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miss-bibbles · 1 year

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I posted 2,320 times in 2022

That's 2,317 more posts than 2021!

635 posts created (27%)

1,685 posts reblogged (73%)

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I tagged 971 of my posts in 2022

#miss bibbles speaks - 276 posts

#asks - 255 posts

#shitposting - 119 posts

#jegulus - 72 posts

#starchaser - 61 posts

#kai my platonic soulmate - 36 posts

#fic: perfect places - 29 posts

#writing - 29 posts

#yaz tag - 28 posts

#regulus black - 24 posts

Longest Tag: 89 characters

#my friends started calling me that and spamming the elmo gif except it was bibble instead

My Top Posts in 2022:

jegulus inspired from the kiss by gustav klimt

happy (early) birthday yaz! i am not good with surprises or waiting so here you go bitch @thebattlehamster

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tumblr is sitting on its throne, watching as rich people fight on live tv and swirling a glass of wine between its fingers and saying, "we've been pleased. more. we want more."

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if you speak for gay rights, you're automatically gay. just like everyone who speaks for animal rights is a duck and all those against deforestation are secretly trees hiding in a trenchcoat

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guide to writing a desi james potter (and even for harry)!

(desi is used for south asians. meaning india + pakistan, afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, maldives, nepal, sri lanka. now i’m indian so i can only speak about that but a lot of the tips are the same. please research! and be respectful while writing them! i’ll try to include as much as i can here)

i've lived here my entire life so trust me.

and this is gonna be long. under the cut!

1. james potter can remain james potter

we don’t usually anglicize our names. don’t go finding obscure names starting with j that you can anglicize to james.

it kind of perpetuates the stereotype of indian names being very hard to pronounce. and britain fucked us over so no way in hell we'll be changing our own name to something easier for white people to pronounce.

instead you can make potters indian christians. i have a lecturer named veronica so i can assure you people in india have all kinds of names.

its a suggestion of course. but i have read fics where james has very traditional and religious names. no problem with that but its a little out of the loop and old fashioned. but if you want some help with finding names then don’t hesitate to ask.

2. where is he from

okay so now this gets interesting. there are a 28 states and 8 union territories. james potter can be from anywhere and not just gujrat and punjab and tamil nadu.

where’s my james potter from the gorgeous seaside state of goa? from the busy heart of metropolitan mumbai? from the amazing states of northeast? from bengal? from madhya pradesh? from kerela? from-

okay this is not a geography lesson but you get my point! there are so. many. places. he can be from any of them.

3. religion

india has a big population of hindus, muslims, christians, sikhs, zoraostrians, buddhists, jains etc. agnostic and atheist people exist too (hi).

your indian character can be any of those, not just hindu. it affects the indian sounding name you choose for him.

example: goan christian james can be james maharashtrian hindu james can be jai

but being religious or not, it doesn’t stop us from enjoying all the amazing festivals. you don’t know what i’d do to read a jegulus diwali fic ashdjfksdj

4. looks

now i know everyone’s like obsessed with atj (i can’t see him as james at ALL) or for desi james, dev patel (god, he’s the only desi character in all hollywood movies im so sick of his face. i have much better fancasts).

but just like names, our looks are also different. pale, wheatish, dusky complexion. again depending on which state. we usually have dark eyes and hair. and light eyes like blue, green or hazel are pretty rare.

5. food

curry doesn’t exist. repeat after me. curry doesn’t exist.

naan bread isn’t real, naan is A BREAD. and even though butter chicken is tasty asf, we don't eat this on a daily basis, my dudes. (#justiceforpavbhaji). but we do eat a LOT of biryani (its apparently the most ordered meal in india lol)

and i know you want to make the "im very white for spices" jokes but where are my desserts????? rasmalai? gulab jamun? rabdi? so cloyingly sweet ashdj

and we call tea, chai and it can be sweet and spicy.

it would make me so happy seeing names of my favorite food sprinkled through out your fic even if you don't elaborate on his indian heritage much <;3

i can’t list off every single one of them here but my dms are always open if you need any help with them

6. not all of us

it makes me sad reading about fics where james doesn’t like his indian heritage. not all poc characters need an "accepting my culture" arc.

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mcustorm · 3 years

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In Defense of a Black Cyclops

In case my username didn’t make it clear, the single most anticipated visual project for me is the MCU’s interpretation of the X-Men, which hasn’t even been announced yet [officially]. And ladies and gents, I have found your Cyclops:

Good ol’ Alfred Enoch, who we all know from Harry Potter and How to Get Away With Murder. If you’re not familiar with HTGAWM, know that his character goes from the de facto leader of the ragtag (murderers) and most cherished protege of Viola Davis’ Professor X to taking more of a grimdark turn after his girlfriend’s death. Sound at least somewhat familiar?

Enoch also embodies the physicality of the character well, seeing as to how he’s “slim”, 6′4(!!), black, and notoriously lanky. Wait, one of these isn’t like the others.

In general I hate fancasting. Everyone generally picks from the same pool of about 30 actors (Peeps, neither Taron nor Daniel is a good Wolverine choice. Argue with your mother!), and most all of it is based on physicality, except when it absolutely should be (like say, choosing a ~5′10 dark-skinned black woman for Storm).

And I think there’s some malarkey afoot. I think there needs to be some serious consideration on part of fancasters and actual casting agents alike to rethink race when it comes to the [white] X-Men, especially since they’re the X-Men of all teams. So I’ll make the case for a black Cyclops:

1. There is no quota on Black X-Men: There’s a bug in your ear that’s been whispering lies to you for years, it says something to the effect of “We need a black person on the team for diversity. How bout Storm?” And you’ve gotten complacent. Storm does not have to be the only black person on your X-Men roster.

2. The X-Men represent diversity: Iceman is gay, Cyclops and Prof. X are disabled (sorta), there are plenty of women, oh and everybody except Storm is white. Of the A-List X-Men, there is only *one* POC character. I’d argue that an MCU X-Men needs to champion diversity like never before.

3. The X-Men represent minority struggle while being mostly white: There’s a cognitive dissonance in the metaphor that has always been there, and for the most part, nobody cares. To appeal to the white readers of the 60′s, the X-Men were all initially white. That way, the message of the mutants could be related to the audience with a familiar face. We don’t need to approach the problem that way in 202?

4. Just because that’s the way it’s always been, doesn’t mean that’s the way it should be: The first line of defense. Sorry, that will never be a good justification for literally any idea. It’s time for some more critical thinking.

5. We don’t all want to be Bishop: So say you’re white and you have a kid who for his birthday having a costume party. You’ve bought some X-Men costumes and you want each kid to pick one. 9 white kids and one black kid show up to your house. As the kids deliberate who gets what costume, be it Cyke or Wolvie or whatever, you yell at everybody to “STOP!”, point to the one black kid and tell him “You’re gonna be Bishop. That’s it, end of story!”

We don’t all want to be Bishop. The black child could have the best Cyclops interpretation within him, but you’ll never know if you don’t let him try. And that’s no different from the Black actors of Hollywood. There’s no reason why all of the black talent should *have* to compete for the role of Bishop or Storm, which I’ve discussed, while Joe Schmo can walk up and audition for literally anybody he wants.

Jharrel Jerome is 23 and has an Emmy to his name. He needs to be in the MCU in some capacity, period. Stephan James is another. How bout Damson Idris. Ashton Sanders. But no, no, let’s fancast Dacre Montgomery or Ansel or Joe Keery again as [Human Torch, Wolverine, Iceman, Angel, I’ve literally seen it all.]

6. Nobody wants to see the B-team if it comes down to it. The next line of defense from your racebending naysayers after “That’s the way it’s always been!” is “Well, what about Psylocke, Bishop, Forge and Jubilee?” who are otherwise known as B-tier X-Men. The problem is, we’ve got limited time and limited spots.

