#lord harry montrose

[dum-spiro-spero99]

So because they have the same dubber in Italy I have just decided that Arthur and Harry are the irl snufmin

[crinolinedream]

Regency boy band. 😂😍

[behindfairytales]

Edward Davis in Sanditon (s3) as Harry Montrose

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

I love this idea, but I'm so sad no one submitted Alexander Colbourne from Sanditon, I would have voted so hard for that sad little man.

Not including the Sanditon Men was a hardship - I love so many of them! But as no one requested them and only Sidney really appears in the bit of the book we have they were sacrificed:((( but take this mini-poll as my apology so you can still vote for your sad little man Alexander Colbourne

[hogwartsthenextgeneration]

James Sirius Potter

James Sirius Potter (He/ Him)

Nicknames: Jay, Jimmy, Jamie

Sexuality: Unlabelled 

Ethnicity: 1/4 English , 1/2 Irish , 1/4 Indian

DOB: 21/04/2004

Parents: Harry Potter & Ginny Weasley 

Siblings: Teddy & Albus & Lily

Godparents: Ron & Hermione

Best friends: Fred Weasley, Dominique Weasley, Liam Trueman, Saoirse Kennedy, Kekoa Ma’ilei

Started Hogwarts: 2015

House: Gryffindor 

Wand: Phoenix Tail, Red Oak, 12 1/2

Patronus: Dragon

Boggart: Family dead

Ex Curricular: Quidditch Chaser, Captain from 4th year 

Best Subject: DADA & Flying

Worst Subject: Potions

Hair: Dark brown, wavy and messy 

Eye Colour: Green (more of a sea green than Harry & Albus’ emerald green eyes)

Build: 6ft 3.5”, slim athletic 

Favourite Music Genre: Indie/ Folk

Favourite Artists: Fleetwood Mac, Hozier, Sam Fender, Lorde

Favourite Song: Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender / Ribs - Lorde

Favourite Colour: Sage Green

Health: ADHD, Cyclothemia

Career: Quidditch Player (Montrose Magpies) and and then Auror

Future: Marries Alice Longbottom, daughter of Neville Longbottom and Hannah Longbottom at the age of 26 (2030). James and Alice knew each other their whole lives but didn’t interact that much until 3rd year when they were both on the quidditch team. James definitely fell for Alice long before she had any romantic feelings for him. They started dating in the summer going into 7th year. They live in Liverpool, England and have 4 children-

•Roman Ives Potter (Male, b. 2029)

•Seren Dove Potter (Female, b. 2029)

•Oran Jasper Potter (Male, b. 2031)

•Maeve Aspen Potter (Female, b. 2033)

[thedevilliers]

MAP click here for hq!

𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 | 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 | 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 | I decided to do a quick map + give more info about where the De Villiers’ family rules: the Kingdom of Gardania! you can find a direct link to the page here, but I also included the same info down below! it’s a work in progress and I’ll keep adding necessary info ♡

The Kingdom of Gardania is a unitary republic; for administrative purposes it’s divided into eight regions (Gardania, Burghley, Beaumont, Montcroix, Montrose, Hardsdale, Greenwich, Woodville) and one self-governing region (Sulani). All major cities are marked in the map above [OOC: All current worlds in TS4!]. It works as a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. The current monarch is HM King David I de Villiers.

The De Villiers family has ruled the Kingdom since it’s beginning centuries ago.

The legal age in all of Gardania is 18 (eighteen) years old. This is also the age when royal children are allowed to partake in individual solo engagements all around the kingdom; usually royal children accompany their parents until they are of age.

Under King Louis I’s rule, then Crown Prince David took on all engagements his father and mother wouldn’t go to, his younger siblings not allowed to attend even after being of age due to HM King Louis I stating it was to “help him be the best he can and so he can learn how to be a proper King in the future.” After his death, HM King David’s siblings all started participating on royal engagements.

CROWN SUCCESSION: Absolute primogeniture, meaning the crown is inherited by the oldest child, irrespective of gender. This was changed from male-preference primogeniture (oldest male child) around 100 years ago. There is yet to be a female ruler in Gardania.

MARRIAGE: Every member of the royal family is free to marry whomever they choose. However, the current monarch has to agree and approve the marriage. If the monarch doesn’t see the match fit, the marriage cannot go through.

For the crown heir, there’s an exception. Parliament is called in, which consists of eighty members, and a vote is done: approval or disapproval. The current monarch is allowed a veto, meaning if he disagrees with their decision, he can overthrow it and decide himself. This veto is only allowed when it comes to the topic of marriage.

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Same-sex marriage has been allowed in Gardenia for multiple decades. HRH Prince William de Villiers, son of former King Louis I, married his long-time boyfriend Ian York after secretly dating for years. It’s unknown if his majesty King Louis I approved or not, considering he passed before the wedding took place or the relationship went public. The current monarch, HM King David, was the first ruler to openly support the LGBTQ+ Community and consequently, his brother.

CURRENT LINE OF SUCCESSION:

–♚ HM King David I

HRH Crown Prince Edward [son of King David]

HRH Princess Amelia [daughter of King David]

HRH Prince Harry [son of King David]

HRH Prince Gerald [brother of King David]

HRH Princess Sofia [daughter of Prince Gerald]

HRH Princess Gianna [sister of King David]

HRH Prince William [brother of King David]

HRH Princess Elena, dowager Duchess of Winderburg [sister of former King Louis]

Duke Charles von Winderburg [son of dowager duchess Elena]

Lord Maxwell von Winderburg [son of Duke Charles]

Lord Nathaniel von Winderburg [son of Duke Charles]

Countess Misty Fletcher [daughter of dowager duchess Elena]

Lady Lauren Fletcher [daughter of Countess Misty Fletcher]

[carewyncromwell]

“And at last I see the light! And it's like the fog has lifted... And at last I see the light, And it's like the sky is new! And it's warm and real and bright, And the world has somehow shifted... All at once everything is different Now that I see you...”

