So I Was On Tiktok Today And Saw A Video On Jegulus, Jegulus Haters, And It [the Vid] Ended Saying Everyones

So I was on Tiktok today and saw a video on Jegulus, Jegulus haters, and it [the vid] ended saying “everyone’s against misogyny until the women isn't with the man”.

And in the comment section there were people literally complaining about the fact that the most common Lily tag is “Lily Potter” instead of “Lily Evans”. They were saying that they didn’t like it because Lily deserves to be her own person and not tied to a man. That she’s more than just a wife.

And yes, that is 100% correct. She is her own person, she doesn’t need a man, and she is more than just a wife. But what does her last name being Potter have to do with that? Just cause her last name changed doesn’t mean she’s no longer herself.

She’s still very much her own person, with her own thoughts, emotions, opinions, and etc. She doesn’t need a man, but she wanted James. She wanted to marry him, to take his last name, to have his kid. Those were all choices she made, they made together. Her taking her husband’s last name, the man in which she loved, doesn’t make her any less of a strong, independent, woman. She can be all those things, and more, and still be in love with a man. Still be married. Still be a mother and a wife. There’s nothing wrong with that.

This goes for all of the women, mothers, and wives in this fandom. Which ironically, I don’t hear them complaining about this stuff for the other characters. Like Andromeda Tonks, Narcissa Malfoy, and Bellatrix Lestrange all having their husbands last names instead of their maiden names “Black”.

the marauders fandom likes to depict regulus as being embarrassed about sirius, but in reality, sirius was the one embarrassed about regulus, like bffr. 💀💀💀

[Anon here] do you or anyone have any recommendations? I literally suck at finding good fics 😭

I think Tomarry/Harrymort/Tomarrymort could’ve been good, with all their connections to each other and all these (amazing) analysts/fanarts people do of them, if it wasn’t for their massive age gap. Like, if Harry was an adult or they were made somewhat around the same age, I would’ve shipped them so hard because I love villain x hero, and they (Tom/Harry) specifically are just so interesting, honestly feels like a missed opportunity 😭

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Some wand redesigns

So, as in continuation to this post and my not liking some of the Harry Potter movies designs, I actually redesigned some wands. Mostly because in the movies none of the wands look to be made of the wood they are supposedly made of and it annoyed me.

The Elder Wand

The Elder Wand is the first I redesigned because I personally find the movie one kinda ugly. I don't know if it's just me, but I do. I wanted the Elder wand to look like a Deathstick, you know? I wanted to keep some of the silhouette from the movies but play around with the wood to make it look more interesting.

This is the color of European Elder:

But, when researching this wood, I saw Box Elder (native to America) which looks like it Bleeds:

So, I took inspiration from it to design a wand that is called the Deathstick:

I was going for something that resembled arteries but kept some of the movies' silhouette.

Voldemort's Wand

The wand in the movies is iconic for its bone-like look, the thing is, that's not what yew wood looks like. Europian yew actually has a very warm golden color:

And honestly, the resulting wand, which I still gave some of the iconic angles doesn't look as stereotypically evil. Because, for real, why would Ollivanders make an evil-looking wand and expect its owner not to turn to villainy?

As I said, I tried to give it some of the iconic movies' silhouette, but made it sharper and angular instead of bony, to give it somewhat of an evil look, even with the golden color.

Harry's Wand

Now, if any wand is bone white, it's Harry's holly wand:

European Holly, as you can see is practically white (the photo is not the whitest it can go). But I didn't want Harry's wand to look evil, so I made sure to keep all the angles rounder:

I also gave it a lighter pattern in the wood, kind of like Harry's scar, so they could match.

One of my biggest headcanons is that Harry has several physical differences from James, but everyone insists that he looks the same just because he's dead and they miss him.