#luna 16

[thererisesaredstar]

Glory to Labour! Glory To Science! These are our Minds, These are our Hands! (1970)

[the-phoenix-heart]

okay so I've been spending a lot of time thinking about Harry Potter recently and trolling the wiki for reasons and I have the weirdest observation about the series.

What is JKR's deal with Ravenclaw women?

I mean consider our main Ravenclaw girls: Luna Lovegood and Cho Chang (and Marietta Edgecombe). Luna in the movies is portrayed as whimsically queer, and that's not inaccurate to the books, but in the books she is more often a punchline than anything. She's a parody of the Ravenclaw ideals of creativity and openminded-ness to the point where she believes crazy conspiracy theories.

But she's our most positively portrayed Ravenclaw. Which is more than I can say for Cho and Marietta. Cho is portrayed as a pitiable character, someone so emotional and loyal that she is sympathetic, but the narrative portrays her overemotional nature and loyalty as bad traits. She's so emotional she'll blow up over perceived threats, and dwells on trauma, and it makes her a drag to talk to. And her loyalty is a bad thing because she chooses to be loyal to Marietta. Marietta is ESPECIALLY treated awfully. Marietta is scared for her mother's job that she rats out the DA and for her choice she is forever branded a traitor at 16, and this is completely justifiable. Like, if Hermione can jinx a paper to disfigure a person's face than couldn't she just jinx the paper to make it physically impossible to reveal the DA, except perhaps under the influence of veritaserum? Like the film did? But no, Hermione is instead more preoccupied with punishing than preventing (an insane thing for me to say, I'm sorry Hermione it's not your fault that your author is kinda insane about women).

(And just as a sidebar but Marietta is also given an illustration that makes it clear she was kinda ugly before the pimples which is so rude, but also so like JKR.)

Then you have very minor characters like Padma who are just generally portrayed as kinda bitchy. Padma gets off better than her sister in terms of being treated as bitchy, but it seems like Padma always carries the stigma of being disappointed by Ron at the Yule Ball.

But this goes back even FURTHER, to the oldest Ravenclaw student we are introduced to, Helena Ravenclaw.

In the films, again, Helena's scene with Harry is haunting. She's treated with respect and tragedy (almost all of the dialogue in the film is original). But in the books, yes we actually get her tragic backstory, but she is portrayed as haughty, vain, and prideful.

You can also add in Trelawney there as a Ravenclaw who is treated like a joke (crazy* and alcoholic).

And consider that the two women we know were almost in Ravenclaw, Hermione and McGonagall, end up going to Gryffindor and are portrayed as better off for it.

And like there is more to explore here. The four Ravenclaw men we really get to know are Filius, Ollivander, Xenophilius, and Lockhart. Xenpohilius is a conspiracy theorist (and a death eater sympathizer I just know it) and Lockhart is a buffoon who only really upholds the Ravenclaw wit and is skilled at memory charms.

(There's this crazy part of the Ravenclaw wiki page that actually compares Lockhart to Cho Chang because they both wanted to be popular. WHAT.)

Meanwhile you have Ollivander who is a positive Ravenclaw character, but is also barely in the books and Filius Flitwick. And Filius is a positive character but it is also canon that the Sorting Hat almost put him in Gryffindor, which seems like a pointed attempt to make it clear he's better than most Ravenclaws. Because he's got something of a Gryffindor edge to him.

I don't really know what the whole point of me going on this rant was about, other than just to point out that JKR is weird about Ravenclaws and the women in general. Almost all of them aren't allowed to actually uphold the actual values of their house: Wisdom, Intelligence, Learning. The only traits they ever really uphold is Wit if they are popular and Creativity, which seems to be a nice way of saying they're crazy conspiracy theorists. The only characters that really get anything good out of the house are Minerva and Hermione, and them being hatstalls is only meant to emphasize their intelligence in comparison to their Gryffindor peers. Otherwise Ravenclaw seems to just be JKR's go to bitchy/we need a villain who isn't Slytherin house.

*When I say "crazy" in this post I am referring to how JKR treats the characters. Babbling, loony, conspiratorial, and not in their right minds.

[chimkin-samich]

[luna-the-cretar]

If I had a nickel for every time I had a blorbo from a D&D campaign who ended up having some sort of evil twin/persona type thing, I’d have 3 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it keeps happening

[lunaballoona09]

Um. More cats cause i can

my hc right now is that buzzingstar has a microchip-adjacent implant in his neck that lets cobs track him and that cobs is able to buzz/shock at will; it was originally for training/discipline purposes

suitcase- morningdream

knife- sharpfang

baseball- russetstripes

lightbulb- brightlight

pickle- swampnose

nickel- silversnap

[philza-updates]

Kristin posted on her instagram story!