~ “I See the Light (cover),” by Elsie Lovelock and Kestin Howard

x~x~x~x

It’s interesting how, even when two parties know they have something special, it can still take a while before they find the right words to express how they feel and what they want. Even when Orion Amari and Carewyn Cromwell had each come to grips with their romantic feelings, it didn’t really change how many obstacles would be in the way of them living a traditional “happily-ever-after” with wedding bells and a little house of their own. Although yes, Orion felt deeply for Carewyn, as she did him, they both also greatly valued their own independence and autonomy. Carewyn and Orion didn’t even live in the same country anymore, one residing in England and the other Scotland, and their respective careers -- one at the London-based Ministry of Magic, the other for the Montrose Magpies Quidditch team -- would make it close to impossible for them to move. Merging households would be a nightmare under such circumstances...and yet, at the same time, neither Orion nor Carewyn was comfortable giving only part of their heart away. They both knew that the subject of their affection deserved everything and more from whatever partner they chose -- they just had no idea if they could be that “everything” for them, even if they wanted to.

That all changed, though, one day in December 1999, a year after the Second Wizarding War ended.

Carewyn’s feelings for Orion had not gone unnoticed by her closest friends. The lawyer’s unofficial twin and fellow “Fireball” Charlie Weasley had been almost affronted when he caught wind that Carewyn had let Orion stay the night on the futon in her living room without having made plans ahead of time -- Carewyn was a planner first and foremost and she never let Charlie crash at her place without giving her fair warning. Charlie vented his disbelief to Ben Copper and his wife Wendy @drinkyoursoupbitch, and they were both pretty shocked too. Wendy ended up following up with Carewyn later that week when she stopped by Carewyn’s office one evening for some coffee.

“On your futon, huh?” she said, her blue eyebrows raised and her lips spread into a playful smile.

Carewyn rolled her eyes up toward the skylight in her ceiling, her red lips turned up in a smile. "Charlie's that jealous about it?"

Her smile faded as she turned her focus toward her paperwork rather than look at Wendy. She wasn’t uncomfortable, of course -- she just had a lot of work to do that night before getting back home and starting dinner for herself and Erik, that was all.

“ ...Orion had had a late night, and he'd have to be back in London early the next morning. It'd be cruel to force him to go home and then lug himself and Eos out of bed so early, just to get back where he already was..."

Wendy's eyes twinkled knowingly. "Oh, of course. But still...is there something there?"

Carewyn kept her focus on the files she was sorting through, her blue eyes narrowing ever-so-slightly as she siphoned through them.

"I suppose it depends on what ‘something’ you're referring to,” she said after a moment. “If you're referring to a romantic relationship, then no, there is not." 

Was that a touch of melancholy in her eyes? Surely not. 

Wendy studied the other woman over the rim of her coffee cup as she took a long sip.

"I mean, Carey," she tapped the porcelain, considering her words carefully. Her tone shifted to a gentle sincerity, "is there an attraction there for you?"

Carewyn stopped rifling through her papers. She paused, before slowly closing her eyes and exhaling through her nose in a heavy sigh.

"...Of course there is," she admitted very softly. "I've always been fond of Orion -- I liked him pretty much immediately, and I respected him all the more, as the years went on. All I wonder is when that fondness...grew to the point that it had to plant roots. And what to do about it, now that it has..."

Wendy smiled fondly. "Well, I suppose the big question is, do you want to do anything? I mean...if you were looking for a tofu-eating Quidditch player to pine over, you certainly picked the best one."

Carewyn rested her head in her hand on her desk, her eyes falling onto the wood instead of looking up at her friend. "That's just it, Wendy, I...I do want to do something. I don't want to have to bottle this up -- I want to protect him, to take care of him and Eos, to...love him with everything I am. But..."

Her gaze moved up to the skylight too, her blue eyes deepening with more of that odd melancholy.

"...At school...when I dated Andre...I didn't know myself like I do now. I probably would've accepted a marriage, and a family, and frequent sex, at that time, not knowing any different. But now that I do know myself...know that I don't want that happy ending attached to most romances...how do I pursue a romantic relationship? How do I ask someone to date a woman who wouldn't give up her job and life for him...no matter how deep my feelings are?"

She closed her eyes, visibly hurting at this thought.

"Especially when...he's already been hurt before...when he's already had partners who tried to force him to give up everything, to please them?"

Carewyn bowed her head.

"...How can I love him the way he deserves, when I'm so selfish?"

Wendy considered her answer, her eyes drifting up to the skylight in Carewyn’s ceiling that reflected the London sky miles above them.

“They say that sacrifice is a foundation of love, and it’s true,” she said slowly, “but...sacrifice between two people who love each other is a two-way street. I love my work — you know I do. Ben knows how much I love it. But if he ever asked me to give up,” she gestured broadly, “everything...I’d do it. I wouldn’t want to, and Merlin, it would hurt like…well, more than anything in the world! But I’d do it. And…I know in my bones he would do the same for me. Hell, he’s almost died for me a few times...”

The old memories made her pause, closing her eyes briefly to try to block them out.

“Thing is…he doesn’t ask for that. He…won’t ask for it.”

Wendy looked back down at Carewyn seriously.

