bitter

she/her. 28. in the tomarrymort trenches thisbitterearth on AO3

[mylifeisdust]

bitter's blog 🫧

hello and welcome to my tumblr ✨

I'm bitter (sometimes butter) and I consume an unholy amount of fanfiction as well as write a bit of it ☺️ I mainly read and write tomarrymort, though I adore many other ships and fandoms! This blog is primarily for posting and reblogging tomarrymort and some broader hp content.

you can find me on ao3 as thisbitterearth.

any writing or art of my own shared here can be found under the #my writing and #my art tags ✒️🎨

[ddmi-art]

Beach tomarry 🐍🦁

[mylifeisdust]

THIS IS PERFECTTT!!!

[semina-art]

Fresh unfinished sketches

[elddrmot]

HITW CHAPTER 30 LETS GO!!

[ddmi-art]

Tom 11yo vs Harry 11yo ❤️

[mylifeisdust]

if a wood chuck chucks when a wood chuck chucks does a chuck chuck wood wood? if a Harry Tom Tom's and a Tom Harry Harry's, does a Harry Tom Tom Harry? If a shell goes down to the sea shore and shore seas and sees shores, does a tree make a sound if it falls in the woods? Ham

is a harry tom tom's and tom harry harry's, then yes a harry tom tom harry — that's tom in a harry sandwich 😋 ham!

[mylifeisdust]

which Harry Potter character(s) would you ship with Omry Kupp?

I though extremely long and hard about this because the answer was so important to me 😭 I have a few candidates for different reasons:

Snape: I think Snape is the most analogous to Novak, and so for a Novak-esque character and relationship following a similar trajectory as in Prince Ismerie I would pick him from HP canon era. However, also similar to Novak, Snape has so many of his own issues and so would take a long time to be emotional available 🤣💀 It could also be quite interesting if after his death Snape was dropped into PI world 👀

Neville: I could see post-HP canon Neville being extremely sweet with Omry and I think they would complement each other well, I also could see Neville having some of the more loving aspects of Anatol's personality (lmao). Anyway I think Neville would be lovely and not toxic at all for Omry 💚

Newt: kind of similar reasons to Neville, if picking from earlier generations I think I'd have to go with Newt. I think Omry would love taking care of and helping magical creatures as well 🐣

Honorable mentions: Percy Weasley (ok he's really not that similar to Novak other than looks wise 😂), Cedric (Anatol's himbo vibes), adult Teddy for next gen

if you're reading this wondering "who the hell is Omry Kupp," he's the main character in my favorite original work on AO3, Prince Ismerie by starstuddedsin. If you want an omegaverse novel roughly based on the fantasy of Anastasia with a side of revolution (or as the author describes, 'abused former whore gets roped into pretending to be a prince'), this is for you!! but seriously it's an incredible, captivating work and I highly recommend it 💜✨

[mylifeisdust]

Is it bitter like PTAOOOHHHY! Or bitter like hmm...my palate senses a disturbance?

somedays it is indeed PTAOOOHHHY, but most days i like to think it's a simple disturbance... and then somedays it's more savory, aka buttery.

though I I thought I'd take this chance to explain where my ao3 (thisbitterearth) and tumblr (mylifeisdust) usernames come from, for anyone curious.

'this bitter earth' is from dinah washington's song of the same name, though specifically the version that is a mashup with max richter's instrumental track 'on the nature of daylight' that was arranged for the shutter island soundtrack (mashup version).

on the nature of daylight is pretty famous on its own these days, having been featured in lots of movies and shows since shutter island. however, I first came across it in the mashup version with 'this bitter earth' when it was used for a ballet duet in 'five movements, three repeats' choreographed by christopher wheeldon.

I was fortunate to have seen this duet performed live in 2014 by the original dancers, wendy whelan and tyler angle. to date, it's one of the few dance pieces that has made me cry when watching. I wrote an essay about wheeldon shortly after and ended up choreographing my own dance pieces to other works by max richter several times.

I no longer really dance, but this popped into my head when I was trying to think of what to make my ao3 username, and since thisbitterearth was taken on tumblr, i ended up basing my user here on one of the song's lyrics, "if my life is like the dust."

though, these days I more often go by a simple bitter (or butter) ✨

[tlwos]

[tomarrymortexquisitecorpse]

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[maririel]

Definitely up to no good!

[mylifeisdust]

What would you do if you came home and found tom riddle in your house stealing all the butter from your fridge

after an initial bit of a freak out I'd probably worry what cause this stringy boy to be raiding my fridge for butter, maybe he just missed it due to war rationing? maybe he needs the calories? i might feed him some toast to go with it

[mylifeisdust]

In a world where roses are blue and violets are red, what are your thoughts on possible anagrams for Harry Potter? There's nothing as fun as Mister dildo lover but I do see arr ho pretty

well tom marvolo riddle = mr tom a dildo lover is indeed quite hard to beat. after a day of pondering and searching possible anagrams for harry james potter this is the best i've got so far 😭 😭 😭 (any and all ideas welcome this ended up rather focused on harry's ass...ets)

major pretty arse h

hjp rear meat story

hear ye strap tom jr

hjp tear morty arse

morty eats hjp rear

tarty hero pj smear

hjp rear totes army

[mylifeisdust]

my writing

I was told I should share more on tumblr so here's some tomarrymort things I've written so far! I'll try to be better about sharing when I post something new as well 🫶

first up, some of my favorite fics I've written so far for the purge, a 24-hr writing challenge run by @tomarrymortevents.

all of 14 (so far) of my written fills for the purge can be found here: bitter purges. I also have done a few art/mixed media fills, which can be found here under #exquisite purge.

some purges :)

Serpens Potterii [G · 10.3k · 2/?]

