#Prophecy (1979)

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thermoses in film: prophecy (1979)

i couldn't get my phone out fast enough :(

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SUMMARY: A government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.

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Prophecy (1979) - Directed by John Frankenheimer

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𝒯𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃 ℐ𝓃𝒹𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝓊𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓈, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 (𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡) 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗲 (𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞) 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓈𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹. 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝑒𝒻 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝘀 (𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞) 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝗠𝗿. 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 (𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐭) 𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓌𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝓅𝓊𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒪𝒹𝒹 𝓂𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓅 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝗗𝗿. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎. 𝒮𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐲 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 ℐ 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜. ℐ 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒶𝓈 ℐ 𝒹𝑜.

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tomorrow's horror creature feature movie ill be watching ^w^

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Maybe it's the 990 year old man in me but I am not caught up with Goncharov or what ever the title it is youngins these days rave about

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Loved this move as a kid….. Prophecy(1979) . Director: John Frankenheimer. A government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wrecking havoc in the woods. #asementedodiabo #prophecy #1979 #horror #scifi #thriller #johnfrankenheimer #davidseltzer #taliashire #robertfoxworth #armandassante #richarddysart #victoriaracimo #bear #classic #scariest https://www.instagram.com/p/CjPfmnbu7y9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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although i'm sure it's been done before, i wanted to build a timeline breaking down cecil's early life since i'd never seen one

?: age 5, the prophecy foretells that he will become the voice of night vale (e52) ?: age 14, his mother abandons him (ghost stories liveshow) ?: age 15, he begins working as an NVCR intern (e33) 1745: based on his voice acting, cecil is presumably still age 15 or maybe 16. he's still an NVCR intern and covers the founding of night vale (e7, 67) ?: age 19 "for a long time like, decades probably" (a spy in the desert liveshow) 1894-ish: in his early 20s he takes his trip to europe and meets guglielmo marconi, who shows him his prototype radio (e67) 1920: cecil was at the grand opening of the hundred years play (e173) 1934: cecil is still an intern (e67) 1939-1945: in e173 cecil says that within 20 years of the hundred years play's opening he became host of NVCR. in e67 cecil's first report as host is covering "a war in europe and the pacific and all around the world" which we can assume is the still on-going ww2. 1979-2001: leonard burton dies, it's unclear when that happened so i'll direct you to the wiki for more info 1983: the world ends (e109)

part of me also wanted to do this because i wanted to try to see if i could break down the rate at which cecil ages naturally. (unlike lee marvin, cecil does age, and since time became stuck before huntokar split reality, it must be something to do with the town and its people itself.)

disclaimer: this is just for fun and not meant to be a comment on or influence anyone's headcanons

cecil was 15/16 in 1745, was 19 for "decades," and 20-23 around 1894. given that he and earl graduated highschool together and that earl was 19 for "decades, maybe a century or more" (e56) let's go ahead and make it easy on ourselves and say cecil was also 19 for a century.

1894 - 1745 = 149 - 100 = 49

so cecil ages at a rate of somewhere around 4-8 years every 49ish years, allowing time for him to be stuck at 19 for awhile.

in e139 time began moving normally again, and while we can't be certain cecil is aging normally now he believes that he is. given we have no proof otherwise yet, let's assume that's our last possible date for him to be aging in his own special way

2018 - 1745 = 273 - 100 = 173

so 273 years have passed since cecil was 15/16, allowing time for him to be stuck at 19 gives us 173 years where he was possibly aging. this is 3.5 instances of "aging clusters" as calculated above, which means he's aged 14-28 years since 1745. meaning cecil is somewhere around 29-44

provided im not too drunk, too tired, and my math is right

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Dumbledore is a Manipulative Piece of Shit: Part 1/?

Since I read the books for the first time at the age of 12, I knew I didn't trust Dumbledore. Back then, I couldn't put my finger on why. But now, a bit over a decade later, I can.

Not only can I explain why I thought something's fishy, but I can prove it is.

This is going to be a long series... but let's start at the beginning:

Halloween 1981

I'm going to go about this in chronological order of events according to book quotes I could track down.

Before the Prophecy

Circa October 24, 1979 - Lily gets pregnant with Harry. According to reverse calculating due date.

Sometime between March 1980 and October 1980 Peter Pettigrew starts spying for the Order.

