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

Anonymous asked: A Harry Potter (Harry's era) thing? :3

lilabeanz:

sirhevans:

lilabeanz:

forever and always, the trio.

ahhhhhhh i really really love this???? and do u know why? not just because it’s my babies. not just because the coloring of ron’s hair is on fucking point. not just because of harry’s lil hand in his pocket or his sad serious expression. not just because of hermione’s adorable purple cardigan. IT’S BECAUSE HARRY AND RON ARE HOLDING HANDS. i mean not even in a ‘they’re a thing’ way. although lbr i’m all about some harry/ron on the side. but i always ALWAYS see hermione put in the middle. bc boys must not touch no. harry and ron cannot be that close they must separate. which I KNOW - british and all that. there’s that thing about physical affection, and harry’s doubly unsure about physical affection bc abuse. but it’s just really nice to see them arranged differently. it’s so rare (for me) to see ron in the middle, or even harry for that matter, when they’re being this close at least. and it’s not that hermione CAN’T be in the middle. i mean they’re her boys and that’s beautiful and she’s just as important to the group as they are. but it seems like the films went a long way in distorting fandom’s view of the trio, and when hermione is constantly providing a barrier between the boys in fan art i feel like it’s symptomatic of how thoroughly all three of their characters were destroyed in the movies. everyone forgets that ron and harry are CLOSE. they’re best friends, they’re brothers, THEY’RE FAMILY. they cheer each other up and protect each other and love each other. THEY’RE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ONE ANOTHER FOR GOD’S SAKE. THEY CANNOT FUNCTION WHEN THEY ARE APART WE HAVE SEEN THIS. i just. ugh. harry and ron being #1 bros. ron protecting and defending harry and hermione. hermione doing whatever it takes to stand beside harry and ron. harry letting these people, his best friends, help him in ways he never let anyone else help before. THE TRIO BEING THE COHESIVE FAMILY UNIT THEY WERE MEANT TO BE.

oh my god THANK YOU! this was exactly what i was going for- it was deliberate that ron was in the middle. for all the attributes of harry and hermione, ron doesn’t get enough credit for being the glue that really holds the group together. i mean, when he leaves in the seventh book, harry and hermione are super depressed and you realize how much of a disadvantage it is not to have ron with them. not to take anything away from the other two- i love them all equally- but ron, for me, is really the heart of the trio. he’s what makes their dynamic work. (and you’re right, the depth of ron and harry’s relationship is totally glossed over in the films)

Lets take a break, and take a trip to some different lands… Turn your volume on, select a world and click the link

sassplaidandbulletholes:

northwestnurse:

Harry Potter

Griffindor Common Room - You’re sitting in a comfortable chair in front of the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room as the evening wind swirls against the windows. You’ve got a book to read and a cup of tea that you’ve charmed to stay warm and stir itself on occasion, and even though you have some homework left to do, you feel very much at ease > http://harry-potter-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/gryffindor-common-room

Slytherin Common Room - You are a 5th year at Hogwarts and you’re sitting in the Slytherin Common Room trying to stay awake and study but you’ve never been a very studious person so your eyelids are getting heavy and you find yourself falling asleep in a brown recliner while two other Slytherins are able to stay awake with the aid of coffee. There aren’t any windows for you to see outside, but since the common room is submerged under the lake you can faintly hear the sound of water just on the other side of the walls. > http://harry-potter-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/slytherin-common-room

Ravenclaw Common Room - It’s exam season, and you’re cramming for your NEWTs. The common room is full of Ravenclaws, wide-eyed and caffeinated. Pull up a chair, grab your charms homework and get studying! > http://harry-potter-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/ravenclaw-common-room

Hufflepuff Common Room - You’re sitting in one of the comfy chairs in front of the wooden fireplace carved with badgers, someone’s cat (You’ve named it fluffball) sitting beside you. The kitchens are in full force and in full raid by students. Occasionally you can hear someone’s footsteps by the windows, but you’re took focused on your charms homework. You’re a Hufflepuff and proud, and what would you be if not hardworking? > http://harry-potter-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/hufflepuff-commonroom

