Ireth
Myth Weaver
There's been bad people from other Houses too. Peter Pettigrew, anyone? Gilderoy Lockhart? (If memory serves he was a Ravenclaw.)
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There's been bad people from other Houses too. Peter Pettigrew, anyone? Gilderoy Lockhart? (If memory serves he was a Ravenclaw.)
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
I have basically every character of mine sorted into a Hogwarts house. My current WIP's heroine is a Slytherin.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
Many of the quizzes are horrendously biased toward Gryffindor.
Addison
Auror
When I first found the Pottermore site I was sorted into Ravenclaw. When the site changed I decided it would be fun to retake the test and I was sorted into Gryffindor. Hmm. I guess I'm like McGonnagol and Flitwick.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
Ehhh, don't take the test too seriously. I'm happy with being sorted into Hufflepuff, but it was only confirmation of what I already knew.
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Chessie
Guest
We (my husband, son and I) made the mistake of getting the neighbor's dog accustomed to treats every morning at the front window. Bacon, pepperoni, hot dogs...etc...and our cats stare coldly in the distance as he gets affection and food from us. But now that my husband is working during the day and the kid is at school, Benji the neighbor dog has gotten in the terrible habit of whining at the living room window...RIGHT where I sit and write. So over the pleasant sounds of typing and Skyrim Atmospheres I hear nothing but whining and see a flashing blue collar around a furry gray neck.
I had nothing to give him this morning so yeah, he didn't much like that.
I had nothing to give him this morning so yeah, he didn't much like that.
Tom
Istar
Another week of school over and done with! I just want to sleep all weekend. However, I have a date tomorrow and I don't think she'd appreciate that haha.
Apparently an old Japanese saying goes: "Where a Dutchman has passed, not even the grass grows anymore."
I feel like I'm a member of a demonic horde or a raging band of orcs now.
...I like it
I feel like I'm a member of a demonic horde or a raging band of orcs now.
...I like it
This reminds me of the Groke:
She's cold and evil and wherever she walks the ground freezes. If she sits somewhere for long enough, nothing will ever grow there again.
She's also cold and lonely and everyone's afraid of her and all she really wants is to be warm.
Not saying that applies to you - just explaining the character.
This reminds me of the Groke:
She's cold and evil and wherever she walks the ground freezes. If she sits somewhere for long enough, nothing will ever grow there again.
She's also cold and lonely and everyone's afraid of her and all she really wants is to be warm.
Not saying that applies to you - just explaining the character.
That must be the friendliest looking "evil" monster ever
And no... Groke is definitely not me. If I had magical ice powers, I would declare myself the King of Winter and charge people far too much to see me freeze things.
Or open an icecream factory.
She was a very scary character when I was a little kid: The Groke - Wikipedia
EDIT: and also very sad
EDIT: and also very sad
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
That must be the friendliest looking "evil" monster ever
And no... Groke is definitely not me. If I had magical ice powers, I would declare myself the King of Winter and charge people far too much to see me freeze things.
Or open an icecream factory.
Definitely go with the ice cream.
Ice cream would be nice, but the future historians would be so dissapointed in me.
For one week, newspapers all around the world wrote about the Dutch wonder Banten, who discovered how to wield unknown and mystical icy powers. Sadly, Banten decided to waste his perhaps magical ability on a failed ice cream factory solely based around him and his powers. When he inevitably became bored with manufacturing ice cream, he attempted to regain the adoration of the people to no avail. The last known records of Banten indicate that he ended up right where he started. In front of his computer pretending he actually ever writes anything, while he actually spends most of his time watching netflix.
Than the storytelling or atmosphere of that series must be really good, because that little purple penguin-whale looks adorable.
DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
Who cares about future historians when you can have ice cream?
It is.
They're written and sold as children't book, but there's enough depth to them that even adults can appreciate them. I tend to re-read most of the books every few years, and I've got a picture from one of them tattooed on my arm.
EDIT: ...and I regularly try to convince people around me to read them.
The author is Tove Jansson and the books you ought to read are Finn Family Moomintroll (first) and then Moominland Midwinter after that.
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It is.
They're written and sold as children't book, but there's enough depth to them that even adults can appreciate them. I tend to re-read most of the books every few years, and I've got a picture from one of them tattooed on my arm.
EDIT: ...and I regularly try to convince people around me to read them.
The author is Tove Jansson and the books you ought to read are Finn Family Moomintroll (first) and then Moominland Midwinter after that.
Well I suppose Christmas is getting closer and closer at a rapid pace, so it's about time I start reading something from old scandinavia. Perfect time of year for it.
Writing and creating for a young audience is something I'd like to do at some point in time (another thing to put on the wishlist). The things we see and read at that point in our lives often stick with us for life, if the story is good. Your moominland is my "fox and the hound" or "the land before time".
Writing a children's story is next on the list of new projects to do. There's a side character in an earlier story that will hopefully be a great character for it. I'll try and pull that off in parallel with editing on my more "serious" stories.
...I was thinking of whether to use "adult" or "mature" but both of those words carried some dodgy connotations that didn't quite fit in this context.
...I was thinking of whether to use "adult" or "mature" but both of those words carried some dodgy connotations that didn't quite fit in this context.
Tom
Istar
Who knew I could get into an argument with my relatives over the motivations behind the switch from BC/AD to BCE/CE and whether it's a sign of the "degradation" of Western culture. At this point, I'm not really surprised. I've had arguments with them about almost everything. The only thing that has me worried is that it's not even Thanksgiving yet. Great...
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Chessie
Guest
So there's this marsh on the way to our house. We drove down the hill and saw a jeep stuck in the snow. He wasn't even in the ditch...apparently, the boy had driven 50-60 feet into the marsh in an effort to turn around after he slid off the road. It's a steep road but that's why, when it's covered in ice, people go slow. My husband got out of the truck and talked to him. It's..honestly a pretty sad sight (can I laugh instead and say how stupid he was to drive beyond the possibility of rescue?). Mechanic husband says that it'll cost him a lot of money to get the jeep unstuck in its location on frozen ground. When it warms up, the vehicle will sink into the marsh. Apparently its a tough job for a tow truck. We'll see if it's still there tomorrow.
