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Any ladies interested in forming a Women‘s Quidditch team?

Real-life quidditch, inspired by the magical game in "Harry Potter," is changing its name, citing author J.K. Rowling's "anti-trans positions in recent years."

US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch announced in a joint news release Wednesday that they will conduct a series of surveys over the next few months to decide on a new name for the sport, which resembles soccer and field hockey, but as a contact sport with broomsticks.

“For the last year or so, both leagues have been quietly collecting research to prepare for the move and been in extensive discussions with each other and trademark lawyers regarding how we can work together to make the name change as seamless as possible,” Major League Quidditch Commissioner Amanda Dallas said in the release.

The leagues say there are a few reasons for the name change. Among them is that the name "quidditch" is trademarked by Warner Bros., which produced the "Harry Potter" movies, and as a result the sport's expansion has been limited in its sponsorship and broadcast opportunities.

The name change is also part of an effort by the leagues to "distance themselves from the works of J.K. Rowling," according to the statement, "who has increasingly come under scrutiny for her anti-trans positions in recent years."

Rowling has faced criticism for her views on the transgender community, which some have called transphobic. She first made headlines for her views in 2019, when she publicly supported Maya Forstater, a British tax specialist who was fired over tweets that were deemed to be anti-trans.

Then, in 2020, she mocked a headline that used the phrase "people who menstruate," which trans advocates noted is meant to be inclusive of trans men and nonbinary people who still have periods.

Just a few days later, she doubled down on her views in a nearly 4,000-word blog post that some critics on Twitter called a "transphobic manifesto," in which she asked whether a “contagion” fueled by social media has led to the rise in the number of young people coming out as transgender.

In the blog post, she also revealed that she is a survivor of domestic abuse and assault, and that as a result of that trauma, she is “deeply concerned about the consequences of the current trans activism.”

“So I want trans women to be safe. At the same time, I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe. When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman — and, as I’ve said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones — then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is the simple truth,” she wrote, using a talking point that advocates say is common among anti-trans or "gender critical" groups.

A 2018 study by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law found that there is no evidence that letting transgender people use restrooms and other public facilities that align with their gender identity increases safety risks.

Since Rowling published the blog post last year, several actorswho starred in the "Harry Potter" films have condemned her views, including Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter; Emma Watson, who portrayed Hermione Granger; and Eddie Redmayne, who starred in the "Fantastic Beasts" films.

US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch also voiced their support for trans people and diversity, saying the sport has "developed a reputation as one of the most progressivesports in the world on gender equality and inclusivity, in part thanks to its gender maximum rule, which stipulates that a team may not have more than four players of the same gender on the field at a time."

The International Quidditch Association, the sport's governing body, also lists inclusivity on its website as one of the sport's values.

"As a community we want our sport to be inclusive of people of different ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, ages, languages, genders, sexual orientations," the website states. "A key demonstration of this is the Gender Rule in quidditch, whereby players are able to play as the gender that they identify as including non-binary genders."

Alex Benepe, one of the founders of real-life quidditch, said he is "thrilled that USQ and MLQ are moving in this direction."

"Big changes like this don’t come without risk, but I’ve been a strong advocate for making this move for a long time," he said, according to the leagues' statement. "The sport needs its own space without limits on its growth potential and changing the name is crucial to achieving that."

In "Harry Potter," quidditch players fly around on broomsticks and try to score points by throwing balls through the opposing team's goals, which are a set of three rings. Harry Potter, whose position is seeker, is tasked with catching the golden snitch — a small, flying ball that is "wicked fast and damn near impossible to see," as one character described it in the 2001 movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

Benepe and Xander Manshel brought it into the real world in 2005 at Middlebury College in Vermont. In their version, players hold sticks or real brooms between their legs, and, as one player explained to NPR in 2015, the golden snitch is "velcroed to the back" of the "snitch runner," and this player must elude the seekers.

There are now more than 450 teams worldwide in more than 30 countries, according to US Quidditch and the International Quidditch Association. It's reportedly "one of the few mixed-gender full contact sports," according to the association.

US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch said they will be surveying stakeholders regarding the name change until the end of January.

#I Stand With JK Rowling #If those people really felt that way about JKRowling they would just quit the game #Transcult wants to have it’s cake and eat it to #First they couldn’t say woman #Now they won’t say quidditch

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About Abraxus Tarek;

The Delinquent; The Magnet

full name: abraxus haan ammon malik tarek

aliases: ra, rax, raxxy, ab, abra

age: 25

date of birth: april 2nd

place of birth: las vegas, nevada, usa

current residence: los angeles, california, usa

gender: cis male

sexuality: bisexual

profession: small-time musician, criminal (b&e, gta)

appearence.

height: 5′10″

eye: brown

hair: black

face claim: mena massoud

scars: small nick on the underside of his chin

tattoos: none

dominant hand: right

relationships.

parents: malik and nailah, live in las vegas still, small business owners

siblings: one younger sister, meena (20), attends UC-Berkley

children: none

enemies: too many to count, those he’s screwed over and those who have screwed him

health.