"(Dumbledore) was sure that somebody close to the Potters had been keeping You-Know-Who informed of their movements...Indeed, he had suspected for some time that someone on our side had turned traitor and was passing a lot of information to You-Know-Who."

(Prisoner of Azkaban, page 205)

We know that there was a spy in the Order that fed Voldemort information before James and Lily went into hiding. Sirius mentions Peter being a spy for a long time again later in Prisoner of Azkaban:

“Sirius, Sirius, what could I have done? The Dark Lord . . . you have no idea . . . he has weapons you can’t imagine. . . . I was scared, Sirius, I was never brave like you and Remus and James. I never meant it to happen. . . . He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named forced me —” “DON’T LIE!” bellowed Black. “YOU’D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY AND JAMES DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!”

(Prisoner of Azkaban, page 374)

So we know Pettigrew spied for Voldemort for about a year, if not more, before October 1981. The reason I'm saying he might have spied for longer is that the Order noticed there was a spy during that year, there might've been months he spied but the Order was none the wiser.

The months leading up to the attack on the Potter

So, we know when Peter started feeding Voldemort information, but we need to know when exactly the prophecy was given and when James and Lily went into hiding under the Fideliulous Charm. Most fans I see, seem to think they were hiding for only a week, then Peter betrayed them and then they died that same night. I think it went a little different. I think they were hiding for much longer.

So, let's determine this from the Evidence we are given.

The picture of the Order of the Phoenix Moody shows Harry in book 5 is the final picture of the Order togather before the Potters went into hiding. Most fans date this photo to the summer of 1980. I think it has to be earlier than that for two simple reasons:

Lily isn't pregnant and Harry wasn't born

Alice isn't pregnant and Neville wasn't born

“...That’s Frank and Alice Longbottom —” Harry’s stomach, already uncomfortable, clenched as he looked at Alice Longbottom; he knew her round, friendly face very well, even though he had never met her, because she was the image of her son, Neville....

...His mother and father were beaming up at him, sitting on either side of a small, watery-eyed man Harry recognized at once as Wormtail: He was the one who had betrayed their whereabouts to Voldemort and so helped bring about their deaths.

(Order of the Pheonix, page 174)

Remember, Harry and Neville were born at the end of July 1980, and pictures taken during that summer would show the pregnancy or taken after their births. So I think that picture was taken in 1979, although I'm uncertain exactly when. because, as I'll prove later in this post, the Potters went into hiding before Harry was born.

Next up to help us put a date to when they went into hiding is the Fidelious Charm itself, or more correctly, how it works.

The Fidelious Charm hides a piece of information within a person. It hides the phrasing of a secret, not a location.

an immensely complex spell ... involving the magical concealment of a secret inside a living soul. The information is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is henceforth impossible to find -- unless, of course, the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it.

(Prisoner of Azkaban, 205)

It can be used to hide a location like we see the Order of the Phoenix do:

Dumbledore's Secret-Keeper for the Order, you know -- nobody can find Headquarters unless he tells them personally where it is

(Order if the Pheonix, 115)

With the phrase that Dumbledore hides being:

The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London.

(Order of the Phoenix, page 58)

They use a specific phrasing to hide the Order's headquarters. The moment the Order stops existing, the house will stop being a secret. I'd argue the moment Grimmauld Place stopped being the Headquarters it stopped being a secret because this phrase applied no longer.

This is what we see with the Potter residence. Once James and Lily die, the Charm breaks and muggles make their way to the house:

“No, sir — house was almost destroyed, but I got him out all right before the Muggles started swarmin’ around. He fell asleep as we was flyin’ over Bristol."

(Philosopher's Stone, page 13)

The fact muggles and Hagrid could arrive at the house and see it means the Charm broke.

We also see it in Deathly Hollows when Harry and Hemione visit the Potter's cottage:

He could see it; the Fidelius Charm must have died with James and Lily. 

(Deathly Hallows, page 286)

"So what?" You may ask, "we know this already,"

True, but the reason it's important is because it hints at the phrasing used when the charm was cast. It means the phrasing of the secret Peter kept being along the lines of:

"James and Lily Potter are hiding in the Potter Cottage in Godric's Hollow"

Now, this makes sense to be the secret, right, but notice, Harry isn't mentioned. If Harry was part of the secret, the charm would not have broken with James and Lily's deaths, since the secret would still protect Harry. Now, why not protect Harry as well? The whole point of the Fidelious Charm was to protect Harry, was it not?

