#i do wanna finish my hp book

[kacchanofficial]

getting hit with the double whammy of period and also mildly sick maybe is like .... the worst

[rollercoasterwords]

What other fandoms do you think you’d write for? Or are you strictly an HP writer?

PS. Love ATWMD and THTF. Your writing is impeccable.

i’ve written a captive prince & succession fic as well so! & have also briefly written fics in some other fandoms when i was much younger which r now too embarrassing 2 name lmao

honestly not sure what other fandoms i’d write for it honestly just comes down 2 whether i’m gripped w an idea for certain characters…would love 2 escape hp fandom lol but i think part of why it’s sucked me in so bad is that i like fucking around w the holes in the canon universe…like most of the marauders fic i’ve written has been either canon compliant or canon divergent & me going “hmmm what would these characters do in this context” & now bc i’ve spent so much time thinking abt & writing them it’s just also becoming easy 2 plug these characters into aus 🤧

actually thinking abt my fic writing experience generally the thing that tends 2 make me wanna write fic is if there’s something abt canon that i wanna patch in…like my captive prince fic is just canon but from a different character’s pov & my succession fic is just “what if kenstewy were canon” lol. have thought abt writing aftg from andrew’s pov & the first book of the feverwake duology from dara’s pov simply bc that’s something i enjoyed doing w atyd & captive prince but never actually did…guess i could also see myself potentially writing spn fic if i came up w an idea i liked…& honestly i think if i ever reread trc i might go crazy for real & could then potentially decide 2 write fic who knows. but atp i feel like marauders fic has just become my comfort zone…it’s just a weird balance to strike where a story has to have characters i love but be unsatisfying (poorly written/queerbait/not actually queerbait but i’m delusional/would be fun 2 see from another character’s pov) enough that there r gaps i wanna fill. so like there r various stories/franchises/series i’ve loved where i’ve just never felt compelled at all 2 read or write fic bc i got everything i wanted out of the story etc!

[obsidianpen]

You know who I miss in hp that no one really remembers? Firenze even it the books we didn't get to see what happened to him after fifth year and honestly the centaurs were such an interesting addition who played semi-important roles in both fifth year (fucking um bitch got the karma+big brother Hagrid ) AND ANDD in the final battle after all hell breaks lose! I wanna know both in NG and in Incendiary, will we get to see more of them? it was in the final battle where centaurs join in and really light that spark needed for harry to escape but NG cuts off the final battle, so what happened to them? Just waiting in the forest? Looking at the stars and thinking this was not supposed to happen? Or did they know what was gonna happen and unlike canon did not even go there? Also this got me thinking...what's Voldemort stance on magical creatures ? Werewolfs were/are? his allies? but what about others like goblins or centaurs or Giants? is that gonna come up soon? honestly Harry is so cut off from the whole world rn we have no idea what Mr.V has done so far... erasing emotions is scary and not something that I feel likes is just gonna sit in the corner of the plot like a good lil boi so many ppl we haven't seen yet or only heard about them from others... McGonagall, shacklebolt, Arthur! bill, charlie, Fleur, TEDDY AND ANDROMEDA!!! Dean and wait is Lavender Alive? You saved Fred but like is Lavander dead dead? if so where tf is Grayback? cuz Harry aint gonna be happy with that... also poor Neville's funeral (Im the same anon who read hauntingly before it was even finished via some pdf at 4 a.m and cried so much when writing that post lol idk if you remember XD) and I forgot to ask you! how do you feel about us reading some of your deleted works via pdfs? I do not know whether to feel guilt or joy ? (anyway what happened was that I still can't read hauntingly past that chapter...and I was so so sooo mad at Snape and Neville, I detested them from the bottom of my heart so bad that I had to re-read both Nevilles death in NG and Snapes canon death for 3 days straight just to calm down a bit lmao) anyway I wonder what will her grandmothers reaction be to Harry explaining what happend

( I feel like I wrote a huge pile of messy stuff thrown together sorryyy :<)

Firenze!!! I hadn’t thought about him a ton either tbh but I will now! about the old pdfs - eh, I guess I’ve made peace knowing that it happens and there’s nothing I can do about it 🥲 like I dont love it but it’s all right, I am very neutral about it now

[major-toast]

🏳️‍🌈 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.

[satorugojjo]

hi everyone idk how many of my old moots are still around!! what are you guys are getting into these days outside of pjo fandom 🫶 u might remember me as keer (poseidhn/sunapollo) ive been going by kiki for a few years now and just updated my page 💛

im currently extremely into MHA and even more so now that it’s ending next week - but just very animecore in general!

in the book world tho i read chalice of the gods and found it very adorable but also very predictable in a good way 🥹 made me nostalgic. ive also been really into city of brass trilogy by sa chakraborty and robert jackson bennett books! (tainted cup was sooo good omg)

still haven’t read murtagh - kinda scared to cuz i heard reviews weren’t good but they weren’t for inheritance either and i enjoyed the ride so much. that might be my next read after i finish RJB’s divine cities trilogy.

im still haikyuu pilled but bkdk, and MHA have me in a deep DEEP brainrot. i was more active on tiktok about anime (was my main platform) but im definitely more active on twitter now! that’s where I write threads and analysis, and shitpost, and also post art now!!! (the tag for that is #my-art).

i should take more advantage of the longer word limits to make analysis posts here like I used to do for PJO and ATLA (and if I still have any old old HP moots from 10y ago, hi to you too 🥹). maybe ill cross post some threads just to archive them better over here, and revamp my theme a little more to count the anime tags as well!

hope yall are ok and sorry for the inevitable mha posting that will happen this week! I’ll be tagging everything with #mha and #bnha if you wanna mute the tag! and with both #spoilers & #mha-spoilers for any early leaks for chapter 430!

