#should I tag it as Harry Potter? idk

[rhaenyra-first-of-her-name]

What is your Hogwarts house?

Hupplepuff

I frequently got sorted into different houses with Gryffindor having the most frequency by a small margin but I refuse to believe that

[ihavesomejays]

i like to think of myself as a comedian sometimes

[winn-wynn]

Foodcourt Au !!! (Magic Modern Times)

w/ Percy, Oliver, Marcus, Penelope, and Audrey

to start it off it’s the summer before college. They all need jobs to tie them over before school officially starts

Percy works at Smoothie Paradise. He’d be really good at memorizing the recipes. Usually the only one on shift because it doesn’t get that busy. Has fought with a Karen at least once per shift. Has tons of overtime. He needs the money. Manager has talked to him at least for it but at this point lets him have his overtime. Percy is his only regular full time employee.

Penelope works at Cinnabon. She’s really extroverted and friendly with customers. Is very fast and efficient. Always on cashier. Is also the caller to shout out customers names because she has the loudest voice.

Oliver works at Auntie Anne’s. BELIEVES HIS PRETZELS ARE SUPERIOR!!! Runs his little store like a quidditch team. Fast and efficient. Will win. Believes in teamwork but will kick your ass if you’re slacking. Works very fast. Has the pretzel shapes engrained in his mind and hands. Can do it in sleep.

Marcus works at Wetzel’s Pretzels. HIS PRETZELS ARE SUPERIOR OLIVER!!! Works in the back, mostly is the one shaping and baking pretzels. Do not put him on cashier he has no patience. Probably has threatened to kick out customers out at least once per shift.

Audrey works at Panda Express. She loves cooking the back. She does not want to talk to customers. Will do it begrudgingly though. Half -Chinese, so she makes jokes at least once that she’s working for her people even though Panda Express is not authentic. (It’s really Chinese American.) She always cleans as she goes. Refuses to do overtime because of dishes or cleaning the floor. Will get out on time. She will make sure of it.

NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF

They all met on accident because they were closing shifts. They all had a similar break time and sat at the food court tables to eat.

Percy knew Oliver from school so they were eating together. Penelope just plopped herself down and declared she was going to be friends with them because she’s seen them around school. Percy and Oliver just let it happened. They were to shocked. Percy didn’t mind. Oliver was like bombastic side eyes. Penny won Oliver over by her knowledge of quidditch.

Penelope brought Audrey over. They were friends before. Funnily enough Audrey brought Marcus over because she likes drama. She just thought Oliver and Marcus has a lot in common.

Oliver and Marcus were Not Happy TM. They fought like cats and dogs. They growled at each other once. Percy was not amused. He locked them in a janitors closet and said to sort it out.

They did it eventually. They’re still rivals and agreed to a truce. They still fight though.

Obviously, Oliver and Marcus are rivals. They work at different pretzels shops. They go over and fight each other at their place at least twice per shift. Percy is unfortunately stationed next to them and has to stop their fights. Penelope is across from them and watches while eating her cinnamon rolls. Audrey watches exasperated but she can’t say shit because her and Penny bet on when Percy will snap or who will win the fight.

That’s all I have for now. Tell me if you want more !!!

Also in case you don’t read tags, which fair I write goddamn essays, im Chinese. So please don’t take the Panda Express joke too seriously. I make that joke everytime I eat there.

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

what do you think sirius’s relationship with his father was like

(i wrote a whole fucking biography, but there's a tldr at the bottom w some notes! also. i am so sorry. this ended up being orion's relationship with his eldest son instead. its pov orion forgive me please.)

sirius and orion ..... there's not much in canon about them, i think, right? he mentions him a whopping one time, when he said his father was the one who made Number Twelve unplottable and that's it, so i think orion was just. so very absent. and neglectful. especially considering how much walburga is mentioned and how big of a part she played in sirius' life.

that's all for canon, i think. now for the fun hc time !!

i imagine orion to be fairly quiet, more like regulus. i imagine he dealt with walburga's anger and mood swings (i hc her (and sirius) with bipolar ii disorder which was obv untreated her whole life bc a) fifties b) ew muggles im perfectly fine) ever since they met (with orion being younger and more complacent, too) so it wasn't a marriage where they were both equals, and orion resented walburga for it.

enter sirius black.

when sirius was born, walburga was completely focused on him. she had her son, her everything, her precious little child and orion was free. i think he loved sirius for it - for how walburga didn't notice when orion left the room or entered it, for how much walburga loved her son.

