Friday, January 25, 2013

How To Make Polyjuice Potion

Polyjuice potion is a potion that allows you to morph into the person of your choice. The effects of the potion last for about an hour. If you want to continue the effects, you will need to drink another serving of the potion once an hour.

There are several steps to take when making a Polyjuice potion. Keep in mind that this is a very advanced potion, and beginners should ask for help from more experienced wizards. There are two parts to the recipe.

The total process takes approximately one month to complete.

If you're in a rush and don't have time to brew your own Polyjuice potion,
you can pick some up at The Apothecarium of Horace E. F. Slughorn.

List of Ingredients

Lacewing flies (stewed 21 days)
Leeches
Powdered bicorn horn
Knotgrass
Fluxweed (picked at full moon)
Shredded Boomslang skin
A bit of the person one wants to turn into (typically a lock of hair)

Recipe Part 1

1. Add three measures of fluxweed to the cauldron.

2. Add two bundles of knotgrass to the cauldron.

3. Stir three times, clockwise.

4. Wave your wand then let potion brew for eighty minutes (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require sixty-eight, and a Copper one only sixty.)

5. Add four leeches to the cauldron.

6. Add two scoops of lacewing flies to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add two measures of the crushed lacewings to the cauldron.

7. Heat for thirty seconds on a low heat.

8. Wave your wand to complete this stage of the potion.

Recipe Part 2

1. Add three measures of Boomslang skin to the cauldron.

2. Add one measure of bicorn horn to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add one measure of the crushed horn to the cauldron.

3. Heat for twenty seconds at a high temperature.

4. Wave your wand then let potion brew for twenty-four hours (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require 1224 minutes, and a Copper one only eighteen hours.)

5. Add one additional scoop of lacewings to the cauldron.

6. Stir three times, counter-clockwise.

7. Split potion into multiple doses, if desired, then add the pieces of the person you wish to become.

8. Wave your wand to complete the potion.



Friday, January 18, 2013

Ugh. The feels.

Okay, I think it's safe to say about 99.999999% (I get extra points for the hyperbole, right?) of people watch Once Upon A Time. So I have compiled a list of my favorite ships from the show. (It has come to my attention that some of you may not know what a ship is, so here is a brief summary.)

1. Killian (Captain Hook)/Emma.

Aesthetically, this relationship has been blessed by the almost canon gods. I mean, just look at them.
The chemistry they have is crazy. They're just destined to be together. 

2. Jefferson (The Mad Hatter)/Emma.

Jefferson and Emma have one of the cutest  relationships.
This is a beautiful ship, just beautiful.

3. Graham (The Huntsman)/Emma

Graham (God rest his soul) and Emma were maybe the best ship on the show.
He was sweet and caring and so very Irish. 

4. Graham/Ruby (Red Riding Hood/Wolf)

This was an amazing ship. The Huntsman and the Wolf?
Absolutely brilliant. 
5. Killian/Ruby.
Ruby is like the female version of Hook: snarky, quick-witted, cunning.
 They fit perfectly together.
6. Killian/Belle (from Beauty and the Beast)

Hook tends to have chemistry with every woman he meets,
but there's something about him and Belle that's different.

7. David (Prince Charming)/Mary Margaret (Snow White)

Only the best couple. EVER. "He will always find her." 

There you have it, just a few of the dozens of OUAT ships that make me cry.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

75 Phobias I Didn't Know Existed

I got more than a little bored on Google and decided, 'Why not use ridiculous phobias as your next blog post?' (Note: If you actually have any of these phobias, I mean no disrespect; I just find them humorous.)   









9. Barophobia- Fear of gravity.

10. Bibliophobia- Fear of books.

11. Bromidrosiphobia- Fear of body smells.

12. Catapedaphobia- Fear of jumping from high and low places.

13. Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting.

14. Chaetophobia- Fear of hair.

15. Chorophobia- Fear of dancing.

16. Chromophobia- Fear of colors.

17. Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed.

18. Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.

19. Cyclophobia- Fear of bicycles.

20. Defecaloesiophobia- Fear of painful bowels movements. (.....I have no words.)

21. Deipnophobia- Fear of dining.

22. Dendrophobia- Fear of trees.

23. Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body.

24. Domatophobia- Fear of houses or being in a house.

25. Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom.

26. Eosophobia- Fear of daylight.

27. Ereuthrophobia- Fear of blushing.

28. Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news.

29. Geliophobia- Fear of laughter.

30. Geniophobia- Fear of chins.

31. Genuphobia- Fear of knees.

32. Graphophobia- Fear of handwriting. 

33. Helminthophobia- Fear of being infested with worms.

34. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words. 

35. Hypengyophobia- Fear of responsibility. 

36. Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.

37. Kopophobia- Fear of fatigue.

38. Koniophobia- Fear of dust.

39. Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables.

40. Leukophobia- Fear of the color white.

41. Linonophobia- Fear of string.

42. Logophobia- Fear of words.

43. Lutraphobia- Fear of otters. 

44. Mageirocophobia- Fear of cooking.

45. Melanophobia- Fear of the color black.

46. Melophobia- Fear of music.

47. Metrophobia- Fear of poetry.

48. Mnemophobia- Fear of memories.

49. Mottephobia- Fear of moths. (This is not ridiculous. This is a plausible fear. Moths are terrifying demons of torture.)

50. Nephophobia- Fear of clouds.

51. Nomatophobia- Fear of names.

52. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8.

53. Odontophobia- Fear of teeth.

54. Olfactophobia- Fear of smells.

55. Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes.

56. Omphalophobia- Fear of belly buttons.

57. Papyrophobia- Fear of paper.

58. Peladophobia- Fear of bald people.

59. Phobophobia- Fear of phobias. (Oh, the irony.)

60. Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking.

61. Pogonophobia- Fear of beards.

62. Porphyrophobia- Fear of the color purple.

63. Pteronophobia- Fear of being tickled by feathers.

64. Rhabdophobia- Fear of being beaten with a rod.

65. Scotomaphobia- Fear of blindness.

66. Spheksophobia- Fear of wasps. (Again: terrifying demons of torture.)

67. Symmetrophobia- Fear of symmetry.

68. Taphephobia- Fear of being buried alive.

69. Tetanophobia- Fear of lockjaw. (Actually, lockjaw sounds absolutely terrifying.)

70. Textophobia- Fear of certain fabrics.

71. Urophobia- Fear of urinating. 

72. Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow.

73. Xenoglossophobia- Fear of foreign languages.

74. Xylophobia- Fear of wooden objects.

75. Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat.