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bigbrainkatrina · 11 months

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Look Me in the Eye and Say Legilimens! - A Drarry Fanfic

Draco does not just loathe running, he abhors it. So the Ministry better be thankful for his Hit Wizard level of finesse in capturing this dark magic fiend. For not only is running simply awful, it makes him sweat. How is he supposed to be the best dressed in his department when he has to roll up and squeeze his traveling cloak to eliminate all that extra perspiration?

You must understand, Draco Malfoy is by no means vain, oh, perish the thought! He just wants to retain a little class, seeing how every Gryffindor and their scarlet and gold banner waving grandmother has dominated the traditional, humdrum thank-you-very-much crowd that once owned the floors of the Ministry. The Dark Lord fell because of one undeserving, stupid Harry Potter, and then every other daring, chivalrous, and courageous lout thought they could hit the field and replicate the magic.

Ha! Potter's not even that talented of a Hit Wizard. After all he's been adrift for weeks now. Completely off the map, they're all saying he's dead, but Draco knows better. Harry's too stupid for that. He's likely still at home trying to figure out how to work the damned Portkey again.

Psch. That's why Draco's here. In Ireland. He's going to find and arrest this heinous Dark Wizard that Potter had to make a big deal about pursuing. He's going to prove that Potter is in fact not dead, and show the world that he can be a hero too.

No, no. Draco doesn't care about being a hero, he just cares about other people's acknowledgements. Considering that fact that Blaise Zabini of all people has been patting himself on the damn back every day for eight years because he did the Slytherin class good by not directly aligning himself with You-Know-Who, there's obviously a lot of work to do in regards to readjusting people's grandiose visions of what true heroism is.

The only other Hogwarts kids that seem to be on the same page as him are Gregory and Pansy. Gregory because he's daft, and Pansy because they've agreed that they're both terrible. It's like — their whole thing.

Perhaps Draco doesn't care about heroism. Perhaps when he stared down at the Dark Lord's pale body splayed across the beam of light blasting into the center of the Great Hall, he wasn't quite affected like he should have been. Perhaps Draco doesn't feel much at all anymore. Perhaps that's why he's a Legilimens. Because it allows for unfiltered visions of what emotions look like.

Hmph.

Or perhaps Draco just wants the Gryffindor class of '98 to stop gallivanting around the halls as if it's the locker room to a bloody Quidditch game.

So yes. Draco is running. Now before you make the suggestion, yes, Draco remembers he's a wizard and yes of course if he could Apparate here, he would. He would in a heartbeat. But because of the bloody Statute of Secrecy —

…. ah, a little background is required then. The perp in question is a loser. Likely a renegade Death Eater, digging his nose into muck, grubby hands bunching up the dark robes brushing his forehead. Desperate for success, but too pitiful to fully implement change. So they pursue Muggles. Yes. A wizard has integrated into the Muggles and is offing them like crazy. It's not Draco's case, of course, it's Potter's, but he's still done some thinking on it. The culprit must be a from the bottom rung of ascension to Lord Voldemort's embrace. (And Draco is someone to know about embraces from Lord Voldemort.)

Draco cannot help but picture the perpetrator being Peter Pettigrew. But no, that's unlikely, seeing how the bloated rapscallion strangled himself to death or whatever.

Point being: This is a wizard so weak he resorts to killing defenseless Muggles, but smart enough to know how the Statute of Secrecy restricts the Aurors…

Draco's hands are tied. So he dashes, frightened that his long legs might tear the seams in his nice traveling cloak.

It's funny; Draco wouldn't have even noticed the scoundrel without their own interference. He was merely window shopping at a quaint Muggle shop. Fascinating to see how these people do their Potions work. He finds himself particularly entranced by this device called a cast iron skillet. It's heavy in his grip. He likes it.

Draco swishes it through the air, laughing to himself. Incendio! he whisper-shouts under his breath. That's when there's a crash. Draco sees the shadow of a man stumbling out the door, decked in 1920s noir pinstripes, totally out of place from the humdrum Muggles standing about. Surely, this thug caught sight of Draco's extravagant robes and decided to high tail it.

Draco doesn't even need to think about throwing the cast iron skillet, he just does it. It spins and crack! The man goes Ow! It really is quite satisfying. But the man still runs. Doesn't turn to make a scene so it must be his man. Hero time it is then, Draco's sure that's how Potter felt after he yanked the Elder Wand from his clammy, pale hands back in the day.

Yes, he yanked it. Not even a wandless Expelliarmus. But that is classic Potter, hm? The brute strength and gumption?

It's ironic really. Shacklebolt asked Draco far before Unforgivables were cast, if he may take on this special case due to his professional knowledge of the Dark Arts. But Draco said no because it's a little too close to home for him. Then this Dark Wizard killed someone. So the case raised to a profile higher than Draco's pay grade anyways. It fell to the Hit Wizards, and naturally Potter snatched the case off of someone else's desk and charged right in — and presumably died.

But Draco has faith. Hasn't Harry already died before or something? Oh! Excuse him. Potter. Since he's apparently in death's cold embrace right now, it's easier to slip and say Harry. But no-no. Let's not be civil here. It's Potter.

Potter doesn't allow himself to take on partners, not even bloody Weasley. So when Potter's been absent long enough to warrant a search team and it goes poorly, Shacklebolt once again confronts Draco. Please Draco. Put a spin on this. You know Dark Arts. You still kind of sort of probably hate Muggles. So help us figure out what happened! You have experience. Draco almost rolls up his sleeves to get through the paperwork, but then he'd be showing off his Dark Mark and you don't want to be giving anyone any ideas around here. Not when the ministry's been taken over by a bloody fraternity.

Keep your head down, Draco. Do the work. Be the one good Slytherin. So he pitches his theory — the low tier Death Eater run amok. Interrogations begin and Narcissa owls Draco. Draco darling, why are the Crabbes receiving inquiries from the Aurors? Now that he's on board with the Wizengamot it really is quick embarrassing, but Shacklebolt has never cared for our side of things, has he? Did something happen?

Then Narcissa receives a personal house visit from The Investigator Department, and Draco gets a Howler. Very embarrassing, though Weasley overhears it and actually punches Draco in the forearm. Flashes a grin. It's — nice.

But whoever this Death Eater is, they are very unfashionable. None of those ranked high enough to sit at the Dark Lord's long table would ever stoop to dressing like a Muggle. No. Their blood is too pure for that. This is someone who was never a true Death Eater to begin with, they were just power hungry. Like — ahem — himself.

This is someone remarkably untalented and embarrassingly stupid. Potter probably laughs at him, toys with him, and isn't ready when this uncomplicated person scrounges up the necessary hatred for an Unforgivable. That's the only way Draco can pen a narrative on this hoopla that runs true to the clues. But he still doesn't believe it. Potter can't really be dead. It doesn't just happen like that. Not for lucky bastards like him.

When Shacklebolt reads the report, he lifts it up to his upturned nose and frowns. Reads the text very slowly, occasionally twitching in response to some of Draco's verbiage. Draco braces himself, worried that perhaps he went too far. Draco, you must remove yourself for at least one second if you are to plan something, Severus would tell him, perhaps with a thwap to the head from a rolled up scroll.

But Shacklebolt merely smiles, a twinkle in his eyes. "Everything appears to be in order," he says.

That whimsical vacancy reminds Draco of an old man he was once ordered to kill. Draco doesn't like that very much and decides to stuff it away, along with all the other thoughts Pansy tells him he ought to bring up in therapy.

Blech.

At long last, no more interruptions. Draco is running. It's abhorrent, as mentioned previously. He's been running for some time and finally catches up on this poorly concealed wizard. Draco really does not want to rip his cloak so he slows down a step which proves to be a mistake. Because this Death Eater's packing.

Draco's heard of these before — revolviwhatsits — but never quite encountered them. He learns what they do quickly though; the Death Eater extends his arm into the air and fires off several bullets rapidly.

"Protego!" Draco screams and the air before him pushes forward like rolling waves and knocks the bullets clean out of the air. Draco returns to his sprint but does take a moment to marvel at what a bad shot this man is — none of the five bullets are even close to striking him, they all dangle yards above his head before tumbling down to the wet street.

There's a loud clang! and bang! and Draco has to jump so that he doesn't trip against the fallen trash can. His freshly polished shoes crunch against the ridges of steel and he nearly loses his balance, but no! He may be posh but he's not that posh! So he kicks off and lands hard, running again. But when he smacks the pavement, brown waters lift from the puddles and lick the hem of his cloak.

Bloody hell, his mother made him that cloak and he really —

Red sparks blast from his shoulder, riding down his arm, picking up speed as they pass his elbow, skim the Death Mark, and hit the wand. Smoke lifts off the wood and Draco jabs the instrument like a conductor finishing off a particularly intense piece, and shouts, "Expelliarmus!"

The scoundrel almost makes it scot free, they almost turn around a corner and forever disappear. The case is left open and Draco never finds out what became of Harry James Potter. But no, Draco would hit this wanker at the exact moment that he'd be better off missing.

The spell nails the running man in the small of the back. His entire frame flinches and contorts itself with the sudden power branching through his nervous system and right to the tips of his fingers where the red sparks rush out and knock the revolver high, high into the air.

Draco smiles because it feels good when the revolver falls into his pale hand and he holds it up like a prize. But his face falls just as fast because he wanted the man's wand not his bloody, barbaric gun.

But very quickly, the gun peels apart. The barrel, the hinge, the trigger, the cartridge, the bullets, all of it falls away like the worst balsa bridge at the science fair. The slats hit the ground leaving Draco with a wand. An actual bona fide wand and for a second, Draco decides he wants to become a Hit Wizard.

Bu then he looks closer at the wand and reconsiders that.

Eleven inches.

Limber and springy.

Holly.

