1. Knowing what you don’t want can often be more valuable than knowing what you do want.
2. Despite what it looks like on someone’s Facebook or Twitter, no one has it figured out. We’re all just slapping things against a wall and seeing what sticks.
3. Beating yourself up about a mistake you made is only going to make you more inclined to do it again. Just accept that it happened and move on.
4. If someone is behaving strangely and there seems to be no explanation for it, look to alcohol and drugs!
5. Don’t burn bridges in your professional life. You never know when you might need them later on.(Douchey but real.)
6. Don’t sleep with someone who makes you feel like dirt the second you orgasm. You can’t change them. If you’re dating an asshole, you should dump them and then try to figure out why you’re attracted to dicks in the first place.
7. So you got drunk and puked and cried in public. That’s okay. Almost everyone has done that.
8. Anxiety can work in two ways: It can act as your biggest motivator or keep you frozen. Always strive for the former.
9. It’s important that you advocate for yourself in both your work and personal life. No one’s going to care more about you than yourself.
10. Always make sure to treat your parents with respect to make up for the years of hell you put them through as an adolescent. (Unless, of course, your parents are awful. In which case, screw them and make your own family.)
11. Jealousy is a useless emotion. Turn into something more productive. Let it push you to get ahead.
12. If you’re feeling depressed and you’re not sure why, there’s a 70% chance you just need to leave your apartment and be social.
13. Some of the people in this world are parasites just looking to suck you dry. Identify them and get them the hell out of your life.
14. Loving yourself — especially during such a rollercoaster of a decade — is going to be your biggest challenge, but in the end, it will be worth it. Prioritize the relationship you have with yourself over everything else.
15. The only good reason to go into debt is for traveling. Not Isabel Marant boots or expensive groceries.
16. Every relationship means something, even the ones that were so incredibly awful and painful. (Especially those.)
17. It doesn’t matter if you’re not currently where you want to be in your life. What matters is that you’re actively trying to achieve your goals rather than getting defeated.
18. Appreciate what it means to be young. As much as someone can anyway.
19. Love as much as you can. Don’t become scared of it. Don’t let a bad experience close you off for good.
BONUS: Those who give good advice are usually the most insane messes of them all. Just sayin’.
Fuck politics and jobs and apocalyptic internet uprising
I did a couple big feature films, a couple wonderful indies, a couple small roles in projects I believed in… I fell back in love with the thing that made all the bullshit worth it
I lived outside of contract
Finally
I got the back of my head shaved for $5 in Albuquerque.
I fell in the kind of love that made you realize you sometimes never fell out of it
I realized the importance of my emotional health
I realized the sensitivity of my mental health
I watched my favourite person write her living will and made peace with the inevitability of death
I gained more respect for life
Can I give you some advice? I earned it myself.
Don’t smoke. Everyone that smokes cigarettes will tell you not to start.
Stop biting your nails.
Stretch everyday.
Call your grandma. Whomever you have now that’s not conveniently close but still contactable, contact them
Shout. Just do it. Whenever.
Trust yourself.
Be alone. It’s really uncomfortable sometimes and that’s when it’s important.
Celebrate the people that inspire you.
Study the ones who intimidate you.
Write love letters.
To yourself, to God, to your dad or mom or best friend or someone whose heart you hurt. Tell people how you feel.
Don’t drive if you think you’ll have ONE drink.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve been up and running around since 6am. Drop your car off before your 4pm coffee because maybe you want a glass of wine and to take a walk, and police are hungry
Thank people for their service. Maybe you hate the military, but an elderly man in a veteran hat spent months with no communication in a ditch writing a monthly letter to the woman he loved, and she spent months waiting by the mailbox. He probably had to burn leaches off his body with cigars he never smoked just to return to her lips alive and scared and damaged but free
Say thanks.
Pray. There’s no way to do it wrong.
Write. The more you do, the better you get
It’s not about getting better
It’s about being genuine
What else?
Oh yeah.
Love them. It’s scary. You feel bitter. You’ve been hurt. Love. Love hard and brave and choose every day to fight for freedom, redemption and celebration
Every day should be the holidays it you do it right
Summary: The reader is a muggle in England,
and a No-Maj in America. What happens when the reader goes along with Newt to
New York? What will happen when MUCUSA finds out that Newt and you have a
relationship, and that you know about magic. What will happen when they take
away his creatures and you, and you have something to tell him.
A/N: This is an imagine to commemorate the
new movie ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’. And because I am a big fan
of the Harry Potter franchise so I am excited to be writing this. I have had to
change some of the story line to fit the reader into this.
Italics
= Flashbacks
Warnings:
Possible Angst, some feels and fluff. Newt almost crying and doing so. None
other than I can think of, so that’s it. But some possible mentions of sex, or Newt
being sexually interment. Mentions of anxiety.
