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greghatecrimes · 9 months

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PPTH Gang + What I Think They’d Order At Starbucks, brought to you in incredible and unnecessarily extra detail by a very tired barista!

House: Black eye (black coffee with two shots of espresso), adds his own cream and sugar very sparingly. Occasionally when he’s alone he orders a Caramel Ribbon Crunch frap (guilty pleasure).

Wilson: Grande hot latte with soy milk. He used to order the “skinny vanilla” (latte with skim milk and sugar free vanilla) but stopped because House made fun of him for ordering the white mom drink.

Cuddy: This woman will drink any kind of coffee she can get her hands on in the morning. Even really, really shitty coffee. She just needs something to get through the day. But if she’s got time for Starbucks, I know she’s absolutely getting a tall Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso with two extra shots of espresso (four total). (That is a lot of espresso for a small drink and she needs all of it). She looks so stressed out that the barista draws a smiley face or a star next to her name on the cup, or writes “have a great day!”

Cameron: The Taylor Swift latte. Grande skim latte with caramel. She’s a basic bitch but she knows what she likes, good for her! In the fall she’s 100% a pumpkin spice latte girl and she probably also has the date written on her calendar for when Peppermint Mochas come back in the winter. When asked her name: “It’s Allie, A-L-L-I-E. Thanks!” automatically spells it out to make the barista’s life 3x easier.

Chase: Cameron orders for him because Chase has no idea what the names for anything are. Also likes a good Peppermint Mocha around Christmas (Cameron got him hooked; he stops drinking them after the divorce). Rest of the year he goes for an Americano, iced or hot, with almond milk. His Starbucks name is Bob, which never fails to make Cameron laugh. (Now I’m imagining putting that order out and yelling “ICED AMERICANO FOR BOB!” into a busy cafe and Chase standing there cluelessly like “who? me?” until Cameron nudges him, and I’m laughing my ass off)

Foreman: Regular, plain ol’ black coffee, any kind of dark roast. He adds his own cream very liberally but isn’t a fan of sugar in his coffee.

Thirteen: I spent way too much time thinking of the perfect thing for her. If she just gets coffee at work, just regular decaf coffee is fine. The bitter taste wakes her up since there’s no caffeine. If she wants a nice coffee, I think she’d like a decaf Doppio (two shots of espresso) with a bit of almond milk, one pump of vanilla, and one pump of hazelnut. Hot or iced, but always decaf. Gently but firmly tells the barista to please make sure it’s decaf because she’s “caffeine intolerant” (not wholly a lie. Helps her avoid the caffeine jitters.) Never uses her real name, either gives a random one or just says “Thirteen, like the number” when asked for a name by the barista. Always leaves a tip when she has cash. Orders her drink iced at any time of year if she’s in the mood for it and gets harassed by House for it.

Kutner: Rotates between different superhero names for his Starbucks name (Tony Stark, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Clint Barton, etc.). Taub wants to melt through the floor every time he gets coffee with Kutner and his order is called out. Kutner thinks it’s hilarious. I really feel like he would be happy with anything you give him, but I think his go to if he’s specifically at Starbucks would be a java chip frap despite the fact that Taub lectures him about it (if he’s gonna treat himself to expensive coffee it may as well taste good!!). Also RIP Kutner you would have loved the Dragon Drink so much (both for the badass name AND the fact that it’s purple)

Taub: Doesn’t go to Starbucks often, probably really only goes with Kutner. Just orders a regular latte or cappuccino. He says he doesn’t see the point of adding in all the flavors and stuff because it’ll just drown out the coffee. Might put some cinnamon on top if there’s a shaker of it on the condiment bar. Would add cinnamon or nutmeg at home if he has the luxury of having a late morning and making his own coffee.

Bonus! Amber: Drinks iced coffee in the middle of a blizzard. Could also down shots of espresso like they’re tequila. The most intense bitch. Would be very visibly tense or stressed when ordering but as soon as her order’s done she’d thank the barista pretty genuinely. Go-to order is a cinnamon dolce latte, no whip but keep the cinnamon dolce powder.

#ppth starbucks run #i did not need to go this hard but i did this to procrastinate doing stressful things so it was fun and worth it #there’s so much in here that makes ME laugh as a barista but that no one else will probably find funny. rip lmaooo #headcanons #greg house #james wilson #lisa cuddy #allison cameron #robert chase #eric foreman #remy thirteen hadley #lawrence kutner #chris taub #amber volakis #house md

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offictionandfandoms · 2 years

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✎﹏﹏ Rumors Pt. 3

✑ Pairings: Eddie Munson x f!reader

✑ Word Count: 1074

✑ Requested: Yes/No

✑ Warnings: just pure fluff. Also probably not canon Eddie but…it’s too cute for me to care.

✑ Authors Note: This is the end :( I hope you guys like this bit of fluff and the entire mini-series as a whole. Thank you, again, so much for supporting it and loving it as much as you did. I’m still flabbergasted at how many people enjoyed it. Please know my requests are always open for other series/fics! I’ll be working on some other requests I already have in the meantime.

✑ Gif isn’t mine!

“So what are we going to do?”

Eddie speaking had pulled Y/N back to reality, one where they were sitting next to each other in the cafeteria, hands intertwined on the tabletop, and everyone in the world- well, the school at least- being able to see how happy they both were. /Together/, as they were meant to be.

“Hmmm. What do you mean?” Her cheeks flushed pink as she was caught not paying attention, most of her attention being on playing with the rings on her boyfriend's fingers, which now held an additional one she just purchased for him. It had been a month since everything happened, with them breaking up, and it was all going amazing. As amazing as could be expected when you lived in Hawkins, Indiana and there wasn’t shit to do around town. Which was why she were wanting to go on a trip-

“Well someone spent all their savings on ice cream,” Eddie teased, the cute smile she had fallen in love with forming on his face. It stretched from ear to ear and directly to Y/N’s heart.

“Shove it, I was sad,” she laughed, pulling her hands away from his grip. He wasted no time in grabbing them back, pulling them to his lips to place a few little kisses to her skin. Her heart fluttered at the contact and she leaned closer, almost sitting on his lap. But the principal was still watching them closely and getting expelled wasn’t on her to-do list.

“I know, I know. But now we have to plan something else.”

Her head bobbed in agreement as she fell silent, thinking over all their options. Eddie, her sweet and dedicated boy, hadn’t spent a dime of his savings, much to his credit. Not even when the new Metallica album dropped.

“Why don’t you guys just stay here?”

“Henderson, we can’t just stay-” Eddie started to chastise his young best friend, even throwing a peanut in his direction. But Y/N cut him off, squeezing the one hand she still held in between hers.

“Why not?” The look Eddie gave her was incredulous, but she pressed on, a wide grin passing over her features, “Think about it, babe. We have money to spend on our favorite foods, favorite movies, favorite albums. I say we could even host a DND night. We don’t have to go anywhere to have fun, we can do it right here.”

At the mention of DND night, Dustin poked his head back into the conversation, his grin melting Y/N’s heart. He had quickly become like a little brother to her, much to Eddie’s pleasure. “I vote for a DND night, personally.”

“Henderson!” Eddie snapped, though the crinkle by his eyes was enough to tell Y/N that it was out of love. As he turned back to his girlfriend with a warning glare towards his little buddy, Eddie leaned in closer, lowering his voice an octave, probably to avoid another eavesdropper.

