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5th Birthday Nostalgia
Hi! Doing a quick survey about 5th birthday celebrations around the world for a class. Would appreciate any responses. It's 5 questions so should only take like 3 minutes if that. Thanks a bunch!
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why does everyone assume the winchester ghosts don't wanna see the ghoul boys again. other ghost shows, they show up, do their thing, and then walk away but the ghostie boys? they keep coming back. and theyre so funny about it. I bet Sarah is really tired of people going into her seance room and going "oooOOOoOoOoO scarrrryyyyy". She seen it a billion times before. Shane and Ryan are like her ghoul boy grandsons who come in and have fun with her fun house.
Some good things going on during COVID-19
So my Dad and I were waiting for a package to be delivered and I said "we don't even know what time he's dropping it off"
And Dad's immediate response, without thought or hesitation, was "we don't know their gender. We don't know when the delivery person is dropping it off"
And honestly this is the parental guidance I need in my life. Give me parents that call me out when I randomly assign unnecessary pronouns I have no way of knowing are correct, I've never been more proud â€
I get why youâre anti-Snape, but I feel that it needs more recognition that he and James were more similar than people act. I mean, they were both in love with Lily from a very young age. James pestered her for ages and was a dick to her best friend (Snape), but Snape didnât do anything. His patronus was hers, and she was the only one who made him feel acceptable and was his only true friend. People always (see what I did there) write of Snape/Lily as âobsessionâ, but I think he did love her.1/2
Yeah, he called her mudblood, and that was horrible. But he begged her for forgiveness, he hadnât just lost the girl he loved, he lost his best friend. Personally, I think Lily shouldâve given him another chance, but regardless, how much do you think it would hurt to see your best friend and love end up with the boy who bullied you- forđnođreasonđ- for years, then to have a baby with him. Harry was the symbol of how Snape fucked up. (2/3)
And while that does by no means justify Snapeâs treatment of Harry, or anyone else for that matter, it was a constant reminder of how he said one word and lost everything. People say he shouldâve let go of his âobsessionâ and move on. James was obsessed with Lily too. Would he move on? Would he not destroy himself with guilt if he called her a mudblood? Snape isnât the best man, I know that. But maybe he isnât the worst either. (3/3)
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((OOC: Okay this has been sat in my inbox for a few days and I havenât had the time to perfectly craft my response, but Iâm off work with a fever so here we go.Â
I hear you, I do⊠But SO much of the content within this ask distresses me. Namely the fact that Lily should forgive Snape for calling her a RaCiAl SlUr just because he begged? like? no? Now, I am white, and obviously I have never had a racial slur thrown at me. I do however have experience with homophobic slurs being thrown my way, and I do not give a shit how much someone is sorry for doing it. In using words like that they have attacked a fundamental part of my being, something I canât (and shouldnât have to) change, and theyâve done it knowing how much it hurts. Theyâve done it because of how much it hurts, and so if I were Lily fuck no I wouldnât forgive him. He deserved to lose his best friend over that.Â
Moving on to the love Vs obsession point you made. I do think that Snape believed he loved Lily, but that doesnât mean his love wasnât obsessive, and the fact he believed he loved her doesnât make it healthy. The fact is she didnât love him back, and for that reason (and that reason alone) he should have backed the fuck off. Hereâs a real life example: Lucy was my best friend for three years before we got together. a few months in to that friendship I realised I had feelings for her. When I first hinted this to Lucy she told me ânot even if I was drunk and someone payed meâ ⊠which I think youâll all agree is a pretty concise âNoâ.Â
Now, that wasnât an awesome thing to hear but did I get aggressive? did I throw slurs around or join a Nazi cult? Obviously Fucking not because thatâs a completely whack reaction?!! Instead I backed off, we remained best friends, I continued to share everything with her, we laughed together, grew together, cried together. I had relationships with other people who I loved very much. I didnât obsess over her, or disrespect her in any way!! because I love her, but also because Iâm a decent fucking human being. While Iâm on this point: Lucyâs ex never bullied me but I didnât get on with her particularly well. Yes it would have absolutely sucked to watch her say âI doâ to someone I thought was an asshole⊠Still wouldnât have made me throw around slurs though. Still wouldnât have made me a Nazi.Â
See the point Iâm trying to make?Â
Moving on to James Potter (and I will try not to be too biased here) James was a twat when he was younger, yes. There is evidence in both the books and the films that he was incredibly cruel to Snape. Hereâs the difference though: He changed and from what we know became a good person, Snape became a Nazi. Do you see why there isnât a whole lot of room for comparison here in my mind?
