TAPESTRY IC

WHO: Lucius and Draco Malfoy
WHEN: July 1985 and July 1997
WHAT: Draco is scared and his father tells him a story about Harry Potter
WARNINGS: Angst
REPOST: Hogweeds

( You don't want the Aurors to take Daddy away, do you? )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! decade: 1990s, ! log, lucius malfoy

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Aug. 25th, 2017

WHO: Lucius and Draco Malfoy
WHEN: July 1997
WHAT: Draco and Lucius look more alike than they ever have; Draco's perspective
WARNINGS: Angst
REPOST: Hogweeds

( They can't stand to see the same pain and emptiness mirrored in the same face )

Tags: ! decade: 1990s, ! log, lucius malfoy

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Aug. 20th, 2017

WHO: Rodolphus & Bellatrix feat. Proserpina (Irish setter), Snape (halfblood prince), mentions of Malfoys (haters)
WHAT: Misunderstandings
WHEN: 1970s
WARNINGS: None

( 🐕 )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange, severus snape

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WHO: Lucius Malfoy; appearances by Abraxas, Narcissa, and Draco
WHEN: 1970 to mid-1980s
WHAT: White peacock husbandry over the years

( I know you think he's ridiculous )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! decade: 1980s, ! log, lucius malfoy

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Jun. 19th, 2017

WHO: Lucius and Abraxas Malfoy; Zeus the peacock
WHEN: Summer 1970
WHAT: A serious discussion about investments

( We're not Gaunts )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, lucius malfoy

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Jun. 18th, 2017

prompt 18-vi: wanderlust

WHO: Rodolphus & Bellatrix
WHAT: Travelling
WHEN: 1971-1981
WARNINGS: Sunburn, stubbornness

( Do we look like tourists? )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! decade: 1980s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Jun. 5th, 2017

Week 7 Prompt VII - Heir

WHO: Fabian Prewett and Lucretia Black Prewett
WHAT: Going through Orion Black's things
WHEN: 1979 in the days immediately following Orion's death
WHERE: Prewett House
WARNINGS: Old ladies being drunk!

( ... getting hit with one vase by Walburga was enough for the day ... )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, fabian prewett, lucretia black prewett

Jun. 4th, 2017

WHO: Fabian Prewett & Ione Meliflua
WHAT: Overnight vigil for binding purposes
WHEN: Full Moon in May 1980
WHERE: Rural pureblooded wizarding estate (Crabbe? Goyle? not relevant to our purposes)
WARNINGS: None

( There are fates worse than death. )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, fabian prewett, ione meliflua

May. 14th, 2017

WHO: Rodolphus & Fabian
WHAT: Chattin
WHEN: 1978
WHERE: Lestrange Library
WARNINGS: Pretense

( You found all that you need or—? )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, fabian prewett, rodolphus lestrange

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Apr. 27th, 2017

WHO: The Prewett twins
WHAT: Post-family destress with alcohol because their family drives them to drink.
WHEN: Following a family dinner sometime in the late 70s.
WHERE: Fabian's flat.
WARNINGS: Language

( If you can taste the tea, keep going. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, fabian prewett, gideon prewett

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Apr. 18th, 2017

mask

WHO: barty, bellatrix
WHAT: a blind date between mentee and mentor
WHEN: 1977
WHERE: some office somewhere
WARNINGS: blatant sexism

( 2: rodolphus in disguise )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, barty crouch jr, bellatrix black lestrange

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Apr. 17th, 2017

WHO: Tina Bulstrode and Allegra Zabini
WHAT: Two bored witches take a deliberate wrong turn on a hospital tour
WHEN: 1980, after Allegra's return from abroad
WHERE: St Mungo's
WARNINGS: None significant

( I can't say if I admire those who can sit through another speech about paint colors )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, allegra zabini, eglantine bulstrode

Apr. 15th, 2017

WHO: Fabian Prewett & Ione Meliflua
WHAT: Eating waffles.
WHEN: 1980, after May Day
WHERE: A waffle restaurant in London (run with it, y'all)
WARNINGS: Fabian is a cynical jerk, film at 11.

( Don’t offer, if you didn’t mean it. )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, fabian prewett, ione melliflua

Mar. 25th, 2017

WHO: Fabian Prewett & Ione Meliflua
WHAT: The hard part of a solicitor's job is working with materials. Or at least the cold part.
WHEN: The night of May Day 1980
WHERE: Ness of Brodgar, Orkney
WARNINGS: None

( Who wants to do magic, when you can watch television? )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, fabian prewett, ione meliflua

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Mar. 6th, 2017

Week 1 Prompt VIII: Shopping

WHO: Tina Bulstrode & Antonin Dolohov
WHAT: Week 1 Prompt: Shopping
WHEN: Early December 1978
WHERE: Twilfitt and Tattings
WARNINGS: None significant.