You had known Newt from the start of his
book. You had met him in a coffee shop, in 1920. You could see that he was in
the corner scribbling down on his note pad with his pen like the world was
about to end, from the serving counter. You had decided sit next to him and
start up some conversation with the soon-to-be-author.
“Do
you mind if I take a seat here, please?” You asked looking at the red/brown
haired man looking down at his papers. He lifts his head and sees your (Y/E/C)
eyes looking at him, and a small smile on your lips. He immediately became
nervous when he saw you, and started stuttering.
You
could see his face more clearly when he looked up. He had countless reckless
that were scattered on his face. You could see his mix between green and golden
eyes. You instantly fell in love with the man in front of you.
“Y-y-yes
y-you, um, c-can. I-if you want to.” He said in the best way he could,
considering that to him, you were gorgeous; and you were standing right in
front of him.
You
pulled the seat out from under the table, and place your coat around the back
of the chair.
“My
name is Newton Artemis Fido Scamander. But you can just call me Newt.” He
managed to say without stuttering, or making a fool out of himself.
“My
name is (Y/F/N), but you can call me (Y/N).” You smiled, taking a sip from your
cup of tea.
That was the first time you had heard him
speak, and it was the moment that you became friends. You then started seeing
each other and then started working with him on his book. You can still
remember the first time that he asked you out on a date.
“(Y/N),
I would very much like to ask you something.” He asked as you turned around to
him. You were both on the streets of Trafalgar Square in London. You were
having lunch on the side of one of the fountains. You looked at him straight in
the eye, seeing that he was nervous. “I would like to ask if you would like to
accompany me on a date?” You just stared at him, trying to get your answer out,
with a mouthful of food. “You see I very much like you, and it’s okay if you
don’t like me back or anything. I just wanted to see if I had a chance with
you.” He was literally holding his breath when he was saying this.
You
had finished your mouthful of food, and replied with your answer.
“Yes
Newt I would love to go with you to dinner. I have liked you since the day that
I sat next to you in the coffee shop.” You placed your hand on his cheek, and
the heat of his cheek warmed up your hand. You also started to lean forward and
placed you lips on his. It was your first kiss together. You could feel his
breath get caught in his throat and then it being expelled through his nose.
You both pulled away from each other, because you both needed to breath.
Your first date that night was the most
magical night that you had ever had. Later in the relationship, Newt revealed
his biggest secret to you. One that has been bugging him since your date in
Hyde Park.
“(Y/N).
I have been meaning to tell you something. Since our date in Hyde park.” You
were both in your shared flat when he had decided to ask you. You both had been
dating for the matter of two years, and you had always wondered why he kept in
an old batted suitcase, that was never put away. Newt said that it must be out
always, in case there was an emergency. “I must show you now, otherwise I won’t
be able to say it all.”
You
looked at him, confused. You had told each other everything. He took the case
out from under the dining room table. He clicked both latches that were on the
case and open the case. He placed one foot in the case and then the other,
climbing down the ladder that led him to his creatures, but you couldn’t see
the ladder. You couldn’t believe that your boyfriend could fir his 6-foot self
in a tiny case. He continued to climb down the ladder and onto the case, you
just stood there in shock. Then his hand came up and beckoned you to follow him
into the case.
As
you made your way down the ladder you were taken back by the sight. You could
see multiple habitats with strange creatures in then. They were beautiful and
they were flying around, stomping and doing what you assumed what they normally
did.
You
saw Newt standing near a desert like habitat area. You saw that he was looking
at something in the area, so you decide to see what he was looking at. You made
your way over to where Newt was and saw him petting a gryphon-like creature
with six wings and two long tails with feathers on the end.
“This
is Frank, he’s a thunderbird,” your eyes landed on the small creature, and saw
him hiss and growl at you.” You may want to step back. He doesn’t take kindly
to strangers. He was trafficked, you see. I found him in Egypt; he was all
chained up and I couldn’t leave him there, he was so young. One day I wish to
return him to the winds of Arizona.” You stared in awe at the beast.
Frank
could tell that there was something going on between the two of you, and
started stalking his way cautiously towards you. Once he reached you, and
sniffed you to see if you were dangerous, like the people that took him. When
he confirmed that you weren’t a threat to him, he snuggled into your stomach.
Newt stood beside you, eyeing Frank to see if he was going to attack you, but
instead he was admiring you and Frank together. That’s when he learned that if
a muggle could cooperate with magical creatures, then wizards and witches
could.
“Newt,
how is this all possible?” You asked, petting Frank just as Newt did earlier.
“That’s
the thing that I’ve been wanting to tell you. I’m a wizard.” He exclaimed as he
took his wand out of his pocket to show you. You looked at him as if he were
mad. To prove you wrong, Newt cast a spell and made some roses appear in his
hands which he then gave to you.
