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A haunting re-imagining of William Hope Hodgson's The Night Land, with themes of prophecy and reincarnation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090524012412/http://www.thenightland.co.uk/nightawake.html

The above website itself has fan-drawn maps of the landscape of the Night Lands, and I love looking at it from time to time

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for fic recommendations where the characters get together earlier in the story.

Bonus points if the fic spans multiple books!

I don’t mind some canon divergence or AU elements, as long as it stays relatively close to the Harry Potter storyline.

Thanks in advance.

Dean flirting with almost every hot girl he sees

Sam trying to read some lore books he brought, but Dean would keep insisting that it defeated the purpose of being there and relaxing (and Sam would say "This is relaxing for ME. Leave me alone.")

Dean would then borrow a bucket from some kid, and use it to spill water on him. Poor Sam.

Sam probably wouldn't like the water and doing any actual swimming because he would claim it's "bad for his hair."

Sam definitely also gets burned easily and puts as much sunscreen as he can. He would be the type to do research on it to find the strongest and most effective one.

Dean wouldn't want any on him because he likes to get super tanned. Sam would nag him about the risks of skin cancer and force Dean to put it on.

Dean likes to pull pranks, so he would do shit like putting sand in his shorts if he fell asleep. Also putting tanning oil he brought on Sam's face, and then putting sun glasses on him so he gets a funny tan line on his face. Sam doesn't end up finding out until later that night at the motel when he looks in the mirror.

Dean would try to make Sam join him if there was a beach volleyball game going on nearby. They'd both end up dominating everyone on sight. They just make a really great team, and usually manage to sync up well. (Also their training as hunters helped)

Idk I don't have anymore headcanons lol. But this is just stuff I'd love seeing if they could do an episode like this. Unfortunately they had too much on their plate. Though it would be perfect opportunity for some great fan service.

I remember watching s1 for the first time and all the theorizing.

Who is who but also who knows what?

We began to realize that Regina still had her memories when she squashed Graham's heart.

(Poor, poor Graham.)

But Mr Gold was always so enigmatic.

He never acted like anything other than a creepy land owner.

But then Regina confronted him in "Skin Deep" while he was in a cell.

For the first time we heard her verbally reference the truth and the Enchanted Forest, when she asked him his true name.

"I am Mr Gold. Every day I've spent on the earth that's been my name."

"What about the time you spent... elsewhere!"

And then his mask drops with a sly little smile and he gnarls breathlessly:

"Rumplestiltskin!"

Boom! Chills!

Man, Robert Carlyle is such a fantastic actor!

From Cop City to the Dakota pipelines and Jane’s Revenge to numerous struggles worldwide, anarchist organizers are relentlessly targeted by the state today as they have been for over a century.

Shadows in the Struggle for Equality is the firsthand account of Boris Yelensky, an activist of the Anarchist Red Cross (later the Anarchist Black Cross), during the Russian revolutionary movement from 1905 through 1917, and the subsequent Leninist/Stalinist repression.

Written with great humility and compassion, Yelensky recalls his fifty years of tireless organizing to aid victims of state oppression and injustice, beginning with a vivid sketch of the history of the Russian revolutionary movement and the critical role played by anarchists. He then provides the rich history of the Anarchist Red Cross spanning the time from the Revolution to his settling in the US where he dedicated his life and his book “to the Fighters for Freedom, Humanism and Justice, to those who endeavored to help these fighters by applying the principle of mutual aid.”

In telling why an anarchist relief organization became necessary, he calls attention to a neglected aspect of revolutionary history—the sabotage and discrimination of many social-democrats against their fellow-prisoners and in the outside relief organizations. Of the vast sums collected all over the world, from czarist times up through the 1950s when the book was written, very little reached the anarchist prisoners.

With newly translated material, and over a dozen beautiful illustrations by N.O. Bonzo, this stunning edition of Shadows in the Struggle for Equality will serve to inspire a continuation of solidarity and support for those who are incarcerated in the struggle for freedom, humanism, and justice.

PM Press

Dumbledore shook his head in disappointment, sadness clearly visible on his face.

"I had a student once who proclaimed himself Lord.

He also made up a new name for himself and demanded to be obeyed.

Yet to me, he will always be Tom. And that's what I call him whenever I have the misfortune to meet with him face to face.

Sadly, you are not so different from him, Harry."

"Excuse me?" Petunia Dursley said to her sister, shocked that she suddenly showed up at her doorstep at Privet Drive, cradling a baby boy who was probably her nephew Harry.

