#tho this is fitting to be Merlin more come to think of it

[gldnstrngs]

going to speak my truth and say that i dont think merlin would be a slytherin in the hp universe

jk r*wling is most definitely at fault for this bc why are each of the houses based on such surface level personality traits… merlin could definitely work as a slytherin but i think he’s more likely to be ravenclaw partly bc of the bird symbolism and color scheme

but also just the fact that merlin is so passionate when it comes to the people he loves. it’s not just loyalty like hufflepuff, but the innate need to make sacrifices for those people

merlin is also wise beyond his years, even if he is a little silly at times. and, yes, he has made bad decisions, but that doesnt take away how he has done his best to learn from his mistakes. also arthur always seeks merlin’s counsel before anyone else because, no matter how much he may say otherwise, he knows how thoughtful and intuitive merlin is

i am forever a ravenclaw!merlin truther! i really do think it fits better with his character than being a slytherin. and thats not just because slytherins are associated with being evil— their attributes are things like wittiness and determination, which definitely falls in line with merlin, but it doesnt really feel like him. even before morgana turned evil, she still perfectly suited being a slytherin because of how sharp and witty she was, but also because of her passion and determination to do whats right

idk if i can describe it any better but it really is just that slytherin doesnt feel like merlin the way ravenclaw does…

obvs arthur would be gryffindor and i think gwen would be a hufflepuff tho

[taldigi]

Okay, uh here are some persona ideas. I expanded the themes of tricksters and thieves, to rebels as well. If you add anymore, I’m happy to come up with some more if you want! ^_^

SHIHO

A popular choice for Shiho is Boudicca, a queen of an ancient Iceni tribe, and national British hero. She is known for her failed uprising against the Roman Empire, but was immortalized as a symbol for the struggle for Justice and independence. The inciting incident that jump started her revolution was when she was flogged and her daughters, uh… “assaulted”. Shiho fortunately, most likely took Kamoshida down in contrast with Boudicca’s failed uprising.

HIFUMI

If you want to go for the Oni aesthetic, Maybe Minamoto no Raikō would suffice. He is a samurai known for slaying Shuten Dōji, a demon known for kidnapping young girls and either enslaving them or eating them. Raikō and his allies infiltrated his lair, disguised themselves as yamabushi priests, and gave Shuten Dōji special saké, which incapacitated him allowing him to slay the wicked oni. Hifumi is someone very perceptive and focused on strategy more than raw power. Raikō utilized several of the traits the phantom thieves use and Shuten Dōji could represent her mother twisting things to make her famous and Hifumi changing her heart (if she’s a palace ruler).

MISHIMA

Even if Ryuji is now the resident Navigator, he lacks Futaba’s technological know how and ability to gather information. So I imagine Mishima to take that mantle. As you said Merlin fits Mishima, but I have a few ideas myself you can possibly use; Jekyll & Hyde. Mishima, for all his cringefailness, harbours a dark side, as proved via him developing a shadow or corrupted desires of his own. But not only could this represent his darker desires, it could also be Mishima taking the first step into becoming someone he could be proud of, referring to the transformation between Jekyll and Hyde.

RYUJI

While you said Captain Kidd is his persona, I couldn’t get the thought of his Navigator persona being the Argo. The Argo is the ship the argonauts sailed upon their many adventures, and within it’s walls held several thieves and tricksters of their own right. Ryuji, like a ship desires to protect and guide his allies throughout stormy waters, even if he can’t move on his own.

Shihio: It fits very much! Though I'm still super on the fence. She's not coming to me as easily as the others are- I'll pin this as well for now and puzzle on her some more.

Hifumi: Usually the persona genders line up pretty 1-1 with their wielders, so having one be contrary is a really neat- especially when the stories line up. Unfortunately, I am struggling to find actual stuff on the character, as the Fate Grand Order character is dominating search results. I'll look into it more!

Mishimia: Ohh, I like that- I like it a LOT. It would fit that Hyde would be the shape of his rebellion. Im.. kind of suprised they chose Loki instead of Hyde of Akechi now that I think about it LOL. I like that a lot. I'll take it.

Ryuji: Is it.. is it bad I think it's kind of a crime to separate a golden retriever from his pirate captain bonesona? I mean, you're right. You're very right. But I can't separate the pirate theming. Tho, jumping off that point- perhaps a pirate vessel? The Flying Dutchman or the R.L.S. Legacy the Hispaniola or smth. I can imagine the conversation now: "Your inner self is a boat?" "Yes. She's beautiful, isn't she?"

[spacehostilityy]

NNT Rewatch s2ep1-6

(This was written weeks ago but was in my queue. I am moving back to my college town Saturday so busy days are to come but now I have things to procrastinate 😈)

So YAYAYAY time for season 2 (my fave season overall) !! I’ve rewatched this one before, so i actually remember some of this lol

Ban: I quit

Meliodas: your face is the only joke we can handle

HE GOT HIS ASS DAMN

i love both of diane’s orange fits, but s1 leotard hits different

i have thots abt the introduction of power levels that will be told beneath the cut

i mean it’s all very dragon ball (which i love, but in a very different way). I feel like they are just better executed in manga format, because saying the numbers out loud just kinda breaks up the flow of dialogue and action. Plus the numbers never stay accurate since the characters are always powering up and nakaba lowkey just stops using them at one point. so like assault mode!Meliodas has a power of 142,000. BUT he defeats enemies with powers higher than that and is shown to gain even more power. But this is the highest number we have for him. Overall, theyre clunky, not updated enough to be accurate, and just kinda cheesy :/ I feel like plot could have been added to justify and explain the eye of Balor (AKA Drole if i remember correctly) but it’s just used as an excuse to quantify the characters’ strength since this season is mainly focused on physical and emotional growth, as seen by the Ishtar Arc (one of my fave arcs hehe)

merlin’s friendship with hawk is actually so cute tho

so Meliodas’s beginner stats (still missing his powers) are magic 400, strength 960, spirit 2010. The way I see it, his insane spirit strength could mean one of two things: bitch is just hella determined in his quest to end their curses and protect his friends (likely) or merlin taking away his power only affects his strength and magic since spirit has to do with your mind (also likely) anyway what do y’all think?

how the fuck is gowther’s strength 500??? The average person who can lift 50-100 lbs has a strength of 30. HOW IN THE FUCK?? IS GOWTHER SECRETLY SWOLE????

Meliodas being like “no idk who the ten shadows could be haha” when he and merlin literally formed the sins to fight them and HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS is so funny like so tru king lie to their faces

the first thing Zeldris says is “3000 years... please tell me that he’s still alive” which tells me two things: 1) he doesn’t know about Meliodas’s curse, which could explain why estarossa kills him when he’s just going to come back a rival to the throne of the demon king and 2) the listed life expectancy of 1000 years for demons is probably not accurate lol

maybe it’s driven down due to number of battle deaths like the mortality rate of the middle ages lol

we are introduced to a demon who hopes mel is alive, shares a voice actor, AND HAS THE SAME FACE yeah the brother coding is very thick

AJSDBJKBHJEBFNWKFH YESSS THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVE INTRO SONG AND ANIMATION

ban’s refusal to get jericho’s name right makes me laugh every time

Jericho: is scared and runs to Ban

Ban: 🤨 yeah. i don’t remember asking you to grab my arm🙄

im sorry but king rlly was a bad fairy king like mans didnt even know the forest was there 😭 its ok tho i love that for him

King hating Ban at first bc he “killed elaine and destroyed the fairy kings forest” only for Ban to pull THE BIGGEST uno reverse on him will never not be funny

wait does that mean ban is technically the 4th fairy king and king is both the 3rd and the 5th bc that would be rlly funny and does happen quite a bit historically

I love how as much as a smug asshole Ban is, he’s not rubbing it in King’s face and is showing him he’s still his friend

so if Gil is Margaret’s guard and Griamore is Veronica’s, does that mean Howzer was Elizabeth’s ?? bc that would be so fucking funny

Helbram got King’s ass with “and you’re short”

KASBDFNJBSDKF HE LOOKS SO GOOFY😭

MY BABYGIRLS ARE HEREEEE

Best girls Melascula and Derieri fr

i love that they said slader is gay, how can we let the audience know and then gave him the smoothest, gayest voice imaginable

merlin calling og gowther a great magician when we know he was the one to train her is actually so sad, i want to give baby merlin a hug

slader is hot, thanks for coming to the ted talk

how the fuck does he walk like this tho??

is there a reason i just don’t remember why they never really bring up albions again or do they just ~disappear~ conveniently from the story lol

So the whole concept of sacred treasures is really cool to me because they are clearly something unique to the Sins, despite all of the sacred treasures being very different and made of different materials. I mean Gowther’s is straight up made of light Still, them having weapons that serve as a constant and grow with them as they become more powerful is just a neat concept to me. I just wish we could have seen Ban use Courechouse more than just a few episodes. There really isn’t a plot reason he couldn’t have had it beforehand.

Gerheade being a bitch to Ban bc he’s a human makes literally no sense when we learn her backstory with Rou. Like NO sense at all lol

I honestly love that Meliodas destroyed the albion on his own. Like yes, he is my OP blorbo BUT he’s also supposed to be incredibly powerful in canon, which we haven’t seen him go all out with an enemy yet. Not only does he know all about albions (bc he’s a demon), but as leader of the 10 Commandments, he probably was on the controlling side of the golems. Then, as a member of Stigma, he fought against them. Not to mention, this is when he finally gets Lostvayne (the DEMON sword) back. This moment for me is when he gets to show off the perks of him being a powerful and high ranking demon. Might fuck around and do a full post later on Meliodas’s relationship to his own race and what/who he is lol

Ban screaming “you bitch!!” is... a wonderful experience

Yass king (hehehehe get it? bc his name is king? hehehe)

Galand petting Gloxinia is actually so cute lol

Merlin covering Arthur’s eyes 😭😭 she’s his mom fr

“its been a while meliodas” oop galand just let the Meliodas is 3000 years old cat out of the bag ehehe

(stay with me bc im about to get delusional) WAIT so galand says “to think that after all this time has passed youd still be in that form” in this essay i will prove that Meliodas looks like a young teenager because he essentially is biologically young for the demon race. Galand doesn’t know Mel was cursed, so he would think that he had aged in the past 3000 years. Plus, I think the demon king’s possession of Meliodas AND Zeldris can be (somewhat) compared to Sariel’s aging up of Solaseed. Anyway, i feel like this can support my hypothesis of Zeldris and Meliodas are just babies who will eventually look like adults. Also, I think them being super young just enhances the angst quite well.

everyone is fucking terrified of galand but hes just a silly foolish little fellow to me lol

ban and king being brothers-in-law makes my heart happy like theyre so cute

Ban threatening Gerheade and actually being pissed and serious has suddenly reminded me that if i saw a grown ass man who couldn’t die and was a 7 foot tall violent alcoholic i would be fucking terrified

like a demon 14 year old? creepy ig but not a 7 foot tall masochist with an 8 pack

I love how hard Diane always goes for the ones she loves, she’s just so devoted and passionate Best Girl tm behavior

*Merlin being incredibly confidant and nonchalant starting a proposition*

Meanwhile Merlin’s thoughts: SHIT SHIT I HAVE 10 SECONDS TO THINK BEFORE EVERYONE I LIKE DIES

Meliodas doing the same thing Hendy did by reattaching his fucking arms using Darkness and the sins still being like wait?? is Meliodas?? a... demon ??? 🤨

okay so we DO see him in this mode again. But what is it called? and why does he become no thots head empty? its not like he died. and even in assault mode, he has thoughts and emotions (when they’re not stuck in purgatory) 

Im ngl, i forgot everything about this episode entirely lol

obvi i hate that derieri died, but at least the souls she fucking ate got returned lol

do we think arthur has a tiny teenage gay crush on meliodas? Discuss.

