The Unsilenced

List of Harry Potter Spells

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:32:30 +0800

Accio: Brings an object to you
Aguamenti: Creates a gush of water from the tip of the spell caster’s wand
Alohomora: Opens locks
Aparecium: Makes invisible ink become visible
Avada Kedavra: The Unforgivable Curse; Kills your opponent; taken from “Abra Cadabra”
Avifors: Turns things into birds
Avis: Makes birds fly out of the end of your wand
Bombarda: Causes a small, locally contained explosion. To make a bigger explosion, one could use “bombarda maxima”
Colloportus: Closes a door and binds it so that it can’t be opened.
Confringo: AKA the Blasting Curse; Causes the item targeted to explode
Confundus: Confounds your target, or makes them temporarily confused
Conjunctivitis: Damages the eyesight of your opponent, making them seem to have pink eye
Crucio: The Second Unforgivable Curse, the Cruciatus Curse; Tortures your opponent mercilessly
Deletrius: Erases the last spell cast by a wand so that it can’t be discovered
Densaugeo: Makes teeth grow out of control
Diffindo: Makes seams split open, severs an object into two pieces
Dissendium: Opens a specific passageway into a cellar, may be useful in other instances; may be only a password
Duro: Turns an item to stone.
Enervate: Mistaken spell. Changed to Rennervate. Used to wake up a stunned person
Engorgio: Makes an item larger, as in swollen
Episkey: Heals relatively minor wounds.
Evanesco: Causes an item to immediately dissolve away, as if it had never existed
Expecto Patronum: Creates Patronus
Expelliarmus: Disarms the target of the spell, such as knocking their wand out of their hand
Fera Verto: Transforms animals into water goblets!
Ferula: Binds a broken limb with a splint and bandages, tightly wrapped
Fidelius: Allows a secret to be hidden within the secret keeper’s soul; very powerful spell
Finite Incantatem: Stops any spell
Flagrate: Allows the user to write or draw in the air with fire
Flipendo: Also knows as the Knockback Jinx, pushes or flips something backwards
Furnunculus: Causes a person to break out in boils
Geminio: Creates a duplicate of an item (a twin, as in the zodiacal sign Gemini).
Homorphus: Man-Shape; makes a werewolf or person disguised as an animal resume their human shape
Immobulus: Immobilizes the target
Impedimenta: Puts up an impediment that slows down something or someone that is coming toward you
Imperio: The third unforgivable curse. Allows the user to assume complete control of another person
Impervius: Repels water from a surface
Incarcerous: Conjures up ropes, which then bind an opponent
Incendio: Lights a fire
Legilimens: Allows the user to gain access to another’s mind and memories
Levicorpus: Turns your opponent upside down and dangles them in thin air
Liberacorpus: “Liberates”, or frees a body that has been caught up by the levicorpus spell
Locomotor Mortis: The Leg-Locker Curse; locks an opponent’s legs together
Lumos: Creates light, usually by making the tip of the wand glow. More light can be created using “lumos maxima”
Mobiliarbus: Used to move a tree from one place to another
Mobilicorpus: Used to move a body from one place to another
Morsmordre: or Morsmorde Used to summon the Dark Mark
Muffliato: Causes a buzzing noise to surround a limited area so that those in the area can carry on a private conversation
Nox: Extinguishes light, used to douse the light created by “Lumos”
Obliviate: Makes a person “oblivious”, erasing their memories of an event
Orchideous: Conjures a bunch of flowers from the user’s wand
Petrificus Totalus: Total petrification; petrifies an opponent totally
Point Me: The Four Point Spell; makes the user’s wand act like a compass
Portus: Turns any item into a Portkey, which can then be used to transport a person or persons to another location.
Prior Incantato: Reveals to you the last spell that a wand was used to cast
Protego: Protects the user, and sends a spell back on an opponent
Quietus: Makes things quiet, used to muffle “Sonorus”
Reducio: Shrinks an item
Reducto: Blasts solid objects into pieces
Relashio: Releases something from being constrained or held
Rennervate: Was originally “ennervate”, but corrected by author; means to energize or wake up
Reparo: Repairs broken items
Repello: Repels something
Repello Muggletum: Makes an area invisible to Muggles
Revelio: Causes something that is hidden to be revealed
Rictusempra: Causes a person to curl up in laughter, as if being tickled
Riddikulus: Makes a boggart assume a “ridiculous” form, thereby making it funny instead of terrifying
Salvio Hexia: Unclear; seems to strengthen other protective spells, or to deflect any hexes cast toward a specific location
Scourgify: Used to clean dirt or other material off of a surface
Sectumsempra: Causes lacerations to appear all over an opponent’s body, as if they had been cut by an invisible sword
Serpensortia: Conjures a snake
Silencio: Makes the target of the spell unable to make any sound.
Sonorus: Amplifies the user’s voice
Stupefy Stupefies an opponent, or knocks them insensible temporarily
Tarantallegra: Forces an opponent’s legs to dance uncontrollably
Tergeo: Scours something clean
Waddiwasi: Removes a stuck object, as in a wad of gum that is stuck in a keyhole
Wingardium Leviosa: Allows the user to make an object levitate

Check this out! howtobelovely: “I never really wanted to put...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:25:04 +0800

Check this out!

howtobelovely:

“I never really wanted to put punk rock and hardcore in a box, with clearly defined styles, principles, and approaches. I also don’t believe that punk rock should be defined by a particular attitude. For me, punk rock is simply being free to musically do what I want without giving a fuck to what anyone says.

This is why I don’t really care about what others say about their own bands. That’s their thing. If they claim that they are hardcore, even if they don’t know what it really means, then that’s their thing. It’s a free world. Everyone is free to be stupid, as they are to be smart..” -Al Dimalanta

I WANT A COPY!

