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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 30

Age of Sail AU: Young James and Sirius are best friends and the closest of companions, much to the disapproval of Sirius’ parents, who consider the Potters inferior for Various Reasons. In an attempt to separate Sirius from James’ “bad influence,” Orion and Walburga send him to stay with relatives in France and continue his education on the Continent; Orion is supposed to accompany him, but when he falls ill, Sirius’ black-sheep Uncle Alphard takes Orion’s place. James and Sirius have a tearful farewell and swear to meet again, cutting their palms and becoming “blood brothers” to seal their oath, but Sirius and Alphard’s ship is attacked and scuttled by pirates, with uncle and nephew among those believed slain in the process.

James is heartbroken and ends up entering the Royal Navy, partly to advance his family’s good name but also because he’s vowed to eradicate all pirates as the scourge they are. James is rapidly making progress towards a captaincy of his own until his ship is boarded by a pirate vessel flying a silver star on a black field. James ends up locked in combat with a strangely familiar pirate—

Pirate!Sirius/Navy!James, of course, as Sirius and Alphard were in fact rescued by the pirate captain who attacked their ship when it accidentally sank; Alphard and the captain fell in love, and when Sirius decided he’d rather stay with his uncle (and be free to find James again) rather than return to the rest of his family, Sirius was trained up to replace said captain. James’ entire understanding of events is upended, and as the boyhood friends are once more together, Sirius is more than happy to show James some of the other liberties that come with a life of piracy. 🏴‍☠️

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I’m so sorry you had to deal with this! This very specific kind of concern troll needs to be banished to a very small island with no shade and no wi-fi, because there’s something extra infuriating about this kind of “helpful” criticism. Some people can’t accept that different authors have different writing styles, even varying their style between projects, and not everything that doesn’t match their personal preference is automatically in need of their superior taste. I’m someone who also enjoys a more verbose writing style on occasion and has received criticism like this in the past, and it still hurts/infuriates me even though I now know it’s not my writing that’s the problem, it’s their entitlement that expects everything to be content made to be consumed specifically by them.

If this is your most recent Prongsfoot fic, I’m doubly sad because I haven’t read it yet; I’m abstaining from fic as a reader while I try to work on my own fic, and the problems I have with that just make it worse that someone would offer unsolicited crit like this. I’m sure I would’ve loved the fic, and I’m sure others do already, but if you feel you have to delete the fic, do what’s best for you. Just don’t internalize this as being on you or on your writing style, because I know that’s such an easy trap to fall into. This is on that commenter, who even in the most generous interpretation should have contacted you privately and asked if you wanted a beta/editor, not just assume you were “making mistakes” because they didn’t think it lived up to their expectations. Like you said: You’re writing for yourself and the people who appreciate you, not for people who don’t think you’re “doing it right” if you don’t do it exactly like they would!

/internet hugs

just received a hate comment on my recent fic telling me that i was using too many filler words and that it was like i was trying to hit the word count 😭 this person then proceeded to give me THREE examples of where i was apparently 'too obvious' with my writing 😭 they recommended i should 'show, not tell' and that i should delete a few sentences 😭 im literally crying this is a FAN WORK, that i do FOR FUN out of the love of my HEART i am doing this for FREE bc i love the characters???? this was so discouraging im honestly astounded WHY would you go onto a FANFIC and then criticise the writing???? i write fanfic bc im severely depressed and it brings me joy if you dont like my writing you could just click off? idk it just made me really sad because what does that even mean 'you used so many fillers [proceeds to give me 10 examples of where i used fillers and it was like you were trying to hit the word count' ?!!?!?!? WHAT WORD COUNT? 😭 THIS ISNT SCHOOL???? TELL ME!!! WHAT WORD COUNT?!?!?!? IM NOT WRITING AN ESSAY!!!! LIKE WHAT EVEN WOULD I GET IF I HAD A LARGER WORD COUNT????? I DONT GET PAID FOR THIS 😭 I JUST WROTE THAT MUCH BC I LOVE JAMES AND SIRIUS??? idk im just ... really sad? it was just shocking to read? like this is a labour of love idk i feel like deleting the entire fic now

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Ooh, fun! Thank you @fiendishfyre for the tag! <3

Oh no, I'm going down the picrew rabbit hole again... Anyway, open tag if you haven't been already!

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Found this picrew by @alerterin and I love it

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Ooh, fun! Gonna try to at least get out some microfics for this! ❤️

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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 29

Building on my previous post: Literally Lovecraftian Prongsfoot.

