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Jayvik

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😭😔

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"Because I promised you."

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Snippet from Trouble In Paradise, a post-finale comic that I'm still cooking lol

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The Power Of Love - "What's life without a little Chaos?"

Merry Crisis! I return with a new fic. A gift to the wonderful Cas, aka @my-castles-crumbling , for the @marauderssecretsanta project. This time it's Wolfstar raising Harry Muggle AU, but make it the setting of the coziest of seasons. Therefore you can expect 22k full of fluff, fluff, and - you guessed it - even more fluff. From domestic over to romantic. But, of course, some spice would never miss as well. Inspired by the lovely song 'The Power Of Love' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

(ao3 link right down below)

The Power Of Love // 22k words // Muggle AU

The year is 1984, three years after the accident. To brighten up his spirits, Andromeda has offered Sirius a stay at their family cottage somewhere in the beautiful countryside of Wales. Using this opportunity to escape London’s typical hustle and bustle, especially during the Christmas season, he and Harry soon find themselves surrounded by wide fields of snow, herds of sheep, and the golden lights of a Christmas market. A shame they ran out of milk… or is it, perhaps, a stroke of luck after all?

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mentally im still here

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right now you're mine

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jayce's promise

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Professor Remus Lupin on platform 9 ¾ before he boards the train to Hogwarts.

Lupin is one of my absolute favorite HP characters, so it was about time I drew him!<3

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"Alucard" 🤍🖤 C A S T L E V A N I A : Nocturne Season 2 (JAN,2025)

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URL song game with a twist!

Write down your url only using songs from your Top Songs of 2024 playlist and tag as many people as the letters in your url! 🕺

Thanks for tagging me @del-stars !

M - Message In A Bottle - The Police A - Angel Of Small Death & The Codeine Scene - Hozier J - Jealou$y (feat. Casey Veggies & Kossisko) - The Neighbourhood O - Once More To See You - Mitski R - Remember This - NF

T - Time - Timbaland, She Wants Revenge O - Out Of Control - She Wants Revenge A - All I Need - Radiohead S - Sleepwalker (Slowed) - akiaura, LONOWN, STM T - Think Of Me Once In A While, Take Care - Take Care

np: @panchashire @dairekt-cat @dolorequiem and whoever hasn't done it yet and wants to since I am a little late to this

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helloooooo 🧡

Hi del <3

🧡: What is a popular (serious) theory you disagree with?

Oh you're going to love that one. I actually don't believe Walburga hated her sons to the extent some people make her out to hate them. At least, not Sirius. Was she strict? Yes. Was there abuse involved? Oh, yes absolutely. Yet, I do believe that everything she did she did out of a place of love. A selfish, twisted sort of love, but love nonetheless. She wanted what she believed was best for them. She wanted them to be great wizards, following the Black family's legacy, because that is the comfort, wealth, and influence she knew they would be given. With Sirius continuous disobediences she feared he would destroy this very comfort and ruin a name always associated with power and regality. Not only would it put the entire family in question, but Sirius especially. Using physical and other forms of punishment was her attempt at solving the issue and teaching him better allthewhile preparing him for a life littered with cruelty. Of course, it is still majorly fucked up how she treated him. No child deserves that and I am not going to defend it. Again, her love is a selfish one. There is a scene in FMN where I briefly explored that, so I'm just going to shamelessly post it underneath.

“I loved you”, she insists, but her voice is now a blizzard’s grating frost. Her hands draw away from his skin as if he has burnt her. “But I am tired of your consistent disobedience. Of all these sudden swings in mood. I always had your best interests in mind, Sirius. Nevertheless, if you refuse to acknowledge that for yourself, then there is nothing I can do for you. It saddens me to know that you… whoring around like some scummy slag is how you chose to repay the love and care I had for you.”

In fact, I am convinced she stopped at nothing if it meant her sons would have had a place of more prestige and influence. So much so, one of my favourite theories is that she is behind of Alphard's murder in favour of Sirius becoming heir to the Black family name, or at least rising higher up in the ranks. Yes, I am aware she was the eldest of the siblings but given the conservative views of the Black family I'd like to mention that a man would have most likely held a higher rank than a woman.

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🏳️‍🌈 and 💖

Hi irene!

🏳️‍🌈: Which character who is commonly headcanoned as queer doesn't seem queer to you?

