Marauders fans be like “i read AU’s to escape the pain of cannon” and then the AU is the bloody Hunger Games

dies in your arms for attention

Illustrations for Manacled by @senlinyuwrites This was such a compelling and heartbreaking story! Thanks so much for writing and sharing it!

Part 2

Illustrations for Manacled by @senlinyuwrites (Part 2)

Part 1

Not to be incredibly extra on the main…

Lmao. If you follow me on Tumblr you all probably know I’m incredibly extra. Let’s not act surprised about this.

But I’m still flailing over these. I was just starting to recover from the first set, and now there’s more and I cannot handle it.

1) Just first one, the cover. I initially saw it on my phone, and I was like, ”ahhh. It’s so good, he looks so cold, cruel, and dangerous just the way he does when Hermione first arrives at the manor. The very closed off but intense way that he looks at her. So good.” But then, when I was adding the on ao3 and messing around with sizing, I accidentally made the picture massive and I realized his eyes are SO sad. His eyes are heartbroken, but his expression is so masked that at a glance he just looks cruel. And it’s KILLING me because obviously that’s exactly right, but the fact the @avendell managed capture both things at once in a picture just has me flattened.

His eyes are so sad. 😭😭😭 I can not get over it.

2) Harry and Hermione. It’s just so good. The cigarette, Harry’s tired and frustrated posture, and he’s not looking at Hermione, because he doesn’t really ”see” her anymore. But she’s staring at him, and her eyes are so big and sad and longing, while she’s literally disappearing into the darkness of their surroundings. 😭 (I’m gonna use so many crying emojis in this post.)

3) Voldemort’s legilimency. The imagery of this like a kick in the stomach. The dissolving cranes, the map of her memory structure with all it’s glowing lights, her eyes are so wide and there are cracks across the surface of them. And then Draco’s hands are cradling her face, and he’s holding her SO gently, and her curls are entwined with his fingers and he’s got his fingertips against her pulse points. 🥺🥺🥺🥺

4) Battlefield cat walk. I can stop crying. Thank God. My murder baby, sallying forth to commit crimes and tell Hermione she’s an idiot. And of course he did it in an excellently tailored coat and mask. The aesthetics, the tiny murder birds, the trail of bodies… it’s all there. 😩👌

5) Savoy. I could write a ten page essay about Draco’s hand in that picture. Good lord. Bury me with this. And Hermione’s hair in all it’s glory. And she’s such a smol bean and he’s so big. My top/smol kink is in overdrive. And she’s trying to heal him, and he’s not interested in that at all. And she has her ring on, and she’s running her fingers across his runes. The hair on both of them is SO good and I don’t know how @avendell manages to do it in black and white. 😍😍😍

6) Hermione building the bomb for Hogwarts. It’s so good. The swirl of darkness rising up above her head as she works, the Secrets of Darkest Arts book that Draco gave her lying on beside her. The scribbled notes. AND the dark magic seeping into her fingertips and up her hands like blood poisoning. 😭

7. Dancing. This is the definitive tol/smol image. It should be passed down through the annals of fandom history to illustrate the perfect height difference. Hermione’s face is so feisty and she’s glaring up at him. And Draco is staring at the wall and visibly trying to dissociate from the fact he’s holding her in his arms. And his hands are so big and long fingered. 🤤

8. Hermione’s dragon. I love how it’s wrapped around her, as if it emerged from her wand and protectively encircled her before rearing up. And she’s standing there so stunned, while the dementors are trying to nope into the night as fast as possible. 😂

9. The granian! It’s wings and the glow of its eyes! 👌 You can feel the movement. And Droco’s slumped forward and still not fully lucid so Hermione is holding him up. 😭

10. Aurore! The smollest of small beans with her curls from Hermione and Draco’s grey eyes, and she’s off to help her daddy check the wards the way she does every day. Her eyes are so alight as they walk through the forest, and she’s so visibly secure and content as she holds onto Draco’s hair. And Draco’s holding her so carefully with both hands, while still keeping his wand close. But even though he’s vigilant, he’s relaxed, he’s not looking around like he thinks there’s any danger. He looks so at peace. 😭😭😭

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Teddy Remus Lupin

Teddy’s birth as seen by Lily, James and a very jealous Sirius

Sirius: I don’t like babies.

