#/ just chat about it more in private?

[thevioletcaptain]

if you as a fic reader ever become possessed by the urge to do a popularity bracket with the fics other people wrote and shared for fun and for free, consider:

don't ❤️ 

#just!!!! make a rec list!!!!!!!!! #popularity contests do nothing but drive writers out of fandoms by pitting people against their friends #and invariably result in people being assholes in the comments as if the people who wrote the fic can't see it #like ''oh clearly fic x is better than fic y'' #or ''why is fic c even in this poll?'' #nobody gains anything by you doing a bracket to see which fic is the ''most popular'' #a stat which could be found more easily & less cruelly by simply hitting the sort by bookmarks/kudos button on ao3 #anyway ugh. i saw that one of my fics was being pitted against one of my friend's fics in this bracket that's going around #and i have no idea who is ''winning'' because i refuse to look. but either way it's gonna feel bad!!! #because i want my friend to get his flowers so i want him to win!!! but i also would like to know that people like my fic!!!! #so it's just a lose/lose situation even though i generally don't give a shit about numbers #but this turns it into a schoolyard popularity thing #and the emotional response to having people *vote* on if your work is *better or worse* than other fic is hard to ignore #cannot reiterate enough JUST MAKE A REC LIST #or if you absolutely must do a bracket like this do it in a private chat server or something #don't create a public forum for people to pass value judgements where the authors can see it #and feel bad if they get told their fic is ''worse'' than someone elses #but also feel bad if they get told theirs is ''better'' because it came at the cost of telling another author they weren't good enough #ANYWAY i still feel sick with a super sore throat and a headache & am probably extra cranky because of it #(still testing negative thankfully so it's probably just weather/allergen related) #gonna go make some tea and prep the fic updates i want to post today #cass says things #fandom problems #wank adjacent

[ohdorothea]

I think I have to engage with Taylor Swift as a performance artist rather than a person or I will break my brain trying to figure her out

#there is something about the specific ways she has said she does not want people to speculate about who her songs are about #but then… everything she does #saying question was about Matty #releasing you’re losing me during the Matty backlash #this new album title seemingly being a reference to a very publicly known group chat her ex was in #honestly I find the whole thing easier to understand if I believe Joe was a beard #it honestly makes more sense to me than being in a serious relationship for 6 years and then immediately upon breaking up #using all of your public power and money to trash him and get your fans riled up against him #not that I think he was a beard I honestly don’t really have an opinion they were so private I don’t know anything about their relationship #other than what Taylor has written about #how do you go from peace to trying to actively set your fans against him #idk ignore me I am just Thinking

[krys-loves-otome]

Saw some talk about creating character ask blogs on my dash earlier today! And as many of you know, I have a plethora of characters to pull from...

But, I also have a full schedule so making ask blogs is a little out of my spoon range at present.

That said, would anyone be interested in me doing little brain rot posts with my ocs instead? Of course, my writing blog (@not-krys) is full of WIP Wednesdays involving them but this will be even more off the cuff, like if there's a thing happening in their game and I just need to comment on it? Or something going on in RL that makes me think about my OCs and their boos, and I just need to share it with you guys?

In my writing files, I actually do have a doc where I keep random thought blerbs where I put things that come to mind about my girlies. Sometimes it's just a sentence or two, sometimes it goes into meta, sometimes it just screaming about something cute going on, things like that.

Would anyone be interested in something like that? I can't promise they'll be a regular thing, but I do love sharing about my OCs and brain-rotting is the most available method of me doing so.

Asks are also available if anyone has questions or just wants to shoot ideas at me if that's more your thing!

