not to teen titans post on main but this is my city now. anyways
i think it's absolutely fucking crazy that i've never seen anyone parallel the raven and malchior dynamic to the arella and trigon dynamic because they're eerily similar to a horrifying degree. raven was manipulated into nearly the exact same trap her mother was manipulated into (ie gaslit and groomed by a person (multiple people in arella's case but semantics) into thinking they're something of value and loved and cared for and seen only to flip the switch completely the Second what they Actually wanted was within reach).
like i remember rewatching spellbound semi-recently and being fucking HORRIFIED because malchior followed the abusive partner/friend dynamic to a fucking T - listening to raven's concerns/qualms and saying all the right things to ease her while also isolating her from her friends (and also feeding her insecurities that they don't actually care about her/are scared of her), teaching her dangerous magic all the while downplaying its effects and also giving her something completely novel to her so she's less likely to pick up on that danger, purposefully allowing raven to open up and trust him, blatantly lying about his identity/motives. do i have to continue this guy fucking sucks.
arella's backstory is nonexistent in the show but i think it's safe to assume it's generally the same comic-inspired background? (ie ran from abusive foster homes, fell into a cult after experiencing heavy religious trauma, and manipulated into the whole "bride of satan" thing) and with that assumption - yea, everything malchior did is almost definitely whatever cult arella fell into would've had to have done to gaslight her into joining because that's how cults get people to join them - isolate your victim from everything around them (or find someone that's already isolated), and the slightest crumb of acceptance starts to look like literal paradise, of course arella joined them.
did the writers mean for this parallel to be there? maybe not but i honestly wouldn't be surprised. it's still a complete gut-punch to think about - for all that azarath tried to train raven they failed to raise her in a way that treated her like A Human Person, and that directly led to raven making nearly the exact same set of decisions that led her mother to azarath in the first place. that's terrifying. hello. is this mic on can anyone hear me. hello.
Well I mean it’s me so there will always be more Jeddy. But technically I don’t have anything in the works right now that’s strictly Jeddy.
Although me and @mzuul are doing a collab that’s going to be Scorbus/Jeddy/Drarry (although at this point it looks heavier on the Scorbus for sure) and I’m so excited for that!
I love your header picture! Where did you find it? It's so pretty!!
Honestly, it’s been so long (IIRC, the header image has never been changed while I’ve been here), but I’m fairly certain it’s from Pottermore: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Hall_floating_candles / http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/6/6d/GreatHall_Pottermore.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110830114309 Glad people are enjoying it still.
Hello, fanfiction authors and readers, and welcome to the Fanfiction Club! Where we're dedicated to talking about, well, fanfiction. Now, I don't know how this blog is going to turn out exactly, but the starting idea was a discussion blog. Wanna share ideas, aus, advice/tips, and talk about different fanfic tropes? Maybe you want to rant about things you don't like about certain fanfics? Or maybe you want to praise your favorite author to the moon and back? We're open to different fandoms, so don't even worry if you want to go into specifics. From Kpop to Harry Potter, we've got you covered (you know, probably)! We're pretty much all about that fanfiction life, so we're gonna be talking about anything and everything. - Owl 🦉
Oh boy. Oh boy. I was going to start this off with “YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO.” But maybe you do ;)
Harry would be such an amazing Dad. I have so many feelings about the first time he holds one of his kids. Or the way his chest would constrict and the way he’d feel whole and lost all at once thinking about his parents and the first time they held him.
I think he would have so much anxiety as a parent. He would be terrified of disappointing his kids. So scared of losing them.
But he would push past that fear and do what was best for his kids every single time. Even when it was hard. Even when he was scared or overwhelmed or so fucking tired from work. His family always came first.
I can see Harry coming home from a long mission, bruised and exhausted but the kids just tackle him to the floor. Jumping on him and hugging him. “Daddy, daddy, dad, dad, dad,” and all he wants is five minutes alone because Harry is an introvert but he doesn’t say that. He gives them kisses and hugs and reads them their bedtime stories and tucks them in.
He makes a huge breakfast on Sunday. And he wears ridiculous aprons that say things like “Does this apron make my wand look big?” while making pancakes.
Harry CANNOT DO SCHOOL DROP OFF. He would lose it when one of his kids clung to his leg and begged him not to leave. He would definitely take them home and they’d both play hookey.
Because Harry is not the authoritarian parent no matter what anyone else thinks. Harry is terrified of his kids hating him. He remembers all the things he wasn’t allowed to have or do and all the ways he wanted and Harry cannot say no to his kids.
He’d sometimes make his kids crazy because Harry isn’t exactly mellow. But he loves them so much and they’d know that even when he was kind of pushy.
Harry wouldn’t be a perfect Dad. Because perfect parents don’t exist. But god he would be such a good dad.