( What is it you hope to smuggle into this gala inside of them? )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, antonin dolohov, eglantine bulstrode

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Feb. 27th, 2017

WHO: Fabian Prewett & Ione Meliflua
WHAT: Ione had a bad day at work
WHEN: Early 1980
WHERE: Fabian's flat
WARNINGS: Medical squick, blood

( I could be a hermit. I'd be very good at it. )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, fabian prewett, ione meliflua

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Feb. 16th, 2017

prwtt

WHO: The Prewett twins.
WHAT: Learning about the Muggle world firsthand.
WHEN: Late 1973.
WHERE: Muggle London.
WARNINGS: Minor violence.

( Toffs like them come in twos. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, fabian prewett, gideon prewett

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Jan. 31st, 2017

Week 2 Prompt IX: Elective - Duelling Club

WHO: Fabian Prewett and Bellatrix Black (Lestrange)
WHAT: Two duels
WHEN: Late fall 1968 / Late fall 1978
WHERE: Hogwarts / Tinworth
WARNINGS: Lethal violence, unforgivables, poor sportsmanship

( You are not supposed to destroy the dueling arena as part of your duel. )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, fabian prewett

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Jan. 29th, 2017

WHO: Bellatrix & Cygnus
WHAT: Summer school
WHEN: 1965
WHERE: Black family library
WARNINGS: The fine line between bonding and indoctrination, I guess

( This kind of power is your birthright )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange

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Jan. 25th, 2017

mask

WHO: Barty Crouch Jr and himself
WHAT: sleeping, part 1.
WHEN: 1982 - 1990s
WHERE: his mind

( sweet, sweet slumber )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, barty crouch jr

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Jan. 24th, 2017

persephere

WHO: Serena Burke
WHAT: Meme prompt from Xan! Serena's sorting.
WHEN: 1 September 1973
WHERE: Great Hall, Hogwarts
( I'll eat myself if you can find a smarter hat than me! )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, serena burke

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Jan. 16th, 2017

lucre

prompt: week 3-vii - words left unsaid

WHO: Allegra Zabini feat. Lorenzo Zabini (brother), Luca de Santis (husband no. 3)
WHAT: Sharing the news
WHEN: 1979
WHERE: Lake Como
WARNINGS: New money

( But he is, she reflects, a gangster. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, allegra zabini

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Jan. 13th, 2017

prompt 7-viii: wedding

WHO: Bellatrix Black and Rodolphus Lestrange + some guest stars
WHAT: Le very strange wedding
WHEN: October 23, 1971
WARNINGS: feelings

( What happened to you? )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Jan. 12th, 2017

calumny

WHO: Severus Snape & Lily Evans (cameo Lucius Malfoy)
WHAT: a slow fraying x
WHEN: Summer 1975
WHERE: Cokeworth
WARNINGS: child neglect

( The air is static. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, severus snape

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Prompt 12-I: Breakfast

WHO: Bellatrix and Rodolphus
WHAT: A nice pleasant breakfast with almost no petty arguing
WHEN: 1976
WHERE: One of the Gallery's many rooms
WARNINGS: Adulting is hilarious

( Killjoy. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Jan. 11th, 2017

Week 5 Prompt I: If you hate a person ...

WHO: Tina, Neal, and Lewis Bulstrode
WHAT: Sibling times as Tina prepares to go to Hogwarts
WHEN: August 1967
WHERE: Bulstrode home in Northamptonshire
WARNINGS: None.

( “If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, eglantine bulstrode, neal bulstrode

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Jan. 7th, 2017

lucre

WHO: Allegra Zabini
WHAT: Seven one-sentence drabbles for seven dead husbands
WHEN: 1970s - 1990s
WHERE: US & Europe
WARNINGS: The husbands are dead

( 💔 )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! decade: 1980s, ! decade: 1990s, ! log, allegra zabini

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( Prompt: Between the wars ft/Pasque. )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, ione meliflua

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Dec. 28th, 2016

WHO: Bellatrix
WHAT: Azkaban
WHEN: 1981-1996

( She laughs. )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! decade: 1990s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange

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chicanery

WHO: Brothers Lestrange
WHAT: The two times Rabastan makes demands of Rodolphus, & the one time Rodolphus returns the favour
WHEN: Over the years~
WHERE: Lestrange castle, Hogwarts, Hogsmeade
WARNINGS: None!

