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Devil in the Kitchen
My submission for @hprecipe-recfest! Please enjoy!
"Says I've gotta bake it for twenty minutes again." He frowns, eyes narrowing, the point of his wand scratching at the side of his head through his mess of hair. "What sense does that make? Why would you twice bake a – wait!" He reaches forward, snatching something, a card quickly flinging over his shoulder and fluttering to the floor behind him. "Wrong one. Done with that. Right. It's time for the sweetened condensed milk."
"Gods help Lily Potter," groans Remus, pinching the bridge of his nose between two fingers. James ignores him.
"I don't have condensed milk," bemoans James.
"And we've established you don't even know what it is," states Sirius like an eager puppy, leaning forward on the sofa. "You could use milk."
"Don't use milk!" warns Remus.
"I'm going to use milk!" chimes James excitedly. "We've got loads of it."
Remus whimpers, knees twitching up towards his chest like a frightened child.
"You're going to poison your wife."
"Hush, Moony. You're being dramatic," scolds Sirius, flapping a hand in his direction.
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#hprrf#hp recipe rec fest#devil in the kitchen#sirius black#remus lupin#james potter#wolfstar#very bad cooking#don't listen to james#snippet#my writing
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I’ll forever be confused how we (the marauders fandom) looked at the whole cast of characters and concluded that the sarcastic ones were Remus and Regulus. I can’t recall Remus ever being sarcastic in canon, and the only words we get from Regulus are incredibly earnest and pompous and compared to Percy Weasley in tone.
While the characters who do engage in sarcasm—Sirius, Severus, and ‘cheeky’ Lily—are relegated to “too vapid to understand sarcasm", “pompous prat with no sense of humor” and “incredibly sweet until she’s not”.
#don’t get me wrong#love a good sarcastic and biting remus#but i think it’s more of a dry humor sort of thing at the end of the day#and lily is better than ALL of them thank you
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slytherin!sirius black and brand new auror, james potter, just really take “know thy enemy” very seriously.
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Reblog to hug the person you reblogged this from and tell them that everything's going to be okay
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this whole ouroboros thing keeps coming back to bite me in the ass
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Them being in love (reup bc I don’t know how to spell)
'Not tonight' means James doesn't have to imagine anymore, Sirius will grant him his wish ;)
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Thank you for the tags, @brandileigh2003 @tracingpatternswrites & @mycupofrum!
Username: heartofspells
1. How many works do you have on A03?
96, all of them HP except for one lonesome Supernatural fic
2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?
1,685,584
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Harry Potter, though I've dabbled in a few others, only one fic of which is still available for Supernatural
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
At the Healing Edge of Broken
Prick the Craving, Watch it Seep
Multiplying Parents
How to Succeed in Business
The Tying of Canines
5. Do you respond to comments?
I used to. Hardly ever anymore, and unfortunately, I've got solid reasons for that. I will respond to them if someone asks a question that legitimately needs answering or similar. And while I maybe don't respond to them anymore, I do read every single one multiple times. I love comments, and I'm so grateful for everyone who takes time out of their lives to leave them for me <3
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Ah...heh. That's really not an easy question to answer for me. I guess, coming from a personal stance, knowing everything I put into it and the build up that led to then ending, I'd have to say Wasteland. That's the one that's still lingering with me to this day.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
That's also hard to answer, because as much as I love flooding my fics with angst, I have a lot that end very happy or hopeful. Narrowing it down to longer fics with more character arc throughout, I'd probably say This Way We Fall because it leaves them on such a high note after all the struggle.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Unfortunately, yes, but that's part of it, I guess. I've become better at ignoring it.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I do, but at the end of the day, it's mostly just typical smut when I look at it, though I do have a few kinkier ones scattered in there (ceiling smut, er...inter-species stuff). There's also the...not entirely nice stuff when it comes to smut as well simply because I like exploring all aspects of most everything.
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Haven't so far. Doubt I ever will, but you never know.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I'm aware of. I hope not.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
I have! I co-wrote Family on the Mend with @tracingpatternswrites and it was so much fun! I'd love to co-write more fics in the future!
