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The greatest slow burn toxic workplace yuri of all time. Deborah keeping her promise to Ava is her ultimate act of love. Im fucking sobbing rn.

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I haven't had fun in a long time. Me either.

HACKS: S01E10, "I Think She Will" / S04E06, "Mrs. Table"

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Hacks is Devil Wears Prada if Andy stayed

just saying

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How to Handle Having TOO MUCH To Do

So let’s say you’re in the same boat I am (this is a running theme, have you noticed?) and you’ve just got, like, SO MUCH STUFF that HAS to get done YESTERDAY or you will DIE (or fail/get fired/mope). Everything needs to be done yesterday, you’re sick, and for whatever reason you are focusing on the least important stuff first. What to do!

Take a deep breath, because this is a boot camp in prioritization.

Make a 3 by 4 grid. Make it pretty big. The line above your top row goes like this: Due YESTERDAY - due TOMORROW - due LATER. Along the side, write: Takes 5 min - Takes 30 min - Takes hours - Takes DAYS.

Divide ALL your tasks into one of these squares, based on how much work you still have to do. A thank you note for a present you received two weeks ago? That takes 5 minutes and was due YESTERDAY. Put it in that square. A five page paper that’s due tomorrow? That takes an hour/hours, place it appropriately. Tomorrow’s speech you just need to rehearse? Half an hour, due TOMORROW. Do the same for ALL of your tasks

Your priority goes like this:

5 minutes due YESTERDAY

5 minutes due TOMORROW

Half-hour due YESTERDAY

Half-hour due TOMORROW

Hours due YESTERDAY

Hours due TOMORROW

5 minutes due LATER

Half-hour due LATER

Hours due LATER

DAYS due YESTERDAY

DAYS due TOMORROW

DAYS due LATER

At this point you just go down the list in each section. If something feels especially urgent, for whatever reason - a certain professor is hounding you, you’re especially worried about that speech, whatever - you can bump that up to the top of the entire list. However, going through the list like this is what I find most efficient.

Some people do like to save the 5 minute tasks for kind of a break between longer-running tasks. If that’s what you want to try, go for it! You’re the one studying here.

So that’s how to prioritize. Now, how to actually do shit? That’s where the 20/10 method comes in. It’s simple: do stuff like a stuff-doing FIEND for 20 minutes, then take a ten minute break and do whatever you want. Repeat ad infinitum. It’s how I’ve gotten through my to do list, concussed and everything.

You’ve got this. Get a drink and start - we can do our stuff together!

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Harry Potter

Complete

Another Witch: Newly married Bellatrix and Rodolphus return from a night out drinking and argue. Narcissa deals with them. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated T)

what was expected of her: Bellatrix does what's expected of her (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated M)

Impure Breeding: Bellatrix Black was always taught that purity was vital. Then she met Hermione Granger, a muggleborn metamorphmagus. Together, they could destroy everything the Black family had prided themselves on for generations. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated E)

For Bellatrix, on her Birthday: Bellatrix usually hates celebrating her birthday. This year, Hermione makes it extra special (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated E)

How to Be a Family (We Made the Moon): Bellatrix rejects the life her family expects, running away with Pandora to start their own family, on their own terms. (Bellatrix/Pandora, rated T)

Is it Hot in Here?: Hermione is invited to visit Miss Bella Black's greenhouse, and in all her layers, she can't quite handle the heat. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated T)

Mummy's Girl: With their husbands away, Narcissa and Hermione explore their relationship. And their breeding kink. (Hermione/Narcissa, rated E)

Advent Calendar: Hermione introduces Bellatrix to the muggle tradition of advent calendars (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated G)

Pillow Talk: In the midst of the first wizarding war, Bellatrix and Severus take a moment of peace together. (Bellatrix/Snape, rated T)

Making Headlines: Bellatrix and Hermione's pregnancy announcement brings back memories of their relationship. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated M)

it's worth it, it's divine: Bellatrix has always liked to embarrass Rodolphus in public. This time, she pushes too far. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated E)

Aunt Bella: Bellatrix doesn't want children of her own, but that doesn't mean she doesn't ADORE Draco and Nymphadora. Moments from their childhoods. (No ship, rated G)

