Literally the only three things you need to know about Jane Austen
1. Her first major novel (Northanger Abbey) was written solely because she was so salty about how dramatic and cliche and formula Gothic novels were. You know what I mean. Every castle is foreboding. Every villain is awful but can’t bring himself to kill the heroine because she’s Too Pure. Every middle-aged female companion wants to do the heroine in. The heroine is Pure and Perfect and Is Good At Everything Young Women Should Be and recites quotes and/or the Bible whenever she’s in danger and that makes everything better. All butlers are evil. Jane Austen wrote a book specifically to go “THIS is how NORMAL people react to things!!!”
2. “She never changed her opinion about books or men”
3. “As a girl she wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances” and you know what that means. Jane Austen started off writing smut fanfiction. If that’s not writing reassurement that you can be great no matter what you choose to write, I don’t know what is.
(Both quotes from the Penguin Classics version of Northanger Abbey)
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Btw. I love you. Just in case you’ve forgotten that. But the words sound empty now. Hollow. And if you said them back I just wouldn’t believe them anymore
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Wild Youth
01.30.1960 - 10.31.1981
03.27.1960 - 10.31.1981
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I wish I knew the exact time and date that harry told snape ‘there’s no need to call me sir professor’ so that I could take a moment of silence to remember the moment each year
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Sketch request for @hermionewazlib - That moment after Ron destroyed the Horcrux (after it hurt his little soul for a bit there. Awww)
“Simultaneously they walked forward and hugged, Harry gripping the still-sopping back of Ron’s jacket.“
♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♩ Reunited and it feels so goooood! ♪ ♫ ♬ ♪ ♫
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I want to believe that Harry would also be a great godfather/uncle to Rose. And I can’t imagine these three apart for long.
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Why is it when something bad happens, it’s always you three? (x)
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reblog if you want more interaction w your lovely followers
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