Jake & Amy + Chandler & Monica - Parallels

They forgot that we are Women

They called her a know-it-all. They told her that she was annoying and would never have any friends. They told her she was a mudblood, not worthy to flourish a wand or brew a potion or stand beside the ones they called purebloods. They told her she couldn’t. They forgot that she was persistence, she was strength, that the most important things were friendship and bravery. They forgot that she was Hermione Granger.

They called her crazy. They told her that she would never be anything more than the loony girl who read the quibbler, that crumple-horned snorcacks and nargles were fairytales her father told her to help her get to sleep. They told her that she would never fit in. They forgot that she didn’t want to fit in, that she was secret wisdom and serenity, that they were just as sane as she was. They forgot that she was Luna Lovegood.

They called her small. They told her that she was overshadowed by her brothers, that she was a slut who dated too many boys and who loved the Boy Who Lived because he brought her recognition. They forgot that she didn’t need a boy to bring her recognition, that quidditch and power and rebellion and the bat-bogey hex flowed in her veins. They forgot that anything was possible if you’ve got enough nerve. They forgot that she was Ginny Weasley.

They called her needy. They told her she was clingy and useless and that she needed a boy to define her. They forgot that she truly loved him, she just didn’t know how to show it. They forgot that even though she was afraid, she fought and died for her friends. They forgot that she was Lavender Brown.

They called her self-absorbed. They tpld her she had no right to be in Gryffindor, that she was a sucker for attention from professors like Trelawney, that Harry Potter had only taken her to the Yule Ball because he had no one else to take. They forgot that she was intelligence and small doses of courage and a true friend. They forgot that she was the prettiest girl in her year. They forgot that she was Parvati Patil.

They called her shallow. They told  her that she was gorgeous only on the outside, that she was stuck-up and patronizing. They forgot that she would die for the ones she loved, that looks meant nothing to her, that she was as much a fairy princess as they were. They forgot that she was Fleur Delacour.

They called her weak. They told her to get over her tears, that she would be happy again if she only tried, that she wouldn’t survive a storm. They forgot that she was the storm, that she was hidden strength, that her fury was as strong as her sorrow. They forgot that even if they had the emotional range of a teaspoon, she didn’t. They forgot that she was Cho Chang.

They called us many names

but they forgot that we are W O M E N

Moss Graffiti: A How To Guide

Hiiiiiii :) I love your Next Generation Aesthetic and was wondering if you could share some of your next gen headcanons with us?

Thank you so much😘 ofcourse  I’ll share some of my headcanons with you :) I’ll do them oneby one and go from oldest to youngest. Oh and sorry it turned out so long

Teddy:

He was born on 13th April, the day after the full moon

When he was a baby/toddler he used to change his hair depending on whatever mood he would happen to be in

Molly and Arthur always saw Teddy as their first grandchild

Even though he lives with Andromeda, he still spends a lot of time with the Potter’s or at the burrow

Because he often changed his appearance without even noticing, he couldn’t go to a normal kindergarten/preschool 

This lead to Victoire being his first real friend

“Why does Vicky call Bill ‘Dad’, but I’m not calling you ‘Dad’, Harry?”

He’s four when he asks this and it’s the first time someone tells him

He cried, he felt sad, but he still didn’t understand completely, because how could a four-year-old understand that

But he wasn’t alone

He had his grandma, Harry and Ginny

And they loved him

From this day on he always made three cards each Mother’s Day: One for his grandma, one for Ginny and one for the woman who loved him so much that she died for him

When he was six and James Sirius was born he had a little bother

He was nervous when he left to go to Hogwarts

Would he be a Gryffindor like his dad and his expanded family?

A Hufflepuff like his mother and his grandfather?

A Slytherin like his grandmother?

Or the first Ravenclaw in the family?