Lily: You almost died of happiness when you first held Harry. You even cried.

Sirius: *hissing* I did no such thing because I don’t like babies.

James: *grinning* Maybe it’s just this one baby Pads.

Sirius: Shut it, Prongs.

Lily: Another war baby, I hope his fate will be different.

James: It will be because this time the war will end, Lils.

Sirius: Tell me when it’s over.

James: You had begged to be there when Evans gave birth?

Sirius: I was young and stupid.

Lily: Aren’t you being a little bit too dramatic? You should be happy. It’s Remus for heaven’s sake.

Sirius: *sarcastically* I’m so happy that the love of my life is having a baby from my cousin’s daughter.

Lily: When you say it like that..

Sirius: *impatiently* Well, that’s how it is.

James: *excited* He is here and he looks like a handsome potato.

Lily: Oh this is weird.

Sirius: What is weird?

James: Let’s just say all those cousin marriages took it’s toll on your gene pool Pads.

Sirius: What the fuck are you talking about?

Lily: *quietly* He looks like you.

Sirius: You have got to be fucking kidding me.

James: Um, yeah, no.

Lily: Can I ask something? How will they know if he’s a werewolf or not?

Sirius: Full moon, there’s no other way to know. *pauses, stares at the baby* He really looks like me.

James: I think there’s another way.

Sirius: No, there i–

Lily: His hair is becoming ginger?

Sirius: *relieved* IS HE A METAMORPHMAGUS?

James: Apparently.

Sirius: It’s impossible to dislike him and I’m trying really hard.

Lily: Teddy.

Sirius: What?

Lily: His name is Teddy Remus.

James: *laughing* Oh, now that’s cheating. Harry James, Teddy Remus I mean, come on Moony.

Sirius: He always thought he couldn’t ever have a child because he wasn’t entitled to it being the monster he is. I tried to tell him maybe thousand times, look at his face.

Lily: You like Teddy, don’t you?

Sirius: Of course I like him, I love him even. Look at how Moony’s face lit up, I haven’t seen his eyes glow like that in years.

James: Now, he has a reason to survive.

Lily: Did Remus just apparate from the side of his new born baby and wife?

James: He did, where is he Pads?

Sirius: He’s at the Weasley cottage where Harry’s hiding.

James: He is scaring the living shit out of them.

Lily: *smiling* Ah, I missed excited Remus.

Remus hugs Harry.

James: *longingly* Hug him for us, too, Moony.

“You’ll be godfather?” he said as he released Harry. 

Lily: *starts crying* Merlin, Remus must you make me cry? 

James: *his hands in his hair* My son is the godfather of my best friend’s boy. I never knew I wanted this until this moment.

Sirius: *sadly* He will be a better godfather than I ever was.

James: Pads. we chose you. Me and Evans. We chose you because we knew you were perfect for it and you did everything you could.

Sirius: Yeah, I got myself locked up in Azkaban.

Lily: No one is blaming you for that, not us, not Harry.

James: Harry loved you even though you had two years together, you were his Paddy and he was your fawn. I wouldn’t have even dreamed of making another person the godfather of my first child.

Lily: *staring into distance* We were going to have enough kids for each one of you to become godfathers but you, you were the obvious first choice. You are James’ brother, please stop feeling guilty about this. 

James: *trying to cheer Sirius up* Let’s enjoy this moment mate, imagine how punk rock this kid would be.

Sirius: *softly smiling as he’s staring at his hands* Very.

Lily: Come on let’s just watch Remus before the dark times start again.