Game of Thrones

High garden Party - “At Highgarden we have many spiders amongst the flowers. So long as they keep to themselves we let them spin their little webs, but if they get underfoot we step on them.” > http://got.ambient-mixer.com/highgarden-party

Dinner in Winterfell - It’s been a long day of battle, you want warmth and the comfort of food, drink and conversation. The fire is roaring, fighting the chill of the cold castle walls. > http://got.ambient-mixer.com/late-dinner-in-winterfell

The Wall - "…It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.” > http://got.ambient-mixer.com/the-wall

Kings Landing - The busy capital of Westeros welcomes you. You walk amongst rich and poor alike, people selling their wares as they are bartered for them, knights try out their new swords whilst their squires tend to the horses. Someone somewhere a harp is played. > http://got.ambient-mixer.com/king-s-landing

Doctor Who

Inside the Tardis -  The doctor has invited you to take a trip with him in the Tardis, the world’s most famous blue police box!Don’t be fooled by the sounds of the engine in the background, the Tardis is way more than “just a machine”! > http://dr-who.ambient-mixer.com/inside-the-tardis

Run from Weeping Angels - As long as you see them, they can’t hurt you. Don’t turn around! Don’t blink! Or they’ll get you! Where is the Doctor when you need him the most?>  http://dr-who.ambient-mixer.com/weeping-angels

Lord of The Rings

Bilbo Baggins’ Home - We are in the Shire,  at the Home of Bilbo Baggins. Fire is burning and light rain outside whilst he offers you tea, bread and cheese. > http://lotr-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/bilbo-baggins-home

The Prancing Pony - after a long day of travel you and your company retire to the Prancing Pony to fill your bellies and warm your feet. > http://lotr-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/prancing-pony

Mines of Moria - After the fall of Moria, nobody know, why its happen. But few dwarves talking about Bane of Durin. When Fellowship enter the mines, they still do not know, that they will meet Dane of Durin face to face.… > http://lotr-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/mines-of-moria

The Battle - Forth! Down fear of darkness! Arise! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day…! A red day…! And the sun rises! Ride now! Ride now! Ride! Ride for ruin and the world’s ending! Death! Death! Death!!! > http://lotr-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/the-battle-of-pelennor-fields

Woodland Realm - Company enter the woods of Elvenking - Mirkwood. Many stories were tell about this forest - enchanted water, strange animals and tricks of wood elves are some of them. Elves are good and helpfull, but between dwarves from Lonely Mountain and Elvenking is hostility, which can destroy all hopes for Thorin, his friends and people from Laketown. > http://lotr-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/woodland-realm

Supernatural

Riding with the Winchesters - Dozing in the backseat of the Impala on the way to a little town in Indiana where a woman was found missing a heart on the night of the full moon, you hear the sound of the Winchester’s trying not to wake you during the long drive. Sam is diligently working the case file as Dean keeps his eyes on the road. Hang tight, it’ll be a while before they stop for a re-fuel. > http://supernatural-series.ambient-mixer.com/riding-with-the-winchesters

Hunting with the Winchesters - You made a deal 10 years ago and now the Winchesters are here to save you! They have saved you twice tonight but not you’ve lost them in the dark woods. You run for your life as you hear the hounds approaching > http://supernatural-series.ambient-mixer.com/hunting-with-the-boys

Cheap Motel Room - Eventually, you reach a one-stoplight town and settle in for the night. The AC is broken, so the window is opened. You can smell the wet gravel outside, and warm summer-night air bleeds into the room, carrying with it sounds of the highway. > http://supernatural-series.ambient-mixer.com/cheap-motel–room

Sleeping Next to Dean - Quiet enough that you can curl up with your pillow and sleep warm in Dean’s arms on a rainy night. He’s definitely a cuddler. > http://supernatural-series.ambient-mixer.com/sleeping-next-to-dean

Research with the Boys - Instead of thinking of that pesky history assignment as an essay, pretend you’re in a motel room with the Winchesters researching for a big case. Noises include keyboard typing and mouse clicks, writing on paper, random chair creaks, white noise, and the sound of a knife sharpening for good measure. (Because we all know Dean’s a little obsessed with keeping his weapons in top shape) > http://supernatural-series.ambient-mixer.com/research-with-the-winchesters

Sherlock

221b Baker Street - You’re welcome into the home of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. John is typing up.. whatever it is he types up whilst Sherlock is stood at the window playing his violin. > http://movies-other.ambient-mixer.com/sherlock-s-apartment

Other

Loki’s Chambers - Loki takes some time for himself in his chambers, disregarding the outside world for a while in favor of literature. He studies and relaxes with only the company of his books. For once he almost could feel at peace, at least until Thor barges in, but for now the lyrical silence of Asgard is the only sound he hears > http://superhero.ambient-mixer.com/loki-s-chambers

Stark and Banner Lab - Because in Avengers tower, Tony and Bruce’s lab is the quietest place around. You sit in your comfy armchair in the corner of the lab and relax with your book, occasionally hearing Bruce scribble something and Tony sigh because 2048 is tricky. http://superhero.ambient-mixer.com/the-stark—banner-lab

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party - You’re invited to join the tea party.. we’re all mad here > http://movies-other.ambient-mixer.com/mad-tea-party

Abandoned Spaceship - you’ve found an abandoned spaceship, only, there’s something here. You can hear them. You can feel them. Find them. > http://science-fiction.ambient-mixer.com/derelict-ship

Gypsy Camp - Gypsy camp, settling in for the night somewhere in the woods. Campfires, music, general frivolity. > http://fantasy.ambient-mixer.com/gypsy-camp

Reblogging again just to add that “Research with the Boys” is officially my new favorite mix for getting work done

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kn-rainbowblood:

lupinatic:

mostlyginger:

mostlyginger:

can we just talk about the time that Lupin was recovering from a full moon and Snape taught the DADA class and made all the students write essays on how to kill werewolves for Lupin to read when he got back I hate Snape so much it’s not funny

Lupin gets back and he feels like crap and suddenly his best friend’s son is writing an essay about how to kill him like that is so fucked up

Bear in mind that an ex-Death Eater does this to someone who was in the Order, risked his life fighting against said Death Eaters and lost his best friends to the Death Eater’s genocidal leader, for the sole purpose of screwing him over, and as far as we know he experiences no consequences whatsoever for doing so.

And if that wasn’t enough, he made them write those essays hoping some of them would realize Lupin’s a werewolf. And one did, but Hermione is a fucking DECENT HUMAN BEING and said nothing. Apparently the ‘insufferable know-it-all' can keep her mouth closed, when it’s for something important. Just like Snape didn’t do at the end of the book.

I’m getting mad, so here’s something I’ve realized while reading The Order of the Phoenix again. (Please keep in mind that my books are in Italian and some concepts might be hard to explain, I apologize for my English mistakes)

In chapter 14, when The Trio talked with Sirius, he said that two years before Dolores Umbridge had written a law against werewolves that made it almost impossible for Lupin to find a job.

Now ask yourself this question. Why two years?

What had happened two years before? During Harry’s third year? Oh, right. The Magical World had discovered that one of Hogwarts’ teachers (someone who was in constant conctat with their children) was a werewolf. Does that ring any bell?

But that’s not all! If we take a look at chapter 15, in the Daily Prophet article we can see a familiar name: Remus Lupin. In a newspaper. Where everyone can read it. “The werewolf Remus Lupin”. No wonder he couldn’t find a job!
And it’s not the first time the Daily Prophet has written about him, as it’s stated in the article itself. There must have been a huge scandal when it had all come out.

