Mitsuki world

And with the Harry Potter fandom it happens to me a lot that people insist on such an absurd morality. Honestly, I don’t give a shit that Severus at 17 decided to follow a terrorist group for two years of his life as a teenager. It’s just that I like characters who have done things that, compared to that, are like Snape stealing a lighter from a supermarket. If we compare what characters I like and the characters I analyse and talk about a lot with that, it’s literally that analogy. It’s like what Severus did was stealing a lighter, or I don’t know, girl, maybe trashing a car for fun on a wild night.

So I really struggle to empathise with ideas like: Do you think Severus regretted it? Do you think Severus was actually super messed up before Lily? Like… who cares? I don’t think that’s the point of the character and I don’t think it’s that deep either. So what, he was a extremist mindset for two years of his life? Okay. There are a lot of people—and this is for those of you who are under 20, because I think you’re the ones who struggle with this the most—many people you’re going to meet when you’re adults, and I say this to people under 20 because people under 20 are not adults, even if you’re 18 or 19, and honestly I don’t even consider 20-year-olds very adult yet, will have had problematic ideologies as teenagers. A lot of people. A lot.

And there will be people who got into radical groups, people who didn’t, people who said horrible things online, people who had violent behaviour, people who followed hate speech, and they did it at 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. And then one day they’re 30 and they’re perfectly integrated into society, with a completely different way of thinking, decent citizens and good people.

And I’ll tell you something: you can have a shitty ideology and not be a bad person. You can be racist and still be a good neighbour. And you can be the most anti-racist person in the world, defending so-called rights, and be a complete asshole when you go to a restaurant and have to talk to staff. A person’s value is measured by how they act in their day-to-day life and how they treat the people around them, especially people who are in need. And there are people who, for whatever reason—because of their parents, or because of how they were raised—have certain ideologies that don’t make much sense and don’t really match how they actually treat others. I’ve met people who vote for terrible parties and are still the first to help someone in need. Where does that narrative fit in the black-and-white morality of this shitty fandom where you all act like bloody nursery school kids?

And likewise, I always say this: I’ve been in many political groups and left-wing unions, and I’ve met guys who are super pro-LGBT, super “let’s get all the rights for queer people”, super pro-trans, super willing to stand in front of the police and fight them to defend a poor neighbourhood and then they’d go and had sex with drunk women while partying and deny that it was sexual abuse, or say their exes were “crazy bitches” who falsely accused them of being violent. So I mean, the ideology you publicly claim doesn’t make you a good or bad person. What makes you good or bad is how you act in society, and that’s proven through actions, not words.

That’s something you learn when you’re an adult and you have to interact with people who don’t think like you, who have opposing views, or partially shared ones, and you have to adapt because you have a job and responsibilities and real life things to do.

So all these little brats online making such categorical statements in fandoms full of kids, because honestly you barely have the brain cells to look at yourselves in the mirror seriously, I always say it: go out of your house, stop only interacting with your four nerd friends at school, and sign up for things. Leave your comfort zone, please, because you need to interact with people and understand how reality works, because right now you’re completely out of touch.

Your reality is TikTok, Twitter, and Tumblr. And mine can be that because I’m 30 and I don’t feel like going on big adventures anymore, but you guys, what do you even have, 18? And you think having a Discord group that’s anti-transphobia means you’ve done everything in life? You’re going to meet transphobic people in real life and you’re going to have to work with them and be their colleagues and get along with them, and you’re going to have to deal with it. That’s reality.

Our incredibly talented creators in the SnapeShifters' Guild server reversed some of the most beloved tropes to give us a delicious dose of comedy, romance, spice, angst, and poetic prose. Check out our collection now on AO3.

📜 Fanfics:

…death do us… by: SiobhanHazel @siobhanhazel prompt: anti-marriage law ship: Severus Snape/Harry Potter word count: 1,103

balancing equations by: MoonriverFox @moonriverfox prompt: male sex worker, female customer ship: Severus Snape/Narcissa Malfoy word count: 2,041

Cursed Love 🏆 It Hurt So Good! 🏆 by: Trueliarose @trueliarose prompt: love at last sight ship: Severus Snape/Harry Potter word count: 1,848

Deflowering the Boss 🏆 Steamiest 🏆 by: maraudersaffair @maraudersaffair prompt: incompetency kink; attracted to a fumbling character ship: Severus Snape/Harry Potter word count: 2,032

Demented 🏆 Most Surprising 🏆 by: the_leapling @yearoftheleapling prompt: overpopulated island ship: Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy/Dolores Umbridge/Dementor word count: 1,960

