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one more ch 10 snippet in celebration of the start of tornado season 🫶🕺🌪️🪩✨

#hey sharpshooter #70mph winds & the gnome on my balcony still stands #the indomitable spirit of a garden gnome

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I wish so badly I could read this fic for the first time again

hi hi 🕺 severe weather cancelled my weekend plans so i’m at home doing some writing/editing tn 🌪️

my plan is to go back and do a full edit of the entire fic after ch 10 is posted, so that means when the final half-chapter/mini epilogue/ch 11 is posted, the fic will be 100% complete and ready to be read from start to finish in its entirety. so if you wanttttt to do a re-read, do it once the final chapter is posted! there are a couple of little things i’ll be going back and adding/perfecting throughout the earlier chapters, so there will be new stuff in chapters you might have read already 💕💕

in other news—chapter 10 is sitting around 15k rn, and she’s about 80% done at this exact moment. transition scenes are always the worst, and that’s what i have left to iron out, but she’s on the way soon. we’re in the home stretch 🕺

#u ask tortoise answers #anon #hey sharpshooter

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ty for the tag @kaaaaaaarf!!! what better way to return to tumblr than with a snippet of our most beloved hatefuck 🤩👹💕👏😈😛🤌

i've been back in a writing groove this week & feel 90% confident that i will not be completely wiping the draft again, so pls enjoy this snippet of ch. 10 as a reward for your patience. the rest is coming soon! 💕

“Remus Lupin—“

He shot up, narrowly dodging the balled up sock Sirius threw somewhere in the vicinity of his head. “I’m up! I’m up, I’m up, I promise.“

He resigned himself to his fate and summoned the courage to get out of bed, shuffling blearily to the open bathroom door. Sirius met his eyes in the mirror and smiled pointedly around his toothbrush, so extra soft and perfect in the dim, orange-tinted light that Remus’ heart tugged fondly in his chest. He counted his blessings, thanked the universe for the thousandth time that he was lucky enough to be awarded such a sight on a near-daily basis, and gave into the urge to hold Sirius close, wrapping his arms in a loose circle around his middle, pressing his nose to the crook of his neck. He let his eyes slip shut and reveled in the moment quietly—Sirius’ back against his chest, cold fingers grazing his wrist over his stomach, the way he leaned back into Remus’ grip instantly.

“I’m sorry,” he muttered eventually. Sirius hummed a flat note and leaned over to spit in the sink, rinsing for a quick moment before spinning around to face him. 

“For what?” he asked amusedly. “Being extremely lazy and refusing to get out of bed?”

“No, um—well yeah, sure, but no,” Remus tried sheepishly, rubbing at the back of his neck absently. Looking at Sirius suddenly felt impossible, and he felt that same embarrassed heat from before begin to crawl back up his neck. “I just meant for—uh, for last night?”

Sirius cocked his head to the side. “What?”

“I was a lot, I know. I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to—“

“You’re apologizing for last night? Are you joking?”

Remus frowned. “No?”

#tag game!!! #hey sharpshooter #welcome back to remus being anxious #it's been 84 years since we've seen him be stressed and weird for no reason it's like sunshine at the end of a rainy day

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heyyy! not to put any pressure of u at ALL, I was just wondering if u know when the last chap is coming out?? love ur work 💘

hello! i’ve gotten a fair few of these asks lately so i’m popping back in rq to let u know what’s up!

first i want to emphasize that my fic is not abandoned and it will be completed soon.

i’ve taken a break from posting here while i finish up these last 1.5 chapters bc while i very much enjoy being able to talk with everyone, i unfortunately found myself thinking more about how quickly i could offer you more snippets or excerpts or updates rather than the quality of the story and my own enjoyment writing it. to be entirely transparent i’ve also been experiencing some stage fright—it’s a bit daunting to wrap this thing up with the knowledge that so many people have read it and are following it.