This means the Potters went into hiding and the charm was cast before Harry was born.

More that suggests they were hiding for quite a while is Lily's letter to Sirius:

Dear Padfoot, Thank you, thank you, for Harry’s birthday present! It was his favorite by far. One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick

(Deathly Hollows, page 158)

Meaning Harry's first birthday (July, 1981) happened when they were already under the protection of the charm. As this letter was sent a short time after it (early August 1981).

James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell

(Deathly Hollows, page 158)

Also from Lily's letter to Sirius. James' restlessness definitely suggests they were hiding under the charm for a good few months before Harry's first birthday.

This dates the Prophecy and Trawlany's job interview around the first half of 1980 (January to May). This means the Potters were in hiding between a year and 4 months to a year and 9 months before their deaths.

All of this leaves us with two main oddities. Questions that just got me scratching my head:

If Peter was a spy since March 1980 at the earliest and October 1980 at the latest (but probably earlier), and the Potters went into hiding with him as the secret keeper in Earley in July 1980 at the latest, why not tell Voldemort immediately? And if he did, why did Voldemort wait a full year+ to go and kill the Potters?

It means that when Severus Snape came begging for Dumbledore to save Lily about a week before their deaths, Dumbledore already had the Potters in hiding. It means Dumbledore made Snape take an oath for him to do something he already did. So we see Dumbledore's first manipulations coming into play by fucking Severus over and taking him as a spy without actually giving anything in turn.

The first question is one I have somewhat of an answer for in my Voldemort character analysis, but this isn't this post. This is about Dumbledore's crimes.

The Night Everything Happened

Now we arrive at the night that changed the Wizarding World and the life of one Harry Potter. October 31st, 1981.

I time Voldemort’s arrival at Godric's Hollow at the late evening (around 8 PM). This is due to children being allowed outside still:

The night wet and windy, two children dressed as pumpkins waddling across the square, and the shop window covered in paper spiders, all the tawdry Muggle trapping of a world in which they did not believe

(Deathly Hollows, page 295)

And Harry (a year and four months old infent) still being awake, but clearly preparing for bed:

the tall black haired man in his glasses, making puffs of colored smoke erupt from his wand for the amusement of the small black-haired boy in his blue pajamas

(Deathly Hollows, page 295)

So, Voldemort arrives at Godric's Hollow around 8:00 PM, let's say, 15 to 20 minutes later, James and Lily are dead, Voldemort’s body is destroyed and he runs off to Albania. Baby Harry is crying and the Fidelious is broken.

Now, things get interesting. Well, more interesting.

We know the first on the scene is Peter Pettigrew, arriving around 8:30 PM, and retrieving Voldemort’s wand. We don't actually know when or if this happened beyond a quote from JKR, but as muggles and aurors searched the house, it's unlikely Voldemort’s wand was there and undiscovered.

Then Pettigrew ran away to the muggle street where he would meet Sirius.

The second on the scene is Reberus Hagrid.

Hagrid arrives sometime later when muggled started looking into what happened now that the Fidelious Charm is broken:

“No, sir — house was almost destroyed, but I got him out all right before the Muggles started swarmin’ around. He fell asleep as we was flyin’ over Bristol."

(Philosopher's Stone, page 13)

Around the same time Pettigrew arrived at Godric's Hollow, Sirius probably saw Peter wasn't home and realized the Fidelious was broken. So he heads to Godric's Hollow.

The night they died, I’d arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he’d gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn’t feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents’ house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies . . . I realized what Peter must’ve done . . . what I’d done. . . .

(Prisoner of Azkaban, page 365)

Sirius reaches the Potters and meets Hagrid there, outside the house, Harry already in Hagrid's arms:

“I met him!” growled Hagrid. “I musta bin the last ter see him before he killed all them people! It was me what rescued Harry from Lily an’ James’s house after they was killed! Jus’ got him outta the ruins, poor little thing, with a great slash across his forehead, an’ his parents dead . . . an’ Sirius Black turns up, on that flyin’ motorbike he used ter ride. Never occurred ter me what he was doin’ there. I didn’ know he’d bin Lily an’ James’s Secret-Keeper. Thought he’d jus’ heard the news o’ You-Know-Who’s attack an’ come ter see what he could do. White an’ shakin’, he was. An’ yeh know what I did? I COMFORTED THE MURDERIN’ TRAITOR!” Hagrid roared.

