#kasia writes

[lobinilo]

...so....

they canceled World On Fire

#i know it`s “just a show” but this is really hitting me hard #i needed more harry and kasia #and more henriette and david #also i'm annoyed af that my gifs never come out right and they're always dark and shitty #someone please write a fanfic to wrap all the storylines up #world on fire #world on fire bbc #world on fire tv show #world on fire pbs #pbs masterpiece #jonah hauer king #harry chase #zofia wichlacz #kasia chase #julia brown #lesley manville #sean bean #ewan mitchell

[murgaloo]

Harry x Lois: Foolish one, stop checking your mailbox for confessions of love that ain't never gonna come; you will learn the hard way instead of just walking out

Harry x Kasia: On a crowded street in 1944 and you were headed off to fight in the war, you still would've been mine and we would have been timeless

Lois x Vernon: All I know is this could either break my heart or bring it back to life, got a feeling your electric touch could fill this ghost town up with life

Albert x Webster: I can see you in your suit and your necktie, passed me a note saying "Meet me tonight", then we kissed & you know I won't ever tell

Speak Now (Taylor's Version) vault tracks as World on Fire (2019) couples

#bbc world on fire #world on fire #harry chase #kasia tomaszeski #lois bennett #vernon hunter #albert fallou #webster o'connor #harry x kasia #harry x lois #lois x vernon #albert x webster #speak now (taylor's version) #taylor swift #this woman writes songs for every. single. ONE of my ships #its becoming scary atp

[council-of-beetroot]

I was shown these statistics earlier today and it leads me to the conclusion that the amount of fics these ships have is so low it's almost criminal.

Please 🥺

Honestly though if any of you that see this end up writing for one of these ships tag me or something and I will read it seriously

#eddy and kasia have been hard at work and i should probably start writing stuff in return #hetalia #lietpru #polpru #rusliet #ruspol

[there-is-purpose-after-all]

I like it that i never forget a thing i was once hyperfixated on. All those hyperfixations are like layers of my personality, and there are so mamy layers now, but each layer is so important and played an important role in my life. I may talk less about older hyperfixations cause they are layers that are so far below but they are still there, and without them i wouldn't be the person that i am now;

#uh just felt like writing it down #just my thoughts #kasia things

[whumpzone]

OOH how would corrupted Tomas (in pet kasia au) react if Rowe said he was a person or wanted to be??

the way he always reacts :-) with sweet patronising confusion

"Oh Rowe, my Rowe, what do you mean? Do you understand what you're saying? That would mean leaving me, pal."

Tomas leans in close and something flashes in his eyes as he smiles.

"I don't think you'd like it. I don't think you'd like not having me around, would you? Would you?"

#ehehehe i never write creepy characters like evil tomas #asks #anon #pet kasia au

[littleladymab]

opened up my notes doc so I could work on fic and this was the last viewed page and now i’m just sighing wistfully over how much I miss Elżbieta. 

"At first, I believed I would find my father, and he would be a monster, and I would kill him. Then I learned about what happened to you, and I thought… What if the same thing had happened to my mother? If he had done something to her that made me this way, well. First I would destroy him, and then I would kill him."

"That's an awful lot of murder on the mind."

Elżbieta huffs. "I'm a monster hunter by trade. It was easy to think about it that way."

Sorren watches her as they hand the locket back. "And now?"

"And now…" She runs her thumb over the raised edges of the family crest. Traitor, the voices had called her. "Now I don't know. I'm still no closer to an answer, except that the monsters hated him. Does that mean I can forgive him if I meet him? I don't think I'll really know until I'm standing in front of him."

#the art i got from jack is one of my wallpapers rn #i love to stop and stare at it all the time #one day i'll finish writing this conversation #sagas of the sunless reach #a lil miss original #lil miss writings #and then after i finish writing this convo #i'm going to shove her an a sorren expy into the story with kasia and Łucja

[lassify]

The Origins of Anya's Name

*Spoilers for Mission 11*

Thanks to the CDA discord for inspiring me to write this.