the first few years was good, sirius was charming, regulus was obedient, walburga was happy and orion was distant from the woman who'd ruined his life. plus, he liked his kids!

sure, sirius was too headstrong and aggressive and had mood swings and sure that reminded him a little bit of walburga and so he usually treasured his precious regulus, and yeah, sirius had cried more than once that dad doesnt love me! but it was all just fine, because he loved his son! he did, really! at least one of them, anyway.

by the time sirius was ten, orion was hoping his hogwarts letter would come early.

it was sirius' first big rebellion, and walburga had (after punishing sirius as she saw fit - orion didn't bother asking, the boy was more comfortable with his mother anyway) locked herself in her room for more than a week, but that was fine, he was used to it. no, the problem was that sirius also stayed in his room for a week, and orion was connecting dots.

from then to dropping sirius off at the train, orion withdrew himself. he noticed. he observed. he busied himself. sirius talked to him, and he didn't ignore him completely, he was still a good father (right?) so he played chess and taught potions and told him who to and not to talk to like he was supposed to.

(he hated the noise the mother and son caused. he hated them, too.)

he pretended to sympathize when walburga said she missed him already when they saw the bus go off.

when sirius came back for christmas, he steered clear for the first two days. walburga handled the punishments: sorting, his friendships, his misdemeanors. orion nodded along.

i am a good father. it's his fault for not being a good son.

regulus was so good, and for all the time the boys spent together, regulus never rubbed off on him.

oh god. what if sirius infects him, too? the only normal one there - what if sirius takes regulus in his madness?

so he separates regulus, too.

by then, he doesn't know what's going on with sirius. regulus told him, time to time, but orion's dislike of his son was becoming clear, so regulus steered clear of the sirius' name. sirius learnt to be away from his father's study. walburga yelled at him more for his negligence but he took it and continued his one sided resentment to his son. (was it one sided anymore? orion didn't know.)

summer vacation is spent in his study and in his bedroom. the two places sirius never was. he didn't know where sirius was, but he heard the occasional screaming and then he had the pleasure of not seeing sirius for a few days.

when, the next year, regulus has to go with sirius, he resents walburga for not saying she missed him already. but she had missed sirius. cursed mother, cursed child.

in third year, walburga signs sirius' hogsmeade permission slip. whatever. he didn't even know it had been signed till the following year, when regulus came to him and they had a few moments of small talk.

regulus mentioned sirius idolized andromeda. he couldn't imagine why, and he couldn't imagine why regulus told him.

by the summer before fourth year, sirius and orion didn't talk. orion scolded him for one thing or another ('posture!' , 'you're late' , 'you're friends with a pettrigrew?' , 'your hair is unkept'), he gave scoffed when sirius made a pronunciation error with his words (regulus wouldn't've. stupid boy, sirius didn't deserve the title of heir.), he punished sirius and then he went back to his study (*sanctuary).

walburga tells him sirius has been sneaking out to muggle london, he has indecent pictures spelled to his walls, he's changed, orion, he's different now. orion doesn't tell her that sirius had always been different, and never in a good way. (he doesn't tell her that she is the same.)

sirius didn't come back for christmas that year. he doesn't notice till walburga screamed at him. he was more focused on how walburga clung to his regulus closer that year.

by the summer before sirius' fifth year, sirius' fights were no longer contained for his mother. he yelled at anyone who would give him time of day.

bellatrix, portraits, kreacher, walurga of course, regulus even.

not his father.

if he saw his father, he would simply walk away.

sirius never walked away from anyone, but orion was grateful nonetheless. he'd hexed sirius a few times, naturally, but he didn't want it to become something regular.

(he was grateful for the days sirius spent holed up into his room.)

by the end of summer, sirius and him had barely exchanged a word that wasn't orion chastising him and sirius replying with a curt yes father.

(it felt like an insult. father. no, orion wasn't a father to that vile thing. sirius was his mother's son. orion had nothing to do with him. and he knew sirius didn't feel differently - he heard sirius refer to him by name when he conversed with regulus.)

when that year ended, and summer began, sirius didn't grant his father the gift of silence. he yelled at him too. every word orion spoke, sirius gave three in return, every hex orion performed sirius laughed at ('is that it? i've been done worse by kids my year.'). he hates him, now. he doesn't hate walburga as much, walburga stayed in her room more, she came out to scream for a few hours and went back.

he blocks that whole summer out. he hates yelling. he hates being yelled at. sirius was walburga, but worse. infinitely worse. he's so relieved when he wakes up to find sirius gone that he can barely hear walburga's shrieks, or bother trying to undo the careful expression regulus wears.

