#honestly i think this is one of the few fics that made me adore sybill trelawney

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Trelawney passes Lavender a tissue with glassy eyes. “The thing is, sometimes knowing the future doesn’t mean you can change it. I did… the absolute best that I could.”

Lavender dabs at her eyes and tries to ignore the jagged teeth marks on her skin. 

Trelawney places one of her hands on Lavender’s. “What happened to you will never be okay, but with time, you will be okay. You’ll be okay, Lavender.”

This, more than anything she’s ever said before, feels like a true prophecy.

Dripping Fingers - May_May_0_0

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an interview with @queenemori (she/hers)

what are you working on right now? I recently started posting We Don’t Need To Say It, which is a multi-chap Memori actor AU. It’s a slow burn, don’t ask me how I looked at Murphy and Emori and decided to write a slow burn, but it’s what’s happening. I really do mean slow, the chapter I just finished writing is only the beginning of the angst, you’ve been warned. My beta tells me she hates me at least once a chapter if you want an idea of how angsty this is gonna get. I started out writing for Bellarke in this fandom, and I’ll be going back to that later this summer. Anyone who follows me knows I’m obsessed with Emma, and I have an Emma Bellarke AU that’s in the outlining stages currently. I’m hoping to work on it more once I get further into this Memori fic.

what’s something you’d like to write one day? The fic I’m working on now is actually the thing that I was like, “I want to write that one day”. I love actor AUs and I wanted to write one for some fandom at some point, and in January I got this idea, but I was working on other stuff, so I was like, well maybe I’ll write it this summer. And now I am! Though I would like to write something featuring dad!Murphy in the near future.

what is the fanwork you’re most proud of? It’s actually one I haven’t published yet! I participated in Bellarke Big Bang this year, and I wrote a soulmates rom-com fic. I’m excited to share it soon once we get the go-ahead, and the artist I got to work with @clarkeindra has made some amazing art to go with it! For ones that you can actually go physically read, I will say You’re Already Breaking My Heart. It was my first fic I wrote for t100 fandom, and also the first thing I wrote after a really long time of just not writing anything, so I’m proud of it for getting me back into something I love and I’m glad that other people seemed to enjoy it. It’s what got me more into this fandom in the first place and how I made some of my first friends.

why did you first start writing fic? I got more into writing around the time I started college, though I always used to write little stories. There were a few times I almost wrote fanfic before then, like the time I almost wrote a Glee fic in ninth grade, or the time my junior year of high school where I almost wrote a Downton Abbey fic where Sybil and Branson were pen pals while Sybil was on her nurses course in season 2. But the summer before college, I wanted to write, and didn’t have any ideas for characters, but I had just read a really amazing next-gen Harry Potter fic called “Potters, Weasleys, and Misguided Snogging” which made me ship Scorpius Malfoy and Lily Luna Potter, or Scorily. So I started writing a couple stories specifically for that ship, back when I still used FF.net. It was just a one-shot and a multi-chap I never finished, but it was fun to interact with people and get to hear what they liked about the story and that they hoped I continued it, so I guess I caught the fic writing bug then.

what frustrates you most about fic writing? I wish people would leave more kudos. I’ve had this discussion with some friends before where they’re like, “What makes you leave kudos on a fic?” and I leave kudos on most fics I read, so it’s very interesting to hear people say they don’t do that as liberally as I do. If I made it to the end of the story, I’m probably going to leave kudos. The writer kept me engaged long enough to get to the end, which I think is worthy of showing some sort of support, even if I don’t leave a comment. Though I am trying to get better about leaving comments more often. Kudos are a very low stakes way to show you like a story that someone put out. Afraid to comment, but want to show the author you enjoyed reading? Leave kudos. A couple of stories I have out have gotten a fair amount of hits, but the amount of kudos in comparison to the amount of people who have probably opened it is a little disheartening. I’ve also heard people say they don’t want to leave kudos on stories that have been out for a while, but I love to get kudos on my old work! It’s fun to see that people are still reading things I put out in like 2017 or even just last year. Kudos brighten my day just as much as comments do sometimes, especially when I know not everyone feels comfortable leaving a comment!

what are your top five songs right now? The answer to this is 98% always related to what I’m listening to when I’m working on a certain writing project lol.

