#she's 84 today (yesterday) let's all take a moment to honor her

[braverytaught]

happy birthday to the only witch in the world minerva mcgonagall

[stanknotstark]

Curse Her (No Really)

So that’s the look i imagine is on Loki’s face when he’s like “Can’t know what?” Anyways I had this idea yesterday after thinking about how I grew into an allergy to acrylic. It started off as an idea to grow into an allergy to gold but then i was like NO what if Amora cursed you instead and just ran with it lol Also Uno is totally the Monopoly of card games, I play it with my friends online and there is constant back stabbing and yelling 😂

P.S. I nearly said pus-y but spelled it as pu$$y and just barely caught it holy cow that could have been bad 🤣

Summary: Amora curses you so you can’t wear gold anymore, the metal being Loki’s favorite type of jewelry to gift you and see you wear with pride. You don’t want to tell him because you’re strong and independent and can figure this out without him, right?

In hindsight you should have seen this coming, honestly. 

You sit in the lab with Tony, you on his table, your legs dangling, and Tony in his seat looking over the holoscreen in front of him with a frown. Bruce is out of town being the humanitarian he is so Tony is left with the job of running scans on those who are affected in battle. You’re just lucky Loki joined the team and helped Tony and Bruce make machines that can scan magic. 

“She cast a spell so you can’t wear gold anymore?” Tony says, his frown deepening. “That’s...a stupid curse.” Tony says looking a bit bewildered.

You let out a bitter chuckle. “She’s jealous that Loki is with me and knows that he loves to gift his sweethearts gold jewelry,” You tell the genius with a roll of your eyes. You look at the ground and sigh. “I suppose I should keep this a secret because if Loki finds out he’ll hunt down Amora and attack her. The last thing I want is Amora teasing me for not being able to fight my own fights.” 

“That is a horrible idea,” Tony pips up looking at you sympathetically. “However, as the resident, number one placeholder of bad ideas, I say do exactly that if you’re really that turned off by some teasing.” Tony says, half heartedly trying to convince you to not follow through with this plan but knowing he failed by the pinched look on your face. 

It only takes two days. Two. For Loki to realize you’re not wearing his jewelry. 

You’re lucky he realizes while in the middle of a team bonding activity, card games. 

“Darling, where’s your necklace?” Loki asks lightly as he watches Steve put down a reverse card so instead of being Clint’s turn it’s Tony’s. Clint responds by calling Steve a buttface causing Steve to laugh out of shock.

Your eyes flick over to Tony’s, whose eyes meet yours for a second before you’re both looking at the cards on the floor again. You don’t notice it but Loki definitely noticed the look you both shared but chooses to ignore it.

“I’m letting it soak, it needed to be cleaned and polished.” You easily slip the lie out of your lips. When you look at Loki you’re lucky he isn’t looking at you at first because he can usually read your lies. As he skims his eyes back over to you you let a soft smile slide over your lips to which the god answers with a tilt of his lips. 

When he looks away you swallow, Tony catching your eyes and raising his eyebrows. 

Tell him. Tony’s eyes flash.

Not right now! You push back through your eyes and a small shake of your head.

Tony rolls his eyes and that’s the end of that silent conversation. 

The subject isn’t brought up again until the fourth day. 

You know Loki has definitely caught on to the fact that you stay in Tony’s lab a lot recently but you’re thankful he doesn’t ask questions about it.

“Where are your rings?” Loki outright asks, grabbing your hand and rubbing over your fingers with his thumb, his face in a slight frown as he looks at your bare hands. He notes that you wear silver bangles instead of your usual gold.

You both are getting ready for a press release about Amora’s attack and usually you love to flash your jewelry to the public, as if yelling from the roof tops that Loki is yours when you’re adorned in his colors and gifts. 

“I, uh, lost them,” You mutter out, playing it up and acting ashamed with your flushed cheeks and pulling your hand from Loki’s to hug yourself. “I’m sorry, I’ll find them though.” You bite your lip looking at Loki’s face. The god smiles tenderly and brings his hand up to caress at your jaw. 

“It is fine. I will help you look for them when we have the time.” Loki tells you, his hand falling from your face to grab your hand and lead you from the room. 

You totally miss the disappointed frown that passes over Loki’s face as you pass the dresser in the room and he sees the rings laying there. 

By the sixth day Loki hasn’t said anything else about your missing jewelry. However, yesterday, a day after the press release, Loki had left your rings on your night stand without another word about them.

You can tell Loki is pulling from you, putting up walls that you had worked so hard to demolish. He seems more standoffish and irritated now if his scathing remarks to the team are a tell. You really should just tell him what’s going on but you’re stubborn. 

