So I Was On Tiktok Today And Saw A Video On Jegulus, Jegulus Haters, And It [the Vid] Ended Saying Everyones

So I was on Tiktok today and saw a video on Jegulus, Jegulus haters, and it [the vid] ended saying “everyone’s against misogyny until the women isn't with the man”.

And in the comment section there were people literally complaining about the fact that the most common Lily tag is “Lily Potter” instead of “Lily Evans”. They were saying that they didn’t like it because Lily deserves to be her own person and not tied to a man. That she’s more than just a wife.

And yes, that is 100% correct. She is her own person, she doesn’t need a man, and she is more than just a wife. But what does her last name being Potter have to do with that? Just cause her last name changed doesn’t mean she’s no longer herself.

She’s still very much her own person, with her own thoughts, emotions, opinions, and etc. She doesn’t need a man, but she wanted James. She wanted to marry him, to take his last name, to have his kid. Those were all choices she made, they made together. Her taking her husband’s last name, the man in which she loved, doesn’t make her any less of a strong, independent, woman. She can be all those things, and more, and still be in love with a man. Still be married. Still be a mother and a wife. There’s nothing wrong with that.

This goes for all of the women, mothers, and wives in this fandom. Which ironically, I don’t hear them complaining about this stuff for the other characters. Like Andromeda Tonks, Narcissa Malfoy, and Bellatrix Lestrange all having their husbands last names instead of their maiden names “Black”.

Some wand redesigns

So, as in continuation to this post and my not liking some of the Harry Potter movies designs, I actually redesigned some wands. Mostly because in the movies none of the wands look to be made of the wood they are supposedly made of and it annoyed me.

The Elder Wand

The Elder Wand is the first I redesigned because I personally find the movie one kinda ugly. I don't know if it's just me, but I do. I wanted the Elder wand to look like a Deathstick, you know? I wanted to keep some of the silhouette from the movies but play around with the wood to make it look more interesting.

This is the color of European Elder:

But, when researching this wood, I saw Box Elder (native to America) which looks like it Bleeds:

So, I took inspiration from it to design a wand that is called the Deathstick:

I was going for something that resembled arteries but kept some of the movies' silhouette.

Voldemort's Wand

The wand in the movies is iconic for its bone-like look, the thing is, that's not what yew wood looks like. Europian yew actually has a very warm golden color:

And honestly, the resulting wand, which I still gave some of the iconic angles doesn't look as stereotypically evil. Because, for real, why would Ollivanders make an evil-looking wand and expect its owner not to turn to villainy?

As I said, I tried to give it some of the iconic movies' silhouette, but made it sharper and angular instead of bony, to give it somewhat of an evil look, even with the golden color.

Harry's Wand

Now, if any wand is bone white, it's Harry's holly wand:

European Holly, as you can see is practically white (the photo is not the whitest it can go). But I didn't want Harry's wand to look evil, so I made sure to keep all the angles rounder:

I also gave it a lighter pattern in the wood, kind of like Harry's scar, so they could match.

y’all ever fantasize about a fictional character a little too hard to the point you’re convinced you should be admitted to a mental hospital?

Does anyone else find reader inserts weird?

I don’t mind the idea of it, I think it’s a cool and creative concept! but I just find that it doesn’t really make sense…

How exactly is it you?

I mean, you may change their name, their eye color, their skin color, their race, their hair color or texture, and their likes and dislikes to fit all of whatever you want them to fit, but ultimately, when the character [y/n] is written, it’s no longer really you. 

More times than not, their actions and thoughts will be nothing like yours, and you will find yourself saying things like “I would never say or do that," “Idk who this is, but it’s not me,” and yada yada because yeah, it’s not you. No matter how hard you want it to be you, it can’t. No writer can realistically make a reader insert fit every single reader. So once they’re written, they become their own characters and whatever the writer writes them as. 

If you wanted an actual reader insert story where y/n perfectly fits you, then the only way to get it is to write it yourself. But then I don’t think it would really count as a reader insert anymore. It turns into an OC, I think.

My favorite relationship dynamic in fiction is a worshipper and their God. Not a literal God, but their God. The only thing in the whole world that matters to them. I will live for you, I would die for you, I would kill for you. My only moral compass is You. You can do no wrong in my eyes and I will never stray from your side. I was born to meet you and to love you. You are the only being I pray to. Your life isn’t just my passion, it’s my religion. You don’t think you’re anything special but you don’t see what I see. You don’t see that you’re the only person who’s ever made me feel this way. You don’t understand how beautiful you are to me and I will devote my entire life to making you understand and accept it.