She matched him as she leaned in, squinting her eyes playfully at his antics. If she tilted her head just right, their noses would brush up against each other. It was tempting, especially since it would give a great opening to kiss him. But when her eyes flickered over to the teachers table and she saw their good ole principal eyeing them, she withheld.

“We don’t have to do that. We can figure something out. I know you were looking forward to getting out of town.” As he spoke, his thumb gently caressed the inside of her wrist, sending her pulse into a frenzy. His touch never ceased to make her feel like she was on top of the world.

“I’m certain, babe. I was just looking forward to spending time with you— I don’t care where we are. A campaign night sounds perfect if you're okay with that.” As she spoke, his eyes had dropped towards her lips, his tongue sneaking out to run over the skin of his. But the second she stopped, he stared directly into her eyes, a serious composure taking over his expression.

“You know what sounds perfect?” While he was asking her this, she could feel his hands dip away from her arms, moving to slide around her waist instead. She hummed in response, waiting for him to answer his own question while she leaned closer, not wanting to miss whatever he said. She would do anything to make him happy, even if it meant skinny dipping in Lover’s Lake again.

She soon felt her body leaving the hard plastic seat of the cafeteria table and being replaced with the warmth of his lap, “You.” The kiss he gave her was quick, nothing satisfactory for either of them, and she was quickly trying to lean in for another, onlookers be damned.

But the sound of “Ms. Y/L/N! Mr. Munson!” booming across the room had them both falling apart in a fit of loud laughter, loud enough to put Jason’s goons to shame.

Typically, Y/N would never do anything to get in trouble. And if she ever was in trouble, she would take her punishment with a nod and an apology.

But nothing about her relationship with Eddie Munson had been typical thus far and it wasn’t about to start. So she made quick work of grabbing Eddie’s hand and pulling him behind her as she zig-zagged through students and out into the hallway, the call of their names lost as the cafeteria door swung shut.

They didn’t stop running until they made it to the drama room, both doubling over in laughter until Y/N’s side hurt and she had to sit in Eddie’s DND throne for relief.

Eddie was still laughing as he pointed at her, hand swaying up and down as he motioned over her entire body, “You look good there.”

“Oh, so I’m no longer banished?” She taunted, leaning forward to rest her elbows against the table without a worry in her mind. She knew they would definitely be expelled once they were found, but she couldn’t bring herself to care. Not right now, not with Eddie leaning on his own elbows to get closer to her, their lips just centimeters apart.

And right before they connected, he whispered words that Y/N would hear ringing in her head for weeks to come: “It’s hard to keep my queen from her rightful throne.”

#eddie munson x y/n #eddie x reader #eddie munson fics #eddie munson fic #eddie munson angst #eddie munson fluff #eddie munson x reader #stranger things x y/n #stranger things x reader #eddie munson

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petcr3 · 1 year

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petcr3’s RomCom Party! { a Valentine’s Day event }

Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s with friends, a significant other, by yourself, or not at all, there’s one thing no one can resist… a good ol’ romantic comedy!

So to celebrate V-Day, I’m hosting a movie party! Send in the movie titles, guests, and snacks that correlate to your favorite tropes, characters, and extra flair! Feel free to be specific in what you’re looking for or let me take the reins! You can make a whole movie marathon or just come for the snacks, it’s up to you! While I can’t guarantee I’ll get to everything (and I’ll definitely be working on this stuff past February 14th) I’m really excited to be taking requests again!

Check out the options below!

The Guest List (aka who I’m accepting prompts for)

Top Gun: Maverick - Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, Reuben “Payback” Fitch, Robert “Bob” Floyd, Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia, Javy “Coyote” Machado, Jake “Hangman” Seresin, and Natasha “Phoenix” Trace

Leverage - Tara Cole, Sophie Devereaux, Alec Hardison, Parker, Eliot Spencer

Stranger Things - Jonathon Byers, Robin Buckley, Chrissy Cunningham, Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler

The Amazing Spider-Man - Peter Parker (as played by Andrew Garfield), Gwen Stacy

Movies (aka tropes, scenarios, etc)

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - Dating based on a bet! Specify whether you’d prefer the reader or the love interest to be the one making the bet. Otherwise, dealer’s choice!

13 Going on 30 - Childhood friends/Friends to lovers, perhaps a la the girl/boy/person next door trope!

Say Anything - Grand romantic gestures! Can be for any reason; specify if you like! Maybe a character wants to apologize or someone needs cheering up. Maybe even a love confession!

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - This one’s all about exes. That could mean exes to lovers, a run in with an ex while out with a partner, or just a simple dating history conversation. If you feel called to, get creative!

Sleepless in Seattle - Anything long distance/related to being apart!

You’ve Got Mail - Enemies/rivals/frenemies to lovers!

Bridget Jones’s Diary - Love triangle or two (or more!) characters competing for someone’s heart!

My Best Friend’s Wedding - Love is in the air… somebody’s getting married! Who knows what could happen? Meet cutes, objections, love confessions, or whatever your heart desires!

No Strings Attached - When friends with benefits become something more!

The Proposal - All things fake dating! Green card marriages, making someone jealous, helping out a stranger at a bar, placating the family… it’s all on the table!

He’s Just Not That Into You - Not so unrequited love! Mutual pining, idiots to lovers, etc.

Never Been Kissed - This one’s for firsts! First kiss, first time, first date, first relationship! Can be a one-sided first (ie, character A’s first kiss ever) a mutual first (both characters have never had a serious relationship before) or a together first (first time the characters have been together).

It Happened One Night - Road trip! Is this a romantic getaway? Is someone running from a bad breakup? Is this just a fun drive between friends that blossoms into something more? You decide!

Snacks (aka extra plot elements/details)

Candy Hearts: a love confession occurs!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries: the story takes place on Valentine’s Day!

Popcorn: the characters sing karaoke (or sing along to any kind of accompaniment)

Pop Rocks: the characters fight! (And then make up because I said so)

Cotton Candy: any kind of hurt/comfort, whether it be emotional or of the whump variety

Bonus (aka flavor of fic)

Musical - Song Fic! Either choose a song or I’ll pick one that I think fits the vibe of your choices!

Rated R - Things get a little heated… (it’s smut)

Sequel - What it says on the tin! A sequel to a previous prompt reply!

Happy Valentine’s Day everybody! I can’t wait for you to join the party! 💘

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a-flickering-soul · 5 months

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Heyyy, I don't have a number for the spotify wrapped, but I do want to ask something. I've been slowly getting into steam powered giraffe, and i saw you had some of their songs in your list. Could you list some of your favourites of theirs? I know next to nothing about them, and I don't really know where to start. Feel free to recommend as much as you like, I'd really appreciate it!

Oh my god I love this QUESTION!!! It's been so long since I got an SPG ask!!!

Honestly, when I started getting into them I genuinely just listened to their whole discography in chronological order while I was doing homework or whatever and that was a really great introduction, because you get to see how their sound and aesthetic evolved over time and that's really cool! I also recommend listening to their albums in order at least once because for a bunch of them, there's a distinct theme or ongoing bits and bobs and skits that flow into each other (Album 1 and VQ most noticeably, 2c Show and MKIII less so).

