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Summary:

Peter’s new partner was strange.

Okay, so maybe partner is not the word he should use, considering the guy just randomly showed up one night and never left.

He’s more like a parasite if anything—a really talkative, slightly murderous, and strange parasite. 

The Red Means I Love You - Chapter 2 - Lyla_Joy - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

[lylawrites]

No my writing on ao3 is not AI, I just abuse the use of em dashes and witty one liners because I think of myself as a comedian 💔

[lylawrites]

Summary:

While he would rather avoid meeting or having dinner with the family entirely, he would instead focus on his newfound pet project by himself; it may allow him to see what he’s working with. To wonder how long it will take to break into this new scheme.

See how exactly he can…

Sebastian’s eyes flashed as he gave the couple a soft smile, the darkness that wanted to slip through being held at bay for the time being.

“I’ll be delighted too.”

Innocence in The Eyes of The Raven - Chapter 3 - Lyla_Joy - Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler [Archive of Our Own]

[lylawrites]

I’ve never seen Matilda the musical so I didn’t know that. I’m not going to be weird and look at the film demographics cause truly I don’t care enough too but like I said I’m sure they’re going to do great!

But that eases my mind a little bit thank you! It’s just the American fandom that I’m worried. I’m sure the British fandom is much more tame than we are lol.

The last time I spoke about the new HBO Harry Potter series it blew waaaay out of proportion. BUT that is not going to stop me just because some people didn’t understand what I meant but that’s okay.

Just about like an hour ago?? They finally announced their Harry, Ron, and Hermione and honestly it’s really good.

The Ron is perfect (a natural ginger), The Harry lowkey looks like a Harry (tho not book perfect obv), and the Hermione while many people will get on her because of her skin tone (I’ve already seen comments) I think it’s pretty good. I just hope they make her hair bushy again. They kinda failed on that in the later movies but you know it’s whateveeer.

BUT I will say I hope their parents understand the risk their children will be taking. I’m not sure if they’re already actors but to just stay safe yk? Their childhood is going to be essentially taken from this especially since they’re joining this series which it is said that each season will be each book meaning they will be growing up with the series! And being a child actor is hard enough (we’ve seen what happens to Daniel, Emma, and Rupert) so I wish them luck and to stay safe.

The world is harsh and the Harry Potter fandom even harsher. I’m still apprehensive, like any fan but I look forward to their work they look like really good candidates for the series.

Also they look soooo adorable they’re gonna kill I already know.

[lylawrites]

The last time I spoke about the new HBO Harry Potter series it blew waaaay out of proportion. BUT that is not going to stop me just because some people didn’t understand what I meant but that’s okay.

Just about like an hour ago?? They finally announced their Harry, Ron, and Hermione and honestly it’s really good.

The Ron is perfect (a natural ginger), The Harry lowkey looks like a Harry (tho not book perfect obv), and the Hermione while many people will get on her because of her skin tone (I’ve already seen comments) I think it’s pretty good. I just hope they make her hair bushy again. They kinda failed on that in the later movies but you know it’s whateveeer.

BUT I will say I hope their parents understand the risk their children will be taking. I’m not sure if they’re already actors but to just stay safe yk? Their childhood is going to be essentially taken from this especially since they’re joining this series which it is said that each season will be each book meaning they will be growing up with the series! And being a child actor is hard enough (we’ve seen what happens to Daniel, Emma, and Rupert) so I wish them luck and to stay safe.

The world is harsh and the Harry Potter fandom even harsher. I’m still apprehensive, like any fan but I look forward to their work they look like really good candidates for the series.

Also they look soooo adorable they’re gonna kill I already know.

[lylawrites]

Our Journey Ahead Update (Chapter 6)

Summary:

Aether’s wide eyes quickly connected to ones similar to his own, causing him to deadpan. Rolling his eyes, he turned back around to shove another book in his locker as he said, “Really, Lumine? Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”

Lumine, his twin and self-proclaimed best friend, moved to lean against the locker on the other side with a grin. “Maybe. You’re just so easy to scare. You haven’t changed.”