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
It's gonna have to be Wolfstar just because that's where my heart has rested for years, but there are others that run as close seconds.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Oh god. YOU. It's not posted anywhere, still only exists in my docs, but I'm convinced that fic will haunt the rest of my life.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I always struggle with questions like this, but that also means I've spent a lot of time thinking about it over the years. I think, mostly based on reactions I've had and what other people have said, that I'm quite good at capturing heavy and deep emotions, hopefully enough to not only grip a reader, but to plunge them into the heart of a scene and make them feel those emotions as well.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Details? There are times I think I'm terrible at this, and not just in fiction writing. It's in everything. Something might exist in my head, and I sometimes manage to forget that not everyone can see my exact thoughts and know what I'm thinking, so I leave important bits and pieces out of things and explanations that only end up confusing people - or worse, makes me seem not so great in general simply because I forgot the inclusion of a very important point when it mattered most.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I'm not against it, though it's not something I generally do because I don't know any other languages and that's a risky game to play. I'll only include it if I've spoken to someone who speaks that language fluently and has agreed to translate for me. But having other languages in a fic is a wonderful thing, especially if you're trying to include other cultures, though speaking as someone who has to rely on things like Google Translate that aren't always accurate, included translations are always appreciated.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Harry Potter
20. Favourite fic you’ve written?
This changes constantly for me. I'm not sure how it couldn't. I love most of the fics I've written, and it's like choosing a favorite child sometimes. However, I think right now I'd have to say it's a toss up between CRuSH (i'm just so proud of this one) and Multiplying Parents (also very proud, and this one was so much fun and makes me grin every time i think about it).
Open tag! Because I'm very late to this and I've got the feeling most everyone has done this by now.
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Tuesday Snippet
Uh...so I've been tagged a lot in like the past month in snippet shares and last line games. Most recently by @tracingpatternswrites, @squintclover, and @theresthesnitch, so thank you all so much for that! Mostly what I've been working on lately has been super secret stuff, so I've not really had anything to share, but here's a snippet from my recipe rec fic that I'll finish eventually (though maybe not by the deadline oops).
Open tag for literally anyone who wants to share something, but a soft little tap to @brandileigh2003 @in-flvx @mycupofrum & @lizlemonbennet
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"Right. Right, right," says James quickly with a small jump. "So I thought that not only would this make her feel better, but maybe I could, you know…show her up a bit."
"A truly selfless act, then," gives Remus lightly. "In true James Potter fashion."
"Hush up," scolds James, taking on a pout. "It's not selfishness. It's the point of it, Lupin." Remus hums as James glares at what he can see of him through the glass of the mirror.
"I still don't understand why you need my help," interjects Sirius before James can dither on about Remus' attitude any longer. "I'm shit at baking. I set our oven on fire just the other day."
"He did. It was foul," agrees Remus, head slumped backwards over the sofa, staring at the ceiling, likely lamenting his choice of partner and friends. "Smelled a bit like burnt cheese. I'm still not sure how he managed it with currants."
"I'm aware, but you know how to use all the Muggle stuff," invades James, ignoring Remus' comments. "It was like climbing a mountain for you, mastering them."
"And master them I did," says Sirius proudly.
"Did you, though?" questions Remus with heavy suspicion. "Cheese and currants in our once pristine oven, that's all I'm saying."
Sirius shushes him, finger tacking to Remus' lips.
#devil in the kitchen#that is the title yes#it'll make sense later#i think#anyways#snippet#my writing
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Last line tag
Thanks for the tags @theresthesnitch, @puuvillaa and @mundrakan
Have a little snippet from the next chapter of Mafs.
Mary hooked her arm into Remus’ when he came into the hallway, leaning conspiratorially against him.
“Okay, spill. Are you okay? Is everything working out? Are you happy?” she looked around the hallway, lowering her voice a little more as she sent one of the cameras a meaningful look. “Can you speak freely or should we use some sort of code? Blink twice if you need us to rescue you.”
Remus laughed, gently disentangling himself from her.
“I’m fine,” he assured her, amusement laced through the words as he spoke. “I’m not a prisoner and I’m pretty sure we can speak freely.” He paused, his expression sobering a little bit. “Everything is fine. Good, even.”
“Uh-hu,” she said, her piercing gaze lingering on him for a moment before she gave a small nod. “I’ll get the truth out of you eventually.”
“Terrifying,” he mouthed at Kingsley who hummed in reply.
“You know she’s right though,” he commented, and Remus gave a dramatic sigh as he shook his head.
“Doesn’t make it any less terrifying,” he muttered as he took the lead up the stairs.
Open tag and a little special nudge for @squintclover, @heartofspells and @soloorganaas if you're up for it.
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Last Line Tag
Thanks for the tag, @sliebman10! Your timing was perfect.
