@welpslytherin, Oh, My Sweet Angel, I Have Been Equally Blessed To Know You. We Share Some Insanely Similar

@welpslytherin​, Oh, my sweet angel, I have been equally blessed to know you. We share some insanely similar taste in fic, and I’ve loved everything you’ve recced me. I was super tickled when you started going through my Drarry rec lists, as well. You are such a bright light in this fandom, and your budding talent can only grow up and out, spiraling and exploding into something brilliant, both in and outside of fandom. I wanted to cry when I initially saw this post, and I took a bit to think about what I wanted to say before responding.

There are a few instances in life when you come across something that you know is going to fundamentally change you forever as a person, and joining gwb and becoming friends with all of you amazing people has been one of those things for me. My world has expanded in so many ways since I’ve known all of you, and you, Alex, in particular, have been a joy to watch experience things in Drarry for the first time because it only rekindles my own love for the fandom. It’s an honor and a gift to be able to call you my friend.

And that goes for so many of the rest of my gwb family. All of you are special to me, and I hope that I’ve managed to convey that in some small way through our journey together. It’ll have been a year for me in October, and I can’t imagine having gotten through this past year without y’all. I’m admittedly crying a bit as I type this, but that’s my Hufflepuff sentimentality showing. I don’t have the words to adequately express how much this community means to me, but thank you, Alex, for prompting me to make the attempt with your own shout out. I love y’all from the bottom of my glass heart.

Not to be dramatic but Drarry saved my life and continues to do so every day

Hello there!! What did you think/How did you feel about finding out that JKR is a TERF? I’m sorry if it’s abit personal, but it saddened me alot when I found out, but I’m glad I have fanfics to cheer me up. Thank you so much for your blog, it really means alot to be able to find good ones to read!

At that time, I was surprised and a bit disappointed, but not too much. It might be because I'm not that invested in the creators and more focused on their works? And talking about authors, I've always liked Suzanne Collins more.

About the topic, 'Is JKR really a TERF?' I've seen some controversy, I think you could ask for the opinions from someone more knowledgeable than me, aka @bounding-heart !

blI ended up making several of these, but this is the one I liked most (that I didn’t have to alter b/c the yellow on the Hufflepuff clothing is awful). I used to consider myself a pure Hufflepuff, but I have evolved. Behold, my final form!

Slytherpuffs do it right, y’all.

Tagging @eletriptan​, @blue-rose-smalls​, and anyone else who wants to play!

New Picrew challenge!

Create your Hogwarts self!

https://picrew.me/image_maker/420765

I tag: @rainshadow-incorporated @rationalmilksnake @headcannonsforlife @homosexual-having-tea @shadowsinger11 @dedmemehehe @dragonbano and @tried-cherrycola

“We as a fandom have to talk about-” No. No we don’t. You can talk about it if you want to. That’s fine, if that’s how you fandom then go for it. I hope it works out for you because I want you to enjoy your fandom experience. But if I’m in fandom for reasons that’s counter to, then I have no obligation to talk about it. I don’t have to talk about anything except what I want to.

“Okay but you have to talk about your fave’s flaws-” No! No I don’t! I have to be able to acknowledge those flaws when they come up. I have to be able to admit that my character has flaws, and accept when others talk about those flaws. But I don’t have to talk about them if I don’t want to. If I want to only focus on the better aspects of my fave, even if that means just shallowly talking about how hot they are, I can. That’s my choice, that’s how I’ve decided to enjoy them.

Fandom is meant to be fun. Fandom is meant to be a hobby. I don’t have to talk about any aspect of my favorite story or ship or character or writer or anything if I don’t want to. You know what’s not fun? Having to talk about the ways my favorite thing is bad every time I want to talk about it. Having to point out my favorite thing’s flaws instead of the things that makes me enjoy it. Having to disclaim before I get to sing something’s praises because “yeah I know it’s shit BUT”. No. I can know something is bad without needing to talk about it.

I felt this in my soul. I'm always lamenting not being as productive as other people I know who just crank out project after project while I'm still struggling on that one thing I've been fighting with for months, so I really appreciated reading this just now. 😭

It gets a little bit easier once you realize you can accomplish things at your own pace and that’s okay

TasteofSmut Fest Fic

Title: These Scars We Bare

Author: MiriMora / @mirimora​

Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 8,075

Prompt #: 65 - Character A is self-conscious about their appearance or scars. Character B is a photographer who offers to take pictures of Character A to show them just how beautiful they are in Character B’s eyes.

Senses: Sight

Warnings: Scars

Summary:

Harry is a photographer by profession, and he’s working on a new series to be revealed in the fall. He has one last subject that he’d love to capture for his series highlighting the brave individuals who bear scars from the Wizarding World’s two wars with Voldemort, but he’s pretty sure he’s going to have some convincing to do if Severus Snape is ever going to agree to step in front of his camera, even if they are friends now. Further complicating matters, he’s also harboring some unrequited feelings for the prickly Potions Master. Or so he thinks…

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