“Well
I have no evidence that say that you aren’t a wizard.” You replied, giving him
a kiss.
You just couldn’t see the box in his
pocket. That was the point where Newt decided that he was going to write his
book, and you weren’t going to let him do it alone. But he had to ask you
something a year later after that day. You had been helping Newt take care of
the creatures, and they have taken a liking to you since you were Newt’s
girlfriend. They recognized you as their care taker also, making them want to
be around you, even more than Newt.
You
were both feeding the creatures inside of Newt case. You had both saved a
branch of Bowtruckles. They were found in a cage in Glasgow. You both decided
to keep them and take care of them as well. A certain bowtruckle, that was
named Pickett, he had attachment issues to both Newt and yourself. He was with
you always, or if not Newt. You had both tried to get him to connect and be
with the rest of his branch, but he insisted on stayed with you two. The other
bowtruckles were accusing you both of favoritism.
But
now you were feeding the branch woodlice. It was how wizards could extract wand
wood from the trees that they would be protecting. When you heard a tiny squeak
from behind you. You looked down to see Pickett holding a ring in his tiny,
spider leg like fingers, which creeped you out at times. You then looked up to
see Newt running towards you and the branch of bowtruckles.
He
scooped up Pickett in his hands, taking the ring from him while doing so, and
then turning back to you, with panicked expression on his face.
“You
saw the ring, didn’t you?” You nodded eying him. He sighed placing Pickett on
his shoulder and then telling him that they’ll talk about what he did later.
“Well,
I was planning to do this later, when I could actually do it. But Pickett,
thought that it would push me forward into doing it if he broke the ice. So,
before I run away out of pure fear of doing this, and before the niffler gets
this.. (Y/F/N), will you do me the honor of marrying me?”
You
got down on your knees, so that you were eye level with him and placed your
lips on his. Expelling all the passion which you held for that man in front of
you. Newt got the message and placed the ring on your left hand and kissed you
again, wrapping his arms around you; hugging you after the kiss. You both had
happy tears running down your faces. Without noticing that the creatures had
made their way toward you both and making a circle around you both. When you
both pulled away from each other, and when they saw the ring on your finger.
They had an outburst of roars, growls and other sounds of happiness, and
congratulated you both.
Since a year after that, you both got
married, and since then, you both went around the world, observing creatures
and writing about their habits for young wizards to see and read about. You
have both decided that you were to go to America, to study new creatures that
would be native to the land. But to also release Frank into the wild desert of
Arizona, like Newt has always wanted. You both made your way to the docks and you
both arrived in New York.
You had met some lovely people. You met a
muggle like you, Jacob Kowalski, and two witches called Tina and Queenie
Goldstein. They were a bit chocked that you and Newt were married, because
of the American muggle rule. All
‘no-majs’, as they called muggles, aren’t allowed to have any relationships
with magical beings and they’re not allowed to marry them, they’re not allowed
to know anything about the wizarding world. And if any muggle did, they would
have to be obliviated, and you didn’t want to forget about Newt or the
creatures that you have come to love.
But unfortunately, Newt’s case was opened
and you had to collect all the creature and put them back in the case. You were
just in central park, trying to catch an Erumpent that had gotten out of the
case. Later you were planning on catching the other creatures. But right now,
you were in the case. With Newt and Jacob in the case. Which was being carried
by Tina to MUCUSA, to show the wizarding world what Newt had been doing. You
felt the whole case shake. Newt was the first to emerge out of the case. He was
in front of the New York Ministry of Magic. Then it was Jacob who made his way
out of the case.
You were the last one to come out of the
case. You stood in what seemed like the main discussion room. There were
wizards and witches that were looking at you three with shock and yet
curiosity.
“Scamander?” Yours and Newt’s head turned toward the
British Envoy.
“Oh-er- hello.” Newt introduced himself
while closing the case.
“Theseus Scamander? The war hero?” Monolu
Wotorson asked.
“No, his little brother. And what in the
name of Merlin are you doing in New York?” The British Envoy replied and then
turning his attention to the both of you.
“Miss Goldstein, who is this?” Madam
Picquery asked the witch.
“This is Mister Kowalski, Madam President.
A no-maj who was bitten by one of Mister Scamander’s magical creature.” Tina
answered, truthfully. All Ministers started to whisper to each other “No-maj?
Obliviated?”
“Wait, why did that no-maj turn her mead
towards you as well? Is she a squib, or a no-maj from off the street like Mr
Kowalski over here?” Asked Percival Graves to Madam Picquery. All the attention
was then turned to you. More whispers began to break out amongst the court.
“NO!” Newt shouted, earning the attention
of the Ministers. “She is a muggle, or a no-maj here. But she is also my wife
and she knows about all of this. She knows about the creatures and what they
can do.” The Ministers were taken aback about by his outburst. Newt began to
realize what he did and moved next you, wrapping an arm around your waist
protectively.
