#scamanderishredmayniac

[uefb]

Hi

I hope you don’t mind me asking, but as you know I really enjoy reading some of your fanfic and love the way Newt’s family are written in your universe. I love how Newt’s parents are supportive, especially his dad. I think his dad and Theseus are my favourites.

Anyway I wanted to ask, in your world how would Helious and Rowan react to Newt’s expulsion from Hogwarts? What happened when Newt came home? Or when they were called in after the incident?

Did they treat him with kid gloves? Like go about it delicately like they did with the incident with his uncle in the ministry? Or maybe this time he’s gone too far (as far as they know), so they’re more disappointed and bit more firmer? He’s not a kid anymore so how would that go? Now that’s something interesting I think to explore.

Hello! Good to hear from you! I’m answering this from bed half asleep so forgive me for not going into a ton of detail. But if I put it off I’ll just never reply. Very happy you like how I write the Scamander family

And great question — because their reaction is different from how they treat him after the situation with Hesiod in “The Riot Act”. While still cognitively immature, there’s still a big difference between barely 11 and 16/17…. ‘Kid gloves’ are appropriate when dealing with certain issues at certain ages, but realistic conversation would probably be a better fit for the expulsion at 16.

That being said..

So I actually I have a few versions of their reaction to Newt’s expulsion I’ve been playing around with. But all of them involve Newt going back to live with Rowan eventually, but spending the first month avoiding home, living solely with his dad in London. I write him specifically requesting his father be contacted to pick him up, after which he informs his mother himself, while at Helios’. Newt knows she’ll be disappointed. And he ultimately chooses to figure the first few weeks after expulsion out with Helios precisely because Rowan is struggling to be supportive (and he likely feels ashamed). Rowan, meanwhile, feels she’s tried everything and still she’s ended up with her youngest son, expelled from school, just come of age with absolutely nothing going for him. She’s worried, and frustrated, and angry, and that can be hard for someone like Newt to figure out how to handle, especially bc I don’t headcanon he tells his parents about the entire Leta situation. Which makes him come across as far less sympathetic.

By this point, I write their dad as being somewhat “checked out”. He’s largely given up on parenting by now (I mean, Theseus is well into adulthood, but newt’s still young), as he’s been rather burned out by his own life and some particularly poor coping mechanisms. You can imagine the unspoken strain that puts on a family unit. Helios is of course upset with the situation but he’s not disappointed in Newt in the same way as Rowan (probably for obvious reasons, as he and Newt share a lot of personality traits in addition to some overlapping neurodivergence), so his reaction is pretty tempered. So it’s easier for Newt to hide there, with his dad.

Luckily for both Rowan & Helios, though, Newt immediately gets work at DRCMC and an apothecary in Diagon Alley, so he keeps himself busy, and largely out of trouble. He strikes me as the kind of person who does much better—in many ways—in the world than he does in school (I say, heavily projecting), so I imagine over the course of a few months, he and his mum come back around to understanding one another better. There’s a point at which one just has to accept that (a) this is the unfortunate way of the world and it’s necessary to survival to sometimes just accept it [Newt], and (b) this is just the way some people are — you can cry and scream about it but good luck trying to change something that perhaps just can’t be changed [Rowan]. Neither of them is entirely in the right, and I think they both probably know it, a little bit.

I do headcanon the expulsion as one of the first real cracks in N & T’s relationship, though. Theseus doesn’t abandon him and remains an anchor in an otherwise somewhat unstable family during this time period, but he doesn’t understand him, and it starts to get messy.

One of the reasons I love writing about Theseus and Newt is because neither of them is perfect. They both have canon flaws in how they deal with commitment and conflict. And I’m trying to figure out how to write the expulsion reaction for all of them, so I’ve just been poking at it for a few months, and waiting for it to shape itself out.

So that’s some rambling. Certainly it’s not all my thoughts because I’m in bed but. Would love to know your thoughts too.

[inastarlesssky]

Ahhh thank you! I didn't see this until now. Golly, thank you. I need to practice more, definitely, and I want to work more on likenesses tbh. It's kind of hard bc I suppose with watercolor you're not really supposed to draw, you're just sort of supposed to paint but that's something I'm not so used to.

I love, love, love drawing Newt's hair! It's just so much in his face, poor man lol. I'm so glad you liked it, and I was considering doing a set of arts with the different characters (Theseus, Albus, Leta maybe). Perhaps in the future!

I present to you...Newt Scamander at some point in his years at Hogwarts. Maybe between classes? He's picked up a familiar little green friend. ;)

Again, I am no expert, so of course there's lots of room for improvement here, but it's an attempt. I like it.

