[ms-chief]

“Mr. Riddle, if you wish to study the Dark Arts, let this be your first lesson. It is bread for the starved, water for the parched, a path for the lost, and comfort for the weary. For the desperate, it is everything. But it demands mastery - if you cannot master it, or you cannot master yourself, it will master you. If you admire it, if you respect it, if you revere it, it will master you. And if you can master it, know it is not your ally. It is a force with a singular purpose. It is vile and malicious, and it will bite the hand that feeds it. It cannot be the thing that makes you whole. Do not crash yourself for it. Do not derange yourself for it.”

Chapter 1 “Johann Beck” - Wild and Wicked Youth

In 1942, just before Tom Riddle discovers the Chamber of Secrets and the book on Horcruxes, the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor retires and Hogwarts hires a new one, a respected Magical Scholar and alleged Master of the Dark Arts.

AU: How much proper guidance could have changed Tom's life and the fate of the Wizarding World.

[giselsann]

Ominis: The Gaunts? Those things shouldn't even breed

[allthepeculiarthings]

dumbledore was so messy for showing harry all those memories of tom riddle. thank god voldemort never heard of it because if i ever heard that my opps were sitting together watching a reel of my Greatest Fails id crash out like ive never crashed out before

[lynxartt]

[vanillabeansmooches]

He was just one of the girlies frrrr

[iamregressing]

Kicking the year off with Tom! Thank you for the commission ❤️✨

[vanishonichka]

Tom Riddle

[yoraowo]

Tommy VERY old fanart

[oxcenia]

🐍🐍🐍

[somoln]

[ariannagram-deactivated20260322]

[epitome-of-an-openbook]

I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, but more people should read incomplete/unfinished/in-progress fanfics.

I've noticed this huge trend where creators on tiktok and tumblr who will be explaining how to use Archive Of Our Own to new users and they always say "and make sure to scroll down and click completed only" or how people will go out of their way to mention they only read completed fics 'because they were traumatized when they forgot to check the dates and didn't realize this fic hadn't been updated since 2012'.

The thing is - I think by not engaging with and/or actively avoiding writer's WIPs readers are potentially adding to the aggregate of abandoned works. Now this obviously isn't the case for all abandoned fics, anything from major life events, to loss of interest, to getting busy can be a reason for a fic getting abandoned - but at least on some level I just know that writers are quitting while they're ahead when they aren't garnering any response or feedback because reading WIPs has become unpopular. If you're worried about reading something that hasn't been updated since 2012 then you can use the date updated function to sort out old fics.

Anyways, support your favorite fanfic writers by engaging with their WIPs.

[mrsmungus]

Legit, getting a subscription on a fic I'd abandoned 10 years earlier spurred me into action to finish it (and write a sequel!)

[epitome-of-an-openbook]

#The journey of reading a fic while it's updating is part of the fun!

Yes exactly this! I love subscribing to fics forgetting about them a bit and then being pleasantly surprised when they update again and they show up in my inbox. It makes me feel like I'm a Charles Dickens fan living in 1830s London waiting patiently for his new chapter to be released via the daily paper.

[yinza]

Frankly sometimes fics that are incomplete and haven't been updated since 2012 are just worth the read anyway. The story may never have a conclusion, but I have found abandoned works with concepts that no one else is writing. What's there can be incredibly well-executed, emotionally affecting, and inspiring.

So, I don't know, if everything else about the tags and description appeals to you, maybe consider clicking on it knowing full well the work will never be completed.

[arliedraws]

What would Voldemort aka Tom Riddle look in your style?

Sorry it’s been a minute since you sent this, but here ya go! A post-Hogwarts Tom Riddle.

[nondelphic]

writing is 10% storytelling and 90% rearranging three sentences for an hour like you're trying to solve an ancient curse

[confusedrubixcube]

"Voldemort is my past, present and future"

[bebx]

I love my blorbo so much I need him covered in blood and beaten within an inch of his life

[confusedrubixcube]

Some old Tom Riddle doodles

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.