(the answer is yes ehehe)

gowther walking around with his dang a lang swangin hehe

Gil crying in annoyance and defeat as griamore and howzer bicker is literally so hashtag real

HENDYYY MY BABYGIRL IS BACK BAYBAYYYY

very suddenly realized that Hendy’s probably only like in his 30s. Mans is just not that old

exactly 3 seconds after I had that though Howzer calls him old man LOLLL

i forgot about hendy’s childhood trauma. damn. thats actually rlly sad :/

look how cute he is tho 😭😭

hendy and dreyfus are in love. thanks for coming to another one of my ted talks

so do we think dreyfus is half druid (and zaratras is full) or zaratras is half druid? i mean they’re half brothers but only one is a called a druid sooo

IM SORRY BUT THIS IS THE FUNNIEST FUCKING SCREENSHOT ASDFFHSLDH elizabeth scandalized, meliodas accepting his fate, slader leaning in closer and blushing ITS JUST SO GOOD

The ass shot of Diane 🤨😑

Damn Idk how i never realized that all of them pretty much only call Meliodas captain. Merlin, Ban, and Elizabeth are the only ones who will call him Meliodas, but even merlin and ban typically go with captain.

“im a giant, why arent you afraid of me?” hes a fucking demon. lol

[nightimedreamersworld]

Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you for the tag dear @artsyunderstudy your work is lovely as always 🥰

So I've been in that weird limbo where you think a lot about writing, but without doing any actual writing. Oh well.

I've been thinking a lot about Every little helps in particular (and sweating about the fact that I haven't updated it in almost two months 😰) and I have good and bad news about it:

The good: I finally figured out what was troubling me about it

The bad: I scrapped almost everything I had written already. (It's fine, as it was mostly filler that didn't go anywhere. It still hurt tho)

Anyway, here's to hoping a fresh start will rekindle my inspiration...

As for A Charity Case: more bad news on this front. Namely, the massive plot hole I found in the planning of Simon and Baz's date - at this point I'll either have to ditch one of their stops, or I'll have to go back and change a few details on the first chapter, just to make everything fit into one damn night.

Here's an excerpt from when both Simon and I thought this date was going oh soooo smoothly:

So, yeah, I don't mind a bit of reckless spending if it means treating myself to a nice dinner out with the boy I'm trying to woo. And this is the Mage's money, anyway. I'd rather blow through this cursed inheritance as quickly as possible. (I've got enough of it saved to pay rent for several months, and a job lined up to start after the New Year. I'll be fine.)

So I drink the wine. I talk to Baz. And I watch him. 

Merlin, he looks gorgeous, all lit up by the warm streetlight coming in through the window. He's looking out, twirling his glass, and I want to devour him.

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And last but not least: I've started on my Secret Snowflake fic! This is very draft-y and so might change later, but for now have a snippet that hopefully doesn't give the prompt away:

Somehow, I'd convinced myself we were past that. It's been months since either of us broke down during sex, and even when it happened, we learned quickly how to soothe each other. How to communicate our needs and get to the bottom of the problem. How to overcome whatever it was together. 

Now, though, as Simon retreats into a cup of tea, holding himself tightly across from me on the kitchen table, I feel a pinprick of dread. 

We've been getting bolder in the bedroom, trying out new things every week. As I wait for Simon to gather his words, I go through my mental list of kinks, wondering what could be setting him off this time.  

I feel Simon's foot resting over mine; I'm wearing socks, he isn't. It's the first time he's reached out to me since I got home. 

“Don't worry yourself to a strop," Simon says, lowering his mug. He hasn't actually drank the tea. “I'm fine. Just embarrassed, really." 

I hum. "I know. I can almost taste the blood on your cheeks."

I'll tag: @bookish-bogwitch (pls give me more RoN) @cutestkilla @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @palimpsessed @captain-aralias @confused-bi-queer @martsonmars @whogaveyoupermission @chen-chen-chen-again-chen @facewithoutheart @ivelovedhimthroughworse @ionlydrinkhotwater @larkral @aristocratic-otter ❤

[tiodolma]

I remember you said you hate Arthur 😗 What are your thoughts on Gwen? Do you like Gwencelot?

guinevere guinevere guinevere... RANT INCOMING. Hot takes generator coming along. brace yourself.

hmm i think she had a lot of potential at the start especially in s1. She was spunky. She had really good rapport with merlin. It felt like she and him could have done a lot of pranks and hijinks.

Then when mergana (the whole shebang) started to happen i thnk they pushed her to become more of arthur's voice of reason as replacement for the spot morgana used to hold.

it's still a little weird how she and arthur got together tbh. Like okay, her views on arthur started to change when he began saving merlin's life i in the cup of life episode. But Idk i wish we could've seen more introspection on her part?

She's not like Merlin and Morgana who had high hopes for Arthur from the very start. Both of them had been working on Arthur from the Bottom and Top. Merlin was peasantry and Morgana was nobility and they both pushed Arthur to be the kinda cool dude he was in S1. And I feel like she got pulled along by MM's efforts to see the good in Arthur. Where does Guinevere fit in all of this? In the middle… I guess because it worked! MM's efforts showed that there was hope in Arthur and Guinevere acknowledged that. Then in s2 when Merlin became more focused in thwarting Morgana in and when Morgana's powers truly awakened and her hate for Uther deepened... Guinevere was what? left to pick up the pieces? I think?

I'm saying this because in s2 both MerMor were already stepping into their destinies, the real "I want to do what's best for Arthur and Camelot." phase. Guinevere was stuck in the weird spot of just being the one who truly cares for Arthur as person.

Now I know this sounds ArWen-positive. but on Gwen's side.

The problem with Arthur tho is that once someone is kind to him he he holds that person on a pedestal and only wants to see that version ever. IDEK why in the span of five seasons, he still has a low opinion on women and girls, he still has this chivalric notions that it's a men's world and girls should just be protected and kept in the dark and that servants should just stay as servants. Moreover his attitude with the women Uther tries to make him marry is abhorrent. He doesn't like the girls who challenge and mirror him too much (like Vivian or Elena from The Changeling). For him his ideal woman is the prim proper perfect loyal- looks good as nobility type. He has this like list of what makes a perfect woman for him and it's so incel-like lol. The moment any of these make a mistake, he casts them away (yes even guinevere). He can make all those "I am doing this for the kingdom" "my love can never be" "what would my father think" excuses but what happened when Guinevere became his queeen and chief adviser? He kept things from her and won't listen to her as his voice of reason. He's honestly frustrating tbh. His ego mixes with his notion of being a "King" and a "Man" and he kept pulling rank at both his Queen and Merlin.

This leads me back to Guinevere just being pulled by the story and cleaning up all the messes ArMerGana leave behind. It's complicated. She's a reflection of whoever was close to her. When she was still close to Morgana, she thought Arthur was a prick. When she was close to Merlin, she almost shared his views of Arthur being the "best thing ever." When MerGana decided that Arthur was an okay dude, guinevere also rode that boat. When Arthur was king and was already like "magic users are all lunatics" Guinevere became like, "yass ur right u have a point." Morgana tortures and brainwashes her and she becomes the latter's ultimate weaopn. Merlin lies to her constantly and she's just "fine whatever you say Merlin teehee but i'm watching you OwO." Arthur abuses Merlin even as King and Guinvere is still like "Aww you two are so cute, but i also think merlin staying as ur servant serving you for eternity is alright."

On one hand ppl can say that she can make her own judgement. Ofc she can. But I wish I saw more? just more. What are her hopes and dreams outside of arthur, merlin, morgana or elyan? Did she want to be a smithy? did she want to be a maidservant forever? did she hope to be a lady in waiting? did she want to become an apprentice of gaius? did she want to be queen? was she not upset that merlin and arthur kept secrets from her? (this was a deleted scene from s5 btw) does she even want a kid? we dont even know that! we know nothing!

She was interesting as Queen, I admit, but bruh it was still like watching Morgana and Arthur on the throne (and lets be real she had been their representative on both times). It's annoying. And this is my point. Guinevere is like... a shapeshifter or chameleon. That's why even now we could never tell what she would be like as queen post-series. WE DON'T KNOW GUINEVERE.

it's like she was whatever the narrative wanted her to be. Maybe that's the point then, that it's her destiny to be the boat that tries to keep itself afloat as the natural disasters called Arthur, Morgana and Merlin swirled and raged around her.

the only light at the end of that tunnel i think was Lancelot. His presence made her actually pursue stuff/hopes/dreams. AND IT SHOWS. They remind me of MerGana in their intense moments in s1-s4. GwenCelot chemistry is electric as hell. THEY WANT EACH OTHER, not for the king or queen or knight that they can become BUT EACH OTHER.

When Merlin and Guinevere weren't too wrapped up in "arthur is actually a good guy deep inside, just trust me on this, give him a chance give him a chance give him a chance" moments, when Merlin and Guinevere PURSUE SOMETHING ELSE, I see honesty, I see something RAW, i can see cracks in the facade forced on them just by merely being in Arthur's presence start to fade and break down.

So yeah. Lancelot had to be killed early coz what would happen to the "King Arthur is the best and hottest sht in the universe" narrative if we had actual Mr. Anime Protagonist Lancelot Du Lac in the show?

GwenCelot needed to happen. I was waiting for it so bad. I was so excited for it. It would have been he perfect foil to ArGwen. It would have added a lot more spice to the show. It would have made Guinevere a more well rounded character with her own hopes and wants instead of the "she's the only braincell holding this group together" character. I want to know Guinevere better, all the good and the bad and not just this impossible perfect angel that the show carved her out to be.

overall thoughts on guinevere? started interesting, ended up boring, gave us nothing.

overall thoughts on gwencelot? yes pls give us the dramatic, encompases beyond all reason courtly romance that arthuriana is known for.

[humanoidtyphoons]

That thing about sexism in writing of female antagonists when thinking about how we rarely have evil villainesses toxically in love with a male protagonist, reminds me of a writer for Fire Emblem, admitted that it took alot of effort for him to write women that were truly evil.

And that was the writer that write the most truly evil female antagonists (as in not in love with an evil man that was using her, just wanted to be a mom, or brainwashed by a male antagonist).

It’s a shame, but gosh, we’re missing out on how fun it can be! To be driven to desperate ends and taken to those dark places just to get that love? I enjoy the journey.

I do like love redeeming characters, but I also like love making things worse.

It’s tricky, tho, because I do think I do think at times having the villainess in love with the hero comes across as flat and annoying, and it’s often because it feels one note. I get annoyed at love interest turned villain too bc so often once they’ve gone villain, the feelings of love/attraction straight up disappear (I really should watch more of The Dragon Prince, Claudia/Callum I loved them so, but I know the show went a different direction with them… Merlin/Morgana had Merlin BBC let itself commit to the messiness!).

Ack, I don’t think evil women should be that difficult to write! They’re not inherently good! But step off that pedestal, and it’s instantly damnation, jfc.

(I guess Zira from Lion King 2 will always be legendary because of how much she is being driven by rage, she might as well be a wraith. Maybe her existence didn’t make sense but I love that not even her son dying stopped her vengeful path. She faltered for a moment, but it was still secondary to revenge. Yes, she’s not in love with Simba, but she’s still among my favourite villains ever. TBH, it’s a shame Scar/Zira never got to interact but I think they could have been happy together with how similar they seem.)