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

I finally did it!!! Thanks to the encouragement of so many kind people on this post I mustered all my courage and wrote my first ACD Sherlock Holmes fanfic! :))) Here it is:

On the way to Rosenlaui, Holmes falls behind to face Moriarty alone. When it is instead Watson who encounters the Professor at the Reichenbach Falls, events take an unexpected turn.

Or:

Watson does a few ridiculously courageous things and there is a crack in Holmes's lens.

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: Gen

Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV)

Relationship: Sherlock Holmes & John Watson

Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, James Moriarty

Additional Tags: The Final Problem, Canon Divergence - The Final Problem, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Sherlock Holmes, BAMF John Watson, Reverse Reichenbach, (yes I borrowed that tag from the BBC fandom), Friendship, they love each other very much, Watson is very sportive and a bit slow at the same time, forgive me for the liberty I took with Swiss law enforcement please, I needed to put them in A Situation

I will tag you because you encouraged me to write this, and I might not have done otherwise: @scamanderishredmayniac @transholmes @teaspoonnebula @neverquiteeden @53rdcenturyhero (you encouraged me to write a Watson who is "pragmatc, observant but one step behind", so I will blame you for everything happening here , although I'm not sure if you meant it in that way :D), @randomwholocker @sarahthecoat @huamirly @plaidadder (hm, no idea why this tag doesn't work :/) and @amypihcs of course :)

[snapeysister]

Just so happened to slip into a new fandom, and now I need non-romantic Reader insert fics of Law & Order SVU - Olivia Benson's sister/cousin, Newt Scamander's daughter and Snape's daughter

I'll never be able to write all this as I only know how to imagine it on the go 😭

@lawandordersvuconfessions-b-blog @lawandordersvu-fan @lawandordersvuimagine @newtscamanderimagines @charlotterhea @scamanderishredmayniac

[lemony-pickett]

This is for @scamanderishredmayniac! As requested!

If you would like to see something drawn in the fantastic beast realm please let me know, I also do commissions for fan fictions art really low prices. PM me for more info/inquires

[newt-and-salamander]

for @scamanderishredmayniac - original concept by @alicexz

[randomwholocker]

Help me

I'm growing up too fast and I'm scared of changing who I am and thinking my fandoms and music taste and other things are cringy. Help please.

Tagging the mutuals:

@afrenchaugurey @unnamedelement @eddieredmayneargentinablog @scamanderishredmayniac @fandomsarefamily1966 @fblover @xdancesoffcliffs @physicsgoblin @batmantaking-hobbits2gallifrey @gamerly @shakespearean-snape @shortfineel

[themysteriousphoenix]

Ten First Lines

Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your fanfics and tag ten people. If you’ve written fewer than 10 fics, don’t be shy and share anyway. If you’re an artist or meta-writer, feel free to find a way to participate if you’d like. :)

Thank you to @uefb and @scamanderishredmayniac for the tags!

1. Touch, pt. 2 (Newtina)

“You’re so excited about this, aren’t you?”

2. Touch, pt. 1 (Newtina)

“What– Tina?”

3. What Love Is... (Newtina)

Newt Scamander wasn’t a man who had a lot of experience with love.

4. Love is Blind (Polin WIP)

Melody Palmer was a good friend, a wonderful co-worker, and entertaining to follow on social media.

5. A Little Drop of Blood (Polin)

Anger.

6. The Letter (Polin)

Penelope opened the door to Colin’s bedroom, their bedroom, closing it with a soft click behind her.

7. More Than Enough (Newtina WIP)

“What is that?”

8. Satisfaction (Strellacott) - Rated E

Robin hunched down further under her nondescript black umbrella and twisted the handle of the painted black door, shoving it open with her shoulder.

9. Dawn Breaks (Polin)

The first rays of morning light began to light the room and, unused to the dawn breaking through the curtains that she must have forgotten to close last night, Penelope blinked awake.

10. Letters From the Past (Newtina)

Newt climbed the ladder of his old, beaten case, a stack of yellowed correspondence in hand.

I tag... @hidetheteaspoons @silvertonedwords @bluelikeajay @albinokittens300 @blahdiblahdiblah1987 @elisha-am @kemara24 @eveneechan @katisfania @mythrielofsolitude @ravenish-huffnpuff

[cheekbonesofbenny]

221 Covid Street

A little fic to explore how Sherlock would be during the pandemic. Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think 😊

Read here

Chapter 2 to come soon 😊

Tagging -

@gaylilsherlock @catlock-holmes @brokenlibrarygirl @scamanderishredmayniac and whoever else wants to read 🥰

[itsmeasherlockian]

Bye, 2022!

So… it’s 22:22 here, but I won’t be able to update later. I just wanted to wish you all a very happy new year and remind you the most important event of the year for all fbawtft fans: The Secrets of Dumbledore. I personally watched it on April 11th at 22:30 Madrid/Paris time, and it completely changed my life.