Method Acting 🏆 Most Comedic 🏆 by: watching_wild_horses @asphodelevans prompt: real relationship but nobody believes it's real ship: Severus Snape/James Potter word count: 2,041

Poisoned Dignity by: SanctuaryAngel @sanctuary-angel prompt: true hate's kiss ship: Severus Snape/Bellatrix Lestrange word count: 1,299

Potions with Pandora 🏆 Made Me Ship It! 🏆 by: QueenOfStormySkies prompt: fives times something happened and the one time it didn't ship: Severus Snape/Pandora Lovegood word count: 1,137

Severus' Worst Day Ever by: beanclip @beanclip prompt: marriage of inconvenience ship: Severus Snape & Lily Evans word count: 876

Shadows in the moonlight by: MitsukiSirya @mitsuki91 prompt: sour daddy: incompetent, broke, grumpy old man ship: Severus Snape/Lily Luna Potter word count: 1,397

Thousand-Year Storm by: RedGummy @the-captain-and-his-beast prompt: sharing a sofa ship: Severus Snape & Lily Evans word count: 688

Tomorrow and Tomorrow 🏆 Most Heartwarming 🏆 by: clear_northern_skies prompt: it wasn't a dream, it was real ship: Severus Snape & Minerva McGonagall word count: 1,230

Valentine at Greenhouse Seven 🏆 Best Setting 🏆 by: SquibNation10 @blackseatwenty prompt: impotency pollen ship: Severus Snape/Mary Macdonald word count: 2,041

Valentine's Climax Pursuit by: Lili1478 @lililove1478 prompt: they were in fact not good at sex at all ship: Severus Snape/OC word count: 1,509

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Crawling back to you by: Klien2000 @klien2000 prompt: sharing a sofa ship: Severus Snape/Remus Lupin

For My Prince by: SquibNation10 @blackseatwenty prompt: female knight, prince in distress ship: Severus Snape/Nymphadora Tonks

From the Desk of Prof. M. Sprout: C. interferus by: leap-art @yearoftheleapling prompt: impotency pollen ship: gen

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A lot of people are surprised to realize that the scene in Snape's Worst Memory happens after the werewolf prank. When first reading OOTP, people generally assumed that SWM showed escalating tension between the Marauders and Snape that up led to the prank. But in DH, we see Snape and Lily talking about the prank before SWM. This means that the Marauders are still singling Snape out and targeting him after prank. Why?

My theory is that the bullying actually got worse after the prank. Because the only way to hold their friend group together was for the Marauders to double down and rally around blaming Snape for what happened.

Think about it: How did that incident not tear them apart? Sirius not only exposed Lupin's secret – he also attempted to use Lupin as a weapon against Snape, and he could have gotten James killed in the process. That's a huge betrayal.

But Sirius isn't mature enough to take responsibility for it. Lupin isn't self-confident enough to confront Sirius about it. "James would-consider-it-the-height-of-dishonor-to-mistrust-his-friends Potter" isn't going to be the one to lay blame on Sirius or break up the group. But it's too big an issue to ignore. The only way they can get over this is to put it all on Snape. It was just a joke, and Snape is an idiot, and James is a hero.

If you compare the two incidents that the books show us of the Marauders bullying Snape, you can see that totally different dynamics are driving the bullying. This shows how and why the bullying got worse after the prank.

The first bullying incident we see is on the Hogwarts Express, when James and Sirius engage in verbal bullying of Snape, with one small attempt at tripping him up as he leaves. This bullying is a form of bonding for James and Sirius and forms the basis of their friend group. This is an example of bullying driven by Peer Group factors (source), and this sort of bullying is generally done to:

to attain or maintain social power or to elevate their status in their peer group.

to show their allegiance to and fit in with their peer group.

to exclude others from their peer group, to show who is and is not part of the group.

What we're seeing here is that the soon-to-be Marauders are in new environment and they're defining their peer group and establishing social hierarchy, trying to establish their status. The Marauders continue in this pattern of Peer Group bullying throughout their school career, as evidenced by the detention records Snape has Harry transcribe in HBP. The Marauders seem to have thrown out hexes in a scattershot way to establish superiority over other students and look cool. This casual, incidental sort of bullying is likely what Snape experienced for the first several years of school.

