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When I used to think about Voldemort’s horcruxes I imagined a soul divided in equal portions residing in the different horcruxes and Voldemort himself. I realised that this can’t be true in The Half-Blood Prince Slughorn describes making a horcrux as splitting ones soul in two. This means that when Riddle made his Diary into a horcrux he split his soul in half and physically removed one half from his body and placed it in the diary. This means that he only had half of his soul left when he made his next horcrux, Marvolo’s ring. This half would have been split in half leaving only a quarter in Voldemort’s body. This goes on and on the amount of soul remaining in Voldemort halving each time he makes a horcrux until he had only 1/128 or 0.78125% left in his body. As shown in the graph above. So next time you wonder why Voldemort could have done some of things he did, remember how little human he had left in him. I don’t know about you but I think that this is crazy.

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Come on guys, I didn’t do maths for 14 notes

letitgay

So are you telling me that Harry had more Voldemort than Voldemort had Voldemort?

tinyswamp

this is also hecka important when you think in terms of how much power resided in each of his horcruxes. Harry only had a small fraction of Voldemort’s soul in him, and it was enough to torture him for years. Voldemort was only a fraction of what he once was, and look at all the shit he fucked up. Now imagine how powerful his first horcrux, the diary, was. Percentage-wise, it was the most powerful part of Voldemort. Ginny Weasley was possessed by something almost fifty times as powerful as what Harry had to deal with for an entire year, and she was eleven. That’s incredible and terrifying. So if you ever think to yourself, “Ginny was useless” or “Ginny wasn’t nearly as much of a badass as the rest of the gang,” go ahead and punch yourself in the face because Ginny Weasley battled Voldemort in a much more powerful form as an 11-year-old and won.

yourlupinoryourlife

@messrsmemoirs

#fuck yeah harry potter

myrosecolouredgirl

mother teresa is being canonized (named a catholic saint) tomorrow so i just want to remind you all that she watched thousands of bengalis die and enjoyed it because she thought the denial of medical care and the prolonging of suffering brought one closer to god

corvid-420

my personal favorite: when it was her turn to suffer medical issues, instead of embracing the suffering to get nearer to god, which she forced those under her care to do in her ‘hospitals’, she decided to get nearer to switzerland for medical care instead

violaslayvis

her most famous “clinic” in kolkata (at least) also had atrocious hygeine issues. Nuns would wash dishes in the same sinks as feces-stained clothes & rags. They would also reuse the same needles over & over again without sterilizing them. When asked why they don’t sterilize their needles, one of the nuns replied “That’s just how it is.”

lancrebitch

She was a piece of shit

wholivesdiestellsyourstory

What Ham says: Sit down John, you fat mother f*cker!

What Ham means: An open letter to the fat, arrogant, anti-charismatic, national embarrassment known as “President John Adams” (sh*t). The man’s irrational. He claims that I’m in league with Britain in some vast international intrigue?! Bitch, please! You wouldn’t know what I’m doing. You’re always going berserk, but you never show up to work. Give my regards to Abigail next time you write about my lack of moral compass. At least I do my job up in this rumpus. That line is behind me; I crossed it again, while the president lost it again. Aw, such a rough life, better run, tell your wife that the boss is in Boston again. Let me ask you a question. Who sits at your desk when you’re in Massachusetts? They were calling you a dick back in ‘76 and you haven’t done anything new since. You’re a nuisance with no sense. You’ll die of irrelevance. Go ahead, you can call me the devil, you aspire to my level, you inspire to malevolence. Say hi to the Jeffersons! And spies all around me, maybe they can confirm. I don’t care if I kill my career with this letter, I’m confining you to one term. You fat mother f*cker!

nonasuch

Sometimes I want to go up to the people who insist that feminism and progressive values are Ruining Science Fiction and remind them that their genre exists because a teenaged girl was stuck at a house party and decided that inventing science fiction sounded more appealing than yet another tiresome threesome with Lord Byron.

bell-woodhope

Kay Nielsen illustration for “East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North”. Tales: “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, “The Lassie and Her Godmother”, “Three Princesses of Whiteland”.