It didn’t take long for the sorting hat to put Teddy into Hufflepuff

And it that moment his hair turned bubble gum pink

For his 13th birthday Harry gave Teddy the Marauder’s Map

When people met Teddy as a teenager it didn’t take long for them to realize that the word ‘Hufflepunk’ existed because of this boy

Is just as clumsy as his mother (Oh wait that’s canon)

He was 15 when he realized that he had fallen in love with Victoire

He was 16 when he told her

He was 17 when Bill found out and was glad that he knew how to disapparate by the time

When he left Hogwarts (with excellent grades) he became a healer at St. Mungo’s

Victoire:

Looks like a mini version of her mum

Followed Teddy around everywhere when they were little

Hide and seek champion

Is one of the few Weasley’s that would rather die than sitting on a broom

Teddy mocks her about this sometimes

“You don’t like flying either!”

“Yes, but I didn’t scream that I would die, when I was only two feet off the ground.”

She was the first Weasley to get sorted into Ravenclaw

Perfect and Head Girl

Speaks perfect French, but likes to hoax people

“Can you say something in French?”

“Tu es un abruti.”

“What does that mean?”

“You’re really beautiful.”

Looks like an innocent little girl, but if you make her angry you better run

Wears a different flower in her hair everyday

On Halloween she however always wears lilies

After the other girls were old enough to understand the meaning behind this, they started doing this too 

Fred II:

If you think that his name is everything he shares with his uncle you’re terribly wrong

Is in the same year as James Sirius and this is a combination Hogwarts was not prepared for

Proud Gryffindor

Is the only student to never be pranked by Peeves

George never tells him why, because the memory still hurts

Is one of the Gryffindor beaters since his second year

After he finished school “Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes” finally becames “Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes” again

Once created a potion that jumped out of the cauldron and disappeared through the wall

No one knows how that happened

Molly II:

Is also in Fred and Sirius year

The sorting hat was already confused after he had to sort a James Potter and Fred Weasley again, but when he heard Neville calling out “Molly Weasley”, he thought they were making fun of him

He however realized that this one was different after he sorted her into Ravenclaw after 14 minutes

Perfect and Head Girl

She is a rather quiet girl

But if she wants something she will do anything to get it and is a lot like her father in this point

Even though Molly isn’t as big of a prankster as her two cousins she still helps them often

When Percy got a letter from McGonagall telling him that Molly got a detention, he couldn’t believe what he just read

Molly was also the one who figured out how to add new things to the Marauder’s Map, like the Room of Requirement

Molly still is one of the kindest people you would ever met and has a heart out of pure gold

James Sirius:

Just like Fred II this boy lives up to the legacy of his name givers

And with his messy black hair and his brown eyes he looks a lot like his grandfather

Each year on Harry’s birthday James rendered Ginny’s poem

Is one of the Gryffindor beaters

Became team captain in his fourth year

There were some protests once, because at one point the Quidditch team was Potter and Weasley only

Is extremely good at charms

Teddy gave him the Marauder’s Map at the beginning of James’ third year

Is always super protective when it comes to his siblings and cousins

One time he and Fred had to sort out old detention slips, when he had THE idea

The two of them spend days counting how many pranks the marauders and Fred and George pulled throughout their time at Hogwarts

After they counted all of them together they had a new goal

They would beat them and pull more pranks then all of them together

In their seventh year they were worried that they wouldn’t be able to beat them

But they did

Their last prank was after their N.E.W.T.s

And it was the ultimate prank

This was also the only day McGonagall truly thought about retiring

Lucy:

Other than her sister Lucy hates her red hair

She started dying it when she was 14 and changed its colour all the time

At first because she thought it was cool, later to annoy her dad

Even through blood status wasn’t important to her, she was still kind of proud that she and Molly were the only pureblood Weasley kids

Is super curious

Often eavesdrops on other people

Loves gossip

Is one of the chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team

Super smart and loves playing chess

Likes to be alone sometimes, but still can’t be too long without her two best friends/cousins

Great at Divination

Dominique:

Was born on the first May which lead to problems between her and Victoire, because they both hated to have their birthdays so close together

Rebel heart

The only thing she has in common with her sister is her blond hair and that she will kick your ass

Amazing artist

Like really, that girl has some talent

Wears black 99.9% of the time

She, Lucy and Roxanne share a dorm in the Gryffindor tower

When it comes to friendships between the Weasley kids, theirs is the strongest

These three are the gossip queens of Hogwarts

Kind of hoped that she would be sorted into Slytherin, but knew that she belonged into Gryffindor