[faiell]

hello, nice to meet you!

i'm back at the top after rambeling about how i got into drarry, and so here is the fic rec: "genesis (you don't know what it means to win)" by crossourbridges on ao3. you don't have to read the rest if you don't want to.

i also got into drarry 20 years late, but let me tell you another secret: i've never read a page of a harry potter book in my life.

all my knowledge about it is from a friend that i like to listen to her obseasions and pick the ones i wanna get into (while i still enjoy hearing about the ones i don't). one time though she sat me down and we watched the movies, like 1-5 and i got bored at some point so we left it, but one thing that stayed with me was the character of draco.

i saw a sad, hhhhorney loser who just craves attention from EVERYONE, every gender, every house, the poor dude just needs to get layed, but without knowing the canon i'm pretty sure he never will.

that was a couple of years ago, and recently i suddenly remembered him bc i noticed i enjoy ships that are "a harmless prick loser and the misfourtunate everyman that the prick fell in love with, who is actually just insane enough himself to slowly but surly love the prick back".

and so i was like "i'm sure draco and harry are a ship. i wonder what their fanfics are like" and now for weeks i've been in this rabbithole of PROFOUND SHIT THAT MADE ME BELIEVE IN LOVE FOR A HOT SECOND, so yea. this is the reason i'm reccomending you this one. it's one of those stories that are the perfect length and much too short at the same time.

i hope you enjoy :)

first off, thank you so much for the fic rec! i will definitely check it out.

the journey of you becoming a drarry fan is a hilarious read, i'm so happy you shared it with me! hats off to you for being that friend who enjoys hearing about others' obsessions. we need more like you in the world. it's amazing that you absorbed just enough from her all those years ago to have the instinct to say AHA!! i bet people love making these two losers kiss! and u were right.

my turn! let me ramble (for even longer than you did) abt how i happened to the same drarry pit of "profound shit that made me believe in love for a hot second" with you. so on the contrary, i've always been a big HP fan, in the sense that i grew up with the book series and watched the movies. the books are why i became a big reader when i was a kid. i've always been a shipper, i always knew drarry existed, and many of my close friends were obsessed with it throughout the years--like losing weight because they were reading so much fic in bed their muscles atrophied kind of obsessiveness. for some reason, i never engaged. i was like yeah, obviously there's good stuff there, but i'm just not going to dip in.

then one day a few months ago (oct 2023 to be exact), i was bored at work and saw a thread on my home page titled something along the lines of 'absolute favourite fic regardless of fandom'. i was curious and maybe just itching for something fun to read so i clicked in and a highly upvoted reply caught my eye. the user's fav fic was the HP rewrite Mirror of Ecidyrue series by starbrigid. i was honestly really bored, and a draco POV retelling sounded fun, so i dove straight in.

i loved it, and holy shit it was long. i think the entire fic is longer than the og books? but yeah basically i rly enjoyed it, and i read it fast, finishing in only a week or so. i think ever since the transphobia bs happened i distanced myself from everything related to the franchise--i used to reread the books every few years, and i had stopped doing that. reading that fic made me realize how much i missed the world and characters, and how i could have it all again without shame by reading fic! i mean, starbrigid had basically rewritten the entire series and added their own interesting lore and worldbuilding, and that was even better than going back to reread the books like i used to. i also really enjoyed draco pov… i knew i definitely wanted more of that.

and so i went into the ao3 drarry tag to find more content, because i'd heard years ago from my obsessed friends that there was a goldmine of good HP fic there, and i never resurfaced lol. i feel like once u go in u can't ever get out cause it's a good ship and the writers are so talented, and there's YEARS, decades of content to catch up on. i remember also thinking that i'd be satisfied just reading and eating it all up (whereas i'm usually pretty active in making fanart when i join a fandom), but um, a few weeks ago i was like kinda like hmm i wanna see what MY brand of drarry looks like. so now im here posting art of it!

they are thankfully super fun to draw. i'm just having fun here, but i do have a small goal - i wanna draw fic fanart to sort of… give back some joy and show gratitude towards my fav writers. other than that, i'm here to chill and look at pictures and words of them making out.

[ap-art-hell]

Ack! So after i finished piece 3 (and 4 technically) I've been doing some sketching of what I want my next painting to be. Because I'm still figuring this out and I'm also working on a different assignment I don't really have a lot, so I'm just gonna explain what I'm planning and my inspiration (:

So I'll start this off with: I have never actually played/watched a let's play of Mouthwashing. I know about the main plot beats and how the characters/environment look and that's really about it. HOWEVER! I really enjoy the low poly design of the game. It's really what's making me wanna draw this at all

Of course I like how the characters are designed and the softer color palette of some segments, and I wanna recreate something with the same feeling.

Now I was thinking "how would I do this with watercolor" and I decided that I'm sick of watercolor and that I'll do an impasto acrylic painting. I thought not only will the color palette be easier too achieve with acrylic because mixing will be easier, but also the jagged look of low poly. So going along with that idea I looked up some interesting impasto paintings that aren't Picasso.

*starts bashing hand on table* THIS!! I WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS!! it'll be fun to play with color and the different ways I could make the texture. AND I DID TEST IF I COULD USE ACRYLIC!!

