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button-bird — Same mirror - same place - different orphan
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Published: 2013-04-12 20:09:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 41225; Favourites: 615; Downloads: 0
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I'm sorry for uploading something sad today, but I had this idea a few days ago and just had to draw it. I don't even know if my bubbly drawing style is suitable for a drawing like this, and I had to change the style for Ted's body a bit to get it right, but I still like it a lot and hope you enjoy it too.I thought that maybe Teddy Tonks found the Mirror of Erised one night and found himself - unknowingly - just in the same place as Harry had been so many years before. I can imagine that the sadness of his loss simply overwhelms him and makes his hair go the same mousy brown his mother's showed while she was heartbroken.
But I'm also sure that Teddy can not be let down for long, and eventually the pride of what his parents did for the wizarding world and the love and care of his friends get him all turquoise again.
Edit: to the person who posted this to tumblr [link] - THANKS! I can't believe it got such an incredible amount of notes (and they are still counting up like crazy!). This really means a lot to me.
Edit 2: I fixed Remus' face a bit - put up his eyes a little higher so he looks more mature, and not like he's happily smiling down at his devastated son. My intention was for both of them to look happy, just like Teddy would like them to be. After all, it's his heart's wish that the mirror shows.
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Oh my… This is so sweet, and yet so sad… i love it even though I'm tearing up.. Bwaah!! :sadness: Great job.. *sniffle*
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Thank you 
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Oh my gosh, it is SOOOO difficult to even make me tear up- my friends have to whack me in the back of my head (where I had a concussion) to get that reaction from me. You got it in like, under a minute just from me staring at that picture. It's so heartbreaking!!! And I imagine Harry won't be around that much either, with his fame and his (potential) job as an Auror, so even though Teddy HAS someone, he doesn't REALLY have someone to confide in whenever he needs to.
Plus this is kinda how I feel a lot. Abandoned by two people that loved me very much. (My godparents split up and left me behind when I needed them most)
Therefore, it isn't just the idea of what I thought of, but it's also INCREDIBLY personal for me as well.
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This is a huge compliment to receive as an artist. Thanks a lot!! 
I imagine that, with these kind and loveable persons as parents, he also shows a similar personality and therefore has several really good friends in Hogwarts who are always there for him - just like the previous orphan did.
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And you are welcome- and VERY deserving of the compliment!! Agreed on the second part too. Maybe the next Golden Trio or Marauders group is the "Rainbow Quartet"! Red, Green, Yellow and Blue!
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Consisting of one from each house, or of metamorphmagi, or where do these colours come from?
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I dunno. I just thought that with Teddy being a Metamorphagus, it'd be kinda cool for the group name to be something having to do with varying colors.
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Definitely! I wish there was a way to teach others to become Metamorphmagi, just like the Marauders taught each other to become Animagi. It would be the ultimative Marauders II era 
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Go ahead! Use me as a reference for an OC plz??? I'll send you a description!!
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An OC in the story? ^^ Sure that's a good idea - but it'll have to wait until June, when my graduation from university is over and I have time and brain space to take in new things again
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Congratulations on your upcoming graduation!!! And very true. I'm dealing with the same lack of brainspace.
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This is a wonderful and heartbreaking piece.
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WHY WOULD YOU DRAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! TT^TT
*cries loud*
But I really love it oq
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I DUNNO it just was there in my head T-T ask my brains why they are doing such things.
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BRAIN WHY ARE YOU DOING THINGS LIKE THIS?! ;n;
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BAD BRAIN! BAD! no cookies for you!
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May I get the cookie then...? *w*
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*hands cookie*
there brain, aiko has your cookie now, think about that next time.
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*omnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom* Thank yooou! <3
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what? thats insane! you cant do that to your brain!
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well it will think twice before having such ideas now
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nononononnonono!!!
you almost made me cry!
i never cry!
ive been dying to be able to cry for years-.-
its good for tricking people, you know^^
and the only drawing that ever made me cry was a drawing of a user named :iconviara13:!!! it was a drawing of Freds death scence:<
for me it was the sadest death:<
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yes, it definitely was 
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it's beautifully touching 
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Gogeous ! but so sad
I absolutely love how you use watercolors, I tried but haven't been able to do something with watercolors !
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To be honest, it took me more than a year to get to this point where it comes naturally. So don't give up, watercolours are a fidgety medium, but definitely worth the effort! 
The mistake I made for a loooooong time at first was to use too little water. Also I didn't know you weren't supposed to take the colour right out of the pan! Once I got that, I improved heaps.
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That's great thanks for the tips, you made me want to give it another try !
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Do it! ^-^ The more media we can handle, the better we can express ourselves.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
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Gah.. This nearly made me cry. Still, it's probably my favourite of all your drawings. <3
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I almost cried when drawing it. 
Thanks a lot though : ) I have the feeling that I'm improving a bit lately, and your comment makes me really happy.
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Awwww!
You're welcome. You're awesome. ^^
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sorrryyyyyy 
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thanks 
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im not surprised by the attention. Your artwork is enjoyable so keep 'em coming.:]
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Why would you make this
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I asked myself that too >.< but well, you know how it goes, once you've got an picture stuck in your head it won't get lost until you draw it. And the positive side of all that is that Teddy at least got to see his parents in some way. As sad as the situation with Harry was, I somehow always felt a little happy for him that he was able to see James and Lily, life-sized, right before him, smiling down at him, moving. Muggle orphans never get that chance. It's at least something.
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OMG--poor Teddy! Very pretty picture, but my heart is breaking!
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aww sorry hun
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