I’m not too familiar with Fire Emblem, sorry.

I can think of a few villainesses that fit that criteria (not in love with an evil man that’s using her, not brainwashed, nor just wanted to be a mom), but. Yeah. Unfortunately they do seem hard to come by.

[fluffypotatey]

u want to answer the first half???? 🥹🥹

sure! anything for you, boo <33333 sorry it took me this long :’(

oh Lordy, ok

Share a song that makes you think of [fic title]

ok so even tho you didn’t place a specific title imma pick Frayed Strings and A Meeting at the Beach for the song People You Know by Selena Gomez bc i enjoy me some bitter and Six Eared “has not moved on” Macaque 🤭

2. Do you read/reread your own fics?

yeah! but it’s mostly after someone makes a comment on something they liked bc i, too, want to find that scene or line and enjoy it 🥰

3. What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

it’s honestly a tie between The Shrine of Emrys and A Meeting at the Beach which is funny bc they are so different from each other lmao

4. How many WIPs do you have right now?

oh, uh, *checks folder* give me a sec

*coughs* 43 👉👈

5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

can find answer here it’s literally just all of my stranger things ufos lmao

6. Are there any fics from others you reread all the time?

oh yeah, all the time. too many really to list them all 😓 but there’s Bones by @theoceanismyinkwell and you shake my nerves and you rattle my brain by @yikeshereiam just to name a couple (very good btw highly recommend)

7. How many ideas for fics do you have right now?

i’d rather not say

8. What project(s) are you currently working on?

rn it’s my swk & reaper series, frayed, and my dr geyer fic. all of which are long term fics lmao

9. Do you write every day? If you wrote today, share a sentence of what you’ve written!

it’s like every other day? i try to write often to keep me from writer’s block and it’s nice switching from wip to wip when i feel overwhelmed by the other

and i did write today! so have a snippet:

Frank O’Brien, in the words of his mother in-law, was a man you could never really figure out without walking on eggshells. In the words of his sister, he was a man that took after their uncle. In the words of Jenna, he was a cautious soul.

10. Is there a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

tbh the frayed AU wasn’t one i thought many people might have liked since i write macaron being very bitchy and salty about a lot of things and i know he’s a beloved character in the lmk fandom. like, i’m not writing him that way bc i hate him (far from it). I write like that bc that’s what i imagine what his internal dialogue might be like.

11. Do you have specific playlists for writing fics?

not really, i just find one that fits the mood of the scene or my own mood

12. Do you have a playlist for your current WIP(s)? Share it!

lol no 😙 I’m not really one to create wip or character playlists but it’s a lot of fun listening to others!

13. How much planning do you do before writing?

it honestly depends. no planning was done when making the dr geyer fic or any of the merlin fics. the planning came after bc my ambitions for them were more than i expected

14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

oh gee, idk honestly. it would be cool to see a comic of the Shrine of Emrys just because the exaggerated expressions would be hilarious

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

long answer can be found here. short answer: it is a chaotic process that ends in prayer

but yeah there you go! i’m so sorry this was late babe 💖 had this saved in my drafts so I could answer it all and then it got buried in there 😖 BUT! hope you enjoyed my answers 💕💕💕💕

[gxymlky]

Oh 👁️👄👁️

[jadedxrealityw]

-Never Meant To Be- Draco Malfoy x Female Reader

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   Request: What about a angsty fic with Draco where he doesn't want to reveal that he's with a Hufflepuff (even tho she's a pureblood) bc of his image, and she sees him flirting with Pansy and she decides to ignore him until he realizes that she's ignoring him, and he wants to approach but her friend is like "dude u fucked up i have to console her every five seconds" fluffy ending pls!

   Kody: damn, i can’t make Pansy gay in here. Sad pog. I also added some extra odds and ends for plot. I hope you still like it anyhow! Also no voldy moldy action. before i get questions, i am indeed fully aware that Fred, George, and Cedric are older then the rest of them. I just do not care lmao. 

   Year: 7th

   House: Hufflepuff

   Possible Triggers/Warnings: cursing, angst, Draco sadly being character, Cedric being the bestest of friends, eventual fluff

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   you had always fantasized about what having a lover was like. Full of love, honesty, and trust. Who knew you would get secrecy and lies instead. You were in a secret relationship with the one and only Draco Malfoy. It had started almost a whole year ago.

   yes. You both were well into graduating soon and still had to sneak around to be together. You might be wondering why right? Draco truly loved you, but he was terrified of his father. Even if you were a pureblood, you weren’t a Slytherin. So if he wanted to keep you, he’d have to hide you. 

   Draco set ground rules so “We don’t disappoint anyone” you wished he had worded that differently. To sum up the short list, no interacting in public or any public displays of affection. Your were his dirty little secret. You would never want to hurt his feelings, because you loved him.

   so you agreed to his rule, but slowly it started to become unbearable. Seeing each other for little amounts each week was painful. Especially how when you were apart, Draco was the same old taunter he always was. You wondered if you made an effect on him at all.

   you were lucky you didn’t have to bare this sorrow alone. Your best friend, Cedric Diggory had found out about your little love affair when he found Draco’s Quidditch jersey in your dorm. You eventually caved and told him and ever since Cedric loathed the Slytherin seeker.

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   “I’m starving” Cedric grumbled as he walked alongside you, scratching the back of his neck. He had early quidditch practice and had just came back from the showers to eat breakfast, while you had just woken up and were wearing your pjs still. 

   it was a saturday morning after students had been taking exams all week. So every Hogwarts student was in there pajamas at the moment and no one cared. “Yeah me too. After all the exams i can’t wait to graduate in a week now” you chuckle, reaching up to rub your E/c eyes.

   Cedric nods “Yeah, me and Harry have been talking about moving in together after we graduate” he says, a smile forming on his face. You gasp, nudging his arm with your shoulder “That’s great! i’m happy for you, really” he enjoys your enthusiasm, but his smile fades “What?” you question.

   he looks behind him before answering “What about you and Malfoy. What are your plans?” your expression drops. “Um well, we haven’t really talked about it. He has to work around his parents and all that” Cedric knew that explanation was bullshit. He didn’t believe Draco wanted to keep you around at all. 

   but for the sake of your heart, he sucked it up. Putting a smile he wraps an arm around your shoulders “That’s awesome Y/n. Now onwards, food awaits!” he exclaims. You break out into a fit of laughter before the both of you make your way to the great hall.

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   “Cedric!” Harry shouts as soon as both of you walk through the great hall doors. Cedric leads you over to the Gryffindor table and you take a seat next to Luna. On the right side was Cedric, Harry, Hermione, and Ron. On the right side, your side sat George, Luna, then you. 

   “Geez, we’re all wearing our pjs aren’t we?” Hermione pointed out and you all let out a chuckle. “Can you blame us? Exams were such a drag. I’m surprised i didn’t throw myself off the school building” Ron scoffs. “At least they are over now. I have so many naps to catch up on” Luna sighs, leaning on Georges shoulder.

   suddenly, the food appeared on the table and you could hear the chorus of cheers come from students. Everyone started to pile the array of breakfast foods with haste. George managed to snatch the last serving of pudding and put it on Luna’s plate. You wondered if Draco would do that for you.

   you grab some french toast and piled on a hoard of bacon on your plate. “Oh merlin. Draco Stop!” a cackle bursted through the great hall, causing your small group to turn your heads towards the noise. Sat at the Slytherin table was Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy, your boyfriend. Flirting.

   “What? I mean it. Your very pretty” a sharp pain came to your chest. This hasn’t happened before. Draco flirting with Pansy. He had never done this before. Why was he doing this? “Y/n?” Cedric looked up at you and reached across the table to grab your hand.

   Pansy gripped Draco’s bicep, a flirty smile playing on her features. She was beautiful and everything he could ever want. She was enough. You suddenly felt sick to your stomach and pushed up from the bench. “Y/n-” “I have to use the bathroom” you said before Cedric could get a word in.

   you began to walk away and out the great hall. ‘Damnit Draco. Why do you have to be like this?’ you thought as tears started to form in your eyes, rolling down your cheeks. You wipe them quickly and harshly. All you wanted was to be alone. 

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   you had spent the whole breakfast crying in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. She cried with you as well. The sound of students flooded the halls and you knew that meant your friends would be looking for you. That also meant Draco would be waiting for you. 

   meeting up with Draco in the astronomy tower had become like second nature, but you didn’t want to seem him. It would hurt to much cause as soon as you would look into those grey eyes the look he gave Pansy would burn into your mind a million times over. 

   you just couldn’t. You get up from the floor, wiping your eyes “Thanks Myrtle. Your nice to talk to” you said. The ghost girl smiles, hovering over the ground “No worries! Now i must tend to my studies!” she exclaims flying into her stall. 

   smiling, you walk out the bathroom and are instantly met with the sight of your friends standing in front of the entrance. George, Luna, Cedric, Harry. “What’re you guys doing out here?” you asked, tilting your head. “We we’re waiting for you so we can hang out” Cedric smiled, his arm around Harry.

   “Hang out? Where? Shouldn’t we change out of our pj's?” you questioned. George shook his head “Nah, i’m taking all of you to my dorm for an unofficial pajama party. Now onwards and upwards” he grabbed Luna’s hand and skipped along with her.

   “Wheres Ron and Hermione by the way?”

   “Said they were busy. So probably making out somewhere”

   “ah okay”

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   all of you went into the Gryffindor house and into Georges dorm passing Fred who decided to tag along because he had nothing to do today. As you all settled in George and Luna sat on the bed while Cedric, Harry, Fred, and you took the floor.

   you four sat on pillows and blankets. “Now now. I have an entire stash of sugar quills!” George announced as he pulls out a box out from under his bed. He reaches in and grabs a blue one, blueberry and hands it to Luna “These aren’t tampered with right George?” you asked as he walked over to you.

   “I gave one to Luna. Your safe, for now” He sent you a playful wink making you laugh. Fred grabbed an orange one, Harry a watermelon, and Cedric a Strawberry. George went over to you and you reached in without thinking. You liked all the flavors so why not. You grasp one and pull it out.

   green apple. George goes back over to the bed and unwraps a pineapple flavored sugar quill. Everyone unwrapped there’s as well. You looked at the quill and it reminded you of Draco. Draco, your boyfriend. Your Slytherin boyfriend who flirted with another girl.

   Snap!

   you look down at your hands. You snapped the sweet in half, leaving the middle of it in small crumbles that were leaking out the package. “Woah, what did the sugar quill do to you?” Fred says, reaching over to grab it from your hands. 

   “Flirt with another girl, treat me like i’m some sort of stain on his life, hide me away from everyone even though all i want to do is be with him. All the time!” You sputtered out, your hand going over to your mouth. Awkward silence filled the room. A ant could be heard crawling around if you listened hard enough now.

