#i should talk more about my hp ocs!

[memryse]

if mcyt isn’t fiction then

people who create dnd characters that are similar to them in personality are just playing themselves and should not be treated as having made a character

people who make any other dnd character should also be treated as just playing themselves since people refuse to even consider roleplay smps as fiction

any ocs someone puts a bit of themselves into? nope not fiction!

actors who play a character with the same first name as them aren’t really acting

and so on

maybe YOU can’t separate characters and real people and think that everything you see from a youtuber even when they’re explicitly acting is how they are in real life but we as a fandom just don’t have that issue lol. we’ve had disclaimers and indicators for when we’re talking about characters and not content creators for years because a certain smp contained a character having suicidal thoughts as a result of abuse at the hands of another character and we needed to make it absolutely crystal clear that we were referring to a fictional storyline and not real guy #1 being an abuser and real guy #2 being suicidal. these customs have either extended into other corners of mcyt fandom, or some developed their own independently like hispanic mcyt fans have used the word cubito to distinguish mc guy from real life guy from years, a term that other language speakers liked so much we’ve also started picking it up lol

we know exactly what we’re doing. i get that the line maybe does seem more blurred to an outsider looking in (i wouldn’t know given that both my first fandom at age 12 and current fandom at age 20 were mcrp lol) but it’s universally understood amongst us. i don’t have a problem separating hermitcraft!gem and empires s1!gem the wizard with a twin brother and empires s2!gem the princess and cc!gem the real life canadian woman.

idk it rubs me the wrong way that after years of trying to explain this we’re either met with people calling us racists because of three guys that the rest of us (all of us, really, because dream team fans do not claim to be minecraft fans. those are the type to actually write rpf and ship the real life racist guys) hate probably a lot more than any of you do, or they watch a few minutes of a less roleplay-heavy series/part and decide that the entire medium is invalid as a form of storytelling

it’s so annoying. i don’t think we need to be understood to have validity as a fandom we’ve been doing this for years already without that but it is so infuriating and sad how whenever there’s some kind of fandom poll thing one of three things happens

mcyt fans are banned outright and placed on the same level as something like hp

an mcyt fan runs their own and gets harassed for it

a non-mcyt fan allows us in until they get harassed so badly by whatever fandoms we go up against that they end up deleting our bracket

in what world is that normal behaviour. and that harassment always involves calling them all racist cishet white men such as misgendering both eret (real life bisexual genderqueer person) and their character (also queer), attempting to harass jimmy solidarity fans because jimmy makes mc videos so he must be a dream associate (the only time they interacted was in a tournament during which dream and georgenotfound shittalked jimmy’s best friends to his face), all the shit quackity has gotten for being a former friend of the dream team as if he wasn’t the #1 victim of their racism and xenophobia, the fact that any time c!technoblade is involved in a poll we have to beg other fandoms not to talk shit about him because the real life man died of cancer before dream’s grooming allegations came out, similarly when tfc was in one. and so on and so forth. all because people can’t separate roleplay and real life and think that the entire minecraft sphere revolves around dream just because their idea of mcyt does (not even his own smp named after him did that).

[acewitch-writes]

Hello! I recently found your account, and I went on scrolling down and down...and now I hope you know how grateful I am. Thank u- Merci. About 90% of the content you share here has made me feel so much better. I realllyy hope wonderful things happen for you. I've been a fan of hp since 2001, but I'm not really a social media person so I haven't been active in the fandom. I had no idea what was happening here until recently..two months ago to be exact (other details are not important) and omg.. I ended up in a discussion with some I think, new fans. tbh I thought, "Great! I'm good at this, I read all the books more than once Let's talk :)"  and omg their very first question was "What do you think about Regulus?"

I was like, "Who?" *dying from secondhand embarrassment bc It turns out I'm not that good at this

but as the discussion continued, I became more and more baffled bc "Why was everyone talking about Barty, Evan, and Regulus? who is daddy Remu? and what do you mean people ship James Potter with R.A.B.? What?"

I swear for a moment I thought "Did the writer publish a new book? Did I miss something? " tbh, I respect everyone's opinion it's none of my business but I'm still shocked. The only thing that bothers me is everything that happened with this new Wolfsar

omg, for most fans around my age (or at least people I know), Sirius was the complete portrayal of a bad boy- a rebel, with boots, tattoos, a leather jacket, and a fucking motorcycle. so this new Sirius is like a stranger to me, and that's okay. Mein issue is kinda with this new Remus T T my beloved .

They (the fans I was talking with) told me Remus is "tall, so handsome, SO strong, and hot-headed person because,  yk he's a werewolf." I was like "hot headed? excuse me?" I tried to explain to them that Remus being a werewolf is a metaphor for illnesses like HIV, it's not some superpowery gift.  they didn't believe me, but then they literally looked me in the face and said, "Then why would Sirius like someone like him? He's poor, short, and ugly." I swear I wanted to cry right then and there.

What is this mindset that makes some people think that a person should be, Idk, hot and flawless to deserve to be loved? Yes I don't think Remus is tall and super hot and perfect and isn't it fine? and I am 100% sure he's so beautiful. not like Sirius ofc but he has this "warm, cozy, and soft" sort of beauty. and I don't think he was a coward (ok maybe he was a liitle) but I guess it's easier for us, humans, to take the worst or weakest moment of a character and amplify it until it defines them entirely. and omg I'm so sorry for my rant and my bad english. but once again thank you for your beautiful soul <3 thank you

Hi anon! I, too, am baffled by the recent obsession with Regulus in this fandom. I think Jegulus is fine as a crack ship, but it has become so mainstream that many fans have just gone ahead and canonized it to the point that you'll be vilified for not accepting it as canon. I underestimated how popular the "best friend's brother" trope was, apparently. I also think it appeals to many fans as a Marauders Era version of one of the most popular ships of all time, Drarry.

This new version of Wolfstar is my biggest complaint with today's fandom, too! I get that the Marauders have very limited canon information and therefore we have more creative freedom to flesh them out, but I really believe that it has gone way too far. Sirius and Remus in today's fandom don't bear any resemblance to the characters they're based on. Remus is just a generic alpha werewolf OC and Sirius is his generic himbo femboy love interest OC. They don't even share a physical description with their Canon counterparts, and their personalities and character traits are so far removed that I can't even fathom how we reached this point as a fandom. How can you claim to like these characters if you have to change everything the source material says about them?

You're English is great, by the way! I completely agree that Remus has a cozy-and-warm sort of beauty. He made a point to distance himself from the stigma surrounding Lycanthropy because it was the focal point of his shame and self-loathing. And I just adore Wolfstar's dynamic from this lens, with the intimidatingly beautiful, confident, headstrong Sirius Black, who could have his pick of anyone he wants, choosing this ordinary guy because he's cozy and soft and it's exactly what Sirius wants after surviving the harsh ideals and abuse of House Black.

[manyfandomocs]

New HP OC Introductions

Okay so these three are revived ocs from a long long time ago (like some of my original Harry Potter ocs), huge thanks to @randomestfandoms-ocs for hearing me talk about them for the past couple days and for helping (they are all Slytherins when I first made HP ocs I only made Slytherin’s and I did not wanna change that for these guys)

Jacqueline Yaxley (Inde Navarrette FC), Catherine Ainsworth ship. Pureblood, Slytherin. Daughter of Corban Yaxley, she has been raised by deeply devoted Death Eater parents that do not settle for less than perfection. She has been raised with all the “right” people, and any time she steps out of line it is swiftly dealt with, which unfortunately for her is often. She knows her place is supposed to be with other purebloods, not mingling with muggleborns and blood traitors. But when Harry Potter starts Hogwarts and things get more and more serious, Jacqueline needs to decide what side she’s truly taking

Daniel Potter (Jack Wolfe FC), George Weasley ship. Half-blood, Slytherin. Daniel was born just after James and Lily graduated Hogwarts, he was three years old when he lost his parents and his baby brother forever. Daniel wasn’t part of the prophecy, so Dumbledore didn’t send him to his aunt and uncle and frankly, didn’t worry too much about it. He’d go with Sirius like James and Lily intended. Except Sirius didn’t get to take him, instead Sirius tracked down Peter and, by all accounts, killed him. So Mary Macdonald, already dealing with the grief of losing her friends, decided to take Daniel in. And she raised him, telling him everything about his family and when Daniel went to Hogwarts, he made friends, he didn’t care for being just “The Brother of The Boy Who Lived” but he was happy enough. When it was time for Harry to finally start, no one was more excited than Daniel, he finally could meet the brother he’s been waiting a lifetime to see.

