It’s a picture of Riddle and Harry.
In it Harry sports a tense smile, the kind Hermione only ever saw back when they were in Hogwarts. When the new younger years would approach him and ask for his autograph, ask to see his scar and fall all over themselves to meet him. Ron liked to call it Harry’s ‘fake face’, and even though those days they were hard-pressed to agree on anything, both vehemently agreed they hated seeing that look on Harry.
She cringes the longer she looks at him—Harry’s so stiff! With his arms crossed (a self-soothing habit, Hermione knows) and his awkward little lean to the left. Goodness, Harry looks mid bolt like he’d do anything to get out of that situation right now.
It’s all made even worse because, in comparison to the near statue stillness of Harry, Tom Riddle is like a whole movie.
Hermione watches (with a slightly morbid fascination) how Riddle’s eyes meet the camera with pinpoint accuracy. How he grins slowly, his confidence visible in its wide fullness. Distracted, she wonders if all his self-assuredness comes from that dimple on his right cheek? Then she scoffs and definitely knows it’s at least partly responsible for Riddle’s many features in Witch Weekly.
It all lasts only a handful of seconds before Riddle’s gaze strays back to Harry, and it takes multiple loops before she confirms: yes, Riddle does actually frown when he looks Harry’s way. It’s the slightest, faintest frown she’s ever seen in her life, but it is there, and it pulls all that confident smugness of his down with it. After, Riddle suddenly shifts towards Harry, maybe to get closer, but the picture resets before Hermione can see if he follows through.
It’s such an odd little moment, both of them dressed in formal robes and clearly caught by surprise. Where was this photo even taken? How does it even exist in the first place? Surely whoever took it saw Harry’s stiffness or how Riddle broke pose too soon? Surely they’d vanish it, unusable as it was, not at all cover page or picture book material.
It’s even odder when Hermione takes a moment to realise that this photo must mean an awful lot to Riddle…for him to have gone out of his way to frame it for his desk… Actually, could this be the only photo of them together? It feels so impossible considering the meetings and galas and events, all seemingly never-ending.
Oh. It clicks to Hermione in a flash that it very well can’t be the only photo of them together, but possibly it’s the only photo of them alone. Just them. No one else to their sides, on their arms, or in the foreground and background.
With a steadying inhale, an overwhelming feeling of awe fills her. It grows, starting in the middle of her chest and pushes its way up to the rosy blush of her cheeks. Hermione stands in Riddle’s private study, shocked and wholly blindsided, wondering just how long exactly Tom Riddle has been pining over Harry Potter.
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Okay hold up I want to clarify some things as someone who has way too much Tom and Jerry facts memorized
1. "Blue Cat Blues (1956)" [Sad one where it ends with them on the railroad] was NOT the last episode of Tom and Jerry. Hell it wasn't even the last one in it's era.
Okay so the fact Tom and Jerry still has many new episodes after 1956 already means it isn't the last episode of Tom and Jerry. But, if you want to be specific, it's part of the 1st Hanna-Barbera era which lasted from 1940-1958. Notice how it continues for 2 years past the date this episode aired.
The last episode of that era was Tot Watchers. Where Tom and Jerry work together to keep a baby safe. There is 11 episodes between "Blue Cat Blues" and "Tot Watchers", one of which is "Timid Tabby", the episode that introduced Tom's Cousin George.
2. Tom and Jerry do NOT just pretend to hate one another so Tom does not get kicked out of the house.
This one is true in certain shorts. Most obviously in "Old Rockin' Chair Tom" (1948) where Tom and Jerry team up against Lightning.
BUT at the same time, it's obviously not true for all the shorts. For instance any time Tom and Jerry don't take place in a home or times where there isn't even a human shown. Like "Kitty Foiled" (1948) where we start with a Tom and Jerry chase despite no humans being shown.
Or in "Solid Sernade"(1946) where Tom is ruining Jerry's sleep by singing to Toodles.
They do work together sometimes but the vast majority of the chases are due to them wanting to chase each other, or one of them annoying the other. Tom's owners only sometimes are the driving force behind Tom trying to attack Jerry. (Also in the shorts where Tom's owners do tell him to get Jerry... he usually isn't only pretending to get Jerry. He's actively trying to eliminate him)
3. Jerry ISN'T the thing Tom hates most in the world
He's just not (or at least...not often). I know I said earlier they just love to attack one another, but they do also save one another often. At the least, they do team up against common enemies, suggesting they often find one another as the lesser of two evils, and therefore they hate their common enemy more than each other.
In a few episodes, such as "Mouse into Space" (1962), or the Tom and Jerry show (2014) episode "I quit", Tom is shown to go into a depression without Jerry.
Again, this is of course, case dependent. Tom does hate Jerry in some shorts (the very early ones, usually). Then again there's many times where they explicitly don't hate each other.