Refuses to speak French, when people ask her to

Gryffindor Chaser

Roxanne:

Loves that she has naturally red hair and dark skin

Is an awesome singer and loves music more than anything

She is the other chaser of the Gryffindor Quidditch team

Always wears a choker necklace

Ripped jeans

Is gay and has a crush on this cute Hufflepuff girl in her year

Sassy as hell

Shares the love of her grandfather for Muggle things (she prefers the old ones)

Lucy and Dominique are the only ones who are allowed to call her Roxy

Leader of the “Pluto is a planet” society at Hogwarts

Activist, literally will start a demonstration if she really wants something

Scorpius Hyperion:

Really quiet

Sometimes hates it to be a pureblood, because of the prejudices

Loves his father AND HIS MOTHER, WHO IS STILL ALIVE AND LIVES HAPPILY WITH DRACO!!!!!!!!!

Will never feel ashamed for his father and will defend him every time someone tries to talk bullshit about the Malfoys

Is totally gay for Albus

Reads a lot, spends more time with books than with people

Only person whose character was good in Cursed Child

Is Narcissa’s “little prince"

Had a happy childhood

Is always welcome at the burrow and at Potter’s

Does not give a f*** about whether someone is a pureblood, half blood, or muggle born thing

Slytherin Perfect

Rose:

Of all the Weasley’s Rose is the best at Quidditch

She’s a keeper

Is the only one who got into the team in her first year

Became captain after James graduated

Is super smart like her mom

But will procrastinate for as long as possible

Oh, what was that? You were insulting someone I like? Let me just PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE!

Biggest Scorbus shipper of all time

Looks like Hermione, but with red hair

Is super close with her dad

Ron was the one who thought her how to be a perfect keeper

But sometimes she asks Ginny or Angelina for Quidditch advice

Albus:

The hat actually wasn’t sure whether to put Albus into Gryffindor or Slytherin

He wanted to be in Slytherin

Doesn’t play Quidditch, but loves to watch

When its Gryffindor vs. Slytherin he will cheer for his house, but won’t boo on his family

Loves his little baby sister and his idiot brother ;)

Is totally gay for Scorpius

Also rather quiet

Smart, he knows what he’s doing and always thinks before acting

Once found Snape’s portrait at Hogwarts and talked with him all night

Oh, and just a reminder that Neville is canonly Albus’ godfather

Louis:

Went to Beauxbaton till his fourth year

He came back, because he wanted to be with his family after all

Is the only other Wotter Slytherin

Is a poet

When he lived in France he used to write many long letters to his family

Needs his time alone

Knew he wanted to be an author when he was 13

Published his first book with 19

Is the only person to publish a Harry Potter biography

Well at least the only authorised person

There is this one book written by Rita Skeeter, but that’s a different story

Lorcan and Lysander:

Identical twins

Lorcan is still older

Lorcan is a Ravenclaw like his mom

Lysander is a Hufflepuff like his dad

Newt always told them stories about his creatures when they were little

The two of them love to listen to their great-grandfather

They also love grandpa Xeno’s stories about all these weird magical beings no one ever saw

Are full of love and will offer help to anyone who needs it

The two of them, Lily and Hugo were always seen together at Hogwarts

When Louis came to Hogwarts he joined them

Do the Quidditch commentary in turns (sometimes together)

Hugo:

Is really shy

Will let Lily or Rose do the talking most of the time

Has probably read more books than his mother when she was his age

Doesn’t play Quidditch, but loves to box

Great at Transfiguration

Thinks a lot about becoming an Animagus

Even though he is one of the youngest Weasley’s he still acts like some big brother forwards younger students

Is a Perfect

Lily Luna:

Has Lily’s eyes (I don’t give a f*** about canon when it comes to this)

Luna is her godmother

Is Harry’s little princess especially when she was younger

Could do anything and he just couldn’t be mad at her

Puppy eyes

This scene  could happen at Potter’s

Loves her whole family, but if she had to pick a favourite it would be Teddy

He’s also the only one she will listen to

When she was young she was the cutest little girl you could imagine

Is the seeker of the Gryffindor team

After she joined the team it was all Potter and Weasley

From all three potter kids she is the one who is the closest to Harry’s personality

She really loved being like her dad until she was older

She didn’t like people comparing her to him

She didn’t like only being “The Chosen One’s daughter”

She just couldn’t stand that people were seeing her just as his daughter and nothing else

“The new Gryffindor seeker is Harry Potter’s daughter, just like her father.”

