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“There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of 4 million students,[10] and the event further affected public opinion, at an already socially contentious time, over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.[11]”

Student strike of 4 million students! Let’s do that again lol

            Or perhaps in Slytherin

Canon muses

Oc muses

Lightskinned muses

Dark skin muses

‘White acting’ muses

‘Black acting’ muses

Trans black muses

Gay black muses

Black muns as well

Black muns that use AAVE

Black muns that prefer not to

Black muns that talk about race

And black muns who don’t.

The comedy in the show came from the family’s “odd” lifestyle, rather than from infighting and petty bickering, or worse, as was common on other shows of the time, thinly veiled references to spousal abuse. They didn’t make fun of each other or act like their children were creatures from another world. Were they strange and outside of social norms? Yes. Were they united in creating a loving home and being good, supportive parents? Absolutely.

These two support and adore their children, care for an aging mother and an estranged brother, put family before everything, and they love each other, wholly, fiercely, without reserve. They are every bit as much in love after at least a decade of marriage as they were the day they met.

It’s nobody’s surprise that many of the aesthetic and thematic elements of The Addams Family in its various incarnations are influenced by Gothic tradition (not goth, that mostly came later. And not Goth, that was much much much too early), and I think Gomez’s words are a dead bullseye in terms of Gothic mentality.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

The sublime is a recurring theme throughout Gothic literature. Although the word (like “awesome”) has lost a lot of it’s original luster over the intervening decades, sublime doesn’t really mean elevated and lofty (or even heavenly) as it’s often used today, but rather something possessing the power and grandeur to induce awe and veneration in the mind of the beholder. Although less than divine, something sublime possessed a wildness and power that transcended human ability to control…or even to comprehend.

Sublime is standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon leaning as far as you dare over the railing and still not being able to see the canyon floor below. Sublime is warrior-queen Galadriel being tempted by the One Ring. Sublime is waking up in the middle of the night in the heart of a wild thunderstorm.

“Make her feel like she’s the most sublime creature on earth”

Gomez isn’t advising Fester to treat a woman he fancies like a princess, or even elevate her to pedestal of angelic nature (who’s idea was it to equate femininity with purity anyway? What a laughable and historically damaging idea. Shame on whatever dead (probably) white dudes promoted that!)

Gomez is advising Fester that if he truly loves a woman he must do everything he can to remind her of how she’s an untameable force of nature who’s grandeur brings him to his knees in awe and terror. Just like Morticia, for Gomez.

I’ll sign off with one of my most favorite quotes of all time, because it feels suddenly very relevant:

“When I find myself surrounded by so much beauty, I feel as if I am the eye of a hurricane.”

When Severus looked at the man behind them, Marls looked over her shoulder, a dangerously devious smirk on her face, and in her eyes. The man looked between the two, then backed out of the room. She knew her father would be told about her escapade, but she didn’t really care. He was a coward, Marley was kidnapped and tortured for a few months, and he goes almost completely silent. He was starting to get his backbone back, but it was taking too long. For Head Auror, he was doing what he could, all while watching what he said.

Looking up at Severus, she winked at him. “Don’t, I can’t say I didn’t enjoy that.” Whether she meant it or not was for him to decide, because it was so much fun to tease him, and keep him guessing.

Severus blinked at her, trying to process what she had said. 

Clearly she must be lying to him to save his ego. 

He frowned a bit. “I didn’t.” He admitted. He left it at that, turning away from her and motioning for her to continue looking for their intended target. 

RP starters: Concern. 

@marlenebmckinnon

Severus looked towards the voice and saw Marlene. He gave a half smirk and said, “It’s nothing to concern yourself with. I’m quite alright.” 

Marls smiled a bit at his reaction. It was so much fun to tease him like that. “You’re no fun, Severus.” Rolling her eyes, she went back to checking his wounds.

Severus looked into hi cup, unsure of what to say. He was confused at her joking behavior. Colleagues don’t joke about such things. 

Or do they?

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monsters, or characters who view themselves as monsters, being touched and/or treated gently for the first time in their life.