As someone who shares a name with our beloved main character, I am just now realising that I have taken for granted how 'Anya' goes through several different spelling presentations in the manga. Blame the people in my life who constantly mispell it, which has densitised me to all the versions.😂

So, I know none of you asked for this little etymology lesson, but here you go anyway 🥰

P1: Anya

'Anya' is the Anglicisation of both 'Anja' and 'Ania'. (It is, in my biased opinion, the best version.)

P2: Anja

Anya with a 'j' (still pronounced as a 'y') originates from Germany. On reflection, it's interesting that although SxF is set in a German-adjacent country, we never see this version.

P3: Ania

In the early chapters, many of you noticed that Anya's name was spelled "Ania" on the front of her door. This is actually not a spelling mistake, because "Ania" originates from Eastern Europe (e.g. Poland or Russia, but I lean towards Polish explanations because that is my ancestry).

The interesting thing about this version is that "Ania" is actually the diminutive of "Anna". Eastern European names tend to have a 'formal' version (the name on legal documents), and the 'diminutive' version, which is essentially a nickname that close friends or family would use.

In Polish, other examples of diminutives would be:

'Olka' for 'Aleksandra' (sound familiar?)

'Basia' for 'Barbara'

'Kasia' for 'Katarzyna'

'Joasia' for 'Joanna' (sometimes people will also use 'Asia' - pronounced 'Asha') - As a side note, this sounds a bit familiar to the previous incarnation of Anya's design, which I believe was 'Ashe'. Perhaps Endo just really like diminutives. Perhaps it's a coincidence.

I also think it's interesting that Yor carved this version first. I'm wondering if it relates somehow to Yor's background, for example if her hometown was bordering an Eastern European country, or if she knows anyone with this background.

If I were use the information from Mission 11 to create a hypothesis, it would be that Anya (the character) likely originates from a Polish/Russian/Eastern European country in the SxF world. I think because Endo has used diminutives for other characters (e.g. Olka), a country like this likely exists in this world.

(I've actually HC'd this for a long time, I've just never had a chance to bring it up...)

Secondly, because the name 'Ania' is also used by friends and family, it is also possible that Anya doesn't know that her formal/legal name might actually be Anna. I would like to believe that in Anya's pre-lab life, she learned that her name is 'Anya' because the name was spoken by someone who loved her.

I'm not sure why the scientists at the lab called her 'Anya' instead of her lab number: perhaps the lab is not located in her home country, and therefore the scientists wouldn't know that the actual origin is 'Anna'. Or maybe they use her diminutive because it is a manipulative tactic to get her to comply with their demands (by appearing more 'friendly'). Who knows.

This could potentially make the reveal of her past that much more heartbreaking, as we don't know yet how she ended up in the lab.

Finally:

I've seen so many more hypotheses and theories from this chapter, so feel free to add them on! Thank you for reading and letting me share my piece.

#spy x family #anya forger #sxf #spy x family spoilers #lassify goes on a tangent again #ania is actually not a mistake #language differences #the worldbuilding in sxf just got a little more interesting

[doomspiral]

Commissions(?)

I've been talking this over with Kasia because I rly do have brainworms, but I'm happy to do a few Pay What You Want fic outline commissions for anyone who wants them. Gimme an idea of what u wanna write, throw me at least $10, and I'll outline a story for you. You still gotta write it if u want but the framework will be done for you.

#hetalia #hetalia fic

[apocalyptichearts]

So, hi! I hope this message finds you well!

I know you might’ve moved on from the AoS fandom, but I’ve come from your TikTok, and I love your May & Daisy edits! The fics that accompany a few of them as well are simply glorious! And the captions are mini fics in and of themselves as well so they’re lovely (if heart wrenching at times) to read, too!

I was hoping, if you wouldn’t mind, could you rec some of your favourite May & Daisy fics? Doesn’t matter whether it’s complete or how long it is :)

Thank you for your time! And for your wonderful edits and works!

Have a nice day/night!

thank you so much for your kind words anon, they really do mean a lot :))

as for maydaisy fic recs, boy do i have some for you!!

now for the sake of not making this post too long here are some of my favourite maydaisy authors:

Book_freak I don't think we can talk about maydaisy fics without mentioning them; of they're 90 or so maydaisy fics, you're bound to find your cup of tea!!