All That We Wish To Stay: Narcissa has always loved flowers, and the language woven with plants. The floral arrangements she sends to Bellatrix throughout her young adulthood. For the HP Flowers Spring 2023 round. (Bellatrix&Narcissa, Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated M)

Til Marriage Do Us Part: The last month of Bellatrix Black and Pandora Ollivander’s relationship before Bellatrix’s marriage to Rodolphus Lestrange. For Microfic May 2023 (Belladora, rated M)

What If?: The Weasleys have been pestering Hermione to introduce them to the new man in her life for months. The problem is, she doesn't know how to tell them her 'new man' is Bellatrix Black, the long-reformed death eater. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated T)

A Nocturnal Kind of Courtship: Bellatrix has been acting strange. Sneaking out and coming home in the early hours of the morning, refusing to tell her family where she's been. Narcissa suspects she's courting, but she does not expect Hermione Granger to be the one making her sister so happy. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated M)

How Modest; How Gracious: After her husband died, Narcissa became somewhat of a recluse. Draco insisted she needed to get out more, make some friends, so she found herself sponsoring the Holyhead Harpies. On a team holiday she'd reluctantly agreed to attend, she found herself sharing a tent with Ginny Weasley, and both of them found the other insufferable. Naturally. (Narcissa/Ginny, rated M)

Whip and Snap: Aurora Snape gets her first wand, and her parents give her a charms lesson (Bellatrix/Snape, rated G)

Mutt: Sirius' 21st birthday party wasn't Remus' idea of fun. Until Bellatrix took a liking to him. (Bellatrix/Remus, rated E)

Beyond The Veil: Bellatrix never meant for them to hurt Lily, she just wanted her all for herself. (Bellatrix/Lily, rated T)

London, 1997: Bellatrix and Hermione go on their first official date, but British weather isn't on their side (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated G)

gone: The last thing Narcissa expects to see in the morning is the death of her lover (Narcissa/Lily, rated T)

Granger Family Values: The Granger family are a peculiar bunch (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated G)

Mirror, Mirror: Cygnus enchanted a mirror to entertain his young daughters, and Bellatrix in particular loved it. After his death, it was passed down to his eldest daughter. As the last connection to her father, it becomes Bellatrix's most prized possession. (Bellatrix & Cygnus, rated T)

(she is the best thing that's ever been) mine: Bellatrix didn't expect to find herself pregnant at 45, but her daughter turned out to be the best part of her life (Bellatrix&Delphi, Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated G)

should've just laughed: A positive pregnancy test, and a conversation between sisters. Bellatrix is pregnant, Rodolphus is the father, and Andy and Cissy can't believe what she's done. (Bellatrix&Narcissa&Andromeda, rated T)

HP Liquid Luck 2023 Series: My short fics (500 words and under) for the HP Liquid Luck Drabbles and Art Challenge (Bellatrix centric, various ratings)

Here Comes The Sun: Narcissa Black was a ray of sunshine. Then she grew up, and became cold and withdrawn. She never expected Lucius Malfoy to melt the ice. For the HP Drizzle Fest (Lucius/Narcissa, rated G)

Eager: PWP. Bellatrix is feeling needy, but Hermione rewards patience. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated E)

lost: She didn’t know why she was crying. It’s not like she wanted the little parasite anyway. But as she lay at the gates of Potter cottage, she couldn’t help but weep for the thing. Her thing. Bellatrix has lost her baby, and the first person she thinks to see is Lily, although the last time they spoke, she said she never wanted to see the Potters again (Bellatrix/Lily, rated M)

my heart is thrilled by the still of your hand: On Halloween night, the gang decide to split up and see who can complete the corn maze the fastest. Bella and Rodolphus have other plans. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated E)

Come here, you: Bellatrix and Rodolphus share a moment of intimacy shortly after their escape from Azkaban (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated E)

As Usual: Rodolphus comes home from work, as usual, and spends a romantic evening with his wife, as usual, until she makes an announcement that will change everything (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated E)