“I guess what I’m trying to say is...sometimes loving someone -- not just being in love, but really loving them -- means that you know you could ask them to move heaven and earth for you and they’d do it, no matter how much it’d hurt...but you won’t ask that. It’s good that you’re thinking about this now, of course -- but you don’t have to have it all figured out just yet. If you want this...don’t be afraid to let Orion in. Let him see everything you have, and everything you fear, and let him decide. Maybe he wouldn’t want you to give up everything you’ve built here for him. Maybe he would. Maybe he’d want you to meet him halfway, somehow. But…let him make that choice to love you, whatever it might look like. You’ll never know if it’s meant to be if you don’t ever ask if it could be.”

Although Carewyn didn't look Wendy in the face nearly at all as she spoke, it clearly was because she was taking in what she said and thinking hard, not because she wasn't listening. When Wendy was finished, Carewyn brought a hand up to brush her bangs out of her face, her hand sliding past her right eye as it went. Then, with a swallow, she forced herself to look Wendy in the face at last, even though her eyes were still full of so much emotion.

"...Thank you, Wendy.”

The lawyer couldn't keep eye contact very long. Soon her eyes once again almost of their own accord drifted off to the corner just over Wendy's shoulder.

"I suppose...I always have had a bad tendency, to put the bar too high for myself. Orion's never expected perfection from me, however much I expect it from myself..."

Her eyes softened noticeably.

"He’s always been happy with what he has, even while he’s reaching for something better. But I know he appreciates the work and time I put in, too...how much I care. Even when I care too much, and 'flare up like a Fire Crab.'”

She brought a hand up to try to hold in her giggling.

Wendy’s lips spread into a mischievous grin. “Hey, at least he doesn’t compare your temperament and coloring to a Billywig. But I guess it’s his way of getting back at me for calling him the Tofu King -- ”

In that moment, Ben Copper had abruptly run down the hall, skidding to a halt in the door frame of Carewyn’s office.

“Carey,” he said urgently, his face very white and grave, “the Aurors have just been sent to your street.”

Carewyn and Wendy both shot to their feet in alarm.

“What!?”

As the prosecutor for nearly all of the cases involving ex-Death Eaters, Carewyn had received a lot of recognition and praise, but she’d understandably also gotten a few anonymous death threats from people who had Death Eater sympathies. She wasn’t the only one -- quite a few other prominent members of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement like Talbott and the newly hired Harry Potter got them too. This day in particular, however, a swarm of dementors -- newly banned from Azkaban by Minister Shacklebolt, in part due to their association with Lord Voldemort during the War -- had been set loose in several areas of London that contained the homes of prominent Ministry employees...including Carewyn’s. Naturally Carewyn herself was not home yet -- but her ward Erik had just returned from Hogwarts for winter break in the midst of his first year, and he as a latch-key kid was at their flat  completely alone until Carewyn got off work. 

Carewyn immediately dropped everything and rushed home as quickly as she could, Ben and Wendy in tow. When she arrived on her street corner, she found the neighborhood in chaos. The entire street was blanketed by unnatural, heavy black fog, as if it was being suffocated by a blanket made of mist and tar. Muggles were running blindly in all directions since they couldn’t see the dementors, while the Aurors who could cast Patronuses shot them at every part of the darkness they could reach. Ben, Wendy, and Carewyn immediately all cast theirs, and their dun stallion, unicorn, and Abraxan winged horse charged into the fray to help the Aurors’ other pearly white creatures in their fight. Carewyn herself was determined to find Erik and raced in the direction of her flat. As she and the Coppers drew close, however, they were startled by what they saw.

Carewyn’s Abraxan Patronus had charged to the front, flapping its wide wings in an attempt to break up the suffocating darkness. As it did so, another bright white Patronus soared through the air toward hers, gliding through the air with incredible grace and helping it beat the dementors back.

It was another Abraxan winged horse.

The second graceful Abraxan Patronus’s wings seemed to brush lightly over the wings of Carewyn’s before flying back in the direction it’d come from. Her eyes very wide, Carewyn raced after it, her own Patronus flying over her as she went. The second Abraxan Patronus ended up landing a short ways away, its wings spread protectively over two people knelt down on the ground -- a small almost-thirteen-year-old boy with curly blond hair and tears streaming down his pale face, and the Patronus’s caster, an olive-skinned man with an uneven haircut, a beard, and black eyes, dressed in harem pants, arm warmers, and loose-fitting robes.

It was Orion. And although Carewyn halted mid-step several feet away, her breath stilling in her throat, her Patronus flew down to meet Orion’s, the two Abraxans’ noses touching when they met.

Orion had known for years that his and Carewyn’s Patronuses were the same. The knowledge had surprised him, but he’d managed to keep his emotions in check at the time. Carewyn, however, didn’t do as well in containing hers -- her hands flew up to her mouth to try to suppress the choke that left her throat and although she didn’t cry, her eyes flooded with tears.

Her Patronus disappeared in a puff of white smoke as she barrelled over to them, collapsing onto her knees so she could pull Erik into her arms and hug him tightly, her face white with terror.

“Erik! Erik, thank Merlin -- ”

Erik was very pale and shaking in her arms, but he had trouble looking her in the face. His jaw was clenched hard as he clutched at Carewyn’s sleeve. Ben and Wendy rushed over too, looking just as harried.

“Erik -- kid, you okay?” asked Wendy.

Ben glanced from Erik in Carewyn’s arms to up at Orion and his Abraxan Patronus hovering over them, his brown eyes slightly narrowed. Orion’s face was just as solemn.

“I was in the area when I felt the dementors’ presence,” he explained. “I found him out here, shooting Lumos charms and Knockback Jinxes at the dementors to try to drive them away...it’s possible he may have come out to help, knowing Muggles can’t see them...”

Carewyn cradled Erik in her arms, her hands resting on his back and the back of his head protectively as she squeezed him tight and gently stroked his hair.