(Prisoner of Azkaban, page 206)

Sirius then goes after Pettigrew, after failing to take Harry from Hagrid and figuring he'd rather chase the rat down before he disappears. We all know how that ends, as Hagrid takes Harry according to Dumbledore's orders.

‘Give Harry ter me, Hagrid, I’m his godfather, I’ll look after him —’ Ha! But I’d had me orders from Dumbledore, an’ I told Black no, Dumbledore said Harry was ter go ter his aunt an’ uncle’s. Black argued, but in the end he gave in. Told me ter take his motorbike ter get Harry there. ‘I won’t need it anymore,’ he says. “I shoulda known there was somethin’ fishy goin’ on then. He loved that motorbike, what was he givin’ it ter me for? Why wouldn’ he need it anymore? Fact was, it was too easy ter trace.

(Prisoner of Azkaban, page 206)

This quote has quite a few interesting things about Dumbledore, Hagrid and Sirius.

First, Hagrid says Dumbledore gave him orders to take Harry to the Dursleys. This order was given before Sirius went after Peter, before he was arrested and sent to Azkaban.

This is illegal. At this point in time Sirius was Harry's legal godfather and guardian, and yet Dumbledore gave Hagrid this order. And yes, you could argue it was because he knew Sirius was the Secret Keeper and was wary of him, but:

“Hagrid,” said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. “At last. And where did you get that motorcycle?” “Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir,” said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. “Young Sirius Black lent it to me. I’ve got him, sir.” “No problems, were there?”

(Philosopher's Stone, page 13)

Dumbledore hears Hagrid met Sirius when retrieving Harry and shows no concern. Like he doesn't consider Sirius a threat to Hagrid and Harry. But then, why take Harry away? Why support Sirius' arrest? (More on that in a later post)

Not only is all this highly illegal but how did Dumbledore know when the Potters died?

JK explained he had some magical alarms in place, but that means at the earliest he would've known the moment Voldemort entered the premises. But he knew before. He knew James and Lily would die that day before they died.

How do I know that?

Simple, Hagrid can't apparate and didn't arrive via broom or floo.

Hogwarts, where Hagrid is during October as Grounds keeper, is in the Scottish Highlands (Higher up as they travel for about 9-10 hours by train from Kings Cross to reach Hogwarts as they leave at eleven and arrive for dinner). Godric's Hollow is in West Country, England. This distance is a 9-10 hour drive (672.03 km, 417.58 miles).

It means that for Hagrid to arrive by 9 PM at Godric's Hollow, Dumbledore told him to go fetch Harry, the order was given to Hagrid between 11-12 noon on October 31st.

This already paints Dumbledore in a bad light, it means he planned this. I'd argue he even planned for Voldemort to hear of the Prophecy (but that's a different post). But it means Dumbledore planned for the Potters to be killed that night.

Second, Hagrid is right about Sirius giving his bike being odd (But that's a different post about the Fidelious Charm). But, in short, something was up and Sirius knew, at least somewhat, that he was doomed.

The Boy Who Lived

Finally, we arrive at the first chapter of Philosopher's Stone. We follow Vernon Dursely throughout his day on November 1st. We know that because we see the Wizarding World celebrating the death of Voldemort:

He’d (Mr. Dursley) forgotten all about the people in cloaks until he passed a group of them next to the baker’s. He eyed them angrily as he passed. He didn’t know why, but they made him uneasy. This bunch were whispering excitedly, too, and he couldn’t see a single collecting tin. It was on his way back past them, clutching a large doughnut in a bag, that he caught a few words of what they were saying. “The Potters, that’s right, that’s what I heard —” “ — yes, their son, Harry —” Mr. Dursley stopped dead. Fear flooded him. He looked back at the whisperers as if he wanted to say something to them, but thought better of it.

(Philosopher's Stone, page 6)

So, McGonagall is watching over the Dursleys throughout November 1st. It means Harry arrived at the Dursleys around midnight between November 1st and November 2nd.