Thanks for coming to my little thought session, lovelies~

#krys talks #krys's babies #I'd probably call it something like 'krys's brain rots' or something #miri might be regular appearance bc of the regular chats in obey me #like one of the more recent ones where Belphie got him a pillow that gives you strange dreams #and towards the end Belphie privately messages about MC/Miri getting the pillow and what they think/what they dreamed about #one of the options that they can have a dream of being with everyone and having a good time #and while Belphie complains about wanting be alone with them even in their dreams #I couldn't help but remember that this is the Nightbringer timeline and MC/Miri is not in her normal time #and I like to interpret that moment to mean that MC/Miri was missing her original time and had a dream about it #and then I just teared up as likely Miri did in remembering that dream and hi angsty feels for an initially silly idea #other brain rot post ideas: #what Thea and Abby are doing in the Interlude timeline #I'm at the fight at the mansion part of the interlude #what would they do if they're boys are trying to fight for their undead lives #on the ikepri front: Clara vs Gilbert #...oh dear #thanks for listening either way!

[star--anon]

How do you tell when you talk about traditionally romantic things in a platonic context way too much?

Are there any ways to tell that I talk too much about platonic relationships?

Because I just got kicked out of a server for “fetishizing friendships and aromantics” and I’m wondering if maybe that could be a sign?

#vent #just for context it’s a strictly sfw server and also I’m not out as aroace bc idk how supportive they are of that #it seems like they’re pretty supportive considering they kicked me out for fetishizing them #so that’s nice #there’s silver linings to everything #also I could totally appeal this but I don’t wanna #turns out a bunch of people who (I thought) were good friends made a private group chat #and basically psycho-analyzed everything I said #basically just picture a room of people convincing each other their close friend was a creep #meanwhile said close friend is just closeted aroace #mostly I’m pissed because they could’ve just. asked me #like. ‘hey you talk about platonic kissing a lot what’s up with that’ #or like. ‘hey you talk too much about platonic kissing and it’s making some people uncomfortable’ #I literally had Chat With Me !! as my server name idk how they messed this up #anyway the good news is I will probably be talking here a lot more in regards to the Gladers and neat platonic things I thought of about th #(that last word is Them. I ran out of space) #I just wanna make it clear that I talked to one of the admins who decided to kick me #and yes it literally was just that I talked too much about it #not that I was creepy or that I forced the conversation into platonic cuddling/etc. to the point of being uncomfortable #no no I just. talked too much #in the channels that were dedicated to talking #I talked too much

[queerautism]

Hi I have a question, what's it like being a system? I think I might be one but I really don't know, so I wanted to ask what it's literally for you.

For anyone questioning, I really recommend checking out the resources in the Healthy Multiplicity website - Especially their link to 'Am I Plural?' by the Dragonheart Collective

We are a mostly median system, traumagenic (adaptive), non disordered and almost entirely monoconscious, so our personal experience of being a system is very much determined by those things. We're honestly not sure how to describe 'what it's like' any further, since it's just our 'normal'

#uniquely plural #pluralgang #actually plural #plural community #I'd be happy to answer any more specific questions on DMs tho! #/ just chat about it more in private?

[mygwenchan]

At this point the hate campaign against Build has really become somewhat of a weekly occasion, huh? They always come for him when something good is happening, like the magazine sales that are doing really well, the current donation event and his nice Japan trip. They really need to ruin the mood every time... Well, I can only laugh about these pitiful attempts to destroy his career and his life. It's just narcissist and stalker behavior from his ex, quite pathetic tbh. She and her minions can't even get creative about it. Like come on, at least leak the s** tape or something! lol But nope, it's always just chats that are either fake or should've stayed private or some irrelevant pictures. Nothing new here. Next!

#yes i read the chat translations (which might not even be accurate i might add) #still don't care 🤷‍♀️🥱 #just the other day i probably talked more shit about my boss #than build ever did about all his ex-colleagues combined lol #guess i must be a horrible person as well #or just really stupid cause i'll continue to be his fan #or somehow a 14 years old who is fawning over a cute boy #oh well 😂 #best thing everyone can do is look at the big picture here #and ask themselves why these chats and pictures are still getting released after more than 6 months #why there is one scandal after the other #build isn't creating these scandals #he is not the one who leaks private information about others #he is not the one who spreads false rumors #he just wants to live his life in peace #it's the other party that can't move on #like i said #stalker behavior nothing else #at this point he should just get a restraining order against her or something #and get her minions accounts deleted while he's at it #midnight thoughts #build jakapan #build jakapan puttha