physical ailments: none

neurological ailments: severe ADHD

allergies: mango

sleeping habits: deep sleeper, sleeps in

emotional stability: self-reliant, emotional highs and lows hit often

sociability: very sociable

addictions: nicotine

drinks alcohol? often

smokes? yes, both weed and cigarettes

mental.

education: one semester of college at UCLA

languages: English, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic

magic.

wand:

boggart:

patronus: amortentia: third year electives: prefect: quidditch: favorite professional quidditch team: clubs:

sex and intimacy.

sexual orientation: bisexual

romantic orientation: biromantic

commitment level: has never been in a serious relationship

analysis.

negative traits: frivolous, aimless, irresponsible, rowdy

positive traits: dynamic, articulate, magnetic, gentle-hearted

aspirations: to keep putting some money in his pocket and a roof over his head

fears: dying and being forgotten, fully losing the respect of his family

hobbies: cooking, puzzles

pet-peeves: killjoys

bad habits: frivolous spending, short-lived investments of his time and interest

likes: sweets, good music, good company

dislikes: people who take themselves too serious, cops, rules

typecast.

moral alignment: chaotic good - acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations.

vices: gluttony

element: fire

hogwarts house: gryffindor

divergent faction: dauntless

sin: greed

virtue: charity

biography.

Abraxus is a first-generation Egyptian-American who thanked his lucky stars every day that he has full American citizenship rather than being a DREAMer like so many of his childhood friends were. He is well aware that he would have more than likely fucked that up for himself by this point in his life. After all, it wasn’t like he was the picture of success like his younger sister was shaping up to be. Rax didn’t have it in him to follow any path that was straight and narrow. It seemed that any time anything in his life was going right, he had to veer left before he had a taste of anything close to stability.

He couldn’t even blame it on a fucked up childhood. Sure, his parents were strict and religious, but they weren’t hateful nor distant. He knew that they loved him and knew that he could show up on their doorstep any day, even now, and they would welcome him in with open arms. No, Rax had no one to blame but himself.

To be honest, he thrived in chaos. He attracted people from both the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ crowd like he was a homing beacon. He is known to be dynamic, charismatic, and someone that you could listen to for hours and walk away feeling like only minutes had passed and you were already missing the sound of his voice. Rax got off on that in some way. He thrived in chaos and it was almost as if he drew his energy from the undivided attention of others, negative or positive, it didn’t matter.

He left his family home in Vegas for college in LA, knowing full well that he wasn’t cut out for it. The only reason Rax had good grades was that high school had come easy to him. His record was already marred by office referrals and suspensions, but it had only taken an in-person interview to get his foot in the door at UCLA. He lasted one whole semester, and that in itself was a miracle. After breaking the news to his parents and hating every second of it, Rax threw his hat into the LA music scene in hopes of just being able to keep the shitty apartment he shared with four other young guys and put some food in his belly.

His mother begged him to come home, but Abraxus was well-received by local venues and started to make a bit of money faster than even he had expected. It was enough to convince his ma he would be okay, but not enough to satisfy his hunger. Instead of putting his nose to the grindstone and saving up, Abraxus blew the money he had quicker than he could earn it. All it took was another regular musician to tell him about a fast and easy B&E job for him to get hooked on the rush and fast money that came from quick crime.

Now, Abraxus works officially as a small-time musician playing bars and clubs up and down California, but on the side, he accepts random jobs that he knows he could never let his parents hear about.

#(. a pretty kind of dirty face .)#abraxus #mena massoud #abmuse #indie rp

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Title: Fantasy Football Rating: Explicit Fandom: Teen Wolf Relationship: Sterek Tags: College AU, Human AU, Quarterback Derek, Quidditch Chaser Stiles, pinning Derek, Artist Derek, Alive Hales, past Derek/Kate, side pairing Boyd/Erica, Rich Hales, Stiles plays Club Quidditch, Fluff, Smut, Art: @benaya-trash Updates: Every Friday, follow tumblr tag: SterekFF

Summary: Derek Hale, first-string quarterback for the U.C Berkeley football team is an All-American, red-blooded male, straight as an arrow. Well, at least, that’s what everyone around him believes. What they don't know is that he’s crushing hard on the school's Quidditch Club star player. When his coach forces him to recruit said Quidditch player, Derek’s life becomes a lot more complicated.

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“Hey, man,” Boyd calls as he strides up the bleachers towards where Derek’s sitting.

As casually as he dares, Derek closes the sketchpad he has balanced on his knees and drops his forearms over it, sandwiching it against his thighs. Boyd doesn’t know he draws and he’d like to keep it that way.

“What’s up, Boyd?” He asks, tugging the brim of his U.C. Berkeley baseball cap lower over his eyes.

“Not much,” Boyd says, as he flops down on the bleachers next to Derek. “What are you doing back here?” He sits forward and scans the crowd, his eyes skimming over the strangely dressed players on the field.

