#mine: newtina

[uefb]

Which blorbo did you project on today? Mine was Newt Scamander

Snippet from a WIP one-shot inspired by a professor telling me earlier today, however kindly, “You could have emailed me before now, you know,” because sometimes? No, I really really could not…

Summary: Newt misses a MACUSA workgroup meeting on revisions to a bill on creature trafficking, and Tina is beyond frustrated until she returns to their brownstone to find it utterly silent, and Newt himself nowhere to be found.

[dmitri-smerdyakov]

I want to be really real with you all because I’m well aware that the reason most people followed me between 2016 and 2019 was because of my Fantastic Beasts / Newtina fics, and because I need to get it off my chest anyway.

(This is a screenshot of a post sent to me by one of my friends on Instagram, hence the language difference)

I’m not terribly shocked that it appears that we’ll never get another Fantastic Beasts film again. The last two underperformed considerably compared to the first film, and both were in general less well-received by both the critics and the general audience than the first film. While the third film was overall an improvement in many ways, it still wasn’t the same caliber as the first FB, let alone the eight Harry Potter movies before it.

I am in two minds about this: on the one hand, I completely agree that we need to stop giving that woman money - the money she gets from Harry Potter and the Wizarding World is funnelled directly from her bank account into anti-trans groups. I hope that if people really must watch the money grabbing TV show they’re planning, then they’ll at least pirate it so as to not give HBO or WB any views, but I’m sure people will watch it anyway because people are nostalgic and they value nostalgia over decency. JKR aside, however, it’s the sad truth that the second and third films were nowhere near the same level as the first for so many reasons - the writing quality went downhill, there were too many plots and characters, too much retconning etc.

All of this said, I have to admit that a part of me is disappointed by the news.

In late 2016 and throughout 2017-2018, FB was a HUGE part of my life; it was a comfort for me when my Nan died, writing the fanfics and posting about the film brought so many amazing people into my life, and for a long time it was an obsessive special interest of mine. I have FB and HP tattoos (my first five are all WW related as a matter of fact), I spent so much time watching the first film and writing fanfic and I even cosplayed as Tina. Despite the troubles within the fandom I later had, the first film was still a huge part of my early adult life.

I’m disappointed because while there was an air of finality to the third film (which I knew they’d do because they wanted to see how the third film performed before deciding whether to do more or to scrap it), there’s still so much that we were told we’d see and plot lines that were never fully realised: how Nagini went from CoG to being Voldemort’s snake, the Grindeldore battle of 1945, etc.

I am also tremendously disappointed that despite Newt being the lead and Tina being his love interest (and the knowledge that they were endgame), we never got to see their relationship play out beyond the fact they clearly liked each other. We got Jacob and Queenie’s wedding but not Newt and Tina’s - we never even saw Newtina kiss, and they were supposedly the main couple of the series. As someone whose blog used to be “newt-loves-tina” and who’s written about fifty Newtina fanfics over the years, I can’t hide that it disappoints me that we’ll never get to see them again, especially given Eddie and Katherine’s close friendship and chemistry.

Part of the lack of Newtina is no doubt because of how dirty the second and third film did Tina/Katherine - you’ll never convince me that it’s a pure coincidence that JK went from “Tina is my girl” and shouting Katherine’s praises to reducing her role to a tiny cameo in SoD after Katherine publicly posted her support for trans people. Her slightly reduced role in the second film was more down to there being far too many characters and plot lines so NONE of the characters got the focus they needed, but the third film…that was definitely intentional. People have tried to blame Katherine getting COVID in March 2020 for it when the film didn’t start filming until September 2020, by which time both Jude and Katherine were doing press for The Third Day show and she was talking about her experience with COVID. The way Katherine refused to promote SoD (to the point of attending the London premiere to sign things for fans and hang out with Eddie, posting photos of herself at the premiere but NOT mentioning the film at any point or tagging it in her post whilst still tagging all of her stylists/make up people/brands) speaks for itself.

I am upset because Tina was my favourite character when I watched the first film, so much so that I cut my hair into a bob, cosplayed as her, my first tattoo was her wand, I bought her locket, etc. I literally saw so much of myself in her that it was a little bizarre: the older sister whose younger sister is more bubbly/sociable/considered the pretty one and who baked/cooked, the shyness, the sense of duty, the willingness to break the rules if it went against her moral code… I saw a lot of myself in her, more than I did any other character, and I was so excited to see what happened with her character next.