Harry wasnât a symbol of the ways Snape fucked up because Lily didnât love him. His love was unrequited. Severus Snape didnât lose Lily Evans to James Potter because she wasnât his to lose. To think you have ownership over someone just because you love them is messed up on a number of levels. But to punish that persons orphaned child eleven years later breaks new ground on the levels of fucked up and cruel a person can be.Â
To recapitulate: Snape may not be the best man. He definitely is the worst.
@son-0f-a-snitch I love you so much, this makes me so happy. I couldnât agree more.
To add to this - there is no evidence that James bullied Snape for no reason. Canon says that when Snape entered Hogwarts at age 11 he knew more dark magic thank most wizards. We know he was friends with wannabe Death Eaters and invented Levicorpus and Sectumsempra (for enemies - lovely). What are the chances that the Marauders didnât hex these mini Death Eaters and vice versa? JKR says that Snape and James used hex each other. Thereâs also no canon evidence that James repeatedly asked Lily out. Only that one time when he was a dick (mudblood incident). He was awful to Snape that time, no question about it. Aside from that, it says she went out with him after âhe deflated his headâ by 7th year.
Finally, I really hate the implication that Lily had no agency, or didnât really know what she was doing when she went out with James and told Snape she was no longer friends with him. It may not be meant that way, but it comes across as very very misogynistic?? I agree with you, this feeling that she owes Snape because he loved her is gross!!
James was a pureblood and he risked his life fighting for what was right/ against bigotry and then died trying to save his family. Letâs not forget he risked his life trying to save Snape (The Prank). He had reformed to the extent he was made ahead Boy by 7th Year.
Itâs amazing how the fact Snape joined the Death Eaters /Voldemortâs inner circle (a group canonically involved in the torture and murder of muggles/muggleborn wizards/witches) doesnât seem to feature in pro Snape fandom? Unfortunately for Snily lovers (to each their own obviously) its canon that Jily were soulmates, having the same exact Patronus as the person you love is a sign of obsessive love and Iâm sorry but I headcanon Snape as bit of a stalker type (if you look up men who fall into this description they sound very similar to him!!)
You made my day btw đđ
Since OP says theyâre white Iâd like to add something here:
Iâve broken up both romantic and platonic relationships because of racism.
I had an old friend tell me once, that he believes all foreigners should go back to their home countries. Weâd had a good night together before that and I always believe in the best in people, so I thought maybe he was taking the piss or that I didnât catch the sarcasm. I jokingly asked back if that included me and he answered very seriously: âWell, actually it does.â
I have refused to talk to him ever since.
I had other friends who would say racist things in front of me, then turn to me any say: âBut donât worry, I donât mean you! Youâre a good Yugo*!â Iâve had people tell me that I look like a âg-wordâ. Iâve had people make fun of my eyebrows, my facial and body hair in general. About our languages. About our food.
Guess what? I removed them all from my life.
Iâve had an ex whoâs mom once told me, that sheâs really happy her son is dating me, because heâd been obsessed with Romanian and Rromani music for a long time and it would really suit him to have something âexoticâ in his life.
I broke up with him when I realized he shared that view.
So to all the snily lovers: Youâre obviously at liberty to interpret their story however you want and obviously not all marginalized people end up developing the same views. But I can assure you that we do cut people out of our lives over racial slurs.
Yes, even old friends.
Yes, even if itâs only once.
Yes, even if we still love them in some way.
Yes, even if they clearly love us.
You have to understand that racism (or homophobia etc.) is a systemic danger to us. Itâs not on the same level as disliking the way someone slurps their soup. If I know that someone agrees with people who want people LIKE ME dead, I cannot excuse that just because they happen to make an exception for me. Because what prevents them from deciding one day, that Iâve lost their affection? And then what?
