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The fact that Draco Malfoy is canonically unable to cast a Patronus because he doesn’t have a happy enough memory to use for it is a MAJOR detail. He may be spoiled and doted on at home, and his mom clearly would do anything for him, but any kid with NO memories happy enough to conjure a Patronus whatsoever, is definitely not a kid with parents who are 100% warm and loving. I think this is a big reason why Lucius being full-on abusive is a common trope in fanfiction. There’s plenty of stuff in canon to contradict that - and yet Draco’s lack of Patronus isn’t exactly a point in Lucius’, or Narcissa’s, favor.
#harry potter#draco malfoy#lucius malfoy#narcissa malfoy#drarry#patronus#patronus charm#expecto patronum#draco lucius malfoy#malfoy family#the malfoys#narcissa black malfoy#hp#hp meta#hp books#hp movies#hp fandom#anti jkr#i do not support jkr#wizarding world#harry potter universe#harry potter movies#harry potter meta#harry potter books#harry potter fandom#harry potter films
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Be still, my heart 🤭
#i dont see the appeal but if sebastian thinks hes cute this way i will support my wife#he takes delight in ciels embarrassment the bastard#i think sebastian enjoys the dissonance between the ever ruthless earl phantomhive and the droll angry little thing he becomes sometimes.#gap moe. if you will#kuroshitsuji#black butler#sebaciel#weston arc#book of murder#m'edits#m'posts
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Small Business Saturday Deals from Duck Prints Press
The busiest shopping weekend of the year is upon us, and I’m delighted to share (though sorry for adding yet more advertising to your life) that Duck Prints Press is running two big sales this weekend!
Kickstarter Flash Bundle
The Kickstarter campaign for our next anthology, A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” is nearly 85% funded with 6 days left before the end. We’ve still got a bit to go to hit our base goal, though, and we’d love to hit some of our awesome stretch goals to get backers more rewards (without them having to spend a penny more!) and to get our contributors more pay!
To help us reach this goal, we’re offering a bonus flash reward level for new backers and current backers who’d like to upgrade: get A Truth Universally Acknowledged, all our campaign merch, AND e-book and print copies of all seven of our past anthologies, all for one massively discounted price of $290 – a savings of almost $100 over the list prices for these items! (Small print but not small: This level is US-only, and the $290 doesn’t include shipping.)
This is the best price we’ve ever offered for our anthologies! Wondering what Duck Prints Press is all about? This is your moment! Amazing books at an amazing price – now through Monday December 2nd!
Small Business Saturday Coupon
Saturday November 30th is Small Business Saturday, the day to show small and local business you appreciate them – and for us to show we appreciate you by offering great deals! Duck Prints Press has a whole lot of new things now available for the occasion, and we’re running our best sale of the year – 20% your entire (pre-shipping) purchase!
Use coupon code duckysbs01 to save 20% off your purchase, and check out our new shop listings!
Scrap Metal Angel by Nicola Kapron e-book and trade paperback
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In Good Company by Nicola Kapron trade paperback
Puppetry by Nina Waters trade paperback
Moongatherer by Willa Blythe trade paperback
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…and so much more awesome stuff in the Duck Prints Press webstore!
Did you know? People who back our Patreon can get discounts at our shop year-round! $3/month and $5/month backers get a permanent 10% off coupon, backers at the $7/month and $10/month level get 20% off, and backers at the $25/month level get a whopping 30% off purchases from our webstore – the lowest price available – the whole year!
Join Duck Prints Press in shopping small this weekend – by backing our Kickstarter, and/or by visiting our store! And we hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
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TBR: Black Authors Spotlight!
In honor of Black History Month, here's a selection of my mountainous TBR--new works by many fave authors (Okorafor, Emezi, Polk, Solomon, Roanhorse, and Giddings), and many others I am hyped to try (shout-out to Ancrum, Monae, and Shawl especially!).
And honorable mention, too, to P. Djèlí Clark and Suyi Davies Okungbowa, who did not make the TBR list only because I read them last month haha.
#books#books of 2025#tbr#book photos#black authors#cl polk#nisi shawl#johannes anyusu#k ancurm#akwaeke emezi#nnedi okorafor#rebecca roanhourse#marlon james#rivers solomon#cadwell turnbull#megan giddings#janelle monae#ralph ellison#please witness my genre spread i'm very proud of that lol#also i realized most of the books i had acquired so far this year (not pictured) were the ROY part of the rainbow in a neat little stack#and then i realized that i could do basically the same thing with a lot of these books >:D#....side eyeing my list again and wow that's a high density of nonbinary authors too?? nice#also also. full disclosure. i feel weird saying polk is fave because. i have not read polk yet.#BUT!! i do support their patreon and i'm in MRK's class with them and they're delightful so i feel justified saying Fave lol#fave like I Like You As A Person I Will Support Your Writing#they also have very insightful things to say about craft so *eyeballs*#in doublechecking spellings of names i also realize in addition to the genre spread this is a fairly global spread??? ALSO NICE
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after reading new moon i cannot blame bella for developing feelings for jacob.