Most importantly, however, I am upset because while JKR is a horrible human being who I despise with all my heart, we’ve lost positive autistic representation in Newt Scamander.

I’ve spoken before about how finding out Newt was played by Eddie as autistic helped me come to terms with and feel proud of my own diagnosis between 2019 (when I first got referred) and 2022 (when I finally got my letter confirming the diagnosis). Seeing Newt be the hero and not be treated like a joke for being autistic meant (and still does mean) the world to me - and I know it meant so much to a lot of us who are on the spectrum who watched the film and saw ourselves in Newt, who saw ourselves be the hero for once. I remember going to see SoD on opening day with my sister and seeing a young boy on the row in front getting so excited at seeing Newt that he flapped his hands excitedly and bounced in his seat. I remember getting emotional when I noticed Newt stimming with his coat pocket multiple times. I still think about how I was lucky enough to thank Eddie in person for playing Newt as autistic.

It’s just another reason that I hate JKR - her bigotry (as well as the subpar writing in the second and third film) undeniably contributed to people boycotting the film, which has meant WB has discontinued it - and we will no longer see an autistic person as the hero. Her decision to go down the rabbit hole of transphobia (and a number of other different prejudices) is absolutely a contributing factor in the decision to cancel the series, and because that’s a reason more personal to me, I will always hate her.

(I already hate her anyway just for the fact she is in fact a despicable person)

[soraya-snape]

Harry Potter characters/ships and the Taylor Swift song that reminds me of them:

Tedoire

She said, I was seven and you were nine

2 years age gap just like Teddy and Vicky

I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried Just two kids, you and I

Vicky and Teddy growing up together because through Harry, Teddy is part of the Weasley family and Vicky developing a crush on Teddy but him only seeing het as a little sister

Well, I was sixtWell, I was sixteen when suddenly I wasn't that little girl you used to see But your eyes still shined like pretty lights

And then Teddy suddenly not seing her as a little sister but falling in love and them getting together when Vicky is 16 or 17

And our daddies used to joke about the two of us They never believed we'd really fall in love And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes And said oh my my my

This is so Bill + Harry and Fleur + Andromeda/Ginny

Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle Our whole town came and our mamas cried You said I do and I did too

Just imagine Fleur and Andromeda as well as Molly and Ginny crying at Teddy's and Vicky's wedding and the whole weasley family being there for the first Weasley grandkids wedding

Newtina

But something happened, I heard him laughing I saw the dimples first and then I heard the accent They say home is where the heart is But that's not where mine lives

Their first meeting was so chaotic but also cute

He likes my American smile Like a child when our eyes meet, darling, I fancy you

The way they acted in the second movie when newt talks about her eyes being like the ones of salamanders, they were so akward and I love it

So I guess all the rumors are true You know I love a London boy Boy, I fancy you (ooh)

I mean everyone else saw that they like each other before they did

They say home is where the heart is But God, I love the English You know I love a London boy

My American girl and her London boy

Just wanna be with you Wanna be with you Stick with me, I'm your queen

This is so them, they literally can't be without the other

Snily

Please picture me

Please picture me In the trees I hit my peak at seven feet In the swing Over the creek I was too scared to jump in But I, I was high in the sky

This reminds me so much of the first memory Harry sees in the prince's tale. Lily actually did jump

Cross your heart, won't tell no other And though I can't recall your face I still got love for you Your braids like a pattern Love you to the moon and to Saturn

Sev loving Lily even years after she died...

And I've been meaning to tell you I think your house is haunted Your dad is always mad and that must be why And I think you should come live with Me and we can be pirates Then you won't have to cry Or hide in the closet

Sev's father being abusive towards him and his mum and him hoping it will all be better in Hogwarts together with Lily (it wouldn't be)

Passed down like folk songs Our love lasts so long

Sev "passing" down his love for Lily and protecting Harry for her

Tedromeda

I just learned these people only raise you to cage you Sarahs and Hannahs in their Sunday best Clutching their pearls, sighing "What a mess" I just learned these people try and save you ... cause they hate you

This is so Andromeda being raised in the Black houshold and Bellatrix and Narzissa as well as the rest disapproving of her love for Ted

They slammed the door on my whole world The one thing I wanted

She loved Ted so much

Now I'm running with my dress unbuttoned Screaming "But Daddy I love him!" I'm having his baby No, I'm not, but you should see your faces

Just imagine Andy telling her father she loved Ted for the first time, Ariel style. And she was actually having his baby.

