that's how we roll in the shire

Currently reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

[contrast]

[broderiemyworld-deactivated2020]

[inkskinned]

Can I tell you a secret? You don’t have to be in a relationship.    I mean it. I know they force it down your throat until you choke on it. Girls aren’t pretty unless they’re wanted. Boys aren’t men unless they’re having sex with someone. People aren’t lovable until they’re dating someone.    But a relationship won’t always make you happy, and as wonderful as romance is, it isn’t the only love that exists. I have seen friendships that are deeper and more pure than couples who swear it’s forever - and yet the friendship is the one people ignore.    I have heard so often “nobody loves me” out of the mouths of people who are single. And it kills me because if you ask them: where are your parents, your teachers, your classmates, your pets - they say, yes, okay, but it doesn’t count. Of course it counts, love doesn’t diminish just because someone doesn’t want to have sex with you. In fact, doesn’t it sort of make that love more real that they want nothing - not even a date - out of you?   It is pretty to be in love. It’s magical, I’m sure. But it’s also wonderful to stop for ice cream in your prom dress with six other girls. It’s also wonderful to go visit the world with nothing but a bunch of buddies who are really excited about learning.    The problem is: we’ve made everything about “the one”. But maybe “the one” is just you, loving yourself, having fun, and being happy. Maybe instead of looking for our other halves, we should be piecing ourselves together.   Maybe I wasn’t born unfinished. Maybe I am the one who makes myself better.

Single serving size // r.i.d (via inkskinned)

[myrosecolouredgirl]

albus dumbledore and that time he hid something that voldemort wanted in his school and defended it with protections so weak that three eleven-year-olds could get through them

albus dumbledore and that time he didn’t shut down the school when a giant fucking snake was wandering around it

albus dumbledore and that one time he sent two traumatized teenagers back in time rather than be like “hey maybe give this dude a trial”

albus dumbledore and that one time he didn’t figure out a member of his faculty was a death eater under polyjuice

albus dumbledore and the exact wrong way to handle a teenager who has post-traumatic stress disorder

albus dumbledore and the point at which you should really realize that keeping secrets is unhealthy

albus dumbledore and the year he continued to fuck everyone over from beyond the grave

[slyherin]

My philosophy is that worrying means you suffer twice

Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (via slyherin)

[demiiwhiffin]

days are gone // haim

[dannydongvito]

perks of being the “shy” kid in class: you hear some REALLY good gossip. and i think the reason for that is because since youre so quiet and all that people will think you are innocent and not listening. oh but im listening. im listening real well. i know how you really feel about your so called best friend. i know you are dumping your boyfriend. i KNOW.

[belovedbane]

Concept: I finish school. The job I work isn’t my dream job but I enjoy doing it greatly still. It pays enough to cover everything I might need. My bills are never overdue. Money is not a thought in my head. I have a place to live. So do my dogs. It is nice and warm, I have some plants, my bookshelves are full, my sheets are always clean. There is time to read at the end of a day. I read a lot. Thinking is a good thing. I meet up with friends regularly, old and new. They love me. We make memories. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I travel a few times a year, always different places. The places I see steal my breath away. The people I meet teach me of life. They are good. There is no war. The sea calls to me and pay visit. I am independent. I am content.

[h0neynewin-blog]

[medwanda]

[vandewaal]

Taylor Swift – 1989 (part 1)

[georgiecrosswell-deactivated202]

At 23, JK Rowling was broke. Tina Fey was working at the Y.M.C.A. Oprah had just gotten fired from her first job as a TV reporter and Walt Disney had declared bankruptcy.

Read This If You’re 23 And Lost by Heidi Priebe (via twentysomethingstate)

[shit-like]

[ourlifeintransit]

[s-softsound]

[itquiet-deactivated20240530]

[swan2swan]

I was on the bus thinking about Harry Potter tonight and I remembered the part where the Dementors all show up at the Quidditch game, and I remembered how they were all looking up at Harry, and I wondered why they would all be staring at him, and then I realized that it’s because he has two souls in him.

[pieandhotdogs]

On this note, wouldn’t that also be a reason why Harry would have had a more negative reaction than his friends (even Ginny)? He was hearing his mother’s voice as she was protecting him, which in itself was his worst memory. but the Dementors were also forcing the piece of Voldemort to relive its worst memory as well… The memory of being ripped apart by the curse that backfired. No wonder Harry passed out so often.

[sasskarian-archive]

I literally never thought about that.

[puppyvegeta-deactivated20190313]

omg…

[heterophobicmaxanne]

#maybe that’s why he could remember his parents death too? #like because what one year old remembers things in that much detail? #most early memories are from ¾ years old #ALSO the other time we get a proper flashback to his parents death are also from voldemort’s POV in DH #and this just makes so much sense???? #hp #hp theories

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