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Another dream post
Thing to note, this is the 2nd time that I could remember a dream where someone broke in but this time they actually stole something. Plus there was an accomplice.
So the dream takes place in siva (maternal grandparents house) practically the whole fam bam is there. We were all in the master bedroom chillin. I remember my youngest cousin being in the center of attention. She was also being rude about something in a naive way but thats just cuz she doesnt know better so everyone was tryna correct her on how to ask someone else for a favor.
It was nearing dinner time so everyone headed down. I was the last to leave the room. While I was leaving I handed my dad an old ice pack but my being a dumbass didnt realize that its old/broken and obv. not activated cuz its been hanging off the wall. We were tryna see how to get it cold (its one of those packs where you gotta press a button for it to become cold) then we noticed there was a hole in the corner so I went back into the room to actually look in the fridge for an ice pack. While there, I hear some noise coming from somewhere else in the room. I thought it was just my lolo coming back cuz he forgot something. So I didnt mind it and went back to my dad w/ a functional ice pack. We both went downstairs to the dining room.
Someone makes a comment about lolo beinng late so I said something to the essence of oh he’s just upstairs. And they were all like no he went outside. Then lightbulb moment. Fuck theres an intruder upstairs. So I rush up kinda quietly; actually see the intruder/thief. The thief was some old, curly-short-haired lady. My boice was caught in my throat. She rushed downstairs to the front door to leave. I try to shout at her; I struggle to do so.
We’re both outside now. I can finally yell out “magnanakaw” ( doesnt really do anything. No neighbors came outside to investigate the ruckus. My belief in humanity is dead in this dream lol) so chase her. She goes round the back of the house. I notice an old man just sitting down. Kinda sus but whatever. She gives me the slip and heads back towards the front of the house. She now shows shes in cahoots w the old guy. I’m chasing them up the street. I catch the woman first and threaten her to give back everything she stole — side note: everything spoken between the thieves and I was in filipino idk why— so she started emptying her pockets; showing me my lola’s earrings, rings, necklaces, and other jewelry. I pocket everything after. The man stands by us unmoving; just watching us.
After she supposedly shows everything she stole, I figure she had time to hand over to the guy some things or maybe he was there with her or before that even. so he might have some stolen goods of his own. (Apparently I’m like super strong in this and these criminals were on the smaller maybe even lighter side) so I snatch him up too. But in doing so I can’t search him so I head back to the house with my captives clutched so hard in both hands.
I might actually have been lifting them up or just dragging them. Idk.. dream details are hard to remember rn. Anyway!
Back to the front of the house, I ring the doorbell. A male family member comes out (cant remember which anymore) I ask him to search the guy cuz they stole from the house.
At this point I wake up so.. the end ig lol but whew.
After actually waking up to real life. I questioned internally what could having this type of dream mean.. so naturally i had to share my dream here lol. So i don’t forget :p
Does having a dream where your house been broken into and robbed mean anything?? Who knows 🤷♀️🤷♀️
#dream blogging#dream posting#i was robbed#but i chased down the thief and won#got my shit back#well it was actually my grandmas#what does this even mean
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Recently I’ve been getting anons and comments doubting the validity of some of the stories I tell on here. There’s nothing I can do to convince you that the stories I tell on here are completely genuine. All I can say is that they really are. I only post the wackiest, most interesting or funny stories of my life on here. You don’t get much of the boring day to day stuff.
Truth is, I come from a very long line of crazy people. When my dad was in med school he and some friends planted a small homemade bomb in an abandoned bathroom at their university. His roommate stole a pancreas from the corpse lab and put it in a girl’s backpack. The entire med school was suspended because no one owned up to it. My uncle would sneak out at night with my grandma’s car and she’d find out because she’d check the mileage and see it’d gone up, so my uncle started driving her car backwards since that didn’t increase the mileage. He got arrested driving her car backwards on the highway to another town. My uncle would steal my grandpa’s shotgun, tell his friends to jump in the pool, and start firing it randomly at the backyard. My cousin genuinely had two weed smoking girlfriends who were also girlfriends with each other. My great uncle had an affair exposed by having his intimate photos and videos with his mistress sent to the family groupchat by people who stole his phone, all because they were salty that my aunt told them to go fuck themselves when they messaged her asking for money. My aunt took out all her life savings and moved to another state to build a bunker because she believes the apocalypse is coming, and she didn’t even take any of her children. I don’t know how to tell you this, but life is just stranger than fiction sometimes. The sample size of life stories you get on my blog are just the instances in which that’s true.
