women wear suits better than men and thats just a cold hard fact

One name to those who doubt these words:

ESTHER QUEK

I rest my case.

Exhibit B: Janelle Monáe

Exhibit C: Lucy Liu

CHECK OUT your differences in wand technique here and how fluidly and casually Ron throws a curse in comparison to Harry and Hermione Hermione has done the reading and is technically perfect of course Elbow straight; wrist bent Wand tip aligned with left sightline left arm held loosely behind her for balance Harry hasn’t ever done the reading Grip too tight; elbow locked Shoulders raised Left elbow cranked in awkwardly against his body Kids’ll imitate his awful technique and Junior Aurors it’ll make their parents nuts; don’t twist your neck like that I don’t care what Auror Potter does When you save wizardkind you can hold your wand however you want until then drop your shoulders Ron’s been around wand users since birth practiced with twigs and then his brothers’ wands Look at how the movement flows from his center the way he uses his whole body throws out his opposite hand behind him to counterbalance the movement Harry and Hermione get their wands into position and then throw the curse Ron’s spell starts mid-motion because he knows his wand will be in position in time  (helenish)

Mmmmmmm, yes.

There will be a day when I see this and I will scroll past.

Today is not that day

Plus Ron is casting his curse non-verbally. That’s very difficult and it requires training and practice to successfully cast a nonverbal spell. It’s success is determined by the amount of concentration and mental discipline of the witch or wizard. But this is Ron Weasley he likely didn’t put training and practice into casting non-verbal spells, this advanced magic comes to him naturally. The only other time we see him cast a non-verbal spell is when he accidentally made it snow in the great hall, and that was only because Lavender was glaring him down after he said Hermione’s name while he was unconscious in the hospital wing. He felt crappy and his emotions were so intense he unknowingly made it snow. Here he’s trapped in a muggle cafe, with his best friend and the girl he loves. He’s probably scared, and angry but most of all protective. He wants to defeat these Death Eaters without anything happening to his team. His emotions are intense again and that allows him to cast a powerful non-verbal spell. No, not even a spell, a curse. We’ve seen Hermione cast non-verbal spells loads of times but even here she says the curse to ensure it’s potency. Ron is concentrated and disciplined enough in this moment to curse a Death Eater without any words at all.

and isn’t his “eat slugs” curse also non-verbal? because I doubt that “eat slugs” is the actual incantation for that curse and actually if I recall correctly from the book, he says “eat slugs, Malfoy” in an “eff off” sort of way but his wand isn’t even out. then a minute later when Malfoy calls Hermione a Mudblood, he takes out his wand and it backfires on him. and he’s TWELVE when he does this! it’s another moment where his emotions are running high because his friend has just been called the most awful word he’s ever heard.

Ron is a great wizard, so much of his magic is natural and intuitive and he doesn’t have to think about it the way Harry and even Hermione do. it’s just a part of him.

AND NO ONE GIVES HIM ANY FUCKING CREDIT ITS LIKE “OH LOOK ITS THAT STUPID WEASLEY AGAIN” YOU KNOW WHAT FUCK YOU BITCHES RON FUCKING WEASLEY IS A BOSS ASS BITCH AND YOU CAN JUST NOT! *straightens robes* But us Ravenclaws are still cool right? Sorry for my outburst professor McGonagall.

This is the kind of quality content I crave!

I am down for Ron being a more powerful wizard than anyone, including Molly, ever gave him credit for.

 I AM DOWN FOR ALL OF THIS! RON WEASLEY IS SUCH A GOOD WIZARD AND NO-ONE EVER GIVES HIM CREDIT FOR IT!

This actually fits very well into a fan theory that I read once. Basically, the Weasley family are secretly very talented at magic, and very sensitive to it as a result.

That’s why Ginny was so strongly affected by the diary, and why Ron was later so affected by the locket. Even in Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling mentions specifically that Ron has the most trouble shaking off Moody’s imperius curse. He also seems to be particularly susceptible to Fleur’s Veela powers.

This could also explain why Fred and George were able to create a swamp that impressed even Flitwick, before they even finished school, how Percy got top marks in all 12 of his OWLs  and why Charlie and Bill do so well with magical creatures.

Arthur Weasley enchanted a flying car, which looks like it would have been very complex, and Molly Weasley regularly performs nonverbal spells— INCLUDING A BLOODY KILLING CURSE. “Not my daughter, you bitch!” is not an incantation.

The whole Weasley clan is actually incredibly in tune with magic and nobody ever notices.

But what this means is that, not only is Ron a very talented wizard, but it also suggests that his abandoning Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows (which is the thing that is most often held up as a reason to hate Ron) wasn’t just him being selfish and jealous.

He wasn’t imagining it, he actually was affected more by the horcrux that Harry or Hermione.

Is like I wrote this post deffending my boi.

Ron is great. Fight me.

1) Ron inherited Molly’s protectiveness and it shows.

