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I see stuff that I want to save but doesn't suit the other blogs so here I am

[alrightevans]

but like do you ever think about the actual practicalities of creating the marauders map??? like shit, accurately drawing up just a normal map of a normal castle would take hours upon hours of work, especially for four teenagers who have like…… no idea what they’re doing. they basically taught themselves to be cartographers, for fun, when they were teenagers…… if that isn’t the most nerdy af thing you’ve ever heard idk what is.  add to that the fact that its Hogwarts with moving staircases, hidden corridors, secret passage ways behind tapestries and portraits, disappearing doors….. thats like…. a ridiculous amount of work, and thats not even taking into account all of the complicated magic they had to research and learn in order to track people and to disguise the map and to have it insult people on their behalf. not only did they have to explore every inch of the castle whilst taking notes, they must have spent countless hours at the library reading and sketching and researching,  and then there’s the whole casually becoming animagi thing. YEAH they were like… Raucous Youths who were forever getting into trouble and showing off and pulling stupid pranks and generally being the Marauders™ but they must also have had like….. a ridiculous amount of single-minded determination and stubbornness and just unwavering devotion to helping their friend/getting away with shit and honestly. its a terrifying combination. 

[unseriousguy]

I spent way too much time on this.

Mob vs tetsuo animation by me, sound by ryanstorm https://twitter.com/RyanStormah

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[spacefairytale]

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[thenordroom]

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The fact that Luna is a Ravenclaw and Hermione is a Gryffindor is super important to me.

Like Hermione could easily have been a Ravenclaw if we just went by her passion for knowing things. But simply knowing things isn’t all intelligence is. Intelligence doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with how “book smart” someone is. You have to be willing to look outside the box and use what you know in a useful way. That’s the creative, wise, open-minded aspect of Ravenclaw that seems to get overlooked.

And the one thing that I think got in Hermione’s way was her fear of failure. A fear of being wrong. And being wrong is part of the learning experience and it’s not something that I feel a Ravenclaw would be afraid of but instead they’d expect it and welcome whatever revelations came from it. A Gryffindor can’t afford to be wrong because if they are going to do something brave and daring then failure could have terrible consequences.

Luna on the other hand is someone who might not be very good academically at all. We don’t know for sure. But her way of looking at the world is so unique and seemingly impossible. She’s creative and open to new ideas and accepting of other people’s differences which is the ideal attitude to have for learning. When she answered the question to get into Ravenclaw tower, the knocker did not say she was right or wrong, rather it said “well reasoned” which suggests that maybe there doesn’t have to be one definite correct answer because HOW she came to her conclusion is what mattered. How often do you think her professors gave her correct marks on essays and things because she wasn’t “technically” wrong? How would they have made it to the Department of Mysteries in OOTP if she hadn’t suggested they fly on Thestrals when half of the group couldn’t even see them? Her ability to see what others couldn’t is how they solved that particular problem and that’s part of what Ravenclaw is all about.

Ravenclaws don’t necessarily do something simply because it’s logical, but they use logic to do something better than everyone else. That’s the difference between Hermione and Luna to me.

[sxudy]

surviving an ap class can be one of the hardest things to do in high school. i’m here to help you out! i’ll add some general tips at the end of the post.

sciences

biology crash course

bozeman podcasts (incredibly to the point and focused)

huuuuge review sheet

quizlet vocab (1013 terms!)

intro to the bio exam

final reviews (1) (2)

chemistry crash course

notes on all topics

more notes on everything

bozeman podcasts

anion/cation review quizlet

vocab quizlet

environmental science vocab

part 1 of a 6-part final review (all linked through that)

final review sheet

part 1 of a 2-part physics c review

mechanics review

mechanics equation quizlet

TONS of in-depth review

physics ½ cheat sheets

khanacademy review

physics 1 flashcards

physics 2 flashcards

arts

art history notes

khanacademy review

quizlet review

music theory flashcards

course notes

practice exams + tons of review notes

maths

calc ab must knows

cheat sheet

quizlet review

topic review

calc bc final review

cheat sheet

quizlet review

computer science review (part 1) (part 2)

quizlet vocab

stats cram packet

formulas

quizlet review

all languages

english lit course notes

vocab quizlet

review notes

course notes

english lang review

notes

vocab quizlet 

chinese lessons

how to ace the test

food + travel vocab

french lessons

quizlet vocab

acing the exam

spanish lessons

etymology

key vocab

latin review

handouts + powerpoints

nouns

japanese lessons

review

kanji

italian lessons

a teacher on quizlet with extensive ap italian review

german lessons

review

all vocab

history + social sciences

comparative gov + politics quizlet

study guide

this teacher tells you what to study

european history study notes

resources

interactive studying!!!

