Jul 15
Retired (for now)
We had some great times, Exclamatory Interrogatives Tumblr. All through college, even grad school, you fed me all the wonderful Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Titanic, Doctor Who, Parks & Rec and Nerdfighteria-related content I could ever have asked for. You connected me to creators I respect and admire, both ones I know in real life and ones I don’t, and in some ways gave me a better education than school did by directing me to posts written by people with perspectives very different from my own. You tolerated my sentimental text posts and my #LOL tags and my determination to reblog every Ferris wheel I came across.
When I started working for real, for a while you kept me company on my long commute—glitchy as your app was, it still made me smile. But I started seeing more and more of my time lost to screens, from my work computer to my app-filled smartphone to my post-work Netflix binges, and I decided to start cutting back on the time we spent together. When my computer crashed and I lost your password, I decided not to reset it.
But it’s weird for me to just leave you hanging here, dormant with no explanation, especially when I want to show people that I know and love this platform. So with this post I’m officially saying goodbye for now.
Will I pull you out of retirement someday? For sure. I’ve loved you and this platform and all the enthusiastic, nerdy joy that lives here. You’re a bright spot in this dark internet age, where people can come together to celebrate things they love. We’re just on a break. I’ll see you again soon.
<3, Margaux
Aug 25 Reblogged
game of thrones where everything is the same except jaime & cersei are replaced jean ralphio & mona lisa saperstein from parks and rec
Aug 25 Reblogged
based heavily on a conversation i had with undineboy, who provided at least like 50% of this list
- Teddy Lupin learning to control his metamorphagi at an early age, guided by Andromeda (who never forgot the chaos Tonks created as a child)
- Teddy Lupin growing up and going to Hogwarts, and turns into 11 year old Harry once he’s getting Sorted, giving Hagrid a heart attack
- (McGonagall closes her eyes and counts to 3, begging Merlin for patience)
- Teddy Lupin actively tracking the phases of the moon, periodically sending home chocolates
- (no one notices the pattern at first, and then they do and there are more than a few moments of silence)
- Teddy Lupin changing into professors who are running late, and spends that time pretending to teach class
- Teddy Lupin giving teachers “detention” for being late, and docking points from whichever House he wants. (Flitwick, stunned, actually goes to scrub bedpans one day)
- Teddy Lupin going to class in the place of his friends, who are having a bad mental health day, and returns with a stack of neatly-written notes and a get well card and some filched chocolates
- Teddy Lupin learning to impersonate people’s magic, personality quirks, and voices, wandering around the halls as Mcgonagall, terrifying the crap out of bullies.
- Teddy Lupin using that knowledge to research further into Metamorphmagi, and goes into health-based research
- Teddy Lupin becoming the magical version of a geneticist, learning the magic and science behind genes and mutations, and starts creating pharmaceuticals to better help magical folk with certain health conditions
- Teddy Lupin helping the trans community (both muggle and magical) with safer, more effective transition methods
- Teddy Lupin returning home and visiting, and changing his features to the most horrifying person he can think of when he knocks
- (it’s usually Umbridge, and Harry screams every time)
- (sometimes it’s Draco Malfoy as a stripper)
- (when Ron opens the door, it’s Romilda Vane)
- Teddy Lupin becoming an activist for werewolf rights, as well as spokesperson for multiple organizations about magical equality.
- Teddy Lupin personally partnering with other metamorphmagi like him around the world, via letters, Floo, or face-to-face, and helping them learn how to control their powers.
- Teddy Lupin networking with werewolves across the world and helping build a mentorship program that connects young/newly-turned werewolves with older, more experienced werewolves to teach proper behaviors and to provide help/resources.