I also want to thank @scamanderishredmayniac and @newt-and-salamander for following me, because I’m new here and they have the same interests (Sherlock, FBAWTFT) as me. They make me feel less alone.

So… ¡Happy New Year!

[uefb]

I just saw this reblog!! And I am so glad you’re enjoying it so far! This was only supposed to be a one-shot but my brain latched onto it, and I had a lot of fun using it to figure out—for me—why Theseus and Newt might have ended up the way they are. (Besides the obvious 😆) I hope you like the new chapters, too ^_^

New fic: Older, or Two Brothers and a Train Station

Summary: In 1897, Theseus becomes an older brother, and his little brother Newt is perfectly normal… Until he's not. Over the years, Theseus thinks their parents are only doing what is best for Newt until--he decides over the course of a few holidays at home--they actually, very much, definitively aren't. // This story largely follows Theseus as an older brother, from holidays during his Fourth Year in 1902 (the year Newt's differences finally become undeniable) to part-way through World War I (1917). It paints a picture of how two such different brothers grew up together, fell apart together, and began--eventually--to finally find one another again. // All it took was getting older.

Excerpt from Chapter 1 (after introduction):

“So - you remember how Newt’s magic has always been a bit - ah—” his father paused, apparently to select the right word. “Enthusiastic?” he concluded.

“Yes,” Theseus hesitantly replied, sipping at his butterbeer and fixing his dad with a look that nearly made him squirm.

“Well, it’s recently gotten a bit out of hand. His magic has always been more connected to his emotions than some people’s is—hasn’t it?—and as he’s gotten older—”

Helios was tapping a finger on the table and staring at a spot on the wall as he thought, and Theseus knew better than to interrupt him, so he let him wander on.

“Well, I can only hypothesise that as his mental capacity has grown, so too have his magical abilities. But he’s different from you—isn’t he?—and Newt doesn’t have the best control over his reactions to certain things...”

Theseus nearly snorted—that was a bit of an understatement. Just last summer, when Theseus had suggested they rehome a tiny lizard, which Newt had been capturing every morning in the kitchen to release back into the grasses, at a property down the lane, Newt had stared at him for a solid three seconds before a tiny sphere of light wrapped itself about the reptile, and—when Newt screamed in surprise—it proceeded to bounce out the door and across the field, disappearing past the treeline. Theseus had then been forced to soothe an incoherently sobbing four-year-old for the next fifteen minutes, until he’d eventually resorted to locking him in his room and pounding off in search of their mother, who was—at that point—(unsurprisingly) already hysterical on the ground outside Newt’s window: In the time between Theseus locking the door and making it outside, the uncoordinated imp had decided to try shimmying down the drainpipe in search of the lizard, instead of staying put like a reasonable child was meant to…

“So I personally believe,” his father was continuing in the here and now, and Theseus jerked out of his reminiscence, “his intellectual abilities have outpaced his emotional ones.”

He nodded his understanding, raising an eyebrow in the hopes his father would continue, because none of this was exactly unexpected and had, also, still explained very very little about why his brother was at St. Mungo’s...

“Which—of course—all that would be fine in a non-magical child, if a bit difficult for his parents, but as a young wizard…” he trailed off and winced, and Theseus felt his eyes narrow. “Well. The Ministry’s labelled Newt as a bit of a threat to magical secrecy.”

“They’ve what?” he exclaimed, setting down his drink with a clank that created a momentary silence around them, and Helios hissed at him to be quiet. “But he is five years old!”

“I know, I know,” his father waved a placating hand, before returning to stare at his own drink. “It’s utterly absurd, but the law is the law—”

“I know that.”

“��so we have had to comply with Underage Magic’s requests, which include rudimentary magical training and—” He paused, blinked. “—treatment for intellectual deficiencies,” he said quickly. “Both with a healer, once a week.”

Theseus blinked.

“We try to schedule them when your mother already has to come into town, so—”

“But - but Newt’s not an imbecile, Dad.”

“Oh, I know he’s not, lovey…”

There was a long silence, then, in which both he and his father picked up their drinks with a sigh, before dropping elbows to the table to stare at one another. x

[inastarlesssky]

Thanks for the tag, @scamanderishredmayniac! This was fun. (I had to look up what a rising sign was though haha)

Okay...here goes! The favorite person/character was hard to choose haha so I went with Eddie bc well, I love him.

No pressure tagging: @tina-mairin-goldstein @pia-bartolini @oxfordelise

[afrenchaugurey]

Ten first lines

So, I've been taggued by @uefb and @scamanderishredmayniac . Thank you, both.

Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your most fanfics and tag ten people. If you’ve written fewer than 10 fics, don’t be shy and share anyway. If you’re an artist or meta-writer, feel free to find a way to participate if you’d like. :)

I took off the French ones (they have their English counterpart, and there is a link in AO3). Also, a lot of my fic' have something supposed to be a Haïku in French (it's not really that, but, well, approximation), so I skip that line too as ... well, French.

Links are on each fic' title.

1. Caribbean Blue

The sun softly warmed her skin, as her tenuous muslin shirt flitted around her, following the rhythm of the slow breeze. Her bare feet were sinking in the hot

2. Happy Birthday Queenie

It was a dark and cold night, and the air was full of a gloomy atmosphere. In this icy twilight of early January, between the grim ashy walls with

3. We wish you a Ver(r)y Chaotic Christmas

In this glacial night at the end of December, the magic was already operating, and the snowflakes twirled in the breeze, before they ended their ballet against

4. First Times

On that Thursday morning, the sky was heavy as a couple was peacefully walking in the streets of New York.

5. My Dear Sister

New Orleans, November 11, 1928

6. A pub, a niffler and some Quidditch

The weather was warm in this afternoon of late August. The sun was still high in the sky and its rays reflected themselves on the windows of the

7. Happy ending, new beginning

When Queenie Goldstein woke up that morning, she felt disoriented. Everything was different. It was … warm around her. Before she even opened

8. History eternally repeats itself

This adventure had an air of déjà vu, it sounded too familiar to his ears. They were in Central Park Zoo, chasing a little loose cute beast. And it was

9. Early Days of Love

Tina woke up in the silent appartment, it was so early. She hated to be here now, she felt so alone for too many months. She didn't really sleep that night. She

10. London Calling

1933

And as I just translated them, I add two of my WIP , just as a motivation to keep writing and translating (same for Caribbean Blue and Early Days of Love)

Reflektor : The dust fell, powdering the teal Converses with the ocher cloud that he stirred up with every step. The thin young man

A blue woolen ocean : The humid air of the sea galloped in their direction, lashing their faces with its salty spray. The man adjusted his scarf

And I'll just tag @occamyeggshells @literary-creature and @forbiddengalaxy as all others I know have been tagged with me

[snapeysister]

My good friend's a big lover of fantasy worlds as a whole, and especially Harry Potter. That's her fan collection. 🔥 Much of this have been gifts. Lucky woman 😬

@scamanderishredmayniac the posters though 😍

"Books turn muggles into wizards" (German) @charlotterhea

[lemony-pickett]

Hi hope you’re well.

Almost a year ago, in July you mentioned you would do two drawings to share with fans. One of Theseus patching up Newt’s hands after injury, and one of Tina patching up Newt after injury. I was wondering, will we still get these? Or have you given up? I was looking forward to seeing these, and have been patiently waiting, your art is beautiful. But if you’ve given up doing these and not into Fb anymore, I’ll understand. I just want to know if it’s still happening or not and if we’ll get to see these pictures at all. I know you said you started the one with Theseus in it, but anyway, I was just wondering is all.

Oh my goodness I now remember this convo! I honestly didn't think people were liking my art so I sort of faded away into oil paint and clay. Its been a long time since I've drawn digitally but since I DID say I would draw it, I would gladly come out of "retirement" to draw these for you :) This was such a wonderful message to come across so thank you @scamanderishredmayniac

[newt-and-salamander]

Newt Appreciation Month, Day 22: Favourite fan art

I don't know which of her works I love best, but @raztberry and her art will always have a special place in my heart. :) Her work is just so incredible, I mean, look at this!

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A post shared by raz🌱 CF16 day 2 @ F-45 (@raztberry)

That's only two examples of what I think is truly amazing and touching fanart! (I didn't want to copy her work and wanted to make sure she's properly credited so I only inserted links here, but it's definitely worth following them! Check out all her other drawings on Instagram, and I'm told she's also very active on TikTok these days!)

We also had a collab once were we both came up with a story, and then she drew something and I wrote a short fic ... Really, this is one of my very best fandom memories, maybe the best one. :) It was back in 2020/21 when everything seemed a bit bleak, but doing this together with her was so much fun. And it was back in the day when there was still hope for the FB fandom. XD She also was my very first online friend, and although we have both drifted on into different fandoms, I still think of her very fondly (and always forget to reply to her messages - if you read this, Raz, I'm sorry!). :)

I also love everything that's going on in this post/thread by @scamanderishredmayniac (I wish the preview would show the drawing not the gif but I don't think I can change it) :

I just love to be reminded that fandom is a collaborative thing, and of all the creative and funny ideas that you get just from talking to friends! :)

It just makes me so happy to think of the cool and creative people I know online, and to look at the things they create! :)