Sweet by Cigarettes After Sex Heartbreak Weather by Niall Horan I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie Bye-Bye Darling by Borns Fire for You by Cannons

what are your inspirations? Red, White & Royal Blue, since I read that recently. It honestly just made me want to write a movie, and I kind of hope that whatever TV or movie adaptation it ends up getting in the future I’m able to work on. I want to be a screenwriter, so I tend to get inspired by TV a lot. The Mindy Project, Insecure, and even Never Have I Ever are big inspirations for me. Or more like, anything that Issa Rae or Mindy Kaling are involved in, to be honest. I write a lot of modern AUs, so just anything that shows good relationship progression or has fun with mundane, everyday situations.

what first attracted you to Memori? what attracts you now? So fun fact, I stopped watching the show for a bit. I binged basically two seasons in a weekend while visiting a friend in like 2017, and I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t obsessed? Then I started s3 and a bunch of characters were getting on my nerves so I put it down for a while. Then I was on Tumblr at the beginning of 2019 and saw a gifset from 3x05 of Murphy and Emori kissing and I was kind of like, “That guy’s still alive? And he has a girlfriend?” So I started watching again, legit only because I was shook Murphy had survived lol. So the thing that first attracted me to them was just the fact that they were a couple at all, I guess. I’d say now that I’ve rewatched the show and seen their relationship develop, I love that these are two people who have always had to fend for themselves and kind of had that “me against the world” mentality. And then they find this other person that cares about them and wants to take care of them, and life becomes a lot less lonely. Also now we get to see their relationship after years together, so they’re very domestic, which adds this lovely sense of normalcy on this post-apocalyptic sci-fi show that I absolutely adore. Their interactions especially in s7 just read as a married couple who are very comfortable with each other, but still incredibly devoted to one another and in love.

Besides Memori, what character or pairing do you like best on t100? For ships, I also really like Bellarke. When I was more casually watching the first time around, I didn’t have much of an opinion on them/didn’t really ship it until season 4, but ever since then I’ve been on board. It’s very clear I’m a huge Memori person, but I do ship Murven, though mainly in AU settings. And Memoraven are my OT3!! My other fave character is Bellamy. And I feel like Gabriel has also quickly become a favorite for me. It’s definitely a mixture of his confused, but obsessed with science vibe on the show and the fact that he has been very fun to write in my actor AU when he makes appearances every so often.

why did you decide to start writing for bellarkefic-for-blm? Ever since I’ve been home due to the pandemic, writing has kind of been my escape. Weirdly enough, I’ve written so much (both fic and some real life stuff), even though I’m still working and everything like that. And when the BLM movement was getting a lot of traction specifically in our fandom spaces, I was immediately skeptical of people’s intentions because as a Black person in America specifically I’ve seen this happen before where all the attention is on this issue for a couple weeks and then everyone goes back to posting what they normally post about. And I guess this time things are a bit different, but the thing that began to frustrate me was seeing people shame others for saying they were going to watch the next episode of the show or for working on their fanfic. Fandom spaces have been my biggest escape from the news since March and while I was glad people were focusing on this sort of thing, I kind of hated the way people were making it out to be like this was a new issue when in reality it’s just my life. When I close my laptop and go out into the world, I’m still Black. I had considered opening my ask box up for prompts in exchange for someone donating to a bail fund or something like that, especially since I had just reached a follower milestone, but when I saw that Sam was organizing this and it was going to be an ongoing thing rather than just for a certain period of time, it was heartening to see someone realizing that this isn’t something we can just stop talking about even when the media moves on. The structure of these prompts makes it so that a person has to do a bit of research on BLM and educate themselves or confront the issue in a way they might not have had to before. And it gives me a chance to write things like my fluffy Memori wedding fic ! It’s a way to have my little fandom escape and also stay aware of what’s going on in the real world.

what’s your writing process like (esp for prompts, chopped!, etc)? I LOVE outlines! The Virgo in me loves to talk about my fic outlining process lol. With some short one-shots, I tend to just go in with a sentence or concept that I write at the top of the document and just write and see where that takes me. I also put at the top of the document all the things I want to tag it as when I go to post to AO3, so I don’t have to spend too much time thinking of those when it’s time to post. With multi-chap fics, I first make an ideas dump document which is just me typing out a bunch of thoughts, things like who’s in it, the premise, stuff like that. My actor AU has three preliminary documents: My ideas dump, the actual outline, and then the outline for what happens on each season of the TV show the characters are all on, since I reference those plot points a lot. For things like Chopped or prompts I receive, I do a mixture of the outline/ideas dump in one document. I put at the top all the information I received (so with prompts I tend to just copy/paste the ask from my inbox, and for Chopped the different tropes and theme), then think about what characters I want to use if it wasn’t specified, then kind of do bullet points on what happens in the story. These have all been really helpful in terms of keeping me on track, but I make sure to remind myself that things can change as I write and take a different direction than I expected. So my outlines are constantly changing, but the general idea is already written somewhere so I don’t get too stuck.

