#Muggle London

[flymetosnarryland]

Snuggle.

Harry got new haircut, uh-huh.

#snarry #Severus Snape #Harry Potter #Muggle London

[ladderofyears]

Wait.

“It's slinging it down,” Draco grumbled. He held an umbrella because they’d arranged to meet in Soho.

“You should have left,” Harry answered, out of breath from running. “Work was nightmarish. Then I had to negotiate the Tube.”

“And miss seeing you?” Draco scoffed. “Never in a million years, Potter.”

~

Fifty words.

For @microficmay

#drarry #harry x draco #boys in love #fifty words #draco malfoy #harry potter #draco in the muggle world #muggle London #soho #love #microficmay2023 #ladderofyears microfic #drarry fic

[invalid-prongs]

this was really fucking fluffy. and also, at the end, when they’re hugging, i entirely picture in tangled when rapunzel saves eugene and they’re hugging on the tower floor and he like tightens the hug. just saying.

“i got you something.”

james’ smile is bursting at the seams, closing the door with his foot as he digs through his backpack. he pulls out a small box, thrusting it towards regulus in excitement. “what is it?”

james says nothing, he just keeps on smiling. regulus tries to swallow the small bubble of anxiety as he tears away the awkwardly wrapped paper and clutches the small box.

he slowly opens the lid, scaring himself a little when it flies open. his eyes widen and his jaw drops as he looks up at james in surprise. “you didn’t.”

“i did,” james reaches for the box, which regulus hands over. james takes out the ring, shaped like a stag head with the main face made up on the smallest diamonds. they’d seen the ring a while back, and regulus made a comment about how it looks like a cute engagement ring.

but he never imagined james would buy it.

“regulus arcturus potter,” he grins, sliding down onto one knee in the middle of their muggle london apartment. “will you marry me?”

the slytherin tries to suppress his smile as he dives forwards, knocking james backwards onto the floor in a bear hug. they’re both laughing, and regulus feels his heart soaring.

“yeah,” he whispers, pressing a kiss to james’ jaw as the older lad tightens his grip. “course i will, jamie.”

#james potter #regulus black #engagement #fluff #jegulus #starchaser #jegulus fluff #starchaser fluff #starchaser engagement #jegulus engagement #muggle au #muggle london #au #magic #hogwarts #post hogwarts #gryffindor #slytherin #james x regulus #regulus x james

[choccy-milky]

Babes you got my foaming at the mouth every time you post or update! This new chapter was so precious!!

Modern AU where the only thing that’s different was instead of an illustration of Sherlock Holmes, it’s a picture of Banana Pumpkinpatch

GIRL THE WAY I GOOGLED "BANANA PUMPKINPATCH CHARACTER" BEFORE REALIZING YOU MEANT BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH LMFAOOO 😭😭😭 but aww THANK YOU💖and this is amazing i had to draw it as soon as u sent it, i love that cloras love for sherlock holmes also works in a modern au setting. CLORAS LOVE FOR SHERLOCK IS ETERNAL

(and yes seb would read/watch it bc of her)

#im so happy sherlocks og publication lines up with the hogwarts legacy timeline and that it was being published in london at that time #clora the OG fangirl #sebs lucky clora didnt care about real boys before him and only cared about SHERLOCK. clora would have a sherlock fan tumblr blog LMFAO #choccyart #ask #henry leander who?? sherlock is the real love rival #now i want clora to bring her issues of sherlock holmes back to hogwarts to show all of her fellow ravenclaws bc theyd also love it #CHECK OUT THIS COOL MUGGLE DETECTIVE ITS DOPE #clora clemons

[greenerteacups]

thoughts on Ginny and Harry as a couple?

There are a lot of people who find their romance in HBP forced. I don't think it's forced so much as underwritten, and the books don't get the chemistry quite right (though the movies certainly don't, either). There's potential, but they just don't get enough actual scenes of substance (besides Harry thinking she's pretty or feeling jealous of Dean) for a lot of readers to buy that they're not only in love, but deeply enough in love to break up, get back together, and wind up married.