- T E D D Y L U P I N
Aug 25 Reblogged
As soon as you think “maybe I can get up early and just finish it tomorrow” you’ve already lost
Aug 25 Reblogged
#you see this owl right there? #that’s hedwig fucking potter #she is only the biggest bamf in the entire world #i mean even in this gif#that thing is moving beneath her and you know i would fall off that shit but not hedwig #she’s all pip pip cheerio i’m a bamf and moves with that fucker #and she’s been through fucking everything #she’s gotten beat up by a tree within a car#she’s flown all over the country to deliver letters for her angsty teenage owner#and then she died saving said angsty teenage owner #she was a fucking legend and i will never forget the story of hedwig the owl
Aug 24 Reblogged
NO BUT DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MY THEORY FOR THIS SCENE
This doesn’t comply with the books, I realize, but it doesn’t exactly not comply either.
Why would Malfoy rip a page out of a random book? If he wanted the book, he could have just bought the book himself. He’s not poor, his family doesn’t discourage learning. He chooses to rip a particular page with a pointed glance out of a book. Why?
Think of what this and Dobby’s actions of warning have in common: Lucius Malfoy. The one who was apparently talking freely of the dangers that would face the Muggle borns this year. I think Draco knew more about what was going on, or at least figured more out, than he let on to his friends. Why? He was worried.
How does this connect to the ripped paper? How did Harry and Ron find out about the basilisk? How did Hermione?
A ripped piece of paper on basilisks.
Now we’re to assume that Hermione found this in a library book and promptly ripped it out to take with her.
But why would Hermione, with her love and care for books almost on par with the librarian, rip a page out of a book she could have just checked out? My guess is she didn’t find it in the library.
My guess is Draco somehow slipped her the piece of paper that he ripped out of a book before school started, detailing the monster he knew was in the Chamber.
He slipped Hermione the paper somehow, whether by leaving it on her desk or planting it in her bag. He tried to warn them, as best he could.
HOLY SHIT
I always wondered why they so importantly showed Malfoy ripping the page from the book. It was strange to me. Yes he’s destructive but honestly there is no point in showing that. But you’re right- Hermione would NEVER rip out a page of a book- this makes so much sense.
THE EPIPHANY I JUST HAD.
someone should find out which book he’s holding
Aug 24 Reblogged
Aug 21 Reblogged
Me: *messages a friend at 3am*
Friend: *responds soon after*
Me: What the fuck are you doing up go to sleep
Aug 20 Reblogged
You have such awesome style. I wish I could be as confident as you and wear fun clothes. I can never find anything cute in plus size. — Anonymous
but you can
look, the easiest way to convince yourself to break out of your comfort zone and wear what you want is to ask yourself three simple questions:
- do I like this?
- does wearing this make me feel good?
- if i wear this, will it matter?
if you answer “yes, i like this” then WEAR IT. if you answer no, then get rid of whatever it is you are trying to force yourself into. i have owned so many clothes that i wore because i felt like i needed to or because i thought i would lose weight and then like them or whatever. do not do that to yourself. only buy what you like. only wear what you like.
if you answer “yes, wearing this makes me feel good” then WEAR IT. if you’re comfy in jeans and t-shirts, great. if you’re comfy in wiggle dresses and heels, great. if you’re comfy in a mix of the two, great. because it’s your body. fuck anyone who says otherwise.
lastly, ask yourself if it really matters if you wear it. this sounds negative, but i mean it like “if i wear this and someone else dislikes it, does it matter?” usually, the answer to that is no. if i go somewhere and i feel great and i think i look bangin’. should i worry about what some lady at the grocery store thinks of me? HELL NO. if you’re going to an interview or something then yeah, you probably shouldn’t wear jeans with holes everywhere and taco bell spilled down the leg (unless you are applying at taco bell, in which case maybe you look very dedicated to the product? unsure), but 99% of your life you are going to be surrounded by strangers and guess what? it doesn’t matter what they think. at all. not even a little.
you can wear whatever you want and you can find clothes you like. keep trying. don’t try to dress for anyone but yourself, and your confidence will come through your actions and the respect you are showing your own body.
happy shopping <3
