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Grindeldore, Wolfstar, and a bunch of minor character ships even YOU have never heard of

[heartoftheserpent]

GRAND TOTALS: WHO HARRY THINKS IS HOT

i'm back again with more stupid word counting shenanigans!!!

as a followup to The Handsome List and The Beautiful List, i was thinking, maybe I'm just missing the words he's using to refer to people that he really fancies. Let's give Harry the benefit of the doubt. So here, i've also added in every time someone is referred to as Pretty, Gorgeous, Attractive, Lovely, or Good-Looking, and I'll add the totals to the Beautiful List and the Handsome List.

DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.

Sorcerer’s Stone: Pretty: Lily: 1, a snuffbox: 1 gorgeous: 0 good-looking: 0 attractive: Angelina: 1 (by Lee)

Chamber of Secrets: Pretty: 0 gorgeous: 0 good-looking: 0 attractive: 0

Prisoner of Azkaban: Pretty: Madame Rosemerta: 1, Cho: 1 Gorgeous: Crookshanks: 1 (by Hermione) Good-looking: Cedric: 1 (by Angelina) Attractive: 0

Goblet of Fire: Pretty: Cho: 2, Cedric: 2 (1 by Seamus), Hermione: 2 (1 by Rita), Rosemerta: 1, Parvati: 1, Padma: 1, Pansy: 1 (by Rita) Attractive: Rita: 1 (by her quill) Good-looking: random fifth-year: 1 (by Ron)

Order of the Phoenix: Pretty: Cho: 3, Roger Davies’ Girlfriend: 1, Patronuses: 1 (by Cho) Gorgeous: Firenze: 1 (by Parvati) Good-looking: Bill: 1 (by Molly), Cedric: 1 (by Pansy), Sirius: 1, Cho: 1 (by Ron) Attractive: 0

Half-Blood Prince: Pretty: Ginny’s neck: 1 (by a scam artist), Cecilia: 1, a girl in Ottery St. Catchpole: 1 (by George), Slytherin’s Locket: 1 (by Hepzibah), Goyle as a first-year girl: 1, Ginny: 1 (by Amycus Carrow) Good-Looking: 0 Gorgeous: 0 Attractive: Rosemerta: 1

Deathly Hallows: Pretty: Girls at the wedding: 1, a statue of Lily: 1, Hermione: 1 (by Fenrir Greyback), a room: 1 Attractive: Fleur’s Mother: 1 Lovely: Dudley: 1 (by Petunia) Gorgeous: 0 Good-looking: Fleur: 1 (by Muriel), Percival Dumbledore: 1

GRAND TOTALS for NAMED people/creatures (ONLY Harry's observations) including pretty, beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, good-looking, attractive, and handsome:

Sirius Black: 8

Tom Riddle: 7

Cho Chang: 6 / Fawkes: 6

Cedric Diggory: 5

Tom Riddle, Sr.: 4

Madame Rosemerta: 3 / Madame Maxime: 3 / Hermes the Owl: 3 / Fleur Delacour: 3

Hedwig: 2 / Rowena Ravenclaw: 2 / Fleur's Mother: 2 / Lily Evans Potter: 2 / Gilderoy Lockhart: 2 / Gellert Grindelwald: 2

Ginny Weasley: 1 / Hermione Granger: 1 / Firenze: 1 / Percival Dumbledore: 1

[unspeakablearchives]

[some1completelydifferent]

Dumbledore and Killing

Killing—taking a life—is very clearly presented as the ultimate evil in the Harry Potter series. Taking a life splits your soul, it damages you at the deepest level.

All the characters are flawed. They all have weakness and occasionally make morally grey choices. Harry uses two of the Unforgivable curses: Imperio and Crucio. He does not use the third, not even during his final duel with Voldemort. He uses Expelliarmus, and it's only due to Voldemort's Killing Curse ricocheting backwards that Voldemort is killed rather than captured and imprisoned. Harry will not cross that final line.

This is a clear message broadcast by the series: killing is wrong.

Dumbledore is J K Rowling's favourite character aside from Harry. He's the Godlike presence hanging over the wizarding world, he's its moral centre.

Dumbledore never kills in the Harry Potter series. He's fiercely judgemental and absolutely believes that wrong-doing merits punishment (that evil-doers bring their own doom on themselves via their bad choices), but he does not kill. He loathes the Dementors and is furious when Fudge allows them to take Barty Crouch Junior.

SO:

The idea that Dumbledore, who did every possible thing within his own power to protect Harry (even going so far as to over-protect him to Harry's detriment), would coldly murder Harry without a second thought because thought it would be the only way to get rid of Voldemort, is not a valid or supportable interpretation of canon.

[heartoftheserpent]

I just finished my reread of the series because of the new audiobooks (which I cannot recommend highly enough) and it SO drove home to me that post book 4, she stops having Harry say in words with his narration whenever one of his own assumptions is flawed and he's changed his mind/learned better.

Example: in book two, when they're using Polyjuice to interrogate Draco, Draco says, "I just wish i knew who it WAS, then I could help them!" and the book confirms a few times via narration, "Now Harry understood that Malfoy was NOT the Heir of Slytherin, but they still didn't know who it was."