Draco's breath catches in his throat before it eventually plumes out into a light fog. He doesn't need to look this man in the eye to know who he really is, but he takes the time to do so anyways because it briefly suspends a rather awkward conversation. Draco's wide eyes travel up the man's backside and his spine jitters at the sight of that dirty, brown neck he'll never quite get over. The man's shoulders rock up and down with racks of harsh breathing, but finally fall still. The unruly, jet black hair bounces one last time before falling in place besides the man's round cheeks.

Draco's whole body quakes with the shudder of his voice.

"Potter?"

Harry James Potter turns around slowly, lip curled into an ugly snarl. So adult, so worn looking. So — alive? But Draco forgets about the eight years that have passed when Harry's still boyish baritone cracks Malfoy's pink ears. "We don't have much time before the Ministry catches onto this. Find any Muggle that could have possibly witnessed anything and Obliviate. Got it?"

Draco does not. "What?"

Potter rolls his eyes, and Draco feels like a fool. "Statute of Secrecy. We're both Aurors, Malfoy."

Malfoy puffs out his chest and fully takes Potter in. "Ah."

Potter waits. Looks from left to right. Arches his brows and looks at Malfoy expectantly. "My wand?"

"Oh. Oh. Yes."

Draco lobs the wand into the air and it spins a few times before unceremoniously thunking against a trash can and rolling into a puddle. Harry growls and shuts his eyes, raising his fingers into the air and,"Expelliarmus!"

Bang!

Draco's wand arcs through the air and lands into Potter's waiting hands — for the second time in their lives. Potter laughs and flashes his irresistibly pearly whites. "I'll give it back I promise."

"Mhm," Draco moans, plucking Harry's wand out of the muck and waving off the remaining residue.

Clearly Harry is livid and there will likely be a row following this — and Draco really ought to check the perimeter to make sure that if they did violate Magical Law that no one finds out. But he doesn't do it. He waits. He watches Potter saunter off as if this is not a big deal. Watches that brown neck bob up and down with the bounce of Harry's gait. Remembers how in sixth year he scanned every peripheral to make sure Potter wasn't breathing down his neck.

Remembers how he was somewhat sad that Harry hadn't caught on to his master plan, how he had to explain it to Dumbledore so that at least one person could appreciate his genius.

He looks at Harry's neck one last time before setting to work. It's strange. As abhorrent as he finds it, Draco feels a sudden compulsion to run.

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#harry potter x draco malfoy #drarry #harry is a PTSD-fueled cop and draco is an interrogator #chance reunion brings them together #i can't bring myself to like HP anymore but I love this fic that I did #hp fanfic

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readleafbooks2022 · 2 years

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【素敵な洋書絵本の紹介】ヤギのグレゴリーは好き嫌いの多い子。父さんヤギと母さんヤギがいつも食べている靴やブリキ缶、新聞紙などを食べることができません。グレゴリーは、果物、野菜、卵、オレンジジュースのようなものを食べたかったのです。あまりにも好き嫌いがあるので、両親はグレゴリーをドクター・ラムに診せることにしました（ドクター・ラムは段ボールをむしゃむしゃと食べてる）。ドクター・ラムの指示のもと、グレゴリーの食事教育が始まりです！ホセ・アルエゴのかわいいヤギの、ちょっと変わった食育の絵本です。 Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Scholastic Bookshelf) Contributor(s): Sharmat, Mitchell (Author) , Aruego, Jose (Illustrator) , Dewey, Ariane (Illustrator) EAN: 9780545129312 Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks Binding: Paperback Copyright Date: 2009 Pub Date: October 01, 2009 Target Age Group: 04 to 08 Physical Info: 0.25 cms H x 20.52 cms L x 24.54 cms W (0.11 kgs) 32 pages Annotation: A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice. Full color. #josearuego #readleafbooks #art #本 #本棚 #絵本 #児童書 #絵本屋 #洋書絵本 #絵本が好き #絵本が好きな人と繋がりたい #絵本のある暮らし #芸術 #英語 #イラスト #base #baseec　　 @readleafbooks Webショップで紹介中。プロフィールからぜひどうぞ！ https://www.instagram.com/p/CjklWE8vNoS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#josearuego #readleafbooks #art #本 #本棚 #絵本 #児童書 #絵本屋 #洋書絵本 #絵本が好き #絵本が好きな人と繋がりたい #絵本のある暮らし #芸術 #英語 #イラスト #base #baseec

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onestarpicturebooks · 7 years

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As a goat owner, I have been surprised at the misconception that many people have about goats and their dietary habits. When we have our goats in public at fairs and shows, we have to be very protective of them to stop people from feeding them trash. Now that I have read this book, I understand that it has contributed to the ignorance a lot of people have about goats. Goats will put things into their mouths that they are curious about, and will sometimes eat things they shouldn't, but it is always dangerous to their health and could even lead to death. While I am sure that children will see this dichotomy hilarious, a reading of this book should be accompanied by another lesson in what goats should really eat, and how to care for them and protect their health through good animal husbandry and environmental cleanliness. I found this book to be full of misinformation that unintentionally encourages goat abuse due to ignorance.

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#gregory the terrible eater #mitchell sharmat #jose aruego #ariane dewey #goats #now that i have read this book i understand that it has contributed to the ignorance a lot of people have about goats #while i am sure that children will see this dichotomy hilarious #a reading of this book should be accompanied by another lesson in what goats should really eat #i found this book to be full of misinformation that unintentionally encourages goat abuse

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lilah80 · 6 years

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magalis replied to your post “All these loving posts about goats, it's like none of you were ever...”

A goat tried to eat my dress (and successfully ate part of my map) at a petting zoo when I was like 7 and I have been suspicious of them ever since

Goats are living amongst us, the (non)silent chewing threat. WAKE UP, SHEEPLE.

#magalis #goats #do you guys remember the book Gregory the Terrible Eater?#that was a great one #and made me fond of goats so i LET DOWN MY GUARD

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gregorygoyle-sr · 3 years

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• who: open. • where: hog's head in. • when: feb. 1979; winter; evening.

What a terribly long day it had been. The rugged man sat hunched over at the bar, his cold grey eyes staring at the bar floor, the wet soggy mat and the curl of cloudy colored mold that grew in the drain right next to it occupying his mind. He watched as water from the sink dripped down into it eventually turning his gaze and quickly knocking his neck back as he inhaled the shot glass in front of him of firewhiskey. (That’s 3 killin’s more than yesterday, he thought to himself.) As much as he enjoyed his job as an Magical Creature Executioner, it was tiring. His shoulders ached and his arms felt heavy from carrying around his scythe all day, up and down hills, through hedges, trees, and whatever witches and wizards kept in their gardens. He also wasn’t the person most people were too keen to see. His face was almost always covered, he wore a jet black hood that only allowed his slate colored eyes to be seen. The man was normally quiet in his everyday life, but he was abnormally quiet on his job. He felt it was his own way of maining his professionalism. Very professional was Gregory Goyle, the grunty lad as he is known as in office. He had much rather prefer to do his job on site although it wasn’t uncommon when people had to bring their creature into the Ministry. It could be that the Ministry had picked them up, could have been because they attacked someone and had nowhere else to go. At least the field trip ones he got to wander out and was also given more time the next day to finish his paperwork.

The Hog’s Head Inn was the only place where he felt the most comfortable. It was a lonely hole of a pub with not a lot of witches or wizards. He spent most of his time alone anyway. Unless there was some sort of meeting with the group he was involved. He never let on that he was a Death Eater, but he was pretty sure it was written all over his face. No one could really prove it though. He followed the law. In his own way. Didn’t bother anyone. Unless necessary. And if you left him alone, Goyle would most likely do that same. That is, if you didn’t have a bounty on your head.

Feeling pretty good, yet exhausted, Goyle almost wished he had someone to talk to. Normally on nights as such, he would have a few drinks and wander home to his dirty old studio flat. His reflection in the broken bathroom mirror would be that only thing to talk to and most of the time, the mirror never said say nice things. He heaved a sigh, tapped his index finger to his glass for the bartender to give him another. His glass filling up on it’s own at the man behind the bar’s request. Gregory tossing it back again, slamming the glass on the glossy bar.

“Oi, ‘nother one, ye?” He grunted in a low mumble.

#paragraphs #para #starter #gregorystarter #(sorry if this sucks #we are getting ready for bed soon)

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slytherdorsworld · 4 years

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~DRAMIONE~ PART-1 (Draco is Tortured)

Draco's dad, aunt, and the dark lord were using him as a puppet...because besides Snape, he was the only one who could get close enough to harry and others to take out information. His mom is the only person in the world he loves and she is the only one who cares about him and understands that he is just a kid. Since he was born he was just taught to listen to the adults and do what he was told to, kneel before the dark lord, he was taught to kill and he was made to believe that the mudbloods and the muggles are filthy and hence don't deserve to live.

He always felt this thing in his gut that something was wrong he didn't like to terrorize people and neither believed in killing someone...

BUT AFTER HARRY AND OTHERS CAME IN THE MALFOY MANOR

he changed he lied to his aunt that day even though he knew he could have been killed for betraying Voldemort...

He also was traumatized seeing and listening to Hermione's screams who was being tortured by her aunt. It just hurt him didn't know why...

After the war ended he was not in good terms with his dad...

But Lucius didn't know something until one day when Mr.goyle told him about what harry told his son and Draco that day in the room of requirements that Draco lied that he didn't recognize it was harry. He knew it but he decided to betray his family and the dark lord.

☆ MALFOY MANOR ☆

FLASHBACK INTO DRACO'S PAST AND THE WORST DAY OF HIS LIFE

"What the hell are you doing here!? I think we warned you before that we don't stand by those death eaters anymore dark lord is gone we don't owe him our loyalty anymore.! Besides we no longer are death eaters so don't you dare ruin our family time and back off! And never show your face here again!!" said Narcissa to Goyle.