That's not to say I don't see the appeal. There's a very cool scene in Book 5 where Harry's doing a woe-is-me-Chosen-One act, and Ginny effortlessly puts him in his place about it by reminding him that she was possessed by Voldemort at eleven, which is a rare glimpse into her character and also a great synecdoche for their relationship — Ginny is a grounding presence who, like Ron and Hermione, isn't going to be awed by his past adventures because she knew him before they happened. In that respect, Ginny's probably one of the few women Harry could feasibly wind up with, because he only ever seems comfortable around people (let alone girls) who can see past the Chosen-One schtick and treat him like a normo (see: Ron, Hermione, the Weasleys, Luna, Hagrid). True to type, he doesn't get interested in Ginny at all until she's ditched her celebrity crush and ceased to view him as an idol, because in his heart of hearts, Harry wants to be a normal boy, and it's stressed over and over that part of what he likes about his relationship with Ginny is how normal it feels. He kind of has a horribly supercharged version the celebrity dating problem: after the Battle of Hogwarts, anyone he meets is going to know him first as Harry Potter, Chosen One, Boy Who Lived, and Actually Fucking Resurrected Messiah of the Wizarding World, which is... I mean, it's possible that there are witches out there who could get over that, but Harry's not an extroverted guy, and I'm not sure how he'd go about finding them. Ginny's the one who's been there since the beginning, doesn't need anything about him or his past explained to her, and actually likes him for who he is.

When you look at it that way, it's not surprising he married his high school girlfriend. She's one of the few people still alive who doesn't see him as a demigod.

#in general I was never one to ship harry with anybody #what I wanted for him was a long quiet life and plenty of therapy #maybe some dogs. i think harry needs dogs and deserves them #The other obvious solution ftr — though not one I think Harry would take — is for him to marry a muggle #though again. you'd run into the problem of how you explain All That #which harry doesn't like to talk about and probably would want to talk about even less as an adult #plus also: harry loves magic. like he loves it loves it #the muggle world for harry is permanently connected with the dursleys and it would take years to break that association #which I just don't think he's going to invest #Harry post-BOH is moving to Hogsmeade or wizarding London or some other magical neighborhood and staying there forever #by the way this post is not anti Harry and Ginny! no hate on the ship I've seen versions of it that are very cute #but I just think their love story needed Sauce #there are also some really interesting posts I've found in Deep Fandom crackship blogs about h/g as Harry's sublimated desire for Ron #now I don't necessarily buy that reading. I don't think Harry is in love with Ron in the original text #I do think he LOVES ron and projects that love onto the Weasleys very quickly ginny included #and I think Ron is his soulmate platonic or otherwise in every universe #so marrying Ginny has like. Implications. vis-a-vis Harry's status as a Weasley and adoptive brother[in law] of Ron #like it's a full-circle moment where he becomes officially legally a member of Ron's family #which I do believe JKR had in mind. even though that basically means ginny's wedding becomes kinda... actually... about her brother... #it's weird basically. my final verdict is I wish H/G had been written by an author who was more interested in Ginny for Ginny's sake. #greenteacup asks

[accio-sriracha]

Marauders in Muggle London:

~~~♤~~~

Sirius: *pointing at a traditional pen* WOAH! Moony what's this?!

Remus: It's a muggle quill, Pads, the ink is inside of it.

James: *pointing at an electronics store* What is that?

Peter: It's full of electronic stuff. Things they use to communicate with each other and others for entertainment.

James: *pouting* Owls are entertaining too...

Sirius: Moons, what's that thing?

Remus: That's hairspray. It holds your hair in place, kinda like hair potion.

Sirius: *falls in love with it*

James: Moony what's this?

Remus: *sighs* That's a toilet, Prongs, wizards have those too.

