A Dark Meadow

“The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.”

[emperorren]

The Illustrated Hades and Persephone, Megan C. Lloyd

REYLOWEEK #4: MYTHOLOGY + Hades and Persephone

[shinelikethunder]

There Was An Idea… Depression and Duty in CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

This week for THERE WAS AN IDEA..., Ryan dives deep on THE WINTER SOLDIER, the film that demonstrates why kindness is the ultimate super power.

Hey, you. You there. Did Winter Soldier fuck you up when it came out?

I know, I know. It’s been four years. You’ve seen the entire movie scroll past on your dash in gifset form more times than you’ve seen it the whole way through with sound on. Every dead horse that can be beaten in dubious Tumblr meta has long since been flogged into meaningless shreds. You’ve moved onwards and upwards, other fandoms, other stories that fucked you up.

I don’t give a shit. Read this meta. It will make you remember exactly why and how Winter Soldier fucked you up, at a time when a lot of us need to hear it.

[noraestheim-blog1]

listen. i know jk rowling knows absolutely nothing about america but for the entire country to only have a single wizarding school there must be either 200 professors working at this place or you get to your first potions class and it’s held in a fucking baseball stadium.

[space-feminist]

#[megaphone voice] and now-now-now put your hands together for the DRAUGHT OF LIVING DEATH-eath-eath#[sound of a crowd screaming]#[fireworks]#[indistinct question from the eighty-third row]#[megaphone voice] YES THIS WILL BE ON THE TEST  (via transhansolo)

[ladynyoko]

SO A FRIEND AND I ACTUALLY JUST DID THE MATH ON THIS.

Between 1972-1979 there were 5,802,282 live births in the United Kingdom. These live births account for the roughly 600 Hogwarts students during Harry’s first year, and would make the birth rate of Wizards approximately 0.01% of the population.

The population of the United States in 2014 was 318.9 million -  23.1% of which were children 0-17. That would mean there were 73,665,900 children in 2014. Checking live births from a time period of 1997-2003 (which would account for children aged 11-17) gives us 27,978,287 children. If 0.01% of them were magical, we’re left with 27,978 school age magical children in the United States in 2014.

If we wanted school sizes similar to Hogwarts - 600 children to a school - we would need at minimum 47 magical schools. If we wanted it more comparable to our own schooling - with an average student body size of roughly 1,430 students combined between middle school and high school during the 2009-2010 school years - we’re down to a minimum of 20 magical schools.

So, long story short. It is statistically impossible for there to be a single magical school in the United States.

It’s far more likely there is at least one school in each state, possibly more than one in much larger states like Alaska, Texas, and California while a single school could feasibly serve the clustered smaller states like Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

[captain-madtitan]

MARVEL’S HOLY TRINITY 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Thor: Ragnarok | Black Panther

[kajmere]

YESSSSS

[asktheangels]

Lately I’ve been getting most of my pep talks from Mister Rogers.

[mintypineapple]

Great. Now I’m disappointing Mr. Rogers.

[nudityandnerdery]

Nah. Mr. Rogers wouldn’t be disappointed. He hopes for the best for us, but he knows life is hard. And he knows you’re doing the best you can. And he’s proud of you for that.

[red3blog]

The phrasing here is important, too. “The healthiest life you can possibly have,” frames it as a necessarily subjective standard. I feel like I rarely see this framed in such an open and inclusive manner. “The healthiest life you can possibly have,” is a construction which empowers you to make the best choices for your current needs, not the best choices against an external, objective demand. Making a choice to set different priorities based on your current capacity is very much within that standard. Not sure he meant it that way, but given all we know about Mr. Rogers’ sensitivity to such concerns, I’m betting its no accident.

[karadin]

Mr Rogers forever relevant

[geeky-jez-deactivated20231025]

[tessacrowley]

teacup what the fuck i just woke up why would you put this rIGHT AT THE TOP OF MY DASH

[wolg-fang]

Ok so I’m crying and you should experience this wonder too

[fluffycakesistainted]

Anakin enslaved himself to Palpatine, the man who’d been corrupting him since childhood, in order to save Padme’s life, was christened Darth Vader, and Padme ultimately died anyway.

Kylo Ren killed and freed himself from Snoke, the man(?) who’d been corrupting him since childhood, in order to save Rey’s life, as she called him Ben, and Rey ultimately lived.

ok all these reverse Anidala parallels are killin me! 😭

[benreyreylolove]

Ikr I am also emotional at it all. It’s so awesome.

[kantobite]

ANYWAY “You’re not alone.” “Neither are you.” is the new “I love you.” “I know.”

[reyloss]

I saw the conflict in you. It’s tearing you apart.

[sarahconnorjr]

[ruletogether]

The best thing coming out of tlj is how wrong we were with our perception on Reys reactions to him. Like we legit had 30chapter slow burns where they spend the first 25 with Rey being mad at him.

Instead, it takes homegirl three(3) facetimes to jump on a box and ship herself to him and become his biggest hope. Like what kind of oneshot fanfic???

[true-excellence]

[reylo]

I bet Rey is really thankful that the force bond wasn’t active during the scene between her and Luke where she literally reached out to touch the force and Luke tickled her with a blade of grass. 

[haleygar]

But imagine if Ben actuallly had been there watching

he’d stand there, pinching the bridge of his nose and thinking about the time he fell for that trick too

[zero-susss]

All the people after seeing TLJ: Oh wow I totally ship Reylo now!

Me:

[nattycatbakes-blog]

why is this timeline so accurate lmao

[desertcirce]

Snoke: It was I who bridged your minds. Reylo shippers who know better than believe Snoke’s deception: 

[cinematicwasteland]

[whythokylo]

I know it’s extremely likely that Kylo and Rey are cousins but…….that interrogation scene….the bridal style carrying…..that fight….“I can teach you”…..

just fuck me up

[whythokylo]

oh boy December 2015 me, guess the fuck what