AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

will literally never get over this franchise ִֶָ☾.

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Oh no - I totally agree with you! Canon-wise, Ron is the ONLY choice. It would have been tragic for her to be paired off with someone else - it wouldn't have matched the tone of the story at all.

Literally just on a realisitc, psychological level and returning to these characters as an adult, the brain does kind of go, "Wowwww this could have gone down so differently."

But you're welcome. And thank you for also not being rude and for engaging in this back and forth! :)

i just know hermione will put y'all in a jar for this

A new version of this Fantasy Library print!

Just about to sell out of the original run so I took the opportunity to amend a couple of things and add a bit more colour, I’ll be printing this with a few different background colours to choose from.

The book titles read:

1. A Massive, Brilliant Final Instalment of a Series You Didn’t Think Would Ever Be Concluded

2. Everyone You Recommend This To Will Love It As Much As You

3. A Clear & Concise Summary Of All Human History

4. A Novel You Once Loved But Have Since Forgotten

5. Still As Good As When You Read It As a Teenager (If Not Better)

6. A Perfect Short Story

7. A New, Canonical Entry In Your Favourite Series, Fixing The Problems In The Original Ending

8. A Brief Epilogue Telling You What Happened When Your Favourite Characters Grew Up

9. The Book You’ll Write If You Ever Have Time

This new version will be up on my shop by the middle of December 2022, in the meantime there are a few of the old one left and lots of other book and ttrpg themed prints!

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THIS. ^^ Listen, I love a Dramione story and I love a redemption arc, but let's be honest, Canon Ron was the ultimate "Best Friend to Boyfriend" storyline.

Do I think he and Hermione would work in a more modern version of the story? No. Do I love the way they work in canon? Yes. I love the movies, but Book Weasleys > Movie Weasleys every single time.

Ron Weasley offered the stranger sitting next to him on the train half his sandwich even though it was all he had.

Ron Weasley sacrificed himself for the good of Harry and Hermione at age eleven because even then he thought they were more important than he was, and the ones worth saving.

Ron Weasley was Harry Potter's first friend and the first thing Harry ever had resembling a family.

Ron Weasley lived in a cramped house and wore hand me down robes and he didn't even think twice about offering his room and food and family to Harry every break.

Ron Weasley took care of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger when they were too busy taking care of the rest of the world to worry about themselves.

Ron Weasley stood on broken bones when he was thirteen years old, to tell a man infamous for murder that if he planned on killing his best mate, he would have to go through him first.

Ron Weasley was the person Harry would miss most in the world.

Ron Weasley was a pureblood wizard who, from a very young age, devoted his life to abolishing blood status, even if he didn't quite understand his own privilege.

Ron Weasley gave Dobby his own clothes and socks to be buried in, because he understood how important it would have been to him.

Ron Weasley thought about saving the house elves when everyone else forgot..

If you don't love Ron Weasley, The Boy Who Cared, I don't know what books you read but they weren't the same ones I did.

It's complete and it is GLORIOUS. I have read it twice - once while in progress and once as a full read. And oh my goodness. It's just. Agh. I love it.

Lovefool is now complete and I couldn't be more excited!

(art by the amazing @swottydoodler)

YES this is GOLD DUST. I cannot count the amount of times I've come away from something and gone, "Shit. I didn't bookmark that!"

Reading amazing fanfiction, then forgetting to bookmark it

This is so painfully accurate.

First day working in a bookstore, I had a gentleman come to the desk:

"Do you have any books on kidnapping?" My colleague and I both freeze. "Because my wife is really into it."

I look at him and without thinking go, "I hope you don't mean a how-to guide!"

He laughs and says, "No no! Like, books about kidnapping."

Visible relief on mine and my colleague's faces. After a while, he starts talking about his wife watching a show on Netflix - something to do with a serial killer who kidnaps people and traps them.

"In a bookstore basement? Oh yeah, I know just the series! Follow me, sir!"

He bought the entire You series by Caroline Kepnes. And some true crime stuff.

It's been 3 months and I'm still genuinely nervous that this man is alive.

My first Guardian Books cartoon for 2024