2) The Weasley family is likely pretty close to ideal for a line of healthy magic-users. Unlike muggleborns, there’s an advantage due to growing up in and around magic and developing an early familiarity with its use; unlike most purebloods, their willingness to intermarry with muggleborns, half-bloods and “lesser” purebloods let them avoid the genetic consequences of inbreeding or consistent interbreeding; their poverty means they use magic in situations where wealthier people might spend money (or direct servants), such as fixing brooms, doing all the household spells to keep seven children cleaned and fed, growing food, patching and mending and resizing clothing, et cetera. Also they seem to have a familial culture of taking joy in pursuing their hobbies and interests, as seen with Arthur’s flying car, Fred and George’s extracurricular studies in the field of magical pranks and jokes and every field of knowledge that makes them work, and Bill’s and Charlie’s respective employment in jobs that align strongly with their interests (and when you factor in Ginny’s professional quidditch and journalism, Arthur’s muggle-artifacts job, and Fred and George’s joke shop, even Percy’s Ministry employment, the Weasleys are very much a “follow your dreams” family).

(x)

HUMAN BEING ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SUCH HUGE FUCKING DORKS OKAY.

#i love things that prove humans have had weird fads forever

people forget that memes existed before the internet

I saw some great pigeons the other day

these are normal pigeons

yes but they’re great

Consider: Hobbits unused to carrying swords, initially VERY unclear on when it’s appropriate to whip em out

Merry and Pippin have a disagreement over, idk, whether cake or pie is better and both draw their swords like ‘HAVE AT THEE’ 

meanwhile Aragorn in the background like, boys please, please boys those are sharp

Frodo: *napping*

Boromir: hey Frodo wake up we need to talk-

Sam: he’s having his nap sir

Boromir: Sam please this is important

Sam: *draws his fucking sword* HE’S HAVIN HIS NAP GO AWAY

Frodo is slightly more sensible & very polite

Frodo: *sees Aragorn with his sword drawn* oh is there trouble. should i get out my sword

Aragorn: …no that’s alright

Frodo: are you sure it’s no trouble

Aragorn: Frodo if i want you to draw your sword I’ll. I’ll say so alright

Frodo: ah, alright :) just say the word

Boromir: *grabs Sam’s sword* ok I’m confiscating this till you learn how to use it appropriately

Sam: *does not let go*

Boromir: *pulls harder*

Sam: *still does not let go*

Boromir: *slowly dragging Sam across the ground* HOW ARE YOU SO STRONG

Frodo: *waking up* WHAT… is going on

Boromir: *holding sword like 6 feet up in the air w Sam dangling off it* um

Sam: I’m handling it Mr Frodo go back to sleep

i want one episode of Steven Universe where they see a jewlery store and just lose it

every time I see the words “Tolkien ripoff” in reference to fantasy I laugh, because while there’s a lot of Tolkien ripoff in worldbuilding it almost never crops up in plot or theme or characterization

like

where are my stories about the decay of the world from the glory of days gone by?

where’s the motif of limb loss?

where’s the longing for the return of something worth following?

where are the bloodthirsty oaths that tear sanity to shreds?

where are the evil spirits who try and destroy the gods with steampunk V-1 buzz bombs (looking at you, The Lost Road)?

where’s my continent-wide dialectical shift ending in massive arguments over the proper pronunciation of a name? where’s my family drama centered around sparkly rocks? where are my dragons the size of mountain ranges?

Tolkienesque Fantasy™: there’s a quest, the elves are bitchy, the dwarves drink a lot, farm boy hero.

Tolkien’s Actual Writing: absolute power corrupts absolutely, a little bit of power corrupts a little, to what extent are people responsible for their actions? does God/the gods really answer our prayers? and pacifistic undertones.

@reeve-of-caerwyn @reeve-of-caerwyn

Also actual Tolkien: The world is full of hope even in dark times. Kindness and friendship are what heroes are made of. Absolutely do not fuck with nature or you will regret it.

Also actual Tolkien: actual heroes are little people who band together because it is right, and because they must.

Alright. Now that I’ve stopped crying. I don’t even know what rabbit hole I went down to find this, but I’ve never seen this image, like this. I’ve seen it as a magazine cover, I’ve seen it in grayscale and I’ve seen it in muted colors, but this is just glorious.

LOOK HOW HANDSOME HE IS! With his red sash, all proud. 

Oh…the painter is Charles Fraser and it’s titled, “John Laurens” and appears to have been painted in 1805, posthumously. 

Ok…resume swooning.

“20gayteen” is such a powerful name for a year. I’m gonna miss it when it’s 2019

OH MY GOD

20biteen????

samsteve is so good and funny because at first it just seems like sam is some normal guy and he’s like “….so…. i made you some eggs and a bowl of cornflakes” whenever steve shows up on his doorstep looking like a kicked puppy and bleeding all over, and you’re like aw cute a normie couple and his stupid jock boyfriend, but then it gets even BETTER bc it turns out sam is a normie against his WILL and the second he’s got the chance, he’s pulling out files and is basically like “steve please also let me get bruised and bloody im an adrenaline junkie too” and steve is like “ 😍 “

everybody: remus lupin is the mature, rule abiding, boring marauder

remus lupin: turns up late to his first class and then makes neville conjure snape dressed in drag 

Everybody please soak up this post and then think about the cost of losing a bet with Remus Lupin

Ladies in Suspenders

For @red-streaks, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARI!!!!!!!! Please don’t hate me for this. 

