#but the sibling thoughts are too strong.....ough

[erosyrup]

Crime and Punishment: *hands me a pair of doomed siblings*

Me: woag...

[honey-dont]

stex month day 13: flat top!

favorite actors: SO many. ross dawes is my forever fave but i also love delano williamsen, dennis courtney, luuk hartog, todd lester, mark davis, richard mylan, marcel brauneis, and paul treacy! plus whoever played him in tuacahn, i've never been able to find a cast list </3

i think a lot of actors tend to play him pretty one-note so i love when people balance his jerk asshole side with his softer caring side! plus he's always fun comedic relief, shoutout to ross for smacking himself in the face with his own brick. and how can we forget dennistop's goofy helium laugh. love him

favorite songs/scenes: watching him mess around in freight and the blues is SO fun he's so funny <33 the lil spin and suspender snap paul does is adorable, also love him bothering this poor random woman in the audience with his brick. i mentioned ross above but him climbing around on the set like a jungle gym is so so cute!! also tuachan flats getting super excited to see rusty and waving at him!!

love literally all of his and dustin's interactions too, esp when he waves off the rockies for teasing him ough. their little goofy solo in freight!! <3

AND ofc all of his and rusty's interactions! him being a little shit to poppa and rusty jerking him back by his couplers....peak sibling behavior. love him giving rusty his helmet back after he gets beat up, esp how ross does it bc he doesn't tell him to give up!! he still believes in him!! brb exploding

him and poppa/momma are rly fun too, flat top is definitely their least favorite child but they still care about each other <3

honorable mentions to dinah giving him a cheek kiss too it's so cute

OH wait one last thing. when he hears about cb's plan and he looks SO disappointed in greaseball bc that's him finding out that his hero isn't who he thought he was and UGH. it's so good

wait i lied one more. him and rocky messing around during the megamix and throwing the brick to each other <3

favorite costumes: london!! oh my god all the little details are so good like he's quintessentially 80s london punk and it shows. his little socks! the steel toes on the skates!! the bigass frankenstein bolt collar <3 i'm especially fond of his earlier fluffy black & silver wig, it's adorable

i also loooveee the 3d glasses makeup but the bit where he just had graffiti scribbled all over his face is so funny like "hey what should we put on him to show that he's rebellious?" "just write SEX + DRUGS" "ok got it"

also brick on a chain my beloved <3 AND in late london where his belt was made of wood planks to show that he's a flatcar!! so good

i also have a fondness for on ice flats. his stupid nail boots. and tuacahn bc i respect the decision to put him in a crop top and chaps

favorite ships/friendships: flatdust is my train otp i love them i love them i love them <333 they have it all....friends to lovers....sunshine/grumpy....introvert/extrovert....good stuff. their friendship is so sweet to me bc they're total opposites and yet! special shoutout to that one boot where it genuinely looks like they're about to start making out onstage

i love him and rusty too, they're absolutely siblings to me and wind each other up all the time but they still care for each other! also him and cb in a frenemy situation bc cb thinks it's funny to push his buttons

his hero worship on greaseball is also really interesting bc it ties into his whole self-discovery arc imo

headcanons: he's physically the weakest of the freight and he absolutely has a chip on his shoulder about it </3 i hc him as a bulkhead so engines tend to dislike him too due to him being prone to derailing at speed, so he's desperate to prove that is he is cool and strong actually!! he's also like 5'4" without the boots lmao little guy

he's scared of thunderstorms but won't admit to it so dustin will hold his hand and pretend that he's the one who's scared ;-; he also helps dustin out in his garden sometimes but he sucks at it so he just gets to stand there and be moral support. guy who doesn't get the concept of seeds and will just rip up whole flowers for dustin to plant

also very rarely smiles bc he doesn't like his tooth gap :( dustin thinks it's cute tho

unpopular opinion: flat top is such an interesting character bc like. he does NOTHING and yet he has one of the strongest character arcs in the whole show! it's all about him figuring out who he is and where he belongs and it's so fascinating to watch unfold in the background. him racing with rusty in the final would've been such a good culmination of that

also i don't think this is unpopular but on my knees begging him to be punk again like that's his whole point

anyway sorry for writing an entire essay i'm normal about him.