So basically, when Snape decided he couldn’t bear not having what he wanted (for example, SIRIUS BLACK GETTING KISSED BY A DEMENTOR) and spilled the secret, he didn’t only tell the whole school. He didn’t only tell the kids’ parents. The told the whole Magical World.

He told the whole Magical World that a man who had kept his condition secret all his life was a werewolf.

And the Magical World responded with a law against werewolves.

So, basically, Snape didn’t only ruin Remus Lupin’s life. He ruined the life of every single werewolf in the UK.

But, you know. Bravest man I ever knew.

(via thepainofthesass)

captainnaamerica:

faggoat:

the thing that really worked about harry, hermione, and ron was that they were all the uncomfortable third friend

bless j. k. rowling

(via yea-lets-do-this-shit)

watsonshoneybee:

congratulations to Minerva McGonagall on her pending retirement today, who is going to look down at her list of first years and see “James Sirius Potter” and just call it a fucking day

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lupinatic:

oodlyenough:

something that stood out to me rereading prisoner of azkaban this time was how remus is also 100% ready to kill a bitch once he learns what has really happened

he’s so often characterized as a huge softie and/or the morality pet in fic but at the end of POA he’s even more ice cold about this revenge murder plot than sirius; lol he literally just rolls up his sleeves and is like “well peter, time for you to die”

this is the same remus who berates harry for not being willing to kill death eaters in DH this is a man who grew up in a warzone who did everything he could to not be the monster that society said he was so he became a soldier instead there are worse things than killing just as there are worse things than death this is one of the reasons why I have an issue with AK being one of the ‘unforgivable curses’ you ask me a quick painless death doesn’t compare to mind-control or torture and there is no way that death eaters were the only ones using killing curses during the first war peter wouldn’t have been the first death eater that remus had killed and I don’t think he would have seen the execution style of it as being any different to killing in the heat of battle or in self-defence this is the man who killed his best friends; harry’s parents; who was responsible for sirius spending 12 years in azkaban this is no different to if sirius had managed to kill peter when he tracked him down the day after james and lily died they were just 13 years late

This. It’s worth noting that Remus is strongly implied to have a huge problem with the Dementor’s Kiss - he asks Harry if he thinks that anybody really deserves it, even believing at this point that Sirius killed the Potters. Remus is not a fan of inhumane punishments or unnecessary cruelty, but he clearly believes quite firmly in the necessity of taking a life at times, especially when it’s a case of either self-defense or justice.

I also think that Remus was even madder at Peter then he ever was at Sirius, because Sirius had actually endured a consequence to his betrayal and Peter had not - in fact, he’d successfully passed off both the blame and the consequence onto Sirius.

koryos:

let’s call this post A BIOLOGIST’S 1 AM ISSUES WITH THE BASILISK IN THE MOVIE VERSION OF THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (BY POPULAR REQUEST)

and let’s be clear most of the time i dabble in mammals and not herps so i’m expecting a herpetologist to whisk this post away when i’m done and get in on the real schooling

now let’s be clear there are some major differences between movie basilisk and book basilisk. by perusing my copy of chamber of secrets i can give you the major points of the description:

• very large (“thick as an oak trunk,” with a mouth wide enough to swallow Harry, a 12 year old gryffindor child, whole)
• “bright, poisonous green”
• “bulbous yellow eyes”
• “fangs long and thin as sabres”
• fuck i love rowling’s descriptions OKAY

and you know what, it’s pretty ok. aside from the size (i’ll discuss this in just a minute) it really works. with the bright green coloration, I always imagined it looking like a green mamba or a boomslang, two types of highly venomous snakes. (yes, a boomslang IS a real thing that JKR did not make up as a polyjuice potion ingredient!)

Above: a gorgeous boomslang. Tell me that fucker wouldn’t look awesome huge and CGI.

Okay now let’s look at movie!basilisk.

Oh…

Oh, no.

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