WAH BAM! It's a bit hard to tell from this photo just all of these little test have a very nice texture, and I really really just wanted to touch my painting once I was done with it, which I can't do with watercolor /:

With my little tests I realized that a combination of both a palette knife and brush would make the best texture (because remember, I'm doing this for the texture.)

Anyways moving onto the actual sketches, I was trying to figure out how to do a good low poly on paper without making a 3d model (because that's hard)

I did use a lot of "how to make 3d models" tutorials to figure out what I should make them look like. As you can see, there was a lot of trial and error. I did eventually get it down to hop into the next round of sketches, the thumb nails.

I've never really been good at thumb nails if I'm being honest. I just want to jump into my finish piece. But with these thumbnails I learned that I want it in a Landry mat with it being slightly game-ified

For these I wanted to use one of my actual OCs and not something I made up on the fly, so here's James (≧∇≦)/ I do think that he'll a tiny bit cringe, (I made him work for the mob and a yandere (I hate using that word, but it describes him the best)) I've planned out how I'll do the HP and other HUD elements but the one idea that didn't come from my own brain was "put the scary face in one of the dryers" which was a great idea that my friend pitched because I was complaining that I couldn't find a good place for the monster. (Which I think the top left is the scariest one)

Anyways I don't think I can fit this in my concentration, so it's gonna be one of my 5 not in concentration pieces. I also might just post some sketche book pages this week or the thing I'm painting over, so it'll be a bit before y'all will see any progress on this ^^'

[hmuyassar]

Siapa pula yang ngambil IELTS tiap kali expired dua tahun sekali? saya.

**

The first time I took the exam was around 4 years ago. Although I admit it was the longest test preparation, I never expected to get a 7 the first time.

Persiapan pertama kali mungkin sekitar 6 bulan sampe hampir setahun. Sejak baca blognya kiky edward, saya mulai nyusun jadwal belajar sendiri dan nyari-nyari resources yang direkomendasiin. Ketika gap year dan jadi santri di utrujah, I woke up for around one until two hours each night to practice. Karena akses pondok terbatas, latihan reading, listening, speaking dan writing hampir semua sendiri. I finished a box full of cambridge practice books, especially for the reading and listening part. Saya juga izin sama musyrifah biar dibolehin bawa HP untuk dengerin audio. Sementara untuk writing dan speaking kalau bisa minta review temen, atau ga rekam dan review sendiri. Jadwal tidur saya sepenuhnya terbalik dari jadwal santri yang lain, ketemu temen-temen pas kelas dan jam sholat aja. Definisi beneran jadi 'kalong'.

As I gradually needed feedback for my writing and speaking, I applied for the IELTS class di NEC. Although it was a Saturday weekly and wasn't intensive, it felt like a private one since I was the only student.

In the arabic classes, struktur nyusun kalimat saya mulai kecampur-campur. Studying English at night while studying Arabic during the day has made my brain jumbled.

However, the hardest part was enduring the boredom to be consistent with the routine. Bukan apa-apa, ketika itu fokus kerjaan saya cuma tiga: bahasa inggris, ujian murajaah dan bahasa arab, dimana masing-masing menuntut standar yang lumayan tinggi, dalam periode waktu yang lumayan lama, dengan sarana refreshing yang sangat minim.

There were times when I felt like I wanna puke.

One note to myself from this period is; I was so focused on myself, that I forgot others. Ambisimu akan masa depan tidak sepantasnya membuatmu lupa akan kewajibanmu untuk memenuhi hak orang lain saat ini. Termasuk didalamnya hak orangtua, keluarga dan teman-temanmu akan waktu dan dirimu. Jangan sampai kamu menyesal karena tidak terlibat dalam momen berharga yang bisa membuatmu bersyukur di kemudian hari.

A certain dramatic experience: I was almost disqualified from the speaking test. Dengan bodohnya, rentang waktu antara tes sebelumnya dan tes speaking dipake buat balik dulu untuk sholat dan istirahat. Iya, waktu itu masih underestimate jalanan jakarta. Alhasil telatlah hampir satu jam. Di perjalanan udah sepenuhnya pasrah sama hasil dan bersiap dengan kemungkinan terburuk. Sampe tempat tes, entah panitianya mungkin ikut kasian sama muka saya yang berurai air mata dan akhirnya tetep dibolehin langsung masuk. Lucunya, pengalaman ini jadi bahan cerita saya di tes speaking yang ketiga.

Please bear with the long post ya, ini baru tentang tes pertama :))

The second test was actually a sudden test. The previous one annoyingly exactly expired before I applied for IISMA, hence the need for a new one.

It was a computer-based test, jadi materi belajar semua diganti online buat ngebiasain pake komputer. Latihan cenderung lebih mudah karena ga perlu belajar banget dari '0'. I'm also glad to find www.ieltsonlinetests.com for practices. Waktu itu ga sempet nyari partner buat writing dan speaking, jadi sepenuhnya semua review sendiri. Karena yang penting skornya jangan sampe turun, strateginya juga masih sama kayak tes yang pertama; utamain maksimalin skor dari yang dianggap kuat (reading dan listening), lainnya bismillah aja deh. Makanya nilainya pun masih sangat jomplang, apalagi sama writing.

I didn't have other particular responsibilities, so I could focus on studying quite well. I was able to do other things and paid attention to the house since it was during the online lecture period. The challenge was adapting to the online format while having a relatively short preparation time. Still, Allah kindly gave me a higher score than before and I'm grateful for that.

