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witchthewriter · 1 year

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𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝

Like I did with the moral alignments, I thought I would make a post about why and how I sort characters into Hogwarts Houses! There are also quizzes so you can figure it out for yourself as well. I go into detail about each House, what they represent, their background and what it means to be sorted into a certain House.

I hope you enjoy!

*just because I’m talking about Harry Potter doesn’t mean I align with the transphobic views of J.K. Rowling. There is no room for transphobia on my page, and I support the trans and LGBTQIA+ community*

Figuring out which Hogwarts House you belong to has been around since the HP series came out. But I think there’s more to it than simply choosing to be in ‘the brave house’ or ‘the smart house.’ I think it reveals a lot about a person - or rather, a large aspect.

Here are a few tests for you to try, comment below what you got!

Test 1 (the ‘official’ Wizarding World quiz)

Test 2 (from IDRlabs, they have other personality quizzes as well!)

Test 3 (Here’s the full Pottermore quiz. The 1st quiz will only have a few questions, so that’s why I don’t think it’s fully accurate to take)

Test 4 (A really good one from Quotev, the questions/answers aren’t obvious)

Gryffindor: Do what is right. Hufflepuff: Do what is kind. Ravenclaw: Do what is wise. Slytherin: Do what is necessary.

𝐆𝐑𝐘𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑

“ Where dwell the brave at heart, their daring, nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart “

𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡: Fire

𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦: ‘Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor’, Godric Gryffindor.

Dwelled at Godric’s Hollow

Was an accomplished dueller

A fair man, he believed that any child who displayed magical abilities before their 11th birthday should be able to attend Hogwarts.

Gryffindor was the original owner of the Sorting Hat

Gryffindor also had a sword made, which would present itself to any true Gryffindor in a moment of need.

He was allegedly the best friend of Slytherin before he left Hogwarts

Godric will always be known for his accomplished skills in battle, and his fight against Muggle discrimination in the wizarding world.

𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠:

Courage

Bravery

Standing up for what you believe in - even if your voice shakes.

Caring about the greater good

Daring/Bold

Having a deep need to do the right thing

Standing out from the crowd

𝐶𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒:

Lucy Pevensie

Thor

Mulan

Katniss Everdeen

Merida

Batman/Bruce Wayne

Buffy Summers

Chandler Bing

𝐇𝐔𝐅𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐏𝐔𝐅𝐅

“ You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal. Those patient Hufflepuffs are true. And unafraid of toil. “

𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡: Earth

𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦: ‘From valley broad,’ Helga Hufflepuff

A kind and warm woman who believed in loyalty, patience and hard-work as the best abilities a person can possess

Was a brilliant cook and had remarkable skills for preparing food. Her recipes are still used in Hogwarts to this day.

She brought the house-elves to Hogwarts

Owner of Hufflepuff’s Cup

She was the best friend of Rowena Ravenclaw

𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠:

Loyalty

A need for justice. A lot of the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor traits are intertwined, but the difference is that Gryffindors don’t need to know a person to feel the need to look out for them.

Patient

Believe in fairness and equality (Helga Hufflepuff was the only founder who believed everyone should have a fair chance in being taught)

Accepting

Thinks about other people more than themselves

Would do anything at all, for family

𝐶𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒:

Edmund Pevensie

Antman

Jay Gatsby

Okoye

Samwise Gamgee

Michael Scott

Alfred Pennyworth

Joey Tribbiani

Phoebe Buffay

𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐖

“ Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you’ve a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind. “

𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡: Air

𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦: ‘From Glen,’ Rowena Ravenclaw

A sharp and intelligent woman

She wanted to make Hogwarts the finest wizarding school in the world, teaching only those with the highest intelligence

Rowena wore a diadem that was said to grant wisdom to the wearer, however, Rowena’s own daughter grew jealous of her mother’s incredible intelligence. Helena Ravenclaw stole her mother’s diadem and ran away, a fact that Rowena kept hidden from her fellow founders even when she fell ill.

Wanting to see Helena before she died, Rowena sent a man to bring Helena home. Unfortunately, that man was the Bloody Baron, who was in love with Helena, and stabbed her in a rage when she refused to come home.

After Helena was tragically killed, legend tells us that Rowena Ravenclaw died of a broken heart.

She was the best friend of Helga Hufflepuff

𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠:

Intelligence

Wisdom

Witty

Open-minded - don’t mix well with traditional, close-minded people. Ravenclaws see the big picture, they think about what things could be, rather than what things are.

They think outside of the box, they don’t like being confined by rules or traditions.

Unique

Individualistic/Original

Actually very intuitive

𝐶𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒:

Susan Pevensie

Sherlock Holmes

Bruce Banner

James Bond

Annabeth Chase

Mary Poppins

Gandalf

Monica Geller

Ross Geller

𝐒𝐋𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍

“ Or perhaps in Slytherin, You’ll make your real friends. These cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends. “

𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡: Water

𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦: ‘From Fen’, Salazar Slytherin

He believed strongly that only wizards of pure blood

This belief caused a big rift between the founders, especially Gryffindor, which led to the depature of Salazar

Despite his flaws, Salazar was a talented wizard, skilled in Legilemency and Parseltongue

Before he left, however, he created the Chamber of Secrets

𝐸𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠:

Ambition

Determination

Cunning

Traditional

Strategic

Willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals; even using others for their gain.

Not all Slytherins use these traits for personal gain, however, because the founder was evil - doesn’t mean every Slytherin is.

