Hello anonymous void!
I'm Madeleine, an overeducated underemployed 20-something whose primary talent is thinking myself into the depths of despair. I make art and I write fanfiction that I'm very proud of and want to share with more people than just my sister (love you pookie 🫶). Find me on ao3!
Ra Ra Rasputin
A tragedy.
Hey! It's been a while since I've been active, but I updated my Marauders series on ao3 yesterday and I'm really proud of the new chapter (I think it's one of the best things I've ever written, actually); and since it's the first chapter from Narcissa's POV it works well enough as a standalone piece of writing, so I figured I'd cross-post it here, too :)
The only context you need is 1) it starts as a flashback, but present-day is Christmas Eve 1972, 2) Narcissa found out about Andromeda's relationship with Ted Tonks during August 1972, which caused a falling-out between the two of them, and 3) Narcissa still kept that relationship secret from the rest of the family. Also, there's a teensy bit of mildly violent child abuse at the end. You have been warned.
(Also also, it's long. If I could put more than one 'keep reading' cut, I would. You have once again been warned.)
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Narcissa Druella Black, aged four and one quarter, pearl of her mother’s eye and diamond of her family tree, had never liked the house in London.
It certainly wasn’t as nice as her house, which was much larger, and prettier, and had an outside with lots of grass and trees and flowers, instead of dirty-looking bricks and Muggles. Her house was sunny, and warm, and filled with sparkly things—but the London house was dark, and cold, and the whole thing always smelled a bit like an attic. Except for today. Today it also smelled a bit like blood.
Cissy shuddered. She hated blood.
She wanted to leave, but that was against the rules, and anyway, Andy was holding her hand. Andy was nine, and very good at following the rules. She never would have let Cissy leave. Bella might have—but then she would have told. And then she would have laughed while Cissy got in trouble.
They were in the drawing room on the first floor now, and they were waiting for something. Cissy couldn’t remember what. She hoped it wasn’t anything to do with the blood smell.
I'm gonna haunt you in your head
The things we did, the last words I said
Oh holy shit
My favorite kind-of-dumb headcanon is that Remus Lupin genuinely didn’t realize the irony of his last name for a very long time, and in fact really liked it, because he only associated it with the flower.
(This may or may not be because I didn’t realize he wasn’t named after the flower (my favorite flower) for many many years 🙃)
These are so adorable!! I love your work, you’re really talented :)
Request for next time: Tim!!!!!!!
I’m writing a fic from Alphard Black’s POV about his relationship with his nieces and nephews, and I was browsing the AO3 tags for inspiration when I came across Alphard Black/Tom Riddle, which absolutely blew my mind. As a caveat, I didn’t actually read any of the fics I found yet, so idk how people execute it, but even just the concept—WOW. Galaxy brain moment right there. Major, major props to whoever came up with it.
Like, canon only raises one question about the guy: 'Why did Alphard go against his Dark wizard family to financially support his nephew?'
And this manages to answer it in the WILDEST way possible: 'Because Voldemort was his ex!!! It’s a lover’s quarrel!!! DUH!!!'
And on its surface, that seems absolutely insane. BUT:
It's soooooo juicy. There's so much potential. This is 100% my headcanon from now on.
Done with the "i dont have time for fandom drama, i have work and taxes" mindset. I want fandom bullshit to be the center of my life again. Ship wars are much less stressful than what ever is going on offline
I have secretly always wanted to partake in a no-stakes fandom debate where we both present our opinions as facts and refuse to admit the ways we’re very wrong bc it’s much more fun to just keep moving the goalposts
But I am too much of a coward to start one so if somebody would please please ask me my opinion on something controversial so I can be forced to take a stand it would make my day :)
Agatha All Along is the first Marvel project that has brought me joy since Homecoming
okay yall, i've got a new teen theory. there will be spoilers for episode 4 so please watch that first (even though they're minor spoilers)
also this theory includes info about wiccan from the comics (specifically young avengers: the children’s crusade) but don’t worry if you haven’t read it! i will be providing photos of the relevant text bubbles.
This would be soooo juicy
Also, ‘that boy isn’t yours’ is ambiguous enough that it could simply mean something along the lines of ‘he’s not yours anymore bc you gave him away’
"what's the next big fic we're readi-" do you know fun and whimsy? do you know what it's like to randomly scroll ao3 and find a masterpiece with 50 hits? do you know joy? light? freedom?
Hey Gwen! I can't help but notice that you were looking for some handy manuals and guides for your new job and there just so happens to be a library full of books for that specific need! It's called the library of Jurgen Leit- [I am shot several times]
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post
…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
i need all the help i can get for finals
Hey so
the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like.
So you know.
This might be the real one, y’all.
what the hell? i could use some luck *hits reblog*
You know what I could use some luck
btw chat i started reading the poppy war
Coincidentally finished my annual re-read of Babel this afternoon and it reminded me what a genius RF Kuang is. Mayhaps I too shall have to revisit her earlier works
i read babel last year omw it's so gooood
So so so good!!!! I’m partially biased since I’m a translation student myself, but it’s my favorite book ever. I’ve literally run out of people to recommend it to bc I already made all my friends read it. And I know you’re not supposed to put celebrities on pedestals but RF Kuang is low key my hero
btw chat i started reading the poppy war
Coincidentally finished my annual re-read of Babel this afternoon and it reminded me what a genius RF Kuang is. Mayhaps I too shall have to revisit her earlier works
most unstable girl you know: i need to get a masters degree