PanicMoon15 for when you need a little fluff and lightheartedness. also, they're Baby Mine, Rest Your Head Close To My Heart series? a must read, no one does AU like they do.

cassiopluto for when you want something a little darker and want to read some insanely good writing <3

daisyqiaolianmay they have so many good fics to choose from and I think I mention The Framework later in this post, but others worth checking out are A Daisy By Any Other Name  and The Parts That Make A Whole Series!!

Inkquillery i can't express in words how beautiful her writing is, all of her maydaisy fics are such joys to read <33

marvelthismarvelthat would've ended up listing all their fics in the following section so I listed them here. they write so many cool concepts it's hard to summarize them, but each and every one is incredible

agentmmayy a lot of sweet philindaisy content as well as a handful of maydaisy angst bcus sometimes that's just what you need.

here are some more specific fics that I (obviously) love:

It’s a Long Road Out to Recovery From Here by PanicMoon15 I enjoy most fics that deal with their relationship post the season 2 finale, but this one is quite something else. the writing and the themes and the characterization and just omg I cannot stress how good this fic is!!

Hold Her Close by StillTryingToWrite I'm a sucker for character studies and introspections and this one is just so beautiful.

silent secret sacred ground by Inkspinner a post-coulson's s5 death fic that is just so sweet and so gentle and I lose my cool a little whenever I think about it.

In Kasias' arena, no one wins… by Axolotl7 read this so long ago but I remember it being just jawdroppingly tragic and such a cool concept. insanely vivid writing <3

Mother’s Day/Father’s Day Series by agentquakingskye philinda becoming grandparents?? yes please. this series is so fluffy and so happy and even if you aren't into daisy x sousa, i think it's still worth reading.

Exposure by agentquakingskye now this isn't maydaisy focused, but they do have quite a few scenes and honestly, I'll take any opportunity to recommend this fic because oh my god. life-changing, I'm telling you.

and if you're into AU's that deal with baby/younger daisy some of my favs are:

from your head down to your toes (and your tiny nose) by agentmmayy of all the "daisy getting turned into a baby somehow" fics, this one is my absolute favourite. sadly I think it was discontinued but I think it's worth reading the 18 chapters posted!

Just a Walk in the Park by Bdoyle1807 I remember lovinggg the dynamic between May and (a much younger) Daisy in this and I'm pretty sure I read it in one sitting so.

The Framework by daisyqiaolianmay such an interesting take on the whole Framework stuff, I can't recommend it enough.

honestly, despite going through my bookmarks pretty meticulously, I'm probably missing some I would absolutely recommend as well, but I hope you find something you like out of the ones listed :))

#i love rambling about my favourite fics ty sm for the ask #maydaisy #fanfiction recommendation #fic rec #ask #agents of shield #melinda may #daisy johnson #mama may #marvel #aos

[inexplicifics]

Kasia is a delight, hypercompetent background/support characters are probably my longest lasting bulletproof favorite trope.

I'm so glad you like her! She's such fun to write.

#questions answered #found at last #accidental warlord au

[dropsofnightshade]

Recapping Chapters 86 - 90

Dani and Adele explain to Harry that the reason Astrid Feyling is such a big deal is because she is the only person currently at Durmstrang who is directly in line to inherit a Dark Alliance seat. 

Kasia asks to meet with Harry, having seen him talking with Astrid at lunch. She warns him that Astrid collects people, and she doesn’t want to see Harry be used. Kasia speaks from personal experience; there was a time in first year when Astrid showed her similar interest, before something changed and she was cut out. Her cousin, Lucja, remains friends with Astrid — at least one of the reasons the cousins do not get along. 

Harry has his catch up lesson with Professor Sylvan after school, and he learns the way he has been taught Occlumency by his grandfather is wrong. The teacher provides him with some pamphlets for tutors who might agree to teach him in Britain.

