#I cannot count x-x

[bugsnaxbrackets]

Bugsnak Fusion Kitchen: 18th Fusion!

Spicecream the Goopster looks so much more natural like this ngl

[consultingfujoshi]

yknow I was never gonna like fields I was always gonna root for irving to wreck that marriage but finding out he's a religious zealot who projects his own insecurities about sin and going to hell onto his husband to the extent he signed off on his getting a lobotomy just so there would be a version of him that could keep him company in heaven only made me more in favour of old man infidelity

like I went into this episode fully expecting fields to be the classic jealous husband who doesn't really get that the innies are different people and his husband is not responsible for whatever his innie might have done with another person and that would have even been understandable if not frustrating and I expected irving and burt to bond over how fields doesn't really get it and they're the only ones who understand how this feels and somehow fields being fine with the idea of him having an affair is even worse because it means the troubles in their marriage doesn't come from a mistrust of burt's faithfulness to him, it comes from a fundamental lack of faith in burt's soul. to him burt's innie falling in love is just affirmation that there's a version of him more deserving of eternal happiness than the one he's literally married to

not once was any sense of anger directed towards irving as I expected, it all lies within this idea that burt has to redeem himself to be worthy of fields. and how the hell does burt make peace with that especially now knowing that the version of himself that didn't know fields existed fell for another man, having no knowledge of the real reason he was there in the first place and instead seeking out his own purpose and sense of fulfilment, in effect having a level of freedom that burt himself does not? knowing he didn't really have to centre his entire life's purpose around pleasing his husband and god?

finally getting to know outie irving a little and discovering he's just as awkward and easily flustered as if not more so than his innie and how hard he tried to get on fields' good side, wearing a nice shirt and bringing expensive wine and laughing nervously at his jokes trying to prove he's not a threat, and then discovering this isn't actually about him at all and this marriage was already broken beyond repair, religious trauma opening up a fault line between them that led to irving being seated at this table in the first place, and how he has no idea what his innie saw in burt as fields says but he's struck with such a profound sense of sadness now that it's gone

finding out burt believes both of their innies are in heaven together and he doesn't know it but his innie believed the same was possible. because he was trapped in a religious cage of his own making just as burt is, and he doesn't know it but burt freed him from that, and he could do the same for burt. shyly suggesting they meet on their own terms without anyone hanging over them, be it lumon or fields or god himself. because he likes him. because he had fun tonight. because he can see burt is ultimately just as lonely as him and just as in need of something real and uncomplicated. something that's just for them

so in short i support that old man's rights to cheat on his husband with the gorgeous controversially younger italian american guy with the mustache who nearly broke down his front door two weeks ago. for totally narrative purposes of course

[relmint-draws]

I drew this because of Sabrina Carpenter

SHout out to that one tumblr post that opened my eyes.

[homeofsymbrock]

I think (I know) that Venom tried to drop hints that he loved Eddie.

first it was his idea to make out with him, and people say “wow what a great wingman!” THAT WAS NOT WHAT HE WAS DOING. Did they even talk about the kiss😭 Eddie didn’t even question why it was Venoms idea.

anyway

“Cut the shit, what really made you change your mind?”

“You. You did, Eddie.”

okay dude.

then V says he loves Eddie on the beach in venom 2. Not the exact words “I love you.” But he implies that.

Eddie denied that he loved Venom too in a deleted scene, but then said “maybe a little.”

and now in venom 3 he said Eddie would make a great dad. Not to mention calling him hot and sexy when he wore the suit.

V, what the hell man.

I know it’s all obvious. This was an excuse to make a Symbrock post. I’m still pissed about their ending.

almost forgot about the

“RIDE ME COWBOY“

“YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE!”

[girl-bateman]

I guess that this is as good of a time as any to remind people that WRITERS MAKE THE STORY!!!! I cannot count how many times I see posts praising tv directors for things that are simply not their doing. That iconic line of dialogue? Yeah a screenwriter wrote that. The characters you love? Screenwriter. The places, the plot lines, the developments? Writers.

A show CANNOT happen without a script because a script is necessary for EVERYONE to do their job right. It dictates what set to look for/create, the filming schedule, the casting calls, the costumes and so on. It's not just words on a paper, its the backbone for all of production and it deserves to get recognised as the integral part of tv and film as it is.

