But I’d also reorder it slightly.

War, yes, War suits Gryffindor well. Fighting and dying for beliefs; fighting and dying for nothing; drafted into bloodshed and fire by bravery or chivalry or neither. Some take joy in this; some are burdened beyond repair. There was a cause, somewhere; there was good, somewhere; there was a reason for all this, somewhere. Oh, you’d have to be brave to live through this. Red and gold. Gold like armor and glory; red like blood and reality.

But Famine and Hufflepuff? No. Famine is Ravenclaw, ever-hungry for knowledge, constantly starving for more and more and more, almost feral for fulfillment. Where is the wisdom in the world? The truth? Nothing is true; nothing is enough; all there is to devour is worthless scraps. Blue and bronze. Bronze like a set of scales tipping and found wanting; blue like the infinite that never satisfies… never gives the answers.

Thus Pestilence is not Ravenclaw. Pestilence is Slytherin, sick with clever plans and cunning potential and corrupting desire. Ambition spreads like a sickness, a plague of greed and an illness to the soul. Maybe some might call it cruel, but here among friends it’s simple cunning at work. Green and silver. Silver like the sheen of glazed eyes; green like the complexion of infection.

a series of composition tips i’d been sharing on twitter!

and since some people had asked, i’ve put up a pdf version of this on gumroad along with a layered psd of one of the example images too

It is a major driver of climate change. The UN recently released a report that said “animal products, both meat and dairy, in general require more resources and cause higher emissions than plant-based alternatives”. Animal products cause a huge amount of deforestation. Factory farms and slaughterhouses also contribute to a lot of environmental racism, especially in poor communities. Production of animal products harms or kills many native communities in South America, both through deforestation and murders committed by ranchers. 

Factory farms produce a massive amount of pollution, a single farm can produce over one and a half times more toxic waste in a year than the entire city of Philadelphia. The CDC estimates that livestock produce between 3-20 times more waste than all of the people in the USA. This pollution invariably leads to runoff into local water systems, which can lead to both groundwater contamination and ocean dead zones. Water contamination is further compounded by the fact that livestock currently use up about a third of the Earth’s fresh water. 

Animal agriculture also leads to development of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which are a serious health risk. It is also important to examine the animal suffering caused by production of animal products. 

Luckily, there’s a great way to avoid contributing to all of this. The American Dietetic Association says that properly planned vegetarian and vegan diets are “healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes”. Vegans also have improved health in several areas, including reduced mortality, healthier eating patterns, lower risk of obesity, reduced risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes, a more protective gut microbiome, reduced risk of hypothyroidism, possible alleviation of fibromyalgia symptoms, and reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers. 

Going vegan doesn’t mean giving up delicious food though. There are tons of vegan recipes that taste amazing, and are usually easy to make. 

There are also vegan food plans available for people that are on a tight budget (thanks vegan-lesbian):

How Can I Cheaply Eat Vegan Vegan On $2 A Day Vegan On $5 A Day Vegan On $10 A Day Vegan On $15 A Week Vegan On $21 A Week Vegan Recipes For $3 Plant Based On A Budget

Vegan in college

Vegan campus cooking

30 Delicious Vegan Meals You Can Make In Under 30 Minutes

The collegiate vegan

The poor vegan

6 tips to eat vegan on a budget

Eating Vegan on the Cheap

Easy vegan dinners

Vegan beans n rice recipes

20 cheap vegetarian meals

20 (Delicious!) Vegan Meals That Don’t Suck

Fuck Yeah Poor Vegans

Vegan on a Budget

Cheap Vegan

Low Cost Vegan Meal Plans

$25 Week Vegan Meal Challenge

Vegetarian food on a budget (easy to make vegan)

Plant based on a budget

Eating Vegan on $21.00 A Week: The Food Stamp Budget

High Quality, Healthy Vegan Diet for $3.33 A Day

My $1.50 a Day Challenge

Simple Cheap Minimalist Vegan Meal Plan - From a Vegan Working Student

Frugal Living in the UK

Cheap replacements for fancy pants ingredients

IT EVEN HIGHLIGHTS THE ULNA BONE  

Arm view: Red = Deltoids (all three heads are in one color) Blue = Latissimus Dorsi Green = Biceps Brachii Yellow = Triceps Brachii

Forearm: Red = One of the wrist flexors Blue = Brachioradialis

Back view, left side: Red = Deltoids (all three heads are in one color) Blue = Latissimus Dorsi Green = Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Teres Major Yellow = Trapezius (all groups one color)

Celtic houses

So, amazing website alert.

This website is mainly focused for RPG creation, but I use it for my fantasy writing occasionally.

This freaking website will:

-Create a damn earth for you. Like an actual atlas. Just tell it the % of water and ice.

-Give you freaking demographics for your medieval cities. Down to telling how many butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers your filthy peasants would need; or how many nobles should be kissing your emperor’s ass, based on the population you want.

-Generate a tavern, along with a few notable patrons and a damn menu, based on the quality.

-Generate names for your characters.

Not even to mention the generation of dungeons, loot, and encounters by level by several different gaming systems.