tbh i “finished” the last 1.5 chapters in february, but i got to the end and it just didn’t feel right. closing out a story that i’ve spent a year and a half of my life writing is a big deal to me, & the ending i wrote felt lackluster and like it didn’t do justice to the rest of the story, so i’ve spent the last few weeks taking a step back to reevaluate and rewrite it without the ‘my audience is peering over my shoulder’ feeling that i sometimes get when i’m telling you every little thing that’s happening in my writing process.

at the end of the day this is just a fun little self indulgent project, but i care very much about the story and the characters and my number one priority rn is that i feel good about how it ends. i’m a slow writer in general and i don’t do deadlines, so i can’t offer you an estimated timeframe for an update other than “sometime in the near future.” the final 1.5 chapters are a work in progress and will continue to be until i feel like they’re ready, but i’m having a very good time writing them, and ultimately i think you’ll really enjoy the way this part of their story comes to a close 🫶

(and thank you to this anon and everyone who has sent me asks/messages asking about updates—i really do appreciate you and i really hope im not coming across like an asshole 🫶 i’m very grateful for your care and support for this story 💕)

#hey sharpshooter #u ask tortoise answers #anon

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back when we were dinosaurs - chapter 3/4

Wolfstar. 26.6k+ words. E. Museum fic.

Chapter 3 summary:

The annual fundraiser for the Greek, Etruscan, Roman & Byzantine department at the ROM was not meant to be a costume party—not originally.

The playlist for the fic has been updated and you can find it here.

If you haven't read this fic yet, start at Chapter 1.

#AAAAAAAAA #who else screamed #museum my best most number one girl #i love it here

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( on my way to read Hey, Sharpshooter for the 18279282th time i LOVE THIS FIC )

but i was wondering if you are ever going to have sirius call remus ‘moony’ or have any of the characters have their nicknames? 🫶🏼🫶🏼

eeeee omg thank u sm for reading ily 🫶💕💖🤲💘

i don’t think we’ll get around to nicknames in this part of the story 🫶 it’s not off the table entirely & when i was first outlining it i did momentarily think about throwing them in at the beginning, but it didn’t end up making the cut (mostly because i just couldn’t think of a good reason/story behind the nicknames that hasn’t been overused fhfhfhffh)

maybe it’ll be an element in the epilogue/sequel!! two or three years in the future gives them plenty of time to have come up with a million silly little nicknames 🫶🫶🫶

#u ask tortoise answers #hey sharpshooter #the fan art that started it all as your pfp ily #that art gives me brain rot #i am a likeafunerall stan account

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PLEASE WRITE SIRIUS GOING TO MEET REMUS' PARENTS OR JUST GOING TO COLORADO WITH HIM🙏🙏

I love hey sharpshooter so much by the way I haven't stopped thinking about it since i read it

a colorado trip is definitely on the list of things i want to write for them!! 🤩🤩 (like imagine how fun and quiet and peaceful it would be if they go during the off-season & tourists aren’t everywhere. like they’re just walking around. watching the sunset over the lake at memorial park. maybe doing a trip to garden of the gods if they’re feeling outdoorsy. definitely a quick drive up to manitou springs for the views & to get sirius an ugly touristy t-shirt and a keychain)

i will be writing it at some point, i just can’t decide whether to do a one-chapter epilogue or a much, MUCH shorter (like 3-4 chapters tops) sequel to hit on stuff like meeting remus’ parents, maybe a lily&james or marlene&dorcas wedding, what everyone’s doing a year or two after graduation, etc.)

ty for reading!!!! ily!!! 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶

#u ask tortoise answers #anon #hey sharpshooter #epilogue thoughts #to sequel or not to sequel

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snippet saturday/sunday/monday ✨

ty for the tag @kaaaaaaarf!! i am #1 museum stan!!

here’s a big chunk of the end of ch. 10 (it’s first draft atm have mercy) 💖🤲💗🫶💖💕

“I don’t want to be forced out because I got injured, or because I phased out of competitions, or couldn’t keep up anymore, you know?” He raised one shoulder in a halfhearted shrug. “I want to be done on my terms this time.”

Remus nodded, idly circling the pruney pads of Sirius’ fingers with his thumb, admiring the way the scalding water had tinged his skin a beautiful, barely-there pink. “That makes sense.” He looked up again to find Sirius watching him peculiarly, a delightful, almost disbelieving smile pulling at his lips. “What?”

