#gobstones

[nexeliam]

The eight chapter of "THE BLIND WIZARD - The curse of the lake" is finally out ! It took quite a while to complete, but at long last, it is online. Bear with me, I don't think I'll manage to be faster than that x') (I'll still try to stick to a monthly update)

Enjoy !

[lulublack90]

Prompt 25 - Fireplace

@jegulus-microfic May 25, Word count 587

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The girls were standing by the fireplace when the boys entered the common room. 

“He’s in your dorm,” Mary called across the room. “We thought it best in case McGonagall or someone came in.” James strode across the room and gathered Mary into a hug. 

“Thank you,” He whispered into her ear. Sirius pushed him out of the way and hugged all the girls at once. 

Regulus was waiting on Remus’s bed, throwing a gobstone into the air and catching it. 

“Why is it always my bed?!” Remus huffed in exasperation before plopping down next to Regulus. “Budge up then,” Regulus moved over and Remus shuffled him more so he could pull his book out from under his pillow. Regulus sat up a bit so he could peer at the book, and seemingly interested, leaned over to read as well. 

Sirius looked over at James with a quizzical look on his face. James shrugged. He had no idea when Regulus and Remus had gotten so close. 

Regulus was still fiddling with the gobstone, when he tried to point out a passage to Remus and dropped it. The marble-like sphere rolled across the floor and stopped at Sirius’s feet. Sirius looked down at it and bent to pick it up right as it sprayed him in the face with its foul smelling liquid. 

“Yuck!” Sirius cried as he wiped his eyes with the sleeve of his robes. “Regulus you little shit!” Regulus and Remus looked at each other and burst into fits of laughter. Tears appeared at the corners of both of their eyes.

“Sorry—Sorry, Sirius,” Remus choked out though his laughter as he got up off the bed and helped Sirius into the bathroom to shower, laughs still bursting through his lips as he tried to stifle them. 

James made eye contact with Peter and Regulus and the three of them started laughing again. Poor Sirius. 

“I think I might go and see if Miles wants to play chess for a bit.” And he disappeared out the door, still laughing. 

James grabbed Regulus’s hand and dragged him up off the bed and into his arms. 

“Hi, love,” He murmured as he nuzzled his nose into Regulus’s neck. Regulus scrunched his shoulders up when James’s nose tickled the soft skin there. 

“So, how did it go?” Regulus asked once he’d batted James away. 

“She knows it was us, not you,” He added when Regulus got a worried look on his face. “I think she was actually a bit proud of us for pulling it off, but apparently the professors are having trouble removing the pigs.” He let a face-splitting grin spread across his face. 

“Did she punish you?” Regulus asked.  

“Yup. Just the usual thought; detention, no Hogsmeade. Like that's going to keep us out of the village.” He scoffed. “And Sirius and I are on probation on the quidditch team. She said if she catches wind of any of us causing mischief, we’ll be off the team.” He shrugged. She’d have to actually prove it was them before they got kicked off the team, and they’d lie low for a few weeks before their next prank anyway.

A wicked smirk pulled across Regulus’s mouth. “What?” James asked, unable to help the smile on his face. 

“I got away with it. No one knows I had anything to do with it.” He looked up at James with starry eyes. “I’m the best marauder.” James dipped his head and kissed him. 

“Yes you are, love. Yes you are.” 

Next part

[jlhynde-insanitybrilliance]

Tom: Gobstones is beneath you—

Harry: I’m perfectly capable of deciding what is beneath me and what is not, Riddle.

[not-that-gilbert-blythe]

Playing Gobstones with Zenobia. Went through all the trouble of finding the damn things, may as well learn how the game works.

I think I'm getting the hang of it.

If you don't give her gobstones back, by the way, you're a monster

[dorelia23]

After Merula's bet about swimming in the lake.

Jules : How does one play Gobstones?

Me : Never mind, do you know how to swim?

[wizardingolympics]

Let's Get Gobstoned

Author: offthemap

Summary:

Harry Potter lives in Hogsmeade and works as the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. He is married to Ginny, who is the new Madame Hooch, and they have three children, all grown-up. He has spent the last twenty years ensuring there are no more deaths, no more injuries, and no more hijinks in the school. No child will ever have anything but a good time at Hogwarts under his watch. He even banned all adults who aren't students or teachers from entering the premises. What happens when he finally opens up the castle for the first time in years and allows the Gobstone World Championship into his preciously guarded school?

