#jozef rapacki

[ars-polonia]

Józef Rapacki, Wieśniaczka przed chatą (A Peasant Woman in front of a Cottage)

1920, oil on cardboard,

[oldsardens]

Jozef Rapacki - Tree by the forest lake. 1912

[lowcountry-gothic]

Morning, Night and Evening, by Józef Rapacki.

[emblematicae]

VALEDICTORIAN, EGO TE PROVOCO

Tom Marvolo Riddle x Female Reader

Content Warnings: 1940’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, predominantly written in the third-person limited perspective of Tom Riddle, intentional minimal use of Reader’s perspective, canon-divergence, canon-typical violence; possessive, obsessive, and emotionally manipulative behavior, emotional abuse, first-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, abuse of power and authority, complicity, coercion, petty thievery, reoccurring themes of death and acceptance, childhood friends, unhealthy relationship dynamics, one-sided rivalry, jealousy, limerence, chronic illness, hallucinations, ghosts, mental instability, morally grey reader, Tom Riddle is his own warning.

VALEDICTORIAN, I CHALLENGE YOU

Impossibly close to donning the title of the most promising and unfathomably gifted protégé Hogwarts has ever laid eyes upon, the wizarding world would be foolish to ignore such an accomplished scholar. Procuring a seat at the grand table alongside every and all great wizards and witches preceding him, his name would maintain a revered longevity surpassing history itself—Tom Riddle is second to none, none but you. He stands as a salutatorian before you; his clever nature and wisdom beyond his years, extensive honors, accolades that sing nothing but his praises, and noble laurels vanish into a vapid nothingness compared to you.

It was less noticeable when the both of you were much younger. Any semblance of academic rivalry was diminished by the fact you were far too sick and weak to even entertain him with faux competition (even if the winner was obvious). Years have passed since then, and the two of you have pursued your own respective aspirations that could not be further apart, all the while just barely preserving your cherished bond. And as Tom worked hard to curate his perfect, idealistic image, and brilliance of unreachable heights, you remained as sick and weak as you once were. And yet, you still best him. Tom cannot escape your shadow, and nothing has changed since your shared youth with the troubled boy. He can continue to excuse it with the fact that you are older than him, one year difference and one year ahead (if only for the sake of his bruised ego), but the truth of the matter is: you’ve always been better, haven't you?

No amount of research can replicate the authentic Harry Potter reading experience—please do forgive me for any inaccuracies regarding the aforementioned media. It is more loosely based off of the events that occur in the books with certain elements being removed or altered to fit the new narrative. Thank you for your understanding.

To you, the one who reads.

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE.

0.

PART ONE. YEAR ONE. 1925 to 1937.

ŪNUS.

DUO.

TRES.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

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[oldpaintings]

Wieczór (Moczary), 1891 by Józef Rapacki (Polish, 1871–1929)

[forestdenizen]

Forest Lake, Józef Rapacki, 1926

[4eternal-life]

Józef Rapacki  (Polish, 1871– 1929)

“Evening on the Theatre Square in Warsaw” (1893)

Jozef Rapacki (Polish;1871-1929)

oil on canvas, private collection

Desa Unicum

[peaceinthestorm]

Józef Rapacki (1871-1929, Polish) ~ Wieczór (Moczary), 1891

[Source: Muzeum Pałac w Rogalinie]

[beljar]

Artist's Vision (1918-1924) by Józef Rapacki

[mv11]

In the library

- By Jozef Rapacki

[the1920sinpictures]

1926 Ziemianska Coffeehouse Warsaw, Poland. By Jozef Rapacki. 

[ars-polonia]

Józef Rapacki, Stary młyn (Old Mill)

1911, oil on canvas

[hellonheelz93]

Nocturnal Marshland, 1918 Jozef Rapacki.

[simena]

Rapacki Jozef 

[polishpaintersonly]

“In the library“

Józef Rapacki (Polish;1871-1929)

oil on canvas

National Museum, Warsaw

[radstudies]

Józef Rapacki

(Polish, 1871-1929)