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i want to know what bears think sometimes
ao3 is now asking for donations in the middle of a pandemic. i came back just to watch you look like a clown as you defend them again
cool, have fun
It makes perfect sense! Pandemic = more people reading fic = more site traffic = more strain on servers = money needed.
Iâll donate in the name of all seething haters as well.
i wasnât even planning on donating but i want to really lean into the looking like a clown thing now
Billionaire CEOs and multinational corporations soliciting donations during a pandemic: bad because theyâre the least financially affected and in some cases have seen record profits etcetera; should definitely have enough cash to pay employees without demanding the cash-strapped public pay for it
Nonprofits seeing a massive uptick in traffic soliciting donations during a pandemic: logical, coherent, acceptable because itâs their only source of income and honestly ao3 has done more for me than bezos ever will; nonprofit so UNLIKELY to have the cash to cover increased server traffic etc even with primarily volunteer staff
Listen. I am reading ALL THE FANFIC right now. The world is on fire. I need escapism for my sanity and I bet a lot of other people do, too. So pardon the fuck outta me while I *shovels money at ao3*
The AO3 donation drives happen the same time every year? Am I wrong in this? Because it seems to meâhang on.
Ok I just did a quick search in my email cuz I never trash ANYTHING and yeah. Like clockwork, AO3 does a donation drive in April and October.
They didnât plan this BECAUSE of the pandemic, itâs a scheduled drive to raise the funds to keep a site keeping SO MANY PEOPLE SANE functioning.
And no oneâexactly 0 peopleâare forced to donate. If you can, great. If you canât and wish you could, share posts or write things to incentivize donations.
This is notâand never is with AO3âa money grab. Itâs just them doing what they always do. Which reminds me, I need to go donate.
Just like Slughorn, Albus Dumbledore collects people. Only, instead of focusing on those with influence, he looks to the outcasts.
The expelled half-giant. The young werewolf. The repentant Death Eater.
He protects them and gives them a second chance. All he asks in return is their loyalty.
And, if on occasion he requests that they undertake a certain task, invoking their debt of gratitude - well, that is no more than he is owed.
He once thought to add a certain disowned Black to his collection, but quickly realised his mistake.
Sirius is not an outcast, but a rebel. He knowingly chose his path, and chooses what price he is willing to pay for it. He refuses to be used.
So Albus Dumbledore abandons him.
Who gave you the RIGHT?
Dumbledore knows Siriusâs loyalty lies with Harry instead of him, and he has no use for someone who is not willing to follow his orders without question.Â
Ooooohoo if thereâs ever a post that fits my aestheticâŠ
okay but then where does Harry himself fit into this collection? Is he an outcast because he is âthe Boy Who Livedâ?
Nooonono, my friend, thatâs what makes this post so beautiful. Because it fits the meta Iâve been trying to get people to accept for years.Â
Harry was an outcast due to a childhood filled with abuse and neglect.Â
Vernon made him an outcast by dismissing his claims of magic, berating him, locking him in a CLOSET and putting bars on his window, and letâs face it, even though her editor made her cut it out, Jo intended for there to be physical abuse.Â
Petunia made him an outcast by enabling and contributing to this abuse, as well as making Harry do dozens of chores while doting on Dudley.Â
Dudley made him an outcast by bullying him and threatening any students at school who wanted to be his friends.Â
And the rest of the wizarding world made him an outcast when they bullied him for being an outsider.
Harry James Potter became an outcast the moment he was placed with The Dursleys.
And who put him there in the first place?
Iâm here for this Anti-Dumbledore discussion.
This makes even more sense when you consider why Dumbledore deliberately made Harry an outcast.
Think about it What would Harry have been like if he had grown up in the wizarding world? Or, to put it another way, what would Harry have been like if he had grown up in a world where magic was the norm?
He would have taken magic for granted. He would have been less likely (especially as he got older) to view Dumbledore as a wise mentor and more likely to see him as flawed and capable of bad decisions. He would have seen both the world and Dumbledore as ordinary, with their good points and bad points.
But Dumbledore didnât need a well-adjusted boy who took magic and the magical world for granted. He needed a child who would love the magical world unstintingly, even irrationally, because it was a haven from neglect and abuse. Even more, he needed a child who feared this world becoming evil and who therefore would not question someone that he saw as the ultimate authority, especially if he believed that obeying that authority would keep the world safe.
Even if obedience meant his own death.
Dumbledore wanted a martyr who would die for the wizarding world, because he believed that Voldemort could not die until Harry did. Which was why he left Harry with the Dursleys and let them neglect and emotionally abuse him for the next ten years.
To get a martyr, he first had to create a victim.
well⊠well, shit
Oh shit. Its been updated.