[polinsated]

[nonranghaes]

it's weird that you don't call out to jun when he comes into your apartment. jun knows that you know he was coming over at some point to spend time with you, and usually you greet him in some way when you hear the apartment door unlock. he's a little earlier than he planned, but you told him to 'come over whenever' and now he's a little worried that you didn't mean it. he quietly slips into the pair of slippers that stays here at your place, and makes his way further into your apartment to set down the bag of groceries he brought on your kitchen counter. your bedroom door is open, but the tiny room you use as a home office is open just a sliver.

he makes his way over, leaning in to listen for a moment... only to hear your voice. there's a little strain to it as you struggle through a sentence, and it clicks all at once: you're speaking chinese. albeit not very well (it's clear to jun that this is one-hundred percent new to you), but you're still trying. your pronunciation is a bit clumsy, but he can hear the way you try to use the right tone with what you're saying...

when did you start learning this much? jun had taught you little things in the past--the absolute basics, really, plus a few other little phrases that veer into his own cheesy need to hear you say sweet things--but this...? he steps back from the door. why hadn't you told him? you could have told him and he'd happily help you learn. but he trusts you: you must have your reasons to keep this a secret, so he won't push. he steps away, deciding to busy himself with getting ingredients put away--or set up for the two of you to cook together, in case you're hungry now.

then he knocks a cup into the sink, and immediately he hears you coming out of your office. relief crosses your face when you see it's just jun, and you lean against the open doorway.

"i didn't know you were here." you pause, and then he sees you get hit with realization. "... how long were you here?"

"i just got here," he says. it's technically the truth, isn't it? he's only been here for a few minutes. "were you working?"

you nod. "yeah. just had to answer a phone call," you lie to him, but he just nods and acts like he doesn't know that. you come up to his side, wrapping an arm around him. "is this for lunch?"

he leans over to you and presses a kiss against your cheek. "are you hungry?"

"mhm," you just snuggle in for a moment, enjoying his presence. "you should teach me more recipes you learned from your mom sometime."

jun finds himself smiling already. was that what this all was...? an attempt for you to understand him better? to show that you care for him so much that you want to know his culture, too? "i'd love to," he says softly, and wraps an arm around you to tug you closer to his side. "only if you teach me things you learned from your family, too."

then he'll make more efforts to understand you and your background, too. just to show you that he loves you as much as you love him.

[gods-perfect-idiots]

that old man yaoi brainrot got me good, folks

[yurislotusgarden]

ʚїɞ Not just a little crush ʚїɞ

ʚїɞ Port mafia!Dazai Osamu x Gn!Reader

ʚїɞ Keep in mind English is not my first language, so you may find mistakes!

ʚїɞ word count: 1k

ʚїɞ Tw’s: literally nothing, just pure fluff of him being down bad

ʚїɞ This is literally just 1k words of Pmzai being down bad, whipped, even lovesick, for his crush🤷‍♀️

How did he end up like this?

The youngest executive in Port Mafia’s history, The demon Prodigy, one of the most feared people in Yokohama if not the whole of Japan, Dazai Osamu has fallen in love.

He tried to tell himself that it wasn't that. That the nice feeling he got whenever he was around you was just because of him standing near, or spending time with a friend, a close one, but denial can go on only for so long.

The brunette at first thought that his crush, as Chuuya had called it when he had caught onto Dazai's more than normally weird behavior, was one-sided. After all, there was no way that someone like you could love him, that just wasn't a possibility in Dazai's mind, yet you decided to go against his calculations once again, you seemed to like doing that and causing him to freak out.

It wasn't too long before he realized that, just maybe, you did at least like him in a romantic way, some acts just couldn't be brushed off as a friend gesture.

One thing he just couldn't brush off, as well as it being the reason he realized his crush may not be one-sided, was him remembering one of the times you cooked him food, even though you were aware how picky he could get with that matter.

///////////////////////////

A figure with brown-haired locks could be seen walking on the deserted sidewalk. Moonlight shone on him as he arrived at his destination, your house.

You always greeted him so sweetly, especially when compared to all the people in his life. Welcomed him like he was a classmate, a friend, a normal person that you both knew he wasn’t. He wasn't treated like a superior, like someone who would kill if the smallest mistake was made around him, and Dazai knew that he liked it from the very start.

