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Turkey pepperoni and some fresh mozz might be nice with that.

Yeah, it definitely needed more stirred-in cheese, and if I’d had any pepperoni I for sure would have stirred some in. I think it would also do nicely with some sausage or sauteed mushrooms. 

raventree

If you cook some onion in the pot before adding your sauce, and add peas with the pasta, you can say you've had Vegetables

Ah, peas would ruin the whole dish for me, though. I did think about adding in onion -- I keep caramelized onions in the freezer and could have nuked some and stirred them in -- but I really wanted the garlic to come through this time. 

xcwrites

On one hand I'm (in principle) all for the democratisation of finance. Everyone's getting their hands on a slice of the pie. On the other hand, it seems like an inherently destabilising phenomenon ... Especially with meme stocks.

Well, and I think while your concern is valid I’d like to reframe it slightly -- I think the real concern is less that everyone is now able to participate, and more that our economic setup itself is so fragile that allowing everyone to participate destabilizes it so easily. The fact that a “meme stock” can be created in the first place is a flaw in the system, not a flaw of access to the system. I think it’s a deliberately designed flaw -- a bug that was considered a feature when only the powerful had access.  

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Who worries about how they will look when they’re older: Neither, they’re not that shallow and they both have wizard genes to look young for a freaky long time. 

Who makes the mix tapes/cd’s: UM NEITHER. Gracie has one for running but Louis seems like he gets too focusedon other stuff to even really notice if music is on or not lmao

Clings to the other during scary movies: IF GRACIE EVER DID SHE’D WANNA DIE SO PROBABLY NO ONE. 

Gets into the shower with the other randomly: GRACIE. She loves to mess with Louis and keep him on his toes. 

Flashes the other when they walk by after taking a shower alone: Probably also Gracie to see if Louis would even NOTICE or if he’s so into his work he doesn’t see the boobs walk by.

Initiates hand holding while the other is driving: Nah, that seems too sappy for them 

Secretly tries to touch the other in naughty places during public/family events: UM BOTH? More Gracie but honestly like they both try to push each other’s buttons for shiggles so *shrug*

Asks weird questions in the middle of the night: Both, although Louis’s are probably weirder and more random. Gracie’s are usually like WHAT WAS MY BLOCK PERCENTAGE LAST GAME or something dumb and Quidditch related.

Asks “what are you thinking about?”: Louis? I feel like it’s very unusual for Gracie to seem like lost in her own head so if she is he’d wanna know what was up.

“I graduated from Hogwarts just the same as you, I know how to read,” Gracie snapped, not sure what was more irritating -- the fact that Louis had of course noticed a detail that she’d neglected to find, or the fact that she didn’t hate the way it sounded rolling off his tongue. A couple -- they were a couple of people, right, what was the harm in that? But as averse to love as she may have always been, even Gracie knew the connotations, and the idea of being stuck with Louis and mostly Louis forever? It really wasn’t terrible. She thought about the way they were now, her always popping into his flat whenever she felt like it, the bickering, the knowing glances they got from the rest of the Wotters -- the same ones she and Hugo had gotten, nearly a decade ago now. They’d even posed as a couple before, kissing for show, and maybe once or twice when it wasn’t entirely necessary, but just because he was surprisingly good at it and it got him to shut up and stop being such a smarty pants for a minute or two. Maybe someday they’d put a label on it, or even talk about it -- but when she was being mocked wasn’t the best time for it, and her face flushed, whether from anger or embarrassment she wasn’t sure. “Fine, I’ll just get Hugo or James to pretend to be my other half, see if I don’t,” she grumbled, grabbing her broom in an attempt to fly away just as quickly as she’d arrived. 

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who would be the one to randomly adopt a puppy without consultation: GRACIE would adopt everything from puppies to house elves to man-eating Flobberworms without asking Louis about it first honestly. 

who would force the other to take aesthetic pictures of them: Gracie would want Louis to take cool action shots of her flying lol. 

who would do stuff they think is stupid just to make the other one happy: Louis thinks most things Gracie likes are stupid and vice versa yet somehow they keep ending up doing stuff together 

who picks out the horror movies to watch just so the other will cling to them: They don’t need to watch horror movies, they’ve seen enough horrible stuff in real life. 

who is constantly studying and who is constantly trying to distract them: Louis is definitely the studier and Gracie is always in his face telling him he’s a nerd. 