âŠIâve been in the âDumbledore was on the darker side of morally greyâ camp for years but thisâŠthis. Holy shit. Oh no.
You trapped yourself in a world of torment.
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Glad to see my lifelong disinterest in golf is paying off
let me tell you about golf
i grew up in a little desert valley called Tucson, Arizona, where it only rains 2 inches a year on average. the majority of the cityâs water is pumped from an underground aquifer, which took millions of years to fill. one of the biggest conservation efforts in our city was for water, naturally, and i spent a lot of time learning about low flow toilets and 5 minute showers. i learned that filling your sink basin and washing your dishes in that water is less costly than running the tap. i learned that it only takes 2 days without water on the desert for someone to die
the city was sinking as the aquifer drained. neighborhoods fell into flood zones that didnt exist 10 years ago
thereâs a road called Golf Links in the city and it is lined with golf courses. miles of green grass where grass doesnât grow, in a valley where it doesnât rain. why? because the rich white retirees who moved there to stop the aching in their joints decided they should also get to play golf. meanwhile our public schools taught small children like me that taking long showers would kill the world
let the golf industry burn
There are 15,500+ golf courses in the United States alone.Â
Each one consumes ~312,000 gallons of water per day.
That consumption is equivalent to 55+ million humans per day in the United States⊠roughly 1/6 the entire population.
We simply cannot sustain this frivolity, especially for something 99% of us will never use.
Destroy golf courses and plant wild grasses and butterfly bushes in their place.
BECAUSE F*CK THEM.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMENâS DAY | MARCH 8TH
THROUGH A RAPISTâS EYESâ (PLS TAKE TIME TO READ THIS. It may save a life, It may save your life.)
An Article from Neena Susan Thomas
âThrough a rapistâs eyes. A group of rapists and date rapists in prison were interviewâŠed on what they look for in a potential victim and here are some interesting facts:
1] The first thing men look for in a potential victim is hairstyle. They are most likely to go after a woman with a ponytail, bun! , braid, or other hairstyle that can easily be grabbed. They are also likely to go after a woman with long hair. Women with short hair are not common targets.
2] The second thing men look for is clothing. They will look for women whoâs clothing is easy to remove quickly. Many of them carry scissors around to cut clothing.
3] They also look for women using their cell phone, searching through their purse or doing other activities while walking because they are off guard and can be easily overpowered.
4] The number one place women are abducted from / attacked at is grocery store parking lots.
5] Number two is office parking lots/garages.
6] Number three is public restrooms.
7] The thing about these men is that they are looking to grab a woman and quickly move her to a second location where they donât have to worry about getting caught.
8] If you put up any kind of a fight at all, they get discouraged because it only takes a minute or two for them to realize that going after you isnât worth it because it will be time-consuming.
9] These men said they would not pick on women who have umbrellas,or other similar objects that can be used from a distance, in their hands.
10] Keys are not a deterrent because you have to get really close to the attacker to use them as a weapon. So, the idea is to convince these guys youâre not worth it.
POINTS THAT WE SHOULD REMEMBER:
1] If someone is following behind you on a street or in a garage or with you in an elevator or stairwell, look them in the face and ask them a question, like what time is it, or make general small talk: canât believe it is so cold out here, weâre in for a bad winter. Now that youâve seen their faces and could identify them in a line- up, you lose appeal as a target.
2] If someone is coming toward you, hold out your hands in front of you and yell Stop or Stay back! Most of the rapists this man talked to said theyâd leave a woman alone if she yelled or showed that she would not be afraid to fight back. Again, they are looking for an EASY target.
3] If you carry pepper spray (this instructor was a huge advocate of it and carries it with him wherever he goes,) yelling I HAVE PEPPER SPRAY and holding it out will be a deterrent.
4] If someone grabs you, you canât beat them with strength but you can do it by outsmarting them. If you are grabbed around the waist from behind, pinch the attacker either under the arm between the elbow and armpit or in the upper inner thigh â HARD. One woman in a class this guy taught told him she used the underarm pinch on a guy who was trying to date rape her and was so upset she broke through the skin and tore out muscle strands the guy needed stitches. Try pinching yourself in those places as hard as you can stand it; it really hurts.
5] After the initial hit, always go for the groin. I know from a particularly unfortunate experience that if you slap a guyâs parts it is extremely painful. You might think that youâll anger the guy and make him want to hurt you more, but the thing these rapists told our instructor is that they want a woman who will not cause him a lot of trouble. Start causing trouble, and heâs out of there.
6] When the guy puts his hands up to you, grab his first two fingers and bend them back as far as possible with as much pressure pushing down on them as possible. The instructor did it to me without using much pressure, and I ended up on my knees and both knuckles cracked audibly.
