#fleur is a banker

[monsterblogging]

"I know JK Rowing is a terrible person but her books are so good-"

You sure about that?

I mean, just for a start, have you taken a good look at her fantasy creatures lately? A whole bunch of them are straight-up based on malicious and dehumanizing stereotypes about actual people.

Remember the werewolves? And being a werewolf was made into a kind of metaphor for having AIDS?

And you know how AIDS was first associated with gay men? And how conservatives back in the day were claiming gay men were preying on children in order to convert them to gayness?

Remember how Fenrir Greyback preyed on children in particular? Yeah, she put that subtext in there. She was an adult in the 90's. She knew damn well what she was doing.

Remember the house elves? Remember how most of them loved to serve and needed to have a home and a master or else they just wouldn't know what to do with themselves?

Did you know that's literally what slavers in the American South said about the Black people they kept enslaved? Go look up the happy slave myth.

Do I even need to get into the goblins and the antisemitic tropes they're based on? No, folkloric goblins were not gold-hoarding bankers waiting for their chance to stab humanity in the back.

"But the characters are so good!"

Are you kidding me?

Most of her characters are pretty one-dimensional, including Harry. Her idea of making a morally complicated character is giving a tragic past to a bully. Numerous characters are little more than stereotypes. (Looking at Fleur right now.) Literally anybody, including you, can easily make dozens of characters just as good, if not better. (It doesn't exactly take a lot of character designing skill to go, "hey, actually, having a sad backstory doesn't make it okay to bully children" or "hey, maybe I should not base a character on the first stereotype that pops into my head.")

"But the rest of the worldbuilding!"

Sorry, but her worldbuilding is just as basic as her characters. Magical castles and secret passages are stock tropes. Magical people who keep their true nature secret from humanity is the premise of pretty much every White Wolf TTRPG. Most of her fantasy creatures are just common European fairy tale and folklore creatures with shitty stereotypes projected onto them.

I'm not saying "basic worldbuilding bad." I'm saying, you could do just as good, if not better, with minimal effort.

Also there's her magical bioessentialism, where only Harry's abusive blood relatives could provide him with supernatural protection from Voldemort. Rowling thus effectively declared that non-biological family isn't quite real family, and that abusive biofamily can give you some essential thing that a loving, supportive family that isn't related to you just can't.

The Hogwarts houses are one of the most insidious elements of her worldbuilding. The idea of being sorted gives you a little dopamine hit because wow now you have a li'l niche where you belong!

But the actual function of the houses and sorting system and the House Cup is teaching children to see each other as rivals, and ensure that the most toxic views of the upper class get passed on to every new batch of kids sorted into Slytherin.

Hogwarts effectively prepares children for a dystopia where magic serves to distract its citizens from how nightmarishly awful it is. Economic inequality is so bad that people like Arthur and Molly Weasley can barely afford to put their kids through school, casual sadism is just an accepted norm in everyday society, and non-humans are second class citizens. Rowling sorta acts like she thinks this is a bad thing with certain lines she gave to Dumbledore, but in the end, her special boy protagonist becomes an auror; IE, a defender of the status quo. So.

If you've never seen it, Lily Simpson's video goes into even more detail on how the worldbuilding of Harry Potter is actually incredibly fucked up, and how it betrays small-minded attitudes on Rowling's part. There's no separating the art from this artist, because Rowling's rotten values pour out of nearly every page.

Yes, there are many things in Harry Potter that evoke feelings and inspire people, but there's absolutely nothing in it that this series has a monopoly on. You can find those same experiences in much, much better media.

#harry potter #jk rowling #Youtube

[voiddaisy]

The Victors of the Hunger Games

So when I get obsessed with a new thing, I literally need to know everything about it, even if that means making shit up. Thankfully, that means I can produce some decent, accurate content, so here that is! I made a list of all of the “known” Hunger Games victors. The canon ones are bolded, but the rest of them are named based on their district (I got the name inspiration from this naming guide). 

Huge credits to @one-mopeyboi for this idea!

I know that canonically Districts 1 and 2 have the best chance of having a lot of Victors, so I made sure that was represented, as well as when the career programs began (I have a headcanon that after the career programs were implemented, Districts 1 and 2 went on a winning streak for years). This is similar to District 4, though I think that their “career system” is hugely different than the first two districts, so they probably had fewer victors. I included statistics at the end (how many victors came from each district, genders, ages, etc..).

During the first ten games, even though District 2 didn’t have a career program, I think they still had a lot of victors due to them being the defense and masonry district -- possible peacekeepers-in-training could have been reaped, or just kids who grew up around weapons and fighting. That’s why they appear so much in the first ten years, even though the first ten years were so disorganized! 

I also gave some of my favs last names based on my interpretation of their characters, much like Suzanne Collins put a lot of time and effort into naming other characters! I’ll explain their last names when they come up!

