I'm an avid reader who loves stories driven by compassion, research, deliberation, analysis, observation, creative problem-solving, and empathy. Gentle humour is also always a winner in my book.

Fanfiction can be an amazing platform for respectful concrit-- learning, growing skills and building community. I'm grateful to all the talented writers on here, as well as the kind and thoughtful readers.

For fun, I thought I'd add in some common Britpick errors here,in case anyone finds this helpful:

1) UK-- 'pudding' is another name for the dessert course of a meal, and most likely what Luna is referring to in OotP. 'A pudding' is a soft, steamed cake. US pudding is called angel's delight in the UK, is considered a bit old fashioned, is not easily found, and is available in fewer flavours than in the US. Meanwhile, although American custard is the same consistency as American pudding ( maybe a little thicker/ more gelatinous?) and mostly just used occasionally as doughnut filling, UK custard is very popular for a wide range of sweet treats and in a wide range of consistencies, including as a liquid topping to pour pin top of a dessert. Likewise, there's no tubs of Cool Whip or other freezeable non-dairy whipped cream in the UK, but single cream as a poured topping, and double or clotted cream as a very thick spooned-on topping are common. Because UK dairy products are not homogenised, they're much richer, to the point of tasting as if they've got one degree more fat than their American cousins. So UK skimmed milk tastes like US 2%, UK semi-skinned tastes like US full-fat, and UK full-fat tastes like US half-and-half. The heaviest cream you can get in the US is probably like UK heavy cream, and there's no American equivalent for double/ clotted cream.

2) UK lemonade is carbonated and has a light lemon flavour. It's mostly used as a mixer with alcohol and/ or fruit juice. The closest thing the UK has to American lemonade is 'cloudy still lemonade', but that still doesn't have as much sugar, tang or pulp as US lemonade-- instead it has a sort of artificial/ made-from-concentrate bitter-blandness. This comes from its intended use as a mixer rather than a stand-alone refreshing thirst quencher.

More to come...