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#i very specifically want to be the aids wolf from harry potter- i want to look straight fucked up.
gargarden · 2 years
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i want to be a lil werewolf. not like in a beast way but in a ancient chihuahua that forgot to die way. i want to yap at the moon in the middle of the swamp and then wake up the next morning in a sweater an old lady made for me.
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wexhappyxfew · 3 years
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Hello lil bean! 💛
I have two questions for you today: first, why/how you decided to create Death’s character the way you did? Like, was there something that inspired you or it was random? (sorry of you’ve already talked about that in the past, but I have Dori’s memory hah 🐠) And second, can you talk a bit about “lone wolf Natia”? 💛 ily!
LINDA AHHHH HELLO MY FRIEND!!!! thank you so much for the two questions -- and I'm sorry that I've just gotten to this! i've had a bit of a crazy weekend and haven't had as much time on tumblr as i've previously wanted to answer these haha!! but these QUESTIONS OMG!! i'm beyond excited to answer so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
OKAY - why I initially created Death's character is one of two things - (1) I started writing Landslide and I always used the idea of 'death' to explain things about Natia for the readers to understand to show how present Death is in Natia's life and then I had the thought that "Oh?! What if I use him sort of as this 'character' or 'presence' or even as far as a 'personified being' to really hit that nail on the head and hammer it home to the point where readers see Death as an actual character. In MANY WAYS, it was partially inspired by @basilone 's War, who played an OFC essentially in her continuous Form&Void series (which I've mentioned previously!! + she's a wonderful person and has helped me out!) and (2) there wasn't anything in the fandom really where we see an OC really interact with this idea of a being such as Death. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was inspirational as such from the 'Deathly Hallows' story that Hermione tells and so I took many liberties from that to give Death a sort of 'character' as well as The Book Thief which I had read many years ago and always enjoy!
AND FOR THE HOW -- it all really sort of just *came* to me at this one point in time in the early stages of writing and I was like, 'huh' this would be really cool to see especially in an OFC fic and to see an OC, like Natia for example, interact with Death. I really took the position of - they never talk, they never interact verbally - but they can feel that presence and arguably I feel it is one of the strongest connections of the entire book. i really try to place Death in spots I deem appropriate for the story and give him humanistic emotions - he gets angry at Natia, jealous at times even, and it's really interesting to write that dynamic personally! Sometimes he doesn’t even understand her — and this is how I show the comparison between mortals (humans) and immortals (like Death)!
I really wanted to give it a try and give Landslide that sort of *thing* about it that was just 'different' in a sense. Landslide already in general, in my personal opinion, was pretty out there with the Polish Resistance Fighter, joining in at Holland - that whole thing in general, and I felt including Death as a predominant character would make it even more interesting and quite ominous and eerie in a sense and so far it has done it's job. I also like working with ideas that everyone has some basic knowledge on. Death in my fic, is a character I've really come to love writing more than anything and he's in general, a character though quite sad and lumbering, he's always there for Naita -- why might you ask, I can't tell you that yet, but he's fond of Natia and in a way, tries to *help* her through war the best he can, while I also play around with the idea of War, who's not inherently important, but is more of someone who controls her.
I preface the ENTIRE book in the first epilogue of how Natia actually escaped Death and then the very first chapter is talking about this feud between both Death and War and their pact. Hint hint, but in some ways, Natia is the catalyst to breaking that pact -- but more into that later in the fic haha!! But okay back to the character of Death, he is definitely something I'm extremely proud of creating more than anything and I've loved my interpretation of him and inserting him into the world of a story like Landslide, especially with his connection to Natia, it's truly been so much fun to do!!
AND LONE WOLF NATIA! YES!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!! Lone wolf Natia really stemmed from her general comparison and connection to the person that is Captain Richard Winters. Their first greeting, arguably, is not a great one -- Natia puts up quite the disagreement and already makes of show of fighting this war herself, rather than with a company. Winters on the other hand has already lead the men and trained with them and is accustomed to team work and constantly working together (as a group). This sort of off-puts the two of them together, showcasing Natia as this outcast or LONE WOLF as I like to show it and Winters as more of an alpha wolf, leading a group behind him!
I really love playing with that dynamic and showing it! I feel it's one of the most important aspects about Natia - the fact she always feels like she is alone yet with Easy, she really isn't and she has to fight to really just accept that in her life. Her battle with things like depression and heavy trauma, aid in this, driving the story forward as she fights the mental battle and the real-life battle. And this is really where the lone-wolf persona comes from. I usually try to constantly compare her to a wolf in anyway I can, and try to show their similarities to one another the best I can. We really dig into it specifically in things like Bastogne and after, especially when her *dream* starts, but more on that later!
