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late-night movie rants and unfiltered rambles

[teacup-gathering-itself]

god I just love the idea of power couple Lucius and Narcissa. Bc there’s no WAY they weren’t the it couple when they were in school. Give me House of Black and House Malfoy alliance and brilliant slytherin students just quietly being the example of traditional pureblood culture. No need to make it political yet, but just a historical couple with a different air about them.

I’m talking the clothes with hints to their ancestry, bobbins and trinkets centuries old, family jewelry, lavish courting gifts, the most intricate etiquette, loving looks across the hallways, whispered adorations, interlocked pinkies, love letters, imported snacks being slipped into book bags, pieces of commissioned music, bespoke clothes with no price tag bc if you need to ask, you can’t afford it.

Just let them be young and falling in love with a modest amount of distance and an overwhelming amount of vanity and money. They’re sneaky, with unmatched pedigrees, and they breathe traditions millennia old, their journey from being paired for marriage by their families to falling in love is FASCINATING.

I want to see what unspeakable wealth looks like when it marries other unspeakable wealth and then falls head over heels. Like. The possibilities for romantic gestures are literally endless. What is considered too much? They’re a wonderful way for my brain to explore pureblood high society and a quieter, more subtle sequence of romance.

just imagining their courting period and engagement let alone the event of the decade: that WEDDING. Lord.

[lunatheseus]

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THESE TWO AND THEY NEED A MOVIE

They were FS the power couple in school!

I can imagine them getting a whole coach to themselves in the common room, sending sweets from Hogsmaede to each other’s rooms late at night… making the first years run errands for them… studying together etc

I can also kind of imagine their own version of Draco’s little circle of friends? No way they didn’t have their own gang to gossip and cause mischief with

I like to think that Lucius worshiped Narcissa? For sure when he fell in love with her later in life, as an adult, but ALSO in school… I think their story would be like- forced together from birth but they eventually learn to love each other

So when they’re in school, Narcissa would fs be the more mature one and play into the role of being Lucius’s girlfriend and all. And Lucius, well I think he’d be in denial at first, rejecting all of her advances and presents, hugs, etc. but then slowly she grows on him and he kind of lets her in (bad boy gone soft kinda deal).

I can imagine them in the common room with their lil circle of friends, just hanging out, Narcissa giggling with her girls (maybe Bella and Andremeda too) and Lucius is just quiet, arm around Narcissa, enjoying her presence while Severus and Antonio (Dolohov) (maybe Evan Rosier and Regulus) laugh at him.

Anyway, it’d be interesting also to see them try and conceive Draco, because apparently it was really hard to? But they got through it together?

Anyway, i just wanted to see more of them and witness that they actually loved each other fiercely even though it wasn’t really shown in the books… it would make more sense for the Harry Potter series because we need to see Lucius become a death eater to protect his family you know? I like to believe he just wanted the best for his family…

AHHH sorry that’s my long rant

[teacup-gathering-itself]

I’m fond of the idea that “there are no muggleborn wixen in slytherin” is a cover for them to smuggle new blood into nearly extinct lines and do last minute adoptions.

“Oh Monroe? Yes turns out she’s a descendant of the Gamp line, just had a squib ancestor. We reached out to her great grandmother and they’re willing to teach her the family magic and all, who knows, she might even inherit heirship 🤷”

“See I knew she couldn’t be muggleborn, she’s just got too much innate sense for magic, of course she’s from a pureblood line. Unfortunate she’s on a squib branch but hey, better a squib descendant than an extinct line, right?”

“Hey no one can say Slytherin isn’t good at ancestry, we triple and quadruple check rare family records until we find why you ended up in green while claiming muggle ancestry.”

Literally just a whole underground ancestry revivalist and tradition preservation movement centered around smuggling muggleborns into proper wizarding houses. I think it’s such a fun idea that could be crack or could be like a whole political and legal adventure.

“Oh shit we have THREE eleven year olds who need wizarding last names. WHOS GREAT AUNT WANTS TO TUTOR A CHILD. This one’s good at astronomy, and is interested in runes, the second is super hyped about quidditch and charms, and the third is a little slow but has great intuition for dueling and lying.”

[lunatheseus]

This is actually genius!!!

I feel like at some point the “pure-blood” families have to really look to find spouses in order to not inbreed or go extinct….

It’s quite a shame actually…

Anyway, the idea that they adopt muggleborn kids who are talented in certain aspects of magic into their families is so plausible. The only question: how would it fit onto one of those magic family tree tapestries? Doesn’t the tapestry “know” when someone’s pure blooded? Idk

They could make a whole movie about that!!! A pure blood couple struggling to have kids/try and match their kid with a pureblood heir and then faking a pregnancy/actually “finding” a pure blood match for their kid AND THEN trying to cover up their tracks… that’d be so interesting to watch.

I wonder if they would have “recruited” Hermione since she was basically a genius…

[teacup-gathering-itself]

My thoughts were that they’re slytherin. They can bluff their way out of it. Who’s going to question them about pureblood politics? That’s like their whole thing.

Family tapestries have to be updated somehow, I mean, you’d think a blood adoption would do the trick. Or a ritual magic adoption to officially add their name. Maybe they’re just linked to the official family registry in Wizengamot?

They have to be able to support more than just pureblood names, or else Andromeda Tonks’ marriage wouldn’t be notated, and it definitely was. If tojours pur House Black’s family tapestry can add a muggle name I feel muggleborn wizards are a much less difficult addition to a tapestry.

I think the balance between “god we want a kid so BAD” years at Hogwarts and the “holy shit we have way too many kids to place into families” years is comedy gold.