There are about twenty kids sprawled across the stands; some doing homework, a few just hanging out, one girl who’s smoking. Derek curls his lip every time the light breeze drags the smoke in his direction. There is also, however, a small group down in front carrying posters, banging on cowbells and singing songs. They’re all dressed in robes and scarves, despite it being late spring.

“What the hell is going on down there?” Boyd asks, his brows arched as the two teams move around each other.

“Uh, I have no idea...” Derek lies, tugging on the brim of his cap again. He knows exactly what’s going on here, and has for months.

He stumbled upon the university’s Quidditch Club two semesters ago but had only really started following its progress once Gryffindor got their new chaser. Derek’s eyes flick towards the players, finding number 24 easily and watching him streak down the field in the strange little hop-run all the players have to do, the long dark handle of his broom clutched snugly between his lean, muscular thighs. Derek presses his sketchbook down onto his lap, letting the bottom edge dig, almost painfully, into his crotch, successfully quelling his burdening arousal.

He and Boyd watch in silence for a while--well, Derek watches number 24, his fingers itching to reopen his sketchbook and get back to drawing the player. He isn’t exactly sure what Boyd is watching. Currently, Gryffindor is up by over thirty points, with number 24 sprinting down the field in an impressive display of agility to fake out the keeper and throw the quaffle in for another five. Derek resists doing the little fist bump and whispered woohoo he normally does when 24 scores.

“This is going to sound strange, but don’t you think 24 would make a good receiver?” Boyd asks, his sneaker tapping against the metal floor of the bleachers as he thinks.

Internally, Derek groans. He’d love to have 24 receiving for him. He’d love to have 24 laid out flushed and sweating, chest heaving, catching everything Derek could throw at him. Pinching the bridge of his nose, Derek draws a slow even breath before he responds, pushing the image of number 24’s flushed, smiling face out of his mind.

“I guess... I haven’t really been paying attention.”

“Maybe you should?” Boyd points his chin down at the field expectantly.

Derek clears his throat as 24 high fives a pretty brunette girl. His face is flushed, the dark spots of his moles standing out against the red blush that's layered over his normally pale skin. He’s sweating, and Derek can see the way his fluffy brown hair is darker at his temples and the nape of his neck. Derek swallows and almost chokes as his mouth floods with saliva, wanting to taste the chaser’s salted skin.

The game sets up again and the referee tosses the quaffle into the air. The moment the ball leaves the refs hands 24 is already leaping for it, his reflexes and timing impeccable, snatching it easily. Derek grits his teeth as the guy's thighs flex, well-defined muscles twitching in an effort to keep the broom snugly tucked into the vee of his thighs. He hits the ground and does a beautiful fake out; twirling, spinning around the other chaser and deftly dodging a squishball batted at him from one of the opposing beaters. 24 barrels down the field with long elegant strides and Derek has to drag his eyes away as his temperature rises from what is, quite frankly, an obscene display.

“Well?” Boyd pushes, his brows arched.

“I mean, I guess.”

“You know Liam is graduating right?”

“Of course I know. I have to know. I’m the quarterback.” Derek rolls his eyes.

“Yeah, but do you also know Coach is putting out feelers at local high schools to recruit a new receiver as it is, so….”

“So why not bring him someone with some talent instead of a freshman who has something to prove?” Derek fills in with a sigh.

“Yeah, well, think about it, the kid has some skills. And we need the talent.” Boyd smacks Derek on the shoulder as he gets up. “See you at practice.”

“Yeah man, see you.”

Derek sits in a daze as Boyd disappears back towards campus. He loses track of time and the score of the game, he’s so consumed with the idea of having to talk to number 24, let alone playing football with him. The whistle on the field blows harshly and Derek jumps, eyes lifting in time to watch the Gryffindor team swarm his boy, number 24 enveloped in bodies, shouting and cheering.

Absently, he flips open his sketchbook, sighing over the half-finished drawing of number 24 mid-sprint, face cracked into a smirk as he throws the quaffle. Derek snaps the book closed–just one of many half-finished sketches he’ll never get a chance to complete. Quietly, he slinks from the stands and slips off back towards the gym. It’s a hike from the forgotten, forlorn backfield the Quidditch Club plays on, but Derek needs the distraction. The back of his neck still burns with embarrassment at being caught out there by Boyd, but at least he didn’t catch on that Derek was there for number 24 more than he was for the game.

He trots up one of the sloping hills, sketchbook tucked under his arm. He’ll get an upper body workout in before football practice this afternoon, and maybe exhaustion will help keep his mind off number 24’s long legs and perky backside.

Yanking the helmet from his head, Derek snarls, “That's the third fucking interception today, Greenberg!” He turns his attention to Coach. “You’ve got to be kidding with this! Put him back at tight-end!”

“What do you want from me, Hale? He's the best we’ve got right now,” Finstock snaps back, slapping his clipboard down onto the bench. “You think I like this? You think I want Greenberg! GREENBERG, THREE LAPS FOR BEING, WELL… YOU!” Coach shouts and then runs his palm over his forehead and into his hair.

“Hale’s got someone,” Boyd offers and Derek's eyes go wide with panic before he can school his expression.

Flinstock turns narrowed eyes on Derek as the rest of the team comes off the field for water.