The last one (hopefully). Motivasi terbesar buat rajin untuk tes ketiga adalah duit. I wanna make sure it's worth the money, you see. Seenggaknya jangan sampe turun lah, sayang tiga juta (wth the price got higher each time:").

But the higher you set the previous bar, the higher you should aim for the next one.

It still seems difficult to aim for 8.

Persiapan agak intensif sekitar tiga bulanan, 'agak' karena harus nyambi kerja. The challenge was to maintain the balance; berusaha sebisanya buat dapet hasil terbaik, jangan sampe ganggu kerjaan -yang mana harus berangkat pagi dan pulang malem-, jangan sampe lupa rumah, dan jangan lupa buat 'hidup'. 'Hidup' dalam artian terpenuhi ruh, jiwa, diri dan sosial.

Akhirnya luangin waktu belajar seenggaknya sejam sebelum shubuh atau sebelum pulang kerja. Selain juga konsisten nongkrong tiap jumat sore di luar buat belajar, buka buku atau apa gitu. Sampe-sampe kalo pulang cepet orang-orang pada heran, 'tumben pulang cepet' haha. I feel bad for bapak-bapak yang biasa nungguin buat ngunci ruangan sih.

Reading dan listening masih latihan cuma dari www.ieltsonlinetest.com aja. Strategi untuk kali ini berubah, I wanna focus more on the writing part. Saya sadar kalo skornya masih kurang aman, dan sadar juga kalau academic writing emang masih payah padahal paling dibutuhin buat jangka panjang. Akhirnya dibantu pake ikut academic writing course-nya LBI buat nunjang skill writing secara umum, sementara latihan intensif pribadinya dibantu tektokan sama chatgpt (wkwk what an experience being trained by an AI). Sementara untuk speaking, saya buat appointment sekitar seminggu sekali selama sebulan terakhir sama beberapa native di Italki. Plusnya via Italki bisa lebih fleksible dan variatif ketemu orang, dengan partner yang mayan profesional karena ada fee, tapi dengan fee yang bisa menyesuaikan dengan dompet pribadi.

Well, the results show my writing and speaking were still the lowest. It passed the minimum at least. However, not even in my dream would I expect to get a 9 on one of my results. It feels like all those paper readings, intentionally or not, were actually worth the time.

During the last period, I often questioned myself; Why should I do this hard? Haven't I done enough for English? Isn't it okay to do it modestly? Isn't it better to do other languages instead? While I meet strangers online and pour my thoughts into writing, I renew my motivation.

An international test is a way to validate your capacity based on an internationally recognized standard. However, language is beyond a test.

Jika fungsi utama bahasa adalah untuk berkomunikasi, maka bukankah tidak ada batasan untuk berkomunikasi? Semakin baik kamu bisa berkomunikasi, semakin baik pula pesan disampaikan dan dipahami antara kamu dan lawan bicara. Semakin tinggi penguasaanmu akan bahasa, semakin luas juga range caramu dalam berkomunikasi dengan berbagai lawan bicara. Meskipun selalu ada kemungkinan salah paham dan miskomunikasi yang berujung konflik, tidak ada salahnya terus mengasah kemampuan. Harapannya yang tercipta adalah kesepahaman bersama, baik dengan cara menyampaikan (active) ataupun memahami (passive), baik secara lisan (speaking and listening) dan tulisan (writing and reading).

Dengan kata lain, akan selalu ada alasan dan ruang untuk berkembang, meskipun skor mu sudah mencapai band 9.

Ya, meskipun kita pahami pula kalau komunikasi tidak hanya tentang bahasa, sebagaimana bahasa tidak hanya tentang komunikasi.

***

Early days when I was in the UK, I lost my confidence.

I repeatedly apologized for my English. I repeatedly asked people to repeat their talks.

The language barrier is real. However, the fear of being embarrassed and humiliated is worse. It is especially worsened when it hinders you from interacting and connecting with others.

No matter how many people reassured me that my English was good, even if I knew my IELTS score was sufficiently high already, I couldn't shake the negative thinking off my head. Consequently, I frequently shut myself in the room. Defense mechanism, they said.

At the end of the day, a score might mean nothing when it does not help you brace yourselves outside the room. On the other side, bravery means everything when it comes to using everything in your hand to survive.

.

.

I take pride in preparing for the exam mainly by myself. Because then I know that I am able to count on myself to achieve my own purpose. Then, I recognized the blessings I have; that I was able to navigate through the help of others. Hopefully, all of these will help me being responsible and adapting to any situation in the future.

[the-francakes]

20 questions for fic writers!

Thanks for the tag @schmem14 - sorry this took me so long!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

28: 27 finished and 1 WIP

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

350,018

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Harry Potter. sometimes si consider others but ideas never hit me like they do for hp

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Five Times Draco Malfoy Accidentally Apparated into Hermione Granger's Bed… And the One Time He Meant To (Dramione) - every time draco masturbates, he ends up in hermiones bed 2. An Overly Considerate Friend (Jegulus) - james confronts regulus about spying on their quidditch practices and ends up liplocked instead 3. Both (Hermione/Fred/George) - the hermione and the twins fuck or die DVP PWP 4. I WANNA SEE SOME ARSE (nottpott) - theo is on an island vaction and somehow sharing a bed with harry who has an amazing arse 5. The (Third) Worst Year (drarry) - draco has one year to kiss his true love, harry potter, or turn into a dragon... so he picks dragon like a dumb ass

