likehandlingroses:

It is so significant that Harry is the one to intuit why Percy won’t let go of Fred. He’s the only one there who has had that experience where–even though the person is dead–their body, their likeness, is imbued with some dignity that you feel bound to protect. 

Ron—ever the strategist— is trying to explain to Percy that it doesn’t really MATTER if they leave Fred. Not because he isn’t just as devastated, but because “you can’t do anything for him!”

But Harry sees and understands that, in Percy’s mind, it would be a betrayal to leave his little brother’s body in the middle of a war zone. It’s not simply blind grief that keeps him from moving…it is the very root of who Percy is pinning him to that spot.

And Percy immediately sees and understands that Harry is ready to help him make sure Fred is *safe,* and once he’s realized that, he cooperates with Harry right away. There’s hardly any words exchanged between them, and yet something so genuine has been shared.

Percy is sort of baffling to Harry the vast majority of the time (and I think vice versa as well), so this moment is really profound for both of them…that when it matters most to both of them (Fred is almost Harry’s brother as well), they know what to do and can communicate that to each other. And I imagine their relationship is always a little different afterwards.

gffa:

Darth Vader – “Power of the Dark Side” | via starwars.com

“For Vader, we wanted him to make a big entrance so we looked no further than the moment at the end of Rogue One. This one was a real balancing act when it came to just how scary or brutal we wanted to depict him, but we stuck to what is true about the character and emphasized his sheer power above all else. Plus, there’s something intoxicating about Vader’s fearsomeness. This short really celebrates his iconic design — his shadow, the red lightsaber, the booming voice — all of which makes him so unforgettable.”

reverseracism:

“Boone, Hays, and Myers encountered a man identified as L.H. in the crowd and arrested him. The undercover detective, a 22-year veteran of the police force, was dressed as a protester and providing information to officers about potential criminal activity in the crowd.

According to the indictment, Boone, Hays, and Myers used unreasonable force: throwing the detective to the ground, kicking him, and hitting him with a riot baton “while he was compliant and not posing a physical threat to anyone.”

When they learned that he was an undercover officer, the three men then lied about what they had done and accused him of resisting arrest, the indictment said. They tried to contact L.H. to convince him not to pursue disciplinary or legal action, and Boone, Hays, and Myers also met with or texted various potential witnesses to try to get them to join the cover-up, the indictment states.”

thewugtest:

sad-gay-potato:

thewugtest:

if youve never physically been in the presence of like, a real live wolf, and you probably wont get the chance to, heres some stuff about them you should know

  • a wolf’s fur is so unbelievably thick that you can get like, your whole hand into it while petting. and then you can keep going
  • wolves are a lot bigger than you think they are. think about how big you think a wolf is then just like double that
  • they dont really smell like dog but they DO smell and youre not going to be able to figure out if its a good smell or not
  • a wolf really wants to lick the inside of your mouth. he will not stop trying to lick the inside of your mouth at any cost, and generally speaking you need to press your lips together kind of tightly when he approaches your face so that he doesnt worm his damn tongue in there to give you what he thinks is an appropriate greeting
  • a wolf doesnt really want to look at you while you pet him but he wants you to pet him. hes embarrassed
  • if a grown ass wolf decides to lay down on you, you just have to deal with it and thats your life now
  • young wolves, much like young dogs, are overwhelmingly goofy and stupid. a teenage wolf will see your very fragile, very human shoulder and go “i can probably step on that with my full weight” and then he will do it
  • letting a wolf eat out of your hand is actually not remotely frightening, and youll want to do it all day

I wanna know who did this research.

well, i did!

boothewriter:

owlsofstarlight:

owlsofstarlight:

I literally only have one rule in my writing and it is this:

No matter what I put my characters through, they make it. They get to make it to the end of the story and have everything work out and be ok.

Because that’s the story I need. So it’s the kind I write.

If you want a piece of writing advice: write a story that is what you needed to hear at whatever age your target demographic is. I can guarantee you there’ll be someone out there who needs to hear it as much as you did. And maybe you’ll help them the same way someone else’s story did for you.

For some reason, this hit home and I never realized it that I did this for my stories too