“No. I don’t,” Derek grits out around his clenched teeth. This cannot be happening.

“You do…?” Flinstock says, eyes wide for a moment. “Hale, I don’t care who it is, if they’re a better wide receiver than Greenberg I want them, yesterday!”

“Coach, I don't have anyone!” Derek says as firmly as he can manage but Boyd once again calls his bluff.

“Number 24, dude,” Boyd says like he’s being fucking helpful, like Derek didn’t immediately think of number 24. Like Derek isn’t constantly thinking of number fucking 24. “You know, from last week, that strange shit with the brooms.”

“Are you talking about Stilinski… from the Quidditch club?” Jackson says, his face pinched, streaks of sweat and dirt smeared over his temples.

“No.” Derek grunts.

“Yeah,” Boyd says at the same time. “Do you know him?”

Derek groans, dropping his head back and closing his eyes.

“I mean, I guess I do. We went to Beacon Hills together, he was on the lacrosse team. I heard he was ok until he hurt his shoulder.” Jackson lifts his water bottle and squeezes it a few inches from his mouth like the tool he is, instead of just drinking from it. “I was a starter before I transitioned to football, so I didn’t really pay attention to who was warming the bench or why,” he says dismissively.

Derek sees his window and jumps for it. “Bum shoulder? That sucks, guess I don’t have someone after all.” He grabs a towel and his water bottle ready to make his escape.

“Lacrosse and football use a completely different set of muscles, he might be open to playing for us,” Flinstock says, bouncing on the balls of his feet. “Talk to him, Hale. I don’t care what you have to do to get him out here, but I want to see him next practice. Put him through his paces.”

“Coach,” Derek grunts.

“Do it, Hale, anything it takes or I’m starting Jackson against UCLA.”

“‘Bout time,” Jacksons interjects, a smug grin on his face.

“You wouldn’t,” Derek snarls, tossing his towel down.

“I would, I will. We’re dead in the water without a receiver who can catch what you throw and you know Greenberg… GREENBERG, GET UP!” Flinstock charges out onto the field, shouting at Greenberg about his stamina. The poor kid’s on his knees tipped forward, his helmet to the turf, arms spread out to his sides. Derek can almost hear his wheezing from here. He looks like a stiff breeze could knock him over and sure enough, as coach gets to his side it only takes a small boot to his butt to have Greenberg flopping flat and starfishing out in the middle of the field.

“Don’t bother with Stilinski, Hale,” Jackson says, smirking around his water bottle. “Just forget about him, you know I was made for first string anyway. It's time you learned your place.”

“You fucking…”

“Derek.” Boyd slaps a hand on Derek's chest stopping him from engaging Jackson. “Don’t listen to Whittemore, he’s an idiot. Isaac and I will come down to the back field when you talk to this Stilinski kid. We’ll have your back.”

Having support is not what Derek is afraid of–if anything he’d prefer if Boyd and Isaac weren’t there to see him embarrass himself in front of number 24… Stilinski. Even just knowing his name sends butterflies swooping through Derek’s stomach.

“Fine, whatever,” Derek snarls, because fuck his life. He couldn’t just make it two more years watching 24–Stilinski–from the safety of the bleachers, could he? No, of course he couldn’t. “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” he curses under his breath, storming after the rest of his team towards the locker room.

“Okay!” Isaac says a while later as he flops down on the bench next to Derek. He’s got a towel wrapped around his hips and he smells like coconut shampoo. “I hear we’re going on a recon mission?”

“We are not going on a recon mission,” Derek states, tossing his jersey in the footwell of his locker with more force than necessary.

“But Boyd said…”

“I don’t fucking care what Boyd said. I’m the quarterback of this team, you guys listen to me.”

“Yeah, but we aren’t on the field right now so… what’s going on? Are we getting you a new receiver or what?”

“We are,” Boyd chimes in as he rounds the end of the lockers, pulling his shirt over his head. He’s already in his boxers, freshly cleaned from the showers, and if they weren’t such good friends Derek would take a moment to admire the thick muscles of his thighs. But they are, so he doesn’t, turning back to his locker and trying not to bang his head against the low shelf in frustration. “Just gotta figure out when they play next,” Boyd finishes, coming to stand on Derek’s other side.

“Tuesday,” Derek says without thinking, then grimaces, internally groaning.

“Ooookay….” Isaac stretches out the word and Derek sighs.

He’s got their whole season memorized, he knows the days they practice, who they’re playing and when their games are. Derek also knows that number 24, the brunette chaser (number 11), and one of their beaters, a blonde girl (number 69), had to petition the student council twice to keep their practice time on the backfield. Derek didn’t understand why the school was giving them such a hard time–that field’s crap anyway, and no-one uses it, not even the D3 soccer team.

“So, tomorrow then?” Isaac pushes, leaning back to catch Derek’s eye as he tries to hide his head in his locker again.