You can have an emotional Up opening scene, with the sad music and all,

then cut to

Severus FRANTICALLY flipping through potential names and families because

how the FUCK is he supposed to have EIGHT eleven year olds reunited with their ‘real’ families without repeating stories from recent years and letting everyone figure out the whole operation??

Imo I think Hermione would’ve been recruited either (a) by the Ollivanders bc they’re just odd and bookish enough or (b) she didn’t get recruited until way later and her griffindor ass got blood adopted by Sirius bc she’s a great duelist first, a well rounded and well read witch second, and third because he wanted to stick it to his problematic family members. If Regulus were around I think he’d be the one to snag her and Sirius would DIE laughing as he, Lord Black, approved the adoption.

[lunatheseus]

Omg I LOVE your thoughts they’re so creative!

I can just imagine Severus having parent-teacher conferences with the muggle parents and being like- ok so children have been adopted into a better place… thankyew…

LMAO that’d be insane

I feel like it’d also be such an easy way to let your kids (as a pure blood parent) have more options? Idk I feel like the pure blood heirs are set up with another heir from birth by their parents and it’s just an unchangeable part of their future and it makes them kind of miserable yeah? That’s probably why all the slytherin kids are so grumpy

BUT with the muggleborn genius kids, they can explore their options, experience something new? Maybe actually like their future partners for a change? THAT’ll be the day

[teacup-gathering-itself]

I’m fond of the idea that “there are no muggleborn wixen in slytherin” is a cover for them to smuggle new blood into nearly extinct lines and do last minute adoptions.

“Oh Monroe? Yes turns out she’s a descendant of the Gamp line, just had a squib ancestor. We reached out to her great grandmother and they’re willing to teach her the family magic and all, who knows, she might even inherit heirship 🤷”

“See I knew she couldn’t be muggleborn, she’s just got too much innate sense for magic, of course she’s from a pureblood line. Unfortunate she’s on a squib branch but hey, better a squib descendant than an extinct line, right?”

“Hey no one can say Slytherin isn’t good at ancestry, we triple and quadruple check rare family records until we find why you ended up in green while claiming muggle ancestry.”

Literally just a whole underground ancestry revivalist and tradition preservation movement centered around smuggling muggleborns into proper wizarding houses. I think it’s such a fun idea that could be crack or could be like a whole political and legal adventure.

“Oh shit we have THREE eleven year olds who need wizarding last names. WHOS GREAT AUNT WANTS TO TUTOR A CHILD. This one’s good at astronomy, and is interested in runes, the second is super hyped about quidditch and charms, and the third is a little slow but has great intuition for dueling and lying.”

[lunatheseus]

This is actually genius!!!

I feel like at some point the “pure-blood” families have to really look to find spouses in order to not inbreed or go extinct….

It’s quite a shame actually…

Anyway, the idea that they adopt muggleborn kids who are talented in certain aspects of magic into their families is so plausible. The only question: how would it fit onto one of those magic family tree tapestries? Doesn’t the tapestry “know” when someone’s pure blooded? Idk

They could make a whole movie about that!!! A pure blood couple struggling to have kids/try and match their kid with a pureblood heir and then faking a pregnancy/actually “finding” a pure blood match for their kid AND THEN trying to cover up their tracks… that’d be so interesting to watch.

I wonder if they would have “recruited” Hermione since she was basically a genius…

[forbiddengalaxy]

Dumbledore in Harry Potter: Harry it pains me to put you through this but I know that in order for you to survive I must support you from afar as I know you will fight him and win. I will search for information,find teachers who will support you and I’m reforming The Order so you aren’t truly alone in this battle

Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: Don’t die (optional)

[lunatheseus]

REAL

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Reblog and write in the tags your favorite FICTIONAL music artists/bands.

[lunatheseus]

Ok this isn't about a movie for once, it's just a rant...

When y'all are stressed about one thing, do you subconsciously shut everything else out of your brain to focus on fixing what you're stressed about?

That's what I just did and I almost stopped breathing...

This time, I was stressing out about signing up/registering for this conference that I'm going to, but my advisor hadn't sent out the information until yesterday, and I hadn't seen it until today (The conference is TOMORROW). So when one of my peeps mentioned it today (I was in the middle of doing chores) I was like WTF OH NOOOOOO.

So for a whole 2 hours, I had to gather all my information (signing waivers, emergency info, registration info, personal details etc), and wait for people to electronically sign off on things. In hindsight, it wasn't that bad, but for those two hours, I felt absolutely miserable...

Idk how some people can be stressed and pressured on one thing and then turn around and focus on something completely different before going back to dealing with the first thing!

Now, this is an ongoing and repetitive event in my life (cuz I guess my life is relatively stressful and I'm under pressure a lot in general). Mostly I freak out (in my brain) about major schedule changes, unread/last minute emails, getting back to people over text/email about something that requires me to check with another person, I could go on. But I'm actually questioning how to stop it. I need to be able to focus on multiple things at once and not get overwhelmed and distracted by one particular one.

Any suggestions?

[just-a-honey-badger]

hello.

I'm, like, bored and don't know what to post but I know I want to post. So yeah.

Uh, what about why I don't like hinny? Because I don't.

Ginny is Ron's sister and Harry always saw her like a sister

His feelings for her kinda just appeared smack dab in the middle of HBP

Ginny had a crush on him before she even met him, presumably because he was, like, famous

Therefore it was more like a celebrity crush

harry only really got a love interest because everyone else did

If you notice in the epilogue, Harry was clearly the 'boss' in the relationship. He named the kids (James? Sirius? Albus? Severus? Lily?) and kept his job (as an Auror? And not the DADA teacher?). Ginny would have gone so hard as a famous Holyhead Harpies player. And Harry would have wanted to step down from the fame and, like, existence.

Tbh I have more reasons and I just forgot them

Ginny? A crush for 6+ years? Obsession much?

[lunatheseus]

JK Rowling really did my girl Ginny dirty... after she and Harry got together, she was just "Harry Potter's girl"... and she was never recognized as her own person.

Wasn't she like some quidditch pro even during school? How was that ignored???? And Harry just got to walk onto the quidditch team with no prior knowledge and experience? Ginny worked her way up.

Harry naming their kids actually gave me the ick... both of Harry's parents were recognized but not Ginny's? Not even Fred? So many of Ginny's relatives died with honor, some not even from the second wizarding war.

I talk more about the child naming here: Link

Anyway, yeah Ginny just didn't have enough of a personality and Harry+Ginny didn't have enough substance in their relationship for me to want to root for them, you know? It was almost lazy and rushed on JK Rowling's part...

Biggest question: When did Harry start feeling the same way towards Ginny? WHEN? It was so sudden?!?! Like WHAT

[lunatheseus]

Better names for Harry Potter's Children

The way that JK Rowling decided on the names..... why????

There are so many better ways... also some of the names they decided on were so outdated... Albus? Really? It's almost lazy...

You could incorporate Rubeus Hagrid by naming one of the kids "Ruby", how about "Minnie" for Minerva McGonagall?

I also wish they could've been more creative:

Oliver/Olive/Olly (Oliver Wood)

Celeste (for Lupin or Luna)

Jenny, Jennie, Jan (For Hermione's "Jean")

Mollie/Molly would've been cute...

Evan, Evans (for a middle name), Evie, Evelyn, Eve could've been in honor of Lily Potter (her maiden name was Evans)

Instead of outright "Lily": Lilith, Lillian, Lilac, Lillyanne

Heidi (Hedwig)

Fredrick/Winifred (for Fred)

Wolfgang is also kind of outdated, but it gives appreciation to Lupin?

There are also a ton of flower names in the HP series, why not continue: Zinnia, Marigold, Violet, Sunny (Sunflower), Lotus, Magnolia, Jasmine etc.

Wesley: a nod to the Weasley family

Alben, Aiden, Al, Ally, Allen (instead of Albus)

[lunatheseus]

Harry Potter related thoughts that keep me up at night (pt.2)

Fred and George were creeps? Dude the first thing that I thought of when I realized that Ron's rat was Peter Pettigrew, was that the twins could see Peter Pettigrew on the Marauders map. Thus, they could see Peter Pettigrew within the vicinity of Ron every night, and they never thought to mention it???? WHAT! Thats so wrong.

Dementors, the creatures who destroys people's souls, were the "good ones"? Idk i don't really have much to say... it just confused me, especially as a kid. They're basically killer law enforcement... literally. Isn't the soul sucking literally one of the evilest things that can happen in the wizarding world?

Leta Lestrange and her place on the Black Family Tree:

Ok this is probably a loophole tbh (i also for some reason can't find the image anymore... strange... )So Leta, in the Harry Potter films, is burned off of the Black Family Tree. There are 2 things wrong with that. 1, aren't girls symbolized as flowers on the family tree? Leta got her own portrait and label that says "Leta". Second, when I looked it up, google says that Leta was burned off of the family tree because she disgraced it by marrying a muggle-born... HOWEVER, in the Fantastic Beasts movies, she was Theseus' fiancée before she dies... From what we know, Theseus was either a Pureblood or Half-blood wizard... AGAIN idk if this was just like- a fan theory that she was burned off of the family tree... I don't remember...

THIS ONE"S REAL: OK so the THING IS... in Fantastic Beasts, Leta dies (sorry for the spoilers) BUT BECAUSE she was the last remaining Lestrange... how the heck did the family line live on??? Like?? WHAT? It's really REALLY possible that there's an entire part of the Lestrange family that isn't mentioned in the stories (again, the Lestrange family has an entire mausoleum), and that's how the family lives on... INTERESTING

[lunatheseus]

Harry Potter related thoughts that keep me up at night

Giving people love potions wasn't a big deal: For some reason, when love potions are mentioned, no one is concerned about the effects that it has on the person? The way the one acts after taking a love potion could easily be described as harassing the one they're obsessed with. This can go as far as to stalking... shouldn't the one who slips the potion to this person be aware of the repercussions??? They're literally drugs lol

Death at Hogwarts wasn't a big deal either???: BOY I could talk for hours about this one... Ok sure, in the Harry Potter books, there is an unusual amount of death comparatively to when Hogwarts was running during a normal time period (where there were no warnings of looming war threats...). HOWEVER, there are instances where the teachers and the school purposefully put the students in danger with the risk of losing their lives! Exhibit A: the Triwizard tournament! LIKE WTF!! These kids are battling mermaids and dragons and whatnot! They could also easily get killed by things in the forbidden forest (where they serve detention) and get hurt via the Care of Magical Creatures class that Hagrid taught. Aren't schools supposed to be a safe place where students can peacefully learn?

Which brings me to...

The questionable employment process of staff at Hogwarts: Don't y'all do background checks or interviews? Hogwarts seems to just be hiring randos to teach a class that proved to be the most important class taught at Hogwarts... and the teacher changes every year? Like- Dumbledore, are you ok?

[lunatheseus]

Mood boards that I made based on Fantastic Beasts Characters

Newton Scamander:

Queenie Goldstein:

Leta Lestrange:

These are addicting... I might do more

[lunatheseus]

Mood boards that I made based on Harry Potter Characters

Draco Malfoy:

Luna Lovegood:

Ron Weasley:

[magicalhideoutengineer]

Leta's "I love you."

