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i should clarify that im a book reader first and have been in this fandom for a decade now so my ship opinions are neutral or i hate it. i really love tedromeda, and im okay with wolfstar and drarry. but for every other ship (black family related) i probably hate it

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the women of marauders era 💫

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i remember seeing a while ago of people’s comparison of ted tonks to neville. or at least it felt like the same vibe, cute fluffy sweaters, kind of shy, a meek brownish blond hair. however i find that the best characterization that ive found came from a fanfic i read on fanfic.net maybe almost 7 years ago. he had shaggy blond hair, smoked, mess of a human being, but was quite charming (almost like a golden retriever) and i find when you look at tonks that the best comparison. she was described similar to her father, plus when we meet ted he’s disorganized but strong with a warm personality

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Do you ever wonder how andromeda found out about tonks dying? it's probably a common belief (and agreement) that andromeda found out that ted was dead through the radio, the same exact time harry, ron, and hermione did. but there are so many ways that it can go with tonks

there's possibility that she never knew, and only found out days later. worried sick that her daughter hadn't come home but terrified that everyone else had passed, so one morning the newspaper arrives saying that the war had been won. but she knows, she knew that if it had been

won then where was her daughter. she scans the list of names of everyone that had passed and she finds tonks name listed. of course she breaks down, what else is she supposed to do? she sees remus is dead to and looks over to where teddy is asleep, realizing that he's all she has

or there's a possibility that someone, anyone, had come to her house after the war had finished. someone in the order who had known where she lived, or possibly one of the golden trio (i like to think it's harry that goes), to tell her of her daughters death. andromeda knew the

minute that harry arrived that her daughter wasn't there anymore. because if tonks was still alive then she would've came to see her herself. the last option of what could've happened is that andromeda has an aching feeling in her heart. it nearly stopped twice, it was almost

like she could feel her daughter leaving. she wasn't sure why her heart had stopped a second time... but she waited until morning, she knew she couldn't go at night it's too dangerous. she took teddy with, running to an apparation point far from her home. ending up in hogsmede

and running as fast as she could to hogwarts (or as fast as she could at that age), there wasn't any danger in hogsmede... not like she had expected. and when she arrived at hogwarts, she saw that there wasn't any danger there as well. she looked confused, enough that someone

ran to her. but it wasn't her daughter like she had hoped. it was someone else, bringing her the news that her daughter had died. it doesn't matter who, the only thing on her mind was that her daughter was gone and there was nothing she could do about it

imagine how much harder it'll be to break the news to her that her big sister was the one who raised her wand against her only child. but now bellatrix was also gone, and she couldn't scream at her to bring tonks back

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Sirius’s awkward relationship with femininity

I should start by clarifying that I’m not transphobic and I think it’s personally fine to have trans headcanons for characters for a long list of reasons (fits the narrative, personal projection, better understanding of themselves, etc). But when it comes to Sirius Black, I think the way a chunk of the fandom portrays the tran headcanons or the fem headcanons, could really be done a bit better. I’m not trying to be a canon bootlicker or anything, but in canon Sirius does have a strong relationship with masculinity, such as being one of the male figures in Harry’s life, being the eldest son, the way that he carries himself (the arrogance and bullying), being James’ best friend/partner in crime, even the fights he has with Molly are from his perspective of a more father/uncle figure rather than a mothers perspective. Though he is much more deeply connected with his mother than his father, even to the point that they fight and argue but her (Walburga) heart was broken (this comment was made by Kreacher but I feel he wouldn’t blow something like that out of proportion). And there’s good reason for that, he is the eldest son, the first heir of the family, someone who would probably have made a strong head of the Black family had he not been sorted into Gryffindor or even ran away. Which is why it’s interesting that he can be headcanonned as so fragile and needy of others when he’s been determined to live his own way from the day he was born. 

