The Places That Shape Us - The Places We Shape
works with buildings as staples/plot devices/focal points - or with buildings or specific places that are just cool or that i for some reason become attached to - especially magical in nature. (sometimes works with “home” as a concept separate from a place, with homes being in hearts instead of houses.) the difference between house and home, the difference between a bed and belonging. added to entirely based on whim and an arbitrary sorting system called ~feelings~
[image:] as I leave my childhood home I want to ask this old house: “will you miss me like I’ll miss you? will you wonder how I’ve changed since I left? will you keep being my home if I leave my heart behind?”
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shirley temple, on the rocks by orphan_account
Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
10 Aug 2014
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“Are you sure you’re a Gryffindor?” Derek says.
“The hat did try to put me in Slytherin,” Stiles shrugs. “But I asked for Gryffindor, so," and he drains his drink, crunching on the bits of syrupy ice at the bottom.
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25 Jul 2024
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Finished. Hogs head. Stupid and brave.
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The Black Adder: Knockturn's Caped Crusader by fangroyal for Candamira
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Mar 2018
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Seven years have come and gone since the Battle of Hogwarts brought the Second Wizarding War to a close, and unfortunately there are still too many Death Eaters running around free for anyone's liking. The Aurors tasked with cleaning up the mess are doing their best, but times are tough. Now all of a sudden, a masked vigilante has begun prowling the streets of Knockturn Alley, snatching up ne'er-do-wells wherever he can find them and dumping them on the Ministry's doorstep. Many believe he's doing the Aurors' jobs better than they could themselves. He's cunning, resourceful, and seems to have such an unquenchable thirst for rounding up Death Eaters that people all over wizarding London are dying to know: just who is the Black Adder?
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finished. such a good story! really enjoyed it.
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Mid-Season-One Zuko is held for ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father.
Podfic and translations in Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian now available! See chapter one author notes for links.
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01 Jul 2026
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fin. the gut-wrenching misunderstandings that arise from people on opposing sides of a century long war with customs and cultures fundamentally at odds, one of whom has copious trauma which unfortunately plays directly into the preconceptual image the other side has of him, and the other side also happens to be warriors holding him captive while attempting ransom and only just managed not to kill him or break his legs, which also happens to feed directly into reinforcing all of the preestablished misconceptions at play. also zuko's complete and utter inability to string a coherent story or recollection of events together. to summarize: not a single person knows how to communicate.
the hakuddles were a little lackluster relative to all of the fucking hurt happening here. however, tribe family triumphs over birth family and zuko is a flower learning to bloom, a fire learning to burn brightly.
scuttles/sokka/seal-jerky/sokka-junior, the dog. seabreeze the gigantic seagull-something. women's work and shared chores and homework and earning. blue and red and gold beads in hair. healing (lightning) and the favorite apprentice. washing and drying and the smell of inner fire. bg war lord toph. patched clothes and sea chests with dragon motifs. teenage rebellion and teenage angst. adopted siblings and absent fathers and chosen family. main mast private office. vigils and meditation and fire breathing. not-a-master-firebender and only decent with the dual dao. sea prunes. the moon and ocean and sun spirits. pacifism. the opposite of pacifism. tribe vs nationality. hookers and their "proverbs". not-uncles and real uncles. hammocks and sick beds. panuk [21, many colored and varied beads, reasonable but shit-eating, honey comb stolen from honey-reindeer, different tribe], toklo [19, blue beads, a big fan of the blue spirit, fun loving idiot and loud complainer and good friend, and i'm-not-talking-to-you], kustaa [not-uncle healer still learning to fall], tuluk, aake [leg breaker], ranalok [big guy]. the wanyi and the akhlut. speaking up, speaking out, standing up, being listened to. burns and salves.
“Wait,” Zuko said, “you think I didn’t know they were…? But I went to them all the time when I was Avatar hunting. Sex workers always know the local spirit rumors.” / “You went to brothels,” Bato repeated, “to gossip.” / “To Avatar hunt. And what else would I do?” / “I don’t know if this is better or worse,” Ranalok said. / “It’s better,” Panuk said. “It’s so much better. Did you even understand half the things they were saying to you?” / The kid scowled. “Of course I did. Everything except the proverbs.” / “What. Wait. You mean innuendos?” / “Things that mean something besides what people are actually saying. Proverbs.” / Cooking was just stirring things together and heating it. Tea was hot leaf juice. And innuendoes were sex worker proverbs.
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Now that Harry is back at Hogwarts with Hermione for eighth year, he realises that something’s missing from his life, and it either has to do with Ron, his boggart, Snape, or Malfoy. Furthermore, what, exactly, does it mean when one’s life is defined by the desire to simultaneously impress and annoy a portrait? Harry has no idea; he’s too busy trying not to be in love with Malfoy to care.
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finished. genuinely impressed. well deserving of the amount of praise it's gotten. mature, intelligent, fantasy mixed with science fiction, brilliant plot and characters. seems like a lot of thought and effort went into this. a lot of character growth and development. it's really exceptional. i forgot to review this earlier and so i forgot everything i was gonna say. my bad. 9.9/10
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Draco is in deep water, Harry can see straight through him, and that's not even the full scale of the problem.
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finished. draco turns fish. harry turns caretaker. they both turn out to be in love, and isn't that a surprise, and what are we going to do with them, and how will we ever recover-
well, maybe things don't need to stay the same. sometimes you have to face the water. (sometimes you have to be transparent.)
8.8/10