Strictly Business: Recently divorced, Bellatrix Black Lestrange accepts an offer to take part in Strictly Come Dancing, and gets more than she bargained for with the pretty young professional she's paired with (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated E)

technicolour (when I look to you): When Narcissa Black was sorted into her Hogwarts house, her world exploded into colour - she'd seen her soulmate. The only problem was her soulmate could be anyone in the Great Hall, and she had to work out who it was. (Narcissa/Lily, rated T)

and so this is christmas: It's Christmas day 1979, and Lily Potter is trying to cook dinner, but Bellatrix has other plans. (Bellatrix/Lily, rated E)

Keep Still: Rodolphus helps his pregnant wife get ready for a ball (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated G)

Daddy's Girl: Cygnus prepares Bellatrix to be a good wife to her future husband (Bellatrix/Cygnus, rated M)

But Daddy I Love Him: Based on Taylor Swift's 'But Daddy I Love Him', Bellatrix tries her best to avoid an arranged marriage with Lucius Malfoy in favour of Rodolphus Lestrange (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated T)

Happy Anniversary: It's Bellatrix and Rodolphus' first anniversary since becoming parents, and Rodolphus is determined to spend some quality time with his wife. Their daughter has other plans. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated M)

head first, fearless: Bellatrix watches Rodolphus play with the children at Draco's birthday party and realises she wants a baby. Rodolphus is more than happy to provide. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated E)

Beach Bar Baby: After losing out on a promotion at Riddle's, and both her younger sisters announcing their engagements, Bellatrix decides to take a holiday. She jets off to the Seychelles and there she meets Rodolphus Lestrange. They spend a night of passion together and in the morning, he's gone. Two months later, Rodolphus takes a trip to London, and Bellatrix has some news for him (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, rated E)

Control: Bellamione indulging in knife play - drabble for Jukebox June (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated M)

Do you trust me?: Vampire Bellatrix turns Lily (Bellatrix/Lily, rated M)

Why is there a dragon in my garden?: Bellatrix turns up at Hermione's door with a surprise (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated T)

warmth: Bellatrix and Nagini give each other the warmth Voldemort denies them (Bellatrix/Nagini, rated T)

Studying: Narcissa invited Lily to study for their NEWTs together - Lily can't focus (Narcissa/Lily, rated T)

The Lavender Wand: The war is over, and Knockturn Alley has been turned into Wizarding Britain's first gay village. The Lavender Wand has become Lily's favourite post-divorce bar, and tonight, she spots an old school crush. (Narcissa/Lily, rated G)

I see you in my dreams: Sybill's dreams prophesise Bellatrix's death - she tries to warn her, but their fate is already set (Bellatrix/Sybill, rated T)

Begin Again: Bellatrix prepares for her first official date with Pandora after ending her relationship with Rodolphus (Bellatrix/Pandora, rated G)

a soldier who's returning (half her weight): When Bellatrix returns from Azkaban, she's nothing like Narcissa remembers, and nothing like the woman she'll become. Narcissa takes care of her (Bellatrix & Narcissa, rated M)

Ongoing

with your touch my life began: The Ministry of Magic assigned their two brightest and most capable witches on a mission to Mount Olympus to retrieve Eros’ Compass. No one expected the bickering coworkers to turn out to be soulmates, and they definitely didn’t expect the consequences of their mission. (Bellatrix/Hermione, rated M)

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the black cousins

all the hidden meanings!

colors:

red is the color of sirius’ shirt, narcissa’s lips and regulus’ pocket handkerchief. red represents how they rebelled against their family (sirius ran away and was openly against their morals, narcissa lied to voldemort and basically helped defeating him w her words, regulus turned against voldemort at the last moment, dying for his cause)

narcissa and andromeda are the only ones not wearing black, and they’re the only survivors in this picture.

clothes and accessories:

andromeda is wearing a white dress that resembles a bride’s dress, because she ran away to marry ted. her and sirius’s clothes are also less restricting than regulus and narcissa’s, because unlike their younger siblings they got their freedom.

andromeda, like her cousins, is wearing silver jewelry, aside from a gold ring (her engagement ring), and with her hand she’s covering a family pendant (she chose love over her family). regulus is wearing a pin that looks like salazar’s locket.