videos made by an ap euro teacher

human geography quizlet

more interactive studying!!!

macroecon 10 concepts to know

study guide

even more interactive studying!!!

microecon quizlet

so much interactive studying!!!

study notes

psych resource masterpost by my fave

extensive vocab

us gov + politics study notes

resources

tons of vocab

crash course

us history study guides

resource masterpost

crash course

world history masterpost of resources also by my fave

vocab

course notes

general advice

if you made it down here: good job that was a lot of scrolling

do not procrastinate! time management skills are so key to doing well. start a bullet journal (my tag) (sareena’s masterpost), start a studyblr (sareena’s masterpost), and just learn how to schedule your time well (sareena’s masterpost)

get good sleep. i looove sleepyti.me because i always wake up so alert.

take notes. if you don’t think you need to, do it anyway.

and, most importantly, take care of yourself. you can’t do well (or anything) if you’re not drinking water, eating, and sleeping. put your needs first.

[thearialligraphyproject]

We’ve talked about how you can truly own your bullet journal by including pages which focus on your health, interests, acads, etc. We’ve also checked out layouts for your weekly spread. If you’re looking to make your planner or bullet journal more colorful and creative, you’re in luck because this part of the Plan and Play series will give you tips to help you do just that!

New to the series? You can still catch up! Click here to read part one and two.

Keep reading

[the-right-writing]

How to make a character's death sadder

 Don’t have them die of old age after a long, fulfilling life. Many people don’t even think of this as sad (note that this can still work if you have enough of the other factors).

 Leave one of their major goals unfinished. The more enthusiastic they are about completing the goal, the sadder.

 Give them strong relationships with other characters.

 Make them fight against whatever is causing their death. Their ultimate loss is sadder if they struggle.

 Kill them in the middle of their character arc.

 Don’t describe their funeral in detail. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that long descriptions of funerals kill the sadness.

[artistizzyrae]

That’s enough Satan’s publisher…

[iceb0x]

>B)

[theirisianprincess]

7. If possible, try to kill them off in the middle of the story, so we had time to like them and we will have time to let the loss settle in.

8. Also, place surviving characters in a situation where having the deceased person there would help them get out. You can choose whether you will point this fact out or if you want the audience to make the connection themselves.

[thehellspawnhero-deactivated202]

[peachdoxie]

9. Make them die by sacrificing themselves to save someone they love from a danger created by the antagonist.

[socialjusticeprincesses]

based on a few deaths that made me blub like a baby…

10. have their loved one, broken hearted, tell the team to stop fighting because “its over.” 

11. have their pet come looking for them. 

12. have their loved one perform a popular song at their funeral so it makes the fans cry whenever it’s played.

13. family witnessing the death and/or blaming themselves.

~ Mulan

[asbehsam]

so… let’s add some frustration to your dear readers’ sadness, shall we?

14. kill the character in the middle of making a joke, smiling, or expressing/experiencing joy/happiness.

15. make the character’s death slow and painful, but make them unable to call out for help even though they can literally see the other characters nearby.

16. after killing the character, have others think the character had betrayed them so they’d always hate them and remember them as traitors and never say nice things about them… Give your readers no chance to have group-therapy with other characters by making them the only ones who know the truth.

17. right before their death, show a side of them nobody has seen. (someone who is always tough and brave being genuinely scared of dying alone; someone who is always laughing being in tears before dying, etc.)

18. make them the only person who knows a big important secret that would help other characters in the story.

