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❄️ stay for christmas ❄️

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MY MINSUNG HEART

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friends & lovers {listen} a mix for two of my favorite nerds who are totally in love with each other

Best Day Of Your Life - Katie Herzig / On The Ride - Aly & AJ / Always Be Together - Little Mix / Grade 8 - Ed Sheeran / Right Where You Want Me - Jesse McCartney / Here (In Your Arms) - Hellogoodbye / They Don’t Know About Us - One Direction / Love Is Easy - McFly

edit: art credit (x)

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I love this scene especially the “Satsuki” at the end ;)

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This won’t make your blog look ugly. How could you not reblog this? REBLOGGING THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE!!!

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Slytherin: That’s not a real defence.

Gryffindor: Just do it.

Slytherin: *sighs* Your honour, my client says it was “Scorpio Season”.

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Do you want a Dramione oneshot with some ron-bashing and jealousy sprinkles? TW: swearing.

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Wand Wood Series Number Fifteen: Acacia

Acacia

Acacia on Pottermore:

“A very unusual wand wood, which I have found creates tricky wands that often refuse to produce magic for any but their owner, and also withhold their best effects from all but those most gifted. This sensitivity renders them difficult to place, and I keep only a small stock for those witches or wizards of sufficient subtlety, for acacia is not suited to what is commonly known as ‘bangs-and-smells’ magic. When well-matched, an acacia wand matches any for power, though it is often underrated due to the peculiarity of its temperament.”

Thoughts:

Wands of acacia woods are quirky and sensitive, and require an owner who goes to their own beat. In youth their owners may have been labelled as cry babies, but the truth is that they have overwhelming empathy for others. With this, they have incredible imaginations and inner-worlds– but it is difficult for them to express these to other people. This can cause them to be frustrated at communicating with other people, and cut themselves off from others, in order to feel ‘safe.’

In maturity, with practice and patience with themselves, they can become excellent communicators and are often the ideas person when in groups or teams. Though sensitive, they have an inner-strength and stubbornness that comes with the idea that these people feel they must live their life true to their inner-worlds and self. Even when born into less than ideal situations, they tend to rise above it by receding into themselves– blocking out negativity (which can create bad habits like avoiding problems or becoming willingly oblivious but can be quite useful when they are young and don’t have other viable options).

Though this wand has great power, it does not like to demonstrate that power in a showy or ostentatious manner. Instead, it prefers subtlety and less obvious magics. The motto of this wand and its owner is to accomplish tasks with as little fuss or energy as possible, saving it in case of emergencies. This can cause some people to believe that the owner is being deceptive– that they desire to appear weaker than they actually are. Well, there’s some truth to that.

The owner is capable of great deception when they deem it necessary (knowing very well how to play dumb or play off the stereotype of them having their head stuck in the clouds), and some may find it valuable to keep the magnitude and range of their magic hidden(most of the time it’s conscious, as they are pretty self-aware people….most of the time).

This wand excels at non-verbal magic, healing, and wood-centered magics. In healing magic, their specialty is often with burns and burn victims– able to make top-tier salves, liniments, and ointments.

Earth, plant, and water make up this wood’s elemental composition.

There is talent with the following subjects: herbology, transfiguration, charms, care of magical creatures, and potions.

There is an affinity for ships and travel– many acacia wand owners have become expert voyagers, explorers, and cartographers.

Other viable careers include herbologists, mediwizards,healers, careers in advertising, strategists, entrepreneurs, landscapers, architects, wood carvers, wand makers, and authors. Depending on core, there are other suitable careers as well.

Black, emerald, and rich brown branches of magic shoots out of this wand during spellwork. Its magic smells of honey and jasmine with a hint of bergamot and orange blossom.

Though this wand is picky about its owners, it is not as picky about its core. It bonds well with cores of any elemental disposition, and the core greatly affects the specialties of the wand overall and can make the wand even more selective when it comes to its potential owner (as the personality is narrowed down even further).

There is an issue with stamina, as the wand can be easily tasked by showy magics, and the owner can be overstimulated by the attention of others. If the wand becomes finicky, it is recommended to place it in a cool dark space for at least half an hour before its next use.

Common patronuses include: giraffes, cheetahs, okapis, mandrills, African grey parrots, orangutans, elephants, long-eared bats, hairy-tailed bats, meerkats, and manatees.

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Hello! Can you please list the differences between the Alder with Phoenix feather combination and the Acacia with Phoenix feather combination? If possible, can you give examples of fictional characters who have the combinations, to better illustrate those differences? Thank You!

Hi! 

I hope these min analyses help show the differences between the two. I think of Alder as the more extroverted and intuitive of the two, while the Acacia is more quirky and sensitive. 

