Dufferpuff

She/Her | Poly | Fuck JKR - Support Trans Youth I love long ass meta posts, character analysis, etc. Under 16s/18s: I am a sex enjoyer, don't talk to me about it.

[dufferpuffer]

~~ Looking at Lycanthropy ~~

~~ the Werewolves of the Wizarding World ~~

Vers. 1 I've tried to collect every relevant description of Lycanthropy or Werewolves in the books, to get a clear understanding of what this condition is, what it does, how it works and how it is seen. There are also some of my own thoughts and theories in here - I'll try to make it clear what is my own thoughts and what is canon.

If I have missed anything please mention it. I'd like this to be a thorough exploration of the topic. I will edit the posts.

Part 1: Physical Symptoms of Lycanthropy Part 2: Social Perception of Werewolves Part 3: Regarding the 'Full Moon'... (^In which I claim POA's transformation didn't happen on the Full Moon^) Part 4: Long-Term Lycanthropy: The Case of Fenrir Greyback Part 5: Wolfsbane vs Wolf - Theories of Treatments Part 6: Pottermore and More Part 7: Collected Summary

Note: Prisoner of Azkaban used is the Australian paperback from 2000. I typed out every quote by hand, it sucked ass. Order of the Pheonix, Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows were all from internet sources of American versions so I could copy and paste.

Other 'Meta'

How Powerful is Albus Dumbledore Dumbledore Was Never Mean to Tom Riddle (Part 1)

How friendly were Sirius and Remus? (1971 - 1981) (part 1...?)

Meta I wanna do so I don't forget: - Alastor Moody character study - Centaur - Vampires/Vampirism - Pre-Statue of Secrecy Wizarding World - What the fuck were you doing in book 1, Albus? - Non-Human Spirituous Apparitions - Boggarts, Dementors, Poltergeists... and more...? - Arthur Weasley character study (the best character in the books) - Snape vs Lupin's teaching styles

[allegedly-human]

nothing is more tumblr than having a tumblr sexyman wiki and then warn you to not find some of those men sexy because it's problematic

[dufferpuffer]

what fucking part of a lion king lion is 'too close to a real animal' holy fucking shit hahaha That's a human man on four legs. That skinny hairy dude has got a Jungian battle between Ego and the Self. Commits embezzlement.

what is a 'sexyman' if not a sexualised man??? Got your cock blatantly in your fist, juiced up - claiming you're not touching yourself...

It's laughable, but it's deeply fucking sad. What the hell goes on in these peoples minds that fills them with such constant shame and self-conscious terror about everything they think and feel.

[tohru02]

History always repeats itself 😭✌️

Harry just broke the cycle indeed LMFAOOO

Rich Purebloods and their Broke ahh Halfbloods

[lilacella]

Remus Lupin's dick is the longest of all time. So long, everyone at Hogwarts is talking about it. So long, he has to wrap it around his neck like a scarf. So long, if you're having sex with him you're entering a joust.

[ccccatttta]

father figure lowkey about albus dumbledore and harry potter

[dufferpuffer]

The best part about it is that he REALLY didn't wanna be.

He's out here specifically planning to not be any part of this boys personal life. Doesn't look his way, doesn't check on him, doesn't send letters - Harry is still alive? Good - that's all he needs to know. Don't wanna get attached. Don't wanna get close. Had enough heartbreak for ten lifetimes and enough guilt to drown in.

Doesn't talk to this kid at ALL until he's gotten mirror-addicted for days on end, where he finally talks to him... and it's over. He's sold on this little boy. This kind little boy so much better than he was as a student. Terrifying. The opposite of what he wanted. Ten million points to Griffindor, because Harry had a bad time... Shit.

Harry didn't want it either, really. Maybe a little bit. But he spends most of his Hogwarts years sniffing around for other adult role models. Albus seems unachievable. By the time Albus is actually engaging with him - he dies.

But they loved eachother fiercely, anyway. Harry risked everything to be Dumbledores Man - and Albus risked the world to keep Harry alive.

[d00medbythenarrative]

Dumbledore haunts the narrative of the deathly hollows but you bitches are to afraid to admit it

[ernest-pamphilow]

when Snape graduated, Lockhart was only in his 3rd year. Then he ended up teaching him during Lockhart's 7th year.

[sidelit]

I've thought about this before, and Lockhart would presumably need an 'O' on his Potions O.W.L. to take the advanced Potions course under Snape during his Seventh Year.

That said, I don't think it's entirely out of reach. Lockhart does go on to make an effective shampoo from Occamy egg yolks, which suggests he may have had some aptitude for the subject.

Oh, but then again, Lockhart would've been entered into the program under Slughorn, and effectively grandfathered in when Snape took over.

Since Slughorn only required an 'E', I just wasted everyone's time with this post. And I don't think an 'E' would've been a problem for Lockhart.

Stupid thoughts in action, there you go, everyone. Enjoy.

[dufferpuffer]

nah, this shit is interesting to add. Thought provoking.

Maybe an E wouldn't have been a problem for Lockheart - but then again, would he have even picked Potions as a NEWT? Did he choose to do any NEWTs? They are optional, after all. Or did he graduate early in order to pursue greatness elsewhere?

Maybe an E under Slughorn was conceivable for him... but I'm not certain the general standard + amount of work expected is. He is pretty dogshit across the board. Piled up with assignments... I get the feeling he didn't have much patience for what didn't immediately interest him?

If he did stay for some NEWTs - would Potions have appealed? I didn't know about the Egg Yolk thing (source? a Pottermore thing? I'm not saying I don't believe it - im genuinely interested lol) but he was a thief, could he have stolen the recipie?

