"You're the palest witch I've ever seen. For a moment, I thought you were a ghost!"
Before Hogwarts, Imogen's world rarely stretched beyond the walls of her home. Her parents seldom let her wander, and the sunlight had never been particularly comfortable for her eyes, so most of her adventures existed only in her imagination. On one sleepless night, curiosity finally got the better of her. She slipped outside, wandered to the edge of the forbidden forest, and climbed the tallest tree she could find to watch the castle beneath the moonlight.
Unfortunately for her, the first person to spot her was Richard Jackdaw, who decided the most sensible introduction imaginable was to remove his own head.
It was the beginning of an unlikely friendship.
She found herself sneaking out a little more often after that.
Imogen: "You remind me of someone in my year. I believe he's a Gryffindor."
Jackdaw: "Do I, now?"
Imogen: "Mhm. Quite a lot, actually."
Jackdaw: "Surely not."
Imogen: "No, truly. I think his name is... Gerald?"
This one took quite some time to finish. I had every intention of rendering it further, though I eventually grew rather lazy and decided to leave it flat instead. I also spent a fair bit of time experimenting with different brushes.
Perhaps, once I've improved a little more, I'll revisit this piece and draw it again.
Hot take but perhaps Percy Weasley would not have fallen so easily into the clutches of a corrupt ministry, eager for approval and recognition, if he had not spent his entire formative years being mocked and ridiculed by the people who were supposed to love him
A story in which Garreth is a student, and Gabriel is his teacher. A story about how a reckless, flighty boy who lives only for the present came into the life of a man who had already seen too much darkness and had long forgotten how to look for the light.
This is a collaboration. I illustrated the "Outside" view, while @vagrandeer did the "Inside."
plus a small snippet under the cut from the scene in my fic this AMAZING commission from @izaya-art is based on of Maeve and Garreth (platonic besties) playing Wizard’s Chess. Well and truly nailed this piece so hard and I’m forever one of her biggest fans in everything she creates. Thank you so much!!!! AND THE CANON BUNNY SLIPPERS LIVE!!!!
Snippet from The Wronksi Feint in ‘How To Lose A Slytherin in 10 Days’ :
Maeve tapped a fingernail against the chessboard. A slow, satisfied smile curled at the corners of her mouth as her knight swung his sword and neatly cleaved Garreth’s king clean in two. The tiny monarch let out a squeaky gasp before its crown rolled across the table and stopped neatly at Maeve’s waiting finger.
“Checkmate,” she said sweetly, like she hadn’t just gleefully executed a royal decapitation.
Garreth groaned so pathetically, you’d think her knight had taken him out instead. He flopped back in his chair, one arm slung over his face with such theatrical despair, Maeve half-expected the frog choir to appear and start up a mournful hymn.
“That’s not fair,” he whined. “You’re cheating.”
Maeve scoffed. “It’s wizard’s chess, Weasley. The pieces practically move themselves, you can’t cheat.” She gave him a shrug, just to twist the knife. “Maybe you’re just not very good.”
He lowered his arm just enough to scowl at her — or try to — before cracking and sticking his tongue out like a five-year-old who’d been told they couldn’t have Sugar Quills for dinner.
“Alright, alright, I deserve that.” With a flick of his wand, the board began to reset. Splintered pawns reassembled their heads with tiny grumbles, and one bishop shook out its robes indignantly and Maeve could have sworn it stuck its middle finger up at her before taking to its square. “We’re going again. Only this time, I start.” He narrowed his eyes. “I’m watching you.”
Maeve made a lazy, ‘feel free’ gesture and watched as he pushed a very timid-looking pawn forward.
“So,” she began casually, nudging one of her own pawns ahead. The tiny piece straightened its back like it had something to prove. “I hear Leander Prewett’s got his sticky pastry-loving hands on a love potion.”
She said it lightly, like it was nothing, but her eyes flicked up, trying to catch the telltale flicker of guilt on Garreth’s face.“You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that though, would you?”
Little shit didn’t even flinch. Didn’t look up. Just furrowed his brow in very serious bishop placement strategy.
“Pastry-loving?”