[risingsunresistance]

"let's get rid of any unique features we have. if we look like everyone else, everyone will like us more!" my brother in christ people only like you BECAUSE you are unique. if everyone is the exact same then there is no good reason to choose you over someone else. do something that makes users prefer you

#i am still here for two reasons. i can lock my posts now so that they arent rebloggable. and my timeline is still chronological #if you take those away im out i just dont care about social media enough. you can find me on discord #if there were private tumblrs like ACTUAL private tumblrs i would be so happy kfjhdkg #that is the one thing you SHOULD copy from twitter. i dont like the password system to view n stuff #i still want to like. interact with people. just a bit more closed off. make it password to follow #chat

[fantasy-costco]

After this semester ends in like a week I won't have any more religious studies classes like. Ever again. My religious studies advisor already told me that people have tried to put religious studies classes towards history degrees in the masters program but the school won't let them. I can always keep researching on my own and part of the point of this minor was to get the tools to do so but religious studies is a field full of so much bias and it's nice to have someone to guide me through that.

#My university just does Not respect the humanities at all but that's what I get for going to (redacted) :/ #If I was going into academia I would probably try harder and try to build a carrier out of like. Early Christian history or something #But as it stands theres not much of a market for that in the museum field outside of the worst Christian propaganda scams imaginable #So I will. Not do that. And will instead study the revolutionary war like a good little public historian and privately #Roast Dennis R. MacDonald in the group chat. For fun. #Also religious studies drama is so much funnier that historian drama cause it's just like. Three people in a room yelling at each other #Every paper is like 'this fucking idiot thinks mark had a classical education can you believe the audacity' or #'you have to prove in a court of law that this text is a forgery otherwise Jesus is gay' (lads the text was a forgery) #The forgery one was funny cause I did a presentation about it and I was trying not to be super accusatory and my professor was like nah #I know the guy who forged it he made it up. Tell us more about gay Jesus tho. #I'm gonna miss this 😥

[sheliesshattered]

I think alcohol is a fantastic invention.

Because sometimes it’s fun, and sometimes it’s reckless, and sometimes it’s necessary because your father just died and you’re spending ten days living out of a hotel five minutes from your mother’s house so you can be there to help her go through all his books and clothes and trinkets and old birthday cards and the little scattered handwritten notes he wrote as he was slowly losing his mind and even more slowly realizing he was losing it, and there’s so much to get done and her grief is so overwhelming that you can’t even really feel your own, and you just think--

Bourbon. Bourbon would make this better.

#tw alcohol #alcohol #drinking #bourbon #whiskey #okay to reblog #this is my real life #2022 mood #I have grieved in private in stair steps downwards over the last year #grieving each little thing as we lost it. as we lost him. #and I'll grieve some more when I'm back home on my own turf #but for now my days are about supporting Mom and my nights are about deriving enough support from bourbon to sleep soundly #I've been here for a week and the days all blend together #but at some point we had to go to the funeral home for a last glimpse of his body before the cremation #and we said our goodbyes in our own ways and with varying amounts of tears #and afterwards it was just me and my nonbinary sibling sitting in their car #and I said 'I need a drink' and they said 'meeeee tooooo' #and we come from a strict no-drinking family so there's not an ounce of alcohol in the house not even cooking wine #and then we looked at the building next to the funeral home. and it was a combo bar and liquor store #so we went in and chatted with some cheerful and friendly midwesterners who were very happy to sell us bourbon (me) and Baileys (them) #at two in the fucking afternoon #my nb sibling is braver than me and took the Baileys into Mom's house. I however have limited myself to just a little bourbon before bed #when I'm by myself in the hotel room and know I won't be able to sleep otherwise #it's helping until I can have the time and space to deal with this like a fucking adult

[pocasu]

in addition to my tags in lrb -> i think discussions surrounding the gender neutrality and/or inclusivity of a given language would be more constructive if pronouns (albeit important!) weren't often designated as the only criterion, bc there's usually just so many cultural nuances that lie outside of them.