#I don’t make money on tumblr I don’t have any mutuals I talk to this is truly just where I deposit my wackiest thoughts and experiences#there’s nothing I can do to prove to you that I’m being truthful when I make these posts but I just am#you not believing me doesn’t make it any less true it just robs you of basking in the ridiculousness that is my life#There are many mental illnesses running through my family but the one I inherited is bipolar disorder lol#there’s probably many more that didn’t reach me. whatever the fuck my uncle has being one of them#he was also arrested because he did a bunch of coke and started walking completely naked on top of the fence walls around the property#when you consider my family you actually discover that I am incredibly normal and well adjusted#please also remember that my family is from small town Brazil#shit like this just happens#this isn’t even touching on my great grandma who was a psychic
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Grannies rejoice, dry leaves in a jar !!
#flight rising#dragon share#g1 dragons#g1 share#Clover (wildclaw) isn't actually an old man but he does have grandma energy#i love these jar apparel so much#they work well for a lot of my dragons#nef.drgn
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#this might be the most scribble thing I post here yet bahahahahahahahahahahaaha#I still like how the hands turned out even though I didn’t finish them😇#but it’s pretty messy and the hands might be the only part I like🥲#but since this blog is my art journey documentation here you are#I was pretty busy today so no good art but maybe tomorrow we’ll see#I am preparing things to FINALLY answer my asks🥹#& if you tagged me in anything I actually have been meaning to respond!!!!!!!! my notifications are the WORST and so confusing on here😵💫#and I’m technology grandma…#hope u all have had an amazing day !!!! 🫶#my brother in law has been fishing and catching SO MANY sargo#(sargo = sea bream for the animal crossing playing English speakers😙)#AND ITS LITERALLY SOOOOOOOOO DELICIOUS !!!!!#i cook it in the weirdest way possible#you just have to gut the fish and cut off its fins etc#then you put it in a wet salt bed and cover it up…cook it for 30 min…AND VOILA ITS DONE !!!!!#I don’t add any spices…NOTHING…and this fish literally has the taste and texture of crab covered in butter#LIKE…😳 it might be my favorite food/fav thing to cook these days bc it’s so easy and fresh caught fish is just delicious😫#well that was my grandma cooking show of the day👩🍳#now you know how to cook sargo a la sal 👩🍳#also going back to the drawing🥹 I just love these two so much…#I love thinking of sweet moments…most of my angst is confined to writinc😆#the chapter I’m writing right now is SO ANGST DEPRESSING (sorry Eloise)#it will get better…I promise…#hogwarts legacy#hogwarts legacy fanart#hogwarts legacy oc#hogwarts legacy mc#eloise babbit#sebastian sallow#sebastian sallow x mc
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Check it out! These are my grandparents!
My grandpa fought in WWII and stole nazi clock pieces from the streets to hand-build all SIX clocks that still ring out in our house every hour. He was a soldier and a wood-worker who never got his high-school diploma but made an amazing life for himself and his family. He’s in a museum, actually, as one of the few survivors of one of the most dangerous battles in WWII, and he received a purple heart for his service.
My grandma was a typist/secretary who traveled the world with him during his time in the military after getting her Bachelors Degree (!!!!! In the mid 1900’s!!!) . They met on a blind date not long after the war was through, and they were married sixty-seven years. She’s the epitome of etiquette and an amazing hostess! She has two daughters, one born in Austria and one in the U.S., and I’m their only grand-child.
You might be thinking, “Artsekey, what’s this all about? This isn’t the usual content!”
Well, I’ll tell you what it’s all about! My grandmother just celebrated her 100th Birthday! She’s been alive since 1923! The same year the radio became commercially available!!!
She’s amazing, and I’d like everyone to know it!
