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a special treat from the ‘Shadow Fandom’
Since Halloween just came and went, picture this....... Hosea letting Vampire Dutch feed off him. The mere eroticism, love and care in the act...
I sadly can't give you more that this fast shitty sketch:
obviously tonks wouldn't fall in love with a fuckin nerd. she needs an alternative man- a real sexy, emotionally distant, kinda? bad boy type( but not like sirius!) U kno that she would have been team jacob. remus reading books- it's just not realistic.
dunno how to respond to this, i read it about five times and i keep stopping at team jacob
there’s this bit in OotP, during the first dinner when harry arrives, that goes like this:
Mr. Weasley, Bill, and Lupin were having an intense discussion about goblins. “They’re not giving anything away yet,” said Bill. “I still can’t work out whether they believe he’s back or not. ‘Course, they might prefer not to take sides at all. Keep out of it.” “I’m sure they’d never go over to You-Know-Who,” said Mr. Weasley, shaking his head. “They’ve suffered losses too. Remember that goblin family he murdered last time, somewhere near Nottingham?” “I think it depends what they’re offered,” said Lupin. “And I’m not talking about gold; if they’re offered freedoms we’ve been denying them for centuries they’re going to be tempted. Have you still not had any luck with Ragnok, Bill?”
it’s an inconsequential conversation, really: narratively the only purpose it serves is to give harry a bit of an idea of the climate of grimmauld place, and maybe foreshadow a little of the griphook plot to come in deathly hallows. but there’s something interesting at play in terms of remus’s role in the conversation.
remus is 1. identifying himself as part of the “we” –identifying himself as a wizard and, by extension, an oppressor; 2. holding wizards accountable for the way they’ve marginalized other beings; and 3. probably pulling from his own experience with the werewolves who have joined voldemort as a result of his promises of a better life for them (predicting that the goblins would do the same).
and it’s strange to me because despite his clear identification with the oppressive majority in this conversation, remus is one of the oppressed. remus is a werewolf; remus has been denied rights in the same way that the goblins have. the very reason he predicts that the goblins would respond to potential offers of freedoms by voldemort is because he has seen the same thing happen to people like him. this is corroborated by the conversation he has with harry in christmas in half-blood prince, where he says that the popular opinion among werewolves is that, under voldemort (and by extension, greyback), they will have a better life.
but instead of saying any of that, instead of contextualizing the situation with the goblins’ loyalty within the framework of his own experience as an oppressed minority, he identifies himself as part of the “we.” he categorizes himself with the oppressor, the same group of people who have systematically denied him his own rights. he holds wizards accountable for what they’ve done to goblins, but he doesn’t mention his own experience as a werewolf. he doesn’t hold wizards accountable for what they’ve done to him.
that’s the crux of it. remus never holds anyone accountable for what’s been done to him on any scale – neither on a personal level (which i’ve talked about), nor, in this case, the systemic institutionalized oppression that he has suffered. he has a strong sense of what’s right, he will fight for other people, but remus can never bring himself to fight for himself. he doesn’t validate his own experiences or the emotions related to those experiences.
instead, he actively identifies as a member of the group that oppressed him. the only reason he recognizes the potential for the goblins to ally themselves with voldemort is that he himself has seen people like him – people who have suffered as he has suffered – do the very same thing, and on some level he must have thought, “i can understand. i would never do it, but i can almost understand.”
remus empathizes with others, he views their oppression and their anger as valid, but at no point does he afford himself that validation. because, at the end of the day, remus thinks that he deserves the hand he has been dealt. he’s internalized so much self-loathing that even when he fights for the rights of others, he can’t demand them for himself.
that’s why he approaches the goblin conversation the way he does: as an outsider, as part of the “we,” as a wizard rather than a werewolf. remus would literally rather categorize himself with his oppressor than validate his own experiences.
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Here my first post, hehe
And that's something like illustration for
@yeats-infection fic "Rosary"
I really liked it! ❤️❤️❤️
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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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love of my life nymphadora tonks 🥀
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so uh i remembered that the marauders were at hogwarts in the 70s…
LANDLORDS FEAR THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BATHTUB TROUT FARMER
Remember to change the water in your Yeerk Pool every so often so that your little buddies always have clean, fresh water to swim in. Be sure to monitor the pH too so they don’t get chemical burns.
