#this was mainly just about me going ??? at how to present tragedy au stuff but honestly. it applies to a lot of writing i make HFHHFDSHFD

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gotta stop underestimating myself!!! (and overestimating others' ability to read my mind)

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plz tell me abt ur wips

Im assuming this is about my art wips but!!!! I can't share those because its a birthday present and the person looks at my blog occasionally lol. All I draw/write about these days are ocs though. Theres at least 20 different sketches of lucifer specifically floating around. I did this whole thing last month where I kept drawing him as photos of awsten knight lmao

In terms of my writing though, I'm mainly working on three things right now [again all original work/oc stuff]

- This Time Last Year, its a breakup au between Giovanni [Anxious wreck of an engineer] and Miko [Loud + brash punk cartographer] where of course theyre exes and they're forced to get along during a Bachelorette party + wedding. Lots and lots of shenanigans, Miko is sorta dating Esme [sexy ambassador lady, tho bassist in this au] in the meantime but she's totally still into her ex, and Giovanni is an I.T guy that somehow became besties with a famous singer. Theres a solid side plot about Lucifer and Damien and them coming to terms with their relationship/them being more than friends with benefits. The first two chapters are actually already on ao3, but im rewriting ch2 and writing ch3 simultaneously.

- The Aptosis of a Supernova; Zombie au, my magnum opus that is still not written somehow. It has like one billion pages of plot in my brain. I can't possibly summarize it, but its mainly about Giovanni, Miko, and Damien, their struggles, and their relationships, and it cycles between their povs. Giovanni has to figure out how to reasonably survive as a pacifist in a zombie apocalypse, Miko learns to stop getting everyone collectively into danger, and Damien learns to let himself be around others and lean on people. Theres also a decent amount of content about Cynthia [Giovannis sister] and Alice [Mikos mom], and Lucifer, though he doesn't make an appearance until way later. Lots and lots of found family, people die, people murder, tragedy occurs, etc etc. Its a zombie apocalypse bad stuff happens. The first half of the story is about Miko/her moms traveling across the country to find her brothers who were shipped off to a military camp pre apocalypse, and they pick up Giovanni + his sisters along the way.

Im working on chapter 1 of it right now, and its almost done actually! Its super fun. I think Giovanni getting shot is the least eventful thing that happens in it.

- The third thing is just a fun lil Lucifer lore thing. I can't say a whole lot about it because its meant to be confidential [and alas the people who can't know about it also follow me][hi drrp] BUT its super fun to write. Lucifer in general is a fucking blast. Hes an asshole and a lunatic. I mean, being a daredevil is his entire shtick after all.

Im sure like none of this means anything to you because you have little to no idea who any of these characters are. but erm. I can also explain that too if anyone wants <3 I could go on for days about any of these guys really. But tysm for asking!!! <33

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(Apologies for the length, messy handwriting poor quality uwu)

I binged all the Mechanisms albums in one day and became utterly obsessed with the idea of them being Jon’s uni band. On top of this I got thinking about the theatre lines in MAG 172. Ergo, here’s a master post of various Mechanism!Jon and Theatre!Jon scenarios! (it’s mainly Jonmartin fluff I’m not going to lie to you). It took four days. Last night I stayed up till nearly four trying to get it done cos I hate myself ;)

1) My design for Mechanism Jon. He’s absolutely one of those guys who grow excessive facial hair to look older and more mature. And, oh look! Some JonGeorgie stuff. Rather than being a member of the band, I’d like to think she acts as the behind the scenes manager, helping out with bookings lighting and costumes. It will become apparent that Jon is like my fave and I’m soft for this stupid little man.

2) Depressed S3 Jon with the Admiral. Jon prefers to not talk about the band, especially since most of the Archival staff make fun of him for it anyway. However, he absolutely ends up quoting Mech songs when he’s on his own, especially when emotionally compromised. The aftermath of this little sketch would be Jon spitting out the whisky and nearly throwing up because he hates the taste and can only really stand very weak alcoholic drinks (hey hi hello I’m projecting).

Stupid sketch of him taking part in a Shakespeare production. Jon was and still is a theatre kid, taking part in any play or musical he could during his uni years. He’s a dramatic little bitch but damn does he have a fantastic stage pressence. Georgie proudly supports him from behind the curtain.

3) Martin finds out about the Mechanisms through Tim, who uses the material to expertly tease Jon. Martin finds pictures. Martin’s crush is cemented he is homosexual he is transfixed by the images. This leads to him listening to the albums, which outside of them being by his crush he genuially does love them. He often finds himself listening to them whilst working around the Archives, but takes great efforts to hide his love of the Mechs from a curious Jon.

4) Everyone at the Archives knows about the band. Tim and Melanie are the lead culprits in mocking him about it, especially in the tense work environment of S3. (For context Mechanism shows had the tradition of Jonny De’Ville claiming he was the captain, with Gunpowder Tim and the audience then proclaiming that no he’s the first mate Jonny stop Jonny no. Go listen to the Death of the Mechanisms you’ll see).