19. have them being lied to before dying. (thinking they’ve been betrayed; thinking they weren’t loved; thinking they’ve lost their loved ones, etc)

20. make the character very enthusiastic/passionate about a certain goal, constantly put stress on their goal, have them die unexpectedly before they can reach their goal. 

and the best one…

21. have another beloved character kill them–better be a close friend to your character, one that absolutely nobody suspects, one that everyone can’t help but love, one who is always enthusiastic about things and encourages your character. THEN

reveal the truth only later when it’s too late and the a-hole character has already escaped.

have a cowardly character know the truth and never tell anyone else

have another character find out the truth and have them die before revealing it to others. 

have the said character ^ not actually die, but go through something so they’d forget the friend of the deceased character is actually an asshole. 

This way only your readers will know the truth, thus the frustration would be… most enjoyable for you.

Satan out.

[sundownwinter3-blog]

22. Don’t kill their body.  Kill their mind.

Leave the physical shell walking and talking, but strip out everything that made that person who they were.  Make them forget all about their loved ones, themselves, their experiences and past, their skills, and have them have to start over completely from scratch.  Physical and mental disabilities bonus points.

And keep them in a place where their loved ones will be taunted every day by a living ghost.

[gregariouslyshy]

oikawald be very afraid for everyone now especially you know who

[oikawald]

nO get out ur not wanted lemme TAKE OVER UR CHARACTERS

[nycbambi]

[funnylime]

found this site that lets you like, look at all the radio stations around the world, lets you connect to them and listen in

and obviously you can flit around between all the big stations, but it’s quite fun to go to the isolated green dots

I discovered a new band thanks to a station in cyprus, and now I’m listening to ‘chillout’ music being broadcast from kazahkstan

(http://radio.garden/)

[funnylime]

ok i found this russian station way out in remote siberia which apparently according to the website is somewhere that looks like this

i cant understand a word of what’s said during the breaks but its fun

[glumshoe]

The Polybius Square is an uncomplicated cipher developed by the Greek scholar Polybius. Consisting of a 5x5 grid, each of the 25 letters of the Greek alphabet occupied a single square. With 26 letters, the English alphabet must be altered in order to fit a Polybius square. This is usually done by combining two letters, typically “I” and “J”, or by including the digits 0-9 on a 6x6 grid with 36 squares:

 Each plaintext letter is represented by the two numbers corresponding to its location on the grid. In the above 6x6 grid, the letter “K” could be written as “25” (across, then down), or “52” (down, then across). The phrase “gay baby jail” could be encrypted as “2111511211125124112326”. 

Alternately, Polybius squares can be constructed with a keyword. Each letter may only be used once. Example: using the key “SWAMP QUEEN”, you would end up with a Polybius square that looks something like this:

Polybius squares are also easy to decrypt. They may be recognized by frequent repetitions of the same digits, none of them higher than 6. 

24 23 52 23 25 34 44 24 24 23 34 41 52 23 54 44 22 22 15 24 23 52 23 25 34 44 24 24 23 43 23 51 54 44 22 34

[alrightevans]

but like do you ever think about the actual practicalities of creating the marauders map??? like shit, accurately drawing up just a normal map of a normal castle would take hours upon hours of work, especially for four teenagers who have like…… no idea what they’re doing. they basically taught themselves to be cartographers, for fun, when they were teenagers…… if that isn’t the most nerdy af thing you’ve ever heard idk what is.  add to that the fact that its Hogwarts with moving staircases, hidden corridors, secret passage ways behind tapestries and portraits, disappearing doors….. thats like…. a ridiculous amount of work, and thats not even taking into account all of the complicated magic they had to research and learn in order to track people and to disguise the map and to have it insult people on their behalf. not only did they have to explore every inch of the castle whilst taking notes, they must have spent countless hours at the library reading and sketching and researching,  and then there’s the whole casually becoming animagi thing. YEAH they were like… Raucous Youths who were forever getting into trouble and showing off and pulling stupid pranks and generally being the Marauders™ but they must also have had like….. a ridiculous amount of single-minded determination and stubbornness and just unwavering devotion to helping their friend/getting away with shit and honestly. its a terrifying combination. 

