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Twenty-something English graduate student in Alaska (ask me about it! I've lived here most of my life, including five years in Barrow, the northernmost community in the US) who seems to be in a holding pattern waiting for life to start--rather, less "waiting" and more "omg so busy I must be out of my miiiiind," repeat ad nauseum. Writer, reader, wannabe novelist, hopeful cynic, traveler (up to 15 countries! *fist pump*), Ravenclaw, Browncoat, Whovian (Ten will always be my Doctor), member of way too many other fandoms, proud geek and gamer girl, etc. (favorites so far include the Mass Effect, Portal, and Fallout series, and Red Dead Redemption). Politically conservative-to-moderate feminist (yes, it's possible). Living with clinical depression since at least 2004. Somewhere around the demisexual end of the asexual spectrum. Possibly a vampire.

You can find me in multiple elsewheres, in varying degrees of regularity: in my writing journal, mostly for fanfic and fanmixes; last.fm; and Twitter (same username for Echo Bazaar, where I misunderstood the character creation for some reason and picked the wrong gender), among others. I'm thestarvelingcat on PSN, which is mostly only relevant if you want to find me in Red Dead Redemption multiplayer, and 100indecisions on Steam, as well as at Playfire.

I also run F Yeah Fireflies and F yeah Raspberries, which are...pretty much what they say on the tin, as well as another one for one of my novels-in-progress, and I co-run the Red Dead Redemption blog the gunslinger's lament.

Following

30 April 12

the-night-and-the-storm:

greencarnations:

carlesjo:

The magnificent Swedish Harry Potter covers.

i need them!

*________________________*

(Source: carlesjowashere)

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13 April 12

Imagine if we’re all still on Tumblr in our sixties.

auniverseofimpossibilities:

i-want-a-rory:

we-must-unite:

cerezsis:

proudtobeahufflepuff:

the third time I’ve broken my hip this week

YOLO

“Screw the new version of ‘Harry Potter.’ EMMA WILL ALWAYS BE MY HERMIONE”

“Introduced the grandkids to Avatar today. They now know why their daddy’s name is Aang.”

“Just bought Adele’s newest album ‘Adele 74’!!”

“Can’t wait for series three of Sherlock.”


“Can’t wait for series three of Sherlock.”

*spits*

(Source: kisscolfer)

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25 February 12
Loooook what my sister brought me from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter ^-^

Loooook what my sister brought me from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter ^-^

9 February 12
(via teetrade.org: hassle-free tee exchange) If any Hufflepuffs wanted this shirt but couldn’t afford it when it was on Teefury, a user on Teetrade has a Women’s Large available, so if you’ve got a shirt you’d like to get rid of, maybe she’d be willing to trade.

(via teetrade.org: hassle-free tee exchange)

If any Hufflepuffs wanted this shirt but couldn’t afford it when it was on Teefury, a user on Teetrade has a Women’s Large available, so if you’ve got a shirt you’d like to get rid of, maybe she’d be willing to trade.

24 January 12

So this is the Tonks costume I wore to Deathly Hallows 2 this year and for some reason never got around to posting. Well, I know why, it’s a lot because I wasn’t entirely happy with it—as usual it looked better in my head, and all these bits that said Tonks to me were…less than the sum of their parts? Because I don’t so much look like Tonks as like…a homeless person. Or Sibyl Trelawney. I was planning to do some variant of this for Comic-con since I already had it figured out, although probably pretty different, with a pink bobbed wig and an attempt at an outfit more like how she’s dressed for the battle in OotP, but…others that didn’t include wigs or awesome-but-kind-of-heavy coats were more appealing.