5) Post-MAG172 argument. Who will win? The poetry nerd or the theatre kid?

6) (Read downwards until the next row the layouts weird cos I sketched it whilst sleep deprived at 2am ;) ). Jonmartin fluff!

TMA is a tragedy. Listening to the Mechanism albums has made that very clear. So the next couple of images would be set in a happy ending AU fuck u they’re going to get married let me dream.

7) (Apologies for the weird writing again sleep deprived). Jon wants to fulfill his side of the bargain and take Martin to the theatre. After many trips to Georgie’s and a lot of planning, Jon decides to take them on a date to see Cats at the West End, since it turns out Martin knows the original poems. Thing is, this is their first proper date. And it so happens to conicide with their first anniversary. And Jon wants to spoil Martin with an engagement present as an apology (Jon ruined the proposal with his eye powers). Jon wants to go big. And it just so happens that Elias left a lot of money. He decides to go ham and get them a private box. He gets Georgie to book it for them since he wants it to be a surprise and despite his Eldritch mind google he can’t figure out how to work a laptop.

Martin is told he’s going to the theatre. However it takes until they’re collecting the tickets at the front desk for Jon to reveal the seats and thus allude to the expenses. Martin has always worried about money given his upbringing, and panics, nearly having a full blown argument with Jon in front of the ticket man. Jon really should have listened to Georgie’s warnings.

8) (The Wikipedia text box thing was inspired by a brilliant TMA comic, once I find it again I’ll link it!) Jon is very much excited for the perfomance, and infodumps about it. Martin is still annoyed about the expense of the date but starts to relax and mellow out once he gets a glass of wine in his hand and a quiet moment to listen to his fiancée talk passionately about something.

9) The gays get ice cream and discuss who’s the prettiest actor in the interval. Martin is very much wired to how Jon works now, and uses the conversation to calm him down a bit (I think Jon was very much concerned that Martin might leave him over this bless that man).

10) The couple head home after a few quiet drinks at the bar. Jon is exchausted - mentally strained by the worry of perfecting the date, his emotional investment into the show and the two glasses of wine he had. Martin forgives him for the excessive nature of the trip, but would be lying is he said he didn’t enioy the show (even if it was mainly experiencing it through Jon’s expressive face, investment and him mouthing the lyrics quietly to himself). He’s going to ask if they can maybe listen to a different musical album whilst Jon recovers from his inevitable hangover tomorrow, but first he needs to gently carry his pissed and sleepy partner up to bed.

I wanted to draw soft things I’m sorry I love this podcast with all my heart have a nice day

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TFW when you try to do Anastasia but you also suck at your job: A Master Class by The Rise of Skywalker

Okay. So, I promised you guys a TROS review, and it’s coming, I promise… except I’ll be making two “spin-off posts” about specific issues just in order to clear up some stuff, mainly because in my mind, those issues are important.

First post is going to be, of course, about Rey’s parentage.

So. After TFA, it would have been possible for Rey to have been the kid of “someone”. However, TLJ made it impossible to do so, unless you’d have some serious, bullshit retconning going on – which is exactly what happened.

I know this is a VERY controversial thing to say at this point, but post-TFA, Rey Palpatine “could” have been possible. Okay, maybe not have her be Palpatine’s granddaughter, but more of a descendant of his.

This said, I “tried” making an origin story for Rey Palpatine that “works” for the purposes of this meta, on a hypothetical basis, while making it consistent with canon (something JJ Abrams and Chris Terrio clearly couldn’t be bothered to do, LMAO). I had plotholes no matter what. I do think I could have eventually found something with a little bit of brainstorming, but truth is, IT’S HARD, and a lot of exposition would have been for novels/comics only.

From a thematic perspective, though? It wouldn’t have been a bad idea. For this to work, though, you would have needed to go on full-blown Romeo and Juliet mode with sprinkles of Anastasia, though. I mean, The Lion King 2 did something similar, so why the fuck not. Because, yeah, Ben Solo, the grandson of Darth Vader, son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, the last prince of Alderaan, who falls in love with the last Imperial princess Rey Palpatine while they’re on opposite sides of the war but not the ones you’d think of is the stuff of fairy tales and star-crossed romances, except this one would have a happy ending and brought peace to the galaxy.

Truth be told, I still really enjoy fanfics who go for that story and find a way to make it work in canonverse or in AUs – because it’s genuinely fun. But in canon itself, as I point out earlier… it’s not easy.

So, we have Rian Johnson who said he made a list of potential origins for Rey while he was working on TLJ’s script. You bet Rey Palpatine was on that list. However, he came to the conclusion that Rey Nobody was the best way to go, and whatdyaknow, he made the right call.