So since the X-Men is all about wonky metaphors that make half sense, let me give you another: Let’s say somebody approaches you and says “Hey buddy, I got two free concert tickets for ya! You can either see Michael Jackson Sings the Blues, or you can go see Justin Timberlake. Free of charge!”

Now, are you used to MJ singing the blues? No! Do you have a problem with going to see Justin Timberlake? No, he’s fine on a Wednesday! He had that one little diddy we liked that one time. We’d love to see him eventually! But are you gonna say, “fuck that, I’m going to see MJ Sings the Blues” regardless? Hell yes, because that’s still Michael Jackson. He’s gonna give the same amazing performance he always does, it’s just gonna be the blues. And speaking of blues...

7. Black is not Blue, Brown is not Blue: Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard this one: “I don’t care if you’re black, white, purple, or green, I’m going to treat you all the same!” I will not say all have this intention, but some fancasters have noticed that the racial diversity is kinda low within the A-List X-Men, so they oh-so-generously give the following roles to a black or brown person: Iceman, Nightcrawler, Beast.

Notice the pattern? It’s a microaggression, and it’s bullshit. What these fancasters are implicitly telling you is that, yes the actors will be black or brown, but when the action starts we can ignore that. They’ll be blue by then. In other words, you in fact do care if they’re purple or green. Nobody will cry foul if Dev Patel gets to play Nightcrawler (because that’s a common one I see), but should Anna Diop be Starfire or Michael B. Jordan be Human Torch, I bet there’d be backlash. Oh wait. If that’s you, please stop acting like you actually value diversity. You don’t want to see black or brown skin, period. Unless of course, it’s Storm (refer to point #1).

But wait, there’s more! When brown characters get whitewashed in these movies, it’s crickets! So eventually it’s revealed implicitly that proclaimers of point #4 only care about it one way.

8. Professor X should not be black if you’re not willing to change anyone else: The next line of defense is that some people say the professor should be black, if anybody HAS to be racebent. Something something MLK Jr., Civil Rights or some shit. Number one, I’m not reducing Professor X to being a magical negro for 9 white people (and Storm!) who for all intents and purposes get to have all the action. Number 2, the Professor X/MLK/Magneto/Malcolm X comparison is an oversimplifying disservice to ALL FOUR of those people. I hate that line whenever I see it, please watch a documentary my friends.

9. The Candidates for Racebending: For me, the A-List X-Men are Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Wolverine, Storm, Gambit, Rogue, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Kitty Pryde. Now, who should be exempt from the racebending? Storm, she’s our designated minority. Gambit, he’s Cajun and they’re white (generally speaking, that’s a fun bit of research). Wolverine, Colossus, and Nightcrawler, because their nationality/ethnicity was the whole point of the Giant-Size premise in the first place. Angel, because his character embodies a privileged white male. Beast and Iceman, I don’t care one way or another (Point #7).

That leaves Cyclops, Rogue, Jean Grey, and Kitty Pryde. Now Jean Grey is a redhead, and we all know that every time a redhead is racebent people sharpen their pitchforks (Mary Jane, Wally West, Iris West), so I will cede the ground on Jean if only so that my ginger friends can get their rep. Kitty Pryde is Jewish, but Jews of color exist. Rogue is from the South. And Cyclops is, well, just Cyclops. That makes those three characters good options for more diversity. But allow me to make the case for Cyclops, specifically.

10. It’s not just diversity for diversity’s sake: If you had to pick who the main character of the X-Men is supposed to be, most would say Cyclops. And so in a series that highlights racial discrimination in society, it makes sense that our main character be black. While changing Cyclops’ skin color should not change who he is as a character, it *should* recontextualize it. Now, as an eventual increasingly radical leader of the X-Men, Cyclops would evoke real life figures such as Colin Kaepernick or, shall I say, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Not that most X-Men fans and writers truly think about what it means to be black anyways. Storm’s minority status is almost always put through the lens of her being a mutant and not her being a black woman. In other words, you can’t argue that making a character black will fundamentally change his or her character when you haven’t even analyzed the racial context of the black character(s) you already have. Another concept that the MCU X-Men should tackle: intersectionality.

11. Representation matters: I have to say it: Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther hit different. And now he is tragically gone. At the end of the day, the MCU moving forward is down its most prominent black male superhero. Which has implications beyond just the movies themselves.

The women are in good hands. Shuri, Okoye, and Nakia are badasses in Wakanda, Valkyrie is ruling Asgard, Storm is almost assuredly on the way, RiRi Williams has already been cast, and Monica Rambeau is here and she’s not even at her most glorious yet. That doesn’t even include variable Δ, or the number of characters who can and will be racebent. And I��ll note again that to me, Gamora doesn’t count, because she’s green (#7 really pisses me off because it’s so blatant. I hate it). Of course from a behind the camera perspective we love black women getting work.

The men are a completely different story. Imma just go out and say it, I can’t stand Falcon and War Machine [in the MCU] because they’re not characters, they’re just two of a slew of MCU minority sidekicks who have essentially been at the beck and call of Captain America and Iron Man, respectively. You cannot tell Falcon’s story without mentioning Cap. The reverse is not true. There’s a whole essay that could be and have been written on “Minorities in the MCU, pre-Black Panther”. Remember, there’s a reason BP made so much noise in the first place.

So excluding those two we have, let’s see, M’Baku, Blade, and Fury who aren’t exactly the most superheroic superheroes, Eli Bradley is proooobably coming, I doubt Miles Morales is coming (because he’s just Peter Parker in the MCU), Luke Cage(?) Bishop(??), Sunspot(???), Blue Marvel(????). Not only are they not A-List, I would not put money on any of them being in the MCU any time soon.

Cyclops is thee Captain America of the X-Men. He’s the frontman. He’s the poster boy. He’s the “boy scout”, which in other words means he’s the hero, if there has to be one. It would mean a lot right now, and specifically *right now*, if he were to be black. The MCU needs it. It NEEDS it.

12. The X-Men is the Summers Story: I’ll even make the case that if just one character needs to racebent, then it should be Cyclops, because that of course implies that other related characters need to be black because half of the X-Men universe is in fact a part of the Summers family.

So now Cable is black. Corsair is black. Havok is black. And one of the most central stories in the X-Men mythos, the Summers family drama, is now a black family drama set in space or the future or where the fuck ever. The concept is boundary pushing. When white families have drama in the media, it gets to be Game of Thrones or Star Wars, while when black families have drama in the media, it has to be black people arguing in a kitchen or living room about their various earthly traumas (I’m @’ing you, Mr. Perry). I mean, that’s all fine and good often times, but I want my black family drama in space, dammit.

And again, this is the X-Men, the series that’s all about *minorities* and their struggle, so again, why not?

Oh, and I’ll even throw out a Havok fancast for you: How bout Jharrel Jerome?

#cyclops #scott summers #the mutants #monica rambeau #X-men #xmen #marvel #MCU #fancast #jharrel would actually be a better sunspot #but you get the point #my man would have OPTIONS

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petimetrek · 5 years

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Hi! I just saw the recent anons youve gotten about the gray area of drawing crowley as a POC and ive had my own issues with it for other artists but at least for me its only really a Problem if they Only draw the demon as a POC and not any of the “good” or angelic chs. I understand where the anons r coming from and i totally agree with the recent anon saying not depicting complex moral chs as poc is robbing us of being multi faceted humans! That was a great point ! (1/2)

But i just wanted to personally message u to say that as an asian american, I completely fell in love with your crowley and azi !! I love them with my whole soul and seeing a ch like crowley, who i see alot of myself in, it was moving for me to see him as asian! Since asian people dont get alot of rep that isnt a stereotype or a trope, whenever an artist decides to depict a popular ch as asian i cant contain my happiness ! So please do wat makes u comfortable but know this asian loves ur crowley

Not going to lie, you almost made me cry, so thank you for your kind words.

I’ve been VERY critic towards people who draw Crowley being “vaguely” POC because for me it meant that they didn’t actually care, as long as he didn’t look white (not caring if his facial features were correct, just a white face with dark skin and you can call it a day). Or recently, those posts about the way people draw him with an exaggerated nose, and how antisemitic that is. So it would be very hypocritical of me to just ignore someone’s feeling about me drawing him asian.

To be honest, that anon seemed sketchy at best but I still want to think they were real, call me naive.

When I fancasted Daniel Dae Kim as my Crowley and Chiwetel Ejiofor for Aziraphale I did it for two reasons: I wanted them to be POC because, even if I’m white, I can see that the lack of representation is disturbing, and the second one was because they matched the descriptions of the book almost perfectly to me. Chiwetel is a fancy English man that kind of looks chubby but is also pretty strong (just like my hc for Zira, you know, chubuf) and with the right clothes look like a librarian. And Daniel… he’s suuuuper handsome and elegant? good cheekbones, perfect hair but when he smiles he looks like an angel… And have you seen him wearing a suit? James Bond material. Perfect match for my Crowley.

I learned a lot while drawing them, I tried to be very respectful and not treat them like caricatures. For example, I used to draw Finn (you know, from Star Wars) blushing until Iearned that you can’t see the flush if the skin is dark, or that eyelashes point downwards on asian people’s eyes, or that the skin of the palms and feet and lips of black people has a different colour, or how the facial structure changes… idk, lots of things. I tried to learn and to listen to people. I don’t just draw them as steriotypes, I draw them using my fancast for them, being very careful that they look like the actors and not just… just like a fucking joke, if you know what I mean.

But eih, I’m white and I’m sure I do lots of racist shit that I don’t even notice and I also know it’s not others people job to teach me how to things, but I love when people point things out to me because it means they are giving me an oportunity to change and improve. Again, I know is not your job, but I appreciate the help instead of receiving anon hate before I have the opportunity to know what I did wrong. By all means, if after all of this I still ignored their concerns of course you are more than welcome to insult and attack me.

So yeah, this whole thing is very upseting to me because I honestly don’t know what to do, I tried to do my best and I still offended someone. I don’t want to draw him white because we have enough of that and I can’t draw him being POC because I feel like no matter what I do is going to be wrong. And I’m also trying to make this about me and that’s even more racist so I think I’m going to stop now… And my anxiety and the heat are killing me oops

Thank you for your kind words, have a nice day, dear.

#polymerclayalchemist #petianswers #good omens #racism #crowley #maybe I should fancast an spanish actor for hi or something.... Antonio José Crowley

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auselysium · 6 years

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Author’s Notes for The Other Road

So I used to love to read these things on LJ WAY back in the day. My fave authors would write these lengthy essays about why they did certain things and explaining hidden meanings etc.

I definitely put a lot of thought into The Other Road, especially the music so I thought I’d break things down. I do hope you’ll take a second to read my ramblings but massive spoilers ahoy!

REASONS FOR A SCREENPLAY

So why not just another fic? Because I never had before. Because I am a very visual writer - I see scenes and hear dialogue in my head. It was actually a really natural way for me to write, in the end.

SETTING/TONE

My ultimate goal here was to make something that fit into Luca’s comments about being “different tonally”. NYC is the polar opposite of Crema - gritty, loud, packed with people. I set it in late winter/early spring, that weird transitional time when it is neither one nor the other (this represents their relationship too - they aren’t ready to commit but they aren’t ready to let go either). Also, the weather would be so different from the lush greens of CMBYN. Instead, we’d get concrete, naked trees, gray skies. Summer is very much over.

Luca also mentioned wanting to deal with the AIDS crisis in the sequel. I wasn’t about to give either E or O AIDS (and Luca better fucking not either), so there quickly appeared this idea of Elio taking care of a dying best friend instead. The line from the book “I wish I had a friend I wasn’t destined to lose” almost ended up in a scene but it was still very much there as a theme for me. All summer in Crema (in the book) Elio’s parents are trying to get him to make friends, spend more time with people - so I wanted to give him a best friend, someone who he had confided in, someone who loves him just as unconditionally as Oliver but differently. Josh also allowed for a splash of humor. Fancast: Josh Hutcherson, btw.

He basically replaced the missing Vimini for me, that same kind of preternatural understanding of love and relationships.

I set the “movie” in 1988 because that was the year AZT came out. This was really the first time patients with HIV/AIDS had hope. So Josh does too, I think.

MUSIC

Music is obviously a huge part of my life, a huge part of Elio’s life, and a huge part of CMBYN.

The classical music, for the most part, is either New York based, 20th century minimalism (inspired by Luca’s use of John Adams in the original) Phillip Glass, Steve Reich etc or early 20th cent. French/French influenced (Prokofiev) music. This pays homage to Elio/Timmy’s French side. Poulenc, Ravel, Satie.

Bernstein is not minimalist, but it doesn’t get much more New York than him. I’ve also just recently played the On The Town and the Ravel Piano Concerto and new those had to be included.

While in the first movie, the piano is always alone, I made sure all the repertoire was piano in a chamber music or orchestral setting (Brahms sonata, Poulenc Sonata etc), representing Elio’s fleshed out life. He’s not this isolated kid anymore - he has good friends, a career (more on that later.)

The only time I list a solo piano piece is for the morning shower scene - the Satie Gnossienne. This is meant to represent Elio’s knowledge that Oliver will soon be leaving and he’ll be alone once more.

Obviously 80′s music was going to play a huge part in it this too, but no way Elio was going to be listening gross 80′s pop. So I went very included Morrissey at the opening to give us that sort of brooding, British pop, but also very of-the-time sound. Also, it was not such a subtle hint with the lyrics “Why do you come here? When you know it makes it hard for me?”

The words for all the songs are pretty monumental, in fact. I won’t go into detail here but check out the lyrics if you’re interested!

The one song I do want to talk about is the Sufjan Stevens song “The Predatory Wasp is out to Get Us!” He’s there for obvious reasons, but I was listening to the album Illinoise on a long drive and this song just destroyed me with the exact perfect tone for the ending.

I didn’t want them to depart with the same bleakness they arrived with and this song with the flutes and accordion and rich over laying of melodies was perfect. Once again, the words ended up being mind bending-ly perfect:

We were in love, we were in love... I can wait I can wait

As soon as I heard it, there was this vision of Elio at the Met, just having said goodbye to Oliver but smiling. Oliver driving down the road going back to his parallel life, but with hope. Thanks, Sufjan.

PLOT POINTS OF INTEREST

Just a few final thoughts in no particular order.

Elio may gripe about his career but for some one just 1 year out of conservatory, he is killing the freelance scene in NYC. I have friends who are twice his age who’d be happy for some of those gigs I gave him. But I think that plays into his spoiled nature, having been the prized, privileged only child, so he can’t see that. At the same time, I have a feeling Elio might be going back to Grad school or something soon to really make a go of a solo career. (Sequel #2! lol)

There is no fucking way a security guard would let Elio and Oliver onto stage at Avery Fisher but whatever! Willing suspension. lol

I wanted to include flashbacks to scenes from James Ivory’s original screen play that ended up not making the cut.

Can we just talk about how happy I am I got Cor Cordium in there?

The infamous dancing scene in CMBYN kills me because it’s the first time Elio desperately craves closeness to Oliver, but the closest he can get is on the dance floor. So I NEEDED them to dance together. I basically just envisioned every dance scene from QAF writing that part. :)

I wanted to pay homage to the book and the fact that in the book their relationship really starts when they start going running together every morning - this is why they go to the running track in Central Park. Just a nod there.

The first scene with Oliver and Josh establishes that Oliver is basically still paying for his relationship with Elio because he still can’t move on. Yes he’s married with kids, but it still haunts him and he realizes over the next day with Elio that it always will. This is a blessing and a curse.