   “Y/n” Cedric spoke, sympathy was present in his tone. You felt tears welling up in your eyes again “What- What’s going on?” George spoke up, getting off the bed along with Luna. They all sat in front of you now with a look of expectancy. “I have something to tell you guys”

   Cedric shook his head “You don’t have to tell them Y/n” he said “Tell us what? Cedric?” Harry looked at his boyfriend who just gave him a sympathetic smile. You took a deep breath “I had a boyfriend for almost a year now” you said, eyes widening around you. “You what!” The twins said at the same time.

   they both quiet down after Cedric glared at them “It’s Draco Malfoy” you added. A smile forms on Luna’s face “I know” she spoke in her soft voice. George snaps his head in her direction “and you didn’t tell me?!” he exclaimed, her smile staying. “It wasn’t my secret to tell Georgie”

   the Weasley twin just sighed and pressed a kiss to her temple, mumbling something about her always being right. “You’ve been dating Malfoy for almost a year now and kept it a secret because, why?” Harry spoke up. You exhale before answering “He’s scared of what his father would think”

   Fred shook his head “More like his reputation. Wasn’t he all over Parkinson at breakfast. Word spreads at Hogwarts” he scoffs. You open your mouth to speak, but nothing comes out. “Y/n you have to start thinking about your future, with out Malfoy” Cedric speaks, rubbing your back with his hand.

   “But-” “-But nothing Y/n. I love you like a sister and i know you love him, but he’s just using you. After graduation he’s going to throw you away because that’s who Draco Malfoy is, a user and a asshole who cares about his reputation more then what’s in front of him” Cedric was fuming with anger.

   Harry wraps his arms around him, his head digging into the Hufflepuffs back. Cedric visibly calms and leans back into Harry “Sorry” he mumbles. Tears streamed down your face as Fred pulls your body next to his, wrapping his arms around you. He presses a firm kiss to your head “It’ll be okay princess”

   will it though?

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    you avoided Draco Malfoy all sunday and monday. You had time to think about what you wanted and what Draco wanted. As much as you didn’t want to think about what Cedric had said, your mind did. Maybe he was right. Maybe Draco was using you for all you were worth.

   As Cedric walked the halls with Fred Weasley a certain platinum blond stopped in front of him “Diggory. A word please” he spoke, with slight irritation. “What in the hell do you want Malfoy?” he snapped back. Fred had a small grin on his face.

   Draco looked at Fred and eyed him up and down before looking back at Cedric “Alone” he says. Fred raises his hands up before nudging Cedrics shoulder. Fred walks down the hall, leaving the two alone, per Draco’s request. “Okay speak” the hufflepuff crossed his arms.

   “Wheres Y/n? i haven’t talked to her in three days. Is she okay?” Cedric hated how worried Draco suddenly sounded now after what he did. Cedric let out a bitter laugh “You can drop the act Malfoy. We both know you could care less about Y/n. Don’t you have pug face anyway?”

   Draco suddenly realized what was going on. He sighs and rubs a hand over his face “Shit. Look she was coming onto me, i was just messing around. What right do you have in our relationship anyway?” he said, clearly taking offense to his questioning. Cedric. Fucking. Snapped.

   “Seriously!? Everytime you fuck up i’m there to pick up the fucking pieces! She’s so stupidly in love with you, for some reason that she ignores it and moves on everytime! She broke down in front of me on saturday because of the stupid shit you did!” Cedric was co close to punching him the face.

   he took a couple deep breaths and stepped back while Draco stood frozen “Your not there because you don’t care Malfoy. I never said anything to her before because i wanted her to be happy, but i did on saturday. You will always care about reputation more than Y/n and she knows that now”

   with those parting words Cedric turned on his heels and walked away. Draco blinked mindlessly before walking back as well. 

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   Thursday. One day till graduation. You were holding a box full of colored tinsel that needed to be in the great hall so the planning committee could hang it up. You were passing by in a empty hallway “Need any help, love?” you stop mid step, turning to your left.

   “Draco?” you slowly place the box down and look up at him. He seems nervous. He takes a step, arms reaching out for a hug but you step back instead. “Love, what you saw with Pansy i-” “You don’t have to explain Draco, i understand” you nod once. A smile grows on your face.

   “Oh thank merlin. Let’s drop this off and hang out somewhere, yeah?” he asked, but you shake your head “I understand that no matter how much i want to be with you. We’re just to different. Draco, we don’t work” you spoke, about to lean down and pick up the box again when Draco grabs your arms.

   “If Diggory said i don’t love you that’s the farthest from the truth. I am in love with you Y/n L/n, it’s just my father and the public eye on me. Please don’t do this i- i- can’t live without you” Draco was breaking down in front of you and it was a sight to see.

   you held your composure the best you could, practically forcing yourself to not breakdown as well and hug him close to you. Instead you smile lightly and remove his hands from your arms “I don’t doubt you love me, but you should be with somebody your father approves of if his opinion matters that much to you. It’s okay Draco. It was never meant to be. Have a good life”

   you bend down to pick up the box, leaving the Slytherin boy to weep alone. You could hear his quiet sobs behind you and had to bite your lip so you wouldn’t cry out as well. You had done it. You had left Draco Malfoy and in all honesty. You felt as if a part of you had been ripped out.

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   friday, graduation day. You and Luna were getting ready. You both had picked dresses to wear under your graduation robes. You chose a short black dress while Luna chose a long white sundress. After finishing up, you both made your way to the great hall.

   Professor Dumbledore and Mcgonagall said there announcements and gave out a few awards. Cedric Diggory got one for quidditch, which you cheered loudly for. After those some students gave speeches. Hermione’s was very sweet and short and you enjoyed it.

   after the clapping died down Mcgonagall stood up “Next student to say a few words is Draco Malfoy” the Slytherins cheered loudly for there headboy while you sunk into your seat. Draco stood up and shrugged off his robes, leaving him in a all black suit and tie. So handsome- wait. Stop Y/n.

   he walked up to the front and gave the crowd a slight smile. Oh yeah, i forgot to mention that parents were aloud to attend the ceremony. No wonder he wanted to speak. He needed to impress his father. Typical. You sigh and prepare yourself for what's to come.

   “Thank you Professor. When i first came to Hogwarts the only thing on my mind was my education, but i made friends along the way and found comfort in people around me like Blaise Zabini and Theodore Nott, my best mates.” he points towards the two in the crowd and they stand up momentarily to wave.

   you shake your head. Could this be over already? “Hogwarts has become my second home really. It’ll be hard to leave this place and not return next year to all the places i loved to visit, like the astronomy tower” your heart tugged, you couldn’t do it. Standing up from the table, you walk towards the exit.

   “you might be wondering why that place is my favorite out of all the wondrous parts about Hogwarts. Well, it was where i was most happy because i-” Draco looked at his father, then his mother before continuing. “it’s where i met my love” you stopped walking as collective gasps erupted throughout the hall. 

   you turn slowly and look at Draco “Yes, save your shock. I Draco Malfoy am in love with Y/n L/n and i’m tired of hiding it.” what the hell was he doing? Students whispered to each other and others gave sympathetic stares at Pansy. His father looked furious.

   everyone then looked towards you as Draco stepped away from the front and made his way to you. Oh no “I haven’t been a good boyfriend by hiding you away and Diggory was right. I chose my reputation over you and i shouldn’t have because in the end you were always the one that stuck around”

   a cane stops him from walking and he looks up to see his father glaring at him “Draco, you will stop this nonsense and we will leave at once. You will not tarnish the Malfoy legacy over some feeble Hufflepuff girl” he spat. Draco’s eyes narrowed at his father. He lifts his hand and slips off the Malfoy ring he wore.

   he dropped it on the ground, causing a metallic sound. “Fuck your legacy and your small minded bullshit. Cut me off, i don’t care. Never speak to me again, i. Don’t. Care, but you won’t talk about Y/n that way. Goodbye father” he pushed the cane away and rushed towards you.

   “Draco! Get back here now!” his father shouted. Draco grabs your hand and runs out the great hall with you. You unclip your robe and watch it fly off into it reached the ground. 

   your friends watched you run off. George turned to Fred who had a small smile on his face “You okay Freddie?” he asked, nudging his twins shoulder. “I never had a chance with her did i?” he says, sighing deeply. George purses his lips, shaking his head.

   Cedric sighed deeply, leaning back into his seat “Not bad, Malfoy”

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   you both ran out the school. It was raining, not too hard though. Suddenly Draco stops, causing you to do the same “What?” you say, the rain wetting your H/c hair. He pulls you into his chest and uses the other hand to pull you in for a kiss. It’s sweet and passionate, you wished it would last a lifetime.

   as you pull away you see his platinum blond hair flatten, raindrops cascading down his face “I’ll never betray you again Y/n. If you’ll be mine again. We’ll move in together and make a legacy of our own. I promise” he says, leaning his forehead against yours. 

   “That’s all i ever wanted” and with that, you both kiss again. 

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   Kody- served hot and fresh with extra extra cheese for all you fluff lovers. Anyways, peace.

[atlantablack]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

tagged by: @being-luminous thanks much for the tag 💖💖

This is such a daunting challenge god, picking my five favorites god. but alright let's see here. No wait, this was actually so fucking hard holy shit

1. Remember me love when I'm reborn

In one life Harry Potter lies dead on a forest floor. Eyes unseeing and body cold. Voldemort laughs and tries to ignore the gaping emptiness that has expanded in his chest.

In another, time ripples and Harry appears in the middle of a forest. Eyes bright and death wrapped around her like a cloak.

In a life that could have been, Harry flings herself from Hagrid’s arms and wins the war. Lives her life ignoring the gaping hole in her chest where someone else’s soul used to sit.

This is the very first multi-chapter fic I ever wrote and finished. I'd also just joined a discord server that ended up really motivating me to write and where I ended up meeting @kitastrophea and @queerofthedagger in 2019, two of my best friends. so this fic really encapsulates that era of my life, of getting back into writing, and making friends that I can't imagine life without and it has a very special place in my heart.

2. a god at an altar, a beggar full of faith

The dawn was breaking the bones of your heart like twigs. You had not expected this, the bedroom gone white, the astronomical light ... - Visible World by Richard Siken

For every person that sinks magic beneath Arthur's skin like an offering, another tries to murder him, always furious when the magic harmlessly bounces off, Arthur held safe by the sacrifices of those who have died for him.

He wonders if they knew that he was aware of what they were doing. He spends a lot of time wondering why they would protect him. His father has them murdered and still more come, always in disguise, sometimes only brushing past him in the marketplace, a finger to his wrist, a hand to his back, the sweet rush of protection burrowing beneath his skin and promising safety.

He wonders how long it is until they decide to stop protecting the son of their butcher?

I wrote this for Merlin Holidays 2021 and it's one of my favorite fics I've written for the Merlin fandom. I was in the middle of resisting the urge to write marvel fic too and some tropes carried over that ended up fitting really well. I'm also really proud of the little details I winded through it and the bits of backstory I gave Arthur.

3. no (wo)man is an island

Holding someone’s soul next to your own for seventeen years leaves behind an echo.

An echo is all that’s needed to carry a voice across space (and time).

I just like this one lol we need more fem!Harry where it's also fem!Voldemort!

4. so keep up your heart, and tell me, as it shapes itself

P.S. Allen Ginsberg to Peter Orlovsky -- 1958 Tho I long for the actual sunlight contact between us I miss you like a home. Shine back honey & think of me.

Steve says, he's my friend, and Sam spends a year chasing Bucky across Europe. Spends the next year missing him.

One of the biggest reasons I started writing for sambucky was because I read this very specific trope of Sam helping Steve look for Bucky after catws and finding him, and writing my own version of that trope is just, god, this fic is like my favorite younger child. I'm so incredibly proud of it and love it a lot. Writing this also really helped me shape the way I write Sam <3

5. half in the shadows (half burned in flame)

He gets as far as New York before his body goes into withdrawal. Before he remembers that Hydra had stuck a failsafe in him so he’d go down long enough to be found.

