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a special treat from the ‘Shadow Fandom’

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Since Halloween just came and went, picture this....... Hosea letting Vampire Dutch feed off him. The mere eroticism, love and care in the act...

I sadly can't give you more that this fast shitty sketch:

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obviously tonks wouldn't fall in love with a fuckin nerd. she needs an alternative man- a real sexy, emotionally distant, kinda? bad boy type( but not like sirius!) U kno that she would have been team jacob. remus reading books- it's just not realistic.

dunno how to respond to this, i read it about five times and i keep stopping at team jacob

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there’s this bit in OotP, during the first dinner when harry arrives, that goes like this:

Mr. Weasley, Bill, and Lupin were having an intense discussion about goblins. “They’re not giving anything away yet,” said Bill. “I still can’t work out whether they believe he’s back or not. ‘Course, they might prefer not to take sides at all. Keep out of it.” “I’m sure they’d never go over to You-Know-Who,” said Mr. Weasley, shaking his head. “They’ve suffered losses too. Remember that goblin family he murdered last time, somewhere near Nottingham?” “I think it depends what they’re offered,” said Lupin. “And I’m not talking about gold; if they’re offered freedoms we’ve been denying them for centuries they’re going to be tempted. Have you still not had any luck with Ragnok, Bill?”

it’s an inconsequential conversation, really: narratively the only purpose it serves is to give harry a bit of an idea of the climate of grimmauld place, and maybe foreshadow a little of the griphook plot to come in deathly hallows. but there’s something interesting at play in terms of remus’s role in the conversation.

remus is 1. identifying himself as part of the “we” –identifying himself as a wizard and, by extension, an oppressor; 2. holding wizards accountable for the way they’ve marginalized other beings; and 3. probably pulling from his own experience with the werewolves who have joined voldemort as a result of his promises of a better life for them (predicting that the goblins would do the same).

and it’s strange to me because despite his clear identification with the oppressive majority in this conversation, remus is one of the oppressed. remus is a werewolf; remus has been denied rights in the same way that the goblins have. the very reason he predicts that the goblins would respond to potential offers of freedoms by voldemort is because he has seen the same thing happen to people like him. this is corroborated by the conversation he has with harry in christmas in half-blood prince, where he says that the popular opinion among werewolves is that, under voldemort (and by extension, greyback), they will have a better life.

but instead of saying any of that, instead of contextualizing the situation with the goblins’ loyalty within the framework of his own experience as an oppressed minority, he identifies himself as part of the “we.” he categorizes himself with the oppressor, the same group of people who have systematically denied him his own rights. he holds wizards accountable for what they’ve done to goblins, but he doesn’t mention his own experience as a werewolf. he doesn’t hold wizards accountable for what they’ve done to him.

that’s the crux of it. remus never holds anyone accountable for what’s been done to him on any scale – neither on a personal level (which i’ve talked about), nor, in this case, the systemic institutionalized oppression that he has suffered. he has a strong sense of what’s right, he will fight for other people, but remus can never bring himself to fight for himself. he doesn’t validate his own experiences or the emotions related to those experiences.

instead, he actively identifies as a member of the group that oppressed him. the only reason he recognizes the potential for the goblins to ally themselves with voldemort is that he himself has seen people like him – people who have suffered as he has suffered – do the very same thing, and on some level he must have thought, “i can understand. i would never do it, but i can almost understand.”

remus empathizes with others, he views their oppression and their anger as valid, but at no point does he afford himself that validation. because, at the end of the day, remus thinks that he deserves the hand he has been dealt. he’s internalized so much self-loathing that even when he fights for the rights of others, he can’t demand them for himself.

that’s why he approaches the goblin conversation the way he does: as an outsider, as part of the “we,” as a wizard rather than a werewolf. remus would literally rather categorize himself with his oppressor than validate his own experiences.

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Soo

Here my first post, hehe

And that's something like illustration for

@yeats-infection fic "Rosary"

I really liked it! ❤️❤️❤️

Also, there a link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13183182

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whosbeendrawingdicks.mp3

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love of my life nymphadora tonks 🥀

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I`m obsessed with freesias_artworks and especially her Remadora art! If you are not following her yet I don’t know what are you wating for!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKyVlhMvGp/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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so uh i remembered that the marauders were at hogwarts in the 70s…

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LANDLORDS FEAR THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BATHTUB TROUT FARMER

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Remember to change the water in your Yeerk Pool every so often so that your little buddies always have clean, fresh water to swim in. Be sure to monitor the pH too so they don’t get chemical burns.

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-Vandermatthews sketch+ digital watercolors-

If you want to support my artworks: Patreon - Ko-fi

Full nsfw on Patreon

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I'm sorry but this looks exactly like an angsty moment between Remadora. The way she's looking at him and he looks all sad you just now Remus said something about him being unworthy of Tonks

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Jack dawson (Titanic) is the manic pixie dream girl

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I believe you may get your headlines, Mr. Ismay.        ↳ Titanic dir. James Cameron (1997)

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THE MUPPET SHOW (1976 - 1981)  —1.19 Special Guest: Vincent Price