James, the literal embodiment of another galaxy’s sun, seeing tiny mortal lives flash past in the span of single heartbearts, taking human form with eyes that still blaze with his solar fire, solely to meet Sirius because no-one else has so much love to give and so little love given to him.

Sirius, born to a House of Black with star-tainted blood, battling his innate urge to devour James in every way because that’s how much Sirius’ love is consuming him, afraid to show James his true self for fear of driving him away and finding that James isn’t horrified at all, Sirius will always be beautiful and fascinating and Sirius to James.

Both of them as a pair of happily-wedded monstrosities, impossible beings wrapped in human flesh, on a never-ending honeymoon that lays the universe out before them like a cosmic buffet for two.

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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 28

Prongsfoot wholly, completely in love is almost Lovecraftian, because normal people can’t possibly grasp the way they feel about about each other; from the outside it seems unhealthy, destructive to themselves and to the world around them, because when they're together their morals undergo a seismic shift to mirror each other rather than any societal norms or expectations. At their most enmeshed, the lines between “I” and “him” start to blur in a way that would terrify anyone else; being known is being vulnerable, and Sirius and James know the best and worst of each other with a kind of acceptance that others just can’t offer.

In sharp contrast to how others view them, like the eye of a hurricane, James and Sirius experience both perfect dynamism and perfect stillness when they’re together, their respective wavelengths synching in perpetuity like a runner’s high: It feels so right that nothing they do together can be wrong. It’s in this state that they pull off their most outrageous achievements, and it’s in this state that they’re at their most dangerous.

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Remus always blushes whenever he gets too close to James and hopes that James doesn't notice it

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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 27

Non-Magic AU or Hiding From The Magic World AU:

James starts leaving sappy little notes around for Sirius before they’re even dating, “as a joke,” but the affection is very real and Sirius loves them, although he won’t admit it. This continues after they get together, and when they move in together after school, James is always up first anyway for those early-morning runs, so he makes both their lunches before work and always puts little love notes in Sirius’. This continues after they get married, with some of the notes being purely smile-inducing and others being decidedly spicy; and when Harry comes along, of course James puts encouraging little notes in his lunch, continuing throughout Harry’s school years. Harry pretends to be annoyed by it as he gets older, but he actually looks forward to seeing them every day because his dads adore him and Harry thrives with this kind of love and support.

Granted, Harry acquires somewhat mixed feelings about both the notes and his dads’ still being so very in love when he and Sirius accidentally get their lunches switched and Harry gets an eyeful of one of James’ “spicier” notes to Sirius, but…

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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 26

Consider: Prongsfoot, pining for each other, oblivious to the other’s true feelings.

Sirius feeling guilty every time he has sex with someone else while knowing that the one be really wants is James, just knowing that James would want his first time to be special and wishing he’d waited, but figuring that James would never return his feelings so Sirius may as well have what fun he can.

James, who is in fact still a virgin he’s waiting on sirius, but who’s blown a head-turning number of guys since his sexual awakening because he knows Sirius is much more experienced and doesn’t want to disappoint him when James finally makes his play.

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Yes, more Sub!James! I think he definitely needs to 100% trust whoever’s domming him, because James is (to me) mostly a service top when he tops and he needs someone to give him the same kind of focus and dedication.

Also, we all know James loves attention, so pillow prince/ss James makes perfect sense to me! I think he’s too active and dynamic for it to be all or even most of the sex he has, but sometimes he just wants people to lavish loving attention on him while also fucking his brains out until he melts into a boneless puddle of pleasure, and honestly? He deserves it. ❤️

thoughts on Sub!James?

I loove it! Give me sub James, the mans is totally fine with letting someone dom him. He loves the praises and punishment if he's misbehaved~

I don't think there is enough sub!james out there and it's a shame. (Maybe there plenty but I think it can def be higher up. XD )

James is a leader and sometimes he just wants someone else to lead, to take up responsibilities. To let himself feel doted on by someone else. Those are my fuzzy thoughts, had more to say but forgot.