Dazai had thought before how would it be if you somehow were in the PM, but to his surprise, he realized he hated, even despised that idea. Something about the concept of someone like you, a person who in his eyes could be an angel for all he cares, being in a dark place full of violence and death like the Port Mafia, was just absolutely not right.

Dazai had arrived at your door, not having to wait long after knocking for the door to be opened by you.

“Dazai?”

You. Oh, the lovely little thing that you were in his eyes. Innocent compared to him, a civilian who somehow met and befriended a feared mafioso without the slightest care in the world.

He had no idea how he managed to get where he was, but he had no regrets.

“Yes, me! Now let me in, it's damn cold!”

///////////////////////////

You disliked crab.

In fact, you disliked most seafood, he was perfectly aware of it, and yet, you did this just for him. 

A crab that could as well look like it was made by a restaurant chef laid in front of him on the table. It looked well-seasoned, the crab’s shell was purely gotten rid of, and the smell wasn’t overwhelming like a lot of food tends to be like to him… you really thought it out carefully. 

“What is this?” It was kind of a stupid question, but he wanted to know your reasons.

“What do you mean? I thought you liked crab?”

“I do-”

“Then shush and eat, you stick.”

What did you just call him? Did he hear it right?

“...’Stick’?” You turned to look at him as he said that, stopping the cleanup you were doing just moments before.

“Yes, have you seen yourself? When was the last time that you ate a proper meal, dear?”

Oh. Goddammit. Don’t get him started on the pet names. He was aware that you used it on people you considered close to you, as long as they agreed, and he’s been lowkey embarrassed ever since you asked for his permission to use them on him, or more like embarrassed on how fast he agreed to that. Dazai didn’t know why he liked it so much, maybe it was because of how no one ever referred to him as such, maybe it was the way you sounded when you addressed him with them, or maybe it was entirely just the fault of your voice but he simply didn’t care anymore.

“I think we both know that you’d rather not know the answer.” His answer caused you to let out a soft sigh, but what he said was kind of true. In truth, he would answer that it was the last time he ate at your place, which on one side wasn’t that long ago, but otherwise, he barely eats anything. You and Chuuya were the only ones getting any kind of nutrition into his body, which he supposed he should be thankful for… not like he’s ever going to voice it out.

“Right. Now eat, I don't need you collapsing on my floor.”

“But I don't wanna!” If any of his subordinates saw him like this, whining because of food, they would be dead on the spot, but he's alone with you, and he’s been over being embarrassed about his behavior with you a long time ago.

You sighed, and he knew that you were about to use the biggest thing you have on the brunet against him, just to get him to eat… Not like that wasn't Dazai’s plan from the start, he's gotta get his fair share of you, doesn't he?

“You eat the most you can and you get cuddles.”

“With you playing with my hair?”

You smiled softly and said, “I'll even add head kisses to the mix.” knowing damn well that it’s gonna win him over.

You knew what you were doing, you had to, and he didn't mind as long as you kept your side of the deal. He's gonna finish that damn plate if it means affection from his favorite person will be solely on him for as long as he wants it.

Hearts, comments, and reblogs are greatly appreciated

[burningcheese-merchant]

So there's this Shadowvanilla fic on Ao3 Im fairly certain you know about, and in It SM and PV link up to eachother's minds/feelings/souls via their souljams touching, and its pretty sweet since since they're on their chests, the two basically have to hug to connect.

Which made me think, what about the other beasts and ancients? BS and GC would be by far the weirdest imo bc she would have to touch her forehead to his chest??? Which depending on the size difference It could still just be a hug.

SS and WL would touch their weapons (sword and staff), which can comes off as distant or cold, despite the fact they're about to peer into eachother's very being.