#personal#wwii#i’ve tried making this post a few times now#one was unbearably sad#the other was deleted#so I settled on this#this past weekend was one of the hardest weekends of my life i think#being 100 isn’t a walk in the park#and I said goodbye to her for the last time#but I want to celebrate her! celebrate both of them!#because it’s what they’d want#and they’re both really cool people who I love a lot#and I don’t think they’d want me to be so sad#well… grandma might actually. she lives for the drama and the attention but she’s worth it tbh
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it's the dragon age autism at work but i'm disliking playing the crows literally just because I think they should be shitty bc when you think about it, they are still kind of shitty. When i saw they were going to be a faction in this game i thought 'ohhh hell yeah that's the Stinker Faction' but they're like, good guys....i wanted them to suck :(
I can at least kind of understand why the Lords of Fortune are good guy pirates thanks to Isabela's antics in kirkwall but even then just knowing there was potential for morally gray factions is chipping away 1hp from my healthbar every time i think about it
#veilguard spoilers#and i have to save them if i want to romance lucanis 🙄#which is VERY LAME as well because not once does lucanis talk about how evil his grandma was to him!!#again i actually LOVE this game and it's fun to replay but seeing what it Should be does hurt a little aaaa#why were the writers so scared of morally grey factions and characters....what happened to the bite in the worldbuilding#it gives me the exact vibe chronically online people who hate Bad Things Occurring in Fantasy would approve of#like it's ok for things to be bad...show me that the crows actually suck#show me what it's like being an elf anywhere but especially Tevinter!!#show me dalish being protective of their history and distrusting humans!!#not to mention 'you can leave the qun anytime you want'#the person who has been obsessed with qunari lore since sten invited me back to his home was shaking#i tend to roll my eyes at the nerds who want dark fantasy (violence against women as a crutch) but i still want actual dark fantasy#when you ask for dr pepper but they give your mr pibb in a sippy cup....
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hehe, sitcoms are so fun (inconsolable sobbing) ”And then I go and spoil it all by saying Somethin’ like “I love you”” is what the text is saying if unclear, it’s from Somethin’ stupid by frank Sinatra
yall don’t understand. THEY( Jeff and Britta) MAKE ME SICK SLASH POS SLASH CRYING also @leaisterrified you wanted to see the art *jazz hands*
#Unwell. Actually.#Idk normally my fave couple in a sitcom are the really cute ones like per@ltiago (don’t wanna accidentally tag) or m0ndler but these 2…..#Ugh I love them so much#well Britta’s my fave but Jeff and Britta are shdjdjdjddjjdbd yk#britta perry#(It’s funny that they said she was Swedish cause yeah. That’s a pretty old and very Swedish name)#(It’s my great grandma’s name)#community tv#community#community fanart#pzyii arts
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Growing up in a house where everything is an argument will really make you feel like everything is an argument
#personal#actually bpd#bpd#bpd vent#actually borderline#actually traumatized#I tell my grandma stories and she's juat absolutely baffled#like the one time the bus didn't come down my street and my dad was pissed and said I missed it#so he forced me to call the company and they apparently were not coming down my street for the day because POWERLINES FUCKING FELL#and it would count as an Excused absence. i tell my dad. he calls me a liar and tells me I need to find a way to get to school#sir you fucking call them then#and my dad would say this knowing damn well my school was in a different district. kinda a far drive...but also he was . home#with access to a CAR. doing nothing. literally nothing like why dont you drive me you lazy asshole
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Me, to friend: don't you hate it when you have those days where your heart is just mad and it beats REALLY hard at random moments, even when you're just sitting there, like not FAST but really hard and it is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE for no reason? Friend: you know that's not normal right??? Me: you mean that doesn't happen to you? Friend: NO, IT DOES NOT. Me: ...please hold. *five minutes later* Me: so I talked to my mother and this might in fact be a highly hereditary genetic issue that both her and my grandma and my great grandma all had, who knew??? Anyway I need to see a doctor and I might need heart medication. Friend: YA THINK?