But what we see in SWM isn't bullying to maintain Peer Group dynamics. This bullying isn't just flinging a single insult or a clever hex. James and Sirius hunt Snape, they deprive him of his wand and ability to escape the situation, and they repeatedly hex him until Lily (temporarily) stops them. This incident is extremely personal. This is an example of bullying driven by Emotional factors, and this type of bullying is done when the bullies:

have feelings of insecurity and low self-esteem, so they bully to make themselves feel more powerful.

don’t know how to control their emotions, so they take out their feelings on other people.

may not have skills for handling social situations in healthy, positive ways.

What we're seeing here is all the fraying edges of the Marauders' friendship. Sirius has just damaged their group, but he can't apologize or address it without accepting blame, so he has to take his emotions out on Snape. Punishing Snape is a way to exorcise his guilt. And it's actually imperative that he bully Snape into silence, because he is the one who has revealed Lupin's secret to Snape and put them all in jeopardy. Lupin can't confront Sirius about the betrayal of trust, and likewise he can't confront his friends here. Not only does Lupin not have the emotional security for handling this situation, he also can't risk putting himself in front of Snape in this moment, lest Snape scream "Werewolf" instead of "Mudblood." James is here trying to work through his own insecurities – in bullying Snape he is defending his friends, but James is also trying to get Lily's attention. James offers to change his ways if she'll give him a chance, because James needs to reassure himself that he is chivalrous, that he is a hero.

Looking at the way the bullying dynamics change and escalate in those two scenes, I think it’s clear that Lupin’s line, “Snape was a special case. I mean, he never lost an opportunity to curse James so you couldn't really expect James to take that lying down,” is an understatement.

I'll explain how the Marauders Fandom really born

I found a posts from someone who asked how to join the Marauders fandom, and these are some of the replies they received. I'm not including names because this isn't meant to be an attack on those who gave these replies; they're clearly in good faith. I'm only using them to clarify a point I addressed a few days ago in THIS post.

just read All the young dudes and the rest will fall into place. There's also an audio book on yt

The biggest marauders community is on tiktok, so that's a good place ig. I stumbled along it on there when I still had it years ago and that's how I got into it. Also reading noteble fics definitely

Yeah, it's 90% fanfic based and mostly centered around shipping them with each other.

Yes, it's mostly fan fiction. I think "All The Young Dudes" is generally considered the best of the Marauders fanfiction, and my guess would be that it's where a lot of the things people consider to be canon come from.

Welcome to the fandom :D ATYD is definitely a cornerstone, as well as Choices, ATYD - Sirius' Perspective, and another fic that has been getting pretty popular recently that I definitely recommend, marginalia.

When I say that the modern Marauders fandom (a part of it) is damaging the HP fandom, I'm referring to precisely this. If someone who only read the books years ago and obviously doesn't remember them well asks how they can join the fandom, the first answers they receive cannot and should not be recommendations of non-canon compliant FF. It's obvious that they also make up the fandom, some of the most famous (which I'll talk about soon) have greatly influenced the fandom and the way of seeing certain characters, but they are alternative versions that can be read later. They shouldn't be the first approach to fandom. It would be like telling someone who has never read the HP books and knows practically nothing about them to read FF, where Harry is raised by Voldemort.

When I say that the modern Marauders fandom (a part of it) is damaging the HP fandom, I'm referring to precisely this.

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The Stick Figures Challenge Winter Solstice Talent Show

Everyone is invited to participate, from those who think they don't have a creative bone in their body (hint: you're wrong) to those who make a living from their art, and all those in between.

To participate, simply make a winter holdiay themed fanart to the best of your abilities. It can be

as simple or as detailed as you would like,

traditional or digital art,

any medium,

any style - including stick figures, of course,

featuring any winter holiday from reality or fiction, from the present or the past.

We hope it goes without saying that no GenAI images are allowed!

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Once you've created your art, post it on Tumblr between the winter solstice (December 21, 2025) and New Year's Day (January 1, 2026), and tag it #wintersolsticetalentshow. For those creating Wyler art, please also tag your art #wylerstickfigures. If you would like to make art for another fandom/pairing but still want to join in on the fun, tag your art #stickfigureschallenge. All Wyler and non-Wyler participants are welcome to tag @stickfigureschallenge to get their fanart reblogged!

Remember that creativity is a process, not an output! This blog was created to remind everyone of their innate creativity. Human made art has flaws and personality and most importantly, heart 🫀. That is what we respond to, and something GenAI "art" can never achieve.

They wanted him so bad actually.

She Looks Like The Real Thing, She Tastes Like The Real Thing by lysanderwarrior

Coriolanus is doing as fine as a struggling university student can be doing. He sleeps just a couple hours per night, works two jobs, tries to deal with the life he's been given and spends most of his time texting a girl he met online. Though, one day his routine is interrupted when the very same internet friend suggests meeting each other in real life. She lives in the same town as him, but there's no way he already knows her or happens to hate her… is there?

