No surprise, I am inhaling this book. Only stopping now because I have a headache.

A witty queer subversion of Harry Potter (and 2000s YA in general) where the main rivals are mad for each other? Yeah... I don't know why it took me so long to get around to this one. Obviously, anything HP inspired now comes with some complicated feelings but it's nice to see good things coming from that place, Independent of that place. And I would qualify this as a good thing even if (or perhaps because lol) it is bordering on thinly veiled fix it fic. Some day all this will stand on its own and most people won't even recognize that it was inspired by HP.

And to be fair, though this series does obviously pull heavily from Harry Potter, it is clear the author has spent a lot of time loving these characters and this world separate from that original inspiration and has created a compelling and remarkable story that stands on its own and stands in pretty direct opposition to JKRs politics. As someone with brain rot, who read too much HP fic as a kid, it is just hard for me to not be comparing the two and noting with fascination what this author chose to change and what is left the same or similar. Both canon AND fanon, lmao.

in my time on PB, i’ve noticed that a lot of people here seem to enjoy making crafts in addition to reading (fabric crafts, diamond painting, etc etc). which is super cool! i’d love to know what everybody else here loves to do that isn’t reading :] for me: i love doing anything outside (the activity doesn’t matter, if i could be outdoors all the time i would be), music (listening to it, playing it, and songwriting!) and drawing