Dutiful daughter, all my plans were laid Tendrils tucked into a woven braid Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all He was chaos, he was revelry Bedroom eyes like a remedy Soon enough the elders had convened Down at the city hall "Stay away from her"

Again so much Andy being raised as a Black and Ted just coming into her life with his "bedroom eyes" and everyone in her family disapproving but her going against the whole Black family becuase he is the one for her.

Thinking it can change the beat Of my heart when he touches me And counteract the chemistry And undo the destiny

Nothing could change her love for him

Now I'm dancing in my dress in the sun and Even my daddy just loves him I'm his lady, and oh my God You should see your faces Time, doesn't it give some perspective No, you can't come to the wedding I know he's crazy but he's the one I want

Her dad did in fact not love him so I actually don't know who came to their wedding but I still think it was a perfect

Romione

And in a blink of a crinkling eye I'm sinking, our fingers entwined Cheeks pink in the twinkling lights Tell me 'bout the first time you saw me I'll drink what you think, and I'm high From smoking your jokes all damn night The brink of a wrinkle in time Bittersweet sixteen suddenly

This is so Romione and you can't tell me otherwise. Just remember the first time he saw her...

Are you gonna marry, kiss, or kill me? (Kill me) It's just a game, but really (really) I'm bettin' on all three for us two (all three)

Ron did all 3. I mean he obviously did not actually kill Hermione but I think in 6th year he got close.

Truth, dare, spin bottles You know how to ball, I know Aristotle

No explanation needed

I feel like laughing in the middle of practice Do that impression you did of your dad again I'm hearing voices like a madman

Reminds me of the moments in the movies where Ron made her laugh

I'm going to add more...

[definitelyoneoftheguys]

I can’t think of anyone that I’d rather have investigating me. Try not to need investigating for a bit.

[albinokittens300]

Someone please ask me about my head canon of Newt and Tina adopting when Tina busts some of Grindelwald's followers and finds a baby just, there. 

EDIT: So...I did it. Check the in the reblog for me going off about my feelings on this XD

[cameliarosa]

wizarding world ships [2/6] newt scamander & porpentina goldstein 

“i’ll catch you. i’ve got you, tina.”

[elisha-am]

This is made for the Japanese kiss day ( キスの日 5/23), and we are blessed by the universe, so it happened to be newtina’s “middle birthday“ (which means the day in the middle of two people’s birthday, also from JP)

Totally no what I planned bc I lost momentum in the process, there should be so sort of clothes lol

[margaera]

#soft

[violetsbaudelaire-archive]

Quiet life for me from now on. 

Back to the Ministry. 

Deliver my manuscript. 

I’ll look out for it. 

url edit for @tinanewt | join my 500 celebration

[cherylblossom]

#she gets it #she gets HIM

[hearteyesmotherclucker]

**Theseus Scamander (Callum Turner), A Collection

[open-to-outerspace]

rewatching Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rey: What are you doing?!

Finn: Come on! Come on, BB-8!

Rey: Let go of me!

Finn: No, we gotta move!

Rey: I know how to run without you holding my hand!

and if that's doesn't perfectly contrast with Newt and Tina, i don't know what does.

[xspuhurax]

A concept: Fantastic Beasts Spuhura AU where Spock is the awkward magical creatures nerd and Nyota is the amazing Auror with a heart of gold

[definitelyoneoftheguys]

Endless List of OTPs (1/?): Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein

After graduating from Hogwarts, Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. His career included a brief stint in the Office of House-elf Relocation, a transfer to the Beast Division, the creation of the Werewolf Register in 1947, the 1965 passage of the Ban on Experimental Breeding, and many research trips for the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau. His contributions to Magizoology earned him an Order of Merlin, Second Class in 1979. Now retired, he lives in Dorset with his wife Porpentina and their pet Kneazles: Hoppy, Milly and Mauler.

[prestonlucy]

“ [ . . . ] it’s interesting because your eyes in newsprint . . . see, in reality they have this effect in them, tina . . . It’s like fire in water, in dark water. i’ve only ever seen that — i’ve only ever seen that in — ”  (✿◕ᴗ◕)  # salamander soulmates  ( ◕ᴗ◕✿)

[frunbuns]

Salamanders and Porcupines

Chapter 7: The Goldstein Sisters’ First Quidditch Game

The Goldstein Sisters go to their first ever Quidditch game.