#fuck yeah art

missviolethunter

Tom does not respect Taylor. She put out too soon. He will marry a wholesome girl.

My dearMiss Nonny:

How do youin Nonnyland? Here we are having a very hot and uncomfortable summer, but thankfullyin the last few days we have been blessed with a delicious cool breeze.

It pains meto see you so concerned about Miss Swift’s reputation. How immensely thoughtful you are to take such pains inenquiring about a young lady that is merely a passing acquaintance of yours.

But fearnot, my friend, because I can assure you that the situation is not as dire asit sounds. It’s true that a few weeks ago, when we first learned that Ms. Swifthad eloped with Mr. Hiddleston, we all believed they were going straight to Gretna Green to get married.We later knew that their travels had taken them elsewhere, and our concern forMiss Swift’s safety grew every passing day.

However, I happento know now from very reputable sources that Miss Swift’s family and friendsare taking every possible measure to see this situation arranged without delay. In fact, as I write toyou Mr. Swift has send a relative of his entire confidence to London, in searchof Miss Swift and Mr. Hiddleston; and this relative has promised he will notreturn until he has seen them properly married.

I canconfide in you, my dear Miss Nonny, that I have the firm conviction that theissue will be resolved soon in the most satisfactory way. After all, Miss Swiftis a very accomplished young lady: not only is she sufficiently beautiful, sweetand sensible; she has also had the benefit of a good education, being wellversed in all the arts, but especially in music, singing and dancing. And letus not forget that she has an income of seventy million a year, and very likelymore! Any young man, from London or from the countryside, would call himselflucky to join in matrimony a young lady of such excellent prospects.

But perhapsyour concern on the matter comes from your mistrust of Mr. Hiddleston’scharacter. To this I must again answer you with reassuring words. Although Idon’t have the pleasure of being acquainted with the gentleman in person, everyreport I’ve had of him and his family has been impeccable. In case you haven’theard it already, I must let you know that the young man attended Eton College inhis youth; and then Cambridge University, where he became greatly versed in theClassics. Besides, he has a sizeable income of his own, which dispels those alarmingrumours of him being a fortune hunter that some uncouth people have beenspreading all around the country. All of his acquaintances speak wonders of hisgentle humour and amiable character, and I have to say that he would be thelast man in England of whom I would expect a villainy of any kind.

Undoubtedly,a gentleman of such high character and respectability would never have theaudacity of taking a lady away from her friends and family without theintention of making her his wife. Under this circumstances the elopement canonly be due to a moment of foolishness and, I dare say, an excess of passion, that I am sure will be placated as soon as theyare properly joined in Holy Matrimony.

I sincerelyhope this letter will find you well, and I expect it will also quench all yourfears. I will pass your kind regards to Mrs. Swift, who, despite being justly concernedabout her daughter’s welfare and respectability, shares with me and with all ofher friends the undying hope that this unfortunateadventure will end very soon in the most satisfactory way.

You mustpromise to visit the next time you’re in Spain. I trust that the situation will beresolved by then and we will be able to raise a glass to the health of thenewly married couple.

My duty toall your family, and especially to your dear aunt Mrs. Incognito.

Ever yourfriend,VioletHunter.

Madrid, July14th, year of Our Lord 1816.

maevecurrywrites

This, my friends, is the most epic anon hate smackdown I’ve ever read.

@missviolethunter, I love you.

sweetsigyn

I’m crying, this is wonderful.

senatorgana

#fuck yeah star wars

freekumdress

“I put the definition of feminist in my song and on my tour, not for propaganda or to proclaim to the world that I’m a feminist, but to give clarity to the true meaning. I’m not really sure people know or understand what a feminist is, but it’s very simple. It’s someone who believes in equal rights for men and women. I don’t understand the negative connotation of the word or why it should exclude the opposite sex. If you’re a man who believes your daughter should have the same opportunities and rights as your son, then you’re a feminist. We need men and women to understand the double standards that still exist in this world and we need to have a real conversation so we can begin to make changes.“ — Beyoncé, ELLE Magazine May 2016 Issue [x]

#fuck yeah feminism

clementineford

Why we need to get over worrying about 'man-hating' and leave the naysayers to stew in their own stupidity

My friend Cecilia Winterfox wrote this as a comment response to an article I wrote about Emma Watson and #HeForShe and I thought it was so right-on that I wanted to give it a post all of its own.

