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a blog dedicated to the ladies of the harry potter book and movie series. run by jessica and sophia.

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I Loathe A Traitor (aka: Marietta's Meta)

So, I’ve mentioned before that Marietta Edgecombe’s treatment in HP bothers me, and gotten several inbox messages basically asking “Why does it bug you so much?” This answer is probably long-overdue, and like everything I write, will likely be just plain long.

What happened to Marietta again?

Marietta Edgecombe was Cho Chang’s best friend, who Cho cajoled into joining the DA. Marietta’s mother, Madam Edgecombe, worked for the Fudge Ministry, and the knowledge that they were disobeying the Ministry to follow Harry (who Marietta distrusted) eventually got to Marietta, who informed Umbridge about the DA. That allowed the Inquisitorial Squad to break up a DA meeting, capture Harry, and almost force Harry’s expulsion - and it did lead to Dumbledore’s departure from the school.

However, Hermione had jinxed the parchment that DA members had signed when they joined up, and when Marietta broke their code of silence, a jinx came into effect: large purple pustules spelling out “SNEAK” covered Marietta’s face. Those pustules faded a little with time, but permanently disfigured her face: after getting out of the hospital wing, she wears a balaclava for the rest of OotP, and the marks are still vislble even under a thick layer of makeup in HBP. 

Marietta is not seen in DH, but in 2007 when JKR was asked about what happened to Marietta and if the scars ever went away, she answered that it faded a little eventually, but still left scars, and punctuated that with “I loathe a traitor!" That implies that Marietta was left permanently scarred by the experience - and not only that, but demonstrates JKR’s explicit approval of the scarring: the perma-scarring is an authorial decision that reflects JKR’s dislike for Marietta and basically holds up the punishment as right and just, something that the author applauds - and that, by extension, we should applaud as well.

JKR and Traitors

I do think that betrayal - particularly betrayal of our heroes - is something that JKR loathes; this may be a part of why Gryffs often try to aggregate Hufflepuff loyalty onto their House traits, because JKR the consummate Gryff values it so highly and deals so harshly with the traitor characters. Characters who are traitors - specifically who betray the heroes of the series - aren’t afforded the sort of moral complexity given to other characters; they’re indelibly marked as bad, not afforded the sympathy given to other complex characters (including those who have betrayed evil characters: Snape is vastly better-developed than Pettigrew, and fandom at large far more sympathetic to the former than the latter.) Pettigrew betrays the Marauders, and is afforded little character development, less real role in the plot, and shunted aside quickly with an unsatisfactory death in DH; Marietta betrays the DA, is permanently scarred, and is generally never afford the sympathy or complexity that she deserves.

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My Favorite Harry Potter Characters

Cho Chang

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harry potter potter characters per film ↳ hermione granger » the order of the phoenix

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“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. - Jane Austen

inspired by (x)

[samwesson]

alone, you’re not much of a threat

[mbthecool]

"Luna had decorated her bedroom ceiling with five beautifully painted faces: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville. They were not moving as the portraits at Hogwarts moved, but there was a certain magic about them all the same: Harry thought they breathed. What appeared to be fine golden chains wove around the pictures, linking them together, but after examining them for a minute or so, Harry realized that the chains were actually one word, repeated a thousand times in golden ink: friends … friends … friends…Harry felt a great rush of affection for Luna."

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[philtippett]

a fanmix featuring songs for each and every named female character in the harry potter books, using only songs with at least one main lady vocalist. in alphabetical order by character’s last name, or first name if the last name is unknown. the tracklist numbers link to the wiki page for that song’s character. (listen)

