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Annika - 26 - queer, cis female (she/her) - student(portuguese/religious studies)/au pair Read the tags. That´s where all the good stuff happens. Personal tumblr, so expect a mixture of fandoms, feminist things and my life. “I fall in love with everything. I also hate everything. It’s very hard to be a misanthrope and a romantic.” (Grantaire, Book III) My ask box is always open. So if you want to talk to me, ask me something or just need someone who will listen, be free and send me a message! <3

[aenramsden]

I want to see a fanfic where Harry hatches a basilisk.

I want to see a fanfic where he looks up “magical snakes” as soon as he gets to Hogwarts because that thing at the zoo always bugged him, and so the Trio works out that it’s a basilisk immediately after the first petrification in Second Year. But they don’t know how it’s getting around or where it is or anything, so Harry is just like WELP SET A BASILISK TO FIND A BASILISK while Hermione and Ron are like HARRY NO.

I want to see a fanfic where Harry sticks a chicken egg under a toad and makes all these plans about how he’ll talk to his huge deadly snake and get it eye-blinkers and shit so it doesn’t kill people and make sure it’s not too aggressive, and somehow it never occurs to his twelve-year old brain that the chicken egg has a total volume of about four tablespoons and he is not going to get the giant King of Serpents he is expecting.

I want to see a fanfic where it finally breaks out of the shell and Harry finds himself with a bb!basilisk too smol to even have the murder-eyes yet, who can only petrify someone for about half an hour before the effect wears off. She eats spiders and gets tired very easily and demands that he wear a hood she can curl up in and sleep.

(She is also the same vivid green as his eyes and already hideously venomous, but doesn’t like using her fangs because she says they get cold and give her brain freeze when she unsheathes them.)

I just… I really want Harry with a haughty, demanding, arrogant danger noodle who has an overinflated sense of her own importance, views Hedwig as a TERRIFYING MENACE because she isn’t big enough to eat owls yet and keeps up a steady stream of insults hissed in Harry’s ear whenever she’s near someone who has a Dark Mark (which she can sense at close range). And who is basically useless as a familiar because she refuses to slither across anything other than sun-warmed stones or Harry, hasn’t got a very powerful gaze yet and doesn’t like biting people.

(Except snake-arm-people. She finds snake-arm-people confusing and annoying, and would probably make an exception on the no-biting thing where they’re concerned.)

[thepioden]

I mean there are obviously a lot of factors influencing snake growth rate but if we assume basilisks just get stupidhuge because they grow their whole lives and are immortal, this snake is probably going to be at least 8 feet long by Deathly Hallows, which is a significant and intimidating chunk of scaly muscle that is intelligent enough to do what it is told. Like, you know, hey, bite this necklace.  

So I mean by like his fourth year it’s going to be pretty hard to hide this snake that is nearly as long as he is tall and it’s not going to do much for his reputation that the Boy Who Lived has a pet fucking basilisk but holy damn does it make book seven a whole hell of a lot shorter. 

[galahadiant]

I feel like I should write this

[twinkie13]

can you just imagine him ron and hermione coming up with increasingly ridiculous excuses trying to hide their pet baby basilisk in the dorms (hagrid would be so proud). how long do you think it’d take before harry’s pet basilisk is just a really badly hidden secret between all of gryffindor? and the ensuring antics of the entire house as they try to keep mcgonagall from finding out? (she knows something is up, but even just thinking of what could be big enough the entire house is trying to keep it from her makes her want to break out the firewhiskey)

ron gets the idea to try and practices parseltongue with baby basilisk since he hears harry talking in his sleep with it all the time anyway (and ngl, baby basilisk is kind of adorable and eats all the spiders in the dorm so he doesn’t have to deal with them, he’s pretty smitten once she hatches), and as soon as hermione overhears him trying it, she’s dragging him and harry to the library because, well, parseltongue is a language, why can’t they learn it? so it’s the two of them alternating between hissing at harry and hissing at the basilisk and harry is trying so hard not to laugh because 90% of what they’re saying is utter nonsense and the basilisk doesn’t even bother, because she likes these two humans but wow are they dumb, that’s not how words work.