A lot of canon victors had a range in which they could have won their games, so take any victor marked with an asterisk (*) is an up for interpretation -- add or subtract five years from their set date in this list and you should still be in the ballpark in which they won their games. Also, the ages at which they won their games are speculated and headcanons mostly, so do with those what you wish!

Ominis Jing / D1 / M18

Indigo Andrews / D8 / M16

Severus Florez / D2 / M17

Hercules Caine / D7 / M15

Atticus Gomez / D2 / M18

Vizio Everest / D3 / M18

Beatrix Regime / D2 / F17 (First female Victor)

Selerate Vega / D6 / M17

Nucleo Lamont / D5 / M18

Lucy Gray Baird / D12 (Covey) / F16 (MEMORY ERASED)

Mags Flannigan (nee Navarro) / D4 / F18 (Possibly implemented the career program in District 4 a few years after her win, and after Districts 1 and 2 implemented theirs. This is a headcanon of mine!)

Mercury Chow / D1 / M17 (Marks the beginning of “Career Districts”)

Remus Prasio / D2 / M18 

Sterling Ryfe / D2 / F18 (First time a district had a Victor two years in a row)

Victoria Argyros / D1 / F17

Cicero Shale / D2 / M16

Woof Damask / D8 / M15 *

Makari Perch / D4 / F17

Pompeii Rhine / D4 / M18

Octavio Pyrite / D2 / M17

Nyx Maelstrom / D4 / F15

Night Raleigh / D7 / F17

Ardor Maron / D1 / M18

Ting Harta / D1 / M16

Celestia Dean / D5 / F17

Seeder Harrow / D11 / F15 *

Aphrodite Penz / D1 / F18

Ceres Tritt / D9 / M16

Parsley Citron / D11 / M18

Aquarius Mokosh / D4 / M17

Spruce Hawthorn / D7 / M17

Willow Elwood / D7 / F15 (First winning streak of a non-Career district)

Olympio Knight / D6 / M16

Elixer Dynamo / D1 / M18

Lazurus Yuki / D2 / M17

Twix Serratos / D10 / M15

Tanzanite Valor / D1 / M18

Porter Millicent Tripp / D6 / F15

Tameo Swift / D5 / M16

Ciabette Pizelle / D9 / F17

Denver Propel / D6 / M16

Phyllite Hatch / D2 / F16

Beetee Latier / D3 / M16 *

Broze Aegis / D2 / M18

Chaff Pitaya / D11 / M17

Marrow Banker / D10 / M18

Wiress Latier (neē Neith) / D3 / F18 * 

Thetis Firth / D4 / M16

Cloque Madder / D8 / M17

Haymitch Abernathy / D12 / M16 (“First” D12 winner)

Brutus Castor / D2 / M18 *

Brasilia Cadillac / D6 / F17

Vestis Thompson / D1 / M18

Lyme Rabe / D2 / F18

Blight Page / D7 / M16 *

Emmer Graham / D9 / M18

Mirabelle Ortega / D11 / F17

Dahlia Celsius / D5 / F17

Eloquence Fleur / D1 / F18

Lennox Rodriguez / D10 / F17

Celia Khampan / D8 / F17 *

Enobaria Calypso / D2 / F15 (Calypso means hidden or concealed -- as an Enobaria lover who definitely sees past the whole “brutal” teeth thing, I definitely think that she has a lot of hidden rage towards the Capitol, even though people in District 2 notoriously side with the Capitol. Not only this, but she was seen running with Finnick during the breaking of the arena in Catching Fire, which I definitely interpret as she was either secretly working with Finnick or had some type of solidarity with him to be able to not attack him while running -- meaning she hid this tolerability from her district and the Capitol. I could make an entire post about Enobaria, but I’ll leave it at that.)

Gloss Mirat / D1 / M18 (Mirat means mirror -- Gloss and Cashmere were mirrors of each other -- two siblings going into the games seperately, then immensly regretting it as soon as they won for the same or different reasons. Then, they had to reenter the game together, knowing that one or both of them would die in the arena, but showing the Capitol excitement, anyway, because that is was District 1 taught them to do. They mirror each other and what their district wants them to be.)

Cashmere Mirat / D1 / F17 ^^

Finnick Odair / D4 / M14

Maze Targaren / D10 / M15

Augustus Braun / D1 / M17

Maida Pondaro / D9 / F18

 Cable Denoir / D3 / M17

Annie Cresta / D4 / F18

Johanna Mason / D7 / F17

Obsidian Trenton / D2 / M17

Lazulia Mace / D2 / F16

Katniss Everdeen / D12 / F16 and Peete Mellark / D12 / M16

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Victor Stats

District 1 Total Victors: 13 Male Victors: 9 Female Victors: 4 Average Age: 17 (17.54)

District 2 Total Victors: 15 Male Victors: 9 Female Victors: 6 Average Age: 17 (17.07)

District 3 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 1 Average Age: 17 (17.25)