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The atmosphere in the castle changes quite a lot in the weeks nearing the first Quidditch match of the year. The halls are filled with excited chattering about who they think will win and what maneuvers and strategies they’ll get to see. It’s as if all school related work is entirely forgotten.

It comes as a shock to the entire team that Hufflepuff is playing against Gryffindor in the first match instead of the usual Slytherin against Gryffindor. They have practice almost every day of the week leading up to the match. Leta sits in the stands and does her homework as they practice, though he doubts she manages to get much work done.

He misses three goals and gets knocked off his broom by a bludger. They laugh as he falls and the captain yells at him to get back up. Newt wonders if the only reason he’s still on the team is because he’s a Scamander.

Practise continues just like before.

It’s exhausting and Newt finds that he misses talking to Tina and Queenie. He spends his free time catching up on his homework. He goes to bed late at night, often asleep before his head even hits the pillow. 

He thinks of Tina’s smile as he dozes off into a dreamless sleep.

Newt wakes up the day of the game feeling surprisingly awake despite his late nights. His notebook, which has been left mostly untouched for the past two weeks, lay closed on his nightstand. He sighs and wanders up to the Great Hall for breakfast.

There’s an empty spot next to Queenie and Newt sits down next to her.

“Finally decided to join us for breakfast, huh?” Queenie asks with a quirked brow.

Newt freezes, arm outstretched over the table. He purses his lips and quickly glances at her before looking down. 

Queenie giggles, playfully shoving Newt in the shoulder. “I’m joking, Newt. I’m joking,” she says. “I know you’ve been busy.”

Newt’s lips quirk into a smile as his body loses the tension it previously held. He gives her a slightly strained chuckle. If she notices she doesn’t say anything about it, which Newt is thankful for.

Newt manages to eat a good amount of breakfast despite his nerves. It’s really the game itself that he’s all that nervous about, but rather the people that would be watching. He’d never liked having so many eyes on him, but his family had really wanted him to play Quidditch. It’s not that he doesn’t enjoy it though. He does, a little at least. It’s the attention he got from being on the team that he doesn’t like.

“You’ll be fine, Newt,” Queenie tells him. “Just pretend they’re not there.”

“Pretend who’s not there?”

Newt jumps in his seat, startled. He’d not seen nor heard Tina coming.

Queenie smiles. “Newt is just nervous about the Quidditch game today,” she explains.

“Ah.” Tina nods.

She sits down next to them and starts talking with Queenie, occasionally asking Newt a question or two. It’s nice, and Newt feels that he’s not quite that nervous about the game anymore. For now at least.

They finish breakfast and start amble towards the Quidditch pitch. Leta joins them, chatting happily about how “Hufflepuff will win the cup this year” and how “they haven’t won since Theseus graduated and had to leave the team” and everything in between. 

“Good luck, Newt!” Queenie cheers, wrapping her arms around his neck. She has to stand on her toes, and even then he has to bend down so she can reach him. He almost loses his balance as she drags him down. “We’re rooting for you!”

They wish him luck and head up to the stands to watch. He gets changed and gets ready for the match, heart hammering in his chest. Suddenly it’s so much more important that he does well in the game.

Out on the pitch he catches their eyes. As his and Tina lock eyes he's quick to look away, hiding behind his fringe. Like he always does. And somehow works, despite him being taller than a most.

He feels his cheeks burning as he mounts his broom - a one he'd gotten last Christmas from his parents. They're high up in the air when the whistle blows and the balls are released. The game has started.

Newt almost gets knocked off his broom by the Gryffindor Beaters a few times, but he's luckily quicker than them and manages to dodge in time. That's not to say he doesn't have a few close calls that makes his heart skip a beat or two.

He scores a couple of goals, but also misses a few as well, something the commentator, who definitely isn't biased at all, blatantly points out each time. Still, Newt doesn't have time to dwell on it before he has to get moving again.

Out of the corner of his eye he spots their Seeker and the Gryffindor Seeker scouting the area for the small Snitch high above the game. They do regular rounds around the pitch as the other players are preoccupied with the rest of the game.