[mzminola]

#i really wish jkr took more advantage of the parseltongue thing

#it was so freaking cute when harry just chatter with the friendly boa constrictor at the zoo

#it was such a nice boa constrictor

#let harry met more nice snakes [tags via twinkie13]

[amloveabledeathmo]

I love parseltongue and Hermione like welp it’s a language and then most everyone in their year ends up learning it even the other houses just like the horrible scary snake language ends up being the secret language between the kids so they can gossip and the teachers are like what. Also Hagrid would love the baby basilisk.

[yamihiei]

You know most would just pick up a few curse words and insults.

what is everyone else is thinking when the Gryffindors start hissing under their breath? Their table sounds like a snake pit and it’s eerie af. The Slytherins are pissed cause surely this is a joke at their expense. And obviously everyone turns to Harry because he’s the ONLY ONE who could have stared this.

And can you imagine someone flubbing a scentence and activating a parseltounge feature of the castle? A small group of Gryffindors are complaining about astronomy and suddenly the stairs turn into a super slide. Discovering Salazar’s secret liquor cubbord. Secret passage ways being stumbled into left right and center because no one can pronounce ‘greasy git’ in parseltoung(besides Harry) but they’re sure as hell gonna try

[thetwentycommittee]

What if parseltongue isn’t in any books so Hermione just gets gets harry to say stuff and then she writes it down like

‘Harry I’m tearing my hair out please conjugate “to want” in the present continuous’

‘Hermione it is three in the morning’

[jessie-buns]

*Harrys basilisk and Nagini faceboff im deathly hallows*

Ron: SNAKE FIGHT SNAKE FIGHT SNAKE FIGHT

[floralprintsharks]

i was tagged by @autisticminyard to post 6 selfies of 2017 :) i didn’t take that many this year (and weirdly enough i’m wearing cat ears on quite a few of them…). thanks a lot for tagging me, ivy <3

i’ll tag @teacupsinspace, @notatallgrownup, @formerlyknownas-delight, @ferretsonice and also the three ppl who are usually uncomfy with selfies and prob won’t do this but you know… so, franzi, sophia and julia, feel tagged as well!

[sindar-princeling]

Okay here’s the thing

I’m seeing way too much 2017 negativity on my dash right now, so while it’s still New Year’s Eve, share some happy memories and tag some people to do the same. Me first:

In 2017, I wrote over 100 pages for my novel. I spent a lot of time with people I love most. I went to two convents. I created this blog and made wonderful friends. ♡

@wrappedinchocolateblanket @algralithiel @lady–of–greenwood @kat-anni @pendragoth @svogliata-mente @eruscreaminginthedistance @incorrect-middleearth-quotes @raksh-thedemonlady go! ^-^

[lady-byleth]

Nice idea!!! Honey, yiu tagged me twice xD

My sister got married and it was beautiful. I got to pet a fawn! Wonder Woman and Ragnarok happened, and Homecoming too. I got back into the Silm and Tolkien in general, catapulting me straight into this beautiful fandom.

@cerulean-shark @alia-andreth @fiinwe @fellowshipofthegay @fuindar-valen @irreverentecthelion

[alia-andreth-deactivated2018121]

Hmm. 2017 was a rough year. I’m not gonna lie.

I visited the UK for the first time.  I made new friends.  I started writing more.  I made some progress on some Personal Demons that have been bugging me for a long time.  My friends and I toured Scotland, and it was beautiful.  I discovered I like mead.  I went to a Foo Fighters Concert.  My boyfriend and I are closer than we’ve ever been before.

@grundyscribbling, @cycas, @mainecoon76,  @saltysquidtea, @cataclysmofstars, @feanore, @feanorrrwashere, @feanoriansappreciation, @feanoriel, @woodlandcrowns, @probs-dying, @astorey91, @adcuiliell3, @morgause1, @lightofthetrees, @silverphantomcat, @filmamir, @vidumavi, @curufinsdaddyissues, @elvenqueen-thenerd, @kanawolf, @spagaytti-sauce, @use-less-nesss, let’s see, if I’ve forgotten anyone, I’m sorry bout that!

[grundyscribbling]

I paid off my student loans. That shiny piece of paper on my wall is 100% mine bought and paid for. I’ma buy me a house next.

Tagging absolutely anyone who sees this and wants to play, because I’m not sure who had a good year/who didn’t, and I don’t want to pressure anyone.

[independence1776]

I converted to Judaism. I wrote more this year than I expected to. I wrote and posted a story (A Tyrant Spell Has Bound Me) that I am truly happy with.