Sirius sighed and shook his head, resting his chin on his hand against the slippery edge of the tub. “You always say I make sense.”

“That’s because you do.”

“I don’t think I do.”

“Well, I know you,” Remus offered, “and I know where you’re coming from, at least most of the time. So I think you make perfect sense.”

Something soft flitted its way across Sirius’ face and he glanced down, brushed his pinkie finger back and forth against Remus’ own, and looped them together so gently that Remus’ heart tugged. “You do know me, you know,” he said quietly, like it was a secret—something to be kept safe within those few inches of humid air between them.

“Yeah?”

He hummed, tilted his head to the side, and let his eyes roam languidly across Remus’ face. “I think you might know me better than anyone.”

#tag game!!! #hey sharpshooter #they’re being gross and sappy again someone contact the authorities

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do you like muffins

a. yes (follow up q: favorite muffin)

b. no (follow up q: muffin alternative)

thanknyou

LOOK WHO’S HERE 🫶💕💖🤩💞💗🥳💘

i love muffins. top tier baked good. favorite muffin is definitely blueberry. i love love LOVE a blueberry muffin. quality of the muffin does not matter, whether it comes out of plastic or it was baked lovingly by someone’s grandmother, i will love it all the same 🫶🫶🫶

follow up - great muffin alternative is a scone. i got really (like weirdly) into baking scones when i was living alone for a couple months during the pandemic. like i was experimenting. it was me and my kitchen aid mixer and a sam’s club tub of flour against the world. covid tortoise was a scone god. it was like in the queens gambit when she hallucinates chess pieces on the ceiling but it was me alone in a tiny apartment staring at the wall in silence thinking about scones. i made coffee scones with an espresso & brown butter glaze at like 2 in the afternoon one day, no recipe, i just threw it together until it tasted good & i’ve never been able to replicate it. i dream of those scones.

#u ask tortoise answers #tortoise’s ro tag #everyone say hi ro

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Hey so excited to do that ch 10 is on the way! How’s it going ?

going good!! making lots of progress!! here’s a big long snippet to hold u over 🫶

(also—before i split chapters 9 and 10 into two separate POVs, i posted quite a few snippets of remus’ pov (aka current ch 10) on here. i bet u can find lots of those buried in my hey sharpshooter tag if you’re missing them particularly hard lately🤭🤲)

#u ask tortoise answers #anon #hey sharpshooter

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hey hey how’s it going ch 10 is in progress & on its way soon and i’m ALSO cooking up a lil drawing for the recipe fest 🤭 (preview below the cut for funsies)

(not even close to done have mercy 🤲)

#baby’s first fest #pushing my soup agenda on all of u #😈 #ily hope ur having a good week

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Domestic mornings☀️

#they are so <3333333

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The shape of love, Wolfstar.

By likeafunerall, and reposted with permission.

#i am a likeafunerall stan account #they are so <3333333

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okay this is a question that’s kind of random but what would the marauders’ phobias be (aside from their trauma i mean like idk spiders, closed spaces. the sea?)

hmmmm i imagine remus has a fear of heights. he does not like airplanes he does not like climbing things taller than a medium-sized tree. his family took a vacation to paris when he was in middle school & he barfed halfway up the eiffel tower.

sirius probably doesn’t like the dark. he’s a ride or die night light girlie, there’s one in every corner of his room & one in the bathroom & two or three in the hall. he sleeps with the tv on mute on days his room feels particularly dark. keeps a flashlight in his nightstand just in case.

for some reason james gives me bug phobia vibes. he sees a spider or beetle in the house and it’s game over. someone else has to do the bug killing bc he’s fleeing the scene. he gets the heebie jeebies when there’s a bug on tv or a picture of one in a book, like full body shivers at a photo of a cricket in a magazine type shit.