Evanora Malfoy (Maddie Hasson FC), Potentially James Potter and Lily Evans ship. Pureblood and Slytherin. The younger sister of Lucius Malfoy, Evanora’s whole life had been decided from the moment she was born. She would marry Rabastan Lestrange, continue the pureblood family line and be the perfect wife. She didn’t have a choice in the matter and why would she want to? Her parents knew best. But then she gets paired with Lily Evans for potions, and though she knows she should request a change since Lily is a muggleborn, she is also the smartest in their class, and good grades are very important. So she stays, which may end up changing her life.

There is potentially a Salazar Slytherin descendant I’m working on and I’m sure I’ll think of more at some point but these are the three revived (and heavily reworked) ocs

(And gonna tag @daughter-of-melpomene because Harry Potter)

[wisted-twunderland]

Happy Birthday, @veilofthorns! :D

A scenario for @veilofthorns and her TWST OC, Kissy.

Idia x F!MC, rated E for everyone

There was a girl in the board game club room. If Idia had a level bar for his experience with girls, it would be at level zero. That’s why he was standing in the doorway of the classroom, frozen still. He had heard about the new student that had somehow managed to worm her way into an all boys’ school. Some kind of extenuating circumstances. Maybe she was an exchange student? From like a princess school or something? Azul was talking with her, offering to tutor her (for a price) seeing as she was a new student, and the girl rebuffed him politely. She looked up at Idia. 

“Hi there!” she said brightly.

Idia stammered and shielded himself with his board game. 

“Eh? Huh?”

“Idia, this is Kissy. She is the newest member of the board game club,” said Azul. “Come have a seat.” He smiled at Idia over his glasses, knowing full well he was putting him on the spot.

Idia grumbled, and said to himself under his breath, “If there was going to be an event of this difficulty, someone should have let me know beforehand…”

“Sorry, what was that?” said Kissy.

“Never mind,” mumbled Idia, and he slowly scooted himself over to the table, seating himself as far away as possible from the new girl.

Idia peeped at her from out of the corner of his eye. She had hair the color of a raspberry gummy bear, and half of it was pulled onto the top of her head in a jaunty ponytail. Her big eyes were framed by round spectacles. She was cute.

Idia felt his face get hot. Wait, what?!? 

“Alright Idia, what game did you bring today?” said Azul. 

“T-this one,” said Idia, setting the game on the table sheepishly. Why did she have to be here? 

“It’s an expansion pack for the Supremacy, the deck-buiding game we played last week.”

“Oh, I think I’ve played a game a lot like that one back home,” said Kissy, “You have to build your deck to accumulate money and win points, right?”

“You know this one?” said Idia in disbelief.

“Well, I’ve played one that looks really similar. Deal me in, please!” said Kissy. 

Idia dealt the starter cards to each person at the table and began laying out the cards they would use for the round, thoughtfully selected by him to interact with one another.

“Oh yeah,” said Kissy, “I brought some cookies,” said Kissy. She pulled a container from her bag at her feet and popped off the lid. 

Idia’s eyes snapped up as the smell of sweets washed over him. 

“Ah, I will pass, thank you,” said Azul, frowning as his eyes wandered wistfully over the baked goods.

“I-I’ll take one, please,” said Idia, “I mean, ugh…” He had spoken without thinking. So much for going unnoticed. 

Kissy smiled brightly and handed him two cookies. “Here you go!” Oh. She was really pretty when she smiled like that. The table of students stared at Idia, waiting for him to take them and for the game to begin. 

“Idia, please, take them and let’s begin,” said Azul, sounding pained. Kissy’s hand had stopped in front of Azul’s face as she reached across the table to Idia, and Azul’s face was one of agony as he resisted temptation. 

“Uh, t-thanks,” said Idia. He finished dealing out the cards and took a bite. 

!!!!!!

They were really good?!?

“Eh? Huh? No way, did you make these?!” said Idia.

“Yeah, Grim and I made them at the dorm! I used to make this recipe all the time, it’s a favorite in my family.” 

Idia devoured the next cookie in two quick bites. “So good,” he said around a mouthful of cookie, “These are like ‘HP fully restored’, whee hee.” 

Idia jumped as Kissy laughed. Oh no. He said something dumb. Ugh, what was it with this girl that was making him act like an omega nerd?

“Whatever, let’s just play.” 

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“And with this card, I get two more actions, and I can collect up to two cards from the trash,” said Kissy. She had a long line of cards in front of her, and helped herself to some castoff cards. “So that leaves me with one purchase and 8 gems, so I’ll get a Kingdom card.” 

“Whee hee hee,” giggled Idia, “You’re totally spamming that card trio.” 

“Well, that’s what you picked this combo for, right?” said Kissy, picking up the cards she had earned.

“Heh, yeah, it’s totally OP. I just didn’t expect anyone else to use it.” 

“My turn,” said Azul. Using my Dwarf, I can pick two jewels from my discard pile. I’ll take the diamond and the platinum, giving me a total of 8, which I will use to buy the last Kingdom card. And that’s game.” He smiled smugly. 

The players began counting up their winning cards. As Idia sorted his cards, he felt his eyes drawn to Kissy. She was sorting her cards into piles based on category, mumbling under her breath to add the totals. Her hands were really small, and her nails were teeny. Cute.

“Idia? What’s your total?” said Azul.

“Huh? Oh, uh-umm…” Idia quickly tallied his cards. “36.”

Azul smiled smugly and pushed his glasses further up on his nose. “You’re off your game today, Idia, quite literally. Looks like I’ve won with 40 points.” He stood up briskly. “I must be off, I have to prepare for Mostro’s Lounge’s opening tonight.”

The other board game members said their goodbyes and began leaving. 

“That was really fun!”

“Eh?!” The cards Idia was holding slid from his hands and dropped onto the table. Kissy had suddenly appeared beside him, and was picking up the remaining cards to sort them. 

“You picked a good combination of cards,” she said.

“W-well, you did pretty okay, for a normie,” said Idia. Kissy laughed. 

“I don’t know if I would call myself that,” she said, “But I mean, what is normal, really?” 

“Pfft,” Idia grinned. “Well compared to me, you totally are.” 

His hand bumped into hers as they both reached to put the cards back into their slot. He recoiled as if her hand was a hot poker. “S-sorry,” he stammered. His hands were perpetually cold, and they were probably sweaty. She was definitely gonna be grossed out. 

“You’re fine,” said Kissy, smiling at him. She continued to put away cards, as if nothing had happened, while Idia remained largely frozen. Kissy’s smile caused paralysis, and he was unable to move. 

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“Heeeee…” Idia giggled to himself as he walked down the hallway, causing the students around him to hurry away. The new expansion pack for Supremacy had just arrived that morning. This one was dark-magic themed, and introduced a night cycle and cards that could only be played at the end of the turn. Kissy had been talking about this one; Sam had it in his store but it was expensive. Idia had ordered it that same day. Apparently there really were perks to being the son of a multi-billion dollar research company. 

“Wonder what she’ll bring todaaaaaay…” Idia sang to himself. Every week, Kissy brought one of her top notch baked goods; brownies, cupcakes, cookies, toffees…

“Whatever it is, it’s gonna heal all my status effeeeeeeects…”

He threw open the door to the classroom. 

“Hey guys, I got the…” He froze.

The classroom was totally empty, except for Kissy. 

“W-w-w-where is everybody?” said Idia. 

“Um, I guess they couldn’t come,” said Kissy.

“Wh-w-w-what?! So it’s just…only…you??” Idia could feel the tips of his hair turning pink.

“Yeah,” said Kissy, “But we can still have fun. I brought baklava today; you like it, right? Ooh, is that the new expansion?” Kissy reached for the box.

Idia swung the box out of her reach. Since when did this become a boss fight?!

“I-I-I just remembered, I can’t come today either,” said Idia. “I am totally underleveled for this…” he mumbled under his breath. 

“What? You just got here!” said Kissy. 

Nope. Nope, nope, nope. Idia liked Kissy, in fact, he liked her A LOT, so much so that the thought of being alone in the same room as her made him feel like he was going to combust. 

“I need to go,” Idia squeaked, darting out of the room.

“Hey, wait!” said Kissy, following after him. 

Idia started running down the hall, but he only went a few yards before he was completely winded. 

“Totally…underleveled…” he wheezed. 

A hand on Idia’s elbow caused him to jump three feet in the air.

