THE PHOENIX.

7TH YEAR GRYFFINDOR. A CIS GIRL (SHE/HER). LEADER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (CODE NAME: GALAHAD). THE PHOENIX. ❝ my mother told me it was okay to be scared, but she has always been burning and bright and beautiful. my father told me it was okay to cry, but he has always been strong and selfless and steady. i am too terrified to cry. i do not want to risk them worrying that i am not brave enough for this. ❞ - and if my hands shake, you must not tell me unless we can call it rage | j.d.

[magpiedreams-deactivated2018041]

When I emerged from the earth, the sun was there to greet me. Early spring, and everything dreams in the open now. Everything is the phoenix— that is to say, there is light (like fire) and then rebirth. It is disorienting, I find, to know the world with open eyes, like blinking into existence in a different life, another plane of being. All this time, I have been spreading my roots in the damp darkness. These are, I have discovered, the best conditions in which to grow.

Girl As Flower // Megan Kim (via inkstay)

[lifeinpoetry]

Am I the sun inside me?

Kazim Ali, from “Dear Rumi,” The Far Mosque (via diggory)

[wildfairy]

“picture it: girl as brilliant & healing as morning”

— Angelea Lowes, excerpt of Girl Is Healing

[jaimelannistre-archived]

She left because she can’t anymore. That’s what her letter said.

[revenantoldmain]

Hi, everyone! Here’s a starter meme designated for the battle event (but feel free to use it whenever)! This was made by the lovely Jane ( @viviehnne ). Thank you so, so much for giving us permission to use it! These quotes were gathered from her bookshelves & Gotham. This ask meme is entirely optional and is only being tagged for the task and event so it gets seen more widely. (Credits: Carry On, Rainbow Rowell; Sandry’s Book, Tamora Pierce; The Titan’s Curse, Rick Riordan; The School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani; Gotham season 4). There are a few actions provided towards the bottom, though we suggest using those to spark plotting/alongside plotting, as they’re a little less specific than the sentences.

SENTENCE MEME ⟶

“Do it. Fucking unleash. Now.”

“You have the worst survival instincts.”

“I’m no soldier. Don’t see why I should have to fight for a living just because I can throw a punch.”

“Fuck me, come on…”

“Looks like I should be asking you that question…”

“I’m not my sister’s keeper.”

“Why are you already weeping? You’re ruining my plan to push you to tears.”

“He’s going to kill you.”

“Let him try.”

“They just want power, and they want it now.”

“We all make sacrifices at wartime.”

“We can’t just stop living because we’re at war.”

“When have you ever hurt anyone but yourself?”

“Look, if you’re a target, then I’m the most at risk. I spend the most time with you.”

“[Fuck him,] he’ll do whatever he can to get to me.”

“Can’t be too picky with cannon fodder.”

“I’m not your sidekick, I’m your dread companion.”

“To think you used to be at each other’s throats.”

“We’re still at each other’s throats.”

“He’s tried to kill me three times! That I know of! It doesn’t actually matter whether it worked.”

“He hated me before he even met me.”

“Now you tell me what you’re up to.”

“Stop it. Stop distracting me.”

“Magic didn’t help them.”

“Stake through the heart? Beheading, perhaps?”

“Do something. Save the day, [name]. Or the night.”

“Quick, before I … Hmm … what horrible thing shall I do?”

“It’s too late for everyone down here—there’s just you to hurt, isn’t there?”

“Really? That’s your plan? Wait for me to kill someone?”

“You’re never safe!”

“Safety, stability—it’s an illusion. It’s a false god, [name]. It’s clinging to a sinking raft instead of learning to swim.”

“It takes more than magic to make a mage.”

“What’s wrong with you? He’s a monster. An actual monster.”

“Please don’t fight me.”

“Did you hurt him?”

“I’m more valuable as a spy than a soldier anyway.”

“You manipulative cur.”

“I’m gonna have to face him.”

“Are you worried about him?”

“I’m sorry—should we try to find him?”

“You always say that. But when it’s us or them, you want me to kill something.”

“I never want you to kill.”

“I never feel like I have a choice.”

“You look like shit, you know.”

“You’re looking rough and weedy yourself.”

“What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue?”

“Spit it out. You’d think you were trying to cast a spell. Are you? Next time, use your wand, it helps.”

“Your mum would make a terrifying supervillain.”

“He’s got more fire than a demon.”

“You don’t want to hurt me.”

“It’s always about you around here.”

“You would have killed her.”

“I’m thinking violent thoughts at you constantly.”

“We’re already tearing each other apart”

“We are supposed to know better.”

“Too afraid for a real fight—”

“You will die the worst death I can invent.”

“I don’t need a keeper.”

“She is either crazy, or the bravest person I’ve ever met.”

“I had to help. He’s one of us.”

“Stop that! How dare you!”

“Bullies! Oafs!”

“Get out of here!”

“Behind you!”

“None of that! You do your own fighting!”

“Out of my way!”

“Stop right now! I—I command it! Please?”

“Oh no you don’t.”

“Here—in came someone else gets ideas.”

“C’mon, this’s no time to worry about an ouch!”