"Our son Hadrian was attacked by the dark wizard Voldemort and survived his killing curse. The curse backfired, so now Voldemort is dead and it's because of Hadrian! Now he's very famous as the Boy Who Lived and destined for great things! Dumbledore told us it's him, because Hadrian has a V-shaped scar on his forehead. V-shaped, like Voldemort, it's symbolic!"

Confused Petunia looked at her nephew Harry, the scar on his forehead catching her interest. "But Harry also has a scar. It's a lightning bolt, does that not hold any special significance for you freaks?" she asked Lily.

"I don't know, Dumbledore didn't seem interested in that. In fact, he said that Harry's probably a squib. That's why he should stay with you dirty muggles, so that we can focus on our famous son Hadrian and his destiny!" Lily said.

"And why should I take him in?" Petunia sneered at Lily. "It's not like you and that freak you married are dead, take care of your own baby, you deadbeat!"

"Because Dumbledore said so!" Lily said as if that explained everything. "Who cares what some senile old fool running a school for freaks said? Leave me alone!" Petunia screamed as she slammed the door in Lily's face. "Well, that was incredibly rude! Wait 'till Dumbledore hears about this, you horse-faced bint!" Lily screamed at her, but then she heard a familiar voice behind her.

"Hello, Lily." said clearly angry Sirius Black. "I had hoped I heard wrong, but it seems the rumours about you and James getting rid of Harry and trying to have him adopted by your cruel sister who hates you and everything connected to you are unfortunately true!"

"Yes, Dumbledore told us to do that and me and James agreed that's the best thing to do. We have to make sure Hadrian gets our full attention, after all! Harry would just get in the way!" Lily explained and if she were even a bit less self-centered, she could maybe notice by the expression on Sirius' face that his opinion of her sank even lower than before.

"You know, if you really can't raise Harry together with his brother Hadrian for whatever reason, why not have me take care of Harry? I'm his godfather, that's literally what I'm supposed to do!" Sirius growled.

"Alright, fine, you can have this brat. But if Dumbledore gets angry, it's on you!" Lily said as she tossed Harry into Sirius' arms. "Don't worry, I'll deal with Dumbledore!" Sirius growled, a look of disgust on his face. "But first, I'm gonna go knock some sense into James!"

"Wait, what?" Harry said. "Earlier today, me and Ron got into an argument about Quidditch. At first, I thought he was just being ignorant, but the longer we talked, the more I realized that he really knows his stuff. I admit, I was captivated." Cho blushed. "In the end, he blurted something out about not having a date to the Yule Ball, so I offered to go with him."

Harry wanted to say something, but he honestly didn't know what. He was utterly stunned by this revelation. "Anyway, I have to go, Harry! Please tell Ron we have to talk more about Quidditch sometime!" Cho said right before she left.

Harry himself was speechless. The girl he had a crush on was going to the Yule Ball with his best friend. And somehow, he had a feeling that Hermione wasn't going to be happy about this either.

Scientists on Survival: Personal Stories of Climate Action by Scientists for XR

Published March 27, 2025

Up until recently, many climate scientists have felt deeply worried but unable to speak out. This book brings together the stories of 24 scientists who each individually decided they could no longer keep quiet. Rage, grief and frustration are part of these journeys, but readers will take comfort from knowing they are not alone. This is a very personal book which will hopefully inspire more scientists (and others) to take the leap and become climate activists. Foreword by Chris Packham.

https://www.scientistsforxr.earth/our-book

Clouds in the sky of paradise
Paradise —
I hear smiles from where I gaze.

A dream in vain
To wander through these mountains of mist

I’m really interested in reading crossover fanfiction between:

Harry Potter

and

Darren Shan’s Cirque du Freak/Saga of Darren Shan

series.

I’ve checked AO3 and FFN, and found a few stories, but it seems like many of the old FanFiction.net links are broken or the fics have disappeared.

If you have any recommendations for good crossovers (any plot, character, or pairing—Hogwarts setting, vampires meeting wizards, etc.), I’d love to hear them.

I've seen some like:

'No Escape'

'Vamps and Wizards'

'The War of the Wizards'

'Harry Potter and the Cirque Du Freak'

etc.

but would like to find more.