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes.I do my best to because i think the converation is important and im grateful so i want readers to know. i havent lately because i get overwhelemed and im on a hiatus but yeah i try to

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

You & Lily - regulus is so tired of being used by james, he gets his mark and only tells james after they have sex to really fuck james up. then years later he returns to james to apologize by promising to save harry and its open ended but like... also cannon compliant

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

all of them are happy endings tbh... while i like writing angst, i dont like writing unhappy endings or dead dove sort of things. so pretty much any of my fics will leave you happy

8. Do you get hate on fics?

nah not really. i think its cause im in happy rare pairs world. every now and then i get the off the wall comment like 'telling somone to come is SO overdone' and im like cool bye.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

all the smut. mostly vanilla-ish? i like to change up positions or what the sexual act is, but i dont cross into anything kink mostly cause i just write what i know/like/is comfortable.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

nope. probably never will either.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that i know of...

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes! The Quidditch Pitch Incident is in Russian Five Times Draco Malfoy Accidentally Apparated into Hermione Granger's Bed is in Chinese

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No! But im open to it with the right person

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

I dont really have one. It always changes for me. I like trying a new ship so i think the majority of my fics are different ships.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

honestly, Im starting to think Echoes wont be finished. i havent had the want to write it all year and i dont think the first parts are really my best writing. so part of me might even delete and rewrite it if i start getting the vibes to pursue it again.

16. What are your writing strengths?

characterization. i love fanfic because i can use the base of what we know and grow from the tiny details to make fully developed ones. its hard for me to read some fics that the characterization doesnt match what i know from the books without explanation. like its hard for me to see hermione as a sugar baby for money and loves being doted on because i dontt hink that matches her from the books but like if you can explain she gets her strength and independence from manipulating men then im like yes okay im on board.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

im awful with commas. everyone else loves them but i forget them so much grammarly is always yelling at me.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

nah. i've been living in italy for a month now and the only words i know are ciao and allora LOL - if i want it i ask someone to translate for me

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter and twilight at the same time back in 2004 ish

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

I cant pick just one so here are my faves that are not my most popular because of the ships but probably some of my best writing and get really good comments. Locals Only (draco/blaise/theo) A Saving People Problem (draco/james potter snr) The Quidditch Pitch Incident (ginny/blaise) A Good Night for Whimsy and Love (ron/luna) tis the damn season (Pansy's version) (pansy/ron) Maid of Honor for a Day, Best Friend for Life (susan/blaise)

tagging whoever sees this and also @crazybutgood @vukovich @holygnocchi @phdmama @sailtomarina

[pebblysand]

Started reading castles and it’s so good! Don’t know if saying this correctly but… how did you came up with it? Like what made your brain go “ I wanna write about this”?

aw thank you so much! glad you're enjoying!

wow, this is such a deep question. i don't think there was, like, one thing that made me want to write it. i didn't wake up one day with a fully formed idea of what this fic will be. even now, while i do have the overall structure in my head, i definitely also make things up as i go along. castles has known many iterations of itself over the years, and it just kept growing until i felt i was finally able to write it.

the first time i got the urge to write something was when i was 14, right after i first finished reading DH. i remember writing fic in my little school notebook during class. at the time, it was mostly a harry/ginny story about how-they-got-back-together after the war. i lost it and never finished it, but i remember very clearly it already had that sort of quiet, blurry sort of vibe that you get in the early chapters, especially chapter one. that sense of the calm after the storm, and not really knowing what to do with all that time. back then, i was writing exclusively shippy content, and so that's the sort of iteration it took. but i think what drove me to write it was this sort of frustration at the epilogue and at the "lack" of a direct aftermath of the battle. i'm not an epilogue hater, i actually like the epilogue for what it represents, but i think i would have liked more details on the characters and the "rebuilding" prior to it. i think that's where that came from.

the second time i tried to write it, i had just turned 18. i'd done a re-read that summer and by then, i already had a lot more writing experience under my belt (for context, i started writing at 13). i remember, again, it being post-war, and a sort of more "polished" product than what i'd written prior. i think i didn't finish it/publish it back then because a) the hugeness of the HP fandom scared me as a writer, and i didn't want to expose myself to the crazies, b) that's around the same time i fell into House MD, then TGW, and both shows took over my life, and c) i think, looking back, maybe some part of me knew i could write a better story, if i just waited a bit. but, it was then that i wrote the very first draft of what you will now know as the "first time" scene between harry and ginny, and also the line that has now become the fic's summary: to him, the spring of '98 is about sex and funerals. i remember this re-read was also the first time when i actually sat down and thought about what might have happened to ginny in hogwarts and (i'm remaining vague here cause you've said you only just started reading), had the idea for The Thing. which wasn't so much an "idea" as much as the fact that i was 18 and now a lot more attuned to the world i was living in as a young woman.

i picked up the books again in late 2017 (then, 24) and i remember pulling the story out of my massive archive of abandoned projects, and reading through it after finishing DH. i remember getting to the line "to him, the spring of '98 is about sex and funerals" and thinking: jesus, that's a good line, lol. and, i think at the time i wrote a bit more of it (i specifically remember writing the scene where ginny, ron and hermione help harry move in to his new flat - now chapter 3), but the issue was that i was knee-deep into writing another long-work in another fandom, and so this sort of took the backseat.