Contrary to common thought, a yeerk cannot survive indefinitely in a fishbowl or any other small containor. While clean tap water will do in a short term emergency, their permanent setup needs a proper size tank with filters, oxygenation, temperature control, and adequate Kandrona ray permation. The liquid needs to be maintained with the proper additives and consistency for ease of movement and communication. Yes, communication! Yeerks are colony dwellers and prefer to have lots of companionship in their pools! A “colony” is loosely defined as three or more individuals, with some wild colonies numbering in the hundreds or thousands, but on average a household colony is between ten and fifty yeerks depending on enclosure capacity.
The best setup for your yeerk colony is similar to that of an aquatic turtle*, with a full bio-filtration system tweaked to compensate for the preferred sludgy nature of the liquid, a water oxygenator, a Kandrona/heat lamp combo, and a number of interesting decor objects for exploration via sonar for enrichment and play. Your population should never increase beyond one yeerk per gallon to prevent over-crowding. When upgrading your tank size, be wary of introducing new yeerks to your colony, as extra space in a healthy environment can trigger spawning among colony mates.
If you notice some of your yeerks have spawned, remove as many of the grubs as you can find with a fine net and place them in an incubation setup. This is actually easier than it seems since grubs have slightly different nutrient and temperature needs compared to adults, and in an artificial set up, they tend to stay at the surface of the water, closer to the heat and light. There can be as many as 800 grubs in an average batch! The highest count recorded was 947, with one instance of twinning (two yeerks forming from a single grub). Grubs are tiny don’t need as much space as adults (about 100 grubs per gallon is ideal), but they will grow quickly and will need a permanent setup in as little as two months.
Yeerks enjoy staying with their spawn-mates long term, as they would in their natural habitat, and a single batch of grubs is actually a very stable colony! But we understand not everyone can keep several hundred yeerks together in adulthood and the batch will need to be split up for rehoming. This is best done while still in grub stage, as their senses are much more limited, and bonding between batchmates only begins upon entering the second stage of maturity. It’s not recommended to separate colony members past this stage.
With proper care, you can maintain a happy healthy colony of these fun little guys indefinitely! They are excellent friends and companions!
* Do NOT, under any circumstances, house aquatic turtles with your yeerk colony!
This is the most definitive guide for taking care of your little Yeerk friends that I have ever seen.
This is horrifying.
Yeerks are not cute little pets you keep in an aquarium. Yeerks are people. Pools are not adequate long-term habitats for them, they are spawning and feeding grounds; a Yeerk’s long-term habitat is inside a brain. Keeping Yeerks without access to body they can move in and use a full sensory suite with is equivalent to keeping humans in solitary confinement, i.e. torture; if you’re managing a Yeerk pool with a permanent unhosted Yeerk population you are a prison warden. They are not your “friends” or “companions”, they are your victims, and if you spent even a second hearing what they have to say you’d know this.
Do not, under any circumstances, keep a Yeerk pool unless you are a Yeerk yourself, or you are helping out in a Yeerk-managed project. If you don’t believe me, stick your head in there and listen.
#i will not answer any questions regarding my species or yeerk-infested status
I never suggested keeping Yeerks away from willing, well-vetted hosts who won’t hurt them. However, Yeerks are primarily an aquatic species and must return to a Yeerk Pool every so often, and it is important that the pool be well cared for. Any host who cannot or will not provide an adequate pool for their symbiote should not have a symbiote, period.
Remember: Everybody needs their alone time and everybody needs a safe, welcoming space to retreat to. This is also true for Yeerks, since they are a gregarious social species who have their own social structure independent of their hosts. A Yeerk Pool should be a communal affair, and letting your Yeerk swim alone would be cruel.
If you have more Yeerks than you have hosts for them, talk to your friends. See if you can recruit them to help care for your Yeerks.
Look, there’s been a great deal of propaganda regarding yeerks in the past few decades, especially in the earliest heyday of enthusiasm for them during the late 90s-early 00s. But there has also been a lot of more recent research that has gone largely ignored in favour of this older and frankly harmful rhetoric . So let’s clear some stuff up:
1) The idea that yeerks find a properly maintained pool to be “torture” or “a prison” has been contradicted by literally thousands of first-hand testimony from yeerks themselves. These accounts describe the pool immersion to be comfortable, safe, surrounded by familiar colonymates, and energizing from constant absorbtion of necessary nutrients. In fact, most of the “prison” narratives in earlier care guides were artificially pushed by the very propaganda mentioned above, and has been largely debunked now that many of the authorities that pushed it are no longer in positions of power and influence in the sphere of yeerk enthusiasts.
