contranym-xendo:

mauve-moth:

stomatium:

just-shower-thoughts:

Blind people must save a lot on electricity.

They do actually!

I had a blind professor, last semester, and I swung through his office to make up an exam. It was a while before I knew he was in there because he was sitting with the lights off. I finally went in, apologized, and took the exam by the light of a nearby window (which was fine). Forty-five minutes into dead silence he panicked and yelled in this booming voiced, “WAIT, YOU CAN SEE!!!” before diving across his desk to turn on the lights. I’m sure he was embarrassed but I thought it was endearing and it highlighted a large aspect of disabled life that I hadn’t previously considered.

I had a blind language teacher in highschool and his favorite story was about the time he and his wife (who was also blind) had another neighborhood couple over for dinner. They spent a very enjoyable few of hours together before the couple left. As they departed my teacher overheard the husband say quietly to the wife, “It’s odd how comfortable it is to have a conversation in the dark.” My teacher always roared with laughter at this, due to the couple not saying anything for the entire hours long visit and at himself because turning on lights for his guests never crossed his mind.

michaeldirnt:

my mind says college but my heart says isolated sheep herder in Iceland

luffay:

- harry calls draco by his first name

- draco calling harry a “curse on his family” (not really drarry but i cried so it counts)

- draco and harry destroying the kitchen in a duel while ginny was gone for 3 minutes

- “keep up, old man” “we’re the same age, draco” “i wear it better” such sass

- draco admitting he always envied harry’s friendship with ron and hermione

- draco giving harry advice on parenting and (rightfully) criticizing him for how he treats albus

- draco voluntarily joining harry and hermione in taking responsibility for losing the time turner again

- harry giving draco a “tour” of his office and draco being concerned when he seems visibly upset

- draco attempting small-talk with harry and revealing how he used to want to be a quidditch player instead of a ministry man like his father wanted

- draco confiding in harry that “it is exceptionally lonely being draco malfoy”

- when “they look at each other as friends” FOR THE FIRST TIME

- ron saying draco is being all “chummy chummy” with harry

- “Draco smiles at Harry gratefully” engrave this on my tombstone

if-dementors-were-pink:

what she says: i’m fine

what she means: i don’t know what game you’re playing but you’re upsetting the dementors and entirely ruining voldemort day