Resourceful

Cleverness

Family means a lot to them

Desires respect

𝐶𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒:

Peter Pevensie

Natasha Romanoff

Daenerys Targaryen

Lady MacBeth

Wednesday Addams

Selina Kyle/Catwoman

Rachel Green

Harley Quinn

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anemoiashifts · 2 months

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welcome ♡₊˚ 🦢・₊✧ !!

— ✦ about : rinn, she / her, twenty three, july ♋︎ ☼ ♌︎ ☾ ♎︎ ↑, slytherin or hufflepuff — mixed pottermore results.

— ✦ interests & stuff i like : animal crossing enthusiast, og ldr fan, youtube video essay lover, leather jackets, fashion, vintage toy & clothing collector, deer, walks, weighted blankets, hair bows, calico critters, littlest pet shops & jelly cats.

— ✦ shifting to : buffy the vampire slayer, old hollywood fame, modern fame, travel dr.

— ✦ shifting : shifted x1 ?? , minishifted x2

#desired reality #reality shifting #shiftblr #shifting #shiftok #shifting motivation #shifting realities #shifter #reality shifter

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sapphic-lottienat · 11 months

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What are your thoughts on Xander?

ahh getting right into the controversy, are we?

background info: look, i don't want to offend any xander stans. BUT. xander can just be a bit... off sometimes. don't get me wrong, he has his moments, but i think he's just what joss whedon wanted himself to be like, with all of the same misogyny and unrealism.

hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff

best quality: his girlfriends :D

worst quality: his misogyny, his bad jokes, the way he treats his friends, this list goes on

ship them with: look i love anya but i feel like she was just too good for him, so no one i guess

brotp them with: HE WAS SUCH A BAD FRIEND TO SO MANY PEOPLE but i guess itd be willow if i had to choose since theyve been friends for ages and ages

needs to stay away from: girls

misc. thoughts: the scene in dead man's party when buffy comes back and hes the one whos leading the whole blaming buffy thing

#btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #xander harris

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transfigvred · 2 years

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( jessica alexander , twenty , cis woman , she / her ) hey , is that EMMA VANITY wandering the halls without a companion ? the SIXTH YEAR is getting bold . and here i thought the SLYTHERIN was always more perceptive , self-reliant & confident . but then they are also known to be impatient , competitive & avaricious , so maybe that makes sense . these hard times are enough to change anybody , i suppose . and did you hear people are saying they’re in THE KNIGHTS ? rumors fly when people are cooped up . here , i’ll show you — EMMA always reminded me of tequila shots served with a slice of limelight ; wiping blood and lip gloss from your mouth ; dark ice across a frozen forest lake concealing freezing depths beneath ; expensive perfume mingling with the scent of phosphorus ; the first drop of blood in the water before the feeding frenzy begins ; wearing back-breaking heels just to hear them click against stone as you walk ; perfectly manicured nails pulling at loose threads until all that’s left is a tangle of frayed strands . and i’ve heard SHE FED THE CAT OF THE LAST PERSON WHO HIT HER WITH A BLUDGER TO THE GIANT SQUID . let’s hope the PUREBLOOD doesn’t get attacked by the beast . or let’s at least hope that rumor doesn’t get back to them before they do .

character parallels : cordelia chase ( buffy the vampire slayer ) , paris geller ( gilmore girls ) , petra solano ( jane the virgin ) , cece parekh ( new girl ) , emily gilmore ( gilmore girls ) , gina linetti ( brooklyn nine nine )

let’s get one thing straight . my main motivation behind creating & developing emma is that i want to play a bitch <333

emma vanity has never really seen the point of playing nice , or playing fair , if there’s the option of playing to win . life isn’t nice , and it isn’t fair , and someone’s always cheating so you might as well too . whoever said that not everything’s a competition was clearly losing .

she was a terror as a child & her father absolutely encouraged it at every opportunity . if she made another kid cry ? that wasn’t something she’d done wrong , that other kid needed to grow a backbone . she was screaming and crying because she wanted a new toy ? good , she knew what she wanted and wasn’t afraid to get it

her mother , on the other hand , clearly resented the life she’d been dealt , and viewed her uncontrollable daughter who wore the face of a man she’d never loved as a lost cause . the feeling was mutual – emma saw her mother as weak , irritating , jealous . call it a defense mechanism , if you will ; it’s easier to stomach a mother who doesn’t like you if you don’t like her either .

this quote : often father and daughter look down on mother ( woman ) together . they exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point . they agree that she is not bright as they are , cannot reason as they do . this collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate .

also this quote : in a dream i saw my mother with the love of her life and no children / it was the happiest i’d ever seen her

anyway moving on from the Mommy Issues ™

she realized she was good at quidditch in her first year at hogwarts , during the mandatory flying lessons . it had never interested her before ; it seemed dull , boorish , base . but once she discovered she was a natural on a broom , all that changed .

she loves the adrenaline of it , the violence , the cutthroat competition . she’s been a beater on the slytherin quidditch team since her third year .