District 4 Total Victors: 8 Male Victors: 4 Female Victors: 4 Average Age: 16 (16.63)

District 5 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 17

District 6 Total Victors: 5 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 16 (16.2)

District 7 Total Victors: 6 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 3 Average Age: 16 (16.17)

District 8 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 1 Average Age: 16 (16.25)

District 9 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 17 (17.25)

District 10 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 3 Female Victors: 1 Average Age: 16 (16.25)

District 11 Total Victors: 4 Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 2 Average Age: 16 (16.75)

District 12 Total Victors: 3 (4) Male Victors: 2 Female Victors: 1 (2) Average Age: 16

ALL VICTORS Total Victors: 75 Male Victors: 44 Female Victors: 31 Average Age: 16 (16.7)

let me know if you spot any mistakes and I'll fix them!

#hunger games #hunger games victors #hunger games headcanon #the hunger games #the 75th hunger games #finnick odair #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #enobaria #headcanons #haymitch abernathy

[evesaintyves]

snippet tag game

thanks for the tag @turanga4

ugh i have 8,000 words of this thing written - bits and pieces of it have been sitting in my notes app since like summer of 2022 - and i think i'm gonna start over. vibes are just off. working title is Cupid & Psyche '95. it's about Tonks.

Tonks told her maybe, and thought she probably wouldn't go. Her clubbing days were behind her. She'd puked on the Knight Bus enough. Besides, it had always struck her as a stupid kind of game, like a bunch of toffs shooting pheasant on some fenced-in grounds. Sometimes it was annoyingly like she'd volunteered to be one of the pheasants. But in the end she pulled on a skirt that showed the cleavage of her arsecheeks and apparated herself down to Oxford Street, where a taxi immediately splashed her with mud. Fleur towed her by the hand through the candlelight and garlic of a tapas place, through a steel door in the back, and down a stairway which jittered with bass. The bouncer looked the two of them down, then up, unclipped the plush rope, and swept them into the shafts of coloured light with a hand at the small of Tonks's back—wanker. And the blokes in there were just okay—muggle bankers in crisp shirts that glowed, ridiculous, under the lights. Tonks got legless for free, got kissed on the dance floor. Fleur didn't so much dance as glide, and whip her hair about dangerously, like a prehensile appendage. She had an enviable way of seamlessly sliding out of reach whenever someone tried to touch her. In the sweltering loo, they stood together at the mirror, ignoring the sniffing-coughing from the stall behind. Fleur watched with plain fascination as Tonks darkened her lips to stand out in the halflight and matted the shine on her forehead without ever touching her face. Tonks winked at her reflection, and Fleur arched a single perfect brow. She couldn't resist: She threw an arm around her friend's milky shoulders, looked herself in the face, and changed herself to a platinum-hair, icy-eye, high-cheekbone copy of Fleur. Fleur's mouth dropped open, just a little. Not in surprise. She gazed at herself, then at her other self, and with an inevitability like magnets snapping they turned their faces and fell into a kiss. Vodka-tonic coolness and the push of tongues. Tonks felt brave, wove her fingers into Fleur's silk hair, and Fleur let it happen. It felt like she'd won a prize. Girls walked in, gasped, burst out laughing. Fleur kissed like she was daydreaming: with relish, with ease.

sorry if you've been tagged before @ashesandhackles @pocket-lilacs @kay-elle-cee @artemisia-black @alohaemora @whinlatter @thecat-isblogging-blog

#nymphadora tonks #fleur delacour #flonks #hp fanfic #harry potter fanfiction

[dutch-and-flemish-painters]

Emma De Vigne - Selfportrait - 1894

Emma De Vigne (30 January 1850 - 3 June 1898) was a Belgian still life and portrait painter, who came from a family of artists from Ghent. Her paintings were exhibited in Europe, as well as in South America.

De Vigne was born on 30 January 1850 in Ghent. The family were all artists: her father, Pieter, and uncle, Felix, were sculptors, and she and her sisters, Louise and Malvina, were painters. It was her uncle, Félix De Vigne, taught her to paint; she later married his son, her cousin Jules De Vigne, who was a lawyer and a writer.

During her lifetime De Vigne was known as a flower, and later portrait painter, who specialised in still life. Her works often sold for over 1000 Belgian Francs, which was notable for a female painter at the time, and were often exhibited alongside other female painters. These women formed a new generation of Flemish artists.

In 1887 her work was displayed in Buenos Aires in an exhibition of Belgian art, which opened there on 5 October. Her painting "Fleur de thé" was sold to banker Lisandro Bellinghurst. De Vigne exhibited her work in the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

De Vigne died on 3 June 1898 in Ghent. She is buried in Ghent Westerbegraafplaats.[10] After her death, her husband published a selection of his writings, which were dedicated to her memory.

