#wizarding hearts

[thebooktopus]

Three of Pentacles - Getting Back Together

Ghosts of Hogwarts Past by @writcraft (E // 30K)

Ghosts are showing up in large numbers at Hogwarts, where Draco is a professor, and Harry is called in to attend to them. This summary should be enough to draw you in, but let me tell you more just in case. Perfectly peppered flashbacks that set up their history. A wlw ghost love story. Ghostly/haunting motif that is woven beautifully into the narrative. Sentient Hogwarts. Scorching yet sweet smut. There are just so many incredible elements to this story; it's definitely been added to my favorites list.

“I thought you left to get away from ghosts.” Draco looks anywhere that isn’t at Harry. “Odd that you're back because of them. Maybe the spirits have risen from the dead just to encourage the great Harry Potter to return to Britain?” Draco knows he's being facetious, but Harry seems willing to let it slide with just a flicker of a frown, before moving briskly on.

This fic laid me bare. Getting back together fics are hard for me to read because Drarry is such a comfort ship for me that the idea of them loving and then hurting each other hurts. But writcraft absolutely changed my mind on this- the growth that they do while they're apart I think is what allows them to really be together, all in, these years later. My mind has been sufficiently changed. There's an honesty in this fic, not just between Harry and Draco but just in the writing that felt very powerful. This was an absolute masterpiece, highly highly recommend!!

This post is a fic rec for the @gameofdrarry Wizarding Hearts game, a fun team challenge meant to diversify your reading and try new fics! Check it out; sign ups go through July 15th!

#booktopus fic recs #wizarding hearts #game of drarry #drarry #fic rec #drarry fic #hd erised 2021

[galedekarios]

while i did a gifset to showcase an armour set, i was also intrigued by just how different the animation is for the wizard class vs gale's unique animation:

wizard class animation

gale's unique animation

it's amazing to see not only just how quickly gale performs the somatic component of the spell, but also his efficiency of movement compared to the standard wizard animation.

there's a world of difference here, the difference between a wizard vs a prodigy, an archwizard and chosen.

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #meta: mybg3 #i saw someone say in the tags once that faerun can be happy that gale is kind and good-hearted and not v much like the typical(tm) wizard #in dnd #and yeah.................................

[bookshelfdreams]

yk when you see someone share a finished handmade item that they clearly spent a lot of time and money on and it's just. The absolute tackiest thing you have seen in your life. And then you ask yourself why someone would waste all those resources on such an eyesore.

(no, of course you can't relate to that because you're a much nicer person than me)

In any case.

BEHOLD!

A wool coat!

The top fabric is handwoven and handspun, the whole thing is sewn by hand, too.

Leftovers. Barely anything, all things considered, which is very satisfying.

This thing took me well over 3 years to make, on and off. And now I'm done.

Thank you for your attention.

#carry on XD #i hope y'all realize that when I say tacky it's with nothing but love in my heart #yes it's ugly. that's the whole point. #everyone should have an item in their wardrobe that will get Looks and raised eyebrows #it's good for you #anyway can't believe I'm done! this is a huge boost to my crafting hubris I CAN DO ANYTHING #wizard bathrobe adventures #handweaving #handspinning #hand sewing #look what i made #crafts #overall I'm happy with it even though there's. things that aren't ideal #the pockets are set a bit too low #and i should have made it a tiny bit longer not much but maybe like 5cm #anyway #overall it's a nice coat i think #Now That's What I Call Slow Fashion

[blu3m00ny]

whatever you do, do not think about James having anxiety in class and bouncing his leg, and Regulus resting his hand on his thigh and squeezing it to reassure him.

don’t do that.

#or do idc #they have my heart #marauders #dead gay wizards #james potter #regulus black #starchaser #sunseeker #jegulus

[swearwolfcola]

This is my third time drawing this and I’ll probably just keep doing it tbh

2020 | 2018

#the links are to see the progress pls don’t reblog old ones #taz balance #TAZ #taako from tv #taako taaco #taz taako #taako the wizard #taako adventurezone #taako fanart #there will always be a special place in my heart for this specific wizard

[dyinggirldied]

I need these guys' vibe

Also, there's this website where this archetype can be summarised up as "Girl Underground" and lists out a long list of examples . Have a check out (https://girls-underground.com/the-archetype/)

#alice's adventures in wonderland #alice in wonderland #peter pan #wizard of oz #return to oz #pan's labyrinth #fran bow #coraline #the labyrinth #spirited away #gravity falls #the owl house #summer in orcus #every heart a doorway #over the garden wall #fantasy

[whoopseydaisy]

Suvi [Aabria]

“Anything you need, Witch of the World’s Heart”

#wbn spoilers #wbn #wbn pod #the wizard the witch and the wild one #worlds beyond number #ame the witch #suvirin kedberiket #suvi the wizard #glassheart #heart’s secrets #the conclave arc #THIS MOMENT DEVESTATE ANYONE ELSE THOROUGHLY ON THE BUS?????? #also besides the point but lmao at Ame giving Suvi a chill +3 to the conclave #the optics of that i think will bite us in the ass later