"Shut the fuck up you bitch. Only you and your son are no longer part of us but Lucius still is! We know the secret that your scumbag son Draco is hiding we are here for Lucius and not you so get out of my way", yelled Mr. Goyle.

He ran inside the hall shouting "LUCIUS! LUCIUS! WE HAVE NEWS THAT YOU NEED TO HEAR".

*click clack*

Lucius stepped down the stairs and calmly asked him "what is it? Goyle."

"Lucius you have to believe me, my son just told me that when Draco and Gregory were saved by Harry and his friends in the room of requirements before that harry asked Draco why he didn't tell it was him that day here in the manor? He knew it was him.! He betrayed us Lucius HE BETRAYED THE DARK LORD HE IS THE REASON WHY DARK LORD IS DEAD! HE IS THE REASON WHY BELLATRIX IS DEAD! HE IS A CHEATER!!", said Goyle.

"WHAT?!! don't believe him Lucius he is lying. Why can't you just leave us alone in peace WHY !?" said Narcissa.

"Wait minute Narcissa my love I hate to argue with you but let's just confirm from Draco itself so this gets over here itself," said Lucius. Giving her a reassuring look to just cooperate this last time so they can get rid of this shit forever.

"Draco comes here in the hall we need to talk son.", called Lucius.

"Yes..yes father", said Draco.

"I need you to do the unforgivable vow with me that you have never betrayed us, your parents, and will never do so in the future too. Right son ?", said, Lucius.

"I am not sure of that father," said Draco.

"What? What are you not sure of ?", asked Narcissa.

"Mother Mr.Goyle is telling the..the truth.", said Draco closing his eyes in fear.

"WHAT! Son, you are lying, right? Did Goyle threaten you to say so?", asked Narcissa.

"Yeah son? No need to be afraid or feel threatened to tell the truth Draco", said Lucius.

"You heard him Lucius he is saying the truth I told ya. And neither did I threaten him I mean why would I? Huh? HE BETRAYED US.", said Mr.Goyle.

"Mr.Goyle isn't lying. I..i am so sorry.", said Draco tears falling down his cheeks.

"WHAT THE HELL DRACO!! WHY? WHY DID YOU SAVED THAT FILTHY HALFBLOOD INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO YOUR PARENTS? YOU BETRAYED US?!!", Lucius asked yelling at Draco.

"Calm..calm down Lucius. Let me talk hey Draco...Dear, you don't have to lie and neither be scared of anything kid. Tell me its a lie, tell me Goyle is lying, tell me you didn't betray us, son, tell me Draco its not you why my sister Bellatrix is... is no more..", said Narcissa with tears in her eyes.

"I...I'm sorry mom but I can't change what I did dark lord is gone he was cruel not only to the mudbloods and the muggles but also to us mom and dad he used us didn't you see how he killed professor snape for his own interests?", said Draco.

"Shut up Draco! Snape was betraying us and the dark lord! Bellatrix was your aunt Draco you..you are the reason she is also dead", said Lucius.

"I am so so sorry father I have always obeyed you whatever you said always. I never complained about it did my best but Voldemort and Bellatrix were terrible, cruel, selfish, and pathetic people who killed for fun and nothing else other than that", said Draco whose voice was cracking from the pain in his throat as he was trying not to cry.

"Both of you will not interrupt me now.", said Lucius to Narcissa and Mr.Goyle.

"But Lucius..why? What you gonna do..", said Mr.Goyle.

Pointing the wand at Mr.Goyle Lucius said "I SAID SHUT THE FUCK UP GOYLE!! PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!".

Pointing the wand towards Draco now.

Lucius yelled "you" glaring Draco in the eyes "looks like our boy needs to be reminded of his manners huh? Draco".

"I am sorry father please forgive me.. I promise it won't happen again" cried Draco.

"Beg. Beg more for my forgiveness.", said Lucius.

"Please father I beg fo..for y..yourr mer..cy.", cried Draco.

"Stupefy!"

"Lucius! Please don't! he did what you said he is just a boy please forgive him", begged Narcissa.

"Crucio!"

DRACO'S POV

A sudden wave of fire currents emerged in my body from the point where my father was hitting the cruse...I couldn't think straight...felt like there was hot molten magma running through my veins...my head was gonna explode from the feelings electrocution in my brain...felt like my skin was being pierced by hot knives...I was struggling on the floor...

While my mother was crying and shouting at my father.

"STOP! STOP IT RIGHT NOW LUCIUS!", my mother cried.

The pain stopped for a moment my father grabbed me by my hairs...and asked "who did a mistake to betray his father? Huh?"

"I...d..didd.", I somehow managed to blurt out the words.

Pointing the wand on my collar bone my father again countered the spell...

"crucio"

This time the pain was intense...my eyes were drying...my skin was pierced all over I couldn't feel my bones now from the overwhelming pain...my head was gonna explode..my veins were supplying in hot molten lava...felt like my eyes are gonna fall out...

I was gonna go unconscious from the pain.

"AVADA KEDAVRA"

The pain had stopped I was staring at the ceiling all this time struggling in pain but when I tried to look and what had happened...I couldn't believe what I saw in front of me.

My mother's wand was pointed at my father who was lying on the floor unconscious.

My mother had KILLED him?!!?

My father was not moving. I looked at my mother "ma..mothe..r".

She bent down and touched him her hands were shaking..." he is cold...I think he is dead. I..I killed him"

"No, mothe..r you did no..not, you were sa..ving me", my throat was paining from the crying.

"Oh Draco", my mother said and hugged me while crying..." what are we gonna do mom?"

"First we have to get out of here we have to get you to a safe place and tie him down", Narcissa said while looking at Goyle.

#dramione #draco x hermione #slytherdor #slytherin #gryfindor #tom felton #emma watson #hogwarts #harry potter #story #PART1 #finding hermione's parents #hermione granger #draco fanfiction #draco malfoy

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mayhemxmugglesxmagic · 4 years

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Pansy Priscilla Parkinson

FC: Alice Pagani Gen: Golden Trio Hogwarts - Slytherin Blood Status: Pureblood Sexuality: Bisexual, Demiromantic Occupation: Author (Lily Gardener), investigative Journalist (Lily Gardener), Media darling/punching bag.

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Bio: Pansy Parkinson was a pure blood a witch, a member of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. She began to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 and was sorted into Slytherin House. In her fifth year she became a prefect. That same year she became a member of the short-lived Inquisitorial Squad. During her seventh year while Hogwarts was under the control of the Carrow’s she was named Head Girl, and at first did not take the position seriously. She often threatened to rat misbehaving students out to the terrible pair, but threats were often enough to get them to listen. However, as the year dragged on, as more and more students were tortured her pride began to waver. She made it her mission to save as many students as possible, without being caught. The Carrow’s expected her to report misbehavior, so she did -- but only those she thought could handle it -- rarely could they. Pansy spoke up in favour of turning Harry over to Lord Voldemort when the opportunity presented itself. One boy, or everyone in the castle walls. The answer was simple. She left the Great Hall before the Battle of Hogwarts broke out and did not return to the castle to fight.

After the war the Parkinson’s lives were mostly unchanged. They all managed to avoid taking the mark, and were never seen to be associated with Voldemort. Pansy stuck by Draco and Gregory during the trials. Refused to let the world see how it affected her when Gregory lost and was sent to Azkaban.

In the five years immediately following the war Pansy is disowned and disinherited as a political move by her family due to her refusing to follow their rules. She spends her time drinking, and jumping from one night stand to one night stand, relationship to relationship just to survive. She makes sure the gossip columns see everything. She’s a distraction from the circus of the death eater trials and uses her life falling apart to distract the public while her friends put their lives back together.

To the world she’s a do nothing socialite, with a small circle of influence who spends her time drinking, shopping, and jumping from relationship to relationship. In private she writes romance novels, and publishes them under a pseudonym. After all, no one would buy a book written by the woman who tried to had over Harry Potter.

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The Parkinson Family

-- What we know:

The Parkinson Family are not Death Eaters. Nowhere is it mentioned Pansy’s mother or father are death eaters or that they had any affiliation with death eaters. That being said however, the Parkinson family are members of the sacred 28, and have been known to express agreement and actively work towards pureblood supremacy.

Example: The only other notable member of the family mentioned throughout canon besides Pansy is Perseus Parkinson who was Minister for Magic from 1726 to 1733.

He attempted to pass a bill making it illegal to marry a Muggle. However, in doing so, he misread the public mood; the wizarding public was tired of anti-Muggle sentiment and wanted peace. Parkinson was therefore voted out during the next election for Minister.

Perseus Parkinson’s attempts to ban mixed marriages though they failed may have inspired Rappaport’s Law introduced by MACUSA president Emily Rappaport some years later.

We also know Perseus was pro-Azkaban, but otherwise know little of his policies or life.

From this we gather the family is politically minded and many members were undoubtably involved in the ministry and continued to be throughout much of Wizarding Englands history, and that they would have been seen as death eater sympathizers after the second wizarding war.

– Immediate Family:

Pansy’s father was a highly ranked member of the wizengamot. His mother (Pansy’s grandmother) was of the Fawley family and as such had been a Hufflepuff. This influence led Pansy’s father to be the most doting, outwardly kind and trusting member of Slytherin in his year. However, constant teasing (even if most of it was good natured) about how he had obviously been placed in the wrong house caused him to build a hard exterior, his doting and kind ways only seen by those he cares for such as his wife and child.

Pansy’s mother (Slytherin) was born into the Burke family, the youngest of four. She spent her early childhood helping her grandfather run the family business, Borgin and Burkes, and learning about every dark artifact that came through the doors. She believes highly in the importance of blood-purity, is rigid, and controlling. She cares for power, and appearances.

