Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

identity ask………oh shit

seananmcguire:

pennyroyalprincess:

yup-im-a-werewolf:

1. if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?
2. have you ever found a writer who thinks just like you? if so, who?
3. list your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.
4. do you like your name?  is there another name you think would fit you better?
5. do you think of yourself as a human being or a human doing? do you identify yourself by the things you do?
6. are you religious/spiritual?
7. do you care about your ethnicity?
8. what musical artists have you most felt connected to over your lifetime?
9. are you an artist?
10. do you have a creed?
11. describe your ideal day.
12. dog person or cat person?
13. inside or outdoors?
14. are you a musician?
15. five most influential books over your lifetime.
16. if you’d grown up in a different environment, do you think you’d have turned out the same?
17. would you say your tumblr is a fair representation of the “real you”?
18. what’s your patronus?
19. which Harry Potter house would you be in? or are you a muggle?
20. would you rather be in Middle Earth, Narnia, Hogwarts, or somewhere else?
21. do you love easily?
22. list the top five things you spend the most time doing, in order.
23. how often would you want to see your family every year?
24. have you ever felt like you had a “mind-meld” with someone?
25. could you live as a hermit?
26. how would you describe your gender/sexuality?
27. do you feel like your outside appearance is a fair representation of the “real you”?
28. on a scale from 1 to 10, how hard is it for someone to get under your skin?
29. three songs that you connect with right now.
30. pick one of your favorite quotes.

first time I actually love these questions

Oh, sure, but please include the actual question if you drop it in my Ask box.  Numbers do not sing for me.

I think we ALL LEARNED LAST TIME that just leaving numbers is a bit risky, but live your life.

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captofthesswolfstar:

marauders4evr:

Every now and then, the Marauders fandom gets upset that James was chosen to be a Head Boy when he wasn’t a Prefect.

But of course he was.

It started in the autumn of his fifth year. The fifteen-year-old marched through the corridors, feeling rather important, a badge pinned to his robes.

Filch caught him within the first five minutes. To be fair, James hadn’t tried to run. (If he had, he would have gotten away). He had no reason to. Still, the caretaker grumbled threats of torture as he dragged the Chaser to Professor McGonagall’s office.

“Pretending to be a Prefect,” Filch snarled.

“I’m not pretending you old—” James eventually broke off as he realized that there was no use shouting at the lump of clay that was the caretaker. And so, he turned to Professor McGonagall and said, “I’m a temporary Prefect for the night.”

“Are you?” she asked, with a flicker of amusement. “I don’t seem to recall appointing you as such.”

“You know, Sirius’ brother told me something interesting the other day,” James said. “Did you know that if you looked at the night sky, you could see a star that represents them both? Isn’t that strange. Look for yourself, Professor.”

And she glanced out the window and saw the stars in question. Right next to the nearly full moon. Her face gave away nothing, but she curtly dismissed the caretaker, who seemed surprised if not furious.

“Surely you want me to stay to deliver the punishment?” Filch asked.

“There will be no punishment,” Professor McGonagall said curtly. “You caught a Prefect out of bed. That’s not exactly against the rules, is it?”

James could have hugged her.

As soon as the caretaker was gone, she pushed the tin of biscuits towards James. It didn’t even need saying at this point. He grinned and took his favorite kind. She always had them.

“I didn’t even think…” she whispered. “It’s not full for another three days.”

“I know,” said James. “But he’s really sick this time.”

“He should have told me,” she said. “I would have given him the time off.”

“Yeah, well,” James shrugged. “You know Remus.”

She smiled; she did indeed.

“Did he brief you on your responsibilities?” the professor asked.

“If by ‘briefed’ you mean ‘went into a three-hour lecture on what I should or should not do’ then yeah.”

“You know that I can’t make this official,” Professor McGonagall said. “People would talk.”

“Nah, I know,” James said. 

“You can’t brag about this.”

“I know.”

“You can’t abuse your privileges.”

“I know.”

“Take another biscuit.”

He grinned and did so.

“I believe you have work to do,” she said.

