Sure, other platforms may call them “followers” too, but only Tumblr can capture the feel of a faceless crowd of huddled masses trailing after you about a city block’s distance away, picking up pages of your diary or scrawlings that you drop on the ground as you walk along. Some of these people have been there for years. Some only joined the crowd last week. Collectively, the crowd is ancient and ageless. Who are they? What do they want from you? Nobody knows. Walk a little faster.
i was thinking about how i personally would make sasusaku work (platonic or romantic), and now it’s a whole AU where naruto fails as a hokage and has to resign, there’s a new big international conflict brewing, sakura has to leave her position of senior medical researcher at the hospital to rejoin the army, and her and sasuke are a team of two sent on key missions as part of the preparation efforts set in motion by the emerging world war.
the background: after the events of shippuuden sasuke goes on a 10 year long trip, while sakura establishes her career at the hospital (at this point she no longer has a crush on sasuke, and has finished her primary character arc). upon sasuke’s return their relationship starts from a hard reset, and they gradually become friends partaking in regular ninja poker nights of drinking and talking politics. by the time the international conflict starts, they are in their late 30s [and would become more intimate during the war, if u wish]
i don’t care if you’re shipping harry with ginny, cho, draco, luna, hermione, or the goddamn whomping willow
if harry is in any way good at romance, he’s wildly out of character
By far my favorite “weakness cancels out strength” dynamic in Harry Potter is that Remus has such a naturally strong and persuasive personality. People Listen To Him and he doesn’t have to even try. He stops whole arguments in their tracks, he is capable of cutting right to the heart of someone and making them feel So Bad.
but then he’s deathly afraid of ever telling anyone to do anything because they might get mad at him
Harry: Oh and Hermione started S.P.E.W
Sirius: She started spewing?
Hermione: No. S.P.E.W. It’s an organization that fights for house elf rights and makes sure they get treated fairly
Sirius (scoffing): Have you met house elves? Have you met my house elf? They’re annoying and nosy
Hermione (frowning): That’s not nice Sirius. They deserve to be treated equally. Maybe if you were a bit nicer to Kreacher, he’d be nicer to you
Sirius (remembering a black haired boy with bright gray eyes saying the exact same words to him at the exact same table 20 years ago): How much?
Hermione: Excuse me?
Sirius: How much do you need to get it started?
Hermione: I don’t need m-
Sirius (interrupting): I have money to spend and it’s for a good cause. It’ll be a monthly donation. Make it in the name of Reggie
Hermione: Uh okay? I’ll make the donation in Reggie’s name
Sirius (smiling and thinking of how much he hated to be called Reggie): Good. Thank you.
Sirius: I'm your older brother! You should respect me. Stop being a bully!!
Regulus:
I'm reading a fanfic atm and they have Voldemort wearing trainers - I'm not sure how I feel about this lol