I think it dampens his character, as something else to take note of, if there were going to be an accurate portrayal of his character as trans then I feel his personality and ways of doing things would be so much more similar to Bellatrix’s than any other character in the series. Someone who is the eldest daughter of the family, and deals with the cost of being a woman very often. Like having been married off to a man, despite clearly not wanting to be with him at any given moment, she fights tooth and nail for Voldemort's attention so it can only be assumed that she was the same in school, someone so determined to make a name for herself but constantly failing because she’s a woman. Having trans headcanons for Sirius feels so awkward because his character never once deals with any brunt of oppression, and yes it’s a headcanon but for so many characters that I personally headcanon as trans it’s usually with a reason of underlying allegories or comparisons of their story to issues that the trans community has to deal with constantly. To tie it all together, Sirius stays rich, his uncle Alphard gives him money, and Grimmauld place, continues to stay in his name despite having been disowned, which I feel makes it so hard for me to see him as trans because he’s never once suffered from something the female characters in his family have. There’s no mention of his obligations of him having to be married to a slytherin pureblood woman, there’s no fight that he has to conduct in order for his voice to be heard, even when Voldemort tricks Harry into thinking Sirius is tortured, he’s not actually being tortured. He doesn’t ever have his life on the line in that sense, unlike Andromeda (another one of his cousins) who did run away from home, was tortured, and lived in constant fear that she’d lose everything because she’s a slytherin woman from a pureblood family. 

If Sirius was to even have his voice taken away in the order meetings then I feel that could make an argument for the trans headcanons however he’s usually the one who starts the arguments, not able to listen to what the others (usually Molly and Severus) are trying to tell him. From the way he’s described to the story narrative that he faces, it feels out of left field that he’d be portrayed in that way.

And it’s not that there aren’t any characters who couldn’t be described with trans allegories/headcanons, there are plenty enough in the Harry potter universe. Severus Snape, Ron Weasley, Tonks, Luna Lovegood, Moaning Myrtle, just to name a few whose narratives easily fit. I don’t want this to come off as an anti fem/trans Sirius, because it’s honestly not even that deep, I think people should be able to treat the characters how they’d like, but I just think it’s an observation that I have to make on how weird it feels to see Sirius like that. And also because every time I see fem/trans Sirius my brain autocorrects it to being Bellatrix and it’s heartbreaking to find out that it’s not her every single time. 

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no one understands my vision but the tonks family is very close with the weasley family (starting cause of tonks and charlie's friendship) so andromeda is like the weasley kids adopted aunt who spends too much time trying to build their family quidditch teams and acting like she's not extremely curious about muggle things like arthur. she and arthur do become close because of their combined wanting to understand how all muggle things works. ted watches from a distance and always helps cover for them when needed. molly and ted do bond over having silly little curious spouses. though molly and andromeda are quite close as well, they bake and garden and andromeda falls in love with sewing and knitting because of molly, especially after her upbringing where she had grown to hate "lady activities"

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neither regulus, nor sirius have a body to put into a grave. they don't have a space that's marked that they've passed. because of this narcissa never believed anyone when they said that both regulus and sirius were dead

it wasn't until andromeda had talked to her and told her that sirius was dead, and that regulus was dead did she fully believe that they really were lost from her. she finally remembered the night that bellatrix returned from the ministry, singing a song that she had forgotten

"i killed sirius black, i killed sirius black" narcissa couldn't sleep unless andromeda sang something to her. after all andromeda and bellatrix did both have the voices of an angel

[booksclayandcatherine]

while not an actual action item for the general strike, you could also find some Palestinian recipes to cook. Part of the attempted erasure of Palestinian identity has been Israeli appropriation of recipes/foods. (And some pan-Arab foods too)

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if anyone wants to know where to look (and who to follow & support), here are some places posting Palestinian recipes:

mxriyum (link to her website, also on youtube, tiktok, instagram, and twitter as @\mxriyum) is Palestinian herself and has many Palestinian recipes up!

Palestine in a Dish (website link here) is a Palestinian recipe blogger who is also on instagram I think!

