Sometimes I’m Happy And I Wanna Live Forever

yes yes I am obsessed with remus lupin rey rey wolf mcwerewolf little moony moonpie the love of my life, what else is new?

Lorna Dee Cervantes, “Raisins” (from From the Cables of Genocide: Poems of Love and Hunger)

some Lily Evans headcanons that just make sense:

She is always reading something new and is always excited about it (tells the story to everyone over and over);

She wants to be a healer because she frequently wanting to make things better to everyone;

That's why she is so kind and loving;

Except with the boy with messy hair and cocky smile. There is just something about him that makes her act different, probably just because he's so arrogant right? right?

She rarely stand up for herself because she constantly understand the other points of view and she doesn't want to bother anyone. (But James Potter makes her so confident that she starts to value herself more, and also he annoys her so much that there no way to be calm);

But when it comes to others, she defends with body and soul;

Her, Mary, Alice and Marlene used to shop, go to the movies or go to hogsmead on the weekends. And at the end of the night Lily used them as her guinea pigs to see if her potions were working;

She is a terrible in the kitchen, she prefers her cauldron and laboratory;

She has a embarrassing laugh that makes her blush;

She is a good prankster but she doesn't admitt it (better than the marauders but don't tell them);

If you have a secret and you need someone who will not judge you, Lily is your girl, she can handle the furriest of problems;

She is really mad when people are mean and indifferent;

And it came to the war she and Remus was the ones who come up with quick strategies and plans;

When she started dating James she was head over hills and both of them had more inside jokes than everyone;

She loves the marauders, they were her family;

Her parents only paid attention to the magical part of her and they never truly saw her;

She loves to dance, her and Sirius used to go out together to dance before she started dating James;

When she was dating him the three of them danced on the common room constantly;

She thinks The Beatles are geniuses and she was the one who gave the album to Sirius;

She wasn't very good at sports because she grow up with Petunia, and to be honest Petunia wasn't even good at walking;

But to impress someone, she asked Marlene to teach her quidditch, (and she started to enjoy it but didn't had time to join the team);

She knew how to use a gun because her dad went hunting (that made James shit his pants, knowing he had such a deer love for animals);

She sings well but always in whispers.

She swears a lot but only in rare occasions (James Potter happened to be in every single one of those occasions);

She is a good listener;

Deep down she thought James ability to get in trouble were funny and kind of cute;

Most of the time she appears to be the quiet one between her group of friends, but the girls and the marauders knew that was a lie;

And finally, that wasn't a soul who wouldn't like Lily Evans with her ways to make everyone feel special and her big smile that painted all her face and contagiously made everybody smiles back.

𝔦𝔱’𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢

Weird and Wonderful Irregular Galaxies

Spiral and elliptical galaxies seem neatly put together, but what happened to irregular galaxies? Irregular galaxies have one-of-a-kind shapes and many look like blobs! Why do they look the way they do? Astronomers think the uniqueness of these galaxies results from their interactions with other galaxies — like when they pass close to one another or even collide!

Looking back at the early universe with the help of our Hubble Space Telescope’s “deep field” observations, astronomers can peek at galaxies millions and billions of light-years away. They noticed that these far-away galaxies appear unusually messy, showing more star formation and mergers than galaxies closer to the Milky Way.

We also see irregular galaxies closer to home, though. Some may form when two galaxies pass close together in a near-miss. When this happens, their gravity pulls stars out of place in both galaxies, messing up the neat structure they originally had as spiral or elliptical galaxies. Think of it like this: you happen to have a pile of papers sitting at the edge of a table and when someone passes close by the papers become ruffled and may scatter everywhere! Even though the two galaxies never touched, gravity's effects leave them looking smeared or distorted.

Some irregular galaxies result from the collision between two galaxies. And while some of these look like a blob of stars and dust, others form dazzling ring galaxies! Scientists think these may be a product of collisions between small and large galaxies. These collisions cause ripples that disturb both galaxies, throwing dust, gas, and stars outward. When this happens, it pushes out a ring of material, causing gas clouds to collide and spark the birth of new stars. After just a few million years, stars larger than our Sun explode as supernovae, leaving neutron stars and black holes throughout the ring!

Not all galaxy collisions create irregular galaxies — our Milky Way spiral galaxy has gone through many mergers but has stayed intact! And for some interacting galaxies, being an irregular galaxy may just be a phase in their transformation. We’re observing them at a snapshot in time where things are messy, but they may eventually become neat and structured spirals and ellipticals.

Irregular galaxies are similar to each other, but unique and beautiful because of their different interactions, whether they’re just passing another galaxy or taking part in a dramatic collision. Keep up with NASA Universe on Facebook and Twitter where we post regularly about galaxies.

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Mary Sarton, Journal of a Solitude

Nights in this secluded southern European village