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I got The Starless Sea for Christmas and just found this surprise reference to another, equally fantastical book:

Happy New Year! This was a custom order inspired by the book The Starless Sea. What other books do you know that have dice in them?

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They told you it was o v e r .

The war was won, and you’d spend the rest of your days free from the darkness that once crept into every corner, wrapping icy tendrils around your wrists and dragging you away from the person you were before. Now they say there’s nothing but light, and happiness, and golden days for the rest of your life… but even on the warmest of days, something still feels w r o n g . The sunshine hits your face, and even behind the smile you’re straining to keep up,you feel it… a s h i v e r . They told you that a l l w a s w e l l , but how can it be? After all, you still feel so far from normal. Maybe it’s just you who feels like this… but then again… m a y b e i t ’ s n o t .

All Was Well is a brand new semi-canon Modern Harry Potter AU role play set in the year 2019, three years after the Battle of Hogwarts. With no set location or plot objective, all of the Wizarding World is available for you to explore, as your character navigates the murky waters of growing up in a post-war calm.

Want to know more? Follow us and reblog this promo as many times as you’d like for a chance to receive early access to the bio of the [canon] character of your choice so you can apply early! Once we hit 200 notes, we’ll start posting bios to the main & set an opening date!

HOME • MESSAGE • NAVIGATION • APPLICATION • SUBMIT

anxietyproblem

jonbutter

abba was right, at waterloo napoleon did surrender

suburbanjustice

abba was right about a lot of things, OP

jonbutter

justtteddy

2 halves of a whole dumbass

papasmoke

In her essay Tik Tok the great philosopher Ke$ha declared that ‘the party don’t start till I walk in.’ which is clearly meant to convey that any recreational gathering is not truly a party until Ke$ha herself arrives.

But what if Ke$ha were to leave the party for some period of time only to then walk in again? This paradoxical scenario in which a party must simultaneously already exist and not exist yet is known as Ke$ha’s Quantum Party and has stumped theoretical physicists for decades.

terpsikeraunos

Ke$ha clearly states that “when I leave for the night I ain’t comin’ back” (Animal 2.4), and furthermore, that “Tonight, Imma fight/‘Til we see the sunlight” (2.13-14), implying that she will neither depart nor desist from celebration until the following solar recurrence; moreover, she asserts in the refrain that “…the party don’t stop, no” (2.16), sagely reassuring us that no spacetime-rending event will occur.

ruinedchildhood

pettycentral

branstark

@hogwartshousesnet | july event | quidditch players

“Angelina Johnson of Gryffindor — what an excellent Chaser that girl is, and rather attractive too.”

ohlumos

The Potter Generation ↳ Favorite Weasley

Bill came as something of a surprise. Harry knew that he worked for the wizarding bank, Gringotts, that he had been a Head Boy of Hogwarts, and had always imagined Bill to be an older version of Percy (…) However, Bill was - there was no other word for it - cool. He was tall, with long hair that he had tied in a ponytail. He was wearing an earring with what looked like a fang dangling from it. His clothes would not have looked out of place at a rock concert, except that Harry recognised his boots to be made, not of leather, but of dragon hide.

daily-volcanology

Just got word from my friend in California that the worst has come true, and the 6.4 quake they had yesterday was indeed a precursor to something worse. They just got smacked with a 7.1, damage is reported.

Please stay safe! Stay away from brick facades and be prepared for aftershocks. Only use 911 for medical or fire emergencies.

arancar-no-6

Like you gotta understand why we’re freaking out about this: we are used to earthquakes to a degree. Like little ones. We get tiny 1.0 earthquakes hundreds of times per week. No big deal. Larger ones are usually like 4.0 or smth. Again, no big deal. The biggest damage report from those are that bottles fell over in stores and people were shaken up.

We had a 7.1 magnitude hit us tonight. In Bakersfield.

Which lies in the path of the San Andreas fault line.

Literally every California native has been beaten over the head about The Big One and how overdue we are. A 9.0+ magnitude that should have hit years ago. The delay of it is just accumulating pressure in the San Andreas fault line and guess where the fault line runs?

IT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE ENTIRE STATE’S COASTLINE

The fact that we had two significant quakes in two days doesn’t mean that that tension is being eased. This means that there is some serious activity going on in this area. This is a warning guys, and from the look of the current administration, I don’t think we are getting any worthwhile aid if California gets hit with the massive earthquake we are expecting.

Stay safe, start building earthquake kits, and pray we don’t have to rely on them in the near future.

vcdette

⤷ vcdette presents double feature: deck of card

so here’s the second version of DECK with my newest code, CARD. i coded it in align with the deck code which is just a simpler redirect code. you can use them separately even though they were coded with one another in mind. speaking of one another in mind. you can use both version of deck together by adding only a little extra css and changing some of the html.