22 January 12
teevil: Diggory’s Favorite Shirt by spacemonkeydr on sale Sun 01/22/12 at teefury.com WHERE MY HUFFLEPUFFS AT Seriously, kids, you’re probably never going to see a cheaper House shirt. If you’re a Hufflepuff and proud of it (and you should be—Hufflepuffs are awesome, despite what some stupid people say), and you can pull off this color, BUY IT. Teefury is definitely one of the better shirt sites, especially since you can be fairly confident the sizing for women’s shirts is true to whatever you’re used to (I have to buy a medium at Woot and usually Threadless, and a medium or large at RIPT, but I still get small at Teefury).

teevil:

Diggory’s Favorite Shirt by spacemonkeydr on sale Sun 01/22/12 at teefury.com

WHERE MY HUFFLEPUFFS AT

Seriously, kids, you’re probably never going to see a cheaper House shirt. If you’re a Hufflepuff and proud of it (and you should be—Hufflepuffs are awesome, despite what some stupid people say), and you can pull off this color, BUY IT. Teefury is definitely one of the better shirt sites, especially since you can be fairly confident the sizing for women’s shirts is true to whatever you’re used to (I have to buy a medium at Woot and usually Threadless, and a medium or large at RIPT, but I still get small at Teefury).

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10 January 12
alldisney: Pandering a bit to my love of Harry Potter… but I love the Disney reference! *draws hearts*

alldisney:

Pandering a bit to my love of Harry Potter… but I love the Disney reference!

*draws hearts*

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6 January 12
zombiepromdress: I’m sure I’ve reblogged this before, but it’s very funny to me. NEVER. GETS. OLD.

zombiepromdress:

I’m sure I’ve reblogged this before, but it’s very funny to me.

NEVER. GETS. OLD.

1 December 11
IT’S OKAY THOUGH BECAUSE THEY TOTALLY WEREN’T DEAD, THEY WERE JUST IN A HEALING TRANCE/COMA/SOMETHING INDUCED BY THE DOCTOR AND/OR THE TARDIS AND IT LOOKED A WHOLE LOT LIKE BEING DEAD BUT IT TOTALLY WASN’T.

IT’S OKAY THOUGH BECAUSE THEY TOTALLY WEREN’T DEAD, THEY WERE JUST IN A HEALING TRANCE/COMA/SOMETHING INDUCED BY THE DOCTOR AND/OR THE TARDIS AND IT LOOKED A WHOLE LOT LIKE BEING DEAD BUT IT TOTALLY WASN’T.

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9 November 11
the-night-and-the-storm: Anywhere you want. Any time you want. #I like to think that Luna traveled with the Doctor for years. She was his best friend; patient and wise, she always knew what to say or when not to say a word. She didn’t run in fear from the creatures that haunted human nightmares. She saw the beauty where others did not. The Doctor loved her and kept her safe. She did the same for him. They lived like this for so long. She thought she’d be with him forever. Until the Doctor wasn’t fast enough. He lost her on an alien planet, and the psychic monster burned into her thoughts, warping them. The Doctor was heartbroken and had to erase her memories to save her. But she never truly forgot the man from the stars and the beautiful creatures they saw. People would laugh when she spoke of Crumple Horned Snorkacks or Wrackspurts, or any of the other otherworldly beings she had too much faith in. She still watches the stars. She never knew why. I don’t like the idea of another companion having her memory wiped, but I totally buy that she was the doctor’s companion! Maybe that is why she wasn’t in the early books, she was spending all her time traveling through time and space, only returning long enough to drop off her homework. I would make a small change and say that it was the psychic monster’s attack itself that scrambled her memory and the Doctor managed to slow down the thought/memory decay but couldn’t fix it, and like…she could remember enough at that point to know she needed to go home for good, because she’d be all right if she stayed in one place but tearing through the space-time continuum in the TARDIS would unravel her thoughts and memories even faster, and the universe was almost worth it, but she couldn’t help the Doctor like that anyway. So she chose to come back home, because no thank you with the Doctor making choices for his female companions again, where her mind stabilized without all her recent memories of traveling through space and time. She still gets glimpses that she knows are true, though, bone-deep where it doesn’t matter what anyone says. …anyway, that’s a gorgeous graphic.

the-night-and-the-storm:

Anywhere you want. Any time you want.

