Magnetic Attraction

Debrah is an aspiring arcane mage who specializes in Magnet magic and dabbles in ice and protective spells as well. Blog under construction.

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[teamcetaceans]

There is a difference between this

and this

the difference being that one is a circus with little to no stimulation and the other is an enclosure that has made an effort to be like the animals natural environment. 

Animals in zoos aren’t made to preform and if it is a good zoo a lot of effort is made in making the enclosure a good environment for the animal.

[shes-a-rebelll]

and most zoos are made up of animals that for some reason or other wouldn’t be able to survive in the wild! Whether it’s having a physical disability or being born in captivity :)

[flung-through-galaxies]

Also, many zoos have programs geared towards conservation because they actually care about all the species they look after and want to promote their populations! :)

[odinsblog]

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE IS TRUE AF

[tevruden]

[fandomsandfeminism]

A+ to that girl for getting vaccinated as soon as she was able. Fuck those parents.

[martianaviator]

I hope that kid gets out of that household ASAP

[userboxer]

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

Starter for theavionicsoldier

[theavionicsoldier]

“I see. I’m guessing that the Empire would want to help this world be able to develop faster while we’re under it’s watchful eyes, correct?” The young man asks as he looks at each individual in his home.

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“Well, that’s one possibility,” Debrah says. “The tendency is for us to provide similar goods to what a civilization already has, so they don’t get dependent upon us.” 

It’s hard to read their faces as most of them are still wearing their helmets, but their body posture is definitely relaxed and casual as a whole. 

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

Starter for theavionicsoldier

[theavionicsoldier]

“Alright then.” Avion thinks up of a few questions that he could ask, but there’s one that he wants to know the most. “What exactly does your empire want with this little world right here?”

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“The first thing we wanted to know, whether this planet was inhabited or not, was already answered,” the Survivalist says. “…Sorry, I meant world.” 

“The Empire of Hope does not steal territory from other factions,” Debrah continues. “Now, the extent of our future involvement with this world is up to the people here.” 

[theavionicsoldier]

Avion frowns a bit at their answer. “Either you guys don’t get what I’m asking or you’re just don’t want to give me what I’m looking for. I want to know why your empire wants to associate with this world. Are they looking for allies? Hoping to expand their influence? What are they trying to do?”

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“Oh! Well that’s simple, we offer to help society wherever it is because it’s what Astrid, our empress, stands for,” Debrah responds. 

“She’s also the goddess of the main religion in the Empire of Hope,” the battle priest remarks. 

[ddraco]

[artschoolglasses]

I will never forgive them for cutting out this scene.

[mytamakomysookee]

Tumblr app doesn’t show this gif set but I already know what it is. No need to hesitate to reblog.

[midoriko-sama]

And he did this just before a road trip, stuck in the car with his parents asking what he was thinking.

[keepcalmimspidey-deactivated201]

The look of utter defiance Dudley gives Vernon as he steps over the fence though 

[itsmevicky]

And how he does it really slowly as well as if to say “What you gonna do about it huh?”

[thebibliosphere]

The phone rings. It was an absurd wedding gift from his father in-law, and one which much to Harry’s surprise, had actually worked when he’d plugged it into the landline. Arthur had taken to phoning him on it, just for the pure novelty of the thing—though how they’d managed to get a BT engineer out to the Burrow without causing an incident, Harry doesn’t know. He’s not sure he wants to.

“Hello?”

“Uhm,, is this…is this the Potter residence?”

There’s a beat of silence as Harry adjusts the receiver against his ear, not quite sure he’s heard who he thinks he has. “…Dudley?”

“Yea…uhm, Harry?”

“Dudley.” Harry repeats numbly, turning to look at Ginny who is looking at him expectantly, eyebrows raised. “Uh…Christ, Dudley, hi how did…how did you find this number?”

There’s another beat of silence and the crackle of static that might have been a sigh or simply just the line breaking up. “Hi, sorry I know you probably…sorry this was stupid. I uh, I put your name in the computer and this was the only thing that came up.”

“Oh.” Harry breathes, still trying to recover his equilibrium. Ten minutes ago he’d been using his wand to clear away dinner, he’d been getting ready to sit down and read through some reports before putting the kids to bed, and now somehow, he’s talking to his muggle cousin who he hasn’t seen since… “How, how are you?”

“Good, yea” Dudley replies, seeming to rally, “You?”

“Yea, uh, doing well…”

The conversation lasts maybe a half hour, faltering and awkward. But they’re going for a coffee at the end of the week and Harry supposes…that’s…that’s a thing that is happening.

*

“Harry…”

Harry turns and looks up, and looks up some more at the looming figure blocking out the light. 

“Dudley,” he says, standing up and hoping the pang of something awful doesn’t show on his face. For a moment he thought he’d been looking at Vernon. “It’s good to see you.”

Dudley gives him a look that says he clearly knows Harry is lying, but is thankful for being humored. “You too, you’re looking good…”

They pass the  first few minutes with awkward pleasantries and even more awkward silences. But it’s…nice would be too strong a word, but it’s not bad either. He even manages to get a smile out of him when he calls him Big D, the other man shaking his head with a self depreciating eye roll.

“Dad died,” Dudley says after a while, and Harry feels an icy hot flash go down his spine, curdling in his gut.

“Oh,” he says, not quite sure how he’s supposed to feel about that, “I’m sorry to hear that.”

Dudley snorts into his coffee. “Somehow I doubt it.” and it’s not accusing, but Harry still can’t help but feel like he should defend himself. The words they locked me in a cupboard are on the cusp of his tongue but Dudley gets there before him. “There’s a lot of things…looking back…lot of things…” and it’s not an apology, not really. “Took me a long time to realize certain things weren’t right…too long.” 

