EbonyRivers

When your country was on fire, we helped you.

When your country was on fire, we didn't post and complain about you sending 'dirty air' our way.

Do you think we're doing it on purpose? Do you think we have giant fans sending smoke towards you?

Historical land is burning. Our wildlife is burning. People are losing their homes. Hundreds of years of history has gone up in smoke.

And what do we get from you this year? Political threats.

Our town was at risk of burning down, but you were worried about your vacation? Obscuring your views? At least you knew you'd have a home to return to.

You know who doesn't? The Namaygoosisagagun First Nation. Thousands of other Canadian families.

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

Thanks so much! ❤️ Also to @ri--rina who sent me this too. I only have 3 works up on my current ao3 so it's more default than favourites, but let's give this a go (all r/t):

The Garden Path - early OotP era Remus with a crush he's not handling very well, doing a lot of dehumanising himself, trying to convince himself he's actually quite annoyed by Tonks (is also thinking about nothing but Tonks). T, 1/2. Second half incoming once I've managed to edit it down significantly, I'm not doing a 10k part two when part one is 4k 😭.

The Wedding Photos - Tonks between the hospital wing and the seven Potters. Not a fluffy wedding fic lol, it's a "we're so doomed but let's refuse to look that in the eye right now" fic. E, 1/1.

Ah thank you! I love this trend <3 

Tell Me How To Live Forever — Remus/James | T | 11,983 words. 

Remus descends into madness attempting to bring James back from the dead. This was my first time writing anything horror-ish and I really enjoyed it even if very few people read it 😅

Remus' grief is like road rash. Without James, the top layer of his skin has been scuffed clean away, and the bleeding, fleshy parts of himself have been left raw and exposed. It takes very little to knock his world off its axis now— a word, a look, the sight of a closed bedroom door across the hall. Nothing is growing in the places James used to be. Part of him hopes nothing ever does. Remus wants to be bleeding and fleshy and screaming forever.

The Things You Do For Love (are gonna come back to you one by one) — Remus/ Tonks | M | 26,724 words

A meteor is on its way to Earth, and Remus finally gets to know his neighbour Tonks as they head on a road trip to the Potter’s house. I’m obsessed with hauntology and Remus is Haunted in this one. 

There beside the moon, sharing in its glow, was the meteor. It looked no bigger than a 50 pence piece from here. Remus could have covered it with his thumb. It flickered red and gold as it went, travelling at speeds he could not fathom. "It's beautiful." He whispered, tone laced with awe. "Don't you think?" "It's going to kill us all.” She hadn't looked away from it. "All the same," He said. "It's beautiful." "You're a strange man, Remus Lupin," Tonks said approvingly.

This Foul Unchanging Thing — Tonks/Remus | M | 4,753 words

This one gives nonbinary Tonks gender dysphoria to work through in vignettes through HBP. Messy Remadora that makes me shake my head at the pair of them. 

Tonks didn't know who pushed who onto the bed, only that they had dug their nails into Remus' back as he fucked them into the mattress, scraping away layers, blood under fingertips, feeling the way his desperate hands had left imprints on their thighs.

autoclave. — Remus/Tonks | M | 10,277 words

Remus finally gets the therapy he needs and slowly, very slowly, begins to heal enough to be a present husband and takes Tonks on their first date. Finally got to write moments set in DH for these two. This is a sequel to This Foul Unchanging Thing only because I didn’t want to let go of that Tonks.

"I can't fix you," They say at last, and the words ring out in the silence as though they had screamed them at him. He is freefalling, and grips the edge of the sofa for something to hold on to. "Sometimes you look at me like — like I will. But I can't love you better, Remus. I won't even try." His throat is burning. "You have to want to do that yourself." "I…" He trails off helplessly. "I don't know how."

The Feeling Of Being In Motion — Remus/ Tonks | M| 5,047 [Current wip] 

This is my main long-form WIP! Remus never goes back to Tonks in Deathly Hallows, and now he hasn't seen her in 4 years...until she turns up looking for a babysitter.

I don't know if I have 5 writers I can pass this to but I'll try lol

Alright my five favs that I've written...(I'm not doing full summaries lol)

The Way The World Turns has actually turned into my fav recently.

Three, Two, One because I loved exploring Moody as a Dad lol and it's my longest fic, I loved writing it

The Advent Calendar was just a fun project

In Each Other's Shoes was a fun concept to try to explore

Complexity was another fun little story to explore

I'll try to send this to five writers lol

Thank you so much for the opportunity to take part!🤍

Bound Hearts

A Marauders Era fic where Tonks is in the same year as James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, and the story is told from her POV. (There are also a few short, separate stories from Remus's POV that take place parallel to the events of this fic).

A catastrophically long slow-burn that I plan to make the longest in the history of Remadora😅

Fake It 'Til You Make It

Remus and Tonks decide to fake-date to get back at their exes. Their relationship eventually turns into something real.

It’s a modern Muggle AU that seems to have melted the hearts of even those who usually don't like Muggle AUs :))

Golden Cage

An AU where the Death Eaters remained in power at the Ministry after Voldemort's fall in the First Wizarding War.

The story is mostly told from the POV of Tonks, who lost her parents at the age of 7 and was raised by Walburga Black ever since. At 17, she loses her too, and Lucius Malfoy becomes her guardian, deciding to betroth her to a pure-blood wizard. This "fiancé" gives her a werewolf as a bodyguard, and who do you think that turns out to be? Remus Lupin, of course.

It’s a very intricate, fascinating story that's hard to sum up in just a few words, but I absolutely love it.

Too Loud Next Door

Another Muggle AU. A tattoo parlor owned by Tonks opens up right next door to Remus's bookstore.

This is my first real fast-burn where they are in love right from the very first chapter.

Just friends

The Order of the Phoenix is celebrating Christmas at 12 Grimmauld Place. While everyone is happy and having fun, Remus is losing his mind with jealousy because Charlie Weasley is sitting a little too close to Tonks.

I'm not saying you should read The Lycanthrope, but...

👀🫶I'm not NOT saying it, either...

You Came My Way, and I Knew A Storm Could Come Too 14 Chapters, 42K words

The second war has begun, the Order has risen. Ten Death Eaters escape Azkaban, an old enemy among them, and Tonks enters a situationship with the only man who can protect her from Fenrir Greyback. But it's not real... right?

Still I Say, There's A Way For Us 17 Chapters, 58K words

In the wake of Dumbledore's disappearance and Sirius' arrest, Remus has gone ahead with his plan to infiltrate the werewolves while hiding his new abilities. Meanwhile, Tonks is stationed in Hogsmeade with a rather large secret of her own... until their worlds collide again.

For Either Way You Choose, You Can Not Win 4 Chapters(In progress), 16K words

"Dora, please don't traumatize Harry with that type of discussion." "Remus, it is absolutely not a secret that we have shagged at least once."

Remus: