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gameofdrarry · 4 years ago

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Wizards Hearts: Golden Scales

Wizards Hearts Game/Fest ran for a full four months, and is now officially over, though we are ever appreciative towards our readers for spreading love to Drarry fics old and new, short and long. 900 comments were left as a result of the game.

Players were sorted and assigned at random to four different teams. All team activities and discussions were completely optional but could yield extra points to help win the game! There were weekly team activities and longer, creative team activities where players could imagine new, fun headcanons in the Harry Potter universe and perhaps a few stories of their own!

Throughout the game, creatures were directed to create their own magical casinos, including locations, menu, games played in the bounds, and other fun activities!

This is the information gathered by our Team 2, self-designated as the casino ‘Golden Scales’.

Activity 1

Golden Scales is located in an old dragon’s den inside the top of a mountain in the Dragon’s Hoard mountain range. Complete with original dragon den furnishings, Golden Scales is accessible via both a golden elevator and three monitored apparition points.

Golden Scales is famous for many of its landmarks and attractions. Most notably, the casino, bar, and restaurant floors are home to well over a thousand miniature dragons who are overjoyed to interact with and cuddle with Golden Scales’ patrons. Four of our miniature dragons were loaned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1994 and used in the Triwizard Tournament that featured Harry Potter. At the bar, make sure to order a Queen of the Night, our signature cocktail that makes the drinker breathe fire. On your way into the casino, do make sure to stop by the dragon statue in the front lobby. Rubbing the golden ace card held by the dragon has been rumoured to bring patrons of Golden Scales good luck for over three millennia.

Activity 2

Re: Mundungus Fletcher

Re: Game Rules

Bluffing the Dragon :

Everyone is dealt a hand of ten cards

Each person takes a turn guessing what’s in someone else’s hand (for example, “I think person A has more red cards than black cards” or “I think person B has no diamonds” or “I think person C has at least two 4s”)

If people make a guess about your hand, it’s your job to bluff/distract/convince everyone else that the guess is nothing close to accurate

After 3 rounds of everyone guessing, everyone has to place a bet (for example, “I think person A has one of every face card” or “I think person B had only two spades” or “I think person C has no cards lower than a 5”)

Whoever is most accurate wins!

Activity 3

The Dragon Scales Casino is organising a Masquerade and Bonfire night to welcome the season. This event will take place on All Hallows’ Eve, so bring your best mask and your whimsy and prepare for a magical evening. Enjoy the warmth of a bonfire lit by our dragons followed by a spectacular light show performed by them. The decor for this event has carved pumpkins with little dragons sitting inside them and a lot of warm, autumn colors. For your entertainment, we have a treasure hunt for the dragon’s hoard. Each vendor has a different clue, and you must piece them all together to find the hidden prize. We also have a spellcaster who specializes in fire spells, so come one, come all to learn a new fire spell. You can learn spells that change the color of the fire or create fantastical shapes, among many others!

At the bonfire, you can order some of our special foods and beverages. Dragon fries - Spicy fries that make you breathe fire (not literally though) Fire logs - Spicy meats and veg or something on the grill like a korean bbq… Boozy S'mores - A blended concoction of chocolate ice-cream, marshmallows, generous splashes of Ogdens finest and other goodies… For that sweet, warm high. Flaming Dragon’s Blood Cocktail - A mint and dragonfruit daiquiri cocktail with a thin layer of dragonberry rum on top lit by our miniature dragons for that flaming effect! Dragon Bite - A shot of our secret Fireball Tequila with salt and lemon. Dragon’s hoard - chocolate pudding topped with chocolate rocks and some dragon (Cadbury) eggs in a dragon scale textured cup And of course Queen of the night, our signature drink that makes you breathe fire, is always available.

Activity 4

Written by Golden Scales, about Arc en Ciel

Article:

AUROR MISSION GONE WRONG: ARC EN CIEL TO BLAME?

Arc en Ciel Crêperie & Wizarding Casino had prepared for their traditional All Hallow’s Eve celebration. They’d whipped up a few batches of their famous crêpes—some of which made you shoot sparks out of your mouth or made you float off the ground; they’d hired their favoured vampire band; and they had their famous ghosts at the ready. The only thing that they’d not been prepared for was a sting operation conducted by the infamous duo: Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy.

Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy had been working a case that had taken them all around the seedy underbelly of Paris. They’d been called in from London because the ring leader was one of the top criminals that the DMLE was interested in catching. Their search had led them to a certain vampire, who also happened to be the drummer in the infamous band that Arc en Ciel hired each year for their All Hallow’s Eve celebrations. So, Potter and Malfoy thought they’d dress up as casino guests and finally catch the bastard.

They were playing Farkle, which was Arc en Ciel’s famous game and eating some of their famous Dragon crêpes, when one of the hired ghosts passed through Potter, causing him to slightly choke on his Dragon crepe and what was supposed to be harmless fire shot out of his mouth. The harmless fire turned out not to be so harmless (due to potential crepe ingredients and ghost interaction) and the table started smoking. The other players started to scream, shouting “Fire! Fire!” and the host tried to calm everyone down by grabbing the tablecloth and shaking it vigorously. Unfortunately, this only served to fan the flames, making the fire larger. Potter tried to put out the flames while Malfoy went to chase after the vampire drummer, who had noticed all the commotion and attempted to slip out. Malfoy was not able to catch them, though, because all the guests were stampeding out the single entrance to Arc en Ciel (which has to be a fire hazard).

Now, Potter and Malfoy have to go back to the drawing board, and no one is happy. Readers, you tell us, is Arc en Ciel to blame?!

Memo:

Golden Scales INTERNAL MEMORANDUM Date: 1 November From: Casino Manager To: All employees

Subject: Arc en Ciel All Hallow’s Eve Incident

This is to alert all in-house employees of the incident that occurred last night (see attached Daily Prophet article). While we are fortunate in that our all Hallow’s Eve event was a success, in the wise words of Auror Alastor Moody, “Constant Vigilance!” We have not yet had any issues with our signature beverage, Queen of the Night, but further directions will be sent out to maintenance and security regarding further fire-proofing and charm-proofing measures and a need to revise our emergency escape plans. There is also discussion of anchoring additional safety measures in the lobby dragon. The promotions department already has plans to embark upon an advertising campaign that will highlight the fire-proof nature of our casino, as well as the fact that all our staff is screened for security and also trained in emergency and safety measures. At our upcoming all-staff meeting, each staff person should arrive prepared to make suggestions that might further optimize our position in the cut-throat casino and hospitality industry. Additionally, there has been some discussion about imposing a screening requirement for all customers. Though this information would be confidential, there is also concern that this might discourage some of our more discerning clientele. Thank you for your continued commitment to this establishment. Ellery Badcock

Written by Arc en Ciel, about Golden Scales

Article:

PLAYING WITH FIRE

Known for housing well over a thousand dragons with whom patrons can get up close and personal, Golden Scales Casino seems to have housed something else quite personal last Saturday night. Spotted in a heated argument by the bar, ex-rivals Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy appear to have slipped into their schoolyard animosity once more. Eyewitnesses described the scene as fiery, and not just because they were flanked by four dragons!

While the specific details of their disagreement are not concrete, sources say that it began when some of the fire from the light show veered a bit too close to their table, causing some jostling and giving way to hurled insults. Patrons could not tell who was yelling to start—it was a masquerade event, after all!—until Mr Potter ripped Mr Malfoy’s mask from his face to point his wand at it. No spells were thrown until both had been escorted closer to the exits, at which point one of them let off an impulsive hex in retaliation to another patron who had consumed the Queen of the Night cocktail, Golden Scale’s signature beverage which allows the drinker to breathe fire for a short while. This in turn caused great disturbance near the entrance, throwing off some of the other casino-goers who were involved in the Halloween Treasure Hunt. While an obvious misunderstanding, it is evident that fire is a sore subject for the pair and both resumed their aggressions towards each other, eventually being asked to quieten down or leave the premises.

It appears that while the pair arrived together they made separate exits, both shortly after one another: Malfoy at an apparition point and Potter via the golden elevator. What this means for the pair is yet to be determined, but speculators now wonder if this was simply a night out amongst friends or something that holds a deeper meaning.