The Tom and Jerry show (1975) [2nd Hanna-Barbera era] has Tom and Jerry be friends throughout.
The Tom and Jerry show (2014) has a scenario where the two are Detectives who work together and are shown to be fairly close friends.
To conclude
It depends on the short. Nothing and everything is canon. Except the whole "ThE lAsT EpIsOdE oF ToM aNd JeRrY" thing. That's just false and easily proved fake by a quick search.
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IN A WORLD FULL OF BOYS, HE’S A GENTLEMAN ! | TOM BLYTH
PAIRING. tom blyth x fem!actress!reader
SUMMARY. despite being in a world filled of childish boys, your boyfriend was definitely a gentleman, always putting you before him
AUTHORS NOTE. the third installment because we love tom blyth and yn avocot. I recommend reading part 1 and 2 for more context!
tomblyth “babe, do you think we’re together in every universe?” is that even a question?
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ynuser stoppp i didn’t know youd actually take the question seriously
user1 get you a man like tom blyth bc oh my god
user2 idk what yn did to manifest him but i need her ways
user3 ugh idk what he’s doing with her lol he could do so much better
➥ user4 well someone had to say it..
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You didn’t understand how some people on the internet can be so . . . mean. Although there have been countless of fans cheering you and Tom on, it didn’t make it any less hurtful that there were still a ton who weren’t scared to be open about how much your boyfriend could do better.
It’s ironic; you think. They’re claiming they’re looking out for Tom, yet totally disregarding him and his girlfriend as human beings? Those weren’t real fans.
The reason for them hating you so much? Just for simply being with Tom. Everybody wanted him, that was your crime.
Everytime you got lost in your thoughts about this topic, Tom knew. Boyfriend instincts, he called them, but really, he was just a caring and observant person.
You tried not to break down over it, you really did, but a girl could only go on for so long before it all bursts out. Luckily, Tom pulls you right in, telling you to let it all out.
Although the world was filled with childish and hurtful beings, Tom Blyth was still who he was, a gentleman, attending to your every needs.
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tomblyth really dgaf if you like my girlfriend or not cause i do and that’s all that matters
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user5 im cryinf the polaroid he has of her
user6 YES REAL MEN STAND UP FOR THEIR GFS
user7 ALL THE PICS HE HAS OF HER 🥹🥹
tomblythswife oh to be yn avocot and be loved by tom blyth
rachelzegler tell ‘em 🙊
user8 she doesn’t even comment on the posts he makes abt her, so self centered lol
➥ ynuser I’m right next to him rn?? cant say the same thing about you “lol”
➥ user9 OH SHE ATE YOU UP @/user8
tomblyth_daily here are some clips of tom talking about his relationship in his new interview! GET YOU A MAN THATS LIKE TOM BLYTH 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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user10 the way he’s so passionate when talking about her and being a good boyfriend, God I hate being single
user11 “they’re not even that cute” STFU AND GO WATCH THIS INTERVIEW CAUSE ??
user12 tom blyth said put aside your nonchalant attitudes, im looking at YOU MEN 🫵🫵
ilovetomblyth he’s so boyfriend it actually hurts
user13 yn must’ve saved a continent in her past life to be dating tom blyth omg
ynuser girls, before you have a meltdown over a boy: think of what balleona laurent would do. kiss and manipulate coriolanus!
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tomblyth you kiss and manipulate me too
➥ ynuser you’re gonna get me CANCELLED
user14 literal unbothered icon i love her
user15 if i were her id post a tiktok with that audio “he chose me he don’t want you”
iloveyn SHES SO FUNNY
lionsgate us when behind the scenes photo of balleona 😻
➥ user16 lmao stop who’s the admin of lionsgate
user17 balleona is such a bad person but oh is she hot
tomblyth she was like a shot of espresso
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ynuser i love u more than words can describe blyth
user18 ok who’s cutting onions
user19 GIRLS, GUYS, THEY THEMS, STOP SETTLING FOR BARE MINIMUM WHEN TOM BLYTH LITERALLY CALLED HIS GF A SHOT OF ESPRESSO, GIVES HER FLOWERS EVERYDAY, AND TALKS ABT HER ALL THE TIME IN HIS INTERVIEWS
➥ user20 YELL IT HARDER SISTER 👐👐👐
user21 this is so dark academica im inlove with u guys
user22 parentssss
rachelzegler my favorites
ynuser SNOW LANDS ON TOP LOSERS
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tomblyth yn, i love you but
➥ user23 LMFAOO when he doesn’t finish his sentence
user24 the second pic thank u yn
joshandresrivera on top of u maybe
➥ user25 IM DYING OML
user26 thank you to lionsgate for casting the most hottest villain couple ever
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