Thank you for your patience

Mini Analysis of Alder w/ Phoenix Feather:

-friendly

-secretive

- adaptable

-more selective on who they let in on their inner-worlds and thoughts

-deeply loyal to those they have chosen as friends

-it takes them a while to figure out their stance concerning topics, but not people

- values facts as much as their feelings, this  why they take so long to make decisions

-they  do not shy from work or from what needs to be done

-brave in new situations

-is bored easily with repetition

- thrives on the new and exciting, and adapts to it all with incredible ease

-capable of fresh developments in whatever disciplines they go into or projects they undertake

-when down on their luck or themselves, they can be surprisingly cynical and temperamental

-helping others comes naturally to them

-fans of the underdog

-when it comes to topics they care about, the owner can be combative

-when not provoked, these people seem generally calm, detached, and kind

-good secret keepers

-the owner likes their secrets for themselves

-may also keep information or details to themselves in order to protect someone or their feelings

-tries to solve problems on their own that are too much for them

-strong interest in forbidden or lost magics, and the unknown

-talented at magic to do with detachment, renewal, prophecy, healing, and concealment

-great talent at nonverbal spellwork

- elemental composition is fire, air, and water based with earth and light as secondary elements

-performs well across all subjects

- excels in defense against the dark arts and ancient runes

Here is a link to the full Alder w/ Phoenix Feather analysis

Examples of Fictional Characters:

Katara, ATLA

Pocahontas, Disney’s Pocahontas

Kairi, Kingdom Hearts

Mini Analysis of Acacia w/ Phoenix Feather:

-balanced between intuition and sensing

-highly sensitive

-independent

-may have been labeled as crybabies when they were young

-in youth, they were desperate for attention and approval, especially from their peers

-as they mature they become more detached

-able to adapt to different situations, and to different people

-strongly empathetic, they have great skill with reading people.

-can be charismatic with their words

-often quiet

-has rich inner worlds and imaginations

-needs to learn to exercise patience with themselves– that it is okay if they are not perfect all the time or take longer than others to discover their talent or passion

-excels at rising above horrible situations

-has an extraordinary ability to compartmentalize, and to recede into their mental world for safety from external factors

-strong inner-resilience

-stubbornness in their beliefs

-they do not want to be considered a bother to anyone, and may make some decisions based off whether it will inconvenience others

-knows how to play off the stereotypes associated with them (physical appearance or otherwise)

-it takes them a while to open up to people

-they feel like not many people can truly understand them

-sometimes feels inadequate in their expression as well as failure to connect as deeply as they want to

-they don’t tend to belong to one particular group of people and enjoy floating around different social circles

- is more loyal towards individuals rather than groups or organizations.

- talented at healing, non-verbal magic, and purification

-in healing, this wand excels at healing burns and detoxification

-ostentatious magic drains this wand’s patience and power all too quickly

- this wand is easily overstimulated

- stamina is an issue, and these wands are better at shorter duels than long and drawn out skirmishes.  

- Elementally, this wand is equally split between air, fire, earth, water and plant based magics

-highly efficient wand, will only use the amount of magic it needs and not a drop more.

- performs admirably in most magical subjects and disciplines

-particular talent in potions, alchemy, ancient runes, arithmancy, transfiguration, and herbology

-There can be issues with certain charms, as this wand may be reluctant to perform magic it deems as impractical or showy

-Talent with divination is uncommon in this wand

Here is a link to the full Acacia w/ Phoenix Feather analysis

Examples of Fictional Characters:

Sans from Undertale

Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Eli Pepperjack from Trollhunters:Tales of Arcadia

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Offense x Defense Fighting with the Light side

(I borrowed the idea for orange armbands for the Order from The Fallout, if I’m not mixing it up. It’s a great action-heavy fanfiction!)

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Draco Malfoy

(old version)

See also: Golden Trio | Slytherin Trio | All HP Portraits

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Secondary students: Slytherin Vincent, Gregory, Astoria, Millicent, Marcus

See also: Draco | Blaise, Pansy, Theodore | Severus | Albus, Scorpius | Horace | All HP Portraits

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Blaise, Pansy, Theodore

(old versions: Blaise | Pansy | Theo)

See also: Draco | Golden Trio | All HP Portraits

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Golden Trio

(old versions: Harry | Ron | Hermione)

See also: Ginny, Neville, Luna | Draco | All HP Portraits

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Ginny, Neville, Luna

(old versions: Ginny | Neville | Luna) 

See also: Golden Trio | Draco | Weasley brothers | All HP Portraits

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James, Sirius, Remus

(old versions: James | Sirius | Remus) 

See also: Lily and Snape | Peter | Harry | All HP Portraits

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The Black Sisters

(old versions: Bellatrix | Andromeda | Narcissa)

See also: Sirius | Tonks | Draco | Lucius | All HP Portraits