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cerise-grenadine · 2 months

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Hello!

For the Snapedom AU Ask game, can I get your answers to 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, and 26?

1.) Do you have a name and/or a tag and/or a master post for your AU (so I can peruse your blog and admire your creativity)?

2.) What is the premise of your AU (one sentence summary, tropes, your big “What-if” question, etc.!)?

5.) What are the major divergence points in your AU?

6.) Is there any part of the canon narrative you really like to build off of or interrogate with your AU?

9.) How and why does your AU!Snape differ from the canon!Snape?

26.) Does Severus have any major interests (mycology, astronomy, sci-fi, baking elaborate puff pastries, art forgery, etc.) in your AU that we never got to see canon!Snape indulge in? Do these interests play a major narrative role?

i'm sorry, if you ask me about my AU, i will infodump 😔🙏🏻

1.) Do you have a name and/or a tag and/or a master post for your AU (so I can peruse your blog and admire your creativity)?

Yes! SlythenclawAU!Snape. it's quite meh but i never really took the time to think of one.

2.) What is the premise of your AU (one sentence summary, tropes, your big “What-if” question, etc.!)?

A long time ago there was a teenager in boarding school who got tired of waiting for the 5th Harry Potter book and decided to make a Snape-centered sequel herself (it's not particularly focused on anything but the ✨ fluffy romance 💖).

5.) What are the major divergence points in your AU?

Honestly, it’s easier to point out the parts in common 😅 It’s only canon-compliant up to Goblet of Fire (with some parts of OOTP included now), meaning Severus was pretty much a blank canvas. We knew he was a smart skinny bastard who disliked the Marauders and was about to resume his job as a DE spy, that was it. As a result, his background is completey different. He has a different family, a different childhood (still terrible), different motivations, different traumas, and Lily was never even a thing.

6.) Is there any part of the canon narrative you really like to build off of or interrogate with your AU?

Not so much one part in particular, but there are themes I like to think about (I won’t say write, I haven’t written a thing in years). Everything that has to do with guilt and forgiveness is interesting to explore with Severus, because he’s both a victim and a culprit: how to forgive, should one forgive, how to make amends, isn’t asking for forgiveness selfish and placing the weight of the pardon on the victim, how to live with guilt when some things can’t be forgiven... In the same vein I like to explore his guilt towards Lucius, who is a genuine friend and a genuine Death Eater; he feels guilty for betraying his friend, and feels guilty for still considering the man a friend.

9.) How and why does your AU!Snape differ from the canon!Snape?

I think the major difference (apart from no Lily) is that he’s more adjusted as an adult. It’s not necessarily visible to the Hogwarts staff or students 😬 the teeth incident or his breakdown at the end of POA are still a thing and the British wizarding world really brings out the worst in him. But he actually has a solid support network in the form of siblings and adoptive parents he met when he was 21. They live abroad and he keeps them secret to avoid DE retaliation so they don’t meet often, but still they are very supportive and it has helped him a lot sorting things out during his late twenties/early thirties. Having this one anchor, being loved and loving them back, has really done him a lot of good and he strives to better himself (at least in private). By the time his love interest appears, some things have healed enough that it’s not her job to fix him, she merely becomes yet another support to help deal with the rest (and the first one in the Brit WW). Don’t worry, he still has nightmares, and tons of guilt, and petty tantrums, but overall he’s in a better place than canon!Snape and has hope for the future. Also I don’t usually include Occlumency/Legilimency. Ho and he’s very French (sorry not sorry)

26.) Does Severus have any major interests (mycology, astronomy, sci-fi, baking elaborate puff pastries, art forgery, etc.) in your AU that we never got to see canon!Snape indulge in? Do these interests play a major narrative role?

Yes! he’s a huge nerd (the kind who solves equations for fun when he can’t sleep), so he likes to study a lot of things.

Apart from normal magic things, he’s very knowledgeable about human anatomy and medecine, it makes him a better brewer and practitioner of healing magic (also his brother studied Muggle medecine for a while + his brother’s adoptive father was a heart surgeon). He is also an exellent cook (who doesn't eat much), because what’s the difference between Wolfsbane and mayonnaise, you just put stuff in a big saucepan and stirr dutifully it’s the same thing really.

