siblings feud

part 1 , part 2, part 3

based on this au

why must life have a grand purpose? is it not enough to have some basil, and mozzarella?

so back when i was teaching, one of the things i learned to look for were the "mood makers", as i liked to call them, of the classes. there were always 2 or 3 per class, and it was easy to find them in the first few days. you got those kids on your side, and it was a ripple effect with the rest of the students - they would all follow. so winning those kids over was huge when it came to how the year would play out. and from time to time, whenever the class was sort of faltering - middle of winter, of a big project, burn-out high - i would lean back in on those mood makers again to turn things around.

one particular class, when we had a big multi-month group project happening, were just... really struggling with getting their shit together lol. they were supposed to be practicing their presentations (english speaking class) and they were doing pretty much anything but, and their presentations were supposed to start the next class day. they were also PANICKING as i started giving out some feedback - which was NOT GREAT - as they were running through the lines they were supposed to be remembering. after realizing all of them needed so much extra work, i decided we needed to have a turn-around, so i invited one of the mood makers up to the front. i held out a cup to him, with two papers inside.

"one of them," i said, "says tuesday, and if you draw that, presentations go as planned. but one of them says thursday, and if you choose that one, everyone gets extra time to practice."

everyone was like OH SHIT. OKAY. THIS IS IT. and this mood maker, he was a big personality (they usually are) so i knew he'd really ham this up, and he did. we made a huge deal, with drum-rolls and everything, of him picking one out of the cup. he opened it up the paper and announced THURSDAY to a round of huge cheers. he was the class hero. everyone had TONS of motivation to work super hard on this gifted extra day, and really put the time in. their presentations were great. morale SOARED.

the plot twist was that both papers said thursday, because they all needed the extra time. my forever teacher advice: find creative ways to make things happen so that you get the buy-in from the class.

- Blythe Baird

Avavav always has the most interesting concepts

Betrayal, traditional painting with glass bead embroidery by umantsiva

Hair braiding 💎

Didn't really expect to finish this but in the end, I've found some time between work and even dusted off my watercolors! Been quite a while since I used them properly, huh, painting is so soothing ˘o˘

lmao can u imagine if in addition to cursing the DADA post Tom Riddle just kept showing up every year and reapplying ever year in a different bad disguise (and a different assumed name that is an anagram of his actual name)? Or if he just kept possessing different people? Every time Dumbledore's like 'i know it's you tom' and tom's like 'excuse me?? tom? tom who?' The crack AU we deserve.

馬份家的美容日✨️

boggart

Y/n: having a breakdown because they're fucking tired of the annual bullshit

Snape:

TINY sev, still too young to have his signature haircut 😭

“Wanna ride on a real Cowboy?”

Nsfw with this one anyone?😉😉😉

He have complicated feelings about this

DofuVeru　Surehit weapons* suit them too by @ebiebitempura

*I'm not sure what this is, but it's from Splatoon