When Harry is signing up for the Mabon feast, Quidditch try outs, and Professor Abioye’s First Aid course later that evening, he runs into a sixth year Phoenix. The other boy introduces himself as Taras Nazarenko, and although his magical core seems normal, Harry gets the distinct impression of ritual magic from him.

Harry writes to Tom again, expressing to him his concern about the necromantic influence of the diary, given he has a roommate with a light magical core. He feels he needs to put the diary in the magical suppression container, but he wanted to tell Tom first, before he did so. 

Tom explains to Harry that being in the container cut him off completely from the world, and Harry realises it was the cause of some distress or discomfort for Tom. 

He is torn, however, Tom assures him that for Harry’s roommate to be impacted by necromantic influence, he must interact directly with the hypothetical item. 

Harry questions why Tom did not tell him the full truth about necromantic influence, and Tom tells him that in his day, if a person demonstrated knowledge about necromancy beyond what you could find in an average book, that person disappeared. Until Harry learns to defend himself, and his mind, Tom will not be discussing necromancy further with him. 

Harry is frustrated, but trusting what Tom has shared with him is true, he agrees to keep the diary in his school trunk and not the magical container. 

Harry plans to meet with Ezra that weekend for a mediation session by the hörgr, although he is fairly certain that the strange reaction of his magic was due to his headaches, and his magic must be developing to react to illness and injury. 

In his first World History class, Harry notices his magic reacts in the same way to his teacher, Professor Lis, as it did to his housemate, Taras. 

During the class, Professor Lis tells the students about Ezra’s study into wandless spellcraft, and confirms ‘Subject A’ was the only child in the study to succeed in using wandless spellcraft. Harry notices Liam watching him closely, and although the other boy wants to talk with Harry after class, he avoids him to go meet Astrid in the library. 

Astrid recommends certain books to Harry, and she tells him about the War of Princes. They get to know one another better, and discuss a Norwegian folktale about unicorns. In this part of the world, unicorns are viewed as harbingers of doom. Harry wonders what it means for Britain, that it has the largest population of unicorns in the world, and in particular, a large herd lives in the Forbidden Forest beside Hogwarts. 

Harry is annoyed in the following couple of days as students react with surprise and scrutiny to his closeness to Astrid. 

Dani speaks with him privately after class, explaining that those who hold seats on the Dark Alliance accept counsel from their family members, but each also has a select group of people who are not always related to them, who they accept advice from. The people Astrid chooses to surround herself with now, might one day be part of her inner circle of advisors. Dani likens getting her notice to getting a golden ticket to power and recognition. 

Harry denies any intent to use Astrid in this way, even though Dani suggests Astrid might have the power and resources one day to lobby the British Ministry to improve laws around the Dark Arts. 

As Harry and Dani finish talking, he notices the flash of something bright in the boughs of the oak tree they are standing under. He also feels a flicker of ritual magic, which quickly fades. 

When Harry and Dani walk away, he could have sworn he heard a tinkling laugh. 

Harry goes on a tour of the school with Léna and the first year Phoenixes, and during the tour he senses something strange from a corridor in the main school building. His first impression is that he is sensing something necromantic. He heads back to the corridor alone later with the Invisibility Cloak to investigate. 

He finds a tapestry hiding the source of the strange magic he felt, but upon closer inspection it is not quite necromancy — Harry considers that it might be something adjacent. 

Headmistress Vulchanova appears, unable to spot Harry under the Cloak, but knowing someone was present. She comments on the power of the Cloak. 

Harry decides to reveal himself, and Headmistress Vulchanova seems to come to some sort of realisation when he appears. 

She informs him that she can show him what is behind the tapestry, but only once. Harry agrees, and the headmistress gives the command for the tapestry to be raised. Carved into the wall behind the tapestry, is the same symbol Harry saw engraved on Ignotus Peverell’s grave. 

The headmistress tells Harry that Grindelwald carved the symbol on the wall when he was a student. She shares her suspicion with Harry though that Harry does not know the symbol in connection to Grindelwald. 

Harry confirms he has seen it before on a grave, and the headmistress states in return her guess that this grave long predates Grindelwald. When Harry does not respond, she proposes an exchange; she will tell Harry the true meaning of the symbol, and in return, he must answer one question truthfully. 