#it's discovering my nut allergy all over again#me as i'm munching snowball cookies with walnuts in them: 'ha ha don't you guys hate that weird burn walnuts give your mouth?'#friends: DROP THE FUCKING SNOWBALL THIS INSTANT YOU HAVE A NUT ALLERGY#apparently the heart doing this is not actually normal#i just thought everyone had days like this#like don't worry i'm not going to keel over but internet was like 'yeah you need to watch for this if it's in your family'#mom was only diagnosed like 2 years ago and my grandma had it too and it apparently goes undiagnosed usually#because of *exactly* what i was doing#which was going#'well. it's not painful just uncomfortable so I'll wait and see if it goes away'#and then it does the next day so you forget about it#and consider it just a Weird Thing That Occasionally Happens
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Jitterbug
#whenever my meds kick in it feels like im gonna piss myself. not literally but its really really feels like it#and now whenever that happens my mind goes back to pancho (grandmas dog) at a xmas party years ago#bc he peed when we arrived bc he was so excited to see ppl and my cousin had to clean it up :o)#well for better or for worse i know that feeling now when im pumped on 20mg of adderall#im still getting used to this whole diagnosis thing cause ive gone untreated and undiagnosed for the longest time. so theres probably a lot#i still dont know and have to learn to get myself to be.. functional on my own? self managing????#i even set up reminders on my phone for work periods meals and stuff. but the problem is actually getting myself to stick to that to a T#because the minute i slack off or something gets in the way it throws it all off until i can be bothered to get back on track. it sucks#at least ive built up other habits like writing notes and setting alarms ahead of time.. but i feel like i could do better#its always hard to change something if youve been doing it wrong for the longest time. especially behaviour and thinking patterns. sigh#in other news my glasses bailed on me so i have to get a new pair sometime. i just realized i never draw my sona with glasses but thats#mostly bc i forget. id love to get some browline glasses like my old pair but im picky and its hard to find one id like for the next 5 year#i also finally managed to collect all the fish in my animal crossing file!!! pulled out a char last week and boom now i have a poster :o)#THAT was a moment where i almost peed myself for real. id love to get all the bugs but i cant stay up late on the switch :o(#yapping#my art#myart#doodles#personal#diary
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i bet that even as humans they still refer to themselves as skeletons
#repostober#day 14 i think. i lost count in the catching up lol#undertale#sans#papyrus#gaster#dadster#blacktober#technically i drew this for blacktober but never posted it.. it just sat in my wips folder unsaved as an actual image until a few days ago#i meant to fully shade it and make a nice sky background and give sans lens blur but. alas. (ill probably finish it one day sfgkjf)#anayway i LOVE my designs for the human font family SM#sans has dwarfism and lets his hair naturally grow out and does nothing to take care of it (it is as soft as silk regardless)#papyrus is JACKED and has so many piercings and tattoos cus YOU KNOW HE WOULD IF HE HAD SKIN!!!! he always ALWAYS has a fresh cut and he-#gives me gender envy ANYWAYs-#gaster has monochromacy (monochromatic color blindness) and two sets of dentures#both his legs were amputated so he uses a wheelchair and he has scars that resemble burn scars and no nose#as well as two facial scars that connect to his eyes and mouth- his skull is also fractured under them#hes always wearing his favorite pair of glasses (that his sons bought him)#he loves tea and knitting so much................ he is a grandma#(visually hes lowkey based on my grandpa hgdfjd)#they are all such doofuses and they love each other so much..... papyrus can carry both of them at the same time and often does#when sans randomly falls asleep in public or when gaster has spent the last 17 hours in the librarby
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basically i think sega should make some retcon that makes it where shadow has actually permanently had black arms powers ever since the events of sonic generations and just doesnt really use them and then also come up with some scenario where sonic regains his werehog form and then make them have a sick ass monster fight
#or maybe they could hold hands a little but that depends on how im feeling about s/onadow that day#because some days i like it and other days im like Because s/onadow killed my grandma okay . .... . . . .. ?!?!?!?!?#Sorry s/onadow mutuals/followers#well actually the feeling like it killed my grandma is less about the ship itself and more about fandom behavior but#whatever this post literally isnt about that#sonic x shadow generations#sonic x shadow generations spoilers#tagging just incase
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before it felt like a sin, ch. 1
pairing: Sebastian Sallow x f!MC
word count: 3000
summary: Eloise never wanted to be different.
And yet, her differences are what have defined her life up until this point: growing up as a squib in one of the most prominent wizarding families, being exiled to muggle society, and then attending Hogwarts at the age of sixteen.