Why? Rey Nobody requires minimal exposition. Storytelling-wise, you don’t have a lot of brainstorming to do, and it’s easy to have Ben revealing it, and easy to present it as a repressed memory of Rey’s. On a thematic level, that puts Rey on the same level as Jane Eyre or the main character from Rebecca: she’s a nobody from nowhere who is thrown into a family drama, and since she’s the glitch in the matrix, she must stop the story from becoming a tragedy.

See? Simple. You got your easy exposition, you got your thematic coherence, and you got the literary call-backs.

So, JJ and Terrio decided to retcon this shit because, as they said, they thought it was boring. I think Colin Trevorrow probably thought it was boring too, because I have my reasons to think a lot of TROS is from him (but more on that in my main review). But thing is, it’s not it’s “boring”, it’s literally that they didn’t know what the fuck to do with Rey. No, more than that, they don’t understand her, and frankly, they can’t be bothered to do so. She’s an empty vessel they can toy with at their ease, and in the process, turn her in a Mary-Sue. Because yes, TROS!Rey was a Mary-Sue, whereas TFA/TLJ!Rey was not. So, what I say above regarding Rey might be a bomb for some, considering how people are (understandably) defensive when it comes to that statement. I promise I will elaborate more about it in the main review, once again.

So, with the lineage aspect addressed, it’s time to talk about Rey’s parents themselves.

It’s hilarious how HARD JJ and Terrio tried to make Kylo’s explanation work – because as much as they butchered the shit out of him, they said: “Well he’s a bad liar, right? Gotta keep that in mind.”

Although, I don’t think it was a case of them being concerned with Kylo’s characterization – they’re not that graceful. They had to figure out QUICK why the hell Kylo wouldn’t have known Rey was a Palpatine from the get-go, because the Force is a great DNA test and shit, and I guess that’s how Palps located Ben’s Mighty Skywalker Blood™. Except that still doesn’t work because Palps couldn’t even locate his own goddamn granddaughter, but I digress.

Seriously, why would Kylo lie to Rey about her being a nobody instead of her being a Palpatine? It makes no sense, because if you’re going to roll with the theory Kylo just wants UNLIMITED POWAH, the Palpatine princess is not only a great asset (since marrying her legitimizes your claim to the throne in the eyes of the Imperial Remnants, I mean, that’s literally why Henry VII married Elizabeth of York), it’s also the one argument she needs to hear in order to sway her to your side. So I guess JJ and Terrio’s one shared brain cell kinda flicked a bit at that moment.

This said, getting the Palpatine princess on his side is clearly Kylo’s intention in TROS (which, again, makes no sense with what was set up in TLJ but that’s something I’m keeping for another post), except they trip all over themselves by having Kylo say he didn’t lie to Rey in TLJ. Except…

So, what Ben said in TLJ was the following:

Her parents sold her for drinking money.

They’re dead and buried in a pauper’s grave somewhere on Jakku.

Rey is related to no one.

Here’s what Ben reveals to Rey in TROS:

Her parents sold her for her protection.

They died on another planet, while being hunted down by a guy working for Palpatine and instructed to bring Rey back to them.

Rey’s dad is a Palpatine and Rey’s mom is Villanelle (nah, for real: the actress who plays Rey’s mom is Jodie Comer).

So, um, yeah, it’s the EXACT opposite of what Ben said in TLJ. Just say Palps was fucking with Ben’s mind-reading or Rey’s memories instead, JJ. Not that “Oh Ben was telling the truth, but he didn’t have the whole story”, because that’s not it.

For the latter, once again, it would have been feasible: the one thing, for me, that was possible to be added was that Rey had killed her parents accidentally, by having their ship to leave Jakku crash down with the Force: that’s what made her Force powers go dormant for all those years and provoked her trauma. It would also make sense that Ben would willfully not bring that back to her memories, because she’d understandably not be able to cope with the truth, which is often what happens to a lot of trauma victims. THAT was the theory I had pre-TROS, because that’s the only answer I could come up with when it came to JJ saying that there was more to Rey’s past. I guess I expected JJ to be, like, actually able to write, lmao.

I even wonder if that was actually in the cards, considering we see Rey in TROS bringing down a transport that supposedly has Chewie in it… but I guess they deemed that to be “too dark” for their heroine. Except the bullshit that comes instead is actually… much worse.

To make things simple, I’ll just take the above points and develop them.

Rey’s parents sold her for her protection.

Okay, so, Rey’s parents need to hide her to make sure Palps doesn’t get his hands on her. Fair enough. This said, why did it have to be Jakku and not, like, ANYWHERE ELSE? Especially that Palpatine had interest in Jakku at some point and that maybe having Rey anywhere close to that place would not be a good idea?

But let’s play the game and say that Jakku is the only place they can hide her because… I don’t know, it’s hard to find someone there with the Force. Whatever. Even then, why the fuck would they think Unkar Plutt is a proper guardian for a tiny little girl? You know they could have walked a few miles more and found a nice old man who likes the Light Side of the Force and the Jedi and all that shit called Lor San Tekka? Hey, why not even try to find a guy like Luke Skywalker who’s like, a Jedi and shit, and have him take care of their little girl and protect her? 