Before he remembers that he'd run before. (He doesn’t want to go back. He doesn’t want to. He never wants to and it never matters.)

This time it does.

Last, but certainly not least, my first really huge sambucky fic. I started this thing in January and just finished it like a week ago. It grew so much larger than I ever meant for it to be and I loved every second of it. It was one of the big first things that @magicinavalon and I bonded over, and I put so much love into this fic. It's always going to be my baby in this fandom, the fic that really grabbed me and said hey, you're in it now babe. Have fun down the rabbit hole <3

tagging: @magicinavalon @yammz @kitastrophea @obsessivelymoody @jules-of-the-crown and @queerofthedagger again just because <3

[forthehpfanboys]

Bloody Knuckles and Sunshine

Pair: Harry Potter x Reader; he/him.

Summary: Harry loved his ball of sunshine and will do anything, including throwing hands at a dude a head taller than him, to protect it from harm.

Warnings: Mention of the f slur, Fighting, fluffy tho, also small homophobiaaaa

Notes: I loved this, dang-it. Hufflepuff reader!

~DO NOT REPOST ANYWHERE~

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Harry put a finger to his lips, signaling to be quiet. He smirked when he saw your friend's eyes light up with mischief and silently agreed. He slowly inched forward, waiting until he was all but pressed against your back. He lunged forward, covering your eyes before whispering ‘guess who?’ in your ear.

He let out a laugh when you screamed successfully catching the attention of everyone in the dining hall. He pulled his hands away only to wrap them around your waist, watching how your face melted into a color to rival a strawberry. He laughed harder when you pulled your hood up to hide your blush. 

“Harry, you jerk!” You squeaked out while your friends snickered into their hands. “That wasn’t funny!”

“Aw, I’m sorry, love. You’re right, I’m a big meanie.” He said between chuckles, kissing your hood covered cheek. He laughed louder when you slapped his arm. “How is my favorite ray of sunshine doing this evening?” Harry took any opportunity he could to see you blush and it was quite easy to do, especially with such a soft nickname that fit you perfectly. Seriously, you’re smile lit up entire rooms and Harry levied for it. 

“Well, I was telling Cedric about this kneazle kit I found out by the bushes yesterday but now I wanna melt into the black lake and never come back.” You grumbled, slowly pulling your hood down when you were sure the attention and blush had faded. You smiled when Harry responded with a fake gasp of shock.

“And you didn’t tell me? After being your boyfriend for three months?”

“Three and a half-”

“That’s even worse!” Harry pouted at you, cheering internally when he managed to make you blush just the slightest. 

Truth be told, you’d been dating the wonder boy for 3.5 months and it all started because you’d bumped into him one random day. You’d apologized so quietly and swiftly, he nearly missed your American accent. He told you it was alright and you ran off before he could get a name. He ended up seeing you later that day, during dinner at the dining hall. They did a quick welcome ceremony for you before sorting you with the hat. Harry was practically leaping for joy when you were put in Hufflepuff. He was just grateful at the time to not have to deal with another Slytherin who’d judge people for something as simple as blood status. 

While you were quiet and shy and reserved and just overall the softest human Harry had ever met, he tried to talk to you whenever he could. He managed to break your shell a little bit each day, slowly spending more time with you and introducing you to his friends. 

You’d study with Hermione and help her tutor the other two dorks in the group. You’d play wizard's chess with Ron where most games end in a tie, but ever so often you would beat him, as would he. Long story short, his friends love you and at this point, Harry was loving you too, just a little differently. He wanted to hold you at night and fall asleep in your arms. He wanted to bake your favorite cookies just to see you smile. He wanted to see your bright eyes reflect the stars so badly.

So one day he did it. He asked you on a date in the middle of one of your chess games with Ron, leading to Ron winning because you were far too distracted by the males request. You did end up saying yes though, which rocked his hard harder than anything else. 

He took you to Hogsmeade, obviously. He showed you the shops, since this was the first time you’d been. He introduced you to the lovely world of Honeydukes and the Three Broomsticks. One date led to another, then another, then another, until it was literally a weekly thing. He saved Friday after school for you and only you. It was, actually, really cute. 

At every month milestone of you two being official boyfriends, he’d try to do something immensely special. In the first month, he took you out on the quidditch brooms for a night ride out. You gazed at the sky together, watched the sun set and returned to cuddle in his arms in the common room of Gryffindor tower. Second month, the two of you went adventuring in the Forbidden Forest, with Hagrid low-key third wheeling to make sure you were safe, then a cute picnic by the Black Lake. This month, he’d snuck you into the Shrieking Shack just so you’d get scared and confide in him. It was terrifying, but he made up for it with snuggles and treats swiped from the kitchen after hours. You were excited to see what month four had coming.

“Oh, stop. You’re acting like a big baby.” You giggled out, leaning over to kiss his shoulder. You waved your friends off when they faked a few gags. “What brings ya over here, anyway?”

“What? I can’t see my ball of sunshine? I’m hurt, (Y/n)! You wound me!” Harry scoffed, placing a hand over his chest as if his heart had shattered like a mirror. He looked around at your friends when they all grew quiet. “..What?”

“You usually only come over here to tease him or because someone specific and blonde was staring at him from across the room.” Cedric spoke up, his eyebrows cocked up while Harry’s furrowed in confusion.

“What? Do I?” Harry turned to you, his eyes shining with worry. You bit down on your lip before slowly nodding your head. You spoke up quickly when he let out a pain filled groan.

“But that’s ok because I get to see you in herbology, potions and astronomy!” You waved your hands, trying to show it really wasn’t a big deal. It really wasn’t! You got to see him a lot and understood he couldn’t be with you 24/7 and that his friends wanted his attention too, so it was fine. 

“I’ll do better.”

“What? Harry, no! Love, you’re fine!” You squeaked out, cupping his cheek gently. “Honestly, it’s ok.” You pulled your hand away when he swung one leg over the bench to straddle it next to you. 

“Are you sure?” Harry stared into your eyes, basically scanning your soul for lies like a bar code. You nodded your head again, planting a soft kiss on his nose. “Ok..” He smiled, pulling you to him before planting his own peck against your lips. 

He only pulled back when someone chose to shout a specific f slur across the room. The raven haired male didn’t hesitate to stand up. His eyes were scanning across the now quiet dining hall.

“Who said it?” Harry’s voice was not filled with sweetness. It was filled to the brim with venom and it only became more obvious when no one spoke up. “Oh, come on now! You weren’t scared to shout before! Don’t be shy now!” 

Neither you nor Harry batted an eye when McLaggen stood up. The blonde bimbo had been anything but pleasant toward you when you made your relationship public. 

“I’m just saying what we’re all thinking, Harry.” McLaggen’s cocky voice spoke up as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. Cormac’s cockiness faded when McGonagall began spouting about intolerable language in Hogwarts and how that word was one of the many students should know better than to say. While the Gryffindor headmaster was going off, Harry didn’t hesitate to walk around the table, despite your protests, and punch the bloke square in the jaw.

You jumped up from your seat just as Cormac’s behind hit the floor of the dining hall. Harry  followed the bloke to the ground, deciding to bruise his ego and pretty face further. Upon order of McGonagall, the twins and Lee jumped up, separating Harry and McLaggen. Fred held Harry back while George and Jordan carried the idiot out of the hall. 

Once Harry stropped squirming, Fred let go, allowing you to scurry over and grab his hands. You also dragged him out of the dining hall much to McGonagall’s disliking, but went in the opposite direction as the quidditch players. You took him to the courtyard, setting him down on a step before kneeling in front of him. 

“Harry.” You spoke up, looking down at his right hands knuckles, that were covered in blood. “Come on, babe.” You whispered out, your heart cracking at the sight of your love hurt.

“I know..” Harry grumbled, his eyes also staring at the red liquid coming from his knuckles. 

“So, why do you keep fighting? Words can sting just as much as a punch.” You spoke up, reaching into Harry’s robe and pulling his wand out of the pocket. You transfigured a handful of leaves into a roll of bandages before shoving the wand into Harry’s not bloody hand and started wrapping up his knuckles.

“Because you’re too soft on people.” Harry looked down at his knees, his hands coming to his sides to rest against the stone. He started drawing a pathetic portrait of the two of you sitting at some.. Beach? Maybe it was grass. Poor babe couldn’t draw that well.

“Hun, people have reasons behind the things they say and do..” You rested a hand against his shoulder. He looked up from his drawing in the dirt to gaze up at you, his eyes big and innocent even after a fight.

“I know..” He grumbled again. “But he deserved it this time, babe, you know he did. If it wasn’t me, it’d be Cedirc or Ron for Merlin’s sake.” 

“I know..” You sat down next to the raven haired male, pulling him to your side and letting him lean his head against your shoulder. “I’m not mad, ya know? It.. It was nice.” You bit your lip. Harry knows that hesitation. His eyes snapped up to yours, noting the soft blush across your cheeks.

“Oh, really, sunshine? You like it when I play knight?” He wiggled his eyebrows, smirking a little when your soft pink cheeks turned brighter in hue.

“May-.. No, I’m not giving you a reason to keep getting bloody knuckles.” You shook your head, gazing across the courtyard.

“Oooh, you do like it when I play knight!”

“Harry, no.”

“Harry yes!”

“Harry, no!” You shouted, your voice slightly sterner. Harry wasn’t used to you being so stern or loud, it was kinda scary. “Do not get into more fights just to fluster me.” Your shy demeanor came back ten fold, causing him to smirk wider.

“Of course not! Why would I do that, sunshine?” Harry snickered, his arms wrapping around your waist and kissing the base of your neck. He wasn’t going to bring up every year he managed to find himself in literal life or death situations or the fact that he was most likely going to be defending you again.

“Because your Harry Potter and ‘I-Fight-Homophobs’ really should be your middle name.” You smiled, praying he didn’t notice how hot your body had gotten from the heat. He let out a final laugh, his lips planting a big kiss to your cheek. “Harry, seriously, though. No more fights. It’s scary.”

“No, I know! Whatever you say.”

“I’m serious!”

“No, I know!”

“Then where are you going?”

“To finish what I started! Just five minutes, sunshine. Just five, I promise!”

“Harry, no!”

[leviathanspain]

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

synopsis: sirius black cannot be tamed

warnings: yelling ?? idk it’s angsty tho

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

“YOU have to be shitting me-“ you slammed your books on the table in front of remus and james.

“what-“ remus looked up from his book until he looked at you, “oh, y/n!” he chuckled nervously, “how are you?”

james bit his lip, and gave another nervous laugh.

“where’s sirius? i know you fuckers know where he is.” you adjusted your tie, pushing your hair back, “i’m really going to rip him a new one if he doesn’t explain what the fuck is goi-“

“darling!” a loud voice rang out into the gryffindor common room. his hands were up and a smirk was on his face. his black curls were ruffled messily.

you turned around to look at him and rolled your eyes, “i really have a bone to pick with you, black.” you walked up to him and was ready to begin shouting not before he reached to you, pulling you in closely and kissing your cheek.

“i’ve missed you..” he whispered, wrapping his hand around your waist.

james whistled from the table and sirius smirked.

“no-“ you pulled away, “what is it that you were doing with some fifth year in the gardens?” your arms were crossed against your chest, leaning back on the table that remus and james sat on.

sirius walked foward and let his hand rest on the dip of your back, “come on darling, don’t be like that. it wasn’t anything, just a kiss and a tickle.” he chuckled, getting close to you.

as he pushed against you on the table, remus and james both gagged in disgust, taking their things off that table, placing them either on the floor or their lap.