7] Of course the things we always hear still apply. Always be aware of your surroundings, take someone with you if you can and if you see any odd behavior, donât dismiss it, go with your instincts. You may feel little silly at the time, but youâd feel much worse if the guy really was trouble.
FINALLY, PLEASE REMEMBER THESE AS WELL âŠ.
1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do it.
2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans : if a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from youâŠ. chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver wonât see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping,eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DONâT DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side,put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU CLOSE the DOORS , LEAVE.
5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
a. Be aware: look around your car as someone may be hiding at the passenger side , peek into your car, inside the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. ( DO THIS TOO BEFORE RIDING A TAXI CAB) .
b. If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
c. Look at the car parked on the driverâs side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)
6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).
7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!
8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked âfor helpâ into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.
Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and itâs better safe than sorry.
If u have compassion reblog this post. âHelping hands are better than Praying Lipsâ â give us your helping hand.
REBLOG THIS AND LET EVERY GIRL KNOW AT LEAST PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD. So please reblog thisâŠ.Your one reblog can Help to spread this information.
THIS COULD ACTUALLY SAVE A LIFE.â
EVERYONE BOOT THE FUCK OUT OF THIS
This is so fucking unfortunate that we need this
it just makes me angry that women need this.. but we do and if you see this, PLEASE REBLOG. it doesnât matter if you are a male or a female. by reblogging this, you might save someoneâs life.
Donât scroll past this, itâs so important
nothing to do with what my posts are normally about but this is SO damn important!! donât scroll past without reading and / or reblogging!
this is fucking important. Idc if your blog is perfect, fucking reblog this. It may save someone.
sorry if i reblog this everY FIVE MINUTES
I donât want anything bad to happen to anyone, especially my little followers.
Auto-reblog!!
BOOST.
I find it incredibly sexy how Dimitri accidentally decimated the entirety of Those Who Slither in the Dark so badly that his route is the only one where they don't get to use their nukes and have to turn Edelgard into a crest demon.
He kills Thales and Cornelia and instead of questioning them about their advanced technology (that they relocated out of Shambhala and into Fhirdiad) and motives, he just wants closure to his past.
In the final map when Edelgard turns into the Hegemon Husk he just casually kills the last Slither commander and his only statement on the matter was "Huh, I dont think that guy was Imperial." He didn't want to do anything else except save Edelgard from the manipulators he didn't even know existed.
He also has the highest strength out of any character in the game and all of his attacks are just him flipping around for no reason so I think I can officially class Dimitri as a Himbo.
donât try to down-play my power.
ânow i have nothing⊠left to lose.â
I still wake up, every morning, missing Tony Stark.
To be honest, the thing Iâve been kind of struggling with about Tony being dead is that now, all the happy endings donât feel happy anymore. Every fantastic, nail-biting close call, where genius, luck, and sheer determination get him through, now just feels like a reminder that eventually none of it will be enough. Every happy ending is just a beautiful, fleeting stop on the road to the actual end, which is sad.
Now, I watch the first Iron Man, which is such a shiny, optimistic, epicurean beginning, and I feel wounded, because maybe Tony doesnât die when a shrapnel blast scatters holes of light into the back of his Humvee, or when another blast scatters shards into his chest, but thereâs death up there on the tracks ahead. He canât see it, but itâs there, waiting for him all the same.
The funny thing is, thatâs life. It always ends at least kind of sad, because it always ends. We shouldnât allow the sadness of it ending to nullify the happiness of it being. Pretty sure thereâs an Intro To Philosophy class out there which could teach me that. But itâs hard to appreciate it sometimes.
And maybe, too, itâs just that Tony Stark - in the spirit of many idols and heroes and father figures - seemed like he would never really die. He was too vital and passionate and determined. He would not stop for death; death would stop for him and he would win death over with his ingenuity, wit, and ridiculous sunglasses.Â
We all know thatâs not how reality works, but it was a story - a story about superheros - so maybe it could work that way for him.
And I find myself wishing it had.
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I am hurting so much right now
Such a relief
TIL kissing bench / loveseat /Â conversation sofa / tĂȘte-Ă -tĂȘte chair.Â
yâall still being cis in 2018?????? good for you Iâm glad you donât have dysphoria and can live your life without that extra burden, and I hope tumblrâs shitty cis-hating mentality wonât get you down this year either
my kid has started to write stories and like, no lies, theyâre funny as fuck
actual dialogue:
âto your battle stations, boys! itâs time to line up and see whoâs tall enough for the roller coaster to hell!! some of us may not survive this, but the ones that do will get the ultimate reward.... paid.â
âhereâs a penny for your thoughts, and a quarter to not tell me themâ
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