Leaving Erik at home alone was never an arrangement she’d liked, but he was old enough to be there at her flat without supervision, as long as he stayed inside and didn’t let anyone in. But clearly the protective enchantments she’d placed weren’t strong enough to prevent the dementors’ draining influence from creeping inside...and once Erik felt that, it was unsurprising to Carewyn that he’d wanted to do something about it. His history in dementor captivity when he was rounded up by Umbridge’s Muggle-Born Registration Commission was explanation enough.

She hadn’t done enough. She hadn’t thought that anyone would go so far as to threaten her son ward, while she wasn’t there to protect him...

Carewyn swallowed the huge, painful lump that had formed in her throat, closing her eyes tight to try to force back her tears. She had to show a brave face for Erik: he was scared enough as it was.

The image of Orion’s and her Patronuses touching noses rippled over her mind. The memory of their light, equally bright and perfectly matched, seemed to weaken the grip of the fear strangling her heart.

His Patronus was the same as hers. His soul...was the same as hers...protecting Erik when she hadn’t been there...flying to the side of hers, when it was most needed...

The memory filled her up with such courage and warmth that Carewyn thought she’d likely never struggle for ammunition to create another Patronus again.

“Erik...we need to get you inside,” the lawyer said at last, her voice coming out as a low, steadier whisper than before. “Some chocolate will help.”

Ben brought a hand onto Carewyn’s shoulder and squeezed it. “We’ll take care of things out here with the Aurors, Carey. You stay with Erik.”

Wendy glanced at Orion.

“Orion, maybe you should go with them with your Patronus...clear them a way back home, you know.”

Although her eyes and face were serious, the way her eyes flickered between Carewyn and Orion spoke volumes. Orion, his head bowing almost self-consciously, nodded. He tentatively brought an arm around Carewyn’s shoulders, his black eyes trailing over her face to down at Erik.

“Erik,” he said softly, “can you stand, little Jarvey?”

Although he wasn’t able to speak, Erik clutched onto Carewyn and Orion’s arms and used the grip to hoist himself up onto his feet. Sensing that he was still too weak and disoriented to walk on his own, Orion quickly swooped in and snaked one of his strong arms around the boy to hold him up.

“I’ve got you,” he murmured. Carewyn moved to Erik’s other side and wrapped her own arm around Erik too, so that both she and Orion were supporting him. “...We’ve got you...”

Orion’s eyes met Carewyn’s over Erik’s head. The light from his Patronus reflected in their depths, making them resemble two tiny night skies flecked with stars. A perfect match for Carewyn’s, the color of which could be compared to a cloudless blue daytime sky.

((OOC: Thanks to @drinkyoursoupbitch for roleplaying that first scenario between Wendy and Carewyn with me so many months ago!! I’m so delighted I finally got to include it in this! 💙))

[cardest]

San Francisco playlist

San Francisco  - my favorite city in the world! The bands, the music, the songs are all here, in this playlist I created. I threw in a bit of Sac and went south by San Jose, Monterrey and up past Sausalito. Can we make it to 250 songs? Let me know what bands/songs I left out.

Have I left out a song or a band in this San Francisco playlist? Let me know! Cheers! 

Play the songs here at this link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-HLG9q5rZLsqs8EYh6bhu- San Francisco