Sirius: Yeah, you are right. To Teddy Lupin then.

James & Lily: To Teddy Lupin.

Houses as Tiny Turn Ons

an au in which cedric lives, only with none of that cursed child nonsense, am i right

The first task of the Triwizard Tournament was actually Rita Skeeter.

Live-action DC tv

okay so we all know teddy’s a hufflepuff like his mom but he’s not like, a hufflepuff hufflepuff. you know what i mean. we all headcanon hufflepuffs like “soft sweet food baby!!!” and most of them are. ernie macmillan, hannah abbott, even professor sprout. soft sweet food babies, like plants and sunshine, whatever.

but teddy lupin’s not like that. because teddy’s a cedric diggory hufflepuff. we all talk about how he’d set records for pranks like the marauders or fred & george, but let’s think about it- he wouldn’t even have to. he’s dating a hot eighth-veela ravenclaw, he’s head boy, and his godfather is harry chosen one potter, so we know he already thinks he’s a badass. and the other hufflepuffs would see it too- look at this awesome guy with the power to change his appearance at will, look at him dating the most beautiful girl in school (and also probably the smartest and most punk, i mean come on she came from fleur charmed a dragon delacour and bill i’m never cutting my hair weasley), look at him tell embarrassing stories about the guy who killed the dark lord, he’s amazing, and he’s a bloody hufflepuff. they would flock to him. he wouldn’t be this punk, angsty, my parents died orphan kid, because molly weasley would never let him feel like an orphan, and harry’s been there and would make sure the kid had a good upbringing, and andromeda tonks raised nymphadora tonks so she’s already dealt with the punky teenager and you just KNOW teddy would one-up his mom and set new records for rebelling but not getting caught.

so teddy’s a cedric diggory hufflepuff. he’s gonna care fiercely about his friends and work harder than anyone else and make it all look effortless. he’s gonna get the girl he wants and he’s gonna be himself to do it, because, honestly, who’s cooler? he’s gonna feign modesty when needed and inspire envy and crushes in lesser boys. teddy lupin isn’t a sunshine-and-food hufflepuff, and he’s not some angsty-punk-slytherpuff-hybrid, either. he’s the son of the brains of the marauders (we all know Lupin’s the reason they didn’t get expelled). he’s the son of the girl who flaunted bubblegum pink hair while fighting death eaters. teddy lupin’s a cedric diggory hufflepuff.

S.D.W.A.M series

I just imagined, what will happen if I have twins

In the books when Fred and George start their business, the only notable impact this has on Ron is that they buy him some new and much better looking dress robes, per Harry’s request. Of course, they don’t identify Harry as the originator of the idea, so it just looks like they decided to do something nice for the little brother they always tease. Ron’s a bit surprised, but overall happy and grateful for the gesture. A nice moment for some of the Weasley boys that makes the reader smile.

Now compare this to the HBP film, where Ron asks a price on an item in the store and the twins eventually end up doubling the price because “[he’s their] brother”. Of course you can and are meant to see this and their exaggeratedly contemptuous looks as a joke – but again, it’s one where the audience is encouraged to laugh at Ron rather than with him. And it’s a joke that is terribly OOC for any Weasley to make, tone deaf to the fact that the Weasleys are poor. Fred and George would never mock Ron for his lack of money, not when they themselves are only in business because of Harry’s donation. Not only that, but the movies leave the gift of the new dress robes out completely, meaning that the only direct impact on Ron of the twins’ success is to be ridiculed.

The movies don’t even want Ron’s siblings to like him.

OOF

See how George says Fred’s name and turns around to celebrate Harry’s “resurrection” with his twin brother, but see that he isn’t there and remembers that Fred, his favourite person in the whole world is dead. That is one of the saddest moments in the entire movie series! How could about 2 seconds of footage hurt that much!

im sobbing

au where JK Rowling leaves Fred Weasley the fuck alone