Harry weighs up the pros and cons, before deciding it is too risky. Headmistress Vulchanova is pleased — Harry has passed some sort of test in his response. 

Although she will not tell him the truth about the symbol, she does give him a clue; she asks him if he has ever read The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

With the clue provided, Harry heads to the library to check out the book. Later that night he asks Tom if he knows anything about the symbol, but Tom does not know anything other than it is Grindelwald’s symbol. 

Harry meets Ezra early that weekend for a meditation session in the sacred grove. He learns as he meditates in the grove that not only can be feel the magic in this space — he can actually see it. 

He is able to perceive his own magical core visually for the first time, noticing it has a dark centre but a golden edge around it. His magical awareness appears like threads of gold to him. 

Harry notices strange black threads coming from his magical core and stretching out into the world far beyond what he can see. He does not understand their nature, and it unsettles him. 

Harry catches up on letters from his friends, and they tell him Umbridge is as bad as they suspected she would be. The new DADA professor is Gilderoy Lockhart, who is useless. 

Later that day when Harry is with his friends, he notices the strange ritual magic coming from one of the trees he is sitting under. He admits to Liam that he has been getting the impression of being watched around certain trees. Liam does not think Harry is crazy; the trees are very old, and it is unclear how sentient any of them have been from being surrounded by so much magical activity over the years. 

Liam asks Harry about Ezra’s study, and Harry confirms he participated. Liam does not ask Harry directly if he was Subject A, but he does ask if Harry has any suspicions of who it might be, or if he knew anyone else in the study. 

Harry is able to answer Liam without revealing anything. 

The group watch the Saturday afternoon Quidditch try outs, and see Karl play. Harry spots the captain of the Ravens, Ylva Thorvald, and thinks she might have some goblin ancestry based on her stature. 

Harry reads The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and when he reaches the final story, The Tale of the Three Brothers, he is struck by the possible connection between the story and his ancestor, Ignotus Peverell. 

Harry theorises that Ignotus is the youngest brother in the story, and the cloak that is mentioned is the Invisibility Cloak that has been passed down through Harry’s family for generations. 

He is also unsettled to remember the words on his parents’ grave - and old family saying, Sirius had claimed. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Harry fears his bloodline might be marked in some way by death. 

He contacts Sirius to share his thoughts, and Sirius is doubtful of there being a connection, but does recall The Tale of the Three Brothers was James’ favourite as a kid. Sirius concedes there are a lot of coincidences. He offers to check the Potter vault to see if there is a copy of the book there. 

That night, Harry dreams of a cloaked figure standing at the end of a bridge. He does not recall the dream when he wakes in the morning. 

Harry performs well in his Quidditch try out, and he is supported by his friends and Ezra in the stands. 

After the try out, he meets with Ezra to meditate in the sacred grove again. There are other students meditating at that time of day, and Harry examines their magical cores. He discovers a fellow student with a dark magical core, which looks different to his own; there is no golden halo around the other dark magical core. 

As Harry attempts to examine the dark threads coming from his magical core, he becomes aware that they carry a distinct similarity to the magic he had sensed from the symbol carved by Grindelwald on the school wall. 

He and Ezra debrief afterwards, and Harry also tells him about the ritual magical he has sensed from some of the trees around the school. Ezra is unsure of the cause, and although they consider a few theories together, it remains a mystery. 

It does lead to Harry thinking about the people his magic reacts to though, and he shares with Ezra what he has been sensing. Ezra theorises they are perhaps like Harry, capable of wandless spellcraft. 

Harry does not think this is the case though. When he tells Ezra the two people he has sensed the ritual magic from lately have been a sixth year Phoenix and Professor Lis, Ezra is unable to hide his reaction. 

He clearly knows something, but refuses to tell Harry anything due to some sort of professional obligation. 

On Monday morning, Harry receives a first round offer to play Seeker for the Ravens. Ylva Thorvald asks to meet with him at lunchtime to discuss the offer further.