“Hey, what’s the matter?” said Kissy. 

Her brows were all furrowed. Her face looked cute like that. She was worried about him.

Idia stammered for several seconds, trying to eek out an excuse as he scooted away. 

Before he could say anything, Kissy said, “Oh, I get it.” 

She clasped her hands in front of her and studied the floor.

What? What did she mean?

Kissy looked up and smiled at him. “I’ve scared you off. Sorry, I must have come on too strong…” She was smiling, but Idia could see little tears at the corners of her eyes. 

“Don’t worry about it,” she said, her voice breaking a little bit. “This always happens.” She chuckled humorlessly. “I’ve never been good at being friends with guys.” She turned to go. 

“W-wait,” Idia’s hand shot out, grabbing her wrist, then dropped it immediately. Ugh, he had touched her with his gross cold hands. Critical fail!

“See?” said Kissy. Tears were falling down her face now. “You’re grossed out even just to touch me…” Her bottom lip began to tremble. 

“No, it’s because I LIKE YOU!!”

…

Huh? Did he just say that? Oh crap. He just picked the wrong dialogue option. This would definitely lead to the bad ending. Idia felt himself go to mush, and time seemed to slow down. So much for eating her delicious sweets, and seeing her smile, and talking about games with her. It’s funny, he had started looking forward to Board Game club more than the next chapter of his favorite manga, more than the next story event in his favorite gacha game. Because of her. He couldn’t remember a time he was this psyched about something. But now it was over, because he blew it. 

Kissy sniffed, and Idia was brought back to the present. 

“You do?”

…

“AUGH!” he squeaked. It was time for a strategic retreat. Better to go now than lose what progress he had.

He turned on his heel and walked towards the opposite end of the hall, his skinny arms and legs pumping to get him out of there as fast as possible. This would all be over soon, he would be back safe in his room, and this memory would only haunt him every night for the rest of his life as he tried to fall asleep. 

“Wait!” Kissy grabbed his wrist. Eh? Idia was immobilized; her moves inflicting status effects were way too strong!

She gave him a watery smile.

“I like you too, Idia. I like you a lot!”

Huh? HUHHHHHHH?!?!?!? 

This couldn’t be right, he was an omega nerd loser who only left his room when absolutely necessary, he had cold sweaty fish hands, there was no WAY a cute girl like her would…

Kissy laughed and wiped her eyes with her free hand. Then her hand around his wrist slid down and squeezed his hand. 

Idia could see the pink glow of his hair reflecting off of the walls of the corridor. He groaned and put his hand over his eyes. 

“Why are you so OP…” he whined. But he didn’t let go of her hand. 

[topoeiaz]

Chapter 8: Look into Your Heart I'd Love to See Me From Your Point of View (HP) Tom Riddle x OC

18+ blog • minors dni

word count: 2.8k

hp masterlist • pov masterlist • ao3

Thirty minutes.

There was thirty minutes left until the end of breakfast and Thea had yet to show up.

This was a divergence from the usual routine in which she would have had only just finished her meal by this time and would have had headed off to start the day early. True, perhaps she had simply decided to sleep in, but Tom knew that she had double potions in the first period so it felt unlikely to him that she had done so. Though, it wasn’t as if he had been taking note of her habits, he was just… observant.

He doubted she would show up anytime soon and left the hall for the potions classroom in hopes of catching her there instead. To his favour, he found her seat occupied when he arrived, although the sight of her with her head down, resting on her crossed arms laid on the desk, had struck him with concern for her wellbeing.

Cautious as he approached his table, it was only when he gently pulled out his chair beside her that Thea took notice of his presence and lifted her head to regard him with a morning greeting. Her tone had fallen flat, however, and it was clear by the pale touch to her face and her obvious grimace that she was unwell.

“Is there anyone I should be aware of to have made you look so out of spirits?”

Thea tried a small lift to the corner of her lips. “No murders in the school, Tom. But no, there’s no one causing my demise other than my uterus at the moment.”

Tom parted his lips in understanding as he settled himself into his seat. “Would you like me to grab you something from the kitchens?”

“Thanks, but that’s alright. I’ll just seek Tally out after class and make myself some hot chocolate to relieve the cramps.” Her expression had eased up at Tom’s thoughtful offer and the comforting heat that he had ignited in her veins helped thwart her senses’ focus on the discomfort.

“Oh, your guardian, right?” Thea beamed at his recollection of her previous mention of Tally and nodded. “She’s here?”

Thea hummed. “Couldn’t bear the idea of leaving her completely alone for most of my years in Hogwarts so we had to talk to Dippet about allowing her to work in the kitchens while I’m here.”

“I see… If you’re feeling up to it, can you tell me more about her?”

Thea might as well have physically brightened up at his interest in Tally and she was touched beyond words when he paid genuine attention to her anecdotes on even the most uneventful of moments that she had shared with the elf. That had also provided her a distraction from the churning in her gut and soon, the class had filled up and lesson was about to commence.

Later, once Slughorn had signalled the students to start brewing their chosen potion for the day, Thea made to stand up so that she could go retrieve the needed ingredients but halted when Tom placed a hand on her shoulder.

“I’ll go get them this time.”

“But it’s Monday?” They had previously agreed that potions practical on Mondays were her turn with the ingredients as Tom readied the cauldron while the ones on Thursdays would have their roles switched for fairness.

“You’re in pain, no?” When Thea couldn’t deny it, Tom gave her a slight smile. “There’s always a ruckus in the insects’ aisle and we need three things from there this time. I imagine you’d end up losing your mind if you had to deal with that right now.”

Thea grimaced at the idea as she reminisced on her past experiences with the chaos in that specific aisle.

Terrible times, everyone would agree.

She looked to Tom in gratitude and expressed as much, “thanks, love.”

“Always, darling.”

Her appreciation for Tom didn’t end there, as it turned out. Thea had ended up in the same position as Tom had found her in that morning once the pair had finished their potions while Tom worked silently on an assignment so as to not disturb Thea’s makeshift peace within the frenetic air of the class – Slughorn had an announcement at the end of class so they couldn’t leave early, much to their dismay. It was then, when the class had finally finished up and the professor could speak about the potions project for the semester, that Thea looked back up and-

Oh.

A single paper crane stood proudly on her desk.

Her heart started beating in record speed as her thoughts jumbled up into a mess of feelings. Only two people knew of her fondness for paper cranes and she knew without a doubt that Tally couldn’t just waltz into the middle of class to give her an origami. That left her with-

Oh, Tom…

She hadn’t even been sure if he had paid any mind to her impromptu lesson on folding paper cranes but as she stared dazedly at the crane in front of her, paying barely half a mind at Slughorn’s voice, that was one uncertainty waived off.

Straightening up, she took the origami carefully and surveyed its ‘imperfections’ that proved its handmade quality that would have been absent had it been made with magic. She caressed its wings lovingly and only looked to its creator when the class had been dismissed. In the rushed commotion of students packing up and leaving, starry eyes met affectionate ones and Thea found herself at a loss for words upon seeing the intensity of Tom’s sincerity. When she stayed silent even as a beat passed, he gazed upon her in understanding and offered a hand, “shall we?”

His warmth travelled through her cool nerves as she took his offer. “We shall.”

The paper crane remained in her grasp even as she sipped on her mug of hot chocolate in the kitchens later, a heat pack on her stomach that she had gotten numb to at this point.

“Is that a special one?”

“Hm?” Thea glanced at Tally who had nudged her chin towards Thea’s hands. “Oh, the paper crane?”

At Tally’s affirmative response, Thea parted her lips to reply, but paused when she questioned herself further. Is it special, indeed…

Physically, no. There was nothing out of the ordinary with the way its head was tilted slightly, proof that it had been pinched into shape, nor was there anything new with the lack of crease in its wings that had been pulled apart symmetrically. It was as normal as any other paper crane and emitted no sparkle that would have caught a crowd’s attention. But as she stared longingly at it, memories of her time spent with Tom continued to rush through her mind and gave her no intermission to defend herself against the emotions that began to fill her heart.

Definitely not special, she thought as her fingers ran its course across the span of its wings.

As typical as a paper crane could be, she patted its head lightly.

Nothing unique about it, her smile had yet to leave her face since.

Oh, damn it all- who was she fooling.

“Yeah, it’s special.”

The sentiment rang true, still, even hours later in the afternoon as she worked on a charms assignment in the library. Thankfully, her pain had alleviated by the end of Arithmacy class and she was able to focus on her work. Engrossed in her task, she had missed the approach of two figures and glanced up with a start when shadows loomed over her parchment. There, in front of her and separated by the table, stood the two women she had seen talking with the boys recently.