Otherwise, my two favorite albums are Album 1 (either version is really fun to me) and 1896, which bookend nicely as of now. I like Album 1 a lot because it's just very. . . themed? It's one of their most stylistic albums and there's a lot of really solid "beginner SPG fan" songs in there that are pretty classic. 1896 will also always be one of my favorites because I'm just enamored with Zer0's voice and the influence he brings to the band and I just think it's a very cohesive and nice-sounding album overall.

I would not, however, recommend starting off with Vice Quadrant 1 and 2 until you get a grasp on SPG and their whole. . . thing. There are bangers in there for SURE, almost all of them criminally underrated, but it's also a space opera performed by three vocalists and as such is very hard to follow at times.

For specific songs that make me go CRAZYYY that are also pretty beginner-friendly I'll limit myself to a few from each album because I'm taking you seriously when you say to recommend as much as I like:

Clockwork Vaudeville

On Top Of The Universe

Brass Goggles

Electricity Is In My Soul

Honeybee

Mecto Amore

I'll Rust With You

Over The Moon

Starlight Star-Shine

Sleep Evil Sleep

Shattered Stars

Eat Your Heart

Bad Days On The Horizon

Hot On The Trail

I will end this with a shameless self promotion of my own personally curated Spotify playlist of my fave SPG songs (it's a good mix from all the albums IMO but it also is curated to my personal taste so YMMV ig?) as well as my big ol YouTube playlist of some of my fave performances by them, since I really do think seeing them perform is half the fun of this band!

Happy listening and hope you have fun! I love SPG and it's always very exciting seeing other people getting into them :)

#answered #namelesspages #spg #WOAG this got long anyways i lvoe these silly lil robo mimes they r my friends :^) have so much fun!!!!!#im so excited for the new album AUGH i will be unbearable #okay everyone! let's play 'who's sophia's spg bias'! ready? guess!!!

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halothenthehorns · 1 year

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Spoilery goodness on TSatS below!

I want to preface this by saying I've never been active in the PJO fandom before when something first came out. His books have always been on and off my radar every five years or so since I was in middle school and I binge read to catch up then move on to something else, but since I've been actively writing fanfiction for these books lately, here are my first, fresh thoughts.

First the good!

I actually really liked Will was a big ol' doofus damsel in distress. Not everybody needs to be a big action hero and 'useful' on a quest. Will was there purely for moral support because Nico was going back to a most dreaded place, and he fulfilled that roll with moderate success while the two worked on their issues. I will now forever laugh at Care Bare Powers activate, and Will punning his own name and just being happy to be along was all I wanted from him.

I don't know why anybody would say him and Nico were ooc. You do know characters adapt and change over time, right? Of course Nico's going to be slightly different than before, this is the first book we've ever seen him actively trying to be happy.

I did laugh at some parts, I did have whole chunks of chapters were I was invested and curious what was going to happen, and I can not say enough how much I love Bob and Small Bob!

The Gorgyra's parts were some of my favorite, I can't help but laugh there was a scenic route through Tartarus on the happy friendship boat by sharing memories, and that's what I really wanted out of this book. A little background on these boys, a good promise of their future, and that is exactly what I got.

The Cocoa Puffs are a hilarious addition and I hope Nico and Will name every one of them and they make terrifying additions in continuing novels.

It wasn't a great shock or twist or anything he left his darkness behind. I half expected it to be their treasured objects that were invented for this book, so the fact that it was instead a piece of Nico he always clung to was a fairish way out of it without having to dramatically kill somebody, or break up Solangelo, or worse, make it Bob.

Chapter 24 was probably my favorite. I really loved Persephone's talk with Will;

but this chapter also kind of highlights some of my bad.

I really get why a lot of people are saying it reads like preachy bad fanfiction. Persephone could have shown up and had that talk with Will without the whole, oh if somebody's forcing you to be in a bad relationship you should runaway as fast as possible detail.

There's whole chunks of the book like that.

I was genuinely bored on some of it, Epiales nightmares went on way to long when a first grader could figure out that's what was going on from the moment they reached the bottom the first time and mysteriously found their way at the top with a 'shadow' lurking behind them.

I like the sidequesty idea, the RR books had always been bad about doddling around to get to the real meat of the story with his sidequests and exploring more of the Underworld is always fun. The update on Geryon getting a boyfriend made me freeze up and mind blank for a good minute in shock, so I'll give it that.

I don't know, I think a good sideplot would have helped some of the structure problems. I've never written my own novel, I'm not going to pretend to think I can and should fix this, just my first thought.

The almost last bit where it was Hades who put all this together was another good example of why this was kind of cringe but mostly in line with the general RR series. The gods can never be OOC because they're gods. They can do whatever they want from book to book and it's just their mood for that moment. Hades breaking his rules to give Nico a moment with Bianca and Bianca (that's not a typo) was a sweet gesture and him using his son to get Bob out because his yelling got to loud was sweet and amusing.

But then they didn't do anything with the moment. It was just a quick shot, Bianca (actual Bianca) barley even got to say anything, and it was just over :( You spent whole pages of them just walking around like a Tolkien novel, you couldn't have given a little more emotion to Nico finally getting to talk to his mother and sister for the last time...

My only major complaint was the camp.

Dionysus was OOC. Him just sporadically being a good counselor and listening to Nico and caring is just, so, ugh. Not everybody needs to be nice and sweet and rainbows. I don't care I'm contradicting myself, Dionysus was written in previous books to care about the kids but in his own salty way about being stuck there, you didn't have to make him share his popcorn.

Chiron's always been like that. Oh, another big bad prophecy where my campers are off to do the most dangerous and world perilous things?

Cool, yeah, I'll be over here teaching archery, have fun with that.

The fact that there were no campers was?! I call absolute bull the 80-100+ kids that are supposedly there all have happy homes lives they went off to. Why would you even want to write it like the place was empty and barren? I wasn't even hoping for more OC and intense background, just a little casual time of Nico being accepted in camp which we only got on the first pages and then- Just, so much, !?

Thing two was Piper getting the check-up call at the end instead of Reyna. Yes authors, highlight the recently found out gay chick instead of Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Jason's best friend you keep forgetting existed and is now possibly exploring her Aro/Ace life with the Hunters and Jason's sister Thalia! This choice just personally infuriated me because I want a Hunters book sooooo bad, and I was desperately hoping when the scene started we were going to get a 'jump off' point for them like this book was at the end of ToA

If we get a Piper book next, maybe I'll get lucky and it'll be a team up book wit them, but I am not holding my breath at this rate.

5/10, would only recommend to hardcore RR fans. Will probably reread again someday, but years from now when I convince myself it might not have been as bland as I remember it.

#pjo #will solace #nico di angelo #tsats #spoilers #good thoughts #bad thoughts #opinions

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moonchild-things · 1 year

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Chapter One: New School, Same Ol’ Iris

Summary: Beauxbaton’s biggest prankster has finally been expelled from the French boarding school. Having limited choices, Iris Evans is sent to join her sister at Hogwarts. As she adjusts to the new scenery, Lily’s twin makes new friends with a different array of people. Though there was no doubt that she would become friends with the Marauders.