But as the books get more complex, the narration has a bit more trust in the readers. So, another example:

In Dealthy Hallows, he sees that Snape accuses Dumbledore of raising Harry like a pig for slaughter. Then, he learns that Dumbledore was ACTUALLY setting everything up so that Harry would INTEND to die, but actually survive, free of the bit of Voldemort's soul inside of himself. Harry realizes this, understands that his previous assumption was false, but we don't ever get the narration going, "Now, at last, Harry understood that Dumbledore had never wanted him to die," because it's sort of....obvious? and book 7 is *not* written for 11 year olds who need everything spelled out for them.

Another good example imho is that Harry is devastated by what he sees of James in Snape's Worst Memory, then talks to Sirius and Remus about it - and then never has a narrated moment where he says, "Now he understood that James had grown up, grown out of it, and was definitely a good person after all." BUT, he does ACT like that has happened, because people he's trusted have confirmed that for him. The memory of his father is once again a comfort, he never wonders again if Lily had been coerced into marrying James, and he smiles when he sees (just a chapter later!) Ron messing up his hair on purpose.

Albus never wanted Harry to die. He saw that Harry was afflicted with a terrible, deadly thing that had happened to him, and did every single thing he could to save that boy, to the end of his own life - and it worked. And I love him for that (and many other reasons). I won't say he's never manipulative, but I do notice that most of the people who say he should have found another way.....don't have any idea what else, exactly, that "other way" could have been.

[meangreenspaceman]

To disregard canon you must first interact with canon

[sunny-therapy]

Wolfstar WIP. A little piece of something I’m drawing for a fic✨

[sotrias-labyrinth-deactivated20]

I feel like when I say ‘relatable’ what I really mean is ‘resonant.’ I don’t want characters who I feel are like me, I want characters who have emotions so strong I can feel them through the page.

[secretlyatargaryen]

I think this is important because a lot of us forget the power of stories to make us feel things about characters who are not like us, who have experienced things that we never will. The purpose of listening to someone else's story should not necessarily be identification, but understanding.

[rookamell]

Writing isn't the hobby. Being insane about little fake people is the hobby. Writing is just the only outlet i have for that

[slytherinstag]

This will always be my favourite Harry and Sirius moment. The only thing that made Harry accept that Sirius was actually dead was because only death would stop Sirius from being there for Harry.

It just shows how much Harry valued Sirius and most importantly he knew how much Sirius cared for him

[dead-dove-ble]

Actually you SHOULD make problematic content. You SHOULD explore dark or taboo topics. You SHOULD have a space where you can cope with your traumas or explore sensitive topics in a way that doesn't hurt anyone.

[shiptillyoudie]

Also you should make problematic content for funsies. You don't need to have had trauma or need to be coping in order to explore dark creativity. You can just be a human who wants to explore dark and taboo topics because you want to. That's completely normal, btw.

Every single person on this planet thinks about dark and taboo things. It's literally the most normal thing in the world.

Go draw the horror porn and be free.

[tackypies]

we should all be more like david cronenberg and write fucked up stuff. For Funsies

[heartoftheserpent]

You know I think the first time i read Deathly Hallows i was very taken with how clever the First Snitch thing was and i didn't stop to think that it's deeply weird that Albus was like. "oh very good yes i see this eleven year old nearly swallowed a snitch. i'd better keep it forever just in case i ever need to send him a secret present he has to open with his mouth."

[kujakumai]

what I like about Yugi is that he is definitely in that "kind non-violent all-loving friendships-everyone" protagonist archetype but most of the time we expect those sorts of characters to wear their hearts on their sleeves or solve their problems via communication and understanding, whereas one of Yugi Muto's defining character traits is that he'd rather die than admit he has a problem. you can pour soup directly in his lap and he'll be like "oh that's okay ^_^" while internally burning with such an unquenchable incandescent rage at you that 30 minutes later his evil shadow self confronts you in a back alley and forces you to play something called Knife Pogs (a game he just made up that's like Pogs but the pogs are knives so every time you hit the stack a bunch of knives fly out and stab you in the kneecaps). so that's fun

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Remember when Yugi's class lost their good school fair table to another class because a bully was a bit overbearing about it so Yami invented Gunpowder Air Hockey and blew him up? That was great. I don't think they'd introduced the card game yet at that point.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#dont forget the part about gunpowder air hockey where the puck was made of ice with a gunpowder core and it was on a hot plate#so A: every second spent with it in play it was melting#and B: every single hit chipped away at the ice#second favorite yugioh moment#only second to the taser torture scene#yugioh

The taser torture scene was so cool he fuckin fried those motherfuckers

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#what the fuck is the plot of yugioh

Oh you do not want to get into something as esoteric as the plot

[cyborbs-deactivated20231020]

best thing tumblr ever did for me is the term "rotating it in my mind". it's really true that sometimes you think about something real hard but you can't tell what the thoughts are exactly. it's revolutionary stuff, i might even say

[vulpineprince]

sometimes the subject of your thoughts is just in this thing

[ablondpanda]

Ah, there it is!

The TUMBLER!