She looks towards both Theseus and Newt, who are watching her, stunned.

LETA: I love you.

- Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay

David Yates: I love the fact that you don’t really know, and I love the fact that you see Newt suddenly feel that she’s saying it to him. I like the ambiguity of that moment. I don’t think you always have to be so definite in these moments.

David Heyman: My interpretation is that she loves Theseus. Theseus is her man for today. If she were not dying, she would marry Theseus and be very happy with him. However, Newt she loves as a first love. Newt will always be a part of her.

- Empire Podcast

Zoë Kravitz: I think she loves a lot of the Scamanders, both Scamanders. I think it's complicated and I think she does love them in different ways.

- Crimes of Grindelwald Premiere

Callum Turner: Objectively speaking, as Callum, I think she’s saying it to both of them. Theseus would think that she’s speaking to him, and Newt would think that she’s speaking to Theseus. Her love for Newt is just as strong as her love for Theseus, and vice versa, just in a different way. It’s heartbreaking that she goes.

- Fandom Interview

[afrenchaugurey]

I always thought it was for both of them. I never questionned that honestly 🤷

But I always interpretated that Newt and Leta didn’t share romantic love.

That doesn’t mean there wasn't a very deep bond. And love. I think they had a very deep friendship, they loved each other.

They both made mistakes. They both had regrets. They both were hurt and hurt the other.

Theseus and Leta had, on the contrary a romantic relationship

[lunatheseus]

OML I cried because of this scene. Not when the scene happened though... I cried the night I watched the movie because I sat in bed and really thought about what Leta's "I love you" really meant.

Personally, I interpreted it as she was saying it to both of the Scamander brothers.

One "I love you" to thank Newt for letting her feel loved (because in her school years she was practically the most hated girl at Hogwarts). I think that in the moments before she died, she felt immensely grateful for Newt because he never judged her and made her feel welcome at Hogwarts. Newt accepted her for who she was, and in fact loved her so much that he took the fall for her when one of her projects went gravely wrong and endangered student's lives. He basically sacrificed a lot for her, alright? In return, she taught him how to love other people and not feel so bitterly about the world. I think these past words are also, in a way, an “I’m sorry” because of how things fell apart between them, and she feels regret for not trying to pick up the pieces. In all, Newt was her first love, and so in her last moments, she needed to express it one last time.

The same "I love you" is also dedicated to Thesus, but in a different way. In my opinion, Leta never really fell out of love with Newt, but that's honestly really normal, even in real life. You never forget or stop loving your first love...not really, anyway. So, I think that this "I love you" that Leta directs towards Thesus is to thank him for the lasting love that they had. I think that Newt and Leta would have not lasted very long, because of how callous and impulsive she is, and how different Newt was, with his more passive and need-for-calm personality. Leta and Thesus, however, would have probably lasted longer (they were about to get married for goodness sakes). So I think that Leta felt grateful for Thesus' support and warmth, as he loved her with his entire being.

Anyway, I can't say I loved Leta as much as I love the other characters, but she was very important to the story and plotline, and I have to appreciate the role she played in everyone's lives. It was really sad to see her go.

[lunatheseus]

An actor that lives in back of my mind: Dane Deehan

GOODNESS did he take a spot in my messy brain so fast! He normally takes on characters who are morally grey, problematic, and/or troubled. I recognized him in Oppenheimer, and I have to say, he's definitely mastered his roles as the architype that his characters usually embody. My favorite movies that he acted in? Probably The Amazing Spiderman 2, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets... its been a while since I've watched them but he's just- idk whatever

I cannot stress how good he is in the romantic/emotional scenes in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets! He's a womanizer military general who falls in love with a girl who tries to brush off his attempts to sweep her off of her feet. It's SUCH an underrated movie! Especially when she explains to him what love is, and he confesses that he loves her and trusts her- ahhhhhh! I could rewatch it a thousand times and feel the same fuzzy feeling. AND the BEACH SCENE!!! Them pinning each other down, catching each other off guard, AMAZING! At first I was a bit iffy about Cara Delevingne as Valerian's love interest, but she's really good at acting as the smart, stoic, badass girl.

Anyway, Dane's just a really good actor, albeit underrated. I feel like he just gets bad lines, but his emotional performances are breathtaking.

Like the scene in The Amazing Spiderman 2, where he (Harry Osborn) pleads at Electro to help him get rid of Spiderman as he gets dragged away, he essentially repeats the same line: "I need you", but his line delivery really takes the cake for me. I could feel the emotion, and how he was so desperate to live. (He suffers from a curse or disease or something that his father died of). I- idk I was so enraptured by his performance idk how to explain it.

I also heard he did a movie with Daniel Radcliffe, but I personally haven't watched it yet lol, maybe soon.

[lunatheseus]

Endgame Couples in Harry Potter that I often wonder about - rambles and questions

Angelina Johnson & George Weasley:

Angelina eventually marries her late boyfriend's brother?

I'm curious as to how that even happens. What's the thought process behind that for her? What about how George feels about it?

Like- girl ended up with her dead boyfriend minus one ear and half of his livelihood gone...

Don't get me wrong, George definitely deserves a great life and future...

But also, (for George) how do you date your dead brother's girlfriend in the first place?

Idk the only real "solution" is that they helped each other through the grieving process of Fred's death???

Bill Weasley & Fleur Delacour

I can't say I'm well versed in the details of their relationship but... it's definitely interesting.

They definitely have relationship goals moments:

They met by chance: at Gringotts as coworkers

Fought alongside each other during the war

THE WEDDING

But also...

