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I couldn’t fall asleep one night at 3 am, so here’s a fan animatic of How To Reinvent The Stormtrooper Armor To Make Your Surrogate Father Proud And Shut The Naysayers Up For Fun And Profit by @jackdaw-kraai. 

Warning, I’ve never made an animatic before and it doesn’t have any audio, so ??? Make of that what you will. 

EDIT: added video description

[Video description: animatic of the first 1720 words from the Guides Verse (stops before Luke and Piett walk to the meeting).]

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#MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM DARTH VADER AND CORRIDOR #THIS IS THE PERFECT ANAKIN SKYWALKER CHARACTERIZATION #THE CHRISTMAS GRINCH WHO DOESN’T WANT ANYONE TO BE HAPPY IF HE CAN’T BE #COAL IN KIDS’ STOCKINGS AND SMASHING COOKIES AND STEALING PRESENT ONLY TO THROW THEM IN THE BUSHES #KNOCKING EVERYTHING OFF THE SHELF JUST BECAUSE IT’S THERE #LIGHTSABERING GRAFFITI ONTO THE WALLS #THAT’S MY DISASTER BABY AND I LOVE HIM YOUR HONOR #ANAKIN SKYWALKER IS A JERK ABOUT CHRISTMAS WHO POURS SANTA’S MILK INTO STOCKINGS AND THAT’S JUST CANON YOU CAN’T CHANGE MY MIND

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i have returned... 🤡

#fanfiction #harry potter #voldemort #archive of our own #harrymort

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yes, i am still working on sworn loyalty! i’m trying very hard to finish more of it before i start posting again so i’m so sorry that it’s taking so long. i’m also so unbelievably busy rn...

this is just a plot bunny that would not leave me so i wrote it out a little. it’s set in the same world of sworn loyalty, but directly before the events of the fic, right after voldemort gained power. i’ve redacted the name of the character to prevent spoilers but it might still be quite obvious who it is hehe

May 1985

“Your Lordship,” she greeted, stiffly, a defiant tilt to her head. The Dark Lord could hardly find it within himself to be irritated.

“I was rather certain you would not have shown,” he said, deceptively innocent, if ever such a word could be used to describe Lord Voldemort. An expression of sheer indignance flitted across her face, blatant enough that the Dark Lord nearly found himself losing the wrestle with the deep glee within him straining to manifest in a sharp grin.

“Your-” she stopped herself, choosing her next words carefully, “That thug Crabbe did not give me much of a choice,” she said shortly, her voice modulated against the accusation she, no doubt, yearned to hurl at him.

“Walk with me.” It was a flippant demand framed as a request. She studied him closely for a moment, but nodded jerkily in the end. For the briefest instance, their eyes made contact and, though her Occlumency shields were commendable, he picked up on the traces of dread that stained her mind.

She was silent as they circled the newly constructed gardens of the Palace, not that he expected her to speak, caught somewhere between defiant and afraid as it were.

At last, he broke their silence, “Thorfinn Rowle has been detained under charges of seditious conspiracy.” She froze when she heard that, but recovered almost instantly. The continuous sound of breathing-- slightly sharper than usual -- was her only response. She straightened.

“That was not done for me,” she said in a measured tone, “That was done in spite of me. In spite of what he has done to my family.”

He smiled blandly for he could not begin to fathom her attachment to family. “I never claimed otherwise,” he said nonetheless, “But I thought you might have liked to know before the news broke.”

“You’re not doing me any favours.”

“No,” he agreed easily, “But I am for your brother.” She closed her eyes, her hands curled into pulsating fists and he watched her curiously -- would she dare draw her wand on him? Or perhaps assault him physically?

He waited; patience was a virtue. Or so he heard.

She did neither in the end, but when her eyes fluttered open again, there was a new loathing in them. “He championed rather staunchly for sentient-being rights, did he not?” The Dark Lord pressed on, undeterred by the depth of her grief. She was silent for a few beats too long.

“He did,” her tone was still impressively neutral, though the slightest sliver of fondness slipped in.

“A Bill will be proposed to the Wizengamot after the November elections. It will push for the criminalisation of discrimination against sentient-being. The Minister for Magic will have considerable sway in its successful passing.” What was left unsaid was that he alone controlled so much of the Wizengamot that only with his approval would the Bill be passed, Minister of Magic be damned. And he would not hesitate to use it to punish her. To torment her. She took a deep breath, her hands dusting over the neatly-trimmed hedges of his grounds as she followed a few steps behind the Dark Lord.

“What are you proposing?” She asked, fearing she already knew exactly what he wanted.

“Be my Minister for Magic.”

A beat.

His Minister for Magic.

