Tya

JKR's actions are not my personal responsibility because I enjoy the universe she created. I do not give her money, I spread awareness about her actions (the majority of my co-workers have no idea about her views because they're not chronically online. The truth of the matter is that fanfic is not responsible for the continued existence of HP content. Merch is everywhere, the movies are considered a cult classic and watched every year around Xmas time, people dress up as Harry Potter for Halloween, etc), I point out the flaws in terf rhetoric and show up for my trans friends, and even if I didn't do any of those things I don't think it would say as much about my moral value as people seem to think it does.

Creativity is not a sin just because it takes a shape you disapprove of, and deprivation is not a virtue either. Stop dictating puritan values upon others.

Is HP a flawed universe that is ethically dubious? Yes. The author's moral values slip through the writing and it also suffers from moral contradictions because the conventions of fairy tale writing and of coming of age fantasy are different. The author didn't care about it in any way but the superficial. I can read things without internalising them, though, because I am capable of exercising my own judgement.

Everyone chooses where they draw the line. That's the case for everything we do under capitalism. I don't believe people spend as much energy screaming that Disney is the devil, anyone who uses Spotify should be burnt and if you ever enjoyed a Neil Gaiman book you're a terrible person. Or maybe they do, but I'm not sure how they can get anything done during the day when they spend so much time fighting every battle under the sun.

I won't go deeply into it but I think I don't want to go the usual route for the Slytherins' interpersonal relationships. That means (gasp) no Blaise, no Daphne, no Pansy or Millient, or at least not to the extent where Theo confided in them.

And that means Cedric was something to him before he died.

(Harry's guilt complex is gonna love that.)

Here's a little spoilery cryptic quote to go with my rambling:

"Poor, naïve Cedric, so eager to please his father he staked his life on it. He never stood a chance.

According to the replies to my comment, that's censorship.

I tried to defend my point by saying that there are multitudes of reasons why a writer might want to make a male character female and it might not have anything to do with a ship (taking into account the fact that those ships are often not even canon in the first place) AND that people who write those types of stories also often read and write slash as well.

My comment was reported and flagged as hate speech.

I am losing my mind about this.

To make things clear, I don't even like Rule 63 fics like that. I've read a few that were well done, but I really don't seek them out. They're not my jam. I'll read them if a writer can convince me, and I've written a few, but I'm primarily a gen fic writer with a side of slash.

But this is wild. People writing fem!Harry, fem!Naruto, fem!Tony Stark and whatever the fuck don't do it because they hate gay people. They often do it because they're women consuming media intended for male audiences in which female characters are often underdeveloped and stereotyped. They do it because they want women to be the hero.

I’ve been thinking about Charlie potter today and I’ve also been thinking about Percy Jackson

And I think this thing that Percy did in taking the great prophecy on his shoulders to make sure Nico the other contender for it that was a rlly young kid that lost the last family he had left, to save him from having the weight of the world on his shoulders is Charlie would do for his twin brother. To spare him more suffering at the hands of fate

Also another parallel between Charlie and Percy is that before the existence of Nico son of hades and Haron son those who thrice defied him they were both treated like the answer to the prophecy when the other possible choice (Thalia daughter of Zeus and Neville longbottom son of other who also thrice defied him) where out of contention for reasons

They both grew up with the knowledge that they were the chosen one, they were responsible for saving their world and their loved ones and we know Percy was slightly resentful for this bc he didn’t ask for this and from what little you’ve given us about Charlie he is a little resentful about how his life functions in relation to his importance, he is envious of other children for their carefree childhoods

And Nico and haron represent an out, another possible chosen one to take on the burden of the world

But Percy knowing how heavy that responsibility is and he is the kind of person to break cycles, so he ensures it’s him to save another the pain and stress he’s been under and I feel that’s the direction that Charlie is going

In a lot of WBWL stories Harry always ends up taking on the title and the wbwl is relegated to the sidelines and in this case Charlie wouldn’t wish his twin the same stress and burden, your WBWL in my amateur opinion is going to grab the prophecy by the strings and tie it to his heart and soul

The parallels with Percy Jackson weren't something I'd thought of before but they're very interesting. Especially love the fact that you tied Neville back in with Talia, since they are both out of the running, so to speak.

I really love your thoughts on this because you really hit the nail on the head regarding what I'm trying to do with Charlie and Haron and the WBWL trope. It's less about who is the true Boy-Who-Lived and more about which of the two brothers will take on the burden to protect the other. Charlie obviously has a headstart because of public perception and the Remus situation, but Haron is the older brother in this equation, so it's bound to get really messy in that sense. Which one is Nico and which one is Percy? It gets so much more complicated when they are twins, doesn't it?

And what general idea do you want to continue developing, but your muse has gone on vacation!

By the way, today I just re-read his cross to bear and I found this bit from here: "Juliet Capulet's body was buried with Romeo's instead of being returned to her family for the proper rites to be observed, and the Dark House of course took insult. They rallied their allies, other Houses who usually stayed neutral in their feud but could not accept the precedent the Montagues risked setting, and terminated the main house with extreme prejudice.

The branch members of their House fled Italy. Some even settled in Britain, and they rebuilt from the ground up, using Dark rituals this time.

The irony did not escape them, and Haron had heard that Graham Montague in Slytherin found humor in his family's origin story." Ask or tell people and have to keep your face neutral so as not to deny or confirm any of the rumors.

And lastly, seeing that you wanted to expand on the Gaunt family, how you developed the Black family and in Ariana Potter's shorts with the Weasleys, I wonder what other families you'd like to expand your own lore on?

Anyway, I'll stop asking or you'll be reading this until tomorrow. Remember to drink water!! And take care!!! 💙💙💙💙💙

Hello!

When you say Merlin-related, are we talking Arthurian legends in general, Merlin the character or BBC Merlin haha? Because I do have answers to all of those, but they're obviously different ones.

For Arthurian legends, I just love including the prophecy about Arthur's demise in HP fics because it's such an interesting echo to the Chosen One prophecy. And you know I love reincarnated fem!Arthur, Artemisia Wyrmhauser my beloved. There's also something related to Arthur's association with the Wild Hunt and storms in Scottish folklore which I plan to add to ex nihilo but I can't mention it here without spoilers so I'll leave it at that haha.

For Merlin the character, I really want to explore his impact on wizarding society more. I also love cambion!Merlin very much. (Fun fact: I had a fic that I now oprhaned in which the big villain of the story was supposed to be a Merlin who bodysnatched Dumbledore. I didn't keep going with that story because it was a bit of a mess - I was trying to do too many things at once - but I had a really cool outline for that one.)

And for BBC Merlin, it would either be the dragonlord lore (which would make a fun GoT crossover, I'd say) or the once and future king stuff.

I'm not actually sure I've answered your question, but I hope I was at least on the right track. For an idea I want to keep developing but the muse not letting me... there are so many it's actually tragic. The one draft that haunts me is a Renly Baratheon character study-slash-time travel fic though, which is so unbelievably niche it's ridiculous.

For families I want to develop more, I already mentioned somewhere that I want to do something more with the Lestranges. The Boneses and the Ollivanders are also in my to-do list.

I feel like that despite the on the nose title of the song, the lyrics rlly resonate with the unveiling!Harry and what lily made him