Dalamanza

Everything under the sun.  Follow for reblogs - and the occasional original musings - about Harry Potter, TV shows, books, politics, mems, youtubers, and anything else that tickles my fancy.  Please check out my writing at www.fanfiction.net/u/4018247/Dalamanza

[dalamanza]

[dalamanza]

Just tried to put 'crisps' on my shopping list and accidentally wrote 'crisis' instead. no hun, those come for free

[dalamanza]

Does anyone else find themselves going off on complete tangents in the middle of... well actually, I guess not always in the middle, sometimes the end, though that in itself depends on the length of the sentence, like if I'm asking 'do you want a cup of tea?' it's hard to fit a tangent in the middle - though not impossible because I could just be like 'do you want a cup (or a mug I guess, it doesn't have to be a cup - or a glass of you're feeling real fancy, but that probably wouldn't be so great for boiling water) of tea?' and then I've fit the tangent into the middle of the line - but usually it would come at the end with a sentence that short (but the important thing is there would be a tangent because I cannot keep to the point)... where was I? Oh yeah, does anyone else go off on complete tangents in the middle of sentences?

[zizicat]

[laterovaries-deactivated2017022]

This will always be my favorite gifset. Ever.

[onceuponamirror]

im morally obligated to reblog this every time i see it

[just-shower-thoughts]

Without anyone knowing, time could be stopping for 50 years at a time, every second.

[dalamanza]

How can time STOP for 50 YEARS?

[wylansvaneck]

the saddest death in harry potter is my respect for jk rowling

[dalamanza]

[dorites-deactivated20241117]

that scene in the second Harry Potter where Harry has no bones in his arm is probably the most disgusting use of cgi

[moscowdiscow-deactivated2017011]

that wasnt cgi they literally removed daniel radcliffes bones for that scene

[dorites-deactivated20241117]

I hope he got them back

[moscowdiscow-deactivated2017011]

they didnt have the budget to put them back in so for the rest of the movies in the franchise they used cgi to make it look like they did

[just-shower-thoughts]

Since earth is the 3rd planet in the solar system, isn’t everything on earth a 3rd world problem.

[justbadpuns]

No one knew she had a dental implant until it came out in a conversation..

[harrypotterzz]

[dalamanza]

Seems legit

[lizardsister]

listen nothing in sound design will ever come close to the sheer power of the sound of a lightsaber turning on

[gryllingbears-deactivated202108]

I truly 1000% believe that Star Wars would never have gotten as popular as it has without everything about the lightsaber being absolutely perfect.

And I also believe the lightsaber is the perfect weapon in any form of media ever.

It draws upon a traditional and iconic weapon: a sword. Swords have gravitas, an ethos, that I don’t think anything else has. People love swords. They’re dramatic, they allow posing, tense back and forth battles, tests of skill and chances to flourish and show off.

But it’s better than a sword, because it sounds fucking awesome. You know what’s even better for your sword fight? If they make a cool ass noise when they hit eachother. Like everything about a lightsaber sounds amazing. It turning on, when they clash, when they deflect something, hell even when they just sit there and HUM it sounds cool.

There’s also the different colors, and this is important because it allows there to be differentiation. Vader has red, Obi-Wan has blue, Luke gets green. They’re instantly recognizable and you can understand what side someone is on based on the color of their weapon. It also allows there to be a certain amount of personalization and customization, which is VERY IMPORTANT because you know what really gets people into your story? When they start imagining themselves in it. When people start thinking about themselves in Star Wars I guarantee one of the first three questions that will come up (if not the first) is what color lightsaber would you have.

Finally, this is a small thing but, lightsabers are just easy to carry around. You just turn the damn thing off the and blade goes away. It’s a very manageable prop to carry around, and then you get sweet noises and posing when it turns on.

Laser sword goes swoosh buzz hmmmmm and it’s rad

[just-shower-thoughts]

With the rise of self-driving vehicles there will soon be a country song about how your truck left you too.

[just-shower-thoughts]

If you build a circular fence and make it bigger and bigger, eventually it will get smaller.

[just-shower-thoughts]

people think traveling to the past & doing something small will drastically change the present. but no one in the present thinks they can drastically change the future by doing something small now.

[just-shower-thoughts]

The kids in Stuart Little’s orphanage must have felt pretty awful when a mouse got adopted ahead of them.

[dalamanza]

Favourite moment in Psych 1x05, ‘9 Lives’ Shawn is mouthing off, saying the guy with the gun may as well just shoot Gus.  Just Shawn being Shawn, right?  Never taking anything seriously, even at gunpoint. But when the gun does turn on Gus he immediately backtracks, and even moves to stand between Gus and Hildenbach. It’s just a little moment but it’s one of the many reasons this show succeeds