Hagrid and Harry left Godric's Hollow on Sirius' flying motorbike around 10 PM at the latest on October 31st. So what was Hagrid doing with Harry in these 26 hours?

The only information we have is that Harry: "fell asleep over Bristol,"

Thing is, if we go back to the map of the UK.

Bristol is not really on the way from Godric's Hollow to Surry.

But it is closer to the flight path between Godric's Hollow and Hogwarts.

(The locations are estimated for fictional locations but are based on what I know. Regardless, West Country to Surry won't pass over Bristol, while West Country to the Scottish Highlands is likely to, so the point stands)

In conclusion, Dumbledore manipulated Harry's life, his parents' deaths, Snape, Sirius, and Hagrid, and fucked them all over for the sake of his grand plan of defeating Voldemort.

What else went into his plan and who else he fucked over, will be covered in the next installments.

[grahambaham]

Hi, I'm bored and have decided to share some fics I really like, from multiple fandoms and stuff, in no particular order. Also, these aren't the actual summaries of the fics, just what I remember.

The World's Greatest Undercover Wizard by M_Mint - Tim Drake is going undercover as a fifth year wizard in Hogwarts to gather information on Dumbledore, Harry and the upcoming war.

Dark Matter by mysterycyclone - Peter Parker dies in Avengers Infinity War and wakes up in a Lazarus machine in a different world where he tries to find a way back home.

Literally anything by Bergen - lots of Spider-Man stuff, specifically Irondad but it's not cringey like a lot of them are. Well written and lots of the dry deadpan type of humor which I love.

The Blue Food Project by liketolaugh - Percy Jackson meets the characters of the Daredevil show and then later on the Avengers and becomes part of the team. Theyhelp him out with the Great Prophecy stuff and the Battle of Manhattan. Incredible writing, awesome plot, just love it. It's also Percabeth obviously.

Falling For You by 1967HogwartsGoddes - Percy saves Annabeth from falling into Tartarus but he couldn't save himself. So Percy's alone and Annabeth isn't there when he gets some morally ambiguous ideas. Dark Percy, Percabeth, lots of violence and bloodbending.

Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey by sobsicles - Voldemort succeeds in possessing Harry in the Department of Mysteries at the end of the fifth book and he starts to realize that not everything is always black and white. Morally grey Harry, Drarry but it's not the main focus of the story, Voldemort is still evil but you won't be able to hate him anyway, bizarre I know.

Peter the Pizza Guy by Irisen - Strange sends Peter to another universe instead of erasing everyone's memories of him. He arrives in Gotham and picks up a pizza delivery job.

Three's Family by darkbluedark - Harry and Draco are accidentally sent back in time to 1979 during their fight in the Room of Requirement in the last book and are found and interrogated by the order, specifically James Potter, Sirius Black and Albus Dumbledore. Harry and Draco spent most of their 'captivity' bickering and the rest being suspicious of the people they know to be dead. Not Drarry, one of the funniest fics I've read and there's a good sequel too.

While Mighty Oaks Do Fall by WitchofEndor - Ozai sends Zuko to work in the Fire Nation temple and Zuko becomes a Fire Sage and uses knowledge learnt there to fuck up Ozai's plans while travelling with the Avatar. Sokka/Zuko, one of my favorite ATLA fics.

Mountains and Badgermolehills by Glass_Onion - Zhao captures Zuko after he breaks Aang out of the Pohuai Stronghold for treason and while captured, he meets another prisoner, our very own Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe.

That's it I guess. But these are all some of my all time favorite's. Most of them are pretty long but the time traveling hp one is a one-shot. Hope you enjoy!

[poseidons-getting-milk]

alright here is the canon graduation years for fics, and also bc i think either messed up the years or something with Barty being 3 years younger?? not sure anyway here’s what i found on Wizarding World for a timeline.

1881: Dumbledoor is born.

1883: Grindelwald is born.

1892: Dumbledoor starts going to Hogwarts.

1899: Dumbledoor graduates and him & Grindelwald meet

1920: Dumbledoor starts teaching at Defense against the dark arts Hogwarts.

1926: Voldemort is born.

1927: Dumbledoor starts teaching transfiguration.

1928: Hagrid is born.

1938: Voldemort starts Hogwarts.

1940: Hagrid starts Hogwarts.

1943: Chamber is opened first time. Hagrid gets expelled.