There were a few who changed. Iâve rekindled friendships, yes, but that took a lot.
You canât be friends with people who donât want people like you to exist.
You canât be friends with people who think people like you are beneath them.
You canât be friends with people who want people like you to be dead.
And if you donât understand that, I will assume you had the privilege to never be in that particular situation.
*Yugo is a racist slur used in Switzerland to insult people from Ex-Yugoslavja although sometimes they use it for all Eastern Europeans.
Yes to all of this
@son-0f-a-snitch thatâs all completely true and you are 100% right, some things you canât ignore, you cannot come back from, there is no valid excuse for. If someone you are âfriendsâ with thinks that about you, whatever their excuse, then they donât deserve your friendship. End of.
Same for misogyny and homophobia, all types of bigotry.
I really admire Lily in canon. She was kind, she tried to see the good in people even when they couldnât see it themselves, but she wasnât an idiot (despite what Snily fans seem to think).
@i-heal-miraculously that was also meant for you!!! Thank you for that wonderful addition!!
Don't start a fight you can't win.
Australia Edition.
#this was so refreshing#instead of the usual#why do you want to save this planet#âBeCaUsE iT Is ThE rIgHT ThiNg tO Doâ#but instead#âBECAUSE ILL DIE TOO??? Dont want thatâ Â
lmao
WHY DIDNT THEY TEACH ME THAT IN SCHOOL. I HAVE AN ASSOCIATES IN SCIENCE. GODDAMN IT
ITâS THE FUCKING WHAT
SOMEONE BETTER AT MATHS THAN ME TELL ME IS THIS IS LEGIT!!!
Mammals both produce milk and have hair. Ergo, a coconut is a mammal.
I know youâre being facetious, but this is an actual issue with morphology-based phylogeny.
*leans over and whispers to person beside me* what are they talking about
*leans over and whispers back* Â Human ability to quantify and categorize natural phenomena is sketchy at best and wildly misleading at worst
consider the coconut
this reminds me of that time Plato defined humans as âfeatherless bipedsâ and Diogenes ran in with a plucked chicken screaming âBEHOLD A MAN!â
i love how you say âit reminds me of that timeâ like you were there.
listen if an immortal feels brave and supported enough to come out we should respect them
This post is a journey
1 Reblog = 1 Respect
I maintain that humans started attempting classify animals, and some god or another made the platypus, and is still laughing.
Zeus: *hits joint* okay so like. Itâs gonna have a duck bill right. But an otter body okay? And then a beaver tail. Itâs a mammal. But. It lays eggs!
Hades: wait wait dude. Give it. Give it poison. Make it poisonous
Athena: You mean venomous, and make sure the eggs have both reptile and bird traits. Hermes: *takes the joint* Give it extra senses. Poseidon: It should be aquatic.
I MEAN whereâs the lie
Demeter: ⊠And where exactly do you expect me to put this? Everyone: Australia.
Ooft.
Wonder Woman proposing to Supergirl in the presence of Darth Vader and his entourage.
This is the future liberals want.
Incase anyone was having a bad day
So I was rereading Harry Potter, when I came across this and thought- what if instead of Cedric Diggory, Cassius Warrington had been chosen to compete in the Triwizard Tournament?
Imagine Dumbledore calling out the name of the Hogwarts champion and it isnât a Gryffindor, or a Ravenclaw, or even a Hufflepuff, but itâs a Slytherin. A student from a House most people hate.
Imagine Cassius Warrington getting up, and three out of four Houses are booing at him and shouting things like âNO!â or, âWe canât have a Slytherin champion!â or demanding a retry. But heâs a Slytherin- heâs been dealing with this shit since he got sorted, so he keeps his head high and joins the other champions.
Imagine Harry trying to catch Warrington alone because he doesnât really want to associate with Slytherins (plus Malfoy has this tendency of being around the guy ALL THE TIME since he got chosen), but at the same time heâs also fair enough not to want him to walk into the first task unprepared.
Imagine Warrington walking over to Harry a few months later, and Ron and Hermione both jump into a protective stance, wands out, but instead of attacking Harry he just tells him to stick the egg underwater. (Because Slytherins donât forget those who helped them out).