“Yeah, I guess. I saw a flyer earlier…. In, uh, the quad.” Derek scrambles to cover his blunder. Gryffindor plays Hufflepuff tomorrow and those are Derek's favorite games. Hufflepuff always has such good strategies, and their plays are complicated, but their stamina is low. Number 24–Stilinski–always runs circles around them.

“Riiight…” Isaac says, again, drawing out the word. Derek can feel him and Boyd exchanging looks behind his back.

“Right.” Derek grunts, grabbing his towel and stepping over the bench. “Guess we’re on for then.” He bites out, stomping off towards the showers.

He tries very hard for the rest of the day to no think about Stilinski.

A/n: this fic will update every Friday under the tag SterekFF, and my writing tag Hartless writes, you can also subscribe on A03

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Atypical Characters Sorted Into Their Hogwarts Houses

The characters in Atypical all possess traits that would see them do well at Hogwarts. Doug is hard-working and stoic, Paige is Newton High’s answer to Hermione Granger, and Casey would definitely make a great Quidditch captain. Like their counterparts in the Harry Potter universe, these characters are all well-developed, flawed, and relatable.

RELATED: The 10 Best Atypical Characters

So, would Izzie get on well with Draco, and would Paige and Hermione be vicious rivals? Would Sam ignore everyone and thrive in the Care of Magical Creatures lessons? In another world in which the Atypical troop weren’t Muggles but witches and wizards, this is where the Sorting Hat would have placed them.

10 Sam – Ravenclaw

Just like his fellow Ravenclaw Luna Lovegood has some positive and negative traits, Sam is often in a world of his own. He has some non-mainstream interests and is prone to faux pas, such as breaking up with his girlfriend in front of her whole family during a fancy meal.

Despite this, Sam is highly intelligent and creative. He knows everything there is to know about Antarctica, worships his tortoise, and is a talented artist. Sam values intelligence, academic achievement, and likes to spend time alone, for example in his bathtub, where he goes to sit and think. He would do well in Ravenclaw, and would probably become the resident expert on Hogwarts’ history.

9 Casey – Gryffindor

Casey is ambitious like a Slytherin, but not of her own accord, which aligns her more with Gryffindor, particularly when combined with her bravery and willingness to stand up for what is right.

The people around Casey push her to work hard and aim high. Much like famous Gryffindor Harry Potter himself, Casey just wants a normal life but receives too much pressure from her friends, teachers, and family — particularly her father — who have high expectations of her track running and prospects of going to study at UCLA. Casey is great at sports and confident, though, and would be snapped up for the Quidditch team were she to attend Hogwarts.

8 Doug – Hufflepuff

Doug works hard but doesn’t boast about it. Very little screen time is dedicated to his job as an EMT, but he does it day in, day out, with zero complaints. It’s a highly important job and takes real bravery to accomplish successfully.

RELATED: Ted Lasso Characters Sorted Into Their Hogwarts Houses

Doug is quiet and stoic and always has his kids’ backs, even if he occasionally pushes them too hard. For example, he confronts his friend who says that Sam made family holidays difficult and acted in a socially unacceptable manner. Doug is in the same house as his EMT prodigy, Evan, and after a rocky start to their friendship — Evan was, after all, dating his daughter — the two make a great team.

7 Evan – Hufflepuff

Casey’s first-ever love interest, the easy-going Evan, is modest and street-smart. He may not be the most academic or ambitious, but he works really hard at whatever he does, such as in his job at the pizza joint, and later at his EMT training.

Evan works hard for personal satisfaction rather than external glory or praise, even when Casey tries to push him to aspire for more. He doesn’t value success in the same way as others, but he does place a premium on being a loyal friend and someone who can be counted on, all of which are admirable Hufflepuff traits in Harry Potter. Dependable, fair, and loyal, Evan is happy being himself.

6 Paige – Gryffindor

Paige is confident, intelligent, and destined for success, even though she doubts herself at times. She is good at advocating for people, as Sam tells her, such as when she was responsible for organizing Newton’s first-ever silent school dance, which she did so that Sam and other students on the spectrum could attend without being spooked by loud music.

Paige is the sort of person who will go on to make a huge impact on the world and change it for the better, as is exemplified when she takes a job at Habitat for Humanity at the end of the fourth season. Sam even says that she is smarter, more loyal, and has cleaner shoes than he could have ever imagined. Paige is certainly destined for greatness, like many of her fellow red-and-gold housemates, and would likely thrive in all of her subjects at Hogwarts.

5 Izzie – Slytherin

Izzie is a person around whom drama seems to swirl, which other characters, including Doug, have noticed and criticized. On that basis alone, she could qualify for either Slytherin or Gryffindor — she draws attention to herself and seems to hog the limelight.

However, when Casey first started at Clayton, Izzie was very cruel to her, and even when they started dating she was ashamed of her. Izzie also cheated on Casey and hid part of her life from her. Izzie may have redeemed herself by the end of the series, but these negative traits still qualify her for Slytherin, the house which contains the likes of Draco Malfoy, who also made some mistakes and is a notorious bully and keeper of secrets.