IMAGE: 250 x 300

(live preview / code)

CARD is a basic bio page that includes a biography, stats, connections, links, a single picture and a name & small description underneath. of course, you can change the name to like a label or something if you prefer that since the stats are included. the connection area could also be used as a verse or timeline instead, whatever you desires.

IMAGE: 255 x 350

(live preview / code)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t be afraid to drop a message in my inbox. I will be happy to help out everyone. and if you’re feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee here.

jbirdoftheriverlands-deactivate

Modern spells: “Make sure you VISUALIZE your goal coming true! SEE IT IN YOUR MINDS EYE. SMELL IT WITH YOUR BRAIN NOSTRIL. SIT ON IT AND FEEL ITS FIRMNESS WITH YOUR MIND BUTT”

Old Folk Spells: “ugh just like tie this thing to this other thing and maybe say this thing you dramatic little BITCH”

lazywitchling

I made an oil for attracting wealth and used a smidge of it on a product at work that I needed to sell quickly.

I sold about two and a half weeks worth in three days.

shimmeringecho

But can we get the recipe though lol

lazywitchling

Yeah, but get ready cause it’s super highly complicated!

It’s olive oil… and some gold flakes.

That’s it 😹 The gold flakes are actually just the leftover bits of gold leaf from when I illuminated the front page of my grimoire. You put a tacky sort of glue on the page, lay the gold leaf on it, and then rub with a brush to remove the gold leaf that’s not stuck to any glue. And then I had this little pile of gold leaf flakes that I didn’t want to just throw out, so I dropped it into some olive oil and shook it up.

shimmeringecho

So…. I bet gold glitter would work lol

lazywitchling

Ehhh, not the same thing in this case. Like, disclaimer: this is my UPG, so if you want to try gold glitter, then go ahead. I’ll always advocate the Mythbusters approach to magic. Try it. See what happens.

That being said, the purpose of putting gold leaf in the oil is that it’s somewhat expensive. Not like break the bank expensive, but it’s definitely more of an investment than picking up a pack of glitter bottles from the dollar store. And even though the gold flakes aren’t usually pure gold, they are definitely metal, which pretty much has an inherent value to it. Gold glitter is plastic, and adds nothing representing money/wealth/prosperity to the oil, it just adds sparkle. So you’d be taking out an ingredient that’s meant to represent wealth, and replacing it with something that’s aesthetically similar, but not functionally similar. The point isn’t “gold and shiny”, the point is “representing wealth”. Make sense?

If you were going to sub out the gold flakes, I wouldn’t use glitter. Instead, I’d shred up a dollar bill and put the bits in the oil. Or get a big enough bottle and drop a few coins in the bottom and cover them with oil. Maybe even an earring or some other small jewelry.

The olive oil is also a deliberate choice here in that it’s got history behind it as a valuable commodity. So even though it’s a simple two-ingredient oil, those two ingredients have enough history and inherent value in them to pack a hell of a punch without too much added frill.

Idk, my reply with the “lol it’s just leftover craft supplies” really undersells the importance of the gold, ‘cause I was just using casual blogger speak. But I actually brainstormed the oil and deliberately went out and got the gold leaf FOR THE OIL. The grimoire illumination was actually the byproduct. I did the illumination specifically so that I would get the flakes for the oil.

It’s late and this is getting way more long winded than I meant it to be. But I guess the tl;dr is that if you’re making a cake, you don’t sub out salt for sugar just because they have a similar look and texture, because they’re not functionally the same thing.

shimmeringecho

Well see now I’m glad I asked because I hadn’t thought about that! Also your cake analogy is perfect because I’m a baker and I really should know better lol

witches-ofcolor

XD This is something I could do! I actually have coins sitting around (unfortunately no gold leaves), that I could do this with!

recipefordisaster

THIS!!! THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY YOU CAN JUST SUB OUT ONE HERB FOR ANOTHER OR ONE CRYSTAL FOR ANOTHER IN A SPELL.

Just because something looks similar or is a “catch all” doesnt mean it will have the same effect on the magic. Ingredients are often chosen with a purpose wether for their history or their significance and simply exchanging them for what is easy will not always have the same outcome.

Super important point and very well illustrated. Thank you😊

willowofthehearth

This is also why I generally don’t put spell recipes out online.

My magic works because the ingredients have meaning to ME. Too many magic books (and posters) assume things have the same meaning across the board, but that’s not so at all.

What I loove is OP’s explanation post. That’s the kind of magic instruction I live for. Explaining the purpose behind the parts of a spell so another magic user can use something that has that meaning for them.