like they’d had to cut back on a few things to be able to buy this or that for one of the kids and Severus, without batting an eye, just dropping something like, “Poverty’s really changed these days. Back in my time, you ate once a week and only got new clothes if a neighbor threw theirs out.” And everyone just staring at each other like what, while Dumbledore rolls his eyes because, you know, #humor

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the way sirius sniffs severus is absolutely unhinged to me. like. the metaphor is visceral: dude’s literally scenting a vulnerable prey, ready to hunt. this says a lot about sirius’ insane predatory behavior that fandom love to gloss over.

when he targets severus, it’s not just teen bullying. it’s something way more vicious and dark. it’s sirius asserting dominance flexing.

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The ONLY acceptable plan for Adar in S3 of The Rings of Power

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Lily being like “why are you so obsessed with them anyways” when The Marauders were the ones who decided on the regular to physically and sexually abuse Severus “to liven things up”. It was like a hobby for them even AFTER they almost killed him (and got Remus executed in the process). That didn’t make them back off at all (the fact they faced zero consequences and were protected by the school no matter how far they went probably emboldened them). Girl, they were obsessed with him, Severus was “obsessed with” defending himself from a group of sadistic stalkers and abusers. That’s probably a large part of why he got interested in so-called “dark magic” to begin with. How else are you going to protect yourself when the adults around you enable your abusers and allow them to use any supposed “light magic” they want to torment and traumatize you?

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Welcome to Kakimora's Boutique, where you will find exclusive robes for every wizard and Dark Lord ✨️🖤✨️

Favorite client~☆

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Severus and Harry get blinded by their personal biases and hate enough that they don't notice how similar they are to each other lol

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I feel like politicians' insults about each other have really gone down hill. These days it's all "moron" and "loser", so childish. Think what you will of Paul Keating, but he gave us such gems as "he's a shiver waiting for a spine", "debating him is like being flogged with warm lettuce", "he's like a lizard on a rock: alive but looking dead", "he's all tip and no iceberg".

Where's the creativity these days?!

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Another Sketch Dump! The first one is just me playing around with composition a smidge (it's a platonic Harry + Snape in my mind), the second is an Angry Dark Harry (I pictured him stuck in a time loop and fed up with it), and the third is inspired by the Amazing Hiruko-chans 'Death of a Fawn' fic that has a Dark Army Military Snape 💚

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current fan creation landscape is kinda like if you went to a party with a homemade cake and everyone takes a slice and silently thumbs up at you with no attempt to start a conversation except for occasionally some guy sits in the corner with a tape recorder critiquing the cake as though he was a restaurant critic and another guy is handing the cake to an uber driver like "yeah i need you to find a restaurant that makes cake like this so i can have more of it" and the only person that's talked to you in 30 minutes is a very sweet little guy who was like "hey i liked your cake" and then ran away apologizing for bothering you the moment you said thank you.