sirius visits him through walburga regardless. (how funny, at first it had been the other way around). sirius had never been one for letting go of things. he haunts orion's dreams and when he hears certain phrases he thinks of his fallen star.

tldr : orion is reminded of walburga (abuser?) when he looks at sirius and distances himself till he finds himself no longer seeing himself as a father for sirius

stuff i didn't mention : walburga uses regulus as sirius' replacement when he runs away and orion hates her for it even though he does the same , he does 100% despise sirius' muggle/gryfindor/blood traitors esque etc stand points, i just feel like that's a given though soo i didnt include it (sorry!!). he just lets walburga handle it, for the most part.

tysm for the ask @albi-bumblebee <3

[www-pinkhearse]

On pattern recognition

[kierancaz]

Thinking about this one Harry Potter and Percy Jackson crossover I read on wattpad when I was probably 13 where the pjo gang had to go on a quest to Hogwarts bc Nyx was waking up or something and Hermione was a child of Athena and Harry was a bit of a dick and PIPER FUCKING DIED ???????

Piper, Leo, ans Jason had to go down and do smth to defeat Nyx and one of them had to stay behind and it was Piper AND SHE FUCKING DIED it was like 40 some odd chapters of me getting super invested in these characters all over again on this weird but still fun adventure of the pjo kids really out of their element and although I didn’t like Harry’s character in it bc he’s my favorite and they made him mean IT WORKED and it was GREAT and then at like 10pm on a school night I WAS HIT WITH THAT UNTAGGED MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH THAT ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED ME

[thedirtiwalkoniswet]

I love ao3 as the next person, but I'm on germanys side when they banned it, because of the sheer amount of child pornography on the site. (Mind you they distinguish between child (under 14) and youth pornography (14-18), so we're talking VERY young)

I do appreciate that there's a space for people to write freely about whatever they want, and the tags do allow you to avoid fics you don't want to read about, but I still feel sick about what some people write about.

Because why, why are people writing about 4 year olds getting r/ped in graphic detail? Why are people READING about that? What made you look at the tags and think "oh yeah, THAT'S entertainment" ????

Like, sorry, but the only possible reason I can think of is that the people behind it are actually sick and read this because it's arousing to them.

Nowhere on the internet can people post cp so freely, without it literally being illegal.

The fact that tags like "extremely underage" are widely used, is SICKENING. And I know that the site was literally created for writing sick shit, but where does this cross a line? Is it impossible to cross a line on this website?

[actual-corpse]

Watching Avatar the Last Airbender...

Politely reminded of the time people wanted my head because I said that ATLA ruined storytelling because some people can't fucking think critically of media before trying to tell you what's so good about it.

I LOVE AtLA! Adore it! But like.... A majority of people watched Zuko switch sides and said, "Damn... What if we redeemed ALL the villains?" Without realizing Zuko wasn't a true villain in need of redemption.

But... The Redemption Game isn't truly JUST the fault of AtLA... There was a shift in the Moral of the Story. Idk how to explain it bc I'm half asleep, but like...

[pendinganchor]

the drarry agenda took over and now they’re a thing in this fic to add even more drama into year six

ron is going THROUGH it year six this is ridiculous

[cas-theghostking]

Something weird about people in stories being like "you come from a secret long line of witches" and the protag being like OoO is cause my family, most of the woman on my mom's side, practice santería. So magic stories get just like a weird angle to me because it's something that barely occurs to me? I don't know how to describe it. I guess this is mostly applying to the urban fantasy type of magic cause they just never really bring up brujas o cuanderas o botanicas and I don't really know where i was going with this. But yeah. Weird.

[elenaire-marione-montes]

Elemmírion's First Main OC (Original Character)

Nadezhda Boyadzhyeva of the House of Atanasov (b. 23 July 1992)

"—whose waist-length wavy hair was the brown of aged mahogany, rich and deep, and her skin was fair as the alabaster. Her dress was red as rose fair with the hues of gold, and her gazelle-like eyes were dark as the evening skies." —The Elemmírion Chapter 3: Legacy of the Three Jewels

Nadezhda Boyadzhiyeva, known as Nadia, was one of the new wizards who became the next bearer of Carninárë (Red Flame). Paternally, she was descended from the union of a mortal founder Vladimir Atanasov and the unknown figure named Ilwenárë who shaped the legacy of the House of Boyadzhiyev–Atanasov.