She finds herself thrust into the life she should have been prepared for from birth but was denied. As she navigates this new life and her new precarious position in her family, she must come to terms with the fact that maybe what she dreamed of her whole life isn't turning out how she ever expected it would.
a/n: Hi everyone!! I decided to post this here too...I'm slowly going through everything I've written so far, and I want to post each chapter here as I edit them. I'm hoping that this can be a way to a) get back in to writing more, and b) get better at my art as I make full illustrations for each chapter. Let me know what you think!! :)
There is nothing quite as horrible as being a muggle, Eloise thought savagely as she ripped out yet another stitch in the landscape she was embroidering. At least, it was supposed to be a landscape. Maybe with her head tilted to the left and with her eyes almost closed so everything blurred together, it might resemble one. She did just that, trying her hardest to make out some recognizable shape and blast the stupid practice of manually pushing colored thread through a fabric in some sort of -
“And what is this, Miss Babbit?”
Eloise jumped at the sound and looked up at the scowling face of her teacher, and then quickly back down at the tangled thread in her lap. Behind her, she could hear the hushed giggles of the other girls in her class.
“Oh! Er…it’s -”
“How long have you been here?” the woman interrupted.
“One hour…I just -”
“Don’t be smart with me. I mean, at this institute.”
“Five years.” Eloise glared down at her embroidery as if it had personally offended her. It wasn’t like she was actively trying to be bad at everything, but she had the distinct disadvantage - how had it ever come to be that she would be at a disadvantage to muggles? - of not having spent a lifetime being prepared for muggle society and all that it entailed. The last five years had been a monotonous, endless cycle of lessons designed to turn her into the perfect lady: French (a waste of time as Eloise was already fluent), embroidery (a waste of time as the things she embroidered weren’t actually useful), dancing (a waste of time as she was already engaged to be married - why would she bother trying to woo another silly man?), and her most dreaded class of all: etiquette. No matter how many years had been spent trying to assimilate into muggle culture, her thoughts still got muddled when she tried to remember the steps to a dance, or how to properly address the son of a duke.
Did it really matter, anyways, what the other girls thought? She had pretended her whole life to be the daughter she thought her parents had wanted - now she was simply pretending that she hadn’t been thrown into the muggle world without a second thought. What was a bit more pretending - that she didn’t care? That she hadn’t been tossed aside without a second thought?
“Exactly. Five years. And yet, you have shown no progress whatsoever. This -” a finger jabbed accusingly at the embroidery - “is absolutely horrendous. If your parents hadn’t continued to make such a sizeable donation every year, I would have deemed you a lost cause and sent you packing when you first arrived. How your family ever managed your betrothal to the son of an earl is beyond me.”
Eloise grimaced at the mention of her fiance as her teacher clapped her hands together to get the attention of the class - a wholly unnecessary action due to the fact that it was already being given. “Class is dismissed. Please collect your belongings and put them in the correct place. Remember, as future wives and mothers, you must be organized in all aspects of your life. Many of you will be managing important households and the slightest misstep -“ a slight glance to Eloise out of the corner of her eye - “can cause the biggest of scandals.”
Eloise raced to gather her things and leave the classroom before everyone else. No matter how many years had been spent at the school, she couldn’t help but hate sitting through the classes amongst the judgmental stares and snide remarks. Although things had started out shaky at the finishing school - to be expected, really, when you’ve grown up in wizarding society and then are then forced to live as a muggle - it still stung that after all these years, she still hadn’t found a friendly face. She was treated as if she were a pariah: it was as if the other girls just knew that something was different about her. But…wasn’t that the great irony of it all? She wasn’t different than them. She was a filthy squib.
When she first arrived at the school, she was an anomaly. A twelve-year-old girl who didn’t know how to play the piano or who the queen was. It was clear to everyone that Eloise wasn’t the charity case of the school - her parents were obviously quite wealthy - and yet they seemingly wanted nothing to do with her. Whereas the others got regular letters and visits from their family, it was as if Eloise were an orphan. Nothing new to her of course, but to her peers this otherness aided them in her ostracization.
Upon entering her room, she was abruptly pulled out of her thoughts. Something wasn’t right. Everything seemed the same: a twin bed perfectly made opposite a small wardrobe, a plain wooden desk placed between them. The weak afternoon sunlight shone through the window, illuminating her desk. But…there.
That…
Placed on her bed, resting on the pillow, was a letter.
She never received letters.
Eloise shoved her embroidery under her bed and hungrily grabbed at it, pausing when she saw the address. Miss E. Babbit. The Third Bedroom on the Left… It seemed vaguely familiar to her in a way she couldn’t quite put her finger on.
As she read the letter, though, it became apparent to her exactly why this was. Although not exactly the same as the one her brother had received six years earlier, it quickly became apparent that this was a Hogwarts letter. For her. For Miss E. Babbit.
