Monday, June 29, 2015

7 Pictures Of Dumbledore Being Fabulous

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Dumbledore eating fro-yo.

Dumbledore eating fro-yo.

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Dumbledore taking a selfie.

Dumbledore taking a selfie.

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Dumbledore aligning his chakras.

Dumbledore aligning his chakras.

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Dumbledore baking a cake.

Dumbledore baking a cake.

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What Would Your "Fifty Shades Of Grey" Name Be?

Are you more of an Anastasia Silver or a Christian Charcoal?

Sunday, June 28, 2015

53 Books You Won't Be Able To Put Down

What happens next? There’s only one way to find out.

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

Which Jane Austen Hero Are You?

It’s possible you’ll walk away from this knowing you’re a Darcy.

13 Amazing Book Plotlines That Never Made It To "Game Of Thrones"

There’s not enough airtime in the world for Tyrion’s shenanigans alone.

While enslaved, Tyrion becomes part of a private menagerie owned by a Yunkish millionaire.

While enslaved, Tyrion becomes part of a private menagerie owned by a Yunkish millionaire.

•His dwarfism makes him a prized addition to Yezzan zo Qaggaz's "collection."
•His companions in slavery include Sweets, the only intersex character in A Song Of Ice And Fire, and Penny – a young woman dwarf who performed an insulting clown set at King Joffrey's wedding.
•After his master dies of the plague, Tyrion escapes slavery and joins a sellsword company.

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The Sand Snakes conspire to crown Princess Myrcella as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms based on a loophole in Westerosi law.

The Sand Snakes conspire to crown Princess Myrcella as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms based on a loophole in Westerosi law.

•When Dorne was absorbed into the seven kingdoms, it was under the condition that "Dornish law will always rule in Dorne."
•The Dornish practice absolute primogeniture, meaning that the order of succession is determined solely by birth order, not gender. The rest of the seven kingdoms places female offspring behind all male offspring, regardless of age.
•Because of these two rules, the Sand Snakes argue that Myrcella, being older than Tommen, is the legal and rightful queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
•They plan to spirit the "Queen" away from Sunspear but are caught. Princess Myrcella loses an ear in the process.

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It's not explicitly stated in the show, but true men of the North cannot become knights.

It's not explicitly stated in the show, but true men of the North cannot become knights.

•Knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms is conferred by a holy anointing and is connected to the Faith of the Seven.
•Men who follow the religion of the First Men, or Weirwood worship, are excluded from the order, usually by choice.
•There are a few exceptions in the books, including Northern Knight Jorah Mormont, but in the books it's rare to find a Northern-born Knight at Winterfell or anywhere else.

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Friday, June 26, 2015

The Definitive Ranking Of Parents On "Game Of Thrones"

From worst to best.

Stannis & Selyse Baratheon

Stannis & Selyse Baratheon

These two basically treated their daughter like livestock: Locked her in a cage for her entire life and then burned her at the stake as an offering to the Lord of Light.

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Mr. & Mrs. Olly

Mr. & Mrs. Olly

If anyone should be burned at the stake, it's these two for releasing the demon spawn himself into this world.

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Craster

Craster

"Crasternomics" - noun: Sustaining your stronghold by trading your sons to supernatural creatures for protection while creating an endless supply of children by marrying and impregnating all of your daughters.

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Daenerys "Mother of Dragons" Targaryen

Daenerys "Mother of Dragons" Targaryen

Dany is that mom who has 18 different "MY KID IS AN HONOR STUDENT" bumper stickers on the back of her minivan despite her kids bullying the nerds into doing their homework. Her oldest child killed someone and ran away from home, so she chained the other two up in a dungeon instead of, you know, teaching them not to kill people.

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26 Filipino Words Now Officially Part Of The English Langauge

“Halo-halo,” “balikbayan,” and “comfort room” are among dozens of new Filipino words in the Oxford English Dictionary.

"Mabuhay"

The Oxford English Dictionary used this Filipino salutation, literally meaning "long live," to greet readers in a blog post today announcing that dozens of Philippine English words are now officially in the OED.

English has been spoken in the Philippines since it was first introduced to the archipelago by US colonial government in the early 1900s, explained Danica Salazar, the Filipina author of the post who's been pushing to include Filipino-coined words into the OED.

"Throughout the years, Filipino English speakers have been adapting the vocabulary of this once foreign tongue, using it to express their own identity and way of life," Salazar wrote. "Some of these unique lexical innovations have found their way into the OED for the very first time in this latest update."

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"Balikbayan"

Meaning: A Filipino visiting or returning to the Philippines after a period of living in another country.

A balikbayan box is a carton shipped or brought to the Philippines from another country by a Filipino who has been living overseas, typically containing items such as food, clothing, toys, and household products.

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"High-blood"

"High-blood"

Meaning: Angry, agitated.

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"Miss Todd" Delivers The Feminist Heroine Of Your Dreams

Miss Todd is a brilliant short, stop-motion, musical animation about the first woman to build and design an airplane.

Miss E. L. Todd was the first woman in the world to build and design an airplane, but you've probably never heard of her.

Miss E. L. Todd was the first woman in the world to build and design an airplane, but you've probably never heard of her.

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Contains spoilers for those who are yet to catch up with Season 5, obviously.

Let's start at the very beginning. Remember the dead direwolf that had been killed by a stag in the first episode?

Let's start at the very beginning. Remember the dead direwolf that had been killed by a stag in the first episode?

This was, though you may not have spotted it at the time, a pretty good analogy for the first few seasons of the show. The direwolf (Ned) was killed by the stag (Joffrey Baratheon). Not only that, but the direwolf left six pups behind – as did Ned.

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And the whole thing didn't end too well for the stag, either.

And the whole thing didn't end too well for the stag, either.

Whether you take the stag to be Robert or Joffrey, the analogy works either way. Both the Starks and the Baratheons have a rather tough time of it, while the Lannister lions are there to take advantage.

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And that's not the only time we see real animals used as analogies for the houses of Westeros.

And that's not the only time we see real animals used as analogies for the houses of Westeros.

In the same episode that King Robert is killed in a hunting "accident", we see Lord Tywin skinning a stag.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will tell the untold story of the boy who lived.

THIS IS HUGE!!!

THIS IS HUGE!!!

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