#Emma De Vigne #19th #belgium #selfportrait #history

[bejcwcled]

welcome to london, BILL WEASLEY! did anyone ever tell you that you look just like DOMHNALL GLEESON? well, no matter, we hear that you are 31 and working as a BANKER. we also hear that you currently DON'T HAVE your memories from HARRY POTTER and have a tendency to be EASY GOING as well as RECKLESS.

𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙎

full name : William Arthur Weasley

nickname(s): Bill

relatives: Arthur Weasley (father), Molly Weasley (mother), Charlie, Percy, Fred, George & Ron Weasley (brothers), Ginny Weasley (sister)

age : 31

dob : november 29, 1970

star sign : sagittarius

pronouns : he/him

sexuality : demisexual

moral alignment : neutral good

memory status: partial

𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒𝘎𝘙𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘋

the oldest son of molly and arthur weasley.  he has five younger brothers and a sister.  at school was a prefect and head boy receiving high marks in all of his classes.  after graduation he became a curse breaker working in egypt.  more information can be found here on his wikia

only has his memories up until his wedding with fleur - so he does not remember most of the events of deathly hallows, including the battle of hogwarts and fred’s death. (also has no idea he has three kids)

was attacked by werewolf fenrir greyback on a non-full moon so he experiences some wolf like traits but is not a werewolf. feels some pain on nights of the full moon, slight diet changes after the attack

has a desk job at a bank here in london and is very restless.  he misses the days when he could travel.

wanted connections: rest of his family, co-workers, friends

#wal: intro #bill; musings

[cheerstotheelites-if]

What type of game would all the ROs agree to play together? Who is the most competitive out of them?

Monopoly. It's Monopoly. They're playing an old version of Monopoly, the one with paper bills and foam houses and hotels, since that's the only version Weylyn owns.

Fleur: Has been voted as banker, much to her annoyance. Very competitive in getting the most properties from Eliseo. Grew up in a business oriented family, so she knows how to spend her money on properties and when to upgrade them. Plays the top hat.

Eliseo: Trying to get the most properties before Fleur does. Gets pissed off when Fleur gets a full set before him, and even more pissed when he lands on her property and has to pay. Plays the cannon.

Cooper: That one player who takes each of all thr colored properties so no one can have a full set. Doing it to piss off both Eliseo and Fleur. Plays the racecar.

Zephyrine: Taking all of the train stations, since everyone's busy taking the other properties. Watching Cooper take all of the colored properties in amusement. Plays the boot.

Weylyn: Taking all of the airports and somehow always sent to jail. Dude's suffering every time he gets sent. Plays the dog.

Ophelia: Has a good amount of properties and still with an abundant amount of money. Just watching the chaos peacefully while getting her free £2M everytime she passes the GO tile. Plays the thimble.

#RO ask #curious anon #Weylyn #Fleur #Zephyrine #Eliseo #Cooper #Ophelia

[imperiohq]

welcome NICOLE ! please take a look over our checklist and have your account in within 12 hours  .  fleur delacour / feyza deniz ( melisa pamuk ) are now taken .

ϟ.  �� melisa pamuk : cis woman: she/her: banker: skinny love by bon iver  ϟ  did you see fleur delacour / feyza ? you know ,  31 year old quarter-Veela witch who was formerly in Beauxbatons Academy of Magic . some say fleur can be quite caring but are known to be impatient. they are aligned with the neutrals .  maybe that’s why they remind me of being fiercely loyal to those she cares about, loving a family that didn't like her, the smell of flowers follows her.   ϟ  penned by nicoole : 30 : pst : she/her

#harry potter rp #oc rp #dark rp #new rp #hp rp #appless rp #golden era rp #hp rpg #mumu rp #golden trio rp

[lovealpenglow]

writing college aus is so fun how did i never do this before yes i will make the nightclub near campus a gay bar called mad myrtle's and yes i will imply that it is notorious bc a 2011 ghost documentary asserted the girls' toilet was haunted

#hogsmeade university is full of gems #tonks runs a new age occult shop called The Sisters Black #fleur is a banker #bill is a phd archeology student #cho and cedric study fine art #the school is famous for its comp chess team #obvs their star player is ron weasley #meanwhile ginny weasley is obvs star of the girls football team #i could live in this universe #will i make it into a series??? maybe we'll see #this can be a Vessel for my padma/george obsession too #writing things

[mischief-marauders]

Happy Women’s History Month: 31 days of witches from the Wizarding World!

