#this shit that they are doing is WAY too realistic

[fafodill]

The exact wording of the ask I got was: 'what if someone was asking deprived!Snape (read my whole essay about him) to "break them off a piece of that KitKat bar?" How would they go about it?'

So today we're going to discuss this. Buckle up people.✨

SO his reaction will largely depend on the context and their current relationship but one thing that will happen FOR SURE every time before anything else is that he's going to think they're messing with him.

What else could it be? This man had been so heavily bullied as a teen his self-esteem is buried and has its own tombstone.

"Here lies Snape's self-image. Spit to pay your respect."

We don't have any canon proof of it happening but many people headcanon that some of the bullying might have been people being dared to come up to him and fake attraction or compliment him (so funny omg) only for him to realize they were just messing with him. It's totally the kind of immature stupid shit kids will come up with (speaking from personal experience here). Not funny but deeply scarring for one's self-image. So being told he's attractive would trigger him in his adult life. Any potential suitor asking him out would be welcomed with him immediately closing up and getting angry at them. They'd need to find a way for him to believe them first.

If you're thinking "this already sounds like a pain", yes it is. Welcome to deprived!Snape. Welcome to Snape, basically. If they want a piece of him, they have to brace themselves for the long run.

He will get angry and leave a lot. Fleeing the situation - since it's a very vulnerable subject for him - will be his go-to move. The whole ordeal will require patience. So what should this person do?

Friend or Stranger?

If it comes from a DE he'll think it's an angle. If it's from a member of the Order, he'll think it's a joke. If it's from a colleague at Hogwarts, he maaaay be a tad less suspicious? In any case, it will depend on how close they are. The more time they have spent together, the closer he'll be to not flip out... too much.

I'm a bit torn about his reaction if it was coming from a stranger. Either it's easier because he can lean into the idea that maybe they're lying about their attraction and he doesn't care (and if he's horny then why the fuck not, it won't affect him as much since they both now they're here for physical release) OR he might not be into it at all because he actually needs a real connection (and I think this is more realistic). Severus is a feral cat, he needs time to trust people.

What else? He could also maybe open up faster with someone not from his usual inner circles (a foreigner or a muggle) as the interactions wouldn't be charged with the same deep-rooted habits and expectations.

I also believe he'd unconsciously feel way more at ease with someone coming from a modest background. A pureblood aristocrat hitting on him would have little chance of getting past his natural distrust of them (unless he knows them very well).

So what should they do?

Build trust

The quality of their interactions and conversations will have a huge impact. Do they have an interesting personality? He needs someone capable of taking him on and keeping up intellectually. Can they keep up with him and challenge him?

Severus has a temper. Can they deal with his bullshit and not give up on him at the first scowl? Argue with him? It doesn't mean they can't be nice, but I don't see him get worked up over someone cowering under his gaze.

They need to be stubborn. He's a Capricorn and he's got the horns. He's hard-headed. They need to not back down when he bites or dismisses their attempts at flirting. One of Severus's classic tactic is to hurt people so they leave him alone, so they need to be able to dodge the attack, make fun of him or retaliate.

If they manage to deal with his temper, they will start to see what's on the other side of the snarky exterior. Then, they'll be able to start kneading the dough (Severus is the dough).

Convince him the attraction is real

That person could go the gentle/honest way, assuring him they're not kidding and explaining what they find attractive about him (he'd be super wary and need days to digest it - if he can). Genuine compliments could work quite well as he's good at reading people but it would be a process and it shouldn't be too much at once. He's NOT USED to compliments so if the person goes too hard, he's going to get overwhelmed, distance himself and reject it. A good trick would be to compliment his intelligence and magical skills alongside physical traits. A 2/3-1/3 ratio would be a good start. He would trust compliments about his big brain way more than anything regarding his cute butt.

Complimenting his presence, aura, voice might be good too as it's not directly related to physical traits. Else, physical starters could include hands and eyes. But I also love the idea of taking him by surprise and complimenting his nose. Might weird him out in a good way.

