One Time I Had A Dream That My Family Was At A Dinner Party With The Blacks For Some Reason And I Had

ron weasley has a tiktok where he reacts to common muggle stuff and people think he’s doing a bit but he genuinely doesn’t know what an extension cord is for

thirty ninth prompt:

regulus lives, saved by muggle policemen who have been examining the cave, finding it suspicious as it’s a place where lots go missing. he is forced to work with a detective, being the only one to come out there alive.

Everyone’s mysterious discussion of the Mauraders(3rd book)

Is extremely confusing. Lupin and Snape, in particular, make comments that don’t really make sense, but Jkr seems to have been trying to make their comments as mysterious as possible.

Now, I don’t really remember reading this book for the first time. I read it a very long time ago, if I had to guess after the fourth or fifth book had come out. I don’t think I knew what was happening, but I can’t say for sure. I can only speak in hindsight about the words that are spoken leading up to the reveal of the Mauraders.

Lupin says “Snape’s Grudge”, “these mapmakers would have wanted to lure you out of school. They’d think it extremely entertaining.”

Now, we know the Mauraders had a vicious trick streak and could be very mean with their pranks and jokes. Granted, we only see the worst of it focused on Snape, but I find it difficult to believe anyone could only be that cruel to one person. Maybe Snape got the brunt of it and was a specific target, but I get the idea that the Mauraders didnt often think about the consequences of their actions.

So it is possible Lupin simply thinks that the idea of a boy who was not supposed to go outside the castle doing so would be fun for them, because they simply just liked causing trouble. But the way its phrased, “lure”, makes me feel this doesn’t quite fit the bill. Before I go on to my next theory, I will say that Sirius luring Snape through the willow may be fresh on Lupin’s mind, so perhaps that’s where his choice of words came from.

However, even that I think lends to a different theory, that the strangeness of this comment comes more from Lupin thinking *Sirius* would like to lure Harry straight to him and think it very funny that Harry walked to his own death.

This actually makes a lot of sense on all stages. Lupin wouldn’t want to say only one Maurader would find it amusing, that is more telling than Lupin was trying to be. But he also would use the word lure specifically because of its menacing connotations.

It never actually gets directly explained though, which I think delves into this larger narrative of vague mentions of James and Sirius being terrors and mean without any real evidence that they were anything but. Which maybe they weren’t but they are examples of characters I feel I need a little more of, besides often vague statements about them.

how to relax, dog edition

Lucius Malfoy’s wand is worth every penny. 🐍✨🖤

“Put him on his knees give him something to believe in” has the exact same energy and depth of meaning as anything Hozier puts out on the regular but since it’s sung by Megan Thee Stallion no one takes it seriously. In this essay I will-

While i realize this is not very possible, i just can't shake the idea of feral!regulus and slightlysane!bellatrix going on a horcrux hunt imagine the chaos lmao

the drama 😭😭

For @narutoweeks .

Day 5: otogakure / favorite summoning animal / ninken🐾.

On this special occasion is eight ninja dogs that complete Kakashi's Ninken team🐾.

harry: i'm gonna teach my first kid how to avoid being a protagonist so he has an easier life than me

[later]

harry: ALBUS was the protagonist? shit

Just darting in here to say that I would love love LOVE to read (more of) that Harry & Remus penpal fic, should inspiration strike you in 2020

Man, there are SO MANY fics I’d love to write in 2020 if time permits. (I already have a PS AU in “In the Name of the Brave”, a POA AU in “because he strayed across the path”, a GOF AU in “another bend in the road”, and a DH AU in “face death in the hope”. Why not a COS AU too?) 

Anyway! Found the letters I’d written between them in one of my notebooks and I’ve posted those too now. Here’s Part One of the fic (1.4k words): 

https://lullabyknellficlets.tumblr.com/post/189837643709/an-hp-fic-wolf-at-the-mailbox-14k-words-of-a

And here’s Part Two (3k words) with the actual letters: 

https://lullabyknellficlets.tumblr.com/post/189858000764/an-hp-fic-wolf-at-the-mailbox-3k-continuation