moki-dokie
Crowley in different eras
herzdieb
#a stone cold atrocity
David Tennant as JOHN HELM in You, Me & Him
askazicro
cosmictuesdays
vixiana
I was thinking this weekend about how awkward it was that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them insists that Americans call muggles “no-maj.” First off, it just doesn’t sound like an abbreviation we’d use, and it sounds even worse in plural. But I finally realized the more important point: it’s too direct. Especially for the time period, Americans would never have been that straightforward in talking about a topic that sensitive. And so I would like to submit, in the spirit of early twentieth-century slang, a list of possible euphemisms we may have used for muggles:
- He washes his dishes with a cloth.
- He pays in nickels and dimes.
- He rides the trolley to work.
- He takes his boots to the cobbler.
- He’s grateful for Mr. Edison.
- He’s one of Grisham’s boys. (here imagining that Grisham was a prominent wizard who famously fathered no magic children)
- He dances on the ground.
- He writes with a pen.
- He’s fond of a two-piece suit.
- He’s more King Arthur than Merlin.
- He’s got to wind his pocket watch.
- He gets his wax from bees.
- His wife darns his socks.
- He treats his ailments with tonics.
- His portraits stay put.
- His broom is only for sweeping.
I’m having a little too much fun with this, so if you have any to add, please send them over.
I think to most fun thing about this is that after a while of these phrases being popularized, they would end up getting shortened, like Trolley boys or Two-piecers.
I’m just saying, imagine how scandalized (or ecstatic) Arthur Weasley would be if he found in America, muggles were called “Arthurs”.
chubbycattumbling
rafaelafranzen
ladyyatexel
zephuckyr
love how sometimes i’m like “oh, i should put this somewhere safe so i don’t lose it and know exactly where to find it later!” and about a month later i’m standing in my ransacked room trying to get into past me’s mindset like some kinda amateur historian on one of those history channel treasure hunting shows trying to get into the mind of a nineteenth century pirate to figure out where they hid some possibly nonexistent apocryphal loot
having memory problems is like being an archaeologist of your own life and it isn’t nearly as exciting as it sounds
bunjywunjy
thebluehue22
the glass weapons in skyrim are so pretty to me and i want nothing more than a glass war axe in real life but i do love how the same weapons in oblivion look like theyve been infused with mountain dew
love this radioactive lime green gamer juice fuckery
Oh, what a lovely opportunity to tell you about Uranium glass
Called Vaseline/Uranium glass, it is indeed mildly radioactive and thus has an awesome green glow-- that is even stronger in UV black light.
Most pieces aren’t dangerous- Uranium glass just stopped getting produced for the most part (they still make it for smaller often scientific purposes) because the sale of Uranium has been considerably restricted due to its dangerous military applications.
But it looks sweet! Before there were gamers..dayglo green was a popular glassware fad.
Drink up.
oh, is THAT why "nuclear" is always bright green in the popular consciousness?
Uh.
Yes, they are mildly radioactive. But radiation doesn’t glow. It emits no light. The glow comes from the glass underneath a black light. Please don’t spread misinformation about radiation. It already has a bad enough reputation as it is because of fear mongering and spreading of lies.
I have a few pieces of uranium glass, myself. (I collect radioactive materials as I’m a big fan of radiation, the atomic age, and nuclear related fads.) It’s basically a silica infused with bits of uranium, thus the radioactivity. But Uranium in the wild is much less radioactive. It has to be enriched.
There is nothing wrong with drinking out of a glass made with Uranium Glass; it won’t hurt you in the slightest, as the radiation is so small.
Also, the sale of enriched Uranium has been restricted, but you can buy the ore easily enough. You just can’t go over 15 pounds of radioactive material.
I myself collect Thorium deposits!
Please in the future do not spread misinformation about the natural wonder that is radiation. It is everywhere and is only dangerous in extreme amounts. Just you sitting in your computer chair means you are receiving background radiation from a multitude of sources, including the sun, radon and radium deposits, and natural radiation put out from greenery.
neil-gaiman