4 Julia – Ravenclaw

Sam’s therapist Julia is a high achiever. By the age of 26, she had already qualified as a therapist. She is bright and book smart and knows a lot about the human condition. Although her job involves speaking to people all day, she also enjoys time alone and enjoying the little things, like sitting and eating a cookie by herself.

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Julia can also behave a little strangely — as do other Ravenclaws like Professor Trelawney and Gilderoy Lockhart. When Julia found a chocolate-covered strawberry under her sofa, she fixated on it for months. She became so obsessed that it was partly responsible for the demise of her relationship.

3 Elsa – Gryffindor

Elsa values academic achievement less than her husband Doug. Instead, she just wants her children to be happy. She may have made a huge mistake — cheating on Doug — but it doesn’t undo the multitude of kind and caring things she has done. Elsa has made Antarctic pemmican and hoosh food for Sam, arranged for Casey’s friend to come over and talk after they fell out, and picked up Izzie from the bus station.

It took courage to tell Doug that they should split up or decide to recommit to one another rather than remain in a limbo stage, and to start up her own haircutting business. Elsa wants to fix everything, which is courageous and exactly makes her a Gryffindor.

2 Zahid – Gryffindor

A light-hearted jokester and caring friend, Zahid taught his best pal a lot of life lessons and wouldn’t be out of place hanging out with Fred and George Weasley, who did the same for their younger brother. Zahid is often the source of comic relief and lightens the mood, whether he’s referring to his parents as “roommates,” trying to hug Elsa, or asking Sam why he’s in bed wrapped up like a “skinny white burrito.”

While he can be led astray, such as by his horrid ex-girlfriend Gretchen, Zahid is ultimately a good person, loyal, and stands up for Sam.

1 Kathy – Slytherin

Kathy has many traits that define a Slytherin. She is prejudiced and discriminatory — for example, she kicked Elsa out of the peer support group, which was the one place she had to vent. Kathy also criticized Doug during his talk at the group, rather than listening to him open up about his struggles raising Sam.

Kathy boasts about a famous psychiatrist she knows, similar to how members of Slytherin like to seem more important than they are. There aren’t many Slytherins in the Atypical universe, but Kathy definitely flies the flag for the green and silver house.

NEXT: Which Atypical Character Are You, Based On Your Zodiac Sign?

#Undertheinfluence #weed

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lemonlimeimprobabilitydrive · 7 years

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Tag Thing (Did I do it right?)

I was tagged by @magicalthoughtsendinterriblefics

Rules: Tag 20 blogs you’d like to get to know better

Nickname (s): (Some of these haven’t been used in forever) Violet, Mama, Angie, Violet, Vi, Luna, Looney, You Weird Lesbian (Middle School is great), Poppet, John, Hey You, and probably more that I forgot.

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (doesn’t suit me at all)

Height: 5′4″ maybe?

Last thing I Googled: The Boogie Man Blues for string orchestra violin II

Favorite Music Artist: Changes like every ten seconds but for now John Lenno- never mind switched to The Indigo Girls. Now I’m back to John. Why you make me choose?!?

Song Stuck In My Head: Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads

Last Movie You Watched: I’m assuming TV shows don’t count, so probably either Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them or Chocolat

What Are You Wearing Right Now: Pajamas, so a UCLA quidditch shirt and pants I stole from my mom

Why did you choose your url: Um, if by url you mean screen name then because I write fanfic and because I’m Hamilton trash

Do you have any other blogs: Not on Tumblr, which I assume you mean

What did your last relationship teach you: Don’t agree to go out with someone on the Friday before a three-day-weekend; they will break up with you when you get to school on Tuesday

Religious or spiritual: Well, I’m atheist and have been raised to be scientific so neither really

Average hours of sleep: Well this week It’s been an average of four but highest of six and lowest of seven minutes

Favorite color: Nature

Lucky Number: 3

Favorite characters: I’m not even going to attempt answering that, there’s not enough room on Tumblr

How many blankets do you sleep with: Two: one made of soft FAKE fur and the other one made myself

Dream job: So hard to choose but maybe teaching kids how to plant things at like a nursery or something like that

Tag 20 blogs: Not sure I know 20, but I’ll tag as many as I know (Sorry to bother y’all) @diesintheshower @uppityfemale @incorrectdeatheaterquotes @raye-galaxy @salazarclarinet @harrypotterhousequotes @thebrazenqueens @staff (yes I’m tagging the staff) @veganrecipecollection @triggeredtofu

So yeah I only know 11 and a couple are just random people I don’t know

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jasmineway · 4 years

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Ryan, Tiffany, Shiny and Zach

UCLA Quidditch End-of-Year Banquet // UCLA // 2015

#JasmineWayPhoto #UCLA #graduation #quidditch #people #photography #I love you each

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quidstats · 7 years

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US Quidditch Cup 10: A Deathly Preview Part 2

Disclaimer: All analysis comes from Elo ratings exclusively

Our previous post (link) discussed the “Pool of Death” from the simplest angle, answering the question “Which team has the 5 strongest teams?”. Elo’s answer, Pools 11 and 10, pretty much lined up with preconceived notions about the tournament. That made for a rather short post, and only a small amount of insight added.