In between his morning classes, Harry is stopped by Oskar Braun, the captain of the Foxes. He offers Harry the position of starting Seeker — the reason there was no formal first round offer is because he technically offered it to Krum, who refused. But Harry is Oskar’s next pick. Harry agrees to consider the offer. 

At lunch he meets with Ylva. He realises two things quickly as he shakes hands with her — she did not give him the same impression as Taras and Professor Lis. His magic took notice of her, even more so up close, but he did not get a strong sense of ritual magic from her. 

The second thing he notices is that an examination of her magical core reveals a phenomenon he has observed in only two other people; Fleur and Dion. It was like there were two different types of magic in her. 

Harry recognised the second type of magic in Ylva — it was what he felt being around goblins. 

He speculates that this must mean Fleur and Dion had non-human heritage too. 

Ylva discusses the team and training schedule with Harry, and then admits she was keen to talk with Harry for a reason other than discussing the Quidditch offer. She confirms she is half-goblin, and her mother is the goblin ambassador to the Danish wizarding government. 

Ylva informs Harry he is quite the talk in the goblin diplomatic circles. 

After their chat, Harry decides to accept the offer to play for the Ravens. 

Later in the day, he is approached by Zsófia Vereb, the captain of the Bears. She knows her offer is not as good as Oskar’s and Ylva’s, but she offers him the reserve Seeker position for the Bears, with the goal of him being appointed starting Seeker in the following year. 

Harry turns down her offer, and Oskar’s too later that afternoon. Both are disappointed but not entirely surprised. 

Harry shares the good news with Sirius and Arcturus over the mirror that evening. When Harry tells them about Ylva, Arcturus points out her mother might well be involved with the negotiations between the goblin nation and the Danish research team developing the advanced Heritage Test. 

They discuss the magical impressions Harry has been getting from Taras, Professor Lis, and now Ylva. Harry notes that Ylva feels different to Taras and Professor Lis, but does remind him of a couple of people he encountered at the DAYS gathering. 

He confirms Ezra knows something, but cannot share it with Harry due to some professional expectation. Hearing that Arcturus states that they cannot rule of the possibility that Professor Lis and Taras might also have non-human heritage. This is because he can only imagine that if a teacher, for example, had some sort of creature heritage, that they would be required to inform the faculty about it. 

Sirius confirms that he found a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard in the Potter vault at Gringotts. He nearly missed it, because it is written in ancient runes. It may well be a first edition, and Sirius suggests they hire an expert to look at it. 

Meanwhile, Tom has had much to think about over the past few days. 

It is revealed that although he did attack Harry that night in a panic of being put back in the magical container, that something impossible happened. Harry’s magic, seemingly seeing no difference between Harry and Tom, obeyed Tom, and put Harry to sleep to buy him time to work out a plan. 

Tom found himself dragged involuntarily into Harry’s magical core. 

Tom had wished strongly Harry wanted to return to Hogwarts, that he did not want to study Mind Arts, and that he did not want to put the diary back into the magical container. He felt like none of this would have happened if Harry had been at Hogwarts. 

Without conscious action, his scattered thoughts and wishes had life breathed into them by Harry’s powerful magic. There was no difference between a thought and a spell in the heart of Harry’s magical core. 

He obliviated Harry of the memory of Tom attacking, and with that done, he tried to work out how to extricate himself from Harry’s magical core. Tom was also curious and concerned why Harry’s magic responded to him as though he was Harry. 

He was pulled in deeper, nearly losing his own sense of self in the process, and ended up in a space beyond Harry’s magical core. 

There, Tom saw a piece of his own soul, woven into Harry’s being. 

He realised with dawning horror that Harry was a Horcrux; his other self has inadvertently made him one that night in Godric’s Hollow. 

Harry magic attempted to consume Tom then, trying to reunify him. Tom truly struggled in earnest then, and Harry’s magic reluctantly let him go. 

The following day when Harry reported the migraine and his experiences from that day, Tom feared he had accidentally caused damage to Harry’s mind, and put him under again to survey what was happening. 