poses and such:

andromeda isn’t looking at the camera because she was the first to “look away from her family”, and sirius is looking at her because he would soon follow in her footsteps (andy also has a hand on his shoulder to further represent her influence on him). similarly, bellatrix (who is the only one smiling) is keeping an hand on narcissa so she wouldn’t leave. narcissa has a hand clenched in a fist, covered by her left, (as a way to hide her defiance).

ok i think this is all but i’m not sure lmao xx

hope you like it ^^

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One of the biggest issues of moving to England as a person who is Ukrainian AND neurodivergent is not knowing how to answer the small talk question of "how are you", but today I was reminded that Ukrainian blessed me with the phrase that roughly translates as "living is hard but dying would be a pity" and can we please naturalise it so I can use it all day every day

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no i’ve never seen the original ocean’s movies. did watch the lesbian milf version though. great film.

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Andromeda has so much middle child energy that she even got left out of the movies.

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In a minute we’re gonna stand up; she’s gonna sit down. You’ll recognize her. Just be cool. Aloof. But kind. But not too kind. Yeah. 

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Peaky Blinders season 5 BONUS scene with Polly and Aberama

There’s 3 in total💞

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Peaky Blinders Series 5 Episode 3 BONUS scene with Polly & Aberama

My heart can’t take it❤️

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The Blackbird and The Lionheart

Red Right Hand - Peaky Blinders Theme; Flood Remix by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Ballad Of Polly Gray - From “Peaky Blinders” The Orginal Soundtrack/Series 4 by Antony Genn & Martin Slattery 

Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox

These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ by Nancy Sinatra

The Chain - 2004 Remaster by Fleetwood Mac

King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men 

King Of My Heart by Taylor Swift

Summer Wine - Single Edit by Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon

Why by Annie Lennox

What He Wrote by Laura Marling

I Am by Jamie Bower

King by Florence + The Machine

Blackbird by Lisa O’Neill

Blackbird/Yesterday by The Beatles

Pointless - Strings Acoustic by Lewis Capaldi

Next To Me by Imagine Dragons

Polly Talks To The Spirits - Season 4 Peaky Blinders Soundtrack by Antony Genn & Martin Slattery

Young And Beautiful by Lana Del Rey

Enemy (with JID) - from the series Arcane League of Legends by Imagine Dragons, JID, Arcane, & League of Legends

 Never Tear Us Apart by Paloma Faith

Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac

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Peaky Blinders | 3x01

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death eaters incorrect tweets

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Most Famous Bellamione Fics

This fic list got voted on my poll, so here it is! The fics that the Bellamione nation was built on.

All fics are on Fanfiction.net as it was the OG site for our Bellamione foundations.

Those Gilded Chains we Wear- This fanfic was published around 2012 and basically launched the Bellamione fandom into the stratosphere. The popularity of the ship began to pick up and more long form fics began to be published. It's considered a cornerstone of Bellamione culture and has inspired countless fics no doubt.

Impossible- This fic predates Those Gilded Chains and is very well written as well. It leans a bit more heavily on Hermione and Bellatrix not getting along at the start but still presents growth in their relationship. I feel this fic does not get as much recognition in the community despite it being one of the rare long fics in 2011 for the ship.

The Dark Corners of the Earth and Murder Most Horrid- Both written by the same author, this writer is still present in the Bellamione community today and writing more. The first fic presents eldritch horror in it and the second one is detective story. Both stories are long and include much worldbuilding. They kept the Bellamione community fed for long stretches of time.

Fractures, Fractures The Last Champion, and Turn Time Series,- All written by the same author, the first and second one feature the OG professor Bellatrix and student Hermione relationship that was fully fleshed out. Their back and forth was always a treat a read, as was the competition and the plot around it. The Turn Time series is also a fun read and though it can be confusing at times trying to figure out what is going on with the plot in connection to all three fics, that is part of the appeal.

Our Mercurial Selves- No longer up, RIP.

No Good Deed- No longer up on any site, this story was intense and very well written. There was always a lot of interaction between the characters and the story unfortunately cut off at a really good climax point.

Lotus Flower- A soulmate AU that sadly is not finished. But it had a good amount of tension in it that would made seeing it unfold fun to read.

Metamorphosis- A fic that has similar vibes and shares story beats to Those Gilded Chains in a good way. It is completed. Not as super popular as the other ones but still worth a read because the reveal of Hermione dating Bellatrix is satisfying.

