#not a day goes by

[senvurii]

my secret is that cbedrockbros was my favorite duo all along idc

[rockrosethistle]

my roman empire:

the day I meet Donna Tartt this will be the first thing I ask her

[miss-americanbi]

making something your roman empire?? nah. i’m out here making things my romulan empire.

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

Imagine being such close besties with someone that your entire world knows about it. Just. Sirius Black and James Potter being so close that literally nobody questions that Sirius was the Potters’ Secret Keeper, even when he immediately went after Peter in a very public way, instead of laying low like any sane person would do after they were just revealed a traitor and their precious Lord died (although, they did think Sirius went mad, so it makes sense in a way). But of everyone in the Order, no one once questioned the Potters making Sirius their Secret Keeper, despite his prejudiced family, despite the Prank, despite any number of ways in which Sirius wasn’t perfect. Everyone in the Wizarding World still saw Sirius and James, and thought, “yeah, there’s no way it was anyone else, even if the betrayal makes their friendship seem so much less deep”. There was no reason for Remus to question it because he watched James and Sirius be the best of friends for a decade, he knew Sirius was Harry’s godfather, he knew James would have trusted no one more, that Lily loved Sirius and thought the world of him. There really was no other choice for the Potters, to anyone.

Which makes Peter being Secret Keeper that much more awful because it was such a genius move! Sirius was actually so smart to try this twist, to suggest making Peter the Secret Keeper. He knew everyone knew how close him and James were, how close he’d always been to the Potter family, he knew they’d come after him and Sirius would’ve DIED rather than betray his friends, his godson. He would’ve died to protect Peter too, so that nobody would know who the Secret Keeper really was. There was no reason to suspect Peter when there was Sirius Black, known Death Eater hater and unendingly loyal to his friends, RIGHT THERE. If Sirius really HAD died, he would’ve gone out thinking his friends would still be safe bc once Voldemort discovered he wasn’t the Secret Keeper, it would’ve jumped to Remus or even an older Light member like Moody or Dumbledore. Sirius damned himself knowingly, before ever finding out that Peter had gotten the Potters killed.

Sometimes I think about how Sirius managed to convince James and Lily to use Peter instead of him. They both must’ve known that Sirius would be killed immediately once it was determined that he didn’t know the Secret, so Sirius must have used Harry against them, said that they needed to do ANYTHING to keep their little boy safe, even if it meant Sirius offering himself up as a target, a sacrifice for their safety. Sirius must have thought he was so smart, because he found a way to keep his friends and godson safe, even though he wasn’t the Secret Keeper, and he didn’t put them at risk by trusting “potential spy: Remus Lupin”. He must have argued with James and Lily for ages about it, convincing them that it was the right decision, some misdirection to keep them safer for longer, another line of defense between their little Harry and the monster who wanted to destroy him.

It’s already wild to me that Sirius even held enough power/voice in this discussion to even suggest Peter as Secret Keeper. Like, the level of trust James and Lily must’ve had in him, to entrust their lives AND their son’s in Sirius’ plan? Nobody can ever say that Sirius wasn’t loved and trusted to the ends of the earth by James and Lily. They wanted HIM because there was nobody they trusted more, even with how reckless Sirius is shown to be, even years later. Trying to imagine Sirius in Azkaban all those years, knowing he basically handed his best friends over to Voldemort with that plan? Hell on earth, literally. He speaks on it maybe once to Harry in the entirety of the series, and it’s so clear that he is completely derisive about the plan. He despises the fact that it was his plan that got his best friends killed, that caused Harry to lose his parents. He blames himself (and Peter), but he had over a decade to sit in prison and think about the what ifs of that plan, to remember that it was his idea that killed James and Lily.

[cliozaur]

Listening to bootleg recordings of Philip Quast performing at the Royal Albert Hall on the Night of 1000 Voices (2002 and 2010), I believe that this is when his voice truly shines. In that expansive space, he did not need to hold back, allowing him to unleash the full power of his voice. The same can be said for his performance in the Tenth Anniversary Concert of Les Miserables, which differs significantly from recordings of his smaller venue performances.

Among these recordings, his rendition of Not a Day Goes By is one of my favourites. Before hearing Philip’s version, I knew nothing about it, I had no idea that it was originally a woman’s song. Philip’s rendition became a gold standard for me. It’s the prettiest thing in the world: blending power with softness, angst with comfort. I would never not be amazed by clarity of his enunciation – every letter at the beginning of almost every word is a delight to my ears. When I listen to Philp sing it, I feel a sense of calm and safety, as if his voice envelopes me. It’s an experience unlike any other I’ve had before.

[seaprofound]

chat, is it cringe to find your own blorbo adorable—asking for a friend

[miagkoi]

I hate all practicing heterosexuals with great passion. the non-practicing ones are fine if they stay quiet about their attraction

[firstofficerkittycat]

scrambling thru waybackmachine receipts to try and find this one fic where 13 takes the master back to the vault post destroying gallifrey and silently washes the blood off his hands and then walks him to the doorway and they just stand there for a minute and then he leaves and she lets him

[ghosts-and-blue-sweaters]

I am ONCE AGAIN thinking about Ghostbur.

[lattebiscotti]

“I fuck old men for a living, of course I golf” did irreparable damage to my psyche

[chaos369]

He may be a fully grown man with almost a foot on me BUT consider he's also my child and I love him more than life

[mybodyfails]

[haruosaki]

"And until I die I'll die day after day after day After day After day after day after day Till the days go by"

[prongsismyfave]

“Not a Day Goes By” is the Sirius version of “Until The Very End”. I’m not going to explain this.

It’s been 14 years, and still not a day goes by that I don’t miss your dad.

colored James Potter

[teaboot]

When I was a kid one of my moms would call her period "moon time" or "her monthlies" or shit like that and my other mom straight up stealthed it, but when I'm a dad I think I'm gonna go straight down the middle and call it Werewolf Week. Like sorry kids, dad can't roughouse right now, it's Werewolf Week

[youresofucking-lovely]

Makin' it easy to lose my mind

'Cause maybe I'm a mess

Maybe I've been hard to find

There's nothing that I would rather do

Than make you fuckin' proud

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