Today, you sit with Tony in the lab hoping he’ll find a way to make this stupid curse just disappear. While you could wear the gold it would leave you with a noticeable rash within a few hours and if worn long enough pockets of pus appear. If Loki noticed that he would start asking questions you can’t, or rather don’t want to, answer

“I think we need to tell him, I’m honestly lost,” Tony says swiveling in his chair to look at you. “Magic isn’t my forte, it’s Loki’s.” He explains as if you don’t know that. 

“Tony, Amora will never let me live this down. She will always belittle me for being weak and having to ask for help to figure this out.”

“Technically you’ve already asked for help...” Tony points out hesitantly. 

“This is different. She will call me dependent on Loki, like I wasn’t a threat before he came along and I’m his little damsel in distress,” You say letting out a frustrated growl and covering your face with your hands. “I don’t know how to explain what I mean, ok, I just can’t tell Loki.” 

“Uh...” Is all Tony says as you failed to notice someone else came into the lab. 

“Look, I love Loki but he can’t know.” You say with finality, letting your hands drop.

“Loki can’t know what, exactly?” Loki asks in a smooth but dangerously low tone.

You gasp, jumping a little in your spot on Tony’s work table. Your eyes are wide as saucers and you’re sure you can feel the blood from your face leave. 

Loki stands a few feet away with his arms crossed and a pissed look on his face. 

The room is incredibly silent, the tension able to be cut with a dull butter knife. You’re lucky Tony comes to save you. 

Tony sighs, brings a hand up to rub through his hair and looks at Loki with a grimace as if dreading to tell Loki a, false, secret.

Wow he was a great actor, shouldn’t be surprising considering he grew up under the paparazzi’s thumb but to see it in action? It’s shocking.

“She wants me to build her some armor. Says she feels inadequate next to all of us since she doesn’t have powers or anything cool other than pistols.” Tony, falsely, admits. 

Loki frowns at Tony before his eyes slide over to you looking to see if Tony speaks the truth. You quickly make yourself believe Tony’s lie, putting on your brave face as you look at the God of Lies in the eyes. 

You know you’ve succeeded because Loki drops his arms and walks over to you. Tony moves away to tinker with something else in his lab, giving you both space, and quickly flicking the holoscreen he had been looking at away before Loki gets a close look at it and it reveals your secret. 

Loki spreads your knees so he may stand between your legs and brings a hand up to grip your chin and make you look up at him. 

“You will never be inadequate. You deserve a spot on this team, powers or not. You are a formidable warrior and I’m honored to be able to fight by your side,” Loki tells you, his voice strong and confident, his eyes filled with love. “Why would you hide this from me?” He then whispers, his eyebrows stitched together in a hurt look.

You swallow the lump in your throat and consider telling Loki the truth as you look into his eyes and see how much he truly loves you. How much it hurts him to know you’ve been lying to his face.

“I-” 

Suddenly the tower’s klaxons are roaring to life and causing the moment to be broken. You, Loki, and Tony stand at attention. 

“Sir, Amora has breeched your defenses, she is fighting Mr. Rogers and Odinson on floor 84. I believe they have it handled though.” Jarvis supplies you all. 

You and Loki quickly make your way to the floor, Tony lagging behind to put on his suit. 

When you get there Steve and Thor have Amora bound with magic resistant cuffs as she kneels on the ground between them. When she sees you her eyes light up at the fact you are without any jewelry and gives a dark laugh. 

“You haven’t rid yourself of my curse? I figured Loki would break it within 24 hours. You’re losing your touch aren’t you, mage?” Amora says looking over to Loki with a perfectly coiffed eyebrow raised in question. 

Loki looks over to you with confusion on his face and you sigh. Of course the bitch had to ruin everything you’ve been avoiding. 

“Oh,” Amora says, her face slack with shock. Then it splits into an evil grin. “He doesn’t know?”

You glance at Loki who is looking between the two of you with avid interest. Steve and Thor look confused as well. Tony’s suit clanks over to Amora and slaps a magic resistant gag over her mouth, giving you a look that tells you you need to tell Loki everything, now.

Steve, Thor and Tony leave with Amora leaving you in the silent room with a very confused Loki.

“What does she speak of?” Loki finally asks when you refuse to give him anything as you stand there looking at the ground like it’s the most interesting thing in the world. “You’re cursed?” Loki asks, concern laced in his words causing you to feel worse.

You let a tear drop from your eye, blowing out a deep breath and looking at Loki. 

“She cursed me so I can’t wear gold without getting a bad rash and pus pockets.” You let the words tumble out of your lips, a small hiccup coming out of your mouth at the end of the sentence. 

Loki frowns at you, obviously wanting to comfort you but doesn’t reach for you yet. “That is why you haven’t been wearing my jewelry?” Loki asks for confirmation. 

You nod, bringing a hand up to wipe at your tears. 