Harry nods at that, because yes, it had also taken him a long time too to understand the full of extent of what had gone on in 4 Privet Drive. He still doesn’t like tight spaces.

“You realize things though, when you have kids,” Dudley carries on, shaking his head, “Like they’re just kids, how can you do that to a kid? They need you for everything.”

And Harry can relate to that too. Lily is three and Ginny is pregnant again and James already has an alarming alacrity for finding trouble and with or without magic Harry doesn’t have enough hands to deal with it all. But he loves it, and he loves them, and the thought of anyone ever treating his children the way he remembers his first eleven years of life is enough to make the electric lights over their head flicker. 

“You’ve got kids?”

“Two,” Harry says, “third one on the way. You?”

“Nice. Just the one, so far.” He hands over his phone, the image of a bright young girl with dark skin and tight ringlet curls staring back at him from the grasp of Dudley’s arms. “Effie.” He smiles ruefully at Harry’s obvious surprise. “Dad wasn’t too happy about that either.”

“She’s gorgeous.” Harry says, handing the phone back and pulling out his own wallet to reveal the moving pictures inside. 

Dudley flinches a bit at that, but he guffaws broadly when he spies James. “Cor, he don’t half look like you. No glasses though.”

“No,” Harry says, pushing his own glasses back up his nose. “He’s got his mother’s eyes, thankfully.”

“Actually, Harry, there was something I was hoping we could…talk about.”

And ah, there it is. “What about?”

“It’s…it’s about Effie…”

And when he’s done talking Harry just wants to lean back and laugh and laugh and laugh, because of course Vernon Dursley’s granddaughter is a witch, of course she is. But he doesn’t, because Dudley is doing the one thing he can think of to try and help his child, and Harry can’t fault him for that.

*

They keep in touch after that. Christmas cards, postcards—gifts for the kids on birthdays. The year Effie turns eleven—the same as James—Harry drops a casually long thought out text into the familial void.

“Diagon A this weekend, if you’re up for it?”

The text comes back quickly, a little too quickly for the way Dudders pecks at his phone whenever Harry has seen him typing. “Snds gd, 1st pint on u ;-) - Big D 🍺🍺🍺👌👍”

It’ll be painfully awkward, it always is. But it’s something.

[also-starring]

[theinturnetexplorer]

well that neighbor feud took an amusing turn.

[lilguy5-20-blog]

Did Disney live next to the Warner brothers??

[bogleech]

MOM OF THE YEAR. WHERE WAS THIS ATTITUDE WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.

[kryptonians]

let’s be real when you were a kid if you shared your toys you never got them back

[suddenlycomics]

Especially sharing in a public place with kids you don’t know.

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

Starter for theavionicsoldier

[theavionicsoldier]

“Alright then.” Avion thinks up of a few questions that he could ask, but there’s one that he wants to know the most. “What exactly does your empire want with this little world right here?”

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“The first thing we wanted to know, whether this planet was inhabited or not, was already answered,” the Survivalist says. “...Sorry, I meant world.” 

“The Empire of Hope does not steal territory from other factions,” Debrah continues. “Now, the extent of our future involvement with this world is up to the people here.” 

[twilightown]

WE WERE TELLIN DONALD TO PUT A RING ON IT & THEN..

[marketplace]

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[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

Starter for theavionicsoldier

[theavionicsoldier]

“I see. Well holy magic isn’t really like that, as it’s just a much more powerful form of white magic and you don’t need any form of religion in order to use it. It can heals and protects others, sends the dead back to their resting places, cures ailments of all kinds, and just utterly smite evil. The most powerful holy magic here is called Holy, which takes quite a deal of magic power to cast.” Avion explains.

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“So it’d still technically be Arcane magic,” the Survivalist observes. “The difference is in how it’s cast. Divine is from faith, Arcane is from magic as it is traditionally seen.” 

[theavionicsoldier]

Avion nods. “Exactly.” He addressed the whole group as he asks,”Do any of you have any more questions for me?”

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

The group chatters amongst themselves in a way that generally implies that none of them seem to have any more questions--at least not for the moment--before it settles down and the survivalist says, “No, we do not.” 

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

Starter for theavionicsoldier

[theavionicsoldier]

“I see. Well holy magic isn’t really like that, as it’s just a much more powerful form of white magic and you don’t need any form of religion in order to use it. It can heals and protects others, sends the dead back to their resting places, cures ailments of all kinds, and just utterly smite evil. The most powerful holy magic here is called Holy, which takes quite a deal of magic power to cast.” Avion explains.

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“So it’d still technically be Arcane magic,” the Survivalist observes. “The difference is in how it’s cast. Divine is from faith, Arcane is from magic as it is traditionally seen.” 

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

Starter for theavionicsoldier

[theavionicsoldier]

Avion looks at the survivalist and says,”You’re gonna have to be a little bit more specific. Are you asking if holy magic works like divine magic?” He looks over at Debrah and answers with,”I’ll ask my questions when I’m done answering yours,”

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“I was asking if it worked just like any other type of magic here, but that is a good question too,” the survivalist replies. 

[theavionicsoldier]

Avion looks at the survivalist expert and says,”If you’re asking if it’s cast the same way as the other types of magic from around here, then yes. As for if holy magic is the same as divine magic, well you’re gonna have to tell me just what kind of stuff divine magic does before I can give you an answer.”

[magnetmagedebrah-blog]

“Astrid’s as holy as they come, with most of her followers manifesting protective and healing powers, but some of the more warlike ones manifesting destructive ones,” the Battle Priest says. 

“It really depends alot on the god the divine spellcaster is worshipping though. Their powers tend to be similar to those of the god they worship, but on a smaller scale,” the survivalist adds. “Faith is practically mandatory to use divine powers.”