She articulates so much of my irritation with this fixation on contradicting man-hating stereotypes (which have existed since the very first woman decided to demand more from the society which relied on her oppression). It is distracting and circular - we are kept defending ourselves against the label, no matter how many times we prove it’s not true, and we will keep being forced to defend ourselves because it’s a convenient way to keep women afraid and to stop them from actually organising and getting shit done.

I know when I stopped worrying about being thought of as a ‘man-hater’ (read: ugly, unfuckable, angry, hostile, confronting), it felt incredibly liberating and stopped me being so afraid to speak openly and honestly about the oppression that women face. And actually, there are shitloads of men who understand that it’s not synonymous with that, and whose presence in feminists’ lives proves it to be untrue. Many of the people who positively interact with my feminist writing are men. So let’s just all stop bloody worrying about it and treating it like this big thing that needs to be dealt with.

Anyway, here is Cecilia’s amazing take:

“To those expressing concern that feminism is synonymous with "man hating” and that we should for some reason be directing resources to debunking this “myth”, I put this question: what is man hating? What does “man hating” actually mean, and what does it do that hurts men in any way? The only answers I can come up with are: an individual “man-hater” doesn’t sleep with men. She might shake her fist angrily and say such things as “all men are jerks!” because, like most of us, she’s probably experienced violence or discrimination at the hands of men. She may not conform to patriarchal beauty standards - heaven forfend! The individual “man hater” - if she indeed exists, probably goes quietly about her life avoiding men, maybe not shaving her legs, maybe feeling angry, maybe wishing the world were different, fairer - all of which she is entirely entitled to do. But she wields no power, and her worst crime is what - not having sex with men? What does an individual woman-hater do? We can all recall countless examples of how misogyny is acted out on women’s bodies and dignity each and every day. Collectively “man-hating” could be defined as… what? Women objecting to their oppression, perhaps? Collective consciousness and righteous anger? Women have every right to be angry, but this so called “hatred” - what does it do? How has it translated into any actual or proposed harm to men as a class, or even as individuals? A man commented on Mamamia the other day saying he couldn’t get on board with feminism if it meant that women would be superior and men would be kept in stud pens. Fuck. Off. What a luxury to express theoretical fear at this imagined dystopian future which no feminist has suggested ever when the reality is that women ARE actually kept in rape-camps, and forced childbirth is used as a tool of ethnic cleansing. Every day women are raped, murdered and discarded like garbage. Women have been oppressed socially, politically, economically and physically for time immemorial the world over. Feminism is the political fight to liberate women from this oppression. It cannot be rationally construed as “hatred” of men in any defensible way, so I propose that exactly zero resources are devoted to exploring this myth any further.“

Hear bloody hear. Zero more resources. Think of me as a man-hater if you want. I’ll be busy over here trying to make the world a better and safer place for women to be free in.

#fuck yeah feminism

mianakenobi

Dear News Media

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE WAS A FEMINIST STORY LONG BEFORE ELIZABETH BENNET EVER HAD TO KILL ZOMBIES.

The idea of a single woman with no fortune, who is boss enough to reject not one, but TWO marriage proposals - even though they would both greatly increase the ease of her life by either marrying the heir to her family estate or marrying one of the richest men in England - just because SHE DOESN’T WANT TO, who is brave enough to be snarky and cheeky and takes no shit from people who is so far above her social standing just because they are rude to her and her family, who is adamant that the only person she will marry will be for love, THIS is a feminist story.