#poca chat #like i said; kr and jp may be gender neutral in many aspects (honorifics etc) it begins to crumble in the private sphere #when you're not holding other people at a polite arm's length away and they're close to you. that's when gendered terms surface #and from my viewpoint it's kind of bc you're expected to 'recognize' more personal aspects of their identity (sister brother etc) #in eng you can introduce someone as your older sibling and it wouldn't be unnatural but there's seriously no alternative in kr+jp #i've been thinking about the gendered titles a lot (too much) recently for reasons so ahm. yeah #i hope this is worded eloquently enough but this really is just the opinion of one person so take it as you will #i am a native kr speaker though so don't try to fight me on that one.

[mybrainproblems]

Do you ever think about continuing ALYNA? Especially with AoT ending? ALYNA really was a brilliantly well thought out piece of writing. I still reread it every now and again. Thank you for sharing it with us. Hope all is well with you!

Oh nonnie, this is actually such a lovely ask to get.

I will be honest and say that every so often I do think about ALYNA but the story is dead by virtue of a series of extremely unfortunate events; mental health issues, work issues, people being unpleasant in my inbox, the notebook with all of my plot notes sustaining heavy water damage (mostly the latter)... I think at some point I must have thrown out that notebook since I didn't find it when I was moving a few months ago (and I did actively look for it). Enough time had already passed by the time my notes got destroyed that I didn't remember a lot of the final arc which was like. The "tie everything up" arc (-_-;) so there are some vague bits that I remember but I don't have the motivation to try and remember or think up a "new" way to wrap it all up. However I do remember exactly what the epilogue was and where everyone ended up. I feel like saying that and not sharing it is kinda cruel but there is this tiny tiny part of me that always thinks that someday I will finish it and I don't want to spoil the plot... that I will likely never write. Sorry about that, nonnie.

It's funny bc I only know aot ended since I followed one last final blogger who was still into it but also I stopped reading the manga in fall 2015 and have no interest in engaging with it again. From what I understand it took some ideological Turns that sounded really unpleasant.

And super seriously while I don't want to engage with the fandom this was a nice message to get and I appreciate it a lot. Pretty much the only asks about ALYNA that I've been getting for literal years are berating me for not finishing it and somehow performing a bait and switch for discontinuing before I got to the ereri of it all by readers who went into it knowing it was incomplete. So yeah. This was such a nice ask to get like I never think about the fact that ppl might continue to reread it bc why would anyone want to read or reread a discontinued fic? So nonnie, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for sending this and being kind.

(And I'm doing well, I hope you are too.)

#nonnie this ask kinda makes me want to pick it up again but the lack of notes really puts the kibosh on it #like there are so many loose ends to wrap up in the final arc & i don't think readers were even aware of some things getting set up #god. this is reminding me how much i was looking forward to reader reactions to the marco reveal teased out over time and also #reader reactions to how the plot was tied up in the final arc like i do not remember a lot of it but it was really complex and detailed #which is *why* it's such an issue that my notes were destroyed. i just do not remember enough to not be basically coming up with the #plot all over again... which i just don't have the mental energy for and i'm sorry for that #i guess i'll settle the cliffhanger if you're still reading this: it's marco who dies and nifa lives... sorry if you hate me for that #if you don't hate me for killing marco and want to de-anon i'd actually be fine to chat a bit more privately about what i do remember #i don't want to engage directly with the larger fandom or manga but privately i'm okay with #wishing you all the best for your kindness nonnie #ask a brain problem #anonymous

[lilowoof]

OUGH, these feelings of loneliness have been so strong lately.... going from having someone to talk to here n there to just radio silence kinda hurts, ngl X'D

I've done this song n dance before and IDM waking up to no messages or not having ppl close to me to chat to but still! Having a taste of closeness with ppl, only for it to be ripped out of my hands, by my choice, or theirs, or both just...... It hurts!