people always treat her as a villain for this but they forget that she is human AND a teenager. she was depressed, going through some of the worst times of her life and jacob was indeed her sunshine in those times, the fact that she could laugh again after so long speaks enough about how much his company helped her. I do believe that in “new moon” her feelings are not so much of a romantic love, she loves him as a friend but she feels she must correspond to him as a way to thank him for everything he has done for her and also as a way to keep him by her side, because that is what she wants, for someone to be by her side and not leave, plus she will stop being alone and stop thinking so much about edward (although we cannot deny how selfish bella is, something that she herself admits she is, for wanting to have jacob by her side even after edward came back) but to me it makes a lot of sense the possibility of developing feelings for someone who is at your most vulnerable moment and then feeling confused when the person who told you he doesn't love you anymore comes back into your life.
so I can’t really blame her.
#bella i will always understand you#do i support all of your decisions??#no.#but i get you gurl#analysing characters decisions#my favorite hobby#new moon#twilight#twilight renaissance#twilight fandom#twilight core#bella swan#edward cullen#jacob black#book blogger
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Venting about the new casting decision for Snape
As some of y’all may know, I have several accounts dedicated entirely to Severus Snape. I’ve never connected so deeply with a fictional character before. There’s something about him that fascinates me endlessly—I love discovering new details about his personality, coming up with headcanons, drawing him, and just… living in his world. I relate to him on a really profound level. Honestly, I’m very much autistically obsessed with him.
But lately, I haven’t been able to find the same comfort in him as I used to. And it’s because of the new casting decision.
From the beginning, I hated the idea of this remake. I hate remakes in general, I hate J.K. Rowling, and I think this whole reboot is a massive waste of money and creativity. Still, the one thing that kept me mildly curious—maybe even a little excited—was the thought of seeing my favorite character brought to life in a fresh and possibly deeper way.
Then came the rumors. When I first heard people talking about a Black actor being cast as Severus, I scoffed. I told those around me it was probably just fake news meant to stir up engagement online. I even joked that if anything, he’d probably be Kingsley Shacklebolt, not Snape.
But then it was confirmed.
And I’m honestly embarrassed to admit how much it affected me. I haven’t been able to engage with anything Harry Potter-related since. I feel angry—not because of the actor’s race, but because of the blindness and laziness in these creative decisions. When are we going to understand that race is not just about skin color? It carries history, culture, trauma, and lived experience. As a brown woman, I know firsthand what racism feels like. I’ve been bullied—by friends and even family—for the color of my skin.
Changing Snape’s race changes his character entirely. The Harry Potter universe is already deeply flawed: it’s racist, misogynistic, and lacks meaningful representation. This isn’t new. But I truly thought we had moved forward.
I feel disturbed, and honestly kind of ashamed. I’ve had to remind myself over and over again that it’s just fiction.
Why Snape, though? His appearance is one of the most iconic in the whole series—his greasy black hair, his hooked nose, his pale skin. These aren’t just superficial traits; they symbolize who he is: a man shaped by poverty, trauma, neglect, and bullying at the hands of wealthy white purebloods.
Why not choose a character whose story wouldn’t be fundamentally altered by such a change? Why not build a new character, with new stories and experiences, instead of erasing the core of an existing one?
Fuck these series and fuck jk Rowling. What a fucking joke
#severus snape#severus#snape#snape community#snape fandom#professor snape#severus art#young severus#pro snape#snape love#vampire severus snape#pro severus#severus x reader#marauders#the maraunders map#maraders era#remus lupin#sirius black#harry potter books#harry potter#harry james potter#hp#hp marauders#hp fandom#vent post#vent#i do not support jkr#jk#fuck jkr#anti jkr
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“I miss my family 😢”.
Original artist: https://x.com/maitakemai24
#anime and manga#manga#fanart#anime#art#black butler#anime art#anime fanart#ciel phantomhive#animation#kuroshitpost#kuroshitsuji fandom#kuroshitsuji fanart#kuroshitsuji#yana toboso#not my art#credit to artist#manga art#sad art#black butler snake#black butler book of circus#book of circus#black butler doll#kuroshitsuji snake#anime black butler#awesome art#give support to this artist#black butler fanart#fan art#wallpaper
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The one thing I cannot stand when it comes to the Snape, marauders and what JK Rowling intended with the characters discussion is when people say that Snape was influenced by others to look down on muggles as that is simply not true, which we know because of his treatment of Petunia
#small psa i do not like or support jk rowling#the reason i mentioned her is because she is a bad writter so her character intentions and how the characters truly act are different#frany the way i see it snape never regretted saying a slur more so he regretted calling lily a slur and losing her#which is why he never said it again#whether you want to admit it or not he did look down on petunia and used muggle as an insult#this is not a pro or anti snape post as it is more an observation#harry potter#hp#hp marauders#hp movies#hp books#severus snape#snape#professor snape#marauders#lily evans#lily potter#petunia evans#petunia dursley#james potter#sirius black#remus lupin#peter pettigrew
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y'all, I'm struggling rn
I just read Snape's Worst Memory from canon for the very first time.