random side note : she wears a full face of makeup for every quidditch match . bc she’s that bitch

fairly irreverent . ready to laugh at just about anything . but like , in a mean way yk . there’s not much she won’t mock

something emma really admires is the ability to hide weakness . if you can take whatever shit she throws at you without flinching , in some weird twisted way she gains more respect for you

competitive as ALL HELL . finds it very hard to turn down a challenge . there’s something about the prospect of winning that just lights a fire underneath her

funnily enough though , this doesn’t really extend to academic performance . emma cares just enough about school in order to get passable grades and that’s it . anything more than that , she views as a waste of her effort and time

loyal to the people she does care about but also ? weirdly possessive ? she’s like a cat , she does not like to share the people in her life . 100% the sort of girl to sabotage her ex’s new relationship

let’s be clear though , emma is a bitch . she’s a bully . she enjoys the power of knowing she’s gotten under someone’s skin , of knowing she holds power over them

one thing about emma is that she’ll give it to you straight . she doesn’t see the point of wasting time with coyness or fake humbleness . she knows she’s the villain in many people’s stories , and she doesn’t care . she’d much rather be the villain than be fake nice or fake virtuous . has absolutely no patience for people who try and paint themselves as the hero

anyway yeah she’s intense and competitive and unflinching and bloodthirsty and greedy and bitchy and selfish and honest and confident . she’s a lot !! tbqh i haven’t really played a character like this much at all so i’m excited

this is such a mess im sorry

#petrifyintro #𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 ‚ 𝑒𝑚𝑚𝑎 : ｢ about . ｣

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zalrb · 1 year

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Why do you think Spuffy and many enemies to lovers ships alike are so popular in many fandoms?

OK, I'm going to talk about the possible appeal of enemies to lovers differently than the appeal of Spuffy.

I don't actively ship Drarry, it's not something I'm "serious" about or or even care much about but when asked what I like about Drarry, one of the things I say is the mutual obsession, and I think that's a big appeal with regards to enemies to lovers ships. In fiction, there's a kind of intense intimacy in wanting to destroy another person to the point of preoccupation, where you can't stop talking about them, can't stop thinking about them, where you're, like, plagued by their every move, you need to know what's going on with them at every possible moment, which in it of itself has a romance to it, and then it leads to an actual romance.

Another aspect of Drarry that I talk about is the sense of them being mirrors. Draco's a Slytherin, Harry's a Griffyindor, Draco has two parents, Harry has none, Draco is chosen by Voldemort to kill Dumbledore, Harry is mentored by Dumbledore to take down Voldemort, that can be an aspect of enemies to lovers if the two characters are on opposing sides but see themselves reflected in each other and it's almost like a soulmate connection through those narrative similarities, I had absolutely no dog in the Reylo fight which got super intense but I saw that type of narrative between them when I watched the movies

And in my opinion, I don’t even necessarily see Kylo and Rey’s connection as traditionally romantic, it’s almost like a spiritual need and a spiritual desire because they’re narrative balances of each other — as your darkness grows, her light rises (or something) — and their differences are rooted in similarities, they’re both confused and lonely and looking for their true selves which leads them down separate paths that entwine and therefore they recognize something in each other which leads to really intimate and sensual connections, I personally don’t find that toxic or find that Rey and Kylo have to be “together” in the conventional sense…

and that can be an intriguing storyline.

With regards to Spuffy, I find a lot of it is a deliberate misreading of text by fandom

and a lot horrible writing in season 7 by the show

which is the same as something like Delena, like rather than it being an actual enemies to lovers ship, I find that people treat it as more of a bad boy redemptive ship

and I don't think it's done adequately.

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ofskellingtcns · 2 years

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𝚃𝙰𝚂𝙺 𝟸𝟻; 𝙽𝙴𝚇𝚃 𝙶𝙴𝙽.

lilith skellington.

lilith was created from her father’s rib. no literally. after hearing of how howl’s son came to be, jasper thought he could create a child as well. so with the help of donnie that’s what he set out to do. however, dabbling in black magic when he hadn’t honed his skills came with a price. his daughter was born half demon. a former cheerleader and prom queen, lili spends her time in the other side of the family business. what’s that you might ask ? oh, well, she’s a grim reaper.

inspired by : sidney prescott ( scream ) , parker caine ( charmed 2018 ) , buffy summers ( buffy the vampire slayer ) , good girls by chvrches , sam carpenter ( scream 5 ) , jennifer check ( jennifer’s body ) , daphne blake ( scooby doo ) , sabrina spellman ( the chilling adventures of sabrina ) , final girl trope , i am not a woman, i’m a god by halsey

𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙴𝚁𝙰𝙻

birth name. lilith ophelia hamato-skellington nicknames. lili date of birth. september 28 age. twenty-six gender. cis female. pronouns. she/her. species. half skeleton monster / half demon powers. flexibility, detach-ability, spell casting, skeleton form, shadow form, light negation, phase-shifting, smoking ( teleportation through black, shadowy smoke ), supernatural stealth, electromagnetic interference, limited shapeshifting, supernatural strength, enhanced durability, phase-shifting, premonitions, levitation, pathokinesis, and the ability to capture souls sexuality. bisexual. place of birth. hallow falls current residence. elias, california / hallow falls occupation. grim reaper, father’s assistant

𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴

height. 5'8" build. toned hair colour/style. blonde eye colour. brown, red in skeleton form, black when demonic powers are used. piercings. ears and nose. tattoos. the moon phase she was born under on her shoulder notable markings. a scar on her back from a run in with a monster when she was twelve. glasses/contacts ? n/a. faceclaim. suki waterhouse voiceclaim. suki waterhouse ( X )

𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙻𝚃𝙷

physical ailments. none. allergies. n/a sleeping habits. she’s nocturnal i fear. exercise habits. boxing, running .. honestly she just loves being active in anyway she can be. dominant hand. left. drugs / smoke / alcohol ? no / no / no.