You don’t expect it but Loki quickly envelops you into his arms in a crushing hug. One hand holding your head to his chest, the other rubbing over your back. His body relaxing into yours as if relieved.

“You’re not mad?” You ask the god shakily, your words hitting his chest as puffs of air from your mouth. You bring your arms up and hug Loki back.

“Darling, I thought you had grown tired of me, that you were slipping from my grasps, that you were going to ask to split any day now.” Loki says into your hair where he litters kisses. “I thought you had fallen for Tony.” Loki explains his own voice wavering a bit at the confession.

“What,” You say shocked, your arms squeezing Loki tighter at the realization of the hurt you put Loki through this past week, “No, never, Tony is my friend. I just didn’t want to have to be saved by you all the time. I don’t want to be your damsel in distress. I want us both to be dependent but also independent, that’s all.” You explain into Loki’s chest, your body now shaking with the emotions that overwhelm you. 

Loki lets out a relieved laugh, pulling away just enough so he may look down at you. “You will never be a damsel in distress, with need of my help or not. I told you, you are formidable on your own, a warrior with a brave spirit.” 

Suddenly you feel really stupid. Amora had gotten inside your head and screwed everything up. Loki was right, as he usually is. 

You let out a shaky laugh. “Can you please break this curse so I can wear your jewelry again? I miss it, a lot.” You ask of Loki who only smiles at you fondly and nods. 

“Of course, darling.” 

[womenofcolor15]

Tyrese, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, T.I., Luda & More Pay Their Respects At George Floyd’s Memorial Service In Minneapolis

Several celebrities made their way to Minneapolis to pay their respects to George Floyd at his memorial service. Tyrese, Tiffany Haddish, T.I., Ludacris and more celebrities were in attendance. Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy. More inside…

Thousands came out to pay their respects to George Floyd – the Minneapolis man who was killed by white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who kneeled on the back of his neck for nearly nine minutes. The killing was captured on video and it instantly went viral, sparking raging protests across the nation.

Yesterday, a memorial service for George was held at North Central University in Minneapolis for his family and friends to honor the 46 years he was on this earth. George was a father, brother, a son, an uncle and friend to many.

Members of Congress were in attendance, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, Rep. Ayana Pressley and Rep. Joyce Beatty. They were seen sharing a moment together as they prayed over George Floyd’s casket.

Several musicians and actors also came out to pay their respects. Tyrese, Tiffany Haddish, Common, T.I., Tiny Harris, Ludacris, Kevin Hart, Will Packer, Master P, and Marsai Martin.

During the service, Tyrese was trending on Twitter over his outfit choice:

It is 84° today in Minneapolis and Tyrese got on a trench coat! pic.twitter.com/hwTOoI3EoL

— Drew (@DJJustDrew2) June 4, 2020

That nigga Tyrese in there looking like Conspiracy Brotha pic.twitter.com/fleMlkCzbj

— I’LL SLAP YO AZZ JUS CUZ OF SLAVERY (@WhattUpJT) June 4, 2020

LMFAO if there’s ONE thing Tyrese know how to do, it’s to stay relevant. I love the niggatry. pic.twitter.com/AieHCAZSL1

— SAZÓN PACKET (@B00B00_TheFool) June 4, 2020

Tyrese is wearing a hat in church and none of those elders snatched it off?

— A Tribe Called Chris (@ChrisPaulComedy) June 4, 2020

Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a moving eulogy where he talked about the struggles of the black community.

"George Floyd's story is the story of black folks," Rev. Sharpton said. "Because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being — because you kept your knee on our necks."

“Man comes out of a single parent home, educates himself and rises up and becomes the President of the United States, and you ask him for his birth certificate, because you can’t take your knee off our neck.”

Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy at the memorial for George Floyd. pic.twitter.com/khjyIqBMkQ

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) June 5, 2020

“I know why George was calling for momma,” he said. “Maybe he was calling his momma because at the point he was dying, she was stretching his hands out, saying, ‘Come on George, I welcome you where the wicked will cease from troubling, where the weary will be at rest. There’s a place where police won’t put knees on your neck, George.’”

Rev. Sharpton also announced plans for a march in Washington, D.C. that's set to go down on August 28th, which is the anniversary of the original March on Washington in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

"We need to go back to Washington and stand up — black, white, Latino, Arab — in the shadows of Lincoln and tell them, 'This is the time to stop this,'" Rev. Sharpton said.

Watch his full remarks below:

The audience held a moment of silence that lasted 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time former police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee in the back of George's neck.