HOW TO BE LOVELY: The Six Types of Pinoy Commuters

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:11:42 +0800

HOW TO BE LOVELY: The Six Types of Pinoy Commuters:

howtobelovely:

While I don’t consider myself street-smart, I can say that I know my way around the city. I have been a commuter for as long as I can remember and I’ve encountered all sorts of people while taking public transportation. Here is a list of some of the types of passengers that I often share a ride…

Missing times like this one.

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:52:18 +0800

Missing times like this one.

Ginagago (rough mix) - THROW (by Al Dimalanta). A sampler from...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:06:00 +0800

Ginagago (rough mix) - THROW (by Al Dimalanta). A sampler from Throw’s upcoming fourth album. “Ginagago ng mga binoto niyo!” Tangina.

At the Lake Chabot Marina. Castro Valley, California. Shot with...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:53:31 +0800

At the Lake Chabot Marina. Castro Valley, California. Shot with a Motorola Atrix HD Android Jelly Bean smartphone. Cool shit.

YET UNLIVED

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:38:00 +0800

(For the victims of the Maguindanao massacre)

I have always wondered
What it would be like
To know that I have
But a fragment of a lifetime
To not do things left undone, unmade.
I savor an inevitable madness
Brought about by knowing that soon,
By a stranger’s stinking, pitiless hands,
The darkness, bearing all that’s unknown
And unseen, will come.
In minutes or seconds, perhaps.

Face down on my scorching
Deathbed of rocks
I feel not the usual helplessness
Of someone hogtied and forcibly
Bound to a dark and shitty fate,
Not the expected urge to render
A customary yet futile plea,
But the unfamiliar, soothing calm
Of knowing that my captors’ undoing
Will soon be done.
In minutes or seconds, perhaps.

Splinters and scratches
On my face and knees become
Welcome distractions from
The soul-numbing cries of like-minded
And like-fallen victims,
From the sound of shovels stabbing
The soil at a constant clock-rhythm,
Counting down the seconds
To when I, when we, become.
And not become at all.
In minutes or seconds, perhaps.

Strangely, my life does not flash
Before me. Rather, I see scenes
From a life, vivid yet still unlived.
And in a curious moment of weakness
I wish for a latex-wrapped hero
To save the day and free me
From this merciless bondage.
This sure death.

In real life
There are no heroes.
Only real criminals.
And real victims.

Al Dimalanta

A gift of polyester by Al Dimalanta

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:41:02 +0800

A gift of polyester by Al Dimalanta:

Today is the second death anniversary of my mother, Dr. Ophelia A. Dimalanta. In her memory, I am reposting this piece I wrote in my Interaksyon column a year ago. Please say a silent prayer for her today. Thank you.

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Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:19:02 +0800

Entwined

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:56:00 +0800

It was perhaps the warm glimmer in eyes
That set ablaze a cold and unbrave soul
Illuminating a curious darkway to nothingness.

It was perhaps the sweet scent of unfathomed innocence
That slew fearless, feral monsters that blocked
A harried path towards solitude’s ungradual end.

Perhaps it was the slight quiver of a telltale voice
Or perhaps the sheer eloquence of a beautiful mind
That led me to a hopelessly imagined felicity
As fates entwine but only in dreams.

For while the night sang with you and the day basked in your glow
My heart ached at your distance.
And as spectral birds flew entranced in your air
My soul wept at your nearness.

When even the slightest gesture was enough
To free years of unspent longing
Within a dark place, amid a dark time.
Yet there was none.

For you were never mine, and yet you were
I was never yours, though I always was
What is surrender but an accepting of truth?
And defeat the surrendering of hope?

As years pass and paths unfold at the crossing
Fate hands us a rare enkindling,
A redemption of sorts, a reawakening,
An arousal of souls.

For it is perhaps hinted by the stars
That you and I are to be given
One final blaze, a final burning.

It is perhaps this inevitability
That brought us together
Tore us apart
And summoned us back

To where fates entwine
And no longer in dreams.

(Al Dimalanta)

An acoustic version of “New Life” (Dead Ends) by Al...

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:51:11 +0800

An acoustic version of “New Life” (Dead Ends) by Al Dimalanta

Reward them with a couple of electric guitars, a drum set, and...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:23:30 +0800

Reward them with a couple of electric guitars, a drum set, and some amps.

A melodic playlist from THROW. Six songs. Two albums. Believe....

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:35:27 +0800

A melodic playlist from THROW. Six songs. Two albums. Believe. Choose. Fly. Free. Decades. Underground. Enjoy and play it loud!

Believe!

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:16:44 +0800

Believe!

Panksnatded!

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:16:06 +0800

Panksnatded!

walfordmasters: FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND!!!!!!

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:59:21 +0800

walfordmasters:

FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND!!!!!!

docshoe: “Johnny Loves Hardcore” by Dead Ends If you’re not...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:58:16 +0800

docshoe:

“Johnny Loves Hardcore” by Dead Ends

If you’re not familiar with Pinoy Punk, you’re missing out—the Philippines do loud and fast like nobody’s business. Take this band, Dead Ends. They’re no strangers to this blog. I recommend starting with their album Damned Nation. Funny thing: The lead singer, Al Dimalanta? He’s not trying to sound like Jello Biafra—he’s trying not to sound like Jello Biafra.

An old poem…

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:03:12 +0800

An old poem…

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Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:43:24 +0800

Check it out! howtobelovely: A demo of STAND, a new song which...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:01:28 +0800

Check it out!

howtobelovely:

A demo of STAND, a new song which will appear in THROW’s upcoming fourth album. Al - guitar and vocals, Dennis - bass, Alan - guitar, and Spyk - drums.