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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 25

Becoming Animagi added a few new quirks to James and Sirius’ relationship, with their animal forms carrying certain instincts and behaviors into their daily lives. James is hyper-aware of Sirius’ eyes on him and his usual love of attention becomes a pursuit kink; he consciously or otherwise turns into a grade-A tease, flashing his abs in a crop top or talking to someone he *knows* Sirius doesn’t like, or eating something inappropriately phallic in an unnecessarily obscene way until Sirius *has* to drag him behind a closed door or crowd him against the wall. Sirius gains an even more overwhelming tendency to let everyone know James is his, draping himself over James in public and leaving teeth-marks in conspicuous places. Granted, scent-marking doesn’t work quite the same way with humans as it does with animals, but come-marking makes a nice replacement.

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I actually started a Prongsfoot A/B/O fic with Alpha Sirius/Omega James where James gets Teen Pregnant™️ despite trying to avoid it for the sake of his future Quidditch career; he doesn’t terminate the pregnancy for a number of reasons, but it has exactly the effects he was worried about and it drives a wedge between Sirius and James, especially after the baby is born. It’s pretty sketchy and very unfinished and I probably won’t end up posting it for a number of reasons, but just wanted to say that as much as I love it when my ships have kids (and I genuinely think Prongsfoot would want kids in many cases), I too have thought about the downsides of these scenarios!

Trope subversion -Feat Accidental Pregnancy...

Recently i read a fic which had the plot story - best friends having a one night stand leading to accidental pregnancy but there was no such tag placed on the fic, neither m preg was tagged as it was an m/m fic. I thought to request the author in the comment section to add the necessary tag because even though I am not against either of those trope, I was not mentally prepared for the story going in that direction...

In the comment section I found one comment which caught my eye. The user was like me a little pissed but their reason was that the main protagonist took the seemingly noble option of going through the pregnancy and keeping thr kid despite their career having to take a back seat. The author replied stating that priorities change when you get the news and as such...

It all made me think about how in any fic where accidental pregnancy is involved, whether m/m Or f/m, I never read a story where the lead went through the abortion and still both partner having an hea. In all the stories it was either keeping the kid and falling in love Or aborting and parting ways because now there is nothing keeping them together....

Abortion is not what everyone agree on or people believe that it is personal choice but i think it helds a taboo to it. Like one doesn't outright announce it. Even it is done, it is pretty hush hush. Not that i have come across any such matter in personal life but this is how I have seen in society in general...

Have you come across any such story where despite abortion, the same couple fall for each other....

Would such a story intrigue you if the expecting protagonist takes the presumably easy way out because they aren't ready for kids or want to focus on career and are being selfish and choosing their own mental and emotional well being over the life of their unborn kid. And the couple having this common loss binding them together because they did let go one branch of possible future life. And then bonding over it and falling for each other.....

I mean how come all accidental pregnancy trope lead to having the kid..... Is romance possible if the leads (not in an existing relationship and not already having strong feelings for each other) decide to terminate pregnancy, ,,, can they still find their way to each other????

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do you have any sideblogs?

Nope! I used to, in a past tumblr life, and I've been considering a catch-all sideblog for non-HP stuff, but for the moment, this is the only place (on tumblr) you'll find me!

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Daily Prongsfoot Thought 24

The Fox and the Hound AU, except it’s The Stag and the Hound and starts with adorable teeny baby fawn James and equally adorable pure-blooded hunting-dog puppy Sirius meeting and becoming friends because they don’t fully understand they’re not supposed to. Things are very cute and kept secret from Sirius’ family, and while James’ parents know, they’re worried that their baby boy will get hurt. James and Sirius grow up a bit and say a tearful goodbye before Sirius is sent away for training, during which time James matures and takes over Prince of the Forest-style from his aging (possibly late) father. Sirius returns a fully-blooded hunting dog and pretends he doesn’t care about James in a ‘break his heart to save him’ ploy, but ultimately their childhood friendship has become something more, even if it’s more impossible than ever.

Also they are kemonomimi/demihuman/beastfolk humans with animal features, and there’s a natural world/‘civilized’ or domesticated divide. And possibly romantic rivals/obstacles! And defying the “natural order!” And maybe Moonchaser

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Sirius is one of those dogs (and cats, etc) that get so excited when they’re being petted that they can only express it by biting you.

Or if you try to stop petting them and they’re immediately NO DON’T GO STAY but they don’t have hands to grab you, so all they can do is CHOMP lovingly.

Sirius does have hands, but they’re usually around James’ waist, etc, so his teeth are like extra insurance. If James is between his teeth, Sirius knows where he is.

and the marks let people know where james has been

Sirius to james

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James was every other Marauder’s first kiss.

You know it in your heart to be true.

james was remus's first kiss