#rose-draconum

[hiddenhogwarts]

A muggleborn with Peanut Allergies who can’t properly enjoy the opening feast because they’re too stressed about trying to determine what they can safely eat. They eat some of the main meal, but skip dessert entirely. A prefect notices they’re not eating and asks what’s wrong; their head of house (probably Sprout) ends up bringing them to the kitchens and introducing them to a house elf, who assures them their food will be allergy free, and they can summon the elf if they need to ask anything

[aroacehogwarts]

Ace Cedric Diggory who was initially nervous about coming out but was warmly accepted by his Hufflepuff family. At the next Quidditch game, his housemates made a banner that said “Go Cedric Diggory” with Hufflepuff colors but then flashed to ace colors with “Our Flying Ace”, which became his Quidditch nickname -R

“Way to dig, Dig!” 

Cedric Diggory absentmindedly threw a hand up as he exited the shower. It was met by an expected high five from the Hufflepuff team captain.

“Thanks, Horowitz.”

“Shit, that dive! I mean… I’ve never seen anything like it! That Ravenclaw seeker would never have had the guts to try anything like that–”

“I think you’d be surprised at what Cho can and would do,” Cedric replied coldly as he pulled a shirt over his head. “So you should probably think twice before altering our ‘Claw strategy based on that idea.”

Horowitz faltered, but never lost his spark, “You’re right. I’ll want a full seeker report when you get back to the common room for our debriefing!” The much shorter team captain slapped Cedric on the back before heading out the door.

The fourth year ran a hand through his damp hair and visibly relaxed as he was left alone in the Hufflepuff locker rooms. Or so he thought.

“Hey, Ced?”

Cedric whipped around, his fingers catching in his locks and leaving the right side sticking out haphazardly. 

“Oh! Hey, Maxie.” Hufflepuff’s small but mighty beater, Maxine O’Flaherty, stepped around the corner from the other set of showers. She halted a moment when Cedric addressed her, but she brushed it off.

“Great flying out there! That was a gutsy move to win us the game.” She laughed and gently punched his arm. “I guess the support of your many fans inspired you,” for the first time she flashed her signature mischievous smile.

“Oh. Yeah,” Cedric felt the color rise in his cheeks but did his best to ignore it. “Everyone in ‘Puff has been really supportive since I came out. Maybe too supportive, right? Ha,” he ruffled his hair even more. “The badger plushies charmed to scream asexual puns may have been a bit much.”

Maxine’s chuckle was genuine, but her smile fell quickly. Cedric’s embarrassment faded. He put a hand on her shoulder. 

“Hey. You okay?” 

The beater stiffened at his touch, but when she finally looked up at Cedric her eyes burned with that passionate fire he knew so well.

“I think I’m ace too.” 

“Oh…! Well that’s great, Maxie!” Cedric squeezed her shoulder before throwing his arm around both shoulders. “How about we talk about it on our way to Horowitz’s debriefing?” Maxine rolled her eyes as they headed out onto the grounds, toward the castle and their warm common room. She threw her arm around him as well.

“I guess we have no choice. But if we don’t finish before that torturous ritual we will definitely continue this convo later, my flying ace.”

-Ravenclaw Mod

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

Wolfstar with mistletoe? (Possibly enchanted by James)

it would be before they got together, so likely christmas their 6th year, when they are totally into each other, but are also in Deep Denial

meaning everyone knows they want to go to bonetown

except them

and it is infuriating

so james hatches a plan (and probably ropes peter into it, lbr)

see, you know that part in chamber where dobby bewitches the bludger to follow harry fucking everywhere? well, in similar fashion, james, ever the chaotic good genius that he is, takes some mistletoe, casts some spells, and waits

it starts on christmas morning. they wake up with their dorm all decorated and lovely, and there are piles of presents at the foot of all their beds, and it’s all p pleasant as they open their gifts from each other, split their sweets, and share some laughs and smiles, yada yada

when, after some strategic maneuvering, peter (at the whims of james, no doubt) says, “uh oh, look who’s under the mistletoe!”

