In The DeepFish, He Said Softly, Aloud, Ill Stay With You Until I Am Dead. Ernest Hemingway, The Old

In The Deep “Fish,” he said softly, aloud, “I’ll stay with you until I am dead.” – Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

Harry after Healer

Author: Anonymous

Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter

For: @blue–dreaming, bluedreaming

Word Count: 2,131

Rating: Teen & Up

Content: Fluff, High after surgery, EWE, Sarcastic Banter, Domestic Fluff, St. Mungo’s, Slice of Life, Established Relationship

Warnings: None

Summary:

Harry’s loopy on potions after his procedure. Draco rather likes Harry this way, all open and innocent and awestruck. Oh—and yeah. Obsessed with Draco’s beauty. That part’s rather nice.

“Do we call each other ‘love’? How long have we been together?”

“We’ll have been married three years next month,” he replies.

“Merlin, I hit the jackpot!” Harry exclaims, beaming.

Read it now on AO3!

Facial expression description library (1/?)

Dear authors, HELP! Do you know that feeling when you want to write something and your character makes a face in your head but there aren't any words for that facial expression? Yeah, I hate that. So, my 05:30am brain had an idea:

Why not take pictures or gifs of the expressions we need words for and post it, and then everyone reblogs with how they would describe that expression! It takes a moment, but in the end we all have a neat little library of gifs and descriptions and we just have to find the one we need when we need it.

Now I have no following, so I humbly ask if you would consider to reblog this even if you don't add your own description – I would be forever grateful.

But let's get to the point: How would you describe this expression?

(edit: feel free to make your own posts with expressions you need and tag them with 'facial expression description library' so they're searchable!)

Hello love.... once you get this you have to say five things you like about yourself, then send this to ten of your favourite followers, SPREAD THE LOVE 💖🧡💛

This is notoriously late because I’m answering three of the same ask, one from the lovely Elan and @tigerlilycorinne and @ahhhnorealnamesallowed were also kind enough to send me one. So, five things I like about myself, eh? Well, here we go, in no particular order:

My smile - I get more compliments on this than I think any other aspect of my appearance, and while I generally struggle with self esteem, I’m actually rather proud of my smile. Oddly enough, I never smile with teeth showing, so I’m not talking about my teeth being super even or white or anything. I mean my actual smile, the way my lips curve upward and how it shows in my eyes when I’m really happy.

My vulnerability - I am a huge ball of feelings, and I experience things deeply. While this can be a double edged sword, I honestly wouldn’t change it. I think it makes me more compassionate, more open-minded, and probably a better person than I would be without it.

My objectivity - This ties in with my vulnerability in that what I really mean when I say this is my ability to give good advice. Even if I lean a certain way on a subject, I can still put myself in someone else’s shoes well enough most of the time to see a lot of different sides to an issue, and I’m also good at breaking that down for people in a way that makes sense and comes across as fair in most cases.

My face - This is slightly cheating because my smile is generally part of my face, and I already listed that. But to be fair it’s also valid because I’m not smiling all the time. I just like it. I think it’s a nice face. I like my cheekbones, my eyes, the overall shape and structure. I even have a nice nose! So while I have various issues with other parts of me, I’m fairly confident from the neck up!

My imagination - It is both an escape and a source of creation for me. I love how vividly I see things in my mind’s eye when I’m reading a great story or watching a cool show or movie. It makes it very easy to immerse myself in the media of my choice. I also love making up my own stories in my head, and sometimes I even manage to write them down! Haha.

So that’s that. I hope it satisfied the ask, and thanks for sending me those, y’all!

purge of 2002? of 2012? what ARE those?

Oh, how quickly the past is forgotten. 

They are part of the reason A03 is a thing now. Not the whole reason, but part of it. 

The Great Purges of 2002 and 2012 are when ff.net got a wild hair up their ass about THINK OF THE CHILDREN and nuked any fic posted on there that was explicit. Thousands upon thousands of nc-17 smutfics were lost.

It’s what led to the creation of alternate hosting sites for smutty fic…AdultFanfiction was the one I went to…but thousands of fics would never be recovered. 

Genderqueer/non-binary celebrities

Amandla Stenberg: non-binary actress and singer (The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games) [she/her; they/them]

Ezra Miller: genderqueer actor (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Justice League) [prefers he/him but is comfortable with all pronouns]

Chella Man: genderqueer YouTuber, actor & model (Titans) [he/him]

Brigette Lundy-Paine: non-binary actor (Atypical, The Glass Castle) [they/them]

Angel Haze: agender rapper & singer (Battle Cry, Cleaning out my Closet) [she/her; he/him]

Indya Moore: non-binary actor & model (Pose, Queen & Slim) [they/them]

Ruby Rose: genderfluid actress, model, talk show host, DJane (Batwoman, OitnB) [she/her]

Asia Kate Dillon: non-binary actor (Billions, OitnB) [they/them]

Quintessa Swindell: non-binary actor (Trinkets, Euphoria) [they, them]

Jonathan Van Ness: non-binary television personality, podcaster & hairdresser (Queer Eye) [prefers he/him but is also okay with they/them & she/her]

Feel free to add other celebrities or to correct me if I’ve got something wrong!