Tagging: @vefanyar, @heartofoshun, @nimium-amatrix-ingenii-sui, @dawnfelagund, @lucifers-cuvette and anyone else who wants to do it.

[nimium-amatrix-ingenii-sui]

I had a reasonably succesful gardening year. Haven’t had to buy potato or any form of brassicae ever since August. Grew more lettuce and swiss chard than we managed to eat, too. I got a greenhouse for Christmas so that means lots of new opportunities for next year (melons? :D).

I had a succesful fannish year. I actually did all the paintings I’d put on my to-do list at the start of the year (so I should make a new list for 2018!) and then some I hadn’t planned on doing. I picked up a WiP that I had abandoned three years ago and moved it forward quite a bit; I even know the rest of the story, I just have to get it written, hopefully without another three-year hiatus. I wrote a couple of fics I hadn’t thought I was going to write, and some of them turned out pretty well if I say so myself. I even managed to write an essay that I’d been planning to write for a couple of years. I got a lot better about commenting on fanfic. I attended a convention at the local castle, which was fun. I met some new cool fannish people here on tumblr, both for my primary fandom (Tolkien) and my inappropriate history crush Marcus Tullius: Ace Attorney  Captain Chickpea  Sweet Tully  Cicero.

My firstborn started “big school” and though he’s having some difficulties we didn’t anticipate, his teacher is pretty supportive. He also looked into judo (due to his BFF doing judo) and wants to take it up, so that’s good. The secondborn started kindergarten and found it harder than we all expected (he couldn’t WAIT while he was still too small, and now it’s a struggle every morning), but in the weeks before the holidays, he finally made friends and that’s made everything much easier.

I managed to make a start on cleaning out the attic (which I’ve been avoiding since 2010 or so, so even a start is a good thing.)

I went to Austria in January, Brittany in June and Normandy in October and these were all very nice, relaxing and necessary family vacations.

I’m tagging - if they want - @drawnseawards, @liminalfox, @hhimring, @starspray, @clodia-metelli, @garland-on-thy-brow, @clodiuspulcher, @catilinas and @veliseraptor, and of course anyone else who wants to add some happiness to the change of years!

[veliseraptor]

it’s funny because this is basically what my family does every year, and initially when I was thinking back I was like “what the fuck did I even do in 2017″ but actually it turns out a lot

began the conversion process, on my way to becoming a Jew (Jew-in-Training? is that a thing?)

got a tattoo, finally, and I love it

adopted a new cat who is amazing and perfect and also a little brat but I love her

met some new people and deepened my friendships with some others, both online and off

visited @portraitoftheoddity, had her visit me, both were amazing

spent my first year in a new job and found some of my footing there

visited Iceland and Norway with my sister and had a wonderful time in both places

went to Anguilla with my entire family and while I got hella sunburned and smashed on a reef it was still amazing

moved into a new and better apartment with @ameliarating, who remains the best girlfriend a girl could ask for

wrote. a whole lot. lured some new people into the Stoki fandom, finished a couple long fics, started several other ones I’m excited about. got some ideas for original fiction that I’m starting to feel like I really, really want to write. (I’m giving them more time to percolate before I really begin - and trying to do a little basic planning, at least.)

read a lot of books, including some really good ones including Amberlough, Six of Crows, and Winter Tide (among others); starting the Malazan: Book of the Fallen series; the entire Wheel of Time reread.

Wonder Woman came out and was pretty much everything I could hope for; Thor: Ragnarok came out and revitalized the fandom.

I’m going to tag… @portraitoftheoddity, @mostfacinorous, @ameliarating, @theotherodinson, and anyone else who wants to do it!

[felasintumbld]

My 2017 was personally amazing, and i hope my 2018 is too. i managed to make the jump from private academies to public school, and i love my new job. I managed to finish Nanowrimo this year for the first time since university!! I got my cat Lucky, invested some time into my art for the first time in ages, finished my 5 years late knit shawl for my mom, and jeez, just a lot of slow but big productive things. I ran about 700km over the year, ran 2 10k races, and found tons of fun cool trails to run in my new town. I’ve spent more time with friends, got to see some amazing movies–Wonderwoman and Thor were both Amazing–and read so many books. More books than I’ve read in years–its been a joy rediscovering a passion for reading. My Korean is actually high intermediate and feels it–i can navigate most social situations and personal affairs like the bank without a translator, and my speaking has been improving so much. I got a years supply of the Best Kimchi from my friends mom again, and have been baking more. I found a great brunch place four blocks from home. I’ve made new friends. I’ve got two big trips planned next year already, and plans to put in place for if things have to change in 2019. The HIV test for foreigners on an e2 is no longer required, Park GeunHye was impeached, and life here in korea keeps on keeping on.