“It wasn’t so bad. Nobody was killed.”

“You’ll answer for what you’ve done!”

“You half-killed my boy!”

“He deserved a worse thrashing than he got!”

“I woulda swore you didn’t have a scared bone in your body.”

“You have no right to interfere. This is a family matter.”

“Not much of a challenge.”

“So you’re another coward.”

“What happened to you?”

“Let her go.”

“It’s my last chance.”

“Do not. We must fight them.”

“Look. We are not weak.”

“All we need is your help.”

“I don’t know you any more.”

“Please. Don’t make me… Don’t make him destroy you.”

“It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world to die fighting with friends like this.”

“Run, you must run!”

“Die, little hero.”

“You don’t know what you’re asking.”

“You will not last so long.”

“You never could beat me.”

“We’ll see, my old friend.”

“You fight well for a girl. But you are no match for me.”

“Don’t kill him!”

“He’s a traitor. A traitor!”

“The wound is poisoned.”

“Life is a fragile thing.”

“How can he be alive?”

“You know, I don’t think this look suits you.”

“You promised you’d change!”

“Well. We both made promises we won’t keep.”

“Save the others. Now!”

“You wanted me to be the evil one.”

“Do you trust me?”

“Do as you’re told.”

“We’re coming to help you!”

“We want to fight back!”

“No! Don’t attack!”

“Kill you? You think I can kill you?”

“Truth is, I want to hurt you. But I just can’t.”

“My behaviour was poor.”

“You pushed me through a window!”

“But now we’ll end all of this, won’t we?”

“I won’t let them hurt you.”

“No! Wait! You have to believe me! I’m on your side!”

“Retreat! Retreat now!”

“In the end, good always wins.”

“You’ll never have her. Not as long as I’m alive.”

“Bad news, baby. I’m not leaving.”

“For her sake, you’re gonna die. For my sake, you’re gonna suffer.”

“Why do you keep insisting I’m insane? What’s insane about having a backup plan?”

“I’m going to be here whenever you need me.”

“If I wanted you dead, you’d be dead.”

“I’m so sick of that freaky family.”

“It’s the ones closest to you that you have to keep your eyes on.”

“I can’t believe you’re going to run away from these asses.”

“You sad, deluded woman. You are nothing.”

“Standing up to terror is the only way to take its power away.”

“He scares the living hell out of me.”

“If I ever see you again, I’ll pop your head off like a flower.”

“You’re weak. You’re all so damn weak.”

“Not everything is your fault or your responsibility. Get over yourself. It’d make you a little easier to be around.”

“Look what she did to me. I’ll pull the trigger on that bitch myself.”

“Yeah. Me.”

“The only thing I’m choking on is your insanity.”

“You are living in a prison of your own construction.”

“I’m glad I never killed you.”

“Don’t thank me. Killing you would have been a kindness.”

“We’ve got a war to stop, people.”

“Despite appearances, I’m not an animal.”

“We don’t need heroes, we need people to do what is necessary.”

“A general does not need to know every foot soldier.”

“You weak, foolish boy.”

“I may be many things, but I’m not a coward.”

“You have fight, kid. I’ve always admired that in you.”

ACTION MEME ⟶

💢 for your muse to send a hex at mine

♥ for your muse to try protect mine

🚫 for your muse to hide behind mine

☣ for your muse to ask mine for help

🔆 for your muse to offer mine help

[de-morte]

I walked on pyres, I have wounds made of ruinations, I have battled against storms, I have eaten death twice and people ask me to keep patience.

Channing M (via de-morte)

[wordsnquotes]

I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it’s not like that. It happens overnight.

Haruki Murakami, Dance, Dance, Dance  (via slyherin)

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museinspo‌:

“I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into words, but I guess it’s like I was fast asleep, and someone came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again. That sort of feeling.”

— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart (via infpisme )

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

But the heart which blazes with volcanic fires cannot please the object of its devotion, acts extravagantly, lacks tact and eventually burns itself out. I am deeply unhappy.

Marie-Henri Beyle, from a letter to Madame Curial written c. July 1819 (via violentwavesofemotion)

[prince-magpie]

i. accept the fact that you are a world on fire

ii. if your anger is killing you, swallow it whole.

iii.  if your anger is killing you, pound it into pieces and spit on the remains

iv. if your anger is killing you, kill it first.

v. turn out the lights. wave away the smoke. let yourself go home.

- there’s peace in ashes///magpie

[halsteadsass]

“I never meant for it…any of this…any of that to turn it- “get out.”

[lilyii]

@avengger

[watchoutforintellect]

And I didn’t believe them When they told me that there Was no saving you.

The Antlers - Kettering (via watchoutforintellect)

@hewholivedagain

[shakespork]

i know i wouldnt survive in an austen novel because someone would be britishly, discretely rude to me and i would be completely unable to restrain myself from calling them a cunt to their face

[shakespork]

my detested rival: why, madam, you look so drawn and pale today! does the small size of your estate not give you enough freedom to take in the sun?

me: listen you waxy, lemon-faced bitch,,

[lilyii]

iactuallyburncold‌:

Bold what applies to your muse.