#I like to think that Luna traveled with the Doctor for years. She was his best friend; patient and wise, she always knew what to say or when not to say a word. She didn’t run in fear from the creatures that haunted human nightmares. She saw the beauty where others did not. The Doctor loved her and kept her safe. She did the same for him. They lived like this for so long. She thought she’d be with him forever. Until the Doctor wasn’t fast enough. He lost her on an alien planet, and the psychic monster burned into her thoughts, warping them. The Doctor was heartbroken and had to erase her memories to save her. But she never truly forgot the man from the stars and the beautiful creatures they saw. People would laugh when she spoke of Crumple Horned Snorkacks or Wrackspurts, or any of the other otherworldly beings she had too much faith in. She still watches the stars. She never knew why.

I don’t like the idea of another companion having her memory wiped, but I totally buy that she was the doctor’s companion! Maybe that is why she wasn’t in the early books, she was spending all her time traveling through time and space, only returning long enough to drop off her homework.

I would make a small change and say that it was the psychic monster’s attack itself that scrambled her memory and the Doctor managed to slow down the thought/memory decay but couldn’t fix it, and like…she could remember enough at that point to know she needed to go home for good, because she’d be all right if she stayed in one place but tearing through the space-time continuum in the TARDIS would unravel her thoughts and memories even faster, and the universe was almost worth it, but she couldn’t help the Doctor like that anyway. So she chose to come back home, because no thank you with the Doctor making choices for his female companions again, where her mind stabilized without all her recent memories of traveling through space and time. She still gets glimpses that she knows are true, though, bone-deep where it doesn’t matter what anyone says.

…anyway, that’s a gorgeous graphic.

(Source: theladymelisandre)

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Posted: 8:50 AM
the-night-and-the-storm: neophytecherryglare: revolutionator: clumsyoctopus: phrenotobe: sarahfu: maariamph: Harriet Potter & her best friends Ronalda and Hermes C: Only now I realize how much the books stuck to traditional gender roles Dang Hermes sup baby I like this.  i always used to like to imagine it being genderswapped when i read them when i was little  i am really attracted to all three of these characters yes this is good i really like this The gender roles were subverted a little bit with other characters, though. Ginny was pretty badass. Discussions about gender roles aside (I’m just glad it’s not Rose Potter, really…), I’m mostly weirded out by how much Harriet looks like me—or rather, she looks a lot like I would if somebody drew me in that style, with the dark hair and glasses and all. 

the-night-and-the-storm:

neophytecherryglare:

revolutionator:

clumsyoctopus:

phrenotobe:

sarahfu:

maariamph:

Harriet Potter & her best friends Ronalda and Hermes C:

Only now I realize how much the books stuck to traditional gender roles

Dang Hermes sup baby

I like this. 

i always used to like to imagine it being genderswapped when i read them when i was little 

i am really attracted to all three of these characters

yes this is good i really like this

The gender roles were subverted a little bit with other characters, though. Ginny was pretty badass.

Discussions about gender roles aside (I’m just glad it’s not Rose Potter, really…), I’m mostly weirded out by how much Harriet looks like me—or rather, she looks a lot like I would if somebody drew me in that style, with the dark hair and glasses and all. 

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1 October 11
House Mottos …I want this on a shirt.

House Mottos

…I want this on a shirt.

(Source: robinhoodly)

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20 September 11
loveyourchaos: (by lovely and frightened)

loveyourchaos:

(by lovely and frightened)

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9 September 11

OH BOYS. (I love how “loud” is in EVERYONE’S description of Sirius.)

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2 September 11
Remus? Could be a young Remus, if you gave him a few scars. That’s who I thought of when I saw it, anyway.

Remus? Could be a young Remus, if you gave him a few scars. That’s who I thought of when I saw it, anyway.

(Source: nekonohun)

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Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh