regulus ☆

Rocky Horror is turning 50 next month and people still act like being gay was invented by Ellen in 1997

But honestly! Renowned French poet Théophile de Viau wrote the poetic ode to King James titled "The Duke of Buckingham," containing the immortal lines "One man fucks Monsieur le Grand de Bellegarde/Another fucks the Comte de Tonnerre/And it is well known that the King of England/Fucks the Duke of Buckingham" exactly 400 years ago and people still act like being gay was invented by Oscar Wilde in 1890

Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were buried together in the 25th century BC and people still act like being gay was invented by renowned French poet Théophile de Viau 400 years ago

Gilgamesh and Enkidu "loved each other like man and wife" in 2700 BC and ppl STILL act like being gay was invented by Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep in the 25th century BC

lug and grug T4T scissor in cave 2.5 million year ago

The first simple multicellular animals didnt have distinct sexes at all

before time you can technically argue nothing was straight

Adam and Steve didn't fight for their rights to be ignored

SOOOOO funny when you’re having a strong emotion and your logical brain KNOWS you’re overreacting but you literally can’t do anything about it.

I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

In case you're curious here's what I mean.

Renaissance(distinct lines, stability and the individual man):

Baroque (bold, chaotic, dramatic):

Romantic(romanticize the simple hard working life):

Do you see the difference?

this post has re-wired my brain in the best way

april fools day is actually the most sensible day of the year because it's the only day on which people will read something on the internet and stop for a second to consider whether or not it's actually true

They should start calling it April Media Literacy Day.

april fool

Y'all I know that when so-called AI generates ridiculous results it's hilarious and I find it as funny as the next guy but I NEED y'all to remember that every single time an AI answer is generated it uses 5x as much energy as a conventional websearch and burns through 10 ml of water. FOR EVERY ANSWER. Each big llm is equal to 300,000 kiligrams of carbon dioxide emissions.

LLMs are killing the environment, and when we generate answers for the lolz we're still contributing to it.

Stop using it. Stop using it for a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. We need to kill it.

Sources:

Tattoo shop Jegulus au where James and Sirius own the shop

And Sirius has alwayssss hated people getting their partners name tattooed to the point where he'll straight up tell them no and send them somewhere else. So when James starts seeing Regulus and talking about how cute it would be to get a tattoo for Regulus, Sirius tells him that he will NOT let his own best friend embarrass himself with a name tattoo...but if he insists, he has to at least wait until they're engaged (bc he knows James has always dreamed of getting married so it seems a reasonable moment)

James thinks that it's silly to care so much about a tattoo getting outdated because 'it's just a reminder of where you've been and who you've loved' but agrees because he knows his friends only give advice they think he needs to hear.

6 years pass and Sirius pretty much forgets about what he said. One day regulus is being weird when they meet up for a chat, like he's hiding something. He's almost smug and it's pissing Sirius off. He's so caught up trying to figure out what it is that when James asks him to come and tattoo him, he isn't paying attention as he agrees and sets up. Only when he places the stencil James has prepared does he realise what he's looking at.

Leo. The constellation. On James' collarbone. About to be inked into his skin.

Of course his first response is to freeze and stare at James blankly for a few minutes while his brain catches up. Then he goes over to hug him.

The entire time he's tattooing, he's still muttering about how getting tattoos dedicated to people is stupid.

I know this isn't how most people see Walburga but you can't tell me what to do, just hear me out and imagine this:

James: knelt at Regulus' empty grave, staring at the stone as it rains

Walburga, appearing out of nowhere: you'll get dirty if you stay down there

James, weakly: I don't care

Walburga: did you bring those?

James: yeah, I know he didn't like flowers too much so I tried to keep it subtle.

Walburga: that's kind. I'm certain they would be appreciated. Silence how is...

James: Sirius is good. I'm surprised you care.

Walburga: you have no idea how this feels. You're not a mother

James, trying to hold back from saying 'you're not either': he loved you. Regulus.

Walburga: I know. You were...special to him.

James: are you making that up? I doubt he mentioned me.

Walburga: he wrote about you. In his diaries. After he went missing I couldn't help myself. It explains why he was smiling so often. You kept the colour in his face, right until the end.

James: is that why you're not calling me a blood traitor and cursing me?

Walburga: perhaps. Though I suspect you're not as noble a man as I had previously thought if you're weeping at the grave of a servant of the Dark Lord

James: it isn't about that

Walburga, smug: of course. May I have a moment?

James, finally standing up. Knees covered in mud: Fine. I'm sorry for your loss

Walburga: and I for yours

walburga that is not just a 2D villain is my favorite walburga

"Innocent man and father of two young children."

Why are those words never used to describe someone who died because they couldn't afford healthcare?

feels like an appropiate moment to share this.

"Regulus Black but IF he had Sirius's music taste bla bla-" HE DOES. SIRIUS RAN AWAY AND LEFT ALL OF HIS VINYLS SO WHEN REGULUS MISSED HIM HE WOULD GO TO SIRIUS'S ROOM AND LISTEN TO ALL HIS MUSIC BECAUSE IT REMINDED HIM OF HIS BROTHER. but if you ask him, he will NEVER admit it out loud. thats the end if this ted talk, goodnight

I love confident casanova Mary as much as anyone, BUT yk what would be funnier? Mary who cannot for the life of her figure out why SO MANY people have a crush on her. Don't get me wrong, she's gorgeous and she knows it, but she's also snarky and cutting to anyone outside her circle of friends. Her fashion sense belongs on a runway, but the minute she's home? That girl is in her ratty old pjs watching trashy tv. She can't be bothered to wear make up most of the time and her hair has a will of its own. She is perfectly happy to kill a boy who pisses her off, and she fake proposes to her friends in public on a regular basis.

Messy, human Mary Macdonald who EVERYONE has a crush on, and couldn't tell you why if her life depended on it.

"Pandora's box had lilies all over it And together they destroyed the world"

in my world, lily evans is a raging lesbian, a strong feminist and female witch, a badass kickass woman, and I love her so much 😭😭😭

Some marauders doodles! Reg with the bunny hat is my fav 🫠

Remus is someone who sleeps for either 3 hours or 13 hours at a time

and he's still tired (me too bbg)