𝙿𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻𝙸𝚃𝚈

positive traits. intelligent, calculating, resourceful, devoted, imaginative, protective negative traits. righteous, rebellious, aggressive, stubborn, aloof, intimidating usual mood. calm. likes. balance, amethyst, sci-fi movies, leather jackets, sriracha garlic, black loafers, elegant dresses, cinnamon flavored treats, 80s music, listening to her uncle donnie go on tangents, skeletoning out with wes, horror aesthetic, blood dislikes. the bartholomews and anyone associated with them next gen wise. hallow falls residents who feel entitled to her father, magic used incorrectly, people chewing their food loudly, nosey people, failing, not having control ( whether it be of a situation or herself ) bad habits. she's a little too cold sometimes without meaning to be

𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂𝙷𝙸𝙿𝚂

mother. n/a father. jasper skellington, donatello hamato siblings. diana, wesley & calliope hamato-skellington. children. her pets: a snake named arkham and a bat named gotham. birth order. oldest of four. significant other. ada teague, romantic interest closest friends. harry teague, and this could be you !

𝚃𝙴𝚂𝚃𝚂

zodiac sign. libra mbti. entj temperament. phlegmatic-choleric. hogwarts house. slytherin moral alignment. chaotic neutral.

𝚂𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻𝚂 & 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚂

languages spoken. english, thai, latin & french drive ? yes. jump start a car ? yes. change a flat tire ? yes ride a bicycle ? yes. swim ? yes. play an instrument ? yes, piano. play chess ? yes. braid hair ? no. tie a tie ? yes. pick a lock ? yes. sew ? yes.

compassion. 9/10.

empathy. 7/10.

creativity. 10/10.

mental flexibility. 10/10.

passion. 10/10.

luck. 8/10.

motivation. 9/10.

education. 10/10.

intelligence. 10/10.

charisma. 8/10.

reflexes. 10/10.

willpower. 7/10.

stamina. 10/10.

physical strength. 10/10.

battle skill. 10/10.

initiative. 10/10.

restraint. 7/10.

strategy. 10/10.

team work. 5/10.

( pinterest, her tag, playlist. )

#watask #* . 　 ✦ . ˚ lilith ˗ˏˋ in the final scene there's a final girl and you know that she should be screaming . ˎˊ˗

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starman-waitinginthesky81 · 1 year

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Hello my loves… Intro??

About me:

Rowan (they/he/whatever you want tbh) INTP-T, Aries, Slytherin, Vast aligned, acespec and biromantic. English… Remus Lupin, Evan Rosier and Regulus Black kinnie.

Fandoms and Interests:

Maraurders, Grishaverse, X Files, Magnus Archives, Sherlock and co., Malevolent, Heartstopper, The Secret History, The Owl House, Marvel, Criminal Minds, Dead Poets Society, buffy the vampire slayer, hannibal etc (name a fandom, chances are i’ve heard of and/or participated in it)

Disclamers:

DNI homophobes, transphobes, racists or any type of discrimination.

Minor

Asks are open - talk to me :)

tired_minds on AO3 (i have one work i think… i do intend to write more)

think that’s it? thx for being here.

-Rowan

#rowan speaks

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thetangential · 2 years

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Audiobook review: Maya Phillips on her life as a proud “Nerd”

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “nerd” is a “mildly derogatory” term that emerged in 1950s America to describe someone who’s “socially inept.” Today, the dictionary allows, it can also describe someone who embraces “a highly technical interest.”

While listening to the confident sweep of Maya Phillips’s Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse, I kept returning to the title. Does the mildly derogatory “nerd” still have any meaning, I wondered, in a world where fantasy franchises have consumed the box office and where the fandoms Phillips embraces are avidly explored across the media spectrum? It seems like nerds have become, well, pretty cool.

Then, last night, I had a moment where I realized I was wearing an Ewok onesie, reading The Two Towers, and texting my friends about Star Trek wall calendars while my wife lay beside me reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Nerds.

Not until the very end of Nerd does Phillips explicitly engage with the idea that anyone might question the use of her time to dive deep on anime, comics, and novels about invented worlds. The bulk of Nerd is a series of chapters exploring weighty topics — among them religion, mental health, and race — through the lens of the author’s life. In each, Phillips explains how various imagined universes intersected with her own, providing inspiration and food for thought.

Chapter five, for example, is titled “The Slytherin Firebender of Sunagakure: Self-identification with fandom, racial and national identities in space westerns, and the persistent fantasy of manifest destiny.” It opens during “Christian existence” class in Phillips’s Catholic high school; develops into an examination of the fantasy-universe personality typology trope (Hogwarts houses, Avatar: The Last Airbender nations, Sex and the City characters); considers that phenomenon in the context of real-world signifiers like race and class; rolls back into an evocation of family road trips; and from there launches into a broader consideration of frontiers and identities in vintage westerns, Star Trek, Cowboy Bebop, Star Wars, and Firefly.

The book is so wide-ranging that it could be approached as a geography of contemporary imaginative universes, seen through the author’s individual lens. Unless you’re as well-versed as Phillips is regarding everything from Buffy to Akira, you’re bound to learn something about the fandoms you’re less familiar with. Phillips is generous in providing footholds for people with varying levels of knowledge about her subjects, but Nerd isn’t a 101: readers are expected to know offhand what a mecha is, and what “ship” means as a verb not involving transportation.

Growing up as a gen-X nerd, I scoured my local library shelves for nonfiction books about fantastic universes and found mostly hagiographies of pop filmmakers, dusty histories of Golden Age science fiction, and the occasional behind-the-scenes book. For serious pop culture analysis, I had The Parables of Peanuts and that was about it. From this perspective, it was gratifying to find that Phillips makes the occasional historical reference but isn’t bound by the past. Her emphasis is on the texts she’s encountered, and how they’ve been relevant to her life in real time.

