List of actual canonical things that Adam and Ronan are into and can be kinkshamed for, with textual evidence and sources cited in MLA format. All of these are 100% author confirmed:
Adam Parrish
Competency kink
“The two-minute disparity prematurely aged Adam Parrish. He liked it when people knew how to do their jobs.”
When Ronan gets his farmer chores done in an efficient matter? Oh boy. Adam cannot be more turned on.
Adam Parrish, a known sapiosexual,
Derisively, Ronan said, “No. The ancient Greeks didn’t have a word for blue.” “What the hell, Ronan?” said Adam.
Ronan’s eyes followed the progress of the silent night horror. In a low voice, he said, “volat nullos strepitus facientibus.” “Fuck,” whispered Adam back, furiously. “Is that Ovid?”
Gets really hot and bothered when Ronan displays his knowledge about dead languages and Latin literature in a pretentious manner. Also when Ronan starts talking about the complexities of farming.
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I think another big thing with the Weasleys kids is the age breakdown. Percy is closer in age to Ginny than he is to Bill—that whole bottom five is squished together, and it creates some weird dynamics. When Harry meets the Weasleys, Percy Seems like the oldest. But he’s not *really.* He is very much a middle child. Even though he’s two years above the twins in School, their birthdays put them at closer to a year and a half…much closer than the almost four years between Percy and Charlie.
I always got the impression that Charlie and Bill were their own unit—and the rest of the kids were the babies. Now, Percy is kind of the leader of the babies, but he’s still a baby.
And that’s immediately apparent when Bill and Charlie come home in GoF. They are cool and sophisticated and looked up to…and Percy argues with his little brothers. He DOES get included with his big brothers in fighting the Death Eaters…but he drops back down quickly to the Kid Section as soon as the crisis is over.
It’s an awkward place for Percy to be, and I think it contributes to his Ugly Duckling syndrome. Because to his younger siblings, he vacillates wildly between being almost a peer to being Mum’s Second in Command. They don’t know what to make of him: will he play with them today, or is today a day where he’s writing a report to Mum? And his older brothers are just…too old growing up to really engage with him.
Percy’s in this spot where he needs to take a position of leadership and responsibility in the family—because Bill and Charlie leave for school and then work well before they stop being Needed at home—but Percy’s also so Young when that happens.
And Percy takes on that emotional burden. Sometimes smugly: “Ginny has Other Brothers to set an example for her,” sometimes with a temper that reveals how close in age he truly is to them (see: every interaction with the twins), but more often than not, it’s very sincere and poignant. Percy doesn’t ASK his siblings to like him. He seems pretty okay doing his own thing in life. But he Does constantly look to and move to protect them. He loves them in a way that’s really almost parental, when it’s all said it done. It’s flawed as a sibling relationship, and I hope that as they grow up, that weirdness in ages evens out and they can all relate to each other as peers. But it is something really interesting.
Can we all agree that:
Seeing that Teddy Lupin is just like Tonks; being a metamorphmagus.
Teddy morphing into people who are having a hard time whether they should dye or cut their hair.
So in that way, they can see what they would look like if they did it, also helping them if it looked bad/good on them.
Your first date was at the arcade
He thought you would complain but oh boy was he wrong
Once you stood in that damn arcade, you let your inner nerd out
“Oh my god! This is from like the 50s! This is amazing!”
He’d be amazed about how much you know about games. He fell for you hard that night.
Date nights would be really chill with him
You’d go to Hongdae, get some food, buy some weird things you don’t even need.
He’d insist to pay for everything
One time you paid for your food and he got upset and didn’t talk to you for 10 minutes
When you feet hurt, he’d either carry you or give you his shoes even though they’re too big
He’d end up giving you a piggy back ride or throw you over his shoulders
Dates would be filled with teasing and making fun of your Korean, because you sometimes pronounce things weirdly
You’d make fun of him if his satoori came out
This boy is too shy to even look at you if you’re in public
Nevertheless, he’d hold your waist if it starts to get too crowded
When you’re alone, that’s when he can’t keep his hands off you
He’d be grabbing your butt constantly, squeezing and pinching it
He loved your reaction to it so it became a habit of his
LOVES touching your boobs while you’re cuddling
He’d just cup one of your boobs lazily as you’re watching tv
I can imagine Jungkook showing his affection in a really cheesy way
Like he’d get you flowers once in a while
Buy you random jewelry because he thought it would look good on you
LOVES HUGGING OH MY DAYS
Loves kissing you on your shoulder and cheek because your skin just feels so soft
The boys would tease him whenever he’d call you “jagi” “nae sarang” or “my princess”
He’d blush really hard and hide his face in the crook of your neck which just made you giggle uncontrollably.