Or they could go the blunt way (or what I now refer to in my mind as the @maxdibert way) and be like "dude, I really think you're hot, deal with it" and leave him to sort his feelings out like a big boy.

The two strategies can be mixed of course. But at the end of the day, the real problem is that Severus as approximately a thousand confirmation bias in his mind telling him this is not happening. So what could they do to help ease this process?

Make him horny

Less overthinking = more chances to get this piece of ass.

Severus Snape needs to be warmed up. And as stated in my previous essay, he's plagued with the core beliefs that he's ugly, ridicule and undeserving. These beliefs need to be kneaded and challenged enough (not healed, this would take decades and it's not their job), so that he can relax and open up to the idea of intimacy.

Here are a few strategies to do so.

First, de-dramatize the subject. Making the topic less taboo by talking about it in a lighthearted way (no flaunting! certainly not!). A good move would be to joke about it. Deprived!Snape isn't comfortable with the subject but it's because it's evaded him and then he convinced himself he wasn't concerned or interested.

-> Here are some of the things he could benefit from hearing: that sex is not a big deal at all and we can laugh about it. It should be fun, a shared moment, trials and errors are part of it and there should no be judgment about experiences and preferences. People with a high 'body count' aren't necessarily good lovers, it's all about presence and intent etc.

His potential partner could share funny mishaps that happened to them and - when there's an opening - ask him what he would expect from a pleasant intimate moment (that's a very advanced move, don't forget he's bad with words)(it would only work in my opinion if they're both drunk and have been going at it for a while).

Also sharing experiences is a great way to build trust and intimacy (and arousal). He thrives on knowledge so learning more about his potential partner might ease his mind in some way (and give him some free intrusive thoughts). See it as added ingredients to make him simmer.

Though they shouldn't talk too much about the number of partners they had and said partner's skills. This might make him retreat. Again: low self-esteem and always on the lookout for an excuse to sabotage it.

Wait what about drunk!Snape you say? That's a trope we enjoy around here. Although I headcanon him as not being a heavy drinker (if a drinker at all because of his father) it would be a great way to lower a bit his inhibition. A DE would have a hard time sharing a drink with him, same for an Order member (he never stays after meetings but could be coerced), but a colleague could maybe drag him to the Three Broomsticks with other members of the staff and then leave early with him. wink wink Come on, rub his foot under the table and look at him choke on his ale. He'll skin you alive with his eyes and you can just raise a suggestive eyebrow back.

Persistence, persistence.

Of course a bit of physical baiting could help with his dusty libido. After all, they'd kinda be dealing with an teenager, experience-wise. Nothing too bold (though I headcanon that his sooty Cokeworth self would get way more worked up over unabashed desire than delicate courting but he's buried a bit too deep at the moment) but a nice cleavage, some leg showing, a fitting pair of pants or robes might not be a bad move. Since he might be uncomfortable with words, they could flaunt the goods in his face! The man has eyes, let him look and scold himself for looking. Also a few heavy looks, biting a lip and lingering fingers could go a long way for such a deprived man, especially if it's directed at him.

At the end of the day, the trick is to make him able to put his worry aside (or snap, if you find the word sexier).

They could go the provocative way, being insufferable and making him want to shut them up.

They could try some endless teasing until he's a lost hot mess, unable to express what he wants except by going 'fuck it' and going for it.

They could go slower and create a safe space with a weekly ritual (every Friday night meeting for a drink/to grade essays/to hang out) which can lead to a late night snog (floating candles optional).

They could be blunt and go 'I want to kiss you so bad right now' as they leave Hogsmeade together and are walking on the dirt path towards the castle. A gust of wind will prevent him from hiding himself behind his hair and they'll see the flush creeping on his face.

They could hammer the compliments and validation, because Severus craves recognition (is there a praise kink in there? yes). So first it could be his mind, his work, his skills... then the way his cape suits his frame so well, his silky voice... and then bam, hitting the nail on the head with complimenting his mouth. Blabbering mess guaranteed. Might flee but blush deliciously. Or might stop dead in his track and then it's time for them to claim these lips.