Lily Evans. As lovely as some of the sapphic ships around Lily seem, she does not strike me as a queer person. She is loving and supporting of her friends, no matter who or what - for a lack of better term - they are, because that is just her nature. And her love is fierce! How else could she have protected her son if not for a love so strong it turned into powerful ancient magic? Of course, there is nothing wrong with headcanoning her as bi, pan, or any other sexuality. Yet, I often noticed that straight ships like Jily or Lucius x Narcissa are demonised in favour of queer ships. While I do understand where this is coming from, given how flat and one-dimensional straight couples are often portrayed in popular media, I still tend to eye it with a certain wariness. After all, this too can erase a lot of depth and complexity these interesting characters already had. Frankly, I don't mean that everyone, who writes Pandalily or similar, has no idea how to write layered and complex characters, but there is a trend of taking what makes a straight (or any) ship interesting, watering it down to a nothing-brew, just to give these exact tropes to another, more digestable (queer) pairing. It often turns the characters involved into a flat caricatures of themselves. So, yes, I do not see Lily as queer since I firmly believe Jily already is a beautiful ship and this fandom already has interesting and complex queer characters to work with. There is no need to re-invent the wheel every now and again. Maybe this comes across as extremely bitchy, and I surely don't mean to offend anyone (ship what you wanna ship idc), but I have a burning hatred for watered down, one-dimensional characters, and often find myself at odds with some of the fanon versions I stumble upon. Of all characters, by the way, not only Lily.

💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?

I don't think this is a truly unpopular opinion within the marauders fandom, but a more unpopular one within the entire HP fandom as a whole. Nevertheless, the HP books aren't actually that... great. The characters are as flat as sheet of paper, often encouraging outdated stereotypes, and tend to be abused for the sake of a cheat out of controversy rather than actually developed characters. There are countless of plotholes, e.g. timeturners or other magical schools, and the plot in itself lacks nuance. There is a lot of potential to be explored, like wizarding politics, yet it is often kept at a shallow base level and reduced to a basic good-guy-bad-guy-trope. This leads me to my next point, actually. Most of the tropes JKR used can already be found in other works, especially of the fantasy genre, or are outright copied off common european folklore. JKR has also been accused of, allegedly, ripping off other people's work. So, make of that what you will. One of the reasons the HP fandom is still as popular as it is now must be fandom spaces like these, where creative minds come together to cut out new puzzle pieces to complete the picture JKR couldn't be bothered to finish. And, don't get me started on that god awful reboot. It will add nothing. It's just the same shit reheated and the earnings fed to JKR on a silver plate. It won't be great. Stop giving that women more money.

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Ask game: unpopular opinion edition <3

❤: Which character do you think is the most egregiously mischaracterized by the fandom?

🧡: What is a popular (serious) theory you disagree with?

💛: What is a popular ship you just can't get behind, and why?

💚: What does everyone else get wrong about your favorite character?

💙: Which character is not as hot as everyone else seems to think?

💜: Which character is way hotter than everyone else seems to think?

🤍: Which character is not as morally bad as everyone else seems to think?

🖤: Which character is not as morally good as everyone else seems to think?

💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?

💔: If you had to remove one major character from the series, who would you choose?

💕: What is an unpopular ship that you like?

📖: If you had to remove one book from the series, which would you choose?

🏳️‍🌈: Which character who is commonly headcanoned as queer doesn't seem queer to you?

💀: If you had to choose one major character to die, who would you choose?

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I thank you for the tags @katakosmos and @del-stars :)

last song: (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult

favorite color: forest green and violet

last book: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but if we're talking finished books then Written in Bone by Sue Black

last movie: Kingsman - The Beginning

last series: Arcane

sweet/savory/spicy: I am - shamefully - a horrendous sweet tooth, so I'll say sweet :D

last search: types of honey

current obsession: Jayvik. I need these two to fuck nasty. But, more importantly, I need Jayce a pathetic mess for Viktor. Season 2 Arc III? Lives rent free in my head. It's gotten this bad I know their dialogues by heart.

looking forward to: lichen plant identification (...what an odd thing to say), finishing my Christmas fic and, of course, Christmas itself

relationship status: haunted by my own consciousness; tending to the voices; in everlasting fear of God

np: @dairekt-cat @panchashire @goldenprophetwrites @magicbeings @fictionalsimp09 @godsofwoes @dolorequiem

Apologies if I accidentally tagged you twice :D

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andromeda black who was seen as this highly promiscuous girl in hogwarts, with a new boyfriend every day seemingly. and who could blame them for falling for her, with her cigarettes, thick lashes, and perfect smiles? she was the family disgrace, most likely never to be married, and certain to spend her whole life committed to the death eater cause instead of having a family – but when she found ted tonks and fell in love with him, she was slut-shamed even more by her family. they thought she was doing it simply to spite them, especially when she could've gotten anyone she wanted. it made the disappointment of her choice even greater.