Word Count: 5865

A/N: It’s harry potter time my friends!!! This is the first fic that I had ever written, so it’s writing style is slightly different from how I write now, but I’m still somewhat happy with it lol Hope ya like it! I’ll be uploading more of the chapters daily!

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TWO HEADS OF RED HAIR BOBBED ALONG the bustling platform as they lugged their oversized trunks behind them. One of the redheads was a girl with short red hair that reached her shoulders. She trudged after the other redhead struggling with her trunk as she pushed against the flow of people around her. Her chocolate brown eyes surveyed all of her surroundings.

The train station was definitely not a normal sight for her, even this many muggles was a weird sight for her to see. The second redhead was a girl with long red hair that reached beyond her shoulders and towards her lower back. Her forest green eyes sparkled with excitement as she dragged her twin sister around. Behind them, three other people tried to keep up with the red-headed twins at their breakneck speeds.

"Slow down, Lil," the redhead with shorter hair whined when she almost dropped her trunk. Her sister, Lily, only glared in reply before ignoring her sister and continuing to speed walk around Kings Cross Station.

Iris sighed as she reluctantly allowed herself to be dragged by her twin. Iris was just as excited as Lily about the two of them starting school together, but she would rather not cause a scene around a large group of muggles.

For the past four years, Iris Evans had been attending Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. She liked going to school at Beauxbatons, living in France for a while was magnificent. But she missed her twin sister Lily a lot. However, it was never her plan to join her at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Iris is a complete troublemaker, plain and simple. She was always getting into trouble and pranking people. She was considered the Detention Queen at Beauxbatons. No other student had received as many detentions as she did while attending Beauxbatons.

And after one prank that went a little too far, the headmistress decided it was time for Iris to leave. And even though she was upset, Iris was content with the decision. She had a few friends in France that she would miss, but now she'd have more time to spend with Lily and Severus.

Speaking of Severus, Iris made it her life goal to annoy him as much as she could. She constantly teased him and played jokes on him. But everyone knew her jokes and pranks were all in good fun. Her and Severus were like brother and sister, a type of sibling bond where most of the time they could not stand each other, but it was a bond nonetheless.

The three trying to follow the red-headed twins were the rest of the Evans family. Craig Evans was a tall and lean man, a disheveled mop of brown hair sat atop his head. He had light brown eyes that held warmth and joy as he watched his daughters run ahead in excitement.

Octavia Evans was a short woman. Her light brown hair danced around her slightly chubby cheeks. Her hazel eyes watched in amusement as her youngest daughter dragged her twin around a group of people.

Petunia Evans watched in disdain. She didn't want to be here, she didn't have to be. Her lip curled in disgust as her younger sisters seemed to be bursting with happiness. She was the complete opposite of her sisters, instead of a light and bright appearance Petunia's was bitter and spiteful. Her dark brown eyes stared at the set of twins with a glare.

Her cold and hateful attitude was completely dismissed by their parents. She hated how her parents fawned over her younger sisters, there was no need. They were witches, freaks. They didn't deserve this kind of treatment.

The Evans family finally made it passed the other commuters and walked over to a pillar in between platforms nine and ten. Platform 9 3/4. Iris watched as a boy who appeared to be slightly younger than her run at the pillar. But instead of crashing into the brick wall and making a fool of himself, he disappeared. Appearing to have vanished into thin air, either that or the wall just ate him!

"Wow," Iris breathed out in awe. Even though Iris was a witch and had been around a lot of other wizards and witches. The magical world never ceased to amaze her.

Lily looked at her sister and smiled widely, showing off her perfect white teeth. "It's amazing, isn't it?"

Iris could only find herself nodding in agreement. She just wasn't able to find her voice. She didn't have to, however, as her mother came up to the girls and pulled them into a tight hug. "Oh Lily, Iris, we are going to miss you," Octavia gushed.

"Mum," Iris whined. "You'll see us at Christmas. Besides you're always happy to see me go, you don't have to endure my pranks for the rest of the year."

Octavia sighed, but smiled nonetheless and placed her hand on Iris' head. She patted down the girls unruly short red hair before her hand was swatted away by the teen. "We'll miss you no matter what," Octavia smiled lovingly before turning to Lily, "and you too Lily, just make sure you're sister stays out of trouble."

Iris huffed crossing her arms in irritation, they all know she's going to get into trouble, no matter what her parents said. "Don't worry, Mum. I can look after her," Lily said pulling Iris into her side and smiling brightly. Craig chuckled pulling both of his daughters in for a hug.

"No pranking, Iris. There aren't many other schools we can send you too if you get expelled again." He laughed kissing the top of her head and doing the same to Lily. Iris shook her head before pulling away from her father and sticking her tongue out at him before smirking.

"I make no promises."

Both Octavia and Craig shared a look with each other. They loved Iris dearly, there was no way for them not to. But they were slightly disappointed that she had been expelled from Beauxbatons. To their knowledge, there weren't many other wizarding schools for her to attend. And their worst nightmare was that she'd be expelled from every school and not be able to graduate. But she only had two years left. There was no way she could get expelled from every school in a year or two, could she?

"Come on, we won't be able to get a compartment at this rate," Lily complained.

A small black kitten walked towards the group. It was small, it had to be the smallest kitten in London. Trotting its way towards the group it rubbed up against Octavia and Craig's legs, purring in delight. It hissed at Petunia, who scowled at it. And it finally walked over to its owner, Iris. "There you are!" Iris picked up the small kitten and stroked its fur, "I was wondering where you got to."

The kitten, Shadow, purred and brushed his head up against Iris' hand. "Right, we've got everything now. Let's go." Lily exclaimed before dragging her twin over towards the pillar. Their family waved goodbye to them, minus Petunia who continued to sulk. Iris took a deep breath before glancing at Lily.

Lily smiled at her twin before running towards the pillar and disappearing into the cream colored wall. Iris smirked before running after her sister. As soon as she ran through the wall her surroundings changed drastically. The bleak and dreary settings of Kings Cross changed into a bright and exciting platform. No normal, boring muggles were running around carrying suitcases and traveling for work.

Instead, young children ran around with each other laughing and enjoying themselves. They chased after their pets and hurried to try and get onto the train. And in front of her, in all its glory, was the Hogwarts express. It was a gigantic, magnificent train. The red and black engine was completely amazing, and Iris had to admit it was much better than the pegasus drawn carriage she rode to get to Beauxbatons. At least in her opinion.

"Iris this is so amazing that we're going to the same school," Lily gushed breaking Iris out of her daze. Still gobsmacked Iris could only nod her head in amazement. "Come on, we need to get on the train," Lily said as she dragged Iris towards the train.

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The twins quickly put their trunks away and made their way onto the train. They walked along the hallway and looked into each compartment trying to find an empty one or find Severus. Each compartment was nearly full to the brim with excited students ready to start the new year. After finally finding an empty compartment, Iris sighed before plopping herself down onto the seat and getting comfy.

"How long is the train ride? Long? Cause I want to take a nap." Iris said as she slumped down in her seat and draped her arm over her eyes.

"It's a few hours, but we should be leaving in a few minutes," Lily said standing in the doorway of the compartment. "I think Severus should be on the train already, I'm going to go look for him." Iris hummed in acknowledgment and uncovered her eyes.

"Find him and tell him to get his arse in here, I've been waiting to see that twat for a while now." Iris chuckled to herself, "I got a few new ideas that I want to… test on him."

