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Went to see Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them for the second time today, and I´m still sooo in love with it!

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Hagrid going back to Hogwarts after the war, and Harry taking him to Diagon Alley to return the favor :)

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I have to do a legit, journalist-style interview for one of my classes, and hand it in for grading. So I contacted my high school director via e-mail to ask if she was game. Like half an hour later she gave me a call - we still need to settle on an interview topic, but she actually agreed! I´m over the moon; if everything in this course goes as smoothly as this, then I´ll be more than happy!

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We´ve started installing the Christmas liiiights! <3

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How to Write Convincing Unreliable Narrators

Photo credit: erichhh I really enjoy unreliable narrators, something I've mentioned on the blog here before. There's something especiall...

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I really enjoy unreliable narrators, something I’ve mentioned on the blog here before. There’s something especially memorable and impactful about discovering partway through a book that the one character you’ve trusted implicitly—the character telling the story—has in fact been lying to you, or not telling the whole truth.

Of course, pulling off a convincing unreliable narrator who keeps secrets convincingly isn’t as easy as it sounds (and it doesn’t sound easy to begin with). It can be tough to toe the line between keeping whatever secrets your narrator is keeping and doing it in a way that both makes sense to the story, especially in hindsight, and fits the character without being overly convenient.

So how do you do that? The main keys that I’ve found revolve both around character and realism.

• Character. In order to pull off an unreliable narrator, why they’re unreliable has to make sense for their character. A character who values honesty above all else isn’t going to skew the facts of the story on their favor, for example. Unreliable narrators, especially those that are being purposefully unreliable, are often smart, strategic characters with quite a bit of charisma—which is necessary for the character to convincingly deceive the readers until the time comes for the reveal.
• Realism. This is an issue I see in published books even, from time to time, and it tends to cause a lot of griping from readers, and understandably so. Sometimes, when a POV character is keeping a secret, they mention the secret all the time. They remind readers that they have a secret but don’t say what the secret is. I’m filing this under realism because, quite frankly, this isn’t realistic. The whole point of having a secret is not talking about it—that’s what a secret is. So to reference a secret and not say what it is becomes a tease that makes little sense in context—and it tends to turn readers against the narrator.

With both of those elements tackled, you’ll be well on your way to creating a stronger unreliable narrator.

What tips do you have for writing convincing secrets and unreliable narrators?

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[princesszeldaz]

Sean Bean hiking up to the Lord of the Rings sets bc he’s afraid of helicopters is even funnier when you hear that Viggo Mortensen did the exact same thing, except Viggo’s reason for hiking to the sets was bc he wanted to be authentically travel-worn

Like literally you have Boromir doing this pretty cool thing bc he’s scared to death of the alternative while Aragorn just does it for The Aesthetic™

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New Amazon Commercial

Just watch it, folks. That´s how it should be done. 

Learn how to act like decent human beings, despite the differences that might be in our respective belief systems. Because, at the base, that´s what we are: humans.

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Lucilinburhuc Wizarding School - Uniforms by SweetLittleVampire

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Lucilinburhuc School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

.: Uniforms :.

As it seems to be customary for wizarding schools, the Lucilinburhuc School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sports their own set of equally chic, comfortable and fashionable uniforms.

The uniforms enlarge and decrease magically depending onthe pupil´s bodily development so that it will always fit perfectly.

They do come in grey but change to their respective House colour once the pupil has been sorted into one. The jacket sports the opposite colour than the pupil´s House colours. This is done to reminisce the school´s motto  "Varietate in Concordia"/“Unity in Diversity”. The House colours are sown on the neck scarf, the skirt and trousers, the beret and the cloak.

It consists of:

• A white shirt
  
• A pair of trousers
  
• A skirt (for girls)
  
• A jacket
  
• A neck scarf
  
• A cloak
  
• A beret
  

Dress Code:

• Shoes have to be black or brown. Boots are allowed during snowy weather. Sandals are prohibited.
  