~~~♤~~~

#remus is so tired #james is hard to babysit #remus loves him though #harry potter #marauders #marauders era #marauders headcanon #incorrect marauders quotes #incorrect quotes #marauders in muggle london #marauders being marauders

[chasertheo]

Tonight was the night. Frankly, Theo was surprised it had come so soon. Not that he’d thought they would lose their first match, but it was their first real test as a new team. He hadn’t wanted to get his hopes up too high, even though he’d felt better about his playing than he had in a while. And then they’d won. They hadn’t just won, either. It was a strong win, not a blow-out but decisive, Puddlemere tipping the game in their favor early on and keeping it that way. And Theo had played well enough that the write-ups on the chasers weren’t just about Freddie and Sturgis’s flashy moves but about Theo’s ability to rebound missed shots and get the quaffle to his teammates and score solid goals of his own. There will still some kinks to sort out, there always were early in the season, but they were playing well and Theo was excited about the season in a way he hadn’t been in a while. He was also excited for another aspect of the win—Jamie, and the other gay blokes Jamie had introduced him to—had made a deal with him. After their first win, they’d go check out a muggle gay bar. And so here they were, the first Friday after the win, and it was happening. 

Theo had been disappointed when the other gay blokes from Puddlemere all bailed at the last minute, but he was still excited about taking Jamie to the gay club. If anything he was maybe more excited, in a way that should have told him to reschedule and find a time the rest of the blokes could come along because going alone with Jamie was probably a bad idea. Only that was silly. He and Jamie had been spending a lot of time alone together lately. Always on the ends of a group hangout, either dinner or a drink after practice with the team or their get-togethers with the Puddlemere Gay Social Club, as they’d dubbed themselves, but this was really no different from that. It wasn’t like Theo had planned it to be just him and Jamie. This was just what was happening now. And just him and Jamie was nice. Always fun. Always easy. They’d gotten to know each other in a similar way at the Arrows, but after that night Jamie cornered him with a quaffle and made him talk about the kiss, it felt like they were even closer than they’d been then. They didn’t just talk about quidditch or school or other light subjects. They talked about everything. And nothing. Theo liked it. Maybe too much. Sometimes their feet would brush under the table. But they hadn’t really crossed any lines, so…it was fine. They wouldn’t cross any lines tonight either. They’d just have fun, like they always did together. 

They’d decided to meet at Jamie’s and then disapparate to a bookstore in Diagon that Roger had told them connected to muggle London; a more discreet way to get out of wizarding London than through the Leaky. And Jamie had expressed some concern about what to wear to a gay muggle club, though Theo had felt a lot better about the idea of helping Jamie with his wardrobe choices when the plan was for more than just Theo to be there. He’d never even been to Jamie’s place before. He was already sort of regretting his own outfit too, for reasons he didn’t quite want to unpack. The pants he was wearing were a good bit tighter than the sort he’d usually wear, as was the short-sleeved button-up shirt that hugged his muscles in a way his ex had told him was particularly flattering. He’d also left a couple more buttons open at the top than he usually would, worried that Jamie might not be into blokes with chest hair, buttoned them back up, remembered he wasn’t supposed to be worried about looking good for Jamie and that Jamie knew what he looked like without most of his clothes on anyways from the locker room, and unbuttoned them again. Then he’d thrown on a leather jacket. This was fine. He was just going out for a fun night. Drinks, dancing. He was just a little on edge because it had been awhile since he’d been out like this, and a gay bar in muggle London was a new thing, and he really wanted Jamie to like it after the cajoling it took to get him to agree to come. It’d be fun. He reached up to run a hand through his hair, remembered he’d just brushed it so it was actually sort of neat for once--Theo had never been the sort to use any sort of gel or shit, but it was at least smooth and flat instead of its normal mess--and instead reached out to knock on the door.