Phillips also takes a dynamic approach to the creator-fan relationship, reflecting the potentially fraught realities of an era when J.K. Rowling can tweet retcons at whim even as her readers share their own takes on the Harry Potter canon. (Phillips and her friends, she writes, won’t entertain the Fantastic Beasts prequels as canon, nor do they credit “the Epilogue That Will Not Be Named.”) Phillips also addresses Rowling’s transphobia, about which Harry Potter’s creator is so resolutely unapologetic that any reference to her formerly ubiquitous fantasy universe is now potentially fraught.

The Nerd author narrates the audiobook herself with a confident, deliberate cadence. It’s gratifying to hear the text in her own voice, but the linear experience of an audiobook can present challenges for listeners who dip in and out. Nerd is a great listen if you have long, uninterrupted stretches of time to spend with it, but in shorter bursts, without the ability to readily flip pages, it can be challenging to hold all the threads of Phillips’s carefully crafted arguments.

Nerd constitutes a testament to the real-world power of imagined universes, and for the importance of remaining critically engaged even while meeting these stories on their own terms. “These worlds only belong to children, we’ve been told for so long, with the understanding that imagination, hope, and dreams may only survive in the innocence of childhood,” Phillips writes, “and yet, if the multiverse can teach us anything, it’s that reality is what we make it. The possibilities are endless.”

It’s a stirring sentiment, and I don’t just say that because I’m wearing a Baby Yoda onesie.

– Jay Gabler

#audiobooks #Maya Phillips #fandom #books

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Action/Adventure Masterlist

Links Last Checked: November 17th, 2023

A Dementor's Kiss (ao3) - parttimestoryteller

Summary: Phan, kickthestickz and multiple youtubers at hogwarts! Dan Howell, a shy third year slytherin, is befriended by fifth year hufflepuff Phil Lester. Dan is quiet and alone, with little faith in his abilities, but with the comfortable and kind-hearted Phil he will learn to flourish in the wizarding world. This is a chaptered story with each chapter a oneshot in its own right.

A little pixie dust (ao3) - TheWholesomePerv

Summary: Plot: This is the story about four adorkable YouTubers (Phil Lester, Dan Howell, Louise Pentland, and Carrie Hope Fletcher) and their adventurous journey into the magical world of Walt Disney, to save Tyler Oakley out of the hands of mean villains. It's a story of friendship, of adventure and of love! You just need a little pixie dust and a happy thought, then you're good to go!

Butterfly (ao3) - A_Million_Regrets

Summary: Phil Lester, a lonely writer, finds a dying boy with beautiful black wings on a cold, rainy night in a dingy alleyway. He recognizes the boy as one of the winged men hated by human society. They are considered to be wild, ferocious beasts, but Phil's sympathy forces him to help the boy.

What happens when the boy, considered to be a wild beast, gets too attached and follows him home with an innocent, dimpled smile?

Care to Dance (ao3) - Pilferingstarlight

Summary: Sequel to A Life so Changed. If you haven’t read it I strongly recommend you check that out first.

August, 1921. Nine years after the fated sinking of the Titanic. Phil Lester, though having miraculously survived the event, is miserable and depressed, tormented by nightmares and constant heartache for his lost love, Dan Howell. In an attempt to put some distance between him and what has been haunting him, he moves to New York where culturally, the Roaring Twenties are in full swing. But it is one night at a lavish party held at a mysterious mansion on Long Island that his life completely changes, and everything he has come to know gets turned on it’s side. (Again.)

Eight One Five (ao3) - parttimestoryteller

Summary: spy AU: Dan’s an underage intelligence operative and he’s on a mission. It’s pretty routine; befriend the bad guy’s kid, collect enough information for a conviction and beat some people up. Move on out and abandon the identity assumed. Things get complicated when Dan turns out to be a little too good at befriending Phil Lester. Sometimes good and evil isn’t black and white, and Dan has to decide which lives he can allow himself to ruin.

Elenya (ao3) - parttimestoryteller

Summary: Lord of the rings AU!! (bc it’s about bloody time @phandom) A stable boy from Rohan with a sword thrust into his hands meets a Galadhrim Elf head-on in the Battle of Helm’s Deep. Phil finds himself saving young Dan time and time again, but before the battle ends Dan will find his feet (and his sword grip) and return the favour. Can a light spark in the darkest of nights?

Lion Heart (ao3) - Babel_Fish

Summary: Phil and Dan have been in a long term relationship since they met, though only their close friends know for sure. Things are going very well for them professionally and privately. Something comes out of the blue that rips them apart. They have to find each other will they be able to survive the obstacles thrown in their way.

Motion Picture Soundtrack (ao3) - Young_Rouge_Rose

Summary: Daniel James Howell is a lawyer and a music lover, an unhappy one. He has a distinct plan of where he will be five years from now. Philip Michael Lester was not included in this plan and yet in five years, he moves from an unknown stranger to a permanent fixture in Dan’s life. He is an indie-horror movie director and Buffy enthusiast. Wherever he goes strange things seem to follow. With Phil, all chances of normality are blown out of the water and for once Dan can’t bring himself to care. He is too caught up in books, bears, three-legged cats, and motion picture soundtracks.

Sea of Love (ao3) - troyiesivanie

Summary (tw): Dan and Phil grew up together in Australia and took frequent late night outings, now that Dan has his licence a trip to the beach ends in a way they never could have imagined.

Sirenia (ao3) - potatoesarenotforsex

Summary: Phil is a marine biologist, called in to work on something unusual found off the coast of Australia. Dan is the last thing he expected to find.