“merlin’s beard!” remus exclaimed, watching as sirius’ hand reached down even further on your back.

putting your hand to stop sirius from doing that in the library, you shoved him back roughly to his surprise. he looked at you with furrowed eyebrows, usually you would forget about whoever he was doing that week and move on, but as he saw your hand coming into his face, he knew it was more than what he thought.

the smack echoed through the common room, other students who tried to ignore the situation now couldn’t help but to look, watching as sirius clutched his cheek and you spat on him, shoving past.

moony and prongs watched, and as you left, bursted into fits of laughter.

“you’re screwed.” james told sirius, who couldn’t help but whince as he withdrew his hand from his cheek.

“is it bad?” sirius asked james, who laughed once more.

“she even got a nail indent!” he shrieked with even more laughter.

remus who had calmed down from his fit was now fixing his hair, looking at sirius with an expression that sirius knew a lecture was coming.

“pads-“

“oh for the love of- it was one time!” sirius explained to his friends, slumping down in the chair and throwing his face into his hands.

“one time with the girl or?” remus asked, “listen pads, i think you need to realize that y/n can only take so much. i mean, she slapped you already, she might cut it off next time.” he looked down and sirius nearly smacked him too.

james cleared his throat and spoke up, “no, moony’s right. you treat her like any other girl when you know she’s the only one who puts up with you and us. you better go apologize or something because otherwise...” he trailed off and looked at remus.

remus met his gaze, “what?”

“he would be losing..” james clearly was hoping that remus would finish his sentence.

remus only stared.

“yeah i get it!” sirius stood up angrily.

james looked up, “you two have been together since second year, i don’t know why you would want to sabotage that. or why you’ve even been kissing or flirting with other girls in the first place. if i did that to lily-“

“you’re not with lily-“ remus pointed out.

“but if i was! i would never cheat on her. its cruel.” james shrugged, pursing his lips, looking down at his notebook.

sirius now felt like a complete asshole. it’s not that he was bored of you, he really did love you, he just didn’t have an explanation.

“if you don’t go apologize, i will.” remus said and it only made sirius run out in determination to find you.

but oh did he find you.

“y/n! what the hell are you doing?!” sirius rushed past a group of students studying and nearly jumped over some old professor just to get to you.

you were leaning on one of the pillars of the open hallway, the muscled arm of another sixth year above your head as he Intentively talked to you. your smile was crippling to sirius, he nearly stopped in his tracks.

your smile was something only sirius got to see, or at least that genuine smile. sleepless nights when he saw your smile, or when he would sneak you into the boys dorms to play hooky. or even that one time he took you on a date to hogsmeade and he spilled butterbeer on you, you still smiled and said it was fine.

now you were smiling for another boy.

sirius walked up, and mustered as much of his strength to punch to boy, watching as you yelled, and the boy fell back.

“leave my girlfriend alone before i curse you!” he yelled and watched as the boy ran away.

“what the hell!” you smacked his arm to turn his attention to you. “i was talking to him! you can’t just punch people randomly!”

“it wasn’t random i-“

“mr. black and ms. l/n, detention!” mcgonagall told the both of you as she walked by, making you curse in response.

giving an annoyed glance at sirius, you stalked off, mumbling about how you were gonna to cut off his-

sirius met up with james and remus, immediately explaining what happened and if any of them had some ice for his bruised fist.

“that’s- that wasn’t an apology!” moony exclaimed in frustration.

“i know- i just saw her smile and-“ sirius sighed, james looking at him with pity.

“that smile?” he inquired.

“yes. that smile.” sirius gave another sigh, “i really am an idiot.”

“yes. yes you are.” moony responded, “well since you both have detention, just apologize there. no punching, kicking or insulting of any people. not even biting.” he looked at sirius darkly.

“fine fine!” sirius stalked off, holding his books tightly as he rounded off the corner to detention.

as he walked in, you were already sat down, and an empty seat next to you was open.

you glanced over and rolled your eyes, turning your eyes back to the front of the room.

“y/n.. psst!” he whispered, and blew air in your direction.

you didn’t say anything, ignoring him.

after a long ten minutes of doing that, sirius finally got frustrated enough and stopped, turning glumly to face the front.

finally, you turned to look at him, making sure the coast was clear to even do so.

“i am not getting more detention because of you! if you really want to talk, the field near the lake, be there after potions.” and you turned back around, regretting immediately what you said.

you walked down the path that led to that grassy field. the sun would hit the field in the summer and flowers would bloom everywhere. right now in the fall, the flowers were sparse as they were dying and the wind was too harsh. the lake was still a far walk but you didn’t mind, the lake always gave you a bad feeling.

“y/n!” sirius pushed through the trees, nearly tripping over a branch.

“im so sorry.” he finally said, walking to where you stood, “i know that what i said and what i had been doing weren’t right and i should’ve just apologized earlier instead of punching that guy you were talking to and i just-“

you held up a hand, getting closer to him. you fixed his tie and let your hands fall on his shoulders.

“all i wanted was an apology.” you finally said, looking down sadly.

“well then you got it.” sirius said, going in to kiss you.

but you looked away, “i cant sirius. i’m tired of everything, all the lying, all the cheating. you don’t think i’ve heard the whispers?” you looked at him, holding yourself as the wind blew past you, lifting your hair.

“what-“ his eyebrows furrowing.

“half the girls in our house have fooled around with you. probably more in other houses that i don’t know of. did you know that the blonde girl that had a crush on remus had a pregnancy scare? all her friends looked at me from across the dinner table. i nearly broke down as put two and two together.”

you felt tears prick at the corners of your eyes, “how could you do that to me?! you bastard!” you shouted, the heartbreak making your voice crack.

he stated at you, feeling the tears flow down his cheeks. “i’m sorry!” he cried out.

“it doesn’t matter!” you yelled, “you’ve stomped on my heart for years! i have had to deal with you cheating on me, lying and probably even worse that i don’t even know of!”

sirius watched you, desperately wanting to get close to you once more.

“im done, sirius. we’re done.” you muttered, stalking off through the trees back to hogwarts.

as you walked, all you could hear was the loud scream that sirius let out, then hearing a dog howl right after.

neither of you would ever be the same.

[slytherinnbitch]

i'm glad you don't hate my asks, i didn't send much this days bc i was scared that you did hated them🚶

and ok i agree angst is cool BUT MY SAD PERSON LIKES THEM WHEN THERE'S A HAPPY ENDING THAT ONE JUST BROKE MY HEART BC IMAGINE HOW HARRY IT'S GOING TO FEEL WHEN (OR IF?) HE REMEMBERS EVERYTHING MAKES ME WANT TO CRY LIKE PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO YOURSELF POTTER!!!!

by the way, i'm really curious about how do you think draco would react if he was the one that lost his memory. do you think he would be a brat like harry or he would be more calm at the idea that they're married and have a child together? i have a lot of feelings about that bc i can't get my finger around it like ughh i think he would be more calm but at the same time i think he would react worse than harry did 🤧

I NEVER TOLD YOU BUT ENGLISH IT'S NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE SO I'M SORRY IF I TALK HORRIBLE AND YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY (I PROBABLY MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES, SORRY)

ok this is already too long so i'm saying my goodbyes~ (by the way, i'm glad you're having or had a good weekend, i hope you have a nice week too, you totally deserve it!) and help you make me feel special saying that you like my asks, i want to hug you and protect you from the world 🤲

Hey Darling! Firstly I have no idea how I forgot to reply to this because I read it then I thought I answered as well but apparently not.

Never ever think that any of your asks bother me. Asks are just so nice. I love them.

As for the sequel. I have gotten enough requests that I will do it. After I finish proposal part 3. Don't ask me when is that, idk. Can't really promise on a happy ending but I'll try. There sure will be angst tho. So much of it, haha.

As for the Draco forgetting about Harry. What first comes to my mind is this:

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Draco wakes up with a pounding headache. He scrunches his face as the noise overwhelms him and gives him a terrible headache. He hears three gasps from beside him. As he lifts his head up and opens his eyes, he finds himself in a hospital. He racks his brain in an attempt to remember what had happened that landed him there but comes up blank.

"Draco-" someone whispers beside him and when he turns his head, it's none other than Harry fucking Potter. What the actual fuck and why does Potter look so bloody fit- not that he wasn't before but holy Merlin, this is on another level. Potter also looks older, so he frowns at him and when did he start calling Draco by his given name?

"Potter, why the fuck are you here?" That's the first thing that comes out if his mouth and now Potter is frowning at him.

"I don't know, Malfoy. What does one do when their husband lands up in the hospital after trying to save them from an unknown spell? And for future purpose, it's Malfoy-Potter now." Potter snarks back and there's no actual venom in his voice just mirth and humor.

Draco has never heard him talk like this to him before. And wait- did he just say husband? Is that supposed to mean him? And Malfoy-Potter? What the fuck is happening?

"Mate, you really scared us this time." Weasley says from his other side and Granger's sitting beside him with slight tears in her eyes?! Is he in the same universe or what? What's the joke here?

"We should call an healer," Granger replies before he can even begin to contemplate whats happening.

He remains quiet, trying to figure out what is actually going on when the Healer comes in.

"Auror Malfoy, how many more times do I need to tell you that you need not run headfirst into any situation if you see that your husband is in danger. Had you not gone to save Auror Potter then you would not have these severe injuries and Auror Potter would have been fine as well. Getting two completely different curses at the same time is very very harmful." They finish and seriously who is this? Why are they talking as if they have known Draco for a long time?

"Draco, are you quite alright?" Granger asks in a soft voice and he looks at her in disbelief. Did she forget who she is talking to?

"I would ask if you would like to get everyone outside for the examination but it's really a futile effort at this point." The Healer smiles at him and shakes their head.

"Uh, uhm actually I would like some privacy if that's not too much." Draco says and really that might not have been the best thing to say. The shocked expressions on everyone's face conveys that fantastically.

"Well then, out all of you. Even you, Auror Potter." The Healer says, the epitome of professional.

"Zia, I have asked you multiple times to call me Harry." Potter says almost absent-mindedly, like it's almost instinct at this point or something.

.

After Zia had asked their questions and Draco had told them that he doesn't remember anything about what happened. And they ask him what was the last thing he remembers and he replies that he remembers turning to the Apparation point in Diagon Alley on Christmas Eve and Zia looks at him with wide eyes.

They ask him about the year and he eyes them suspiciously before replying 2000.

"Draco, I think you have lost a fair amount of memory. It's actually May 2015 and not December 2000." Zia informs him regretfully.

"Okay. No seriously, it's okay. But why is Potter saying he is my husband and he is a Malfoy-Potter now?" Draco asks them incredulously.

"That I think you should ask Harry himself." Zia says, biting her lips in a way that can't really be pleasant.

.

When Potter and his sidekicks finally finish explaining him about the last 15 years of his life. His first response is to laugh. Apparantly, he has a child. A literal child? How did that even happen? And he has been married for the last 10 years. To Potter.

"This feels like a childhood fantasy come true, you know? Being a part of the golden trio. Líke seriously, this is something I have to believe? Who set this up? Pansy? Was it Blaise? I mean it's got to be one of those bastards." Draco finally says and laughs.

"Well, I'm sorry the three of you but really, you can go now. Sorry for wasting y'all's precious time. Please send those goons in." Draco continues. He looks at the three of them, hoping they would finally agree with him and tell him that it was a good one though and go their merry way. But Granger looks like she wants to cry and Weasley looks much the same, except he is looking shocked as well.