Kissing

Clumsy. Tentative. Awkward.

But earnest.

He might freeze at first. Wait, these lips knew how to do that once upon a time... how does it go again? He'll need a bit of time to remember but the best way to (re)learn is practice.

It will be a lot for him. As he's extremely touch-deprived he'd be literally rediscovering human contact. So much to feel, the supple of the lips, their shape, the softness, the wetness.

Honestly, deprived!Snape could get really worked up just from kissing.

(They could honestly make him cum just from this and some grinding. Amen. If he does he'd need reassurance after and still might flee and hide and snarl for a few days because male performance blahblahblah. Hopefully they'd be able to skip this step at this point in the relation.)

But I believe he'd enjoy it greatly and this might be a step he'd want to stay at for some time before going further.

Undressing

I headcanon deprived!Snape as being very self-conscious about revealing his body so it might only be possible with someone he really trusts. It might be painfully difficult for him (might require dimmed light if not obscurity but I mean come on, they're here to look at him and it'd be better for him to rip the bandaid... but giving him the option might help).

Either he'll be too aroused to care (or act as if he doesn't) or he'll feel very self-conscious and look for cues to confirm his belief that his partner will find him disgusting. It's the right moment for them to express their desire.

If for some reason he gets too triggered and leave, they wouldn't be back to square one but again, patience is key. He needs time. Or maybe they could convince him to stay and try to resolve the situation by stopping the intimacy and just talk about something else. It could be good practice to show him this isn't a big deal and that everything is fine.

But at this stage, complimenting him sincerely (no coddling) whilst not hiding their arousal could work nicely. Sprinkling some of the fantasies they had about him as well. ('I've been dreaming about these hands on me', 'You have no idea how much I've been wanting to kiss these lips to make you shut up', 'I laid awake at night thinking about touching this part of you'). Showing appreciation with touch could convince him more though and it has the advantage of preventing him to think too much.

But really, he won't like to focus on his appearance as it's something he has no control over so they should -unfortunately- bite their tongue and keep the flood of horny compliments to themselves at first. A new one might be fed to him once every two weeks to slowly build his confidence.

In Bed

Deprived!Snape is: prideful, yearning for control and very sensitive.

Now honestly I could make a whole other post with the different scenarios where he'd be more top or bottom. Instead, I will focus more on what would happen either way.

He'll want to learn. Because Severus is nothing if not a scholar. He's got a very curious nature regarding topics that interest him so if his partner is showing him how they like something, he'll get super serious about it. He will try to touch them in the exact same way at first and he's a fast learner so once it's mastered, he'll experiment. And he's going to be good at it.

That man got dexterity and an inventive mind. And that's canon.

But his focus on his partner might also be a way to keep control during this highly new situation. Depending on how self-conscious he is about his inexperience, shifting the focus on him might be a challenge. Maybe letting him take the lead could be a good idea. But maybe shoving him against the mattress and seizing control is the way to go here.

Now, he will be very sensitive, won't he?

Yes, he might. He might be a whimpering mess in no time. His partner should be cautious and gentle with him. Severus letting his guard down and letting them touch him is a very big effort coming from him so they should savor it and be sure to make it feel safe if they want this to happen again. Help him relax, let him breathe, don't hesitate to pause if he gets nervous. The walls will be destroyed, moan after moan.

But what if he isn't sensitive?

That's a possibility as well. He's been by himself for years and his wariness of intimacy and people is wired in his cells at this point. He's disconnected from his own body and never pays attention to it. He might also tense heavily once in bed with his partner, the vulnerability of it accentuating the disconnection. He might not feel pleasure, might get frustrated and feel angry or inadequate.

This situation - which I find very interesting and seems like a realistic follow-up to him wanting to kiss for a long time and struggling with undressing - is tricky and will require diplomacy and more patience.

But maybe this could be a dealbreaker for him. If the payoff isn't worth the discomfort, he could easily take it as a confirmation bias that intimacy isn't for the likes of him. The best course of action could be to focus on non-sexual aspect of intimacy.