001 The Dillinger Escape Plan w/Mike Patton -  When Good Dogs Do Bad Things 002 Night flight Orchestra - California Morning 003 Quincy Jones - Call Me Mister Tibbs OST (Main Title) 004 James Taylor Quartet - Dirty Harry theme song 005 Faith No More - Seperation anxiety 006 Streets of San Francisco TV show theme song 007 Santana -  Evil Ways 008 High on Fire -  Electric Messiah 009 Metallica - Disposable Heroes 010 Hammers Of Misfortune -  Dead Revolution 011 Buddy Guy -  Hello San Francisco 012 Faith No More - Jungle 013 Isaac Hayes - Shaft 014 Orange Peels  - Back In San Francisco 015 Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids - Message To My People 016 Thee Oh Sees - The Dream 017 Merle Haggard - Here In Frisco 018 Audrey Horne -  California 019 Journey -  Lights 020 Death Angel -  Hatred United / United Hate 021 Mel Tor Me - Got The Date On The Golden Gate 022 Duke Ellington -  Tourist Point Of View 023 Sons of Anarchy  - This Life (Sons of Anarchy Theme Song) 024 Larry Graham's Central Station - Earthquake 025 LARD - I Wanna Be A Drug Sniffing Dog 026 Machine Head -  California Bleeding 027 Neurosis -  The Doorway 028 KING WOMAN - Utopia 029 Lalo Schifrin - Magnum Force OST  Main Title 030 Forbidden -  Adapt Or Die 031 DBUK - In San Francisco Bay 032 Jack Name - Werewolf Factory 033 John Carpenter - Theme from "The Fog" 034 Khiis - Saboor 035 Richie Havens -  San Francisco Bay Blues 036 Metallica - Battery 037 Autopsy - charred remains 038 ExTREMITY_-_Crepuscular_Crescendo 039 The Otherside -  Streetcar 040 Quincy Jones - Ironside (TV Theme) 041 Megadeth -  Back in the Day 042 Sly and the Family Stone - Stand! 043 Faith No More -  From Out of Nowhere 044 Willie Hutch-Vampin (The Mack OST 045 Orchid -  Mouths Of Madness 046 Lalo Schifrin - Bullitt OST - On The Way To San Mateo 047 Vince Guaraldi - Woodstock's Dream 048 Fantomas -  4-11-05 049 Violation Wound - Fearmonger + State of Alarm 050 Primus - Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers 051 The Flower Pot Men - Let's Go to San Francisco (Part.1-2) 052 Bosse-de-Nage - Crux 053 Rod McKuen - The Beat Generation 054 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose 055 The Watchers - Sabbath Highway 056 Possessed - the eyes of horror 057 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure to wear flowers) 058 Tower Of Power -  Oakland Stroke 059 Big Trouble In Little China OST - Pork chop express 060 Vio-lence -  Calling In The Coroner 061 Black Oak Arkansas - The Big Ones Still Coming 062 Mr. Bungle - Love Is a Fist 063 VUUR -  The Fire - San Francisco 064 Testament - The Haunting 065 Electronicat - Frisco Bay 066 Y&T - Mean Streak 067 Thee Oh Sees -  Toe Cutter/Thumb Buster 068 Sweet - California Nights - Promo Clip (OFFICIAL) 069 Sadus - Swallowed In Black 070 Chuck Berry - San Francisco Dues 071 Sammy Hagar - Keep on rockin' 072 Fuzz -  Sleigh Ride 073 Otis Redding - Sittin' on The Dock of the Bay 074 Pleasure Leftits - The Gate 075 BL'AST - Sometimes 076 Santana - Samba de Sausalito 077 Acephalix - Upon This Altar 078 Sun Ra    - Lady With The Golden Stockings 079 Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days 080 Pointer Sisters - How Long (Betcha' Got A Chick On The Side) 081 High On Fire -  Carcosa 082 Will Haven -  When The Walls Close In 083 The Coup -  Laugh/Love/Fuck 084 King Khan - Teeth Are Shite 085 Deafheaven -  Irresistible 086 Glitter Wizard -  Blood of the Serpent 087 Jefferson Airplane -  It's No Secret 088 Cannonball Adderley - This Here 089 The Warlocks -  Can't Come Down 090 Squirmy Sax Man - I Still Believe 091 Acid King - Coming Down from Outer Space 092 George Duke - Sausalito 093 The Lost Boys - Cry Little Sister (Theme From The Lost Boys OST) 094 Betty Davis - [They Say I'm Different] He Was a Big Freak 095 Fever Tree - San Francisco Girls 096 The Dillinger Escape Plan w/ Mike Patton -  Pig Latin 097 Build Them to Break - Lucky Strike 098 Montrose - Rock Candy 099 PRIMUS - THE TOYS GO WINDING DOWN 100 Joe Satriani - Big Bad Moon 101 Sleater Kinney - Jumpers 102 GRUESOME - Dimensions Of Horror 103 Sly & the Family Stone - Everday People 104 Huey Lewis and the News - Back in Time 105 Hammers Of Misfortune - 2 17th Street 106 Jerry Fielding - Prologue _ Main Title (The Enforcer OST) 107 Metal Church - The Dark 108 Deftones - Ohms 109  John Lee Hooker - Frisco Blues 110 DRI - Go Die 111 16th & Valencia Roxy Music- Devendra Banhart, What We Will Be 112 MC Hammer - Too Legit to Quit 113 Dead Kennedys-Police Truck 114 Rancid - Adina 115 San Francisco's Shiver - Up My Sleeve 116 Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo OST - The Bay 117 Faith No More - Last Cup Of Sorrow 118 Blackburn & Snow -  Stranger In a Strange Land 119 The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes 120 The Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia 121 Cab Calloway - San Francisco Fan 122 The Charlatans - codine 123 Buck Owens - Want To Live In San Francisco 124 Sleep - Dragonaut 125 Death Angel - 5 Steps Of Freedom 126 Neil Young - Heart of Gold 127 Vastum -  Reveries in Autophagia 128 Dead Kennedys -  Moon Over Marin 129 EchoBrain -  Colder World 130 Riz Ortolani    - Lombard Street   131 Waylon Jennings - San Francisco Mabel Joy   132 Con Funk Shun - Confunkshunizeya 133 Chic - Hes the Greatest Dancer 134 Peace Creep - Radio Free Alcatraz   135 ABBA - Santa Rosa 136 Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks - San Fransisco 137 Together Band - California Curl California Girl 138 The Hellers - It's 74 In San Francisco 139 Pat Todd - No Place Like Home 140 Nancy Wilson - I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco (And I Don't Drink At All) 141 Anathema -  San Francisco 142 Blue Cheer -  Fool 143 Exhumed - Gravewalker 144 Darondo - Let My People Go 145 Exodus -  Blood In Blood Out 146 Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry OST - Scorpios Theme   147 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 148 Wild Light - California on my mid 149 Herbie Hancock - Man-child -  Hang Up Your Hang Ups 150 Fantomas -  Spider Baby 151 The Lord Weird Slough Feg -  Headhunter 152 The Animals - San Franciscan Nights 153 Twilight - Dance with Me 154 THE POINTER SISTERS - Yes We Can Can 155 Residents - Hello Skinny 156 CCR HEADCLEANER - Eat This Riff 157 LEON WARE  - Thats Why I Came To California 158 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You 159 Comorant - The First Man 160 Bosse-de-Nage  - The Trench 161 Hell Fire - Free Again   162 Riz Ortolani  - Golden Gate Bridge 163 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun 164 Uther Pendragon - San Francisco Earthquake 165 Melvins - Zodiac 166 La Luz - California Finally 167 The Wyatt Act - Push 168 Santana - Soul Sacrifice 169 Cheap Trick - On the Radio 170 Electric Wizard -  Venus In Furs 171 Led Zeppelin -  Misty Mountain Hop 172 Tommy Castro - Callin' San Francisco 173 Viscious Rumors - Digital Dictator 174 Ghoul-Off With Their Heads 175 Diesel - Sausalito Summernight (Single Version) 176 Sheila E - A Love Bizarre 177 Starship - Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now 178 Jeffry Osboune - I Really Don't Need No Light 179 Nazareth -  Alcatraz 180 Freak of Nature - Rescue Me 181 Metallica - Crash Course In Brain Surgery 182 10000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac 183 Faith No More -  Get Out 184  URSA -  Wizard's Path 185 Jefferson Airplane - Aerie (Gang of Eagles) 186 Tower of Power - Just Enough and Too Much 187 Fred Hughes - san francisco is a lonely town 188 Mamaleek - Eating Unblessed Meat 189 Moby Grape - Naked If I Want To 190 Exodus - Metal Command 191 Pig Destroyer - Alcatraz Metaphors 192 the Donnas - You Make Me Hot 193 Hot Tuna - True Religion 194 Heathen - Opiate of the Masses 195 Fanny - Come and Hold Me 196 Sadus - Hands Of Fate 197 Negative Trend - Meathouse 198 Forbidden - Forbidden Evil 199 Spazz - Crush Kill Destroy 200 Testament - The Preacher 201 HEXX - Morbid Reality 202 Vio-Lence - Phobophobia 203 Dead Kennedys - One Way Ticket To Pluto 204 Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule 205 CRETIN - It 206 RAMONES - Judy Is A Punk 207 Full House - Intro 208 Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band - Kerouac 209 Primus - Dirty Drowning Man 210 Wooden Shjips -  Motorbike 211 The Tony Williams Lifetime Ego - Clap City 212 Middle of the Road - Sacramento (A Wonderful Town) 213 Green Day - At the Library 214 Slayer -  Gemini 215 Tetema - Cutlass Eye 216 Defiance - Death Machine 217 Brisco County Jr theme 218 Doug McKechnie - Crazy Ray 219 Ulthar - Furnace Hibernation 220 Mr. Bungle -  ANARCHY UP YOUR ANUS 221 Dirty Ghosts  - Let It Pretend 222 They Might Be Giants - San Francisco (In Situ) 223 Metallica - The Shortest Straw 224 OM - Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead 225 Laaz Rockit - City's Gonna Burn 226 Autopsy - Skullptures 227 Mordred - Spectacle of Fear 228 Sly & the Family Stone - Luv N' Haight 229 Possessed - Seven Churches 230 Machine Head - The Rage to Overcome 231 Thelonius Monk - San Francisco Holiday 232 The Units - The Mission Is Bitchin 233 Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina 234 Arnocorps - Dead lift 235 The Grateful Dead - The Golden Road 236 DRI - All for nothing 237 Jim Martin - Disco dust 238 Thee Oh Sees - I come from the mountain 239 Death Angel - Discontinued 240 Starship - We Built This City 241 Captured! by Robots - Endless Circle of Bullshit 242 Pins Of Light - My revenge 243 Sun Ra - We Travel the Spaceways 244 Faith No More - caffeine 245 David Lee Roth - Just like paradise 246 San Francisco Fog Horns by Golden Gate Bridge 247 Abscess - Tormented 248 Mortuous - Bitterness 249 Dead Kennedy's - California uber alles 250 Twitch Angry - San Francisco 666 Neurosis - Water Is Not Enough

