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Harriet Tonks wasn’t completely ignorant of her past. She knew that she used to be a Potter, that her Lily-mum and her James-dad loved her very much, that her mums had been good friends, and that her ‘Dromeda-mum and Ted-dad had taken her after her parents had died.
She knew how they had died, and why, and what people were calling her, even though she didn’t like to think about it very much.
And she also knew that she was supposed to be living with her aunt and uncle, but they hadn’t wanted her. And that technically (“The technical sense being the most important, when you’re trying to get out of trouble, pet,” Ted-dad always told her) her mum had stolen her.
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- Part 1 of number seven, old ashe road
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carry out the pictures by self-indulgent-drivel (half_a_league)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Nov 2018
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bring on ficlets and short stories
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- Part 2 of number seven, old ashe road
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drive our ships to new lands by self-indulgent-drivel (half_a_league)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Aug 2018
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She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. She percieveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. Proverbs 31:13-19
Here is the start of everything: the lambs and ewes, the heather sweet in the air, the sun on her face, and those three shapes cutting the horizon.
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- Part 1 of immigrant song
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There were many things a wolf didn’t understand since a wolf came in pack-less and griefhurt from the woods and slept again in the killer-eyed man’s den. Here a wolf was better, in the trees with his ears up, escorting the killer-eyed man’s pack. Here a wolf was the hunting man’s partner. No one but the hunting man made mouth noises at him, or tried to lie next to him, or follow him room to room as he paced.
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- Part 2 of crawl out head first
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A wolf had learned about enemies from the red man. A man had enemies, but a wolf had only had prey and pack and man. Now, a wolf understood the red man. Death walked on two legs instead of lying on the ground and rotting like it should. It stalked a man-child, but it could have stalked a rabbit or a deer, and still a wolf would seek to end it.
A wolf put his nose to loose cover of leavesdirttreerot and stalked forward.
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- Part 1 of crawl out head first
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number seven, old ashe road by self-indulgent-drivel (half_a_league)
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Mar 2019
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immigrant song by self-indulgent-drivel (half_a_league)
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
23 Aug 2018
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"Proofing, also sometimes called final fermentation, is the specific term for allowing dough to rise after it has been shaped and before it is baked."
Less than a year has passed since the final battle, and the Ministry is already up to its old tricks. Harry would very much like them to stop ignoring due process, tossing people in Azkaban, controlling the press, and menacing the populace with dementors.
He would also like, if at all possible, to bake a passable loaf of bread.
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Bookmarked by half_a_league
25 Jul 2024
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There are some great quick-and-dirty guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide
It's now 2025, a decade later. A03 supports some new HTML and and we're all walking around reading fic on supercomputers that fit in a jean pocket. It was time update this and take a crack at finishing it. (Links and Images are in, the new Audio and Video tags are not.)
The previous three chapters have been divided into smaller concepts. Each tag continues to have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example. Most tags have their attributes, things like [src] or [title], listed and examples of how using the attributes modify the tags.
There's a chapter on Bad Ideas, including how some of the archive's default CSS is available to you to format your work (users can't turn that off by hiding a workskin!)
Oh. And I added a bunny army. You could learn how to add one too.
/)/) /)/) /)/) (..) (..) (..) *( ) *( ) *( )
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- Part 19 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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“My mother loves me,” Sarah said, appalled. “Oh yes,” the Goblin King replied, “But her love is nothing compared to her jealousy. Huntsman or Queen, one of us will have your heart. I’m determined it will be me.” The Fairest One of All: a Labyrinth retelling of Snow White.
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- Part 1 of The Fairest One of All
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Bookmarked by half_a_league
18 Oct 2016
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Its everything ive ever wanted in one story. You like witchcraft even a little bit? Youll fuckin love this
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Why We Tell Our Stories: An Introduction to the New Oxford Universal Collection of Folktales, Dreamings, and Myths, by Doctor Constance Nine by novembersmith, winkingstar
Fandoms: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
09 Jul 2011
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The fairy tale, "Lyra and the Harpy with No Name," is only a small sequence within the well-known mythic arc, The Thousand Garden Cycle.
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i was found and now i don't roam these streets by hipsterchrist
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
07 May 2014
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They’ve decided to start producing Bucky Bears again, now that he’s all shiny and redeemed and fighting for good on this big Avengers misfits team. "He has a little shiny gray arm," Bucky says, wiggling the stuffed arm in question, one of the tweaks made in the new model. It takes Steve a second to realize that Bucky’s got a small smile on his face, actually looks a little bit proud around the eyes.
Or, Bucky relearns himself and how to be on a team, the rest of the Avengers try to get answers, and everyone watches too much Criminal Minds.