Imagine Warrington and Harry helping each other out in the labyrinth.
Imagine Harry being devastated when Peter kills Warrington- because Voldemort doesnât care what house theyâre form, a spare is a spare.
Imagine the uproar that causes among the Slytherins, because some of their parents really are Death Eaters and they know what really happened.
Imagine Slytherins fighting in the Battle of Hogwarts and shouting âThis is for Cassius!â
Imagine Harry returning with Warringtonâs body, and the crowd realizes whatâs happened, but Warringtonâs parents donât show up. Thereâs no one to mourn him, to cradle him in their arms and cry for their son. The Slytherins know why. His parents were Death Eaters, too.
Imagine Slytherins reaching out, asking for help from classmates from other houses. Theyâre terrified, truly terrified because the being their parents claimed would never hurt them because theyâre pureblood, they realize that he does not care.
Imagine Slytherins in the 5th book sneaking off to join Dumbledoreâs Army, to learn more about who Voldemort is without their parents acting as a filter.Â
Imagine the shock when theyâre told what heâs really done.
Imagine that a few talented Slytherins went with Harry and the others into the Ministry of Magic. The others are a bit wary but they prove themselves as friends.
Imagine them being confronted by Lucius Malfoy in the the Hall of Prophecy, and when the Death Eaters descend, they know that any one of them could be their parents.
Imagine the shocked gasp of a Death Eater as they realize their own child, a pureblood, is standing defiantly with Harry Potter. They choke back a cry. They canât let their child know that they were about to duel to the death.
Imagine a DA Slytherin facing off against their own Death Eater parent. That they make the decision to let their child defeat them, because in that moment, they realize that they love their child more than they fear Voldemort. They go down, mask unveiled, and the Slytherin kid has to be dragged from the fight before he gets killed.
Imagine Book 6 Slytherins getting more friendly and cooperative with the other houses. Two years of Voldemort terrorizing the muggle and Wizarding world, two years where their parents just up and leave some days, cringing from the pain in their arm, two years after the death of the first Slytherin pureblood, Cassius Warrington, killed by Voldemortâs right-hand man, and theyâre slowly hitting the breaking point.
Imagine Slytherin kids keeping tabs on their parents, sending the information to Harry, who shares it with the Order of the Phoenix, and hoping that their parents wonât be killed.
Imagine Book 7 Slytherins low-key rebelling against the new oppressive Hogwarts staff.
Imagine the final siege on Hogwarts, where Slytherins stand proudly by their fellow houses, knowing full-well they could be fighting their own parents. Some Slytherins know their parents were in the fighting. They hope to find them first and sneak them away. Their fellow students understand. Professor McGonagall allows 7th Year Slytherin, Pansy Parkinson, to duel a death eater in her stead; her father is under that veil. She knows it.
Imagine the aftermath of the battle; every house suffered loses. Slytherin students crying over the deaths of friends they made in every house.
Imagine a Cassius Warrington statue made in his honor, the first Slytherin to fight and die nobly with Harry Potter, the boy who lived, in the face of ultimate evil. He was a true Slytherin, and itâs in his name that Slytherin children and their families have cut all ties with the Death Eaters, denounced Voldemort, and are finally living in peace.
#i do enjoy cedric #but this would have been immensely wonderful in many ways (via batty4u)
Imagine a story in which Harry wasnât in love with his fellow championâs girlfriend, but after her boyfriendâs death just hugs her so long, so hard, and says âhe wanted to win for you. You should knowâyou should know he won, he did it for youâ and gives her the best hug and shoulder he knows how to be because her parents arenât there either and she must know why.
