Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Honor those killed in anti-trans acts of violence; mourn the lights in our community that have gone out; say their names and tell their stories; and vow to fight for those still with us.
After the second
Triwizard task, rumours start circulating around Hogwarts that Ron and Harry
are a couple (‘the person Harry would
miss most’…)
Hermione gets
told this rumour by Lavender and Parvati, who keep giggling whenever they see
Harry and Ron together
Hermione is a
little flustered by this, and, while she tries not to pay the rumour much
attention, she starts reading too much into little interactions between her two
friends
Like how Ron
claps Harry on the back occasionally…
Or how Harry
gives Ron a little grin after Ron tells an especially funny joke
Hermione is
confused, a little offended (why didn’t
they tell her?) and also somewhat jealous (after all, she’s fancied Ron
since she was thirteen)
She wrestles
with this jealousy for a few weeks, and can’t help but feel her stomach burn
with anger everytime Ron shows Harry some attention
Harry starts to
get concerned, and asks Ron whether he thinks Harry’s done anything to anger
Hermione
Ron is just as
baffled as Harry
However, during
a quiet evening in the Gryffindor common-room (after Harry goes up early to
bed), Ron asks Hermione why’s she so angry at Harry
Hermione
blushes, and asks Ron why neither him or Harry told her they were dating
Ron’s mouth
drops open, and he starts laughing
Hermione is
confused, and demands to know what he finds so funny (Is he messing with her?)
No, Hermione,
Ron says, his mouth still quivering with suppressed laughter, Harry’s my best mate and all, but we don’t
see each-other like THAT…
Hermione can’t
help but feel her heart grow three sizes with relief
Oh thank
goodness, she says happily
Ron stops
laughing, and raises an eyebrow
Hermione’s face
flushes again, and she looks down at her feet
Hermione,
Ron asks, moving closer to her, why does
the idea of me and Harry dating bother you so much?
She can feel the
redheads gaze upon her. Hermione’s heart begins to beat very fast
I…I….I don’t…she
stammers. Ron’s face is directly in front of her now.
Before she realises what he is doing, Ron
tucks a strand of her bushy hair behind her ear. Goosebumps appear on Hermione’s
neck
Ron cups her
face in one of his hands, and brings her lips to his
Hermione’s brain
feels like it is disintegrating. What on
earth is happening? Ron is KISSING me! Oh my…does Ron…does he feel the same-?
Ron pulls away,
and smiled at Hermione. His usual lop-sided smile that makes her heart flutter
I don’t know about me and Harry, Ron breaths, as he strokes her cheek, but I know which of my best friends I’d
rather be with…
I’m the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I got a lot to live up to. Bill and Charlie have already left – Bill was head boy and Charlie was captain of Quidditch. Now Percy’s a prefect. Fred and George mess around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they’re really funny. Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it’s no big deal, because they did it first.
You can stand by your black friends and be an ally. If you choose to protest that is totally fine, just try not to have your voice be so loud that it diminishes your fellow POC’s voices.
Stand by them. Be there for them. Let them know that you care. Encourage others to do the same.
So lately I’ve been working on upgrading my commissions info and decided to add an example of the same drawing idea in three different art styles: Disney, lineless and comic.
This will be our new lives if capitalism continues to exist
Just so you all know, the fire was likely caused by a private electric company, that essentially has a monopoly here, and could have been prevented if they shut off power in that area for only a few hours.
They chose not to because they wanted to maximize profit potential. This was more important to them than the entire town of Paradise.
No Corporation is your friend. No Corporation will ever care about the good of others unless it is profitable to do so.