1945: Voldemort graduates. Grindelwald is defeated.

1949: Molly is born.

1950: Arthur is born.

1951: Bellatrix is born.

1954: Lucius is born.

1955: Narcissa is born.

1959: Sirius in born.

1960: James, Remus, Peter, Lilly, Snape, & Xenophillius are born.

1961: Regulus is born. Molly and Arther start Hogwarts.

1962: Bellatrix starts Hogwarts. Barty is born.

1965: Lucius starts Hogwarts. Dumbledoor becomes headmaster.

1966: Narcissa starts Hogwarts.

1968: Molly & Arthur graduate and get married.

1969: Bellatrix graduates.

1970: Bill is born

1971: Marauders start Hogwarts.

1972: Regulus starts Hogwarts. Lucius graduates. Charlie is born

1973: Narcissa graduates. Barty starts Hogwarts. Tonks is born.

1976: Marauders become animagi. Percy is born.

1977: Cedric is born.

1978: Marauders + Lilly + Snape graduate Hogwarts. Fred & George are born.

1979: Regulus graduates. Hermione is born. James & Lilly get married.

1980: Barty graduates. Prophecy is given. Harry, Ron, Draco, and Neville are born.

1981: Lily, James & Evan die. Sirius, Barty & Bellatrix go to Azkaban. Longbottoms go insane. Ginny & Luna are born.

1982: Bill starts Hogwarts. Barty breaks out of Azkaban.

1984: Charlie & Tonks start Hogwarts.

1987: Percy starts Hogwarts.

1989: Cedric, Fred, & George start Hogwarts. Bill graduates.

1991: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, & Neville start Hogwarts. Pandora dies. Charlie & Tonks graduate.

1992: Ginny & Luna start Hogwarts. Chamber is opened.

1993: Sirius escapes Azkaban.

1994: Percy graduates. Barty breaks free from curse.

1995: Voldemort returns. Cedric & Barty die.

1996: Fred & George leave school. Battle of the ministry. Sirius dies.

1997: Dumbledoor dies. Bill & Fluer get married. Remus & Tonks get married.

1998: Battle of Hogwarts. Peter, Remus, Tonks, Fred, Snape, Grindelwald & Bellatrix die. Teddy is born.

1999: Hermione, Ginny, & Luna graduate.

2000: Hermione & Ron get married.

2003: James-Sirius is born.

2006: Albus-Severus, Rose & Scorpious are born.

2008: Lily-Luna & Hugo are born.

2009: Teddy starts Hogwarts.

2014: James-Sirius starts Hogwarts

2016: Teddy graduates.

2017: Albus-Severus, Scorpious, & Rose start Hogwarts.

2019: Lily-Luna & Hugo start Hogwarts.

2021: James-Sirius graduates Hogwarts.

2024: Albus-Severus, Rose, & Scorpious (will) graduate Hogwarts.

2026: Lily-Luna & Hugo (will) graduate Hogwarts.

[belle-keys]

10 book recommendations for if you like Persian culture or Iranian history

Here's another book recommendations post! Please note that I myself am not Persian nor have I ever even been to Iran. These are just some books by Iranian or Iranian-American writers that I enjoyed.

The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

- historical fiction, historical romance, based on the 1950s Mossadegh coup, broke my heart into a million pieces, beautiful story, love it

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

- memoir, set between the 70s-90s in Tehran, examines the role of literature and art and censorship in revolution, very feminist work

Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win by Susan Azim Boyer

- YA set in 1979, based around the Revolution and the American media's coverage of it, coming of age story with Iranian-American fmc

They Said They Wanted Revolution by Neda Toloui-Semnani

- memoir, set in the time way before and during the Revolution, about the memoirist's parents roles in the Revolution, super powerful book

An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

- YA set after 9/11, Iranian-American fmc dealing with her faith and Islamophobia and family, coming of age story, sad and profound

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adim Khorram

- YA contemporary, persian mc goes to iran and discovers his roots, explores zoroastrianism in Iran, mental health emphasis, pretty funny ngl

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

- graphic novel memoir, relative of the Shah recounts the Revolution as experienced by women and girls in a rapidly changing Iran

The Woman Who Read Too Much by Bahíyyih Nakhjavání

- set in 19th century Iran, about a mystical poetess who has the power of prophecy, themes of mysticism, very lyrical storytelling

The Essential Rumi by Rumi

- poetry, collection of Iran's greatest poet's works, lots of Sufi mysticism and beautiful poems about love and spirituality and the self

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

- YA fantasy, set in a fantasy world inspired by ancient Persia and is a retelling of the Shahnahmeh, there's romance and action

[dio-the-thot-exterminator]

Can I have a list of some of your favorite obscure horror movies so I can watch them at some point?