I also wanted to give us explicit sex. You’re welcome. Hopefully Luca won’t cut it this time. :)

There was a while where I was going to explore the idea of Elio basically having become celebate - his friends calling him Il Popa (The pope). At a way to avoid getting sick but also because he, at the end of the day, wanted something like his parents have, like what Oliver and his wife have, what they COULD have had. Something meaningful and committed. In the end, it just didn’t really seem important so I let it go.

Also: Billowy. I’m proud. lol

Very much like CMBYN, I wanted them to be happy together. After the movie and the way Luca, Armie and Timmy portrayed them on screen, I think they are just ridiculous boys who love each other’s company - so yeah, they eat pizza, they go dancing, they take selfies with a Polaroid. They’re still young and in love even after the passing of time.

I loved the idea of ending with the “Don’t say you didn’t know” because to me that is Oliver’s way of saying I love you. Don’t say you didn’t know exactly how I felt - that you meant everything.

FINAL THOUGHTS

I want to thank everyone who is SO incredibly kind to me about my writing and for interacting with me here on Tumblr. This fandom has been a beautiful place and has helped me produce some of the writing I am most proud of.

I promise to keep writing about Elio and Oliver as long as you promise to keep reading! xo

#my writing

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lotrewrite · 7 years

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LOT Chat Summaries (Sep-Oct)

Sorry this took so long! Find below the LOT Chat Summaries for the chats held on 16 September and 1 October. Includes the song recs and fanfic/fanart etc moments we’d like to see, as mentioned in the chats :-)

Episode 1

A gifset of Kendra flying, a flashback to a sepia-toned image, and then her saying “not another flashback

Gifset of Kendra saying she dumped Carter

One with Mick and Nate, with nate realising he’s travelling on his own

Something of Nate waving his pencil in Oliver’s face and complaining about his thesis

Run Boy Run by Woodkid

Don’t Let ‘Em Grind You Down by motörhead for Nate

Dust in the Wind by Kansas for Mick

Centuries by FOB just in general

Do it like a Dude for Queen Bee

Europa - Globus should be for WWII

40s music! There’s Torched Song from the L.A. Noire soundtrack and it’s so good for Mick

You Turn Me Right Round for the Lichtenstein anomaly Hello by Adele for Coldwave

Postmodern Jukebox

for the 40s in France music, there should definitely be Le Temps des Cerises

Legendary by Welshly Arms for the rewrite in general

Welshly Arms - Legendary for the whole season

"Look What you made me do” theme for the Legion

Our Corner of the Universe by KS Rhoads for Team Legends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiupe-odRQ Goldberg Variations

“Sexual Healing” for Queen Anne/Sara…

“House of Memories” by Panic at the Disco for 2 or 3

way to the future by kate herzig

Episode 2

Bambi

Bambi and Ray eating together

Ratigan riding bambi at one point

Bambi meeting Ratigan

Bambi in the remains of the other raptors

Ratigan standing on Bambis head, pointing one paw: ONWARDS, Waverider in the background, Ray and Mick screaming of screen “Come back you little shits!”, “Join the Legends of Tomorrow” text above, “Save the Timeline” underneath, think like an old style Soviet propaganda poster, Waverider in the background, Ratigan and Bambi up front, “Join the Legends of Tomorrow” text above, “Save the Timeline” underneath

Coldwave song idea- Whispers by Dave Baxter)

Angel with a shotgun (for song choices)

gregorian monks chanting modern songs?

Pull the monks from Monty Python

For Ray: “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts”

Gregorian version of “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”

“I walk a lonely road” = Ray having a moment

We are the monks from the Galavant soundtrack

I’m a different kind of princess from the galavant soundtrack for Sara

Mick telling Jax to fly because he’s already had whiskey

Jax and Stein in the infirmary

More of Kendra’s incarnation’s story

Hotblooded for Mick

Fireball

arsonist’s lullaby

Sir Patrick Stewart played the Lionheart once

coldwave - fate don’t know you by desi valentine

a version of friar tuck as one of the monks

Jurassic Park theme

Jon Bernthal’s character would be good for Peter

“Istanbul not Constantinople” by They Might Be Giants

“Jerusalem of Gold” by Ofra Haza

“Lanercost” by Steeleye Span

Episode 3

Ginnifer Goodwin as Nancy wake?

Melanie Lynskey for Nancy

Amaya and Sara’s conversations

The moment where Nate shouts “NANCY WAKE?!?”

le temps des cerises europa

fanart of that fight scene with everyone

Edith Piaf

Europa by Globus

“Le Temps des Cerises”

“La Vie En Rose” by Edith Piaf

In the Mood" by Glen Miller

la marsaillaise by edith piaf

The jukebox version of Seven Nation Army

Sentimental Journey by Doris Day for Amaya

Cover of paper planes done in a '40s style by jukebox

Hitler Has Only Got One Ball to the Colonel Bogey’s March

Nancy Wake’s song is Witness by Mindless Self Indulgence

Episode 4

Watch Your Back by Sam Tinnesz for the second half with Eobard

Fanart of the moment Eo brings back Laurel

Sara and Laurel in the med bay

Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, possibly some ominous cover version, for the villains’ evil wall related schemes

Sara and Eobard drinking together

Every Breath You Take by Chase Holfeder. He does great minor covers of songs in major keys

99 Luftballoons by Nena

Something with Stein giving Marty his talking to, in the middle of the crowds in Berlin

Kim Weston – You hit Me Where It Hurts

The Ramones – Never Should Have Opened That Door

It’s So Easy when you’re evil

Rotten to the Core Disney movie descendants

When You’re Evil" by Voltaire for the Legion

Episode 5

Faroese Valravn or German Faun’s music

Mick Rory with the viking horns

Lisa

Wagner

Gunlod singing at the battle

ride of the valkyries

Looking too Closely by Fink for the end

Faun’s Walpurgisnacht would fit

fanart (gifset if possible) of Jax and Gunlod, being all flirty

Valravn has a version of Drømte mig en drøm

Jakob Oftebro for King Sweyn

Never Forget by Greta Salome

the fires

Mick headbutting the viking with his horned helmet

Paprika Steen or Hella Joof for Adisla

everybody talking to Lisa about their memories of Len, like one of those pics, with the bonfire and everyone around it, in the centre of the page, and then everyone’s memories in a circle around it

Eivør Pálsdóttir for Gunlød

“For the Love of a Princess "James Horner https://youtu.be/fckH2P0KK14

Episode 6

Uh, all of it

fancasts for our robot gangster

brent spiner

THE VOICE OF K2-SO whatshisname

Alan Tudyk

James Spader

we should just have ALL the famous robot actors hanging out

C3PO too

R2D2 and BB8

something frank sinatra

mission impossible theme

Robot Parade

"Mr Roboto”

A mix of Mission Impossible and the LoT theme

There’s a french revolution documentary with a song called rise of robespierre that sounds very steampunk and mechanical

Mick in his fireman clothes

the song from anything goes where she’s singing about her gangsters

Lisa kneeing Ray in the balls? like, I love Ray

like, every moment of lisa

“Weird Science” for the Stein/Dr Metcalf argument by Oingo Bongo

The Last of the Real Ones by FOB

Episode 7

Cisco getting thumbs up from Felicity and Winn when Lisa winks at him as she’s walking off

X-files theme somewhere along the way

seven nation army the original version would be good there

“Space Girl” for all the girls

salute by little mix for the girls

“Science Fiction Double Feature”

Episode 8

it’s a kind of magic

Lupita Nyong'o for Queen Bee

Magic Man" by Heart

Angela Basset

Taraji P Henson

viola davis

jada pinkett smith

Constantine interacting with the Legends

Something with the legends standing outside Zatanna’s place, looking frustrated at her “I’m not here” sign