Walburga Black held her head up high, lips shaped into a tight line, and her notable grey eyes of the Black family stared strong as if daring her enemies to obstruct her path. Her midnight hair was knotted into a bun and her uniform, not a piece out of place.

Druella Rosier had a smile to her lips, her back straight and shoulders down; the perfect vision of a lady. Her friendly façade gave away none of her true intentions and Thea had to quickly ransack her brains to remember if she had somehow unintentionally offended both ladies.

Conscious of her manners, Thea made to stand up to meet the pair of ladies head on. She felt safe enough from the lack of hostility brewing up to let a careful smile slip on and spoke up, with a slight incline to her head out of respect, only once she had been addressed.

“Grace, is it?”

“Yes. Theana Grace, sixth-year Hufflepuff student of Hogwarts.”

Unlike the boys, the women made no indication of having been taken aback by her formality and reciprocated it without a blink of an eye.

“Walburga Black, of the most ancient house of Black.”

“Druella Rosier, of the most ancient house of Rosier.”

Thea met their handshakes as they each introduced themselves. “To what honour do I owe the pleasure of meeting the ladies of the most ancient houses of Black and Rosier?”

“Before that, shall we have a seat first?”

“Of course.”

Walburga and Druella took their seat across from Thea and the latter took the initiative to open up the discussion. “It’s lovely to meet you, Grace! We’ve actually heard about you from the boys and thought it’d be appropriate to get to know the one who had single-handedly gotten us into Riddle’s circle!”

Druella’s cheery attitude allayed the nerves of uncertainty in Thea and she opted to match her energy. “It’s wonderful to meet you too! I’m glad they’ve taken my advice into consideration and I hope the boys have been treating you well. It really is preposterous that they’ve excluded you thus far!”

“I know!”

Walburga gave a slight grin at the lightness in the air and entered the conversation, “we’d like to thank you for what you’ve done. With this connection to the boys, they now have access to our social circles while we have now gained the power to play the fields into our aligned favour. It is uncommon, what you’ve achieved, to convince a group of men to accept women into their ranks.”

“They have also given us the rundown of their goals and ambitions, crediting you quite a number of times for reasons they’ve hinted at but aren’t quite keen to voice out yet.” Druella shot Thea a knowing look which she could only react to similarly. “Some of them really aren’t the subtlest of people. ‘Cassandra-sent and Merlin-blessed’, they’ve dubbed you.”

A tiny hint of pink dusted Thea’s complexion at the admiration. “Only doing what I can to knock some sense into the right people.”

“Quite right of you!” A chuckle left Druella.

Before the silence could stretch, Walburga spoke again, “if it’s quite alright, there’s actually something we’d like to talk about.”

“Of course, how can I help you?”

“The boys have also mentioned the inbreeding issue and, well, we’re not exactly enthusiastic about it.” Hesitance halted the typically-unwavering girl for the briefest of moment and she placed a hand on her abdomen. “You see, I’ve always wanted to be a mother. Their sparkling little eyes and quiet mumbles of indistinguishable words; adorable little darlings, aren’t they?”

Druella placed a soothing hand atop her friend’s shoulder. “While I’ve never really had strong opinions about it, the idea that they might end up having to suffer because they were born into an inbred family – for something we’ve done… I would never wish that upon my child.”

Thea watched their downcast frowns with compassion, touched at the ladies’ rare unguarded expression of their hearts, and she knew, woman-to-woman, that they trusted her to keep their vulnerability a secret. With that in mind, Thea resolved herself to improve their future families the best she could and extended a helping hand. “If you’re open to it, would you both like some assistance with convincing your families to get you out of your betrothal arrangements?” When their doubts of success showed through, she continued, “I can whip up a presentation on the consequences of inbreeding that’s supported by scientific and magical research and walk your families through them. If I’ve managed to convince over a handful of people just by the basic facts alone, I’m positive that a fully-fledged out discourse will manage to – at least – get a start into the others similarly. As we all know, your families place a high regard in their ability to produce an heir who will make them proud. If birthing and caring for an heir is as important as they’ve claimed it to be, any dangers or risks that would hinder their desires would be sure enough to scare them out of resuming the practice of inbreeding.”

Both women were now sporting wide eyes as they heard Thea out attentively. Hope coursed through them that perhaps, Thea was right and that it wasn’t too late to rectify their future. They were now keen to agree with the description that the boys had given her and shared their reliefs that Thea had somehow ended up as an ally and not a foe. They could almost imagine the unseen disasters that would doom her enemies and unanimously decided to never cross her bad side.

“Will you really do that? For us?”

“Sure!” Thea reassured their disbeliefs. “We, women, deserve more than being wedded off into contracts that we have no say in, just as no child deserves to face the consequences of their parents’ actions.”

Walburga grabbed Thea’s hand that was on the desk with both hands and gripped it with the intensity of her gratitude. “Oh, Grace- you have no idea how much that means to us!”

For all the upright poise that Walburga Black has shown in public, Thea was glad that the woman had retained her humanity still and hoped to Magic that nothing should ever try and take that away from her.

Druella looked at Thea with much the same thankfulness and added, “please, do let us know if there’s anything we can help with. You are doing us a favour and we’d like to grant you the ability to call us for one, anytime.”

“Thank you, both, really.” Thea gave them a kind smile as they all shared an air of mutual respect. “As for help, could I run through the presentation by you once I’ve prepared it? Let’s say… this weekend? It would give me an opportunity to improve it with your critiques so that it’ll be even more solid by the time I share it with your- well, I was thinking your parents only, first? Doing it with your entire families would only bring about mayhem.”

“Of course! We’d more than love to help you with that. And, I agree. A parents-only gathering would be much more viable for starters.”

“That settles it, then!”

There, in the library, two strangers to one all became friends and the three ladies would cause havoc upon anyone who would threaten their blossoming bond.

The bell for dinnertime rang with great timing and the two Slytherins were quick to invite Thea to join them at their table.

“Are you sure? Word will definitely reach your families and I wouldn’t want to cause you any trouble.”

Both women shook their heads assuredly and insisted. “You’ve been seen with the boys a couple times now and our parents already have an idea as to how valuable Riddle is for our generation. Some more sweet words regaling your magical abilities on top of the fact that Riddle is fond of you should be more than enough to endear you to them.”

Walburga’s wording of Thea’s closeness to Tom had her flustered, which only pulled out a teasing smirk from Druella. Before the merry girl could hound Thea with playfulness, however, Thea relented. “If you’re sure, then, yes! I’d love to join you for dinner.”

As they walked towards the hall, they got to know each other better. Surprised but welcoming greetings were exchanged once Thea was led to the empty spots beside the boys and she took a seat adjacent, across from Tom, who sent her sweet smile when she beamed at him – only a touch shy as memories of their enjoined hands from morning came rushing into mind. Her growing affections for him only increased that evening when a glass of hot chocolate had appeared – courtesy of Tally – out of reach from Thea, and Tom went to grab it for her, unprompted. A small act, perhaps. But she got to learn that there were things in life that reminded him of her and that he accepted those thoughts voluntarily.

He cared about her, and that was enough to keep her heart aflame.

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[bouncycloud]

Top five favorite fics + honorable mentions 

Top five?? How can one choose top five out of millions😭

But i'll certainly try. Here's my all time faves in the ✨HP fandom ✨

1. Miðgarðsormr by xXAonoNYmouSPXx

I'm sure it's not a surprise 😄 This fic has me hooked, i even wrote a fanfic for this fic. Basically, tomione has a magical child, and when i say magical, i don't mean he's just a wizard. Their child is so much more haha. The twist: Tom had never met hermione and Hermione doesn't even know that her child has a father. Motherhood suits hermione so well in this fic and we get the bonus of seeing Tom riddle got dragged into parenthood haha. BAMF Hermione

2. In the Black + Black Mask by izzythehutt

It's a series. Regulus survived the cave and went to Sirius then boom: BLACK FAMILY REUNION. It's Sirius-centric and Sirius's characterization in this fic is so good. This story delves deep into Black family drama and the war. SiriusxOC, and while i usually don't read many HP fics with OC as a prominent character, this fic is so worth it to read.

3. Hermione Granger, Demonologist by BrilliantLady

It's a light read and it has great theories! I like to read it from time to time. Kid Hermione summoned demons in attempt to make friends and becomes a dark witch so naturally. But even though she's a dark witch, she is still very hermione!