[knitmeapony]

The tumblr blorbo in the blorbo tumbler.

[heartoftheserpent]

ok i gotta be honest it's always been very strange to me that fanfic writers want EVERYONE to have a nickname. at all times. no matter how short or long their real name is or how they feel about it, because in my own life that's really....not common at all? so i want to see...

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS POLL: PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER YES IF YOU MEAN YOUR CHOSEN NAME. This is not about choosing a new name, this is a name that other people give you, for fun.

Unless it's something used specifically for you, only for you, instead of your name on a regular basis (if your friend calls everyone "honey" it's not YOUR nickname, if your cousin tried out calling you "cuz" and it didn't work, same thing), don't count it! Basic terms of endearment (babes, sweetie, my love) should also not be counted.

Pseudonyms should, in general, not be counted. I go by "Haze" online because I prefer not to give out my real name. That's not a nickname. However, if I went by Greenbean online because that's what my BFF calls me and i like it, that would count.

Subtypes:

Name shortenings/diminutives: James -> Jamie, Edward -> Teddy, Madeline -> Mads/Maddy, Alfonso -> Al, Darren Jacob -> DJ, Millicent -> Mimi

Descriptors: Slim, Giggles, Blondie

Terms of endearment/compliment: Kitten, Adonis, Lovebug

Something random that stuck: Nugget, Beach Ball, Lord Stinky, Dogfight

Origin based: Texas, Little Sis, Southside

Do you have a nickname that at least one person you know uses in place of your actual name?

Yes and people call me that instead of my real name 100% of the time

Yes and people call me that 75% or more of the time

Yes and people call me that sometimes 25-75% of the time

Yes and people call me that ess than 25% of the time

No but I have in the past and liked it

No but I have in the past and hated it

No and I never have

Voting ended onMay 9

Please reblog and tag your subtype!

[heartoftheserpent]

ok i gotta be honest it's always been very strange to me that fanfic writers want EVERYONE to have a nickname. at all times. no matter how short or long their real name is or how they feel about it, because in my own life that's really....not common at all? so i want to see...

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS POLL: PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER YES IF YOU MEAN YOUR CHOSEN NAME. This is not about choosing a new name, this is a name that other people give you, for fun.

Unless it's something used specifically for you, only for you, instead of your name on a regular basis (if your friend calls everyone "honey" it's not YOUR nickname, if your cousin tried out calling you "cuz" and it didn't work, same thing), don't count it! Basic terms of endearment (babes, sweetie, my love) should also not be counted.

Pseudonyms should, in general, not be counted. I go by "Haze" online because I prefer not to give out my real name. That's not a nickname. However, if I went by Greenbean online because that's what my BFF calls me and i like it, that would count.

Subtypes:

Name shortenings/diminutives: James -> Jamie, Edward -> Teddy, Madeline -> Mads/Maddy, Alfonso -> Al, Darren Jacob -> DJ, Millicent -> Mimi

Descriptors: Slim, Giggles, Blondie

Terms of endearment/compliment: Kitten, Adonis, Lovebug

Something random that stuck: Nugget, Beach Ball, Lord Stinky, Dogfight

Origin based: Texas, Little Sis, Southside

Do you have a nickname that at least one person you know uses in place of your actual name?

Yes and people call me that instead of my real name 100% of the time

Yes and people call me that 75% or more of the time

Yes and people call me that sometimes 25-75% of the time

Yes and people call me that ess than 25% of the time

No but I have in the past and liked it

No but I have in the past and hated it

No and I never have

Voting ended onMay 9

Please reblog and tag your subtype!

[heartoftheserpent]

one of the most fascinating things about HP and the themes in it is that it's half epic fantasy and half Schooldays Slice of Life

so you wind up getting a lot of weird conflated stuff where it's like. yeah you know how you learn the meaning and importance of Love from your school principal, like you do,

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“you cannot ship these two fictional characters because—” actually I can because they are not real people. they are just toys I play with. you cannot apply real-world morality to fiction or how strangers play with their imaginary toys in their imaginary sandboxes.

you can, however, curate your own internet experience by minding your own business, muting/blocking/scrolling past what upsets you but does not hurt anyone in real life in any way, shape or form.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“ship whatever you want except xyz. there is a limit” so you miss the entire point of what I just said 👌🏻

there is, in fact, no limit. I may be uncomfortable with it, I may even find it unpleasant/disturbing, but my personal feelings are not rules that can be applied to other people, and they absolutely do not justify shaming or harassing other people.

[pinnipetal]

It deeply saddens me that "pdf file" has become slang for pedo. Don't you dare disrespect my wife the beautiful portable document format ever again

[dualcasterjay]

and to the children in the notes saying we need this fucking baby talk to get around censorship online; there's been no credible evidence that any site other that YouTube (which will only demonetize your video, ftr) will actually censor or hide content that include words like rape, pedophile, gun, terrorist, etc. etc. and even if we take as a given they were (which, again, they are not), do not fucking comply in advance, you absolute fucking coward. and ESPECIALLY do not comply by altering your real life fucking vocabulary. don't let the technocrats dictate what words you say holy fucking shit dude!!!!!!!!!!!!