Researching For WIPs : A Collection

The Assassin’s Blade | Throne of Glass | Crown of Midnight | Heir of Fire | Queen of Shadows | Empire of Storms

by Sarah J. Maas

(Can you guess how excited I am for Empire of Storms?)

SCI-FI/ FANTASY NAME IDEAS

BTW, some of these just sounded “out-of-the-norm” to me in my mind, I’m not sure if they’re established names, but, hey, any word can be a name

Nova (probably one of the most over-used, but sounds cool regardless)

Skid (idk this just came up in my mind, for a hero)

Drax (honestly, any name with “x”)

Alex or Xander

Mace (like “Mace Windu”)

Val, Tal, Cal (you get the gist)

Xelena

A name with numbers (ex. IG-88 from “Star Wars”)

Ludo/Lud/Ludwig/Ludovic (famous war/hero)

Quitus

Rylan

Septimus

Leon

Zed

Arcturus (maybe “Tory” can be a nickname)

Ash

Ax (not a literal axe, but kinda like “axon” if they’re a character who sits at the secret base and transmits messages to the heroes…)

Caelen

Daelen

Aaryaa (like Arya Stark, but I put this name in honour of my friend Aaryaa)

Meara

A name with punctuation in it, like “Obi-Wan”, “Mon-El”

Volt (😭)

Mare (from “The Cruel Prince”)

Jon, J-onn, Jeon, Jh-onn (a twist on traditional names)

Zilda

Scienc-y (Allele, Delta, Axon (as mentioned above))

Ayala

Numbers that sound cool (Eleven, Four (from “Divergent”))

Names of Greek or Roman gods

Artemis

Apollo

Dio (from “Dionysus)

Thena/Xena

Hector

Diane

Vera

Minerva

Sol

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To the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered.

I SHIFTED (to hogwarts) LAST NIGHT AND HERE ARE SOME STORIES/THINGS THAT HAPPENED INCASE ANYONE WANTS THEM OR NOT ITS FINE IM JUST EXCITED AHH

THIS IS REALLY LONG IM SO SORRY YOU DONT HAVE TO READ IF U DONT WANT TO I LOVE U ANYWAY <3

((I spent like 4ish months at hogwarts when I shifted))

Im a slytherin in my 6th year

Im dating Fred!!!!!!!!!

My absolute best friends are Draco, Cedric, and Ron

And the others in my group are Harry, Hermione and George

All of us walk to the great hall together every day and sit by each other, and then split off after depending on who has classes with who

Draco and I have a brother-sister kinda dynamic , so we pick on each other a lot but have each other's back [slytherin buddiesss]

while Ced and I are the cuddly best friends (NO ROMANCE) who are attached at the hip (when I'm not with Fred lol)

Ron and I are the comedic duo and we always say the stupidest shit- we are the lives of the party, usually always partners in herbology and potions

Ron and Draco literally argue all the damn time but they will behave if I ask them to lol

ok ok ok ok FRED

He takes muggle studies the hour I have care of magical creatures and he always insists on picking me up from COMC even though it's so far and he's always out of breath, but he's always waiting for me as my class ends.

"I nearly knocked snape over on my way down here today"

I literally told him he should just take his broom down instead of fucking sprinting across the grounds and he was baffled like "THATS SUCH A GOOD IDEA WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU"

Always calls me darling, love, sweetheart

Cedric accidentally knocked my books out of my arms one day and said "sorry love, let me help you with that" and Fred got so red and pissed off that ced called me that lmao

Now that I'm starting to remember more Fred got jealous of Diggory a lot- ced gave me a teddy bear for my bday and kissed the top of my head (a friendly kiss no flirtiness) and Fred left and came back with a bigger teddy bear and ced got upset so I had to tell Fred to apologize but now everyone's all good

Fred is so possessive oml- his arms are always around me sometimes I can't breathe through his death grip

I FUCKING KNOCKED OVER MY CAULDRON IN POTIONS AND IT BURNED THROUGH SNAPES SHOE AND RON WAS MY PARTNER AND HE JUST MUMBLED "never in my life did I think I would see snapes toes"