Even then, why the hell doesn’t Rey’s mom stay with her daughter? Her husband is the Palpatine, not her. All Rey’s mom has to do is find a nicer hiding place for her and Rey somewhere on Jakku, like, not Niima Outpost (again, Tuanul is just a few miles away), and just let Dad hide somewhere else. He’s a grownass man, he can take care of himself and he just has to hide on Nar Shaadaa or some shit. Fuck, why don’t all three of them hide on Nar Shaadaa? Or in the Coruscant undercity? ANYWHERE ELSE?

Also, wouldn’t Plutt clearly see two desperate parents as a business opportunity? Like, if you want to do a Les Misérables comparison here, he wouldn’t “buy” Rey from them, he’d try to get money for them à la Thénardier with Fantine. Except Rey’s parents make Fantine look like frigging Einstein because at least she had the excuse of thinking Madame Thénardier would take good care of Cosette since Éponine and Azelma seemed well-cared for.  

Again, a creepy-looking alien who exploits the outpost’s inhabitants for portions in exchange for junk, who asks you to pay him to take care of your kid should be a big fucking red flag – unless you want to involve blackmail, but that’s a whole other can of worms.

Seriously, why the hell would Rey’s parents even ACCEPT money that comes from selling their own child? Were they really that desperate? Fuck, even if I had no other way of getting off Jakku, I wouldn’t even THINK of using money that comes from selling my own child. Any parent who’d even CONSIDER doing that is automatically a godawful parent in my book. Shame on you. And shame on JJ for trying to make me buy them as saints, because THEY’RE NOT, JUST BY THAT SINGLE ACTION.

They died on another planet, while being hunted down by a guy working for Palpatine and instructed to bring Rey back to them.

I didn’t notice it until Jenny Nicholson pointed it out in her TROS review, because it SOMEHOW completely escaped my notice, but… Rey’s mom saying Rey is DEFINITELY NOT on Jakku is like the worst fucking lie I’ve ever seen in a film because it’s so hilariously bad. Congratulations, Space Villanelle, may you be forever remembered for this line.

Also, it’s stupid af that Oshi (that’s his name, right? Can’t be bothered to Google it, might just call him Barney the Bounty Hunter from now on) just kills Rey’s parents, because HE’S EVUL MUAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA, because he literally creates a dead end for himself. He still has no fucking clue where Rey is, and he just killed off his only leads. CONGRATULATIONS BARNEY THE BOUNTY HUNTER, YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB.

Rey’s dad is a Palpatine and Rey’s mom is Villanelle.

So, Rey’s dad looks like he’s in his early thirties at most, right? Maybe a little younger than Luke and Leia, then. So, unless he got frozen in carbonite at some point, that means Palpatine fucked at some point while looking like this:

Anyway, I sure hope Sly Moore was Grandma Palpatine because she’s pretty much the only person who’d be game to smash raisin ass. Which leaves me with extremely disturbing pictures of Palps and Sly having sex, so I’ll spare you the more graphic details of my twisted mind that’s screaming for an end to this misery. 

I sure hope having Rey’s mom as Jodie Comer isn’t a clue that we’ll get spin-offs with those two (GOD PLEASE NO), but while I crack jokes about how Rey’s mom is Villanelle and Palpadad kinda looks like Ramsay Bolton… I find it fucking hilarious they dressed Rey’s mom in BLUE. LIKE, SEE? SEE? SHE’S IN BLUE, LIKE THE VIRGIN MARY, BECAUSE REY IS SPACE JESUS!!!! GET IT??? GETIT???? PLEASE TELL ME YA GET IT, OKAY???? *gross sobbing* I knew we should have had Rey born in a manger, that would have made the artistic intentions clear *wipes tear*

All right. There’s a lot more that could be said about Rey’s lineage, but I’m keeping that for my main review because what’s left to say ties up to the bigger picture. What I tried to point out with this preliminary post is that while Rey Palpatine *could* have worked, in different circumstances, it couldn’t have had post-TLJ… and we’re left to see a mutilated horse who was dead on arrival. And that’s tragic.

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high school au in which alec is a jock and magnus is a loner bad boy type who secretly has a HUGE crush on him. like he's bamf and no one messes with him and he always sits alone at lunch bc people r lowkey afraid, and then like, they get partnered up on a project or something, and people watch in amazement as magnus bane, Total Badass, blushes and basically turns into a flustered mess bc "oh my god alec is so perfect! why" and alec is just. oblivious. bonus pts for them getting together happily

Sorry it took me so long! Thank you so so much for the prompt, I loved it!I … have no idea what I wrote. It’s 2000 words, which is actually some kind of a record for me? It’s been ages since I’ve been able to write more than 1000 words, so thank you for that! But I feel like I have to apologize because I have no idea what this is. I hope you like it!! Please, let me know?

Highschool hierarchy is actually,definitely a thing.

