McGonagall comforting all of the little first years when they have had a nightmare, assuring them that even brave lions depend on the pride for strength.
Sirius Black was one of these scared little lions after he was sorted into Gryffindor
He had a nightmare about returning home and McGonagall would not hear of one of her lion cubs calling himself a disappointment, assuring him that he was too “what do the muggles call it these days? I believe I have heard one of my students refer to it as Punk Rock” to be anything other than spectacular.
Sirius Black making it his mission from then on to aid every young student who had a nightmare.
He would stay up for hours telling them stories of Dumbledore and McGonagall and all of the amazing things they had accomplished and adventures they had been on while they snuggled into the little nest Sirius had built for them on the floor out of pillows and blankets.
He would act out grand tales of Godric Gryffindor slaying magnificent beasts, fantastically illustrating his death defying maneuvers with over exaggerated movements and faces.
Any child who was frightened, no matter how old they were, always knew that they could quietly rap on his door and hop on his bed for a good story and a feeling of warmth and security.
Eventually, after the first month of rapping on their bedroom door, the other marauders started to pitch in.
Peter would gather the blankets, because he was the best at fort building, and would settle all of the kids in to get ready for the story.
Remus would pass out sweet treats and hot chocolate before tucking in closer to the younger ones, because Moony’s hot chocolate is the best and no one would dare drink the stuff if anyone else made it.
James would help Sirius with his epic skits and would cast dancing shadows on the walls in the shapes of hippogriffs and lions so that the younger ones felt protected and safe inside of the haven these four boys built for them.
Eventually, because it’s Hogwarts, word spread and Lily, Marlene, and Dorcas decided that the girls needed the same type of system.
In the event of a thunderstorm, Lily and Sirius made a plan to bring all the kids downstairs to the common room where they would all sit together in a giant nest of love and comfort, until they either fell asleep again, or the bad feelings passed enough for them to climb back into their own beds.
Lily would braid hair so the little lions could have a mane when they woke up in the morning.
Dorcas would bring her guitar and sing softly when the mood required a more relaxed form of soothing
Marlene would charm night-light stars on the ceiling so that the room would never get too dark and scary.
One evening, after a very very violent storm, McGonagall decided to go up and check to see if her little lions were okay.
She found everyone curled up in the common room, in front of the fireplace with thousands of charmed stars and shadow protectors on the walls. and 7 very gangly 7th years sleeping in a circle on the outside of the little ones.
Instead of interrupting the peace, she walked to a sleeping Sirius Black, smoothed back his hair from his face and whispered “10 points to Gryffindor for finding courage and love in the heart of a storm”
So the police and fire station are right next to my library which is a pokemon gym and pokestop. The cops are blu team and the firefighters are red and they are constantly fighting over the gym. I found out cuz i was adding a pokemon to the gym and some cops noticed me playing pokemon and they asked what team i was on and i told them blu and they were like damn right and told me about the situation.
this is pure and good, 2k16 is getting better because of pokemon
Three years ago, my dog went viral on Imgur and Reddit, thanks to this picture I took right after she’d yanked down a post from the front of our house with her bare strength.
But like the image above says, this is not a good post.
That dog above, the one that made so many people laugh, her name is Eva, and she’s my 7-year-old lab. She was just diagnosed with canine lymphoma.
Without chemo, she only has 3 months left with us. But her oncologist has given her a good prognosis with chemotherapy. She could live to see her 9th, 10th, and even 11th birthday.
Which means more years of this happy, ridiculous puppy.
The price to extend her life? $8500.
I nearly died when I saw the number. I’m paying off 4 student loans right now, and my parents are in insurmountable debt. I thought, this is it, we’re screwed. In between crying spells and anxiety attacks, I realized what my choices were: give up and let Eva go in the next 3 months, or crowdfund my ass off.
Internet: you’ve done it before, now I’m begging you, do it again. Spread Eva like wildfire. She deserves a second chance. She deserves the extra time, and all the fun and happiness she’ll have in that time.
Any amount you can donate will help tremendously. Please, help Eva.
Eva has raised over $3,000 in one week!!! Part of that is because of many tumblr users who have donated, thanks to so many of you reblogging this. Please keep sharing. Tag people you know who have lots of followers. Post it on your facebook. On reddit. On twitter. Everywhere!! I have 17 weeks to come up with $5,000 more for this fantastic pupper.
New tactic for week 2: anyone who reblogs this post will get an automatic follow from me. You don’t have to follow me back! If it gets more people to reblog this post, I’ll do whatever it takes.
So is Pokemon Go essentially a sneaky exercise app?
Sorta! It’s a way to gameify collecting mapping and walking data from people, actually, but it doubles as an exercise app, or at least a get-out-of-the-house app.
The metadata (time/location) from each captured Pokemon alone could be datamining gold for the right people, but at the same time, picture for one moment the unavoidable truth that it will also someday be used to exonerate someone
“So, Mr. Briggs, you claim that you were at the park all night, and not at the bar with the victim? What proof do you have?”
“This Vulpix.”
the fact that Pokemon could be used as proof in court some day blows my shit off
I just want every communist/socialist to read The Tragedy of the Commons
Actually professor Bofa disproved that concept in regards to communism and human nature ages ago.
Source? Because a quick google search of first “professor bofa” brought up nothing, then “professor bofa tragedy of the commons” also brought up nothing nor did “professor bofa human nature”
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