[bluesies]

LGBTQIA+ books coming out in 2017

there are a ton of lgbtqia+ books coming out this year so i decided to compiled a list of all of them! if i made a mistake or if you know of a book that should be on this list but isn’t, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

JANUARY •flying lessons and other stories by ellen oh | jan 3 | diverse middle grade anthology •the cursed queen (the imposter queen #2) by sarah fine | jan 3 | wlw ya fantasy •wing jones by katherine webber | jan 5 | ya sports contemporary, unknown lgbtqia+ element •history is all you left me by adam silvera | jan 17 | mlm ya contemporary •dreadnought by april daniels | jan 24 | ya superhero ft. trans mc •the you i’ve never known by ellen hopkins | jan 24 | wlw ya contemporary •our own private universe by robin talley | jan 31 | bi mc, ya contemporary •ida by alison evans | jan ? | bi mc+trans and non binary characters, sci fi/fantasy •flowers of luna by jennifer linsky | jan ? | wlw sci fi •warrior: a collection of short stories by antonica jones | jan ? | multiple lgbtqia+ protagonists, sci fi/fantasy ya anthology

FEBRUARY •at the edge of the universe by shaun david hutchinson | feb 7 | mlm ya contemporary •love is love by mette bach | feb 14 | trans love interest, ya contemporary •same love by tony correria | feb 14 | mlm ya contemporary •we are okay by nina lacour | feb 14 | wlw ya contemporary •10 things i can see from here by carrie mac| feb 28 | wlw ya contemporary

MARCH •the other f word by natasha friend | mar 7 | wlw parents, ya contemporary •the inexplicable logic of my life by by benjamin alire sáenzs | mar 7 | mlm parent, ya contemporary •the pants project by cat clarke | mar 7 | trans mc, middle grade contemporary •you’re welcome, universe by whitney gardner | mar 7 | wlw parents, ya contemporary •queens of geek by jen wilde | march 14 | wlw ya contemporary •star-crossed by barbara dee | mar 14 | questioning mc, middle grade contemporary •shadow run by adrianne strickland | mar 21 | genderfluid+gay secondary characters, ya sci fi/fantasy •the lotterys plus one by emma donoghue | mar 27 | wlw+mlm+transgender characters, childrens/middle grade contemporary •honestly ben (openly straight #2) by bill konigsberg | mar 28 | mlm ya contemporary

APRIL •ashes to asheville by sarah dooley | apr 4 | wlw parents, ya contemporary •the upside of unrequited by becky albertalli | apr 11 | wlw ya contemporary •meg & linus by hanna nowinski | apr 18 | wlw+mlm ya contemporary romance •the edge of the abyss (the abyss surrounds us #2) by emily skrutskie | apr 18 | wlw ya sci fi/fantasy •lumberjanes vol 6: sink or swim by noelle stevenson | apr 20 | wlw+trans characters, ya fantasy comic •looking for group by rory harrison | apr 25 | mlm+trans character, ya contemporary

MAY •georgia rules by nanci turner stevenson | may 2 | wlw parents, middle grade contemporary •how to make a wish by ashley herring blake | may 2 | wlw ya contemporary •my fairy godmother is a drag queen by david clawson | may 2 | mlm ya contemporary •noteworthy by riley redgate | may 2 | bi mc, ya contemporary •release by patrick ness | may 4 | mlm, ya contemporary •the seafarer’s kiss by julia ember | may 4 | wlw fantasy retelling •it’s not like it’s a secret by misa sugiura | may 9 | wlw ya contemporary •ramona blue by julie murphy | may 9 | self-identified lesbian questioning (bi)sexuality, ya contemporary •rough patch by nicole markotic | may 16 | bi mc, ya contemporary •the love interest by cale dietrich | may 16 | mlm ya contemporary •this would make a good story someday by dana alison levy | may 16 | wlw parents, children’s contemporary •queer, there, and everywhere: 23 people who changed the world by sarah prager | may 23 | nonfiction

JUNE •troublemakers by catherine barter | june 1 | mlm side characters, ya contemporary •perfect ten by l. philips | june 6 | mlm ya contemporary romance •tash hearts tolstoy by kathryn ormsbee | june 6 | asexual mc, ya contemporary •from prejudice to pride: a history of the lgbtq+ movement by amy lamé | june 8 | nonfiction •the gentlemen’s guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee | june 20 | bi/pan mc, mlm ya historical fiction

JULY •the art of starving by sam j. miller | july 11 | mlm ya contemporary •the gallery of unfinished girls by lauren karcz | july 25 | wlw ya contemporary