ES and MF suffer because their's are on their forehead and their ancient's are on their weapons😭😭 imagine HB shield to EG's forehead, that'd be awkward af

I'm not actually sure what you're referring to 😅 is it Jambound? I think something like that happens in it? I don't really remember, I read the first 3 chapters a while ago and that's it haha (I really don't have the time to read fanfics, especially not ones as long as that one (it's like 15 chapters long now and still going with no end in sight, isn't it??? Goodness)). I never really did much of anything on AO3 tbh, I honestly just go there to write and post my own dumb garbage and then vanish into the aether again

Regardless. I always vibed with the concept of the Ancients and Beasts connecting/strengthening their existing connection through their Soul Jams. But the way I've tried to get around the fact that most of their placements are... cumbersome and don't really lend themselves to that (White Lily's staff and Silent Salt's sword, for example) is, I think of it as... Through the sharing of the Soul Jams, they're all already bound to one another, yeah? So do they NEED to have them be a component in the physical aspect of this? Do White Lily and Silent Salt NEED to have their staff and sword clink together to express that intimacy? Or can they simply embrace each other nice and tight, staff and sword set aside nearby, and their souls can resonate just with that action? The Soul Jam not physically being in their hands doesn't really mean it's left their ownership and they've completely lost access to its power, I don't think; we saw that with how the Light of Abundance refused to answer to Smoked Cheese when he took it, and how Golden Cheese could keep fighting Burning Spice for a while even without it (albeit weaker). So idk if they need the Soul Jams to touch so they can feel closer to each other. I think they've all been naturally imbued with that power at least to some degree and thus don't really 100% need the physical Soul Jams to facilitate that closeness. If I'm already super glued to somebody then not putting my hands on their belt buckle or whatever isn't going to make us any less stuck together ykwim

With that said I like to imagine BS's being particularly sensitive since it's embedded in his chest. GC can press her hand down on it, or lay her head against it, and feel his heart beating through it, if only faintly. Maybe it feels warm to the touch, and grows warmer and shines brighter the faster his heart races. Maybe his breath catches in his throat when she touches it because it feels different there than it does when she touches any other part of his body. Maybe it acts as a cute little nightlight when they're curled up together in bed. Maybe it burns hot like a coal and glows like the fire in a hearth when they're deep in the throes of passion. Maybe, as a charming little gesture, she actually will touch her forehead to his chest so they can listen to that soft little clink that sounds the little kiss Abundance and Destruction shares. Maybe a certain something stirs within them both when she does it, maybe not. But it's cute. They're so in love that even their Soul Jams want to make out. Lol

Also any excuse to put her face in those big strong man titties is 👌👌👌 in her opinion

[sweetlittleblackrose]

Been rewatching HTTYD and I just realized that art is a skill that is made better through repetition (hold on, I'm not done), so for Toothless to go from this

To this

Means that he has been practicing!!

I don't think there are any short films of Toothless drawing but I neeeeeeeed them 😭

[nekosoda]

(Suggestive??) Something something shame

[cobra-creampuff]

the fact that they made it illegal to make ads louder than programs on tv in 2010 but haven't updated it to apply the same regulation to streaming. who do i have to call.

[vaguely-concerned]

ingellvar must have so many strange off-putting little personal habits in their day to day life that they don't even realize come across as weird, especially if they haven't ever dated outside of the watchers much. in rye's specific case I think lucanis has a capacity for such immaculate 'sure my life is already so fucking weird this might as well happen' energy that I believe he'd be able to roll with the punches admirably given the time, but it really would be a situation like

(what was going on there was that rook was placing down some experimental wards, by the way, it's what he does to calm down before bed and if he wakes during the night. what with the necropolis itself being a liminal space of lf sorts on a cosmic scale, watchers take the additional liminal space between wakefulness and dreaming extremely seriously b/c they know there are things drifting through that would just love to get their foot/tentacle/conceptual spores in that particular half-ajar door that should not be allowed inside. or outside, I suppose, depending on your point of view. rook and lucanis are also experimenting with whether solid wards can help any with lucanis' weird post-spite dreams even if they can't do anything for the more mundane ptsd ones. third reason because in my worldstate they still live in the lighthouse after the game: unless gently dissuaded wisps will sometimes drift by while you're asleep and hover over your face curiously as they sense your mind doing stuff in the fade, and no one likes waking up on an eldritch sneeze with a well-meaning yet terrified wisp zooming about the room. important watcher novice 101 lessons.

blessed mental image of rye cross-legged on the floor, barefoot in his PJs with his hair down and no makeup, peaceably tracing out elaborate geometric shapes that somehow make your eyes scared when you look at them* while lucanis sits on the bed and reads out loud to both him and spite and occasionally sneaks some carnal looks at rook's fully unleashed curly hair and bare wrists & throat...... okay I think I've found the thing that will help me through the day thank you for coming on this journey with me)

*what is the paint he's using made out of and why is it such a deeply unsettling colour? don't worry about it! :) patented mostly well-meaning yet also borderline condescending mortalitasi hand wave of 'don't worry your sweet little non-nevarran head about it we both know you don't actually want to know. do not ask questions lest you learn the answers, especially if you're going to be annoying at me and freak out about it. let the things man was not meant to know stay unknown. unknown by you I mean I'm built different'

[keepmycandleburning]

I want to get into reading Bellamort fics. Where do I start?