It’s also fairly easy to understand;in order to be on the top, you can:

- play football and be hot-play football and be rich- be hot and rich- date someonewho plays football and be hot- date someone who plays footballand be rich- be a cheerleader and be hot- be acheerleader and be rich

Well, there are a couple of commonthreads. Also, most of the times you’ll notice how thesecharacteristics seem to go hand in hand. Overlap, if you will.Hot, rich cheerleader dating hot, rich football player? A match madein Heaven.

Of course, there are also the littlepeople, and they are pretty much everyone else. There are no fancylabels for them, they are just kind of there. Someone will tryto climb the social ladder from time to time, but it usually doesn’tend well.

It’s pretty easy to distinguish thecrème de la crème from the little people: they always wear theschool colours. Mainly because they are always wearing their stupid,blue and yellow varsity jackets or their uncomfortably cold blue andyellow cheerleading uniforms. It’s probably an evolutionary thing:they feel the need to wear bright colours so that the little peoplewon’t stumble into them and they won’t have to ostracize them.

It mainly works.

As in every respectable hierarchies,outcasts and rule breakers and general pains in the ass can be foundin highschool too.

Take, for example, Magnus Bane.

Magnus Bane brought the hierarchy’sidentity crisis to a whole new level, because he simply doesn’tbelong to it.

He’s not simply an outcast, hedoesn’t just sit by himself during lunch and doesn’t simply wear darkmake-up and isn’t just bisexual and out and proud.

He also doesn’t give a shit.

The higher-ups tried to play withhim a little bit, at first; tried to taunt him when he first moved tothe school, but when he bothered with a response it was usually anarched eyebrow and some witty remark most students didn’t even get.

So they grew tired of him.

They didn’t, by any means, leave himalone, because that would probably go against their primal instincts;no, they simply spread rumours about him.

There’s a new one every few weeks.STDs. Homicide. A notebook with the name of every single person he’sever slept with – apparently a lot, since he has such a wide rangeof possibility. Take your pick.

He’s never denied any of them, nevercared enough to, which is, of course, a tragedy.

But he’s pretty much always alone,which is good: disruptive behaviour is contagious.

But, like most things, this is boundto change.

~

The thing about Magnus Bane –because everyone has a Thing, capital t and all – isthat he has a crush, which is pretty normal, right? Teenagers andhormones and all of that.

Except that Magnus’ crush isbasically royalty.

Introducing Alec Lightwood.

Football player: check.

Rich: check.

Hot: double check.

Best friends with the footballteam’s captain: bonus check.

So it’s not simply a crush, it’s acurse. Mainly because he doesn’t even have the decency ofbeing an idiot or a complete douchebag; Magnus has AP Physics and APHistory with the guy, and he definitely has a brain on him. He mindshis own business, most of the times, which is pretty surprisingconsidering he’s constantly surrounded by admirers.

It probably comes with the territoryof being best friends with Jace Wayland.

Anyway, the crush in itself wasn’t ahuge problem; it’s not like he’s ever talked to the guy, norwill he ever talk to him. Right?

Wrong.

The Thing about Mr. Harris is thathe hates grading stuff and hates thinking up tests, hates teaching,to be fair, so he assigns projects.

They are usually presentations orlessons the students basically give each other, and it’s usually a Bif Mr. Harris falls asleep, an A if he doesn’t. Brevity and fleshycolours are the key.

But not this time.

Of course, not this time.

He says: -I’ve assigned each of youa partner, you will work on your project together. Simply pick atopic both of you are interested in and prepare a presentation forthe rest of the class.

See? Laziness at its finest. For tworeasons: first, he doesn’t even want to listen to all of them,so he pairs them up, and second, well, simply pick a topic?

Magnus is fidgeting under his desk;everyone else simply looks bored as Harris lists the pairs he’schosen, but he’s basically praying that he doesn’t –

-Bane, you are with Lightwood.

Fuck.

~

-Hey,you’re Magnus, right?

Magnusswallows as he looks up.

Alec– Lightwood? Alec Lightwood? – is smiling at him, this halfsmile-slash-smirk he does, his dark hair messy and his eyes brightand soft.

-Y-Yes,-he says, and then immediately feels like burying himself because thatalmost sounded like a question,like he doesn’t know his own name.

-Great,-Alec’s smile takes over his whole mouth, -We’re together then.

Magnusblinks.

Alec’ssmile seems to somewhat dim a little: -For the physics project?

Magnusfeels himself blush: -Oh, right. Yes, of course.

Alec’ssmile is a bit more cautious: -Is my house okay? We can meet thereafter practice, you can stay for dinner if you want.

Howdo people normally talk to Alec Lightwood without fainting? Like,daily.

-Uhm,s-sure. I’ll let you know?

-Great.-,Alec digs into the pocket of his black jeans, holds out his phone,-Give me your number, I’ll give you a call.

Itgenuinely takes Magnus fifteen seconds to remember how to work aphone and what his number is.

Hehands Alec his phone back, watches as he types out something and hisown phone buzzes in his pocket.