A source from within the casino says that both men are return visitors, frequenting the old dragon’s den atop the Dragon’s Hoard Mountain Range multiple times per year; from the visceral reactions to dragon breath, this reporter doubts there is much truth to these claims. Will we see them there again soon? And more importantly, will they be together? Only time will tell…

Activity 5

It was All Hallows Eve, a day that Harry tried to forget. Harry usually spent this day locked up in his room at Grimmauld Place. Ron and Hermione would visit him to make sure he ate and give him company. This year, the duo was busy with their newborn child, Rose, and hence, Harry was going to spend the day alone.

Draco and Harry had struck up a new friendship after Ginny and Pansy’s wedding. Draco knew from the girls that this day was always hard on Harry, and so he took it upon himself to do something fun this year.

That’s how they ended up at the entrance of the Golden Scales Casino. The Casino was organising a Masquerade and Bonfire Night to welcome the season. Bring your best mask and your whimsy and prepare for a magical evening, the pamphlet had read. It was just what they needed to take Harry’s mind off of gloom and doom.

Draco had worn a beautiful silver mask with green feathers and rhinestones. Harry looked equally handsome in a red and black mask that accentuated his emerald green eyes. They met in the front lobby of the casino near the dragon statue. Before walking in, Draco rubbed the golden ace card held by the dragon, which was rumoured to bring patrons good luck. Their masks were a blessing, and not many heads turned.

The boys tried their hand at the casino’s patent game ‘Bluffing the Dragon’, and Draco even won a round and graciously treated Harry to a shot of Dragon Bite. They were sitting by the bonfire, enjoying the warmth and spectacular light show performed by the casino’s miniature dragons when a flame from one of the dragons skimmed Harry’s face, causing him to panic and jerk away, spilling Draco’s drink in the process.

“Watch it, Potter, this suit is Italian and very expensive,” Draco said irritably.

Harry, however, had started hyperventilating.

“Calm down, Potter. You’re drawing attention to us,” he said.

“Shut. Up. Malfoy.” Harry bit out, and soon they had reverted to their schoolboy ways of hurling insults at each other.

The commotion had alerted the authorities, and two burly bouncers approached their table. Seeing this, Draco put an arm on Harry’s shoulder to calm him down, but Harry pushed him away, ripping his mask off and pointing his wand at Draco’s throat. A collective gasp was heard, and then the room went silent.

Draco looked at Harry, eyes wide and full of hurt. Harry, realising his overreaction, dropped his wand. Draco turned on his heel and started leaving when Harry came back to his senses and ran after him, but Draco pushed him and apparated away.

Harry had bumped into another patron who had consumed the Queen of the Night cocktail, causing a coughing cum fire breathing fit. The ensuing commotion was too much, and when the bouncers escorted him to the golden elevator, he went willingly.

The previous night’s debacle was all over the papers the next day. Everyone had a take on what must have transpired. Some called it a lover’s tiff, others a spat between friends, and some even speculated that Harry had been led to the Casino by devious means. Of course, none of it was true, and the only person who deserved to know the truth was Draco. Harry had to set things right—the look on Draco’s face had haunted him all night.

He wasn’t sure if Draco would want to see him, so he wrote him a letter explaining how he’d been lost in his own head. The flames had taken him by surprise, plunging him back to the night in the Room of Requirement when he and Draco had almost perished in the Fiendfyre. He didn’t expect Draco to forgive him, but he had to apologise.

An hour later, Harry’s floo chimed and Draco stepped out of it, wrapping Harry in a tight hug.

#game of drarry #wizards hearts #team golden scales

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the-final-sif · 5 years ago

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Hello! Hi! How ya doing? 1. What are some tropes/things you see in the bnha fandom that bug you or that you see as kinda toxic? 2. How do you think Ochako and Katsuki handle people being dicks about their fight at the sports festival? 3. We know the staff realize that chaining up a child was a fucked thing after Katsuki got kidnapped, but how do you think his classmates took it/reacted to it? Sorry for all the questions!

Hello, I’m doing well!

Tbh I think the thing that’s kinda my pet peeve in the fandom is sometimes I end up getting comments on my fics saying that Mitsuki clearly loves Katsuki in canon/she’s not abusive, and that bugs me for a number of reasons.