Why they love it: "this fic made me go insane the first time I read it I literally couldn't stop thinking about it between chapters - got me through some though times and it remains dear to my heart."

snow and embers part 2 by @hopefulatrocity

Why they love it: "shoutout for being THE snowbaird breeding kink fic - never thought I'd be into that and then this fic changed my life"

All Your Wasteland Flower by allbridgesburn

Lucy Gray Baird survives Coriolanus Snow. However, she's not the only one. [post-canon]

Why they love it: "The angst and the dark romance of it all🥰😍"

by little baird (steddiemixtape)

Why they love it: "This author has produced so many snowboards fic that I love. I’d love to submit each one of them"

i get drunk on jealousy

a night out at the hob. or, Coriolanus doesn't like to have to share.

Why they love it: "hot. very hot."

By ninaficwriter:

The charm of the serpent

Lucy Gray is captured and taken to the Capitol four years after the 10th edition of the Hunger Games. Among the impenetrable walls erected by the relentless exploitation of the districts, an arranged marriage emerges, serving as a delicate balance between two fiercely opposing sides. Coriolanus Snow now needs to decide how far he is willing to go to achieve the desired power, as the shadow of rebellion grows in the darkest corners of Panem.

Elclipsis by ninaficwriter

Eclipsis, the clandestine nightclub, opens its doors to talented artists and silent rebels. Among the shadows, Lucy Gray is invited to be the main star, but the invitation awakens old wounds and revolutionary dreams that could decide the fate of Panem.

Veridian's Snow - Snowbaird AU

❝In a corrupted world, love can be the most dangerous of alliances.❞ Lucy Gray, a young woman belonging to the Baird family, sees her life turned upside down when her parents are murdered under mysterious circumstances. Forced to pay a supposed debt left by her father, Lucy Gray finds herself trapped in an agreement: to marry Coriolanus Snow, the heir of the powerful Snow Mafia. As the marriage starts cold, the staging of a public passion brings them closer, awakening unexpected feelings. However, amidst secrets and power games, she uncovers truths about her parents that could shake not only her relationship with Coriolanus but also the very structure of the Snow family.

Alive and well by Anonymous

In the original universe, their last meeting took place to the sound of gunfire in the forest. In this universe, to the sound of gunfire in the forest, they met. District 13 AU.

Why they love it: "DISTRICT 13 AU"

By perfectlystill:

Was Such Still Dwelling There

Survival, even in this form, is better than death. Lucy Gray returns home.

Why they love it: "i think about this fic like once a day, masterpiece"

Helpless, Tender, Open

When his heartbeat stutters beneath her touch, when his mouth falls open, breathing heavy, Lucy Gray pops open her clutch. She’s the one pouring antidote down his throat.

Why they love it: "another absolute masterpiece"

The play of songbirds and snakes by MitsukiSirya ( @mitsuki91 )

"Coriolanus stood in the midst of the destruction, the last book with the torn pages lying on the floor and the papers still swirling around him, his cheeks on fire and out of breath after all the physical exertion he hadn't realized he'd made, contemplating in shock the images that had sprung up in his head. No. He could never hurt Lucy Gray. Not any more. Never again. If she had been here in front of him, Coryo would only have wanted to kiss her."

Why they love it: "I love how unhinged and down bad Coryo is for Lucy Gray, this fic makes me giggle every time I read it <3"

By tphyche: (@korlovv )

Your Selfish Ways

Ten years since her disappearance from District 12 Lucy Gray decides it’s time to return, finding a shelter and a silent life. All would be well if it weren’t for the mysterious encounters of a man cloaked in darkness. A deal is struck, twice a month she would give up to him in return for his silence of her existence. Only one condition: she’s to not ask or look at him. For the snowbaird week 2024| Day 2 – Myth.

Why they love it: "I read this more times than I can count. Peak snowbaird writing"

Blind Faith

Father Snow is a devoted man of God, such so that he would do anything for his chapel. But his faith seemes unbalanced when a pair of brown eyes and a dazzling smile threaten to dismantle his love in God.