Hands shaking, she set the letter down on her desk and sat on the edge of her bed. She smoothed her hands over her skirt over and over, taking comfort in the familiar softness as she tried to even her breathing.
How was this possible? She had all but accepted the fact that she was a squib. The shame of her family, a dirty secret to be hidden away and never talked about or mentioned again. Her parents had suspected as much by the time she had turned seven without any signs of magic whatsoever manifesting around her - not even a basic transformation of brussel sprouts to sweets during dinner. It was ultimately confirmed, however, when her own Hogwarts acceptance letter never arrived. She had spent the whole year before her banishment daydreaming about her life at Hogwarts, still optimistic that there could be something magical inside of her. Her brother, Leo, came home every holiday with wonderful stories of his new friends and teachers, and the subjects he was learning at school. Even back then, at twelve years old, Eloise hadn’t been sure if he was actually hopeful she wasn’t a squib, or if he had been trying to prolong the fantasy for her before it all came crashing down.
Although she had had five years to come to terms with her new life, there was still a small part of her that hoped. A small “what if…”. She had tried time and time again to squash that tiny ray of optimism that would escape every so often, tried so very hard to cultivate a hard exterior that wouldn’t let any sort of vulnerability shine through. And that optimism was a vulnerability, after all. It was that vulnerability that had made it absolutely impossible for her to fit in the muggle world, and made it so that she didn’t really want to try.
Five years to come to terms with the fact that she needed a new purpose for her life and…
…not anymore?
Eloise grabbed the letter and greedily read through it again, drinking in all of the words. She paused at the end, thinking. Was this a forgery? Some sort of awful joke orchestrated by her brother? Leo had never been cruel to her in the past; in fact, he was the one who always encouraged her and was the most probable source of the small optimism that remained within her. However, she had no way of knowing how he had changed since she had last seen him. It had been, after all, five very long years. And not once had she heard from him, even though he had promised her through huge sobbing gulps that he would never abandon her. Maybe their parents had slowly poisoned him against her. It would be right on the nose for them, after all.
Looking at the envelope again, however…Third Bedroom on the Left…no. It was too specific. Nobody in her previous life had any reason to even want to contact her again, and nobody in her current life even knew what Hogwarts was, let alone have the ability to convincingly forge a letter just to have some fun at her expense.
A light, bubbly feeling began to spread throughout her body as it sunk in that this was real. She was going to Hogwarts. Soon, a - squinting at the letter again - a Professor Fig would be contacting her and giving her things to study. A huge grin slowly spread across her face and she hugged the letter to her chest as she fell back on her bed. She read through it again. Was it the fifth time already? It felt as though no amount of times rereading the letter would ever be enough.
Eloise got up and walked over to look at the calendar on her desk. She was surprised to see that September 1st was in only two days. The days at the finishing school moved in such a strange, sluggish way. They all felt the same. Monotonous. French and Latin and embroidery and household management and Merlin even knows what else all blending into each other in an endless parade of dusty classrooms and gossip and boredom.
The light feeling left her in an instant as, after years of practice, the optimism was squashed back down. But how will you even get to London? And, her brain added sneakily, you haven’t even shown any signs of magic. Maybe you’ll just be returned back here after they realize their mistake.
No, she thought fiercely, gripping the letter. Until -
A tapping came from the window. A tentative smile returned at the sight of a tawny brown owl with another envelope in its beak. She ripped it open as soon as it was in her hands (again addressed to Miss E. Babbit) and along with the letter a small, purple pouch fell out of the envelope and onto her bed.
Miss Eloise Babbit,
I am pleased to be the wizard charged with such an important task as escorting you to Hogwarts in two days’ time. It is something extraordinary to be accepted in your fifth-year, and as such, I expect extraordinary things from you. I have enclosed a small pouch along with this envelope, and in it are some items that will be vital to you in the upcoming days. I have included books for you to study at your leisure, and a small gobstone that will bring you to our rendezvous point in London. All you have to do is touch it at noon on the 1st and you will be transported instantly.
Your family has not been informed of your acceptance. I am sure you understand why - at this, Eloise scoffed quietly to herself - which is why I will personally be your escort.
I am looking forward to meeting you and bringing you to the sorting ceremony in two days’ time.
