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Is there anything as enjoyable as a soundtrack that just completely doesn’t make sense with what’s going on?

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Is it just me, or is Harry Potter Mystery biased towards Gryffindor? We work with the Gryffindor ghost, are hated by the rival of Gryffindor’s head of house, and our best friend is obsessed with the Gryffindor Headmaster. I’m not saying that we live in a world that’s entirely biased towards Gryffindor, but this doesn’t help my case.

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It takes, at least, an hour to write a thousand words. And that’s when the words flow easily and it doesn’t include editing time. At least that’s my experience. 

It’s hard. It takes time and focus and so much dedication that it’s mind-boggling. Fic writers plot while they drive to work, when they pick their kids up at school, when they take a shower, when they try to fall asleep. Basically? We plot all the time. Scenes play over and over and over in our heads until it’s like watching it on tv (this is, admittedly, awesome but also at times problematic). Lines pop into our heads at the weirdest times and we make notes on scratch papers and napkins and on our phones so we don’t forget them. We eat, breathe, and sleep our stories.

Some writers write on their lunch breaks at work instead of eating. Some stay up half the night and show up exhausted to work the next morning. Some spend weekend mornings writing at a coffee shop instead of hanging out with their family or friends. Whenever they write the fanfic you read, they do it for free and it costs them time, energy and (for those of us who camp out in coffee shops for hours on end) sometimes money.

So here it is. 

If you have constructive criticism? Great. Be mindful of how you give it. Ask if the author is open to it first. Be specific. Be focused. And balance it with good points. If you are instead inclined to leave a note explaining that you won’t be reading because you don’t care for a plot element, hit the back key instead. The writer owes you nothing and comments like these are rude, self-entitled and egocentric as fuck. That fanfic you just spent fifteen minutes reading and the author spent 8 hours writing? It’s a gift. If you don’t like it? Politely back away and go elsewhere. 

You are free to dislike anything you like, even if its a canon plot element. You are also free to express that dislike. However - and here’s the kicker - that doesn’t mean you should. 

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I really want to write a story in the HP universe... but like a cop show, where the Aurors have to deal with all sorts of shit from these crazy wizardfolk

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I just love how this has become 100% canon. Like nothing has ever implied in the books that hufflepuffs are the best finders, and yet we just know

of course harry spent so long trying to find the horcruxes, dumbledore should have sent a hufflepuff instead

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Chapter 41: The Yule Ball

Just finished Chapter 41 of “A Stumble in Time,” on both AO3 and FFN :) My babies finally get some happiness!

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So what would happen if all the people who crumbled away in Infinity War appeared in another dimension?

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Fanfiction is the literal embodiment of “if you want something done right, do it yourself”

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As someone with OCD, this went from “ok lol I wonder what normal people think is slightly uncomfortable” to “OH MY GOD MAKE IT STOP” to, “wait a second am I actually normal?!!! And OP is the crazy one???”

Slightly uncomfortable dump

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when people yell at retail workers/waitstaff/etc. for no reason

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Is anyone else like super attached to their character’s looks? Every time I try to change her - even her eye color or haircut - I feel like it’s just profoundly wrong. She’s become a person to me now, like she’s the character going through this and nothing can change her.

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The most unrealistic thing about Hogwarts Mystery is that we have friends in all the houses

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Why do I want a book where two girls start out as enemy thieves and both get arrested for trying to steal the same thing, then get put in the same cell in the same prison and end up falling in love.

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ha?

every single person who reblogs this

every

single

person

will get “doot doot” in their ask box

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Addamsfamily figures made by @kutuleras

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Omg let me tell you guys about the time I stood In the on campus cafe trying to avoid eye contact with my professor... she saw me and walked up to me, asking if I was planning on skipping her class.

I’m an honest lady, so I said that I was helping my friend through some shit (those exact words, btw) and she said, “it’s ok, I was debating whether I should cancel class so I can go hang out with my dog. Don’t worry about it.”

I’ll never forget that time when me and my professor were both late for class in line at a Starbucks