Of course! hehe not sure how obscure these films actually are, but I like them, and people don’t talk about them enough 😞

Housebound (2014) [so fun, so silly!]

Die Säge des Todes (1981)

Ticks (1993) [YEEEAH buggies]

Starry Eyes (2014) [god tier blood, grime, and UNEASE]

The Suckling (1990) [yummy creature design]

Broken (2006)

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)

The Beast Within (1982)

Terror Train (1980) [i like miss jamie <3]

The Premonition (1976)

The Unborn (1991)

Squirm (1976) [more bugs! cute lil worms]

Don't Go In The House (1979)

Satan’s Little Helper (2004)

Prophecy (1979)

We Are What We Are (2013)

Don’t Go Into The Woods (1981)

Graduation Day (1981)

The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

Jason X (2001) [This movie is solid! Everyone’s such a hater 😡]

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Oh! Then I have some films that are more popular.

The Brood (1979)

Tokyo Gore Police (2008) [mouth watering practical effects!!!]

A Reflection Of Fear (1973)

Trouble Every Day (2001) [This actress man, just WOW]

Repulsion (1965)

Pieces (1982)

Triangle (2009)

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Now I wouldn't call these obscure but i like them so much, and any chance I get, I will tell people to watch them 🥺🥺

Possession (1981) [One of my favourite movies of all time! The story, the acting, the effects UGH. Gagged me for sure.]

Dead Alive/Braindead (1992) [Honestly up there with Possession. So good but in a completely different way. It’s high camp, high gore, and it felt like i was high while watching it]

Lake Mungo (2008) [A movie that actually scared me while i was watching it, and stuck with me for a good week. Triggered my fight or flight like no other. rawr]

No One Lives (2012) [This would run all the time when I had cable. And I'd sit and watch it every time this came on. There are...certain scenes that are just burned into my mind]

The Cell (2000) [I don’t even know what to say. The visuals in this movie are just SO GOOD. I want to tongue kiss the entire art direction team. The costumes, the cinematography, it’s so creative and so lovely]

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I have to give a mini shout out to Lucio Fulci, he is my favourite director. Period. If you’re interested in his movies [some focus on zombie, slasher, Giallo] his Gates of Hell Trilogy is always a good start!

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Ah alright now onto production companies [yay? Woohoooo??]

Troma. Fucking Troma, a lot of the movies they make are gross, stupid and cheap. So if you want something that’s absurd but still strangely entertaining. I’d recommend looking through their catalog of movies, picking a random one and seeing what happens.

Full Moon Features <3 If you want some film series, I’d recommend Puppet Master and Subspecies! [I’ve seen every Subspecies]. Full Moon has a lot of killer doll and toy films. But they do branch out. Castle Freak kinda wild though.

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Ok i'm done now.

If you have any movie recs for me, send them my way :D

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

A big selection of requests. Some may lean too heavily into 'thriller' territory than into horror. Some may lean too into the comedy side of horror-comedy. That's fine. Use your best judgment. Y'all are doing great stuff with this tumblr.

Alphabetically:

Banshee Chapter (2013)

Bug (2006)

The Crazies (2010)

Cube 2: Hypercube (2003)

The Dark Half (1993)

Darkness (2002)

The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow (2008) (short film, available on youtube)

Fallen (1998)

Faust (1994)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)

Identity (2003)

The Jacket (2005)

The Keep (1983)

The Machinist (2004)

Monsters (2010)

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Needful Things (1993)

The Ninth Configuration (1980)

The Ninth Gate (1999)

The Reflecting Skin (1990)

The Road (2009)

Salem's Lot (1979)

Season of the Witch (2011)

Seven (also given as Se7en) (1997)

Stir of Echoes (1999)

YellowBrickRoad (2010)

Zodiac (2007)

Thanks so much for all the requests! We’ll try our best with these <3