It’s interesting to note that burke in Old English means either “to murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection” or “to smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.” and I feel like that tells you a lot about Pansy’s mother and how she runs not only her life, but her home.

Needless to say Pansy and her mother don’t get along. Pansy is a loud mouth, spoiled, does what she wants, and her father lets her, much to her mother’s dismay. This causes endless tension between them.

– Society:

Due to their involvement in politics and business being considered recent in regards to Wizarding English history, the Parkinson’s in general are viewed a bit like ‘new money’. They’re good to know, but aren’t always invited to everything.

This changed slightly after the first wizarding war when certain Death Eaters who were let go after having claimed to have bene under the imperius curse needed to clean up their reputations. The Parkinson’s were pureblooded, likeminded, and were regarded in a positive light by the majority of the public. They were not only good to know, they were good to be in with – thus families like the Nott’s and Malfoy’s began to take more notice and the Parkinson Family rose through ranks of society.

#Pansy Parkinson #harry potter #harry potter rp #golden trio gen

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SCORPIUS HYPERION MALFOY really is the spitting image of FROY GUTIERREZ, right? For someone only 22 years old, SCOR has been forced to endure so much. Yeah, that PUREBLOOD has been scraping by at the sanctuary since AUGUST, 2028, working as a HEALER-IN-TRAINING AND RESEARCHER in the DIVISION OF HEALING. HE is a CIS MAN and is known to be CAPTIOUS and DISMISSIVE but also FERVENT and RESOURCEFUL. Best of luck surviving through this.

CHARACTER PARALLELS: Amy Santiago (B99), Claire Temple (Daredevil), Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place), Giles (Buffy TVS), Michelle Jones (Spiderman: Homecoming), Elizabeth Swan (PoTC), Spock (Star Trek), Clarke Griffin (The 100), Gregory House (House) suggested honorable mention Gizmo (Gremlins)

[tw for patricide/parental death, desc of blood, substance abuse/addiction, under the cut]

scorpius was living in a tiny flat along diagon alley, flooing in to saint mungos for his healing apprenticeship monday to friday. when the wards came down around wizarding london he was holed up as the chaos ensued below, frantically trying to floo call the manor.

when he arrived at malfoy manor after crawling out of a skylight and apparating to the road alongside the driveway he was greeted by the gates hanging off their hinges. though he can only speculate, due to his father’s continued reclusiveness and refusal to return to assist the death eater ranks a horde were nudged none-too-gently toward the isolated house.

draco opened his eyes after burning through a fever too high to be calmed by any spell from his mother’s wand. just as he had always been. upon returning to consciousness he didn’t immediately reach for his wand, a fact which both astoria and her son found to be terribly odd. no matter the ailment, the circumstance, the time, draco malfoy had always curled his fingers around the hawthorn like a talisman when waking since it had been returned to him after the war.

the ensuing twenty minutes are something which scorpius has begged to have scoured from his mind, yet he knows he can never let himself forget killing his father. it fundamentally changed him in a way that is irrevocable.

as he and astoria fled the manor, no hope of the two of them alone eliminating the inferi on the grounds and securing it, his mother clamped a hand around his wrist and attempted to apparate them to an old greengrass property, a magical panic room of sorts. scor was badly splinched and ended up dumped 80 miles away from where his mother had landed.

he gathered copious notes from observations of the inferi in his time on the outside. temperature recorded, time of day, wind direction, sentience, and activity were all meticulously written down in an attempt to conserve his sanity while on his own. scor feels as though he had no trouble discerning infected from the living when he was out there and when he was filled in upon joining the others he speculated that a part of his brain concerning the glamours had just been burnt out. unfortunately since arriving this has been completely disproven and he’s trying to work out if the fear response or any other factors had anything to do with it.

since arriving at hogwarts, half-starved and wild-eyed he has thrown himself into the effort with a single-mindedness of someone attempting to forget every aspect of their own life. he doggedly continues his healing work, any time not spent at the infirmary is glued to his workbench and harassing the living shit out of the research department. drawing up hypothesis after hypothesis from the bits of infected he’s managed to have the privilege to pick at. if anyone interrupts him or makes what he decides is an unnecessary contribution he has a horrid habit of biting their head off.

while before he would play up and sneer, act posher than posh and generally fucked with anyone who had a problem with his family, specifically his father, now he will go absolutely stone-faced and has several times nearly had to be restrained because he will go off like a tiny, weedy bomb with a dangerously extensive knowledge of human anatomy.

neglects a lot of his own needs; goes days without sunlight, only eats when prompted to, hardly sleeps. a mess but trying his best. has a dangerous habit of consuming dreamless sleep but guilt at using valuable resources is essentially the only thing stopping him from launching headlong into addiction. lily and various others have a tally going on how many times scor says the words ‘i’m fine.’ in a single week and he suspects theres a pretty wide pool on the betting now.

he’s not all bad tho!! he can be a right softy if he knows you well enough and always always always wants to help. just… he’s a lil prickly rn.

skinny and kind of sickly, he never had the best health as a kid. he scars very easily and bruises like a gd peach. pretty alright on a broom but he has no real interest in playing quidditch. he’s always cold, he’ll be sitting in direct sunlight and complaining about needing a scarf. yeah hes that dude.

kind of craves attention? while being an introvert sometimes he just wants someone to pay attention to him until he gets annoyed by it and tells them to piss off. fickle.

his url is the italian word ‘cruores’ which means flowing blood and the latin ‘cruor’ which roughly refers to coagulating blood; gore.

Full Name: Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy Gender/Pronouns: Cis man | he/him Age: Twenty-two Birthdate: January 20th Parents: Draco Malfoy & Astoria Malfoy (née Greengrass) Siblings: N/A. Birth place: St. Mungo’s Hospital, England Height: 5’11” Weight: 56 kg Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demiromantic Bisexual Nationality: English Body Alterations/Marks: Terrible splinching scars up his left hand, arm over to his chest and shoulder blade.

Blood Status: Pureblood Hogwarts House: Slytherin Wand Arm: Right Wand: 11 2/3 inches, Willow, supple, Dragon Heartstring. Hogwarts House: Slytherin Pet: A crested toad named Jarvis. Special Abilities: None. Patronus: Arctic Fox

Personality Traits: brilliance, innovation, individuality, openness, social consciousness, inventiveness, practical skill and self assertion; lack of attachment to people and the “real world,” over-intellectualizing of the emotions, dismissiveness, a crotchety temper, rigidity, intellectual arrogance, and stubbornness. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius/Capricorn Cusp Moral Alignment: Neutral Good Core values: Loyalty, Knowledge, Hope Four temperaments: Melancholic

HOGWARTS HOUSE BREAKDOWN

Slytherin Primary and a Burned Ravenclaw Secondary.

Slytherin Primaries prioritize their own selves and loved ones first. Slytherins don’t feel guilty or selfish about this– they feel righteous and moral. The most important thing is to look after your own. Abandoning or hurting one of your own is the worst thing you can do.

A Burned Ravenclaw Secondary might want to be skilled, curious, and prepared, but they feel like they are (or like people think they are) limited, clumsy, or inconstant. Gathering knowledge, hobbies, skills, or tools is the right way to achieve their goals, but Burned Ravenclaws know that’s not going to work within their capabilities. So they take other paths and use other tools– maybe a Gryffindor’s bluntness, a Slytherin’s flexibility, or a Hufflepuff’s slow and steady dedication.

You may have a Hufflepuff Secondary Model.

Hufflepuff is the House of grit, reliability, and determination, and Hufflepuffs use those values to help live, act, and succeed. If you model Hufflepuff Secondary, you also value these things and like to live by them. You like to be hardworking, dedicated, and consistent– but you wouldn’t feel guilty for abandoning those values in the service of other, higher priorities. If there’s another, easier way to get what you want– you’d take it. You think hard work provides valuable rewards– and those rewards are why you work. The work doesn’t have persuasive value in itself.

the stillness of the world the moment you take the first step into fresh snow, cashmere and fine wool, the pearlescence of dreamless sleep draught, the scratch of a quill on parchment, faintly tremoring fingers, a shiver up your spine in a warm room, the exhilaration of a problem solved, a thunderous grey overcast sky, the bite of a stitching charm, sleeves rolled up to the elbows, petrichor, the burn in your eyes before a well of tears.

so excited to be back in this verse >:)

#inferiintro

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Newsies as thing's i've done in school

Albert: Sat on the ground in the bathroom during his math block and did his math homework

Race: Split his lip and walked around the rest of the day with a paper towel in his mouth because he kept purposely reopening the cut to see if his cells would give up (cells won, the fuckers)

Smalls: Went to the movies and brought a huge bag of popcorn to school the next day, kicking people who asked where she got it

Romeo: Brought corn to the chorus concert dress rehearsal just so he could eat it during the bit that says "when the corn is passed it's prime"

Specs: spent his entire french block talking to the nurse about the stresses put on teens in today's society after having a breakdown in her office

Katherine: brought a tea thermos to school and promised not to spill it in the auditorium. She goes in there for 2 seconds, sits on the stage and spills it by accident. (someone yelled "SHE SPILT THE TEA." )

JoJo: Got to turn on the stage lights and the sound from the tech box twice and wouldn't shut up about it for weeks

Mike: Either smacks or high fives his brother whenever he passes him in the hall, no in between

Crutchie: knows one (1) seventh grader and hugs her in the hall whenever he sees her.

Blink: Started a riot in chorus over a squishy cat toy that ended up starting a religion based on that cat Jerry the cat.

Ike: Balanced a chair on his head during the drama meeting and walked in circles while everyone talked.

Mush: Late for school nearly every day but just walks past the office

Elmer: Got detention and replied with "Oh lit!!" and a big smile. Then cried during detention.