James gave her a mock salute and marched away. He performed Remus’ duties all night, never once abusing the power, knowing that doing so would tarnish Remus’ reputation. He performed them the next two nights as well and told a very skeptical Professor McGonagall that he was sick on the night of the full moon. (”Oh dear,” she said. “I hope your illness stagnates.”)

Truth be told, James was a Prefect almost as much as Remus was.

They were some of the only times in his term at Hogwarts that he solemnly swore that he wasn’t up to no good.

IM MAKING THIS CANON! I declare it canon!!! So be it!!! @asktheboywholived

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Anonymous asked: Quick question. How does one actually make a resume? I need to get another job and no one in my family is being helpful about it even though it will be our main source of income and I havent technically had to build a resume since 2015 and I am freaking out a little bit.

littlestartopaz:

words-writ-in-starlight:

Okay…not gonna lie my dude, my resume is pretty thin on the ground (I’m in college), but LET’S SEE WHAT WE’VE GOT.  (Also I am procrastinating my thesis which is VERY MUCH DUE IN TWO MONTHS, so take my life advice with, like, a fistful of salt.)

First, take a couple deep breaths.  Everyone has to learn how to do the resume thing.  You’re not alone in feeling out of your depth, I’m on a campus of 400 right now and every single person agrees with you.

So, okay, the main point of a resume is to sell yourself.  The most important thing here is that you probably have to balance truth with…generous exaggeration.  Obviously don’t claim you can do something you don’t know how to do, because that’ll bite you in the ass.  But hey, do you make photosets or gifsets for Tumblr?  You are a Photo Editor, slap that shit on your Skills section.  This post talks some more about how millennials and people who’ve grown up in the Internet Age have the edge on that.  Make sure to lean on your ability to learn new skills–I am an Excel expert not so much because I took a class on Excel, but because over the summer I attended a research fellowship where everyone sucked at Excel.  So I Googled a motherfucker and now I’m real good at Excel and teaching my biochem teacher how to do a double-reciprocal plot.  If you don’t know how to do something now, you can definitely learn–pitch that.  This post has some more stuff about learning to sell yourself.  Master the elevator pitch for why you yourself are great for the job.  If you’re like me, you’ll probably have to tell your anxiety and self-esteem issues to suck a dick every five minutes, BUT DO IT ANYWAY.  You are great.  Your resume is intended to inform the rest of the world of this incontrovertible truth.

NOW.  The resume itself.  Some basics of the resume structure include:

Cover letter (this is your opening pitch–make it good, especially since an employer might have hundreds of resumes on their desk)  (this is the WikiHow page, which has some good examples for format)

Resume body (this can be chronological, meaning listed by date, which is more traditional and will appeal more to older readers, functional, meaning listed by task, which is more practical for someone who’s either been out of work or who’s changing careers, or combination, which is pretty much what it says on the tin)

Experience/Skills (THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE, USE THOSE TWO POSTS UP THERE AND ALSO THIS ONE, INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ALSO INTERPERSONAL SKILLS)  (YOU’RE GREAT–REMIND THEM)

Activities (YES THIS INCLUDES EXTRACURRICULARS) (THIS CAN EVEN INCLUDE D&D)

Education (include the where and when, also your GPA might help if you did really well)

Awards, if applicable (I myself do not have anything whatsoever to put here, but if you do, props, do it)

Personal Interests (look dude, if they’ve gotten this far, they want to know if they could tolerate working with you–this is your opportunity to convince them)

This is a good walkthrough on formats for all those various sections.

Iiiii think that’s what I’ve got, pretty much.  IDK man resume-writing is the literal worst and I feel for you, BUT I HOPE THIS HELPED.  

Some other things is your resume doesn’t have to reflect how lame the position was. For example: at my first job i was the most recent hire and therefore the last one to learn how to lead close. But i slap down “Closing Supervisor” and no one needs to know that we were all closers.

Do you play rpgs and hold an official position in your guild? “Event Supervisor” “Recruiter” “Supervisor” totally count for your resume.

Volunteer at a church or community service? Start a club in high school? Help cater, serve, or host an event? Get selected to play music at an event? Your artwork or science project make it to a higher competition? Put it down if it’s relevant.

Your resume needs to be concise. So only put down relevant things. Applying for a base retail position but looking to move up? Add in all your labor achievements and leadership actions.