Five-year old Harry becomes aware of his "secret power" to speak to snakes, and makes it his mission to research and protect them.

A few years later, now seven years old and with plenty of snake interactions under his belt, Harry encounters a most unusual and seemingly lost snake while reading in the park. Harry becomes determined to help his new friend find a safe place to live.

*Continuing this purge, so it is a WIP multi-chapter fic!

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hustle [M · 2.3k · 1/1]

Harry never attended Hogwarts due to a series of mishaps. Naturally, in his absence, Voldemort successfully took over. Now a uni student and still having no idea of magic, Harry decides to start a side hustle by selling pictures of his feet. Harry ends up with one particularly enthusiastic follower, GauntsNails.

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crawling back to you [G · 3k · 1/1]

Thrown into a new world after an accident during a routine Auror raid, Harry Potter makes the best of his new life as a small farmer. He does not realise that he pulled someone else with him.

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cradle [G · 1k · 1/1]

Harry visits Voldemort's body after the Battle of Hogwarts.

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let me ride [E · 4k · 1/4]

Harry is aimless after the war, jumping from one thing to the next, unsure what his purpose is now, and hating the expectations still placed on him. He decides fixes Sirius's motorbike, and relishes in the visceral sense of freedom he gets from riding it.

Harry wanders on his bike, slowly withdrawing from the wizarding world. Until it forcibly rushes back in, when one night he crashes into a man who looks ominously familiar, yet remembers nothing so much as his name.

*Continuing this purge, so it is a WIP multi-chapter fic!

One of my few non-tomarrymort fics, a Salazar Slytherin/Percy Weasley rare pair one is also set in the same AU: the other side of silence

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I'll do another post for some of my non purge fics I've written :)))

[ddmi-art]

Tom M. Riddle, 1956

[kinokozy]

Some fanart I drew inspired by Hole in the Wall by Tomrddle 🤪

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I was imagining the dementor’s pov and they are just regular employees having normal water cooler chats while they take turns snacking on harry 😂

Also here’s a preview of the nsfw fanart I drew 🫣 full image is on my Ao3

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[mylifeisdust]

obsessed w this art for @elddrmot’s fic Hole in the Wall 🤌 especially the dementor pov

[tomarrymortexquisitecorpse]

Exquisite Corpse 2026

Announcing the 2026 Tomarrymort Exquisite Corpse!

The Tomarrymort Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative fanwork in which each participant adds a new chapter of a Tomarrymort (Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort) fanfiction or fanart by only being allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed.

How it Works:

Both writers and artists may sign up for The Exquisite Corpse; we welcome all Tomarrymort creators!

Signups begin 2026-07-01 12:00 UTC and will be open until 2026-07-31 23:59 UTC. The signup form is shared here, on our AO3 account, and in the Tomarrymort Events Server.

After the signup period, the Corpse organizers will create a schedule. The first and last participants will be decided and agree to their role ahead of time so that they can create with starting and ending the fic in mind. 

The remaining participants will be given an assigned two-week time period and may write/create anything based on continuing the portion of the previous work they have access to. 

Each participant will have those two weeks to create a Tomarrymort-focused fanfic or fanart chapter, at the end of which they must submit their work to the organizers. 

The organizers will then pass on a portion—either the final five lines (writers) or a cropped portion of art (as chosen by the artist)—on to the next participant in line. 

After the final Exquisite Corpse is complete and posted on our AO3 account, and all participants have had a chance to read it, we will invite participants as co-creators on the work (if they wish) so that they are able to have the work on their profile.

Guidelines:

Participants may create any type of content for their portion. 

The only hard rule we are placing for all participants is that absolutely no AI-generated or heavily assisted content is allowed. You may use proofreading programs such as Grammarly to correct spelling and grammar. Organizers will be reviewing all submissions before the final posting. 

NSFW content is allowed in the work of the participants, but we ask that the last portion of the participant’s work that will be passed on (the last five lines or cropped art piece) does not be kept mainly SFW. 

There is a set minimum of 500 words per work for writers, and we recommend you aim for around 3000 to 4000 words, as that has been the average in the previous years. There is no set maximum. 

Creators may proofread, render, etc. their work after initial submission, but should not meaningfully change anything from the initial content submitted so that the works can still be connected properly. There will also be a dedicated proofread period after all participants have finished, after which final versions must be submitted to the organizers.

Important Notes:

You must be a member of the Tomarrymort Events (TENTS) Discord Server, at least for the duration of the Corpse, to participate. We will contact participants individually about their portions via Discord and use TENTS to keep everyone up-to-date about the project.

The Corpse is usually a multi-month event; you may be assigned a period weeks/months in the future. If something comes up during your assigned creation period, please let the organizers know. We will keep in contact with everyone throughout and do our best to accommodate any issues that might arise. 

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Previous years’ Corpses:

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[mylifeisdust]

Sign up for the 2026 Tomarrymort Exquisite Corpse!!