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Hello ficfans, quick note to say I’ve updated the tumblr URL to match my A03 user (backinyourbox), and to link you to a new ‘short’ I wrote for April CampNano 2020. I’m really pleased with it and I hope you like it too! It’s a ‘Frank/Alice wake up’ story, with a bit of a twist. 

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“Dad?” I look around in surprise. The snoring man who doesn’t know how to hang his clothes up is sitting up on the bed and watching me. His hair is all over the place where he’s been sleeping, his clothes are a mess and he looks like he hadn’t shaved in several days. 

“It’s still early,” he murmurs, sleepily. “C’mon, go back to bed.” 

“What?” I say, hoarsely, in a tone half confused and half angry, though really I’m only angry at the door. But from his reaction I might as well have yelled obscenities at him. He makes a harsh choking noise and goes stiff all over, gaping at me with a wide open mouth. It takes me by surprise at first, but then I school myself to calm. This person is obviously just as confused as I am. Did he just call me Dad?

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“I thought you might like them. You like flowers.”

Neville wasn’t sure whether to laugh or not. “Yeah,” he said finally, with a sort of strangled chuckling sound. “Yeah, I do.”

He felt her shift, rising slightly as though standing on the tips of her toes, and she whispered in his ear. “I’m still wearing them.”

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hello!! i just did a reread of your fanfic yesterday after last reading it two years ago, and I just wanted to say I love it just as much the second time round!! all the characters are just so full and endearing (i mean, most of them are) or sympathetic and augh, my heart is so full <3 thanks so much for this lovely piece!!

Thank you so much! Are you reading A True Gryffindor? It's been slow going but I'm hoping to complete a full draft for Camp Nano this April.

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I just finished reading Raindrops on Roses after starting it two days ago and I wanted to tell you that I loved it so much!! One of my favorite Harry Potter fics that I've read to date. I love how you wrote the characters and how much personality you gave Scorp, Albus, and Rose!

Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know!! If you have more time, please check out the prequel, and the one-shot, A Letter to a Girl Who Loved Birds :) 

https://archiveofourown.org/users/backinyourbox

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the only thing I really want for my birthday is a short Neville POV piece about finding Scorpius in his livingroom after the Crustacious curse. Or anything with Neville being the protective father figure he grows into for Scorp. We only get snippets of it, but its what i LIVE FOR

I think I wrote some of that scene before I decided it would be more effective off-screen. Maybe I'll pull it out for you ;) When's your birthday?

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snapchat, insta, and quidditch=games that gryffindor just can’t lose. 

amazing illos & hilarz captions created exclusively for SparkNotes by the awesome @sasmilledge

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thing is though, they wouldn’t have known where to send something even if they wanted to. I bet Hedwig showed up demanded they give her something and they just threw at her the closest thing to hand. Coin! Socks! Tissue! Go away nightmare christmas bird!

More Emotional Abuse from the Dursleys

Can we all take a minute to appreciate how horrible the Dursley’s Christmas presents were? I mean everyone knows that they were abusive, but as a kid I was like “oh they’re so mean they only game him a tissue” or whatever but either Vernon or Petunia took the time to mail their ELEVEN YEAR OLD NEPHEW 50 pence - just to make sure he knew that they didn’t forget about him - they remembered him and were willing to spend more on postage and packaging than his “gift.” Or a goddamn toothpick.

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Slow and steady, much? I read this yesterday and decided it was okay to go up. But I can’t promise anything like regular updates. I do have a few other chapters done but they’re all out of order!

A True Gryffindor is set in the Raindrops on Roses Universe. It tells Neville’s story from the day after the Battle of Hogwarts right through to the end, and aims to fill in some of the gaps concerning canon characters in the original story (remember the dark hints about Justin’s addiction? Or why Dean is living in Italy? Just who was Professor Tufty anyway? And how did Neville meet Emmeline, or become a teacher? WHO GOT MARRIED FIRST? THESE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED). However, you don’t need to have read RoR in order to enjoy this story. I hope.

I’ve started a thing where I’m naming each chapter after a character.... no idea if it’ll work but I’ll go with it for now. 

Also. I’m only going to be posting this one to A03. Posting every chapter twice was a pain of double formatting and I don’t need that headache. Sorry! 

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Hi, me again! Sorry if I'm bothering you. I feel like Andromeda totally went off on the Weasleys (especially Ron and George) at one point over Scorpius, reminding them that Bellatrix Lestrange was her sister, and if they were judging everyone on their family, they might as well excommunicate her. Also: Sirius Black, who ran away from home at 16 to escape his crazycakes family. Actually, maybe James would be the one to bring him up, being named after Sirius and all. I have a lot of feelings, ok?