Episode 9

Mick and Georgie, anything and everything with them

Is Anybody There from 1776

One of those things that fly across your dash with Ray and his rocket boot

Battle of Yorktown

fanart of that first confrontation when they meet Rip for the first time

Fanart of Washington’s ridiculous height

Georgie and Mick towering over everyone

Sara realising she just knocked back Martha’s eggnog and is actually talking to George Washington

Joke suggestion for Rip: I knew you were trouble, Taylor Swift

For Georgie storyarc, the Too Late to Apologize cover

mama look sharp from 1776

for Mick and Len and the hallucination arc, “Drumming Song” Florence and the Machine

“White Rabbit” Jefferson Airplane for Ray’s shrinking arc

"The Battle of New Orleans"

Episode 10

black sails intro

pirates OST

Ray’s costume trials need “Sharp dressed man”

There’s a lovely cover by Jo Dee Messina

“Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life for Me”

Wolves of the Sea by Pirates of the Sea, the Eurovision version

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag music

I’m a Modern Major General for Stein in disguise

Heroes by Måns Zelmerlöw for the legends at some point in some episode

Ray’s montage fanart

something from crouching tiger hidden dragon maybe

Ray dressing as blue beetle and everyone looking thoroughly unimpressed

Ray trying to be Cold, and Mick of taking back the cold gun

Mick and Ray arguing about pirates vs ninjas and Len in the back, very very frustrated

Fanart of what would happen if Len COULD change outfits at will, mick looks over and has to try not laughing if len could change outfits, Len shows up in a terrible pirate outfit, Mick spit-takes, Ray says “we have to re-shoot that”, Sara (from offscreen): “Where did you even GET that?”

Ming-Na Wen for Ching, Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Fan Bingbing

Episode 11

Mick in shorts

“Down Under” by Men at Work, maybe for the sequence where Mick is being mistaken for an Aussie

fanart of that scene and also of everybody in their clothes

Everybody Wants To Rule the World by Tears for Fears

all the bad fashion

lost boys soundtrack

fanart of the intro scene of bby Mick and Len

people are strange by the doors; don’t cry little sister

Weird Al’s “Smells Like Nirvana” for the section that goes

we didn’t start the fire

Ngaire - Keisha Castle-Hughes

Episode 12

the alien theme

Sort of atmospheric background music

skittering noises

Space Girl

Ziggy Stardust

Lost in Space theme

Thus Spake Zarathusa

cold as ice for Len

AIDA from Agents of Shield in part inspired Grace, but she’s not the fancast

major tom

sigourney weaver as the engineer

for fanfic, something about Mick as Chronos, or Rip and Miranda hearing the story of the Mosaic

The moment with the Captain is saving Mick

Len and Gideon

The ghost behind Sara, and of Medusa!Grace

scaredy cat Stein

Sara and Mick sharing the quiet moment next to the graves

From Space girl: “Travelled through the time warp in the Psycho Plan”

Len shouting at Mick not to go on the other ship

Episode 13

Some ironic/dark use of something from the Evita musical

Don’t cry for me, Argentina

Mercedes Sosa

Solo le pido a dios

Churros. Any pic set of this episode must include churros.

Saved the world by eurythimics

copa la vida by ricky martin, maybe for the sequence with the soccer reference

under my umbrella aka, “Bus Stop” by the Hollies

The Legion surrounded by umbrellas

when Mick and the others are in the bakery

Fanart of Len, Thawne and Dahrk replicating the Singing In The Rain poster

Episode 14

fanart of Amaya dancing while Jax looks on like a proud brother

Greensleeves

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry

Pasttime in Good Company

Brian Blessed

Eric Bana

Sean Astin

Mick sitting alone in the garden with his lighter while len looks at him sadly

the globe burning

Sara dancing with Henry, and amaya in the back like….oh shit

Burning Down The House

Talking Heads

Royals by Lorde

Sons of Serendip

Fanart of Sara and Amaya trying to get dressed

Natalie Dormer as Ann, Natalie Portman

prison themed music for the dungeon scene

Johnny Cash

lone blues harmonica

Mood board for henry and anne (+sara)

Episode 15

New york new york

All the old Irish songs about New York

Streets of New York

Pogues and Flogging Molly

Wolfe Tones

the legion in their “hq”

Queen Been in a barbershop chair

Amaya carrying Sara with spirit wings behind her.

Legion!Len being pissed at racists

Some dramatic baroque-layout style picture of the mob about to start, and the only points of colour in the pic are Sara, Amaya, and Darhk

Lily fanart

her and Rip working together to guide the team from the Waverider

Stein helping a tiny Lily make her first atom model

Episode 16

annoying game show background music

A montage set to the actual Legends of the Hidden Temple, or art with the Legends and Legion wearing those dorky outfits

Benny Hill theme song

The Chicken Dance song played in slow mo

theme from Gremlins

Someone who does podcasts needs to do some lines from the announcers

Fanart of the renegades first appearance

Fan art of affronted Mick and Len

Those (song) in Minor Key posts, Maybe the Benny Hill theme in minor key for dramatic parts

Stephen Fry would probably be perfect for Ethelred

Some of the challenges in the labyrinth should come with really annoying early computer game sounds

Art of the game in the style of one of those old crappy text RPGs and at one point, there’s a sign off to the side that says “don’t go this way - you will be eaten by a grue”

The whole Legends in The Future, yelling at a computer

16 or 32-bit version of the characters

in the year 2525 (song)

Episode 17

it's gotta be cassette quality 90's music

Green Day

Aqua barbie girl

drunk Legends

Spice Girls

lots of Madonna and Prince and Maria Carey

Jax and Jessica duke it out at the whack a mole

all the home alone sequences

Sound of Silence for the “Hello Darhk-ness my old friend” part

O!Len realising L!Len can see him

Jessica - Gina Rodriguez

“I put a spell on you” for the final sequence with Queen Bee

Any Jax/Jessica photoset would need their respective dolls

Episode 18

music rec: we will rock you. Nothing else will do for Sara’s gladiator appearance

the woman who played Lucilla in Gladiator for Fulvia

Centuries

Marc Antony, the guy who played him in Rome did it

Is Anybody There from 1776 musical

Rome, Spartacus, The Gladiator soundtracks

Sara fighting Darhk

EVERYONE in ancient Rome outfits

Legionnaire!Len

Kendra and Fulvia, lounging on their seats

Legion!Len in his toga

Having scenes from this episode using dialogue from Life Of Brian.

Kendra in Rome getup

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Episode 19

Camelot from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Len’s ice ramp

Old school superhero comic style fan art of the knights

Joan (song)

everyone dressed up for dinner

Mick and Mordred

Colin Farrell for Jason Blood

Merlin - Taika Waititi

Eva Green for Morgana

Sofia Boutella for Nimue

Ivana Baquero ystina

Faun's Tanz mit mir for the party scene

Doomworld 1 & 2

crossover fan art of a certain Victor von Doom being angry with the Legion

It’s the End of the World as We Know It

Eurythmics "Sweet dreams are made of this"

Walking on the Ground

for Batman, Batfleck, Jason O’Mara

B: TAS theme

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny"

Nathan Fillion - Hal

Don’t Mess With Me by Temposhark

Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" by Cage the Elephant

Ted - Danny Pudi

Everyone decked out in their doomworld versions

The fight between Mick, L!Len, and then the lanterns show up

all by myself to be playing in the background at the very end when Mick is left alone

Land of Confusion by Genesis, or the Disturbia version

Uprising by Muse

Believer by Imagine Dragons

Last Episode

Fan art of Bambi leaping joyfully into Ray’s arms

A gif set of Mick and Len hugging

fanart, specifically, of Ray and Bambi skipping through a field of flowers towards each other as “So Happy Together” plays in the background

everyone hugging Len, then Len and Mick hugging

A sweet piece of Sara and Laurel talking through the inter-dimensional skype

O!Len holding the spear, with the team in the back yelling at him not to do it

The sequence where the jump ship explodes in the middle of the time stream

we are the champions

Legendary

#episode #suggestions #recap #submission

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owlways-and-forever · 7 years

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A/N: Alright guys, here we go, another update, finally. Thank you all so much for bearing with me the last few months and waiting for this next update. I can't promise when the next update is going to be, but I'm going to try my very best not to let the updates lapse for more than a month. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, as I enjoyed writing it.