Bill caught Fleur's eye when she was in the Triwizard Tournament: Fleur was 17 Bill was 24 💀💀

How'd that even happen????

Like- whaaaat?

That means that Bill was 18 when Fleur was just starting school at Beauxbatons (which I assume was when she was 11)...

I mean- in hindsight, it's not that bad... but I wish we got more or a build up yk?

Like- Charlie was literally working at the Triwizard Tournament because of the Dragons... how did she not meet him first?

Ginny Weasley & Harry Potter

No. They had an amazing setup, but no.

It's like dating your younger sister.

There was also no buildup, chemistry, or reason.

I also thought the saving Ginny from Tom Riddle was supposed to be a nod at the "Handsome Prince saves the Damsel in Distress" trope... yeah no.

Also, Ginny literally disappears and has no relevance/importance to the stories after that, only becoming relevant when she started dating Dean Thomas (which I personally thought was cute) and Harry suddenly realized that he was in love with her all of a sudden. There's no buildup, and they had no chemistry in the supposed romantic scenes...

They honestly just did Ginny dirty....

Nymphadora Tonks & Remus Lupin

Ouch. This made me cry.

Ok I get that the 13 year difference is a bit odd... but to some degree it makes sense:

Remember that Tonks' mother married for love, even if it was out of the norm. Tonks is literally continuing the legacy lol

Lupin and Tonks were both outcasts, they relate to each other and appreciate their uniqueness

Anyway, their sacrifice was brutal but also devastatingly beautiful

[championofapollo]

Was it just me that thought Angelina was dating George all along?? I could have sworn that’s what I read, cause I don’t remember her n Fred going out. But now that I know- yikes-

I didn’t realize Bill and Fleur were that far apart too? Like what was going on there? Them meeting as coworkers makes sense, but that’s still a significant age gap

Maybe JK just has a thing for dating your coworker/dating your way older coworkers??? Cause McGonagall married her way older BOSS when she worked for the Ministry.

Tonks and Moony are the only ones that weren’t coworkers out of her large age gaps that I can think of. I’m a Wolfstar shipper so I’ve never really understood Tonks x Remus anywayyy. Go Tonks ig tho

I SAVED GINNY AND HARRY FOR LAST CAUSE IM GENUINELY CONVINCED GINNY USED A LOVE POTION ON HARRY. THERE WAS NO BUILD UP TO HIM LIKING HER BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS SHE HAD A CRUSH ON HIM SINCE THEY MET. She also really didn’t need to go out of her way and pretend to date Dean, that’s obviously Seamus’ boyfriend despite how oblivious Harry is to it. ANYWAY THATS MY RANT I LIKE YOUR IDEAS <3

[lunatheseus]

OK omg I love when people reblog and add to my posts!

For the comment about JK Rowling liking coworker tropes- YES

Just a side note: Lupin and Tonks met when they both became members of the second Order of the Phoenix… so- ALSO KINDA COWORKERS LMAO

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AnYwHo- the lack of Hinny buildup is honestly so iconic that it’s funny- I- yeah and Ginny dating Dean Thomas also had absolutely no forewarning- LMAO for those months that they dated, who protected Seamus from himself?? Poor Seamus…

ALSO didn’t the Weasley twins talk about love potions RIGHT BEFORE revealing that Ginny was dating Dean???? HMMM seems a little fishy to me…

AND isn’t there a conspiracy theory that Molly Weasley used a love potion on Arthur at some point? Molly admits to have brewed one before in one of the books, but we don’t know whether she used it…

ANYWAY thank you for sharing your thoughts!!!

[championofapollo]

My braincells are finally up and moving because of this, the theorizing is beautiful and I’m happy you came across my dash

I think the reason why I thought George and Angelina were originally dating is because JK started out shipping Fred and Hermione but then switched to Ron for some odd reason??

Anyway- EXACTLY they brought up the love potion right before Ginny started (what I’m assuming is) plotting! I may be crazy but I still think there was correlation.

The twins were talking to Hermione about the love potion, and I feel like the whole fandom knows by now that Luna, Ginny, and Hermione would hang out. If anything to complain talk about the boys. Hermione could have mentioned it in passing to them and Ginny simply knew what she had to do

And I have not heard about Molly using a love potion on Arthur?? I wouldn’t doubt it considering Arthur gives off “I want to sit in my workshop and study my whole life and possibly get a cat” vibes, yet there he is with a boatload of kids and supposedly the best wife/parental figure in the series (I have not forgiven her for what she did to Fleur. Minnie is my favourite mother figure)

[lunatheseus]

Honestly I’ve been tired out of my mind today but this saga of reblogs is what’s keeping me going tbh-

I love theorizing and conspiracy theories

Awww I actually didn’t know that Fred Weasley x Hermione Granger was a thing, that’s cute af: prankster x class prefect!!! That’s an adorable trope

Side note: The Hermione Ginny Luna hangouts were not touched as often as I would have liked… I wish there were more scenes where they just talked and hung out- they are literally friendship goals + I wanna hear the hogwarts gossip

Also with the Arthur comment: YES he reminds me a lot of Newt Scamander tbh, but dad-of-7-kids-and-obsessed-with-muggles ver. for SURE- definitely oblivious to girls and such

*I have also not forgiven what Molly (and Ginny, apparently) did to Fleur, but also kudos to Fleur and Bill for getting through it…

[championofapollo]

Hecc ye, theories are the best to keep us awake

The Hermione, Ginny, and Luna hangouts would have been SO chaotic. Mione would talk about all of the gossip in the middle of doing her homework, Ginny would probably want to solve everyone’s problems with some variety of threat, and every 10 minutes or so Luna would make a fun little comment just so one of the other two don’t start piling questions onto her about her day and what new project she’s started on. Ginny standing up for Luna at some point also should have been included in the books. Luna keeps losing her shoes for Glaux sake, she needs some protection against thieves :/

(I’m not surprised about Ginny, tbh) I think we should include George and Fred in the group of kids Molly neglected and occasionally downright bullied. She seemed to hate Fleur but there were multiple cases of neglect going on around the twins. Not because she couldn’t tell them apart most times, but because she would leave them out whenever talking about her family. Bill, Charlie, Percy, and Ron all have some sort of outstanding achievements, and Ginny is the only girl, but the twins are just- them.