finally, we got to the 2020 lockdowns. i used the first lockdown to fully finish and put in the edits i wanted to add to my previous long work (which i'd finished writing in 2018). then, there was a second lockdown, and a third, and was a bit like: what now? and i re-read HP for comfort (considering the global crisis ongoing lol), and, well, the rest is history. i reviewed and repolished what i already had and put it out in september 2020. i thought to myself, i'll write another five chapters (LOL) and be done by december and, well, again, the rest is history.

so, i think, to answer your question, what made my brain go "i wanna write about this?" - time, really. the passage of time and the idea maturing in my brain. harry/ginny came first, then ginny, then the sort of broader environment (harry moving into a flat, etc), and finally, the overall arc of the story. i think the fascination with the post-war era is just - this idea that how do we get from kids who have been through so much and so deeply traumatised to "all was well". i remember seeing an interview from jkr once where she said that would probably have been the hardest part, and being like "yes, exactly." and, i think that fascination was always there, for me, but it just took a while to fully form.

which is something i now very much try to keep in mind: just because you abandon a project now, doesn't mean you are abandoning it forever. maybe it just needs more time in your head to fully bloom.

[l-adynesta]

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last song: I shot the sheriff by Eric Clapton

currently watching: hmmmm not really anything atm… I’ve been rewatching hp on and off and I watch the mandalorian with my ex boyfriend and I need to finish band of brothers but uhhh yeah nothing consistently. unless u count YouTube bc I watch Bailey Sarian every Monday and Thursday like she’s a televangelist!

current obsession: the this or that slideshows on tiktok ESP THE FALL ONES but I like them all. accidentally falling asleep at 6pm and sleeping for 12 hours. thinking about when I’m gonna get my new tattoo and not getting it. preparing for hibernation/rotting in my bed. ALSO buying books and not reading them <3

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[echoofheartbeats]

5 and 9 :D

5. What genre(s) do you typically reach for?

This one is gonna be a huge shocker but *~FICTION/FANTASY~*! In recent years I've been dabbling in more Romance/LGBTQIA+ genres as well as some Horror/Dark genres so it's all been quite fun :)

9. When did you start getting reading as a hobby?

This is so tricky because I think I've always enjoyed reading and I have always wanted to be more into it than I am, but it's always be difficult for me. We did a summer reading program that the local Library held, probably started in elementary and continued into middle school? I wanna say approx 2004 ish I hit a good stride with reading (Winn-Dixie, Coraline, Charlie in the Chocolate Factory, Narnia books, and begun HP books) and then again around 2009 because of Deathly Hallows was the only HP book I finished before the movie release. Then I kinda feel like high school/college/life happened and my next good stride with it started in 2020. Going fairy strong for my standards since then :)

[notebookmusical]

Aww that's so nice that you were watching a livestream while I was there. I'm so happy that I got to experience that and happy I got to go at all. It was really amazing and I already miss it. The thing with surprise songs is that it's really subjective..like a coworkers daughter apparently said she would have rather seen All of the Girls..which is also cool. I would've liked that too but it was better for me that Aaron was there cuz that doesn't happen every show. The only thing that could've possibly made it better is if she brought Hayley out too..lol. Anyway loved it so much and she did also wear the pink Folklore dress which is one I was hoping for. It was just so cool to even see the Folklore cabin in person too and the Vigilante chair dance.

Anyway..for my other ask..I usually don't read sequels or series. The only time I did was with HP or Twilight and that was when all the sequels were already out. But I totally get what you mean about cash grab and spinoffs. I'm interested in the new Hunger Games movie spinoff though! I think sometimes it's natural or it might be because readers want more. Like with this one, I think the book is like 10 years old and people have discovered it and seeing people like it inspired her to write more maybe? Also it works sometimes when you are writing a different characters perspective too..which is the case here apparently. If I did read series regularly, I would probably forget about it too though lol. Also..I loved the first season of Crazy Ex Girlfriend!!! I never got to finish it though cuz I stopped having Netflix..but I do like when a show is able to wrap up the story. I feel like that happens more often now actually..like when a show is based on a book so there is only one season. Then there's something like the new Sex and the City reboot show which seems kinda unnecessary but you still wanna watch for the characters lol. I did like how they updated part of it..like what it would be like for them now and in their 50s though..which made it seem a little fresh at least but it was just okay. I know people were unhappy with Gilmore Girls too..which idk how to feel about either. So I'm usually up for having more to a story or characters I love but sometimes it messes with what you already imagined in your head I guess. These two books do stand on their own though and you probably don't need to read the sequel either unless you want to and that's if you like it lol. I probably will though cuz I get curious and then I could let you know how it is. Also if you do end up reading Some Mistakes Were Made..you could let me know how it is, or I could start reading it again..or together maybe? I've taken a break from reading too this week since I was focused on Taylor but excited to get back to it. I hope you have an awesome trip in Chicago this week! 🩷