ALSO PLEASE GO CHECK OUT THE NEW BLOG FOR THIS UNIVERSE @thosemarauderboys. You can find fancasts of the characters (including OCs) to see what I imagine them looking like, plus fun facts about them, and I’m trying to update with like, images and stuff as well.

Read the previous chapters at the links below, on ff.net, or ao3.

Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 4, Ch 5, Ch 6, Ch 7, Ch 8, Ch 9, Ch 10, Ch 11,Ch 12, Ch 13, Ch 14, Ch 15, Ch 16, Ch 17, Ch 18, Ch 19, Ch 20, Ch 21

Ch 22: Sirius’ Remark

"Did you hear those third years talking about their house elves?" James said as the four boys sat down for breakfast in the Great Hall.

"Do people really treat their house elves like that?" Peter asked timidly, and he gave a little shudder. "Daily floggings and such?"

"My family doesn't," James replied, puffing his chest out with pride. "Septimia took care of me when I was a baby – she's my friend. I've never seen Father beat her, and I wouldn't let him if I did."

His eyes blazed defiantly as he looked around at his friends, but none of them questioned him. Sirius' cheeks flushed slightly but none of the other boys noticed.

"I think the whole practice is disgusting," Remus said quietly, pushing his beans around on his plate.

"Why?" Sirius asked, speaking at last.

"It's slavery," Remus answered, looking at Sirius like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But they're not even human," Sirius argued, and James and Remus both furrowed their brows.

"So?" Remus challenged.

"So they're inferior!" Sirius asserted. "House elves, giants, merpeople, werewolves, goblins – I'm surprised we don't make more of them work."

"They still have rights!" Remus replied hotly, his cheeks flaming.

"The right to exist, maybe," Sirius scoffed. "Though I wish Kreacher wouldn't."

Remus stared at him with his mouth agape and his eyes bright with fury. James was looking at Sirius like he'd never seen him before, and Peter scooted slightly father away from him at the bench, as though he were afraid his views might be contagious. Remus shoved away from the table, grabbing his bag and swinging it violently over his shoulder. He stalked off without another word, though even from behind you could see that the tips of his ears were red and his body was practically vibrating with rage. James flashed Sirius a dirty look as he shoved a stray book back into his bag and stood up, grabbing a piece of toast that was topped with beans.

"That's not okay, mate," he said to Sirius, and then turned and followed Remus out.

Peter resumed eating his breakfast in silence, but Sirius felt as though the food he had been eating had turned to ash, and he pushed his plate away, staring at his hands in his lap. He felt like he had monumentally messed up, but he didn't understand. He had never heard anything else, not from anyone in his family, not even Andromeda. He felt confused and angry with himself and angry with his friends.

"Come on," Peter said quietly, not making eye contact, "we don't want to be late for McGonagall's class."

Sirius grabbed his bag and stood with Peter, and the two of them made their way to transfiguration in silence.

Neither James nor Remus acknowledged Sirius for the rest of the day, and Peter only spoke to him when absolutely necessary. But the time dinner was over, Sirius felt alone and very unhappy. Back in the Gryffindor common room, he sat at a table in the back corner writing a letter to Andromeda. A second year girl with tanned kin and dark hair sat across from him and took her books and a roll of parchment out of her bag. Sirius watched her curiously, surprised that she hadn't said anything to him. After a few minutes, she noticed him staring at her, and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Can I help you?" she asked, all sass.

"You didn't ask if it was alright to sit her," he answered, and she snorted out a laugh at his response.

"I'm a second year," she explained, "and you're only a first."

"What if I was waiting for my friends to come over?"

"Your friends are over there," she answered, shrugging and jerking her head in the direction of James, Remus and Peter. "Don't know what happened but it seems like they don't want to sit with you today."

"Why don't you have your own friends to sit with?" he said, eyes narrowing.

'Tristan is in Hufflepuff and Emmeline is at quidditch practice," she replied with another shrug, begin to scratch out her homework on the parchment in front of her. "Benjy is alright, but he can be kind of annoying to do homework with, he's just so smart."

"Oh," he said, not sure what more to say.

"Marlene, by the way," she offered, without looking up at him.

"I'm Sirius," he echoed, but he turned to look at his friends, who were laughing at some joke.

"So what happened?" Marlene asked, raising her eyebrows, though she kept her eyes focused on her work.

"Its…" Sirius began, not sure how to tell her the story without alienating yet another person. He found, however, that once he started, he couldn't seem to stop, needing to get everything out of his system. Marlene listened without interruption, and her face was unreadable the whole way through. When he finally fell quiet, she said nothing at first, the scratching of her quill filling the silence between them, but when she reached the end of the roll, she laid it down and looked up at him, fingers clasped on the table in front of her.

"You're a Black, right?" she considered, and her voice held no trace of accusation much to his surprise. "That's one of those old wizarding families?"

"Yes," he answered sullenly.

"I'm guessing that's the attitude your family takes?" she questioned, and he nodded in response.

"It's not like I think we should beat them all left and right," Sirius argued. "Well, Kreacher deserves his punishments, but only because he's horrid! But if they're doing a good job…"

"What you said, about non-human species being inferior," Marlene frowned at him, "its, well, it's a very old world kind of view. I'm not surprised that it's what you've been brought up to think, a lot of old, traditional pureblood families still believe that. But things are changing, and a lot of people think that those old families are out of touch. House elves, merpeople… they're sentient beings, Sirius, they have social structures and relationships, and they're like us in so many ways. Just because they look different or speak different languages or have different kinds of magic, it doesn't make them inferior to us. They think and speak and feel, just like us. They're not animals."

"How do I fix it?" he asked, with another glance toward his friends.

"Well for starters, you need to actually understand and believe what I've just told you," she answered. "You should read some of the debates about what defines a beast and a being, and see what you think. And then you need to apologize to them, explain that your ignorance led you to make a highly offensive statement, but that you want to become more educated on the subject."

"Okay," Sirius agreed, and he began shoving his belongings into his bag. "Thank you, Marlene."

"Where are you going?" she asked him, and he stood and grabbed his bag.

"The library!" he answered, somewhat excitedly. "I've got a lot of reading to do."

She laughed as he hurried away through the portrait hole. Sirius spent hours scouring the library for everything he could find about the rights of beings and beasts, and once he had a stack that was piled above his head, he found himself a table, and began to pour through the documents. When curfew arrived, he checked out as many of the books as Madam Pince would allow, and he settled himself in a chair by the fireplace, reading until he fell asleep, and then jolting himself awake and reading some more.

Peter was the one who found him in the morning, sometime around 6am, before anyone else had come down for breakfast. He shook Sirius awake, and as Sirius blinked the sleep from his eyes, he saw Peter's gaze scan over the books that had fallen from Sirius' grasp while he dozed.

"Come on, you should change before breakfast," Peter said quietly, and Sirius stood and stretched his arms high above his head.

"No, I should wait until the others have gone down to the Great Hall," Sirius answered in a dejected voice, "they won't want to see me."

"Oh stop, just apologize and it'll be fine. You're not the world's worst monster or anything, you're just ignorant, so just get over yourself," Peter huffed, crossing his arms.

His words took Sirius by surprise, and he was refreshingly startled by the suggestion that maybe he was not a horrible failure of a person, though he knew his family would strongly disagree. With Peter's encouragement, Sirius marched up the stairs and into the dormitory, where Remus was already knotting his tie and James was just stirring from sleep, his hair even messier than it was after he tried to comb it. He cleared his throat carefully, and Remus looked up quickly before returning to the task of properly doing up his tie, but James fixed his dark eyes on Sirius and didn't look away.