You reached the state in which he called you a “bitch” and you called him “bastard” or “Asshole”
But if someone else insulted you… OH SHIT BOI RUN
You were his first and he was your first
Both of you were just so awkward and didn’t know what to do at first
Of course he had everything planned out perfectly but when it came to actually doing the dirty, he was freaking out
He didn’t even know how to take your bra off
Your first time was slow and careful. Both of you needed to get used to the new feeling. (it was great tbh)
Now, when he’s in the bedroom with you, he’s even more confident than ever before
Loooooooves teasing the fuck out of you until you beg for him to stop
The room would be filled with a mixture of giggles and moans
Can be a dom but also a sub. Depends on his mood, and yours of course.
Since he’s so young he’d be up to trying new things
He always wanted to try to handcuff you to the bed while he takes you from behind
Just the thought of it drove him insane
So when you said yes to his idea he didn’t know how to react (404 Jungkook error)
“How about we try this position?”
“Are you on a kama sutra website?”
“….yes”
Honestly, your fights would be about him playing hIS GOD DAMN GAMES TOO MUCH
Of course you didn’t mind him playing, you were actually quite supportive of his hobby, but his health was getting affected by it
“Babe your posture is so fucking bad. You look like Quasimodo”
“You look like Ursula, that’s not better”
After you kind of calmed down, he’d start to tease you in a loving way just to hear you laugh again
He’d be the first to apologize
He hated seeing you upset and all he wanted was to make you happy again
You can’t stay mad at him for long, especially when he flashes you one of his precious bunny smiles.
He’d be so dramatic about him having to leave
Like you HAD TO DRAG HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE SO HE WOULDN’T MISS HIS FLIGHT
He’d pretend like he’s going off for war but his dramatic ass just made you laugh so much
But seriously though, he’d practically die without you
“You don’t know how to cook a god damn egg?” Jin would ask him angrily
“(Y/N) always cooks them for me”
He’d annoy his hyungs about how much he misses you and especially your cuddles
You were quite busy yourself so you couldn’t talk a lot
but when you did, calls would last for hours
And of course, he’d tease you about the way your messy hair looked and how you looked without makeup
You missed it so much
He wouldn’t necessarily do dirty talk while being on the phone or FaceTime because he didn’t want anyone to hear
But be prepared to get a lot of sexting when he missed you tad bit too much.
All his calls and texts would end with “I love you my princess” or “Don’t you dare dream about anyone else but me you bitch”
•classical music to sip tea to while contemplating philosophy and the next marble bust you’ll buy
•stealing books from the Oxford library with friends you never thought you’d find, in the snow, yelling about Ovid, lighting candles
•folky music for sitting on your front porch in the lazy evening sun, surrounded by your closest friends, gazing at a wheat field and singing along with a guitar in your arms
•feeling listless; like you’re walking the world alone, wandering with no destination, held in the arms of the earth and happy with that
•songs to sing LOUD in the car on a road trip going nowhere in particular
•staring out the window of a quaint coffee shop, watching the raindrops cling to the glass and thinking of all the poetry you’re going to write for that lover you left behind
•looking back on a long relationship and realizing all the ups and downs you’ve had as one, suddenly seeing it all in slow motion like a silent film
•laying back on your bed, smiling uncontrollably, thinking of all the beautiful, bucolic times you’re going to have in the sun with that person you can’t stop thinking of
•a rock in your rib-cage, sobbing on the floor, feeling empty; things are coming to an end and you can’t bear to see them go
•the first day of summer – sprawling yourself in the green & vivacious grass, heart shaped sunglasses perched on your nose; youth in all its glory
•songs that bring back days of your old glory, reliving your childhood and your golden days, tracing over the old scars and remembering how you got them
•the smell of old books, melancholy, songs that are so potent with a sort of wild and tragic longing that they’re almost dangerous
•looking out a car window; letting your eyes cling to weeping trees and then letting them snap back again. feeling self centered and tragical.
•literally just songs that remind me of Oscar Wilde and Bosie Douglas
•stuff that i’m listening to right now! always changing, songs that i’m playing on repeat
Ut Vidi, Ut Perii
Virgil, Eclogue VIII
“When I saw you, how I perished”
(via megaerakles)
fleur delacour falling in love with bill weasley because he sees her. his youngest brother looked and went hair-eyes-teeth-legs, thought body, thought sex. her whole life, men have been looking and seeing a thing, not a girl. since she turned thirteen and bud-breasts pressed up against her shirts and boys at school wanted to sit close, men back home lingered too long in hugs.
until she was fifteen she dressed herself in shame before she put any clothes on at all. wore everything a few sizes too big, a few inches too long. draped herself in thick fabrics to hide the body beneath them. never learned that hot eyes on her were the fault of their owners, not her. took the uncomfortable stares and the endless flirtation as a fact of life. was fourteen the first time she dared to say “stop looking!” and met only laughter.