and wouldn’t you know it, it’s sirius and remus who are under the mistltoe, which is hanging mid-air above them

and at first there are just eyerolls and casual blushing, and comments like, “why would the house elves put mistletoe in the boy’s dormitory??” and other general “no homos, as they go to move away

but see, here’s where the genius comes in, bc they go to move away, and the mistletoe follows them

james beams

but then covers it up bc he doesn’t want to be found out

the casual eyerolls and blushing is increased, and supplemented with a bit of annoyance, as remus and sirius are like, “okay, haha, good joke,” and they go to move again, and it follows them again, so they’re just like -.- and, to outsmart it, move to opposite sides of the room, bc it can’t follow both of them!

which is true, it can’t

but it can scream

like SCREAM

full on wail

a high-pitched screeching noise that makes them all cover their ears until remus and sirius are forced to get closer to each other again. kissing distance, if you will

it is about this time that they begin to suspect there may be a problem

“what the fuck?” they rightly wonder aloud

“dude, i think you have to kiss to make it stop,” speculates james, except he’s not really speculating. he knows that’s exactly what they have to do to make it stop. inside he is screaming with glee 

(peter just looks mildly uncomfortable, but he always kind of looks like that so no on rly notices)

this puts remus and sirius between a rock and a hard place, bc they can’t very well go around the rest of their lives side-by-side with a mistletoe stalker, but on the other hand, they super duper can’t put their lips on each other’s lips

like, sure, maybe internally sirius is like “!!!!!!!!” and inside remus is like “ :0 :0 :0″ but not possessing the power of mind reading, they are not going to say these things outloud

so instead they say “well i’m not kissing padfoot,” and “well i’m definitely not kissing moony”

james just smiles wickedly on the inside

so their christmas day continues

a high-pitched wailing can be heard from the bathroom while they take turns peeing, bc the side-by-side thing has some limits

they have a snowball fight on the grounds that ends fairly quickly because sirius and remus keep trying to run in opposite directions and the screaming is giving everyone headaches

christmas dinner with dumbledore and the other professors is so unbearably awkward, mostly bc none of them even ask about it, they just all pointedly avoid eye contact with remus and sirius, and smile these obnoxious, tiny, knowing smiles

remus and sirius can’t even enjoy their christmas pudding, and that’s just evil, bc that’s the best part

back in the dorms, they’re sitting by the fire, the only gryffindors who haven’t gone home for the holiday

“do you think the enchantment will go away once it’s not christmas anymore?” asks sirius

“maybe,” says james. he’s lying. it won’t

“are you going to wait and see?” asks peter

“we don’t have much of a choice, do we?” says remus

“you could just...you know,” peter presses. both sirius and remus blanch

“you realize,” says james helpfully, “that if you decide to wait until to tomorrow to see if the enchantment wears off, you’re going to have to sleep together”

and no, they hadn’t realized that

they look at each other in horror, not saying anything, but both obviously thinking the same thing

what do we do??

james knows. he knows what they should do

“you should just kiss,” he says

and there’s a good long pause, bc james is right, they’re being incredibly stubborn, it’s just a tiny kiss, nbd, why should it matter?

except it matters a lot, but neither one can explain to the other why it matters so much, because they are both idiots 

then, at the same time, sirius is like “oh for god’s sake,” and remus is like “fuck it” and they just

go for it

full on face smashing

and at first it looks like they’re just gonna slam their mouths together and then pull away and repress the memory

except then they don’t pull away

in fact, it’s been several seconds, and they’re still going at it

and sirius’ hands are cupping remus’ face

and remus has a grab on the front of sirius’ robes

and they are full on macking

james throws his hands in the air like he’s just scored the goal of the century 

peter clears his throat. sirius and remus pull away, both looking horrified

james, laughing, pulls out his wand and mutters something that makes the mistletoe explode into a bunch of tiny glittering sparks

sirius and remus gape at him

“you had the countercurse the entire time???” 

“who do you think enchanted the damn thing in the first place?”

they jump james

boxing day will be filled with awkward conversations and “so um, what are we?”

but for tonight there is only one objective

james must die

the end

send me wolfstar/mwpp/hp things to reply to/drabble to in order for me to escape christmas hell

[probablyacerpgideas]

D&D asks: 15, 17, 19

15. Do you have snacks during game times?

Not often for me since we play normally after I’ve eaten dinner so it doesn’t really cross my mind. Some of the others players do and mostly just crisps

17. What are some house rules that your group has?

We do crits of either end on skill checks. So a nat 20 on a stealth check for instance generally means no one knows where that character is whereas a nat 1 is well, loud noises and letting everyone know where that character is. It’s made for some interesting persuasion checks before

19. Do you or your party have any dice superstitions?

Not really because of times and the fact that everyone lives in different places across the country we play online haha. Otherwise there probably would be some

Thanks for the ask!