STOP ACTING LIKE GIVING HER A SWORD SUDDENLY MAKES HER A FEMINIST ICON. She’d held that title in her dainty glove for over 200 years.

ethiopienne

These are forms of male aggression that only women see. But even when men are afforded a front seat to harassment, they don’t always have the correct vantage point for recognizing the subtlety of its operation. Four years before the murders, I was sitting in a bar in Washington, D.C. with a male friend. Another young woman was alone at the bar when an older man scooted next to her. He was aggressive, wasted, and sitting too close, but she smiled curtly at his ramblings and laughed softly at his jokes as she patiently downed her drink. ‘Why is she humoring him?’ my friend asked me. ‘You would never do that.’ I was too embarrassed to say: ‘Because he looks scary’ and ‘I do it all the time.’ Women who have experienced this can recognize that placating these men is a rational choice, a form of self-defense to protect against setting off an aggressor. But to male bystanders, it often looks like a warm welcome, and that helps to shift blame in the public eye from the harasser and onto his target, who’s failed to respond with the type of masculine bravado that men more easily recognize.

Why it’s so hard for men to see misogyny (via ethiopienne)

BOOOM. Read this if you are a dude, please.

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Yesssssss.

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Its hard for men to understand why women dont get loud & angry because they havent spent their entire lives being reprimanded whenever they take up too much space. (via pluralfloral)

doloresofdelos

It’s been almost 17 years and I still don’t know why Padme Amidala develops a crush on 11 year old Anakin Skywalker when she’s been traveling with a young and hot Ewan McGregor

jollysunflora

#I am laughing

pastavirgin

R.I.P Alan Rickman 1946-2016 Always

jollysunflora

are you fucking kidding me

ridleydaisy

mechanicusdeus

On the Millennium Falcon, and the issue of Parsecs...

I’ve heard the discussion about Han Solo’s famous “Kessel Run” time and time again - both inside the Star Wars community and outside it. Common consensus seems to be that Han Solo’s boast that the Falcon could do the run in 12 parsecs indicates that Solo has no idea what a parsec is, or else relies on the fact that his audience doesn’t know.

This discussion relies on two main facts:

A parsec is a unit of measurement equivalent to roughly 3.26 light-years. This means that a parsec is a unit of distance, not a unit of time.

The Kessel Run is a smuggling route in the Star Wars universe, running illicit spice from the spice mines of Kessel to its destination worlds. It is not a commonly-used trade route, partially because the route is fraught with danger - especially “The Maw” cluster of black holes.

The main mistake people seem to make when discussing this issue is believing that Han is boasting about the Falcon’s speed. This is understandable, because Han often boasts about the Falcon’s speed in other situations, and it is natural to assume that a vehicle owner boasts about the speed of their vehicle because that is what we Earthlings are used to when discussing cars and other machines. As such, they think that Han is purporting that “12 Parsecs” is a quantification of the Falcon’s immense velocity.

This is an incorrect assumption, however. What Han is actually boasting about is the Falcon’s ability to safely navigate the dangerous Kessel Run by the shortest possible route. Travelling at hyperspace is not a simple matter of moving the ship directly from A to B, since there are doubtless hundreds or thousands of intervening planets, stars, asteroids, and other dangers. A ship’s computer must be programmed with a route which avoids such obstacles - usually giving them a wide berth, just to be on the safe side. The computer can also adjust itself en route if an unforeseen hazard presents itself.

Han Solo programs the Falcon’s computer system to fly as close to these hazards - especially the forbidding Maw Cluster - as is possible without being destroyed. Most other pilots would see this behaviour as foolhardy, but Han apparently doesn’t care. Because the Falcon is programmed to fly closer to these obstacles than most other pilots would dare consider, it needs to “steer” far less, and so can traverse the route in a straighter line than any other starship. This means that the Falcon completes the Kessel Run in a shorter distance than other ships - a mere 12 parsecs.

This is backed up in The Force Awakens when Rey, impressed that the ‘hunk of junk’ she’s aboard is the Millennium Falcon, marvels that “This is the ship which ran the Kessel Run in 14 parsecs”. Han corrects her by saying “12″. This therefore implies that 12 parsecs is more impressive than 14 - something which is totally in keeping with the above.

Han isn’t talking out of his arse when he boasts about the Falcon’s record, nor is he demonstrating his lack of understanding of interstellar measurements. He’s just not talking about what many people think he’s talking about, which is their own lack of understanding, not Han’s.