Sarah: tried to jokingly hit herself in the face with her open Chromebook and forgot the Chromebook bends. The Chromebook smacked her in the face

Finch: Named the GIGANTIC crow that hangs around Gregory and gets very excited when Greg comes around

David: Got so sick that he fell asleep slumped over his music stand and the teacher just let him sleep. (also fell asleep after drama)

Boots: Says hi to the janiter whenever he walks by her and she knows him by name but feels terrible because he has NO IDEA what her name is.

Les: Kicked one of his friends then shuffled away like a crab when they tried to retaliate.

Henry: Refused to hold onto the rail in the subway on the NYC field trip bc he's a bad bitch (also got a sandwich, claimed it wasn't good enough and went back through the lunch line to get pizza. )

Bumlets: Walked to the rhythm of another newsie shaking a tic tac box for like 20 minutes. When it shook he walked.

Swifty the Rake: Walks all the way across the school to the bathroom downstairs near the gym no matter what class he's in. He just wants to get out of class.

Barney: Hid under the table in TV pro and scared the crap out of the teacher by handing him the pen he dropped.

Pie Eater: Sat on the ground during lunch because all the seats were taken. When the principal asked why he was laying there he responded with "life y'know?"

Snoddy: When he walked in on the first day of school he immediately claimed he wanted to die.

Skittery: Refuses to sit in a chair during Tv Pro despite there being several chairs open. He lays on the ground and won't explain why to anyone.

#newsies #incorrect newsies quotes

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smashpages · 5 years

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2019 Eisner Award nominees announced

The nominees for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced by Comic-Con International. Image Comics received the most nominations with 19, while DC Comics received 17 nominations (not including the “shared” categories, like colorists who work for multiple companies).

On the creator end, Tom King received the most nominations with six, followed by Alex de Campi and Jeff Lemire with four. Also, if you’re of the betting persuasion, here’s a tip: put your money on an Image series walking away with the Best New Series Eisner.

The announcement follows the list of nominees for the Will Eisner Hall of Fame, which was released in January. The awards will be announced in July at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Check out the complete list of nominees below.

Best Short Story

“Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)

“The Ghastlygun Tinies,” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm, in MAD magazine #4 (DC)

“Here I Am,” by Shaun Tan, in I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)

“Life During Interesting Times,” by Mike Dawson (The Nib), https://thenib.com/greatest-generation-interesting-times

“Supply Chains,” by Peter and Maria Hoey, in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)

“The Talk of the Saints,” by Tom King and Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, by Emily Carroll (ShortBox)

Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, by Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox (Dark Horse)

No Better Words, by Carolyn Nowak (Silver Sprocket)

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)

The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, by Arabson, translated by James Robinson (IHQ Studio/ Image)

Best Continuing Series

Batman, by Tom King et al. (DC)

Black Hammer: Age of Doom, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)

Gasolina, by Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)

Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)

The Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José (Marvel)

Runaways, by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka (Marvel)

Best Limited Series

Batman: White Knight, by Sean Murphy (DC)

Eternity Girl, by Magdalene Visaggio and Sonny Liew (Vertigo/DC)

Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, and Mark Morales (DC)

Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Green (Image)

Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)

Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)

Isola, by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl (Image)

Man-Eaters, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Image)

Skyward, by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)

Petals, by Gustavo Borges (KaBOOM!)

Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths, by Graham Annable (First Second)

This Is a Taco! By Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley (CubHouse/Lion Forge)

Tiger Vs. Nightmare, by Emily Tetri (First Second)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

Aquicorn Cove, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)

Be Prepared, by Vera Brosgol (First Second)

The Cardboard Kingdom, by Chad Sell (Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)

Crush, by Svetlana Chmakova (JY/Yen Press)

The Divided Earth, by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17)

All Summer Long, by Hope Larson (Farrar Straus Giroux)

Gumballs, by Erin Nations (Top Shelf/IDW)

Middlewest, by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Image)

Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, by Cat Seaton and Kit Seaton (Image)

The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang (First Second)

Watersnakes, by Tony Sandoval, translated by Lucas Marangon (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Best Humor Publication

Get Naked, by Steven T. Seagle et al. (Image)

Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)

MAD magazine, edited by Bill Morrison (DC)

A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3, by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)

Woman World, by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology

Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, edited by Shelly Bond (Black Crown/IDW)

Puerto Rico Strong, edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)

Twisted Romance, edited by Alex de Campi (Image)

Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, edited by Will Dennis, curated by J. H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams (Image)

Best Reality-Based Work

All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir, by Michael Kupperman (Gallery 13)

All the Sad Songs, by Summer Pierre (Retrofit/Big Planet)

Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, by Box Brown (First Second)

Monk! by Youssef Daoudi (First Second)

One Dirty Tree, by Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)

Best Graphic Album—New

Bad Girls, by Alex de Campi and Victor Santos (Gallery 13)

Come Again, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1, by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (DC)

Homunculus, by Joe Sparrow (ShortBox)

My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Berlin, by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)

Girl Town, by Carolyn Nowak (Top Shelf/IDW)

Upgrade Soul, by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge)

The Vision hardcover, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Michael Walsh (Marvel)

Young Frances, by Hartley Lin (AdHouse Books)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, adapted by Ari Folman and David Polonsky (Pantheon)

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Out in the Open by Jesús Carraso, adapted by Javi Rey, translated by Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero)

Speak: The Graphic Novel, by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll (Farrar Straus Giroux)

To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London’s Classic Story, by Chabouté (Gallery 13)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

About Betty’s Boob, by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau, translated by Edward Gauvin (Archaia/BOOM!)

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)

Herakles Book 1, by Edouard Cour, translated by Jeremy Melloul (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Niourk, by Stefan Wul and Olivier Vatine, translated by Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)

A Sea of Love, by Wilfrid Lupano and Grégory Panaccione (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition, by Tsutomu Nihei, translated by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, by Inio Asano, translated by John Werry (VIZ Media)

Laid-Back Camp, by Afro, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (Yen Press)

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder, by Nie Jun, translated by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)

Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Pogo, vol. 5: Out of This World At Home, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color (1959–1960), by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Ferran Delgado (Amigo Comics)

Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)

The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Words and Worlds of Herbert Crowley, by Justin Duerr (Beehive Books

Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E. C. Segar, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition, edited by Paul Levitz (DC)

Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins… Artifact Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)

Madman Quarter Century Shindig, by Mike Allred, edited by Chris Ryall (IDW)

Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, edited by Joseph Melchior and Bob Chapman (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)

Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, edited by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Writer

Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)

Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)

Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)

Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)

Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)

Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

Sophie Campbell, Wet Moon (Oni)

Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn & Quarterly)

David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)

Nate Powell, Come Again (Top Shelf/IDW)

Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Matías Bergara, Coda (BOOM!)

Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)

Sonny Liew, Eternity Girl (Vertigo/DC)

Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image)

Yanick Paquette, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Lee Bermejo, Batman: Damned (DC)

Carita Lupatelli, Izuna Book 2 (Humanoids)

Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)

Gregory Panaccione, A Sea of Love (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)

Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC)

Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)

Joshua Middleton, Batgirl and Aquaman variants (DC)

Julian Tedesco, Hawkeye, Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel)

Best Coloring

Jordie Bellaire, Batgirl, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel)

Tamra Bonvillain, Alien 3 (Dark Horse); Batman, Doom Patrol (DC); Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Multiple Man (Marvel)

Nathan Fairbairn, Batman, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC); Die!Die!Die! (Image)

Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image)

Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)

Best Lettering

David Aja, Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Jim Campbell, Breathless, Calexit, Gravetrancers, Snap Flash Hustle, Survival Fetish, The Wilds (Black Mask); Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge, Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings, Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image); Wasted Space (Vault)

Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)

Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)

Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)

The Columbus Scribbler, edited by Brian Canini, columbusscribbler.com

Comicosity, edited by Aaron Long and Matt Santori, www.comicosity.com

LAAB Magazine #0: Dark Matter, edited by Ronald Wimberley and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)

PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978, by Keith Dallas and John Wells (TwoMorrows)

Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, by Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)

The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, by Jon Morris (Quirk Books)

Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without an Eraser, by Dewey Cassell with Jeff Messer (TwoMorrows)

Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography—Beyond the Fantasy, by Florent Gorges, translated by Laure Dupont and Annie Gullion (Dark Horse)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future, by Aaron Kashtan (Ohio State University Press)

Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies, by Marc Singer (University of Texas Press)

The Goat-Getters: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics, by Eddie Campbell (Library of American Comics/IDW/Ohio State University Press)

Incorrigibles and Innocents, by Lara Saguisag (Rutgers Univeristy Press)

Sweet Little C*nt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet, by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)

Best Publication Design

A Sea of Love, designed by Wilfrid Lupano, Grégory Panaccione, and Mike Kennedy (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

The Stan Lee Story Collector’s Edition, designed by Josh Baker (Taschen)

The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Worlds of Herbert Crowley, designed by Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg (Beehive Books)

Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios/NYC (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)

Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Digital Comic

Aztec Empire, by Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, and David Hahn, www.bigredhair.com/books/Aztec-empire/

The Führer and the Tramp, by Sean McArdle, Jon Judy, and Dexter Wee, http://thefuhrerandthetramp.com/

The Journey, by Pablo Leon (Rewire), https://rewire.news/article/2018/01/08/rewire-exclusive-comic-journey/

The Stone King, by Kel McDonald and Tyler Crook (comiXology Originals) https://cmxl.gy/Stone-King

Umami, by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate), http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/umami

Best Webcomic

The Contradictions, by Sophie Yanow, www.thecontradictions.com

Lavender Jack, by Dan Schkade (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1

Let’s Play, by Mongie (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_no=1218&page=1

Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe, (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=1

Tiger, Tiger, by Petra Erika Nordlund, (Hiveworks) http://www.tigertigercomic.com/