"I just... I wanted to say that I'm sorry," Sirius said, his eyes fixed on the floor as he spoke. "I'm an idiot and I don't know anything about what I'm talking about, and it was an incredibly stupid thing to say, I know that now, and I'm trying to learn more to better myself and to improve my outlook on the world."

He thought it sounded quite eloquent in the end, rather better than the bumbling apology that he thought would spill out, and if he hadn't been so worried that it wouldn't be enough, he would probably be very proud of himself.

"Well, I think that's about as fair as you can get," James replied, standing from his bed and clapping Sirius once on the back as he walked toward the bathroom they shared.

Sirius gave him a weak smile, a little bit of relief settling in his gut. He glanced up at Remus, but the other boy was still not looking at him, now focused on pulling his shoes on, though he was trying to put them on the wrong feet, which was Sirius' only indication that he had heard and been at least a little bit affected by his words.

"Other way round, mate," he offered helpfully as he sat down on the edge of his four poster, which was settled in between Remus and James' beds.

He reached into his trunk and pulled out a fresh uniform, tugging off the clothes he had slept in and replacing them with clean ones. He ran one hand carelessly through his curls, glancing in the mirror he had placed on his nightstand to make sure that his hair lay just right. Never let them see you cry, that's what his father always said, always look your best, even if you feel your worst. It was, perhaps, one of the few things Sirius and his father agreed on - displaying your vulnerability made you a target, but if you look like you own the world, well then you probably will.

Throughout the whole day, things between Sirius and James returned to normal, joking and laughing and occasionally mocking Snivellus, but Sirius couldn't help the lead knot in his stomach every time he looked at Remus, who still had not said so much as a word to him. Remus' silence felt moderately less hateful, instead more... moderately chilly, but Sirius still wished his friend would forgive him. It wasn't until the four of them sat on the sofas by the fire later that night and Sirius pulled out one of the books from the library that Remus finally spoke.

"Is that - is that a book about werewolf rights?" he asked, not at all hiding the surprise in his voice.

"Yeah, I... I thought I should become more educated before I talk about things like this," Sirius answered, studying Remus' face.

"And what do you think now, having read more about werewolves?" Remus questioned, and Sirius could hear in its tone that it was a loaded question, but there was more too, a kind of thinly veiled contempt that Sirius couldn't quite understand.

"I think it's a complicated issue," Sirius replied, choosing his words carefully. "I mean, int he case of werewolves, they are dangerous, when they're transformed, so you need to have certain precautions in place. But they're also people, normal wizards like you and me, ninety-nine percent of the time, and they deserve to have the same freedoms, the same place in society, and not be thought of as monsters."

"That's quite the change from yesterday," Remus noted, but his voice sounded more optimistic than before.

"I've learned a lot since yesterday," Sirius answered, locking his eyes on Remus and trying to convey through them all the sincerity in his statement.

"Okay," Remus said, with a slight smile, and Sirius felt something click into place.

He knew in that moment that they were okay, that he was forgiven, at least for this transgression, and that things with his friends could go back to normal. But he also knew that he couldn't become complacent. His conversation with Marlene the night before had enlightened him to how much his family had taught him that he needed to unlearn, and it was a process that would take time and effort. But Sirius knew that he wanted that, to cast off every last vestige of his family's bile and become his own person with his own views, and so, instead of joining James in a game of Exploding Snap, he picked up his book again and he continued to read.

#hp ff #hp fic #marauders fic #marauders ff #marauders #better together #btmt #sirius black #remus lupin #james potter #peter pettigrew #sidenote i know that at @thosemarauderboys i changed the fancast for james to dev patel #but i am very lazy and i dont really feel like making a new [shitty] header rn #but im hoping that @ginnyweasiee will be able to do some chapter edits for this story soon #and also maybe make me a new and much better header #gen writes

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Severus Snape fandom survey results

This is long so I’m putting it under the cut.

The survey received 329 responses. It was made up of two sections. The first section had six questions which dealt with the demographic structure of the fandom. The second section had twenty-four questions dealing with fandom and life experiences.

Starting with the closed ended questions:

1. Where do you come from?

There were so many different responses from all (inhabited) continents that I’m just going to list the top 5.

USA 46%

UK 9%

Germany 7%

Australia 3%

Brazil 3%

2. What is your religion?

Again we’re going to do the top 5 because there were so many religions.

Christianity 30%

Non-religious 21%

Atheism 16%

Agnosticism 10%

Islam 5%

3. What is your race?

White 71%

Black 4%

Asian 8%

Latinx 5%

Mixed race 7%

Middle Eastern/Arab 1%

Indigenous people 1%

N/A 3%

4. What is your gender?

Cisgender female 74.5%

Cisgender male 1.5%

Transgender female 4.6%

Transgender male 4.6%

Non binary individual 9.7%

Other 5.2% *

*The percentages are affected once we go into the ‘Other’ answers but I’m not comfortable forcing a label on someone

5. What is your sexual orientation?

Heterosexuality 31.6%

Homosexuality 7%

Bisexuality 28.3%

Pansexuality 12.2%

Asexuality 16.7%

Polysexuality 0.9%

Other 3.3%*

*percentages change when the ‘Other’ answers are looked into usually increasing the number of LBGTQIAP+ members

6. What is your romantic orientation?

Heteroromantic 34.7%

Homoromantic 8.8 %

Biromantic 27.1%

Panromantic 15.8%

Aromantic 5.5%

Polyromantic 3.6%

Other 4.6%*

*percentages change when the ‘Other’ answers are looked into usually increasing the number of LBGTQIAP+ members

I would like to take this moment to apologise for neglecting Intersex and Omnisexual and Omniromantic members of our fandom. We’ll do better next time.

7. What is your Hogwarts House?

Slytherin 51.1%

Gryffindor 9.7%

Ravenclaw 24%

Hufflepuff 15.2%

8. What is your favourite Harry Potter book?

Half-blood Prince 36.5%

Prisoner of Azkaban 21%

Order of Phoenix 12.2%

Deathly Hallows 12.2%

Goblet of Fire 9.4%

Chamber of Secrets 4.6%

Philosopher’s Stone 4.3%

Do you suffer from a type of mental illness?

Yes 53.8%

No 36.8%

Other 9.4%*

*answers include having mental illness in the past, detailing specific mental health issues, being undiagnosed, currently recovering or having recovered from mental illness, and being not quite sure.

9. Do you face discrimination for who you are?

Yes 53.8%

No 34.3%

Other 11.9%*

*answers submitted include facing discrimination sometimes, occasionally, or rarely, describing prejudices encountered, being able to pass, facing discrimination in the past but not currently, and being unsure.

10. How would you describe yourself in terms of economic class?

Middle class 71.7%

Lower class 23.7%

Upper class 2.1%

Other 2.4%*

*responses include between middle and lower class, below the poverty line, poor, and upper middle class.

11. Have you survived trauma?

Yes 55.9%

No 39.2%

Other 4.9%*

*answers include bullying, loss of loved ones, abuse, sexual assault, loved ones going through trauma, mental illness, poverty, domestic violence, and uncertainty.

12. If you have survived trauma, did it contribute to your love for Severus Snape?

Before we start, for a while I made this question mandatory to answer by accident and I only noticed a few days later so some of the people who answered ‘no’ in the previous question likely answered ‘no’ here too. Keep that in mind.

Yes 50%

No 38.3%

Other 11.7%*

*replies include it contributes to some extent, fans relating to him particularly his losses and his isolation, it helped fans understand him better, it added to the love they already had for him, and fans being undecided.

13. Has Severus Snape helped you in any way in dealing with your trauma, discrimination and/or mental illness?

Once again this question was mandatory when it shouldn’t have been.