So, hop on a cable car, grab ice cream at Swenson’s or bark back at the seals down by Pier 39. Catch a Bear’s game at Berkeley and do some squirmy sax moves in the Haight after you down some beers at the Toronado and play my San Fran playlist! Here are the songs in the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1-HLG9q5rZLsqs8EYh6bhu-

[gstqaobc]

Pandemic forces adjustments to long-planned funeral arrangements

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Apr 10, 2021 11:05 AM ET | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago

Prince Charles paid a personal tribute on Saturday to his "dear papa" Prince Philip, saying the Royal Family missed him enormously and that the 99-year-old would have been amazed at the touching reaction to his death from around the world.

Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, who had been at her side throughout her record-breaking 69-year reign, died at Windsor Castle on Friday, at age 99.

"As you can imagine, my family and I miss my father enormously," said Charles, the couple's eldest son and heir to the throne, outside his Highgrove House home in west England.

"My dear papa was a very special person who I think above all else would have been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him and from that point of view we are, my family, deeply grateful for all that. It will sustain us in this particular loss and at this particularly sad time."

Pandemic-adjusted funeral plans

Buckingham Palace announced that the funeral for Philip would be held on April 17, and that the Queen's grandson,  Prince Harry, who now lives in the United States, would attend.

Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, who is pregnant with their second child, will not attend on doctor's advice, according to the palace.

The palace said long-established plans for the funeral had to be redrawn and scaled down because of COVID-19 restrictions, but they remained very much in line with Philip's wishes.

Philip, who was officially known as the Duke of Edinburgh, will be given a ceremonial royal funeral, not a state funeral, as had been planned before the pandemic.

But there will be no public processions, and it will be held entirely within the grounds of Windsor Castle and limited to 30 mourners.

The funeral, which will be broadcast on live television, will be held at St. George's Chapel on the castle grounds and will be preceded by a minute's silence across the country.

Charles and other members of the Royal Family will walk behind a specially-modified Land Rover, which Philip helped design. At the conclusion of the service, Philip will be interred in the Royal Vault.

Buckingham Palace stressed the service would be held in line with government coronavirus guidelines, meaning members of the Royal Family, including the Queen, would be expected to wear masks.

Philip's children pay tribute

Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, meanwhile, travelled to Windsor Castle on Saturday to visit with their mother. Philip and the Queen had been married for over 73 years.

Edward and his wife, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, spent about an hour at the castle, and Sophie told reporters "the Queen has been amazing" as the couple left Windsor in a Land Rover. Andrew waved at crowds as he left.

Prince Charles visited his mother on Friday, shortly after Buckingham Palace announced Philip's death.