idk what it’s called but peter’s definitely afraid of space. it’s too big. it’s too dark & weird. like what do you mean there are other galaxies. what do you mean the sun is going to explode one day. the first time he tries edibles he goes stargazing and ends up frozen on the grass outside until morning bc why the fuck are there so many stars that’s so scary

#u ask tortoise answers #anon #tortoise writes a novel ab an ask for no reason #james is so real he’s so me #sirius is also me #night light girlies raise ur hands

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🌯Welcome to HP Recipe Rec Fest!🍰

Ingredients:

1 whole tried and tested recipe

A handful of any of your favourite Harry Potter characters

1 plot bunny (fresh)

A dash of productivity (double concentrated)

5 sprigs of inspiration

Method:

Sign up using the google form or by sending us an ask (here is an accessible log of all the pledged recipes, to avoid many multiple versions of the same dish).

Write your fic/ draw your art. Note: your fic/art must reference or include the dish matching your included recipe; this can be in passing or central to the story.

Ensure your recipe and the method is clearly identified within the fic or attached to the art - this may be at the beginning or end of your fic, or incorporated into the story/art.

Post your art or fic BY MAY 31st ensuring it has been properly tagged. This can be just to tumblr, or ao3, or both! If you would like to add it to the collection, you may do so.

Use the tag HP Recipe Rec Fest 2024 on ao3 so all recipes can be found under one tag.

Tag us on tumblr for a reblog and to have your recipe added to the ‘Masterlist Recipe Book’*

Enjoy your efforts with a cup of tea.

*NB: The Masterlist Recipe Book will be published on June 1st.

Nutritional advice:

All content warnings must be properly tagged. On tumblr posts, tag with #hprrf and #hp recipe rec fest. You should also @ us for a reblog and so we can read/view your work.

We will try to update the sign-ups as quickly as possible but there may be a short delay due to time zones and being working adults.

Chef (author) notes:

- ALL HARRY POTTER SHIPS WELCOME

- This fest follows SALS, YKINMKATO, DLDR

- We appreciate that recipes may not be of your own creation. Where a recipe has been directly lifted from a book/website, please drop a link/title. If your recipe found in a book/website has been adapted, this is not necessary.

- Ideally, fics will be between 1,000 and 10,000 words (though we don’t want to curb your enthusiasm).

- Please only write E-rated fics if you are over 18. Authors who abuse the rule will not have their works reblogged or endorsed by the fest.

- Multiple recipes and fics by the same author are welcome, but please complete your first before you submit another recipe to the google form

**I would like to give a huge shout out to @eyra and @greyeyedmonster-18 both of whom have written fics (TORFPS; Eyra and Chef’s Kiss; Grey, which is no longer on ao3) about sharing food together/recipes and cooking, and have recipes linked or have shared recipes related to them. Without their works, I wouldn’t have come up with the fest idea - thank you endlessly for sharing these with us <3 Rory**

#finally my obsession with soup has an outlet 😈

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9 people you want to get to know better

ty for tag @colgatebluemintygel 💖💞✨💕💓

last song: keep those teardrops from falling - natalie bergman

favorite color: cool gray or forest green can’t choose

last movie/tv show: rupaul’s drag race season 10 (aquaria my one true love 🤩)

sweet/savory/spicy: spicy 😛

last thing i googled: 2011 outback red paint aerosol

current obsession(s): drag race season 16, the impossible puzzle on my coffee table that i’ve been working on for 6 days but have not even come close to finishing

last book: the secret history (i haven’t finished it yet no spoilers)

looking forward to: my chicago trip in a couple weeks!! (which will consist of me flying in, holing up in my favorite hotel for two days, leaving the hotel for one (1) night to uber to the orchestra to see my favorite cellist, and then flying out the next morning 😈😈😈) (maybe i’ll go to the restaurant from The Bear if i feel like i can brave the cold)

tagging: @parttimeromantic + @arcturusnebula + @moonheavens + @butcherbacterium + @plecotusauritus + @veeshufflpuff + @noperksallwallflower + anyone else that wants to play ✨✨✨✨

#tag game!!!

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https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM6pw79cq/ is this not remus in canon

my heart :(((

#u ask tortoise answers #anon