what are your thoughts on dad!murphy? The concept of dad!Murphy has really been living rent-free in my brain since before the beginning of season 7. I just kind of love the idea of Murphy (who is a character at first glance I feel like people don’t picture as much of a father figure) kind of falling into being a dad in an unexpected way, and then realizing how much he loves it. It’s just such a sweet thought, and I talked about it so much with some of my friends, that we started a Dad!Murphy Enthusiast Club server on discord (we’re always accepting members so DM me if you’d like to join us!). We just kind of talk about our dad!Murphy headcanons, share fics featuring dad!Murphy, and then get excited when people make new dad!Murphy content. It’s a fun time and though I am a very large Memori, I’m a multi-shipper at heart, and Murphy is one of those characters that I find easy to ship with a lot of people, so we love dad!Murphy in all forms!

what are some things you’d like to recommend?  This is a mix of Bellarke and Memori stuff, since that’s what I mainly read.

Literally everything @mobi-on-a-mission writes, but if I must get specific, then Revive and The Cockroach. 

Almost Paradise (We’re Knocking On Heaven’s Door)  by @nakey-cats-take-bathsss , 13 hours by Kats_watermelon, feat. by Debate, and of course, my comfort fic so i sing a song of love  by twilightstargazer.

The best place to find @queenemori is here on Tumblr. You can find her ao3 here. Request a fic written by her via @bellarkefic-for-blm.

[nothing-personal-my-dear]

Spartacus : Vengeance Rewatch - Episode 5: Libertus

Sex Scene: they were in a whore house. So lots.

“Cock”: 0 wtf

“Cunt”: 0 wtf

“Kill Them All”:  honestly surprised they didn’t say this, being in the Arena and all.

“Fucking Gaul”: 1

Slow motion Face Punch: 3

Episode Name Dropped by: none.

Memorable Death:  RHASKOS MY BABY!!

Favourite Line: “I’ve had my fill of games, let us leave the arena forever.”

- I seriously missed the Arena!

- Those Gladiators, I’m loving their style!

- Ha! I love all the dick measuring going on with the Romans, and the woman pulling all the strings.

- They are all so excited for the executions. Savages.

-  Okay, so I have a love/hate thing with Glaber. On one hand, he’s a dick. On the other, will people stop putting him down, geez!!!!

- “God of the Arena”    awesome.

- HOLY CRAP GANNICUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Gannicus.

-  Okay, I hadn’t watched the prequel season when I first saw s2, and I 1000% thought Oenomaus and Gannicus were sworn enemies with the way they were looking at each other.

-  I love seeing Oenomaus fight.

-  Something I hate about the effect Spartacus has on people is how they doubt themselves constantly and beg for his approval. Agron is prime example. Agron made the right call in saving their people but because Sparty is upset and most of the Gauls are dead he thinks he made the wrong choice and seeks Spartacus’ forgiveness. Seriulsy, Agron is way smarter than Sparty, who lets his emotions guide him and dammed the consequences.

- “Mistakes were made on both sides” – NO they weren’t!

- DONAR!!!!!!!!!!

- “Finally, gods show fucking favour”. I have missed Agron and his swearing.

- Donar and his axe. I love it more than I can say.

-   Agron is so adorable.

- “So the gods finally fuck me to the afterlife. Care to join me”

-  Donar and Agron are still clearly looking for a fight, which sucks because the man is no real threat. Their thirst for blood reminds me more of s3.

-  AGRON!!! I JUST, I CANT WITH THIS MAN, HE IS AMAZING!

- I love how deeply offended Agron is by being called a Gaul.

-   EAST OF THE RHINE!

-  Lucius is such a grey character for me. When I first watched, I couldn’t tell if he was friend or foe, right until the end. Even in this rewatch, I still can’t place him.

-  A split second shot of Agron and he looks like a painting, a marble statue, perfection. He is so gorgeous.

-  “You could not have made speech before swinging the last of the wine.”

-  Rhaskos is a beautiful man.

- Yeah, Ashur, to the Arena! I wish he died.