• Girls are required to wear either socks or thighs with their skirts. They have to be either white or black.
  
• Girls are allowed to wear trousers as well if they wish to. However, skirts are mandatory for girls on special occasions and official school ceremonies.
  
• The neck scarf has to be worn at all times. It can be tied as a tie, a bow, or a cravat.
  
• Wearing the beret is mandatory during official school ceremonies, but voluntary during the rest of the year.
  

Should the official dress code interfere with a pupil´s religious traditions or sexual/gender identity, they are required to talk to the Deputy Headmaster/Headmistress. All information will be treated discreetly.

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Lucilinburhuc School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by SweetLittleVampire

Since I am still bitter about us having to go to Beauxbatons, I created us a school of our own. The links included in the text will show you pictures of the actual locations.

• Based in: Luxembourg, Europe
  
• Located in: Castle of Beaufort (appears fallen apart to Muggles; technique borrowed from Hogwarts) (Here is a map of Luxembourg; Beaufort is somewhere between Diekirch and Echternach. I live in Luxembourg, and it takes me about 45 minutes by train to go from there to Diekirch.)
  

• Name Origin: Lucilinburhuc was the name of a small roman castellum located in what is known today as Luxembourg City.. Count Siegfried 1st. used it to build his castle in 963, and the city formed itself around it.  It literally means “tiny castle”, and the country´s actual name derives from it. The castle itself lies in ruins, and they´ve become an actual tourist atraction, and is since 1994 part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
  

• Status: European boarding school. Students allowed to attend are from Luxembourg and all of the other European dwarf states (San Marino, Malta, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, the Vatican). 150 places are reserved to pupils from Belgium and the Netherlands who would prefer not to attend Beauxbatons. Classes will be held mostly in English; different language classes are available as options.
  

• Accomodation Space: For up to 1200 students (to compare: Joanne K. Rowling said Hogwarts had around 1000 students; the book however suggests that there might have been up to 1700. My own high school - located in Luxembourg´s city centre - has about 1400).
  

• School Houses: Two. House Melusina (blue) and House Sigefroi (red) → more info to be added later.
  

• The Crest: It depicts the colours of the two Houses as well as their attributes - wave-like structures for Melusina, and regal-looking damask for Sigefroi. Together with the white divider, they are reminiscent of Luxembourg´s national colours, red, white, and blue. They underline the unification of the diversity within the two Houses in one small country, who likes to keep its identity and heritage alive while welcoming and embracing foreign cultures. We chose not to include the actual symbols for Melusina and Sigefroi into the main coat of arms, since we believe that its simplicity makes enough of a statement.
  

• The Motto: “in Varietate Concordia” means Unity in Diversity. Since Lucilinburhuc does not only accept Luxembourgians but students from other dwarf states as well, we saw this motto as the most fitting, since the school tries to provide a home and education for all of its pupils, no matter where they are from. It is also the official motto of the European Union, which Luxembourg is a founding state of.
  

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[coconutmilkyway]

figuring out where to go next is DIFFICULT when you’re split three ways.

i cant stop doodling the three hunters aka Aragorn and his annoying pet gremlins 

[sweetlittlevampire]

Okay, fun things - I am actually thinking about designing stuff for a Luxembourgish wizarding school.

Because a) that would be cool as heck to have our own, b) I don´t see why we Luxembourgians, alongside with the Dutch and Belgians, should exclusively go to Beauxbatons (especially when keeping political tensions between Belgium and France in mind), and c) what about all of the other European dwarf states? Andorra, San Marino, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta (yes, that´s considered a dwarf state) - heck, even the Vatican as a state!

Luxembourg would be perfect, geographically speaking. Plus we have a few awesome castles, and a nice balance between urban and rural zones. So enough to do city shenaningans, and enough green to go crazy about Quidditch.

And don´t forget that we´re multilingual badasses. ;)

Who´s with me?