Imagine Harry staring over her head at everyone else until Hermione steps upâit doesnât take long, but it takes long enough that when she does all eyes are on her as a source of motionâand says âweâre never going to forget this. Theyâre not going to get away with itâ and the girlfriend just latches onto Hermione and everyone is in wands-out stance convinced sheâs about to attack the shit out of Hermione, and then the girlfriend stares into her eyes and says âdo you promise meâ and Hermione just gives her this super-firm nod and says âI promiseâ and the girlfriend just collapses on her, sobbing.Â
Imagine Dumbledore trying to give some flowery speech about inter-wizard solidarity while glossing over why, because Slytherins have always been a touchy subject, and Ron gets to his feet and says âProfessor, I need to say something importantâ and Dumbledore is so surprised he just cedes the floor, and Ronâafter that awkward moment when he realizes everyone is staring at himâsays he didnât know Warrington particularly, but he knows how Warrington and Harry played. That each was always cheering on the other. Both wanted to win, but neither was willing to undercut the other by underhanded means. He finishes up saying âI thinkâI think itâs important everyone should know he died being what a champion should be. Because he could have abandoned Harry and instead he stood up with him to play the game the honest way, and he died for it. Andâand Slytherin House should be proud, and we should all be proud, because Warrington was a good bloke.â He sits back down all flustered because he didnât actually stand up meaning to make a speech. And then Pansy Parkinson stands up before Dumbledore can take back control of the room and says âI want to tell Weasley thank you.â And all of Slytherin House raises a glassâto Warrington, to Weasley, to Potterâand the other houses follow suit. Many years later, Wizarding scholars will say that was the moment Voldemort truly lost.
Imagine later that summer. Harry gets several owls on his birthday, all unsigned. The birds are plump and pretentious and well-cared-for. He will never know which Slytherins sent him their treasures: parchments with hexes developed by the Death Eaters; a strange locket that will only open if he whispers a special spell but that always shows him the picture he most needs to see; a page torn from a potions book that, brewed properly, will allow him extra time to summon a Patronus by giving him a few crucial seconds not just of happiness but of bliss. It doesnât matter. Harry knows these gifts not as birthday gifts but for what they really are, and he treasures the locket and copies out the potion to send to Hermione and Mrs. Weasley, and when first summoned by the Order of the Phoenix he marches straight up to Dumbledore with the hexes and says âI canât tell you where I got these, Professor. But theyâre in use by the Death Eaters and I think you should have them.â Months later, Sirius will recognize the spell Bellatrix shoots at him, and will dive out of the way just in the nick of time.
The final battle. Everyone is there. Sirius somehow ends up herding a group of Slytherins. They all stare at him and he at them, across a centuries-old divide Voldemort has only succeeded in deepening. Then he remembers the hexes. Harryâs locket, now tucked under Siriusâ shirt because Harryâs friends are with him in this battle but most of Siriusâ are dead. The moment that happiness potion saved Remusâ life, his very soul. Snapeâs final words to Harry, finally seen not as mockery but real true advice. What Harry said Voldemort saidâhis first words in his new form. They are kids, and they are sharing the same kind of hurt he once wouldnât admit to, watching his mother burn his name off the family tree. âWhen we go in there, itâs going to be hell,â he tells the Slytherins. âSome of you are probably going to die. I might go down too, and if I do I want your best curser in the front. But I want you all to remember one thing. There are no spares.â Later retellings of the battle never fail to mention the moment a group of angry, screaming teens burst into the Great Hall, wearing their green and silver as the badge of honor it should be, shouting NO SPARES, NO SPARES at the tops of their voices in between hexes and curses and the occasional physical punch. When Hermione is present, she always interrupts the storyteller to be sure everyone knows about the moment Blaise Zabini shoved her to the floor, dropped on top of her, fired off three curses in rapid succession and said âstay alive, Granger, we need youâ before jumping back to his feet and vanishing into the meleeâhow, for all anyone knows, those may have been his last words, and she will not let his sacrifice go unnoted.Â
The aftermath. Malfoy holds out a hand to Sirius, badly injured on the floor. Sirius asks how Malfoy is willing to trust him. Malfoy nods at his chest. âYouâve got my godfatherâs locket,â he says, and when Sirius and Harry finally speak after the battle Harry gives his full agreement to the very first thing out of Siriusâ mouth. They give the locket to Malfoy. Sirius grits his teeth and closes his eyes and opens them and says âHe probably saved my life, giving Harry that.â He doesnât say thank you. Malfoy hears it anyway.
