all pedophiles should die and theres literally no downside to them all dropping dead
đš a flower for everyone not feeling their best today
for @snakepitnet event: taking a cannon to canon
the sorting was taking too long, while an eleven years old theodore nott shivered on the chair, praying for slytherin being screamed out, as his father was, as it should be
things seemed blurry and unfocused when the sorting hat shouted out a clear âravenclawâ and a stunned professor mcgonagall hurried him to join his housemates at the table
everyone looked at him like he had a troll head spurting out of his shoulder, but as theo sat down and clang to a cup full of water, he smiled to himself
because it was during the first night theo spent in the ravenclaw tower, looking at the very dark, very starry sky, lost in itâs infinity, that he felt truly free
his fatherâs owls were insistent and constant, but he knew that nothing could change the fact the sorting hat chose ravenclaw, the hat was never wrong
after the second week, the last owl he received from his father, was a single sentence letter, written angrily with dark ink âno son of mine is a ravenclawâ, and theodore nott smiled to himself again, overtaken by the same sense of freedom when he looked up at the sky from the ravenclaw tower
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A discreet Portkey was set up for him once a year. It was usually an empty bottle brought up from the kitchen, except for the time Fred Weasley managed to enchant all the bottles to hide themselves around the castle and explode into different colored confetti any time a prefect walked by. That year, he had to make do with a biscuit tin.
 Anthony often thought that heâd just skip it.  He was usually only just digging into his classes for the year, and there was always at least three essays he would have to finish when he got back. He sometimes started to write the letter to his mum telling her heâd be staying at Hogwarts before the guilt would overwhelm him.
 The truth was, he wasnât sure he believed in any of it any more. He lived in a world where bushes really did catch fire without flame, where water could be made to spurt from a stone. Those wonderful, terrifying tales he grew up with could really be true- and that made him question his faith.
 But he went. Every year.
 Every year, he felt the jerk under his navel, landed dizzily in the field behind his house. Every year he entered the warm kitchen, smelling of freshly baked challah and sweet apples. Every year he helped his mother clean up after dinner, licking the honey off the spoon she offered him as a treat.
 Every year he recited the same prayers, sung the same melodies, told the same lies to the friends and neighbors he saw at shul. Every year, he felt the slight dizziness and unreality that came with fasting. Every year, he watched as tears rolled down his motherâs cheek as she recited the Yizkor for his father.
 Every year, he cried too.
 And every year, when the kugel had been eaten and the kitchen was in a state of controlled disaster, Anthony Goldstein would kiss his mother on the cheek, gather up the leftovers she had neatly wrapped for him, and walk out to find the empty bottle in the middle of the field.
 And returned to the real world.
(Source: thejdc.convio.net)
L'shanah tovah, lovely followers! May your new year be sweet and full of joy.
I think another big thing with the Weasleys kids is the age breakdown. Percy is closer in age to Ginny than he is to Billâthat whole bottom five is squished together, and it creates some weird dynamics. When Harry meets the Weasleys, Percy Seems like the oldest. But heâs not *really.* He is very much a middle child. Even though heâs two years above the twins in School, their birthdays put them at closer to a year and a halfâŚmuch closer than the almost four years between Percy and Charlie.
I always got the impression that Charlie and Bill were their own unitâand the rest of the kids were the babies. Now, Percy is kind of the leader of the babies, but heâs still a baby.
And thatâs immediately apparent when Bill and Charlie come home in GoF. They are cool and sophisticated and looked up toâŚand Percy argues with his little brothers. He DOES get included with his big brothers in fighting the Death EatersâŚbut he drops back down quickly to the Kid Section as soon as the crisis is over.
Itâs an awkward place for Percy to be, and I think it contributes to his Ugly Duckling syndrome. Because to his younger siblings, he vacillates wildly between being almost a peer to being Mumâs Second in Command. They donât know what to make of him: will he play with them today, or is today a day where heâs writing a report to Mum? And his older brothers are justâŚtoo old growing up to really engage with him.
Percyâs in this spot where he needs to take a position of leadership and responsibility in the familyâbecause Bill and Charlie leave for school and then work well before they stop being Needed at homeâbut Percyâs also so Young when that happens.
And Percy takes on that emotional burden. Sometimes smugly: âGinny has Other Brothers to set an example for her,â sometimes with a temper that reveals how close in age he truly is to them (see: every interaction with the twins), but more often than not, itâs very sincere and poignant. Percy doesnât ASK his siblings to like him. He seems pretty okay doing his own thing in life. But he Does constantly look to and move to protect them. He loves them in a way thatâs really almost parental, when itâs all said it done. Itâs flawed as a sibling relationship, and I hope that as they grow up, that weirdness in ages evens out and they can all relate to each other as peers. But it is something really interesting.
Slytherin Aesthetics:: Black
And, like, maybe a few movies tooÂ
 The Secret History By Donna Tartt (Obviously!)
Dead Poets Society (Movie and Book)
If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio (Very similiar to TSH, also a personal favorite)
The History Boys by Alan Bennett (A play)
Vicious by V.E. Schwab (I think more superhero oriented? Ive never read it)
A Separate Peace by John KnowlesÂ
Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
The Lessons by Naomi AldermanÂ
The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
Kill your Darlings (Movie, I hated it)
More Female oriented Academia booksÂ
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
The Basic Eight by Daniel HandlerÂ
The Rehearsal by Eleanor CattonÂ
Sleepwalking by Meg WolizterÂ
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (okay, only vaguely academic but still a good book)
The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
I heard the movie Mona Lisa Smile is good too
A list of some other academic school booksÂ
Feel free to add on to this post.Â
James : "Okay I'll start studying at 8:00."
*some time goes by*
*time is 8:01*
James : "Oh well, I missed it, I'll start at 9:00 then"
mythology family âĽď¸ menthe for @221bcecil
in greek mythology, menthe was a cocythian nymph, and beloved by hades, was metamorphosed by persephone into a mint plant, or, according to others, she was changed into dust, from which Hades caused the mint plant to grow forth.
List of actual canonical things that Adam and Ronan are into and can be kinkshamed for, with textual evidence and sources cited in MLA format. All of these are 100% author confirmed:
Adam Parrish
Competency kink
âThe two-minute disparity prematurely aged Adam Parrish. He liked it when people knew how to do their jobs.â
When Ronan gets his farmer chores done in an efficient matter? Oh boy. Adam cannot be more turned on.Â
Adam Parrish, a known sapiosexual,
Derisively, Ronan said, âNo. The ancient Greeks didnât have a word for blue.â âWhat the hell, Ronan?â said Adam.
Ronanâs eyes followed the progress of the silent night horror. In a low voice, he said, âvolat nullos strepitus facientibus.â âFuck,â whispered Adam back, furiously. âIs that Ovid?â
Gets really hot and bothered when Ronan displays his knowledge about dead languages and Latin literature in a pretentious manner. Also when Ronan starts talking about the complexities of farming.Â
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