Both those skills are pretty much background stuff; but there is one big hobby that is very important in his life, for several reasons: playing the piano 🙌🏻✨

He is very attached to it because his mother taught him (and she died young) and it’s his one pastime and antidepressant. He will focus on fast-paced pieces when his anxieties keep him awake, will hammer away his anger when he’s had a row with someone... it helps him calm down and clear his mind, and sometimes he will learn complicated parts just for the fun of it simply because he enjoys himself. He is a selfish pianist however. Music is very private to him, he is not a performer and will only do it sometimes for very close people he loves. He owns two pianos, his mother's grand piano at home (which has been through some stuff and is his most prized possession), and a baby grand at Hogwarts gifted by his siblings when he started teaching (it was needed for his mental health and the not-murdering of students). He’s learned how to tune his piano the Muggle way (the only true way, it sounds better, and yes of course he’s pedantic about it) and can talk about the links between mathematics and music for hours. Also +30 years of piano training have given him an acute sense of rhythm and very precise motricity skills that are highly valuable in potions work.

His lover being a musician herself (of the performer kind), music is very important in their relationship and has been central in their getting together. In fact, she first kissed him as they were playing together, so his sister jokes he would never have gotten laid if not for the piano she gifted him (she’s right)(his entourage also jokes sometimes about the kind of fingering skills a pianist with decades of experience has)(he hates it)(because he’s a giant prude)(they’re also right)

#ask games answers #Snapedom AU Ask Game #snape au #SlythenclawAU!Snape #i definitely stole momo's AU masterpost idea when i saw it #i can't be concise for the life of me #why write two lines when you can write two paragraphs #one has to be exhaustive!#because reasons #might be neurodivergent reasons now that i think of it #snape fandom #snape community

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atthebell-moved · 8 months

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for the ship bingo: death duo! (philza/missa)

pissa nation rise up

[ship bingo ask game]

#asks #anons #ask games answers

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the-fear · 6 months

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56, 65, and 113 for the ask game!

56: Can you knit?

Yes, I can (to some extent). I’ve mostly only knitted small squares but I managed to knit a scarf using a kit my grandparents gave me. It was all garter stitch, but I’ve learned to purl stitch today! (Technically I did learn it before but it keeps slipping from my mind).

65: What was the last film you watched?

The last film I watched was “Mean Streets”, by Martin Scorsese. There was a 50th-anniversary playing in a local cinema so I went to see it with a couple of friends. Mafia movies aren’t always my thing but surprisingly I really enjoyed this one :D

113: What’s your favourite type of jewellery?

Probably rings? I tend not to wear any jewellery except for my aro ring and the occasional necklace (I don’t often wear earrings either).

Thanks for the ask :)

#ask answered!#ask games answers #corvid!tag

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sparrow-orion-writes · 7 months

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Aaand then lastly I would just like to know these for everyone that you want to include :0

a) "What character alignment would you consider your OC to be?"

b) "What is your favorite thing about your OC?"

Thank you in advance, happy answering!! XD

~ M <3

Character Alignments:

Ari: Lawful Neutral

April: Chaotic Good/Neutral

Ember: Chaotic Good

Edward: Lawful Good

Neptune: Neutral-Chaotic Good

Ana: Lawful Good

Eli: Lawful Good

Alicia: Neutral Good

Mallory: Neutral Good

Loralie: Chaotic Neutral

Marius: Lawful Good

Kieran: Neutral good

Alroy: Neutral

Aspen: Neutral/Chaotic Good/Neutral

Tulip: Chaotic Good/Neutral

Favourite things:

April: Confidence + Intellect

Ari: Intellect + Hidden kindness

Edward: Kindness + hopefulness

Ember: Loyalty + Cleverness

#ask games answers #blorbo blursday #blursday

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solitarysketcher · 1 year

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can kestrenel be a blorbo for bingo

blorbo from my brains

#sprite's friends #sprite's ocs #ask games #answered asks #ask games answers #kestrenel drentan

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bucky-barmes · 2 years

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'rachel' playlist for @huntressandlioness1 ♥︎

here you go lovely

Send me your name and i'll make a mini playlist with the letters in your name

#huntressandlioness1 #ask games answers

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emwritesfootball · 1 year

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Taro

Ivy

Love this blog it's definitely a safe place for me 💕

taro ⇢ if someone called you right now to catch up, what’re the things you’d tell them about? I would tell them about the very healing trip I had back to my hometown and getting to see Roman Bürki play live; the trip my friend took to see me and all the shit we did; how I’m singing the National anthem at my team’s home game this coming Saturday (literally a bucket list item!); the massage I’m getting this week; the tv show I’m watching rn (NCIS:LA); all the shows I’m seeing over the next few months (Kelsea Ballerini, T Swift, Maisie Peters, Jonas Brothers). And my current football crush 🥰

ivy ⇢ what are your ‘tells’ for your emotions and moods? how can someone tell you’re happy, annoyed, upset or tired? Oooh this is interesting! I feel like I wear my emotions on my sleeve so I’m always talking about my feelings or crying or doing road rage while driving lol. I don’t believe in lying to people but I also don’t believe in brutal honesty so I tend to just tell people how I’m feeling right off the bat. I’ve got chronic pain and most of my friends deal with it in some way so I’ll tell them “it’s a (insert pain scale 1-10) kind of day” and they totally get what I mean.