[aroacehogwarts]

Lithromantic James who pines after Lily for years but when she finally goes out with him he is very confused because suddenly the attraction is gone-R

“Moony, it doesn’t make any sense! I’ve loved Lily for years. Practically since I saw her, but then she finally agrees to go out on a date with me and I… I ruined it. I’m broken. Or something’s wrong. I don’t know. But the butterflies? Gone. The warm, melty sensation? Gone. The her being all I can think about? Gone,” James ranted on the verge of tears.

Remus gave James a moment to pull himself together just a bit. “Prongs, breathe,” he reminded him, placing a warm hand on his friend’s shoulder. When James took a shaky, uneven breathe in, Remus turned him slightly so they could be eye to eye. “Prongs, it’s okay. Maybe you should talk to Sirius about this, though.”

James stilled a bit. Remus hadn’t really spoken to or about Sirius ever since he pulled that “prank” on Severus. James and Peter especially had been on eggshells since then, trying to hang out with both Remus and Sirius without making the other feel alienated. Finally going out with Lily had given James hope that things could look up, and then he’d done something wrong somehow. But Remus even just saying Sirus’ name? It shocked James, but it also gave him hope that the Marauder’s could survive past what Sirius had pulled. He didn’t want to ruin the moment by speaking too much. “Really? O-okay.” He didn’t make a move to leave yet, though, eventually leaning in to rest on Remus.

~

“He said my name?” Sirius repeated, trying to hold in the large reaction he wanted to have.

“Yeah. He’s the one who said I should talk to you about my date with Lily, actually.”

Sirius paused, taking a moment to compartmentalize, setting aside his hope that Remus might talk to him soon to put on Serious-Sirius-Face for James, who clearly wasn’t too happy. “Oh yeah. How’d it go?”

James took a deep breathe in before replying, trying to prevent himself from rambling like he’d done with Remus. “Pads. It was awful. I’ve wanted Lily to look look at me for ages now. I feel like I’ve loved her since I first saw her. And then last night… nothing. I was so pumped for our date. And then it was happening and… I don’t know. It’s like all that went away. I liked hanging out with Lily, but I just… didn’t feel romantic about it. It was like… I just wanted to hang out with her like I hung out with you guys.”

Then Sirius did something James didn’t expect. He laughed. Loudly.

James looked around, flabbergasted, as if Sirius must be laughing at something else.

“Uh. Pads? Rude,” James finally managed. That, of course, only sent Sirius into a more intense fit of laughing.

James sighed and flopped down on the couch, deciding to wait until Sirius was done. Maybe Sirius knew something James didn’t. Maybe you always crushed on people for years, went on a date, and realized you’d wasted all your time crushing or something.

Finally, Sirius’ laughter slowed. “I’m s-sorry, P-Prongs,” he stammered through giggles. “It’s just,” he cleared his throat to knock out the last of the laughter, “you remember when I was in crisis over my identity, and you were so bewildered how anyone could be so confused over it?”

“Ooh,” James nodded, suddenly feeling bad for how he’d reacted to Sirius’ confusion.

“Yeah. Welcome to the club,” Sirius beamed.

“I don’t think I’m gay, though,” James said, the first thing that came to his mind.

This, of course, set off another round of laughter.

“As Remus and I discovered, gay and straight aren’t the only options, James. There’s a whole wide range and spectrum of identities out there. Besides, I’m genderfluid, so technically, I don’t think I really am gay, it’s just the easiest way to explain to people without a lot of questions.”

James sat, silent, taking this all in. 

“So,” James finally spoke again after several minutes, “what were some of those other identities you and Remus found?”

~Hufflepuff Mod

[aroacehogwarts]

"I'm no Cupid, but I'm rather fond of Aros- wanna eat cake and talk about dragons with me?" (Possibly from Tonks to Charlie) -R

Charlie learned in fourth year that he needed to be scarce on this day.

His hair is red because his mum and dad’s hair is red. He’s freckled because he’s very white and prone to freckling. He’s muscular because he works hard to stay fit for quidditch because that’s what he likes doing. He’s not any of those things to be good looking or get attention. Yet all those things together do get him attention, especially today.