The school reopens under a single banner: the four Houses united. The House rivalry is reduced to just thatâa competition in funâwith those deep divides slowly healing to scars, and eventually away to nothing at all.
Imagine it.
When we stand, we stand united as one
And then there would be no hope for any uprising of evil, no users of the dark arts would dare to attack. There would be no neglected Slytherins turning to a darker cause. The unity Cassius Warringtonâs death caused would come to save the world, time and time again, as would-be-Voldemorts find no followers. No children will ever have to fight their parents, or family. There would always be peace.Â
oh christ somebody added to it and now iâm a soggy emotional wreck
Iâm crying because this is what slytherins should have been and truly are
This is beautifully written and I wish it was in the books xx
This is such a fantastic read. A Slytherin triwizard champion sounds awesome.
Best Harry Potter post
Iâm crying of hope and happiness
I know Trump killed an Iranian General, and I'm taking that very seriously. Every one is concerned about it.
But please don't forget it's not the only crisis. Just last week I couldn't go through my newsfeed on any of my socials without seeing mention of Aussie bushfires, and now there is nothing. The world wants to forget.
I know there's nothing you can do to help, but we are on fire and we are terrified. Our biggest problem right now isn't WWIII, all our defence Force is currently evacuating citizens anyway. Our biggest problem is if we step outside our homes today, will we breathe or will we choke on smoke and fumes. Will we have homes to come back to?
As I said, I know you can't help. But please, while you panic about Trump, a worthy event to focus on, just also spare a thought for us. Because we exist too. You know, for now.
Also, China?!
Between protests and pneumonia outbreaks, and more protests. China 100% requires and fucking deserves support as well. There are so many important and terrifying things happening outside our own countries, wherever that may be. The very least each of us can do is be aware of them.
this is terrifying
Hereâs whatâs happening in Australia at the moment.
For some context: Mallacoota is a tourist town, usual population is a little over 1000, but at peak tourist times, it can be as high as 8000. There was an estimated 4000 there today, when the extreme heat, peaking at 49C/120F, combined with high winds, to spark a large, intense fire in the bushland around the area. This pretty much blocked off all ways out of the town, leading to all 4000 people being evacuated to the beach, with the emergency plan basically being âIf the fire comes this way, get in the waterâ Thankfully, the wind did change direction, and as far as Iâve heard, most of the town was spared, but this is how bad the drought, heat, and fire situations have become in australia. And our government still refuses to make solid policies on climate change.
NSW Bush Fires - How you can help
If youâre not in a place to give money, you can boost!!
Found this really good thread on twitter explaining what exactly is happening in Australia right now, because I havenât seen much on Tumblr.
And because I donât think the thread touched on it, when Scott Morrison, our PM finally did visit the affected areas he forced the residents to shake his hand (literally forced, he grabbed a womanâs hand even though she said no) and then walked away when they tried to talk about the situation and ask for help. Google his name and youâll find videos.
This thread gives some insight to those not in Australia about how bad things are right now.
To update: the human death toll is now at 17.
Countless more animals have been lost over the last two days, adding to that half a billion total. Thatâs not a typo. Half a BILLION.
500 homes were lost over new years alone.
People where I live and all around the state canât go outside without masks on because the air is getting so hard to breathe.
And this is expected to continue for months.
Read this.
Look at that map.
Half a billion animals, 17 people, thousands of homes.
Fuck those politicians.
Whoever says climate change isnât real is lying.
If you can, donate to the NSW RFS.
If not, reblog thisâŠ
I know Trump killed an Iranian General, and I'm taking that very seriously. Every one is concerned about it.
But please don't forget it's not the only crisis. Just last week I couldn't go through my newsfeed on any of my socials without seeing mention of Aussie bushfires, and now there is nothing. The world wants to forget.
I know there's nothing you can do to help, but we are on fire and we are terrified. Our biggest problem right now isn't WWIII, all our defence Force is currently evacuating citizens anyway. Our biggest problem is if we step outside our homes today, will we breathe or will we choke on smoke and fumes. Will we have homes to come back to?
As I said, I know you can't help. But please, while you panic about Trump, a worthy event to focus on, just also spare a thought for us. Because we exist too. You know, for now.