….I have died. And then I came back to life. And then I died again.

Yes hello I am bisexual

This is my aesthetic

a concept

Steve Rogers, who has recently woken up in the twenty-first century, googles “advice for the modern era” and accidentally discovers My Brother, My Brother and Me.

“We asked you to send in questions related to World War II and Superheroes, because this week our special guestspert is… Captain America??? How did we get Captain America on the show???”

“Please, call me Steve.”

“I legally don’t think I can do that, sorry.”

G: Rogers, can I call you Rogers, Rogers? 

S: …Do you want to?

G: –NO!!! Fuck. Oh shit, I said fuck in front of Mister Captain Rogers, FUCK

S: Oh, can we swear on the radio now? Thank Christ, it’s about fucking time. 

J: we’re….*gurgling* we’re not on the radio, exactly

T: Captain Mister Rogers Captain Sir could you say bad words again so I could keep it as my ringtone? 

S: Sure thing, pal. *pause as he leans in real close to the mic* …Shit. 

G: *audibly clutching his entire face* Oh My God We’ve Corrupted Captain America

S: I know of a few people who might say they had a hand in it too

G: Sam The Eagle Is Going To Fly Down And Strangle Us With an American Flag

T: Isn’t Sam the Eagle a muppet? 

S: I know that reference! Little known fact, ‘Sam the Eagle’ is what we call the Falcon when he’s grumpy.

G: *audibly falls off his chair* 

#anon hate will be met with amusing historical facts#history#actually brutus’s whole family was a fucking mess#like#his great grandfather stole more money than was in the roman treasury#and his grandfather lowkey tried to take over rome by expanding democracy and got assassinated#and dont even get me started on cato#it was a weird fucking family is my point#also i am full of two thousand year old gossip#i could write a late roman republic tabloid#caesar’s latest conquest#the inside story of clodia and caelius#and a special feature#are antony and curio really fucking or is it just cicero talking shit#ok this has officially gone off the rails now#good night

Ej you can’t just drop all the goss and then say there’s more without sharing

Oh boy. I guess I can’t back out now, can I? Ok, let’s do this.

Anyway, please buy my Roman tabloid, because the next issue will discuss that time Clodius dressed up in drag to sneak into Caesar’s house and Caesar’s mother organized all the Roman noblewomen to hunt him down.

Who wants to guess how many bags of peaches are in my dad’s freezer?

The answer is:

Too fucking many

This is gonna make … a lot of jam …….

So, I managed to fit all but one big bowl of peaches into the two stock pots …

An hour and a half later, here they are simmering away …

How long is it gonna take to reduce them to jam, you ask?? Fuck if I know at this size lmao

In case you were wondering, it is, in fact, longer than 5 hours, as I am still stirring this jam over the oven :) :) :)

Oh and also there was another large bowl of peaches in the other fridge that I did not see until later, so I did not in fact fit ALL the peaches into the stock pots

On a brighter note, the whole house smells like a Victorian Christmas dinner

Hello again friends, it is currently REAL JAMMING TIME and I have been in stirring hell for seven hours

Went through two whole containers of pectin and a bunch of cornstarch already and things are looking just PEACHY

So, uh, the first stock pot alone yielded 272 ounces, so I … may have accidentally made about 68 8oz jars of jam …… and I only had 36 jars …

Guess I’m going back to the store tomorrow … and going to have to join the local farmers market to sell them …

Anyway, TEN CONTINUOUS HOURS OF WORK LATER, here I am at around 3am sealing my first batch of jars … (entire other stock pot of jam lurks ominously in the background)

God, it’s like when you overestimate how much pasta you’re gonna end up with, only 300% worse

So I woke up today after sleeping like a log to fibd my dad had already gone back to the store (which is like 30 min away) and gotten me more jars because he saw that I needed them

As you can see one of those pachages is the wrong size jar (4oz) so we’ll see if I can fit all the jam into these suckers (plus the two 8oz ones I had leftover)

My dad also put all the jars of jam in the fridge, although since they were all properly sealed (aw yeah) was totally unnecessary lol

He said he accidentally dropped one on the way to the fridge but I checked and it amazingly A) didn’t break, and B) remained properly sealed, so hats off to Ball corp, and also me I guess

Update: WE BE JAMMIN’

Spices I used for this recipe:

-Cinnamon

-Nutmeg

-Ginger

-Allspice

-Vanilla Extract

The combination worked out very well!

Gotta can the rest of it after I eat tho :P

So, I FINALLY managed to can all the jam, except for like … 6 oz of it, so I made shortbread cookies to use that with ;)

Altogether I did end up with 72 jars of jam, 12 of which are the 4oz size though. What the fuck am I gonna do with all this jam, jesus christ

Anyway, thanks for coming to my jam-filled TED talk guys, take care

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