I hope 2018 is just as good for me.

I’m tagging @foxachu @terresdebrume @soundslikepenance @quantumimpulse @disease-danger-darkness-silence and anyone else who wants to do this!!! make some positive vibes for 2018!

[iwritesnortsintragedies]

Oooh, nice! Alright, a list of good things that happened in 2017 for me, in no particular oder:

Figured out I’d probably be happier living as a dude (and so far, it’s holding true)

Started the year 2017 on a beautiful beach

Started teaching little kiddies that are adorable

Wrote a 40k fic in two weeks

Speaking of which: I finally wrote Digimon fanfic, which I’d wanted to do forever but never managed, for some reason! And I got very into it too, for a first year (8 fics out of the 17 I published in 2017 were Digimon fanfics…I hope I’ll get some more out this year!)

Made new friends and deepened previous relationships

Got to see my family and have a great time with them back in July

Became a better teacher and a better person

Petted dogs! And cats!

Moved into a new apartment that has lots of light (looooots of light) and made it feel more and more like mine as time went by

Actually grew a little more organised/less slobbish at home (still not perfect, but better than it was

Discovered more about Cambodian culture and understood the country better (though I will freely admit I’m far from very involved in it at all, and I still haven’t taken steps to learn khmer)

Ended 2017 and began 2018 by watching the end of the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy which, considering the Fellowship of the rings is what jumpstarted my passion for writing and involvement in fandom, is a really cool way of ending/starting a year :P

I tag

@lorata@kawuli@grand-duc@trovia@rowan-berry@talysalankil@formerlyknownas-delight@aphrodites-bloody-rose@zeronoa@dreamychaos@rainbow09 @julinettewrites If you guys feel like it! :D

[mementomirare]

lThank you for tagging me<3

I finished a therapy for my anxiety and depression, and - driving aside - it was very successful. So much that I’m doing quite fine even without medication.

Our cat got over her human-anxiety/PTSD and is now my best friend

I managed to aquire enough knowledge to buy a new laptop (almost) all on my own.

I actually sold a few things at my etsy shop

We went to pride for the first time, and Germany established the right to marry - both had way more emotional impact on me than expected (I also called our electoral district’s representative’s office before the vote. Didn’t help with his homophobic attitude and left me literally shaking, but considering I have phone anxiety and used to be unable to call my hairdresser it was a pretty great achievement for me)

I finally dressed up as Neil Gaiman’s Death for Halloween and took pictures - I have never looked this great

I tag @cwnerd12, @floralprintshark, @theroyalpalmtreeofoz, @notatallgrownup, @ferretsonice, @claquesouz, @clumsygoodbyekiss, @butpersephoneitsspring, @ladypandacat, @diy-thinking and @fast-and-bi-furious

[nothereanymore23]

Thank you for tagging me, Sanja! :* This is great. We need more positivity!

I discovered that Yoga is not only good for me physically but also mentally and I enjoy it a lot more than I would have thought.

After 2 1/2 years of living within the family home where I worked I finally took the plunge, moved out and got my own little studio flat. It’s scary and the amount of rent I have to pay (thanks, London) still makes my heart race a bit every month. But I can afford it and it’s so nice to come back to a space that is solely mine after a long day of work.

I started two new Nanny jobs and realised that I’m actually really good at what I do and totally able to get a job and live in London on my own. 

I’ve did the mentally healthy thing and put myself first in quitting one Nanny job where my work wasn’t appreciated enough.

I’ve been brave and asked openly for a more commited relationship with someone I’ve been seeing for a while. Through open communication and patience we found a good way for us to fulfill this and I can now call this person my boyfriend. He makes me very happy and got the approval from all of my friends he’s met so far. 

I deepened my friendship with Claudia and met a few other Nannies through her and playgroups.

I tag @consexualbanter, @talithan, @theparanoidpansexual and anybody else who would like to do it! No pressure!