hi 🩷 friend!!!! i missed you while i was out of town 🤍 i hope you've been doin well! what have you been up to? have you read anything good lately? it is so, so interesting how people feel about surprise songs!! because to me i think they're just a bonus to the 43 songs that we're already incredibly lucky to hear, but i've seen people on tiktok/twitter/etc. genuinely upset and angry and claiming that their surprise songs like, ruined their experience or whatever and i'm like ... really? i just feel like the relationship "swifties" talk about taylor is ... very ... interesting, to say the least! my friends and i were so hopeful that hayley would be a surprise guest in seattle night 2, and they'd sing castles crumbling (we were also convinced that she'd acknowledge folklore though, and she didn't) because paramore was supposed to play in seattle the day after seattle night two but had to reschedule. and i'm SO happy you got the dress you wanted for folklore! i think the folklore outfits are just so, so pretty — they might be my favorite set of costumes for the whole show. i'm quite intrigued with the new hunger games prequel! i haven't read it yet (and i've actually only ever seen the first hunger games movie), but i really loved the trilogy when i was younger and have been thinking about finally sitting down and watching them (or maybe rereading, once i'm done with my current rereads). i do agree a prequel like this feels more natural, rather than say, shadowhunters, which has like 50 million books! if you ever get a chance to finish watching crazy ex girlfriend, i highly recommend it!! i also just love all the musical theatre references and i just think it's really well done. i haven't rewatched it since it aired, actually, but i do want to rewatch it soon! i am just very, very bad at watching tv! i'm currently watching the summer i turned pretty, and then when i'm caught up with that (or when i have a little more breathing room), i think i'll watch the second season of heartstopper! i was really excited about the new gossip girl (especially since a couple of theatre people are in it), but it just did not … work for me at all. and yes!! i would definitely be down for a buddy read of some mistakes were made if you'd like? i could start it next week if that works for you!! i just need to get my life together and hopefully finish one or two of my current reads first! i had a lovely time in chicago, thank you my dear 🤍 definitely dreading being back at work tomorrow!

[azalen-draws]

Genshin Oc's voice lines, attack + Serenitea pot

Elemental skill I: Hmph!

Elemental skill III: Hah!

Elemental skill III: *Growl*

Elemental skill IV: Set ablaze!

Elemental skill V: Remain behind me!

Elemental skill VI: Don't run.

Elemental burst I: Everlasting flames!

Elemental burst II: Too late to run now!

Elemental burst III: Burn the vermin to ashes!

Sprint start: Don't fall behind.

Opening treasure chest I: How delightful…

Opening treasure chest II: Everything has its use, so don't leave anything behind.

Opening treasure chest III: Oh, how shiny… may I have it…?

Low Hp I: grr… You're lucky to be standing…

Low Hp II: I will rip your face off!

Low Hp III: Hahaha… my turn.

Ally at low Hp: Stay behind me, young blood!

Ally at low Hp: Don't even dare die on me!

Fallen I: I'll… be back.

Fallen II: No… please, not again…!

Fallen III: My… children…

Light hit taken I: Wha- rude?!

Light hit taken II: Tch… You little…

Light hit taken III: Agh- Not the cloak.

Joining party I: Let's finish this quickly, I have many things to do…

Joining party II: A light walk? That's what you said last time…

Joining party III: Did you apply sunscreen? Do it.

Teapot Lines:

Favorite set - outside: A spacious place with good seating, scenery, plants… I adore the pool of Liquid Phlogiston too. I'd… invite you to take a swim, but humans cannot stand that heat, right?

Favorite set - inside: *lost in thought* hmph… o-oh, apologies, I was thinking about something, these books are… interesting, if it isn't much trouble, I'd like to read them for a moment longer. And thank you for the decorations, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask, I'd enjoy your company too

Greeting: Hello, Starlight, did you need anything? As always, I'm at your disposal. Hm? I shouldn't be so formal? Alright…

“Do you like it here?”: Why of course, it is a nice and relaxing place, it is also quite interesting how such a space can be contained in a tea pot at that… I had thought you were insane. Don't get me wrong, I have seen many things, but you could've explained yourself instead of just telling me “wanna visit my home?” whilst pointing at the thing.

“What’s on your mind?”: Oh, I was about to explore this realm, I had half in mind to transform into my dragon form and scout the place quicker but… I would probably crush something so I'll remain in this form.

{“You can do that at will?” Of course, the transformation does take a toll on me though, so I use it sparingly. Anyways… I'll go on foot instead, care to join me?

{“Thank you for your consideration…” *chuckles* is that sarcasm? Anyways… I'll go on foot instead, care to join me?

“Anything you want to do?”: I'd like to talk about your… decoration choices. Do you perhaps have space limitations? I have noticed there are many random empty spaces and even paths leading to just…. A patch of grass

{“I believe it looks fine.” Of course, I am by no means hinting it is bad, your comfort is the top priority. But I also recommend this space care and attention too, it might be useful to use it too to allow your creativity to be “let loose.” Then again, as I said, if leaving it as it is is fine for you, then be my guest.

{“Are you giving me decoration advice?” If I am allowed to do so, then yes. You could add a nice fountain over there…. Some trees or perhaps a space for your friends to hang out. Then again, as I said, if leaving it as it is is fine for you, then be my guest.

{“What's wrong with it?” I-Its not that there is anything wrong per se… but I simply believe a fuller space would be better to enrich yourself whenever you come back home to relax and unwind for the say… Then again, as I said, if leaving it as it is is fine for you, then be my guest.

“Good morning, Eztli.”: Good morning to you too, care to have a drink with me? Ah- I do not drink alcohol though, just tea or perhaps juice.

“Good night, Eztli.”: Good night to you too, Starlight, I understand there is no need to stand watch… but I will remain awake for another moment if any of your friends - or you - need anything.

Idle lines:

“I should get back to work soon…”

“{{Traveler name}} should be fine alone…”

Spots Traveler:

“There you are, Starlight!”

“Need something?”