This is a snippet from a newish fic that I'm casually working on. I've snippeted it here and here before. Premise is everyone lives, but they believed Remus was the traitor so he left before the war was resolved, and they havne't seen him since.
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“Stop twitching.” James pinches Sirius’s arm.
“I’m not twitching,” Sirius says, turning back from his quick, discrete glance at the door.
“You’re the definition of twitching,” James replies. “He’ll be here soon. We’re still early, you know.”
James and Sirius had made their way to the staff room early for the meeting, nabbing the couch in front of the fire and saving a spot for Lily between them. She had said she would join them later, but the staff room is beginning to fill and she’s not there yet. Nor, of course, is Remus.
“Who will be here soon?” SIrius asks, as though he’s ever been able to hide anything from James. James doesn’t answer, fixing him with an unamused look instead. “Fine, I was looking for him.”
“I know you were,” James says. “He’ll be here soon.”
“I know, it’s just–”
The door opens again, and Sirius spins in his seat to see Lily walk in with Remus. He carries a cup of tea and a book, walking half a step behind Lily. They’re chatting, and he’s smiling, which must be a good sign, though the smile slips off his face when he looks up and sees Sirius watching him. He points to the opposite side of the staff room and says something to Lily, then makes his way to a chair over there and carefully avoids Sirius’s eye.
Lily plops down between James and Sirius, and they both turn to her.
“What was that, Evans?” Sirius asks.
“It’s been Potter for more than a decade, Sirius,” Lily says instead of answering the question.
“You talked to Remus?” James asks instead.
“Of course I did.”
“What did you say?” Sirius asks.
“Hello, mostly,” Lily says. “Now hush. It’s time for the staff meeting.”
Sirius turns to the front, and sure enough, Dumbledore has taken his place behind the podium. Sirius turns forward but mutters, “You’re not off the hook. We will discuss more later, Evans.”
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No pressure tags: @puuvillaa @tracingpatternswrites @heartofspells @mostlyoptimisticdinosaur
#i love them#potter and black always at it#and sirius calling lily evans years after she's married james will forever be one of my favorite things
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Wednesday Thursday WIP
Thank you for the tag @tracingpatternswrites I love MAFS and I'm excited for the next chapter!! Here is a little snippet from my recipe rec fic!
“Whilst cleaning charms are all well and good, for so many reasons,” Harry raised an eyebrow slowly, smirking with his eyes and lips, “this way you get to feel how clean you are.”
Just as Harry predicted, Draco flushed a pretty pink, his eyes widening and his breath shuddering a little as he inhaled.
Open tag but also tagging: @puuvillaa @femme--de--lettres @heartofspells @annabtg @mundrakan @plecotusauritus @kaaaaaaarf @lynxindisguise @soloorganaas if you have anything you want to share.
#pretty pretty pink#i'll admit i'm coming around to them#thanks so much rory#(affectionate)#they are actually so adorable together#now i need moooooore#drarry#queen rory tag
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Wednesday WIP
I've been tagged to share snippets a few times but haven't had much to share but now I finally have. I'm so excited to share the next chapter of MAFS, we are in for some fun stuff...
Passing the tag on to @heartofspells, @soloorganaas, @theresthesnitch, @squintclover and @blitheringmcgonagall if you feel up for it!
Take the time to catch up here now.
Have a little snippet of chapter six below the cut.
“Good evening,” Sirius greeted the maître d’, something a little distant in his voice that Remus didn’t recognise. “I’m–“
“Sirius Black,” the maître d’ replied smoothly, and Remus half-expected him to bow by the sound of his voice. “Of course, your brother is already here. Please follow me, sir.”
Remus just barely resisted the urge he had to turn to look at Matt, instead he followed Sirius further into the fancy restaurant. Remus did his best not to look around, trying to keep his focus only on Sirius ahead of him. However, it was proving difficult. The restaurant looked incredibly fancy, and he could tell that they made quite a fuss as they moved through the room.
Remus wasn’t surprised; he suspected Sirius drew attention regardless of where he was and the fact that Matt was shadowing them with a giant camera on his shoulder probably didn’t help much. The maître d’ stopped suddenly, at a table which was a little bit out of the way, in a secluded corner mostly protected from prying eyes. Or at least it would be once Matt blocked out most of the restaurant.
“Regulus,” Sirius said, a slight coolness to his voice as he held his hand out.
