#this was really fun!!!!!

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Invader Devi for @theautumnalcat!! Ive been wanting to do a drawing of them for AGES but havent had the time to sit down and draw until now... so! I hope you like it!

[takeariskao3]

I’m obsessed with your next gen potter kids so let’s play 20 questions… please don’t hate me 🫣

1. Who is the more strict parent?

2. Which parent enforces punishments (i.e., grounding or chores)?

3. Which parent is a pushover?

4. Which parent would sneak dessert into their kids room when they're grounded or sent to their room without dessert?

5. Which parent can't sit still when their child is sick and is checking their temperature every 5 seconds?

6. Which parent is most likely to cry when their child cries?

7. Which parent is not able to go to sleep until their child is at home safely?

8. Which parent is the mother hen?

9. Which parent has the hardest time accepting that their child is growing up and doesn't need them around or to solve their problems?

10. Which parent would struggle the most when their child is embarrassed or them?

11. Which parent would lose their shit if someone fought with their child or broke their heart?

12. Which parent would you find in the kitchen at 2 a.m. having a deep conversation about their little life problems?

13. Which parent cried the most when their child went to Hogwarts?

14. Which parent is the most overprotective when talking to strangers?

15. Which kid cried the most when they learned about the war and the struggles their parents went through (let’s say they found out from a friend and confronted their parents)?

16. Which kid struggled the most when Harry went on missions and needed extra cuddles or daddy time when he returned?

17. Which kid struggled the most when Ginny was away for games or reporter duties?

18. Which kid would be most likely to hex the Dursleys for how they treated their father?

19. Which struggles the most when their parent says their “disappointed in them” and gives them a sad look?

20. Which kid struggles the most to accept their parents are getting old?

oh my god IM OBSESSED WITH THEM TOO come off anon and we can be obsessed together

questions under the cut because length!

1. Who is the more strict parent? i don't think either harry or ginny are particularly strict? when the kids are young, i could see ginny being the one who enforces more of the routine (mealtimes, bedtimes, etc) but as they get older harry is the one who is more protective? which could be interpreted as strict, but it's more like he's trying to keep tabs on everyone because he wants them safe.

2. Which parent enforces punishments (i.e., grounding or chores)? both? i bet harry and ginny talk through a lot of their disciplining together and the kids get real nervous when they start conversing in hushed tones.

3. Which parent is a pushover? when they're young.. harry. when they're teenagers.. neither. that's the curse of harry and ginny as your parents. there's nothing you can try that they haven't already done/gotten away with.

4. Which parent would sneak dessert into their kids room when they're grounded or sent to their room without dessert? lily and ruby very rarely get in trouble this way... lily is able to talk her way out of arguments, ruby can't be bothered to talk back in the first place, it's james who pushes all the buttons. ginny will bring him a slice of pie after he's had some time to stew.

5. Which parent can't sit still when their child is sick and is checking their temperature every 5 seconds? when they're babies, harry is a little bit of an over-reactor. ginny is the one constantly talking logic and giving them both reassurances that a fever isn't an incurable disease.

6. Which parent is most likely to cry when their child cries? depends on why the child is crying. if they skinned their knees i don't see harry and ginny getting weepy, they're more the let's get the dittany and get you fixed up type of parents. but when ruby learns a hard lesson about injustice in the world, harry gets a little teary eyed because he's in awe of how much she sees and feels.

7. Which parent is not able to go to sleep until their child is at home safely? harry.

8. Which parent is the mother hen? neither? i'm not sure. i mean i think ginny is very good at anticipating emotional needs but i don't see either of them getting fussy interfering about it.

9. Which parent has the hardest time accepting that their child is growing up and doesn't need them around or to solve their problems? harry. somewhere along the way his kids grew up and he isn't sure how he feels about that. meanwhile, ginny has been counting down the days until her kids can feed/clean themselves so she can sleep in on saturday mornings.

10. Which parent would struggle the most when their child is embarrassed or them? i think ginny would double down as a joke if one of the kids was embarrassed by something she did. i think harry wouldn't feel bad about embarrassing his kids either, unless it was something about him being Harry Potter (TM). like he would feel pretty low if lily didn't want him to go into a shop with her because she wants to spy on the shop boy but also because "seventeen people always stop and talk to us and I just want to buy a book without having to meet everyone in the store."

11. Which parent would lose their shit if someone fought with their child or broke their heart? harry is very wary of boys. he doesn't like it when ruby and lily start dating... however the first thing he taught them after they got their wands was how to disarm someone so if they lost a fight or a duel, he would want to talk through what happened and how they could win next time. ginny however, goes mama lion if anyone tries to start shit with her kids.