We got detention lmao

HUFFLEPUFFS THROW THE BEST PARTIES MOVE OVER GRYFFINDOR

Seamus blew up my pumpkin juice at dinner and Draco picked up his goblet of water and just splashed it at Seamus's face and it started a food fight

((there weren't like, labeled house tables?? Everyone was all just sitting together and it was so nice, usually Draco sits next to me bc he prefers to talk to me over the others--Seating arrangement is Draco, me, Fred, George and then across the table is Ced, Ron, Harry, & hermione,,, other than that it's just random around us))

DRACO FLINCHES WHEN HERMIONE RAISES HER ARM FOR LITERALLY ANYTHING BECAUSE HE THINKS SHES GONNA PUNCH HIM AGAIN AHHH

Fred and George have tried to switch multiple times to see if I noticed but I always did

Fred took me to hogsmeade and started buying me everything my eyes lingered on for more than a second and I was like freddie where the hell are u getting this money from and he said he made a huge [illegal] quidditch bet with lee

I HAVE NICKNAMES FOR EVERYONE THEY SOUND MEAN BUT WE ALL TEASE EACH OTHER ITS OKAY

Fred: Freddie, Frrrrrredrick, bear (idk why lol)

Cedric: Ced, sunshine (sarcastically)

Ron: *yells across the great hall/classroom/grounds* RONALD, dumbass

Draco: Drake (he rolls his eyes but he totally loves it), bleach (joke on his hair), blondie, your highness (when he's acting bitchy)

George: idiot

Hermione: 'mione, smartie, gal

Harry: Harold even tho his name isn't Harold I call him Harold all the damn time and now people ask if his name is Harold and he just sighs deeply every time someone asks him

Me: everyone calls me princess, I bring everyone together they all love me it's literally my perfect world I love them all so much

I have a lot of little details about fashion and like what we all wear so here they are

draco and I have matching snake rings for slytherin, they're both black and silver

FRED HAS HIS LONG HAIR and he uses my green scrunchie to tie it back during classes and quidditch games MAN BUN FRED MAN BUN FRED

Molly weasley made me a jumper🥺its got my initial on it and she made it green for slytherin

Literally half of my wardrobe is stuff I've stolen from my guy friends. When things get too small on them they all go to me. Fred's pj pants w/ the gryffindor crest on them, dracos old jumper, ced's old quidditch jersey, a warm hat that Ron had but he got a new one and didn't need his anymore

I'm a keeper for slytherin so I get to play with Draco and playing against gryffindor is absolutely hilarious becsuse half of my friends are on the team and also Freddie

We had a five hour game once and Draco FAKE FAINTED so the game would stop- it was a draw and no one knows he fake fainted except for me

Freddie got a necklace for me with his initials on it and I wear it every day

Ron and I sneak into the kitchen at midnight on fridays, sometimes we bake, most of the time we just eat so much food

I TAUGHT THEM VINES AND SNAPE THOUGHT WE WERE CASTING A CURSE OR SOMETHING WHEN I WHISPERED "it is Wednesday my dudes" and Ced, Ron, Fred, George and I all went aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAHHHHHHH and disrupted class

KINDA NSFW WARNING: Fred is perfect omg. I don't want to get SUPER into the spicy details but this man KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS, he's rough yet soft, it's always so loving, HES SUCH A TEASE. When he loses a quidditch game, especially against slytherin(me mwahaha) is when it's the most rough (more motivation for me to play my best I guess), and if I'm upset or we're tired or something that's when it's the softest. We use the room of requirement and a few times it was the quidditch lockers 🤭🤭

My friends are fucking the best, we get into trouble all the time and all of us were speed walking down the hall and laughing because we were all going to go prank the ravenclaws and mcgonnagall saw us walking and started to say something and then just let out an exasperated sigh and turned the other way

SNAPE TOLD DRACO HE WAS TOO GOOD TO BE HANGING AROUND WITH US SO ME AND DRACO PUT A SLEEPING POTION IN HIS GOBLET DURING DINNER AND HE PASSED OUT ON THE TABLE