4. Strange Attractors by Mistakes_And_Experiments

Tomione and world building! Smart people talking smart things. Tom is deep into politic. Very slow paced. Very sweet, not dark at all, unlike many tomione fics. Hermione is a bit ooc in this one, i think (not a hot headed gryffindor at all, but rather calm like luna). Still, it's an awesome read that i like to return to.

5. when sunsets look like blood (hold me till the stars appear)

Again, Tomione. Hilarious and deep. Tom riddle is not some evil overlord in this fic. Still rather evil, but just a teenager. I read this one a long time ago, but i still love it to this day.

Honorable mentions

The Laughing Heart : Regulus-centric, one shot. This fic makes you feel. It's regulus black, duh.

R. v. Riddle : Another light read! Or is it dark read? 🤔 About a murder case gone wrong (or gone right, in Tom's opinion). Intelligent Hermione but tom riddle is so much more haha. In this case, tom riddle played Hermione like a cheap kazoo :)) i really recommend this, it depicted tomione perfectly.

You Should Know : Adult hermione and adult tom riddle/voldemort. Hermione is born in the 30s, so a bit younger than tom riddle. Another light read that i like to read from time to time. It's canon hermione who grows up in the 30-40s and doesn't have harry or ron as friends.

Aberration : Harry/Hermione. Hermione is sorted into Slytherin. Honing her cunning out of necessity

Yesterday is Tomorrow (everything is connected) : who doesn't know this fic, honestly. I don't particularly like james/hermione but it's BAMF hermione so i can't resist. I'm glad i decided to read it, because this fic influences Mad Adventure a lot (I got the idea of using the Crouch family for Mad Adventure because of this fic). This fic is not one of my top favorites, but i put it here because it made great impacts on Mad Adventure

As you can see, I mostly read Tomione fics 😅 I know my fave list lacks any Regmione, but it is what it is :( I only got into regmione because i just think Regulus will suit Hermione well and deserves so much better. In any case, The Damned is one of the most memorable regmione fic for me - it's just so different and interesting.

If you have any fic recommendation for me, feel free to share! I mostly read HP and Naruto, sometimes BNHA, so if you want to share some fics from those fandoms, feel free to do so!

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

maybe i just haven't looked through everything about Birds of Prey but what classes are utilized in this fangame? like it feels like each Fire Emblem game has a different selection of classes, or even variants of classes, or even based on game different weapons for the same classes! so like is it based on a specific game for what classes are there, is it a mixture, is Mod Goldmary making shit up(also a fun option), or some secret fourth thing im unaware of? also that is a lot of mages but i am not complaining because i like mages, but maybe add an archer if you haven't already cause archers are cool also feel free to go on a tangent about Birds of Prey even outside of just classes because as somebody who makes au stuff myself, and frankly i really need to start posting my shit to my actual blog, i know a lot of thought can go into the classes and how they would differ and that sort of fun stuff, that sorta thing is an entire rabbit hole for both au versions of existing characters and for ocs (side note im not signing it off as the anon name because it isn't talking about the au, but hey you listen to me blab about my silly au of making Naesala into a Lord so only fair i listen to your ideas too, especially since i personally would like to know more context to this Birds of Prey thing)

The classes are all pretty normal and their promotions are mostly what you would expect tbh. idk what else to say here. We have Spellspear (basara but renamed) as the only kinda odd thing here i guess? oh and Pegasus, Wyvern and Troubadour have only one possible promotion.

Also 10 magic users feels less like 10 units all competing for the exact same role and more like 3 groups of units competing for separate roles thanks to the changes i did for the magic types.

Dark Mages are designed to fight from a distance with the ability to summon additional units and being the only magic type with siege tomes. Also one spell applies Poison so add that to the war crimes bingo!

Conversely, Light Mages are supposed to be on the front lines and have a variety of spells that increase their own defences, recover hp, or grant damage bonuses on enemy phase. Oh and it also absorbed the fire and thunder from anima. If Yvette wants to grill a wyvern steak then i should let her tbh.

Anima mages stay pretty similar and just have a wide variety of ways to do damage through effectiveness, weapon triangle manipulation, brave effects, high might spells, high crit spells, guaranteed hits, physical damage, completely ignoring res and probably a few more. Wind also isn't all alone as its joined by water, ice and earth! MC is about to bury your ass alive while Alastor drowns your entire family <3

So while they all want high magic, their overall playstyles are very different :) In addition, no class has access to multiple magic types.

Also, just because a character can make a decent magic user, that doesn't mean its their best choice: Mary would prefer promoting into Battle Medic instead of Sage as her magic growth is pretty low compared to her competition and Battle Medic allows her to continue to use her decent strength, have weapon triangle advantage over a solid 40% of enemies, have no weapon triangle disadvantage (fists are really good), and grants her a really powerful supportive abilities, not to mention her ability to reclass into wyvern. Meanwhile, Hewe (might change his name) will probably prefer to stay in pegasus rider and zap enemies with a Levin Sword.

I already have 2 dedicated bow users, but there's room for more :)

And yes, Valstyr's dragon form has feathers :)

[haveyouseenthisskeleton]

#1 Day of asking random shit to blogs I follow because I can and I want to + boredom

Do you have any Undertale OCs and/or your own Undertale AU? If you do, can you explain the lore? :]

I'm more of an AU rewriter actually. I'm taking popular AUs and try to make them more realistic and mature (and more political, I love the Underground politics, that's like my favorite subject).

So far, I'm working on Horrortale with my fanfiction Horrortale : Rotten Apple, which is actually more of a pre-Horrortale fanfiction, since I'm working on the events between when Frisk left the Underground and the famine. So far, it's like 20 chapters and Undyne is still not queen. I want her coup d'état to be violent and the result of months and months of bad decisions, not only her bad decisions, but also Toriel's ones as a ruler. Toriel is not a bad ruler at all, but she is impopular because of her exil in the Ruins and the fact that despite Asgore's death, who was loved by the Underground, she did nothing to prevent something like that to happen again. Undyne being the one Asgore's trained, monsters will slowly turn their back to Toriel, which will have consequences on other characters like Sans, Papyrus, Flowey or Grillby. Frisk is not the one responsible for all this either, as they are trying to save monsterkind in a world where adults don't believe them at all. That's a really difficult story to write, but I'm having so much fun with it.

The second one is Underfell, with my fanfiction No Weakness. It's a Papyrus centric fanfiction that takes place after a pacifist route. Since there's no reason for Asgore to let Frisk live, Frisk is actually still Underground, living the best life with Toriel, and protected by a pact formed by Sans, Papyrus, Undyne, Mettaton and Alphys. The kid must stay a secret. But after some months, Papyrus is doubting the plan, as not only they could all be executed if something goes wrong, but there's also the problem of Frisk becoming more independant and asking more and more questions, and worse, taking Papyrus as an exemple, which he absolutely doesn't want because he is ashame of what he has to do every day to survive. No Weakness is also about Undyne, who suddenly starts to act strange, which worried Papyrus, until one day, she left the guard. Papyrus is quite distressed and doesn't understand until Asgore announces his soon to come wedding with her on live TV. The only problem being that Papyrus knows Undyne hates him with all of her soul, and that she is not there willingly. But Papyrus is also the general of the royal guard now, and as a general, you shut up and close your eyes on a lot of things. But Papyrus is really not sure he can do that.

The last one is the most close from an AU I guess, it's What is best for humankind. It's a war AU, focusing on Sans and Papyrus childhood. It's an AU because they are a lot younger in the games, so they couldn't live through the war, but I tried to make it coherent. Sans and Papyrus are forced to run away from their village one night, as humans are attacking. Gaster, their dad, being forced to fight, left them escape alone. Sans will have to protect his brother, and soon, a very small Undyne and a human through the devastated lands leading to Mount Ebott. It's both a survival story and a dramatic story as Sans will have to do and witness things he never should have, and face the betrayal of the only person who is supposed to keep him safe, his own father. Because this AU main story is about what being a judge means. In this world, the royal judge is not a job, it's a very rare class of monsters like boss monsters are. Judge monsters are very low HP monsters that can use karma magic, which is the same magic Sans use in his genocide battle in the game. During the war, the Judges, mainly pacifist, all died during the talks for a peace treaty, as the humans saw an opportunity to get rid of them all at once. The only problem being the magic the Judge develop can only activate if the Judge is traumatised and presents a abnormal level of determination. Sans is the only one left, he is not activated, and Gaster wants him to basically explodes in rage in the human castle to kill the Emperor. For this, he knows there's one solution that will sure piss him off enough: killing Papyrus. But Gaster is also the only one who is sure this plan will work, as both Toriel and Asgore are horrified by the idea. To stop the war, how far all of them are willing to go? That's the main story!