AO3 link

[centaurudesngc4258]

Quest complete: Playing gobstones with friends

👩‍👧‍👦

[ryllen]

lil' brother vibe

[momo-t-daye]

Tom Riddle (Slytherin 5th year, Prefect) and Minerva "Mad Min" McGonagall (Gryffindor 4th year, Chaser who regularly takes on Bludgers with her bare hands) had very little in common beyond agreeing that Eileen Prince (Slytherin 4th year, Captain of the Hogwarts Gobstones Club) was the most annoying person in the whole school (and likely the whole world)

This was just an excuse to draw the last panel, Eileen being an obnoxious 14 year old too obsessed with Gobstones to care about Tom Riddle's blatantly suspicious behavior was just bonus silliness.

[geesenoises]

Beloved.

The word rolled around in Draco’s head like a gobstone, sometimes quietly and unnoticed, sometimes cracking solidly against the sides of his skull as if trying to break out. On his worst days, he felt stuck in a losing game, doused over and over with cold dread that Draco could presume to think something like that about him.

Until one day Draco spit it out, dropped it between them, a solid thunk where it landed. And Harry picked it up like it was made of gold instead of common stone, nothing dangerous or risky about it.

Beloved? Harry asked, and Draco turned his face away for once, not sure he could brave the wash of shame head on this time. You can’t take it back now. I play for keeps.

But this time it was a game where everyone won.

[nexeliam]

Gobstones game in the Undercroft

About 17 hours of work

[babe-of-the-frontiers]

My first playthrough I'm playing as a good guy and my second playthrough I'm also playing as a good guy because I can't handle videogame characters being mad at me

[jlhynde-insanitybrilliance]

UDLTTOM DIALOGUE DRAFT #47

*Harry staring at notice board in Slytherin common room*

Alphard Black: Hey Evans, what are you doing?

Harry: Professor Slughorn tells me I need to join a club—

Alphard: Oh? Have you thought about the Dueling club—

Harry: No. Hard pass.

Alphard: Why? You’re really good at—

Harry: Just because I’m good at something doesn’t mean I enjoy it. Besides that would be too much work. I’m looking for something that requires minimal effort. There’s not a club dedicated to napping is there?

Alphard: If there was Mulciber would be captain. But if you’re looking for minimal effort, Eileen Prince has a gobstones club that’s popular with the first and second years. You gotta make her think you’re serious about it though, cause if she thinks you’re teasing she won’t let you join.

Harry: Noted. Thanks, Black.

———-One Hour Later——

Tom: …gobstones? Gobstones?! He refuses my offers to join the Knights, but he’ll play gobstones with a bunch of eleven-year-olds?!

Alphard: Hey don’t curse the messenger—

Tom: Ridiculous!

Alyxander Mulciber: A napping club sounds like a good idea, do you think we could get a faculty advisor to sign off on it?

Lyra Burke: Professor Trelawny might do it if we lie and say it’s a astral projection club.

Ignotus Avery: If you guys get it approved, I’ll join up too. Could use a little nap with all this homework our professors keep piling on—

Tom: None of you are forming a napping club. You have too much work to do—

Lyra: If we form it Evans might join and that’ll give us a chance to gather more information on him…

Tom: There are better ways of gathering information, Burke.

Lyra: Maybe. But those other way are not as relaxing.

Tom: You’re not supposed to be relaxing!

Alyxander (whispering to Avery): I think he could use a nap.

Ignotus: …yeah, no kidding.

[akaisenhatake]

if i see zenobia and her intolerable ass one more time im going to commit 1st degree murder

[rairolin]

It's just a resting Slytherin face, nothing personal

[simply-slytherin]

I kind of hope that the Wizarding World at Universal Studios considers having character actors. Can you imagine them having Sebastian, Ominis, Garreth, Natty, Poppy etc? That would be so fun! They already do student character events, it would be cool to see our favs in there too.