Useless Information

Here's a bit of useless information about myself that you can ignore.

I am a Gryffindor and I enjoy Supernatural Culture (Zombies, Aliens, Creatures, Werewolves, Ghosts, Demons, Angels, etc.) but I also enjoy realism as well. I am a graduated Film Student and, being a typical Film Student, I have an extensive knowledge of film and television.

I love Winter Olympics films (Cool Runnings (1993); Eddie the Eagle (2016); I, Tonya (2018)) but it is quite a niche genre and there aren't many films for it. That said, every film that I have seen in the Winter Olympics genre is wonderful. I also prefer the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics over the Summer Olympics.

I have an AO3 account: ThatFilmGraduate. But, rest assured, anything posted on there will be posted on here as well. I am just putting my personal favourites onto AO3.

(Written: 30/05/2016 - Edited: 23/12/2018)

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Television Shows (in alphabetical order): A Series of Unfortunate Events, Doctor Who, Emmerdale, Futurama, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Orange Is The New Black, Parks and Recreation, Preacher, Sense8, Sex Education, Star Trek (various), Stranger Things, Supergirl, Supernatural, The Apprentice (UK, because I am British), The Flash, The Office (US, because they did a good adaptation after the first season), The Umbrella Academy, The Walking Dead

Music (in alphabetical order): Alessia Cara, Arctic Monkeys, Bastille, Birdy, Bo Burnham, Daughter, Dua Lipa, Echos, Ed Sheeran, Fall Out Boy, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Gabrielle Aplin, George Ezra, Hozier, Jaymes Young, Khalid, Kodaline, Lily Allen, London Grammar, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Marshmello, Mumford & Sons, Of Monsters and Men, OneRepublic, Paloma Faith, P!nk, Queen, Scouting For Girls, Shawn Mendes, Snow Patrol, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Kinks, The Lumineers, The Neighbourhood, Tom Walker, Twenty One Pilots, Vance Joy, Years and Years, and so on...

Artists (in alphabetical order): Antony Gormley, Beth Cavener Stichter, Cindy Sherman, Egon Schiele, Gillian Wearing, Keith Haring, Keith P. Rein, Kerby Rosanes, L. S. Lowry, Lorna Simpson, Mark Jenkins, Richard Sweeney, Ron Mueck, Shepard Fairey, Steve Rosenfield, Yinka Shonibare, and so on...

(Written: 24/07/2016 - Edited: 23/12/18)

Recommended Film of the Month:

2016: Dogma (1999); Shaun of the Dead (2004); The Cottage (2008,); The Road Within (2014); Stardust (2007); Black Narcissus (1947); The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); Scrooged (1988).

2017: Split (2016); Lilting (2014); Eddie the Eagle (2016); Airplane! (1980); See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989); Wonder Woman (2017); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); John Wick (2014); Four Lions (2010); Zombieland (2009); Coraline (2009); Love Actually (2003).

2018: The Nice Guys (2016); I, Tonya (2018); Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010); Me, Myself and Irene (2000); IT (2017); Moana (2016); Zootopia (2016); Jaws (1975); Hot Fuzz (2007); Gone Girl (2014); ParaNorman (2012); Just Friends (2005).

2019: A Quiet Place (2018); What We Do In The Shadows (2014); Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018); Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017); Rocketman (2019);

If you would like my opinions or want to share yours with me, feel free to PM me; I will reply (or at least try to). Also, my deepest apologies if any of these films offend (yes, I am talking about Four Lions, but there is an underlying message and if you fail to see it, I cannot be held responsible).

Additional Notes and Information:

Peter Pettigrew was a Marauder. I know people don't necessarily like him, but there is a reason why his betrayal hurts so much - and it because he was one of the Potters' closest friends. He wasn't a useless, idolising-James-Potter tagalong, he was an important confidante who betrayed them. He was their friend and he broke their trust, resulting in their deaths. And this is why people dislike him. But he was a Marauder and an integral part of the quartet. So, when I write my stories, I include him.

My stories could be considered AU. It is up to you how you view them, whether you want them to lead to the events in the books or if you want them to lead to RaisingHarry!AU or some other type of timeline/AU. I like to imagine Raising Harry (in which the events in the books happen, but everything is slightly different - Remus and Sirius live in a cottage with Harry, hold meetings at Grimmauld Place, and survive the second Wizarding War (maybe Teddy exists through surrogacy)); or Voldemort Doesn't Exist. My stories are open to interpretation and don't hint at any particular future (unless stated).

I will reply if you review or PM me. Unless you review anonymously - I can't contact you then. I like to reply because you have taken your time to comment or message me, so I feel it only fair that I grant you the same courtesies. Also, I like interacting with you. Sometimes I don't get notifications that a review has been posted, so apologies if I don't message you.

Songs That Have Inspired Fics:

'Why Can't This Be Love?' by Van Halen -- used in Why Can't This Be Love?
'Angela' by The Lumineers -- used in I'll Prove It
'Leave Your Lover' by Echos -- used in Leave Your Lover

Announcements:

One: Posting and updating will be likely inconsistent as I am an inconsistent person. Currently, I am editing and proofreading chapters 9 and 10 of A PostSecret Collection. I will try to get APSC updated as soon as possible.

Two: I am working on a few different stories at the moment, including some AUs (one of which features Ravenclaw!Remus, another Hufflepuff!Sirius, and another where they are all Muggles). I am also working on a few collections but they are nowhere near done and won't be posted until they are at least 3/4 finished. All stories will remain unpublished until I have gone through them a million times to make sure they're ready for the public.

Three: I am currently going through all of my stories (right from the beginning) and editing them. I am doing this because I am certain there are some incorrect facts amongst some of them. I have also grown as a writer and want to make my old stories better. As I am having a sort out, I am going to be removing some of my stories; sorry for any inconvenience.

Four: Stories that have been edited and updated so far: To Need Someone (previously named: Jealousy, Insecurity and Need); The Lupin Kitchen; The Reacher and The Settler; The Ultimate Question (previously named: A Vampire, A Werewolf, or A Ghost); Love Without Trust; Advice; To Take a Break; Important Talks; A Most Irrefutable Argument (previously named: Why Can't This Be Love?); and Black and Lupin .

Five: Your patience with me is noted and deeply appreciated, and I am incredibly sorry for my horrible perfectionist brain paired with my equally ghastly procrastination.

Thank you again for your patience and I hope my work is worth the wait.