Day 25: Fleur Delacour

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, French, Part Veela, Triwizard Champion, Gringotts banker, Member of the Order of the Phoenix, Awarded medal of bravery by the British and French ministry for her bravery in the battle of Hogwarts

#who’s doing it like her? #no one! #31 days of witches from the wizarding world #fleur delacour

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Tuesday 4 September 1838

4

9 ¾

so bit last night that this and the loss of my cloak prevented sleep – got up at 12 ¾, and, on examining my bed killed a louse – enough – sat up the rest of the night, slumbering when I could as I leaned back in my chair – I had luckily brought away nearly 2 whole tallow candles from Bagnères de L- this morning as a separate charge (unusual) was made for them, and one of these with the one we got here made out for the night – aroused at 4 – chocolate at 5 – determined to return the same way we came to look for my cloak – off (from Bosost [Bossòst] at 5 ½ - at the little chapel of St. Antoine in ½ hour at 6 – at the top of the Portillon at 6 35 – had looked and inquired all along in vain for my poor cloak – had thought of sending Charles to the village to Lys to seek my cloak but had hardly uttered all the way till 7 35 when I said I was determined to have it found if possible conte qu’il conte – Charles rather in a pet said qu’il ne l’avait pas enlevé..... this led to some words, and I blamed him for the careless, and was annoyed – however before we had gone ½ hour father he thought better of it and seemed so ashamed and sorry and made so very sufficient an apology (poor fellow! he was in tears – said I was very just – he had been with me so long etc. etc. never did wrong willingly......) that I promised to say and think no more of it and all was right again – for at 7 35 when I had told Charles to go to Lys, seeing that he was for leaving the mule and going on foot, I thought this would not do, and sent Jean who promised to be back as soon as possible and was sure he could get the cloak back if it had been lost thereabouts - .:. at 7 35 Jean set off by our route of yesterday and we returned by the direct road – by and by passed a douanier who asked Charles if we came from Spain – Charles came to tell me that he had said no! we had only been making a petite promenade and all was settled without another word – begged if I was asked I would give the same answer – no! said I, I shall certainly tell the truth if I am applied to – Charles said, he was very glad we had got off so well; for if he had said we had been in Spain, I should have had a fine of 60/. a horse to pay – Arrived à l’hotel du commerce B. de L- at 8 25 – comfortable enough double bedded room à rez de chaussée – very well for merely breakfasting in – breakfast at 9 – boiled milk and pears and peaches – no coffee and gateau de riz at A-‘s desire – Charles got the ‘manteau rouge publié’ cried by the drum-man – the crier goes about with a drum not a bell as in England – at 11 the botaniste guide – (Joachine Martre, Rue de la poste aux Lettres, à Bagnères de Luchon)  and we went with him home to see his collection of Pyrenees plants – the very pretty little pink flower, we saw on the Piméné (vide Tuesday 24 July) and in several other places Coumelie [Coumély]? Begonz? Saongué? (but not the little pink flower of the Piméné the whole plant not more than an inch high) turns out to be Azalea procumbens a little low plant, 5 or 6 in, high with little woody stems – very pretty – my great inquiry was for a specimen of Vératre – he did not know the plant by this name but knew it by the name of Hellébore.

SH:7/ML/E/22/0011

but he had to seek a long before he found a specimen of this plant – his specimen about a foot long – could not judge how much longer the whole plant might have been – he said the colour of the flower was yellow – a person not understanding the difference of the petals (h meant to say the pistils etc. classical distinction as established by Linnaeus) might mistake it for the aconite – How said I the aconite flower is blue and the leaves quite different – yes! but he meant the A. Anthora – is the flower of the A. Anthora yellow? he said the hellébore was plentiful in the Près de St. Jean (near Paillole) –

le Vératre, la plus haute plante des montagnes. Chaussenque [Chausenque] i. 196

les Vératres, l’ellébore des anciens, croissent à hauteur d’homme somewhere sur un plateau herbeux near above la butte de Sers. i. 202.

l’aconit anthora, quoiqu’ vénéneux lui-même, passe pour le contrepoison de la renoucule thora, petite plante – n’a qu’une feuille et une fleur jaune – used by les peuples de nord pour empoisonner leurs flèches. i. 198

while Matre looked for the Vératre, he gave me a letter to read from our late M.P. Mr. James Stuart Wortley from which it appeared M- had been his guide in the valle de Lys, valle d’Arran [Aran?], etc. and desiring to send some pine cones of 2 or 3 different sorts named and the plants according to order, and giving M- an order for the sum due upon W-‘s banker at Bordeaux the parcel to be sent from Bordeaux to England – M- shewed me also a letter from an Angalise Mrs. Martin who had ordered of him a collection of Pyrenees plants – he furnishes specimens at 25/. per centaine – what I paid in Switzerland – but when I said I had paid 20/. per 100 at Chamouni [Chamonix] he said he would furnish me specimens at that price I had asked him the price of guides here, he said 3/. a day per man and 3/. a day per horse and nourriture, but when a man was not mounted and had long courses, he deserved something more – He shewed me also a little work which he praised much, written by a Mr. Bentham the son (he said) of an English general who was with the d. of Wellington in the peninsular war –

Catalogue des plantes ingidènes des Pyrénées et du Bas Languedoc. Par George Bentham à Paris chez Madame Huzard imprimer-libraire Rue de l’Epéron – St. André n°7 1826. and Toulouse chez Vieusseux. and Montpellier, chez Gabon and cie. and Sévalle libraire