who initiates the facetime calls whenever they’re separated: Neither, they’re honestly so caught up in their own lives that they wouldn’t remember to get in touch until Gracie was flying through the window again. 

who is more likely to storm out after a fight and who is more likely to cry when they do: Gracie would fly out and Louis would honestly just wait until she calms down and comes back. 

who stays up way too late binge-watching their favorite shows: Louis is the one up late but he’s usually doing weird experiments or reading, not watching things. Gracie goes to bed early so she can get up and work out. 

who bites the other’s ear when they’re feeling frisky: Gracie would probably surprise the shit out of Louis by doing this lol. But his ear’s like all she can reach when he’s hunched over his desk. 

who sprays the other with water when they’re washing the car: WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT GRACIE STARTS THESE THINGS (maybe she just wants Lou to kiss her again :-p) 

who has more fun decorating the house during holidays: Gracie’s a disaster and Lou uses his genius elsewhere; they’d need Gareth for this tbh 

who is more likely to give the silent treatment when they’re mad at the other: Gracie is the childish one lmao 

who plays with the others’ hair more: I can’t see Louis being the ‘play with his girlfriend’s hair’ type; Gracie probably still charms food to land in his sometimes when she’s bored though, if that counts. 

who is more likely to climb all over the other one when they’re bored: GRACE KATHERINE WOOD, ALWAYS. 

who tries to kiss the other as often as they can: I feel like they’d both make the other work for it because they’re little shits lmao 

who pouts when the other one tells them to shut the fuck up: Gracie definitely is the pouter, she’d try and fail to make Louis feel bad lol. 

who initiates the sex and who walks away when the other is riled up: UM idk like gracie gets so caught up in the heat of the moment i doubt she ever would. Maybe Louis but like what guy walks away from sex? XD 

who always forgets the umbrella and who holds it when they actually have one: Louis would conjure an umbrella but Gracie would already be running away playing in the rain so does it really matter? 

who demands showering first in the mornings: They have totally opposite sleeping schedules so Gracie gets it after her morning training sessions by default. 

who sneaks into the shower with the other one in the mornings: I could see Gracie sneaking in with Louis later in the day when his dumb butt is finally awake. 

who prefers riding the roller coasters and who prefers playing the games: Gracie is a stupid daredevil although I think she prefers the game because she says rollercoasters can never compare with flying. 

who will text the other one thirty times in a row until they respond: Gracie is the annoying one, for sure :-p 

who always forgets to charge their phone overnight: BOTH THEIR PHONES ARE DEAD SO OFTEN THEY’RE TRASH. 

who comes up behind the other and slide their hands into their back pockets: Gracie, she’s the more forward one 

who tries to get hugs from the other as often as they can: Neither, Gracie probably pretends he smells because she’s so mature

Good morning to you too XC

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yells at the other for leaving wet towels on the bed: Louis. He’s just learned to deal with Gracie invading his home in most other ways but this one he puts his foot down. 

whines when the other forgets what they wanted after going grocery shopping: Gracie. She already whines about how much she wants a house elf all the same, she’d still do the same once she forced Louis to basically be her human house elf :-p

leaves five half drank bottles of water in their room: I can’t really see either of them doing it but if anyone probably Louis? He’d be drinking and then get an idea and go start on one of his experiments without finishing it. 

initiates a quickie while at somewhere they shouldn’t: If anyone, Gracie. She’s the impulsive one. 

surprises the other with their favorite fast food for dinner: Gracie might actually bring Louis food sometimes just to make sure that he remembers to leave his experiments long enough to eat. 

is massively hungover after celebrating their anniversary: Gracie probably. I could see her cutting loose and being irresponsible still sometimes whoops

argues for double stuffed Oreos over regular: Louis. Gracie would probably just think they could use a spell to multiply the frosting in the middle and Louis would have to remind her duplicated food doesn’t taste as good. 

buys $200 worth of baby things after finding out they’re expecting: omg neither tbh, I feel like their parents would have to intervene and go on super grandparent duty because Gracie and Louis would both be like... oh. what do we do with this thing? 

[text]: Really, smarty pants? The best you can do is ask me to just pretend it didn’t exist? I’d have thought by now you’d have time-traveled back and made sure it never happened, or secretly Obliviated me or something. [text]: It’s okay, I’m not too mature or boring to believe in opposite day. I’ll just chalk it up to that and not even demand a house elf as payment or anything.[text]: Although I do get at least one I TOLD YOU I MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER! HA!