He found three Compulsion Charms in Harry’s head, and was initially furious believing someone had attacked Harry. Then he worked out what the compulsions actually were and he was confused and wary;  a compulsion to want to avoid the Mind Arts, a compulsion to want to return to Hogwarts, and a compulsion to leave the diary out of the magical suppression container. 

These were all things Tom had desired but not actually acted on. The compulsions were crafted with Harry’s own magic, but touched by Tom’s guidance. Yet, he had not guided this magic. 

Tom carefully released the compulsions, obliviated Harry once more, and then got out of his head. He resolved to avoid entering Harry’s mind or magical core again, to avoid something like this happening once more. 

Harry has his first lesson with Professor Abioye the following week, and Viktor Krum is taking the same beginner’s course as him. 

He also has his first Quidditch training session, and although he is excited to meet his teammates, he finds a chilly reception waiting for him from the reserves. 

The reserve Seeker, Dominik Iločki, expresses a clear dislike of Harry. Karl intervenes when he arrives, and Harry learns from him and the other boy on the starting team, Luis Pichler, that Dominik has been the reserve for a year, and was expecting to get the starting position this year.

Harry speaks with Tom about the Parselmouth ability one night after school, and questions if the ability is truly limited to just speaking the language of snakes, and controlling them. 

Tom is vague in his response, reminding Harry that there are certain things he cannot tell him, but that he can guide him to the answers. Tom also reminded Harry that to truly understand Slytherin’s legacy he needs to return to Hogwarts. 

Later that week, Harry is in the library with Astrid, looking for books on blood magic that he could not find in Britain. He also goes searching for some books on magical creatures, hoping to research about the topic a bit more and see if he can work out what heritages Fleur and Dion might have, if his theory is correct about them. 

Astrid has an interesting reaction to the books he has picked out, and she shares with him that although not as problematic as other books on the topic, they are not ideal. She encourages him to still read them to form his own opinion, but offers to write home to her parents to send over a book Harry won’t be able to find in the Durmstrang library.  

It is written by a woman with mer heritage, whereas all the books in the library are written by witches and wizards with entirely human heritage. 

Harry also learns the term ‘magical creature’ when applied to communities like centaurs, merpeople etc. is considered derogatory by some. He resolves to avoid using it in the future. 

Harry receives a letter from Draco that weekend confirming he has been appointed the new Seeker for Slytherin. He also learns Lockhart was given a formal warning by the Board of Governors, but his classes are still mostly useless.

Harry meets up with Kasia for a duelling session. He manages to beat her, having taken to heart the advice and lessons he learnt from the DAYS gathering. Although he loses the next two duels, Kasia offers to meet up fortnightly to train together, and Harry happily agrees. 

Meanwhile back in Britain, the Wizengamot meet to discuss the House Committee report on the public’s views of the proposed new bill to promote and improve werewolf rights. 

In a week they will all be voting on the bill, but the purpose of this meeting is for the drafters of the bill, Gareth Greengrass, Amelia Bones, and Levi Selwyn-Burke, to address the concerns raised in the report. 

Gareth promises they will be amending the bill, making concessions in the light of the public’s clear concerns. Amelia addresses the Wizengamot further on their proposal for a thirty day grace period, allowing individuals and families to register with the Ministry without facing criminal consequences for failing to previously register as a werewolf. 

They are able to soften the mood in the room, and open up the floor to reasonable discussions around the bill. 

#dark heritage #recap

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currently obsessed with olicity · arrow · felicity (’forever’ kind of obsession i’m afraid [or i’m glad??])

✦ obsessed [big time]:

olicity [unhealthy amount] felicity [even more unhealthy]

ARROW OTA!

✭ ◦・ i've seen many, many movies/TV shows, but these are the ones i'm around the most at the moment・◦ ✭

▸ arrow ▸ one tree hill ▸ once upon a time ▸ marvel ▸ lord of the rings ▸ the hunger games ▸ pirates of the caribbean ▸ the office

🎶 i looove soundtracks! 🎶

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[shadowsof-thenight]

Book recommendations: Week 5

Book 5

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley”

I’ve seen several differing reviews for this book, but it gripped me quickly and didn’t let go until the end. It’s the kind of book that made me wish there was more off it. 

