So Stlill feel the father figure era approaching Maybe it won’t be this Father Figure? ⬇️
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💬 0 🔁 2 ❤️ 6 · Post by @reddragon733 · 6 images · Why the Father Figur
Why does it feel like a bait and switch? Or perhaps in this case been number one, but I never had two? She could in fact release something pertaining to father figure on 5/29 just like I suggested in the post above. Or not that date but sometime just like Debut and rep vault has been coded lately. Could still be Toy Story something to say they are the exact same clouds as Toy Story. (Which debuted 31 years ago) She has said it herself several overarching themes and more than one meaning…
One thing I feel certain. No Lavender marriage
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Thanks to @heda-heather and @siuansanchee for helping me put this together
Would Severus prefer a more egalitarian marriage, or would he prefer for one of them to be a homemaker and the other a breadwinner?
Well he was born in 1960 to -what we can assume- a very classic family from that time with a breadwinner!father and sah!mother. Also while the wizarding world isn't outwardly sexist, the few couples jkr showcased to us (Molly&Arthur, Lucius&Narcissa) seemed to also fit a somewhat similar mold.
But she also seems to think that a woman's destiny is to become a mother -the best possible may I add- and literally sacrifice her life for her children so she may expect them to stop working... But her beliefs are irrelevant to us here and we'll put them aside. Also in the hp world we also have strong women who are invested in their careers (Rita, Tonks) and they're not being shamed for it by other characters.
My two cents on it is that Severus spent most of his life by himself and was very much self-reliant so I think that while he may be grateful to have someone by his side, he'd appreciate if they were self-reliant as well - at least for a while. Not only would he not want to replicate in any way his parent's marriage (we can assume his mother was very much dependent of his father) but I'm also not sure he'd want such a responsibility at the beginning of their relationship (remember he thinks this won't last).
This being said, with time, if his s/o was to... let's say get sick, burnt out, depressed, injured or if they think about taking a few years off to do research or something... then I could see him being okay with him being the sole breadwinner (but they would absolutely have quite a few discussions on the matter first).
As for the opposite, with him being the unemployed one (in a scenario where is s/o provides while he does unfunded researches) then he'd need a lot of convincing -and would still want to pay for some things with his savings- but he could agree with it if it's temporary.
collabing with some other artists on making Mango's family members, I was trying to figure out his older brother Breadwinner's design :) drew his sister as well, theyre all rich pegasi hehe
Sea Glass (not my OC) is Mango's niece through his sister and looks a lot like him to her mom's dismay lol
These two books were connected, but completely different. Balancing Act began quite literally with a bang between Beth and Jamie. They hooked up immediately after they met at Beth's art exhibit in her home city of Seattle after a yearlong tour around the country. Their physical and romantic connections were paused when Beth found out Jamie was her daughter Lily's new gymnastics coach the very next day.
Beth fell into an old pattern and was physically intimate with her ex-wife Sarah in private whilst being reciprocally flirtatious with Jamie at times in public. Sarah came across a bit possessive as she wanted Beth back for real. Both Lily and Beth told Sarah they didn't think it was a good idea for the two women to start their romantic relationship anew. Instead, Beth soon began a complicated romantic relationship with Jamie as Sarah pined for Beth from a distance. Beth and Jamie had a few cute dates, but mostly shared steamy encounters.
Beth explored more with her art career as Jamie helped a friend start Empowr a grassroots fundraising agency for women in sports. Beth and Jamie had some ups and downs as Jamie was a breast cancer survivor, whose mother died from the same disease. She was in remission, but feared recurrence. She never allowed herself to get into a serious relationship before Beth so she didn't communicate well with Beth when things were difficult. Beth was patient and they eventually talked and worked their problems out. They agreed on better communication in the future.
Beth decided not to take an artist's residency opportunity in a different city as she tried to be more open and present for both Jamie's and Lily's lives and needs. Jamie successfully helped Lily through her training for Olympic tryouts as Beth cheered them on.
Breadwinner had a similar electric beginning as self-made billionaire, Nell, pursued hotshot lawyer, Sarah, Beth's ex-wife, for a business proposition that turned very fire and ice steamy. Sarah went to meetings and parties as the gorgeous woman on Nell's arm or at her side and worked every room like a pro. Nell played a game of cat and mouse control with Sarah. But, Sarah broke down Nell's walls and had more control than she knew at times in shared social situations and in the bedroom.
Nell loved all the amazing sex with Sarah, but didn't want romance. Eventually, Sarah helped Nell as she realized she was aromantic. This was explained and explored in great depth. But, I agreed with some reviewers that this was a bit strange and almost out of left field. Nell did very romantic things for Sarah when she bought her meaningful gifts, invited her to her home for quality alone time and physically touched her in affectionate ways outside of sex. Nell even admitted in her inner monologues how Sarah made her feel very strongly about her, which was unlike any woman she was ever with before.
At one point, Nell went radio silent for a long period. She almost broke off their entire arrangement as she worried Sarah had fallen in love with her. Nell couldn't reciprocate. She didn't believe in romantic love for herself. Instead, Sarah continually told Nell she loved her in a lowercase l love, but could never be in big romantic L love with her because she was and would always be in love with Beth. Nell thought Sarah made herself small around Beth and helped her break out of that pattern of behavior and stand up for herself.
When Beth and Jamie were fighting and Beth came to Sarah for support, Beth and Sarah had a giant blowout confrontation and fight. They didn't talk for months before they had another serious conversation and reconciled. Readers finally found out what happened between them that broke them up. While things were topsy turvy with Beth, Nell and her friend Nate privately celebrated Sarah's birthday with her. The next day, Nell made it known that her and Sarah were together when they ran into Beth and Jamie at a local coffee shop.
After Beth and Sarah eventually reached a truce, they continually coparented their daughter while they were in separate relationships. They met at family nights and for family events again. This part of their story ended with Sarah's invitation for everyone to celebrate Nell's birthday at a wreck things warehouse.
Spoilers ahead for the next book:
The preview for the third book in the series Baggage suggested Beth and Sarah might get back together. They have an inordinate amount of work to do both on themselves and together to get there. I look forward to reading that book when it releases in a few weeks. Big worry: I do fear Jamie might die from breast cancer, which will be devastating for both Beth and Lily.