Here! I present you a list of the top 26 Bellamort-centric fanfictions on AO3 ranked purely by the numbers in the stats categories. This excludes all the extraneous fics in the tag in which Bellamort is only a minor theme or side pairing (I have not read everything so if I have mistakenly included or excluded let me know. There are a couple I have intentionally excluded because of extreme abnormalities in their stats like having <100 kudos). They are sorted by the top 7 (bolded) in each stat category (kudos, hits, bookmarks, comments in that order), and then sorted by kudos.

1. surrogate by 8623s44 - 396 comments, 947 kudos, 123 bookmarks, 23.1k hits

“I,” her gaze slips down to his mouth, “want only to please you. Is there no way I might…”

“You want to own me,” he lilts to her. He tucks a curling strand of hair behind her ear.

“No, master,” she insists, plaintive words and sharp, devouring eyes. “I am your faithful servant. Nothing sustains me but to obey your will.”

2. Beauty and the Beast by @metalomagnetic - 154 comments, 939 kudos, 218 bookmarks, 11.4k hits

Whenever Voldemort sees beauty, he wants to destroy it. Bellatrix Black endures.

3. Practical Defense Theory by meanwhiletimely - 31 comments, 420 kudos, 61 bookmarks, 15.1k hits

Bellatrix Black requests a private lesson from her Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and Professor Riddle is all too willing to oblige his favorite student.

4. Straw Man by Wheels_on_fire - 91 comments, 382 kudos, 23 bookmarks, 7.8k hits

Alternative universe where Bellatrix was not born a pureblood but she still manages to attract the Dark Lord's attention. Set during the first wizarding war.

5. Respice Finem by Noctem31 - 33 comments, 298 kudos, 67 bookmarks, 13.3k hits

"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."

6. Mistress of the Dark Lord by AmandahLeigh - 85 comments, 289 kudos, 44 bookmarks, 10.9k hits

Bellatrix Black Lestrange is 46 years old, a little mental, devoted to the Dark Lord... and pregnant.

When Bella cannot control her emotions as she used to, she looks to her sister for advice. No, not Narcissa. Andromeda. Even though they're estranged. But when they consume too much wine, Bella reveals something she never meant to - something dangerous to reveal.

Then, after defying the Dark Lord, Bellatrix is tortured by her lover within an inch of her life... but remains convinced he loves her. He must. He wouldn't have given her the gift of their child if he didn't. Overwhelmed by conflicting emotions and bitter about the assault, Bellatrix is confined to bed, confronting her demons alone.

She eventually gives birth at Malfoy Manor to a premature but healthy baby and is thrust into a role she'd never imagined she'd embrace so fully: motherhood.

Finally, clutching her infant daughter, Bella sneaks away, though she should be awaiting her Master's wrath after the Golden Trio stole Hufflepuff's Cup from her vault, to seek assistance from a man she loathes but, most unfortunately, needs: Hogwarts Headmaster Severus Snape.

She lives for the Dark Lord. Will she die for him?

7. The Fabian Strategy by deslea - 42 comments, 252 kudos, 56 bookmarks, 2.9k hits

When Voldemort saves Bella in the Department of Mysteries, the gossip columns assume she is his lover and consort. Teen witch fangirling, manipulative PR campaigns, and speculation about Voldemort's manhood ensue.

8. The Most Useful Of Them All by QueenoftheDreamers - 28 comments, 164 kudos, 23 bookmarks, 7.1k hits

"She may prove the most useful of them all, Voldemort thought, and he suddenly realised that it did not matter whether Bellatrix Black married Rodolphus Lestrange. Her devotion was obvious, and Voldemort intended on capitalising fully upon it. He would make Bellatrix Black his." HP and Cursed Child canon-compliant Bellamort tale spanning the decades of their relationship.