Overall snape hates me lmao

Harry came back from dumbledore office saying he asked him to go on some stupid quest and I went to his office with 'mione and we told him to stop making harry do stupid shit that could get him killed, well i said that and ''mione asked a bit more nicely lmao

Cormac grabbed my ass when I was walking with Draco and Draco pushed him down the moving staircase

I got called to demonstrate how to pull out a baby mandrake and I put my earmuffs on and pulled it out immediately but forgot to check if everyone else had their earmuffs on and HALF THE CLASS PASSED OUT and Cedric had his on and he just started slow clapping

I HAVE MORE BUT THIS IS ALREADY WAYYYY TOO LONG SO BYE

DOORS OF PERCEPTION

“The function of the brain and nervous system is to protect us from being overwhelmed and confused by this mass of largely useless and irrelevant knowledge, by shutting out most of what we should others perceive and remember at any given moment, leaving only that very small and special selection that is likely to be practically useful.”

-Dr. D. C. Broad

Huxley expands on this quote in his work The Doors of Perception by siting why we have systems of perception; survival. He literally breaks down why the human mind translates so little of the information we take in.

Consciousness, as a field of study, has came a long way from the acid culture of Huxley’s era but that doesn’t mean we’ve disproved many of his views. In fact, quite the opposite has taken place. We now know that the human brain processes about 400 billion bits of information per second but we only perceive about 4,300 bits of said information. That’s a really fancy way of saying Huxley was right and we only need about .01% of the information our brains take in from the stream of consciousness- or the outside world.

Now, what Huxley called a reduction valve of our consciousness can actually be lessened through meditative practice. That’s right. Ardent meditators have more developed frontal lobes and are able to take in and process more information than the average person. Modern psychologists have actually been able to gauge the physiological differences that occur in people who have meditated for prolonged periods of time.

You guys know how much I love this sort of science. Any time we see a way to change our perceptions, or a way to lessen the damage of cortisol being flooded in our systems for prolonged periods of time I will always gladly share the research. As I discover more information and track down the case studies you guys will benefit from the findings. It’s such a fascinating field.

Hi! I’m looking for more fics like The Eagles Nest, where D and H are working on a project together. Preferably 8th year/7th year return. Something where there is magical theory and research involved. Thank you!!

Blinded by the Walls by Khaisworld - not rated WIP - AU. Dramione 8th year fic.McGonagall puts in place “Therapy Sessions” where each student is assigned with another student to these sessions. However, due to a magical wall between them, the students don’t know who they have these sessions with. Hermione and Draco are assigned to be Therapy Partners.

Changes - wh0r3crux - E, WIP - Returning 8th year Slytherins are forced to take Muggle Studies as per their probation requirements. In an effort to bridge the gap between pure bloods and muggleborns, each participating pure blood student is partnered with a muggleborn for a tutor. As if that weren’t bad enough, guess who Draco Malfoy gets partnered with?

Capstone - bek_48 - M, 30 chapters - Seventh Year is upon them, and Hermione Granger has several priorities:

-Keep Harry and Ron out of trouble -Prepare for NEWTs -Grin and bear being partners on a year-long project with Draco Malfoy

Throw in an excessively vague prophecy, a scavenger hunt for some odd enchanted stones, and tracking down an escalating prankster, and she is sure to have her hands full, to say the least.

The Art of Adjustment - Mimifreed - M, one-shot - (DRAMIONE) It’s 8th year at Hogwarts and after the Battle, all students are required to take Muggle Studies. As a challenge to show that muggle skills are needed, the students are paired off and must complete a cooking project to pass! Hermione has this in the bag… at least, she thought so until she was paired with Draco Malfoy.

Title: All You Want Author: SenLinYu Rating: E Genre(s): Romance, Drama Chapters: 36 Word Count: 172,268 Summary: Eighth Year at Hogwarts was supposed to be Hermione’s. And it is, just not in the way she expects. Omegaverse fic.

-Lisa

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“I would not, could not be broken. Tamed.”