thank you so much my dear! That’s exactly what I wanted my blog to be and I’m so happy that people feel that way 💕

#Ask games answers

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all-hallowed-beats · 1 year

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3, 17, and 18 for Rally

Oh boy here we go

3. Scars or painful spots

I like to imagine he probably has a burn scar somewhere, maybe on his back where it’s hard to see. Fire isn’t his friend.

17. Regrets

I could write a list a mile long about this but I think I’ll save us all the trouble.

He regrets not being more prepared for the end of normalcy, for not being able to save his family.

He regrets picking up and leaving, no matter how much the idea of going back hurts.

18. Things they’ll never admit

He hates how easy he can get attached to people. Sometimes he thinks life would be easier if he just kept his distance, let the wasteland tear the heart right out of him. The moment he starts caring about someone, the world tries to take them away.

With all the love he has, there is just as much rage

#salem.txt #ask games answers #oc chat

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ficwip · 4 months

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fic writer asks

What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? How did it turn out and would you do it again?

How many fics did you work on this year? (They don’t have to be finished or published!)

What’s something you learned about yourself as a writer?

What piece of media inspired you the most?

What fandom(s) did you write for this year?

What ship(s) captured your heart?

What character(s) captured your heart?

Did you write for a new fandom or ship this year?

What fic meant the most to you to write?

What fic made you feel the happiest to work on?

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing?

What fic was the most difficult to write? Did you finish it?

What fic was the easiest to write?

What were your shortest and longest fics this year?

Rec a fic you wrote or posted in 2023

What were you go-to writing songs?

What were your go-to writing snacks?

What was the hardest fic to title?

Share your favorite opening line

Share your favorite ending line

Share your favorite piece of dialogue

Share an excerpt from your favorite scene

Share the final version of a sentence or paragraph you struggled with. What about it was challenging? Are you happy with how it turned out?

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

What did you use to write? (e.g. writing programs, paper & pen, etc.)

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year?

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic?

How did you recharge between fics?

If this were an awards show, who would you thank?

What’s something that you want to write in 2024?

#2023 in review #ask game #writer ask game #fic writer ask game #you can also reblog and answer all of them #discord - you'll get a version of this soon!#same for you bluesky and bird site

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kiss-my-asymptote · 8 months

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I’m fucking dying Astarion’s early party banter is him just flirting with all the companions and striking out; none of them are having it. When he comes on to Tav at the party, not only is he manipulating them, but they are literally his last choice. Not even plan b or c, Tav was plan ‘fuck it, I guess we’re doing this!’ and that clown still fell into his own pit trap.

#My roommate asked me why I romance him and like him so much #because all I tell her when we sit on the couch playing our respective games next to each other is what a snarky bastard he is #the answer is that he’s funny #my roomie said ‘i guess that’s fair. A guy can get away with manipulating me if he’s pretty and makes me laugh’#bg3 astarion #baldurs gate tav #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion x tav

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sexygaywizard · 2 months

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Gay

I've actually been lying about being gay. For clout

#i answer #assumption ask game

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trobeds · 1 year

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mutuals send me a 💌 and ill tell u something i love about you

#🫀#expecting to wake up to these n ill answer them all tomorrow at once <3 #ask game

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the-fear · 6 months

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lonelyeyes for the ship bingo!

[ID: the fucked up ship bingo board with several boxes highlighted in green. The highlighted boxes are “divorced <3”, “incredibly mixed feelings”, “they should kill each other”, “committing atrocities as their silly little activities”, “they need 2 get weirder with it”, “terrible for each other (affectionate)”, “terrible for each other (derogatory)”, and “you should see the other guy *points at a dead body*”. /End ID]

Oh, yes: the iconic fucked up TMA ship that I have no memory of starting to ship until it was a foundational part of my listening to the podcast.

I honestly don’t have much to say about them except that they should have interacted more in canon :( pretty much all my thoughts about them have been expressed thousands of times by other people. So. Yeah.

#ask games answers #felixcosm :)#id #id in alt text

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timbit-robin-art · 17 days

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