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED I've been meaning to get this out to you to read and to just give you my general thoughts on Death and Natia's lone wolf persona! Thank you so much for the question and as always I'm happier to answer even more in depth questions as well - I could even do scene analysis of Death too haha! Thanks again Linda! <3
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pseudospectre · 5 years
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Tagged by @eldritchscholar
This got away from me but I did intend to do it! So, here we are :)
Rules: Answer 21 questions and tag 21 people you want to know better (yeahhh, I don't know that many people xD)
Nickname: Online I prefer to go by Bizarre, just because I've been using it for so long. Most of my friends irl call me Draco. Don't worry, it predates Harry Potter-I chose it for girl scout camp (staff choose fun nicknames for the summer)  from the movie Dragonheart (still one of my faves! and also from the constellation. Stars good.
Zodiac Sign: Leo. But not like...the kind that's social or needs attention. 
Height: 5'3"
Hogwarts House: I've never taken one of those quizzes but I'd have to say either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw are very strong possibilities
Last thing googled: "Mozarkite." I'm a rockhound and currently in Missouri, and there's flint everywhere. I wanted to see some examples so I know what specifically to be on the lookout for :) 
Favorite musicians: Um. I typically just like individual songs over whole artists, but there are a few that I like enough of their stuff to list I guess. Passenger, Lord Huron, Iron and Wine, Bastille...there are probably more but that's what I've got off the top of my head
Song stuck in head: "Wolf" by First Aid Kit
Following:  329
Followers: 594 (!!!)
Do I get asks: I think I've gotten a total of maybe 5 in the entirety of my time on Tumblr. 
Amount of sleep: I physically require a minimum of like 9 hours, probably more. It's incredibly inconvenient. I usually get like 7. I try not to pay attention to the actual amount because if I know I didn't get enough sleep AND specifically how much, I end up feeling worse during the day
Lucky numbers: I don't….have any? 
Wearing:  a blue tank with the moon printed on it, and jean shorts. 
Dream Job: maybe something to do with making props or designing and building, like, museum exhibit things or something. I love the process of thinking up and then constructing things, especially in interesting ways or with unusual materials
Instruments: none. I used to sing in high school but that's long gone. I'm reasonably certain I'm not even a soprano anymore :/
Languages: Just English. I took German in high school and I remember way more than I have any right to, but it's still not much.
Favorite Songs: too many. A small selection for now would be Coins in a Fountain by Passenger, Hotel California by the Eagles, Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel, Rogue Machine by the Daylights, and Snow by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Random Fact: As a kid, I really liked running around on all fours. I got really good at it and could go pretty fast.  And if I have something to keep me from wrecking my wrists, I totally still can :) 
Aesthetic: Uhh. Like, personally? Is "who let this heap of anxiety be an adult" an aesthetic? XD imt really not sure how I'd describe something like that to be honest. Sorry.
Tagging: @glacierkato , @apocalypse--enthusiast , @monstrevoid , uhhhh...I don't know who else actually. So I guess we'll leave it there. :)
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thepriceofsurvival · 7 years
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LGBT movies I recommend!
Brokeback Mountain 
(I really hope you have already seen this tho, its a classic. Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger plays two shepherds falling in love in 1960 Wyoming)
Jongens 
(Dutch, two teenage boys fall in love and deals with it) 
Freier Fall  (German, two police officers, one with a baby on the way, develops feelings for one another. One of my favourite movies of all time) 
Moonlight 
(Following a young man from childhood to adult life, struggling with his identity and family life, and dealing with the hyper masculinity in todays society)
4th man out
(comedy, a gay man comes out to his straight bros)
Un Amour à taire // A Love to Hide (French, a gay couple during ww2) 
Cuatro lunas  (Spanish, four different men in four different parts of their life (young teen, young adult, adult, senior) dealing with four different problems connected to their sexualities) 
Mannen som elsket Yngve  (Norwegian!) 