Thankfully I do have some great pals whom I can reach out to if needed so it's not like I am 100% alone XDD I guess I'm just trying to readjust to the current situation. And I know that I have the power to reach out to ppl and also to check out events in town to meet ppl! It's hard for me to do those things but I have the power to, gotta give myself grace and take things one step at a time, as I usually do!

I just wish it didn't hurt so badly haha!! (also this is not an invitation for ppl to dm me (unless u really want to for some reason). I just like writing down my thoughts so I can dissect them better and of course not bottle things up, etc etc)

#don't get me wrong: most of the time I adore just being in my own head and alone! #but when I wanna talk to someone about stuff that is happening.....good or bad. and having no one #THAT's when it hurts the most #doesnt help that this year was kinda just like yay more ppl to hang with- oh they either dropped me as a friend #or prefer to hang with others who are better players (for salmon at least). AH WELL #I really want to go back to the dating apps just so I can TRY to meet ppl even if it doesnt work. AND MEETUP TOO I gotta get on that #tho I do need to reach out to ppl privately to play fish game with since I tend to just wait for ppl to come to me and #thats not the way to go.... if only I was a god tier player so more ppl would reach out LSDGKNSDHG JKJK IM happy with those that do poke me #and of course chatting with ppl in servers helps too but it sucks when they arent avail or what I say gets ignored :') #BUT YE. while I AM sad over all of this.... I do have the power to make the change so hopefully the executive dysfunction allows for it #I want to think about how much I wanna live #not about how much I want to fade away and die. ya need some good ppl in life and since I dont have that in the fam. I need the friends :D #actually all of this stemmed from the realization I had on priv that I basically have no family to lean on. like. at all. no connection #or trust #and to not have any pals that can fill that role too!!! YEAH IT SUCKS! but I will try to mitigate the pain. work is easing up so I have tim #hahaha I kinda feel better typing this all out! that was the goal after all

[martinskis-lydias]

So my department at work has had two new positions open up (3 spots total) and I’ve applied for both

And despite my leadership team constantly discussing how they aren’t utilizing my full potential and how they think i could be super successful in these other positions, i haven’t gotten them???

Idk I’m just tired

#And the thing is #they’re saying all these nice things about me in their private chats #(I’m friends with someone on the team and she sends me screenshots) #and i have yet to see anything even remotely negative #and they keep saying they have these plans for me in future but like #they have not clued me in at all #I’m technically not supposed to know that #but I’m just getting really tired of asking and applying for more and being given nothing but good feedback about how great i would be #And then being passed over #And 2 of the 3 people people who were chosen instead very much deserved it so I’m not even mad about that #but the third person??? #absolutely not #i just need something to change soon because what I’m currently doing is burning me out #shut up alex

[scuopsie]

hello again! i sent the ask earlier about stuck kihyun. i actually think i'm an anon of yours... 🚇? i can't remember for sure though lol oh how i wish i could go back in time and witness monsta x's debut and be here for the entire journey. did you witness it? i too ended up going and listening to his solo music after sending my last ask. i'll have to go watch the stuck mv asap though! i'm just having a whole kihyun moment recently. he is my bias though so it's bound to happen every again, but being a multi impacts the frequency >.<

OMG subway anon!!!!!! Hi!!!! how are you??? how have you been???

no, i didn't witness their debut either (I got into them in 2018 and became a casual listener and in 2020 it became official <3) but I kind of prefer it that way... i will elaborate. for one i do no have the stomach to watch No Mercy, Even today. after watching Pentagon Maker against my better judgment i vowed to never watch an idol survival show. also tbh mx's earlier music wasn't really my taste so i probbaly wouldn't have gotten too into them anyway.

That being said, not a day goes by where I don't wish I had gotten into them sooner so I could experience being Wonho's Monbebe... like this is legitimately one of my few regrets in life: not getting to truly experience ot7.