In a tribute program aired by the BBC on Friday, all four of Philip's children remembered him as someone who had encouraged and supported them.

Charles described his father's life as an "astonishing achievement," while Edward said his father had a tough job that was carried out with the most "extraordinary flair."

Princess Anne praised the support her father had provided her mother, from her early years as Queen.

"They needed to be a double act for a lot of that time to allow her to take on that role."

In honour of the prince, the armed forces, including artillery units in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, and some warships, fired Death Gun Salutes at noon local time on Saturday.

Royal Navy ships HMS Diamond and HMS Montrose took part in the ceremonies to honour the Duke of Edinburgh, who served as a naval officer during the Second World War and held the office of Lord High Admiral.

Gun salutes also marked the deaths of Queen Victoria in 1901 and Winston Churchill in 1965.

A nation mourns

The Royal Family asked the public to heed physical distancing rules and avoid visits to its residences, but people still gathered to place cards and bouquets outside Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace and pay tribute to Prince Philip.

Family dysfunction: Prince Philip's early life

Why Prince Philip was more than a 'strength and stay' for the Queen

Flags at Buckingham Palace and at government buildings across Britain have been lowered to half-mast and billboard operators replaced ads with photographs and tributes to the prince.

Sporting events observed moments of silence in his honour

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[drarryspecificrecsdaily]

2019.12.20

Complete fics posted on AO3 this day

1. Love Letters by @cibeewastaken [T, 1k]

▶ there are letters Draco never sends

2. Submission to Darkness by Madriddler [E, 74k]

▶ A choice decision in the graveyard leads Harry down a path no one expected for him. Now with new allies and new enemies, Harry must balance between the Light and Dark Arts as he fulfill his new role as Lord Voldemort's heir, as well as fight for the heart of the boy he loves. Wanting nothing more than to serve, Harry will find a strength in submission and power in love.

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Fest/Exchange

1. Hogwartium by Anonymous [G, 2k]

▶ Harry is honoured to be asked by the Headmistress to attend an ancient ritual to rejuvenate the castle during a special Yuletide celebration. ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2019 | @hdowlpost

2. The Quandum Quandary: Harry and Draco’s Month of Mayhem by Anonymous [E, 34k]

▶ McGonagall’s out to get Harry and Draco, with a laundry list of new duties for them now that Hogwarts’ contraceptive wards have fallen. [...] It would all be easier to handle if they weren’t still thinking about their casual physical relationship, which ended years ago. ★ H/D Erised 2019 | @hd-erised

3. Tell Me Who by Anonymous [T, 4k]

▶ Harry Potter has enjoyed much success since becoming Seeker of Puddlemere United, but when Draco Malfoy becomes Seeker of Montrose Magpies, it's not just the Quidditch League that he shakes up. And just who is the mystery man that catches Harry's eye at the Annual Masquerade Ball? ★ Harry/Draco Owlpost 2019 | @hdowlpost

4. Undercover by @ladderofyears [M, 1k]

▶ Draco and Harry are working an undercover mission on a cruise ship. ★ Drarropoly 2.0 - A Drarry Game/Fest | @gameofdrarry

[averbaldumpingground]

Toward morning, the colors had shifted, the atmosphere thick with pale cumulus clouds that surrounded the hull of Ottilia’s ship and obscured the weathered silkie on its prow. Lord Arden had warned her the Queensmen already had tracked her to Wasting, and then to Tipperary Harbour. Montrose still wouldn’t be safe, though she was low on supplies.

Arden had smiled at her gamely, raising a toast with his usual ironic flair. Otillia knew better than to trust his intentions. She’d been in the game far too long to trust anyone outside her employ. But Arden had been useful, almost disarmingly so.

The wind was gathering, and she would have to make a choice soon. Montrose was closer, but they would know her on sight there. Its spires gleamed in the distance, bustling with merchant airships and fat dirigibles liners, a stopping point on the way toward the Barrens and Agate Water beyond them.

Or she could chance Arden’s map.

He was still sleeping below, sprawled in her quarters with his silk waistcoat unbuttoned. Harry and Pim and Elisha had all decided to trust him. But this was her ship, Ottilia knew. She’d be responsible if all of this ended badly.

Montrose had always been safer before.

She took a breath, watching the bare-chested silkie gaze enigmatically into the distance, her painted teeth sharper than bayonet points. Arden hadn’t lied yet. And they’d have a head start, at least. She told herself she wouldn’t hesitate to shoot him, if she really needed to.

Ottila sighed. At least Elisha would be excited. They’d be heading past the smokestacks of Greater Pershing below. She’d heard that they sparked like embers long into the night, bright like a carpet of stars.

[behindfairytales]

icons of Edward Davis in Sanditon (s3) as Harry Montrose

[anendofeverything]

Green and Red Make Gold

@nixie-deangel

Marcus Flint’s Backstory

Marcus Flint was born August 12th 1975 to Samuel Hayes (an American pureblood wizard, from Fitchburg, Massachusetts) and Nadine Flint (a British pureblood witch from Alderley Edge), eleven months after their arranged marriage on July 3rd 1974, where Samuel had relocated to Britain to live with Nadine at Flint Manor (Alderley Edge, Cheshire, North West England) as per tradition of the Flint family - the spouse, regardless of gender, moves into a Flint-owned property. 

Due to his marriage to Nadine, and move to England, Samuel retired from his position as Beater of the Fitchburg Finches, who he’d played for since his graduation of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (where he’d been in Wampus house). Despite wedding Samuel Hayes, and having and child with him, Nadine never took his last name, or gave her son his father’s surname, which always angered Samuel.

During the First Wizarding War, the Flint family were Neutral, but Samuel - blinded by his hatred of Muggles and Muggleborns (and Half-Bloods to an extent) for having “spoiled blood” - was tempted by Lord Voldemort’s words and swore loyalty, taking the Dark Mark on August 12th 1977, missing Marcus’ second birthday. 