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A selfie of Kristin in a fancy business class booth on an airplane. She is holding a pink drink in a glass and smiling. Phil is visible behind her in his own booth, also smiling at the camera. The on-screen caption reads “Got free upgrade to business class! Ticket agent was clearly a misstrixtin fan 🤣”.

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[reyturnofbensolo]

I meant to post this yesterday(12/16/16 - 12/16/23)!Love this flick!

art by Paul Mann

[siobhanhazel]

Sparkles, Moonlight, and Tuna Sandwiches - HP Rec Fest 2024

Podfic of Sparkles, Moonlight, and Tuna Sandwiches multi-voice podfic (see cast/team below) written by ebbet Luna/Ginny. Rated: T. Words: 5,000 (30 to 45 min podfic). Alternate Universe - College/University, Getting Together, Texting, Friendship, Football | Soccer, Alcohol, Past Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Bisexual Ginny Weasley, Lesbian Luna Lovegood

Day 16 Prompt: a podfic

Since I ADORE podfics (and have recommended a tonne already during HP Rec Fest) I decided I better up my game and recommend a MULTI-VOICE podfic. This is the best edit I've ever heard for a multi-voice podfic, and it's a HILARIOUS and sweet, touching portrayal of Ginny/Luna in a non-magical AU. If you manage to listen to this without having your cheeks ache from smiling, you are an inferi with no heart!

Sparkles, Moonlight, and Tuna Sandwiches

written by ebbet

read by: kitsunerei88 as Ginny kittona as Luna mangotart_reads as Angelina blackglass as Alicia Cailynwrites as Cho horchata as Katie wilfriede0815 as Robin reveriepi as George patientanxiety as Cedric Tipsy_Kitty as Moustache Dude Silvernightwalker as blonde kid kisahawklin as Chadley FanFixation as additional chat text narrator thedramionearchives as narrator

edited by wilfriede0815

cover by mangotart_reads and thedramionearchives Excerpt from the written fic:

Angelina curled her hands around a paper cup of coffee and blew across its surface. Cho had crossed her legs on the tiny stool and was balancing her tea on one knee. “So, how did this happen, exactly?” Ginny rolled her eyes and tugged the sleeves of her college sweatshirt down over her hands. “I don’t know,” she said in a strained tone. “Like, I was one minute late and the only seat left was right at the front of the auditorium so I was going to stand in the back, and then the prof like, gestured for me to come down there so I was like, going, right?” She paused and scrunched her nose up. Katie and Alicia leaned in. Ginny took a breath, relieved that her teammates were always supportive—even if she suspected they’d troll her about this. “But the seat was next to this girl who’d like, put a bunch of like, shit on it? Like, proper weird shit, like a branch? Of leaves? And like a big pair of heart sunglasses? And then, I don’t know, I guess I was looking at the shit too much, because I fucking tripped over someone’s bag and fucking—” Ginny buried her face in her hands. “Gin,” Angelina said. “It’s ok. No one noticed. I guarantee.” Cho nodded, her face serious. “Yeah, once I went into a CS lecture with toilet paper on the back of my pants. No. One. Said. Anything.”

★★★ Check out my other HP Rec Fest 2024 recs ★★★ @hprecfest

[bumblingbriars]

Young milfs and their daughters

[miscellaneous--bones]

Older Luna?? Hypothetical

[jackdaniel69nice]

Bat pony Dark Shadow won the poll! I’m not actually super satisfied with this because…they don’t really look like dark shadow to me (it’s the lack of beak I think) buuuut it works well enough. There really isn’t much known about bat ponies so I’m not even sure if they have cutie marks but I gave them one anyway just in case. I’m not sure if horses lick their foals but the imagine of Princess Luna doing that to Shadow was to too cute for me to pass up~

[maeamian]

We can still make rocket engines tho, like we can't make the Rockedyne F-1 anymore for a variety of reasons including it's wicked outdated by this point, particularly since the fall of the soviet union introduced staged combustion to western engineering techniques, but it isn't some great tragedy that we can't make that particular rocket engine tbqh, we can still make rocket engines.

[clg-artisa]

I just woke up from a weird dream with fictional characters & stufz, so me talkz 'bout it (me still sleepy righ' now). =u=👍✨

Imma split the dream in 3 parts below the cut.

