When I use a Harry Potter reference in class to help students understand a counseling concept and someone scoffs, I’m like
I wish I knew more about this story, but this should be 100% standard procedure in every bar or club.
talk street magic to me
drawing power from the metro lines
illusionists busking illegally, shimmering lights disintegrating as they run
plant mages tending tiny rooftop and windowbox gardens
elementary kids learning basic sigils on the playground
wixen taking a while to key into the magic in new cities when they move
alchemists dealing on the side to support their experiments
middleschoolers making friendship talismans and amulets for everyone
numerologists who’ll do your math homework for $5 or divine your fortune for $10
kids mass-texting luck and speed spells when their parties get broken up by the cops
Love it
Modular Kayaks by Point 65
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September 1, 2017
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I want her to visit me occasionally. Just to remind me all the potential I am wasting not living her life.
Design of a Barbarian granny for my sister’s dnd campaign
My cat- Carlos the Kitty of Love. Getting his pats in the candle glow
I think a surprising amount of writers don’t realize that tragedies are supposed to be cathartic. They’re intended to result in a purging of emotion, a luxurious cry; the sorrow caused by a great tragedy is akin to fear caused by a good horror movie – it’s a “safe” sorrow, one that is actually satisfying to the audience. It can still be beautiful! It’s isn’t supposed to just be salting the earth so nothing can grow.
But that’s how you get grimdark: writers who don’t realize that they’re supposed to be doing something with the audience instead of to the audience.
“It is the season of Autumn in which everything is dying; and yet, the season that I find to be most beautiful. Parts of me can die, too. I can change. I can grow anew.”
- I am one with my surroundings.
“Our motto is when they go low, we go high” was just one of about a billion amazing Michelle Obama-isms. See how she drops the mic when explaining why Trump is toast.
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