“Solitude sometimes is best society.” - John Milton @notreallymaddy - Tumblr Blog

James Potter: - Was a bully - Jinxed people when he was bored and laughed at it - Was totally okay with Remus being a werewolf - Became an unregistered animagus so that his werewolf friend wouldn’t have to suffer through the full moon alone - Realized within a few years what a douche he was to people - Changed for the better - Loved his wife and his son with all his heart and wanted only what was best for them - Joined the Order of the Phoenix as soon as he left Hogwarts - Faced Lord Voldemort without a wand, in hope of buying Lily and Harry time, knowing that he stood no chance of surviving

Severus Snape: - Thought muggle-borns were inferior - Called his only friend “mudblood” - Became a Death Eater - Told Voldemort about the prophecy, bc he was 100% okay with killing an infant - When he got to know that it was Lily’s son, he asked Voldemort to spare HER, not caring how she would feel to have her son and husband killed - Bullied Harry simply because he was James’ son - Bullied Neville until he became the poor boy’s WORST FEAR (that same poor boy who witnessed his parents get tortured to insanity by Bellatrix, yet SNAPE was his worst fear.) - Shamed Hermione for her teeth until she cried. And then she permanently changed them. - Threatened to kill Trevor when Neville failed to do a potion - Used his position of power as a teacher to make students’ lives miserable - Told everyone Lupin was a werewolf, and intended to get him fired - Knew that Sirius didn’t tell Voldemort the Potters’ location (I could explain how but I can’t bother now) but still wanted him to get a dementor’s kiss bc of what happened when they were 16 - Helped Harry in the end

But sure, go ahead and tell me Snape was a better person than James.

feywildwest

one of the weirdest ways that language is evolving in response to the internet is that “bad words” just. do not have the same impact anymore. i constantly forget that some people think ‘fuck you’ is a terrible insult

so threats and insults have to start getting really out there if the person wants to even mean anything. if a person told me to die i’d shrug it off but if i opened a post’s tags and saw “op i will sneak into your house and replace all your shoelaces with cooked pasta” do you know how shaken i’d be? do you know how upset i’d be if i saw “op is the personification of the look you share w other people in the grocery store when some dude is causing A Scene™ for no reason”

zmyaro

So you are saying English curses on the Internet are becoming more like Yiddish curses?

feywildwest

I sincerely hope so but I can’t say I’m familiar with yiddish curses and i am begging you to tell me a few

gallusrostromegalus

My Personal favorite is:

“May all your teeth fall out, except for one, to give you a toothache.”

“writers always know exactly where they are going with their work!”

r u sure

“no writer does anything by mistake, it’s all very strategic”

r u sure

“they use symbolism in everything. for example, a simple sentence symbolises directness and-”

R U SURE

entropyalarm

The best moments in writing is when you discover you did something absolutely genius by complete accident.

queerrussetpotato

A miscellaneous world-building detail from ten chapters earlier accidentally saved a character’s life once

noahwyles

“Omg this line is genius and the best reference!” “Thank you I did that entirely on purpose!!” *sweats*

oldschoolvillageidiot

READER: “(points out symbolism and foreshadowing and depth)”

AUTHOR:

seananmcguire

I once literally flipped a coin to decide which character was going to die in a multi-award-nominated novel.

unforth-ninawaters-deactivated2

I was once rereading a manuscript before editing it and discovered that in an early chapter I’d put in a line without any forethought that ended up aligning perfectly the plot and is now my favorite line in the entire book even though when I wrote that sentence I hadn’t even come up with that plot point yet.

sirikenobilegends-2005

In my book series, I have done various things on accident and then, looking back, yelled BRILLIANT and went with it. And, often times, my characters just DECIDE things, like one character was in love with another and I was “WHAT?” but went with it because it was actually a VERY good story and made some of the plot stuff that much more interesting.

ryntaia

If you ever wanted to know my creative process for writing, congratulations, this is it.