But this essay is way too long already so I'm going to stop here.

What should I write about next? Is there something you wish I had addressed here? Is there something you'd like me to discuss next?

UPDATE: so a few people seem to be mad at me, demanding I keep on elaborating SO. Let's say I'm done here for the 'how to bed him' part (which was the premise of this essay) and I'll do another one following thoughts and possibly... focusing on the different roles in bed (top/bottom/switch) for our dear Severus. See you there.

TLDR: He's gonna be a pain, his partner needs to have calming draught for their nerves but in the end it will be very rewarding because he's starved and inventive.

[frooogscream]

Sorry OP but this is a stupid take and I can only assume that you haven’t a huge variety of trans people in your life.

You realise that trans men and nonbinary people are NOT the same fucking thing? Like these are literally two different identities! Izzy is not only “short”, he’s extremely masculine in a very classically queer way (he’s literally a leather daddy). That is something a lot of queer/trans men can relate to, another group of trans men/mascs can relate to Jims gender expression which is also great and brings me seamlessly to my next point:

We can have MULTIPLE trans characters! Plus queer people -including trans people- are all different and we do not pick fav characters based on “oh this one has a similar identity so I MUST identify with this one” but on who they are as characters …you know like every other fan! Because trans people too have personalities and interests beyond “being the trans one”. Not everyone can relate to Jim! Like I love Jim, they’re my fav characters after Izzy but they do not resonate with my personal experience of queerness vs. Izzy -a middle aged very masculine in a visibly queer way hairy leather daddy, jaded by some of the shit he’s been through, taking some time to warm up to people but ultimately doing ANYTHING to protect his found family- is exactly the person I would love to and can realistically become!

Jim is great but Izzy can represent my personal experience of queerness in a way they don’t, that dosnt make one of them “better” rep , but that aspect of Izzy being a little rough around the edges and having been through some shit imo is one of the reasons why so many trans people -who tend to suffer high rates of abuse and violence- related to him specifically.

Izzy being played by an OLDER queer man, many of us are used to trans characters being played by cishet men as a joke in older media or by young gendernonconforming/NB/“soft uwu trans boys” in modern media (all of the later ones absolutely have their place and are relatable to some queer people, simply not to many trans men) so wanting representation of older, hairy, masculine, fat trans men is a very common thing you see in fandom discussions. And Izzy happens to fullfill three out of these. I love to see older queer characters, it gives me a sense of there being a future for me in an increasingly hostile world. Older queer characters are hot! Older queer characters make me happy😌 Lastly: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOO MANY TRANS CHARACTERS! I’m tired of the “oh you get ONE canon rep and then you’ll be happy with it and don’t you dare turn more characters trans in fanwork!” - like, fuck off! I’m gonna make Jim and Izzy have depraved t4t age gap faggot sex in drag and there’s nothing you can do against it!

It’s wild how OFMD has a canonical transmasc nonbinary character yet the trans content went to Izzy (who is not canonically trans, he’s a bit short)

[cosmicrhetoric]

junior year of fantasy high hitting WAY too close to home and i know it does that on purpose but now that im over a decade removed from my own junior year of high school (which i do still consider to be one of the worst years of my life way way way too much on my plate and i wasnt talking to anyone and i was so fucked i might be remembering this wrong but there was at least a three week period where i only ate grapes and frozen corn out of a bag but whatever i went through all of that shit and i didnt even get to KILL people about it where's MY axe why didn't i get a fucking axe at any point during that year it could've fixed everything) the stress token segment of gameplay is making me want to pull my hair out. just wracking up more and more disadvantage on checks bc you don't have time to sleep or eat. it's such an evil mechanic to put in your game and he's evil for doing it aaaugh

[dreamsy990]

drew some of my fav ody designs! wasnt originally meant to be also replicating the styles but thats sort of just how my brain works. except i didnt copy the lineart styles of anyone here so its DEFINITELY a bit uncanny for a couple of these (LOOKING AT YOU QINNY IM SO SORRY) but whatever

the designs featured here (from left to right) belong to: me, @gigizetz, @neal-illustrator, @irunaki, @bigidiotenergytm, @qinnyanimation, and @foopsie-daisy

