“By Some Magic, All The Flowers In London Bloomed At Once On The 3rd Of March That Year.”

james: 2 years ago today, i married my best friend

james: lily is still mad about it but me and sirius were drunk and thought it was funny so

dragged myself kicking and screaming out of this art block with a big friendly ‘fuck you’ to canon

these are literally the only villain redemption arcs that are good, so if you’re a writer, take notes:

zuko

megamind

dr doofenshmirtz

What actually happened in 6th year:

Draco, in the smallest of booty shorts and stilettos: I SURE HOPE POTTER *strikes a pose* ISN’T UNDER HIS INVISIBILITY CLOAK *strikes another pose* OR IS SPYING ON ME.

To be a better writer...

If your story include characters that continuously suffer, or even occasionally suffer, write about the effects on the character’s life and the plot rather than just the suffering itself. Pain, like any other heavy aspect of a story, should move something forward or backward rather than be included just for the sake of it. Too much focus on the feeling rather than the effects make a story repetitive and boring, so keep the consequences for the character and plot in the forefront.

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something we agreed we like about uncle vernon is that despite like, personally suffering at the hands of wizards pretty significantly (dudley’s tail, marge), vernon is like, always ready to fuck with wizards? like he is SO SCARED of them but he’s always ready to fight? please take this moment to imagine uncle vernon meeting voldemort

has been opened

Harry Potter AU in which Fred and George are in different houses and they steal and wear each others ties whilst doing stupid things in hope of the others house losing points

Harry Potter in Gina Linetti pictures

Dumbledore:

Harry:

Ron:

Hermione:

Luna:

Snape:

McGonagall:

Lockhart:

The ministry of magic:

Voldemort:

A Note on Pronouns

I write Wolfstar fanfiction. (What? Really? No way! Shocking! I had no idea!)

It usually goes unnoticed, but I’m very particular with the way that I write. I’ll use different words and different writing styles depending on which character’s perspective a story is written from. I also try to pay close attention to the language that I use and how I use it.

This is my take on pronouns, specifically in regards to Remus’ lycanthropy: 

James and Peter always refer to the Wolf as “you”. They see the Wolf as being a part of Remus, an extension of Remus. The Wolf is as much Remus as the human version of him is.

James: You were great last night. You were actually really easy to handle!

Peter: …You ate a rabbit.

  Sirius always refers to the Wolf as “him”. He knows that Remus hates when he’s associated with the wolf inside, so Sirius tries his best to respect Remus’ wishes and avoid talking about the Wolf as if he is the same thing as Moony. 

Sirius: Yeah, he kind of chased the rabbit around for a while and… well… that’s why you’re not hungry this morning.

Remus always refers to the Wolf as “it”. He hates humanizing it, giving it person-like qualities like gender and emotions. In Remus’ eyes, the wolf is nothing but a monster; a vile creature that has no rhyme or reason, no personality, no real motive for its actions, nothing except blood lust and hunger. Remus doesn’t consider the Wolf and himself to be the same thing. He doesn’t even consider the Wolf to be a real animal. It’s just a beast.

Remus: Well, I’m just glad it didn’t hurt any of you guys…

And I’ve been fairly consistent with my pronoun use, making sure that the way the boys talk about the Wolf also reflects their views on what it is relative to Moony.

Just some MES musings! (MES= MaurauderEraSmut! That’s me!)