[fictionfixations]

part 2 of the new book 7 update cause i have more mystium

spoilers of course part 1

part 3 the final part

the way i just got the widest smile at this

anyway i forgot to mention it last post but knowing that they were just kinda left alone while everyone went to nrc makes me really sad. like first silver and sebek without lilia and malleus (they have sebbies family tho)

and then silver left next year. sebek all alone. he has his family still but like. man. gone for a year.

and in that time he was alone he got his signature spell and worked hard on it not wanting any of them to know about it until he got better at it, but it also meant that they never knew he could do that because they werent there and im just sad :( and it sometimes makes me wish at least silver and sebek were the same age so they couldve gone the same year and sebek didnt have to be without their company for so long

fshuidf i clicked past it like a dumbass but heres anther instance of baur saying he'll swallow them whole similar to sebek's battle start line

going to cry now because what the fuck 100k hp i hate myself my strongest units are really low hp BEAT THEIR ASS GEN LILIA oh my god they do so much damage im going to cry good news is i dont think theres another battle after this so this is.. fine.

and this time i didnt head straight to it and miss all the buffs from like the camps and stuff 💀 also i actually have more built cards this time before this i only had like one other casualty, that being the dorm sebek they give you (i only managed to have him duo off of gen lilia once and then i never got the spells to line up after that and then he died). so now its my whole team + dorm sebek thanking myself for leveling the spells of the other riddles i got that i did for no reason other then cause i like riddle (no intention of actually using them considering i already have a perfectly fine dorm riddle) LMFAO also thank battlemap for letting you bring a shit ton of characters. i havent used epel in forever 😭(rook is also VERY underleveled lmfao)

also im a dumbass i kept using the healing spells first turn.. ..but it didnt even do anything because i need to take damage first so its like. why did i do that. did i think id get my health lost in a previous battle back..?????

😱

aww the sparkles bruhs accomplished his lifes dream and i am here for it 👍

NOO GUYS LISTEN TO HIMM

he gave us his cloak 🥺

know i said id set my homescreen to sebek but... this feels more fitting

i wish that you didnt have to complete a book to get the backgrounds. i want my book 7 backgrounds with the music :(((

like i want. the the the. yknow when silver is confident in lilias love for him again and in the background you hear like i think once upon a dream? or i saw a prince(?? idk the other name for it its just what ive heard) and i. i want that. it also played when we see the dawn knight in the the the area where you travel across dreams where he smiled and then faded away

i dont have lilias room so silver will have to do

i need two more mystium aghhhhh the wait is insufferable but since im almost finished im gonna wait before posting

i watched someone go through the story on jp and i just remember stressing out so bad because holy fuck what happened what do we do. like i was feeling that stress of AHH GOTTA GET EGG AWAY and worry over maleanor but now i know what happened so im a little less stressed. im still stressed in the sense of FUCK YOU FUCK YOU BATTLES but like.. im not hanging in suspense anymore

anyway i think im gonna end it after battlemap is finished and do another post for the chapters outside of battlemap. especially because i dont want to hit the image limit. i cant remember if theres another battlemap but i dont THINK there should be.

anyway questioning why im making another post when i ended first post pretty early and couldve edited it? because people whove already seen it wont see it again 💀 and i mean if they wanna see book 7 stuff when the update only happened like 3 hours ago then ok ill show you what i can and make it visible enough for you to notice in the event youve already seen the other post

anyway while im waiting for one more mystium im warning you that if you cried the last update, to prepare to cry again. book 7 is just really sad man.

okay im gonna stop it here on THIS post (i will still be playing) and keep an eye out for part 3 with the rest (assuming theres not more story then i can make images of)

[a-fucking-tornado]

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Three ships I like: tbh, I'm not as into shipping as I used to be, but ever since I started watching anime a part of my shipping era started to come back. My favorite ship atm is Kubokai, then Mitsukou and then... Idk, maybe I'll have one once I finish reading ORV (oh yeah... I'm currently reading Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint... It's so fucking good-)

First ship ever: Romione since HP was my very first fandom and 9 y/o me shipped them to death (at least until I discovered char x reader... Boy was I weird when I was nine-)

Last song I played: I was doing one of those "shuffle your library" kind of tag games a few mins ago and the last song that played was Meteor Shower by Cavetown... So yeah, that song

Favorite childhood book: PJO, somehow it surpassed my obsession for HP

Currently reading: ORV

Currently watching: TBHK, YOI and I wanna start watching Erased

Currently eating: nothing

Currently craving: anything (I'm really hungry)

Open tag :)

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TY for tagging @echo-coyote !!

3 Ships I like: TBH I’m not rly into shipping (aroace-spec) but I do specifically love seeing Bly/Aayla in my feed they just so cute!! I should draw them.

First Ship Ever: Never really had one to this day lol

Last Song You've Heard: Moon&Prince from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack

Favorite Childhood Book: I think the My Father’s Dragon books hold the most noistalgia for me 🥰 They’re still in my bookshelf.

Currently Reading: I'm finally reading Dark Disciple! And Walking Practice by Dolki Min. A Korean horror book about a shapeshifting alien who eats the people it matches with on tinder.

Currently Watching: Tim and Eric Super Awesome Show Great Job! and always running back through TBB and TCW casually. Thinking about starting Shogun soon tho? I also need to finish Rings of Power and Vox Machina. The Amazon ads are killing me tho.

Currently Consuming: Nothing I just woke up but will soon grab my water bottle.

Currently Craving: a chocolate croissant that is waiting for me in the kitchen 😳

NPT: @spicy-tomato-sauce @soularsss @collishere @stars-n-spice @noblelightfighter @electrikworm

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