The more you think about how Lockheart chose to live his life the more interesting he becomes. The cruelty, the audacity, the theft - and yet the desperation to BE someone. And the success!!! The grit of living an obvious lie he doesn't fully delude himself into believing. He KNOWS he is a fraud. But seems... somewhat comfortable there?

What NEWTs would a man like that choose? Something he wasn't too crap at, so he could manage - but thought could take him further...? I'm not sure if Potions would be one, he went down a more... show-off adventurous route (even if others did most of the adventuring) Danger. Darkness. Corners of the world rarely seen. Beasts.

Was he inspired at all by the likes of Newt Scamander? He is awful at beast-handling,but did he have a genuine fascination with exciting fauna and flora? Did he want to delve into unsolved mysteries and translate ancient runes nobody has seen before? Indiana Jones shit

I'm spitballing. You got me thinking. Thankyou <3

The simpler, entertaining option: he was in Severus' class. >:^)

[ollywander]

Severus Snape in a sort of The Godfather poster style

[yabothecrow]

Another Thumbelina Sev headcanon

Gonna draw more lil' bean Sev definitely

[aoakes]

It suddenly struck Severus that Elieen had seen all these miracles

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Brush Up on the Brush-tailed phascogale

The brush-tailed phascogale, also known as common wambenger (Nyungar), or tuan (Gubbi Gubbi), the black-tailed mousesack, or Phascogale tapoatafa is a species of marsupial found dry, open eucalyptus forests around Australia's coast. There are three distinct subspecies scattered along the eastern coast, the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and Cape Leeuwin in south Western Australia respectively.

Wambenger are fairly small; adults weigh between 110-235 g (3.8-8.2 oz) and reach up to 23 cm (9 in) length. The tail is the length of the body, and tipped with thick-brush like fur. The rest of the body is grey, and they have a white underbelly. P. tapoatafa has a rodent-like appearance, with a pointed nose and large ears.

Tuan spend most of their time in trees, and rarely come down onto the ground. They forage at night for insects, smaller mammals, birds and eggs, lizards, and flowers that they can drink nectar from. They are often predated upon by owls, as well as introduced cats and foxes. Adults are solitary, females occupy their own territories which they fiercely defend outside the breeding season.

Breeding occurs from June to August. Females establish nests in tree hollows or stumps. Males expend large amounts of energy competing against other males and mating with as many females as possible. Females gestate for about 30 days, and give birth to 7-8 young. These remain in her pouch for 7 weeks, and then remain in the nest until they are 5 months old. Males die during or shortly after breeding in their first year, while females rarely live to be older than 2 years old.

Conservation status:

Photos

Albert Wright

Ken Stepnell

Chris Tzaros

[alwayswasalwayswillbeourland]

Their conservation status is near threatened with exception to the northern wambenger which is vulnerable

Their location. and they're very distantly related to the thylacine

wikipedia

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Thank you for the addition! Idk how I missed finishing off the conservation status- but it should be fixed now!

[nyx-greenwood99]

WIP

Building a little classroom for inside my desk cubby. Will update when it's done, still much to do

I got the potions mini verse stuff second hand :)

[my-russia]

First computer animated cat ever - “Koshechka” (”A kitty”), 1968

[nonbinary-wrath-month]

The reason why so many of y'all's feminism sucks is because you still believe deep down in your hearts that there are only two kinds of people in the world: precious, ethereal, fragile dollthings called "women", and violent, lustful, rage-fueled apes called "men". Until you throw that idea away, 3rd-grade-tier "girls rule boys drool, girls are princesses and boys are stinky :(" is as feminist as we'll ever get-- and I hope it's obvious that that's lightyears away from the bare minimum of where we need to be.

[nonbinary-wrath-month]

I don't know how I'm supposed to explain to ostensibly trans-friendly feminists that "women are beautiful soft things made of glass, men are obsessed with violence and sex" is exactly what the patriarchy wants you to believe. Patriarchy wants you to believe that being a woman and/or having a vagina (patriarchy generally believes those two things are synonymous) makes one shatter on impact with reality. It makes you easier to control if you are scared shitless of the other half of the population, and it makes you more compliant with your lot in life if you believe it is in the nature of the other half of the population to rape and kill rather than realise those were choices those individual rapists and murderers made. There is no way to make gender essentialism progressive and feminist, because it is one of patriarchy's tools of subjugation. Stop trying to make it progressive.

And I can scream all of that from the rooftops over and over again, and what I hear in reply is "Trans men really are men because no woman would ever decide to become an inherently evil repugnant rapist ape", and "You're so right. Trans women are women because they too are pretty delicate little objects I can fuck", and "You're non-binary? So are you fucktoy non-binary or sexpest non-binary?", and my patience runs ever thinner.

[silly-little-diary]

Just to put this into perspective: I'm a nurse. For me to make 600k, on my wages, I would need to work 16,406 hours, which works out to 2050 shifts. There are 8760 hours in a year.

For me to be able to make what these pricks make in ONE day, I would need to work every second of every day for nearly TWO YEARS, without spending a single cent. And on my normal work schedule, that is the equivalent if working for 10 years without spending a single cent. Oh and the final kick in the guts? I pay more than these grubs in tax, so that the government can give it straight back to them while saying that they can't afford to give us nurses a payrise or better conditions, refuse to fund Medicare properly and cut 160,000 people off the NDIS!!

TAX. THE. FUCKING. RICH!

[pronouncingitwang]

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

[yokowan]

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

[le-jardin-inculte]

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

[shithowdy]

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

[whitachi]

at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.

[araceil]

At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.

[wanderinghex]

Before DH released I remember the Trust Snape bookmarks from the bookstore. But still fun to carry around some reminders