[arliedraws]

Hello!

Please note that there are adult themes on this blog, and I do not censor myself on this platform.

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Art Tag: spoiler! It's mostly Sirius.

Fic Tag: there are some drabbles and lil ficlets here that don't make it to AO3!

AO3: it’s also mostly Sirius, whump, godfatherly stuff, and Slytherin!Sirius Black

Slytherin Sirius Black tag

Dadfoot tag

[arliedraws]

Do you think if Voldemort won that he would’ve eventually made Hogwarts his home? Or is that dumb

[arliedraws]

Just thinking about a Harrymort in which Voldemort discovers that Harry is his Horcrux and to keep an eye on him, forces him to attend Hogwarts and then becomes increasingly invested in Harry’s education. Sits in on his classes, forces private tutoring sessions on him, and constantly pesters the professors for updates on his progress.

[arliedraws]

Do you think if Voldemort won that he would’ve eventually made Hogwarts his home? Or is that dumb

[arliedraws]

When I was a kid, we had a full assembly about climate change and environmentalism (which is shocking considering I went to Catholic school??), and I remember part of the show was a play where two people from the future had just come indoors and had to take off all of their masks and safety goggles because the air was so unsafe to breathe. They were panting and breathless, and I was so freaked out.

I’m having that same fear as I’m putting on my N95 just to go to the gym. I really really don’t want that future.

[neverenoughmarauders]

Let's be honest, everyone's a little bit Sirius-sexual

[arliedraws]

I appreciate different interpretations of Tom Riddle's living situation when he worked at Borgin & Burkes, but I imagine he had a shitty studio with a bathtub in the kitchen. Doesn't give a shit about luxury or worldly pleasures in his own home. It's a place to sleep and eat.

But he definitely takes advantage of his followers' homes and expects to be treated like royalty. Luxury is a tool and a symbol, not something to be enjoyed.

[arliedraws]

(People are criticizing the idea that a 200-300 page novel would be too much for a child to read, and yes, that is silly, but also...it's bigger than that...)

The literary crisis is so much bigger than "iPad" kids. Don't get me wrong, a devaluing of reading and education in general is part of this crisis, but let's be very, very careful when we say, "Sorry your parents never helped you see how fun/important reading is!" Because...uh...I think the parents of a lot of reluctant readers DO see the importance, but not everyone has the privilege of being able to read to their kids. That's an equity issue...

Early childhood plays an essential role in academic progress. Let's say you're a parent who works 55-60+ hrs a week and you get home and still have to make dinner and clean up after. You value reading so much, and you know how important it is to read to your kids, but after baths and battling with them to brush their teeth and get on their pajamas, you might be ready to pass out on the couch, and you want to sit and read with them but you're just too exhausted/burnt out. Now, imagine in another neighborhood, some kid is going to bed and their parent has enough spoons left to read The Phantom Tollbooth chapter by chapter with their five-year-old every night. Which child is going to enter kindergarten having listened to an entire (if not multiple) chapter books? Can you see the advantage here?

This isn't really an "excuse" or a "well, it's okay if kids can't read!" But shaming people isn't really the way to help. A good chunk of people whose kids don't read feel really guilty about it. Maybe they didn't know how to foster that curiosity, or maybe they simply didn't have the energy. Reading is hard. I'm sorry, but it IS. As someone who scored in the 99th percentile for reading in elementary school, reading was STILL hard for me.

If your parent instilled a love of reading for you, whether they read to you or not, that's awesome and I'm happy for you. But your experience is not universal.

[bleekay]

[mostcodesareciphers]

stop tagging your heated rivalry bullshit with “game changer” im tryna look at gifsets of anna garcia beating up demi adejuyigbe while josh rueben fucks a sam reich mannequin in a baby carrier.

[dwayne-thespock-johnson]

I haven't renewed my subscription what the fuck could I have possibly missed

[arliedraws]

What about a workout diary that has colored pencils or markers included, and for each exercise, you color in the muscle you’re going to activate. I dunno who’s going to be bringing their markers to the gym but I think that would a.) make it more fun and b.) you’d actually be thinking visually about the muscles you’re engaging.