Okayyy! It's my turn. I had a lot of fun with your questions. I know that you have a soft spot for Harry, but what is it about him that draws you in? What was the first thing about Drarry that really made you know that this was something you needed more of? I also know you've been in the fandom for a long time, but what made you take that plunge into writing? What do you love about writing? And finally, what tends to be your muse?
Ah, this is such a fun ask thank you! <3
Oh my god whew buckle up buttercup you’re in for a ride. THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS I LOVE HARRY OKAY I COULD CRY. a soft spot? if by soft spot you mean he occupies my entire heart omg i love him
His kindness. Not like one of those sunshine happy people who is nice to everyone. We know he isn’t perfect. But at his core he is so fucking kind. Just think of his friendship with Luna? The humanity and respect he shows her as a person. Or the respect he showed Dobby when he died and dug his grave. Like at his core, he is such a giving person who thinks of others.
His sense of humor. JFC Harry is brutal. Like god damn he is funny and quick-witted and sarcastic and 10/10 his sass is my favorite.
I really like his sense of justice and his priorities. Listen I know they’re skewed sometimes but I too am a reckless Gryffindor and I just…I understand what its like to want to save people and to feel compelled to understand things and do what you believe is right even when people are championing against it or you. And I love that Harry does what he thinks is right even when it goes against what everyone is telling him. He follows what he believes to be right and no it’s not always the right thing, but he’s not afraid to try because it feels right to him.
His desire to forgive people and see the good in others. He was raised to believe he was worth nothing and yet he sees so much worth in other people.
His empathy. We see on more than one occasion Harry internalizes how someone else feels, or showing empathy or pity for someone. In OOTD we know his grief was so large, and yeah that was PTSD and directly related to Sirius’s death…but even after that we know Harry felt so much and yet he never gave up or stopped caring about people. He didn't let being hurt stop him from being loved.
His bravery and selflessness. Harry was so brave. I feel like this is taken for granted and just like “Oh Harry is a brave and reckless Gryffindor” but you guys at 17 he was ready to die. For everyone else. I have so many feelings about this I cant even say more right now but yeah. I could write an essay on this bullet point.
His ability to make friends. We’re talking about a kid who had no friends, who had nothing, who was mistreated, and he still found it in himself to open up to people? HARRY YOU ARE SO PURE.
He is so giving. Like you guys Harry gets money for the first time ever and he sees this freckled redheaded boy on a train and buys the entire fucking lot to share with him?! IM CAPSING AGAIN HARRY IS SO GOOD
EVERYTHING. YES EVERYTHING. I don’t care that he’s rash and stubborn and has communication skill issues okay I love his character so much. I’m going to stop here because I could literally do this all day you guys.
Gosh I’m trying to remember. I was 17 the first time I read Drarry so that was a while ago. But I think for me the thing that has always gotten me hooked is just how equally matched they are. Harry needs someone who can keep up with him, keep him on his toes, someone who gives as good as they get…and to me that will always be Draco.
I have been in fandom a long time! Little known fact but when I was first in fandom (so almost 15 years ago) while I read and loved Drarry I only wrote Harry/Ron for years on LiveJournal. I considered both ships my OTP though it wasn’t long before Drarry replaced H/R and its been my ride or die for over ten years I love it. But yeah so I wrote H/R for a few years but I sorta dropped out of fandom for a few years for personal reasons and snuck my way back in as a lurker. And I was a lurker only for a few years before I found Tumblr. Then I started reblogging and eventually got up the nerve to start writing and posting drabbles. And everyone in the Drarry Squad was so kind and supportive and one day i decided to write an actual story and I’ve been doing that ever since.
And what I love about writing? I think the ability to transport someone to another mindset. I’m not sure I’m the best at world building so I’m happy for now to play around in fanfiction…but knowing I can make someone feel what I feel? To draw out emotions and make people, even for a few seconds, feel those emotions is so profound to me. It’s so meaningful and rewarding.
And I don’t really know what my muse is…everything. Something that happens to me in real life, talking Drarry (or Jeddy!) with friends, prompts, a good song, a strong emotion…I channel everything into writing.
If you're doing a training about racial bias that specifically covers red-lining and history surrounding segregation after the Civil Rights Movement, and the training is for your regional civil servants, and it asks at the end how their institution could improve regional equity...
... wouldn't it be prudent to address your region's history of bias, segregation, and red-lining? Especially when you have such a duality of some of the oldest free Black communities in the state AND a "former" sundown town?
(Unfortunately, the answer is no, according to the people who created the training I attended today)
(When talking about the history of institutionalized racism they also mentioned nothing about the Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese internment, nor everything that has happened to Native nations)
(And yeah it's only covering racism, no other -isms even though they're all intertwined)
One of my cats (the one who normally sticks her butt in my face at night) has been rejecting me all day and finally has decided that keeping our routine is more important than the stinky sunscreen on my arms. Of course it means I now have a 10lb cat on my stomach and an excellent view of a cat anus.