it’s not until she’s nearly sixteen and her sister is turning ten that she sees eyes begin to slide over her and to gabrielle. a friend of their father’s, not even that deep into a bottle of wine, caresses a child-round cheek and murmurs a line from lolita, eyes too bright and lips too dry. gabrielle flickers a panicked glance around the room. that look is so familiar. the same hour fleur switches her baggy sweatshirt for a crop top and rolls her skirt over two inches.
they will look at her. never at her sister.
at school, the same. at home, the same. slowly, she learns to be less ashamed of the looking. to play to the object they expect her to be. she comes to scotland and she’s the centre of attention. they hear her name pulled out of the goblet of fire and all anyone wants to talk about is her legs in that skirt. she defeats a dragon and boys whisper all the dirty things they want to do to her just moments after they finish comparing cedric’s charmwork to krum’s reflexes to harry’s flying. they watch her pass in the hallways and their eyes glaze over like she’s a thing put there for their pleasure.
fleur lifts her head high and lets the stares keep coming.
then she meets bill weasley, and not long after he asks her how she’s doing. asks it like he really means it, like it matters to him that she still gets nervous going around blind corners, that vines make her skin crawl and that the green flash of a hex makes her mind go too blank with fear to defend herself. he brings her a bottle of his favourite whiskey and sinks deep into it, tells her about his life and his job and asks about that night in the maze she doesn’t think about. he doesn’t look at her legs even once.
the next time she brings him her favourite wine and they share it. she’s giggling and silly by the end of the evening and he laughs with her, laughs at her like an equal and not like a thing he wants to fuck. he takes her to her door and leaves her in the care of her friends and he doesn’t do it because he thinks it’ll make scoring easier next time. doesn’t decide his actions based on which will result in sex the fastest.
he doesn’t ask her out until he’s laid himself bare for her, doesn’t even touch her until she reaches down and presses her fingers into his. the first night she feels brave enough to go home with him he keeps her up at the kitchen table until three am telling her all the things he likes about her. her physical appearance doesn’t even make the top one hundred. he says, how much you love your sister. how fierce you look when i take the last croissant. that funny french way you roll your ‘r’s. how you try to tell me jokes but laugh too much to finish them. how you know exactly how many children you want, and the precise shade of blue you’ll use to decorate your nursery. the bravery of you. the way your mind moves so fast sometimes i can’t keep up with it. the fact that i think you could do my job ten times as effectively as i can. they fall asleep on top of his covers, fully clothed, and the next morning fleur has to say yes i want this i am sure that i want this ten times before he starts to undress her.
his family call her all the things she’s heard a million times before. fleur lifts her head high and lets the insults keep coming. his brothers still sometimes look at her like they’ve forgotten to see a person, his mother mutters under her breath about fleur’s lack of suitability, his sister takes every opportunity to express her dislike. they see her beauty and they think they know her. they watch her move and they think she’s nothing more than her body and face.
but bill weasley sees her. and fleur will not let anything—not a war, not lycanthropy, not a disapproving family—take him away from her.
I thought I might share my personal favorite books with evil or morally ambiguous characters since you’ve all shared your favorites.
Vicious
(main character is awesome and very grey)
The golden compass
(really goes into detail what evil and good really mean and has a ton of morally questionable characters in the second book)
The Bartimaeus trilogy
(main character does a lot of bad shit for selfish reasons but you still love him anyways somehow?? And there’s a lot of themes involving systematic oppression and propaganda manipulation and ethics)
The curseworkers
(the main character is constantly put into situations where he has to choose the lesser of two evils. Not to mention mafia families)
Six of crows
(do I even have to say…?)
Howls moving castle
(howl is seen as morally ambiguous in the beginning because of his reputations, so this technically counts. Also I love this book to death)
I hunt killers
(so the main character is super psychopathic and manipulative and overall a creepy ass person. He’s always questioning whether or not he’s truly a good person or just pretends to be or is hiding something worse. This psychological thriller is fucking incredible and underrated.)