Rev. Sharpton asked attendees to observe an 8 min and 46 second long moment of silence — the time that Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck. Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, and actress Tiffany Haddish joined him on stage. #GeorgeFloydMemorial pic.twitter.com/O1h6BOFFeu

— Aaron L. Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) June 4, 2020

During the moment of silence, Rev. Jesse Jackson, standing, cried out “I can’t breathe” at least twice. #GeorgeFloydMemorial

— Aaron L. Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) June 4, 2020

After Rev. Al Sharpton gave the eulogy, he started naming the celebrities in attendance, naming, Kevin Hart, Ludacris, Tyrese, Will Packer, and T.I., but failed to mention Tiffany Haddish. Someone reminded Rev. Sharpton that he forgot Tiffany and he joked that he “disrespected” her. Check it below:

Did they really stop the service so Tiffany Haddish could get a shout out?#GeorgeFloydMemorial pic.twitter.com/ZMcXaV3Szs

— Tony Clements (@TonyClementsTC) June 4, 2020

Twitter felt a way that Tiffany made the service about her when it should have been focused on George:

Why we making this about a Tiffany Haddish? She’s not talking, y’all are. Celebrities show up to protests and funerals for a cause that’s gained international momentum but give the ppl you don’t like more clout by-what are we doing, really?- are we canceling this one? I’m tired

— B.true (@idkidcidgaftf) June 4, 2020

The way celebrities, including Tiffany Haddish have centered themselves at George Floyd's memorial. Chile.

— Arrest Breonna's murders (@HarrietCarried) June 4, 2020

This Memorial is hurting my spirit. To this song choice, down to Tiffany Haddish feeling the need to be shouted out, and to celebs being shouted out in general. That’s not what this mans life was about. Get to the point of his life and how we can do better, not s/o celebs

— Lara Jean (@TiyahTirvana) June 4, 2020

I’m confused. Why are these celebrities getting a shout out at George Floyd’s memorial service? I don’t care or need to know that Tiffany Haddish & Tyrese are in the building. #GeorgeFloydMemorial

— Alaxa Amelie (@AlaxaAmelie) June 4, 2020

After the backlash, Tiffany hopped on Twitter to respond:

"It's crazy—all these people came to see my brother. That's amazing to me, that he touched so many people's hearts. Because he's been touching our hearts."

George Floyd's brother remembers him at memorial service: https://t.co/SqNdEYjfAP pic.twitter.com/DaG00wAQzb

— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2020

George Floyd's brother and Ben Crump - the family's attorney - also spoke during the memorial service:

"It's crazy—all these people came to see my brother. That's amazing to me, that he touched so many people's hearts. Because he's been touching our hearts."

George Floyd's brother remembers him at memorial service: https://t.co/SqNdEYjfAP pic.twitter.com/DaG00wAQzb

— ABC News (@ABC) June 4, 2020

FULL SPEECH: Family attorney Ben Crump delivers impassioned speech at George Floyd memorial.

More coming up on @NBCNightlyNews. pic.twitter.com/HEVFpAVcOF

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) June 4, 2020

Rapper Common - who's rumored to be dating Tiffany Haddish - was spotted at George's memorial site following the service:

And while I was there, @common made an appearance. He’d been in town for an event with elected leaders and local grassroots organizers. It was his first time visiting the memorial site, so he took a moment there. He also was nearly mobbed for pictures with fans. pic.twitter.com/AT50ZVISfm

— Aaron L. Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) June 5, 2020

Meanwhile in Brooklyn...

“My family is a peaceful family. My family is God fearing… So let's do this another way. Let's do this another way."

The brother of George Floyd appeals for peace - as he stands at the makeshift memorial in Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/LCCFXochYN

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) June 2, 2020

Terrence Floyd - one of George's brothers -  hosted a vigil in Brooklyn where thousands turned out to pay their respects.

Thousands at George Floyd memorial in Brooklyn chant “You Are Not Alone” as his brother Terrence takes the mic. pic.twitter.com/fWVc2Vh5H5

— JOSH RUSSELL (@jruss_jruss) June 4, 2020

Terrence Floyd, brother of the deceased George Floyd, leads a protest march over the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in New York. Totally peaceful on a sunny day, the group left Cadman Plaza Park in BK for Foley Square in the downtown. /me @AP #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/5mPRAmvtE1

— john minchillo (@johnminchillo) June 4, 2020

Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray were late for the vigil and folks were not happy about it:

De Blasio and Chirlane McCray arrive 20 mins late. Crowd boos and chants “De Blasio, go home” when he walks across the stage pic.twitter.com/H1J62mm69o

— Rose Adams (@rose_n_adams) June 4, 2020

On June 9th, a private service will be held in Minneapolis, which former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to attend. Additional services for George Floyd will be held in Raeford, North Carolina, on June 6th and Houston, Texas, on June 8th. Floyd’s family has accepted boxing legend Floyd Mayweather’s offer to pay the costs of all the memorials.

Photos: Aaron L. Morrison

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