1. MLP: FIM (or just Twilight Sparkle)

2. Avatar: the Last Airbender

3. Transformers One (mostly D-16)

Part 1 - MLP: FIM

Things kinda looked like the setting for the "Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?" meme, but in the show's artstyle. Princess Twilight Sparkle was flying by herself, then she landed on the tall, grassy cliff. There was faint moonlight illuminating that spot, & it was pretty. She looked around at the land below & said something, but I don't remember what.

Oh yeah, Twilight here was still only slightly taller than the average pony like she was for most of the show after the moment she became an alicorn. I still haven't finished watching the show after I finished watching season 6 back in spring of 2017. Maybe someday, I'll get around to it, but when I do, I'm rewatching the first 6 seasons first.

This first part didn't last that long; it was here when the dream changed into something else.

Part 2 - A:tLA

It was daytime with no clouds, & there was this big wall that someone was trying to sneak past. Oh, the wall had a rectangular hole in the center like there was supposed to be a window with glass, & it wasn't there before. Zuko had his season one ponytail (but I think his end-of-show mindset) & was the guard, & he was watching things like a hawk.

Suddenly, a bunch of people showed up like the world was just saved & it was time to clean up the environment. Now there's a long front porch in front of the wall filled with people. There were tons of people (mostly waterbenders including Katara, oh, & Sokka) wafting through the huge lake in front of the wall. There was a forest on the other side of the lake too. I remember standing there thinking it's too bad she can't see all these colors, but at least she can "see" with her earthbending & can hear really well.

On the right side, there was some dirt ground with a big gate a few yards away from the shore. More people came through, & one person was on a big horse with dark blue fur & a light blue mane & tail. Young Princess Luna? But realistic horse? Well, except for the unrealistic colors, but still. Huh??? Maybe the colors are coincidental... Hm...

Oop, the dream is changing again. Next part-

Part 3 - Transformers One

Good lord, of course this one's the longest-

It all looked like stopmotion, but with visual edits to the frames such as altering facial expressions on the toys & action figures. I saw Yolopark figures D-16 & Orion Pax (both cogless), maybe Elita-1 & B-127 (cogless, or cogged?), & other random toys mostly to the left & right. They were all animated on this light-gray tabletop against a white wall, & the lighting... could've been a bit more professional? Oh, & there was this homemade paper banner-sign thingy with wooden stakes for poles. What did the words say? I couldn't get a good look at it, sorry. I know it was colored on with color pencils tho.

All the non-Transformers toys were dancing & celebrating, then they suddenly parted to the sides to make room for D-16. He had gotten a running start & slid forward on his knees while holding out & shaking little cheerleader pom poms made of shimmery lavender & silver tinsel. His face was edited to look like his big smile he had in the movie after he met Sentinal in person for the first time (you know, when Sentinal left the room). In the dream, he was shouting "Yeah!" & it sounded just like his voice. He looked & sounded so happy! cx

Orion then runs up to him from the right (D's left), & they hug & bonk their foreheads together while laughing. D then got up & celebrated some more. The others are still celebrating & stuff. Oh, I think Elita & B were in the crowds? I think...

& what the frick were they all celebrating? No idea. I'll make something up, uuuhh... They're celebrating... the... the fans! Uh, the fans promoting the movie better than the marketing team. Yeah. Perfect. 👍✨

Later in the stopmotion, D & Orion are alone together. The room's light was off, but it wasn't super dark. It was like daylight trying to get past window blinds. There was a bookshelf behind them, & there was this big book... Sorry, the details are fuzzy here. I can't remember this last part as vividly. I think they were talking? I could hear D's voice as clear as day, but I don't know what he was saying. He sounded really happy though.

This part's especially weird to me. As my mind was transitioning from the dream to the waking world, D-16's voice was transitioning into my memory of Brian Tyree Henry (his voice actor) singing in that too-short Vivo song I found out about via a Tumblr post yesterday. It's called Love's Gonna Pick You Up. I can still hear it in my head as I'm typing this for you internet people, lol.

Here's the song link!

Ugh, why do I take too long to write & describe things? This post is too long, isn't it? Xl

[notdogice]

A third doodle dump with a mix of a lot of franchises and some of my ocs mixed in with some other random doodles.

[lunaballoona09]

ii 16 spoilers

screenshot redraw wip :3333333

original screenshot (i took out bomb and salt cus they didn't fit😔)

[collisionwraith]

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