I often see people posting about the problems Wizarding Society would have, and usually I agree with the OP, but I feel like in many cases, the OP is condemning Rowling for writing the system this way (ex: house elfs, treatment of werewolves and other minorities, flaws in the Sorting system, Azkaban, and so on…)
In most cases, Rowling wrote these incredible flaws into the series intentionally. She is fully aware that the system is flawed, that’s the point of the books! A writer doesn’t have to explicitly state “___ is bad, ___ is good”, and I think that Rowling trusts her readers to be discerning enough to not be coddled and handed her opinions so blatantly.
do you think that natasha has fantasized about have bruce inside her as the hulk? is that why she likes him? because she wants to ride his big green mean machine?
-The snowbanks are melting, revealing what has been sleeping beneath them all winter. They are hungry.
-Western Mass is a myth, they laugh. Their eyes are wide. Western Mass is a myth, they repeat. You cannot go there. No one can.
-Why is that field red? The children ask. It’s a cranberry bog, the adults repeat. Just a cranberry bog. The eyes in the bog do not blink.
-The screaming at night is the fisher cats, we promise.
-The beaches are rocky. They are pointed, and jagged. They have teeth. Do not go swimming alone.
-”They’re not safe to eat unless you boil them alive.” The old fisherman tells you. You think, you hope, he means the lobster. But he never specifies, and you never ask.
selfies are so cool my kids are gonna be so into it like wouldn’t you kill for a selfie of your mom or your dad like a day when your mom felt pretty or a picture of her with her best friend like mostly the only pics we have of our parents are posed school photos or blurry film pictures of them as kids but how many actual pictures do you have of your mom? your grandparents? like the next generation of kids are gonna have pictures of their parents in every single stage of their life like my kids are gonna know what I looked like on march 8, 2015 theyre gonna know what i wore on Christmas when I was 19 and theyre gonna see a picture taken on their birthday 20 years before they were born and think it’s the coolest version of timehop there’s ever gonna be. they’re gonna notice the same striped shirt in all my selfies and be like wow mom you liked that shirt. like? how is that not the most remarkable thing you’ve ever heard
THAT MOMENT WHEN YOURE READING FANFICTION AND A CHARACTER SAYS SOMETHING REALLY CUTE OR ANGSTY BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THEY WOULD ACTUALLY SAY AND YOU JUST KINDA LEAVE THE COMPUTER AND WALK AIMLESSLY AROUND THE HOUSE TO CALM YOUR RAGING FEELS
stop texting, vining, instagraming, tweeting, using ur phone and driving. idc how good of a driver u think u are because ur not. it’s so fucking selfish, ur not the only person on the road and if ur gonna drive it deserves ur full attention. it literally only takes one second, if that, of ur attention being on ur phone for an accident to happen.
reminder that mythbusters proved using your phone is WORSE than driving drunk
lmao there’s a divide in emos now- ppl who like bands like patd, mcr, fob, and 21p and then people who like la dispute, the front bottoms, the wonder years, and the story so far. we’re all equal emos tho. dont try to act like ur better for liking la dispute ur still emo.
It’s actually my uterus saying, “Look, you don’t want a baby this month. I certainly don’t want a damn baby this month. We’re going to make damn sure there’s no baby this month even if I have to nuke the site from orbit.”
Using Tumblr is like renting an apartment and continually asking the landlord to fix the heating, but instead the landlord repaints your living room walls every month.
And you’re like “But I liked the off-white, it went well with my furniture!” but the landlord insists that the hot pink is exactly what the place needs. And the moment you get used to the pink walls and bought things to match them, the landlord comes and paints the room forest green.
So my brother works at a McDonald’s that’s test running serving breakfast later into the day. They used to end at 10:30, and now it goes to eleven… apparently it’s a pretty big pain in the butt.
It used to be that when it came time for the switch from breakfast to lunch, they’d shout out “Ten thirty!” through the store so everyone knew to switch, but now that it’s “Eleven,” my bro says it’s just not as easy to shout, or to hear over machinery and such.
So he started shouting “Elevensies!”
So now it’s a thing and the McDonald’s in my hometown now serves elevensies.
OK BUT BEST PART OF THE STORY
There was a guy who didn’t get it. He’s like, “Whut? Why are you saying that? That’s not a word.”
And someone else shouts from behind the grill “You don’t know elevensies?”
And someone else shouts “Bet he doesn’t know about second breakfast either”
Do you want to know what’s a strange feeling? Having a platonic crush on someone. You go through all the same crap as with a romantic crush, trying to impress them, not wanting to seem over eager, wanting to talk to them all the time. The only difference is, instead of wanting to kiss them until they can’t breathe, you want to rent all of the movies with them and have a sleep over. It’s rather disconcerting.