Future Shocks- Very action based and not much Bellamione until the end, but it still packs quite a punch when reading it. A good example of how to write the horrors of war.

Reign Down- I consider this the dark au fic of all dark au fics. The world building is fantastic and reading the story unnerves me which means it's doing a great job with how it's unfolding. It has not been updated in a while but if you're looking for how a dark au should be structured for Bellamione, this is it.

Time Heals All Wounds- This fic utilized Time Travel in a way not seen in Bellamione fics before and popularized time travel fics as a way to help redeem the relationship between the two of them.

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✨ WLW Wed: Cissamione (Part 1) ✨

A biweekly HP femslash rec list made by the lovely members of the HP SAFFICS (18+) discord server. See all previous rec lists in the WLW Library.

Currently: Hermione Granger/Narcissa Black Malfoy (see Part 2) Previously: Ginsy (see list)

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💫 Hella Long (>100k) 💫

Extinction by @rubikanon [M, 200k]

Post-war adventure across the British countryside, Hermione accidentally falls in love with Narcissa Malfoy, classified missions and intrigue and dementors oh my, Ron isn't a jerk (what?! unheard of!), slow burn romance with a Serious Plot.

Blinding Lights by @16-pennies [T, 121k]

Hermione is left prisoner at Malfoy Manor, presumed dead by the Order and her days numbered by the Death Eaters. Against all odds, she discovers an unexpected ally...

The House of Black by Calliopeia419 [E, 102k]

Hermione studies for a PhD in English Literature and Drama, but struggles to pay the rent on the flat. Already drowning in work for her thesis, she contemplates accepting a job at the university library. But her supervisor Andromeda Tonks suggests an alternative - that Hermione take a part-time job with her sister, who runs a 'small clothes shop'...

The Ties that Bind by @belladonnainbloom [E, 102k]

Finally fed up with the useless advice of healers, Hermione is sure she'll never be able to remove the scar left on her arm by Bellatrix's knife. In a last act of desperation, she seeks out Narcissa Malfoy, now a veritable recluse after the war, in the hopes that she might know something… anything that could help.

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💫 Long (10k-100k) 💫

Secrets of Stonehenge by Asgerthedemon [E, 82.6k]

Once again [Hermione] must save the world from mortal peril, so another Monday at the office. With the help of her friends and new girlfriend Narcissa, she faces off against the Creatures of Chaos, grudge holding journalists and a possessive ex. How will she make it through this trying time?

Dressed in Black by @habren [M, 31.3k]

Trapped in different cages, a surprising request leads to a series of Friday evening meetings that change Hermione's and Narcissa's lives forever.

She's Just a Boy by @looktotheedges [T, 28.8k]

Draco has been given a task by the Dark Lord. A task he can't refuse... Well. Narcissa Malfoy shan't let her son become a killer... She'll do anything for her son... Take his place at Hogwarts...and do the deed herself. Although she had not anticipated being a teenage boy being quite so difficult.

Sonnets & Submission by @storyof-eden [E, 26.5k]

Hermione was just twelve years old when she decided she would follow Harry Potter anywhere. At thirty, she never would've imagined it would lead where it did. To a BDSM club in the middle of London. To kneeling on the floor by her Mistress. To falling in love.

Silhouette by @maraudersaffair, SecondSilk, @sunflower-swan [E, 25.2k] WITH ART!

After the war, Narcissa is down and out and working as a seamstress when Hermione asks her to be her personal dressmaker. Narcissa agrees... The problem is Narcissa can't stop thinking about what it would be like to shag Hermione.

Love in the Eye of a Storm by @rattlesoft [M, 24.3k]

After the war, Narcissa Malfoy spends all of her time holed up in Malfoy Manor. Growing more and more dissatisfied, she takes a holiday to a mysterious island that promises no contact with the outside world. There, she encounters someone else in similar circumstances and a threat straight from her nightmares.

you say they're beautiful (but i can't breathe) by @evadwrites [T, 11.5k]

“It’s stupid,” Narcissa announces when Bella is finished talking. “Why would anyone choose to die for somebody who doesn’t love them back?”... It’s not until Narcissa falls in love with Hermione Granger that she knows for sure: she would let love kill her in a heartbeat.

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