9. Keep My Candle Burning by @keepmycandleburning - 430 comments, 144 kudos, 41 bookmarks, 5.7k hits

An intensely canon-compliant humanized Voldemort's POV of his life throughout both wars, with flashbacks to his younger years. Centered around his relationship with Bellatrix, and his journey with love, family, and grief, but very all-encompassing and inclusive of everything and everyone I could think of.

The Voldemort we see in words—from Dumbledore, from Harry—is not the Voldemort we see in actions. How do we bridge the gap between the Voldemort that Dumbledore claims has no idea what friendship is and the Voldemort that calls his Death Eaters his family when they’re not even present? gives Bella a piece of his soul? drags her by hand out of the Ministry? is clearly liked as a person at least somewhat by his followers? has at least one person willing to physically care for him for nearly a year? has multiple people willing to go to Azkaban for life for the chance to have him back?

Voldemort is not the person Dumbledore thinks (or claims to think, so that Harry will kill himself) he is at all, but is a human being with human emotions and human thoughts and human relationships, however unique.

10. Whatever the fates decide. - 259 comments, 105 kudos, 10 bookmarks, 4.7k hits

The battle of Hogwarts is lost, and Voldemort is forced to reatreat. With the majority of his forces either dead or imprisoned, he is left only with Bellatrix Le-Strange and Antonin Dolohov. How can they rebuild themselves from this?

11. Bellatrix and her Master by SamaraXX @ssamaraxx - 164 comments, 175 kudos, 18 bookmarks, 4.6k hits

The day Bellatrix becomes engaged to the Lestrange heir, she meets the dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, whose name echoes through the pure-blood elite. Drawn to his power and the promise of liberation from societal constraints, Bellatrix embarks soon on a tumultuous 23-year journey as his devoted disciple.

As she dives deeper into Voldemort's world, Bellatrix battles her loyalty to him against her obligations to Rodolphus, resisting the traditional roles of wife and mother. Her involvement with the dark arts marks a turning point, deepening her attachment to the Dark Lord, but straining her relationships with her sisters, Narcissa and Andromeda.

Amidst ordeals that challenge her loyalty and sanity, Bellatrix’s journey reveals how love can lead to the darkest corners of the human soul.

12. The Warrior and the Snake by Lady_Escapist - 160 comments, 126 kudos, 19 bookmarks, 3.9k hits

In the early 1970s, young Bellatrix Lestrange is bored. Her husband is trying to keep a secret from her, and when she finds out it proves just the diversion she was looking for. When a mysterious master duelist offers to teach her the Dark Magic she craves to know, who is she to deny doing him a favor or two. And just like that, Bellatrix finds herself ensnared in the Dark Arts and deeply entangled in the web of secrecy the Dark Lord has spun. And she loves every second of it.

13. Affections Dark as Erebus by Queenofthedreamers - 150 comments, 130 kudos, 25 bookmarks, 7.0k hits

"To what unholy black hell had he been catapulted? Into what empty eternity had he been condemned? And why, Voldemort wondered with what threads remained of his consciousness, did it seem neverending?"

Halloween, 1981. Voldemort's Killing Curse against Harry Potter rebounds. He is cast into a dark nothingness from which he awakens and finds himself in Malfoy Manor in June 1968. Encountering Bellatrix Black, his "most treasured weapon," for the first time again, he is faced with the idea that he may have accidentally granted himself the opportunity to start over again, armed with knowledge and experience he didn't have the first time round.

"He had a second chance now, he thought, and he was absolutely not going to waste it."

14. Polygirl by deslea - 23 comments, 216 kudos, 31 bookmarks, 4.5k hits

In Knockturn Alley, Kitty will be anyone you want her to be, for a price…that is, if you have a strand of their hair. A surprising number of her clients want her to be Bellatrix Lestrange.

15. An Empty Glass by QueenoftheDreamers - 80 comments, 205 kudos, 39 bookmarks, 6.2k hits

Bellatrix falls asleep in Azkaban Prison in 1982 and wakes up in the Slytherin girls' dormitory in 1944. Convinced that the Universe has sent her to warn her lord and master of the doom in his future, Bellatrix intersects with Tom Riddle. But when she grows too comfortable with her new existence, Lord Voldemort's path to power warps and shifts. Time Travel.