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parkinsvns · 5 years

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&&. about pansy parkinson

“did she make you cry? make you break down? shatter your illusions of love.”

introduction

name: pansy parkinson also known as: pans age: 46 birthday: august 26th astrological sign: virgo species: pureblood witch gender: cisfemale pronouns: she/her orientation: heterosexual past/bio:

being a part of the sacred twenty-eight means the parkinson family had a lot to uphold–their dignity, their honor–and always wanted to make a good impression on other pureblood families. pansy’s family is filled with lawyers, ministry workers, and politicians. those jobs went to the men of the family, while the parkinson women were expected to stand on the side line. pansy grew up itching to do more, hating that her mother badges her about finding a man.

growing up in a rich family means a distinct lack of discipline. the nannies and house elves practically raised her. of course, she ordered them around to do whatever she wanted. her mother was troubled by pansy’s lack of “lady-like” behaviors while her father laughed and called her leader. being alone for a majority of her childhood, pansy developed a sense of entitlement, which only shined when she got to hogwarts.

she had to learn how to play with others, though anyone can agree that she barely does that well. being at hogwarts taught pansy a sense of agency and independence she never had before. pansy took hogwarts by storm, becoming friends with draco malfoy and blaise zabini. together they ruled slytherin house, gaining admirers and enemies alike. of course, she’s still the entitled brat her parents raised, but she has an itch to do more. and so she did.

during the war, pansy became close with corban yaxley’s son, cypress. sixth and seventh year was the darkest time in pansy’s life. she still has nightmares about it till this day. her parents pushed her to step up and make an impression. at eighteen, she took the mark. though she barely did anything. she often sat on the sidelines, and went to meetings, but she was never trusted to actually go in missions. with everything being so dark, her realtionship with cypress was the only light thing in her life. they quickly fell in love. they managed to stay together when the war came to an end, both of them avoiding azkaban.

they left wizard london and started a new life in muggle bristol. pansy didn’t do much, still having nightmares about the war. she felt stuck, everyone seemed to be moving on and she just...wasn’t. everything changed when she got pregnant with cypress perseus parkinson II or, as he likes to be called, dylan. pansy knew she had to get better for him. she wanted him to grow up in a world better than hers.

pansy thought she and cypress were both finally moving past the war. her husband would come home so happy, promising pansy that things were going to change for them. little did he know that pansy enjoyed their new life away from everybody, and little did pansy know that the new beginnings cypress talked about had to do with voldemort’s followers coming back. at first, nothing was different about her husband. he was there for dylan’s doctor’s appointments, his first steps, and so forth, but things began to become off. his smile wasn’t as bright, the look pansy recognized in his eyes began to left, and he often sneered about their muggle neighbors. together they often made of muggles, but there was pure hatred in his tone now.

when dylan was three, cypress turned for the worse. pansy will never forget holding dylan so close to her chest as her husband, his father, was taken to azkaban. she did the only thing that would truly protect dylan from his father-- she sat him and down and erased all memories he had of cypress. never wanting her baby to grow up knowing what his father turned into.

asking her parents for help with the divorce, they saw fit to help her take care of dylan as well. she was grateful for the help as she got her life together. as the years went on, pansy became stronger than ever. though, she couldn’t escape the blood purist ways of thinking, she didn’t hate those that were different. not how the death eater’s did. although, she made a terrible mistake when dylan was three and he has seemed to forgive her, she still strives everyday to be better.

personality

label: the primadonna positive traits: loyal, independent, hard-working negative traits: moody, cunning, patronizing goals/desires: fears: she’s terrified of pushing dylan away and cause him to act like his father. hobbies: designing, reading, horseback riding, calligrophy habits: picking at her dead ends, tapping her nails against the desk

appearance

face claim: katie mcgrath height: 5′6 eye color: blue hair description:

color: black highlights: none length: down her back style: straight, parted down the middle worn: she wears it out, most of the time. it’s rare to see her with an up do, but at times she throws it in a pony tail. she often has it parted down the middle or to the side

scars: a long one down her calf piercings: her ears tattoos: the dark mark scent: chanel no.5 clothing style: preppy, rich, business casual. usual expression: indifferent distinguishing characteristics: her eyebrows

health

physical ailments: none neurological conditions: mild ptsd, anxiety allergies: tomatoes sleeping habits: light sleeper eating habits: she snacks throughout the day, and is a fast eater exercise habits: when she goes to her boutique, but she doesn’t really excercise. emotional stability: 5/10. gets angry easily and likes to hold a grudge sociability: very social body temperature: cold addictions: none drug use: none alcohol use: she’s a wine drinker, she has it at dinner and sometimes before bed. she also drinks at social settings.

relationships

father: perseus parkinson mother: lilaine parkinson siblings: children: dylan parkinson family line of work: ministry workers, house wives best friends: draco malfoy, blaise zabini, theodore nott, tracy davis friends: daphne greengrass, milicent bulstrode, gregory goyle love interest: tba. enemies: tba.

education

school: hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry house: slytherin best core class: transfigurations worst core class: ancient runes elective: divination quidditch: hell no extra-curricular: astronomy club, divination homework meeting

magic

wand:

- length: 9 inches - flexibility: springy - wood: ash - core: unicorn hair

pets: a ragdoll cat named aquaria boggart: dylan being seriously hurt or injured patronus: sparrow amortentia: salt from the ocean, marble, clay, lavender

favorites

theme song: hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have by lana del rey food: salmon drink: white wine color: mint green animal: snake flower: pansy season: spring

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When Harry Met Enid

by Dan H

Wednesday, 20 December 2006

In which Dan dismisses Harry Potter as a jolly hockey-sticks boarding school romp.~

My childhood was almost embarrassingly suburban. We lived in a semi-detached house with privet hedges. I spent my evenings doing my homework, watching Children's BBC or reading. To fully round out the picture of cosy BBC normalcy, I should add that my preferred reading material, as a child, was a mixture of Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton.

I always preferred Dahl. His stories were strange, macabre, often surreal. His worlds were familiar yet peculiar, whimsical and disturbing. They were nice places to visit, but you most certainly wouldn't want to live there. It is perhaps interesting to note that, Great Glass Elevator aside, Dahl never went back to his worlds once the book had finished. His stories were self contained, they began at the beginning, and stopped at the end.

Blyton, of course, created a very different world. Teams of children with solid dependable names like Dick and Anne had very proper adventures while drinking lashings and lashings of ginger beer. Unlike Dahl, Blyton did write long-running series, the St Clare's and Malory Towers books followed the same cast of characters through their stint at boarding school, and of course the Famous Five and Secret Seven had endless adventures. Unlike Dahl, Blyton's world was ultimately a safe place, and gender aside I would have been quite happy to spend a summer term at St Clare's. I was and still am guiltily fond of Enid Blyton's 1950s utopia: it's nice sometimes to forget about the troubles of the real world, and escape to one where hardened criminals get their comeuppance at the hands of a gang of plucky twelve year olds.

A lot of people (JK Rowling first amongst them) like to talk about how much more there is to Harry Potter than to other children's books. They talk about the real danger that Harry faces, about how terribly, terribly dark Rowling's world is, and about how it's all very serious and mature. One Times reviewer, comparing Potter to the Worst Witch series writes:

But though Mildred, the Worst Witch, like Harry Potter, gets into scrapes with bullies and teachers, there is never a twinge of real terror in Murphy's imaginary world. Harry Potter experiences not only the ordinary trials and triumphs of the boarding-school genre, but repeated attempts to murder him.

This critic, I think, misses two important points. Firstly, while I admit that my memory of The Worst Witch is a little hazy, I am fairly certain that there actually is a villain in TWW who actually does have a plan to kill everybody in the school. Secondly, the repeated attempts to "murder" Harry are carried out by the most ineffectual, bungling, non-threatening group of incompetents ever to grace the pages of a children's book. Harry Potter's encounters with the Death Eaters are no more frightening than the Secret Seven's frequent run-ins with thieves and smugglers, and they represent no greater physical danger.

Now, I don't think this is a weakness in itself. When Harry and Ron confront the troll in Philosopher's Stone it's a genuinely exciting scene. We understand that Harry and Ron are willing to risk their lives for their friend thereby displaying the cardinal virtues of Courage and Friendship and Pluckyness. This scene is in no way marred by the fact that I do not on a rational level actually expect Harry, Ron, or Hermione to be killed. However, I do not think that the troll-fighting scene involves any more danger or sacrifice, or has any greater merit than (for example) the bit in The Naughtiest Girl in the School where Elizabeth risks detention in order to buy a birthday present for her less wealthy best friend. Both sequences involve the protagonist choosing to place themselves in danger (either physical danger in the case of Harry, or social danger in the case of the Naughtiest Girl) in order to help a friend. It doesn't matter whether the risk is of death or of detention, the point is the decision that the character makes, and the consequences that follow from it.

Thinking about it, it's this fixation on the physical events of the series (Harry Gets Attacked, Harry Goes Into The Dark Forest, Harry Fights Death Eaters), rather than the narrative points behind those events, which is responsible for most of the utter tosh that gets written about Harry Potter. The fans say "Harry Potter is placed in real, physical danger, this means that the Harry Potter series is Dark and therefore Good" the detractors say "Harry Potter is not placed in real, physical danger, this means that the Harry Potter series is Not Really Dark and therefore Not Really Good." Both of these groups of people completely miss the point. Harry Potter is a children's series about the importance of friendship and courage. Whether it chooses to illustrate those points with midnight feasts and ginger beer or with trolls and dragons and the occasional deaths of significant characters is completely beside the point. It is what it is, a children's adventure story set in a boarding school, with some wizards in it.

And that should be the end of it, and it would have been had something peculiar not happened to the series around about book four.