#i was actally talking to Mira about this the other day... #like how the way mx interact with mbb totally changed after wonho leaving and the whole 2019 situation (plus covid) #random vlives in the dorms and hotel rooms without supervision never happened again #vlives became this rare occurance only for special occasions (bdays. announcements. anniversaries etc) in an office at the company- #-with managers sitting behind the camera making sure they don't say anything 'wrong' #we were actually talking abt how fanfic is dying in mx fandom and how the fandom isn't nearly as active & interactive in other areas either #and we came to the conclusion that its at least partialy due to the death of spontaneous and chaotic vlives #and the death of vlive itself☠️ #those vlives created a huge part of 'funny moment' videos and 'fanfic worthy interactions' and 'giffable content' #they gave us so much to talk about and make content with #and it also gave us glimps into idols' lives outside of photoshoots and mvs where they're in full makeup and in professional mode #we got to see them be carefree and joking around with each other and mx especially had NO FILTER #plus they were free🤡 unlike these dysfunctional paid apps idols have to use nowadays with the ‘private chat’ function that was created- #-solely to satisfy one specific type of fans and make more money. even the idols complain abt how laggy and awful the apps are and yet… #but nowadays its mostly just photoshoots and MV behinds and occasionally 'travel vlogs' or ' daily vlogs' #and even those are usually a 1-person thing. like the vlogs they posted of shownu during his enlistments. they were nice. dont get me wron #but they don't have anything that memorable and lasting... as funny and etertaining shownu is even on his own #its interactions between multiple members that create those really memorable moments and memories that nearly ever1 in the fandom recognize #anyway kshfsrdh #i ranted once again ksdhfksdjhfsd #ask #🚇anon

[risingsunresistance]

what are the feinberg artists on. can you share whatever you're drinking, every drawing of him is the best thing i've ever seen

#i go through his twitter sometimes and it's just. @*&(()&*^(&* HI???????? #best artists in this community and SO underappreciated #once again i wanna get more involved in mcsr somehow. but i just cant stand twitch i hate it so much #it either crashes on me or it's unbearable to try and watch 😭 #i like his yt videos tho :] uhhhh i like hbg highlights <3 #why dont you guys have vod channels. Please. tapl get back here I MISS THE VOD CHANNEL WHY HAS IT BEEN ABANDONED #chat #maybe i will go spam his art tag some time. there's one particular drawing i really hope exists on tumblr #i just retweeted it and yelled about it but my account is private kjghf i need to yell directly to the artist's face

[lilahisntsadanymore]

Growing up with a deatheater father doesn't teach you much about emotions, so when Theo finds himself developing an infatuation with a muggle-born, he thinks she gave him a love potion.

Pairing: Theo Nott x granger!fem!reader

Words count: 1.9k

Warnings: jealous Harry

There is a 2nd part!! <3

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Unveiled Desires

It was strange to him. So strange how he went from mocking, annoying and occasionally bullying her every step she takes to secretly wanting her. Wanting to have her, or even needing her.

He didn't know how or when it happened, but one day he realized she was constantly in his head. It creeped up on him in small steps and eventually he had developed an infatuation for the girl.

Of course nobody knew about it, Theo wouldn't dare telling anyone. He just kept with his antics, hoping the obsession will somewhat disappear one day. Unfortunately, the more he tried to get rid of this feeling, the more he gave it power, the more it grew.

But he couldn't be with her. He couldn't be with a mudblood.

But he wanted to be with her. The more he thought about it, the less he cared about the blood status. He cursed at himself for these thoughts. Raised by a deatheater father, he would get disowned for dating anyone who wasn't a pureblood.

"Granger, can I talk to you for a second?" A question left his mouth as he approached the Golden Trio. Who was better to talk to about Y/n than her older sister?

The three Gryffindors looked at Theo as if he wasn't good in the head. Just casually wanting to have a chat, a normal chat, with someone outside of his social circle. Pretty unusual for a Slytherin.

"What is it?" Harry asked protectively.

"I was talking to Granger. I need to talk privately."

Hermione looked at Harry and Ron, exchanging suspecting glances. Eventually she spoke, "Alright, but make it quick."

"Great, let's go." Theo started walking, but Hermione stood in her place.

"Where are you going?"

"Somewhere they," he gestured to Harry and Ron, "aren't gonna eavesdrop."