Why they love it: "It's feral. ;-)"

Nothing Burns Like The Snow by evilweasel

Katniss always hated burns, though as a resident of District 12 – the District of coal mines and poverty – she’s intimately familiar with them. Hot, cruel, and shiny, it’s why she avoids the stove like the plague; takes to the shade in hot weather; prefers a chilled night to a blistering one. But when her father dies, she realises the feeling of snow burns just as terribly too. Yet in the midst of the snow she catches a tune on the wind. A silhouette in a rainbow dress. A poem from an old song. Lucy Gray has conquered the snow and come back through the blizzard, just to give her a glimpse of something called hope

Why they love it: "The writing is just so fantastic. It's not complete but I love rereading the chapters. It's writing style is just so fantastic"

cri de coeur by mswyrr (@mswyrr )

Lucy Gray is drawn back into Capitol intrigue, changing the course of Panem's history.

Why they love it: "made me cry"

By MistyMunroe:

Subject 486

They fell in love in a dream (literally). — In a surveillance-obsessed totalitarian regime, Dr. Coriolanus Snow and his colleagues are part of a covert government dream study project designed to unlock, and ultimately control, the thoughts of every citizen. Their mission is clear: Total control, a perfect society where rebellion is impossible. Among the cohort of forcibly recruited study participants is Subject 486. Her mind is an enigma, unpredictable, and impossible to pin down. As Dr. Snow ventures deeper into her dreams and thoughts, the more the lines blur between science and obsession, and he finds himself drawn into a strange and dangerous bond that transcends the physical realm.

Why they love it: "the story is so creative with its worldbuilding and i loved the concept of the dreamsharing within a dystopian society! the story was adventurous with unpredictable twists and such great intimacy and tension between snowbaird! every story by this author is FANTASTIC and so unique, but this is my favourite for sure!"

The Birth of Panem

“Come with me.” "What?" Lucy Gray tries to pull away, but his grip tightens. “There's a transport leaving in less than thirty minutes. There should be extra space for you. If we wait, we're trapped.” Coriolanus’s eyes burn with intensity. “The tremors are just a warning before it all comes down.” He still doesn’t let go. “Come with me.” — How did Panem, the Capitol, and the Districts, come to be? It begins on a Wednesday in the fall of 2035, when the world ends. Lucy Gray Baird barely survives the chaos, fleeing to a large-scale military bunker alongside her enigmatic neighbor, Coriolanus Snow, a man whose charm conceals ruthless ambition. In this new world, as the last remnants of North America’s leadership struggle to forge order from the ashes of the old world, Lucy Gray must decide whether love is her greatest refuge…or her most dangerous mistake.

Why they love it: "the chemistry is muwah muwah chef’s kiss and the world building my goodness amazing"

This Is Where You’ll Find Me by pinkandblue00

She had that feeling. That feeling she got before a big storm. The feeling she got right before a trader had pulled a knife on her and her ma at the Hob. The feeling she got right before the stove caught on fire. The feeling that something was about to happen. Call it instinct or call it a sixth sense, but Emmy always knew. She knew when danger was lurking. Her mind and body were screaming at her, aggressively sending her the signal, the warning. Run. But Emery was frozen. Fanola delicately unfolded the piece of paper, her eyes promptly surveying the name. Her smile widened and she leaned in closer into the microphone. Run. “Emery Blue Baird!”

Why they love it: "THE BEST SNOWBAIRD BABY STORY!!!! never fell in love with an oc so quickly, i love how incredible of a character emery blue is and how she's the perfect mix of snow and lucy gray! hoping so so so bad that the story continues to see them be a deranged family together, but i'm also still satisfied with the masterpiece we have already been given!"

Don't Keep the Devil Waiting by FrostedGemstones22 (@youngbloodlex22 )

Coriolanus Snow doesn't care about fleeting high-school relationships, classroom drama, or making friends. All he cares about is restoring his family name to glory by winning the Plinth Prize. Even the addition of some pathetic voucher students to the Academy can't distract him. It would be laughable that they'd ever get a shot at winning it, right? Until...a twist is introduced. To win the Plinth Prize, you must work in a team. And worse, it has to be with a scholarship student. Coriolanus hates Lucy Gray. And she hates him. But together, they might have a shot at it. They both would do anything to win. ---- Modern Snowbarid!AU

Gods, lovers and monsters by Anonymous

I understand that this is my headcanon but I think that secretly Sirius was Walburga's favourite and it breaks her heart having to disown him.

I mean, for a family when more than once a child impregnate another child (I know it's not techincally canon since it's not in the book, but it was Rowling herself who back in the day gave us the Black family tree and the dates) I am pretty sure that Sirius has just the same hot-head as his ancestor. I dare to say he is more similar to Bellatrix than he dares to admit. No one ever can force a Black to do what they doesn't want to do.