(V: MAIN)

PLACE IN SOCIETY

Financial: Wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty

Medical: Fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged

Class or caste: Upper / middle / working / slave / Unsure

Education: Qualified / unqualified / studying

Criminal record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no

FAMILY

Married - happily / Married - unhappily / engaged or betrothed / partnered / single / divorced / separated

Has a child or children / has no children / wants children

Close with sibling(s) / Not close with sibling(s) / Has no siblings

Orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parents

TRAITS + TENDENCIES

Extroverted / Introverted / in between

Disorganised / Organised / in between

Close minded / Open minded  / in between

Calm / Anxious / in between

Disagreeable / Agreeable / in between

Cautious / Reckless / in between

Patient / impatient / in between

Outspoken / Reserved / in between

Leader / follower / in between

Empathetic / Unempathetic / in between

Optimistic / pessimistic / in between

Traditional / modern / in between

Hard working / lazy / in between

Cultured / un-cultured / in between / unknown

Loyal / disloyal / unknown

Faithful / unfaithful / unknown

BELIEFS:

Monotheist / polytheist / atheist  / agnostic

Belief in ghosts or spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

Belief in an afterlife:  yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

Belief in reincarnation:  yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

Belief in aliens:  yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious

Philosophical: yes / no

OPINIONS

Pro-choice / anti-abortion /  doesn’t know or on the fence

Pro-marriage / anti-marriage / doesn’t know or on the fence

Pro-death penalty / anti-death penalty / doesn’t know or on the fence

Pro-drug legislation / anti-drug legislation / doesn’t know or on the fence

Left wing / right ring / middle / doesn’t know or on the fence 

SEXUALITY + ROMANTIC INCLINATION

Allosexual / Asexual

Alloromantic / Aromantic

Sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favourable

Romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favourable

Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious

Potential sexual partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all

Potential romantic partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all

ABILITIES

Combat skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

Literacy skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

Artistic skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

Technical skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

HABITS

Drinking alcohol: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

Smoking: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

Other narcotics: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

Medicinal drugs: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

Indulgent food: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

Splurge spending: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

Gambling: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess

[lilyii]

musingxmemes‌:

bold what applies to your muse: angst edition

feel free to add more questions/options of your own!

1) when reacting to extreme pain or trauma (inflicted on THEMSELVES) your muse feels;

helpless | angry | afraid | shocked | defeated | detached | unreal | nothing

2) when reacting to extreme pain or trauma (inflicted on OTHERS) your muse feels;

helpless | angry | afraid | shocked | defeated | detached | unreal | nothing

3) in a life-and-death situation, your muse would;

save themselves first | risk their life for someone else | risk their life only for someone they care about

4) has your muse done any of the things mentioned in the third question (above) and regretted it?

yes | no

5) has your muse ever;

lost a loved one | lost a family member | personally seen someone close to them die | personally seen someone close to them commit suicide | attempted to/successfully committed an act of suicide | been in a war

6) regarding past trauma, your muse is;

indifferent to it | sensitive about it | keeping it bottled up | insecure about it | afraid of others finding out about it | accepting of it

[lilyii]

sparklyscion‌:

bold any fears that apply to your muse!!! italicize what makes them uncomfortable!!! (and add your own if they aren’t listed)

the dark | fire | open water (sea/ocean) | (any) deep water | being alone | crowded/enclosed spaces (agoraphobia) | confined spaces (claustrophobia) | change | failure | war | being controlled/lack of free will | prison | blood | drowning | suffocation | public speaking | natural animals (any kind) | supernatural monster/animals (any kind) | heights | death/dying | intimacy | rejection | abandonment | the unknown | the future | not being good enough | scary stories | talking to new people | poverty | loud noises | being touched | powerlessness

[undynememes-blog]

CHARACTER FLAWS MEME.

[lilyii]

undynememes-blog‌:

bold flaws your character has / italicise ones they used to have, or have partially. feel free to add more.

absent-minded / abusive / addicted / aimless / alcoholic / aloof / anxious / arrogant / audacious / has bad habits / bigmouthed / bigoted / blunt / bold / callous / childish / cruel / cursed / dependent / dishonest / disloyal / disturbed / dubious / egotistical / envious / erratic / fanatical / fickle / fierce / finicky / flirty / gluttonous / gruff / gullible / hedonistic / humourless / hypocritical / idiotic / ignorant / illiterate / immature / impatient / impious / impish / incompetent / indecisive / indifferent / infamous / intolerant / judgemental / lazy / lewd / liar / lustful / masochistic / meddlesome / meek / megalomanic / naïve / nosey / obsessive / oppressive / overambitious / overemotional / overprotective / overzealous / paranoid / peevish / perfectionist / pessimistic / phobic / rebellious / reckless / remorseless / rigorous / sadistic / sarcastic / skeptic / seducer / selfish / self-martyr / self-righteous / senile / shallow / smart ass / solemn / spineless / spiteful / spoiled / squeamish / stubborn / superstitious / tactless / temperamental / theatrical / timid / tongue-tied / unlucky / unpredictable / untrustworthy / vain / weak-willed / withdrawn