“Think it might have actually been a danish – stop no, don’t distract me,” she snapped, lifting her wand and that same bishop exploded into neat wooden splinters.
“Oi! That’s cheat–”
“Why’s he got a love potion, hmm?” she leaned forward and slapped her palms on the table, making the chessboard jump and her King shake his little fist at her.
Garreth conveniently stared at a portrait to her left.
“No idea what you’re on about.”
“Mm-hmm.” Maeve pushed another pawn ahead. The tiny piece marched forward with wild, hopeless confidence, puffed up like it genuinely thought it could actually take on the rest of Garreth’s army solo. Bless its deluded little soul. “Sure you don’t.”
She loved Garreth, she really did — in those ways a person loves her their favourite cousin. It had always been that way. But bless his heart, he was thick as fuck. Had zero poker face and was walking right into her trap. She already knew , she just wanted him to admit it.
“Because you’re certainly not the type,” she went on, a faint smile playing at her lips as she watched her best friend squirm, “to be whipping up some dodgy little potion right before the Yule Ball, are you?”
Garreth finally looked at her, too proud of himself to pretend any longer. And the little fucker grinned .
Tag someone else’s MC(s) you ship your character with. (This is purely self-indulgent btw, if that wasn’t obvious.)
Elian Saerling
No 1: BLACKLING (Zacharias Blackwood x Elian Saerling)
Zachie is @cuffmeinblack’s problematic child and Elian couldn’t figure out his tits from his tea kettle around him. Zach completely turned him out before taking him to the Yule Ball😩😩😩 Elian is STILL in love with Zachie (and me too kind of hehe). Very NSFW rp hehehe
No 2: GILLIAN (Gilbert Blythe x Elian Saerling)
This one isn’t even my most used ship, but Gilbert is SO my type irl that I just shove Elian onto him. @honeybadgerdontcare394 made the cutest little curly headed Hufflepuff, just like Elian. One is a happy guy and one is a sad boy—it just… fits. I imagine Elian spends most of his time eyeing Gilly in his Quidditch kit, and not understanding why it’s suddenly hot. Plus, my baby deserves to be happy.
No 3: Kerrling (Orpheus Kerring x Elian Saerling)
This boy makes Elian FEEL some things in his body. But he’s so aloof and scary that 90% of the multiverse, Elian just gives up. However, @amus2110 is not stupid, and absolutely knows that her boy is powerful and Elian is a hoe, so we know who tops L O L. It’s only number 3 bc we haven’t done anything with it other than make a Pinterest board of boys covered in bite marks 🥵🥵🥵
No 4: RAYLIAN (Raymond Sweeney x Elian Saerling)
This boy is SO CUTE (hot but cute) (we all say thank you @pikadrawsthings), and treats Elian like an ABSOLUTE prince. Elian would be extremely in love with him, probably revealing his secret possessive and territorial side (abandonment issues folks), if we had ever continued this RP, but I burnt out sadly (the only reason it isn’t higher). I know for sure I have a scene in mind where the dog comes out and Elian spends the night running through the Forbidden Forest trying to find his boyfriend, unknowing that Raymond is a werewolf. The night ends in Elian being attacked, and Raymond spends the rest of the year catering to Elian like a den mother. (Elian is OKAY after a few nights in the Hospital Wing.)
NP tags: Of course @cuffmeinblack @amus2110 @honeybadgerdontcare394 @pikadrawsthings, also @pheexblack (I love Erid), @myokk @karajluce and @espressoristretto-patronum (can’t forget Tori)
Hey 👋🏻 I noticed you’ve been mia for a while but you were a really really good friend to me when I was going through such a hard time. I just wanted to check in on you and see how you were. I hope life is okay. I miss Zacharias. Miss you more 💛🖤
I have been a bit MIA haven't I 😔🫂 icl I just don't have the same interest in HP/HL anymore and I have no idea if it'll come back. It hurts because HL was a huge part of my life for 3 years (and decades for HP) and got me through the worst depression of my life, but I just...hate its creator so much.
You have my discord and just feel free to DM me whenever. I miss our boys too 🖤🖤
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