01 regina spektor; LAUGHING WITH [no one laughs at god in a hospital / no one laughs at god in a war] | 02 dar williams; TEENAGERS, KICK OUR BUTTS [teenagers, look at us / we have not solved everything] | 03 sarah slean; BOOK SMART, STREET STUPID [trying to uncover some small truth / with these cards close to my chest] | 04 heather nova; I MISS MY SKY (AMELIA EARHART’S LAST DAYS) [i’m a heroine and a tragic figure / i’m a heroine as i’m lying here] | 05 rihanna; DISTURBIA (ACOUSTIC) [a disease of the mind / it can control you] | 06 indigo girls; LET IT BE ME [if the world is night / shine my life like a light] | 07 the cheetah girls; CINDERELLA [i can slay my own dragons / i can dream my own dreams] | 08 the bird and the bee; COME AS YOU WERE [come as you came / all heavy with love and sparks and crazy] | 09 mirah; COLD COLD WATER [and i’m so number one that it’s a shame, a shame / that you let other numbers in the game] | 10 caitlyn crosby; IMPERFECT IS THE NEW PERFECT [i’m gonna dance, i’m gonna strut / i’ll shake my curves and not give a fuck] | 11 maria taylor; TIME LAPSE LIFELINE [and just like that it’s done] | 12 jane vain & the dark matter; C’MON BABY SAY BANG BANG [we’re a bunch of real live wires] | 13 imogen heap; CAN’T TAKE IT IN [every hair on my body / has got a thing for this place] |14 gossip; MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION [getting better one day at a time / i’m moving forward with all of my might] | 15 nicki minaj; MARILYN MONROE [if you can’t handle my worst / you ain’t getting my best] | 16 carol burnett; LITTLE GIRLS [lucky me! lucky me! / look at what i’m dripping with] 17 crystal bowersox; COME TOGETHER [one thing i can tell you is you got to be free] | 18 nicola roberts; GLADIATOR [the rules are easy if you like to break them and offend] | 19 gold motel; THE CRUEL ONE [i don’t want to wake up / feeling like i’m no one] | 20 florence + the machine; RABBIT HEART (RAISE IT UP) [i must become a lion-hearted girl / ready for a fight] 21 ida maria; OH MY GOD [oh my god / oh, you think i’m in control?] | 22 neko case; I WISH I WAS THE MOON [i’m so tired / i wish i was the moon tonight] | 23 yeah yeah yeahs; HEADS WILL ROLL [off, off, off with your head] | 24 florence + the machine; SHAKE IT OUT [it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back / and given half the chance, i would take any of it back] | 25 ani difranco; FIERCE FLAWLESS [she was cuffed to the truth / like the truth was a chair] | 26 noisettes; DON’T GIVE UP [life’s knocking right at your door] | 27 martha wainwright; BLOODY MOTHER FUCKING ASSHOLE [and you have no idea / no idea how it feels to be on your own] | 28 beyoncé; RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS) [boy, don’t even try to touch this] | 29 carrie underwood; BLOWN AWAY [some people call it taking shelter / she called it sweet revenge] | 30 of monsters and men; KING AND LIONHEART [and as the world comes to an end / i’ll be here to hold your hand] | 31 basia bulat; I’M FORGETTING EVERYONE [mine was a memory of amber walks / yours was a house with the strangest doors] | 32 alanis morissette; NARCISSUS [you’ve never been with anyone who’s dared to call you on it / i wonder how you’d be if someone were to call you on it] | 33 esthero; WIKKED LIL’ GRRRLS [raisin’ double trouble every time we pass them by / and some might say we’re wicked little girls] | 34 alexandra burke; BROKEN HEELS [all the ladies tell the fellas we can do what they can do / we can do it even better in broken heels] | 35 patty griffin; WHEN IT DON’T COME EASY [when you forget my love / i’ll try to remind you] | 36 thea gilmore; THIS GIRL IS TAKING BETS [she’s the absinthe and whiskey / she is poetry and prozac] | 37 aimee mann; LITTLE BOMBS [life just kind of empties out / less a deluge than a drought] | 38 kacey musgraves; SILVER LINING [if you’re ever gonna find a silver lining / it’s gotta be a cloudy day] | 39 nicki minaj feat. rihanna; FLY [i am not fly, i am levitation / i represent an entire generation] | 40 emilie autumn; FIGHT LIKE A GIRL [i’m giving you a head start / you’re going to need it] | 41 gin wigmore; NEW REVOLUTION [come hell or high water, babe / we’ll keep moving on] | 42 the go-go’s; OUR LIPS ARE SEALED [telling lies / well, that’s no surprise] | 43 sara barielles; LET THE RAIN [i hold on to worry so tight / it’s safe in here right next to my heart] | 44 april smith; TERRIBLE THINGS [but who could have predicted / the monster that i’ve become?] | 45 avril lavigne; ALICE [when i fall and hit the ground / i’ll just turn myself around] | 46 janelle monáe; COLD WAR [do you know what you’re fighting for?] | 47 emilíana torrini; WEIRD FRIENDLESS KID [you might be weird but you’re not stupid / we’ve all seen the pictures you drew / we know what’s in your head] | 48 leslie zimmerman; THINGS WILL WORK THEMSELVES OUT [and if our hopes, they rust / then we’ll toss ‘em out] | 49 sarah slean; LAST YEAR’S WAR [you say you’re scared / well, so am i] | 50 regina spektor; HERO [i’m the hero of the story] | 51 spice girls; THE LADY IS A VAMP [’cause you ain’t seen nothing yet / she’s the top of the top] | 52 kimya dawson; I LIKE GIANTS [especially girl giants / ‘cause all girls feel too big sometimes regardless of their size] | 53 stars; DEAD HEARTS [they were kids that i once knew / they were kids that i once knew] | 54 paramore; IN THE MOURNING [in the mourning i’ll rise / in the mourning i’ll let you die] | 55 the kills; DAMNED IF SHE DO [some of them left in one piece / and some she damn near broke] | 56 samantha ronson; BUILT THIS WAY [every man that i know makes me feel like i’m to