#morbid bibliomancy

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I can haz Bibliomancy?????

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[fox-moxin]

I'm into Morbid Bibliomancy! How about you?

[mediocre-daydreams]

HC: what the maurauders would be like in divination

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SIRIUS: XYLOMANCY

sirius hated divination.

it felt like another reminder that he didn’t have control over his future; that he was destined to become a death eater and continue the bloodline of the noble house of black, etc.

so yeah, he was not excited for it.

turns out he was a “gifted seer,” according to trelawney. (which the marauders teased him relentlessly about)

to hide his distaste, he would joke loudly about catoptromacy (looking into mirrors) being his favorite; “it’s a win-win! i get to admire my beautiful face and see my glorious future.”

in reality, the only form of divination he could tolerate was xylomancy (reading twigs)

sirius LOVED sticks. after full moons, his animagus instincts were particularly compelling and he’d go out in search of sticks and twigs

(he already had a collection hidden under his bed that came in handy)

the only type of divination he wasn’t well versed in was astrology; it reminded him too much of his family. he was sure he could divine with the stars easily, but he refused to.

(as much as he claimed that the subject was a waste of time, sirius had a morbid fascination with knowing his future, despite how horrible it might be)

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REMUS: BIBLIOMANCY

remus fucking hated divination with his entire being. but unlike sirius, he was horrible at it. he dropped it in his fourth year as soon as he could.

similarly to sirius, he felt like divination was a reminder that he didn’t have control of his fate 

it always brought him back to days after the full moon, when he’d lie in the hospital wing and curse greyback for stealing any chance of a normal life from him

remus was a chronic overthinker and he could never “go with his gut” when it came to interpreting divine symbols. he always ended up overcomplicating things until his final prediction was completely off.

everybody expected remus to at least do well with bibliomancy (opening a book to a random page and interpreting it in a contextual way/adapting the meaning to the present) seeing as he was already an avid reader

nah. he refused to associate books—his comfort place—with a subject he hated.

but he really, really hated crystal-gazing (looking into crystal balls)

crystal-gazing was like the ultimate “fuck you;” it was like looking into the moon and watching his horrendous life play out and knowing he couldn’t do anything about it

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JAMES: TESSOMANCY

james was pretty excited about divination at first; it was the one branch of magic his parents hadn’t introduced him to and his ego demanded that he know everything about the magical world

the first class was on tessomancy (reading tea leaves) and he chattered about it the whole time, saying how much he loooved tea and discussing his predictions to anyone who would listen

james was a surprisingly scientific guy; he practiced spells and magic with precision and by the book

anyway, trelawny called him out on it immediately, telling him there was no “science” or “pattern” to divination; he couldn’t try and reason his way into an answer based on his “knowledge of tea”

he was paired with marlene, who encouraged him to listen to trelawney. regardless, james swirled his leaves with precision, flipping through his textbook with anticipation

(he prayed the leaves would tell him that he and lily were destined to be)

he did not like what the leaves said.

with his first swirl, the dregs looked like a crown, indicating success and honor. he was quite happy with that one, boasting about it to marlene.

his second spin produced something vaguely mushroom-like, which meant a sudden separation of lovers after a fight. he vehemently insisted it was a house (business success)

his final symbol was well defined and inarguably a fox, symbolizing a backstabbing from a close friend. he scoffed, finding the prospect ridiculous.

he decided he divination was a load of rubbish after that.

PETER: PALMISTRY

the marauders assumed peter would be drawn to myomancy (involving rats and mice), but he was actually interested in palmistry (reading the lines on a person’s palm)

peter had always been insecure about his hands (it seemed like girls would obsess over sirius, james, and remus’ hands); peter’s hands were a little smaller, softer, less veiny, etc.

it made him feel effeminate, which was something that already came with the territory of being friends with the most attractive boys in their class (perhaps school)

but this actually made his hands perfect for divination; the smoothness of his palms meant his palm lines were more distinguished and easier to read

trelawney loved him immediately for that (which embarrassed him) and she forced him to be an example for the entirety of the palmistry unit; so in the end, he got quite a bit of experience

he could easily identify and match the lines to their textbooks but was confused about how they’d actually apply to his life (hint hint it was related to his betrayal) 

he was the only one of the marauders who continued divination in his later years

at first, people judged him for it, but they came around once they realized it could be a pretty fun party trick

[romanceyourdemons]

god terry pratchett has a GIFT for coming up with jobs i want. what i wouldn’t give to be a prehumous professor of morbid bibliomancy

[noirandchocolate]

LADISLAV PELC, D.M.PHIL:  Prehumous Professor of Morbid Bibliomancy at Unseen University.  Professor Pelc works in a room full of books, and made of books--even his desk and chairs are shaped out of books.  He keeps his beard on a hook on his door.  When in use, that beard slots nicely over his very large ears.  He works with Professor Goitre, who is the POSThumous Professor of Morbid Bibliomancy (he took early death as a part of a very good package, but he can come back at a week's notice).

Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, “Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion So Far” (Please read Discworld.)

[redladymoon]

#wordsofwisdomoraclechallenge by @lego_bird day 14 prompt: Dystopian. "Don't be so morbid. Could have been an accident." From Divergent by Veronica Roth. #scarletmooncreations #bibliomancy #stichomancy #personal #divination #dystopian #avidreader #quotes

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Discworld fans finally getting a mainstream meme!

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[apolline-lucy]

all of the above but especially Inadvisably Applied Magic & Morbid Bibliomancy, whatever that is

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[thelibrarian1895]

I will take wooly thinking with a minor in morbid bibliomancy I believe

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[gollancz]

In case you were wondering how Team Gollancz shaped up:

Emad - Slood Dynamics

Marcus - Post Mortem Communications

Bethan - Recondite Architecture and Origami Map Folding‎

Brendan - Inadvisably Applied Magic

Áine - Morbid Bibliomancy

Claire - Approximate Accuracy

Gillian - is currently off, so has been assigned Cruel And Unusual Geography since she's on a different continent from the rest of us

(George from Trapeze came by to see what we were talking about and claimed Wooly Thinking, so now he's honorary Gollancz)

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[geordiefinch]

Morbid Bibliomancy or Cruel and Unusual Geography

#GNU Terry Prachett

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[nerdknowledgepool]

Morbid Bibliomancy

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Recondite Architecture and Origami Map Folding‎

Recondite Phenomena

Slood Dynamics

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Wooly Thinking

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