“Well, you are in America. And we handle
things a little differently around here. We are sorry that the British Minister
cannot do anything, for he is in a different country. So, we must obliviate
your wife and your friend. You have no say in this because you risked the
expositions of the wizarding world, and you shall be trailed for this. Arrest
them!” Madam Picquery announced.
“No-no- don’t hurt those creatures. Please
they aren’t dangerous. It was an obscurus, please don’t hurt them.” Newt tried
to reason with the Ministers and Madam Picquery.
“And take the no-majs to a different cell.”
Madam Picquery declared to the officers. You and Newt looked at each other,
reaching out for each other and embracing the other in your arms.
“it’s okay, it’s going to be okay. I will
find you, they will never be able to keep you away from me.” Newt was
whispering to you, trying to calm you down. You were terrible with separation,
you were in eqypt when you two were first apart as a couple. You ended up
having a panic attack, but Newt did save you and knew then you have separation
anxiety. “You aren’t going to be taken away fro- “You cut him off before he
could finish his sentence.
“I’m pregnant. You announced to him. Newt
became silence when you said this. He pulled away and stared into your eyes,
seeing if you were lying. He broke out into a smile and hugged you as hard as
he could. You were both so involved with each other that you didn’t notice the
officers coming towards you.
“No, no, no. Please don’t take my wife or
creatures away from me. Please, don’t take them away from he!” The cuffs were
on both of your wrists and on Newt’s as well. You both tried to fight against
the officers to get back to the others arm. You noticed that Newt had tears
coming out of his eyes. Your energy was kept keeping calm, but tears were
streaming down your cheeks as well. But you were both taken away from each
other and lead to different sides of the hall that lead to the cells.
You were placed in a cell with Jacob. It
was small and there was a bench next to one of the bar walls. You missed Newt,
but at least you had a friend, so your anxiety was kept at bay. You sat down on
the bench with a huff, and placed your head in your hands.
“Don’t worry. We’ll get out of here. Newt
and Tina will come around and save us. And if not Queenie probably will.” Jacob
tried to comfort you, placing a comforting hand on your shoulder. You were
trying to see the positive side to this, but you couldn’t see anything that
would remotely be positive in this situation. You leaned back against the bars
and placed a hand on your stomach and just stared at the ceiling. Jacob picked
up on why your hand was on your stomach. “Oh my god! Would they still oblita-
something you if they knew about it.”
You just replied with a shrugged of your
shoulders. “I don’t know. Newt doesn’t work in the ministry, and no case like
this has been said in wizarding history, per Newt.”
You both heard footsteps coming down the
hall way. You looked up to see Newt and Tina coming down the hall way with
their hands cuffed behind their back. They both notice you and Jacob as well.
They fought against the executioners and managed to get to the bars before
their arms were taken ahold of and pulled away from you. You and Jacob tried to
hold onto Newt and Tina so they could stay a little longer. They were both
screaming out in protect as they were lead down the hall. You went back to the
bench and sat down. Again, placing your hand on your stomach and looking down
at your belly.
You were three months along and you were
showing. In most cases, women didn’t start showing until they were four months
along. You just assumed that because Newt was a wizard, it was moving along a
little fast that it usual would.
At that moment Queenie dropped the coffee
she was holding and searched for the source of the thoughts that she was
hearing. She went down some stairs and saw that you and Jacob were in a cell,
and were to be obliviated. She saw that you had your hand on your stomach, she
also picked up on the fact that you were pregnant. That and she also read your
mind to see how you were holding up.
“Oh my goodness honey, You pregnant! And
with tw-twins!” she announced. You were shocked. You didn’t understand how she
knew that, but you just went with it. She then cast a spell to get you both out
of here.
You guys saved Newt and Tina in the end,
and got out of the ministry by all going into Newt’s case. You guys apparated
to the apartment when you guys were safe.
Newt made his way over to you and wrapped
his arms around. So carefully, because he thought that he would somehow hurt
your babies.
“I told you that I would get you and the
creatures back.” He told you with a smile on your face. Obviously, he didn’t
know about the twins. You both pulled away from one another to see Tina,
Queenie and Jacob staring at you with huge smiles on their faces. Especially
Queenie.
“We’re smiling because we’re happy that you
guys are back together.” You had almost forgot that she could read minds. You
were still wondering how she could tell that you were pregnant with twins. “I
know because I could hear their hearts beatings. And Newt, (Y/N) is pregnant
with twins.”
Newt looked at you, with pure joy and
happiness in his eyes. Hearing that the woman he loved was carrying his
children. He whispered in your ear, as he hugged you again. “If one of them id
a boy, we’re calling him Pickett.” He smiled, with his head on the side of
yours.
You both couldn’t ask for anything else. You
were with each other, and you would have two possible witches or wizards, or
both, running around in a few months.
egberts