blame] | 57 taylor swift; MEAN [all you’re ever gonna be is mean] | 58 janis ian; AT SEVENTEEN [i learned the truth at seventeen / that love was meant for beauty queens] | 59 david guetta feat. sia; TITANIUM [cut me down / but it’s you who’ll have further to fall] | 60 rasputina; YOU DON’T OWN ME [don’t tie me down ‘cause i’d never stay] | 61 brooke white; EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE [i’ll be watching you] | 62 charlene kaye; WOMAN UP [bite the bullet, not the dust / ‘cause the road to better love is losing you] | 63 nerina pallot; EVERYBODY’S GONE TO WAR [if god’s on our side, then god is a joker / asleep on the job, his children fall over] | 64 geri halliwell; LOOK AT ME [i’m a drama queen if that’s your thing, baby / i can even do reality] | 65 the detroit cobras; BOSS LADY [i’m sugar and spice / so everything nice] | 66 rilo kiley; THE ABSENCE OF GOD [there’s no relief for the bleeding heart / ‘cause they’ll be losing bodies tonight] | 67 kt tunstall; SUDDENLY I SEE [everything around her is a silver pool of light / the people who surround her feel the benefit of it] | 68 joanna pacitti; WATCH ME SHINE [soon things may get wild / but i’ll prove that i can conquer anything] | 69 nicole atkins; WAR TORN [i’ve been to the front lines / and now there’s no trace of hope left inside] | 70 ani difranco; ANTICIPATE [for every hand extended, another lies in wait / keep your eye on that one] | 71 emmy the great; WAR [they say that the winter clear the drains / that time heals all things] | 72 a fine frenzy; BORROWED TIME [the end is near / i feel it, dear] | 73 willow smith; WHIP MY HAIR [keep my head up / i know i’ll be fine] | 74 lauren o’connell; THINGS ARE ALRIGHT [no, i am resigned / to the ways that things are alright] | 75 the ettes; RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW [give me a chance / to get my hands on you] | 76 hem; HE CAME TO MEET ME [the dream was a lot like this / but i never knew until] | 77 lights; LIONS! [you don’t have to feel safe to feel unafraid] | 78 the pretenders; I’LL STAND BY YOU [you won’t be on your own / i’ll stand by you] | 79 alanis morissette; UNPRODIGAL DAUGHTER [one day i’ll look back and feel something other than relieved] | 80 fiona apple; EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE [but i’m good at being uncomfortable / so i can’t stop changing all the time] | 81 jem; THEY [who made up all the rules? / we follow them like fools] | 82 bif naked; WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT [we’re right, we’re free / we’ll fight, you’ll see] | 83 fever ray; I’M NOT DONE [i’m pretty sure it ain’t over] | 84 the hush sound; THE BOYS ARE TOO REFINED [i will be sure we shake the mountains while we dance] | 85 björk; ARMY OF ME [and if you complain once more / you’ll meet an army of me] | 86 p!nk; BAD INFLUENCE [sure, i’ll have another one, it’s early / three olives, shake it up, i like it dirty] | 87 iris dement; SWEET IS THE MELODY [so hard to come by / it’s so hard to make every note bend just right] | 88 peaches; BOYS WANNA BE HER [you’ve got them all by the balls] | 89 bikini kill; REBEL GIRL [that girl thinks she’s the queen of the neighborhood / i got news for you / she is!] | 90 m.i.a.; BORN FREE [i got myself a jacket for a dollar / and my nails are chipped but i’m eager] | 91 nerina pallot; DAMASCUS [but i don’t want to fight / i don’t want to be right] | 92 adele; HOMETOWN GLORY [round my hometown, oh, the people i’ve met / are the wonders of my world] | 93 superchic[k]; ONE GIRL REVOLUTION (BATTLE MIX) [i am a voice yet waiting to be heard] | 94 little mix; WINGS [walk on over there / ‘cause i’m too fly to care] | 95 the pierces; GLORIOUS [god bless the ones we’ve loved / god bless the ones we’ve lost] | 96 amy adams; HAPPY WORKING SONG [you can do a lot when you’ve got / such a happy working tune to hum] | 97 ke$ha; CANNIBAL [your little heart goes pitter patter / i want your liver on a platter] | 98 brooke white; YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME [you’re gonna see it’s our destiny / you’ve got a friend in me]

[monstrue]

"I’m a female writer and, what’s interesting about the Wizarding World is, when you take physical strength out of the equation, a woman can fight just the same as a man can fight, a woman can do magic just as powerfully as a man can do magic and I consider that I’ve written a lot of well-rounded female characters in these books." - Jo Rowling 

// for brei. 

[knockturnallley]

"See that girl over there. That’s Romilda Vane. Rumor has it she’s trying to slip you a love potion."

[dianaagron]

"And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say ‘be careful’ or ‘don’t do it’, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him."

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[fyeahhpladies]

harry potter x luna lovegood + pink - anonymous 

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unpopular character meme

i. a character you were indifferent to until you started defending them • lavender brown

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She was a different kind of creature, made better by her strength, resilience and spirit.

[knockturnallley]

Cho Chang, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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[estoualem]

#slytherins aren’t evil #slytherins are self-serving #slytherins are loyal to what is THEIRS and theirs alone #if the fact that narcissa malfoy #a slytherin #will LIE to the dark lord about his greatest foe being alive #over the smallest hope of saving her son doesn’t tell you that #then idk how to help you