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Thank you Birdie!!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32225947/chapters/80029498

Chapter 3 has arrived!

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I came back to this site for one reason and this edit is it. I’m going to need fic, fanvids, and art.

If I made the rules these two would be end game but somehow one of you fangirls made it straight to the top of Hollywood production and gave us the gift of this ship.

Bless your gay hearts and thank you for your work in advance.

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Came back to Tumblr just to reblog this.

I wasn’t born on Broadway, you know? I’m from Zelionople, Pennsylvania. Yeah, I grew up dirt poor. This whole *rolls tongue* All this, I invented it. Yeah, I’m just a small-town girl and I had a big dream.

MERYL STREEP in THE PROM (2020) dir. Ryan Murphy

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WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL

excuse me officer i would like to report a murder

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J. behind the scenes of Succession!

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there is no heterosexual explanation for this.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Worst Witch (TV 2017) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ada Cackle/Hecate Hardbroom Characters: Ada Cackle, Hecate Hardbroom Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Battle Couple, Teamwork, Partnership Summary:

Ada and Hecate defend their school against a sudden attack.

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The song “Sunday Kind of Love “ played in my mind as I read this. Completely in love

Summary: Ada navigates a little white lie she told years ago for Hecate’s comfort.
Pairing: Ada Cackle/Hecate Hardbroom
Rating: G
Beta: @rikubean
For: @okaynextcrisis

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Fandom: The Worst Witch (2017) Title: The Growing Light Pairing: Hecate Hardbroom/Ada Cackle Rating: T Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Additional Tags: Five Times, Mutual Pining, Sharing a Room, Sharing a Bed,  Word Count: ~3,500 Summary: Five times that Hecate and Ada spent the night in the same room (and sometimes in the same bed).

Thanks to @cassiopeiasara for letting me use her headcanon about Ada’s nightwear, and to @hovercraft79 for coming up with the plot of the fourth time, including Gwen and her “helpfulness”.

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Aaaaahhh I love this @cassiopeiasara !!!! Beautiful story!

Hackle 89/12

Roommate AU+First Time

The last thing Hecate had planned on was falling in love with her house mate. In fact, she’d initially hoped to live alone as she started her work teaching piano at Cackle’s Conservatory for Extraordinary Children. Sadly there wasn’t much in the way of local single housing and she certainly hadn’t planned on answering the ad of the school’s deputy headmistress but there hadn’t been another option and Ada’s small cottage had proved to be more a home than any other place Hecate had ever lived.

It was quite the journey in living together with Ada’s penchant for chaos and Hecate’s need for order but they’d found a rhythm. Hecate had revived Ada’s neglected garden (neglected was too harsh really, despite her love for plants, Ada wasn’t particularly gifted at growing them) and Ada made sure Hecate slept and ate actual dinners.

Here they were two years later and Hecate with this unfortunate crush that wouldn’t go away. She’d tried of course. She went on dates, offered Ada an ear to listen when Ada did the same. She made sure not every free evening was spent in their sitting room marking and laughing over the antics of their pupils and she had an exit plan should any of those dates Ada went on turned into a relationship that might mean moving out.

Hecate tried every thing and yet the feelings remained and the day she thought she’d need to leave never seemed to appear.

One evening, Ada was watching some program on the television Hecate never used except to occasionally look up at something Ada wanted an opinion on while Hecate sat on the sofa organizing her midterm exams.

“Hecate?”

“Hmm?” She heard Ada shift in her seat but she didn’t look up till the click of the television signaled that it was off.

Ada’s brow was furrowed and a sorrow in her eyes Hecate had never seen. “I have something to tell you.”

Hecate set her papers aside and leaned toward her. “What is it?”

Ada started to fiddle with her thumbs and Hecate resisted the urge to lean forward and clasp a hand over Ada’s. “I hope you don’t hate me and I’ll understand if you want to leave.”

Hecate knitted her eyebrows. “I can’t think of anything that might make me hate you.” She cleared her throat. “Unless you let Dimity parade her drumming class outside my third period again.”

Ada’s chuckle was weak but warm. “Nothing like that.” She took a deep breath. “It seems that despite my best efforts, I’ve fallen in love.”

Hecate’s heart dropped and she turned to stare at the fireplace. “Oh?”

“Yes,” started Ada. “I tried my best to push past it but I can’t and I felt you deserved to—“

“When would you like me to leave?”

Ada’s eyes widened. “Well, if that’s what you think is best I—“

“I won’t be in the way of your happiness, Ada.” Hecate gathered her papers and pivoted toward the stairs. “I can be out in—“

“It’s you.”

Hecate looked down to see Ada peering up with shiny eyes. “What?”

Ada stood up. “That I’ve fallen in love with. Once again, I understand if it’s too much and you want to leave, I just—“

Hecate’s lips saw to it that Ada had no doubt about Hecate’s desire to stay.

For the first time in her romantic life, Hecate found the ability to plunge forth into what she wanted rather than settle for less.