[ditchesanddunes]

I need an unhinged Barty

Give me a Barty who will hunt down hurt and kill for the people he loves

Give me a Barty who gets unhealthily obsessed with people

A Barty who, after Regulus died, cracked and used even more unforgivables, killed for fun, and tortured for sport

A Barty who heard Dorcas was killed and made it his personal mission to avenge her by any cruel means necessary

But when Evan died, a Barty who doesn’t even have rails to fly off of anymore. He kills anyone in his way, including death eaters, and he enjoys it. He is hardly on the death eaters side anymore but stays with them because of the pain they cause

And when he heard Pandora died, the sweet gentle soul of Pandora, he crumbled.

#barty crouch jr #I feel like we forget that Barty was the last one standing of their group #like his story is just as tragic if not more of Remus’ #man breaks my heart #he was a bad person though #he deserved better #marauders #dead gay wizards #harry potter #rosekiller #bartylus #slytherin skittles #marauders fandom #just my little unhinged boy #unhinged

[saturdaysky]

a little divine appreciation

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God Gale is endgame for Mayhew, and Mayhew couldn't be more pleased 😌

their mutual wizard disease brought them to some pretty low lows, but hey, ignore the tragedy, they're gods now! first order of business is a little worshiping at the altar 😏

Here's the sketch, which I also like:

Got majorly inspired by these lovely photos, one of which I used as a pose reference.

#mayhew #will have a different godly form once i settle on some details. and finish writing the fic about this #but may i just say i adore god gale? he's the worst version of himself and he'll never see it and i love that for him #plus i really love gods of volatile neutral traits like ambition that could amplify good and bad acts by turn #mayhew's portfolio is similar - curiosity. no way that could go wrong when paired with ambition! they're the questionable judgement duo #but mayhew's got an enormous heart so on the whole more good is put into the world than bad. ...usually. #can't take the wizard out of a wizard #anyway hi hello to all the god gale fans out there. there will be more fanart for sure #also can you tell I adore drawing body hair? i hope you can #my art #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale x tav #gnome tav #gnomeposting #galehew

[zousiq]

Nervous wizard alert 👉👈

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate gale #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldurs gate iii #bg3 fanart #baldurs gate fanart #bg3 gale #I just know his heart was racing #when he was asking TAV to give him a moment #adorable wizard man #he has cool tricks #he wants to show you

[thebooktopus]

King of Wands - Fest Fic

what husbands are for by @softlystarstruck (E // 52K)

Yes, hi, it is I, your local Fangfest fangirl. I want so badly to be chill but apparently it's just not in my DNA. This fic was... I don't even know. Special, precious, tender, careful, funny, sweet... just so many good things. I was sucked in (heh) from the very first paragraphs, and I'd argue that most people would be:

“This bond will remain in your heart, beyond even the deterioration of silk and sinew,” the officiant intones. She pulls at the end of the ribbon, which slithers over Harry and Malfoy’s wrist until it drops in a heap between their feet. Harry looks up at Malfoy, searching for something, a twitch of an eyebrow or the hint of a frown, but he’s still infuriatingly blank.

“You are bound by the tradition of vampires and–” The officiant clears her throat delicately. “Werewolves. Let this union be a union of our societies as a whole.”

This is a slowww burn. Draco is everything I love him to be: prickly and self-protective, but also silly and sweet when he learns to let his guard down. Harry, too, is like a big bouncy puppy that just wants to love someone so badly and be loved in return. The way that they care for each other is breathtaking, it made me want to wrap them up in a big hug and protect them from the world. Luckily, they do that for each other. Ok, this has been rambly and I'm sorry, just know that this was sincerely one of my favorite fics I've read in a long time and I'll definitely be bookmarking it to read again and again.

This post is a fic rec for the @gameofdrarry Wizarding Hearts game, a fun team challenge meant to diversify your reading and try new fics! Check it out; sign ups go through July 15th!

#booktopus fic recs #wizarding hearts #game of drarry #hd fang fest #drarry #fic rec #drarry fic

[stephank]

Been too busy working on my short film to finish that TWTWATWO animation I started just yet, but I decided to take a couple hours of my time to put together this little animatic after listening to part of this Fireside Chat(Episode 17).

This is extremely cut down, you should check out their Patreon if you'd like to hear them go much more in depth about this and a bunch of other things!

I actually made this the day I heard the episode, but waited a few weeks so I wasn't instantly releasing audio from paywall content haha

#animatic #twtwatwo #worlds beyond number #wbn fireside #fireside chat #suvi #ame #ame the witch #suvi the wizard #suvirin kedberiket #wbn suvi #wbn ame #eursalon #glass heart #wbn pod #aabria iyengar #erika ishii #lou wilson

[cookiebeard]

Ame and her Foxxy familiar! We've all got those friends you just can't take your eyes off... Oh, they SEEM innocent enough, but somehow chaos just seems to find them! That's how I feel about Ame and Fox as played immaculately by Erika Ishii and Brennan Lee Mulligan respectively!