UnknownHi:)

-I’llsee you later then.

Magnusbarely has the time tolook up from his phone to see him go, and he notices how prettymucheveryone is lookingbetweenthe two of them.

Great.

~

WhenAlec opens the door his hair is wet and he looks like he’s justfinished showering. It’s fine. Magnus is fine.

-Hey,come in,- Alec opens the door a bit wider and takes a step back tolet him in, -Sorry, practice ran a bit late.

Magnusclears his throat: -No worries.

Thehouse is huge.Not that Magnus expected anything different, but he still sneaksquick glances here and there while Alec asks: -My room okay?

AndMagnus is kind of hitwithhow personal that sounds, myroom,and he almost physically stops to wonder whywouldAlec Lightwood ever invite him to his own house, especially because –Magnus is not an idiot. Not most of the times. He knows what peoplesay about him, and he knowsit’s pretty ridiculous, but he doesn’t mind – it keeps most peopleaway, and it’s absolute bliss. But it doesn’t mean that other peopledon’t listen to those rumors.

He’skind of worried this is some sort of prank now.

-Magnus?You okay?

-Yes,-he blinks, -Yes, sorry, no, your room is fine.

-Okay,-he gestures towards the stairs, -Right this way.

Alec’sroom is tidy, which is – well, not necessarily a surprise, butcertainly something.

Aleclets his backpack fall to the floor, looks around for a second with athoughtful frown: -I could take the bed and you can take the chair,if it’s okay? Sorry, I didn’t think of getting another chair.

Magnusshakes his head, still ridiculously relieved that this didn’t turnout to be some kind of prank – yet. -Chair is good,- he says, andthen, slightly late on registering what Alec had exactly said: -Imean, chair and bed. It’s – fine.

He’skind of hoping for the floor to open and swallow him.

-Sweet,-Alec says, sitting on his bed with cross-legged, and Magnus – can’tquite bring himself to sit on the chair.

-I’msorry, but – I have to ask.-, Alec looks at him with a confusedfrown, -Why are you so calm about this?,- he gestures at the room.

Alec’sfrown deepens: -What do you mean?

-Imean,- Magnus sighs, -You know who I am, right?

-Youmean, have I heard what people say about you?

Magnustries not to fidget: -Yes.

Alechuffs: -Have you actually killed anyone?

Magnussnorts despite himself: -I had never heard this one before.

-Precisely,-Alec says, rolling his eyes, -Idoubt any of the rumors about you are true.

Magnusshrugs, sitting on the chair and turning so that he’s facing Alec: -Acouple, maybe,- he says, tongue in cheek.

Alecgrins: -I knew you had a third eye on your back.

Magnuslaughs: -Well, I couldn’t hide it forever.

Alecshakes his head, chuckling: -So, uhm, have you already thought aboutthe project?

-Just– - he reaches for his backpack, taking a sheet of paper from anotebook, -made a list of all the topics I thought could beinteresting,- he hands it to Alec, -but we can add something ifthere’s nothing you like.

Alecreads quickly, eyes scanning the page as he hums thoughtfully: -No,these look great!- he looks up, eyes bright: -Did you have anythingparticular in mind?

Magnusshrugs: -Relativity could be interesting,- he says, -Or entropy.

-Iwas thinking relativity too,- Alec says, -I’ll just – - he shufflestowards the end of the bed and reaches forward, and Magnus suddenlyhas a face full of Alec Lightwood and he literally holds hid breathbecause he has noidea what’sgoing on until Alec says: - get my laptop.

JesusChrist.

Alecsits back on the bed: -Alright. Let’s do this.

~

Alecis – well. Magnus just hates him.

Alecis fascinated by physics and he’s pouting by eight p.m. because he’shungry and he absolutely can’t cook, which is why they order pizza,and he has a little brother who makes grabby hands at a slice of saidpizza while sitting in Alec’s lap and a little sister who looks likeshe could burn you alive with a glance, and his parents aren’t homeso they don’t bother with plates, and it’s just – exhausting. It’shonestly exhausting knowing that Alec Lightwood exists.

Itwas bad enough beforeMagnussaw him in his home, with his family, when he could still simplyappreciate his abs and move on, but now – it’s going to be hell.

Theysay goodbye at nine p.m. and Alec sees him out, closing the doorbehind himself – Magnus is pretty sure he can hear Izzy and Maxgiggle behind it.

Well,“say goodbye” is an understatement because they awkwardly standthere for a few seconds, Magnus looking at him with that, he’s prettysure, is a non acceptable level of fascination, at least until herealises Alec is looking back at him, a questioning expression on hisface.

Andit just. Comes out. -I just – you’re kind of perfect.

Andthen he’s blushing like crazy and bubbling: -I mean, no – sorry,that was not – I mean – -, and he’s contemplating the idea ofrunning to the street and wait for a car to end his misery, but Alecsays: -There is one rumor that I’m kind of hoping could be true.-,ears red and eyes bright, hands stuffed into the pocket of his jeans.