“Brother,” came the reply, and it wasn’t until the man stood that Remus saw him properly.
Remus recognised him instantly from the wedding, and he was once again struck with how alike and yet vastly different the brothers looked. They had the same black hair and porcelain skin, the same grey eyes even though Regulus’ were a little darker. Regulus was shorter though, smaller, and his expression aloof as he shifted his gaze to Remus.
Remus had to force himself not to fidget under the searching gaze, instead he took a step forward as he held a hand out for his brother-in-law to take.
“Regulus,” he said with forced cheerfulness as he attempted a smile that he hoped looked more genuine that it felt on his face. “It’s good to finally meet you properly.”
“Hm,” Regulus said, giving Remus’ hand a cool shake before he gestured towards the table. “Take a seat. That’ll be all, Rosier.”
The maître d’ disappeared without a word, and Remus sat down as Sirius pulled a chair out for him.
“I took the liberty of ordering,” Regulus said casually, pulling a bottle of champagne from the ice bucket next to him as he filled the three flutes on the table. “I suppose this is a celebration,” he paused, his gaze flickering over to Remus briefly and then back to Sirius, then he added, “of sorts.”
Remus glanced at Sirius, who was watching his younger brother intently. There was something passing between the brothers, Remus was almost sure of it, but he had no chance of figuring out what it meant. Sirius picked up one of the glasses, and when Remus did the same, Regulus did as well.
“To family,” Regulus said, raising the glass.
“New beginnings,” replied Sirius, and Remus stared between them but when the brothers drank, so did he.
Sirius looked a little bit more relaxed than he had when they had first entered the restaurant, but there was still a tension in the air that Remus wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do with. He felt as if there was one real conversation happening at the table, and something else completely going on at a level that he couldn’t access.
#yesssss#black brothers forever entertain me#if you've not read this fic go read it right now#mal's done it again!#mafs#wolfstar#mal tag
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sometimes when I'm writing I'm like oh fuck i dont know what comes next uggghhh guess I'll just have to make it up :////// bitch... ur making the entire thing up ...it's fiction... thats the fuckin premise
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So I saw this on a different blog, but give me Kensington lyrics for the Marauders and their friends
Ah, Britt. You can't just send me something like this out of nowhere. You know what this stuff does to my brain. But I'm starting this off by saying I have no idea how many characters I'll actually do.
And I'm continuing it nearly two days later by saying that I've spent hours thinking about this. I've studied. You've thrown me back into my Kensington phase (they really are amazing, just saying. if you've never listened to them, i highly recommend). I've made lists. Charts! No, not charts, mostly because I don't have the patience for that, but I did make lists. Extensively. I did my due diligence, my nefarious and sly friend.
And because I took this very seriously, I approached it from a canon standpoint only, and I tried extremely hard to leave ships out of it. (see how well that worked, huh)
Marauders
I found two definite choices for the whole lot of them together. Fiji and Perfect Family Day
Not all we're building up is indestructible
But all we're hoping for
We'll know how to get it though
We'll know how...
To get in a constant phase
Of digging a heart-shaped grave for ourselves
And
Every night's the same
God has left this place
Left us on his way out
Cover up these stains
Keeping up appearances
Jaded smiles remain
Watching fate take place
We're sulking and we're stumbling through
Grey and spiteful days
I could honestly quote the entire song, really
James
James is also Fiji, just different pieces of it. I think this song is a good way to look at how he viewed his friends and the people closest to him during the war.
A hell of a case you'd make
If only the tides weren't so strong
You're letting it in, all you're darkest ways
Waste it all away
Inside of a king-sized cage
Enough of the comforts of home
But none of it all takes the bars away
Peter
Peter is Bridges, What Lies Ahead (but that one is more because it kind of amuses me), and Island
Yet another ungraceful evening
Another man's faith
An easy foe
And we're off to shiver
In the face of the unknown
Yet another ungrateful weekday
We're caught in a game
Where the winner takes all
And we're off to tell it
As the greatest story told
Though we long together
For the tables to turn
Though we pray together
For the bridges to burn
Still we stay cold
We got carried away by it
We got carried away from home
And
And all I do
Is getting lost in the past
To find where I'd first hear
I was never gonna be somebody
That I was never gonna feel light come around
And
I don't want to blame
I just want to leave this horrid place the way I came
But here we are again
I don't want to wait
For another wave to come and rule another day
I don't want to stay
I just want to wash away this vile and awful taste
But here are again
Got nothing more to say
Only want to leave it an not seek for it again
And I'll be an island
And the shore where I stand
Can't be reached by more than waves
I told my sharks
That I need an island
For I know the violence
And I'll make the same mistakes again
Remus
Our Moony is Storms and What Lies Ahead. And they're both just...so very sad to me.