We have seen Endeavor have more positive interactions with 3/4s of his children then we have Mitsuki with Katsuki. The reason for that is that we’ve only ever seen Mitsuki interact with Katsuki twice. Once right after the sports festival when she yelled at him off-screen, and once on-screen after the kidnapping where she smacked him, blamed him for getting kidnapped & then talked down about him, all in front of his idol and his homeroom teacher with literally no prompting.

And it bothers me that people feel the need to come onto my fics, which are super clearly tagged for what they are, and try to tell me I’m wrong (as if fanfiction was ever supposed to be canon in the first place), and that Mitsuki loves Katsuki when we’ve seen no evidence of this, and instead we have evidence that she’s kinda a shit parent. That may be because we really haven’t seen very much of her, but people can’t just make assumptions for stuff that hasn’t happened, call it canon and then yell at me about it.

Not only that, but it just gives me strong vibes of sexism. If the genders were flipped and Katsuki were female & Mitsuki was male you know damn well people would have no problem seeing what was wrong with that scene. It happens a lot in real life, and it’s a really dangerous/toxic idea that women can’t be abusers/men (esp men who are more rough/strong) can’t be abused.

As I’ve said before, I absolutely support everyone’s right to enjoy stuff how they wanna enjoy stuff. I honestly love a lot of good parent Mitsuki content/characterizations throughout the fandom (her and Inko getting shipped together is a weakness of mine too), and I’m not saying nobody can like her/anyone else has to handle her canon interactions the same way I do.

But like, please don’t come onto my clearly tagged fanfiction that I publish for free & created out of love of exploring new places and try to tell me I’m wrong for my interpretation. Particularly if you’re gonna be wrong about it.

Okay, rant over with. Let’s just say I’ve had to delete some comments from my fics before and leave it at that.

I think the two of them probably handed people at the sports festival being dicks by either ignoring it or throwing hands depending on what kinda shitheads they were being.

Canonically we see Katsuki’s classmates not really… well I don’t want to say they didn’t care about him being chained up. They certainly noticed it, but they’re kids. Even if they were uncomfortable with what was happening, they trust their teachers and defer to them. For my *personal* canon, Izuku didn’t find out about the chaining Katsuki up thing until two days later & he was super pissed & 100% down to fight over it because he gets downright feral when it comes to Katsuki. However, Katsuki intercepted and told him to fuck off with that nonsense before he could really take revenge/throw down about it.

For the Katsuki Hakamata AU, we see some of the classes’ realizations that it was kinda a fucked up situation in the group chat, and I think that sums it up pretty well. They were all pretty uncomfortable with it, particularly in hindsight and they regret not speaking up/saying something. It makes them all particularly on edge when the second sports festival comes around (not that they need to be lol, Katsuki Has A Plan).

#katsuki bakugou #mitsuki bakugou #bnha #mha #katsuki hakamata au #izuku midoriya #class 1-a #my headcanons #sif speaks #sif answers #Anonymous

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deniigi · 5 years ago

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also sorry so tuesday again you write a TON and i know youve answered something like this but like whats your planning system for writing stuff?? ive been writing in a notebook for like an hour planning but idk if writing a ton of sentences and words that are mostly questions and sentences like 'lots of food including @ work' and like, mini schedules for what time things happen is useful? im explaining this bad but uh??? just if you have the time and tips or anything? dcsjthankshaveagreatweek!!!

Hey Tues!!

So yeah, I did discuss a little about my kind of arbitrary planning practices here in this post but in terms of like, the nitty gritty, I haven’t really discussed too much because everyone’s kind of got their own process.

So for me, about 80% of the time, I’ll just sit back and let the work go where it will. I don’t do much planning at all. But when it come to sustained fics, I do do some pretty extensive planning.

But let me be clear here, when I say “extensive planning” I’m talking no more than 1 page of general notes per chapter.

In terms of what goes in that plan, like, it depends on your piece, but in general, for me, every piece you write starts with two questions: where you are in terms of narrative? And what is the main goal for this piece?

Really, the big question you’re asking when you go into a piece is, ‘Where do I need to end up?’, but that can be hard to know before you start writing, so I prefer to think of this is terms of the two questions.

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So, like, here’s an example of what that floating ethereal bullshit actually looks like (we’ll use a maybe-the-next-chapter from Sidebars as an example so you’ve got something concrete to look at):

So first thing’s first!