(last two pics are commissions from arachnidal and sparemayonnaise!)

[floofz]

i just finished watching ep five... can i know your thoughts on it

OUGH... so many thoughts my dude... where do i even start...

well first of all this episode completely wrecked me emotionally. domestic violence is always hard to watch, but damn did they do their best to make it as horrible as possible (in a good way! its amazing how studio lan sheds light on these kinds of things happening). the animation - the expressions, the hitting, the bruises - the audio design - god the sounds of the violence alone were so fucking heartwrenching. and then the involvement of the kids too. it was so so painful to watch but it was so incredibly well done.

we finally get to know more about the two siblings (and also confirmation that the two are actually involved! plus that lu guang turns out not to be the good brother in the childrens drawing). the scene with cheng xiaoshi being amused about the brother's behaviour and childish thinking seems funny at first, but when you later see the family situation theyre in, it all just makes so much painful sense. he has all this rage and strong sense of justice in him bc they are growing up in this unstable household full of violence. its heartbreaking.

the boy the brother met at the fountain, i first thought it was a young cheng xiaoshi bc of the haircut, but his voice was very different so now im perplexed. they could just be trying to throw us off here but i cant imagine them picking such a drastically different voice from cheng xiaoshi for him, especially bc we already heard his voice as a kid in s1. now my guess is maybe a young qian jin? it would check out with what we know about younger him. and i mean were 5 episodes in we kinda need to get to all the connections eventually.

now, lu guang and cheng xiaoshi. i've already seen people on reddit talk about how lu guang seems off again this episode. what particularly makes me think though is that one scene where their connection supposedly went "bad". i mean, everything, especially in animation, is very intentional so there must be much more to it. im wondering if someone interfered with their connection. one theory i also saw and thought about it a bit more on my own: what if red eyes - either one of the siblings - somehow possessed lu guang during their dive for a short time, making him unable to talk to cheng xiaoshi on his own, hence the silence. and after that he also doesnt realize he was silent for a while. and bc one of the siblings took hold over him for a sec, they saw what lu guang saw and that would explain why the sister supposedly knows cheng xiaoshi (and wants to talk to him at the police station) and that he was involved with her past through the dive. though i guess she could also know about him from qian jin. idk, I JUST HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

all in all a fucking fantastic episode but i did have to take a break after watching it. its very emotionally draining. but you can definitely tell the care and thought they put into this.

OH WAIT I ALMOST FORGOT. the little soft expressions and smiles from lu guang when cheng xiaoshi acted cute as xixi in the episode made me explode<3 gdi once again cheng xiaoshi never sees his soft expressions, LU GUANG LOOK AT HIM LIKE THAT WHEN HE CAN SEE.

anyway yeah lots of thoughts 😭 PLS also let me know what you think!!!

[nonuggetshere]

ok but on a more serious note, hollow has been fighting with the radiance ever since they were sealed, and everytime they lost, a part of their "shell" cracked (can be taken metaphorically too)

in the end they look more like a shade because they feel they shouldn't be alive

an expample outside of the siblings is myla, who after so much time in the mines feels like she is part of them now and thus has crystals growing in her body

tiso has been questioning whether he is really strong or not and so his strength in the dream realm varies

zote is zote, usually when he thinks of himself as stronger than other he takes the appereance of grey prince zote, otherwise he looks the same

i think iselda still thinks of herself as a warrior at heart so her appereance reflects that

i haven't thought of something for everyone yet but i think you get the point

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OUGH I LOVE THAT

[giratina-plushie]

I would like. Adaman, Irida, and uhhhhhhh [spins the wheel] Bianca thoughts. pleese :)

ouuuuu good picks good picks

for adaman:

First impression: oooh. Cool Guy. id wear that outfit. hell yeah

Impression now: YEAHHHH COOL GUY!!! doing his Fucking Best out here. i really like how he interacts with his clan he's very nicey to them (apart from one time when the world is exploding but i forgive him for that). i also love how much of a contrast he is to irida

Favorite moment: this is so hard to pick but i think when he's talking to arezu after she messed up her ankle. he's SO kind and gentle with her it's very heartwarming