Martres’ specimen of Vératre too long for me to bring away – took nothing but gave him a 5/. piece and my name ‘Madame Lister’ begging him to set down the receipt towards anything I might order hereafter – Jean came here to be paid 12/. for man and horse the 2 days, and gave him 10/. with which to pay the man at Lys who had found the manteau rouge (as he said) not far from the cottage where we had fed the horses – satisfied to have my poor cloak back again – it went with me to the top of Mt. Perdu in 1830, and has been my companion too long to be unvalued tho’ now worn into holes round the bottom – Pierre too (Dalgarotte) came here to wish me goodbye and recommended himself and his son for future employment – but Martre would be the man for me another time – A- not having been much amused had probably been proportionally impatient of delay – walked back to the Inn – and off from here – off from Bagnères de Luchon at 12 10 – had we had time Jean had greatly vaunted an excursion to Montné (should it be Mouné?) from the top of which a very fine view of all the mountains around and we should have returned upon Arreau by a new line all the way – I think he said it would only have taken us 7 hours this way to Arreau – we had doubted between this and the valle d’Oo and lake of Seculejo in one road as we passed by our former route – it was now too late for the lake – but we might have done the other – However, I thought not of it at the moment, and we jogged on the old way – at St. Aventin at 1 10 good church and village – Casauz [Cazaux -Fréchet-Anéran-Camors] at 1 ½ just skirt along the top of the village, and close by and under the church – at 1 50 pass thro’ Garrey and just out of the village good view of the glacier of Mt. d’Oo on our left – at the top of the Port (de Peyresourde) at 2 50 and I alighted then and A- afterwards at 3 25 – passed thro’ Loudervielle at 2 50 – A- rather tired and sat down on a wall to rest at 4, for 5 minutes when both mounted – crossed the bridge over the gave and in the highroad in ¼ hour at 4 20 and here we came up with the 2 Spaniards and Bagnères de Luchon guide on foot carrying a largeish deal box on his back, who had passed us ¼ hour before, and they turned left to pass the port de Plan to Vielle [Vielle-Aure] (3 heures) in the valle d’Aure (on account of the Doane [douane] being there) to go tomorrow to Balbastro -  at 4 50 pass thro’ the pretty village of Avvaiyorn (as pronounced by Charles) – A- tired of riding and poorlyish – very picturesque wooded hedgy, corny, well-villaged, fine valle (valle de Louron) – A- very much tired – walked 10 minutes till 5 ½ and I from 5 20 to 5 ¾ thro’ the village of Bordères (vide Chaussenque [Chausenque] i.357) in a nice green bassin – at the hotel du commerce chez Clavière à Arreau at 6 35 – very fine day and evening – Arreau beautifully situated, neat, good, very pretty picturesque little town – delighted to be as it were, at home again with these good people – out in the court and about while A- lay down – dinner at 7 ¼ in ¾ hour – A- sick and poorly – la fille came to ask me in a whisper that the mistress takes all that is given for la fille, and gives her very little of it, and gives her 55fr. a year – begged me to give her herself ½ what I gave before and give the other ½ to the mistress without saying anything – shook and folded all my things and had a thorough wash, all which took me till 9 ¾ - A- better

[harmonyandco]

The goblins of Gringotts are cruel, selfish creatures who only work with wizards when it pleases them. However, the gnomes of Switzerland are far more reasonable bankers. When Harry and Hermione meet a gnome at the Quidditch World Cup, he leads them on a journey into unraveling a conspiracy by Dumbledore, Snape, and Director Ragnok to rob Harry of his true inheritance and trap both of our heroes in loveless marriages with the youngest Weasleys. With the help of new friend Fleur, can they escape?

anonymous

#anon #harmony #flower harmony #Fleur Delacour #harry/hermione/fleur #Harry Potter #Hermione Granger #AU #GoF

[coralinternetphantom]

story

                                                                               The ghost of haunted past

 I replay the moments in my brain of how this could happen.  Walking into a bloody room with blood spattered and covered the mirrors and windows; I carefully bow down to look at the foot print in blood on the white carpet and on the wall as well.

               I get the call into the station about 4:30 in the morning and it was double killing and no witness were found and several finger prints on the front door and window and sliding back door,  the first on the scene was my partner ray and the country morgue coroner Ella.     I walked into the room and saw ray looking at window checking for any tear at the screen for any nicks but the screen was impact and all together, and Ella was looking at the body and noticed that the victim was running from the front door towards the phone on the nightstand but don’t make it in time.      