My last AU is a more classic one, it's a Sans x Reader fanfiction in a post-pacifist universe, Remember the good days. However, Sans is not exactly himself as he suffers terrible memory loss after a tragic attack during one of Frisk's speech. It's getting worse and worse as Sans is not enough stimulated with Papyrus in college. But Papyrus has a plan. He wants you to stimulate Sans, and he is even willing to pay for that. Surely he told Sans everything before hand and Sans won't hate you at all for this. ... Right?

[lunchtimebedamned1997]

A Guide To My Tags!

Figured I should make one of these since I've started using this blog again! (My list of fandoms can be found at the bottom of this post!)

Also my asks are open! I love chatting, nerding out, and talking to new & familiar folks!

My reblogs can be found on my side blog @lunchtimereblogs

"my art" - all the art I post

"OC art" - We're gettin' more specific now!

"fanart" / "[insert fandom] fanart" - what most of y'all are probs here for!

"my OCs" - any posts regarding my own personal OCs

"ashland bites" - my main OC universe (Also: "AB [insert character name]")

"fanfic" - what it says on the box, anything pertaining to it lol

"ltbd fanfic" - My writing! Currently writing/posting a RadioSilence backstory fic: The Space Between Us

"fanfic recs" - What it says on the tin

"[insert fandom]" - any posts in regards to the specified fandom.

"ltbd rambles" - Tin, read it. I'm chatty XD (I'll pic one eventually... hopefully)

"ltbd reads" - My posts rambling about books I'm reading/have read

"ltbd answers" - me, answering/responding to your asks!

"secret vox project" - any posts pertaining to the big project I've been cooking up the last couple of months >:3

I'll update this post as I go, and put other info like relavent fandoms under the cut, love ya!

Fandoms I Have Posts For:

The Hellaverse (Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss) (Ship tags thus far include Charlastor/RadioBelle and Radio Static/Radio Silence)

Jujutsu Kaisen (Ship tags this far include: MechaMiwa)

Arcane

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS)

The Locked Tomb (I'm on book two, pls no spoilers)

More Specific Tags: In regards to my main OC project Ashland Bites: (Character Specific) "AB Tara", "AB Veronica", "AB Lucas", "AB Kathryn"

MEDIA that I am a fan of: (even if I haven't posted for them here yet) (I am probably forgetting a LOT of things)

TV: Arcane, Avatar (ATLA (the animated one)), Angel the Series / Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Hazbin Hotel / Helluva Boss (The Hellaverse), Jujutsu Kaisen, MLP (shhhhut uppp), Ouran High School Host Club, Roswell (1999), She-Ra (SPOP), Sign of Affection

MOVIES: Alice in Wonderland (1951), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Corpse Bride, Empire Records, Labyrinth (1986), Nimona, Pirates of the Caribbean (the good ones), Practical Magic, Pride and Prejudice (2005), The Nightmare Before Christmas Studio Ghibli films (Kiki, Howl, Cat Returns, Totoro, and Naussica in particular)

GAMES: Animal Crossing, The Arcana (mobile game), Baldur's Gate 3, I'm still trying to get into Hades but I am playing it... sometimes haha

BOOKS: The Cruel Prince series (FotA), HP (but I try not to post/talk about it much bc of JKR, it was just a big part of my life for a long time :'/) Idk where to put this but I'm a huge Mythology and History nerd (especially fashion history!)

MUSIC: I listen to a little bit of everything tbh, and I'd love to talk more about music, maybe i can do recommendations based on vibes? or just chit-chat? I have YT playlists that have like, a bit of everything here, here, and here, if you wanna shuffle around and see some of my favs! Maybe I'll do music art someday too, who knows lmao

[tsunderesalty]

My favorite fic of yours - Hmm...ok. I kow you feel a way about Wenclair at the moment, but I do really love Fruit Stand AU. My favorite chapter in my favorite fic of yours - When the girls had the food fight in Fruit Stand AU A fic I haven't read yet from you, but I want to - I've been meaning to read the fic you wrote with @axolotlsupremacyowo Something I remember vividly from reading one of your fics - ...frog donuts lol What I like the most about your writing - I really like your style of dialogue. It flows really well and the banter is on point. A fic i'm excited for you updating/posting - I know you're working on something new right now, and I'm very curious to see how that's going to work out. A character/ship I didn't enjoy/think about as much before you wrote about them - Probably Wenclair, even though I'd seen the show before I read your fics, it didn't really register until I started talking to you more. Something I wish/hope you write - Fred and George shenanigans for sure XD A question I have about one of your fics - Will I be able to understand you Cait/Vi fics if I'm fandom blind?

Aww, thank you for the ask, Aunty Sliebman! I'll try to reply bit by bit!

Fruit Stand AU is one of the few fics that I can confidently say I'm proud of from start to finish. I really love all the story and little details I put into it, from simple description to cameos, I love it all! Just wish I could be completely content with it.

The food fight was one of my favorite scenes to right, and that's when I really had Wednesday start to break out of her shell. It was so much fun!

The SCP x Ace Attorney fic that Momo and I are writing together is definitely really cool despite the fact that I'm writing in two fandoms I don't really know that much about. It's just a fun project I get to do with my best friend, and that's more than enough for me (Though I should really get started on the next chapter.) Tagging @axolotlsupremacyowo cuz I'm not sure if tags in asks go through.

Frog donuts are adorable and I will never apologize for them XD

Dialogue is what I love writing the most. To me, dialogue really lets a character personality shine, from slang to pacing of a sentence, and internal monologue gives us a deeper look into who a character truly is, which is why more and more of my fics have a dialogue and internal monologue pairing!

The OC worlds I'm writing are gonna be such big passion projects of mine, and I'm so flattered that so many of you already are interested in it.

I watched Wednesday purely because I saw so much Wenclair content, so I'm probably a bit biased in it's favor XD (Though not so much anymore.)

Fred and George are my favorite HP characters (Something something easily sold on Chaotic Twins. Wonder why.), so I am for sure writing shenanigans between the two some point in the future!

For my Cait/Vi fics, while I always try to keep my stories as fandom blind friendly as possible, that may be a bit difficult with Arcane, but it may only be small things. If you do end up reading and are confused by something, I am always more than willing to answer questions about what I wrote or what something means!

[snake-berry]

request info!

fanart requests are currently open :)

ok so my pinned post used to be my old request info, so im just re-doing it bc the old one is sort of out of date. soooo just ignore this if you are not interested <3

i take fanart requests for asoiaf and harry potter, tho i am more involved in the asoiaf stuff nowadays.

i draw both individual characters/groups and ships!

i do not accept all requests just because i have to be at least moderately interested in a suggestion to draw it. however i just dont reply to requests im not going to be doing, like im not going to put you on blast publicly lmao.

please ONLY send requests in my ask box! i do not take requests that are sent to my chat, ive had some unsettling requests sent privately in my chat before and so i prefer to only be contacted thru my ask box since it is a more open forum. you can use my chat if you want to just talk or whatever, thats fine id love to get to know ppl on here better, but i will not consider a request that isnt sent in my ask box. (asking for clarification for my request boundaries in chat is completely okay, just send the final request to my ask box!)

no i will NOT draw your oc... if it is a asoiaf/hp oc and you have a visual reference for them ig i would consider it, but im not going to draw someone's non-fandom related original character, esp not as a free request.

i do not take commissions, my art is fairly rudimentary so i feel like id be scamming yall lmao. so dont worry abt that, just send a request!

if i dont respond after you send a request once, its possible i missed it and you should feel free to send it again. however if i ignore it twice, your piece is either taking a while to complete or i chose not to do it based on personal preferences. so do not send the same request more than twice please!

i take requests from anons, thats perfectly fine!

if you have a suggestion for my asoiaf portrait series, please send one! or two! or three! i will always take requests for that series, and never reject them like 99% of the time.

i have other media i enjoy outside of asoiaf/hp, and would be happy to do fanart for some of those fandoms too, so you can look at my blog for the list of media im interested in or send me a chat if there is a fandom you want me to draw for! i will probably not draw for anything i am not familiar with, though.

i do have an ao3 (alrighty_aph and pseud snake_berry) but i am not currently taking fic requests. if there is something you really want me to write, you can send me a chat about it, but its much less likely that ill accept your fic request as opposed to a fanart request as i am currently knees-deep in my f&b longfic!