Idea for a story: i think a story where he just decides one afternoon he's gonna poke his head around the timeline a bit would be funny. put that man in situations but as soon as it gets dangerous enough to threaten his life dialga yoinks him out of there. we've got a bunch of different time periods now with sv there's a lot you can do with it. specifically i want to put him in a secured area in the aether foundation and have people freak out about how he got in there

Unpopular opinion: i don't think i have one? i'll be honest i don't pay too much attention to these things

Favorite relationship: holds up mai melli and adaman. they are SIBLINGS!!!!!!!!! to me. and i won't let go of it

Favorite headcanon: i like to think he just hangs out with dialga. like it's this super formal legendary but he just leans on it and tells it about his day. yeah it's the god of time so what it's also a beast and a friend

for irida:

First impression: small. pink. frowning. friend..?

Impression now: I AM NORMAL ABOUT HER COME CLOSER i picked her to help me with the lakes because a) ive never seen anyone do that before and b) i wanted to fight origin forme dialga i think it's really cool and. OUGH it's such a good snapshot into her character. she's overly formal, sure, but she's also so caring and so stressed and augh!!! i love her. she's a delight

Favorite moment: at spear pillar when palkia's talking to her. there are definitely others but i think that one's just really cool. she's a bit possessed and that's ok

Idea for a story: i wanna write her hanging out with someone she usually wouldn't interact with. sabi, maybe, i like sabi. or arezu! i think they'd both be fun to write together MN

Unpopular opinion: again, do not think i have one of these, apart from the fact that i like her just as much as adaman i think there's a bias from the amount of art i've seen

Favorite relationship: her and gaeric. a family can be 1 funny buff icelands man 1 very small clan leader and a bunch of ice pokemon and eevees

Favorite headcanon: like adaman, i think she hangs out with palkia and also i think it picks her up like longcat. also she's buff. you can't take that from me. she was trained by gaeric there's no way she isn't fairly fucking strong

aand last but DEFINITELY not least, the bianca:

First impression: oh she's the ditsy girl to complement the serious boy, got it

Impression now: SHE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT I LOVE HER!!!! she's a ray of sunshine she's a walking beacon of hope she's a reminder that you don't have to have it all figured out right away she's a caring loving friend she's finding her own way in life at her own pace and she wears a funny hat

Favorite moment: honestly when she showed up in b2w2 just because of the sheer joy in my heart i felt when i saw her

Idea for a story: either something about her and elesa working together on designing clothes or just putting her and n in the same place for more than five seconds

Unpopular opinion: again, i don't know what the popular opinions are, so i have nothing for this

Favorite relationship: her and hilda/hilbert, actually! i can't remember too many details it's been over half a year since i played w1 but i always loved when she showed up. they're childhood friends. she's very kind to them. that delights me.

Favorite headcanon: i like to think she does end up working with elesa, at least for a bit. maybe not straight up doing the modeling, maybe she tries that and goes "hm, maybe not for me" and starts focusing on other aspects like clothes design or choreographing the modeling stuff! i also like the idea of her getting to travel to other places and see new sights even after she's done with her traditional Pokémon Journey. put her in kalos. let her run around in a boutique. enrichment

[sodrippy]

*shows up in your inbox covered in sweat and tears* okay so i finished wci

hi!! it's op anon, how are you? how have you been? did you have fun on your vacation?

so ik this is on me for knowing the whole plot before reading it + taking big breaks between reading + having a migraine for half of it BUT i feel like it was just okay. idk, what do you think?

like i feel like the parts with sanji wayy outweighed the rest of it. but i mean i am biased so... although i will say i liked bege and chiffon a lot more than i thought i would. they're probably my favorite side characters along with carrot, pekoms and pedro. who were some of your favorites?

speaking of - zou was so good!! love sanjis cunty little blue fur jacket, but more than that i liked the lore parts about wano! and the minks <3 (also am i just yaoi brained or are duke dogstorm and cat viper supposed to be another zoro/sanji parallel like dorry and broggy were?) and the heart pirates! they're such cuties

okay now the sanji parts: OUGH WAUGH AHHHH

he really is all heart isn't he 🥺 that first fight with judge in the present where he's like talking to himself like "he treated you worse than anyone but you still can't go all out on him?" ough. god.