                 In my 45 years of police work I have never seen this much blood but it comes with the job. But that moment stayed glued in my brain and unshakable, I knew the victim was the daughter of famous banker who worked on Wall Street and his wife was dead in car accident.  Ray looked at me and shakes his head and let deep sigh out “I am glad you’re here.”   I walked towards Ella and asked her was going on, “well the victim was running from her killer and tried the phone to call 911 but the killer grab her by the throat and choke her and stab her 23 times with each stab the killer splashed blood onto the wall and windows.” I put on two rubber gloves and lifted the body and noticed she had a bruise on her left shoulder and wrist and the right wrist was twisted.     The hand print on her neck was clearly medium sized with ring imprint on the left or right hand, and the killer watched the life and light disappeared from her eyes.

Getting off my knees and walking towards ray,  asked him a basic question “so if the screen on the window is impact and the front door was opened freely who could of she known to let in her place and trust them with her life?”  ray don’t look at me and said  “honestly I don’t know because there are no cuts or tears in the screen but the killer left behind a blood trail coming from the kitchen to the living room and found blood under the sink where he or she personally rinsed of the knife.”   That moment I asked Ella if she any more blood on the walls or the nightstand and she said “ no but there is a small cut on her right ring finger and maybe she tucked herself cutting or the killer wasn’t careful on how to handle the knife.”  Walking towards to the nightstand and saw nothing of change just pictures of her family and boyfriend at the time, pictures of friends from college and high school.  

  I walked towards the bedroom and looked around and saw the bed was made neatly and pillows and blankets were folded at the bottom and her clothes neatly folded on the end of the bed with her hair brush and sweater.    I keep looking around and spot empty drawer of socks, underwear on the floor and her wallet on the floor covered in blood and dirt,   slowly I picked up the wallet and found her money and id was there and everything was there, my eyes wondered the room to spot anything out of the normal, My gut was telling something was off, I step closer to found a bloody fingerprint and palm print right by the picture of her late grandfather. “Ella I found a fingerprint and palm print by the window over here and the screen has been cut.”  Ella and ray walked over to see what I was talking about and saw scratch and from a knife or tool was used to force the open, as I begin to rub my forehead I hated this part of my job.  

In my 45 years of police work I have seen many things like bad drug deals and rapes from family members or cousin but telling the parents or next of kin that their love one is dead is the hardest because I am not a emotional person I look at hard facts and truth and sometimes go with my gut but I believe facts not emotions.

                                                               One

I knew the victim family really well they went my church and family cook outs.     Terry and Sammy fleur along with their daughters Rebecca and Trisha fleur were part of my community and church family but breaking the news that their oldest daughter Rebecca was found dead in her apartment and killed in which way that the killer wanted to send a message to her family.      Walking downstairs to found roger sitting the hood of my police car and grinning like he just take candy from a baby,  “ so I hear you retiring in few weeks I can’t say I least expected it and frankly I am happy that it happening I don’t know what to say!”    His face lit up like a Christmas tree in July and watched his hands fly through the air.     Pushing him off the hood he slid and laughed with joy, I couldn’t believe that bastard had the nerve to mock me after I saved his ass getting fired from the captain and put him traffic ticket duty and saved his marriage from heading down the drain my biggest mistake of my life.  

                               Sitting thinking about to say to her parents and how it going to sound killed my mind and thoughts, I pulled up to a brick building with gray stone for columns and a old pine wood door with silver numbers on the side and rose bushes and flowers to each side of the door.    While sitting the car I tried to get strength to say those words but can’t, “ughhh I can’t do this I can’t “as banging my head against the steering wheel and balling my fists in anger and pain.  Once again I placed my hand the door handle and opened and stepped our walking to the front door and ring the doorbell, a tall woman in long flowing gown with matching ears and gloves rushed the door and I know right way it was Sammy she always had to have everything matching even the shoes.   “Ahh Donald I am glad to see you terry wouldn’t stop talking about the future cook outs we were planning and he happen to mention your name!”   “Sammy you better sit down for this because its bad news”.    Watching face towards a happy smile to screaming in agony over the death of her oldest and how everything planned out for her future and watching pound the floor with anger and pain.

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[optimisticaudience]

A (Not) Comprehensive list of the shit JK Rowling has pulled.

TW: Racism, transphobia, bigotry, classism, abuse, and most everything at this point

December 2019 That tweet

December 2018 Sued assistant for £18,000+ (originally £24,000) based on her spending money fraudulently on a company card, despite her net worth being £650,000,000 (£90,000,000 currently). Not saying fraud isn’t bad, just saying when you have more money than the queen, this is her trying to make a statement to her employees. 

November 2018 Unironically wrote a “tragic mulatto” story into Fantastic Beasts. Also a jewish coded character joins up with wizard Hitler.

September 2018 Nagini is now an East Asian woman with a South Asian name who is the nonverbal servant of the evil racist. Remember all the references to “slit eyes” in the books? 

March 2018 Liking more of those tweets (and saying it’s a senior moment). 