“That… that is for the people to decide,” she deflected, her voice soft and conflicted.

“Indeed,” he agreed wryly. They stopped next to a bed of white roses and she couldn’t help but feel that some greater being was mocking her.

Staring into the swirls of the pure petals, she asked slowly, “And... should I refuse…?”

His smile harboured the promise of seeing to the destruction of her life in every aspect that mattered-- a hint to the cruel Dark Lord nestled in the depth of this charming, alluring man. They both knew what would happen. “My dear, have I not already been infinitely patient with you?”

And the awful thing was, he had been extremely patient. That was the thing about the Dark Lord, he somehow managed to meet all her expectations of who he was while blowing every assumption she had of him out of the water.

Where was the monster her brother had so valiantly opposed in spite of the warnings of the rest of their family? Where were his death threats and terrible anger? Where was the nightmare of a man that justified his death?

She closed her eyes again. How could her dear brother’s death be in vain?

It doesn’t have to be, her mind supplied traitorously, You can fulfill his final wish, do for him what he couldn’t finish in life—

Succumbing to the Dark Lord he fought is an insult to his memory!

As if sensing her conflict, she noticed that he had moved away. How considerate, she thought bitterly.

Why me?

Better me than someone else.

She found him again a few days later and prayed for her family’s forgiveness even as she accepted his offer. “One term,” she laid out half-heartedly.

“That is for the people to decide,” he echoed, before he dipped his head in a mockery of a respectful bow, “I believe congratulations are in order, Minister.” She could barely bring herself to react with the finality of her acceptance weighing heavy on her every limb.

#fanfiction #voldemort #harry potter #backstory #sworn loyalty

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Thanks for giving me a chance ❤

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the experience of writing something, posting it, and then having people comment about their favorite parts through their eyes is just. such an incredible experience. it’s like getting to re-read your own writing again for the first time and it always gives me such a giddy feeling when people pick up on things i don’t realize i’m putting out. 

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actually me looking through my southeast asian history class notes to create a realistic dictatorship for fanfiction

#i am a clown #but it do be like that sometimes #filling my head with nonsense #harry potter #fanfiction #history #phantom of the opera

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a re-do of the re-do with an ouroboros to represent the eternal nature of voldemort and his government and just slytherin in general

ended up desigining a couple of ministry of magic seals for a voldemort-wins AU. The top one is a simplified version of the second one. It’s filled with symbolism and a bunch of stuff I really didn’t need to know about heraldry but wow it’s incredible interesting.

so a brief run-through:

- the double-headed eagle represents protection, justice, power, nobility, one head looks to the past to pay respects to traditions and cultures past, and one to the future of prosperity and progress

- the two crossed wands pointing downwards represents the victory over the old ministry (one light and one dark wand for the unity of Wizarding Britain)

- the letter M stylised to include the letter V for Voldemort’s ministry.

- the wand at the centre and the serifs on the letter mark its importance and focus on magical affairs

- some green and silver accents as an homage to slytherin

- 28 7-pointed stars on the seal to represent the sacred 28 families and the magical power of the number 7

- “in magic we trust” cuz… idk i found it interesting

will definitely be making more in the future, that was really fun (but kind of time-consuming oops) if you want to use it for anything, just let me know!

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“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.”

              ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

tomarry and one of my favorites quotes from Dostoyevsky 

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father and son selfie before overthrowing the emperor ig

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Well, then the droid does belong to you.

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when you accidentally close one of the 600 ao3 tab you’re reading

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ended up desigining a couple of ministry of magic seals for a voldemort-wins AU. The top one is a simplified version of the second one. It’s filled with symbolism and a bunch of stuff I really didn’t need to know about heraldry but wow it’s incredible interesting. so a brief run-through: - the double-headed eagle represents protection, justice, power, nobility, one head looks to the past to pay respects to traditions and cultures past, and one to the future of prosperity and progress - the two crossed wands pointing downwards represents the victory over the old ministry (one light and one dark wand for the unity of Wizarding Britain) - the letter M stylised to include the letter V for Voldemort’s ministry. - the wand at the centre and the serifs on the letter mark its importance and focus on magical affairs - some green and silver accents as an homage to slytherin - 28 7-pointed stars on the seal to represent the sacred 28 families and the magical power of the number 7 - “in magic we trust” cuz… idk i found it interesting will definitely be making more in the future, that was really fun (but kind of time-consuming oops) if you want to use it for anything, just let me know!

#harry potter #wizarding world #ministry of magic #voldemort #fanart #procrastination #symbolism #heraldry #coat of arms #magic #voldemort wins #alternate universe #wizards #fanfiction #sworn loyalty

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My version of this three generations of troublemaker ladies