Beautiful thing 
(two teenagers from Britain falls in love in an unsupporting environment)
Carol 
(two women in 1950′s New York)
–capital games 
(two men compete against each other for a high ranked job. A crazy night with love and hatred happen, changing their lives for better or for worse)
–beginners 
(comedy. Olivers father figures out he has terminal cancer and is gay about at the same time)
Dog day afternoon
(this is a classic. Comedy, a man attempts to rob a bank to pay for his transgender partner’s sex surgery)
–my beautiful laundrette
(1985 movie. An interracial gay couple opens a laundromat in London)
–happy together 
(1997 Hong Kong romance)
–pariah
(being black, butch and maybe a lesbian isn’t easy)
Prayers for Bobby (With Parrish from teen wolf, Ryan Kelley as Bobby coming out to a conservative, homophobic family)
Shelter 
(an aspiring street artist who has to act like a father to his nephew, bonds with a returning childhood friend over surfing. And kisses him)
–tomboy 
(French. Ten year old Laurie moves and tells their new friends their name is Mickael)
–tropical malady 
(A romance between a soldier and a country boy, and also Thai folk lore and a shape shifting shaman)
–fair haven 
(a teenager returns to Massachusetts after being in gay conversion therapy)
–touch of pink 
(a gay man lives happily with his boyfriend until his religious mother comes to find him a good muslim wife)
GBF 
(some people say this is an offensive film. I completely disagree. It brings up the negative sides of the Gay Best Friend trope. Basically deals with homophobia from “accepting” white straight girls, conservative christians, typical straight boys and also closeted gay men. Luna from Harry Potter,  Shane from Faking it, Allison from Pretty Lil’ Liars and Nicky from OITNB)
–summer time 
(Carole and Delphine falls in love in 1971 America countryside)
Were the world mine 
(a gay teen uses a potion to make all his straight classmates gay. Also Shakespeare)
–boy meets girl 
(follows a 21 year old transgender girl and her adventures, and being met with the pressure of being a “real woman”)
The normal heart
(Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer and the AIDS crisis) 
Fucking åmål  (Swedish. Two teenage girls in a small town in Sweden. Elon is popular and bored with life. Agnes is friendless and secretly in love with Elin)
–better than chocolate 
(two lesbians, a transsexual, and of of their conservative mothers)
–last summer
(Luke and Noah are high school sweethearts and spend one final summer together)
But I’m a cheerleader  (Nicky from OITNB goes to gay conversion camp after she gets informed that she’s a lesbian)
Angels of sex 
Bruno loves Carla and their relationship is great until Rai comes, sees and conquers)
The war boys 
(three vigilant border patrolling men realise there are more borders than between Mexico and USA)
–esteros 
(Two childhood friends develops feelings for each other, but their relationship soon gets cut of by one of their fathers. Ten years later they reunite)
The ten year plan
(one of the few REALLY GOOD comedies out there. Its so good. Two best friends swear that if they’re single in ten years they’ll get together. Cheesy and cliche filled, but since its a gay couple instead of a straight its awesome)
–the skinny 
(five black university students, one lesbian and four gays, reunites in NYC)
Blackbird 
(Randy struggles with his sexuality in a conservative town, oh and also his mother blames him for his sisters disappearance)
–transamerica 
(A perfectly stabilised woman living peacefully is about to undergo sex surgery when she gets told that she is the father of a 17 year old troubled boy)
–hedwig and the angry itch 
(a transsexual punk rock girl from east Berlin)
Christopher and his kind  (Matt Smith being gay in WW2. Also Douglas Booth and Imogen Poots) 
J'ai tué ma mère (I killed my mother) 
(French. Hubert is gay and hates his mother)
Do começo ao Fim // from Beginning to End
(Half brothers, French. Might not be everyones cup of tea to some cause of the incest thing but a beautiful movie in conclusion) 
Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho // The Way He Looks
(Portuguese, a blind kid and a new kid falls in luv) 
Geography Club
(two high school boys deals with their feelings for each other in the middle of football and a secret gay club)
–the curiosity of chance 
(a confident out and gay teen deals with bullying at his school)
–first girl I loved 
(Anne falls in love with Sasha, and a stupid ass boy tries to ruin it)
A escondidas (hidden away) 
(Ibrahim is 14 and Moroccan and about to be deported. Rafa is 14, Spanish, and makes fun of Arabs with his friends. A wonderful movie about prejudice and first love)
–another gay movie 
(four friends make a pact to lose their virginities before college. Stupid, cringy and hilarious) 
–is it just me? 
(a gay man tries to find mr right)
–Maurice 
(After his lover rejects him and marries a woman, Maurice tries to find new love and accept his sexuality. With Lestrade from Sherlock, Hugh Grant from every British comedy ever, Ben Kingsley from Iron man and Jungle book
–soldiers girl
(a young soldier falls in love with a transsexual night club performer)
–stripes 
(a ton of comedy actors play in this. two men enlist in the army. best line? “Are any of you homosexuals?” “We are willing to learn”)
So this is my collection! The “-” means I have not seen this movie, but it’s on my to do list. Ive included a very short summary of the movies, just because I hate seeing these lists and googling every single ones. The summaries are bad but like, it gives you an idea. 
Bolded text means I highly recommend them. If you have others you’d like to add, please do so in the replies or reblog! I have seen many more than these, but many of them I don’t like, or have forgotten. If you want my personal opinion about a specific movie, send me an ask! 
Just to remind you, many of these movies have a lot of potential triggers like slurs, suicide, self harm, murder, all that good stuff. If you have any triggers please do research before watching. And lastly, I have no idea where to watch these. Some are on Netflix/viaplay etc, some are on pirate pages and some seems to have disappeared from the surface of the Earth. 