-  Something I love about Marcus and Glaber is that I never once shipped them, they were so purely bro’s that I never saw a hint or possibility of anything romantic. Even now, they are still bro’s and I respect that.

-   Does Varinius really actually want a wife? He really seems like all he wants is sex.

- Oh all the talk of the abortion is intense. Ilithyia clearly doesn’t want to, no matter how much she wants Varinius.

-  Nasir’s wound looks super CGI, like that CGI penis from s1. Not good man.

-  AGRON BY NASIR’S SIDE AND THANKING NAEVIA IS EVEYTHING. My shipper heart.

-  I love how soft Agron looks. THIS IS WHAT LOVE DOES TO YOU BABY!

-  I never considered an Agron/Naevia friendship …… still don’t think it’d work. I’m more for Nasir/Naevia.

-  “Soiled and Ruined.” = that’s really rough, but sadly understandable.

-   Sparty looks so extra spinning his sword. I know you miss your bf, but seriously calm the fuck down.

- Oh wait, Sparty doesn’t give a damn that Crixus is about to die. He’s having a hissy fit because people are praising his name anymore? Get the fuck out.

- Sparty has some bat-shit crazy ideas, but they make for good entertainment. I suppose it’s part of his charms.

-  “A woman will always be moved to protect a child.”

-   “House of Batiatus”, been a long time since we heard that.

-   I do love Lucretia knowing all about abortions though. She is such a Madame.

-  Knowing what I know all these Lucretia/Ilithyia scenes are kinda tainted….but that doesn’t stop me from loving the absolute love in Lucretia’s eyes and the trust and forgiveness in Ilithyia’s.

-  NOOOO LUCRETIA, DON’T SAVE ASHUR. Fuck you Ashur.

- “The gods yet have use of you.”

- Lucretia is such a badass woman. She is so damn intelligent.

- OHMYGODS I CLICKED PAUSE TO WRITE SOMETHING ELSE BUT IT PAUSED ON AGRON’S BEAUTIFUL FUCKING FACE WITH HIS MEGA WATT SMILE AND EYES FULL OF HAPPINESS AND LOVE!!! This is boy is precious and must be protected at all costs.

-  NAGRON BE STILL MY HEART I CAN’T TAKE IT!

-          Ahhh, look at that cupping of the cheek!

-  I do like that Sparty is super impressed with Nasir’s willingness to fight.

-          “This time you stay, and I go.”

-  HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK HOLY FUCK!!!! THAT KISS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is sweet, and shy, and full of love and affection. Agron looks so soft, just all the soft sweet things.

-   As much as I love the Nagron kiss, Nasir’s reaction is off, and totally understandable. He’s a little confused, a little wary, a little afraid, and there’s the hidden joy there too. This might be the first time someone has shown him genuine affection and he doesn’t know how to respond to it. Nasir is just learning what it means to be free, and that means feelings things he’s never allowed himself to feel. His heart is brand new and fragile. He’s scared to let anyone in like that, and I think a part of him is afraid he’ll be reduced to a warm body again. (I could go on, but I’m actually writing a fic about this! Ha!)

-  BUT ITS SO HARD TO DENY HOW MUCH AGRON LOVES NASIR!

-   I love this pairing so much.

-   “I would overtake soft voice with bold words.”

-  I honestly don’t understand how Spartacus can trust a man he’s know a few hours to lead his people to safety???? These are people he’s vowed to protect, and he’s just pawning them off like they’re nothing. None of his “Generals” are there to see these people to safety, no one he truly trusts. It’s a big ‘wtf’ for me.

- Oh gods, the camera pans to Agron when Sparty says “we have been divided” and Agron looks so ashamed. NO BABY NO, YOU DID THE RIGHT THING. FUCK SPARTACUS.

-  Gannicus sex scene, slow-mo seems a little extra. Not that it wasn’t amazing though.

-  The whore Gannicus fucked, is super freaking cute. And I know my wording is super harsh but she doesn’t have a name.

-  Gannicus has the saddest eyes I’ve ever seen.

-  OH CRAP I DIDN’T REAALISE BY THAT WHORE LOOKS LIKE SYBIL IN S3, how fitting.

- Seeing Lucretia on that balcony looking like a queen is amazing.

-   “May it crumble in our wake”

- OH FUCK YOU ASHUR!

-  I love how cautious Ilithyia is when Glaber sends the slaves away. She doesn’t wanna be alone with him. Very good instincts.