Bill the oldest, Charlie the dragon tamer, Percy the smartest, Ron the chess master, and Ginny the girl

I’m mainly remembering this one post where Molly is talking about Ron being a prefect and she gets so excited because “that’s all the boys in the family!” And the twins just look at each other then ask, “what does that make us? The next door neighbors?”

Sorry I took that side note and ran with it- lol

[lunatheseus]

Nono no need to apologize, yeah I think the prankster persona the twins embodied is almost a direct consequence of being left out… every brother had a niche, so they created one for themselves (ofc them being funny comes naturally so)

I also laughed out loud at your next door neighbor comment lmao I love it

I also think that Ginny’s character should have been expanded on more… she’s dubbed as the only girl and the one who married Harry… that’s it? What about her quidditch achievements? They are nowhere to be found…

OMG and to touch on the lack of hangout scenes: I want Slytherin hangout scenes!! Think about the drama that they’d have: they’ve known each other their entire lives, but also not at all. I wonder what impact that has on their friendgroup dynamic! Also Theodore Nott was supposed to be the “loner” but he’s also a super deep character that I would have loved to learn about! Pansy, Blaise, and Daphne too.. I wonder how Daphne feels about Draco marrying her sister (with no build up lol, seeing a pattern yet?) They all also have issues with their parental figures + societal norms… (I would’ve liked to see a pure blood slytherin who doesn’t have to deal with those pressures) IDK I feel like all of the “villain kid” characters are so interesting, I need more lol

There’s also an absolute lack of Hufflepuff representation lol, it’s just Cedric Diggory and a couple mentions of Hannah Abbott +Tonks that’s basically carrying the entire house HAHA

[championofapollo]

SLYTHERIN MY BABIES

I have so many hcs, I love my house. Gonna set that aside for a second tho-

The movies did Ginny dirty, but we do still need more Ginny scenes in the books. I’m pretty sure after she and Harry get married she’s only ever seen as his wife. We need more Ginny kicking butt at Quidditch and hanging out with the Harpies. I’d like more scenes with the Quidditch teams hanging out in general but the Harpies are skipped over a lot, so Ginny would be a perfect way to lead into that.

In general the Weasley kids were done dirty. We never really see Charlie, Percy did his best to be the perfect son yet was still left out, George and Fred stole every scene they were every in yet neglected, Ron was a genius when it came to street smarts and strategy but was never given credit, then pretty much all of Ginny’s achievements are ignored :(

(Ngl I forget sometimes about her being a Quidditch girl cause it’s RARELY mentioned)

Oki I’m gonna put Sly stuff on another reblog so this doesn’t get too long, brb

[championofapollo]

Now for my precious ‘bad guys’. The people who give me life lol

Slytherin always seems to get the short end of the stick

I’m still upset at Legacy for giving us what looks like dirt walls in our common room. And why would the wealthiest house let everything get dirty or slimy looking? We’re under the lake, not unable to get comfortable sofas and pretty tapestries smh

Draco gets talked about enough but I still think JK got too stuck on the fact he’s a spoiled brat and not enough on the whole he was so excited to be friends with Harry yet wasn’t used to ‘normal’ interactions. And in his 6th year he got bitten by a bloody werewolf because his DAD failed at a DE mission. He lost his pureblood rank yet couldn’t join the werewolf pack because he couldn’t shift- *much huffing and holding myself back*

Pansy, Blaise, Daphne, Astoria, and Theo are such ignored beans

There is that one headcanon that Astoria had been crushing on Draco for a while but there was no build up to Draco liking her back… coincidence? Lack of trope ideas? Idk I haven’t looked at that ship much

Pansy is one of my favourite characters, just from the few scenes she’s in and the headcanons. She gets a lot of hate because of how quickly she turned against Harry, but just think about it-! The Dark Lord promised to leave all of the students alone, no battle of Hogwarts, if they just gave him Harry. She was trying to stop all of those lives being lost, and Harry has never shown any consideration for Slytherin anyway!

Why do you think we all turn to the DEs? Voldemort promises we won’t be bullied anymore and get to live freely? Hell yeah we’re gonna go for it

There’s not much about Blaise because he was a sort of replacement henchman for Draco, but I could see him dramatically swooning on a sofa in the common room, head landing on Pansy’s lap (she holds up her book because it’s a tradition at this point) and complaining about everything he had to do that day.

Idk too much about Daphne either, other than the fact she gives off badass vibes. I know she and Pansy would probably sit on the floor (chairs are too mainstream) and gossip all afternoon, or practice charms on random objects, but her general personality is a mystery to me

NOW NOTT

I hate him in an affectionate way, yknow? He’s a pureblood supremisist because of how he was raised. (I’m not sure he actually grew up with a mother, but his father was elderly and had a LOT of opinions). And he was an absolute genius when it came to inventing things. None of us really like to consider Cursed Child canon but the fact that he altered time turners to go back years is- astonishing

I think he was only in one scene in the books, when Draco and he were being mildly friendly with each other and making jokes. So, while he’s a loner, he wasn’t entirely antisocial

Unfortunately Salazar Slytherin had to be a Pureblood Supremisist so there’s only a select few types of people who cAn get into Slytherin. I would have loved some more variety, but I guess the great thing about Slytherins all being in similar boats when it comes to parents is it’ll make it easy to connect to one another and we all understand each other’s situations.