and i LOVED reiju putting him in his place about trying to blame himself for their mom's death. (and i mean i know he had to save them because that's who he is) but he still has yet to learn that lesson of respecting women's agency

speaking of! zeff's parenting... sanji really walked out of one prison of masculinity into another huh? 😬🚬

but little sanji... i knew what happened but actually seeing it... you'll find people who are good to you! and then he did!!! 🥺

and i like that we see a return of his east blue coping style of like.. feeling stuck so just rolling over and accepting whatever comes. but like you cannot just let life happen to you. you have to act! you have to ask for help! not making a choice is choice itself! (i am having a totally normal reaction to this btw 👍)

also sanji getting luffy after he defeats katakuri and going i knew you could do it! waugh.. they really love and trust each other completely T.T not to mention their talk in the rain! :c to be loved is to be known and to know you can rely on someone :cc

i think that's all i had to say about sanji, other than that jinbe was so cool!! i love that dude so much

and pedro </3 i can't believe he actually died, i'm worried about pekoms too, i hope he's alright at least :(

also i kind of think the big mom pirates should just commit regicide and rule as siblings that would kind of slay. they seem to actually care for each other ( at least more than their mother does), thoughts?

aaaand i do not usually think this ( i am a zosan and sanuso enjoyer only) but that scene where pudding tells a captured nami and luffy that she's gonna kill sanji did make me think for like FIVE seconds: east blue polycule real?? now i've shaken that off but i just had to get it off my chest

ummm i think that's it? i hope you're having a wonderful day and i look forward to hearing your thoughts!! <3

HIII!

im good, thanks, yes my holiday was incredible! i hope youve been well too 💖

no im totally with you on this, but i also watched it in a kind of backwards bad way. the parts w sanji and his backstory + interactions w his family and pudding were soooooo good oh my god. but the rest of it was....i just didnt care fhdsjn like uh huh ok cool whatever WHERES SANJI...

i really liked chiffon too! and bege gets a pass bc i always think a Wife Guy is so sweet. like oh god he loves his family...wow... i think pedro was probably one of my fave new/side characters from the arc, as well as katakuri. im also not immune to a like, 'villain' w strong morals/code of honor, plus his character design just fucks. can i be so real, i knew about pudding from the start but even so i was like 'damn, if pudding wasnt Like That i could get on board w her and sanji being together..' and like honestly, the bit at the wedding where she shows her third eye and sanjis like 'wow youre beautiful' i was like yeah they could make this work i think fdhcjxn

sanjis outfits>>>>> i actually dont even really remember the lore drops bc ive watched back a lot of those episodes as Research so its all confused in my memory, but the guys ALL being so into meeting a real ninja was so fucking funny. like when even law and zoro have requests of him...ok losers. and yeah its always funny when they introduce a new 'i hate you but actually youre my bestie forever' duo. also just zoro being soooo cranky all throughout zou was insanely funny. why did they have him say all that.

OH I LOVED THE HEART PIRATES YEAH. law being such a closed off guy and his crew all being SOOO affectionate n missing him so much and stuff 😭😭😭 it was so sweet theyre so cute

RAAAAAAAA SANJI......literally there is no better description of sanji than all heart. hes so everything foreverrrr. the deep conflict he has between like, knowing that how they treated him was abhorrent and he doesnt owe them anything with still not being able to let go and not care what happens to them was so ough. like yeah you are fundamentally different to them, you continue to defy what judge wanted to make you w your every choice huh 😭 i could talk about this for hours fr

actually kind of funny to think that, well...judge isnt the one who made sanji chauvinistic, it was zeff......

