I Just Found Out There Is A Band Called "the Whomping Willows" And Oh My Freaking God They Have Songs

It's fall and it's raining outside?

Time to stand in front of someone's house staring at a window without blinking or an umbrella and act all mysterious

10 Non-Lethal Injuries to Add Pain to Your Writing

While lethal injuries often take center stage, non-lethal injuries can create lasting effects on characters, shaping their journeys in unique ways. If you need a simple way to make your characters feel pain during a scene, here are some ideas: 

Sprained Ankle

A common injury that can severely limit mobility, forcing characters to adapt their plans and experience frustration as they navigate their environment.

Rib Contusion

A painful bruise on the ribs can make breathing difficult and create tension, especially during action scenes, where every breath becomes a reminder of vulnerability.

Concussion

This brain injury can lead to confusion, dizziness, and mood swings, affecting a character’s judgment and creating a sense of unpredictability in their actions.

Fractured Finger

A broken finger can complicate tasks that require fine motor skills, causing frustration and emphasizing a character’s dependence on their hands.

Road Rash

The raw, painful skin resulting from a fall can symbolize struggle and endurance, highlighting a character's resilience in the face of physical hardship.

Shoulder Dislocation

This injury can be excruciating and often leads to an inability to use one arm, forcing characters to confront their limitations while adding urgency to their situation.

Deep Laceration

A cut that requires stitches can evoke visceral imagery and tension, especially if the character has to navigate their surroundings while in pain.

Burns

Whether from fire, chemicals, or hot surfaces, burns can cause intense suffering and lingering trauma, serving as a physical reminder of a character’s past mistakes or battles.

Pulled Muscle

This can create ongoing pain and restrict movement, providing an opportunity for characters to experience frustration or the need to lean on others for support.

Tendonitis

Inflammation of a tendon can cause chronic pain and limit a character's ability to perform tasks they usually take for granted, highlighting their struggle to adapt and overcome.

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Kay, so good news: I got a 2 on my Didaktik-test!!🎉 (that's like the best mark i've ever gotten in that subject) the grading system in Austria goes like this:

1 (best mark)

2

3

4

5 (worst mark)

...so, it's quite good i think.

And yeah, i'm currently studying to became a nursery teacher (i think thats the word) in German it's Elementarpädagoge/in and you need a Matura in some special subjects like Didaktik and Pädagogik.

Also German really has dumb words too, like (i'm trying to think of one right now) okay, got one:

"Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgaben- übertragungsgesetz".

(Law for Beef Labeling Supervision Task Transfer Act) So basically German looks like we are just trying to find the weirdest and longest word on earth.😭😂

i still remember your post about how death eaters are hairdressers and bc you’re hilarious to me, you’re officially one of my favourite moots (it’s such a great title, i swear on my life etc. etc.) (ok so you might not feel honoured but I AM HONOURED and that’s really what matters) (wait but you also matter) and because you matter and you’re awesomely funny HOW ARE YOU?!

oh my god thank you!! I AM HONOURED TOO! I really love your posts! Okay now i forgot what i wanted to say but thanks for the compliment!

I'm good, just studying for a big test tomorrow (for a subject I hate), how are you?

Why is it always like that when i have to study for an exam i feel the most motivated to write and there are 50 fucking million ideas floating around in my head?

As a trans person, I am never, ever, ever giving up Harry Potter. And our fandom isn't going anywhere. Fucking deal with it.

Around this time last year, when JKR made some stupid comment (totally forgetting which one, there's just been so many at this point), I wrote a defense of Harry Potter fans' decision to remain in the fandom that essentially boiled down to this: giving up this fandom means giving up our people. In the wake of JKR's horrendous role in the anti-scientific UK Supreme Court ruling conflating sex with gender, this sentiment remains exactly the same.

I don't begrudge any HP fan who can no longer engage with JKR's IP due to this vile development. But I remain loud and proud in my support of the ✨community✨ that Harry Potter has brought together. As I mentioned in my last post, this community is not only full of the funniest, nicest, cleverest, and most creative people I've ever met in my life, but it is also the most diverse I have ever been a part of — and as an extrovert and community organizer who has lived in four different countries and speaks three languages, I have met a shit ton of people and been a part of lots of communities, significantly more than the average person. You are out of your mind if you think I am going to turn my back on the community that has been so critical to my survival as a queer, brown, neurodivergent, depressed, burnt out, poor Muslim femme in this capitalist, fascist hellscape. Day in and day out, my friends and I are pushing forward some of the most powerful narratives about queer, trans, and colonial liberation that society has to offer, which will have ripple effects on media and pop culture in the time to come (as is the nature of fandom). Nothing JKR can do or say will take that away from us. Nothing.

So to everyone who wants to claim that we're being transphobic for FREELY engaging with JKR's IP and doing things with it that would make her combust — that we're transphobic for wanting to keep this beautiful, generous community in tact — I not so kindly ask you to fuck off and leave us the fuck alone. You resist your way, and we will continue to resist in ours.

Storyparrot's here ist heute 1 geworden!

The moment when you're reading the drinks menu and the waiter's coming right at your table and you skip half of ingredients of the drinks and you get all stressed and have to read that shit again and you look up and he is still walking towards you and you stare at the fucking menu like "go away, i'm not ready yet" and you still haven't chosen anything and then he/she stands before you, stares you directly into the eyes and you say the first thing that's on your mind, the waiter smiles at you and says "coming right up" and you're sitting there like "I didn't even want that drink"

Today I was at a climate vision lecture

with the school. And the guy presenting this asked who would eat bugs if given the chance. Some have claimed they will. Then the guy pulled out a packet of mealworms from behind his back. Everyone laughed and few ate a meal or two. The funny thing was, I couldn't have eaten them anyway. He listed the allergens in it: shellfish and dust mites. No thats my question: Why the hell is there dust in something you're supposed to eat? I mean how? How is that legal that there's freakin dust in it?!

It's so cozyyyy

commission I did for @lexithwrites