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minors dni 👻

[grimmauldghost]

there is too much i want to put in my bio so here is an intro post instead! <3

hello!!! no name on this blog, if you want to call me something, my user or grimmauld will do. this is a sideblog so i currently follow back from grimmghosts!

more abt me... i'm in my late 20s, ive been into hp since i was very small and in fandom spaces since i was a kid. as in the first fanfic i posted was on ffnet lol. i guess i would consider myself a bit of a fandom old? anyway. i am a big fan of nuance, and i like to think i'm relatively open to changing my mind about stuff.

my ao3 is the same username as this one, i might post about my fics or not, idk. i'm trying not to worry so much about kudos / stats / the like!

other stuff - minors dni, any pronouns are fine, i'm anti anti / pro ship / whatever you want to call it, so keep that in mind.

additionally this is not a pro jkr blog nor is this a safe space for terfs in any way shape or form. fuck off, if i see you interacting in any way you will be blocked.

[grimmauldghost]

every now and then i think abt getting back into the tumblr rp scene and then im like no im too old and problematic

[emryses]

listen to me. this is my final message to you. when you are at your lowest a fictional guy will come to you and when that happens you must start putting them in situations. this is the meaning of life.

[grimmauldghost]

following up on this post abt nicknames i have come up with two criteria for nicknames in hp to work for me : natural sense (this makes sense as a name or maybe is a name already, bella for bellatrix, reg for regulus, ect) and contextual sense (who is calling them the nickname / where did the nickname come from, james calling sirius pads makes contextual sense to me because it feels like something james would do). ideally a nickname makes at least one of these two criteria. if it doesnt... i cannot be on board. looking at you, siri.

[ashen-crest]

I can do it. I can write a chapter. I am capable of putting sentences together. I know what a comma is. I am Aware of the Character.

[heartoftheserpent]

ok i was curious (and on a non-insignificant amount of medication) about whether Harry refers to Voldemort or Sirius as "handsome" more often so i decided to count how many times people/things are referred to as "handsome" in all 7 books. i didn't count things that are referred to as NOT handsome or as No Longer Handsome or Once Might Have Been Handsome, just times Harry (or someone else) refers to someone as handsome. draw what conclusions you like. I did not count "beautiful" or "gorgeous" or "good-looking" just "handsome."

Sorcerer’s Stone: 0 handsomes for people (1 for a book)

Chamber of Secrets: Fawkes: 1 (by Albus), Voldemort: 1 (by Albus) Lockhart: 1

Prisoner of Azkaban: a book: 1, Hermes the owl: 1, a staircase: 1, a Christmas tree: 1, Sirius: 2

Goblet of Fire: Cedric: 4, Madame Maxime: 2, a fire: 1, Lockhart: 1

Order of the Phoenix: a statue: 2, Hermes the Owl: 1, an armchair: 1, Sirius: 2, an egg: 1, a quill: 1

Half-Blood Prince: Hermes the owl: 1 (GET IT TOGETHER HARRY), a book: 1, Firenze: 1, a house: 1, Tom Riddle Sr: 4, Tom Riddle: 6, Ron: 1 (by Slughorn), Bill: 2 (by his mom), Madame Maxime: 1

Deathly Hallows: a house: 1, a mantlepiece: 1, a room: 1, Sirius: 3, a statue: 1, Grindelwald: 2, Voldemort: 1, a wand: 1

Final count:

Ron: 1

Firenze: 1

Staircases: 1

Rooms: 1

Fawkes: 1

Fires: 1

Christmas trees: 1

Armchairs: 1

Quills: 1

Eggs: 1

Wands: 1

Mantlepieces: 1

Houses: 2

Lockhart: 2

Bill: 2

Grindelwald: 2

Statues: 3

Hermes the Owl: 3

Madame Maxime: 3

Cedric: 4

Tom Riddle, Sr: 4

Sirius: 7

Tom Riddle, Jr./Voldemort: 8

however one of the Voldemort ones is from Albus so HARRY refers to Sirius and Voldemort as "handsome" the exact same number of times thank u for coming to my ted talk

[heartoftheserpent]

happy birthday to the most fuckable professor at hogwarts, horace slughorn

[justshoveabezoar-again]

Dumbledore: Snape is the best man for the position, in control of his emotions and surroundings, he’s the perfect spy.

Snape in the background: *having a tantrum*

[stealingpotatoes]

happy neil banging out the tunes day to everyone who celebrates

[chongoblog]

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

[chongoblog]

[chongoblog]

HAPPY BIG TWENTY NEIL

[chongoblog]

ITS APRIL 13 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FETCH ME NEIL

[chongoblog]

[lustcannibalism]

going into the fandom tags can be a form of self harm

[grimmauldghost]

joan jett would have been nympadora tonks' celebrity crush and if you don't agree you're lying to yourself. just look up joan jett in the 90s. and you'll understand.

[grimmauldghost]

actually no im gonna say it. atyd hasn't been treated like a fanfic for years. even people who would probably say you shouldn't critique fanfic are happy to do so with atyd, moreso then any other big fic i have seen personally (not saying people don't critique other fics, i am just saying i haven't seen people do it with other fics as shamelessly as with atyd). so like, on top of the fact that so many people have been making money off her work, and on top of the fact that this seems to be a significant rework and also possibly is not gonna be marketed as "published fanfic", i honestly think some of you never deserved this story as a fic in the first place because you refused to treat it as such. so.

[grimmauldghost]

im rescinding my previous opinions about wolfboy. i dont know what my new opinions are exactly but ive decided after everything this fandom put mskingbean through she deserves to do whatever she wants really. and i trust her.

[acrinyx]

Obligatory badge :D

It's actually so crazy to see this historic moment in ao3 history and that she's no longer in beta like wdym ao3 is now a fully fledged site now I feel old

[saintsatellite-deactivated20240]

i hope everyone is ready to celebrate International Down With Cis day on April 4th.

[communistkenobi]

happy 9 years to the Down With Cis bus!

[fiollaigean]

happy ten years to the Down With Cis bus!