LITERALLY not making a choice IS a choice!! you get it! sanjis martyr complex makes me insaaaaane-insane fr

every luffy and sanji thing in this arc was so good like oh my god they love each other. completely. entirely. they would die for each other. and luffys TOTAL trust in sanji...sobwail

omg yeah i was so shocked about pedro like. no way theyd actually have him die?? bro...but he was so steadfast and amazing, and his sacrifice was done so well, i really loved his character so much!

i agree! esp by the end in the big fights you see like, oh, no they actually kind of do just love their family in a really genuine way, i found that really sweet honestly. they should def kill big mom i hate her so bad.

mwah, i hope your day and weekend are great! 💞💞💞

[paperbarks]

💌💕🧠 for the ask game!

ough thank you for humouring me ; _ ; took me a little while but here we go

💌 what are your "essential" ships? (in your version of the hetalia universe, these characters have to be a romantic pair - and them not being one feels weird/wrong)

i haven't given a ton of thought to this but i think for me it would be at least pruhun and fruk. pruhun because it feels like there's a very rich well of history to tap there and their personalities are so delightful together. part of me still leans toward headcanoning prussia as aroace but that doesnt change the fact i think he and erze have a long and tumultuous history with all sorts of different dynamics in there. as for fruk, it just makes the most sense for me of any ship and is super toxic and messy in the best possible way. i want them to fuck stupid on battlefields and serve as each other's executioner and then hold each other like no one else understands. maybe in the same decade

💕who's a character you love but never (or rarely) talk about?

i've been here for a LONG time (deviantart since 2012 then migrated later) and i used to have a soft spot for romania and poland, the latter especially in relation to australia. oh and prussia - not sure if anyone is under the impression i dont talk about him though lmao

🧠 what's your most "essential" headcanon? (one you can't imagine the hetalia universe without!)

other people have spoken about this but some of the headcanons/assumptions i rely on the most come back to secrecy and the strangeness of what nations are. i think there's absolutely a supernatural element to their existence (for example, the ability to sort of strike awe into their subjects, know basic facts about those same subjects innately, and arouse strong feelings in their subjects like blind loyalty). i think these 'powers/abilities' fluctuate but that elements of them exist and inform what nations are. i also think a lot about the secrecy angle. i'm plotting and very slowly writing a fic about england and his siblings during the wars of the three kingdoms and i keep thinking that, whilst it's an essential headcanon to me that before the 20th century or so the existence of nations is known primarily amongst the ruling class, wouldn't the existence of that knowledge and its transfer from ruler to ruler forge a very different reality to ours? so while i think it's interesting to bring into question what it would be like if regular, normal people learnt about nations for the first time, i also think we're dealing with a very different 'timeline'. and i think, too, that a nation's existence could prove a useful thing and be easily enmeshed with religious and political ideology. for example, in regard to england, i think that his status as a representative for the 'whole' of england and its people would be a potential bargaining chip for the levellers at the putney debates when proposing universal suffrage. if england stands for all people, and tells them as much, and they are fighting for the same england that this weird flesh-being represents, then aren't all men on equal footing? he doesnt represent just the landowning class after all. etc

[selfwriting-sugarquills]

Something more infinite (George Weasley x reader) ch 2.

Chapter 2. I’m not very strong but I’ll f*** you up if you mess with my plans again. 

Chapters: 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 (final) |

Word count: 2k. 

Warnings: none. 

You and George had been locked in a never-ceasing prank war since your first encounter in your third year. It had started out as a typical prank war, you both just trying to get as many hits on each other as possible. Several times you’d landed each other in the hospital wing (a couple of times you’d both ended up staying the night there when things had gotten a little too out of hand) but then you’d had a revelation. What made you tick in the first place hadn’t been that George had been pranking people, it was that he’d stolen your traps, dismantling them, leaving you frustrated as you’d returned to check on them only to find them in disarray. So when you returned to your fourth year, you took on a new strategy: Spy on the twins, find the traps they’d set up for you, and then wait for them to leave before dismantling them and stealing their stuff. This would have been the perfect plan if the gits would stop somehow finding you everywhere. You’d deterred away from pranks all together when they began to show up around corners, ready to retaliate with whatever products they’d bought at the previous Hogsmeade trip. You had no idea how but soon enough you couldn’t go anywhere without George Weasley finding you. It seemed he had taken a new strategy too; he’d retired from pranks and instead focused on pissing you off, which he did with ease, and almost exceedingly well by just existing near you, shooting belittling comments your way.

“Morning, Y/n,” You hear just a little too close to your ears making you wince, 

“Go away, Weasley,” you say, electing to focus on the time table in front of you, 

“What’s wrong? Can’t I sit next to you?” he says, sitting down, 

“No, You can’t.” your eyes don’t leave the timetable, you stare at the word “Divination”, 

“Shame, last time I checked you didn’t own this bench, so I think that means that I technically can sit here,” George grabs a crumpet and begins to butter it, your lips form a thin line on your face, 

“what?” George must have noticed the peeved expression you’re wearing, “I’m not even saying anything, I’m just sitting here!” 

“Well, you sure make a lot of noise for someone who’s saying nothing,” you say, 

“Aww, Y/n, always the charmer,” he says and ruffles your hair,

*** 

 You’d been at your wits end when he surprised you while you were sneaking down to the kitchens, 

“What’re you up to-OUGH!” He hadn’t gotten any further before your fist decked him, reacting out of surprise, knocking him backwards, the parchment he’d been holding flying out his hand and landing a little further down the hallway, you moved towards it instinctively, passing George by as he swore, 

“Honestly...mad...one day... going to get me killed -Hey!” He noticed you crouching down to pick up the parchment, “Hey, don’t touch that!” he scrambled to get up and take it from you but by the time he tried to grab it you’d already been examining it long enough to recognise it’s contents, you held it away from him, but his arms were longer than yours and soon enough, much to your dismay, he’d wrestled it away from you, carefully examining it for any damage it might have attained, 

“What is that thing?” You asked, 

“What does it look like,” he snapped, “honestly can’t you read?” 

“Yes I can,” you say indignantly, “I can also punch you again if you want,” you add, and he shoots you a look that seems to say, “try me, punk.” you imagine it must be an effective look if you’re an older sibling, but you were an only child and in no way intimidated by George Weasley of all people, 

“Wait,” suddenly it clicks, “Is that what you’ve been using to track me down all this time?” you asked, and George’s expression changed into a more devilishly innocent one, 

“no?” he tried and failed to sound honest, 

“Oh my god, you’re a creep!” You exclaimed, 

“Pardon?!” 

“You’re a stalker!” you continued, “Honestly, Weasley, I always knew you were off your rocker but following me around? That’s low,” You said, “In fact, I should go and tell the professors what you’ve been doing right now,” you say, crossing your arms, 

“Oh please, we both know we’ve got too much dirt on each other,” He says,  

“what do you mean?” you ask, 

“You are aware that I’m probably the only person who knows all the stuff you’ve gotten yourself into? If I go down, you’re going down with me,” He leans on the stone statue he’d been hiding behind, watching your footsteps on the map after a snack run for him and his dormmates, 

“How do I know you’re not bluffing?” You puff out your chest, 

“I know it was you who snuck pixies into history of magic, I also know it was you who enchanted that fake mouse to distract Mrs Norris so you could rearrange the paintings in order to confuse them,” He smirks, “I could go on,” 

“shoot,” you sigh, “Fine, I won’t turn you in but you can’t use that thing to track me, it’s an unfair advantage, and it’s creepy!” 

“Or you’ll do what?” he asks, smirking,

“Or I hex you into next year, Weasley, that’s what. Now bugger off,” You reply, tossing your hair as you turn to go into the kitchens. George watches you go, shaking his head. There was no way he wasn’t going to use that map, pissing you off was the best part of his day at this point, in fact, he looked forward to seeing you start as he popped up round corners and from secret passages, though, he had to admit while his muscles ached, that he’d appreciate it more if your first instinct wasn’t to punch whatever scared you. 

***

Now, on this lovely Friday afternoon, you thought you’d gotten rid of George for once as you snuck away from the crowded halls, slipping out of the stream of students heading for lunch, you hoped the map would cover you up in the many names filling the hallways, making your detour unnoticeable. 

Was the idea of using a mandrake to knock out Snape so you’d be free to spend the afternoon in Hogsmeade checking out the newest branch of Zonko’s products cruel? Absolutely it was. Was it morally wrong to exploit a potentially dangerous magical creature for your own, selfish reasons? Yes. No doubt about it. Did that stop you as you picked the greenhouse’s rusty lock with a hairpin? Um, no? 