[skullzy20]

I'm so happy they decided to add this much depth to Amir instead of making him purely one-sided like people might expect him to be at first

it really makes you want to learn more about each of the characters and GOD is it worth it

[gotta-bail-my-quails]

duly noted o7 (tone does get lost easily over text so i get it lol)

You bring up a good point about Nice's death still being glossed over. Though Miss J really just said let's blame everything on Enlightener and everyone will be so focused on Lin Ling as the new hero they won't question it lmaooo (I mean, I guess she isn't wrong...? Is it realistic? Uh, idk).

that being said, do the hero organizations have actual magical power over heroes because of a trust in them? I was talking w/ a mutual about whether the contracts signed by the heroes magically binded them to their companies, considering if people believe heroes work for an organization, wouldn't that make them incapable of leaving those organizations just as Lin Ling was prevented from leaving the tower? Of course, he used his own will to escape, and I suppose Nice might've too with his suicide but...if that is the case, then I can see why they wouldn't care if Lin Ling saw XYQ die. He wouldn't be able to go against them. On the other hand, XYQ wouldn't be bound by that, being perceived as dead, so they wouldn't have that power over her (if that is the case)

Although I actually wonder if the organizations even knew Lin Ling had the teleporter? I haven't watched episode 2 in a while but XYQ and Lin Ling seemed to be alone at the point he gave her the teleporter and when she left it behind. There is that security camera thing but we don't really know if Miss J or whoever was watching then. That would bring into question how E-Soul would've found out Lin Ling had it though, and again how he got there so quickly...

On a more of a tangential note, can they even destroy those mediums for powers? I find it hard to believe that, well, this magical belief could be easily destroyed that way. Actually, it's interesting in another way, since having a tool as a medium for powers means they can be taken away on purpose. This hasn't been the case for every single hero (Nice and X, for example) but it could be an interesting thought/idea to explore.

I do think the commission itself should be explored as an entity which people "believe" in. There's apparently just, an episode dedicated to the tower??? So here's to some really weird shit going on there lol. With the gambling imagery in the Inertia OP, I don't doubt there's a lot of sneaky double face stuff going on with the organizations.

That said I also don't really think it has to be specifically the hero associations' fault to make a compelling commentary on the system. E-Soul as a sort of lone actor, but still one that is dedicated to policing hero abuses but maybe in a more vigilante/morally questionable way, could be an interesting case study. I've been thinking about how the clean-up specialists think mentally--considering they're technically people who "go against" heroes, do they then develop thoughts that are more like those of villains?

Hot Take: Does anybody think Xiao Yueqing died to keep Lin Ling from being a hero?

Keep in mind this assumption is made on the basis of the action of other people instead of the actions Xiao Tueqing herself has and might have taken - so even I'm skeptical of my own take.

But it really nags my brain that Lin Ling's primary reason for rising up into an actual hero is wanting to keep the people he cared about safe.

And you can be critical with the relationship between Moon and Lin Ling all you want. Whether you want them to be romantic or platonic. Doesn't change the fact that even from the first episode, it wasn't his friends or family that kept him from stepping off the ledge, it was Xiao Yueqing.

(Heck, I don't think he even has close friends and family considering he only has one view from his death article)

Being his friend, being the only other person who he shared his real name, meant something for them.

So to have his reason to be a hero be killed right in front of him, cementing his helplessness and inability to save her.

Because self-perception is as much as a key factor for a person to become a hero. And what's easier to destroy a person's perception than to destroy their reason for being and leave them in despair

Now I just need to wait for how the show is gonna prove me wrong

[omtai]

it feels everytime mcr does something major everyone has got to complain for the next week and a half. feels like christmas dinner daily on tumblr the way everyone’s fighting all the time

[gifti3]

sometimes i kinda forget about the yandere aspect of ray and then ill remember he killed blaze cause he flirted too hard at the mc

[greenerteacups]

Hi GT! I loved being reminded of that iconic Hermione quote from Book 6 (she only dates REALLY GOOD quidditch players), and the fact that you brought up how the Draco in canon would obviously find this interaction hilarious.