12. Which parent would you find in the kitchen at 2 a.m. having a deep conversation about their little life problems? both? but at different times and about different things. i think lily confides in ginny a lot once she's in her teens. i think ruby asks about harry's work and they end up talking for hours. i think james talks about anything and everything until someone stops him, but some of the time harry is just content to sit and listen to his batshit son talk in circles

13. Which parent cried the most when their child went to Hogwarts? harry. full stop. you can read about it here ;)

14. Which parent is the most overprotective when talking to strangers? harry. i think people often come up and stop him public a lot. he's polite but wary a lot of the time, especially when he's with a kid(s)

15. Which kid cried the most when they learned about the war and the struggles their parents went through (let’s say they found out from a friend and confronted their parents)? surprisingly (no actually in thinking about it, it honestly surprised me) james. i think lily and ruby had more accurate views of their parents from the get go, but by the time james came around, he didn't think of his parents as war heroes he just saw his parents. so when he finds out about *everything* its a lot and it sort of shifts his worldview on a lot of things and he... maybe doesn't give his dad such a hard time for the next couple of weeks.

16. Which kid struggled the most when Harry went on missions and needed extra cuddles or daddy time when he returned? i think all of them, at different times. when james is little he would ask "where dada?" whereas once lily was old enough to understand what exactly he was doing, she would give him big BIG hugs upon return.

17. Which kid struggled the most when Ginny was away for games or reporter duties? ruby. though ginny always made a point to take her kids with her on trips as much as she could.

18. Which kid would be most likely to hex the Dursleys for how they treated their father? interesting!!! i haven't ever thought about the next generation learning about/meeting the dursleys. i think early on, lily assigns herself as a protector and that includes harry so i could see her learning about harry's childhood and Not Handling It Well

19. Which struggles the most when their parent says their “disappointed in them” and gives them a sad look? ginny wields quiet fury like a pro and that's terrifying in and of itself. but harry's "i'm not angry just disappointed" is truly devastating. because harry thinks so highly of his children, they are the best people he knows, and when they "fall short" of that by willfully making bad decisions, they don't need much punishment outside of the guilt they feel for disappointing him.

20. Which kid struggles the most to accept their parents are getting old? i actually think it would be the other way around? the three children are like "fucking hell dad threw out his hip again trying to duel the auror trainees" meanwhile ginny is hopping on the newest, fastest racing broom and james comes barrelling out of the back of his house yelling "Mum! Get off that right now! You are sixty-four years old!"

[thecloudstan]

Oooh, if you're accepting stuff for the OTP + Character Ask thing, then for Rufus/Cloud... Let's go with 3, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, and 39. Lmao, I know that's a lot. Please, thank you, and sorry. XD

Yes, yes, yes! Still doing!! I'll answer the first ask or two and put the rest under the cut so this post doesn't get too long.

3. Are they into PDA? Who initiates most?

I think it's pretty obvious that Rufus is the one who initiates PDA, but only when he feels especially bastard-like. I do think he'd naturally draw the line in situations that would make Cloud genuinely uncomfortable (like in front of his friends/family/comrades), but strangers? Eh, who cares? Mostly, though, Rufus likes to be almost caught, it's the tension of possibly being seen that excites him, it's watching Cloud squirm that amuses him most. If Cloud is drunk, he'll act physically possessive without much pretense at all.

12. Who prefers calling to texting (& vice versa)? Bonus: Who is so bad at texting it made the other think they weren’t interested when they first started hanging out? [This could be hypothetical as much as real].

Rufus would rather call. It's the business man in him. Real businessmen don't text important shit. It's also bad form to put things in text. Too formal, some things are better communicated verbally (this may be the fact that I work in a law office speaking). Cloud is the one who is abysmal about texting at first. If Rufus is inwardly concerned that Cloud isn't interested, he'd keep it to himself.

13. Stay home/go-out? What are their date nights like?

Irritatingly lavish because Rufus plans them all. This is not Cloud's forte. He barely wants to be seen in public, let alone seen in public with someone who loves to be seen in public. A night in would be perfectly fine with Cloud. Still, I can't see this as being planned by anyone other than Rufus, and the "night in" would be a "night in a 5 star suite complete with room service and wine that costs almost as much as the room itself."

17. Who is more competitive?

Tie. They're both so bull-headed. Have you played the game(s)?! Have you heard these two men throw insults (flirt) back and forth?! This is what makes the ship so much fun!

18. What are they like when they’re drunk? How do they act together? & when 1 is drunk, while the other one’s sober?

Cloud - fewer words, if you can believe it, but no filter. Will say the mean things and the soft things and the sweet things. Holds a sour face. Bebi-shaped (always).

Rufus - horny and somehow even more elegant. Difficult to tell except for the slight flush to his cheeks. His smile reaches his eyes more.