16. Crimson by meanwhiletimely - 67 comments, 169 kudos, 35 bookmarks, 3.7k hits

When the Lestranges report to the Dark Lord after a mission gone wrong, Rodolphus is given a warning—and a choice.

17. A dalliance with the Devil by maneaterjolie - 53 comments, 166 kudos, 12 bookmarks, 2.5k hits

This is not a love story, but it is a story about love. About those who give in into it and the price they pay. And those who run away from it because they are afraid, or because they do not believe they are worthy of it. He ran away. She gave in. Politics, power, an affair to remember, high class society and falling in love with the devil.

18. The Deadly Odd Parents by ElectraCute, todaslasmadrugadas - 37 comments, 165 kudos, 25 bookmarks, 4.9k hits

According to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Voldemort had a daughter. Fascinated by the ridiculousness of this notion, we produced this work of art. We tried to be funny, and we hope you'll laugh. We mean, it can't be a worse fanfiction than the play.

19. Secrets of the Darkest Art by Aiffe - 17 comments, 157 kudos, 16 bookmarks, 4.3k hits

The first time they met, she tortured him within an inch of his life...but that doesn't mean it isn't a love story.

20. Delphi's Question by @crookshanksagentofowca - 8 comments, 151 kudos, 9 bookmarks, 2.7k hits

When his daughter asks a surprising question, Voldemort is forced to confront his past and put an old rumor to rest once and for all.

21. Bitter Echo by Dragon_MoonX - 59 comments, 150 kudos, 7 bookmarks, 4.1k hits

After a particularly brutal punishment, Bellatrix suffers a complete mental breakdown. As he tries to put her broken mind back together, Voldemort discovers that her madness and sadistic tendencies are rooted in abuse.

22. The Heartbeat of the Devil by Lady_Escapist - 42 comments, 149 kudos, 32 bookmarks, 4.4k hits

Harry and his friends weren’t successful when they broke into the Lestrange's vault in their hunt for Horcruxes. They only barely escaped the clutches of the Death Eaters, with burns on their skin and no cup to show for. The only thing they did have was a single black hair, curly and smooth, clinging to the golden brush Hermione had taken with her. Only, the hair was decades old. As foolish and short-sighted as their plan was, it might be their only chance.

There was only one way the appearance of a very much younger Bellatrix Lestrange wouldn’t raise questions: if the one impersonating her actually did travel back in time and took her place.

23. Le Serpent Emerald by maneaterjolie - 56 comments, 147 kudos, 7 bookmarks, 5.2k hits

A collection of smutty one-shot fics of varying length written for the HP Kinktober 2023 prompt series. Bellatrix & Bellamort centric.

24. This Darkness (which you know you cannot fight) - 49 comments, 146 kudos, 32 bookmarks, 3.6k hits

In a world where Bellatrix Black never joined the Death Eaters, surprisingly little changes during the First War with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. But destiny has a funny way of messing with the Wizardry World.

OR: Bellatrix tries to escape destiny but keeps reluctantly meeting it (and having dinner with it) much to her chagrin. And in her flight tries to drag her nephew along with her...with mixed results.

25. Until the Death of Me by DvL2022 - 23 comments, 144 kudos, 7 bookmarks, 3.8k hits

After fourteen years, Bellatrix is finally freed from imprisonment in Azkaban.

Bellatrix continues her advances towards his Lord and Master.

Voldemort tries to establish his control but he still struggles with erasing the last vestiges of humanity left in him.

A lot has changed, but some feelings stay the same.

26. Which Alters When It Alteration Finds by Queenofthedreamers- 113 comments, 140 kudos, 16 bookmarks, 5.4k hits

In 1970, Lord Voldemort's disappearance sets off a panic. In 1945, Tom Riddle vanishes from Borgin and Burkes while handling a mysterious object. The timelines collide. When Bellatrix discovers that her master was once an unfathomably handsome teenager, all bets are off.

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I love spuffy as much as the next guy but ohhh my gawddd I really kinda wish it had been buffy wil and xand to finish the fight. they started it together, and while they've always had outside help, I just think it would've been so good if each of them had their own big important parts to play since this was the last we get to see of them