I’m pretty sure it’s also only a select few Pureblood families that didn’t want to mingle with muggles once the 90s rolled around, JK just REALLY liked to put emphasis on them, and well the Black family is everywhere

Alright that got really really long but I am always down to talk HP Society Norms lol

[lunatheseus]

Haha the Slytherin Common Rooms being like literal dungeons even though the kids are literally rich as hell is amazingly ironic, I never thought about that tbh

I totally agree with the Pansy thing where she was willing to give up Harry, but I also like- idk JK Rowling was so focused on her being the anti-hermione that she forgot to give her a personality lmao

Blaise actually didn’t seem to think highly of death eaters I think… idk he was born to a lady who was really really beautiful but she was widowed over like 7 times because her husbands kept dying (under suspicions circumstances), which made her extremely rich. He also had a mini crush on Ginny if I’m not mistaken, but didn’t act on it cuz she was a “blood traitor” or whatever… ALSO he was a chaser for quidditch? So he was more “in the community”

Theo was raised by a single father I think… not a great childhood unfortunately, and so he was a loner, didn’t really like friendgroups… I love the getting in trouble because of time turners tid bit because it actually showcases how smart some of these slytherin kids are!

Draco, Theo, and Blaise were all really smart in their own interests! (Mostly potions, but that’s probably cuz of Snape)

Ok the Astoria + Draco plot line was kind of dry… it’s literally Harry and Ginny but Slytherin version… Astoria is literally Daphne’s little sister, and Daphne was Draco’s friend since they were little…. ALSO Daphne!!! I need to know more about her! She’s so overlooked

I feel like all the Slytherin kids are just underrated… they should have their own show

OK idk if you dabble/theorize in this area, but thoughts about Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy?

[championofapollo]

Personally I’m fine with our common room being in the dungeon! I mean the “troll in the dungeon” scene is absolutely awful, but we’re close to the kitchens and no one messes with us

Blaise + Ginny…. That is not a ship I ever thought I would think about. I mean, they both like quidditch n stuff. I don’t think they have anything else in common but Blaise would certainly fall for a girl after she whacked him upside the head with a bludger

I love his mom tho, I have read so many HCs about her. Something about a spicy/salty rich widow is just beautiful

It would have been funny if Theo’s dad got with Blaise’s mom and they both walk away with a loving parent

WE DO NEED A SLYTHERIN TV SHOW, CAN I HELP WRITE/ACT WITH THAT

Whaaat type of theorizing for Lucius and Narcissa?

Cause I mean I like the HC of them having trouble having kids (probably because of the Black family genes) and they were REALLY happy to finally get Draco n have spoiled him because of that

Or that Narcissa never really smiled until she married Lucius and had Draco

[lunatheseus]

Idk… especially for their marriage, I know that Lucius and Narcissa had an arranged marriage, and I’m pretty sure they grew to love each other (and ofc their son)

I like to think that they decided (of Lucius, anyway) to join the dark side for the sake of their family’s safety. I’d like to believe that Lucius (and the Malfoy men) worship their wives (idk if it’s hc or not)…

Idk it’d be nice

I also hate how Narcissa and Draco’s character arch’s were totally ignored in the movies… they kind of saved the golden trio at one point…

OMG ALSO apparently Astoria Greengrass dies??? From a blood curse?

I feel like that’s such a plot event… idk- Astoria is supposed to not care about blood purity and stuff so that’s good, but I hate how Scorpius then doesn’t have a mom all of a sudden… it’s definitely interesting

[championofapollo]

Yeah, I like to think that they grew to love each other over time. I mean, Lucius can be a bit aA but Narcissa truely loves her family, so she probably learnt to at least tolerate him. At the very least it’s a good partnership.

I’m adopting the HC of Malfoy men worshipping their wives. That’s beautiful and would genuinely make the family a lot less… torturous? Than the way the movies made them seem. Draco is obviously traumatized and/or abused but I like to think that’s only from Voldemort and Bella. He loves his parents

And ye their entire arc just poofed! I’ve seen other people talk about how they hinted at it but never actually went into depth in the movies. The movies just make them seem like the bad guys :/

WHEN DOES ASTORIA DIE?? No one talks about that??? Astoria genuinely doesn’t care about blood purity cause again Draco got bitten and he was no longer considered a pureblood.

They didn’t even talk about Scorp not having a mom in The Cursed Child? Not that I remember anyway? I know that Astoria was in the last movie, but I don’t remember Draco being a single father getting mentioned at all throughout the recent stories

[lunatheseus]

Ummmm yes? I would have loved to see the Malfoy’s character arc, and Draco’s inner thoughts… I feel like he was always forced into things and then kept all of his emotions bottled up…

Lmao I also don’t have the greatest memory but Astoria dies of a blood curse when Scorpius is a toddler :(

[lunatheseus]

The lack of female friendship scenes in Harry Potter (and what I personally would suggest) - an investigation

One thing that I wished was different in the Harry Potter series is all of the girl to girl relationships! We need more scenes! We need to dive deeper into these relationships!

Exhibit A: Cho and Ginny's "rivalry"

They're both iconic and amazing in their own right, and I feel like they could have had such a great friendship!