Harry Potter books 1-3 are excellent children's books. They combine exciting adventure with boarding school cosiness to produce thoroughly engaging stories about wizards and magic and the importance of friendship and courage. Books four to six (and I strongly suspect book seven will follow suit) are sub-par fantasy about Wizards and Magic.

Normally, this wouldn't annoy me as much as it does. It'd be a shame, but I'd cope. However I actually think that the course taken by the Potter books has actually had a detrimental effect on Children's Fiction as a whole.

It is absolutely right and correct to say that books for children are in no way inferior to books for adults. It is absolutely true that children are capable of dealing with issues far more complicated than adults give them credit for. Unfortunately this leads some people to the conclusion that there should be literally no difference between children's books and books for adults or, worse, that the merits of a children's book should be weighed according to how similar it is to a book for adults.

So many of the things which the later Harry Potter books are praised for the richness of the world, the complexity of the overarching plot are attributes which belong to adult, not children's fiction. That is not to say that children's fiction cannot be complex, but that its complexities should lie in areas other than the intricacies of the backplot and the precise functioning of Horcruxes.

To put it another way: Snape in the first book is complex in precisely the right way for a children's book. We start out thinking that he is Bad, but it turns out that he is Good. This is a nice twist, and children are smart enough to appreciate the moral complexity of it. Snape is horrible, but he is a good person. Snape in the later books is "complex" in precisely the wrong way for a children's book. He is a tangle of conflicting motivations, which may or may not actually make very much sense. He's probably going to wind up having been in love with Lily Potter, and blame himself for her death and blah blah blah.

Now I'm not saying that children are incapable of understanding characters with complex motivations. I'm saying that children won't gain anything by being asked to understand characters with complex motivations (particularly when said motivations are spurious and rather cliched). When you hear children talk about the Potter books, they always talk about how much they love the wizards and the broomsticks, you hear remarkably few people saying "well I'm really interested in the formative childhood experiences of Severus Snape."

Just look at the great classics of children's literature (particularly fantastic children's literature). We aren't asked to analyse the motivations of the Mock Turtle, or wonder whether the Queen of Hearts is really as bad as she seems. Nobody expects us to be interested in the political climate of Oz (well ... Gregory Maguire does). Children's books shouldn't be preoccupied with the same petty minutiae which fill up so much adult literature (particularly fantasy literature). In pandering to the fans' desire to speculate about the inner workings of her magical world (guess what folks, it doesn't have any, it's completely nonsensical) Rowling is breeding a generation of "book lovers" accustomed to the worst excesses of the fantasy genre.

Dahl, Carroll, Baum and the others may not have had the "moral" heart of the Harry Potter books (at least, that's Miss Rowling's analysis), but they had an imagination which far exceeds the few simple ideas which JK spins out over the Potter series. They may not have had long running plots, or complex character arcs (like the "Lupin shacks up with Tonks" arc or the "Harry goes out with Ginny for all of five minutes" arc), but for pity's sake children get enough of that sort of thing watching Eastenders.

JK Rowling is raising a generation of children to value world above plot, plot above meaning, and volume of written material above everything.Themes:

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Rami

at 14:07 on 2006-12-20I don't read Harry Potter, but I agree with your points about Children's Fiction As A Whole - it *shouldn't* just be adult fiction with shorter words and more colorful packaging!

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Wardog

at 13:04 on 2007-01-01And Harry Potter, of course, has its range of "adult" covers, as if to further distance itself from the rest of children's fiction. As I shall surely write in an article of my very own, JK seems to be no longer writing books for children, she's writing books for Harry Potter fans which is actually a completely different thing.

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TheMerryMustelid

at 17:59 on 2012-04-21"Snape He's probably going to wind up having been in love with Lily Potter, and blame himself for her death and blah blah blah..."

Wow! You're a prophetic genius! How _do_ you do that? ;)

You hate JK Rowling as much as I hate Dan Brown. Let's get together and do coffee! :) Though I actually enjoyed the Potter series *ducks* I recognize it for the big magic soap opera it is. I have no illusions that it's great literature, but I think fellow fantasy writers like Terry Pratchett are just a _mite_ jealous that she captured the youth market before they did.

Whatever you may think of Rowling, you gotta give her credit for getting young kids around the world excited about

reading

. That's no small feat. Sorry if the visual image of a 5 year old hugging the latest Harry Potter tome to their elated breast gives you the vapors, but I find it inspiring. :P

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Dan H

at 22:32 on 2012-04-21

Whatever you may think of Rowling, you gotta give her credit for getting young kids around the world excited about reading.

Obviously getting kids to read is good, but I'm genuinely not convinced JKR actually increased the amount of books read by children - I strongly suspect that the sorts of kids who read Harry Potter are the sorts of kids who would have been reading anyway. I think the anecdotal evidence gets skewed here in the sense that for kids-who-read, there is likely to be a particular author who you remember as being the author who got you into reading (for me it was Dahl with a side order of Pratchett) and while I think there's a generation of kids for whom that author was Rowling, I don't think that's quite the same as Rowling getting kids to read. It's like the Yoko Factor in reverse, the kids got themselves to read, Rowling was just there at the time.

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Arthur B

at 00:31 on 2012-04-22Plus: getting lots of kids to read is benign enough. Getting lots of kids to

all read the same stuff

brings me out in chills.

As a young person the most valuable books I read were the ones which were strictly speaking not actually intended for people my age.

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Sister Magpie

at 06:03 on 2012-04-22I could swear I remember reading some actual research about this idea with HP. The basic result was, unsurprisingly, that while HP did certainly get kids interested in reading those books (just as Star Wars got kids interested in seeing Star Wars), the number of readers (meaning kids who read for pleasure) was basically the same.

So essentially the same idea--there are now a lot of adult readers whose first amazing books were HP, but the generation that were kids when HP came out don't have a higher percentage of readers as a result.

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James D

at 06:56 on 2012-04-22Man, that's kind of depressing. There must also be kids out there whose 'first amazing books' were the Twilight series.

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http://fishinginthemud.livejournal.com/

at 15:17 on 2012-04-22Yeah, some kids are just readers. They'll read whatever's in front of them, whether it's Harry Potter or the cereal box. Kids who don't like to read because reading is hard or boring will just wait to see the movies, as always.

I'm honestly impressed with Rowling for tapping exactly the right cultural vein at the right time. I mean, the woman literally wrote books that managed to appeal to *every kind of person everywhere*. Even people who hated the books enjoyed hating them, and often for very different reasons. She tried to give everyone everything and failed spectacularly, but she did manage to give everyone something. And she did it just by being herself and writing the kind of books she would want to read.

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TheMerryMustelid

at 16:22 on 2012-04-22I'd like to see those statistics about how the number of kids reading Potter were "reading kids" anyway. I'm writing from the states and let me tell you, seeing American kids

under

7 years old _pack_ bookstores (and I'm talking the

big

chains here) just to read a story was a new phenomena to me. Kids that young usually are not into reading as a rule.

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Arthur B

at 16:25 on 2012-04-22

I'd like to see those statistics about how the number of kids reading Potter were "reading kids" anyway. I'm writing from the states and let me tell you, seeing American kids under 7 years old _pack_ bookstores (and I'm talking the bigchains here) just to read a story was a new phenomena to me. Kids that young usually are not into reading as a rule.

Were they packing the bookstores year-round or just around the Potter release dates? Because if it's the latter, that might just be a side effect of them all being keen to read the same books by the same author rather than being particularly more keen to read than their forebears.

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TheMerryMustelid

at 16:28 on 2012-04-22

James D: Man, that's kind of depressing. There must also be kids out there whose 'first amazing books' were the Twilight series.

I see what you did there. :P

God, that would be even

depressing, wouldn't it?

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Sister Magpie

at 17:17 on 2012-04-22

I don't have the actual statistics, but the upshot of what I read was the opposite. It wasn't that the books were read by kids who were readers anyway. They were also read by non-readers because they were a huge thing everyone wanted to read. But they didn't get kids interested in reading so much as interested in Harry Potter. So it didn't create readers, it created HP fans who read that.

Though in my experience having worked at a kids' bookstore there are plenty of kids who would pack a bookstore to hear a story. There just aren't huge events where a specific book coming out brings in the crowd all at once--which of course was true for adult readers with HP too.

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http://fishinginthemud.livejournal.com/

at 17:21 on 2012-04-22I think if the goal was to get kids to start reading Harry Potter and then graduate them to actual good books, it didn't work. There are kids who read Harry Potter and nothing else, which doesn't quite make them "readers."

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at 20:09 on 2012-04-22

I have no illusions that it's great literature, but I think fellow fantasy writers like Terry Pratchett are just a _mite_ jealous that she captured the youth market before they did.

That was never the problem- Pratchett, at least, was annoyed at the way she was presented in the news as if she was the first person ever to put MAGIC in books for CHILDREN, etc, in pieces obviously written by people who do not read fantasy (and yet think they know what's what in the genre).

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http://lonewolf-eburg.livejournal.com/

at 21:07 on 2012-04-22The main problem with Harry Potter isn't that the books stop being "children's books" halfway though. "These books are no longer for children" is a statement that implies something that is nor positive, nor negative.

The problem is that in the later books, "childlike" elements inherited from earlier ones uncomfortably mesh with the new "adult stuff". I'd argue that in HBP and DH this is particularly noticeable, though two previous books suffer from that as well. As a result, both the series and every particular post-PoA book taken in itself have a hard time realizing who the hell is their primary audience. That results in a lot of dissonant Mood Whiplashes, aborted storylines and themes as the narrative merrily goes from "childlike" to "adult" and back again, and inconsistent characterization.