Use impressive words. Make an email just for your resume that has your first and last name. Make it the most official sounding thing to come out of your printer.

Most important though is your resume grows with you. So keep a folder or record of everything. Start/end dates for jobs or events. When did you found your guild or get promoted to officer? What was expected of you (less for resume, more for interview)? Employers want people who have experience or have achieved something. There are a lot more things you can pad your resume with than you think. And in our culture, you cam have leadership experience before you leave college or even high school. And that’s a big deal.

copperbadge:

@whatdoyoumeanitsnotawesome said: 

I would like some Socialist!Steve Rogers making fox news/drumpf’s head explode by calling them on their shit on a national stage.

“Now, you all know, Captain America kept out of the presidential race – great guy, tremendous guy, how can you not love Captain America? – but I feel sure if he allowed himself to be political, he’d be for making America great again. The values of the forties, when we worked hard and fought for what we believed in, when people knew where they belonged – I think if he could speak publicly he’d say, good job, President Trump. Because he represents the people, too, and the people elected me – by a giant landslide, an enormous record-breaking – “ 

***

Steve had thought, long and hard, considering the talk shows, the various social media platforms, and the other methods of publicity available to him. He finally decided on YouTube, though he did let them film him on something slightly better than a phone video camera. 

He talked to the organizers; he asked them if they were sure; and when the time came, during the protest rally, he walked up to the podium in jeans and a #RESIST t-shirt, and he could tell for a minute nobody knew who he was. 

“Good morning,” he said, using the smile and the voice he’d practiced selling bonds, seventy years ago. “My name is Steve Rogers. I came to march with you today.” 

A ripple went through the crowd.

“My mother and father were immigrants. My mother was a single working mother. As a child I saw Pinkertons trying to break the unions, breaking strikes with bats and brass knuckles. I heard my friends’ parents tell stories about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire where people died because there was no federal safety regulation, because they were disposable – women, immigrants, Jews. I was born in the last Gilded Age, and I lived through every hungry year of the Depression that it led to,” he said, voice gaining momentum. “My ma died because she couldn’t afford treatment. Because it was a doctor for her or a doctor for me but not both.”

There was a roar from the crowd. 

“And I saw Americans thrown into camps, and I saw “colored” drinking fountains, and I saw Americans who had to join separate regiments to defend freedom because of the color of their skin, so I know what the values of the 1940s were!” he yelled. “Don’t you tell me people knew their place! Don’t you tell me they weren’t shoved into place by Pinkertons and cops because I saw it happen! I didn’t survive 1940 to see it come round again!” 

He glanced to the side, wondering if he’d gone too far, but the woman who’d told him it was okay to speak was grinning and gesturing for him to continue.

“So the President can be very clear about where Captain America stands,” Steve continued, “I’d like him to know that I am a lefty socialist anti-racist son of immigrants and I’m here today for open borders, socialized healthcare, equality in justice, and the death of fascism. You’re right about one thing – I am a tremendous man, and I am allowing myself to be political.” 

***

Yet another leak out of the White House today concerning the behavior of the president. Sources say last night President Trump was treated in the Residence for a broken hand, which the White House official statement says is a stress fracture from signing paperwork. Our source states that the President overturned furniture, threatened Secret Service agents, and broke his hand punching a wall. All this after witnessing the mega-viral BE POLITICAL youtube video recorded by Steve Rogers, Manhattan’s own Captain America, at a protest rally yesterday afternoon…

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Anonymous asked: You're like...vodka tia Moran. It's neat

I am literally changing my description to vodka tia Moran, I have no idea what I did to earn this title but I immediately and unironically love it.

leupagus asked: Heyo--I saw your tags on that political thing and YOU ARE NOT A TRAINWRECK FOR NOT REMEMBERING YOUR SENATORS' NAMES. It is totally fine if your brain doesn't cooperate with that shit; you're not doing anything wrong. But! If you have a cellphone, what I'd recommend is putting down your reps' name/numbers under like, "POLITICIAN: SENATOR" for their last name and then their full name under the "first name" line--that way if you can't remember their names, you can just look up "Senator/Congressman"

and you don’t have to worry about remembering their specific names. But thank you SO MUCH for deciding to call today; it means a lot and you are a mensch.