But is the “Pool of Death” simply the pool with the 5 highest combined Elos? “Death”, in the context of USQC 10, is exiting the tournament. A real Pool of Death would hasten each team’s exit from the bracket, so wouldn’t a more deadly pool have 5 teams that are going to exhaust each other, keep games close, and ruin each other’s seeding for Day 2? In order to figure out which pools would fit this description, we calcuated out the “closeness” of each pool’s Elo by using the standard deviation of the Elos in the pool. For those who haven’t had a stats class in a while, standard deviation “…is a measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be close to the mean…” (from wikipedia). Here’s that data, sorted by lowest standard deviation to highest:

PoolStd Dev.Std Dev. Top 4Std Dev. Bottom 3Pool 1155.290.4166.9Pool 7163.7158.097.5Pool 4173.0119.4189.5Pool 10182.4182.352.7Pool 9189.8168.9119.8Pool 5209.8169.7163.3Pool 3212.4137.6198.0Pool 2237.8176.9172.0Pool 6244.1195.4147.4Pool 12279.6255.3133.5Pool 8288.4251.9127.8Pool 11293.7171.4288.0

The lowest (indicated a close grouping of Elos) value in each column is bolded and italicized, the second lowest just bolded

A lower standard deviation indicates that the teams in a pool are more evenly matched than a pool with a higher standard deviation. Pool 1 (Texas, Ball State, UCLA, UNC - Chapel Hill, RIT Dark Marks) immediatly jumps out as the most tightly packed. That closeness is even more apparent when looking only at the Pots 1-4 teams. Much like Baylor being the key factor in Pool 10’s high average Elo, UNC’s high Elo in the Pot 4 position is the key factor in the low standard deviation in Pool 1. UNC, at 1906.4, is actually ranked higher than Pot 2 Ball State (1889.0), and is within striking distance of Pot 1 Texas (1951.2). UNC rates as the strongest Pot 4 team by a decent margin, and our model has them as a top 20 team in the tournament. Conversely, Texas is actually the weakest* Pot 1 team, and Ball State is a lower half Pot 2. All that together makes for a tightly packed pool that should produce very intriguing games on day one. It’s conceivable, according to Elo at least, that Texas could be 2-2 going in to Day 2. Unlikely, but possible. How likely? We’ll answer that question tomorrow.

It’s interesting to note that Pool 11, the pool with the highest average Elo, actually has the highest standard deviation. Taking in to account our previous post and the standard deviation of the Bottom 3 teams in Pool 11, it appears that this pool is very top heavy. If difficult games throughout day one define a “Pool of Death”, Pool 11 isn’t it.

Pool 10, on the other hand, has the 4th lowest standard deviation overall, and the lowest standard deviation for its bottom 3 teams. Considering their high average Elo and the closeness of the teams in the pool, Pool 10 could very well be the best candidate for “Pool of Death”.

This type of anaylsis matters when trying to accurately predict how a team will perform on days one and two. This tournament takes place on one weekend, in Florida’s 80 degree heat, with a one and done bracket deciding the champion. Seeding and exhaustion matter. There are no easy paths to the championship, but there certainly are preferable ones.

*See disclaimer

Up next: Record probabilities

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theliterarypanda · 7 years

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The “Secret” (working title)

I am 120 pounds lighter than I was at my heaviest, and I wish two things, 1) that it wasn’t such a big deal to everyone and 2) that I didn’t know that number like I know heartache and macros.

I didn’t lose it overnight, nobody ever does. The overwhelming majority of it, I left behind in Taipei, where I studied Mandarin Chinese for six months and how to be a fully functioning postgraduate.

Never really got the hang of that last bit. Subsisting off of a student diet of 7-11 sandwiches and buddhist vegan instant ramen, I whittled away to the scrawny 180 pounds that I am today.

Sure, 300 pound Jensen worried about air travel, and rollercoaster seats. 300 pound Jensen never dreamed of ziplining or being able to buy pants that weren’t from the women’s plus size section of F21.

But 300 pound Jensen…laughed. Was kooky, had a solid group of friends, at least they thought so. 300 pound Jensen was beginning to come out of their shell, did hood shit like pick up takis at the corner liquor store and nerdy shit like go to UCLA to play Quidditch.

Now, I’m barely even comfortable enough around people who’ve known me in the past because I know what’s on their minds the second they see me today. They wanna ask me what my “secret” is. And that’s not to say that I hate being back in America, it was pretty bad in Asia also.

I would get on the Taipei MRT, and in the middle of practicing my Chinese characters in the air, I would stop, and stare a little too long at some young man’s legs. Thin, really thin, 細細的, 真的很瘦.

Now being in America, it’s exacerbated. When I told my parents at dinner that I had lost 70 pounds, the first thing my dad did was tell the older couple sitting at the table across from us “the good news.”

As if he was proud.

As if the morphing composition of my body was to be celebrated.

The next night when my diko joined us for sinigang na bulalo, my dad looked at the both of us and in wistful eyes spoke “my thin sons”

I skipped the bulalo and only ate the gulay. I had quinoa instead of white rice

And I am…okay with that. I can, with full confidence, say that my relationship with food is the healthiest that it’s ever been.

