Rest In Peace, MATTHEW PERRY

Oddly specific. Got a deposit for 6,837 today

fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes

May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love

Back To School

It's almost September!! Like last year this year's jilychallenge theme will be Back To School.

Like last year we will give each pair a prompt that has something to do with going back to school (finding those right quills but you took the last one in the shop?) & Hogwarts locations (the Kitchens & a song lyric) Each pair of creators will receive a prompt from us to spark your ideas. You create your own work, (although collabs are always fun!) You are always free to use and interpret your prompt as loosely as you want.

NB: There won't be a jilychallenge in October, because of @jilytoberfest (make sure you follow them and check out the amazing plans they have for this year's Jilytober!)

how to enter:

when posting: 

If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to send us a message or ask! If you have an idea for a theme for an upcoming month we'd love to hear it!

golden hour

my @jilychallenge creation

theme: movie quotes

partner: @quietlycharmed

prompt: “I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love me.”

Lily Evans just couldn’t believe her luck. And by luck she meant absolute horrific misfortune that made her fairly convinced that a witch or someone had cursed her to be miserable for the rest of her life. It was a shame that she’d only just made it to a quarter of a century existing on the apparent ball of despair that people had named ‘Earth’.

Only she, as unlucky as she was, would end up living with her worst enemy. 

read on ao3

this ficlet was the first time in ages that I've actually had a story flow through my fingers to make words in on a google doc in a very long time. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed telling it <3

@Fanfic writers:

My friend send me this link, is a series on a profile on Ao3 (tumblr) that has different tutorials to insert things to fanfics via html code, I thought I would share bc it’s really cool

Lists of tutorials:

This is a tutorial/live example on how to make large images fit on mobile browsers but remain normal size on desktop browsers.

This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic the look of letters, fliers, and stationery (as well as other forms of written media) without using images. For all your epistolary fic needs.

This is a tutorial/live example on how to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure" fic. While this has been explained before (see here), this particular tutorial shows you how to use a work skin to hide the next parts from the reader until they click through to get to them.

This is a live example of how an author can create linked footnotes in their work with only a little bit of HTML and no workskins required. This is best viewed by clicking "Entire Work". While I've included the actual coding in bold and italic once you click "Hide Creator's Style", there's a more detailed explanation here.

This a tutorial/live example on how to have text change or appear once a cursor is hovering over it. Helpful for pop-up spoilers, language translations, quick author's notes, etc.

Anonymous on tumblr: do you have a skin that would mimic the author’s notes and review/kudos buttons section from the end of a fic? the desired effect being that the fic could go on after the “end” of the fic, so after the author’s notes and review/kudos buttons

Here's a tutorial/live example to do just that, with some of the buttons actually functioning. I'll explain more inside!

This is a tutorial/live example on how to align images to the left or right of the screen and have text wrap around them.

This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic email windows on AO3 without the need to use images.

This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic iOS text messages on AO3 without the need to use images. There's also a chapter on how to have emojis displayed on AO3 as well.

Bored with the default page dividers? This is a tutorial/live example on how customize your page dividers with no images needed (though I do show you how you could use images if you wanted to do such a thing).

This is a live example how to make invisible text that can only be seen by highlighting the text. Tutorial is included in text, and you can always leave comments about questions you may have.

MOBILE USERS: Sadly, this probably won't work for you, since highlighting in a mobile browser is different than web. I've tried correcting this, but have yet to find a solution.

Original coding and design is from layouttest. I make no claims for it, just tweaked it so it will work on AO3.

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of lined notebook paper in their work. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of sticky notes (aka Post-Its) in their fic. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of Deadpool's thinking boxes in their fic. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of a newspaper article in their work. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.

I have been super into making collages and mood boards for first recently, please hit me up if you'd like one, it would be super fun to collaborate!

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

Reblogging because it’s a damn potato and I want to encourage people to assume potatoes are magical.

I need something to be happy about. So, potato of luck, work your magic.

a potato flew around my blog

Give me some good news the potato of luck, I need them.

Could use that luck, potato!

with purpose

(huge thanks to @annabtg for beta reading!)

There were only a few students over her years of teaching at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that Minerva McGonagall had really noticed. It sounded horrible, of course it did, but so many different faces passed through her classroom that they inevitably began to blend together. But every now and again, a student or two would shine through.

Of course she had noticed James Potter immediately. How could she not, when the tiny bundle of energy burst into her classroom alongside the wild spirit of Sirius Black, the two boys so small but already so smart. Black was the first Gryffindor in his family, and Minerva had been relieved to see that he’d already made a firm friend in Potter, a boy she had heard many tales about from his mother, an old friend. 

And Potter was so like Fleamont, his father. He held Fleamont’s talent for learning, even if his preferred studies differed. His skill in Transfiguration was unlike any Minerva had ever seen from a First Year. He was quick-witted, determined, and boisterous. In James she saw Fleamont. But she saw Euphemia too. Saw her heart, her kindness. Her ability to care so deeply about those around her, gathering lost souls and turning them into the closest friends. Potter had done that too. Had found the rebellious son, the terrified werewolf, the social outcast. Had found the three boys that most would never choose and decided to make them his friends. James’ brain was all his father, but his heart… His heart was his mother. 

Minerva knew that once James found his soulmate, found the person that would make his eyes flash the colour of their hair when he realised his feelings for them, he would be utterly besotted.