"why can't they just be friends" not in the homophobic way but in the "their platonic relationship in the source material is far more dynamic and complex than the sanitized personalities they gain as a result of shipping" way
(also, hi everyone. Nothing can keep me away from a TS album release on tumblr lol. I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to answer most of my asks/dms right now, but please know that I have read them and appreciate your kindness so very much. Also appreciate that you’re not asking for updates, but I will let you know that I have been working on TLE, it’s slow going on account of life stuff but not abandoned and I’m excited to share the final chapters with you when they’re ready. Much love ❤️)
I can picture Lily yelling “but daddy I love him” to Snape about James and I just needed you to know that
ok setting aside the fact that Snape would literally never recover if Lily called him daddy…the idea of 7th year Lily telling Snape she’s having James’s baby, followed up by “no I’m not but you should see your face” is fucking hilarious.
i'm genuinely having so much fun writing a jock protagonist. can't believe i never tried this before. all these years i've been limiting myself needlessly
if you got an additional line of income that guaranteed your basic needs would be met, (notes below)
notes:
- the money can come from whatever source you'd like to imagine. UBI, sugar daddy, magically delivered in unmarked bills onto your dining table overnight by elves, blackmailing jeff bezos, wherever
- it will keep coming indefinitely
- basic needs: housing, food, medical care, clothes, a bit of disposable income, etc. You would not be rich, but you would have enough. It will rise with inflation and such, to have the same purchasing power as before, and will cover you and your dependents
- any money you earn at your job (or anywhere) is on top of the basic needs money. How much you get is not affected by how much you make elsewhere
- vacation doesn’t necessarily mean you go anywhere; you just don't need to go to work
There's a bunch of adhd advice out there that's like "people with adhd tend to work better under deadlines due to the anxiety so here are ways to artificially induce a stress response in order to get you to get work done" and it's like well what if I don't want to be stressed out all the time in order to function