Hermione crossed her arms on her chest, a knowing expression on her face.

Theo raised his hands, "It's not a trap again, I swear."

The girl sighed and walked after her rival.

Hermione and Theodore weren't fond of each other not only because of their houses and their blood statuses, but also because they were academic rivals. Both of them were extremely competitive. Since first year they aspired to be better than one another in pretty much everything.

"Can we stop already?" The girl asked. "I'm pretty sure they won't ear us from here."

"Alright, alright." Theo agreed. "But I need you to promise me you won't tell anybody about it."

"Why me? Why would you trust a Gryffindor with keeping a secret for you?"

Theo lowered his voice to a whisper, "Because it's about your sister."

"What?!" Hermione's voice was the opposite of a whisper. "What have you done to her?!"

The boy gestured telling her to lower her voice. "No, I didn't do anything. She has done...something."

"What on Earth could that possibly be?" A little more quiet, but still unpleasantly surprised, she decided to listen to him.

One last time, Theo looked around to make sure there's nobody there who could be a witness to what he was about to say.

"She used some spell on me." He accused. "Or put something in my food, my drink."

Hermione scoffed with laughter. "You must be joking. You bully her for whole five years, but one time she pays you back for it, it's an issue?"

"Not like that." He took a second to gather his thoughts. "Granger, do you remember how we learnt about amortentia few weeks ago? I think Y/n gave it to me."

Hermione started at the boy for a moment and then burst out with laughter. Y/n wasn't the issue, there was no way a fifth year would be able to make amortentia. Not even Y/n Granger.

Theodore felt annoyed and offended by Hermione's reaction. He looked at her with disgust. "What is so funny to you about it, mu-, Granger?"

Noticing how he almost called her a slur, her expression immediately became serious. "Seriously? You know what, deal with it by yourself. I don't even know why you're telling me all of this."

"Why? Because you have to talk to her, tell her to do something about it! Tell her to stop it!"

Hermione got a brilliant idea.

"You know, I've heard professor Slughorn had a remedy for amortentia."

"Yeah, and I'll end up in the hospital wing like Weasley."

"It was poisoned mead, not the amortentia cure itself. You can ask him to make one from the ingredients in the classroom."

"I will," Theo scoffed, "look at you being useful for the first time in your life."

Without another word, Hermione walked away. "Boys..." She muttered to herself.

"Don't tell anyone I told you this!"

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"What?! He likes me?!" Y/n asked with blush on her face. "Theodore Nott likes me? The boy that has been bullying me for the past five years?"

"And the thinks it's because you gave him amortentia." Hermione giggled.

Y/n wouldn't ever think that he could be into her and the whole story that her sister had told her was simply unbelievable. But Hermione had no business in lying to her very own little sister, especially not about that.

"Does anyone else know about this?"

"Not yet, but I talked him into asking Slughorn for the cure! I suppose he'll do this tomorrow after class, as soon as possible."

"Who are you and what have you done to my sister?"

The girls were sitting alone in the common room and as Y/n laughed, Ron and Harry walked in.

"What are you two laughing about?" Harry asked, ready to hear that story.

"Can I tell them?" Hermione looked at Y/n. The younger Granger nodded. "Nott likes Y/n."

The girls and Ron laughed, meanwhile Harry stood there with his lips in a thin line, far away from laughing.

"The best part is," Hermione continued, "he thinks Y/n gave him amortentia!"

"What?" Harry spoke eventually, his voice a bit more surprised than it should be. "Y/n, did you give amortentia to Nott?"

"No, why would you accuse me of this?!" The youngest girl defended herself. "Is it that unbelievable that he can fancy me?"

"I mean... You're a muggleborn... And-"

"And what?! Does that mean I'm not worthy of that? We don't know him, maybe he doesn't believe in this whole blood purity thing."

"He does. That's why he hasn't asked you out. And he never will. Because they're all the same."

Y/n's eyes became a little glossy, the tears ready to start flowing anytime. "Are they, though? And you're saying this. You, whose godfather was Sirius Black."

"Sirius was different!"

