Marion

Okay but what if all of the potions edits in Snape’s old textbook were just things he overheard James say in potions class because “no Padfoot you crush the bean! Cutting it doesn’t do anything! Trust me my dad told me”

But I love this because then when Harry always talks about how the prince is a much better teacher than Snape he would actually be learning from his father and grandfather…

I’m not crying My eyes are just glistening with the ghost of my past

Based on what I’ve read on Pottermore, that’s basically 100% accurate cause James’ dad created a ton of potions (like Skele-Gro and the hair potion Hermione uses for the Yule Ball) and got super rich and that’s why James never had a job and left Harry tons of money. James would have handy potions making knowledge of that sort.

It actually makes more sense that James would have notated Sectumsempra “for enemies” because what would Snape care? If he wrote it, he would know what it does. Maybe James even overheard it or saw it used and wanted to warn himself in case he ever remembered the word but not the context and what would happen.

THIS THIS THIS OMG THIS @icanhelpyouthere @mangoapplepie @lycanthropuns THIS (also cry with me because harry wouldn’t know what james’ handwriting looked like)

That’s ok I’ll just cry myself to sleep tonight.

And it makes sense for Snape to want to get much better at Potions. Lily was repeatedly said to be the star of the class by Slughorn, and Snape must have wanted to impress her just to have something in common to talk to her because let’s be real, they deviated from each other when he started hanging with the dark magic practitioners. And who better to cheat off from than James Potter, the guy who’s like his archnemesis?

HOLY FLYING SHIT it just makes so much SENSE though, i feel like that’s a hidden obviousness J K Rowling has been waiting years for us to get

I love that everyone just knows

I will never not reblog this

I always have to reblog this. For reasons.

The accuracy is painful holy shit 

I’m writing a middle grade fantasy! I started it last summer, wrote about 20k, and then let it sit for a while… Since then I’ve completely reworked the characters and the plot, and I’m trying to spend a little longer than usual on planning because usually I just pants everything and then burn out halfway through (like what happened last time). It’s going pretty slowly, though, since I have a lot of other stuff going on.

I’m working on a few stories, but I want to focus on a murder mystery called Fee Fi Fo Fum. It’s a detective series based on fairy tales.

Ahh that’s cool I love fairytale retellings ^^

I’ve been working on a fantasy adventure saga since three years ago, so far I have an enormous amount of worldbuilding and lore developed, overarching plot for the multiple books is 70% done, detailed plot is 60% done for first book and 30% for the second. Main characters of the first two books are fleshed out to almost every detail. As for actual writing though, I barely have 20k words down, which is more or less 3 chapters. I have slowly been coming to a writer’s block because I’m scared of my writing abilities (or lack thereof, this is the first fantasy story I’ve ever written). I truly want this to be great, and I believe it could be an amazing story if it’s written right, but am i capable of writing it well enough?? Idk I’m so proud of the story I’ve envisioned but I’m afraid of botching it horribly when passing it to paper, what should I do? (any advice/questions/whatever are welcome, I’d love to discuss it with someone who’s taken on something similar or had the same fears, or just wants to ask anything about my story haha)

Woww that is some impressive planning - I honestly wish I had that kind of patience. I know what you mean about being paralyzed by perfection. But honestly, don’t let that hold you back. Just write, because writing something is better than writing nothing at all. If you don’t actually sit down and start writing, then your story is never going to get written. The only way you can get there is by putting pen to paper. Don’t worry about what it looks like at the beginning - the first draft is not going to be pretty. But having something to work with that you can later shape, that’s important. If you’re having trouble writing, then try loosening up by doing a writing prompt or two. Just don’t overanalyze what you’re writing. Write. That’s what writers do. 

I’m working on my first book and I’ve been editing it for like 5 months and I want to cry

I’m working on my first real story and I’ve been on it for a long time! There are months I don’t stop writing and some when I just don’t even think about it. I’m currently trying to get some chapters done, because I would really love to put an end to it. Just to prove myself I can do it. It’s such a cliché storyline, but.. That’s exactly what I wanted to write so I guess I’ll just keep it to myself because I’m pretty sure it will not please a lot of people haha 

I want to meet a cute stranger at a bookstore, talk about our favourite books, movies, music, discuss politics, cultures and everything, and go on an adventure, but I also don’t want to die, you know?!