Getting into the greenhouses was almost too easy for your fourteen-year-old self. The more difficult thing was getting a hold of mandrake and getting it up to the potions classroom without anyone seeing you, you wondered if the potted plant would be heavy; it was a long walk after all. Perhaps it was easier just to yank it out of the dirt and stuff a sock in its mouth until you reached Snape. You decided to spare your sock, deciding the dirt would reveal you as the culprit, and kneeled down to pick up one of the large pots marked “mandrake” 

“You’re not going to be able to carry that.” His sing-song voice makes you nearly fall over as you hastily rise to your feet, 

“How did you find me?” you ask, as he shakes the parchment in front of himself as an answer, you scowl, “one day, Weasley, I’m going to break into your dorm and set that piece of ruddy parchment on fire,” you huff, 

“Good luck, I sleep with it very close to me,” he says, stuffing the parchment into his trousers under his shirt. You make a disgusted face, “So I’m afraid you’d have to light me on fire before you reach it,” he says, shrugging, 

“You say like that’s a bad thing,” you put your hands on your hips, smirking,  

“It’s not if your life’s aspiration is to go to Azkaban, but I figured you’d at least try to aim a little higher than that,” he gives you the same smirk that makes you want to lunge out after him just to wipe it off his face, but instead you clench your jaw, 

“Whatever, just don’t get in my way while I carry this,” you say, turning back to the mandrake pot, “lord knows that’s all you do these days,” you mutter to yourself, lifting the pot which turns out to be very heavy indeed. 

“What’s that? just stand here in the doorway and don’t move?” he feigns innocence, putting on a clueless expression as he blocks the door, 

“Seriously, get out of the way,” you snap at him, struggling to find a good grip on the pot, “Now, Weasley,” you add when George doesn’t move an inch, 

“What on earth could you possibly need a mandrake for anyways?” He asks, still not moving, 

“As if I would tell you that. It’s none of your business what I need it for,” you snarl, 

He gasps dramatically, his eyes widening in fake shock, “It wouldn’t be for a prank, would it, Y/n? Because I’m not sure I can allow that,” again he’s mocking you. Your nostrils flare in anger, “Suit yourself but I-” you try to hoist up the pot a little to get a better grip and curse under your breath when it wobbles dangerously, “-am going out the door now,” you start towards the door and when George simply looks down at you, unimpressed, you speed up, and it’s only in the last second George swoops to the side making you hurry out the door onto the slippery, uneven grass and it takes about two seconds before your feet slip and you crash to the ground below, George’s laughs echoing inside the greenhouse and out into the grounds. You roll around on the ground, sitting up and preparing to yell abuse at the ginger boy with his hands on his knees as he laughs but behind you the mandrake baby is wrestling itself free from dirt and shards of pottery and before you can say anything it begins to shriek horribly in long, ear-piercing screams and both you and George crash to the ground, unconscious. 

After a hefty scolding from Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout and 50 points taken from each of you, you and George are free to leave the hospital wing. He doesn’t seem nearly as annoyed by the consequences as you do, in fact he’s smiling as he jumps out of his bed, “What do you reckon they’re serving for supper? I’m starving,” he says, patting his stomach. You frown at him. He’s ruined your perfect Snape free, Zonko’s filled afternoon and he’s thinking about dinner. You stalk him out into the corridor just outside the hospital wing and as soon as the curtained doors slam behind you, you grab him and push him up against the cold stone walls, your wand pointed at his chest. It’s the first time you’ve seen George Weasley look genuinely shocked and god is it satisfying after all the times he’s managed to have the upper hand, 

“Listen, Weasley, maybe this is just fun and games to you, but I don’t have time for games and if you screw up my business again, I swear I’ll break your face,” your satisfaction shrinks as a that damned smirk grows on his face, he looks down on you, having grown more than a bit taller than you over the summer, in fact, he sort of towers over you while you try to remain stoic. He leans forward, the tip of your wand pressing into his chest, 

“I would love to see you try, L/n,” he says, “I doubt you’ll be able to reach though,” he says, drawing an invisible line out from his face, several inches above the top of your head. And with that he slaps the wand out of your hand and takes off, leaving you to retrieve your wand before following him. 

“I hate you!” You yell after him, 

“The feeling’s mutual!” His voice echoes through the halls. 

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