Like…how fun, right? Idk

[outromoonyy]

Remus when he thought it had been Sirius who killed the Potters:

Remus when he realized it had been Peter all along:

[dufferpuffer]

These are different things.

A dementors kiss doesn't kill you. That's the horror of it.

“What — they kill — ?” “Oh no,” said Lupin. “Much worse than that.

Lupin considers the kiss 'much worse' than death.

By simply killing Peter - he is sparing him a much worse fate.

[neverenoughmarauders]

Exactly! The point is that the kiss is a much worse fate. That aside, this is also comparing the reaction to a crime 12/13 years ago vs Remus learning, just then, that Peter was the guilty one and what he had done.

[arliedraws]

Also I do think the state of Sirius’s hair is a reflection of his mental state. Not in a finicky way, but his personal hygiene is the first thing he disregards when he is vengeful/worried/lonely/depressed.

[messerp4dfoot]

I just wanted to know how do marauders fans imagine Sirius' hair. This is for the sake of my own curiosity and nothing more.

Sirius' hair is

curly/wavy

straight

Remaining time: 23 hours 27 minutes

I also wanted to give option between long and short but most of the artists and writers make them long so I didn't bother with it.

[arliedraws]

Need the fantasy dynamic where the crown prince is the mystical, thoughtful one who knows all about the old gods and ancient legends, and the forest-dwelling sorcerer is the jock type going “aw sick bro I made a new magic bean that’ll get you so high you’ll see the Great Goddess”

[plecotusauritus]

I like to imagine teenage Sirius quite blunt and uncaring of social norms. The politeness we see from him in the books is something that he only starts to care about with age.

[plecotusauritus]

I mean in SWM he is just saying what he thinks and being slightly rude all the time lmao I love him

[arliedraws]

Heyyy I know this might not be the vibe but I could use some sage advice.

I’m just came back from summer camp, and there I had an amazing coach/authority figure/person responsible on me and we got pretty connected over personal talks. Now it’s over and we’re not supposed to meet again. On the last day, they gave all the group a bracelet and me personally permission to text them if I feel like it. I did two days ago to ask if the bracelet was water-proof, and I do want to stay in touch. They’re like six years older than me. Now I kind of don’t know how to stay in touch. Should I feel comfortable asking how was the day? Or should a convo have some purpose?

Feel free to ignore me thanks xh

Well, thank you for trusting me with this question! Listen, I don’t know how old you are, but I have the feeling you might still be in high school. (If you’re older than that/college-age or older/etc, feel free to disregard).

So here’s the deal—it probably isn’t appropriate for you and someone six years older to be having chatty fun text conversations about how their day was, particularly someone who is/was responsible for you. I don’t know the subject of your conversations and how deep they went, and this isn’t me being anti “cross generational” friendships, but imagine that person telling someone that they’re regularly texting a teenager they were in charge of at camp…

I think it’s important to create distance while keeping that line open if it’s important to you. A simple, “Thank you so much for talking with me this week. It was really good to meet someone with whom I connect about [blank]. It meant a lot to me. I hope we can keep in touch!” Or whatever sounds best to you. Then, in the future, reach out if you have a purpose.

This is just my personal advice. When I was in high school, I reached out to a former teacher from elementary school because he had a huge impact on me and I wanted a close relationship. It got…way too intimate. Do I think he was intentional in “grooming” or “pursuing” me? No. But I think with me, a teenager who had a lot of time to ruminate on this person, and this other person being extremely lonely, it sort of led to us depending on each other emotionally. It just wasn’t appropriate.

I guess it boils down to: if this relationship was that meaningful, you shouldn’t have to keep in constant contact. Text them when you need some advice. That’s just my two cents ☺️

(And if you’re not in high school, AND you’re an adult, do whatever you want. Ask them how their day was! Whatever, have fun! See where the friendship goes!)

Also, uh, I just reread and noticed you said, “We’re not supposed to meet again.” I’m not sure what this means—is this a policy of the camp, or is this something this person told you? Or is it just like, “We aren’t going to see each other again?” If it is anything other than the last thing, please do not contact this person.

[arliedraws]

Oof, animating is so hard. I just wanted to play around and see if I could do a simple head turn. Hard, but it was fun!