AndMagnus blinks for several seconds, trying to wrap his head aroundthat,and everything that comes out is a small: -Oh.

Alecsmiles, says: -See you tomorrow, Magnus,- softly, eyes lingering onhis lips, and Magnus nods as he forces his legs to bring himsomewhere, anywherethatisn’t there as he hears Alec going back inside.

Itonly works for a few steps.

Alecopens the door with a surprised expression and Magnus is asking: -You– You meant the bisexual thing, didn’t you? Because I’m afraid Idon’t actually have an ey – -

Andthen.

Andthen Alec Lightwood is kissing him, a quick peck on his lips, dry andjust – oh.

Alecsounds out of breath when he whispers: -See you tomorrow?- right onhis lips.

Magnuslicks his lips: -Yeah, sounds good.

[imagine-wannaone]

Ha Sungwoon Hogwarts Au

For a very sweet anon, Sungwoon~

•The two of you sat together on the train your first year, • You just sat opposite each other in silence for a while but then you decided there was no point in staying aloof so started chatting, • You where both half bloods with too much sass so you got on like a house on fire, • You where sorted into Ravenclaw (Like your mother), •Sungwoon was sorted into Slytherin, • (Ngl, it took me forever to decide whether he was Slytherin or Gryffindor), • He’s from a family of Gryffindor though, and they’re all behind the times so they think it’s a tragedy, and they’re not afraid to tell their son that, • You watched Sungwoon as you ate and he seemed very detached, • You’re supposed to head back in groups but you wondered off to see if he was okay and you found him crying his eyes out alone in some corridor, • You wraped him in a little hug and hand him all the tissues you had on you, • You sometimes surprise yourself with how prepared you are, • He couldn’t get over the fact he’s a Slytherin, that his family will disown him, that he’s evil, • You sigh and plop down next to him, ready for a chat™ • “Sungwoon, you know they’re not evil at all, right? My dad was a Slytherin,” • “My parents said they where all bad, I’m not sure I can do this,” • You couldn’t make him optimistic, but you consoled him a little, and set it your job to show him how great all the houses are, especially Slytherin, • You show him Slytherins are actually just dorks that get excited every-time they see the giant squid swim past their common room, • You two are as thick as thieves, hardly ever seen without each other, • Ravenclaws are known to be a little outside of the box, but Sungwoon accepts you despite your odd quirks, • Like your near obsession with the stars, your common room being in the sky the view is crystal clear, • He tells you the password to his common room whenever it changes and everyone in Slytherin knows you, • They call you their ‘honorary raven baby’ • You blush every time but secretly love it, • You chat easily to Slytherins, as you’re probably quite a bit like them (it took the sorting hat a good 3 or 5 minutes to decide your house), • Ravenclaws also love Sungwoon, • “It’s Y/N and our snake child again, someone please wrap them in blankets before they do anything dangerous,” • But you also destroy all of the preconceived ideas Sungwoon had about Ravenclaw, • “What did you write about for our last transfiguration essay, y/n?” • “ I haven’t done any homework in 2 months I don’t even know what we where supposed to do,” • “How the hell do you get away with it?Aren’t Ravenclaws good at this stuff?” • “Everyone assumes we’re goodie two shoes, we use that to our advantage, we’re good at what we want to be good at,” • The whole of Ravenclaws teamwork is scary (you all learn from the doorknocker to work as one) and it rubs of on Sungwoon, so you two work in such a natural way it’s terrifying, • In fact, the two of you are dangerous anyway, • With your Ravenclaw quick wit and Sungwoon’s sass and shade, you two make the ultimate team, • Like “Oh shit, the savage it’s radiating off of them,” • But mainly just roasting each other really, • But also totally honest and deep with each other late at night, like you’ve definitely told each other your deepest secrets, but you’re also complete goofs

• “I told you the answer to number 25 was Merlin’s ass and you actually wrote it?”

• “Honestly, what else am I going to put?” • Constantly defending eachother, • You’ve lost count of how many gryffindor’s you’ve hexed who said Sungwoon was a traitor, • (They honestly put a bad name to gryffindor), • You’re not sure ,but you’ve heard of multiple rumors on how Sungwoon doesn’t hold back if anyone talks shit about you in any way at all,  • Dream team :’) • It’s freezing in the Slytherin doorms in winter so you bring tonnes of blankets to the Syltherin common room and you have sleepovers with them all where you play massive group games of things like mafia or Chinese whispers, • Sungwoon’s parents officially disowned him and your parents don’t hesitate a second when you ask for him to come round on the holidays, • He’s your parents second child but they always tease the two of you about being a perfect couple, • It’s one of the moments where you squeal “muuuuum~” and usher a blushing Sungwoon away, • They always get him cute Christmas presents and you can tell how much it means to Sungwoon to have a supportive family, • Your dad also helps him to realise how great Slytherins are and He’s completely at home after a year and embracing being a slytherin, 