I don't want to be alarmed
I don't want to know what's coming
I don't want to lie here
Waiting for my end
If I knew how to fight it
I would never go never go dark
I will never be a storm again
But if it's easier now then I'll pretend
And (this one is so very second war to me. and it could reflect on the war itself and the wizarding world...or Dumbledore...or Sirius)
And they rise again as I am told that I should see
Red now
And to fear what lies ahead now
But I know that I will
Do everything for you again
I will do everything for you again
And I bet now
You will see that I will burn what I don't need here
Lily
I only found one for Lily (though if i'd wanted to focus on the whole Snape aspect, i could have chosen so many more), but her song is Uncharted. I feel like it's an accurate way of how she would have viewed all the loss during the war.
No one knows what part to play
It's like the we're in uncharted territory
No one knows another way
It's like all grace in life has parted from me
And all sensible words
All sensible souls
Oh, where do they go?
And why do they leave us now?
And if I could go back again, I'll go back again
If the worst is happening, how does anything work?
Now let me please go back again, I'll go back again
Sirius
Obviously, I found soooo many for Sirius. So very many that I had to tame it down and really narrow my options. Who's surprised? You shouldn't be.
Sirius is Storms just as much (probably more) as Remus is.
Don't want to be alone
But genuine lives won't appear
On the horizon
Oh, what a long wait
If there's no way to find it
Will I ever calm ever calm down?
I will never be a storm again
But if it's easier now then I'll pretend
To leave it all
He's System. He is the entire song.
And all I am trying to gain
I'll seed it then forget how to reap now
So I'll deny it again
How your wrong is my right
How your luck is my doubt
But no, don't ever leave me out
Sirius is Insane.
Scenes of distress
They follow me around 'til I lose again and by then
(You might be calm but my head will explode)
I'm out of moves here
I swallow it down like a poison undefined
That enters my veins like a thread that I can't shake
'Til I cave
It's not the words, not the fear or the doubt
Not the lack of heart that takes me out
It's the knowing that you can't relate when you're insane
It's not the pain, not the bruise or the scars
It's the knowing that you can't relate when you're insane
I know I wait too long
Before I will break a bond
I know my body froze
My greatest loss
He is No Me, and while this song has a very obvious meaning, at least to me, I think so many parts of it apply perfectly to Sirius.
See the fading of the past
The unwinding of the thread
It was all above me
Right above my head
Now it's pouring on me
It's dawning on me
That everything that's golden
Is buried deep in ground eroded
Now start digging there where all the lines meet
Regulus
Ooooh. Regulus is Slicer, no question about it.
What are you aiming for?
I will never be the one to call
When your heart is in need
The coward in me
Will be all that you face
Why do you say no more?
Was the heaven I sold you on
Just a trifling daze?
A glorious cage?
And it was in vain?
Then how do we get
Stone cold, red hot and
And now we're on like a thunder
Soon all ends go dead
Then how will we get away?
I was going to do more individual characters, but this is hard and I ran out of steam. But obviously I couldn't resist throwing some relationships/pairings into it (platonic or romantic, however you choose to look at it). I'm not going to list any lyrics for these because I'm starting to go cross-eyed, but feel free to take a listen to the songs!
Black brothers
These two...oh, these two. They have my heart, they really do. The whole of the Marauders clump is so very tragic from a canon standpoint, but these brothers stab me in the chest every time I think about them.
Regret, Sorry, and Rivals really hits home for them in certain areas of those songs.
Sirius + Remus
This first one mostly comes from a second war viewpoint for me, after they reunite, after the truth is out, while the second is just a general good song for all they've lost.
St. Helena and Uncharted
James + Sirius
I just can't help myself. And it's possible that the first song is more romantic than platonic. Actually maybe more than little unrequited one-sided love sort of thing. The second just sums them up for me, all that they did for each, all that they were willing to do for each other.
Riddles and Ten Times the Weight
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rip james potter and sirius black you would have loved calling each other pookie at every given occassion
#they would#ironically#and then not ironically#they'd drive everyone else insane#but no one else would be allowed to say it without gaining the collective death glare from P&P#prongsfoot
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