“The best student in DADA is Harry Potter’s daughter, just like her father.”

And even when she did something that had nothing to do with him she was still just his daughter

“The new member of the Gobstone club is Harry Potter’s daughter.”

She even just joined, because she wanted to be NOT like him

That was when her rebel phase began

At some point she even stopped to talk to Harry (even though she knew it wasn’t his fault) and it broke his heart

And this was worse than James or Fred or Dominique or anyone else

She learned to deal with it in her sixth year (people also started to see as an own person)

But the relationship between her and Harry was still tensed

Even after she started to talk to him again

In her last year she found an old motorbike

When she asked Harry why he had a motorbike, but never used it, he started to explain that is was Sirius

For some reason they bounded over this moment

Lily was the only person with who Harry talked about Sirius after the war

Like really talked, not just a little bit

He gave it to her after she graduated and it was the best present she ever got

The only thing that was left from her rebel phase was the fact that she still refused to use Expelliarmus even though she became an Auror

She only used it one time again, after some dark wizard tried to kill Harry and she was the only one to notice it fast enough and disarm him

do you ever read a piece of fanfic that is just so fucking spectacular that makes you actually feel things? 

boy, i swear to god, i’m so goddamn grateful for every single one of you writers, yall literally giving us entertainment for free almost every goddamn week; and this is not only for those gracious magnificent bastards that are practically gods because they’ve perfected (and keep developing) their craft, this is also to that little (and equally amazing) writer that is just starting and might not be the best at it, you my friend keep writing because practice makes perfect, don’t stop writing if that’s what makes you happy. i just want all of yall to know that i appreciate you so goddamn much and yall the fucking best

to every fanfic writer out there: i love you, u crazy motherfucker

Why do people write Lily treating James like shit?

I lost count of how many fanfiction I’ve read where Lily slapped James, said that he was bad or was completely mean to him, even when they started dating.

I feel like people forget that yes, we can write Lily as a strong woman but being strong and feminist doesn’t mean slapping your boyfriend everytime he doesn’t agree with you or you think he’s being stupid.

Just because he’s a boy, doesn’t mean he deserves it or doesn’t feel it. Boys are people too, they should be treated with respected. It’s not funny or cool or character development to have her treating him like she’s better and he is lucky that she even accepted going out with him.

I’m not going to tag or quote the most recent examples I’ve seen of this because I feel like these people don’t deserve this type of thing but please stop. Lily can be loving and a feminist, she can spend every day with James or want to be a housewife.

Write strong women. Write real women.