Black people are literally without exaggeration being lynched and nothing is being done about it and white people genuinely think anyone should care that they’re being compared to mayonnaise *for being racist or insensitive*. these people won’t even read an article about Black people getting killed for being Black until it turns into a worldwide movement, but compile entire posts to actually whine about being criticized for being complacent in benefiting from white privilege.. And they’re dead ass serious too
to the white people have literally responded to this by fulfilling it and saying “I know black people getting killed is bad but stop saying we’re mayo or racist” like if y'all could be more disgusting and soulless I would be amazed..
Am I alone in really really wanting to know who Lily’s friends were??? Who her best friend was??? Was her only bestie really Snape?? Did she get along with her dormmates?? Was there someone who was to her what Sirius was to James?? Was there a girl in her life who was so important to her she was or could have potentially been Harry’s godmother??? I’m sorry for bugging you with this but it’s 2 AM where I live and I was unceremoniously hit by Lily Evans feels
Noooo you aren’t alone!
Talk to me about Lily’s room mates, about them sitting together that first night and awkwardly introducing themselves until one of them blurts out how much they love the braid Lily is wearing and she beams and tells them about her older sister who “isn’t magical but can make the best hairstyles!” and they’re so excited they only settle down around 11z
Tell me about them messing around with make-up for the first time and getting it EVERYWHERE, Lily laughing as one of them manages to get nail polish on her nose and can’t get it off again because the other used a semi-permanent sticking charm.
Tell me about Lily crying because Petunia won’t answer her letters and the boys made fun of her when they saw she was upset and it’s the worst. Tell me about girls wrapping her up in a hug and taking her to the kitchens for hot chocolate and reassurances that it’ll be okay.
Tell me about getting their first periods and rolling around in pain and making up stories where they’re the heroine who is bleeding to death until “hey Mary do you have some more of those muggle painkillers”.
Tell me about her friends telling Lily that Snape is bad news, and she’s angry at them but at the same time grateful because she needed to hear that from someone else.
Tell me about the roommates noticing James teasing Lily all the time and rolling their eyes because, yeah, he didn’t mean it maliciously, but turning her skirt fluorescent pink was still a shitty move, and taking turns sending pinching hexes James’ way (and some Sirius’ as well because the boy did something to deserve it for sure). (Remus totally noticed but only smirks, so the girls decide they like him best, except for Mary, who thinks Peter is the cutest ever)
Tell me about girls consoling each other when family members die, when they lose friends and realize they’re not safe at all anymore, that there might come a point where they have to start distrusting each other, but today is not that day, and they need hugs.
Tell me about them being excited when James and Lily end up together, but do not hesitate to tell him that “if you hurt her I’ll kill you. We all will” - James’ eyes widen but then wraps them all in a group hug because “Lily’s mates are my mates”.
Tell me about Lily’s bridesmaids!!! Cute little matching dresses and endless hours of fitting and complaining and so much free champagne. Also cake?? “How about we just wear our school uniforms it’d be so hot” “NO, Emmi.”
Also hello, I know no one wants to hear this, but who do you think organized the funeral? Between Sirius being in Azkaban and Remus probably buried in self-hatred, it would have been organized by the Order or smth, so I bet Lily’s friends talked to McGonagall and they decided on the simple ceremony, with so many flowers, and all of them wore black robes but a lily in their hair.
tbh i’m here for my boys too, like i’m here for every boy who cried alone, wiping away tears quickly and guiltily, because crying wasn’t “manly”, i’m here for fat boys, skinny boys, boys who rejects hyper-masculinity and are shamed for it, i’m here for every boy who was laughed at in the locker rooms, every boy who loves lipstick and mascara, and every black or brown boy who is afraid to walk home at night because of violence that may come from anywhere in society but is always targeted at him, i’m here for every boy who was told he wasn’t a boy, i’m here for every conflicted boy who must choose between what he believes is right and what he was raised with, i’m here for every boy who was manipulated by this twisted patriarchy we all exist in and is trying in some way to make things right.
but can we consider that Rhodey does, in fact, outrank Steve Rogers?
now picture rhodey meeting steve and steve snapping a salute
that is all
and Rhodey would be totally serious about it until the second Steve walked out of the room and then he’d totally turn and look at Tony with crazy eyes and Tony would be like “JARVIS TOOK PICTURES FROM EVERY ANGLE YOU’RE WELCOME”
“Yes, being in a female dominated field, I do know what it means to be marginalized. “
oh
my
god
omg
oh my fucking god
The really ugly part is they’ve actually done multiple sociological studies on this, and guess what the result is? Men in female-dominated fields aren’t marginalized at all; they get special treatment and are fast-tracked to the top, getting more credit for their work, faster promotions, and greater pay and benefits than their female colleagues.
