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People expect a lot from Harry Potter, but what are expectations worth when the mere act of existing feels wrong?
People expect a lot from Ginny Weasley, but she can't decide what's worse: living up to expectations or failing to.Or
The paths they would have taken in a world after Riddle.
*JK Rowling is a fascistic, cruel, and unrepentant transphobic bully. Do not engage with my work if you have any interest in defending a person doing active harm to a marginalised group. This fic and its comment section are a safe space for trans folks, and I urge anyone engaging with this world and its characters to do so kindly and compassionately, without giving any money to that horrific person.*
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It’s meant to be a quick welfare check—pop round to the Parkinson manor and make sure Pansy is doing okay with cursebreaking her ancestoral home.
What Harry doesn’t expect is the house taking great interest in that Potter magic, and not wanting to let him leave without encouraging him into the family line.
Or; Pansy’s sentient house really likes the look of Harry Potter.
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05 May 2026
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He sighed, stirring more sugar into his tea. “Exactly how bad is this going to be, Pansy?”
There was a very long pause. “Look. Draco and I are engaged.”
“Er,” Harry said, slowly. “Congratulations? Except, um, you do know -”
Pansy glanced up, looking almost amused. “That he’s stupidly in love with Hermione?”
“I was more going to say that she was stupidly in love with him.”
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26 Apr 2026
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The Ministry takes her wand, and her dignity, but Harry Potter still manages to find her in an old pub, pouring pints.
So Pansy thinks—fuck it.
If the Boy Who Lived wants to shag the Girl Who Wanted Him Dead, then so be it.
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29 Jan 2026
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As long as we stay together (if we just stay together) by HerotheHardWay
Fandoms: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
02 Aug 2020
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Adora is an Astrophysics PhD student who just can’t seem to write her dissertation. When the opportunity arises to work at the IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole, she jumps at the chance, even though she’ll be stuck there for six months during the Antarctic Winter. When she arrives, she discovers that her research partner is her former roommate, former teammate, former best friend, former, well, everything, who she hasn’t seen since they graduated from college five years ago.
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Adora has grown up, she really has, she doesn't chase down the stars that lit up her childhood anymore, she's making her own way in the world, and building a family from scratch. But when the stars start to come out again she must answer the question; what does it really mean to grown up? And do we ever really stop?
A story about learning to accept love at face value, finding compassion for your littlest self and connecting with your own childlike sense of wonder. A story about falling in love with your friends, with your partner and with yourself.Magical Realism AU
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- Part 1 of Starry Eyed