AUGUST •we now return to regular life by martin wilson | aug 1 | mlm ya contemporary •little & lion by brandy colbert | aug 8 | wlw ya contemporary •what is gender? how does it define us? and other big questions by juno dawson | aug 10 | nonfiction •dress codes for small towns by courtney c. stevens | aug 29 | ya contemporary questioning mc •the tiger’s watch by julia ember | aug ? | genderfluid mc, ya fantasy

SEPTEMBER •girl made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust | sep 5 | wlw ya fantasy retelling •mask of shadows by linsey miller | sep 5 | genderfluid mc, ya fantasy •they both die at the end by adam silvera | sep 5 | mlm ya sci fi contemporary •echo after echo by amy rose capetta | sep 15 | wlw ya •the queer history project: no way, they were gay? by lee wind | sep ? | middle grade nonfiction

OCTOBER •27 hours by tristina wright | oct 3 | mlm+wlw ya sci fi •mick & michelle by nina rossing | oct ? | trans mc, ya contemporary

UKNOWN RELEASE DATE •alan cole is not a coward by eric bell | ? | mlm middle grade contemporary •amelia westlake by erin gough | ? | wlw ya contemporary •autoboyography by christina lauren | ? | mlm ya/na contemporary romance •here so far away by hadley dyer | ? | mlm ya contemporary •hold my hand by michael barakiva | ? | mlm ya contemporary •if found return to astropop by lucas hargis | ? | genderfluid mcs, ya contemporary •kaleidoscope song by fox benwell | ? | wlw ya •like water by rebecca podos | ? | wlw ya contemporary •not your villain by cb lee | ? | trans mc, ya superhero •the 57 bus by dashka slater | ? | agender mc, ya •these books belong to ken z by r. zamora linmark | ? | mlm, ya contemporary •untitled (timekeeper #2) by tara sim | ? | mlm ya sci fi/steampunk

[allthingseurope]

Liguria, Italy (by Zoltan)

[amyjake-archive-deactivated2017]

“I feel very lucky to play [Jane] that I get to walk and kind of utilise her, like, ‘What would Jane do?’ kind of situation. Because she is so moralistic, honest and truthful, caring, kind and generous and giving. So it definitely helps me to check myself.” - Gina Rodriguez

[matchmatt-deactivated20160517]

General workout for women who want to tone and lose fat.

Diet

• Drink 3-4 bottles of water day (which equates to 8 cups of water)

• Only eat brown! This means brown rice and bread, so all wheat and rye products.

• Have a colorful plate, have a variety of fruits and vegetables but the the main color is green.

• Avoid fried foods at all costs.

• Keep pop/soda out of your system.

• If you have to eat late at night consume fruits and vegetables or large amounts of water but the latest you should eat is 9:30.

• Breakfast: whole grain cereal or oatmeal with a piece of fruit and bacon, or sausage and eggs.

• Snack 1: water maybe a granola bar and fruit

• Lunch: sandwich (get some protein) on wheat or salad with water (try to get some veggies)

• Snack 2: water with something small

• Preworkout snack: a pb&j for energy

• Post workout/Dinner: make this your biggest meal with lots of protein (lean and not fried) some form of carbohydrate and vegetable with water.

• Late night snack: produce and water

• You get one cheat meal per week don’t go crazy like eat a whole cake lol be mindful of what you eat

Workout

Tuesday and Thursday, Saturday if you want good results.

• Stretch

• 3 sets of 5 push-ups

• 4 sets of 15 sit ups

• 20 second plank

• 40 bicycle crunches

• 25 second plank

• 3 set of 15 leg lift

• 30 second plank

• 30 second flutter kick

• 20 minute cardio it can be running, cycling, dancing, jump rope.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

• Stretch

• 4 sets of 12 squats

• 4 sets of 20 calf raises (add weights as you feel more comfortable)

• 100 mountain climbers

• 50 jumping jacks

• 4sets of 15 sit ups

• 20 second plank

• 30 bicycle crunches

• 25 second plank

• 3 set of 15 leg lift

• 30 second plank

• 30 second flutter kicks (lie on your back hands to your side, lift your neck and kick your legs up and down

• 20 minute cardio