Jace stepped forward to help Alec into a dark blue gear jacket printed with golden runes, while Catarina draped a cobalt-and-gilt silk jacket around Magnus’s shoulders.They both moved back, and a hush fell over the crowd as Jia spoke. “Through the centuries,” she said, “there have been few unions between Shadowhunters and Downworlders that have been recognized as such. But a new age has dawned, and with a new age come new traditions. Tonight, as Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood blend their lives and hearts, we stand ready to recognize this union. To witness a true bond between two souls who have cleaved to each other.” She cleared her throat. There was delight and pride in her face as she gazed around the gathered group. “Alexander Gideon Lightwood. Hast thou found the one thy soul loves?” It was a question asked at every wedding: part of the Shadowhunter ceremony for a thousand years. The crowd hushed, the hush of holiness, of sacred ritual observed and shared.  “I have found him,” Alec said. “And I will not let him go.” “Magnus Bane,” said Jia, “Hast thou gone among the watchmen, and in the cities of the world? Hast thou found the one thy soul loves?” “I have found him,” Magnus said, gazing at Alec. “And I will not let him go.” Jia inclined her head. “Now it is time for the exchanging of runes.” This was the moment when, in a traditional ceremony, Shadowhunters would Mark each other with wedding runes and speak the words of the vows. But Magnus could not bear runes. They would burn his skin.  Alec moved closer to Magnus and Emma saw that it was a golden brooch in the shape of the Wedded Union rune. As Alec moved toward Magnus, he spoke the words of the Nephilim vows: “Love flashes out like fire, the brightest kind of flame Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it.” He pinned the brooch over Magnus’s heart, his blue eyes never leaving Magnus’s face. “Now place me as a seal over thine heart, as a seal over thine arm: For love is strong as death. And so we are bound: stronger than flame, stronger than water, stronger than death itself.” Magnus, his gaze fixed on Alec’s, laid his hand over the brooch. It was his turn now: Alec drew aside his jacket and rolled up his sleeve, baring his upper arm. He placed a stele in Magnus’s hand and clasped Magnus’s fingers within his own. With their hands entwined, Alec traced the shape of the Wedded Union rune onto his own arm. Emma assumed the second rune, the one over his heart, would be added later, in private, as it usually was. When they were done, the rune stood out stark and black on Alec’s skin. It would never fade. It would never leave him, a sign of his love for Magnus for all time.  Slowly Magnus lowered his hand, still clasped in Alec’s. He gazed at the rune on Alec’s arm in a sort of daze, and Alec looked back at him, as if neither of them could look away. “The rings now,” said Jia, and Alec seemed to start out of a dream. Jace stepped forward and put one ring into Alec’s hand, and another into Magnus’s, and said something quietly to both of them that made them laugh.  The rings were Lightwood family rings, etched with the traditional design of flames on the outside, and with words inscribed on the inside. “Aku cinta kamu,” Magnus read out, gazing at the interior of the ring, and he smiled at Alec, a brilliant, world-spanning smile. “My love for yours, my heart for yours, my soul for yours, Alexander. Now and for all time.” Magnus and Alec slid the rings onto each other’s fingers, and Jia closed her book. “Alexander Lightwood-Bane. Magnus Lightwood-Bane. You are now married,” she said. “Let us rejoice.

The Wedding ceremony of Magnus Lightwood-Bane and Alexander Lightwood-Bane (via magnusbane-aleclightwood)

Regarding the Amazon Rainforest

I barely have followers here, but here we go:

The Amazon Rainforest has been burning for the last 16 days straight. The Brazilian government says the wildfire is caused by the winter itself, since it doesn't rain a lot there... in a rainforest. It is actually, partially true. Winter is indeed a dry season and wildfires may happen, specially close to the Cerrado (a brazilian biome similar to the african Savanna), but what they're not telling us is that:

The deforestation has increased 80% since last year

The native peoples and animals are being slaughtered for their lands (legally protected green areas)

The government is hiding and lying about scientific data, saying that environmentalists and NGOs are communists trying to destroy the nation. They are brainwashing people to think that sustainability is terrible for the economy

Our Minister of Environment is couldn't care less about the environment and is only there to support the livestock producers and give them what they want. The President and his Minister won't put a single dollar on environmental safety

The wildfires are just so huge that its black smoke and ashes reached the skies of São Paulo, a state over 2.000 kilometers away from the Amazon.

We are hostages or our own government

I could just keep going all night about how our environment is being threatened by this new government. We need every single help we can possibly can.

Please don't let this go unseen. Search for yourself, talk to people about it, make noise, be angry and be scared. Let the world know about it and demand action. This is not about Brazil, is about the planet. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most important biomes in the world, being responsible for the climate, rains, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and life itself.

Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman and all those are iconic in their roles in Harry Potter, but I’ll always be a bit sad about that casting, because having that ‘Marauders era’ cast be age appropriate would’ve just been so much better for the story.

Sirius wasn’t this old man who spent 12 years in Azkaban, no he got locked up at 21. He spent almost third of his life in a cell. He wasn’t this wise father figure to Harry, he was a reckless thirty-something who never really got the chance to mature past 21.