He turns to Potter, his apparant husband and the other father of his child, and finds him actually crying. There are tears flowing down his face almost constantly and all Draco wants to do is reach out and-

No, that's not what he wants. He feels his heart clench but why? This is afterall a joke.

Right?

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Okay this was totally unplanned. I just had the childhood fantasy line in my mind and well, this is the result. Hope this answers your question? And sorry, I got carried away. It happens at times. (I was supposed to be writing today's drabble but I wrote this instead)

Your English is just fine! Infact, English isn't really my first language as well. Like it was what I first started learning in school but I spoke another language before. Like my mother tongue is something else and my first language is English if that makes sense? So you're just fine, no worries!

Hope you like small scene! Love you <3

[catherdrashepard]

Darrow is Not Going to Die at the End of the Series Part 2

There are probably going to be at least one or two more parts depending on how much I can stop myself from blathering on. Anyway, spoilers ahead for the following: Dark Age, Hunger Games, Castlevania, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Avengers Endgame, The Hobbit, Voltron, FMA, HttYD, Death Note, Madoka Magica, Merlin, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, HunterxHunter, Dragon Prince, He-Man (the new one), Yu Yu Hakusho, Persona 3. Mass Effect, The Hollow, Camp Cretaceous, and whatever else I can think of.

I last left off on talking about how my thoughts implied that Darrow could die at the end as long all the loose ends are tied. But, I don’t think that that’s really something that can actually happen. A lot of this is speculation on my part and really relies on what happens during the 6th book.

The first thing that came to mind was Mass Effect. The ending of Mass Effect 3 was...not very well received. I’m not going to say that I’m particularly happy with it either but I also think it fits the narrative. However, one thing to note, video games are different than books and the story that Shepard goes through is reliant on the player. Also, stories in games are going to be shorter than stories in books (for the most part, there are definitely exceptions) due to player involvement.

I’m going to start with Shepard’s first death, at the beginning of Mass Effect 2. Of course, being the second game, their death couldn’t be permanent unless BioWare switched protagonists mid trilogy. There are a few reasons, in my opinion, that Shepard was killed during the opening credits of the second game.

First of all, the combat changed between games (a lot between the first and second and only slightly between second and third), and I think Shepard’s two year absence gave a reason for a tutorial on the new combat system. They were dead and had to learn how to use new technology. This is also done between the second and third games, with a 6 month gap, but the combat only changed slightly. Secondly, having the main protagonist die really highlights the threat that the player is dealing with in the second game but, Shepard’s return also shows that they still have unfinished business and that their story isn’t over. Thirdly, I think the absence gives time for the secondary characters time to develop on their own. This is shown more with the characters who appeared in the first game but also it gives an idea of just how much of an impact Shepard had. I feel like this is a parallel to the time Darrow spent in the table between GS and MS.

Now to move on to Shepard’s more permanent death...although if you complete the game entirely (at least in the legendary edition; thank goodness I hated the battle readiness thing) there is a dubious ending where Shepard may or may not have lived. But in any case, Shepard is considered dead and their story is over. Whatever my feelings about this may be, this type of ending didn’t come out of nowhere. The main threat, the Reapers, have been dealt with in a permanent manner, or at least it’s heavily implied that they won’t be coming back. However, just because the Reapers are gone doesn’t mean there aren’t still things to be done. Specifically, recovery. Shepard very well could have been involved in this but it’s not necessary. Their story is over, they have dealt with the threat and it’s not coming back.

Darrow, on the other hand, has not finished his mission. Even if he does by the end of the next book, however, it’s a very different circumstance from Shepard. The threat in Mass Effect was a very large and tangible thing, whereas the problem Darrow faces is an ideology and the people who hold those views. Something like that doesn’t end with a large space weapon pointed directly at the threat; it permeates everything. So even if Darrow defeats Atalantia, Lysander, and whoever else, there’s most likely going to be more people who shared belief that Golds are best. Also, we saw how the Vox Populi felt about the things Darrow was doing. Darrow is essentially reconstructing an entire system of government and, no matter how correct Darrow is, there will always be people who disagree with him.

Assuming Darrow defeats the remnants of the Society, stops the Ascomanni, deals with Quicksilver and whatever he’s doing, takes care of Atlas, handles Apple, what’s left? Much like with the end of Mass Effect, what’s left is recovery. The difference between these two, however, is that while Shepard was not necessarily needed for the rebuilding, Darrow would be.

Now, both Shepard and Darrow spearheaded their respective causes, but (and this relies heavily on how the sixth RR book goes) defeating the Reapers was a group effort, utilising every species and as many resources as they can spare. No doubt the rebuilding of the entire galaxy will require the same. Not that Darrow’s goal hasn’t been similar in that regards, with the help of so many different Colors being necessary. It’s just....Darrow’s circle feels a lot smaller than Shepard’s.

I mean, obviously being the face of a war is going to get you a lot supporters and people to work with, but the most important players are Darrow’s close friends and family. I’m sure part of this is the fact that the books are first person with specific POVs. Mass Effect does focus on Shepard’s story, but it’s in third person and you get a lot of different information through sidequests and talking to other characters. I mean, there’s a whole codex in Mass Effect with a lot of information and there isn’t one for RR (PB should make one tho). Our knowledge of the universe and its history is more limited in RR than Mass Effect, but I think that’s mostly because the lore in Mass Effect has more of a direct impact on how the story goes.

But back to the original point, it’s explicitly shown in Mass Effect that it requires everyone to stop the Reapers. And even though we see Darrow’s army, the main players, the ones who are taking care of the big things, are still Darrow’s inner circle. As an example, Mass Effect would be more like a pyramid (ironic) where Shepard is at the top. Even if it crumbles away (they die), the pyramid will still stand. For RR, it feels more like a chain. If one of the links (Darrow) breaks, then the chain is also broken. You could re-attach the pieces but it wouldn’t be as strong as it once was.

One last thing I wanted to bring up (which I will bring up again in part 4, yes I said part 4), is technology. Both Mass Effect and RR take place in the future and therefore have better technology than we do. There is something very important about this technology though that makes it more likely for Darrow to live. The Reapers are a race of sentient squid machines hellbent on the genocide of every other sentient species in the galaxy. But they are the ONLY things with access to that kind of technology. Even when they share it with Saren or the Collectors, it’s not something others can replicate. And once they’re destroyed (control ending notwithstanding) at the end of the third game, that’s it. They could still have people who are indoctrinated (although I think that stops when the Reapers were destroyed?) or people who are just stupid and think they were right, but...those people aren’t a threat. They can’t bring back the Reapers, I doubt anyone would be able to recreate such a thing (at least not within Shepard’s lifetime even if they did live). So once the Reapers were gone...that’s it.

Now, the technology in RR is, for the most part, accessible to everyone. Assuming Darrow defeats Atalantia, Lysander, etc. their way of thinking would still be around. But with the way the universe works, I think it would entirely possible for supporters of the Society to rise up and start a conflict all over again. This means Darrow is not finished yet, even if the immediate threats are gone. It wouldn’t make sense for him to die when there’s still stuff for him to do.

I do think, though, that it is worth mentioning that the definite ending of Mass Effect is probably related to the fact that it’s a video game and especially for stories like that, a more open ended conclusion with the implication that I COULD do more would only be frustrating. With tv shows, movies, and books, I notice, having a more vague ending works better because you’re just separated enough from the story that you can enjoy the implications of more stuff without feeling unsatisfied. There’s always exceptions of course.

ANYWAY, it part 3 I’m going to be talking about Persona 3 and 5 so....stay tuned.

[hauntedfoxinternet]

This is my first Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia post. I hope this is good.

Chapter 1 The start of a Adventure

I woke up to birds singing in the tree next to my window and the sun was peeking over the horizon. I got up and changed into a white cardigan with a black shirt under it and some light blue jeans then I tied my long brown hair with silver white strips in a ponytail. It was a stressfull day and we would be going to look for the staff of Avalon. I got my bag packed last night but I made sure I had everything I needed. I had some snacks, my phone, some other missolaneous things I would need. I then made a breakfast burrito and headed out of my home and set off on my rollerblades to Jim's house.

When she got there

I reached Jim's house and his mom met me at the door. “Jim honey you didn’t tell me more people were coming” She called out with a hint of worry in her tone. “Oh Bella, you're here!” He said as he came to the door. ”Well, come on in.” He says as he lets me in.“Thanks.” I said to him in a thankful tone. “Alright guys let's get going!”Toby called out as Claire raised her shadow staff and created a portal.

“You guys ready.” Claire smriks.

“Yup, let’s do this.”

“Let's get our friend back.”Jim announced. The portal landed us in a rocky forest area.

“Stay alert gunmar could be anywhere.” Jim reminded us.

“Where are we?” Claire questioned, being met with no answer she sighed. A rat scampered across the floor directing our attention to AAARRRGGHH.

“Wingman!” Toby cried and ran up to him.

“Toby stop, don't move!” I said as I realized what was around AAARRRGGHH.

Blinky then grabbed him by the bag.

“A stasis trap! That’s….” Toby gasped.

“The work of anger rot. And he’s upgraded it!" Blinky finished.

“Um, those are dwarkstones. If we deactivate the stasis, this place is gonna blow.” Claire noted.

“AAARRRGGHH my friend the’ve, used you as bait to kill us all” blinky lamented. “We gotta get him out of there!” Toby cried.

“No, wingman. You leave.” AAARRRGGHH murmured.

“No, we’re not giving up!” Toby exclaimed.

“Guys I got an idea.” Jim stated. “Ok toby drop the hammer, we drop into the room below.”

“The warhammer’s power and weight might be enough to override the stasis trap. Or it’ll fail, Toby will disintegrate into nothingness and we’ll die with the explosion.” Blinky explained.

“Cool beans.” Toby sarcastically muttered.

“Even if it works, what if we drop into something worse?” Claire argued.

“Then this? I’ll take my chances. Tobes are you ready?" Jim replied.

“Ready to possibly kill us all and die in failure? Yeah. for AAARRRGGHH!!!!” Toby charged and jumped, his landing force on the hammer crashing it into the floor, but falling to make a hole.

“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” Toby squeaked. The floor caved in as the dwarkstones went off, saving us from death.

“Is everyone all right?” Jim assured.

“Wingman!” Toby and AAARRRGGHH hugged.

“What is this place?” Blinky mused.

“Smells old.” AAARRRGGHH observed.

“Looks old too, it looks like something from the 12th century.” I said then muttered the last part.

“Remarkable. An old gyre.” Blinky quietly exclaimed.

“Why would there be a gyre here?” Jim questioned.

“It doesn’t even have controls, how does it work?” I mused with a hint of mysteriousness behind it.

‘I think I know where this goes to.’ I think as I look down the way it is facing all tho I couldn't see all that much as I was srouded with fog and shadows.

“Master Jim, your amulet!” Blinky gasped. Jim took it off and attempted to place it in the slot but it was too large.

“It won’t fit.” Blinky exclaimed.

“No, but the blue stone inside will.” Jim sighed. “Claire, it’s what you saw in your visions. If I break the amulet, it will lead us to Merlin's tomb.” He set his amulet down on a flat rock and grabbed Toby's war hammer.

“Master Jim, are you sure you want to do this? The amulet is your sacred obligation.” Blinky tried reasoning with him. It didn’t look like Jim was caring right at the moment.