#jamie #i couldn't resist xD #but lmk if any of this doesn't work i made assumptions about jamie maybe wanting muggle fashion help #mostly so theo could show up at his house and like have to help him either untuck his shirt or undo some buttons or something lmao not sorry #and i was thinking elias's bookstore could be the more discreet passage to muggle london xD #i figure it's maybe been like 1-2 months since the last thread? timelines are hard but hopefully this works xD #tried to incorporate the lingering xD #cackling at that last jamie reply and THE DOUBLE GIFS WITH THE LOOKING BACK AHHHHH #as always lmk if something doesn't work!!

[isahorcrux]

london is lonely

part 10: les quizerables

AN: Well, I’m back!  And so is our favorite pub quiz gang (I swear we’re almost out of the pub).  As always read at your own risk, I have not been proofing this one.

James Potter’s forearms were incredibly distracting.  Well, at least they were to Lily, at any rate.  It was all fine and manageable at the beginning of the quiz, when the sleeves of James button down shirt were where they were supposed to be.  But then, at some point the sleeves were rolled up in that female gaze sort of way, and boom, Lily’s head was very much out of the pub quiz game.  And then there was the mash incident.  Didn’t fit guys know you couldn’t just casually wipe a bit of mash from a girl’s mouth?  Lily knew she was going to get a lot of mileage out of that moment; perhaps his thumb turning into his lips…

“...Lily?”

read on ao3 | read from the beginning

#london is lonely #jily #jily fanfic #muggle au #jily muggle au #isahorcrux writes #fanfic #harry potter #harry potter fanfic

[cr0ftisprocrastinating]

Theo Nott discovers the tube

“Is this how people live? They do this every day?” 

“Yep.” 

“No wonder they pray to that Jesus guy all the time.” 

“Not everyone is religious,” I pointed out. 

“True. Actually, I take it back. If this was my reality I wouldn’t believe in God at all.” 

Chapter 13 of Hermione Granger's Diary is up now!

#dramione #draco x hermione #theo nott #theo nott in muggle london #dramione fandom #dramione fanfic #hermione granger

[imsiriuslyreading]

i have made Remus lebanese in rocketman and i’m feeling very happy about it 🇱🇧

“Thanks, uncle. Glad you approve,” Remus grinned. “Got a table for two?”

“Always, my boy. This way,” Ahmad replied, and began leading them through the dimly lit restaurant.

As they walked, Sirius looked around at the place. He’d never been to a Lebanese restaurant before, but he imagined that this one had to be the most beautiful one to exist. There was lots of gold everywhere, and all of the walls were solid, old-looking beige stone. It looked a bit like a cave, done up with fairy lights, with healthy, dark green plants trailing in any space they’d fit. It was like they’d been transported out of London and had landed in an entirely magical place, within seconds.

“Here you go, Remus,” Ahmad said, grabbing his nephew’s face in both hands and squeezing a little. Sirius caught the slow blush of red that crept up Remus’ cheeks, and thought it was the loveliest thing he’d ever seen, but looked away to avoid embarrassing him further. Instead, he slid into the booth they’d been led to, and picked up the menu to look.

Eventually, Remus was released and came to sit opposite Sirius.

“Ah, sorry about that,” Remus said, looking awkward. “Haven’t been here in a while.”

“Don’t be sorry, it’s cute,” Sirius replied. “He your uncle?”

“Yeah, my dad’s brother. Good guy. Makes killer Dolma.”

“Oh yeah? You’ll have to show me,” Sirius said, looking at Remus over the top of his menu.

“I can do that,” Remus replied, eyes not leaving Sirius’ for a moment.

#spreading my agenda #middle eastern gang #lebanese remu #londoner remus #wolfstar muggle au #someone take my laptop and this app away from me pls

[flymetosnarryland]

II.

So... this one is not full piece. I can't share the whole of it yet though, because there is 🌶️🍑🌶️🔥🍆🌶️🚋 on the way... (I call it hot train, lol.)

