“We don’t like to admit it,” said Julian, “but the idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything. All truly civilized people – the ancients no less than us – have civilized themselves through the willful repression of the old, animal self. Are we, in this room, really very different from the Greeks or the Romans? Obsessed with duty, piety, loyalty, sacrifice? All those things which are to modern tastes so chilling?”
Hogwarts Houses common rooms in Halloween season
The Secret History (1996) dir. Donna Tartt
“Some things are too terrible to grasp at once.”
dan’s photo wall (feat. the foxes)
I take the first step to eternity. I leave life to enter history.
Percy at age twelve:o-oh you know all of the gods a-are cool, i don’t have favorites
Percy at age seventeen: SHOUT OUT TO HESTIA FOR BEING THE ONLY GOD WHO HASN’T FUCKED UP MY LIFE SHE’S THE BEST
“If I want to catch my prey, I must be agile, nimble. I need a small, elite team. It’s time to visit some old friends.“
Rosa
the whole yule ball thing in goblet of fire was so dumb and heteronormative
ok but real talk i am in full support of harry just asking ron to the dance with him and being each others “date” and having that be an ok thing instead of asking and then ignoring the poor patil twins who deserved better than that also i would have killed to see a yule ball scene where hermione’s talking with krum and turns around and sees her two best friends trying to do the tango (ron has a rose in his mouth and everything) and fucking tearing up the dance floor
percy jackson - original trio
it’s h a r r y p o t t e r
wizarding schools around the world + exteriors | +
hope;