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[whatlieswithintheorchard]

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[theeretblr]

I am holding so much gender in my hand right now

I'm not starting them just yet, there are some tests and fertility preservation things I've got to do first, but I now have Estrogen! I've been debating getting this for like 4-5 years, I may decide it's not for me after I start. I am still genderqueer/genderfluid and I still use any pronouns. I'm not taking T blockers yet either. We'll see how it goes! :)

If you are wanting to start HRT, I highly recommend Folx. I signed up with them, booked an appointment with a Doctor, and had a prescription for Estrogen within a week! Check them out: https://www.folxhealth.com/

[theresthesnitch]

Remus should have fought harder for Sirius and Harry!

No, but... how do you know he didn't? Canon is absoluely silent on it. What we know is that Remus didn't see Harry again until he taught at Hogwarts. Canon tells us nothing about what he was doing during this time.

We also know that Dumbledore had Hagrid pick Harry up from Godric's Hollow on October 31 and fly him straight to the Dursley's house. Hagrid tells us that he went straight there on the bike he borrowed from Sirius Black. Harry was placed with his aunt and uncle, by Dumbledore's order, and kept so completely unaware of magic that he didn't have a clue that magic--magic that he could do, by the way--was real until a giant burly man knocked on a shack in the middle of the lake on his birthday.

Harry was hidden by the most powerful, well respected wizard of the time. Sirius was blamed and put in Azkaban without a trial. This is already a terrible starting pace to *finding* and *rescuing* them, even if Remus had the capability to do so.

Remus is not Harry's godfather, he's got no means to care for Harry, and he's got once a month that he knows without a doubt that Harry is in more danger with him than without. Perhaps he knew that Harry was with his aunt and uncle, but no one suspected that the Durselys would abuse Harry as they did. Even if they hated magic, no one expected them to turn him into the boy in the cupboard under the stairs. That's perposterous. It's unthinkable.

Remus has no power. He's a kid with a wand and very little else. He doesn't have a name, he doesn't have money, he doesn't even have a clean bill of health. If he's going to try to get Sirius out and Harry back, he's going to go to the most powerful wizard he knows. Which, after the War, is Dumbledore.

Dumbledore received numerous awards for whatever it was he did during and at the end of the war. He received honors. He was the only one that Voldemort ever feared. he was given designations and authority, and no one really questioned him.

So Remus goes to him and pleads for his help. Let Sirius out, he demands. You know Sirius would never do this to James. He would never do this to Peter. They were his friends. Dumbledore says I didn't think he would either, and yet their dead. Remus says give him a trial, because there must be an explanation. Dumbledore tells him that Sirius laughed hysterically on the way to Azkaban. Sirius confessed, he says. "It's my fault their dead," Sirius says, because he believed it to be true, and they accepted his confession.

Remus begs, but Dumbledore tells him it's settled. Who is Remus to fight Dumbledore? Perhaps he tires, perhaps it's hopless. Or, perhaps, he asks to have contact with Harry. Even if he can't care for him, because no one would trust the boy who lived with a werewolf, let him at least have contact with Harry. Harry deserves to know his parents. Dumbledore tells him no. It will be too confusing for the boy. It will be dangerous if you bring death eaters with you. It's better for him if he grows up believing he is a member of that family. it is better for him if he doesn't have contact with you.

Remus has los everything, and the only person that he thought might help him has turned him away.

Remus has nothing left. He has no one left. No one will listen to him if Dumbledore is against him, and everyone is celebrating while Remus can only think of what he's lost.

What did he do for the next fourteen years? Personally, I think he left the country. Traveld the world as a magical creature exterminator for hire. He had nothing left in England. Why would he stay? Perhaps he didn't even keep track of the years--what do they matter anyway--until he gets a letter from Dumbledore asking him to come back.

He has nothing else. Why not return? Perhaps it's safe for Harry to know who he is, now. He just has to get on the train the morning after the full moon, but it's fine. he can sleep all the way there.

[unpretty]

thoma please calm down

[intotheelliwoods]

what are your price plans for the keychains..... looking up at you with my big autistic eyes

Currently its looking to be in the $20-25 range!

Though reminder there would not just be a keychain, also a sticker sheet and 2 buttons! (maybe 3...)

[ghoulgeists]

*waves wand* BAM im putting him in more funny little outfits

[fritzes]

15-30 is such an interesting point. it will make or break you. either you go down two break points or, for a brief second, you have a respite, you’re back on level ground. but that relief only lasts for a moment, because you just have to keep going

[amariafiore]

i worked up the courage to post a coord here for the first time be nice to me.........i was out all day going to gift giveaways and santa things with my little cousin and then me and my aunt went to the mall and this is what i wore ueeeeee

[trapdoornumberthree]

Umm... I'm trying something! Circumstances are a little dire, as we approach the end of the month short on rent. In favor of asking for donations, I'm trying a different approach!

Commission vouchers!

This voucher will never expire, and is good for ONE* single character commission of any type [yes, even if it's worth more than the voucher]! Each voucher will have a number [out of thirty] on it, as well as a unique little doodle. Each voucher can be used for a separate commission, or combined for a couple/group comm! Each one is also able to be traded, if that's your style. Just let me know first, otherwise I can't verify any new owners!

Please DM me if you're interested in [pre?]ordering something like this! It'd really help me out ^^' AND you get some pretty discounted art from me! Otherwise, reblogging this helps me out a ton! [though if the $30 pricetag is too daunting, but you'd like to help me out financially, you could always toss a couple bucks at my kofi!]

* In cases of my smaller comm styles, like pagedolls, little guys, and screenshot redraws, this voucher is worth AT LEAST $30, and may count for multiple pieces where applicable. In these cases, combining vouchers will NOT be applicable, and multiple characters will be considered on a per-order basis. Thank you!

[lunius-art]

Why does Dave the 40 year old merman look like he should be 60? Pick your answer

A) Mind-numbing office job is accelerating his aging

B) The story has an unreliable narrator, he’s actually 62

C) The country he lives in (Schrödinger’s Australia) has a different calendar, according to which he IS 40

D) tumblr user lunius-art makes silly little doodles without putting too much thought into them and is too stubborn to change it afterwards

[jaynovz]

Luke Arnold did not put his entire psyche and pussy into John Silver to the detriment of his own health for yall to say Silver is a mastermind liar and not a fucking repressed bisexual MESS

[thewheatgerm]

SEASON 8 TIME BESTIES

cast your votes here: who is going to win jet lag season 8?!

[ofliterarynature]

Aaaaaaaaaa author of book club and personal favorite My Volcano has an illustrated short story collection of surreal fiction coming out later this year!!!!!!

👀

[fruitybashir]

@Bojan you pay 30% extra

KRIS

he loves being a little mean to his fake boyfriend friend with benefits future real boyfriend <3

[bad-as-me]

had another 21 year old ask me how old i am (clearly assuming we're the same age) and acted gender ambiguous again

[psilosirens]

the universe does Not want me to find a therapist its almost like she wants me to **** ******