#snarry #Severus Snape #Harry Potter #Muggle London

[aesthetic--mood]

Hermione Granger Aesthetic

#hermione granger #hermione jean granger #witch #magic #magic wand #gryffindor #gryffindor house #book lover #books and libraries #muggle born #hogwarts #minister of magic #crookshanks #time turner #london #platform 9 3/4 #kings cross #hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #aesthetic #books #movies #harry potter #harry potter books #battle of hogwarts #ron x hermione #ronmione #magic world #hogwarts castle #golden trio #emma watson

[aeoneskova]

seven dials (pointing at you) - 6.4k

Summary:

Remus finds himself in the strange situation of carrying around a rose in the middle of London. When he decides to give the rose to a stranger in a random act of kindness, he does not expect to see them again. Certainly not when crammed together on a busy tube.

This fic is partially inspired by true events which I explain in the end notes on ao3. The pictures I used here will also make sense if you read the fic, which I’d love if you did!

These pictures were all taken by me in London, the rose being the very one that inspired this story - yes hand reveal guys 😲. The chopstick bowl was actually across from a pub called The Starman I sat in, named after David Bowie because it was just near the spot where the cover photo for the Ziggy Stardust album was taken. Remus would definitely also do this.

I hope you enjoy and I will be back with updates for honey honey and good old fashioned lover boy soon! <3

#oneshot #fanfic #ao3 #london #chinatown #harry potter #marauders #muggle au #remus lupin #lily evans #sirius black #wolfstar

[mydarlingdearestdead]

hc that Mary Macdonald took it upon herself to teach the girls (and boys if they were mature enough) (if not she cursed them into oblivion) about everything Hogwarts didn't offer classes on. from the right way to apply a pad to how to how to get winged eyeliner just right to where to hit a guy to cause the most pain. she made students feel as if they could talk to her about anything, which they completely could.

#mary is the love of my life #mary macdonald #mary loml #marauders era #marauders #marylily #maryline #marylene #fuck jkr #we do not support she who shall not be named #bonus: post war a kid she'd helped a lot saw her out in Muggle London and tried to talk to her but she just watched them with a blank stare

[wolfstarshipping]

the time when you were mine (9404 words) by renaissance Rating: Teen And Up Audiences modern AU, muggle AU Summary: The walk from Grimmauld Place to Parliament Hill is just under an hour, but it’s easier going at four in the morning.

Quote: Remus—Sirius doesn’t want to ask, but he’s been bad since summer started. The happiest Sirius had seen him was two weeks ago; it was raining and they were at James and Lily’s place, went outside into the back garden and got soaked, and didn’t kiss, but only because Remus didn’t take the bait when Sirius leant in and shut his eyes and let the rain pool in the dip of his Cupid’s bow, and when he’d opened his eyes Remus was back under shelter, grabbing another beer and laughing with Peter about something, and Sirius stood there like a tool with his lips puckered. James had come up behind him and grabbed his shoulder and said, “Mate,” and nothing else—the rest was implicit.

Sirius had taken so long to make a move that he deserved it, really.

Comment: This is another personal favorite of mine. I love how everything happens within such a short timeframe around 4am, and the combination of Siriius POV-stream of conciousness while he's walking to see Remus and the texting works so, so well. The whole story is so dynamic and wonderful and just perfectly captures how everything feels a bit different in the hours just before sunrise.

There are some heavier mental health themes, so I'd recommend reading the tags just to be safe.

#wolfstar #fic rec #wolfstar fic #remus lupin #sirius black #the time when you were mine #renaissance #4am #morning #sunrise #walking #texting #muggle au #modern au #mental health #mention of suicide attempt #friends to lovers #london #getting together #personal favorite

[oflights]

Poor Ron in social media AU...The IRL Drarry shippers will definitely not take too kindly (aka be unhinged) about a man hanging around Harry too often

ajsdklasjldka no that's so funny!! i'm picturing them using the "me and you and your friend steve" audio for a tiktok once but draco has complained so much about ron and riled everyone up about him that it does not go over well lmao

#asks #anonymous #social media draco #poor ron getting yelled at on the streets of muggle london and just being utterly baffled