For instance, when Potter was trying to do a spell in class, Draco discreetly made it look like Potter did the spell first try - and so Potter would get points for Gryffindor ... for something he didn't do. Draco knew the guilt would eat away at him, so he would do it as often as possible. How truly diabolical of him. (Harry really didn't understand why Malfoy kept helping him, but had no interest in stopping him. After all, free points and he would learn the spells anyway)

Potter was unaware of the first task, huh? Well good thing Draco was there to spoil it for him. Draco made sure to tell him all about the dragons, and the details of the task (that he had stolen from Dumbledore's desk). Now the surprise of the first task was spoiled for Potter, and he would never get that first time reaction to the task. He would also be panicking over the thought of facing dragons. That'll show him. How extremely nasty of him. (Harry was honestly grateful for the information, even if Hagrid would give him the information a few days later. It gave him a head start on preparing for the task. He was just confused as to why Malfoy kept helping him despite hating him.)

Potter and Daphne Greengrass clearly being into each other, but not allowed to be together by Daphne's parents? Draco was able to trick them into accidentally signing a marriage contract, so now they were FORCED to be together. Their relationship was now unnaturally made, with their choice taken away from them. Draco knew they would grow to resent and hate each other. How legally evil of him. (Harry and Daphne had been secretly dating for a while at this point, so they just shrugged and went along with it. After all, it was an easy excuse to openly be together.)

Potter had the Dark Lord as his arch-nemesis, and was looking to fight him in a epic final battle? Not on Draco's watch. Draco gathered the horcruxes and captured Voldemort & Nagini, and had them tied up in a unbreakable room. Then he tricked Potter into casting fiendfyre into the room. Now Potter couldn't get the glory of killing the Dark Lord in front of everyone. He would always know that he beat a guy who was all tied up, with absolutely no effort whatsoever. Potter would be devastated at the missed opportunity to show off, and would be upset and filled with shame. How ultimately horrible of him. (Harry was really confused as to why Malfoy had basically done all the work, but he didn't really care. He didn't want the attention after all, and this avoided a lot of people dying.)

Potter and Greengrass were going to get married, huh? Would be a shame if Draco ruined that. How about by revolutionising a cure to Astoria's blood curse, requiring a ritual to be used which just so happened to be only doable on the wedding day, forcing them to delay it. Now their perfect wedding was ruined, and it could never be perfect. Draco had won. How amazingly monstrous of him. (Harry and Daphne were relieved at Astoria being cured, and were more than happy to delay the wedding for this ritual. After all, the wedding could happen anytime. Saving family? That could only happen now.)

Oh, were the Potter's now trying for a child? Well Draco had plans to ruin that for them. He would discreetly drug Daphne Potter with a fertility potion making it easier for them to have a child. However, he then done it again and again and again - thereby they would have loads of children like the Weasley's. The shame and embarrassment of having a family that big would haunt them for the rest of their lives, alongside the disgust of being compared to those disgusting Weasley's. How biologically terrible of him. (Harry and Daphne actually wanted a big family, so this was truly a blessing for them. Even if they had no idea of Malfoy's involvement at all. They also actually liked the Weasley's, and unlike Draco Malfoy they had no misplaced feelings of inferiority towards them.)

The Ministry was making a monument dedicated to the victory over the Dark Lord, and Draco knew that Potter was going to want it to be all about him, like the glory hound he is. So he went out of his way to ensure the monument would barely have Potter on it at all, and would have the names of everyone who died during the war. Potter couldn't hog the attention now, and would be forced to see all those who died because of him. How universally malicious of him. (Harry preferred it this way. The Ministry originally wanted a statue of him, Ron and Hermione. But none of them liked that idea. A monument with the names of those who died on it would mean they would never truly be forgotten, and would be about them, not him.)

"We almost died in there!"

Harry yelled at them, as Lily knelt down to her son's level.

"Oh Harry, that's just the standard trial for third years that's been happening for hundreds of years."

"Including the FUCKING FIRE MONSTER THAT TRIED TO BURN US ALL INTO ASH?!"

"That's how your father's friend Peter Pettigrew died when he was thirteen, poor fucker never saw it coming. I convinced your father to replace Pettigrew with Severus, though it took a lot of convincing. Like three dates."

Harry crossed his arms and scowled

"Don't fret, keeping the peace between your father and Uncle Severus is how you ended up with two older siblings. and your ten younger siblings." Lilly told Harry

"And if it makes you feel better Crabbe and Goyle died during their trial. Dumbledore already sent a condolences letter to their parents and has promised to at least give both boys ten seconds of silence to remember them. I just hope he can control his inner scumbag." Remus said

Later at the dinner, Dumbledore stood up in black robes "Tonight we remember the life of someone special. But now let's talk about these two dead stupid inbred children." Dumbledore said, waving his wand to show an image of Crabbe and Goyle."