December 2017 Defended Johnny Depp by saying she had secret insider knowledge that no one can find or corroborate

September 2016 (using date she confirmed this) Compared lycanthropy to HIV, thus the character of Fenrir Greyback being an older man who preys on young boys to give them fantasy HIV

March 2016 HoMiNA and stealing indigenous religions  -as iconography for an English-based school educating indigenous children in English magic -to just say “well the indians were wrong and it’s actually my magic style all along.

February 2016 Built wizard schools for individual countries. Unless you’re in Africa. That’s just one country right? Built a Japanese wizarding school based around orientalist ideas of “honor” 

June 2014 The part of the Silkworm where the hero threatens a transwoman with sexual abuse in prison.  

June 1999 Creation of a slave race that enjoys slavery due to magic. I could link thinkpieces but I would rather link the OFFICIAL POTTERMORE ARTICLE about how “maybe the truth is in the middle” on slavery. 

September 1998 Hook nosed clawed goblin bankers who do not understand the concept of ownership, only lending. 

Not nearly as strong as the rest but stuff that bugged me:

Rita Skeeter is a lying character who is known for shapeshifting and is described in exclusively masculine terms 

Hogwarts stairs detect gender of people on them

Bill Weasley and Viktor Krum date minors way younger than them (Fleur at 17 and Hermione at 15 respectively)

Created a separate house for all the evil kids founded heavily on a guy who wanted to commit genocide, but then tried to walk it back without acknowledging that all the bad shit was still there

Has Dumbledore (her personal wiseman for Harry Potter) say that deplatforming racists just makes them stronger. 

How Dolores Umbrige’s femininity is connected so heavily with her evil (especially pink things and cats)

Also she bought historic properties to knock them down to build additions to her house. 

All the fat jokes

All i’m saying is: When people say that someone is being a bigot, listen to them. Folks have known for a while, but hopefully we can make this a learning experience.

#tw racism #tw transphobia #tw terf #though terf would be inaccurate because I don't know if I'd call her a feminist still #but putting the tw in there so people can be safe #tw antisemitism #JK Rowling #harry potter #silkworm #robert galbraith #cormoran strike #tw classism #tw #I knew she was bad before #but I always kind of held out a little hope she could be better #but she has too much money to ever need to self reflect again

[hqclouds]

☁  ˙ ∙   — — —   𝐍𝐎𝐖   𝑼𝑷𝑳𝑶𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮  …  looks  like  you’ve  been  backed  up  to  the  cloud , fleur delacour  of  harry potter !  hm ,  upon  closer  inspection ,  we’ve  detected  some  kind  of  VIRUS  attached  to  your  file.  worry  not ,  our  malware  protection  software  can  clear  that  right  up  !  consider yourself  un  -  glitched.   𝙲𝙻𝙸𝙲𝙺.

◜ anya taylor-joy  ◞ uploading data … ⟳ 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙻𝙴𝚃𝙴 ! let’s finalize your code , FLEUR DELACOUR. originally the label from fandom , now you’re twenty year old banker in the cloud. you’re still pretty genuine & snobbish — but you’re a little more caring now. i heard you were at diagon alley when we un-glitched , and you ( fainted, dropping her shopping bags ). the memory of ( fighting in the battle of hogwarts ) is hazy , but maybe the blue beauxbatons hat and 9½", rosewood, veela hair core wand waiting for you at the pawn shop’ll bring clarity. ⌇ + with/veela , female [ she/her ] , bisexual. uploaded by duckie ( 25 , she/her , EST ).

#harry potter rp #book rp #multimuse rpg #town rp #accepted

[bellumfiliorumrp-blog]

Louis Weasley is a Male Fifth Year Hufflepuff. He looks just like Ross Lynch and is taken.

Parents: Bill and Fleur Weasley

Blood Status: Pureblood, 1/8 Veela

Boggart:  Disappoint/disapproving looks of his family; he has ended up a complete and utter failure, and let them down.

Patronus: Fennec Fox

Wand:  Ten-inch alder wood with a unicorn hair core.

Positive Personality Traits:  Personable, Honest, Creative

Negative Personality Traits:  Impatient, Unmotivated, Disorganized

Bio Points:

He has ADHD

He always felt more connected and comfortable with his Uncle Charlie than his own father. He always looked forward to his visits, and he loved listening to the stories about dragons.

He’s an animal lover, and he brought a cat with him to Hogwarts

He is asexual biromantic

He’s sleep deprived more often than not.

He learned French from his mother. He’s not completely bilingual yet, but he wants to learn more.

Because his father was prefect, Head Boy, and a successful banker, Louis always felt some pressure to succeed. He developed insecurities and a fear of looking like a failure in comparison.

He took ballet as a child. Even though he stopped when he came to Hogwarts, he still has a deep appreciation for it.

Due to his love of herbology, his room is covered in potted plants. Vines climb up the side railing of his bed. Luckily, he doesn’t have a problem with his pet cat bothering any of them (except for the one time he left out the catnip.)

#louis weasley