#illustration #character design #fan art #cartoons #fantasy #dungeons and dragons #the wizard the witch and the wild one #worlds beyond number #Ame #Witch of the world's heart #erika ishii #brennan lee mulligan #witch and familiar

[dadbodbensisko-moved]

data has always had emotions. he didnt need the emotion chip to be a real bouy. the fact stands that no one can argue with me because i understand him better than all of you. go fuvk yourselves send post

#/lighthearted #tng #commander data #data soong #THE WIZARD DIDNT GIVEF THE TIN MAN ANYTHIGN HE DIDNT ALREADY HAVGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 #DATA JUST WANTS A HEART BUT HE ALREADY HAS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #star trek #the next generation

[not-rab]

Remus: Sirius, can I borrow money to buy you a present?

#his heart is there #kinda #marauders #marauders era #the marauders #dead gay wizards #slytherin skittles #marauders incorrect quotes #wolfstar #werewolf remus lupin #remus loves sirius #remus lupin #remus loves chocolate #sirus black #gay sirius black #sirius black x remus lupin #sirius being sirius #sirius black #sirius business #sirius o black #sirius orion black #sirius oneshot #remus john lupin #remus j lupin #remus and sirius #sirus x remus #sirius and remus #remus x sirius #sirius x remus #wolfstar incorrect quotes

[messiahzzz]

i’d briefly like to talk about the “it was fine” dialogue option that happens the morning after gale’s Last Night Alive scene in act ii and about the fandom's general reaction to it.

gale is a character who evidently enjoys the occasional teasing. taking the piss out of your partner every once in a while can certainly be a way of showing affection. however, it is important to consider the context of the situation: what is at stake for him and his current emotional state, as well as what exactly had transpired between the two of them prior to said conversation.

gale: forgive me. these were already trying times before elminster delivered his missive. now, for me at least, they are potentially end times.

after he and tav had spent the night together and confessed their love to each other, gale is once again showing himself utterly vulnerable and is carefully asking them for reassurance.

gale: [..] i hope that night meant as much to you as it did to me.

gale: but you - you led me away from the edge.

gale: without your words, your touch... i fear i would have sought purpose and solace in that void. you reminded me what living can feel like.

he wants to check in with them, after both of them have shared something tender and very intimate, something he might even consider life-altering.

gale: we didn't just make love. we bonded, body and soul. i got lost in you.

it’s not even about gale “not being able to read social cues” and “not recognizing the fact that it was meant in jest.” in fact, i’d argue it is a rather tone-deaf, inconsiderate response and just genuinely a REALLY BAD TIME to joke at your partner's expense when they are actively baring their feelings to you and are asking you for reassurance.

i have seen people write off his reaction as “unwarranted” or “overtly dramatic” but in my humble opinion, it is pretty understandable given the nature of their conversation and what he is asking of them. it's also sad how there seems to be a general pattern of gale's emotions and boundaries getting played off as a joke, while other companions get shown the courtesy of thorough analysis/understanding. he is proud of his skill as a lover and the fact that he was able to bring them pleasure, yet his inquiry is less about him wanting tav to stroke his ego and more about him, once again, asking if you indeed share the same feelings for each other… after the emotional high has now passed.

gale has an ever-present need for clarity in his relationships, very likely due to the fact that this was something he couldn’t request of mystra. he might appear more sensitive in that regard compared to the other companions. he doesn’t want to take himself too seriously, but this still often clashes with his general feeling of inadequacy. where he is able to take criticism as long as it isn’t related to his performance, overall prowess and usefulness.

yes, his response is passive-aggressive and yes, he IS obviously hurt by what tav said. yet merely repeating “it was fine” in response to a heartfelt, genuine question could’ve as well been interpreted in that manner. if tav does clarify that they have only been joking, he apologizes to them instead. otherwise his dialogue remains the same, albeit said in a more embarrassed & awkward tone.

gale is a character who is dealing with deep-rooted self-worth issues and yet that doesn’t mean that he wants to be handled with kid gloves, far from it. he craves a relationship in which his emotional needs are recognized, respected and cared for, where he can be unabashedly open and vulnerable without facing ridicule nor pity for it. and he is more than willing to give the same in return.

also y’know — there is a time and a place.

#“briefly” they said (sorry can't shut up once i've started. you'll have to bear with me) #this has been bothering me for a while now #by all means roast your wizard to your hearts content #but maybe opt for his shortcomings that aren’t genuinely hurtful/rooted in his self-hatred #that only serve to further reinforce his belief that he is not worthy enough #when he is still very much dealing with the inevitability of his own untimely death and sacrifice #today’s lesson in empathy lmao #aka me once again getting emotionally invested in tragic pixel men #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 meta #bg3 spoilers #datamined dialogue