"ALBUS!" McGonagall shrieked as Dumbledore barely looked at her "Oh be quiet Minerva, I heard these two idiots fell in the lava after seeing a candy bar strapped to the wall. If they weren't so inbred this wouldn't have happened." Dumbledore said cheerfully

So this just came into my head. What if when you cast it you can only inflict as much pain as you’ve ever felt.

You truly need to want to cause pain but can only dose as much as you’ve experienced.

So people like Harry, Tom Riddle, Snape, etc. can cause a lot more pain than the pampered spoiled children like Malfoy.

Just a thought, lol.

It backfires, succeeding beyond his wildest expectation.

Harry (very drunk): "How do I make it more unlikable? "

Fred (equally sloshed): "how about we call you Hadrian and have every 11 year old talk like 50 year old british diplomats. It's 'Heir Malfoy' this 'Lord Potter' that"

George: "I know let's add in a gratuitous Snape malfoy Harry Sirius love quadrangle."

            ~ 6 months later~

"They want a what?"

"A sequel and multiple movies. You will be played by holly-wood actress Jarrett Sohansson and Snape by actor Edris Ilba.

"..."

"..."

"How much did you say they will pay me again?"

I’m really interested in reading crossover fanfiction between:

Harry Potter

and

Darren Shan’s Cirque du Freak/Saga of Darren Shan

series.

I’ve checked AO3 and FFN, and found a few stories, but it seems like many of the old FanFiction.net links are broken or the fics have disappeared.

If you have any recommendations for good crossovers (any plot, character, or pairing—Hogwarts setting, vampires meeting wizards, etc.), I’d love to hear them.

I've seen some like:

'No Escape'

'Vamps and Wizards'

'The War of the Wizards'

'Harry Potter and the Cirque Du Freak'

etc.

but would like to potentially find more.

Recently, we were forced to file suit against Baker & Taylor and its subsidiary Bridgeall Libraries Ltd. to stop wrongfully providing WorldCat records in their competitive BTCat service.

Hermione had found and revived a trapped Godric Gryffindor in a hidden alove above the shifting stairs.

Unfortunately some of his views were... problematic.

"We must muster our forces immediately."

"Erm against whom?"

"What do you mean whom? Against the Danes. They keep raiding our humble homes and stealing our mead. Them ."

He spat In anger. Madame Pomfrey winced.

"Danes? Er You mean the Vikings? we are at peace with them now. ", Dumbledore said calmly.

Gryffindor Roared "WHAT DO YOU MEAN PEACE. NO PEACE CAN UNTIL THE LAST DANESMAN IS DEAD." He said not so calmly.

"And why would school children fight the vikings?"

"Whom else would we gather to stand against the Norse?. The perfumed from Aethelred's court?. Only we here at Hogwarts school of Warcraft and Wizardry can stop them before it's too late" Gryffindor said, his jowls vibrating in rage. His yellowed teeth gnashing in hate.

"But..."

"Gimme a minute. I need to go piss. Get my steed ready in the meantime Girl" He said and left.

(he spat again for good measure).

Madame Pomfrey looked at Dumbledore in shock.

"What steed? Professor what should we do?"

"Alas. I am starting to understand why they put him up there" Dumbledore said grimly.

"Wait. Did anyone tell how modern bathrooms work?"

"Oh No."

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"What? Don't lie to me!" Dumbledore growled at him, yet Barty Crouch Jr. simply shook his head. "She has a message for you. That it was your spell that hit her, all those years ago." At this, Dumbledore went pale. "I... what are you talking about."

"She thanks you for it. What you took for her death was actually her rebirth. The dark powers of her Obscurus were fully unleashed by your act. Yet it took a considerable time for her to manifest in the material world."

Dumbledore froze, unable to even speak. "That impostor who calls himself Lord Voldemort... the one defeated by a mere child... he was nothing more than a pawn of hers, to pave a way for her return." Barty Crouch Jr. gleefuly explained. "And now, she's coming back. All muggles and their kin will perish. And in the end, those who remain will all serve the Dark Lady!"

Dumbledore wished nothing more than to dismiss this as an outright lie, some manipulation from this madman's mind to torture him. Yet, deep inside, he knew that this was true. "Ariana..." he uttered her name.