[mementomirare]

Holiday stuff is done and I’m cute

[autumnlusts]

There’s two types of Autumn:

the bright, colorful, happy autumn with pumpkins, apples, candles, and great food

the dreary, dark, creepy autumn with overcast and rainy skies, scary forests, cool temperatures, and halloween

[crocodilet0ngues]

autumn : the greatest season of all.

[nothereanymore23]

90’s movie genre “girl who’s going to play baseball on the boys’ team” vibes

[nothereanymore23]

Guys, think long and hard if you actually want kids. This couple called me today desperately asking if I can babysit tonight. Turns out they just really want to go to the gym. :D I repeat that: They have to hire a babysitter to go to the gym. This is how much your life will change with kids.

[nothereanymore23]

Chocolate avocado cake

This indulgent, fudgy vegan bake is topped with a rich frosting - you'd never guess that it's free from dairy, eggs, wheat and nuts

I made this cake for Natty’s birthday in February as some of his guests had various allergies or food limitations. 

Now I know that especially free form recipes often say “You’d never guess it’s free from this and that” or “It tastes just like the real thing” and we all know it unfortunately often doesn’t (everyone who has ever tasted vegan cheese learned that the hard way). This one actually does!

It’s chocolate-y, it’s moist, you can’t taste the avocado at all! And it’s really quick to make. It took me less than an hour for the whole thing. 

[harryedward]

No offense but I want to fall in love with someone who wants to fall in love with me

[andreii-tarkovsky]

my life is like an artsy european movie, sad yet nothing happens.

[lsleofskye]

Machu Picchu Sunrise | Peru

[camjamclassic]

you know when you’re motivated but like, in the wrong way?? like “i’m ready to do all my laundry and clean the whole apartment and do dishes and vacuum and -” like ok champ that’s great but why don’t we focus on those two projects due monday first

[nightlifemingus]

My ideal morning: I wake up, get out of bed, get into another bed that is warmer and softer, and fall asleep

[kuttithevangu]

Being kind to ghosts is a Jewish value

[sadboybrigade]

I was just telling my coworkers today about how part of the official Passover cedar is literally summoning an ancient ghost to get drunk with you and I didn’t quite realize how wild Judaism is until I had to explain that

[retroactivebakeries]

Objection: Elijah never died, so whatever he is, it isn’t a ghost.

[sadboybrigade]

look i googled “passover elijah” and this is the first image result

if it looks like a ghost and quacks like a ghost it’s a fuckin g ghost

[kuttithevangu]

That’s my grandpa

[lesbeet]

Elijah Never Died He Tucked His Arms And Legs Into His Belley. Curled Up Into A Ball. And He Just Rolled Away.

[wombatking]

We have no conclusive proof that Elijah wasn’t always eight feet tall and translucent. 

[definitelydope]

Empty London By Nick Dolding

[wingedcorgi]

he goes by dadfoot or dogfather. bonus based on this exchange:

[elshalarossa]

What made you want to be poly?

Because I’m absolutely in love with falling in love. 

Because I live for the moment when your stomach drops out underneath you and your pulse races and you realize with absolute certainty that you’re going to be kissed for the first time.

Because I want to know people. REALLY KNOW PEOPLE. I want to get inside them and learn their dark places and discover the strange ways our edges fit together. I want to learn and teach and create and grow and grow.

Because I want to offer support and ask for support and be strong together and be weak together. 

Because I have so much strength to offer, it feels stifling to mould my energy to one solitary partner’s needs. 

Because I have so many weaknesses, so many imperfections, so many egregious flaws, insecurities, and doubts, it feels unfair to foist them all on one, lonely human, to demand that they understand me perfectly, that they always be enough. 

Because I see humans like prisms, refracting their personalities like light, and because I gain nourishment for each band of color within myself from different people and different experiences.

Because nothing in the world feels more natural to me than kissing my friends. Or holding my friends. Or fucking my friends.

Because I want to live in a warm. bolstering place in this cold, touch-starved world. And I’ve managed to create one for myself.

Because it’s worth the effort it takes to make it work, and my work to maintain my lifestyle has nourished the best parts of me – honesty, self-knowledge, respect, bravery, and compassion.

Because why the hell are we on this poorly-insulated rock of a planet if we aren’t going to grab life with both hands and have as many experiences as we possibly can?

Because this is who I am. This is what brings me joy. And who doesn’t want to feel joyful?