claricechiarasorcha

Writing a story like

keybladewyvern

There’s an author’s note in an Isaac Asimov short story collection - Isaac Asimov, mind you - and I can’t for the life of me remember which it was because my mom has a billion of them, but basically he went to a lecture on his books where the teaccher was lecturing on all the symbolism and themes and such and Asimovewent up to him and was just like “Uhhhh…. I didn’t put any of that in? It just…. no? Not really?” And the lecturer legit looked ISAAC FUCKING ASIMOV straight in the eye and said, “What do you know, sir? You’re just the author.” And Asimov described it as being a fairly profound moment in his career.

schmergo

The most relatable thing about Hamlet is the way he uses strange and surreal dark humor and obscure humorous cultural references to cover up his deep despair, to the utter confusion and concern of all of the older people around him. Hamlet would love memes.

spite-cadet

Shakespeare, scrolling through evil Kermit memes in heaven: I was born in the Wrong fucking era

legalizememes

bruh

heathyr

everything about this… this statue, the choppy waves, the cliffs behind her, the echo, the drumming….. aesthetic

tuulikki

Lyrics in Faroese:

Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin djúpt í míni sál í míni sál Í hjartanum logar brennandi bál brennandi bál

Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin inn í hjartarót í hjartarót Eyga mítt festist har ið galdramaður stóð

English translation:

Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound deep in my soul, in my soul In my heart burns a smouldering fire, smouldering fire

Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound in my heart’s root, my heart’s root

thelostknee-deactivated20210422

Did anyone else just get the shivers? Cuz I’m definitely getting the shivers.

Btdubs, the singer is Eivør Pálsdóttir.

corseque

Reblogging again for the haunting wizard lyrics

catboy-jim

shoutout to the faroe island for being the only real viking island left

nerd-sama-aesthetic

Signs as vines

Aries : I WONT HESITATE BITCH Taurus : Chris, is that a weed?? I’m calling the police! Gemini : Hi , Welcome to chili’s Cancer : Well, when life gives ya lemons. Leo : I love you biiitch I ain’t never gonna stop loving you biiiitch Virgo :Free Shavacadoo! Libra : Look at all those chickens Scorpio :THAT’S MY OPINION Sagittarius : Stop, You Almost Made Me Drop My Croissant Capricorn : Why the fuck you lying? Aquarius :I smell like beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef Pisces : Adam !

randomslasher

benign absurdism? Yep, that sounds like me.

randomslasher

also a little on the old side? even better.

fujandrist

HETERONORMATIVITY HAS LEAD ME TO VIEW MR. BRIGHTSIDE THE WRONG WAY FOR 12 YEARS OF MY LIFE, BUT NOW I AM WOKE AND UNDERSTAND THAT MR. BRIGHTSIDE IS THE ICONIC BISEXUAL ANTHEM WE’VE BEEN TRAGICALLY UNAWARE OF

fujandrist

to elaborate: our good friend Mr Brightside never gives us the specifics of whether he is jealous of the the man (who’s chest is being touched, now), the woman (who is taking of her dress, now), or both. Therefore we can draw no proper conclusion to our protagonist’s sexuality, and this is a revelation the entire world needs to know about.

There is an entire possibility Mr. Brightside isn’t straight, tell your friends.

babyprime

the truth was right in front of our eyes this whole time

the-real-eye-to-see

Now I know what an aesthetic pleasure is

blu-iv

I love the other white lady who is so over it, she’s like “can we get someone else on her” 😂😂😂

firstonestanding

“Does he need help?” I cackled

zenassheaux-deactivated20200426

Why is she chanting “I’ll leave if you let go” like she didn’t just insult a whole race of people! Bitch stfu and get in these cuffs to get locked up.

ampervadasz

catsbeaversandducks

“Sir, I can has fish?? Thank you, kind Sir!”

theskoomacat

Translation:

[weasel? comes up to a fisherman]

Fisherman: Friend, what do you want? [weasel sniffs at a closed bucket with fish] Hungry for some fish, aren’t you? Maybe I should give you a fishing pole? Eager beaver. Let me open it. [weasel is busy digging under the bucket. fisherman gently pokes it] Hey, there is a lid up here. Come on, pick any you want. [weasel grabs a fish and runs away] Hey, no “thank you”? Well, you’re welcome.