-  Oh Ilithyia, cut so deep.

-  “Have we drifted so far, from the love we once held?”

-  “You will do as your husband commands.” I am so eternally grateful not to be alive in those times.

-  Oh my gods, there is a part of me that really wants Glaber and Ilithyia to make up and be in love again. It’s a small part that comes out during good acting.

-   See, I still kinda want a Lucretia/Albinius friendship.

-   I didn’t know what the hell Varinius was saying with the Gladiators, but then I looked it up and it was the style of fighting and armour the Gladiators use. I never knew there was such structure to it, which makes it all the more amazing.

- Fuck I’ve missed the gladiator fights. They are more brutal than the battles.

-  The store room of the dead is so fucking gross. I love it.

-  The rebels popping out of the bloody water is one of the best things I’ve ever seen!

-   I really love when they have silent fights.

-   Sparty and Agron in the armour is fucking hilarious. They look like little children playing dress-up.

-  Donar is so worried about Agron! I love their friendship, and we were robbed of that brilliance.

-    I sigh at Mira/Spartacus scenes. It’s like he wants to love her, but he can’t, so he gives her lines he tells to all the rebels but his eyes are little softer so she thinks they’re in love. My queen deserves more.

-  “If any of you hold faith in any gods now would be the time to fucking entreat them.”

-  “It is an honour to stand beside you on the sands.” THE RESPECT CRIXUS HAS FOR OENOMAUS IS BEAUTIFUL.

- Crixus can’t hide how excited he is to fight in the Arena again, and I love it.

-   The crowd throws lettuce. What did lettuce ever do to you? and seriously, these people are meant to be poor…why you throwing away food you cant afford?

- Agron walks more naturally in the armour than Spartacus – who has actually worn armour before (never this lavish but still)

-  AGRON’S FACE WHEN SPARTY OPENS HIS MOUTH! He’s all like “shut the fuck up dick head, we are trying to HIDE here.”

-  Gannicus loves his brothers, though he has a weird way of showing it.

-   “I begin to question fucking plan.”

-  NO RHASKOS. DON’T HURT MY BABY. They’re all my babies at this point, lbr, except Spatry.

-   I love how Gannicus absolutely NEEDS to be the one to fight Oenomaus.

-   I would seriously be going as nuts as the crowd is over this fight. It’s awesome.

-  BABY NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RHASKOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’M LEGIT TEARING UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why couldn’t they have saved Rhaskos?!?!?!?!?!?!

-  Mira is amazingly smart.

-   OH I LOVE ILITHYIA HOLDING ONTO LUCRETIA FOR SUPPORT!

-  Gannicus is so agile.

-   “I will send you to her arms brother.” I AM SO EMOTIONAL.

-   I was so worried about Gannicus and Oenomaus

-  Taking down the Arena is so fucking brutal and amazing and I love it.

-  Glaber protects Ilithyia, Seppius protects Seppia – THESE MEN PROTECTING THEIR LOVES. For now anyways.

-  I actually really like Seppius and Seppia for the simple fact that they seem to actually care about people more than status. They cared that Mercarto died, that was very human of them.

-  I love a good neck snapping.

- Agron kinda has his own version of a hiss AND I LOVE IT.

- Look at those intestines.

-  Cossutius, thank the gods he’s gone. His death was so extra though.

-  OMG that cut on Galber’s cheek from a thrown spear is very s1, when Sparty stood in the arena and a spear was thrown at him. wow.

- Sparty throwing his sword, again!

-   “I’m not the fool you and your daughter think me.”

-  Holy cow, Glaber is so angry and vengeful – oh what a fitting word choice.

-  I was so worried they were gonna show us Albinius’ smashed face then.

-   I love that Gannicus kinda relaxes a bit at seeing Crixus. I like this friendship.

-  It’s so beautiful seeing the Arena burn, after all the lives it’s taken.

- OH THE RUDIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-  I’m honestly surprised Donar leaves, as if he wouldn’t wait for Agron.

-  Oh gods, seriously, Glaber. Let your wife grieve before you completely ruin her whole life.

-  Varinius is a fucking coward.

-   WHAT THE FUCK THE WHOLE EPISODE THE WORDS “COCK” AND “CUNT” WEREN’T SAID AT ALL. Am I even watching Spartacus anymore?!

-   I’ve noticed on the episodes with a prominent Agron, my comments almost double. I’m okay with this.