Falasteeni Foodie (website link here) is another Palestinian recipe blogger who can be found on tiktok and instagram under the handle @\falasteenifoodie

@najia-cooks has posted a lot of Palestinian recipes, I think everything is vegan as well so if you need dairy-free, egg-free, meat-free recipes it's a great source. everything is very thoroughly researched as well

moribyan (link to her website, also on youtube, tiktok, instagram, and twitter as @\moribyan) has a Palestinian food series, though she is Moroccan and Libyan herself (hence the name).

these are all the ones I personally know of, but I'm sure there are more out there so please share them if you know of any others :)

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More than 60% of the global population that are classified as the Phase 5 famine/catastrophe level of food insecurity and starvation are in the Gaza Strip right now, and that percentage is projected to increase to 95% by Februrary

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Some organisations that get food and water into Gaza to consider donating to:

Anera

PCRF

Taawon/Bank of Palestine

World Food Programme

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i still think that despite andromeda praying every night on her knees with her hands clutched together so tightly that they're sore afterwards, but i dont think she believes god will do any good for her because of all the things that have gone wrong

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if draco could he would become just like rykard. allowing a snake to eat him whole in hopes that he’ll have a piece of immortality, to become one with the gods. but instead he was trapped as the face of a serpent bound to the desire to consume every soul he encounters. he will never be free from the pact he’s made with hunger. he hungers for flesh, he hungers for life, he hungers for freedom, something he’ll never get to hold in his hands as long as he’s alive. someone must kill him to release the curse, but even then is he truly ever free? maybe when his body is dead, someone will come along to consume it. they’ll take him in, every last bite until his soul is revived in another. his hunger will awake again and he will once again consume, begging that he’ll be free from this turmoil. he hopes he’ll be full soon

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Andromeda was described as looking almost identical to Bellatrix, except she had softer features. Can you imagine them getting mixed up as kids, people convinced the two of them were twins despite that not being true. but they had the same hair, and the same shade of eyes and the same smirk that would grace their face when they won something. But the older they got the less the resembled each other. Andromeda's eyes becoming softer, quieter even, while the fire in Bellatrix's eyes seemed to be burning so hot that anyone who came near was hurt but returning from Azkaban had shattered her mind, and there was no fire in her eyes. It was replaced with a deadly poison, anyone who came near would die. Her eyes were never the same as Andromeda's from that day on. But Andromeda's eyes also went through a change what was described as warm and gentle before the wars uprisings was replaced with a solemn silence after everyone around her had died. She was left with so much death that her eyes had become so quiet. They weren't void of happiness, but the fire from her childhood had burnt out

After the war, people mistook her more for Narcissa then they did for Bellatrix. And yet their shades were not nearly the same, but people swore they looked like twins

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both harry and draco have their mothers eyes but resemble their fathers, and yet they carry the spirits of their mothers in every action. in this essay i will…

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ron and hermione's favourite meal to cook together is breakfast (brunch on the weekends). ron usually half asleep trying to make 2 cups of tea, while hermione is wide awake frying some eggs, tomatoes, sausage, and toast till everything is extra crispy. i actually cannot tell if they're bigger coffee drinkers or tea drinkers. coffee would give them both a caffeine boost, where ron needs it in the morning, hermione needs it at night. but with tea, they both have the tendency to drink it when they're nervous or upset. the process of tea making really calms their anxious souls

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the little mermaid by hans christian andersen is slytherin coded

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I think I prefer toxicingly loving overprotective black parents to abusive black parents because of where that disappointment for Andromedas “betrayal” was rooted in, rather than fearing her parents she believed what they said was good and worthy. And it wasn’t until she started feeling something for Ted did she question everything that she had been taught but she knew her family wouldn’t hurt her. They thought highly of her and had high expectations, but in her parents eyes she could almost do no wrong. And then she did the one thing that was so wrong they never gave her an ounce of love again. Of course her sisters felt betrayed, why would their middle sister run away? Why would she leave such a perfect home? There wasn’t anything bad to begin with. It’s why bellatrix is so obsessive with her love and wanting to receive the same praise constantly, not because she was never given it. Actually the opposite, that’s the only way she knows she’s appreciated. It’s why draco is so spoiled by Narcissa. Though this time she genuinely loves and adores her son, she’s still learning how to do it in a more healthy manner… unlike that of her mothers. Even Andromeda has habits that haven’t completely disappeared. She’s overprotective of Tonks and a little overbearing, But she can’t help but keep it up after having a mother who acted like that

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sometimes i like to think of the possibilities of the houses having different colours and animals to represent them. obviously their names would change but the traits would be the same. i've come to the only conclusion that. the only animal that i can see being changed is slytherins snakes to being foxes instead. still in so many tales being mistrusted and sly creatures, while also having an air of mischief around them. but i fear their appearance is too soft?