I-
#my world has been SHAKEN#i've only read fanfic i never finished the books!#i didn’t know they were such assholes 😭#i mean i knew they were arrogant pricks but OH MY GOD#where's my sweet sunshine jamie boy?#where's my supportive friendship where they dont joke abt remus' lycanthropy?#dont even get me started on how they treated PETER#i'll never be the same#james potter#sirius black#lily evans#remus lupin#severus snape#marauders#snape's worst memory#peter pettigrew#tuesday talks about dead gay wizards
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It’s so interesting how everybody - from Narcissa to Snape to Dumbledore to even Voldemort himself - is convinced that Draco CAN’T kill Dumbledore. Yet they’re all wrong; Draco disarms and corners Dumbledore successfully, and if he were a true Death Eater at heart, that would’ve been Dumbledore’s demise. But the truth is that Draco WON’T kill him. He stalls for as long as possible, and then ultimately starts to lower his wand - even though he knows that literally everything dear to him is at stake if he doesn’t do this. Even Draco’s own mother never suspects that he’ll have any personal qualms about killing; her fear is rooted in his lack of skill/experience and her knowledge of Dumbledore’s power. However, in the end, Draco fails to complete his mission because of a strength, not a weakness.
#hp#harry potter#draco malfoy#albus dumbledore#narcissa malfoy#severus snape#lord voldemort#death eaters#draco lucius malfoy#drarry#wizarding world#anti jkr#i do not support jkr#the death eaters#narcissa black malfoy#the half blood prince#hp hbp#hp meta#hp fandom#hp books#harry potter books#harry potter universe#harry potter fandom#harry potter meta
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Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then, you ain't through learning--because that ain't the time at all. It's when he's at his lowest and can't believe in hisself 'cause the world done whipped him so! When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done take into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.
Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun
#Lorraine Hansberry#A Raisin in the Sun#love#love quotes#support#help#family#African American literature#drama#drama quotes#Black History Month#quotes#quotes blog#literary quotes#literature quotes#literature#book quotes#books#words#text#understanding#kindness
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Made a little kickstarter based on a black cat and their silly moments with friends if interested please check it out!!
#doodle#cute#cat#cat life#cat memes#cat comic#black cat#comic#original comic#webtoon#kickstarter#kickstarter support#artist support#art book#comic book
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A painful past, a history we will never forget. This haiku from the 'Soulful Heritage' section of Soul Sessions reflects the resilience and struggles of our ancestors and family members—those who toiled in the fields, with their hands raw. We honor their strength, their endurance, and their legacy. May we never forget where we come from as we continue to move forward. ✊🏾
#black tumblr#source: youtube#black history month#black history#black people#black history 365#celebrating black history#black poetry#black poets on tumblr#black artist#visual poem#visual poetry#black voices#storytelling#black stories#black storytelling#african america history#african american#black artists on tumblr#black authors#haiku#support indie authors#indie author#black books#black strength#black resilience
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from the poetry collection "Feel Something" by Angel Scroggins
Find it here
#poem#poetry#quote#quotes#books#black and white#art#books and reading#books and novels#book quote#book quotes#bookblr#reading#writerscommunity#writers and poets#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writing#poems and poetry#poets on tumblr#original poem#poems on tumblr#poems and quotes#women supporting women#womens rights#women#female rage#feminine rage#rage#feminism
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Gaze — 2023
#couple art#artists on tumblr#clip studio paint#digital art#black artists#art#digital illustration#art study#artist support#cover artist#book cover art#art commissions#artist alley#support small artists
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"For a moment," he says, "I wondered if it wasn't you shooting bolts at me." I make a face at him. "What makes you think that it wasn't?" He grins up at me. "They missed."
- Cardan Greenbriar, The Wicked King
#holly black#hes so supportive husband#i love him#he slays#what a girlboss#no but hes not wrong#she would never have missed#books#bookish#the cruel prince#the wicked king#the queen of nothing#the cruel prince aesthetic#the cruel prince quotes#cardan#cardan greenbriar#jude#jude duarte#cardan duarte#high king of elfhame#high king cardan#prince cardan#jurdan#hes so real#jude the girlboss duarte#light academia#booklr#dark academia#omfg we are down bad#jude...
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