The name of the wind
(the main character is the most realistically human I’ve ever met. He’s so real I can touch him. He’s also very morally ambiguous in ways I can’t say because it’s all spoilerly)
Artemis Fowl
(greedy selfish 12 year old criminal mastermind kidnapps a fairy for ransom money. What I love about this series is that he grows throughout the books and his character is constantly developing. He is definitely morally ambiguous and has no problem embracing his cunniving and devious nature)
The Cruel Prince
( every character is an asshole. Every. Character. No excuses, no secrets, just pure assholes. And you’ll love them)
The lies of Locke Lamora
(one of my ALLTIME favorite books. Locke lamora is like a darker shade of grey. He’s selfish, slightly murderous, incredibley human and very handsome. This motherfucker is the leader of a group of conmen who steal money from the rich but keep it for themselves. They are grade A smart assess and they have to make actual hard choices that really determine their character. I’m not gonna say more because there’s no way I can fit this masterpiece into a small summery bye)
The wrath and the Dawn
(The Prince is such a morally grey character. As you read on you’ll question whether or not he actually kills his brides or if there’s another deeper mystery to him. His choices are very questionable and very….bad? I can’t describe how amazing these books are)
[NOTE: I don’t know why I have been obsessed with this for like, the last week, but I have, so here you go. Also, I cannot believe an Anthony Goldstein tag actually exists on Tumblr. When I despair, I am reminded that no one quite obsesses over barely-extant characters like the HP fandom, and I love them for it.]
I find Anthony Goldstein a really fascinating way to think about the way that a Jewish character would fit into the wider spectrum of the magical world as realized by JK Rowling. On the surface, it shouldn’t matter. A Jew should’t be any different from any other minority culture shoved into Ravenclaw (which for what it’s worth seems to be the house that stereotypically high-achieving minorities get sorted into). And yet it’s a question worth thinking about, particularly because Rowling’s world is constructed on notions specifically Christian in character.
This largely boils down to the struggle of Absolute Good vs Absolute Evil, with terms of morality used as alternative names for God and Satan, two independent forces in eternal opposition. This dichotomy isn’t really a thing in Judaism (Satan is understood as an agent of God). The books are ultimately framed in the context of this struggle, from the world building to Harry’s personal coming of age and fight against Voldemort. It is the very foundation of British Wizarding culture, and to not proscribe to this view would leave someone like Anthony Goldstein permanently alienated.
Culture clash would arise for Goldstein out of such things as the notion of ‘the Dark Arts.’ In traditional Potterverse, the Dark Arts are 'Dark’ because of some evil that seems inherent in the nature of the creature/spell. The reaction toward such magic is 'defense,’ by either learning how to beat the creatures, or counteract the spellwork. Judaism would not, arguably, make the distinction between good and evil magic in such terms. They would not be mutually exclusive. Magic would be considered evil in the context of its practitioner, not so much in the particulars of a spell or beast. Specifically, magic would be primarily understood as evil if the one who uses it does so to render himself a God-like figure. The ramifications of this would be subtle but significant. Voldemort, for instance, would be evil not because of the magic that he uses, but because he uses it with the intent to elevate himself above the condition of man, and exact powers that humanity should not possess.
This would give rise to the question of whether any sort of magical power is permissible for humans, a question that I could see being an ongoing concern for Goldstein, particularly as he presumably lacks the presence and affirmation of other Jewish wizards in Hogwarts. I could see Goldstein as someone predisposed to disciplines that require an individual to not see himself or herself in inherent opposition with a type of magic, such as Care of Magical Creatures.
Jewish tradition has a history of magic different from that of medieval Britain, from which a lot of the stock images and sentiment in Potterverse arises. Rather than identifying with Merlin, or the Witches burned at the stake, a Jewish wizard might instead look instead to the 'miracles’ of certain medieval Rabbis, or Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel and the Golem of Prague, or King Solomon. Demons instead of Goblins as the morally ambiguous, humanoid figure. Dybbuks instead of Boggarts. Magic derived from Hebrew as opposed to Latin. There is the potential that Goldstein would find himself, or his family, identifying with a magical past and identity that would have very little to do with that adopted by British wizardry, and by extension Hogwarts as a community and educational establishment.
Then of course there is the fun of parsing apart the whose and wheres of Anthony Goldstein. Is he a North London Jew? The next generation of an old British family? Or apart of one of the twentieth century Jewish-immigration waves? Is there a wider Jewish Wizarding community, or is he an anomaly? The last of a tradition? Judaism’s rich tradition of fantasy storytelling and folktales were largely wiped out along with the rural European communities that fostered them, so it wouldn’t be far-fetched that if there was a larger Jewish Wizarding community, it had all but vanished after the Holocaust, and that people like Goldstein represent what remains of a nearly-extinct subculture.
Anti-Semitism was historically a feature of elite British boarding schools, and it would not be unreasonable to assume that it would extend to magical ones, especially seeing as there is even less of an established Jewish presence in the magical community than the muggle one.
Anthony Goldstein would likely never have a place where he could realize himself fully, constantly requiring to either subdue his magic, or his Jewishness in turn. He would find himself alienated on a fundamental level with the British magical community, and would be plagued by doubt when it came to the practice of magic. He would be perceptive and capable at communicating with magical non-humans, and would not see magic as a source of darkness, but the human thirst for power. He would distrust magical assertions of authority, and would find himself burdened with a past that his education has not equipped him to fully understand.
Keep the flame going for those we have lost to suicide.