My question is, do you think, emotionally and psychologically, there is any chance that the book canon Draco could have ever had a crush on Hermione? Not whether there were any signs of it, but just whether you think it would have been possible with who he was and the way he was raised and socialized?

And then, double question, do you think LH Draco would still have developed feelings for Hermione even if he hadn't been sorted into Gryffindor and/or joined the trio's friend group?

Hey, friend! I liked this question so much I went absolutely bonkers and wrote an essay about it. Then I wrote another one about the second question, which made me even more bonkers. I'm sticking my little novel here under a readmore so it doesn't fuck up people's dashboards.

I like this question a lot, I see a lot of debate about it in fandom circles. I think canon Draco is incredibly emotionally immature, even compared to the Golden Trio, up until Book 6. Which is a fully realistic portrayal for a fifteen-year-old kid: he hasn't had to face giant monsters or ex-dictators trying to kill him, why would he be anything but a normal rich fifteen-year-old bully? That is, annoying, self-obsessed, and generally predisposed to believe whatever his parents tell him about the world?

In OOTP, though, his threats take on a tinge of menace. He starts off normally, just gloating about his prefect badge and making fun of Hermione raising her hand, but by the end of the book, he's called her "mudblood" multiple times in public, he's cracking jokes about the Longbottoms being in St. Mungo's, and by the beginning of HBP he's applauding the idea of violence being done to her ("Who blacked your eye, Granger? I want to send them flowers.") This maps to the slow darkening of tone over OOTP and HBP especially — schoolyard taunts are morphing into slurs and allusions to violence, which, yes, good, exactly. Notably, most of this bullying happens before Draco has any reason to be stressed or worried about his own future, so it's not like he's just lashing out from fear (not that it would be excusable if he was, anyway).

Is it possible to talk that way about someone you have a crush on? Maybe, I dunno. You'd have to grant that somewhere between Book 3 and Book 6, Draco is exercising a lot of repression and self-denial, which, personally, I don't read that in the text. I do believe they have compatible personalities, mostly because I think they're both really catty and manipulative, and they both love a Scheme. (That shit where Draco fakes out Ron and Harry with the duel in Philosopher's Stone? Hermionecore. She would've loved it. She would have been pissed the fuck off at him, but she would've respected the game.) That crack about Draco loving Hermione's #fuckron era in HBP was earnest, because I think their canon selves actually would enjoy each other's bitchiness, but their completely opposing political ideologies would be an immovable roadblock to any friendship with each other. Specifically, I think it would be an obstacle for Hermione, who has good reasons for believing his ideas to be dangerous. Draco seems like he's thoughtlessly parroting his parents' views, which is why I believe you could see a shift in his ideology during or after the war, when his parents very obviously fuck up their lives real bad. That's why I think postwar AUs tend to win out over canon/eighth year AUs on veracity. Not to say they're better! It's just that the time gap gives the author more flexibility in terms of characterization.

I think the more compelling argument against Book Draco having a crush on Book Hermione is that they don't know each other well enough to like each other. I do, however, really like AUs that take that premise and spin it — basically do a "behind the scenes" canon-compliant story where there's a whole arc happening that Wasn't Relevant to Harry's Journey. Because, like, Harry took a whole year to figure out one of his best friends was time traveling on a daily fucking basis. Like, yeah! Sure! She could have been hooking up with someone behind his back. The plot of War and Peace could have been happening in that fucking castle and Harry wouldn't know shit about it. (God, I love him. Perfect protagonist, no notes.)