Newt barely dodges a Bludger that's headed straight for his face when the whistle blows again. Newt has to do a double take. He looks around himself, not quite sure what's happened. His teammates cheer between themselves, throwing their arms in the air. 

It's only then that he realises what has happened. He looks over at their Seeker, and clear as day, there it is. The Golden Snitch, clutched in her hand. He can see the gold glinting between her dark fingers, the wings poking out between them.

They'd done it. They actually did it. They won the game.

The cheering coming from the stands is almost unbearable. He looks over at the stand where his friends are, cheering loudly. Leta whistles obnoxiously and waves at him. And then he looks at Tina, and she catches his eye, she proudly smiles at him and he feels his own face break into a huge grin.

Hufflepuff won.

~ ~ ~ 

After getting a few pats on the back from his teammates Newt discreetly sneaks away from them and joins his friends who are waiting for him just outside the tents. He smiles sheepishly as he trudges towards them.

"You were amazing!" Queenie cheers as she wraps her arms around his neck again. This time he's a bit more prepared, and keeps his feet steady on the ground as he's dragged down to her level.

He hears sounds of agreement from Tina and Leta who smile amusedly at him and Queenie.

"I know they're going to be celebrating down in your common room, but I don't think they'd let me in, so why don't we go somewhere else and have our own celebration?" Leta asks.

Newt nods. The thought of having to go back to the common room right now, where the other Hufflepuffs will be celebrating their victory is not very appealing. Leta knows he doesn't like being at parties. She knows that very well. She knows him very well. There's no doubt she knew he'd accept.

He also knows that she'd rather spend time with him than the other Slytherins.

Tina and Queenie agree and they jog back to the castle.

Squeezing past some defeated looking Gryffindors they make their way to the library's where they know they'll be left alone. Finding a table placed in a cozy corner they sit down together. Queenie and Leta empty their pockets of a few sweets onto the table for them to share.

Tina snorts as her younger sister digs around in her pockets.

"To Hufflepuff!" Leta cheers, passing them each a chocolate frog. The last four they have. "And to Newt! Their best Chaser!"

Newt looks down at the table, his cheeks burning. He sheepishly accepts the chocolate frog and starts unpacking it. He bites off the head and chews. Out of the corner of his eye he catches Tina looking at him. When she notices that he's noticed she quickly looks away, pursing her lips as her cheeks turn pink.

"Who'd you get, Newt?" Queenie asks him.

Newt looks up from the table. "What?" He asks.

"Your card. Who'd you get?"

"Oh," Newt says with realisation. He takes the card out of the small box, which he had completely forgotten about, and reads it. "Uh - Alberic Grunnion."

Queenie's eyes light up. "Can I have it?" she asks hopefully.

Newt smiles and hands it over to her. "Of course."

Their little celebration goes on for the next few hours as they chat and laugh between themselves. They have to be reminded to be quiet a few times so they don't get kicked out, but otherwise it's all great fun.

"So how was your first Quidditch game?" Leta asks Tina and Queenie.

Queenie beams. "It was great!" She exclaims, then makes a face when she Tina gushes her. "It was fun. I really enjoyed it."

Tina nods. "Yeah, it was fun," she says. 

"It's nothing compared to Quodpot though," Queenie remarks, making Tina snort.

"What is Quodpot?" Leta asks, intrigued.

"It's kind of like Quidditch," Tina explains. "But you throw a Quod around and you have to get it in the pot at the end of the pitch before it explodes.

Leta gasps, delighted. "That sounds fun!"

"It is!" Queenie says. "Teenie tried out for the school team last year, but she didn't make it."

Newt looks over at Tina who shrugs like it's no big deal, but she looks a little saddened by it.

"I've told her to try again, but she refuses."

Tina sighs. "What's the point? I'm just going to embarrass myself again."

"I think you should try out again," Newt finds himself saying.

Tina's brows raise. "Really?"

Newt nods. 

"Yeah!" Leta says. "You totally should!"

She smiles. "Ok," she mutters. "Maybe I'll try out next year then."

"That's the spirit!" Leta exclaims, then cringes slightly at her loud outburst, making the group chuckle.

Newt has never been a part of a friend group before. He had become friends with Leta when he was thirteen and it had only been the two of them for years. Before that he was completely alone. Except for Theseus who sometimes spends time with him, but he can't come with him to Hogwarts.

Newt finds that he quite likes it. It's nice. Having friends. Plural. Not just one friend, but multiple friends.