Yours,
Eleazar Fig
The handwriting was tiny and spidery and cramped, but it didn’t stop Eloise from reading it with the same vigor as the previous letter and as many times. Finally, she turned to the small pouch that had fallen onto her bed when she opened the second envelope. It must have had an invisible extension charm, because it was filled to the brim with books on basic spellwork and general wizarding history. Professor Fig had no way of knowing, but Eloise had already read many of these books and many more during the year her brother had started Hogwarts, as she had needed to know absolutely everything about what would be awaiting her. A few years may have passed since she had stepped foot in her family’s library, but she couldn’t get the books or their contents out of her brain even if she had wanted to. She had really wanted to forget everything she knew about the magical world when it was confirmed she was a squib but it was a futile effort. As she zoned out during her piano lessons, she would find herself mentally going through the movements to cast different charms.
It was painful to be thinking about things from the life that had been ripped away from her, to know that what she was thinking about would never come to pass, that she would never be able to wield magic - and yet she couldn’t find herself able to stop.
As Eloise picked out one of the books and settled into her armchair, a steely resolve overcame her.
She would prove that she deserved to be there, and was just as capable as any of they were. She would make her parents regret ever discarding her like she was nothing.
She was worthy. She was capable. And she would prove it.
The morning of September 1st dawned cold and rainy. Absolutely perfect.
Eloise had pretended to be sick the night before, and no one had suspected a thing when she stayed in bed long after all of the other girls had gotten ready and headed to breakfast. As the last of the chattering faded away down the hallway, Eloise finally got out of bed and prepared herself for the day. It was difficult to sit still long enough to braid her hair. Her fingers wouldn’t stop trembling and she had to restart countless times. Finally, she tied the black ribbon at the end into a neat bow and turned to the drawer of her desk to retrieve the small purple pouch she had hidden away.
Everything she deemed important enough to come along with her had already been placed inside: the books from Professor Fig, the hair ribbons gifted to her by her brother many years ago, and some clothing. Nothing else was coming with. She needed the fresh start. Besides, anything else she might need would be supplied, as her acceptance letter had specifically stated that any school supplies would be provided to her.
Waiting the hours before noon came along proved to be more difficult than Eloise had imagined. Time seemed to be moving slower than the molasses that had come with the breakfast sent up to her, the steady patter of the rain becoming a sort of metronome keeping time as she paced back and forth. Wasn’t there anything that could distract her, even for a bit? She glanced at the clock. Only five minutes had passed since the last time. 10.35.
The second hand ticking away in tandem with the sound of rain splashing against her window.
What if this was all a trick? What if she arrived at Hogwarts, and they turned her away because they realized they had made a mistake? After all, why would they admit a sixteen-year-old? Surely she was too old; every other student had started Hogwarts at the age of twelve and had shown signs of magic much earlier than that. She still hadn’t shown any signs of magical capability whatsoever, and didn’t feel any different than she had before receiving the letter. It had to be a fluke.
As her thoughts started veering into the melancholy she was prone to, she shook her head. No. Today was a happy, exciting day. She wasn’t going to squash the optimism down today, not when she needed it most. All of these thoughts she was having were simply that: thoughts. Not reality. Hogwarts never made a mistake, and in all of the history books she had read, she couldn’t recall an instance of someone being turned away at the door. Granted, she had also never heard of someone being admitted so late. But, better to focus on what she did know, which was that she had gotten the letter. It must be right in its assumption that she had magic.
Trying to pass the time was easier said than done. She ended up quizzing herself on all of the charms she had memorized in the books sent by Professor Fig, moving an imaginary wand in the precise movements needed to successfully cast and focusing on her pronunciation. She had studied all of these forms late into both nights she had had the books, and when she would eventually close her eyes to sleep, the wand movements were all she saw.
Eloise was determined that she would receive pity from nobody. Nobody was going to look at her like she was lacking. She had gotten enough of that to last a lifetime, and now that she was given this opportunity she wasn’t about to waste it.
When noon finally struck, Eloise was ready and waiting. She eagerly grabbed the gobstone that was sitting on her desk and felt the familiar tugging sensation in her navel as she was whisked away to London and the beginning of her new life.