Not only did they both absolutely kick ass in quidditch, they both risked their lives to join the Hogwarts war efforts! Cho was already graduated by the 7th book, but she chose to come back and help out! Ginny literally was one of the main leaders of Dumbledore's army!

The only reason why JK Rowling would make them rivals is because of Harry and how he liked Cho, but Ginny liked Harry? LIKE- GIRL- not the girls hating girls because of some GUY... seriously??

We need those scenes where they pat each other on the back after a quidditch match to congratulate each other on a good game. Female empowerment moment, yes? Maybe they show each other tips and tricks on their brooms.

There should be a scene where Cho teams up with Ginny during battle! Where they fight death eaters together!

Exhibit B: Hermione and Ginny's friendship

The only thing that bothers me about this one was that Hermione became friends with Ginny because they were forced to share a room as there was not more space in the Weasley Burrow. It was convenient. While I don't love that, it's ok, it makes sense logically.

There should be scenes where the two girls relate to each other, more scenes where they giggle about boys and talk about the latest books they've read. Maybe they can both complain about Ron and Harry to each other. They practically lived together for a while, so maybe we could get more scenes of them being more sisterly and having a sibling-esque relationship.

Exhibit C: Luna and Ginny's friendship

Correct me if I'm wrong but these two became friends shortly after Ginny was saved by Harry in the Chamber of Secrets. I feel like at that point, everyone kind of shunned/was scared of Ginny, and Luna was the only one who would talk to her. This is fine and all, but there's no in between fluff about how they built up their friendship from there.

We need more scenes where Ginny defends Luna from bullies, or when Ginny ditches her boytoy to comfort Luna. Maybe there's a scene where Luna misses her mom, and Ginny is there to talk it out with her! There is so much potential in this friendship! When Luna gets kidnapped, how does Ginny react?

Regardless, I know that there are other female friendships in HP (like the slytherin ones), but these three are probably the most relevant when it comes to the actual story.

Don't even get me started on how Molly, Hermione, and Ginny all hated on Fleur, or when Molly assumed Rita Skeeter's articles about Hermione being a player were true! Like- did none of the girls really have each other's backs?

[fblover]

*cough* Goldstein sisters' friendship *cough*

It was so cool at first, but then it become a garbage, especially in the third movie

[lunatheseus]

YESSSSS

I’m a HUGE Fantastic Beasts fan!!! So when I saw the relationships between the characters in the first movie I was so excited! The friendship between Newt and Jacob is adorable, and I could go on about Tina and Newt. But Tina and Queenie kind of disappointed me are a while…

They had such a good relationship at first, Queenie being able to sense when Tina is in trouble, etc.

But then after Queenie joined Grindlewald, Tina all of a sudden wasn’t really relevant in the movies anymore? (Probably because the actress was busy) And then Queenie (looking at her scenes in the 3rd movie) never had a second thought about her sister when she was on the dark side???? It’s so weird because only one movie ago, she and Tina were literally attached at the hip. They lived together and relied on each other so much!

The continuity just never lined up with the sisters… I hope if there’s a 4th movie that they can kind of mend their relationship a bit.

Anyway tysm for sharing your thought!!!

[lunatheseus]

The lack of female friendship scenes in Harry Potter (and what I personally would suggest) - an investigation

One thing that I wished was different in the Harry Potter series is all of the girl to girl relationships! We need more scenes! We need to dive deeper into these relationships!

Exhibit A: Cho and Ginny's "rivalry"

They're both iconic and amazing in their own right, and I feel like they could have had such a great friendship!

Not only did they both absolutely kick ass in quidditch, they both risked their lives to join the Hogwarts war efforts! Cho was already graduated by the 7th book, but she chose to come back and help out! Ginny literally was one of the main leaders of Dumbledore's army!

The only reason why JK Rowling would make them rivals is because of Harry and how he liked Cho, but Ginny liked Harry? LIKE- GIRL- not the girls hating girls because of some GUY... seriously??

We need those scenes where they pat each other on the back after a quidditch match to congratulate each other on a good game. Female empowerment moment, yes? Maybe they show each other tips and tricks on their brooms.

There should be a scene where Cho teams up with Ginny during battle! Where they fight death eaters together!

Exhibit B: Hermione and Ginny's friendship

The only thing that bothers me about this one was that Hermione became friends with Ginny because they were forced to share a room as there was not more space in the Weasley Burrow. It was convenient. While I don't love that, it's ok, it makes sense logically.

There should be scenes where the two girls relate to each other, more scenes where they giggle about boys and talk about the latest books they've read. Maybe they can both complain about Ron and Harry to each other. They practically lived together for a while, so maybe we could get more scenes of them being more sisterly and having a sibling-esque relationship.

Exhibit C: Luna and Ginny's friendship

Correct me if I'm wrong but these two became friends shortly after Ginny was saved by Harry in the Chamber of Secrets. I feel like at that point, everyone kind of shunned/was scared of Ginny, and Luna was the only one who would talk to her. This is fine and all, but there's no in between fluff about how they built up their friendship from there.

We need more scenes where Ginny defends Luna from bullies, or when Ginny ditches her boytoy to comfort Luna. Maybe there's a scene where Luna misses her mom, and Ginny is there to talk it out with her! There is so much potential in this friendship! When Luna gets kidnapped, how does Ginny react?

Regardless, I know that there are other female friendships in HP (like the slytherin ones), but these three are probably the most relevant when it comes to the actual story.

Don't even get me started on how Molly, Hermione, and Ginny all hated on Fleur, or when Molly assumed Rita Skeeter's articles about Hermione being a player were true! Like- did none of the girls really have each other's backs?