As the bearer of the Carninárë, the red flame jewel, Nadezhda embodies the fiery spirit of Gryffindor house, wielding her power with courage, passion, and unwavering determination. The jewel pulses with the essence of her lineage, a beacon of strength and resilience in the face of adversity.

1. Origin: Nadezhda Boyadzhiyeva-Atanasova's journey begins in the bustling streets of Sofia, Bulgaria, where she is born into humble beginnings on July 23, 1992 (either during 90s Yugoslav Wars or Voldemort's rise in power).

2. Journey From Waitress to Courtesan: Though she faced multiple threats from her family's enemies, her path leads her to the glittering world of courtesanship, where she discovers a newfound sense of liberation and autonomy. Embracing her natural allure and charisma, she rises through the ranks to become a celebrated courtesan, captivating clients with her charm, wit, and sophistication. Through her encounters with clients from all walks of life, she gains invaluable insights into the complexities of human desire, forging deep connections and fostering a sense of intimacy that transcends the physical realm.

Note: The entire backstory of Nadezhda Boyadzhiyeva will be revealed later.

Description: in the background of the shades of red, Nadia/Nadezhda was described as the book said—Mahogany-haired, fair-skinned like the alabaster, dark gazelle-eyed one who donned the gown of blood red with a corset which was designed with a flower surrounded by the six pairs of red leaves.

[ess-presso]

doing the follow along with me as I write thing again - we’re going to be keeping track of sito chapter 3 & doa chapter 13 . (dth chapter one is going to come on feb 23 , so we're gonna get a separate thread for that)

let’s see what I can do ??

[13personalities]

I think the marauders fandom should finally have their own fandom tag in ao3 instead of using the Harry Potter one. Does this exist yet? Idk. But it absolutely should. Marauders and Harry Potter are like separate entities at this point.

[poppitron360]

One thing I felt like HoO really dropped on is the characterisation of the Argo II itself.

Where a lot of shows like Star Wars, Firefly, Doctor Who, and Star Trek really shine is where the ship itself becomes it’s own character.

I’m gonna use firefly as an example here, because I started re-watching it today, and this is something that’s a VERY key theme.

I think Joss Wheadon (the creator of the show) talked a lot about Serenity (the ship) actually being the “ninth cast member”. “Serenity” is the name of both the pilot episode and the follow-up movie, it’s name-dropped in the theme song, and the show is called firefly because it is a “Class-3 Firefly Spaceship”. And we as an audience really connect with the ship- despite the show being only fourteen episodes long (If I was only able to throttle 20th Century Fox… I answer to no god)- and I think the reason we do so is because every single character has their own personal connection with the vessel. Wash being the pilot (Also, if I remember it correctly, it being the place he met Zoë), Kaylee being the engineer, for Simon, it being a safe space to hide his sister from the totalitarian government trying to do experiments on her brain, and Mal and Zoë starting the ship together- Mal naming it “Serenity” after the battle of Serenity Valley which he fought in with Zoë (I could lore-dump about this show ‘til the gorram cows come home). And the whole premise of the show being about surviving with your rag-tag crew on this piece of shit that you love dearly, and just… keeping flying. Ugh, there’s something so magical in the writing that makes you adore the ship itself.

Other examples, like the Millennium Falcon, the TARDIS, and the USS Enterprise, are also good for this.

Now, onto how the Argo II itself:

The only person who really has a personal connection with the Argo II is Leo. The rest of the Seven just feel like they’re… on Leo’s boat. All the food is provided by the magic plates from Camp Half-Blood. Most of the piloting/engineering is done by Leo, and a little bit by Annabeth and sometimes Percy when they’re on the water. You never get the sense that any of the others really love the boat, or have any connection with it at all.

I think that’s the reason why the Seven never felt that close in my opinion. There was never a sense of community. Of people united by a common location.

I think, just love for a place in fiction is something really powerful to me. That’s where Harry Potter most thrived, not necessarily the plot, but wanting to be in the world, go to Hogwarts.

Camp Half-Blood had that charm and homeliness. So did the Waystation in TOA. Camp Jupiter didn’t for me, but I think that was kinda the point. But I never really got that from the Argo II, because of the way it was set up so that Leo was the only one who could really bond with it. And this is what makes Leo so compelling to me, is that he actually connects with his flying ship. I just feel like the Argo as its own character, similar to Serenity from firefly, could’ve been so good if it had been written right and was such wasted potential. It would’ve strengthened that bond between the Seven, and made that “familial” dynamic feel a lot more natural.