2) The idea that a host brain is the “natural” habitat of a yeerk is demonstrably false. A yeerk will literally die in a host brain if they don’t return to a pool within 72 hours. It is a temporary experience at best. And while many yeerks enjoy it and choose to maintain an ongoing symbiotic host relationship, it can be an extremely stressful and negative experience for others. Many pool-raised yeerks will try a host out of curiosity, but elect to remain in the pool nonetheless. Yeerks should not be forced to take a host if they don’t want one! It’s not necessary for a satisfactory life and can be debilitating for both yeerk and host if forced. Not to mention that a lot of involuntary hosting was also forced during the time stated above as a result of said propaganda, and I don’t have to get into how absolutely unethical that was as well.
3) This notion pushing that unhosted yeerks are inferior or incomplete is once more pure, obvious propaganda. These are capable sentient beings who lead full lives in their pools, complete with complex social interaction and interpersonal relationships. Purporting that the way they naturally interact is insufficient compared to ours is extremely speciesist and denotes a lack of understanding of the relevant xenobiological research.
4) Just because the pool caretaker may not be able to communicate directly with their yeerks does not mean they are a “prison warden”. Yeerks in a properly maintained colony meet all their social needs with theur colonymates. Again, assuming they need human companionship implies that their own species is somehow inadequate for them. You can see how deeply harmful and isolating that kind thinking is if pushed on them, especially for those who find the host experience unsatisfying. They end up thinking something is wrong with them, when in fact they are completely normal! As long as they are well cared for, many yeerks are content being unaware of their caretaker entirely. Some may curiously interact with you, but don’t be alarmed if most ignore you completely. As I said, they have full and enriching lives already. If your colony is happy, healthy, and stable*, than you’ve done everything you need to for them.
* In the case of yeerks, “stable” refers to a colony that does not increase or decrease in population during the majority of the yeerks’ lifespans, while still having all their space, nutritional, and social needs met. These are also referred to as “full pools”, since in their natural habitat no spawning occurs in a full pool until there is sufficient space (ie when enough of the inhabitants reach the end of their natural lifespans). Conservation efforts rely on maintaining stable colonies, rather than exponentially increasing overall population indefinitely, as research has shown stable colonies to be where yeerks are happiest for the majority of their lifespans. See the cited paper for the relevant research conducted by Dakor-288 and Johanna Brun for more details (Dakor-288/Brun et al. 2018).
And 5), there are established means of communication between caretaker and colony if needed! I can only assume anyone commenting to the contrary has never kept a colony as they seem to unaware of this, but since these are sentient beings who, as of now, are unable to thrive in their actual natural habitat of their home planet, they are heavily protected and you need to be licensed to maintain one. This comes not only with mandated inspections, but also access to resources like symbiotically hosted yeerks who can communicate with your colony on your behalf, and technological developments to allow yeerk sonar pulses to be heard and translated by their caretakers. There are also numerous programs to take in unexpected grub colonies from people who can’t maintain them.
We may use a lot of the same terms, equipment, and language for them as we do for pets because of how similar the act of caring for a colony is, but they are indeed a sentient species undergoing heavy conservation efforts. No one who legally keeps a colony is unaware of this. And while regulation can definitely be improved in terms of quality and accessibility, household colonies have been shown to have an overwhelmingly positive impact on conservation efforts. Please don’t conflate responsible keepers with illegal breeders! And always get your yeerks from a licensed provider!
Citations mentioned:
2018
Dakor-288/Brun, Johanna L., Emilio Veres, and Issun-433/Penelope Carlysle
“Yeerk Colonies Reconstructed: Debunking the Myth of Pool Inadequacy in the Natural Lifespan of Yeerks”, Published in The Journal Of Current Xenobiology, vol.24, pp. 157-194.
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I'm sorry but this looks exactly like an angsty moment between Remadora. The way she's looking at him and he looks all sad you just now Remus said something about him being unworthy of Tonks
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I believe you may get your headlines, Mr. Ismay. ↳ Titanic dir. James Cameron (1997)
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