I came back just to post this here so I could tag @ala-baguette 🥹 Knowing Where To Look is officially complete and if you haven’t read it yet you should. It’s post war, and Gawain Robards is our main man. This fic is so unlike anything else I’ve read and i just love it so much. Seeing Mary as an adult just made my heart so happy but also hurt so much. Just please do yourself a favor and read this. You won’t regret it.
People are still hating on Graham??
But what about the FACTS?
what are his CRIMES??
Graham's over here just
starting up secret muggleborn clubs to provide safe spaces for students like him at Hogwarts
recruiting Lily to said secret society at a serendipitous time when she desperately needs support/a distraction from Flormes
dancing to ABBA when he doesn't want to because Lily asked
Providing string-free physical comfort on demand
keeping her confusing fake relationship with Sirius a secret
doing his best to be open-minded to the purebloods she invites to muggleborn club and friendly to the pureblood with whom she's been flaunting a fake relationship--a relationship that started, like, ten seconds after she buttoned up her blouse and left him a half-naked dirty little secret in the Room of Requirement
following Lily's lead and keeping their situation casual despite clearly catching feelings himself
sending flowers after Lily's dad dies
getting ghosted, with no real explanation, until he approaches her to clarify their status
not pushing the issue when Lily wants to remove the benefits from their friendship
supporting Lily's protest idea and agreeing to be its face and voice, despite the target it will no doubt put on his back
only telling one person about their trysts, once he starts Feeling Some Kind of Way and justifiably needs to vent because he's a human boy with a heart, and he tried to cry on his own shoulder but it gave him a crick and his shirt got soggy
having open and honest conversations about his feelings with Lily and explaining how Lily's actions affected him and why it's not okay with him
Did he handle everything perfectly along the way? Of course not. He's a teenage boy with hurt feelings and a bruised ego, and also then we'd hate him for being too perfect. Is he a Level Ten scumsucker because he fell a little harder than planned for Lily, or because he called Lily out on some unintended consequences of her actions? Hardly.
If you took all the above and find-and-replaced "Graham" with "James" I feel like there'd be far less uproar over these allegedly unforgivable and egregious acts.
Sincerely,
Mabel
(please don't kill Graham)
(I mean do what you want, it's your story)
(but he's a good Graham, is all I'm saying)
Check out the full twelve illustrations Charlie Bowater did for Thomas’ Journal! They’re so gorgeous, and will be reprinted in full color exclusively for the Kickstarter, which ends Tomorrow! November 28th at 3pm is the very last time you can pledge, at shadowhunter.army
"objectively physically attractive but in possession of negative rizz" is one of my favorite character concepts. i think it's so great when there's an absurdly hot person who's just a complete fucking loser. the mood is unsalvageable the moment they open their mouth kind of deal. you get no bitches because you're so sucks.
A family of cheetahs sleep with the forest guard every night. When the Forest Dept. heard about it, they decided to check the veracity of the claim by installing a CCTV camera. This is what the camera recorded! Just amazing.
Reblogging and adding pictures of my copy that petite bindery did for me earlier this year because I never posted pictures here!
This bind and this fic are both amazing and I think everyone who is even slightly curious about Andromeda should read this!
Now, I know that the photos from my antiquated iPhone won't capture this is in all its gorgeous glory – but thank you so much to petitebindery on Instagram (also on Tumblr as @petitebindery) for this beautiful gift. I got it in the post today and I can't stop admiring it. The colours, the patterns! I'm obsessed.
I finally read The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy by @batmansymbol and holy wow
If you don’t know it’s a Book 7 rewrite with Draco ending up on the run with the Golden Trio. I honestly feel like this was so well done that you could easily replace DH with this and no one would suspect anything. I loved it so much.
Also I have to share this Harry quote because it hit me so hard for some reason :
“We’re not inviting them in. We’re sending a message that they’re never going to get in again.”
I’m such a prequel girlie at the end of the day. Hahaha yes tell me a story that was always going to happen. Tell me a story that’s been dead since the beginning
I love when authors see things I make and like them 🥹 Thank you for sharing your story 💕
As you all know I’m and HP fan fic GIRLIE. I live for it. Today we’re talking about I’ll be fine, I’ll be good by @kay-elle-cee 🐍
This is a Slytherin a Lily AU that starts first year and goes up to two years after graduation. I am OBSESSED with Slytherin Lily. Kelsey did such a good job weaving a believable story of a muggleborn who finds herself in Slytherin during a time where being muggleborn is scary and awful. The way Lily changes and grows and makes mistakes is so realistic. It had me sobbing multiple times. Also the way she writes James is so heartwarming. They way he cares about Lily makes my heart hurt. This is a shorter fic than I usually read so if you’re not up for like 25+ chapter fics and want something that isn’t as big of a commitment to start I highly recommend checking this out. It is an AU like I said but it’s written that it’s believable within canon which is my favorite! 💕
As you all know I’m and HP fan fic GIRLIE. I live for it. Today we’re talking about I’ll be fine, I’ll be good by @kay-elle-cee 🐍
This is a Slytherin a Lily AU that starts first year and goes up to two years after graduation. I am OBSESSED with Slytherin Lily. Kelsey did such a good job weaving a believable story of a muggleborn who finds herself in Slytherin during a time where being muggleborn is scary and awful. The way Lily changes and grows and makes mistakes is so realistic. It had me sobbing multiple times. Also the way she writes James is so heartwarming. They way he cares about Lily makes my heart hurt. This is a shorter fic than I usually read so if you’re not up for like 25+ chapter fics and want something that isn’t as big of a commitment to start I highly recommend checking this out. It is an AU like I said but it’s written that it’s believable within canon which is my favorite! 💕