1. Where are we?

First, in terms of the larger story. Are we halfway through? Are we still at the beginning? Do we still need to introduce characters? Do we still have plot points we need to hit to establish a relationship or motive or enemy?

Right now, in sidebars when I ask myself this question, I can say, okay. I’m about 3/4s of the way through this story and I am done introducing characters. I’ve established Peter’s relationship with Sam and resolved that mini arc. I’ve established MJ’s relationship with the Acadec kids. I’ve finally FINALLY written the wedding scene, so that leaves me with probably 3-4 chapters to cap off Peter’s Chicago mob situation, to get the Acadec kids to Nationals, and to come up with some kind of ending.

That’s where I am.

So if you’re writing a one-shot, this is going to look different. For example, you need to decide where in their lives your characters are. Where are they physically/geographically? What are they doing in this moment?

(ie. for say, team red, you can say, smth like ‘well, they just met and are trying to feel each other out.’ or ‘This is right after Matt came back from midtown, and Peter and Wade have just started to move on with their lives after his ‘death.’‘–that kind of thing is a good place to start with a one shot)

Once you know where you are, you can start to figure out where you’re going. And that’s when you move on to question two!

2. What is the goal of this piece?

I personally try to pick one main goal and around that, I’ll often have a handful of subgoals going on on top of that big guy.

For example, in sidebars this next chapter must resolve the mob situation. That is the main goal of that chapter.

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Now, at this point, now that I know where I am and what my main goal is, I can start to draft and weave in the subgoals.

So here’s what that looks like in terms of drafting:

1. Wedding is done. Peter now has time to deal with the mob. Peter needs to gather his team so that they can tag into Chicago to take their turn in the fray.

2. The problem here is that he is juggling two things at once: he’s got to go deal with the mob, but he and Miles are also due to be in Washington DC for Acadec Nationals in a matter of days.

3. Peter is disaster-prone, which means that something needs to go to shit in one of these areas.

Once you get to this stage, you can start tossing in details and timelines, but until you have these guys worked out, all those little details are great, but not especially helpful in establishing a larger narrative. And straight up? They might even be holding you back at this stage.

For example, in the above example, I really want Peter to ride a motorcycle, so I’m gonna cling to that in my head and I can maybe make a note of that in my planning, but I’m not going to fuck with it quite yet. Instead, I’m going to break my two big plot points down.

That could look like this:

1. Wedding is done. Peter now has time to deal with the mob. Peter needs to gather his team so that they can tag into Chicago to take their turn in the fray.

Peter’s TR has 2 times to meet other Team Reds in Chicago.They meet Gwen and Agave first. This goes awkwardly. These two make Peter reflect on his own time with the Gwen Stacy from his verse.

Shit’s awkward af.

Wade likes Agave. Agave flirts with Wade.

Shit remains awkward af.

After this, Peter and Miles have to scram for Acadec.

(end scene)

At this point, I usually throw in an in-between scene as a transition, just so I know how we are getting where we’re going. So I’d say something like:

The next morning, Peter and MJ nearly miss the bus to Washington DC. It works out somehow that the Brooklyn kids end up sharing a bus with the Midtown kids.

Peter and Flash are brought back together.

The tension is unbearable.

Shit gets real.

And now we have worked our way to main plot point 2. Plot point two is broken down similarly, and then lo and behold! You’ve planned your chapter!!

You may now start the fun, exciting part of writing the piece. And it is here where you start filling in all the spaces in between those works to bring out textures and characterizations and funny bits, sad bits, introspective bits, world building, etc, etc.

Anyways, Idk if that’s helped you at all Tues. I suppose the main thing I’m trying to say here is that when you’re planning a piece, maybe try staying as big picture and broad as possible. Try to avoid too much detail until you’re actually writing the piece (unless you’ve got a very particular/important detail in mind–in which case, note it on the side, but not in the body of the planning draft) and that might help you a little in terms of shortening the planning process.

#fic #inimitable verse #I do write a lot but i am kind of paid to write in my other life and also it has given me proto-carpal tunnel so be not intimidated #lol #writing advice #does anyone use a different process here?#it's always interesting to know whether folks dive right in or do planning first #team red #(and potentially sidebars spoilers #we shall see we shall see

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