( Get dad's chair. )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, rabastan lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Dec. 27th, 2016

WHO: Rodolphus
WHAT: thanks for the insp dro
WHEN: 90s
WHERE: London
WARNINGS: possible mild body horror trigger

( x )

Tags: ! decade: 1990s, ! log, rodolphus lestrange

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Dec. 25th, 2016

calumny

WHO: Severus & Eileen Snape
WHAT: A gift / part one of seven.
WHEN: Not quite Christmas, 1966
WHERE: Spinner's End, Cokeworth
WARNINGS: children

( mother, even my fears were your fears first. )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, severus snape

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Dec. 23rd, 2016

FOR: Em
WHAT: Building The Gallery
WHEN: 1971

( my love is building a building )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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FOR: Em
WHAT: It's possible to avoid the difficult conversations
WHEN: 1970s-1980

( I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! decade: 1980s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Dec. 6th, 2016

WHO: Rodolphus Lestrange & Bellatrix Black
WHAT: Coworkers on a mission
WHEN: 1971; a few weeks after a terrible/awkward first date
WHERE: Voldemort HQ → Cecil Warrington's house
WARNINGS: Murder, Inc.

( I wouldn’t have thought he was smart enough to run )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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willkill

Week 7 | Wedding

WHO: Neal and Beatrice Bulstrode
WHAT: Prompt Week 7 | Sibling Rivalry
WHEN: September 1967
WHERE: A Wedding
WARNINGS:

( Still able to breathe in that dress? )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, neal bulstrode

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willkill

Week 7 | Sibling Rivalry

WHO: Neal and Lewis Bulstrode
WHAT: Prompt Week 7 | Sibling Rivalry
WHEN: March 1967
WHERE: Bulstrode home in Northamptonshire.
WARNINGS: Fisty cuffs. Apparently, I have a Bulstrode brother narrative that I didn't know about.

( Retract the proposal… )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, neal bulstrode

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Dec. 3rd, 2016

WHO: Lucius Malfoy and Rodolphus Lestrange
WHAT: Brother-in-law bonding :)
WHEN: Late-1977
WHERE: Two different parties~

( Enjoying yourself? )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, lucius malfoy, rodolphus lestrange

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Nov. 30th, 2016

Week 4 Prompt I: Dialogue Only

WHO: Rodolphus and Bellatrix
WHAT: Creating a new house
WHEN: 1971-1972
WHERE: The Gallery

( We don't need a guest room. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Nov. 27th, 2016

Week 3 Prompt II: Howler

WHO: Fabian Prewett and Ione Melliflua
WHAT: Disarming a howler & breakfast afterwards
WHEN: Early morning in late 1979
WHERE: Fabian's flat off Diagon Alley & moving on
WARNINGS: Mild language

( YOU QUIT ThAt RiGht now! )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, fabian prewett, ione meliflua

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Nov. 22nd, 2016

Week 2 Prompt II: Herbology

WHO: Eglantine Bulstrode
WHAT: Herbology (and related disciplines)
WHEN: Spring 1977 ish
WHERE: Bulstrode estate, Northamptonshire
WARNINGS: None

( Mother had been impressed with her work. )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, eglantine bulstrode

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Nov. 21st, 2016

calumny

WHO: Rodolphus Lestrange & Severus Snape
WHAT: First encounters
WHEN: 1977
WHERE: Lestrange Library
WARNINGS: guy love

( my potions are too strong for you, traveler )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, rodolphus lestrange, severus snape

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Nov. 15th, 2016

Week 4 Prompt II: No Dialog; & VII: A List

WHO: Fabian Prewett
WHAT: A note to his tailor (concept stolen shamelessly from Steven Brust)
WHEN: January 1978
WHERE: A home in the [location redacted] neighbourhood in suburban London
WARNINGS: Violence, language

( I am sending by this owl several items that require repairs or replacement. )

Tags: ! correspondence, ! decade: 1970s, ! log, fabian prewett

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Nov. 11th, 2016

week iv promp: No dialogue.

November, 1980

( Numbness. )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, ione meliflua

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Nov. 10th, 2016

WHO: Bellatrix Black and Rodolphus Lestrange
WHAT: First date
WHEN: Early 1971
WHERE: A fine dining establishment
REPOST: Stormwatch

( What do you do in your spare time? )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Nov. 5th, 2016

WHO: Bellatrix and Rodolphus
WHAT: The most dangerous anniversary
WHEN: October 23, 1981
WHERE: Who can say
WARNINGS: Sadism, murder

( Let's go out )

Tags: ! decade: 1980s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange, rodolphus lestrange

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Nov. 3rd, 2016

lucre

week 2 prompt: potions

WHO: Allegra Zabini and her mother, Giulia
WHAT: Scheming about Husband #1
WHEN: 1967
WHERE: Giulia's rundown London flat
WARNINGS: Lucille Bluth-ism

( It worked. I'm engaged. )

Tags: ! decade: 1960s, ! log, allegra zabini

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Nov. 2nd, 2016

WHO: Voldemort and Bellatrix
WHAT: The beginning
WHEN: 1970
WHERE: Voldemort's HQ
WARNINGS: Fanaticism

( I'm not being challenged enough )

Tags: ! decade: 1970s, ! log, bellatrix black lestrange

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Oct. 31st, 2016