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CELESTE LOVEGOOD

"i'm simply a concerned citizen wondering if this is the best course of action. what if you end up without a nose in the future? that would be dreadful. it's too pretty to imagine such an awful thing."

TOM RIDDLE

"she talks too much. she blathers about everything and bothers everyone she's ever been around. i can't stand her face and if i see it again, i'm going to rip it off and paint the walls with it. now do as you're told and keep an eye on her, i don't need anyone else hurting her. it would be terribly inconvenient."

ARCHIBALD AVERY

"hands down, the worst birthday i've ever had. if i see one more cornish pixie, i'm going to eat it and shove the excrements down your throat."

ABRAXES MALFOY

"a lady should behave herself. should keep quiet and mind her tone and remember her place.
you're not a lady. you're a star."

XAVIER LESTRANGE

"there is absolutely no chance i'm keeping this from him. if he finds out you let them out, we're all dead. and i quite fancy my insides just there, thank you."

THADDEUS NOTT

"do you think i've got a shot with babbling after we graduate? her pins are endless and i'd do anything to be — why are you all laughing at me? has the bloody wench hexed me again?"

EVANDER ROSIER

"we're not droppers, we're knights, cel. bloody hell, have you conveniently forgotten the plot again?"

DRUELLA ROSIER

"don't be such a drip. you are my best friend and you could do so much better than tom marvelously-annoying riddle. be with me. it'll be a riot."

AUGUSTUS MULCIBER

"she's the best thing to ever happen to me. if it means i lose my life, i'll do it. i'll follow her anywhere."

ORION BLACK

"have some moxie, little one. prove your place here, or i'll ensure tom realizes you don't deserve one."

WALBURGA BLACK

"he gets a fix from the power over people, especially women. don't think you're special. he'll ruin you too, and i'm going to relish in your shortcomings."

EILEEN PRINCE

"chudley cannons?
have you no idea what it is to understand quality? merlin, i'm not even hungry anymore."

FLEAMONT POTTER

"hey, ace, you free tomorrow?
pheia and i would love if you'd cover again.
i'll do your potions homework for a week."

EUPHEMIA BLACK

"birdy, there's far greater tribulations than a pretty boy with pretty problems.
be honest. what's bothering you?"

GALATEA MERRYTHOUGHT

"never in my life have i seen such blatant disrespect to authority. and from the head boy no less. detention, both of you. be grateful i'm not pursuing your expulsion."

BATHSHEDA BABBLING

"ten points to hufflepuff. and i'm not taking sides, but you'd do well to remember that badgers eat snakes."

HERBERT BEERY

"herbology is everything. nature is everything. it can cure and infect and navigate the world in a manner wizards and witches cannot. plants have come before us, and they'll be here after. how you treat them and wield them, shows just how long you'll live alongside them."

SILVANUS KETTLEBURN

"this class is about beasts. but man are the true beasts. these are creatures and they will be as good to you as you are them. evil is created not born."

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PRETTY BABY
"my darling, my sweetheart
make me weak
pretty baby (pretty baby)
is it crazy? (is it crazy?)
think i've known for a while
kiss me now, drive me wild"
ALEX SAMPSON

SOLITUDE
"there's no one could be so sad
with gloom everywhere
i sit and stare
i know that i'll soon go mad"
BILLIE HOLIDAY

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
"two lonely people were strangers
in the night, up to the moment
when we said our first hello
little did we know
love was just a glance away"
FRANK SINATRA

LA VIE EN ROSE
"give your heart and soul to me
and life will always be"
LOUIS ARMSTRONG

DOWNHEARTED BLUES
"trouble, trouble
i've had it all my days
trouble, trouble
i've had it all my days
it seems like trouble
going to follow me to my grave"
BESSIE SMITH

AS TIME GOES BY
"it's the same old story
a fight for love and glory
a case of do or die
the world will always
welcome lovers
as time goes by"
ADELAIDE HALL

IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
"while your loving attitude
is like a flame that lights the gloom"
DUKE ELLINGTON

MY GUY
"as a matter of opinion,
i think he's tops
my opinion is he's the cream of the crops
as a matter of taste to be exact
he's my ideal as a matter of fact"
ARETHA FRANKLIN

STORMY WEATHER
"when he went away
the blues walked in and met me
oh, yeah if he stays away
old rocking chair's gonna get me"
ETTA JAMES

HOW GLAD I AM
"my love has no beginning
my love has no end
no front or back and
my love won't bend
and i'm in the middle,
lost in a spin,
loving you"
ARETHA FRANKLIN

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NOTES !

this will have a VERY toxic relationship because um hello it's tom riddle so don't expect happy flowers & good times BUT its toxic and works for them but i obviously don't condone his actions and their relationship on anyone.
there will nooottttttt be abuse!!! this!!! is!!! not!!! a!!! romanticization!! of!!! abuse!!!
which is so common with tom fics but it's not here. it's toxic but more with deceit and trust issues and possessiveness, and less with gaslighting, manipulation & overall tom-foolery (pun intended bahahaha)
okay anyways

other face claims i didn't put up:
ben hawkey as hagrid
geoffrey rush as armando dippet
jared harris as dumbledore
james mcavoy as lyall lupin
they're not in it a lot but just in case

the playlist is music ranging from the 20's-late 50's because that's the music they would listen to (excluding sampson's song because it has the vibes and fully obsessed w him and it inspired the fic anyways)

this will take place during 6th year AFTER myrtle's death & tom's first horcrux creation so that will heavily influence the first half and THEN it will venture to post-hogwarts, hence the casting of two tom's.

i also triiiiiied to keep everyone casted looking like they belong in the 40's with the exception of celeste who tbh looks like evanna lynch in their faces & she's from the future anyway
and pedro pascal because i just love him

i'm not even putting trigger warnings just expect them all and please don't read if you have any that affect you because they'll probably be in here

if my 1940's slang is off or phrasing is strange please lmk and I'll change it & yes i'm doing certain headcanons for tom idc

also aging up druella so she is born 1926 and augustus 1926 (yeah they're twins idc it's a fanfiction and otherwise druella would've had the girls at 13 and that's ridiculous no)
also cygnus black is 1927 birthday as well