“Neither have you,” grumbled Aether as he grabbed his lunch and placed it in the bag before closing his locker. He turned around and started walking as Lumine caught up to fall in step next to him. “What are you even doing here? I thought you had filming for that new drama?”

Lumine nodded. “I did, but the energy just isn’t the same without you.” She said, bumping her shoulder against his, causing him to smile.

Our Journey Ahead - Chapter 6 - Lyla_Joy, My_love_is_Dahl1a - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

[lylawrites]

The Marauders hated Snape before he came to school when he wanted to get into Slytherin. Sirius made fun of his greasy hair and big nose, and James didn't like that Snape talked to Lily. Snape used the word mudblood, but he didn't bully muggle-borns. He's poor, he was afraid of getting kicked out of Hogwarts. I think he didn't know that Voldemort killed muggle-borns. Sirius said in book 5 that many people didn't know Voldemort's ideology.

Okay so like where are you getting at with this? I’m confused 😭

[lylawrites]

I’m sure they did do it for an “educational” purpose. I don’t trust HBO at all tbh.

I’m concerned on how people will act based on this information of him being black. The Harry Potter fandom already have racist undertones in it and in my opinion I feel like this just makes it worse considering the complexity of Snape’s characters.

I hope we get more black characters and other POC in the tv show though. Race can change a persons character sm and it will change Snape’s unfortunately.

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

[lylawrites]

And you’re still okay with them adding that subtext? Forget the Marauders because Harry also talks shit about Snape.

You’re okay with them having that racist undertone in Harry Potter as a whole?

If they have more black characters, GOOD black characters I will understand but yet I haven’t seen one or even a hint of one.

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

[lylawrites]

I’m aware of that 100% but don’t you think it’s something wrong when a bunch of poc are visibly uncomfortable with this? I think we are allowed to criticize this.

I understand we can’t change it but we’re allowed to know it doesn’t feel right. Race can actually make a big difference in a character. It may not be the strongest to you but it’s the strongest to a lot of people in my community.

We already have fucking Shacklebolt, his name makes us extremely uncomfortable bet yet no one talks about that.

I know where you’re coming from but please don’t downplay how we feel. We have a right to be upset about this even knowing how Snape is canonically treated.

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

[lylawrites]

I don’t trust HBO either. Neither do I trust JKR who, like you said, is a bigot either way.

I don’t know Paapa Essiedu but I heard good things about him so I’m sure he’s going to give it his all and his best. It’s the people watching that I’m truly concerned about. It worries me what people will do with Snape’s storyline now that he’s a black man.

I didn’t reply to this in your post before but I agree writing wise this was kind of a poor choice. But! I am still hopeful that it turns out rather well. Fingers crossed. That they will handle the bullying and classism well enough that it doesn’t hurt the black community but actually help people understand that classism and all those negative issues can happen to our community.

I do also hope there are more black characters 🤞🏾 cause if Snape and Kingsley Shacklebolt (which his name is bad enough but let’s not start another argument) are the only ones then…as you said…yikes.

Either way I’m still excited for the first trailer to drop along with the rest of the cast.

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

[lylawrites]

You handled your response very well thank you and I agree with you 100%!

It’s okay to talk about it if you’re not a POC (coming from a POC). It’s your opinion and you’re allowed to express it.

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against like race changes cause tbh I don’t care enough. But considering the times know and how JKR is…it doesn’t feel right yk?

Other people in my community is talking about this issue just go on Twitter. We’re all uncomfortable with this and if you don’t see an issue with us being uncomfortable with it then there also lies a problem.

I understand what Snape has been through I really do and him being black is not the main issue. It’s the issue others will do with that that’s my problem.

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

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Girl I’ve been clutching my pearls. I’ve said before that I hate how they treated him. What they did and who they are did not make it RIGHT. And I also didn’t like how he treated Harry just because of what his daddy did.