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Power of Two

Chapters: 1

Word Count: 10,109

Fandom: The Worst Witch (TV 2017)

Rating: Teen

Warnings: smoking, arguing and general family discord

Summary: The time has come at last for Ada to take over as Headmistress. She and Hecate are still reeling from the consequences of the marriage scroll, but life moves ever forward. Days into her new role, Ada is faced with a challenge she never imagined – and a loss she can’t comprehend.

Notes: This fic covers the 6th Week prompt ‘Mirror Universe.’

The title comes from one of my favorite songs by the Indigo Girls.

For all of my fics, but this one in particular, I’d like to thank all of those who work on The Worst Witch fandom wiki. It was an invaluable resource. If you’ve never taken the time to click through that site, I highly recommend it. It’s a fabulous resource.

Thank you again to my dear friend Sparky. I earned a smiley sticker by using a bit of Latin in this one. It almost made up for my deranged use of semi-colons.

Alma continued her pacing, surprised she hadn’t worn a hole in the rug over the last few days. She was sure she could have marched her way to London and back in front of her fireplace. Now… now she was out of time. Agatha would be here tomorrow. She stopped at the sound of knocking on her office door.

“You sent for me?” Ada stepped into the room, taking in the empty shelves and loaded cardboard boxes. Term had been over for a couple of weeks, and Selection Day would soon be upon them. Her mother had determined that Ada should be installed as Headmistress before then. “Have you had any luck with the marriage scroll?”

“The what? Oh… no. I’ve been preoccupied,” she waved her hands over the stacks of boxes. “I’m taking more than I need to the seaside cottage, but I wasn’t sure what I would want.” She studied Ada a moment. “I take it you’ve not had any success either?”

“No.” In truth, Ada didn’t know if she felt more relief or disappointment that the marriage scroll still bound her and Hecate together. She’d been busy with Hecate and their usual summer potion making. After a flurry of attempts right after they’d been joined – Ada refused to call it married – they’d decided to slow down and be more thoughtful. They’d also considered calling in the Great Witch again but chose not to. She’d been none too pleased to find Hecate Hardbroom in the midst of yet another magical mishap.

Meanwhile, the marriage scroll hung like a cloud over them. While it had forced them to recognize their feelings for one another, force was the key word. They’d become careful with one another again now that they’d been forcibly joined together. Ada had, anyway, recoiling at the very idea that Hecate had been tied to her without her own consent. For her part, Hecate had handled the entire situation with much more aplomb.

“If not the scroll, Mother, then what can I do for you?”

Alma gestured for her to sit on the sofa, joining her once she’d settled. “I need for you to let me transfer the title of Headmistress to you now, here, before the official ceremony. We can go through the motions on Saturday, but I’d like the actual transfer to already be done.”

Ada shook her head, leaning away from her mother. “If this has something to do with Agatha… I’ve told you where I stand on that issue. We will run this school together. I know you—”

“It’s not about Agatha – at least not only about Agatha.” Which, of course, was entirely untrue. If Agatha could find a way to disrupt the change of power, Alma had no doubt that she would do it. “The transfer ceremony has often been just that – a ceremony. The real transfer of power carries risk. It’s no small thing to remove all the protective wards for the Academy and pass them to another. The window where the castle is unprotected is small, but it’s there nonetheless.”

Ada considered her mother’s words. They made sense, though Ada didn’t discount the idea that this was somehow tied to Agatha. “The transfer could still happen once Agatha is here. There’s no way to explain leaving her out.”

“Frankly, I’d rather she not even know about the early transfer.”

“Then it shouldn’t happen.” Ada stood to leave. She wouldn’t start her partnership with Agatha with a betrayal. “We can transfer the power at the ceremony as planned.” She’d barely made it to the door when her mother called after her.

“There’s another reason to have it now.” Alma hated to play this card, but Ada had left her little choice. “There’s also the matter of you becoming the Sealkeeper. Transferring that spell, in public…”

Keep reading

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In some black communities there’s still a stigma that kinky or coarse hair is “bad”, which couldn’t be further from the truth. There’s no such thing as good or bad when describing someone’s natural hair texture or type. To those struggling to love and accept their natural hair because of societal pressures, remember this - straight, curly, kinky or wavy, it doesn’t make a difference. Embrace your hair the way it is, no matter what society tells you. All hair is good hair. It’s your Crown.

Gerrel Saunders

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ACCIDENTALLY MARRIED IS ONE OF MY FAVES!!!!

Hackle Summer Trope Challenge-Week 5 of 8

Week 5 - (June 28th - July 4th)

Accidental Marriage

Fanworks in which characters get accidentally married.

What’s this and how do I join in?

This is a challenge to create tropey Hackle (Ada Cackle/Hecate Hardbroom) fanworks! Basically, create a Hackle fanwork that uses this trope (any type of fanwork, any style, any setting, any length, any spin on the trope, any anything!), post it to Tumblr when it’s done, and tag it #hackle summer trope challenge. You are also welcome to add fanworks to the AO3 collection. That’s pretty much it! For a bit more detail, see HERE.

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Fuck golf.

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So I found this caterpillar on my way to class

We’re bros

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I mad agree with this.

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