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#im just writing this fic for fun & since I’m editing it a bit#I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to do full illustrations for each chapter#(the reason I started these fanarts in the first place was for this🧍♀️)#if you actually read this I would love to know what you think!!#I keep going back & forth between wanting to make a master list and also explain my tag system on this tumblr#but at the same time I like the chaos…🤔#well let me know!! or if you have any suggestions!!💓😙#it starts off a bit slow but this story is VERY canon-divergent#and will have a lot of mythology/magical theory/pureblood society etc etc#i dont expect these to really get much traction bahahahahahaha#but im going to have a lot of fun rereading my fic & making these illustrations🥹💓#hogwarts legacy#hogwarts legacy fanart#hphl#hogwarts legacy oc#hogwarts legacy mc#eloise babbit#sebastian sallow#sebastian sallow x mc#hogwarts legacy fanfic#hogwarts legacy fic#oh also???? how do you format these things??????????????? anyways the chapter is up on ao3 and honestly the whole fic up to chapter 22😆😆#but if you have any suggestions lmk!!!!#like do I put the warnings for the whole fic on each chapter?? put only the chapter warnings??? literally this is me: 🧍♀️#a poor confused technology grandma
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Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!
tagged by @sirenascelestiales and i’m gonna tag @woongminrome @bemybabymp3 @shoeeatingshark @pinkhysteria @allyriadayne @breanime @monstersandheartache
#WELL WORD GETS AROUND IN A SMALL SMALL TOWN THEY SAID HE WAS A DANGEROUS MAN.#BUT MAMA WAS PROUD AND SHE STOOD HER GROUND. SHE KNEW SHE WAS ON THE LOSIN END.#SOME FOLKS WHISPERED SOME FOLKS TALKED BUT EVERYBODY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY.#AND WHEN TIME RAN OUT THERE WAS NO ONE ABOUT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY#NOW I AINT SAYING ITS RIGHT OR ITS WRONG BUT MAYBE ITS THE ONLY WAAAAAAY#TALK ABOUT YOUR REVOLUTION ITS INDEPENDENCE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAY#that song made my grandma cry every time she heard it#polls#i actually don’t remember which blog i got tagged on lol
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Met a new neighbor tonight, started talking about work.
Me: So yeah, I'm trying to work my way toward something more stable, especially because I have a queer nibling in Texas who might need a place to land.
Neighbor: NIBLING?
Me: Yes?
Neighbor: Is that one of your millennial words?
Me: (wondering what age I look rn because "millennial" sometimes means "kid" and it's too dark to see the gray in my hair) Not ... really? It's a gender-neutral term for, like, nieces and nephews. Like sibling, you know? If you have a brother and a sister, then you have siblings?
Neighbor: Yeah, but what's a nibling?
Me: In this case, it's one of my brother's kids. He has four of them.
Neighbor: ???
Me: One of them is ... kinda figuring some stuff out, gender-wise, so I'm using gender-neutral language for them until they ask me to use something different. Just giving them space, you know? They're a kid, they need some time. So: my brother has four kids, and I have three nephews and a nibling. (Decides not to mention bff's kids, whom I have also adopted as niblings.)
Neighbor: That's...
Me: (smiles desperately)
Neighbor: That's really kind of you. I've never even thought of that. That's a really good way to let them figure it out for themselves, you know?
Me: Exactly! It's not like I can figure it out for them, right? So I'm just holding space for however it shakes out.
Neighbor: They're lucky to have you.
Me: I'm trying. That's all I can do, right?
Neighbor: Nibling. That's a GOOD word.
Me: Yeah, I like it.
#sometimes it's nice here#niblings#goat nibling#it's amazing how far my cis ass can get with people on trans stuff by sounding mildly confused but very well-meaning#sentences like “I'm not an expert on X's gender but if anyone is it's probably X?” serve me well#also “idk I'm going by what the actual doctors say since they're doctors and stuff”#big “i don't expect you to know everything but i do expect you not to be a dick” energy#i learned this from my midwestern grandma who was also a moderately legendary local journalist#moderately legendary for getting people to tell her EVERYTHING presumably bc they assumed she was dumb#narrator: she was not in fact dumb
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grandma gave me an icon and a 2004 newspaper article about the original
#and mom gave me tea. its delicious#anyway grandma isnt orthodox shes lutheran but shes had icons on display in her home for as long as i can remember#her ex husband my grandpa was lutheran as well but i dont know about his karelian family#hell i only found out like last year that at least his mother actually spoke karelian
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