That tees up the answer to the second question, which is: would Lionheart Draco still develop feelings for Hermione if he weren't in Gryffindor? And I think the answer has to be probably not! If he were in Slytherin, while he would obviously be a different person from canon without Lucius to guide him, he would be socialized in a way very similar to how Theo and Pansy are socialized from Book 1-3. He might be more reserved and less antagonistic, but I'm not sure when he would ever spend enough time with Hermione to develop a friendship with her, let alone a relationship. Part of the reason he fixates on Hermione in the first place is because he's the only person in Gryffindor he feels remotely close to/equal with; her intellect allows him to pretend that she's just a "different" muggle-born, or somehow special in a way that makes her a suitable companion for him. (Also, the fact that she's an annoying know-it-all and has no friends means that she, too, is a bit of an outsider in the first year, and that bonds them.) By the time they're old enough for her to give him the rightful shit he deserves about those beliefs, they already have a strong foundation of friendship, which they can both rely on to weather the conflict his ideology causes. If you take away that basis of friendship, and stage their meeting/befriending even a few years later, I think his ideology becomes too entrenched for him to entertain the idea of a friendship with her. And if he's around Slytherins, he'd be surrounded by people willing and eager to accommodate him just because of his name — he'd never be isolated in the way he is in Gryffindor, and hence would never have to self-examine his own behaviors in order to build friendships.

The other counterexamples are (a) if Draco is sorted into neither Gryffindor nor Slytherin. This depends on how you read the culture of the Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff houses; I'm going to go ahead and say I don't see a Hufflepuff!Draco happening, like, in any recognizable universe. Not because Hufflepuff isn't a great house, but Draco (at eleven, mind!!) just has none of the requisite qualities for it. He's not patient, he's not loyal, he doesn't give a hot shit about fair play; he is, arguably, hard-working, but there are hard-working people in every house, and we don't meet anyone in Hufflepuff that's remotely like Draco in temperament or values. The closest parallel is Ernie Macmillan, but Ernie just cares about shit a lot more than Draco does. Ravenclaw is an option, but we don't know a lot of the people in Ravenclaw, so a lot would depend on how able Draco is to find friends that share pureblood ideology, and how much he's forced to change in his early years. It also depends on if, in that universe, Hermione is sorted into the same House he is. But at this point, we're making big changes at such an early point in the canon that things could potentially go anywhere.

[asexual-pervert]

The older I get the dumber arguing on the Internet becomes. Crazy how some people are like. 30 and still doing it

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

sorry for only saying this type of shit lately but i kinda wanna drive a car straight into a brick wall at the highest speed possible

[mistystarshine]

"Your magic system needs to be consistent and well defined and grounded in logic and reason and-"

Fuck offfff, we're here to tell stories and have fun. Live your best life and embrace the Hirohiko Araki rules of worldbuilding.

[swagging-back-to]

anyone else get scared to go to bed bc their dreams are so hyper realistic and so negative that you don't know if its real life or not

[samuraisharkie]

idk sometimes it hits me when I see more “popular” people get support and they’re of course, very happy and touched and they’re like ‘wow everyone cares 🥹’ and it’s like yeah they do. and no one gives a single flying fuck about the ones without that clout or charisma. that just fucking sucks. we’ll spend years begging for help and slowly realizing no one really gives a single shit while someone else, bc they’re popular, gets a crowdfund fulfilled in a single day. god fuck you to the pigs and mud if you’re not cool enough to matter I guess. idk where I’m going with this I just wish it was a little more universal, that support. I wish you didn’t have to be an internet name in order to find substantial and/or life changing support and compassion. I’m happy for the people that get that and need it, it’s no dig at them, it’s more just an observation of the way that care is only offered if you perform well enough. That fucking sucks. I wish we could all have that sort of support. It’s probably not possible, just wishful thinking. It just fucking sucks.

[musclesandhammering]

Loki deserves to have an active role in the multiversal war. He deserves to fight alongside the Avengers. He deserves to save the day, he deserves to use his new time powers against a big bad, he-

[loverboybrightsideghost]

if superman 2025 isn't a good movie i will recover i'll be fine i survived not liking maws that much but BY GOD will i be disappointed for the rest of my life until i die