My Husband Is A Casual Potter Fan, As In He’s Seen The Movies Several Times A Year With Me But Has

“But she didn’t give up. It was a battle, apparently, the kind he hasn’t played in a very long while. Hermione Granger played very well, George soon learned. She could play the long game. She could outsmart anyone, he already knew that, but battle strategies? Warfare? Color him impressed.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61946362/chapters/158403220

in 2025 let’s bring back being enthusiastic on ao3. leave a comment on every chapter. leave kudos and, if necessary, leave “double kudos” in the comments. tags and notes on bookmarks. the whole nine yards. let’s show fanfic authors how much we love them.

“We’ve talked about this a little bit in a way that I think for us, what we wanted to do was really earn it. I feel like it’s so easy to see online, oh, people ship these people. Let’s just give the people what they want. But I think that we always intended for this to be that kind of relationship where you don’t know how it’s going to work out. You don’t know if it can be a forever thing, but you can’t deny that these people have connected in a real big way. I think that character wise, one of Maddie’s biggest challenges is being able to be vulnerable and intimate with people, because she’s been hurt so badly in her life. So we wanted to show that Wally was there for her. He took his time with her, he listened to her. He wasn’t just trying to be this Casanova who was going to come save the day. He saw her, and he let her know, you’re safe here. And she felt safe. So we wanted to build that up over time. These two people both opened up to each other. Both were in a place where they’ve earned that from one another, and they were in a true mutual love. You know they truly care and so it felt good for us too. It was this beautiful moment of being able to say, I see you, I care about you, and you’re safe with me and I think that it was a special moment for us as writers too.”

—Megan Trinrud (executive producer) on wally & maddie

Harry James Potter Character Analysis

I want to reorganize my pinned post a little, so this is one of the masterposts I'll be posting to link at the top of my blog and continuously edit.

General HJP:

Should Harry have been in Slytherin?

Harry was never really Dumbledore's man

Harry can be scary when he wants to

Harry is willing to kill when he deems it necessary

How much Harry trusts Sirius

DH reread: Harry, Home, and Godric's Hollow

DH reread: Harry, his wand, and the connection to Voldemort (More of this)

Harry: fight or flight? Both

Harry, his trauma and PTSD

Harry and what it means to be good (and a little addition)

Harry & Grief

More Harry & Neville & being a true Gryffindor

How Harry comes across to other characters

Harry can be charismatic, there's a reason others flock to him as a leader

Harry's Anger

Harry's an introvert

Harry's sleep habits (they're not great)

Harry's really smart:

Harry is actually really clever

Harry failing himself by overthinking

Harry as a Student

Harry's Intuition

Harry's magic:

Harry Potter is Really Magically Powerful

Harry's unique outlook on magic (more of that)

How Harry feels the Killing Curse

Who's the strongest Death Eater Harry could defeat in a duel?

Harry & Occlumency

Harry is capable of Wandless magic

Harry's Appearance:

Harry's height situation

Harry's facial features

Harry's height situation: the sequel

Harry's Scars

Harry's Abuse:

Harry & his abuse

How bad were the Durleys actually?

More details & headcanons about Harry's life at the Dursleys

Harry's Romantic Misadventures:

Harry Potter is Probably Gay and Here's Why

Why I don't think Harry actually likes Ginny

What was going on with Cho Chang

Harry & Realising He's Gay

My recipe for shipping Harry with characters

HJP Headcanons:

Harry James Potter Headcanons

What would Harry's Animagus form be?

Harry & Neurodivergence

Why I think Harry could've and should've been a professor

And here I am, with the update, whoop whoop it’s posted

But what came out of his mouth instead, “But why not me?” was just as broken as his heart. “It was my idea— my meddling. Why wasn’t I the one punished? Why was it her?”

Chapter 4 is angsty sad

the essence of time Chapter 4

Got my lil outline going and it’s just me, this Gatorade, and my laptop against the world (if the world is actually the flu in this scenario) anyway here’s hoping I’ll get this update posted by tomorrow night 🪩

Mr Martin is such a well written narcissist I'm in awe over the writers. Literally the initial portrayal of him being someone safe that everyone trusts, to someone super intimidating who seemed smarter than he actually was, to the desperate blubbering child of a man stamping his foot because he couldn't get his way any more. Janet being able to stand up to him was so cathartic for me. Oh how I loathe him, but he is such a well written antagonist.

A fic set in the aftermath of 02x08 where Janet tries to reintegrate back into the ghost gang after everything that happened and how it’s not all rainbows and sunshine and easy because people are messy is calling my name

What is the purpose of Brennan using the alias of Lieutenant Colonel Aisereigh? Who all knows exactly who he is? Because these rebellion kids from the battle at Resson don’t seem surprised he’s Brennan Sorrengail. Did ALL the rebellion kids at Basgiath know her brother was alive?

I also love the idea of 20 year old Lilith, full of justice and free of spirit, coming into her power and ready to level the playing field— to liberate Navarre from the venin threat. Is she read in to the secret before her peers? Does her signet give her top secret clearance? The hopes for her future are high. Yes the stakes are real, but she is the balance.

Only to end in tragedy when she realizes before her 21st birthday that she’s nothing— nothing compared to the strength of Theophanie.

Every time she wields, she hears the taunts of the venin Sage, telling her she’s not good enough. Every accomplishment in the Navarre army— empty. Hollow.

Each of her children’s births— swallowing the all-consuming fear that she couldn’t protect them if Theophanie came knocking.

The weight is crushing, actually. Oh, it hurts.

“She’s their answer to my mother.” — “She was the answer to me,” Theophanie hisses, and the clouds start to swirl.

“Your mother knew at your age that she was no match for me. That’s why she hid behind those wards. Perhaps you should have followed her example.”

I'm sorry, all I got from this was that those two were in a cat-and-mouse game for 30+ years, which could mean nothing...

anyway, they're going to break down the barriers of the ghost world and maddie is going to travel the world with her ghost husband wally