The premise is one you might’ve heard before, the lead being ‘special’. Agnieszka never imagined the life she was offered and she certainly never imagined her own power in it. Her whole life she’s been taught to fear—the wood, the dragon, the choosing—the latter one because it would cost her her best friend. Everyone believed that the Drago would pick Kasia. Except he doesn’t. The dragon wants Agnieszka and she doesn’t understand why, nobody does. And she won’t know what’s waiting for her. 

She learns so much about the dragon, herself and those bewitched woods that have taken so many lives. 

I love fantasy (you’ll find more of the genre on my list) and I love it when the stakes are high, which they were for Agnieszka. I enjoyed the writing style and the world that Naomi Novik managed to build within it. It’s such an interesting world and I hope she’ll eventually add on to it. 

#Book Recommendations #Naomi Novik #Uprooted #Naomi Novik - Uprooted

[checkoutmybookshelf]

Scary Trees and Making Your Own Magic

This standalone novel is amazing in how it discusses the differences between institutional and individual magic, myth and reality, reclaiming and renewing lands and communities, and at what point wishful thinking becomes a clear and present danger to you and everyone around you. There is also an extremely grumpy mage, the worst prince in the history of ever, the best ride or die BFF ever, and lots of scary trees. Like John Ronald Ruel "Scary Trees are Kind of My Jam" Tolkien took one look at these scary trees and said "Whoa, rein it in there, I RESCUED Merry and Pippin from that." Let's talk Uprooted.

Agnieszka never expected to be chosen from her village by the Dragon; that was supposed to be Kasia, her best friend. But life got weird, and Agnieszka ended up in the Dragon's tower utterly failing to be "ladified" into learning his kind of magic. Until, that is, she finds Yaga's book and learns on her own to do a type of magic that is better suited to her. (She also quite literally brains a dickhead prince who had toruble keeping his hands to himself and hearing "no" and it might be my favorite thing ever.) The theme of finding what works for you a trusting yourself to find your way through the woods at night without a lantern is one of my favorites, and Agnieszka embodies the heck out of it. She learns to own rooms by being herself, and then turns around and goes home to heal her community and the really fucking terrifying creepy forest that has been plaguing them.

We need to talk about the supporting cast for a minute here. First and foremost--and yes, I'd argue that she is more foremost than the Dragon--is Kasia. Agneiszka refuses to write her best friend off when she gets half-eaten by a scary, cursed tree. Kasia then basically gets tree-based superpowers, and ends up as both Agnieszka's ride-or-die BFF and adopted big sister to a little prince and a little princess.

Then we have the Dragon, an unapologetic asshole who is doing his damnedest to keep the cursed forest from eating the entire country and getting crap from literally everyone for it. I'd be an unapologetic asshole too, in his shoes. But he is Agneiszka's conduit to magic, and once the two of them get used to each other's rough edges, they find that they are somewhat complimentary.

What is super creepy and possibly the best antagonist I've seen in a long time is the Wood Queen. She inhabits the body of the country's queen and basically tries to orchestrate a global war. She is also damn-near impossible to kill...which makes life complicated. I won't give spoiers here, because frankly this book is amazing and I highly recommend it.

Naomi Novik has literally never written a bad book in her life, and if anyone understands the magic she uses to pull this off, please share with the rest of the class, because it is DAMN impressive.

#uprooted #naomi novik #adult fantasy novel #books & libraries #books and reading #books and novels #book recommendations #books #agnieszka

[there-is-purpose-after-all]

Also I wrote the first 5k words for Stocznia39 and it feels so good;

#feels great to already have that much written #i couldn't motivate myself at all to continue writing the road to dresden #and now it's refreshing to start sonething new #also my advice is that you don't have to write anything in order !! #i just write the scenes that make me excited and later fill up the rest and in between stuff #yaaay #kasia things

[worldsworstfemale]

you have such a beautiful name <3 kasia sounds so pretty …. writing it down for my future daughter

thank uuu my full name is katarzyna. not to be a narc but all forms of catherine are so beautiful to me 💓