GOOD SOLID ADVICE.  I’ve done this since you sent this message and now that I’m procrastinating my thesis by going through my inbox, I AM SHARING THIS GOOD ADVICE WITH THE WORLD.

sroloc--elbisivni asked: FIC REC FOR YOU: hood and glove by fahye on ao3 is a Yuri on ice Fae AU. Faerie politics, canny humans, tam Lin elements, and romance. More Otabek/Yuri than Y/V, but that's definitely there and it is very good.

I’VE READ IT SINCE YOU SENT THIS AND

Y’ALL

Y A L L 

IT’S SOME GOOD SHIT

MY SHIT RIGHT THERE

HOOD & GLOVE

READ IT

Anonymous asked: I've been doing a lot of reading on the Borgias but I don't actually know how to pronounce "Borgia- would you know?

So…I pronounce it the way they say it in the show, which is BOHR-jya (or something like -zhya if you like your IPA pronunciations I guess).  It’s with a soft G, kind of slurred.  Like the last G in ‘garage.’

Anonymous asked: Quick question. How does one actually make a resume? I need to get another job and no one in my family is being helpful about it even though it will be our main source of income and I havent technically had to build a resume since 2015 and I am freaking out a little bit.

Okay…not gonna lie my dude, my resume is pretty thin on the ground (I’m in college), but LET’S SEE WHAT WE’VE GOT.  (Also I am procrastinating my thesis which is VERY MUCH DUE IN TWO MONTHS, so take my life advice with, like, a fistful of salt.)

First, take a couple deep breaths.  Everyone has to learn how to do the resume thing.  You’re not alone in feeling out of your depth, I’m on a campus of 400 right now and every single person agrees with you.

So, okay, the main point of a resume is to sell yourself.  The most important thing here is that you probably have to balance truth with…generous exaggeration.  Obviously don’t claim you can do something you don’t know how to do, because that’ll bite you in the ass.  But hey, do you make photosets or gifsets for Tumblr?  You are a Photo Editor, slap that shit on your Skills section.  This post talks some more about how millennials and people who’ve grown up in the Internet Age have the edge on that.  Make sure to lean on your ability to learn new skills–I am an Excel expert not so much because I took a class on Excel, but because over the summer I attended a research fellowship where everyone sucked at Excel.  So I Googled a motherfucker and now I’m real good at Excel and teaching my biochem teacher how to do a double-reciprocal plot.  If you don’t know how to do something now, you can definitely learn–pitch that.  This post has some more stuff about learning to sell yourself.  Master the elevator pitch for why you yourself are great for the job.  If you’re like me, you’ll probably have to tell your anxiety and self-esteem issues to suck a dick every five minutes, BUT DO IT ANYWAY.  You are great.  Your resume is intended to inform the rest of the world of this incontrovertible truth.

NOW.  The resume itself.  Some basics of the resume structure include:

Cover letter (this is your opening pitch–make it good, especially since an employer might have hundreds of resumes on their desk)  (this is the WikiHow page, which has some good examples for format)

Resume body (this can be chronological, meaning listed by date, which is more traditional and will appeal more to older readers, functional, meaning listed by task, which is more practical for someone who’s either been out of work or who’s changing careers, or combination, which is pretty much what it says on the tin)

Experience/Skills (THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE, USE THOSE TWO POSTS UP THERE AND ALSO THIS ONE, INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ALSO INTERPERSONAL SKILLS)  (YOU’RE GREAT–REMIND THEM)

Activities (YES THIS INCLUDES EXTRACURRICULARS) (THIS CAN EVEN INCLUDE D&D)

Education (include the where and when, also your GPA might help if you did really well)

Awards, if applicable (I myself do not have anything whatsoever to put here, but if you do, props, do it)

Personal Interests (look dude, if they’ve gotten this far, they want to know if they could tolerate working with you–this is your opportunity to convince them)

This is a good walkthrough on formats for all those various sections.

Iiiii think that’s what I’ve got, pretty much.  IDK man resume-writing is the literal worst and I feel for you, BUT I HOPE THIS HELPED.