Thestupid Sexy Flanders Joke From The Simpsons, Harry Potter Style

the “stupid sexy Flanders” joke from The Simpsons, Harry Potter style

can't stop thinking about how Mary being gay recontextualizes so much about how that conversation goes and how the the main theme of love and desire never being wrong or a sin connects...like it was really obvious she probably wasn't straight in the original but yknow the 90s and shit so having this now feels like the Real Version of the character and it works so perfectly...

And having Balthalmos also be more clearly gay in this version right after that conversation and having his own powerful moment of "desire is not sin" to ensure that Lyra and Will get to grow up? Everything, all love, being connected >>> the fucking best

Oh my god this means so much. Thank you for the kind words, for reading and for sharing. I’m actually quite speechless that someone read my little fic.

Only Connect by InNoodleWeTrust

Summary:

Harry is a dark-wizard catcher. Seven years after the war, nearly all of Lord Voldemort’s followers have been captured, tried, and imprisoned. Or else, presumed dead. There isn’t much left to do for an Auror whose glory days are behind him. Isn’t that what Rita Skeeter wrote in her latest column, that Harry Potter has become irrelevant?

Meanwhile… Lucius Malfoy and his son have turned themselves in. The question in the newspaper and on Harry’s mind is: Why?

Word Count: 25970 Rating: Teen

Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42521544/chapters/106801083

My Thoughts: This fic kept me warm through a rainy weekend. Even though I didn’t go out, this story let me travel and relish the joy of sightseeing with my favorite ship. I loved the writing. Every sentence had such clarity and beauty, and the each scene built onto each other so smoothly. Only Connect is a truly tender and lovely fic.

“He left a piece of himself with you and you are terrified he is coming back for it. Or he left a piece of himself with you and you are terrified he is not coming back for it.”

— Brenna Twohy, from Swallowtail  (via lilys)

“Wolves”, Andrew Wyeth.