*also on AO3, under the name Lune_Bleue22, posting Doctor Who fics*

My former bio introduced me as a 23-year-old Hufflepuff student. As of now (2022), I’m 25, no longer a student, and deeply conflicted about most Harry-Potter-related things.

These books, this fandom… they used to bring me so much joy. And now it’s mingled with grief and anger, because the person who created this universe has chosen to actively participate in making the lives of people from an already marginalised group more difficult. Transphobia impacts people I care about a lot, and I hate that J. K. Rowling chose to use her power and influence to spread hate when there are so many good things she could have done.

(Seriously, who looks at the state of the world right now and thinks, ‘oh, I know what the problem is: it’s trans women wanting to exist!’??)

So, even thinking about Harry Potter has become very uncomfortable for me, because I still love the books and the characters and many fanfics from this universe, but I also find myself very much Not Wanting To Contribute To The Spread of Transphobic Ideas. And I’m afraid that JKR would use the fact that her books are still talked about as some kind of proof that people agree with her views on women. I really don’t, in case that wasn’t already clear. I find her views deeply harmful, and the way she speaks about trans woman makes me feel bad about engaging in HP-related activities. Including posting fanfics.

For my story Not That Bad, a few things coming after chapter 6 have been written for a while, but I couldn’t bring myself to post anything, because of what I’ve been explaining above and also because of unrelated personal difficulties. But well… fanfiction isn’t bringing anyone any money. And many people have kept reviewing that story and saying they wanted to know what happens next, and in the end, if what I’ve written can bring joy to some people, I still want to share it.

Oh, and I’m not interested in arguing about transphobia with strangers online. If you don’t support trans rights, you can just leave this page and learn to let other people live their lives in peace, thanks.

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If anyone’s interested, a few more things about my reading tastes.

General information:

If I were to summarize what I’m usually looking for in fics, I would say that I like characters to feel human and relatable rather than perfect. The stories I prefer are those which take time to explore people’s depths and nuances. And since I guess it might sound naïve (who would say they like badly written characters?), allow me to precise a few points.

1/ I like Hurt/ Comfort a lot, but I mostly find it interesting when an author actually shows the consequences a character’s suffering has on them. Few things annoy me more than stories where the guy who has just been tortured is perfectly fine in the very next chapter and never goes through any kind of trauma, for example.

2/ I also like when antagonists and villains have actual human motivations and emotions rather than just “haha I’m evil I want to do baaaad” (or “haha I’m stupid and/ or crazy but I'm a villain so who cares if what I do makes zero sense”)

3/ I usually dislike blatant character-bashing; Ron-bashing especially irritates me, because although he is not my favourite character, I think he has interesting traits and that portraying him as some kind of one-dimensional moron is just lazy. If you don't want to write about him, make him move to another country or something, I don't know, but please, take the time to write the characters you decide to include as actual multi-faceted beings!

4/ I also dislike when an author just brushes off in a few lines a relationship which in canon is close and important to the characters, just because said author wants their main character to become close to someone else. You guys know that people can like several persons at the same time, right?
(To be clear: describing an AU, or inventing a scenario in which a character loses their canon support system and finds a new one, is perfectly fine, just writing “well Ron and Hermione were sort of busy this one time so now let’s make them totally unimportant in Harry’s life” (for example) really isn’t fine, in my opinion)

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Note: please do not repost my work on any other website. I’m also active on AO3 and Teaspoon for Doctor Who fanfics; beyond that, if you see a part of my story being published somewhere, it’s not me and I would be grateful if you could report it. Please do not attempt to translate my work without asking me first either.

(Ah, et je suis française, mais je publie uniquement en anglais actuellement).