Yes 59.9%

No 33.4%

Other 6.7%*

*answers include the question not being applicable, Severus helped them understand themselves, never occurred to them before, he possibly helped, and he helped some cope with high school, work, etc.

14. Who do you ship Severus Snape with?

Lily Evans 32.5%

No one 25.8%

Harry Potter 19.1%

Hermione Granger 28.3%

Remus Lupin 17.9%

Lucius Malfoy 14.3%

Sirius Black 9.1%

Albus Dumbledore 7.3%

Minerva McGonagall 5.8%

Draco Malfoy 2.7%

Other 27.4%*

*Other characters include: Regulus Black, Severus Snape/fan, Severus Snape/happiness, Original characters, older versions of Harry and Hermione, James Potter, Barty Crouch jr, Mad Eye Moody, Arthur Weasley, Rebeus Hagrid, Narcissa Malfoy, any slash pairing, anyone who would love him, Severus Snape/reader, and Kingsley Shacklebolt.

15. What other characters do you love besides Severus Snape?

None 2.4%

Harry Potter 44.1%

Hermione Granger 58.1%

Ron Weasley 30.7%

Draco Malfoy 36.2%

Lucius Malfoy 23.4%

Remus Lupin 47.1%

Albus Dumbledore 23.4%

Sirius Black 28.6%

James Potter 4%

Ginny Weasley 22.2%

Fred Weasley 43.2%

George Weasley 42.9%

Molly Weasley 28.3%

Arthur Weasley 22.8%

Minerva McGonagall 58.1%

Neville Longbottom 41.6%

Luna Lovegood 62%

Other 25.5%*

*Other characters include: Lily Evans, Percy Weasley, Gilderoy Lockhart, Dobby, Sybill Trelawney, Andromeda Tonks, Kreacher, Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Hedwig, Rebeus Hagrid, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Aberforth Dumbledore, Narcissa Malfoy, Filius Flitwick, Fleur Delacour, Barty Crouch Jr, Blaise Zabini, Newt Scamander, Queenie Goldstein, Jacob Kowalski, Dolores Umbridge, Lavender Brown, and Bellatrix Lestrange.

16. Have you read Cursed Child?

Yes 56.2%

No 43.8%

17. If yes, did you enjoy it?

Another question where I didn’t make it optional from the beginning so the percentages are affected.

Yes 40.8%

No 27.6%

Other 31.6%*

*answers include people not having read it, unsure of how they feel about it, kind of liked it, mostly liked it, only enjoyed Severus’ parts, found it unintentionally funny, enjoyed some parts but not others, and ‘meh’.

18. Are you active in the Severus Snape fandom?

Yes 29.2%

No 15.5%

I try to be 47.4%

Other 7.9%*

*answers include following blogs but not posting anything/lurking, making fanworks, not active but wanting to be, leaving comments on fics and reblogging posts, not anymore, and not active but planning to be.

19. Are you part of another fandom?

Yes 82.4%

No 12.8%

Other 4.9*

*answers include people posting the fandoms they’re in (interestingly Game of Thrones and Sherlock Holmes show up a lot), and Harry Potter fandom in general.

20. Would you say that fandom hate affects your engagement with the Severus Snape fandom?

Yes 48.6%

No 43.5%

Other 7.9%*

*answers include it makes some want to engage with the Severus Snape fandom more, somewhat affects, sometimes affects, takes time and effort away from sharing love and ideas, leads to avoiding or ignoring haters, used to but anymore, and leads to worrying about attacks.

Now for the open ended questions:

21. What traits do you value the most?

Common responses were honesty, intelligence, loyalty, kindness and courage, with most of answers having a variation of these four. Other responses include humour, ambition, social justice awareness, hard work, creativity, resourcefulness and reliability.

I find it interesting that Severus Snape shares some of these traits.

22. How old were you when you first read Harry Potter?

Majority of the responders were between the age of 10- 20. A significant number were below the age of 10. There were a quite a number of people over the age of 30. The oldest responder was in their 50s. A few couldn’t remember the exact age. The average age was 13 years old.

23. How old were you when you first realised you liked Severus Snape?

The aim of this question is to know the average amount of time it took for fans to become attached to Severus Snape. On average, it took 3 years. The mode was 2 years. Take into account the years between book releases, individuals taking time to finish the books and Severus’ character before the Prince’s Tale.

24. What do you like about Severus Snape?

Many of you said everything. Common answers include his wit, honesty, resilience, loyalty, courage, intelligence, perseverance, complexity, and redemption. Inversely some have said they liked his temper, bitterness, insecurities, coldness towards others, pettiness, lack of hygiene, and physical unattractiveness. Hilariously, someone referred to him as Walter White in reverse as he is first a spy who is forced to take a Chemistry like job as part of his cover. His backstory was another thing that attracted fans particularly his history of being bullied and abused.

25. What do you dislike about Severus Snape?

Many said nothing. Common answers include his treatment of his students, ill temper, harshness, pettiness, inability to move on from his past, lack of relationship with others, and immaturity. That he joined Death Eaters is a response that showed up a handful of times. Some of the answers were basically saying it was annoying that he died. Quite a few felt J K Rowling didn’t really do much in terms of his redemption. Others felt he was too loyal to Dumbledore and Lily. Funny answers include that he didn’t destroy Umbridge, the creepy jars of pickled animals in his office, that he died at all, he isn’t real (many have also that if he were real they would get into fist fights with him).

26. How do you see Severus Snape in your head?

The responses were very varied so first I’ll list the most frequent features, orientations and other headcanons. First majority saw him as Alan Rickman, sometimes tweaked in terms of age, size and orientation, etc. Adrian Brody, Shazad Latif and Adam Driver are other fancasts. Features that recurred include tall, skinny (or in that range), not conventionally attractive, greasy hair, gaunt face, black eyes, and hooked nose. The fandom also saw him as average to short with medium length hair, and dexterous fingers. As for race, majority saw him as white but a substantial portion of the fandom had nonwhite headcanons specifically Arab, Jewish, Asian, and Rromani.

The sexual orientations were also varied with asexuality in the lead followed by bisexuality, heterosexuality, pansexuality and homosexuality. Romantic orientations mentioned the most are demiromantic, biromantic, homoromantic and panromantic. Gender headcanons weren’t specified often but non binary genders had an edge with a significant number of responders seeing her as a trans woman. There were also intersex headcanons.

Many answers comprised of behavior and mental health headcanons with most seeing him at least mentally unhealthy. Depression and PTSD were mentioned regularly. A sizeable part of the fandom disagreed with commonly held headcanons. They felt Severus’ ethnic features (large, hooked nose, oily hair and skin tone) were not inherently ugly. They also felt that he was not unhygienic as he wasn’t described with bad body odour. Also I saw more facial hair headcanons than I expected.

27. What is Severus Snape’s most iconic moment?

The most iconic moment by a margin was ‘Always.’ ‘Turn to page 394’ and the patronus were second and third. A list of other iconic moments include:

The scene in Prisoner of Azkaban with the trio and werewolf Lupin.

‘Obviously.’

The Half Blood Prince

Killing Dumbledore (especially the ‘Snape killed Dumbledore’ meme)

His death

‘DON’T CALL ME A COWARD’

The duel with Lockhart

First Potions class

Revealing the Dark Mark to Fudge

28. How does hatred towards Severus Snape in the Harry Potter fandom make you feel?

This is admittedly one of the two most important questions in the survey. I’ll explain in a separate post why but let’s get to it. The fandom felt annoyed, sad, angry, upset, disgusted, and frustrated. A lot of the hate seemed to hurt the fandom. Some of the responses were longer and gave more details such as feelings towards victim blaming, actions blown out of proportions, more attractive characters being given leeway in comparison, canon facts being twisted and fanon being treated as canon. A fraction of the fandom was indifferent.

29. What would you like to see more of the Severus Snape fandom?

Replies include more

fanworks in general