In conclusion? Everyone should go watch Firefly on Disney plus. It’s just fourteen, forty-five minute episodes, plus the movie. But man, is it worth it. You will cry at the deaths (why do all the good ones get impaled?). You will laugh at the jokes. You will probably say, “Wait- is that a young Zac Effron?” When a young Zac Effron has a cameo. You will wish you were as badass as River.

Idk, it’s 3:03am and this is basically a good idea of what the inside of my brain looks like most of the time. I’ve mentioned at least six obsessions of mine in this post.

[fang-toothed]

Reading ao3 as a radfem is frustrating but unexpectedly hilarious.

I’ll be scrolling down through Harry Potter fics and 90% of them have “#also fuck jkr” or a “DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT SUPPORT JKR’s BIGOTED VIEWS” or something along those lines. There are no such tags or warnings for shows or movies with directors accused of rape, actors who are rapists, or anything from Stephen King (a pedophile). A woman with lukewarm feminist views is apparently more insidious than a man who has repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted. Wow.

The funniest thing I’ve ever encountered TRA-wise was when the author randomly inserted an encounter where the protagonist finds out JKR made “transphobic remarks” and breaks down in tears. A grown man - and a “cis” one at that - with extensive military experience breaks down because an author said that men aren’t women and women’s spaces should be protected. I’m not kidding. It was so abrupt that I burst out laughing. The (fanfic) author was so hopelessly deep into this cult masquerading as a movement that she thought this was a reasonable thing to add - or, perhaps, she had invested herself so deeply into this character that she couldn’t bear to write him responding in a reasonable way.

Idk if many radfems on here read fanfiction, but I’d love to hear any experiences you’ve had regarding TRA influence. My largest complaint, though, would probably be all of the “girlpenis” forcibly inserted into lesbian relationships - and to a lesser extent, the “boypussy” in gay male relationships. Art (though I hate to call this nonsense “art”) imitates life, it seems.

[gallawitchxx]

weekly tag wednesday <3

thank you to my absolute angels @michellemisfit @energievie @deedala @mybrainismelted @crossmydna

@y0itsbri & @kiinard for tagging me to play! & look at me, getting to it on wednesday, can you even believe?

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name: bee-bee-eight

age: thirty-two

location: a comfy yellow couch

top sheet, yes or no? HELL NO. i always gets so tangled & it's a terrible experience. best case scenario, i kick them to the bottom of the bed alskjdlakj

how many stuffed animals do you own? omg there's a bin at my parent's place that absolutely jam-packed with stuffies, but here at my house i only have two! an icebat & a peter pan from disneyland paris lol

the names of your pets (and the explanations behind them): gus <3 no explanation -- we met him, his eyes went in complete opposite directions & my wife said, "he looks like a gus."

favourite color: today? sage green

any tattoos? HELL YES. i have fourteen? fifteen? idk! they're addicting!

how you transport your belongings (purse, tote, hands, pockets, etc.): a gray herschel fanny pack that i wear like a crossbody bag :)

the last movie you watched: i don't know... but the next movie i will be watching is jurassic park with the pals! bring on the dinos & the jeff goldblum!

how long does it take you to get ready in the morning? with a shower, maybe thirty to forty-five minutes? without a shower, as little as ten LOL depends where i'm going!

favourite weather: 70s and sunny, but hotter if i want to swim or lay out!

relationship status: married & oh so pleased about it

ice cream flavor of choice: i rarely meet an ice cream flavor that i don't like, but if i had to choose i'd go with pistachiooooo or mint chip! i guess i really do like green today hahaha

first fandom: maybe harry potter? maybe queer as folk? my teen years were a wild time on the interwebs

how many books have you read this year? i've read quite a bit actually. i don't keep count, although i probably should. probably 20+?

first 4 words of your last notes app entry: "i am bee and" -- wouldn't you like to know?

and finally, if you had to change your URL tomorrow, what would you change it to? oh! i really don't think i'll ever change my url. gallawitchxx is perfect for me! it's boy dolls, it's witchy, it's a sign-off of kiss kiss!

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tagging @heymrspatel @gardenerian @catgrassplantdad @whatthebodygraspsnot @whatwouldmickeydo

@howlinchickhowl @palepinkgoat @thisdivorce @abundanceofnots (hehehe PLAY ELLIE) @rereadanon

@ian-galagher @creepkinginc @sickness-health-all-that-shit @lingy910y @sam-loves-seb & anyone else who wants to play! ily! xx