Lily glared at Iris, "don't get on his bad side already, school hasn't even started yet."

Iris laughed, "exactly, which means I have all year to mess with him. This is going to be the best year ever."

Lily scoffed, "I hope you do not meet Potter. If you do, I don't think I could handle going to school here anymore." Iris wasn't listening, she was starting to doze off already and the warm, fuzzy fur ball already sleeping on her lap was lulling her to sleep.

Lily left soon after noticing that Iris had started to fall asleep. She started walking down the hallway to look for Severus or even one of her other friends so she could introduce them to her sister. A group of three boys the same age as her, walked up from the other end. One boy had messy brown hair that could be seen over the top of the book he had his head in. His warm chocolate brown eyes sweeping over the pages of the book. Scars littered his face and gave him an intimidating appearance, but anyone who knows him knows that he could barely intimidate a Hufflepuff.

One of the other boys also had brown hair, it swept off his forehead and over the rim of his round glasses. The glasses encased his bright blue eyes that held mischief and trouble. He walked along the hallway like he owned the place, arrogance obvious in his demeanor. The final boy had shaggy black hair, just like the last boy he had an air of arrogance surrounding him, he didn't seem to have a humble bone in his body. His light grey eyes were full of trouble, no doubt about it.

These were the boy's Lily dreaded her sister meeting. Remus Lupin, James Potter and Sirius Black. She knew that there were two possibilities that could happen if and when they met. One; Iris would become best friends with them and cause havoc around Hogwarts. Or two; they would hate each other. Iris' stubborn personality could clash with James' and Sirius', and all hell would break loose. Lily didn't want to imagine what could ensue if that were to happen, she wasn't sure what would happen. However, her fears would be tested as the group of rambunctious boys were headed to the same compartment where Iris was taking a small nap.

The two of the three boys laughed together as they joked about. The third boy still had his head stuck in his book. Once he got to the door he opened it up, but he noticed that someone was already in the compartment. Remus froze in his spot as he stared at the girl with wide eyes. The girl appeared to be the same age as him and his friends, though he wasn't sure who she was. Her breath was shallow and she looked peaceful as she was sleeping with a small black kitten on her lap.

"What are you standing there for, Moony? Just sit down," James said as he walked over to see why his friend had stopped. And once he did his eyebrows furrowed. A red-headed girl was laying in their compartment, asleep. And for a moment he thought that it was his one true love, Lily Evan who had fallen asleep in this compartment. But he was able to tell that it wasn't his Lily, her hair was obviously shorter and she had a slimmer face than Lily. "Who is that?"

Sirius popped up from behind the two boys and stared into the compartment to find out what was keeping them from entering. "What's wrong with you two?" But once he saw the girl laying in their compartment he stopped in his tracks. He stared at her, she was no one he had seen before. A new student perhaps. She was gorgeous, and she reminded him of Evans. Sirius smirked, "now isn't this interesting." He pushed past his friends and walked into the compartment to examine the beautiful girl closer.

"Who is she?" James asked as he and Remus entered the compartment. Remus shrugged his shoulders before taking the seat across from the sleeping girl.

"She could be a new student, but she looks like she's our age," Remus said, James nodded his head and took the seat next to the sleeping girl.

"I don't care who she is, she's gorgeous," Sirius sighed taking the seat next to Remus.

"You say that about every girl you see," James chuckled. Sirius shrugged his shoulders before laughing, his laugh sounding like a bark. And because of that Iris bean to stir from her nap. The boys cringed slightly realizing that the girl was now waking up, but now they'll at least get to know who the girl is.

Iris woke up and let out a small grunt, she heard talking. Hushed whispers, she suspected to be Lily and Severus and maybe a few of their friends. But when she opened her eyes instead of seeing her sister and Severus, she saw three boys. The one across from her had scars on his face and a book held in his hands. The boy next to him had long black hair that reached his shoulders. And next to her was a boy with glasses.

"Who the hell are you and why did you wake me up?" Iris muttered scratching her head.

"Feisty, I like that," Sirius said with a wink. Iris rolled her eyes as she petted the annoyed kitten in her lap.

"I ask again, who are you? And why did you wake me up?" Her tone was deadly calm.

"Sorry, we just came in to sit, all the other compartments were full," Remus spoke up.

"Still didn't answer my question." Iris sighed giving up on the fact that she won't be able to take a nap now. Though she should at least get to know them, it would be good for her to make some friends now.

"Sorry, I'm Remus Lupin," The boy across from Iris said reaching his hand out for her to shake. Iris smiled at his polite gesture and shook his hand.

"Nice meeting you, Remus," Iris said before turning to the other boys. "What about you two?"

"You're not going to tell us your name first, love?" The shaggy-haired boy asked with a smirk.

Iris smirked back as her eyes sparkled with mischief, "you've gotta earn that, darling."

Sirius laughed, he was liking this girl already, "I'm Sirius Black, you can call me handsome."

"Sirius is fine, thanks, darling."

Sirius chuckled, "have I earned your name yet, love?"

Iris sighed, pretending to be in thought. "I suppose so…" Iris said before smiling flirtatiously and reaching her hand out for his. As soon as the two of their hands touched a spark crawled up their arms. Iris tried to ignore the feeling and cleared her throat. Sirius also ignored the feeling and quickly let go of her hand, even though he wanted to keep holding it. Though he had no idea why he wanted to. "Name's Iris Evans."

All the boys stared wide-eyed at Iris, Evans? As in Lily Evans?

"Evans?" James squeaked.

Iris nodded her head, "yes, I suppose you know my sister, Lily."

The three boys stared at her in astonishment and glanced at each other. Sister? Lily never mentioned she had a sister besides Petunia. But they should have guessed she was related to Lily. Iris is just as feisty as Lily and they look similar too. "Know her? He's in love with your sister." Sirius snickered as he pointed to the boy sitting next to Iris.

Iris raised her eyebrows looking at the bewildered boy next to her, "really?"

James cleared his throat and stuck out his hand for Iris. He had to make a good impression with her, she is, after all, the love of his life's sister. One wrong move and who knows how good of a chance he had with Lily. "Right, sorry I didn't introduce myself properly. I'm James, James Potter. Brilliant, handsome and the perfect boyfriend for your sister."

Iris raised a brow and nodded her head slowly, "yes I think I've heard her talk about you." She said as she shook the arrogant boy's hand.

James' expression brightened, "she has!?" He ruffled his unruly hair and smirked as his eye twinkled with confidence, "I mean, why wouldn't she?"

"Yes, she's talked about the arrogant toe-rag who bothers her every minute of every day." Iris smirked, "she never seems to shut up about you." James laughed after hearing her say that.

"Really!? You hear that Padfoot?" He asked looking at Sirius, "I told you Lily was falling for me."

Sirius smiled brightly at his friend, "good on you, Prongs."

"So, Iris," Remus said gaining the redheads' attention. "Why haven't we seen you before?"

Iris sighed, "I transferred to Hogwarts this year, I was expelled from Beauxbatons last year." She explained with a shrug of her shoulders

"Expelled? What did you do?" James exclaimed with interest.