"We don't know because we don't know what Theo is like!"

"Theo? It was Nott for the past few years that he was tormenting you," Harry put an emphasis on the word bullying, "now he fancies you and he becomes Theo?"

"I would actually give him a chance. It's not his fault that he was born into a blood purity obsessed family."

"Don't you think that's a little pathetic? Running into his hands the moment you find out he might fancy you meanwhile you had chances to date...other Gryffindors."

"Pathetic? You call me pathetic?"

"I didn't call you pathetic, I said what you do is-"

A sound of a slap filled the room, but the following silence spoke even louder. Y/n looked Harry in the eyes, a light red mark on his cheek that her hand left.

Harry could see and sense that it was too much, he said unnecessary words. He regretted them, but he just couldn't stop them from coming out.

The Golden Trio watched Y/n run upstairs. She was so glad nobody else was in the bedroom yet.

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"Excuse me, professor," Theo walked up to Slughorn after the class on the following day.

All the other students were slowly exiting the room, Harry's eyes fixed on the Slytherin standing by the teacher's desk.

"Yes, Theodore?" Slughorn asked. "Do you have some more bright insights you'd like to share with me?" He was clearly happy to have this conversation.

"I actually need help, professor."

The man's expression dropped. "Yes? Do you have a problem?"

"I'm worried that I've been given amortentia."

Slughorn's eyes widened. He was surprised or even shocked. "Are you sure? I remember seeing other people under the influence of several love potions and you don't quite match the criteria."

"There's this girl who I can't stop thinking about... I suspect she has given it to me."

"Who that might be?"

Theo waited until all the other students exit the classroom before he said the name.

"Y/n Granger."

Y/n stopped in her tracks just as he was about to enter the potions classroom. She was about to show the teacher a part of her project, wanting to consult the texts she has written. Instead, she stopped and decided to listen to the conversation.

"Ah, she's one of the best students in her year," Slughorn said proudly, "but I assure you - she wouldn't do that to you."

"How can you be sure, professor?"

"Well, could you describe your symptoms, Theodore?"

"Whatever I do, Y/n is on my mind," the boy admitted, "I can't eat, I can't sleep, I zone out thinking about her. It's not normal, I've never experienced it before."

The teacher gave his student a sympathetic smile. "My dear boy, you might be experiencing the actual feeling of being in love."

"What? And how could it have been caused? Was it a love potion, after all? Maybe a spell?"

"It's a part of muggle science, biology. The chemicals in your brain cause it and it's not something you can control. It happens when it happens. A truly beautiful feeling."

Theo's mouth twisted into a dissatisfied grimace. "Is there anything I can do about it?"

"You can talk to the girl about it, for example," Slughorn looked at the door and shouted, "come in, Y/n!"

Y/n cursed to herself in her thoughts. How could he know she was there?

The girl walked in shyly, holding a paper in her hands. "I wanted to show you my paper, professor," the girl spoke, "if there's anything you think I should change or... anything."

As the girl handed the paper to the teacher, she looked at Theo. They stood dangerously close to each other. The silence between the was so loud, Y/n was praying for the teacher to say something. Anything.

"Amazing, Mrs Granger," he spoke eventually, "although the Draught of Living Dead is an extremely difficult potion to make. I'm glad you're so ambitious, but I'd suggest you get help from someone more experienced."

"I'm pretty sure I can do it on my own." Y/n assured.

"Maybe Mr. Nott here could help you. The sixth year has been just learning about this potion, actually. Theodore, would you be so kind and help Mrs Granger?"

Suddenly, Theo's gaze somewhat softened. There was no more disgust in his eyes. When he stood so close to Y/n, he wondered why did he act the way he did. Why did he do all the mean things to her. Maybe he had always liked her, but didn't want to admit it, even to himself alone.

"Yes, sure," he said, "I can help."

Y/n felt happy. For some reason, she didn't dislike Theo for all the things he did. She secretly always liked him, he was attractive, and she would even sometimes daydream about the day he would finally talk to her like a normal person. Maybe the day has finally come.

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