#chapman magic

[adventuresofalgy]

Today Algy is celebrating the very special tumblr anniversary of a unique and very special tumblr friend… Teddy of @adventureswithteddy.

Eleven years ago today, on 14th October 2013, just about 18 months after Algy first started posting his own adventures on tumblr, another much more intrepid fluffy – or, more accurately, furry – adventurer posted the first of his own adventures @adventureswithteddy on this amazing platform, where almost anything fantastic and wonderful becomes possible…

From that moment on, Algy was not the only non-human adventurer on tumblr, and in all those eleven years Algy has never come across another to compare. Occasionally he has seen a fluffy, cuddly or furry friend feature in some human's posts, but Teddy of @adventureswithteddy has remained exceptional in every way, and Algy knows that he has many devoted friends and followers.

For Teddy has not been satisfied with the the comparitively limited and gentle adventures of the kind which Algy has undertaken himself. Despite his relatively small size and soft, cuddly exterior, Teddy is bold and dauntless, travelling to exotic parts of the world and daring to go where fluffy birds would most certainly fear to tread, or even to fly! Teddy has scaled enormous mountains, crossed great, rocky plateaux, and travelled through magnificent ravines, as well as visiting less intimidating locations such as the beautiful shores of distant tropical islands. He has even visited the Great Wall of China! There are truly no bounds to Teddy's adventures on this earth…

But Algy knew that there was one adventure which Teddy had never yet undertaken… Although Algy longed to meet him in person, Teddy had never visited the wild west Highlands of Scotland… until today, that is, when some very special magic allowed Teddy – who in reality lives many thousands of miles away – to join Algy for a joyful celebration of his tumblrversary 💕

Algy realises that the wee ravine through which his own quiet burn flows down to the sea must seem like a miniature toy compared with the massive canyons which Teddy has explored, but he hopes that Teddy will enjoy the relative peace of his quiet day in the wild west Highlands of Scotland, and will perhaps relate many tales of weird and wonderful adventures around the great wide world, as he rests on the soft moorland grasses with Algy.

Happy 11th Anniversary Teddy and kind human friend @adventureswithteddy ❤️ Algy wishes you many, many more amazing adventures, and hopes that you will continue to share them with us all:

May the road rise up to meet you.  May the wind be always at your back.  May the sun shine warm upon your face,  the rains fall soft upon your fields, and until we meet again,  may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

[Algy is quoting a famous Irish blessing for travellers.]

[marejadilla]

Terra Chapman, "Butterfly Dance", 2023, watercolor & gouache. American painter based in Malta, Italy..

[angstitty]

Months and years later I still see Wolfstar in this song.

I see Remus being so angry at Sirius for betraying them while still not being able to fall out of his love for him.

I see Sirius sentenced to spend years alone knowing that the only person he has left thinks the worst of him.

So long after I still feel the dread and emptiness of reading the war chapters in ATYD, knowing how much they loved each other despite everything and knowing that even that wasn’t enough to save them.

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

[yannfredericks]

albus potter and polly chapman are two sides of the same coin to me and I need to see them be best friends now and forever!!! do they get there easily or quickly? of course not! are they unstoppable once they do? YES!!!!

[yonderghostshistories]

John and Graham in the movie "The Magic Christian" (1969) :D

(btw I do recommend y'all to watch "The Magic Christian" (1969), which can simply be described as "Literal Acid Trip (fr): the Movie", which also stars Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. Plus obviously John and Gray (+ Spike Milligan) cameo in the film, so be on the lookout for them!)

Also, I know these characters never actually shared any screen time together, but uhh I personally wanna ship them both <33 (that may also be due to the fact that I'm a John x Graham duo lover, like i just luv em together 💓!! Also, since these characters don't have any actual names in the actual film, imma headcannon their names tbh. For Mr Dougdale (I'm pretty sure "Dougdale" is his surname imo), i think he'd be called "Dennis" cuz imo it kinda fits in a way, so Mr Dennis Dougdale. For the Oxford crewman, I headcannon his name to be Oliver "Ollie" Cunningham, because uhh why not? (also cuz I literally took the first initials of "O" & "C" from character's name "Oxford crewman" lol, so uhh yeah). Ok uhh rambling over! Please do watch the film though, like fr it's kinda crazy but a surreal and funny kinda way. Also cuz Ringo Starr is in it :).

[rewritingcanon]

my polly the definition of “im not arguing with a man with big brown eyes. whatever you say, beautiful.”

(she is going to argue with him but she’ll admire the two tiny black holes on his face at the same time)

[stevecoven]

I was today years old when I found out that the Tunnel of Love song from Knockin' on Hooty's Door is sung by none other than Matt Chapman, AKA Steve's VA and I'm losing my mind (video source)

just look at those lyrics. of COURSE Steve would write a song sugary enough to give the listener cavities

[talleryn]

George: *trying out a magic trick* pick a card, any card

Flo: ok

George:

Flo:

George: when I said any card, I didn’t mean my credit card. Give it back.

[imogen-fae]

The Promise (2015 Remaster)

Tracy is a genius. She is shy and soft, but gosh she can tell a story. The Promise is one of the best love songs ever made...I think...it's forever love....isn't that what we all want? The promise of forever kept.....

Thank you Tracy for your gift!

[sophaeros]

started looking up a book series i used to read when i was like 11. it may be so dire

[adventuresofalgy]

Algy leaned forward to study the rock pool more closely. He was hoping to see a baby sea monster, but soon realised that this pool, with its bright shell sand and clear, shallow water, was not a suitable environment for such secretive and mysterious folk, for he knew that they only inhabited the depths, even when very young.

There was other underwater life in the pool, however, which provided plenty of interest for an observant fluffy bird with nothing much to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon. But as he studied the sea anemones and watched for other wee sub-aquatic creatures, Algy began to doze in the warm September sunshine, lulled by the soothing sounds of the waves on the beach close by, which on a calm day when the tide was low just rippled and laughed as they played gently on the sand.

And as he dozed, Algy fell into a happy reverie, half awake and yet partly asleep, listening to the myriad sounds of the sea which filled the air around him, and thinking of a strange poem he had once read. Gradually his eyes closed a wee bit further, and then he began to dream a fabulous dream, for he thought that there in front of him, glistening beneath the water, he could see the magical rainbow shell, its glowing, translucent colours impossible to describe, and that among the ocean's happy ripples of laughter he could hear the beautiful melody of its silent song…

In the profoundest ocean There is a rainbow shell, It is always there, shining most stilly Under the greatest storm waves That the old Greek called "ripples of laughter." As you listen, the rainbow shell Sings—in the profoundest ocean. It is always there, singing most silently!

[Algy is quoting the poem The Secret by the early 20th Century author Katherine Mansfield from New Zealand, who mainly worked in London.]

[bumgall]

I can't believe I'm the first one to share this scene here on tumblr...

The Magic Christian (1969)

[yours-etc]

i want everyone to know that grant chapman is the love of my life and i only want happiness for him. ATYD has destroyed me. the fact that grant isn’t even canon,,, SICKENS ME !!

[dontdenymeshakespeare]

The Amazing Readathon Week Two

The Amazing Readathon is a readathon hosted by Brianna from Four Paws and a Book and co-hosted by many others in the BookTube and Bookstagram community. This one is based on the reality TV show The Amazing Race and it’s about spending the month of June travelling the world. There are prompts and ways you can get bonus points (LGBTQ+ author, team genre, etc.), but there are also a whole host of…

[imsiriuslyreading]

this was

i’m

gona

vomit or like die i think

✨Grant Chapman, my beloved✨

You’ve been my little bit of magic🥲

This man deserves the whole world and more!