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frxstguardian · 7 years
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I was tagged by @musicalhog​ thank you :)))
Rules: Answer all the questions, then add one of your own, and tag as many people as there are questions
1) Coke or Pepsi? Coke because I would never betray Atlanta 2) Disney or Dreamworks? Dreamworks. Even though Dreamworks is all over the place in terms of quality, when they’re good they’re GREAT. I’m willing to endure more Bee Movies and Turbos if we can get more films like KFP 2 and ROTG.  3) Coffee or tea? Coffee 4) Books or movies? Books, although I barely read books for fun anymore smh 5) Windows or Mac? Mac. I used to prefer Windows bc it’s more affordable but then I got a Mac as a gift and I don’t think I could ever go back. They’re just... so much cleaner/sleeker. 6) D.C. or Marvel? Marvel, but specifically X-Men not Avengers 7) Xbox or PlayStation? Idk, I never played videogames as a kid 8) Night owl or early riser? Night owl for sure 9) Cards or chess? Cards because more than one person can play 10) Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate 11) Vans or converse? Converse 12) Fluff or angst? I like either, depending on my mood. Both can be cathartic for me. 13) Beach or forest? Forest 14) Dogs or cats? Cats 15) Clear skies or rain? Rain 16) Cooking or eating out? Eating out, cooking takes so much effort lmao 17) Spicy or mild food? Mild, I’m so weak, I can’t handle any spicy food haha 18) Halloween/Samhain or Christmas/Yule? Christmas 19) Would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot? A little too cold. You can always put on more clothes, but you can’t take off your skin. 20) If you could have a superpower what would it be? Teleportation or telepathy 21) Animation or live action? Animation 22) Bath or shower? Shower 23) Team Cap or team Ironman? TEAM X-MEN 24) Fantasy or sci-fi? Fantasy 25) Do you have 3 or 4 favourite quotes if so what are they? This one quote by Maya Angelou I saw recently really impacted me: “You may write me down in history / With your bitter, twisted lies / You may tread me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I’ll rise.” 26) YouTube or Netflix? YouTube 27) Harry Potter or Percy Jackson? Harry Potter is an objectively better series, but I’m gonna go with Percy Jackson because I connect emotionally with it more? Idk. It has much better representation in any case, both for racial minorities and LGBT people. 28) When do you feel accomplished? Surprisingly, doing little things like chores always makes me feel accomplished and productive. And then I use it as an excuse not to do anything else that day haha. 29) Star Wars or Star Trek? Star Wars 30) Paperback books or hardcover books? I don’t really have a preference. 31) Rock or pop music? Pop 32) What is the most important thing in your life? At the moment, getting through college. 33) Mountains or sea/ocean? Ocean 34) How do you express yourself? Through reaction gifs and emojis lmao. 35) What’s the first book/film that really counted to you? Lord of the Rings was probably my first fandom. I was determined to read all the books before watching the movies, even though I was in elementary school, and I did it somehow. Idk just something about the world of Middle-Earth captured my imagination. I read the Silmarillion in 4th grade too, that’s how dedicated and obsessed I was haha. I’ve reread the Silmarillion 3 times since then and I always discover something new every time. Also the movies are so great too. The attention to detail and accuracy to the source content is so great, and the cast was perfect. 36) What’s your element (air, water, etc.)? Water 37) If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? New Zealand 38) If you had any job in the world, what would it be? Idk tbh. I’m undecided in my major, let alone my dream job lol. 39) If you were granted three wishes, what would they be? First wish would be for unlimited money, duh. Second wish would be for teleportation/telepathy/shapeshifting. Third wish would be for diseases like AIDS/cancer/Alzheimer’s to be cured. 40) If you had to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Coffee flavored ice cream. Or sushi, idk if that counts since that’s a v broad category lol. 41) What is your dream companion animal? A fox or a hawk. Or a wolf. 42) Do you think there is life on other planets in universe? Yes. There must be, the universe is so huge. Life is out there, we just have to find it, and it’ll probably be way different from what we were expecting.  43) What’s your strangest childhood memory? One time a little girl poked me in the eye, and then complained that my eyeball hurt her finger jcjlcjlcjlcjllcc. 44) What is your perfect breakfast? Scrambled eggs, bacon, and potatoes. 45) What was the last movie you watched? “I Love You Phillip Morris” about a con artist (Jim Carrey) who falls in love with a fellow inmate (Ewan McGregor) and breaks out of prison four times to be reunited with him. It was funny but sad. A true tragicomedy. Also it’s based on a true story which is cool. Each escape is more daring and creative than the last.
I tag @elissastillstands @berkfrost @southerntinkerbelle and whoever else wants to do this, just tag me so I can see your answers :)
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