light nsfw requests are okay, but i will not draw anything too explicit.

you can be as specific or nonspecific as you want in a request tbh, either is fun for me in its own way!

ok sorry for the length but i just wanted to be thorough bc ive had bad experiences with requests in the past! (not anyone ive actually drawn for, just people i ignored bc they sent something i straight up prefaced i wouldnt do and then proceeded to harass me in my chat). but thats all so go ahead and shoot me a request if you have one! :)

[landograndprix]

Hey! Just wanted to throw my opinion in about the OC discussion. I wanted to preface this by saying that this opinion has been formed over a number of different fandoms, sites and years and that will be my reference. I’ve never minded having an OC, and honestly prefer that over Y/N. I think it has a lot to do with the fic platform and era that people started reading fics. I’m 25 so I feel that’s a little older than most others in the F1 fandom, but young for fandoms such as HP or the like. My 1st fandoms were HP and Twilight and that was predominantly hosted on fanfiction.net and AO3; way back in of dark ages of ‘07 or ‘08 before the the porn purges so needless to say I was reading well above the maturity level I should have been (got to love that unsupervised internet access). Neither of these have ever been heavy in the reader-inserts-there was even a push on both platforms early on to delete/report stories that were posted using this format. I’ve even had discussions w/ mutuals that I ended giving Y/N a name that I felt fit their personality instead of using my own. And was surprised that there were many in agreement with me. I don’t think reader inserts really b/c main stream. Personally, it feels like people become frustrated when something is tag or portrayed as a reader insert and then falls through; i.e. when they talk about hair length/skin tone or they give the character TOO much personality. Reader inserts really had a uptick when Wattpad became Mainstream in 2011-almost 7 years after it went live; which I feel fits the majority age of the general audience/writers in the F1 community. The most popular way that I’ve seen authors get away with having a reader insert without making them an OC is by giving them a a nickname that’s not related to an actual name; i.e Pip or Snoopy.

That was all to say; I would completely support an OC work. I think you’re a wonderfully talented author; and your work will do well no matter what format you take. And look forward to seeing what you come up with.

-🩰

First off all I want to apologise to the people that follow me and have to see me complain about dumb things, these posts are posted during the evening and evening me is so much more dramatic than normal me. Like normal me is always so embarrassed to read back my stuff and see people react to it 😭 that being said, thank you for this message! We're in the same age range so I agree with all of the things you've said! It was just me being conflicted over things that shouldn't bother one so much, there's so many people on this site that actually use OC reader 😅

[snowblossomreads]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

😌 thanks @smilingformoney for the tag (i know u tagged my main blog but that thot doesn't write anything but gibberish well..i guess it's the same here to..)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

12

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

113,472

3. What fandoms do you write for?

I would say Harry Potter but honestly, it’s just Snape and then other Alan Rickman characters…so Alan Rickman LOL. Also I’ve been known to write Final Fantasy fics (for 7,12 and 15 specifically) and a wild Naruto one in my olden days. There are others but Alan is my main thing rn and for the foreseeable future.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Bad Habits, Young and Beautiful, Seven Devils, Thrilling Tea Time, You Don’t Love Me Anymore

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

Yes because it’s just nice to talk to folks who have enjoyed your things ^o^!

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

I don’t know what those are. I mean I guess Seven Devils? But it’s not really angsty (too me at least).

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

All of them because I don’t know what sad endings are.  Havent my blurbos suffered enough.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have not and hope not!

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

Yes (3 of the the top kudos are smut ranging from…unhinged to unhinged). I’ll write almost any kind of smut but I have some no goes but mostly anything.

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

Do I write them? No not generally. Have I written them? I was going to say no I haven’t and I would be lying. I have one that will never see the light of day that I wrote as a young teen that was a crossover between multiple fandoms that that had nothing to do with each other than I had OCs for each of them. The premise was that they all put on a homecoming production (if you don’t know what that is, in short students put on a whole thing where they dance and sing to songs from specific decades that end in the same date as the year the current year to celebrate alumni who graduated on years that ended in the same date. i.e. 2023, 2013, 2003 etc). ANYWAYS I don’t know what I was doing and it never got finished but I think about how unhinged it was. There had to have been like 5 different fandoms in it minimum. Man was preteen me having a great time.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No and lets keep it that way 😊 or else.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of.

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

No, it would be a disaster tbh bc idk what deadlines are.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Any of my blurbos/OC or reader 😊. (i.e blurbo/me) LOLOL but like for a media where it’s not me, fictional me, or me again it would have to be Tidus/ Yuna from Final Fantasy X. They had a such a wonderful love story and they make my heart wobble.

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

All of them but unfortunately some of them (most of them) may forever stay unfinished because I’m just not good at writing multiple chapters. See Seven Devils and how long it took me to get the last 2 chapters up. AND IT WAS ONLY 7 CHAPTERS THAT WERE PREDETERIMED. Anyways I have a Final Fantasy 15 one I would like to finish because all the chapters were planned out but then I went to university.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Erm I’ve gotten comments about how well I write details and it’s flattering because honestly, I feel like I’m just word vomiting (stares at the next question with dread). But I guess details are my strengths? 😅

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Everything! Next question.

Jk (is she) Uhm I think my dialogues can be a bit bland and go on and on with no real end or why the conversation is going that way (she should go outside and talk to ppl more). Also the transition from platonic to romance (nervous laughter) it’s why one of my HP fics isn’t being written and why I usually just dump readers into things that area already established or almost close to.

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

What an apt question, I’ve actually been struggling with this for some fics lately because I have characters who speak another language (Mandarin). Some languages work well for fics written in English i.e the ones that naturally have Romanized words like French, Italian, etc etc . And some (stares at Mandarin) don’t because of how every word would need a tonal mark basically and it’s tedious (again just my thought). I could just write them in characters but that would be even worse for English readers LOL. So now I just go "and so said this in Mandarin" and sometimes I add clues giving readers a hint letting them know. Anyways TLDR: Go for it if you want to, some languages are tricker than others.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Either Final Fantasy 12 or Naruto can’t remember 100%

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Really asking the hard hitting questions aren't yall 😭Erm um. Ayo I don't really know tbh. I'll go with Seven Devils bc it was absolutely unhinged and it was the first multi chapter thing I completed which I'm proud of!

But also I'm quite having fun writing my current fic (shameless plug for Entangled Hearts right here u should click it!) mostly because @smilingformoney lets me yell at her about my thoughts and she yells at me about her thoughts and we are like yeee good times. Also I can also give my OC some trauma LOL but also a sweet puppy in human form as a boyfriend (and maybe even husband)

That's it my friends thanks for listening to the rambles and thanks again to Millie for the tags (ilysm 🥰) feel free to be nosy whenever.

Tags: Anyone who wants to do this!!

[black-occamy]

So, an introduction. Or (as SOMEONE, who has been snickering over my head for two days now, put it) a SERIOUS POST.

TL;DR:

I write fanfic and stuff (ao3 links under cut)

I do arts and crafts (and a lot more different shit than these) see the archives.

I have too much fun with customising legos (that's because when I hyperfixate I REALLY DO)

Read more under the cut 🖤

This blog is dedicated solely to my HP hyperfixation. Since tumblr is favouring main blog and I have this tendency to create one for each fandom I'm currently obsessing about, you may see likes and follows by @sorceress-nadira.

I've read HP in my teens, stopped after OOTP ending, cried and made a promise to one Sirius Black that I will NOT read further. Kept it until today (and it's been almost 20 years) and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Fictional character or not, I made a promise and no one can stop me from being in full denial.

Still, I know about the canon, because I believe in research. Even if I do research to conclude "that's bullshit" and write something completely different.

So far there are following stories on AO3:

The Black Occamy - which is still being written and I currently estimate it to contain around 35 chapters when it's done. Since I'm doing extensive worldbuilding, I may on occasion refer to my headcanon as #occamy verse. It contains a self-insert OC, to which there is no denying, and I have long forgiven myself for creating characters in worlds I love. While it's a self-insert, it's also a really well-crafted character, so you should give her a chance. She's badass. Really badass. The fic also contains Marauders, mostly Sirius, but other well-known characters will be appearing (and staying) along the way.

That's My Spot which is also posted on the blog. Just a short Sirius x non-gender reader I wrote to overcome writers' block. I may add more and if I like a request, I may write it as well in spare time.

The Enchanted Cafe: Season of Pumpkin Spice also posted on the blog. I had a sudden craving for some coffee shop AU with the boys.

Series of Remadora microfics written for October 2023 prompts. Not too many and not for every day. They are set in Occamy-verse as well.

Beside that I have headcanons for a lot of things and even more opinions that I'm more than willing to share.

I try to add images and videos to my ideas.

I am a huge beliver in Pinterest boards - this one is dedicated to Occamyverse.

Beside that I encourage you to talk to me about stuff. I like talking - which should be obvious by now by the sheer length of this post.

[poetandwolf]

About

Look it, see the little wolf creature? That is ‘me’. She is also my OC and self insert with in the series. :D She’s one of his creations and yes they have a very heavy master/pet relationship, while I don’t get much into that here. Bare in mind it my come up. So soft block me you need to.

With that said; I am a real adult. I may talk about adult things here. If you are not comfortable with that do not follow. I am not your dad. I can not monitor your internet interactions. But block/flag/whatever you do with a ‘NSFW’ tag if that kind of thing makes you uncomfortable but you still want to follow me. I know the whole “minors do not follow” is not as enforceable as it SHOULD be and you kids are gonna do whatever you want- fuck the police. This is my first and only warning. lmao.

Second, I am like. Not.. ‘hip with the kids’. I do not know all the terms and I also can not monitor or be up to date what is.. ‘bad’ with in fandom. I also kind of don’t care, lol. If someone I reblog or someone who follows me did something you don’t like or don’t agree with it is not my responsibility to keep track of others actions.

The Basics:

Hey there, I'm Tala or Grunge, or whatever. I'm a real adult over the age of 35 (that's all your getting. I am probably old enough to be your weird crazy aunt/uncle.) My F/O and spirit husband is Alhaz!ad/Alhazre!d. I often call him “Al” here or “Aub”.

INFJ, Scorpio, I'm trans-masc, trans-male/ftm and stealth irl.

Trans rights are human rights, and Protect Trans Kids

I draw, a lot, and paint. My hobbies also include hiking, working on my house, gardening, landscaping, spending time with my family, cooking, reading, and writing. I do take commissions - so if you’d like me to draw or paint you f/o. Look at my commissions :}.

Metal health check; ADHD/ASD - dx’d, in the early 90s. iirc. Retested and diagnosed with ADHD in 2022. Currently seeking treatment for it. Medication has been like night and day for me. So, fellow Autistics and ADHD’s. Welcome. I am negativing them both and it’s been a TIME. There are sighs of OSDD/DID. I have tried talking again and again with therapists making 100% Al is not apart of that; while when channeling him the symptoms are similar; he doesn’t fit the criteria.

Some what of a witch, well. I kind of do what works for me. There are *plenty* of other witch based blogs you’d wanna follow for those resources. This blog is more or less centered around my relationship with Aub. (Alhazred/Alhazad).

Before any judgments here that I might be some loser living in my parent’s basement. ...lol. No. I’m a real adult doing well on my own with a whole ass house, job, and car and all that neat stuff. You can be ficto and be independent, free, and happy. It took a tonne of work to get this far. And it was worth every penny.

Uh... I’ll update this as I get time. yes yes.

DNI:

DNI: It should go with out saying; MAPS, pedos, zoos, Nazis, TERFS, and any else of the sort. Nope. :|  If you're a HP fan and still support Robert you can go get fucked.

I'm also mildly scarred/due to trauma and it's hard to see DBZ (the saiyans), FF9, or PPG. I’m not saying *your* versions of said characters are bad, it’s just ahahaha.

System hoping is a grey area; you do what works for you. But-....if you are gonna come into my DM or Asks telling me how Aub visited you and did this and that and some bullshit magical adventure or slept with you or is involved in some astral war. I will block you and he will personally make your life a living hell. Don't do that shit to me, or anyone else for that matter.

[fanfictiongirlie]

HP: Forbidden - Chapter Two

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Parings: George Weasley x Female OC (Slytherin)

Description:

Rosalie Riddle lives in the shadow of her father, going to Hogwarts made her feel safe and happy and when she meets George Weasley she feels a whole new emotion. Follow her story from the beginning of her Hogwarts Journey.

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Can fluff be a warning? Little bit of angst. Fred still dies, sorry.

P.s. So this is a rewrite from a fanfiction I originally wrote when I was roughly 16. It was awful, truly awful, but I adored the story so I decided to rewrite it ten years later. Enjoy.

It had been two weeks since I started Hogwarts, and I had more homework than I ever thought possible. My lessons were wonderful, everything about magic was amazing, and I wanted to learn everything I possibly could. 

Draco and I were neck and neck for second highest in our classes, however, unfortunately, Hermione Granger, a Gryffindor beat us at literally everything, except flying, and that's when Harry Potter beat us. 

I didn't let that bring me down though, secretly, I had nothing against Hermione, she seemed nice enough. Despite trying my hardest in all my classes, that didn't stop me from being late to a good chunk of my classes. The school was so big, I often felt like I was wandering in circles, and the older kids avoided me nearly as much as most the kids in my own year. 

"Why are you late Miss Riddle?" Professor Snape snapped at me as I rushed into my Potions classroom. I felt my cheeks redden, I had met Snape before, he was one of the nicer people following my father. But at school, he pretended he had never met me. 

"Sorry sir, I got lost" I answered, trying my hardest to make it sound like my voice wasn't shaking, he didn't respond, thankfully, so I walked towards my seat on the Slytherin side of the classroom. 

"Pull out your books, we will be studying the Cure of Boils Potion" Professor Snape explained "I want you all the read the potion until you can tell me it from memory" 

We all listened, the classroom was quiet, I opened my Potions book and started reading, carefully trying to remember each step. Honestly, my mind was somewhere else, I wanted to visit the owlery today, so I could send an update letter to Alecto, she was the main Death Eater who raised me... She likes to know how I'm doing, despite how horrid she is to me at times, I think she secretly cared. Probably not, but I still wanted to keep in touch. 

Once Potions class was over, we had a small break in between our next class, which was flying, with the Gryffindors.

"Rose, are you coming?" Daphne asked, Pansy by her side. 

"Not yet, I'm heading to the owlery" I smiled, and waved them off. 

"What are you sending home?" Suddenly a voice asked, I turned around to see Potter and Weasley, they hated me, and weren't afraid to let me know either.  

"Why do you care?" I snap, rolling my eyes at them.

"Trying to contact your father?" Weasley snapped back at me, I walked off without saying another word. What should it matter if I was sending messages to my father, it wasn't like he could read them anyway, he probably wouldn't care to talk to me either. It's not like I had ever met the guy.

Frowning still, I climbed the stairs to the top of the owlery, I shivered a little, it was starting to get chilly. I had decided I loved the cold of Scotland's air, and I was very excited for what christmas could be like. 

I reached the top and smiled, there were so many owls, there was also two other students, two ginger boys who looked a lot like Weasley. 

"Hellooo" One of them said, when they noticed me.

"Who are you?" The other one asked, they were twins, I looked from one to the other, strangely I could see a few slight differences. 

"Rosalie" I mumbled in response, I took the letter from my robe pocket, and handed it to a random owl. 

"Take this this Riddle Manor please" I tired to say quietly, if the two boys were indeed related to Ron Weasley, they would probably be rude to me too, and I honestly didn't have the energy in me to deal with that. 

"Riddle?" Like Voldemort?" One of them spoke, I closed my eyes and sighed, here we go. 

"Yes that's right" And then I bolted, luckily they didn't follow me down the stairs, so I sped to the Quidditch field. I saw Pansy and Daphne. I rushed to them, and our lesson began a few minutes after.

We still weren't allowed to do much in the way of flying, only hovering off the ground and moving around mostly. It was a bit boring to me, I must admit, flying just didn't appeal to me, I liked things that I could read about, and flying is one of those things where you learn by doing. 

Whilst hovering, us Slytherins took to having conversations, Madam Hooch, mostly paid attention to Harry, thinking he would be the next big thing. 

"Are you going home for the holidays?" Draco asked me, I shook my head. 

"Unfortunately I will be" I answered

"Maybe I can join my father in coming to Riddle Manor, keep you company" He smiled.

"I'd love that" I smiled back, maybe this holiday wouldn't be completely awful then. 

Once the lesson was over, we all rushed happily to lunch, I think the meals here were my favourite thing ever, I even thought about buying cooking books, so when I did have to go home, I could make meals like this for myself.

I'm sure the house elves wouldn't mind.