Iris laughed lightly at James' excitement, "I might have pulled a prank on the headmistress at the end of the year, she didn't like it one bit." The boys glanced at each other before looking back at Iris. "That and I think they took into account the number of detentions I had."

Sirius stared at the girl, his body leaning forward to look at her closer. "How many detentions did you have?"

"Lost count," Iris instantly answered with a shrug.

"You like to prank?" James asked with curiosity. If his future sister-in-law likes pranking like he does, he is going to love being apart of the Evans family even more than he already is.

"Course, ever since I found out about Zonko's when I was eleven, I've been pranking everyone I can," Iris smirked. Sirius gawked at the girl, he could feel his heartbeat race. Not only was this girl gorgeous, but she was just as troublesome as he is.

He was going to love getting to know her better.

Suddenly the compartment door opened, all of their heads turned to see that Lily Evans stood in the doorway. And once she saw that the Marauders were in the same compartment as her twin, her eyes widened. She internally groaned, as did the boy next to her. Now his tormentors were friends with one of his best friends, who also liked to torment him. This school year was starting off on a terrible note.

"Oh, no," Lily groaned.

"Lily!" James exclaimed and smirked towards her. Lily rolled her eyes as she glared at her sister. In return, Iris did nothing but smirk back.

"Look Lil, Sev, I've made a few friends," Iris said smugly seeing Lily's eyes filled with fear.

"I should have seen this coming," Lily rubbed her temples in frustration. Severus stood next to Lily awkwardly not really knowing what he should do.

"Nice to see you too, Evans," Sirius said as he smirked.

"We'll find another compartment," Lily said quickly turning on her heels to leave.

"Sorry Lil, see you later!" Iris yelled after her sister. She then looked at Severus with a smile, "I'll see you later too, Sev. It'll be great getting to talk with you." Iris smiled.

Severus gave a small smile, "yeah, see you, Iris," Severus squeaked before quickly following after Lily.

"You're friends with that greasy snake?" Sirius bitterly questioned as he watched Severus scurry away.

Iris glared at Sirius, "problem with that?"

"No, not at all," Sirius said quickly before scoffing. "I'm only wondering what a gorgeous girl like you would want to do with a Slytherin."

Iris glared at him, "and I'm starting to wonder why a gorgeous girl like me is talking to a hot-headed Gryffindor like you." Remus and James snickered as they saw the gobsmacked look on Sirius' face. "What? First time a girl's spoken to you like that?"

Sirius cleared his throat, "most of the time girls tend to fall head over heels for me, Love." He boasted running his hand through his shaggy black hair.

"Well, I'm sorry I'm not like those sorts of girls." James and Remus continued to look between the two as they continued to banter. It was like watching a Quidditch match. No girl, besides Lily, had talked to Sirius like this. And they were enjoying it. They could tell that Sirius was going to fall for her, and he was going to fall hard for Iris Evans.

Sirius smirked flirtatiously leaning forward, "you're right, you are far more beautiful than any of those other girls."

Iris scoffed at his lame attempt of a flirt, "Is that your attempt at seducing me?" Iris asked with a smirk as she leaned forward as well, the two teens faces becoming increasingly closer. And for the first time ever, Remus and James saw Sirius blush. The player, Sirius Black, who dated girls left and right was blushing! They've seen the impossible now. "You're going to have to try harder than that, darling."

Iris leaned back, satisfied with the flustered look on Sirius' face and started to pet Shadow in her lap. Sirius stared at Iris, his mouth almost falling open. Never had a girl had this sort of effect on him. It was always the other way around. There was a first for everything.

"Don't mind them, they can be idiots most of the time," Remus dismissed as Sirius tried to collect himself. James was still snickering to himself in his seat. Sirius glared at his best friend before kicking James' feet and earned a yelp from the boy. Iris giggled, she was definitely going to like being friends with these boys.

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The rest of the train ride was full of laughter and friendly banter. Along with Sirius' shameless flirting. Iris became closer to the three boys. She even learned that they had another friend named Peter Pettigrew, though, they had no idea where he was. They suspected that he was somewhere eating sweets.

And even though Iris and Sirius continued to talk with each other, Iris found him to be unbearable. He was a shameless flirt, egotistical and in no way humble. She found his personality to be irritating, the only reason she could really find herself to keep talking to him was that he was quite handsome. He was not wrong about that aspect of himself.

The train had come to a slow stop, they had finally arrived at Hogwarts. Butterflies erupted in Iris' stomach as they made their way off the train. Her nerves were at her highest, though she wasn't about to admit that to anyone.

"I'll see you guys later," Iris said goodbye to the boys before she made her way down to the boats where the first years were boarding the boats. In the boat in front of them all sat a large man. His face was nearly completely consumed by his brown beard and his black eyes were lost in his hair.

"Come on first years!" He yelled in a deep and gravelly voice. Iris made her way down to the boats and stood next to the boat that held the large man. "Ah, you must be the transfer student," Hagrid's deep voice boomed.

Despite his intimidating demeanor, Iris could tell he was nothing but a lovable giant. "That's me, sir, all the boats are full, I just wondering if I could sit in your boat."

Hagrid laughed joyfully, "oh! Why didn't you say? Hop in, mind you, it might be a tight fit."

Iris smiled before jumping into the boat with the giant, and soon they set off on the lake. "You're Hagrid, right?" Iris asked the man.

He nodded his head, "that's me, I suppose your sister told ya."

Iris' eyebrows raised, "you know Lily?"

Hagrid's gravelly laugh met Iris' ears, "course I do. She's one of the greatest witches of 'er year." Iris nodded her head, she was told that Lily was at the top of their year. Always the know-it-all she was, but that's what Iris loved about her sister. Even in the Muggle world, before they found out they were witches, Lily knew just about everything in every one of their muggle classes. Plus Iris could always go to Lily for advice about certain spells and potions she made for pranks.

"That's my sister!"

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The boats soon came to be in front of the castle. The large castle looming above the few dozen boats the glided across the Black Lake. Iris sat in amazement as she stared up at the castle. Hogwarts was far larger than Beauxbatons. Iris used to say that Beauxbatons had one of the greatest castles she had ever seen, but she is eating her words now.

The group of boats soon approached the shore and began to dock. The students then started to unload on the docks. Iris being one of the first people along with Hagrid. "Come on, first years!" Hagrid's booming voice said silencing the eleven-year-olds chatter. Hagrid grabbed his lantern from his boat and beckoned the students to follow him up the small incline to the front of the castle. "Professor McGonagall," Hagrid greeted a woman as soon as they got to the large wooden doors.

The woman looked over the group of children. Her eyebrows seemed to be permanently furrowed and her lips stretched into a thin line. The intimidating aura that surrounded her silenced the first years immediately. All of them starting to fidgid nervously under her intense stare. Including Iris, her glare was harsher than Madame Maximes. Iris could tell that she was a strict, rigid woman who probably won't take any silliness. Iris smirked, she had a tingling feeling that she was going to be well acquainted with Professor McGonagall.

"The start of term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses." Professor McGonagall started looking at each face of first years and spoke in a stern, strong voice. "The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common room."

"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."

"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."

Once professor McGonagall finished her speech the first years became even more nervous than they were before. Iris coughed slightly and willed herself to not look so nervous. Her hands started to play with the ends of her sweater vest. She couldn't be nervous, Iris Even was never one to be nervous, besides a few exceptions. But this was not one of them.