19. What do they fight about most often? (Alternative: what was their biggest fight?)

Which one of them is a bigger liar.

22. Love languages? How do they get around differences, if any?

I think Cloud's love language is pretty clearly Acts of Service. He can't help but help. For Rufus, I would lean toward Quality Time. At least in the case of Cloud, he knows he needs the right hook. He finds ways to make sure they're alone, repeatedly, without interruption. He is not at all feigning attentiveness. And at least in terms of NTYC, they get around differences primarily by Fucking. It can be very cathartic and can really re-frame whatever things you were arguing about beforehand, LMAO.

25. (a lil sappy, but..) What do they like about each other?

Hmm. I think Cloud likes the directness, even though there are times Rufus is clearly playing a game. He likes that he can say whatever he wants without really having to worry about stepping on Rufus' toes or hurting his feelings. Rufus likes having a worthy opponent in Cloud. By many definitions of the term.

27. Craziest place they had sex?

Bathroom at a heavily attended private event. This is in the story but I also just think it tracks for the ship, generally.

29. First date? (Give as much or little detail)

Something suitably over the top that would make Cloud flush the entire time. Something that included a private car and an expensive dinner, maybe an illustrious night at the theatre because Rufus is important enough to get box seats. Everything is a competition, after all, and if Cloud is shocked speechless, Rufus is pleased. He's winning.

30. Pet names? Yes or no?

Rufus would absolutely use pet names (again...he's ruthless). Cloud? No. Absolutely not. Unless things uttered milliseconds before climax count as "pet names."

31. How do they spend their anniversary?

Alone. I don't know if either of them are sentimental enough to put much stock into an anniversary.

32. Who’s so affectionate they can’t stop touching the other?

Probably Rufus, but I don't know how much of this is genuine affection or that desire to claim and overwhelm. It's probably still motivated by affection, he just tells himself otherwise. You have to fuck Cloud into submission for him to start feeling comfortable enough to get touchy-feely.

36. Who is more protective?

Cloud. No one on the planet is more protective than Cloud.

38. If/when they have kids, what is their parenting style (or pets-who does what)?

Cloud is practically already a co-dad, so I think we kinda know his parenting style. Or, I like to indulge myself in writing MORE about it. I think his mother was probably a wonderful parent and that he was quite close to her, so that's what he'd emulate to the best of his ability. Patience, protection, never a raised voice.

Rufus...aaaah, yikes. That's tough. I don't think he has much use for children. Can't picture it. I would like to believe he'd want to be a better father than his own, but I think his fear of failing would create a self-fulfilling prophecy, of sorts.

39. Do they get along with the other’s family? If not, how do they deal with the other’s family?

Well enough. Cloud is combative with the Turks because old habits die hard, but in the end they'd have each others' backs, right? I believe so. And Rufus will be perfectly cordial to anyone who is important to someone who is important to him. He takes that sort of thing seriously. He values loyal people.

[w1lmuttart]

The lake town

[sisterdragonwithfeathers]

this is your random reminder to CHECK IF YOU'RE STILL HAVING FUN

are you enjoying scrolling tumblr? watching youtube? reading that book? playing that game? drawing that art? doing that activity? if not,

YOU CAN STOP AND DO SOMETHING ELSE

you don't have to stick to something that you are doing for fun if it isn't fun for you anymore. You can come back! If you've loved it before you are likely to love it again! but you can stop!

Don't get stuck in a loop of doing something that you think should be fun when it isn't! You can put it down for a bit! Maybe that's the very thing that will make it fun again later!

[puppyeared]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[carefulzombie]

gf fandom in 2016: if you so much as hint - even jokingly! - about the nature of ford and bill’s relationship being anything other than platonic (and even then you NEED to give a disclaimer that bill is manipulating him!) then you support abusive relationships

gf fandom in 2024:

[calista-222]

It's hilarious to me to imagine Sonic could not keep a regular phone for longer than a week without breaking it

[mangozic]

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity

[aniseandspearmint]

just having some fun with interesting fantasy imagery! Give it a reblog, if you play, please? And tell me WHY you picked what you picked if you want?

[good-to-drive]

It's kinda funny when you get a bunch of likes but no reblogs like I enjoyed your post but I'd prefer if no one else saw it

[doctorsiren]

More on that AU I scribbled where Bill’s parents were alive and were supportive of their son and his actions <3

[koddlet]

personal rules for winter ❄

[eatyourdamnpears]

I’ve been in such a funk since the concert. I’m not even sure I enjoyed myself that much. maybe I did. I don’t know

[solarwreathe]

in another universe they could have been playing at the beach

[boybecoming]

an ode to testosterone weight gain