Six Ravens (ao3) - iihappydaysii

Summary: Dan meets Prince Philip at a cyberbullying campaign, but what starts as a working relationship grows complicated when Dan realizes he’s falling for the prince and maybe, just maybe, he’s not alone in his feelings. (Part One is complete and is a full story on it's own. Part Two is still in progress)

something extraordinary, i'm sure (ao3) - celestialfics (orphan_account), creativityatbest

Summary: Dan accidentally summons a water-leaching demon while trying to cook his noodles one day, and luckily for him, Phil arrives just in time to help (and maybe hit him over the head). Adventure and magic ensue.

the demons that bring us together (ao3) - itsmyusualphannie (itsmyusualweeb)

Summary: Dan knew he should be doing his patrols of London, especially with Valentine still on the loose, but he gets sidetracked and when he goes to a downworlder cafe, he meets Phil. The warlock isn’t like most downworlders. He is kind and caring, and weirdly enough, attracted to Dan.

The Electricity That Went Out At Dusk (ao3) - orphan_account

Summary: Or the one where I give everybody powers, x-men style, and watch the awkwardness unfold.

The Infinite Possibility of Us (ao3) - Young_Rouge_Rose

Summary: It began as all good stories do, with an inciting incident. Dan’s just so happened to be almost getting hit by a car, watching a man die before his eyes and somehow falling into a web of alternate realities. Just your usual morning inconvenience. He just wanted a coffee, and to make Phil happy. Now all he wants is to get back home, back to his world, his life, his Phil. Little does he know Phil has found himself in a similar predicament, and what is stranger still is that in all other worlds they seem to be together. Maybe this is the universe trying to tell them something.

The Lovers’ Gap (ao3) - coldphannie

Summary: Dan’s on the greatest adventure of his life. He’s joined by his best friend, Phil. He learns a lot about serving his kingdom, and what’s more, he learns to fall in love.

Phil isn’t his though. Phil is someone else’s.

The Reflection Of My Heart Has Your Smile (ao3) - Anonymous

Summary: Phil Lester, the legacy of generations of psychic powers, can see things that others can't. He can see the brown haired boy in the mirror, the one with eyes so beautiful it makes his heart beat faster. Dan Howell, who doesn't know his family, is trapped behind a mirror in another world, rapidly falling for the blue eyed, black haired boy who made it his mission to be his friend. But when worlds collide, can they learn to survive in a hostile land, help their friends, and get back home? All while falling in love?

Fantasy/Magic AU, feat. Phil's Grandma, magic mirrors, other worlds, and a whole lot of phan!

#phanfictioncatalogue #phanfiction #phanfic #phan #masterlists #au #action #action masterlist #adventure #adventure masterlists

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Welcome to my Spotify!! Be on the lookout for new playlists/and-or/updated set lists at random times.

Working on it playlists

Pure Death

One Wolf Remains

Ghost Them

The Thirteen

Manon Blackbeak-Crochan

Dorian Havillard

Rowan Whitethorn Galathynius

An Assassin, A Slave, And Yet She Could Still Laugh

Aelin-Celeana-Diana-Lillian-Nameless-Fireheart

She Was The Fire

Kingdom Of Ash

Tower Of Dawn

Empire Of Storms

Queen Of Shadows

Assassins Blade

Heir Of Fire

Crown Of Midnight

Throne Of Glass

The Fall Of Two Stars

Finley Thompson + Ryder Evans

Finley Thompson

Ryder Evans

Natalia Barnes

Jude Duarte

Once A King Or Queen Of Narnia

Queen Lucy

King Edmund

Queen Susan

High King Peter

Dramione Godter

I Am A God

Ready To Kill God, Or Die Trying

Late Night Crazies

Plot Twist: Her

Dracarys

What, Like It’s Hard?

Footloose Vibes

Saucy

Tiktok Finds

A Book A Day Keeps Reality Away

Can I Get A Yeee-Hawww?

Mia Potter

Scooby Gang

Buffy Summers

Right Person, Wrong Time

It’s You

Fav Type of FMC

Breaking Up With Heartbreak

Let’s Love Like The World Is Ending

I Got The Power, What Do You Have?

Amortentia

Set The World A Flame For Fun

Bi Panic

INFP

Slytherin

Leo Power

Gone But Not Forgotten

Bottled Childhood

Andromeda Black Tonks

Severus Snape

Lily Evans Potter

James Potter

Peter Pettigrew

Lucius Malfoy

Narcissa Black Malfoy

Remus Lupin

Bellatrix Black Lestrange

Sirius Black

Regulus Black

Cedric Diggory

Hermione Granger

Daphne Greengrass

Astoria Greengrass

Neville Longbottom

Luna Lovegood

Draco Malfoy

Minerva McGonagall

Theodore Nott

Pansy Parkinson

Harry Potter

Thomas Marvolo Riddle

Newt Scammander

Blaise Zabini

Nymphadora Tonks Lupin

Arthur

Bill

Charlie

Fred

George

Ginny/Ginerva

Molly Prewett

Percy

Ron

Godric Gryffindor

Helga Hufflepuff

Rowena Ravenclaw

Salazar Slytherin

Padme amidala

Chewbacca

Obi-wan Kenobi

Rey

Leia Organa

Anakin Skywalker

Luke Skywalker

Ben Solo

Han Solo

Ahsoka Tano

Yoda

R2D2&C3PO

Valkyrie

Yelena Belova

Melinda May

Wanda Maximoff

Pietro Maximoff

Peter Parker

Bucky Barnes

Sam Wilson

Kate Bishop

Pepper Potts

Johnny Storm

Thor Odinson

Jane Foster

Bruce Banner

Nebula

Okoye

Leo Fitz

T’challa

Shuri

Steve Rogers

Tony Stark

Wade Wilson

Jemma Simmons

Daisy Johnson

Clint Barton

Natasha Romanoff

Finished playlists

Lemonade Mouth

I Just Am Who I Am

Summer Of ‘19

JoBros

Your Worst Nightmares Can’t Take Me Home

Bad At Love

DBD-DBS

Taylor Swift

Little Mix

We’re Gonna Be Someday

“Tina She’s Gay”