The group was then lead in through the enormous doors of the castle and lead to the great hall entrance. Iris took a deep breath as they waited even longer to enter the hall, where all of the other students waited. The first years talked quietly amongst themselves about what they would have to do get sorted into the different houses. Which left Iris alone, seeing as she was the oldest there.

Soon, after a few minutes of waiting, the doors to the Great Hall had finally opened. All of the students gasped before falling into line behind each other. The group of new students walked into the Great Hall, marveling at the candles that floated in the air above them. The ceiling showed the starry night sky, the inky blackness decorated with the white little stars and floating candles.

Iris starred in awe of the amazing hall. Banners of each house hung above four large tables where other students waited for the sorting to end. The table on the far right had a yellow banner with a badger on it, the Hufflepuffs. Each student had a yellow tie and the table was surrounded by an air of shyness, Iris noticed. Lily and Severus had told her that Hufflepuffs tended to be quiet and reserved, never really talking to other students outside of their house.

The next table on the right had a blue banner above it with what looked like an eagle in the crest. Iris was told that Ravenclaws were highly intelligent, basically a house full of know-it-alls. And by that description, Iris was confused as to why Lily wasn't a Ravenclaw. She was the biggest know-it-all that anyone could meet, in Iris' opinion.

The table on the far left had a green banner with a snake in the middle of it. Each student who sat there glared at the passing first years, obviously trying to seem intimidating. Each had a permanent scowl on each of their faces, their pale and sickly slim faces. One of the faces was familiar to Iris. Smiling slightly she waved subtly to Severus Snape who sat next to two of his peers. One is a boy, extremely pale with platinum blonde hair. Another being a boy with black hair that was slick back tightly. The corner of Severus' lips turned up slightly as he nodded his head in acknowledgment. The other two boys glaring at Iris as she passed, only for her to wink in their direction before continuing on.

The last table on the left, closest to Iris, was the Gryffindor table. The red and gold colors that adorned the table proudly displayed their house and the lion on the crest seemed to pop to life. Sitting at the table was Iris' new friends, Remus, James and Sirius. Along with their other friend, Peter Pettigrew. Iris could tell that he was a short and pudgy boy, who obviously likes to eat sweets. To Iris, he also had a rat-like look to him. The other three boys waved animatedly at Iris, drawing more attention to the redhead. She rolled her eyes before waving back slightly.

Iris would have no problem being in Gryffindor with her sister and the Marauders. They were great to be around, and she knew they were going to become great friends. Though she wouldn't have a problem being in Slytherin, Lily had always said that she was quite sneaky and a perfect fit for Slytherin. Besides, Severus was in Slytherin, she wouldn't be completely alone. Iris could also spend more time messing with Severus.

A little bit further down the table was Lily. The two sisters flashed each other with identical smiles. Iris winked at her and smirked before heading to wait in the group of eleven-year-olds. Lily shook her head as one of her best friends nudged her in the side. "Who's that?" Wendy Hunt asked.

Lily rolled her eyes as she saw her sister make silly faces at the Marauders who were sitting a few seats away from her and her friends, "my sister."

Professor McGonagall cleared her throat as she stood in front of the group of new students. A stool was sitting to her left and a wrinkly, old hat was seated on it. What were they going to do with an old hat? Iris had thought. "Fletcher Thaddeus," she announced. A small boy meekly walked forward, obviously hesitant for the sorting but he reluctantly walked over to the stool.

Professor McGonagall took the hat and placed it on Fletcher's head. The ancient hat was obviously too big for his head as it slumped down and into his face. The wrinkly hat moved slightly, revealing a mouth and two eyes. The students all waited patiently as the hat seemed to be muttering to itself. "Hufflepuff!" The hat suddenly exclaimed after a few minutes of deciding. The Hufflepuff table erupted in applause as Fletcher scurried his way to his seat at the Hufflepuff table.

The process continued, more first years were sorted into each of their houses. Iris anxiously waited for her name to be called. However, because she was a transfer student she was going to be last. Her hands started to become sweaty with anticipation as she rocked back and forth on her heels. And soon enough, Professor McGonagall called her name. Although this time her voice was lighter and kinder than before, Iris noticed.

"Iris Evans."

Iris took a deep breath before strutting her way up to the stool. Trying to keep her nerves hidden on the inside, Iris smirked. Ignoring the whispers from other students, Iris made her way to the stool and sat down. Once the hat was placed on top of her head she heard the hat started to mutter to itself. "Hm… another Evans I see, hopefully, you are as well behaved as your sister."

Iris snickered to herself before whispering back, "I promise nothing."

The hat ignored her remark and hummed to itself. "Despite your loyalty, you do not have the patience to be a Hufflepuff. You are very intelligent, you would do well in Ravenclaw. But you are cunning, sneaking and ambitious, the traits of a Slytherin. You are also brave, courageous and very reckless, a true Gryffindor inside and out." The hat assessed. Iris crossed her fingers and hoped for Gryffindor, "must be…"

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jeremy-ken-anderson · 1 year

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Too Tired to be Woke

I happened to invent this line in the midst of discussing bad behavior within one of my own friend groups and having to decide what to do about it, and it really seems worth investigating.

There are two objectives to any movement, good or bad: Recruit, and Defeat.

This understanding is important when you’re dealing with, say, fascist American youths who happen to be snappy dressers. A lot of folks who consider themselves “left” and “allies” will assume the goal is to Recruit these snappy dressers. It Ain’t. Those are still fascists, and the objective is to stop them from getting shit done, push our own shit through despite them, and deal with the possibility of them achieving actualization or whateverthefuck once other people are safe. From Them.

Anyway. Got off-topic.

The concept of “too tired to be woke” comes up a lot in critiques of shows and media. The complaints come from fans who miss the good ol’ days of “turn off your brain” style TV, perhaps even trotting out such tired phrases as “when men were men!”

And there is a balance to be struck. Writing affecting badass moments into media that isn’t mindless support for patriarchy can be more difficult, and writing involves many spinning plates so it is unfortunately possible to drop a “writing an interesting scene” or “avoiding a bad plot hole” plate when you make the effort to spin the “don’t make your story endorse bigotry.”

But that last plate is worth spinning anyway. Like, everything you add to or leave out of a scene is a choice with costs and benefits. If you’re an agile, clever writer you can write a scene that succeeds on several layers at once. Many a grand video essay has been written on scenes that succeed on several levels. If you can’t write a story without huge bad plot holes that has interesting scenes and doesn’t endorse bigotry...I’m not going to say you shouldn’t be a writer, tbh, I’m just going to say that personally I’d rather you left in the gaping plot holes if that’s what it takes.

This is all complicated by the twin facts that a) some of the shows catching flak for trying too hard to appeal to a diversity-loving audience are legitimately bad, and b) a lot - and I mean a lot - of the people leveling these complaints aren’t being honest (sometimes even with themselves) about what’s making them angry about the media. Plenty of them would have liked She-ra just fine gender-swapped. It’s funny, it’s got good action, starting the hero off as a gaslit member of the baddies is a cool trope, and the dynamics between the protagonist and antagonist(s) are fun.

Many men - and again, they’d be insulted to hear this, because they haven’t admitted this even to themselves - are upset by media that treats women as real people with their own agency. They find scenes that pass the Bechdel Test superfluous (because “nothing even happens in this scene”).