So Charlie hides. Last year it was at Hagrid’s. The year before it was the kitchens. This year it’s the Hufflepuff dorms. The nonbinary dorms, to be exact.

Tonks’ dorms. And Chad’s.

It doesn’t occur to Charlie until he’s already snuck in that he even thought of here because it’s where he feels safe. He’d chosen the kitchens because he knew the elves wouldn’t bother him. He’d chosen Hagrid’s because he liked Hagrid and Hagrid didn’t really talk about romance. But he’d chosen Tonks’ because he felt safe. 

“Charlie?” he hears Tonks’ voice as she comes up the stairs. “You up there? I checked Hagrid’s, but he said he hadn’t seen you today, and I saw George and he said he heard that Vera tried cornering you after DADA, but hey, at least you avoided Tom because I think he was going to try serenading you. Serenading you! He doesn’t even swing that way; you know that prick was gonna do it because you humiliated him in quidditch last week. And lemme tell you, if he’s gonna be that sore of a loser, he should really practice a lot harder.” Tonks finally enters the dorm, quirks her head to the side. “Charlie?”

“I can deal with it on a day to day basis but why do we have to have a whole day for this?” Charlie’s stressed. He’s more than a little romance repulsed and this whole day sets him on edge.

Tonks doesn’t answer, just approaches the corner he’s sitting in, knees pulled up to his chest.

“Here,” she says, handing him a card.

Charlie groans. “Not you, too, Tonks. Not you, too.”

Tonks grins. “Just take it, wouldya?”

The green card is shaped like a dragon. A badly cut dragon, clearly hand drawn by Tonks. Charlie is already smiling.

On the back, in Tonks’ barely legible writing, the card reads: "I’m no Cupid, but I’m rather fond of aros. Wanna eat cake and talk about dragons with me?“

Charlie laughs. His shoulders relax. The tension seeps out of him. “Yes, always,” he tells his best friend. And suddenly, upon his words, a large vanilla cake with strawberry frosting and drizzled in chocolate pops up on the nightstand next to him.

“Where’s the forks?” he asks.

Tonks laughs. “More fun this way. Now, tell me your newly learned dragon facts,” she says, sitting down, dragging the cake to the floor between them.

He grins and sinks a fist into the cake, relishing the disgusting squishing noise it makes when he does. Charlie stuffs the cake into his mouth as Tonks bobs down to sink her teeth straight into the whole cake.

Charlie laughs and spews cake everywhere as Tonks laughs and flicks some icing back at him.

“Sho deh Rh-uby Red…” Charlie begins, words muffled by the cake but understood by Tonks anyway.

~Hufflepuff Mod

[aroacehogwarts]

Lithromantic Hugo who truly wants to date people but always breaks things off when he becomes romance-repulsed; unfortunately, this combined with his Veela heritage gives him a bad reputation - R

Introverted, bold lith Hugo who is better at speaking up for others than for himself, leaving him to sometimes be walked all over.

Compassionate, honest lith Hugo who never wants to end up leading anyone on because he doesn’t want to hurt others but isn’t oft shown this same compassion by others when they break up.

Loving, empathetic lith Hugo who drops everything to help his friends, who stops to ask strangers if they need some help, who puts his family first.

Strong, steady lith Hugo who lifts his head high and ignores the cruel whispers around him, trodding on, moving forward.

Incredibly human lith Hugo who is endlessly thankful for the regular Wednesday meals with Rose and Saturday radio nights with Lily and the bi-weekly owls from mum and dad to remind him that he is wanted and loved and valid.

~Hufflepuff Mod

[copperbadge]

petercapaldish replied to your post “justalurkr replied to your post “I think I’ve figured out my super...”

In the interim between now and getting curtains, a cheap way to insulate your windows is to spray them with a bit of water and then lay some bubblewrap on top. It “sticks” no issue and when you’re done you can just pull it off and there’s no weird residue or anything. We’ve done it on our front door and the hall is noticeably a few degrees c warmer (we measured)!

It’s a great handy trick! The problems with the bubblewrap are, sadly, twofold -- one, the windows are too tall to go all the way to the top, negating a lot of the benefit, and two, we’re not allowed to have anything but white drapes or blinds in our windows :D 

rose-draconum replied to your post “I think I’ve figured out my super high electric bill for January....”

As an engineering major, I appreciate the extent to which you investigated this lol

As a data nerd, I could do nothing less!