Show Them How Strong You Are

Next Chapter

3 Makes The Dreamteam

From 5, To 4, To None

No Place Like You

Hallelujah Your Home

Sabrina The Teenage Singer

Names Hayes, Hunter Hayes

Wildflowers On Fire

The Recs

Ooops

Are You Really Gonna Do That?

We Are On Fire! No Really Look!!

Collab Playlists

Bullet Journal Talks Vol. 1

We’re Okay

Feels Like A Better Day

Sisterhood Of The Traveling Books

Insanity Anonymous Club Vol. 2

Lost And Found: after hours

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ϟ. → renee rapp : cis woman : she/her : socialite & pro quidditch player : bees & honey by rina sawayama ϟ did you see daphne greengrass ? you know , 27 year old pureblood who was formerly in slytherin . some say daphne can be quite shrewd but are known to be frivolous. they are aligned with the neutrals . maybe that’s why they remind me of nails lacquered pink but filed sharp , a smile that’s always turned on , ancient books buried under piles of clothes so no one sees .

what's up ? my name's bea ! i'm 24 years old & use they / she pronouns ( with they / them preferred ) and i'm here to introduce my little evil demon queen daphne greengrass. please be aware this introduction contains mentions of : alcohol , implied depressive feelings & implied death threat.

statistics .

FULL NAME : daphne hera greengrass . NICKNAME(S) : daph , " puddlemere's pride " . AGE & D.O.B : twenty - seven , july 29th . GENDER & PRONOUNS : cis woman , she / her . ORIENTATION : bisexual . OCCUPATION : socialite , beater for puddlemere united , upcoming celebrity . TROPES : villain with good publicity , attention whore , proud beauty , obfuscating stupidity , bitch in sheep's clothing , becoming the mask , defrosting ice queen , loveable alpha bitch , nerds are sexy , stepford smiler . INSPIRATIONS : leighton murray duh ( tslocg ) , mona vanderwaal ( pretty little liars ) , lydia martin ( teen wolf ) , caroline bingley ( pride & prejudice ) , quinn fabray ( glee ) , cher horowitz ( clueless ) , emma woodhouse ( emma ) , cordelia chase ( buffy ) , monet de haan ( gossip girl reboot ) , carla roson calleruega ( elite ) , amy march ( little women ) , rosalie hale ( twilight ) .

personality .

daphne greengrass has never been particularly nice. she knows how to play it , knows how to make people like her , but in her heart , she doesn't mean it. daphne's primary motivator is selfishness , not the greedy kind ⎯ just the kind that leads her to believe that to prevail , she must always put herself first. horribly ambitious , daphne manages to have brains , beauty , and social graces , though most come through hard work. she's not easy to love , but easy to admire , until she gets in your way , of course. while some get her in the way souls sometimes recognize each other , to most , her faked image is all there is. vapid , shallow , stupid , unambitious ⎯ but strangely fun to be around. daphne's managed to become more of a concept than a person , never letting people come too close. she spends nights partying , days training , and the occasional hour sleeping. some might wonder why a formerly bright student with heaps of ambition burned out like that , but most don't care. she's rich , pretty , and has many a person's dream job , her life seems to be perfect in a world where that seems hard to find ⎯ it makes nobody want to look under the mask.

backstory .

being the first born out of two daughters , and no more children ⎯ specifically , no sons , was not an easy life to wade through , contrary to the way daphne speaks of her childhood. because astoria was a girl too , because daphne was the eldest , because the way her father looked so disappointed ⎯ it made daphne desperate to give back , in a way. likely the earliest sign of slytherin ambition in an otherwise unambitious looking girl , daphne walked two months before the other children at the pureblood day nursery ( sent to for socializing , despite the army of nannies at home ) , and in a way , that step ahead has never left her.

daphne greengrass has always been held under the disappointing weight that she was not a son , and from the moment she could understand , she has tried to compensate in any way possible. with a keen mind , she breezed through her early private studies , devouring book after book. with her blonde locks , she twirled through every junior event her mother took her to , leaving everyone with a smile after seeing her. with her lack of sleep , she followed her father around at night when he practiced , watching the magic he wielded , and practicing the wand movements on a twig until a trip to ollivander's would be appropriate.

a ravenclaw - slytherin hatstall , she'd begged the hat for the latter , the house of many greengrasses before them would do , nothing else ( even when the blue robes of ravenclaw would fit her better ). she quickly worked her way through her housemates , acquainting those who had similar families and virtues , charming those who had something to offer ( or who's parents were friends with her own , and needed to be impressed ) , and intriguing those who didn't hold any value for her to interact with ( at least , that's how she sees herself ⎯ a mysterious enigma. truthfully , she just ignored them and vice versa. )

daphne greengrass had a thirty year plan at age fourteen , ready to rule over a kingdom she'd build from scratch. youngest supreme mugwump to the international confederation of wizards was the ultimate goal , but she'd start with chief warlock to the wizengamot. daphne , to most people , likely seemed insane. by limiting herself to six hours of sleep at most , she'd socialize ( aka ingratiate herself to or find blackmail on ) her most promising peers whenever she could , holding onto popularity status with a tight fist , and at the same time , worked to advance herself in her studies ( and try to be better than her classmates at it , though she'd never publically admit it. ) originally , quidditch had come as a way for her to blow off steam , slamming her beater's bat so hard it would release every frustration , but she quite enjoyed the sport ⎯ and the extra popularity boost whenever slytherin won.

