#The Sound of my 2013

[carry-on-my-wayward-butt]

I told 🐻 to “go be gay somewhere else” for heeheehaha reasons and Charlie heard me and started running in circles chanting “go be gay go be gay go be gay go be gay” for like twenty solid minutes.

[avida-heidia-5]

“Itchy bum! Itchy bum!”

- Sebastian Vettel, 2013 Japanese GP

[pumpkabitch]

This is going to sound like a fake story but I promise it's not. I was having coffee with my aunt and cousin yesterday (my mom and aunts cousin, so in her early 40s) and somehow got talking about Merlin and she went "Merlin and Arthur should've made out right? Like we were all thinking that while watching?" I also have them as my phone background and was like "oh hey I have a screenshot from the show as my bg" and she said "wouldn't it have been better if they were making out there?" And it made my day because yeah, it would've been better

[shi0n]

did you know that mafumafu actually covered my all time favorite song once upon a time but he has since deleted / privated it...

[kaliphoeni]

ETHO GOT THE SLAB HE DID IT WOO ive been waiting for this moment since he started deadly runs im so happy

and he sounds so happy about it too <3

clip under cut !!

[azuremist]

So this is basically the dynamic right

[littlespoonevan]

the next time someone asks me my favourite music genre i'm just going to say the hunger games soundtrack and when they're like, 'oh you mean the album?' i'll say 'no no the genre' and the people who get it will get it

[remus-poopin]

Question for the brit’sh folks: I was thinking about hogwart houses and their value systems and about how JK shows her bias towards these value systems. She holds Gryffindor values in very high regard but seems to look down on Slytherin. One of her biggest issues seems to be that of the ambition trait. Ambition is almost always portrayed as a negative quality to the point that those who aren’t even in Slytherin with this trait are treated quite poorly by the narrative (Percy you deserve better).

I’ll admit right now that I don’t truly understand the class system in the UK. (I’ve found myself asking “wait what jobs do the Malfoys and Blacks even have? Where is this money coming from” And then I have to remind myself that they’re old money aristocrats types). I’ve made attempts to get it but I’m still a bit perplexed. So as an American reader some things in the series completely went over my head and I’ve had to have them be pointed out for me to even notice them (thank you Snape meta writers!).

As an American reader it is a little strange that ambition is held in such contempt in this series. The whole thing about America is to try to do better than your parents did, to move up in life, to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and achieve that American dream! So when you start analyzing the series with that perspective it is a bit puzzling.

So I guess my questions are: Is JKR’s aversion to ambition a “her problem” or is this a general view that the British class structure encourages. Or to put it a different way, does British society look down upon upwards economic mobility? And if so what are other ways this is reflected in the series?

For a more general question: Is the idea of the American dream in contrast with traditional British values? If so, what do these culture clashes look like?

(Also I’m not asking if you personally as a British citizen have a problem with ambition but more trying to understand UK culture and society)

[britneyshakespeare]

listening to like a g6 by far east movement completely sober in my bedroom alone. on thanksgiving

[dalloneveryday]

day 73

[morganpdf]

not 2 sound old but love going 2 target for an sd card and being surprised that i could get a 32 gb one for 13.99 LMAO like. its not 2013 anymore ofc the price changed since you bought the 2gb one originally for your 3ds

[futurewife]

Deep in the psyche TTOTT I try to ignore it I do. I'm a different man than when I first started publicly slefshipping and was Loki posting..... I AM!!!!

It's the way he's somehow EVERYONES ex/old flame 😂😂 /lh, I think I kinda know how you feel, whenever I actively was watching "Loki" it would all come back to me and I'd be like wait... I still kinda love him so muchly.... It was quite nice actually, there's so much comfort in a familiar face and character especially when they've been a part of your life for a really long span of time :')

[fukever]

During the press conference after men's FS

A guy called Dimitri: "A question to all three...would you like to see Russian skaters return to international competitions, Worlds maybe?"

Matteo (after deliberating with the other medalists): "I think we are quite happy with our competition right now."

(applause from journalists and other people at the conference)