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TheMerryMustelid

at 21:19 on 2012-04-22TheMerryMustelid:

I have no illusions that it's great literature, but I think fellow fantasy writers like Terry Pratchett are just a _mite_ jealous that she captured the youth market before they did.

http://roisindubh211.livejournal.com/

Didn't Pratchett also take Rowling to task for effectively saying her books

weren't

fantasy? Like she was trying to distance her series from the "taint" of the genre or something. If she did say something as bone-headed as that, I don't blame him for jumping down her throat.

I love Pratchett and am happy to see him finally getting a wider audience in the States. For many years it seemed he was almost the American fantasy geek's best kept secret. I used to sneer at Terry Brooks readers while I clutched the latest then-hard-to-find Pratchett tome. But that was way back and Pratchett has had good american distribution for at least a decade now.

Ogg is my Co-pilot. :D

To get back on topic, if it's statistically true that Rowling didn't inspire more kids to read beyond her series, that is too bad, but is it necessarily her fault? One of my little pet theories is that fantasy in general has benefitted from the Harry Potter frenzy, because during the waits between Potter books & after the series ended, readers needed something to fill the void. So in effect, Rowling did help other fantasy writers by making fantasy more popular than ever before, even mainstream.

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Sister Magpie

at 00:04 on 2012-04-23I don't think anybody would say it was her fault. It came up, I think, because there were a lot of people crediting her with single-handedly boosting literacy rates etc. That idea has gotten repeated a lot, so it just gets corrected. Blaming her for not performing that feat is like blaming her for not actually being able to fly a broomstick--I don't think anybody could do it!

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Dan H

at 09:37 on 2012-04-23

The main problem with Harry Potter isn't that the books stop being "children's books" halfway though. "These books are no longer for children" is a statement that implies something that is nor positive, nor negative.

I think I disagree, but only margainally. I think "these books are no longer for children" does in fact imply something negative, simply because it implies - well - all of the stuff you mention later.

The reason I would suggest that it was bad for a series of children's books to become a series of books for adults is simply that it is inevitable that the "for kids" stuff doesn't fit with the "for adults" stuff. Part of the problem here is that people seem to forget that you can have a dark, serious story in which bad things happen to people which is still fundamentally a children's story, or a lighthearted wacky romp which is still for grownups.

Rowling's error - essentially - was that she mistakenly believed that the only way to engage with the "serious" themes she wanted to engage with in her children's stories was for her to stop writing children's books.

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at 15:16 on 2012-04-23I agree that JKR's OMGADULT!change was always going to have some problems, but I also think that she could've done more to alleviate the problem of thematic discordance. She didn't seem to be aware that she has a problem that needs fixing at all.

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Frank

at 17:04 on 2012-04-23I, too, recall reading that HP did not increase readers. My understanding is that the series may have increased literacy within age groups. Increasing one's ability to read books does not necessarily make one a reader of books.

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at 17:24 on 2012-04-23I agree that after about book three Rowling was no longer clear which market she was targeting, and it didn't matter because she was solidly hitting all of them. I can imagine her and her publishers having their minds blown by their success and wanting more of it, without really being sure what was working and shouldn't be changed and where they had room to let her go crazy and do what she liked. There may not have been a conscious choice to turn the books "adult," but an organic growth in that direction, which no editor ever bothered to sit down and take a good look at and realize just how fucked up it was.

Basically, I think Rowling was a decently talented newbie who was deeply injured by her early success, and it'll be interesting to see whether she ever recovers from it as a writer.

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at 17:34 on 2012-04-23

She didn't seem to be aware that she has a problem that needs fixing at all.

I think closer to the end, her only thought was "finish these fucking books so I can get the fuck on with my life." It's probably more that she simply didn't care what she wrote anymore as long as she got words on paper, and her editors cared even less.

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at 20:06 on 2012-04-23

She didn't seem to be aware that she has a problem that needs fixing at all.

Given that her next book seems to be a satire on the State of the Nation, I'd say she does at least realise that a work primarily for adults will allow her more room to engage with the ideas she wants to in the manner which she would like. As Dan and others have noted, the social commentary in HP was hampered by the fact that it was ultimately a story about the Chosen One defeating the Dark Lord.

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at 20:29 on 2012-04-23I think that Scipio is correct here. To make her later books truly "grow" and be consistent at least in themselves (even if we disregard the earlier ones), JKR needed her books to change from "ultimately a story about the Chosen One defeating the Dark Lord". But while some fanfiction writers could do that (with varying degrees of success), Rowling, understandably, couldn't afford it.

That's why GoF and OotP weren't as bad as DH. In then, JKR could allow herself to deviate a little. HBP, IMO, is just plain badly written.

"I'd say she does at least realise that a work primarily for adults will allow her more room to engage with the ideas she wants to in the manner which she would like"

To be fair, sometimes fantasy can be a good vessel for real-world commentary. But then, see the previous points made on the thread.

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at 19:05 on 2012-04-24

To be fair, sometimes fantasy can be a good vessel for real-world commentary. But then, see the previous points made on the thread.

Oh, definitely. One of my favourite fantasies of the moment is Shadows of the Apt, which tries very hard to engage with race, privilege and the nature of prejudice and discrimination in general. I just think that a series for children is perhaps not the best medium for that sort of thing.

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Must Read Children’s Books

I have a lot of nieces, nephews, and friends with children. HENCE! Here is my list of books I like to buy and my thoughts on them. (FYI - Books make 0 noise, easy to store, and are educational. Do it.) Also a lot of them are about food.

Strega Nona

- Who doesnt love a story about a magic pot of pasta? Also the Christmas one is fantastic too.

Corduroy

- A bear looking for his button. Almost breaks a button off a perfectly good bed.

Frog and Toad

- Great series. Taught me about self control. Taught me I don’t have it.

The Prince and the Li Hing Mui

- Cinderella story with a delicious local Hawaii twist!

Tiki Tiki Tembo

- Ever wondered why the Chinese give such short names to their children?

Make Way for Ducklings

- Takes place in Boston. It’s about how one bored police officer causes ruckus when a family of ducks decides to relocate themselves.

Caps for Sale

- Hat salesman takes nap under tree and (spoiler alert!) a bunch of monkeys steal them.

Big Pumpkin

- Halloween classic. It teaches you about team work to achieve a common goal (aka pumpkin pie).

Bernstain/Berstein Bears Series

- Who DOESNT love these books?? Teaches you great lessons. Like not to each junk food.

Babar

- SAVE THE ELEPHANTS! Also make sure to tell your kid marrying your cousin is frowned upon today.

Richard Scarry Books

- Author might have the word scary in it, but it’s far from it! Fun busy illustrations keep you entertained for hours. Lol the cats.

The Wrinkled Woos

- A textured book. Wrinkly food never looked so good.

The Apartment Book

- One day I’ll make a book just like this. A lot of pictures, great for both children and adults. Gives you what a day in the life of an apartment building is like. I still have a copy of this book.

Amelia Bedilia

- Teaches children what the word “literally” means. And it’ll make you hungry for some lemon meringue pie. Actually this book taught me what lemon meringue pie was.

The Five Chinese Brothers

- Okay, apparently even the Chinese cant tell each other apart in this book. But besides that, it’s all about team work, sacrifice, and special talents. And that being a bratty greedy kid will result in you getting swallowed up by the ocean.

The Paper Bag Princess

- Another story about not being a greedy brat. She was basically a with with a B.

Ferdinand

- Okay, the movie really took some creative license with this one. Basically he’s a peaceful bull and the matador throws a fit because he cant show off.

Arthur Books

- My favorite was the one where he had a wiggly tooth. I learned about what peanut brittle was from that.

Rainbow Fish

- Literally gave parts of himself away. Sharing is caring. Also love the iridescence.

I Spy

- Great for parents and children.

Find Waldo

- Duh.

How Much is A Million

- Funnest math book I’ve ever read. Also Steven Kellogg illustrations are awesome. That detail doe.

Jamberry

- Book about berries. If you dont want to eat berries by the end of this book, there is something wrong with you.

Gregory the Terrible Eater

- A story about how a goat that starts off with good taste in food and great eating habits gets ruined by his parents.

Madeline

- I can hear the song in my head from the TV show. The book is great. Learned about appendixes.

Jamie O’ Rourke and the Big Potato

- Great for St. Patty’s day. Learn about the many ways to consume America’s other favorite carb.

Many Moons

- The court jester is the best gift giver ever. Pretty classic book.

The Hundred Dresses

- I just remember I wanted to draw 100 dresses after reading this book. A lot of them looked alike. Also this was kind of a sad take away.

Pretzel

- Same author and illustrations as Curious George books. About a wiener dog who is very long and tries to win the affections of a girl dog.

Books That Are a Bit More Advanced (Big Range)

Baby sitters club series - These books made me want to write and become an entrepreneur. But also as an adult, I wouldnt trust pre-teens to babysit. And the Specials made me want to travel.

Goosebump series - Green slime. Monster blood. Oh man. And the choose your own adventure ones were great too.

A Wrinkle in Time - What a trip.

Alice in Wonderland - Same comment as above.

The BFG - Imagination has expanded. Also really wanted a lot of little eggs after this.

Matilda - Imagination has expanded x2. Also I wanted powers after this.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - We all know what the movie was like.

Henry Sugar - NOT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. I would stare into a candle sometimes just to see if I could see through objects after.

Ella Enchanted - The romance my preteen self wanted one day.

Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - You’ll be very disappointed once you try turkish delight IRL.

Ramona (and Beezus) Books - I remember reading one where they cook dinner for their parents (sounded pretty gross to eat) and one about where she got sick at school (couldnt eat oatmeal for a while). Also enjoyed these as well.

American Girl books series - Fun stories that really put into perspective the time period and are female centric. I would highly recommend reading these and I mean the classic illustrations, not the redone ones. I think I had a lot of Samantha and Molly books, but they were the best. Shout out to Felicity too, life was hard back then.

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