SOMEONE needs to talk to George. It might as well be Andromeda! Although I think Ron also had a word with him at some stage, as in, ‘if I can deal with it, you better bloody well deal with it’

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Hey! So just to let you know, I totally headcanon for your fic that Scorpius released a song or two in his early albums about the brother he never knew (without making it obvious to the casual listener what it was about, of course) and they had a moment over it later.

Oh, absolutely. You can bet Emeric listened to them over and over. Drove Astoria crazy, but he was like no, Mum, you don’t get it, they’re about ME

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This made my day! Thank you! 

Raindrops on Roses: Scorpius, Rose, and Albus centered story with fantastic writing and characterization. The author did such a lovely job, I cannot say enough about this fic. 300k words and it always keeps things interesting without feeling overcomplicated or pretentious. It’s got action, angst, sweetness, and fluff. Does not have enough reviews. I feel like I’m writing an adoption flyer for a cat at a shelter. Adopt this story. Feed it reviews and kudos. @misssaigonfic

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She raised her eyebrows, and drew a large silver bottle from the back, placing it on the top of the cabinet with a flourish. “This one’s worth at least three thousand Galleons,” she said, making him almost spit out his next mouthful.   “What?” he gasped. “You could buy a team of racing brooms for that kind of money.” “And here it is sitting innocently in your cabinet,” she grinned. “Should I ask Tom if he wants to buy it?” This time it was Neville’s turn to raise his eyebrows. “No fear. Open it.” The look on her face made him feel oddly pleased, as though he had won a point in a game he hadn’t realised he was playing. “Seriously?” she asked, eyes wide. “Seriously. I want to know what that much money tastes like.”

Working on a new RoR-related project and doing some frantic Hogwarts math, I realised all the year dates from about chapter 11 onwards were wrong, because I skipped a year. Damnit! (I fixed them)

Anywhere he’s an extract from what I’m writing now. I got quite a lot done Sunday night when I couldn’t sleep all night.

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my level of fanfiction productivity ranges from “typing 20,000 words over the span of 3 days” or “opening a document and staring at it for a year without typing anything at all.” there is no middle ground.

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Actually friendly reminder to comment on that fic.

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leave that comment. You’ve got nothing to lose but .02 seconds of your time and everything to gain by making an authors day.

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omg thanks so much I love you

If you haven’t yet and if you love a good story, and miss the HP world a little too much, make sure to read “Raindrops on Roses” by @misssaigonfic. It’s beautifully written, has both the old and new generation entwining perfectly and it’s such a compelling, moving story that you definitely shouldn’t miss it. The 300k are more than worthy, and they’ll give you all the feels 😌

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Well, there it is.

I wrote the first 1000 words of this story in about 2009. Those words sat patiently waiting on the hard-drive for about two years. When I finally decided to add a bit more, I wasn't planning on letting anyone read it; it was just for me, a way for me to continue to enjoy the characters I have loved so much for two thirds of my life. In 2012, having reached the fourth year of Scorpius, Albus and Rose's story, I decided I wanted others to be able to enjoy them too. Scorpius' innocence, Albus' enthusiasm and Rose's generosity and cleverness deserved to be shared.

It has taken me another four years to finish the story, and I have to thank everyone who left reviews, comments & kudos on both sites where it is hosted, and on my tumblr. You guys pushed me through some of the most difficult places, where I would spend months occasionally opening up the current document, staring at it for a while, and closing it again. You helped me fill in the middle where I already had a beginning and and end. You continuously reignited my love for and interest in these characters and the story I built around them. I hope both its ending and its Epilogue (you didn't think I could shamelessly plagiarise the seven-year structure and then not do an Epilogue did you? Shame!) were satisfying enough to make your devotion worth it. It only took 44 chapters for the title to pay off. No one can say I don't play the long game.

It is the end of the story, but not necessarily the end of these characters. I will no doubt be inspired eventually to write some short stories or one-shots in the ROR universe. Obviously I wasn't able to wrap up everyone's story in a nice neat bow, though I hope I answered all of the important questions. But I would love you guys to tell me who or what you would like me to feature in any future works.

Thank you once again to anyone who has made it all the way, particularly anyone who was reading right from the beginning. This monster turned out to be much longer (both in word count and actual time taken to write) and bigger in its world and cast of characters than was ever anticipated, and you guys are its true heroes.