A Truth Universally Acknowledged

The famous Hofbraühaus in Munich! They sponsor Oktoberfest! That...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:44:59 -0400

The famous Hofbraühaus in Munich! They sponsor Oktoberfest! That beer was SO yummy! #munich #germany #getit #nolelife #oktoberfest #bamf

Happy 855th birthday München (Munich)! Celebrating at a...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:32:44 -0400

Happy 855th birthday München (Munich)! Celebrating at a “stadgründungsfest” (city birthday celebration) in Marienplatz

quotesfromfiction: “Laugh as much as you choose, but you will...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:51:28 -0400

quotesfromfiction:

“Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.” - Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

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leeehsa: ❝ Oh relax, cupcake, it was a joke....

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:46:57 -0400

leeehsa:

                ❝ Oh relax, cupcake, it was a joke. ❞

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raisedatdisneyworld: literally have been quoting this scene my...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:34:28 -0400

raisedatdisneyworld:

literally have been quoting this scene my whole life

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:32:00 -0400

thewalterbeforethisone: Hoes before bros. Uteruses before...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:31:00 -0400

thewalterbeforethisone:

Hoes before bros. Uteruses before duderuses. Ovaries before brovaries.

chicks before dicks.

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damntimcurrywhyyousodistracting: On the 16th of June 1973 The...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:27:16 -0400

damntimcurrywhyyousodistracting:

On the 16th of June 1973 The Rocky Horror Show began previews in the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London. They held their official, thunder ridden, opening night on the 19th of June 1973.

2013 marks the 40th Anniversary of this incredible production and I want to share some Frankie love here on Tumblr in a tribute to ‘the man who began it’ - Dammit. Well one of them. The one who stormed that stage forty years ago with such style and perfection that we’re sitting here forty years later, still talking about that tiny little production which by rights should have disappeared into the zeitgeist after the originally intended three week run.

So, Tumblr, can we get 4711 notes by 19th June?

If we do it.

I will post a rare - never before seen - photo from the original Theatre Upstairs production.

Well. How nice.

“Ich bin ein Beliner” (translates to...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:34:36 -0400

“Ich bin ein Beliner” (translates to “I’m a jelly doughnut” and we had one today!)

This was a really cool exhibition at Checkpoint Charlie. The art...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:48:19 -0400

This was a really cool exhibition at Checkpoint Charlie. The art is made from actual pieces of the Berlin Wall. Each piece had a current leader who is oppressing his people. It’s called “More Walls to Tear Down.”

Checkpoint Charlie!

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:19:04 -0400

Checkpoint Charlie!

Berlin: Days 1 & 2 part 1!

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:35:48 -0400

Berlin: Days 1 & 2 part 1!

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Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:50:03 -0400

fandomsandfeminism: capncrystal: whatladybird: fandomsandfemin...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:28:23 -0400

fandomsandfeminism:

capncrystal:

whatladybird:

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allinom:

fandomsandfeminism:

Ugh. Yes.

I find the Snape/Lily narrative to be really horrific, honestly. The fact that we are asked to feel oh so bad for poor little Snape makes me a little bit queasy.

Because, yes, I do sympathize with Snape for having a rough childhood.

But he was a horrible friend to Lily. He ignored her feelings. He screamed racial slurs at her. He favored the idealized version of her he had built up in his mind over the REAL her (I think it is significant that James’ patronus is a STAG, showing compatibility with Lily; while Snape is a DOE, showing a mimicry of Lily). That idealization and inability to reconcile how his own actions contributed to the failure of their friendship literally KILLED Lily.

I understand that we can show some sympathy for him. Watching someone self destruct their own relationships because of abuse and peer pressure and the tribulations of childhood? That’s tragic.

But then he grows up to emotionally abuse Lily’s son for having a physical resemblance to her husband.

And we’re supposed to feel sorry for him? We’re supposed to think it’s lovely and sweet that Harry names his child after the teacher who emotionally abused him for years? Who emotionally abused OTHER children for years as well?

The fans who sit around and cry about how Lily SHOULD have picked Snape, how Snape DESERVED her? How James was a horrible douche and Lily was a bitch for choosing him? Ugh. No. nno no no no on oonononononononoooooo.

also snape actually ruined a mans career fully knowing he probably couldn’t get another one.

Oh the shit that went down with Remus makes me really want to break his teeth.

Remus had been HOMELESS. Remus had spent much of his adult life implied to be on the streets, unable to find work, and completely unable to make new friendships or relationships after Lily and James died, Peter vanished, and Sirius went to jail (ALL of which is DIRECTLY Snape’s god damn fault.)

And then just as Remus picks himself back up again? Becomes a positive force and father figure to Harry? Snape deliberately and purposely gets him FIRED so that he will be unemployed and potentially homeless AGAIN.

How the fuck am I supposed to show any sympathy for an adult who completely lacks the ability to show sympathy, or even human decency, to others?

Don’t forget Snape’s bullying of his other students a.k.a. the children he was hired to teach and nurture. When thirteen-year-old Neville Longbottom was confronted by a boggart for the first time, his worst fear was Severus Snape. Most of his classmates saw monsters or creatures, things that could do you physical harm (Harry’s boggart literally turned into a SOUL-SUCKING PERSONIFICATION OF DEPRESSION) but Neville, whose parents had been tortured by this point, Neville’s worst fear is the emotional abuse of his potions teacher.

And when a fourteen-year-old Hermione was cursed by one of her fellow students, amplifying a physical feature she was already self-conscious about, did he defend her or punish the boy who cursed her? Did he offer her the barest form of human decency by sending her to the hospital wing or undoing the curse himself? No. He looked at her and said, “I see no difference.”

Snape apologists can get out of my face.

Ok I agree with all of this except one thing.

I think it is significant that James’ patronus is a STAG, showing compatibility with Lily; while Snape is a DOE, showing a mimicry of Lily.

James was an animagus who took the form of a stag, and Harry’s patronus was a stag- reflecting his father. Snape is implied to have known about their animagi forms following Sirius’ prank (this isn’t defending Snape’s actions, mind). So if he knew James could become a stag, he might have associated Lily with that form- a doe, because in his mind she was the female who chose James.

It’s never said whether Lily ever knew about the marauders being animagi, and even if she did, there is no way to know if she ever self-identified as a deer or any other animal. It’s possible, IF she knew about James’ form and IF she thought of herself as his mate in some kind of animal sense? I mean, that could be a cute husband/wife thing? But we don’t know. It’s equally possible that she never once thought of herself that way, and left the boys to their own little group.

She has no agency in the whole doe thing. That’s not a reflection of her, or a mimicry of her. That’s Snape’s impression of her, years later.

It sounds like you’re suggesting that the entire connection with Lily and the Doe isn’t actually legitimate, and is just Snape projecting an identity onto Lily based on her relationship with another man.

Which is actually even worse.

irespakka: Not okay.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:47:04 -0400

irespakka:

Not okay.