For two years, Nadine tried to sway Samuel out of Lord Voldemort’s clutches, but he was too far gone - too invested in “righting wrongs” and he permanently left Flint Manor on Christmas Eve 1979, estranging himself from his wife and son. After Lord Voldemort’s defeat on October 31st 1981, in Godric’s Hollow by the infant Harry Potter, Samuel fled back to America as to avoid being arrested as a Death Eater. Nadine took this as grounds for legal separation from her husband,  and began divorce proceedings early November 1981.

On November 1st 1982, after a year-long legal battle, Nadine Flint and Samuel Hayes were finally divorced, even though Samuel would continue to threaten to take Marcus away and raise him in America until Marcus started attending Hogwarts in 1986, and got sorted into Slytherin, which seemed to appease Samuel enough to have his son be in the same house as his old master. 

In 1992 Samuel came back to England, and after six years of silence started sending letters to Marcus and his mother. After little communication on Marcus and Nadine’s part, Samuel’s letters once again became vicious - threatening to “take ownership of what should be rightfully his” - that being a cottage Montrose, Angus, Scotland (that would later get inherited by Marcus when he turned seventeen), and an inheritance of the Flint family fortune (terminated after his and Nadine’s divorce).

[ao3feed-jily]

At Peace With The World

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2MZZcMj

by AliciaMirza

Tom Riddle was sentenced to Azkaban for the murder of his Muggle relatives. The name 'Lord Voldemort' was lost to history. After Dumbledore's famous victory over Grindelwald the British magical community was peaceful. Countless lives turned out differently without Voldemort starting a war.

However, it seems there is such a thing as fate and Harry James Potter is bound to be born in 1980 to Lily and James - even if two have not met yet.

Peace can be just as eventful...

or Lily attended Ilvermorny while James went to Hogwarts and not knowing each other they had a one-night stand with life changing consequences

Words: 5017, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Marlene McKinnon, Mary Macdonald, Petunia Evans Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Alice Longbottom, Frank Longbottom, Severus Snape, Euphemia Potter, Fleamont Potter, Harry Potter

Relationships: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Euphemia Potter/Fleamont Potter, Minor or Background Relationship(s)

Additional Tags: Pregnancy, Unplanned Pregnancy, Healer Lily Evans Potter, Quidditch player James Potter, Quidditch, Quidditch World Cup, St Mungo's Hospital, Ilvermorny, Alternate Universe - Ilvermorny, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - No Voldemort, Peace, One Night Stands, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Montrose Magpies, English National Team, Healers, Pregnant Lily Evans Potter, Daily Prophet, Witch Weekly, famous James Potter, POV Alternating, POV Third Person, POV Lily Evans Potter, POV James Potter, Eventual Romance, Slow Burn, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Parent-Child Relationship, Parenthood, Marauders' Era, Marauders, Marauders Friendship, Post-Marauders' Era

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2MZZcMj

[magistrimagiae]

FULL NAME: Kingsley Shacklebolt HOUSE: Gryffindor HOGWARTS YEARS:  1969-1976 BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood PARENTS: Osbourne & Zemfira Shacklebolt WAND: 12.5 inches, ebony and dragon heartstring PATRONUS: caracal (seen fleetingly and named from Harry’s point of view as a lynx) BOGGART: a wall of thorn bushes (it’s a metaphor ok) BEST SUBJECTS: transfiguration, defense against the dark arts, muggle studies WORST SUBJECTS: divination, arithmancy (he tried it for the challenge and... it certainly was that) EXTRACURRICULAR: plays in a band, does slam poetry, gardens, tinkers with Muggle technology for fun (he’s a lowkey cool nerd) CAREER PATH: Auror/Minister of Magic QUIDDITCH TEAM: although he doesn’t follow it closely, he’ll root for any African teams in the world cup tournament, and also has a soft spot for the Montrose Magpies because he once got to see a particularly thrilling game of theirs. BIO: His parents come from a little place called Eritrea. They were part of the independence movement, but when that was quashed by annexation rather than stay on they opted to immigrate. They might have stayed yet if they hadn’t had little Kingsley to consider. The boy was four years old when they made the move. As a result his speech continues to have an underlying and pleasing foreign flavor, though nothing anyone could single out.

They moved to London where both parents (who were highly educated) got jobs at the Ministry of Magic. Kingsley grew up instilled with great respect for the Ministry but also hearing about its pitfalls, so that when time came for him to join the ranks he had a very good idea how to navigate the waters. But that was some years in the future. First, Hogwarts.

Kingsley’s combination of traits— most notably steadfastness and intellect— led the Sorting Hat to pause over his head. In the end it settled on Gryffindor. This was destined to put him in contact with the notorious group of friends known as the Marauders. Two years ahead of them, he was prefect during the heyday of their mischief. Though not lenient, it was obvious he was amused by some of their hijinks and they had a warmly antagonistic relationship. He was even invited to James and Lily’s wedding.

That said, he was out of the circle for joining the Order of the Phoenix first time around. He was on track to become an Auror, and the Ministry wasn’t exactly aware of the true threat Voldemort posed. When approached during the Dark Lord’s second rise, however, he didn’t hesitate an instant in joining up. By then he was a senior Auror and in charge of the hunt for Sirius Black, which put him in an excellent position to keep them off Sirius’ back. His calming demeanor put a ring of truth into whatever he said.

It was this same easy ability that recommended him as temporary Minister of Magic once Voldemort was defeated, and that got him re-elected to the post so many times. His mix of confidence and competence is extremely hard to argue with... and most are intimidated away from trying.