• (Although he occasionally gets homesick and you’re on hand with chocolate and shoulder to lean on), • You’re in your fifth year, heading back to Hogwarts on the train, getting some first years to play hide and seek against you when you realise you may have a huge crush on your best friend, • You watch the first years search for the two of you as you press together under a bench, • You’d created a trap door to roll into the next compartment if they came in, it wasn’t exactly cheating, • Slytherins and Ravenclaws can get competitive and strategic about anything, honestly, • You can feel Sungwoon’s breathing, you back pressed against his chest and your heart does a little Irish dance, • It’s when you know you’re gone, a total sucker, • You guys are kind of close as friends anyway, • Cuddles and draped over each other, laid in each others laps, napping under the same blankets, • No one questions it because you’ve always been like that, • So now you feed off of those little moments, • You’re entering the Slytherin common room, • No one even bats an eye anymore, • You’re no longer a baby but you’re still called 'Honorary raven baby’, especially by the 7th and 6th years, • You’re heading up the stairs to Sungwoon’s room when you stop dead, • Sungwoon’s chatting to his closest friend in Slytherin, Lai Gualin, a quiet boy who you think could put his cunning to good use and have some fun with you and Sungwoon by the end of the year, • “I just don’t want to ruin our friendship, you know,” Sungwoon’s voice jumps across the rock of their room, • “You just have to trick her into confessing first,” Lai gualin, a typical Slytherin- it makes you smile, • “How am I to know if she does or doesn’t like me back though?” • “Sungwoon, you know, she knows, the whole school knows, god, you already act like a badass couple, it’s only a few words separating you,” • Now you’re a Ravenclaw, you’re know for your wit, acceptance and intelligence, • You can pretty much decipher they’re talking about you, • And boy is Gualin underestimating you, trick you into confessions? • hA, • But now you have a dilemma, • Do you play the waiting game to see what Sungwoon does, or do you storm in there right now and kiss the life out of him, • Not literally I mean that is forbidden magic, • You devise a quick plan, with an unsure ending but what will be will be, • You wait in the common room, telling some first years the time you got peeves to play a prank on McGonagall with you, but then she hit back, flour bombing you because she’s McGonagall and a badass, • “The moral of the story, kids, don’t mess with McGonagall,” • Even though that’s a given, •  Sungwoon and you meet at the staircase of the west wing after the curfew because all the teachers give you the benefit of the doubt, and you race him up the stairs, • He wins, even though you’ve spent over 5 years racing up that tight spiral staircase, • True magic, • Although he gets stuck at the door, of course, •You usually just tell him to find another Ravenclaw, or just use the knocker ???? how had no one else ever thought of that??? • “You can see me in water but I never get wet,” • “A reflection, come on, step up your game doorknocker,” • You’re renowned in your house for being the go to person if you’re stuck at the door, riddles are your forte, • You got Everyone to desert the common room, because everyone ships you- they’ll probably be listening though let’s be real, • The two of you sit on the windowsill, staring at the stars, completely at ease with how high you are, • You cast a patronus, all part of your plan, • A Deerhound comes racing out of your wand, dancing across the night sky, shortly joined by the shining silver light of a beautiful lynx, slinking it’s way across the sky, • “What do you think of?” You lean your head back to stare at the twinkling lights, • “I think of you, and all the times we’re together and when you make my heart beat faster than it should” Bingo, • You grin at his Rosy cheeks, his eyes looking into the distance, although you know they’re not really looking, • “That’s Funny, because I think about you too,” • His eyes snap to you and you lean across to place your lips on his gently, the warmth spreading though your body, • It’s a feat you don’t fall off the ledge, but Sungwoon wraps an arm around your waist and you fall back together into a padded stool, • His hands ghost up your back and you shiver, • But you stop there, because your housemates are probably listing, I mean Ravenclaws thirst for knowledge doesn’t end at gossip, • “Listen, I really like you,” • “Sungwoon, you think I don’t know?” • The couple of Hogwarts I’m not even kidding you’re iconic, • Ravenclaw and Slytherin bonding through your bond, it’s becomes less and less surprising to see Ravenclaws in the Slytherin common room and vice versa, • Dates watching the stars always, under blankets and with a mini midnight picnic and using each others warmth, • You’re parents don’t even blink an eye when you tell them, you dad handing your mum five galleon’s, •  You’re not the only Competitive two™ • You’re still the dream team though, just with more frequent PDA, because if you think the two of you really care about what people think, you’re wrong, • Trying to quickly get into your common room because everyone is out and you want some time to yourselves and the knocker is a pain, • “What has a heart but no other organs?” • “I swear to god if you don’t open this door right now we will kick you down ourselves, have you seen my boyfriend thighs?” • Damn right that thing opens, • Sungwoon pushes you to go further, (not that you need that much of a push), so the two of you constantly blow people’s minds in what you achieve, • Basically a very mischievous and successful relationship to compete and win over anyone else,