at age sixteen , daphne was approached to join the death eaters by a distant cousin who had heard her parents boast of her progress. while the family was publically neutral ( despite the occasional donation to the death eaters & politicians supporting them ) , and daphne herself would also prefer not to be involved with all that nasty murder business , she was smart enough to know that saying no to the death eaters when someone went out of their way to recruit you was a one way ticket to an early grave. so instead , daphne simply smiled and replied " oh cousin , you know father pays the school to boost my grades , right ? " like it was an inside joke. the next few months , daphne went out of her way to build a new image , suddenly going to one party a night instead of once a week , and embarrassing herself while drunk ⎯ as long as it was around other death eater prospects that would pass on the word. eventually , her cousin , with a bit of suspicion in his eyes , told her that her recruitment would be postponed. while it wasn't a full win , daphne knew it was one she should take.

as death eaters took over the school in her final year , daphne knew she couldn't quit now. her grades dropped in classes run by professors associated with lord voldemort , purposely answering wrong on her quizzes. she would get caught drinking ( and manage to escape punishment the best she could by dropping her family name ) and behaved as recklessly as could be allowed. seeing as she was already building image , she might as well sow a few seeds of rebellion , too , occasionally passing a well made healing potion to a student with bruises from the carrows ( while sending a poorly made version to be judged by the professor ) , and causing distractions when she saw others close to getting caught. unfortunately , all this behavior caused disappointed letters from her parents ⎯ and their ministry contacts , who had promised daphne an internship post-hogwarts. word of the latter got back to her cousin , who knew it would be an excellent placement for the death eaters to have a spy , and daphne knew she had to ruin that for herself too.

after the death eater victory , she knew her chances were safer , they didn't need as many members when the world was at their taking , but daphne has always been incredibly self-preserving , and with so many of those holding anti death eater sentiment still alive ( and resenting ) , she knew she had to safeguard her future. shocking most everyone , daphne was recruited to puddlemere united after school ⎯ and gratefully accepted the offer. her mother berated that proper pureblood girls didn't play dirty sports like that , her father bemoaned the ministry career she could've had , daphne just threw herself into training head first. as the world plunged into terror , daphne closed herself off inside a small bubble. she'd visit public events and wave to the crowds with a bright , shining smile. she'd unleash everything on the pitch , quickly working her way towards a permanent beater position. she'd stay away from politics and war , sometimes simply pretending it doesn't exist.

daphne sometimes worries that her life has become small , which is odd to most , considering she's a star player and upcoming celebrity in the wizarding world. but after years of plans and ambitions , she feels like her self-preservation has become so extreme , it fully pulled her away from all her hopes and dreams. she feels that , eventually , she'll simply sizzle out , reclusing herself without purpose. selfish fear rules her , makes her bite back at people , makes her nights too late and her mornings too harsh. something needs to break , or daphne will.

plot ideas .

i'd fall for you over & over , but falling comes to an end : an intense former romance , likely started ( and possibly also ended ) during hogwarts , but still has a lasting impression on the both. this person understood daphne completely , and vice versa. she did not tell them about the recruitment out of fear , and they watched her become this entirely different person over night , pushing them apart until they eventually broke up. this person likely knows she's faking everything , but due to their shared history , doesn't tell. meanwhile , daphne simply watches them with melancholy glances whenever they're not looking , knowing she let something good go.

drown your problems in a bottle : the hottest friend group to hit the wizarding world social scene in years , at least , that's what the news paper clippings say. this is a group of fellow partiers , who enjoy a celebrity or socialite lifestyle , along with daphne. whether they genuinely enjoy it or are also hiding from something at the bottom of a shot glass is not important. together they laugh , dance , and are photographed for witch weekly's best dressed list ( or gossip section , if it's a particularly wild night ) ⎯ while they might not necessarily be true friends , they cling to each other like one would to a lifeboat during a storm at sea , desperate to infect each other with enough positivity ( and alcohol , most importantly ) that the world outside seems unimportant.

built in youth , threatened by ruin : daphne's true friends , likely having been there for year , and likely a group that's been pulled apart by the war. they know each other deeply , intimately , but none of them will admit the growing cracks in their foundation. everyone pretends daphne's always been like this , not the whip smart girl of their youth. daphne ignores her friend's truths too , all of them trying not to say anything that will expose the rot growing in their friendship. these are the people that know daphne incredibly well , but the stress on their bond has made almost every interaction tense , waiting for the storm to break.

other ideas : former academic rivals , likely puzzled by daphne's current behavior ; one night stands and hook ups , most likely meaningless ; friendly acquaintances , possibly holding the blossom of real friendship but ignored by daphne ; those annoyed / vexed by daphne , whether that's past or current ; quidditch colleagues on the puddlemere team or rivals ; work out buddies that train together ; order-aligned folks who daphne slipped a bit of help during her seventh year ; ex - relationships that didn't last particularly long , ended amicably ... or much more dramatic.

#˖ ⁺ ☾ ⸻ daphne greengrass ╱ file .#cruciatus.intro

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