I Don't Understand How People Just Do Things Without Daydreaming. Like How Are You Not Off In A Silly

You will not use AI to get ideas for your story. You will lie on the floor and have wretched visions like god intended

Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

OLIVIA HUSSEY in ROMEO AND JULIET (1968), dir. Franco Zeffirelli

#absolutely

#and, like, it shouldn't even be that difficult to understand because it's really literally the core of the saga 😭

the story showed luke’s love bringing anakin ‘back’ in the end. the movie is called return of the jedi. “i am a jedi like my father before me”.

so why, then, would you think the message is “anakin was actually a toxic abusive evil piece of shit all along”, “padmé was a dummy who didn’t see red flags”, “anakin never genuinely loved padmé [or by extension luke]”, “anakin’s love was superficial”, etcetera etcetera? like 😭 just utilizing critical thinking and looking at the core story being told as well as the genre, why would you take those messages away? why would you not look at the skywalker family as people who loved each other deeply, lost each other because of evil (the dark side), and were set free by luke’s compassionate love and ability to release them?

Lily and Remus is out... We need more of Lily and Sirius as best friends.

I'm thinking it started off tense. Sirius resented Lily for convincing James that he needed to change (his best friend was just fine as he was, thank you), but Lily's goodness was contagious and she eventually got through to him too.

Suddenly, gasp, Sirius was helping first years instead of tricking them and it was all Lily's fault. It also didn't help that James wore their good behavior like a badge of honor.

During holiday breaks, he made sure all of James' sappy letters to Lily included a mention of him saying hello. And when he started writing his own, he saved each of her responses in a locked box.

question: which hp character do you identify with most?

me: hedwig. the answer is and will always be hedwig. 

nocturnal

enjoy receiving and sending mail

and being useful to people i love

person i love most: harry james potter

do not take advantage of my kindness; show gratitude or else you will feel my cold disdain

can hold a grudge for chapters

harry james potter is my fav…i dwell with him in his sadness & hoot at his victories

but… but. sometimes he is such an idiotic little shit and i want to die from secondhand embarrassment on his behalf. i don’t even know what to do except ruffle my feathers at him.

it would also be nice if he didn’t put himself in danger all the damn time

compassionate jerk

still love him though. cannot help it, because he’s my son

really, he needs me to protect him

also, i am better than all my counterparts. imbeciles

some favorite hand holding in media 🥰

attack of the clones, 2002 persuasion, 1995 titanic, 1997 the rise of skywalker, 2019 outlander, 2014-present rogue one, 2016 romeo and juliet, 1968 merlin, 2008-2012 pride and prejudice, 2005 prisoner of azkaban, 2004

hold on a second man…

Hayden Christensen + Natalie Portman

Star Wars Episode II Love Featurette

10 Flaws to Give Your Perfect Characters to Make Them Human

If you're tired of the usual vices like arrogance or impatience, here are some unique (or at least less basic) character flaws to give your perfect characters: 

Pathological Altruism

A character so obsessed with helping others that they end up doing more harm than good. Their inability to let others grow or face consequences creates tension.

2. Moral Narcissism

A character who sees themselves as morally superior to others, constantly justifying selfish or harmful actions because they believe they have the moral high ground.

3. Chronic Self-Sabotage

A character who intentionally undermines their own success, perhaps due to deep-seated feelings of unworthiness, pushing them into frustrating, cyclical failures.

4. Emotional Numbness

Rather than feeling too much, this character feels too little. Their lack of emotional response to critical moments creates isolation and makes it difficult for them to connect with others.

5. Fixation on Legacy

This character is obsessed with how they’ll be remembered after death, often sacrificing present relationships and happiness for a future that’s uncertain.

6. Fear of Irrelevance

A character-driven by the fear that they no longer matter, constantly seeking validation or pursuing extreme measures to stay important in their social or professional circles.

7. Addiction to Novelty

Someone who needs constant newness in their life, whether it’s experiences, relationships, or goals. They may abandon projects, people, or causes once the excitement fades, leaving destruction in their wake.

8. Compulsive Truth-Telling

A character who refuses to lie, even in situations where a lie or omission would be the kinder or more pragmatic choice. This flaw causes unnecessary conflict and social alienation.

9. Over-Identification with Others' Pain

Instead of empathy, this character feels others' pain too intensely, to the point that they can’t function properly in their own life. They’re paralyzed by the suffering of others and fail to act effectively.

10. Reluctant Power

A character who fears their own strength, talent, or influence and is constantly trying to shrink themselves to avoid the responsibility or consequences of wielding it.

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Once again thinking about: "He was only fifteen-" "I'm fifteen!"

Imagine being Harry and finding out that one of the worst people you've ever met who does nothing but belittle and degrade you, who has become the antithesis of everything you aspire to be, is the victim of the exact person you believed to be the gold standard.

Because for years, everyone was telling Harry one thing about James while Snape was saying another and, for years, Harry had been comfortable believing Snape was the one who was wrong.

So, imagine being Harry and all you have left of your parents is the memories people choose to share with you, so you take all the scraps and make this Frankenstein idealistic version of your parents because, for a moment, it makes you feel like you actually know them.

And then, just in case you forgot, reality reminds you in maybe the worst way that you don't know these people at all.