They’re all morally grey characters and it’s good to understand that. But I still have the right to feel uncomfortable about something. I don’t have a lot of good things to say about this tv show as a whole but that’s just one thing I wanted to point out instead of going on a rant on tumblr cause no one needs to hear that.

And now people are blowing it out of proportion. I understand I get it I really do. I didn’t like how they treated Snape at all. I don’t like bullies and I fucking hated the flashback scenes which I felt were unnecessary but also necessary to the plot for Harry’s understanding of things. I’m Snape fan believe it or not so I never stood for why they bullied just because he was different and didn’t fit the standard James and Sirius grew up with.

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

[lylawrites]

Wait so it didn’t bother you that he was hung upside down before…? But now that hes black it does?

It did. I didn’t like that they bullied him at all. But now it’s just weirder you know what I’m saying?

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I mean…Snape’s depiction already has racial undertones in the book? The hooked nose, sallow skin, dead black eyes, nobody trusts him - it’s already pretty antisemitic.

The Marauders are bigots in their bullying of him. They are rich pure bloods targeting an impoverished half blood because he’s poor and uncouth and ‘because he exists’. The fact that their bigotry is based in classism rather than racism doesn’t mean it’s any better. It just means fans won’t be able to excuse it in a socially acceptable way any more.

Lowkey just answered this LOL.

Okay well it’s only Sirius and James that are rich pure blood so their classism is already heavy af. Peter may also be a pureblood but I don’t think we really know that and well Remus is half-blood.

But I’ve NEVER excused their behavior to Snape cause they’re bullies. And I fucking hate how they treated him and I hated how he took that anger out on a child. There were much better ways people have done this.

But completely changing his race to black?? It doesn’t sit right with me as a black person. It makes my skin itch knowing that there is now a clear racist undertone with them.

But what REALLY gets me is JKR saying shit like she’s happy to add more stuff from the books into the tv show unlike the movies. And that tells me she knows EXACTLY what she’s doing. And if I see a tiny Snape being hunged I will riot idc. She’s not even being true to her own canon and it’s weird yk?

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I have to disagree with that HEAVILY. Cause I am black and the thought of Snape being black and knowing that it’s canon that he gets “hung” makes me extremely uncomfortable 😭idk man I don’t vibe with it especially since he doesn’t have like a vague description. He known go have greasy black hair and pale skin. Him being black kinda takes away from that and really gives them a racist undertone. Classism has nothing to do with it I fear

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

[lylawrites]

Just saw the announcement of some of the official cast of HBO Harry Potter series and I’m so…concerned? Angry? Worried? Disappointed?

It’s so hard to describe cause it’s not bad but it’s not good???

I think the one that’s really the worse is a black guy playing Severus Snape. They really just made the Marauders have a racist undertone. Like they weren’t extreme good people to begin with (they changed) but now it’s just even WORSE. Because they do tease Snape on his appearance and now that he’s black…just no. Absolutely not.

But I do lowkey fuck with the guy who is supposed to play Quirrell. Lowkey looks like the original.

Also who THE FUCK are these actors? I feel so bad cause I never heard of them until this.

And and SHOW ME MY HARRY, RON, AND HERMONIE. I remember seeing something about them but is that like official?

Idk I’m still rooting for this series to show more stuff than they did in the movie but the casting is just not it rn. I’ll need to see a trailer to get a good feel tbh.

Edit:

Okay lowkey seems like some people are confused so let set the record straight. I like Snape. Do I agree with what happened to him? No no I do not. But there will now be a racists undertone in Harry Potter. Maybe me saying “with the Marauders” through people off. But it’s true. It will be there but it will also be there with the franchise as a whole. And that’s something that needs to be addressed. Race CAN change a characters arc and some SOME people need to also understand that. I can not stress enough how I feel about this situation but please don’t downplay the way I feel based on the way others feel. That makes you the part of the problem as well.