Remus was an exhausted, bone deep tired man carrying both physical and mental scars from the suffering he went through. Because he’s a werewolf, because of the war, because he lost all of his friends. And he’s only 33 when first introduced.

And Snape. Snape wasn’t an old bitter man who just hated everyone and enjoyed being antagonistic. He was 31 in Harry’s first year. He began to work for Voldemort as a teen, and as a double agent at 20. He’s a thirty-something bitter man, who never got to really live or make real connections. From Harry’s perspective he’s scary and intimidating, but really he’s just kinda…sad and pathetic. And then especially that scene where Snape is begging Dumbledore to help save Lily, and promising anything in return. (Because apparently Dumbledore needs something in return…for saving people.) He’s twenty. Barely out of his teens. Rickman was good in that scene, but having someone who actually looks twenty, would better show how scared, young, guilty and just desperate he was. That might not put Dumbledore in such a good light, though.

And then, the characters I think would’ve been the most important to cast age appropriately. And most people probably already agree and know who I’m talking about. James and Lily. They were 21 when they died. When Harry sees them in the mirror of Erised, they’re 10 years older than him. That’s the age difference Ron has with Bill. In that scene I might understand somewhat them being in their thirties, because that’s what Harry wants. He wants his life with his parents, he wants to have been raised by them. Though, I don’t know if the mirror could know what they might’ve looked like in their thirties, since they didn’t live that long. But then, in the cemetery when Voldemort’s wand spits the last spells cast, we see Lily and James as they were. 21. They’re telling their son to hold on just a moment longer. And they are 7 years older than him. In Deathly Hallows, Harry sees Voldemort kill them. They’re not this happy couple who’s got to love each other for a long time, only to have that happiness torn from them, no they started at Hogwarts ten years ago. They’re 21, and they’ve barely tasted that happiness. At the end of the book Harry talks to his parents. They comfort him and promise to stay with him, as he goes to die. Harry’s seventeen. James and Lily are four years older than him.

It wouldn’t have felt as nice. Harry being comforted by someone who looks almost his age. But it wasn’t nice. It was pretty tragic. Casting people who look 21, would’ve really made it land on the audience. It was a tragedy. They were barely adults.

Was this really necessary?- she says as her heart shatters into a million pieces

“young!james potter” lol as if he ever got old

Practical Shakespeare Quotes

Do you want to quote more Shakespeare in your life but never find opportunities to say “brevity is the soul of wit”? Do you rarely hang below balconies exchanging love vows with the daughter of your enemy? This is just the list for you. “What an ass am I!” —Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2 “I am not a slut,” —As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 3 (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) “Hell is empty and all the devils are here,” —The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2 “Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways,” —Henry IV Part 2, Act 4, Scene 5 “This is the excellent foppery of the world,”

–King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2

“Making the beast with two backs,” —Othello, Act 1, Scene 1 “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool,” —As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 1 “To tell thee plain, I aim to lie with thee,” —Henry VI Part 3, Act 3, Scene 2 (Works great for courting hot widows.) “I would rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me,” —Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 1 “I wasted time, and now doth time waste me,” —Richard II, Act 5, Scene 5 “Marry, sir, in her buttocks.” —A Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 5 (No judgement here.) “My horse is my mistress,” —Henry V, Act 3, Scene 7 (Uh, there might be something wrong with that.) “Thou dost infect my eyes,” —Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2 “Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit,” —Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 5 (“Wit” is Shakespearean slang for penis.) “[Wine] provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance,” —Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3 “I had rather live with cheese and garlic in a windmill, far, than feed on cates and have him talk to me in any summer-house in Christendom,” —Henry IV Part 2, Act 4 Scene 1 “Now, gods, stand up for bastards!” —King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2 “Villain, I have done thy mother!” —Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 2 (This means exactly what you think it does.) “And thou unfit for any place but hell,” —Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2 “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” —Henry VI Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2

“Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.” —Othello, Act 4, Scene 2

“Out, dunghill!” —King John, Act 4, Scene 3 “This is too long.” —Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2