“I know.” Jim said flatly. ‘I knew it.’ I thought.

“If you destroy the amulet, it is forever.” blinky continued.

“I think he gets it….” I whispered to Claire.

“Forever and ever. I get it!” Jim groaned.

“I see what you mean….” Claire responded in a whisper.

“Just making certain.” Blinky explained.

“Thank you.” jim sighed. “If we wanna catch up with gunmar and angor rot, we have to find the tomb.”

“And the staff.” claire added.

“For the glory of merlin.” Jim whispered as he walked over to the amulet, raised the hammer and let it crash down with an echoing crash, a blinding light flooding from underneath it.

“No turning back now.” Jim stated before placing the glowing blue stone into the slot. A luminous map erupted around the stone.

“Wow it’s the map Claire, you were right I knew you weren't lying.” I exclaimed in a sort of calm manner. The gyre then lit up with an electric blue glow and powered on.

“If this is fate, I really hope we’re not destined to die.” Toby hesitated, his voice filled with a little bit of fear and worry. “Only one way to find out!” Claire screamed as we were launched forward.

“Hate gyre.” AAARRRGGHH stated when we all got out. Toby was trying his best not to throw up everywhere as we trudged along. I on the other hand was completely fine for the most part. The dizzy's I felt lasted like a minute then it went away.

“Whoa, a hidden entrance.” Jim exclaimed in awe. I just stared at it with eyes of recognition.

“Yeah, but to where?” Claire mused.

“Gunmar must have come through here.” Jim muttered. Toby yelped as his war hammer suddenly became way heavier.

“Why no war hammer magic?” He pouted.

“No magic here. It appears this hallowed tomb is warded against sorcery.” blinky observed.

“My shadow staff doesn’t work either.” Claire grunted. She then walked up to a nearby wall. “These claw marks look fresh.”

“Hmm. yes, yes. As if…a struggle.” blinky replied. Toby then yelped as he tripped over a chain.

“Draal?” AAARRRGGHH gasped.

“Draal is free?” blinky hopefully exclaimed.

“If there’s no magic here, maybe Gunmar’s hold on him wore off." Jim assumed. “Then we’re not just here for the staff. We can save Draal!”

Inside Merlin's tomb was a small dark room. It was very old and covered in spider webs but I didn't question it because spiders can get about anywhere you can think of. Everything was very run down and old and the scent of dust and moss was strong in the air, a smell I know all too well. From past experiences but thats a story for another day. I smiled as I remembered what happened that day.

At the very end of the room was the exit. Although it was impossible to reach without magic.

“No way we can climb that.” Jim sighed.

‘I mean I could probably climb that wall but that would not be fair to the others.’ I thought as I looked at the exit.

“There must be some apparatus we can use. A ladder, perhaps.” Blinky mused.

“Ugh! What is this? A tomb for merlins extra junk?" Toby recoiled in disgust at the dead fish before him. I could see how he reacted and I just chuckled because I was used to the smell of rotting fish.‘Something I wish I could forget…..’ i thought.

Toby grunted as he stumbled onto a secret tile. The lights in the room lit up and everything was brand new, almost as if it had never been left.

“Wh-What was that?” Claire cried.

“By gorgus! Tobias, press that stone again!” blinky exclaimed. Toby a bit Sceptical, he still obeyed anyway. Once again the room was anew.

“Awesome sauce. This feels super weird.” Toby mumbled.

“Wait. the switch makes everything new.” Claire gasped curiously.

“Or it’s somehow jumping to the past. That’s crazy, though. Right?” Jim thought aloud.

“You’re onto something,master Jim. We do seem somehow flung into the past. Or, at least, the room has. By the wear patterns on the rocks, i’d say this is hundreds of years ago” Blinky beamed as toby took his foot back off the tile and started messing around with it, like a child turning a light on and off. While he was doing that I was chuckling.

“Tobias…tobias!” Blinky scolded. Toby muttered an apology and dumped a small sack onto the tile to keep it in place. When it hit the ground, seeds erupted from the open hole. Claire kneeled down to inspect them. “Those seeds look to be seeds from a rainforest.” I mused looking at one of the seeds.

“Seeds. I know how to get out!” Claire exclaimed. She grabbed a small pot and carried it over to the exit, placing a single seed inside its soil. “Okay. Toby, take the bag off the tile.”

As he did so, the room came back to our present and the small seed burst into a large, vine-like tree creating a path to freedom.

“Let’s climb.” AAARRRGGHH smiled.

“Claire, you're a genius!” Jim beamed.

“Go job claire.” I said to her in a proud tone.

“Good work claire! ‘And hey, good job Toby, for finding that bag of seeds’. ” Toby imitated.

“Yeah. good job, everyone.” Claire chuckled. The room above was darker than the previous.

“Wish we had a light.” Toby grunted, tripping over a few rocks.

“Oh, wait. Ugh, I hate it when my parents are right” Claire groaned as she took her flashlight out of her bag. She illuminated the wall, uncovering drawings carved into stone. They told the story and history of Merlin and Morgana's fight.

"Nice…." I said in a calm tone tho it came out as tho it was a half truth wall.

“This appears to be a depiction of history. A timeline.” Blinky explained.

“The staff of Avalon.” Jim looked in awe at the depictions above him.

“Merlin’s most powerful relic. He built it to channel the arcane energies of the universe itself.” He continued. I decided to look at the beginning of the timeline. I saw a drawing of 3 people standing around something in the photo and the part that is right next to it was a picture of the 3 of them in a line. The thing is I knew who they were and it saddened me greatly to see them again. I had a look of longing in my eye what I didn’t know was claire was looking at me.

“Hey you okay….” Claire asked.

“Huh, oh yeah i'm fine” I said as I flinched a little.

“Oh well we found something over here.” She said as we walked back to the gang.

“Whoa! Check this out! Freaky. This looks just like us.” Toby said as me and Claire walked over to a carving where Toby was at. He was looking at a drawing of all of us in the exact position we are in now.

“Whoa! That's us. Here.” Claire looked on in wonder.

“Impossible! The timeline appears to continue beyond the present.” blinky faltered.

“No, no it can’t be” Jim murmured worriedly.

“Forgot how gross this guy is.” Toby laughed upon seeing Angor Rot, carved looming above us.

“Wait…if that drawing is us now then…” I trailed off.

“We meet again, trollhunter” Angor Rot growled. AAARRRGGHH jumped in to protect us.

“Run!” Claire screeched.

“Run for your life!” Blinky yelled. We ran fast, but Angor decided he was too good for running, and began to crawl along the walls like a hungry spider. Or just a really angry cockroach.

“Over here!” blinky yelled again, directing us to an exit. Angor managed to grab hold of Jim, but thanks to AAARRRGGHH’s brute strength, the ceiling caved in, trapping Angor Rot and letting Jim escape.

Toby laughed at his misfortune, before he himself tripped on an object lodged into the ground. Upon closer inspection, it was an arm.

“Draal.” Jim heaved. He yanked the arm out of the ground, only to find it was actually a hole, leading to the next exit, surrounded by rapid moving blades of rock and crystal.

“It’s a dead end.” Claire cried. Angor Rot broke out of his rocky prison and started to head towards us.

“Plan! Plan! Plan! Anyone? We need a plan!” Toby panicked.

“Draal’s arm. Gunmar must have used it to halt the blades.” Blinky suggested.

“Here goes something!” Jim plunged the arm into the blades, stopping their movement enough to pass through without becoming cut up like french fries.

“I’ll kill you!” Angor Rot charged at us, but we had already gotten through and yanked the arm out of the blades, restoring them to their rapid spinning.

“Jim!” Toby cried out as he started slipping off the crystal we had landed on. AAARRRGGHH began to run after him but in a flash of instinct I jumped and grabbed Toby and got out a dagger from my pocket that was white. I dug it into the side of the gem we were next to.

“AAARRRGGHH!” I yelled at him. Right after I said that AAARRRGGHH pulled us up.

“Oh wow, thank you so much Isabella!” Toby said to me as he hugged my side as I put the dagger away.”No problem tobes.” I said as he let go. “oh, Nana was right. Gonna need those extra undies.” Toby groaned.

“By deya’s grace. It appears we’re in the innermost sanctum. The heart of merlin’s tomb." Blinky murmured.

“If this is the heart, I bet Merlin's staff is somewhere close. Draal can’t be far.Look for the staff, I'll get him back.” Jim instructed. “There’s only one way to go. Down.” Blinky imparted.

We all started to go down the crystals. I held my dagger out in my hand in case I slipped. I went with Claire so in case of anything we could be salf. Though So far nothing but sparkling blue crystal. Although the star-like shimmers in the crystal were almost magical, it wasn't the staff. A rumble came from beneath me. Jim had found the staff. Now me and Claire had to get out of here without getting killed.

“Claire grab my hand so if one of us slips the other can pull the other up.” I said as I held my hand out. “All right let's get to the others." She said in a confident tone. As we got to the others Blinky cried. “ Were too late. Gunmar has the staff!” We all watched with horror and sadness in our eyes as Draal threw himself in front of Angor Rot to protect Jim. It was something I had seen many times with others and everytime it broke my heart to see it again.

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A sanders sides/merlin au? My time has come!

I'm basically incapable of watching any show without making up some kind of au so here are the ideas for each sides role if they were in merlin instead, which I came up with recently (these are just my opinion obviously)

The easiest one is Roman, who would have Arthur's role since you know, himbo prince who's just trying his best. He's so annoyingly arrogant but also very sweet when he get to know him

Virgil would be Merlin, as the snarky character whos actually trying to protect everyone but nobody ever notices it. Also prinxiety and merthur have the exact same dynamic it just fits so well

Gwen is Patton, since they're both really sweet and hardworking and caring but would not hesitate to fight you if you mess with their friends

Logan is Gaius, because potions and really in depth understanding of magical creatures off the top of his head. The fond exasperation at Merlin's shenanigans. Logan would probably try to learn magic literally just so he has a new skill. Plus I love parental dynamic for analogical

Janus would be Morgana because they're both sort of morally grey characters. Obviously morgana became very evil towards the end, but she started out as a good person just being forced to lie to protect herself, which feels right up Janus' alley. And she then turns to very questionable methods of achieving freedom for magic users (a goal that any reasonable person would agree with) and I think janus is the side most likely to do that

I'm not sure about remus honestly but if I had to choose somewhere to put him id say he'd have Uther's role because of all the burning people stuff. Also that would make him and roman family still, but roman would end up having him which kinda fits their dynamic within sanders sides. I'm not a fan of unsympathetic sides tho so I'm not sure about this one

Uhh anyway you can probably tell that I've thought about this a lot. What are your ideas about a merlin/sanders sides au? Any differences?

I pretty much agree with everything you put here!

I went back and forth between Patton or Virgil being Merlin for a while. I just thought about the protective and caring part of Patton and saw Merlin- plus how emotional things get sometimes with Merlin throughout the show... but the dynamic wouldn't work as well with Roman as Arthur, and I can't argue with reason, or that it would make more logical sense :)

I'm going to keep Uther as himself, because I just can't make any of the sides his character... I'm not overly keen on writing the sides as unsympathetic, I only have one story like that!

So... I'm going to introduce Gwaine earlier and make Remus him- the things that him and Virgil would get up to as Merlin and Gwaine makes my heart happy :)

Plot wise in your second ask, I'll be honest- I don't know yet, I'll be following the show in many respects but I'm going to be doing things away from the show too... Like, I really want to do a redemption arc for Morgana for example :)

Thanks for the ask!