Beyond even that is the fact that a lot of the shitty stuff that made its way into older media is now part of a memory that may be attached to a happier time in your life. Does Jim-Bob actually bemoan the loss of scenes where women get literally objectified by hypno-rays because it’s a personal fetish, because he truly thinks avoiding mind control plotlines is somehow bad writing, or just because the stories that had it were the ones he consumed back when his life was simple and happy and he didn’t have a shit job?

And to make that first bit of this post less of a worthless tangent... We don’t necessarily need to win over Jim-Bob with every cartoon. If you’re writing kid’s media, maybe don’t worry about how well it satisfies the needs of a thirtysomething. In that case it’s less about him being “defeated” so much as “worked around.” But the principle’s the same. With the energy one might spend appeasing the Jim-Bobs of the internet you could just make a better cartoon that is more fun, even if Jim-Bob never enjoys it.

#writing #ethics

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sallysgrancanwrite · 1 year

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Chapter Nineteen

Those nightmares really bothered Chloe the next day at work. She struggled to concentrate and kept messing orders up. Beth had to fix several mistakes for her. She asked Chloe what was wrong but she told Beth she was just tired. She was quiet and withdrawn. She had little to say at supper and had little appetite . After work she spent most of her day reading in her bedroom. Finally Beth and Edith came up to see what was up.

“Chloe, what’s going on? Something has you bothered. Can we help?” asked Edith.

“No, I’m fine, but thank you.“ she replied back

“Now you know that’s bs,” Beth said. “It’s about the wedding isn’t it? Did Michael say or do something? You’ve been like this all day and I had to cover for you.”

“I’m fine, really. “ Chloe snapped.

“Now Chloe, we can see you aren’t. What is it that has you down?” Edith snapped back.

“I’m sorry, it’s just some stupid nightmare that has really got me bothered. In my dreams, everyone of them, Michael is refusing to marry me and laughing at me. It’s unsettling and makes me doubt things. But there’s a feeling of dread or fear around me. It was scary.that’s all.” Chloe wrapped up in a warm blanket on the couch.

“I wish I knew why I get the chills about those dreams,” she said.

“Oh honey,” Edith said, putting her arm around Chloe and holding her. “Being scared and nervous is normal before you get married. You don’t have to worry it’s just a nightmare. I promise.”

“Maybe a piece of good ol’ peach cobbler will help make you feel better.” She snickered.

“You might be right. Let’s go find out. First one gets the biggest piece,” Chloe said as they laughed all the way downstairs. They ran into Bob who stated,

“Well there you go, I was first and I got the biggest piece.”

The two girls just stared at him in disbelief as he walked away chuckling like an old rooster. Not only did he get the biggest piece, he got the last piece.

“Don’t you worry girls,” said Edith coming into the kitchen, “I have something better than peach cobbler, well almost.” She opened the refrigerator and pulled out some home made cheesecake. No one made cheesecake like Edith!

“Cheesecake!” cried both girls. “We love your cheesecake,” they said.

“I’ll get some plates and forks,” said Chloe.

Beth grabbed the coffee and they all sat down.

Chloe took her first bite, “Mmm, this is delicious Edith.”

Doesn’t this help take all that nightmare stuff away

The weeks were flying by and the wedding was getting closer. It was only a couple more weeks.

“Beth can you believe in two weeks I’ll be married?” asked Chloe.

“It seems like just yesterday we were running around having fun. I guess it was bound to end.” Beth stated.

“Beth, we’ll still do things. You’ll see me everyday at work. Not too much will change except my name and address. The one thing that won’t change is me wanting to spend time with you and our strong sisterly bond. That’s forever. Okay.” Chloe responded.

Beth had started to cry. “Thanks, I really did need to hear that.” She told her.

They hugged and got back to checking rsvps so they knew who was coming and how many.

As soon as they were done there they started to make small mints in the shapes of hearts and leaves. This was tedious work. They didn’t always want to come out of the mold so there were mints flying everywhere.

“Perhaps you should have kept the mixture colder, or the wrong food coloring.” said Edith, sitting over there drinking tea.

“You say something now? Well, when I get all these out, wait, I’m taking it all out cleaning the molds and then letting them sit in the refrigerator a little bit longer and see if that helps.” Chloe said.

“We used gel food coloring so I know we got that right. We’ll just let them chill a bit longer.” responded Beth.

In any case, both girls would be happy when the mints were done. While she did mints she went over her to-do list in her head. RSVP’s done, Miss Ruby and the Country Club have been paid. Done, they would do everything the day before for the reception, but they had the menu done, paid for the wedding cake. The cake would be gorgeous. It was 4 tiers with pillars holding up each tier above it. It would have lilacs growing on the pillars and some clusters laying on the cake. with beautiful hand painted and handmade hummingbirds on it. The top would have an arch with small lilac hanging on it and the bride and groom in the middle. Her and Michael chose a strawberry champagne flavor with vanilla buttercream. So everything is coming together nicely.

Tomorrow Chloe had a dress fitting for her wedding gown. She hoped it fit and was as beautiful as she imagined. Beth was her maid of honor and that’s all she needed. Michael asked a young man from out of town that knew him. He seemed very nice. Chloe had decided she wanted both Edith and Bob to walk her down the aisle. They have been there for all her important milestones.

“Beth have you gotten a purple dress yet?” Chloe asked.

“Ah, yes,sorta I did.” She stammered.

“Beth , there are only a couple weeks left!” Chloe panicked. “We’re shopping and getting you one tomorrow, okay?”

“Yes ma’am, tomorrow it is.” Beth smiled. She had always been a procrastinator and it drove people crazy. Especially Chloe.

“I’ve been thinking about your bachelorette party Chloe,” said Beth.

“I figured we’d do weekend at the casino and resort by Lake Morgan. What do you think?” Beth waited with some fear of hearing no.

“That sounds like a lot of fun, Beth. Go ahead and set it up for us.” Chloe said excitedly.

“May I ask,” Beth hesitated, 0is Michael going to show up.”

“Listen, I know he usually does but I’ll talk to him and make sure he doesn’t, okay hon?” Chloe tried to convince Beth but not even Chloe was convinced.

The last girls weekend for quite sometime..a very long time.

In a matter of weeks her life would change but some of it would not be for the better.

#original fiction #original story #writeblr

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bobthebobking · 3 months

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can't believe gru had sex.. i trusted him......

#despicable me #despicable me 4 #happy fun time with good ol bob #WHYYYYYYYYY WHY DID GOD LET THIS HAPPENNNNN #IT SHOULD'VE BEEN MEEEEE

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bobthebobking · 1 year

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the imagery of link driving a garry's mod death trap is so fucking funny

#loz totk #tears of the kingdom #nintendo direct #happy fun time with good ol bob #totk #loz

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bobthebobking · 5 months

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being at the cinemassacre section of the hbomberguy vid and seeing everyone in the comments just absolutely BLASTING "james" i was like damn avgn must've done something horrible

#hbomberguy #happy fun time with good ol bob #never even heard of james somerton before #only 1 james per video essay please and thank you

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bobthebobking · 4 months

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who wants to see my new puppy !!

#happy fun time with good ol bob

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