It’s my relationship with this vessel…that I’m not so sure about. Or rather, how people view me in relation to this vessel.

I know that, the Jensen inside is still that Jensen. A lil bit of barrio and a lil bit of a fckin nerd. But this Jensen walks a different earth now. This Jensen has had Taiwanese baristas flirt with them, and this Jensen has no idea how to cope.

This Jensen feels stared at more than 300 pound Jensen ever felt.

300 pound Jensen felt invisible in their visibility,

300 pound Jensen is still inside, trying to crawl out, and take a fucking breather, and I miss them…because nobody else seems to. And I am not ready to bury that Jensen, simply because everybody else wants to.

#thesassypanda #theliterarypanda #writing #spoken word #poetry

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peach-blossom-spring · 5 years

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1994: Ireland wins the Quidditch World Cup, but Viktor Krum catches the snitch

2018: UCLA wins the NCAA Championships, but Maggie Nichols wins the all-around

2019: Oklahoma wins the NCAA Championships, but Kyla Ross wins the all-around

#ncaa gymnastics #but also it'd be amazing if the all-around champion is like lexy ramler or natalie wojcik or someone

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hvinvitational-blog · 6 years

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WHY HEROES VS VILLAINS INVITATIONAL MATTERS

Let’s be real, quidditch isn’t in the best place right now. From 2012 to 2016, it was easy to get absolutely immersed in this addictive, thrilling and intense sport. During the week, in between practices and games, you could go online and find several blogs, podcasts and articles about the best teams, strategies and players in the sport. Most individuals hoped to become household names across the country, those who were household names fought to live up to their hype, and every time a new piece of quidditch content was posted, people passionately discussed what was said or written. If you truly cared about quidditch, and how could you not, you found yourself getting into lively debates with friends, enemies or complete strangers about whether or not Texas was as good as Hank Dugie claimed they were, whether or not Kody Marshall really was the “best chaser in the sport,” who the truly deserving candidates for Team USA were… everyone wanted to talk about quidditch, and while the conversations weren’t always civil, they were interesting and ensured people never lost interest in playing or at least following the sport.

As time went on, however, content creators became less motivated to put out new blogs and articles because their comment sections were either empty or filled with personal attacks and demands from individuals hoping to have their teams or friends featured or rated more highly. New players found themselves unable to compete with some of the more established stars of the sport, and simply gave up. Leaders of important teams retired or graduated from the sport without making sure their programs could continue to thrive without them, causing the collapse of many formerly elite teams. We’re left with a league that both loves to complain and lacks the motivation to bring about the change they wish to see. How do we get people interested and excited again? By proving that it’s possible to make a tournament that’s as exciting as Regionals and Nationals, that includes some of the top teams from several different regions all over the country, and that focuses on something that’s sure to captivate players and spectators alike - storylines. And giving that event the hype it deserves.

So many of the most captivating games in quidditch history have featured epic rivalries, for good reason. When one team is lovable and honorable and talented without acting like winning is all that matters while they other is physical, intense and will do anything it takes to add another trophy to their shelf… you can’t help but care about the result when they face off. There’s no right or wrong team to cheer for, what matters is that the teams make you care enough to cheer at all. We wanted to create a tournament that ensures people will care about every game that way. First, some of the most beloved heroes in the league will face their fellow heroes and some of the most ruthless and intense villains will face their villains to see who is truly the best of their category. These teams have similar play styles, mentalities and attitudes, and those similarities will inevitably produce some close and exciting games in pool play. The top teams will be given the ideal bracket placement, ensuring each group’s “champion” is in the best position to make a deep run in the tournament. When the dust of pool play settles, the real fun begins.

Eight teams will advance to the bracket, and all four quarterfinal games will square a hero off against a villain. There’s a chance we’ll see a few familiar and notoriously epic rivalries like Lost Boys v Gambits and UCLA v Cal play out on pitch once again, or we may see the development of new rivalries as the most loved of some regions have to try to knock out the most feared of others. Over the past five years, the heroes of our tournament have vanquished the villains twenty times, while the villains took down the heroes thirty-three times. Will this event help tip the scale back towards the good guys, or will the teams that have proven time and time again that they’ll do whatever it takes to win continue to dominate their more virtuous and fun-loving adversaries? Will the heroes root for their fellow heroes and the villains root for the other villains as the tournament progresses, or will pride keep them from doing so? Who will reign supreme, a team who is just trying to have a good time or a team that would view anything less than a dominant tournament win a colossal disappointment? Time will tell, and we hope you’re as excited to find out as we are.

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to be releasing content that will familiarize you with the teams and players that will be attending this historic and incredibly important tournament. Pick your favorites and let them know you’re on their side. If you think the opinions in our coverage are wrong, let us know. If you have shit you want to talk, say it. Whether you’re #TeamHeroes or #TeamVillains, show the world that you’re still passionate about this ridiculous, illogical, totally epic sport. The revolution starts now.

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