Tom Riddle was grooming Ginny. He was telling her everything he could to make her feel good and then slowly taking more and more from her. He was giving her a friendship that he slowly would take back, Iâm sure the first time that Ginny blackout, he told her that it was just her imagination and it was okay. He reassured her that she was safe with him and no one else.
He made it so Ginny would willing go into the chamber and give her life to him. And this Tom was only 16/17, I can only imagine what Voldemort was like during the first war. If he was able to charm his professors and younger students at a young age, Iâm sure it was even easier as he got older (it was, H. Smith loved him and his visits). Voldemort in his prime during the first war mustâve been so charismatic, to the point that it let people turn a blind eye to the horrors he was creating.
He proved that he could get away with murder at 16, that he had all the charm and charisma to make people love him. His Death Eaters probably came willing just to be around him.
Itâs why his return was so brutal for them. He decided the second time around that he would rule with fear and anger, not his warmth and well timed charm. But diary!Tom didnât know that this was eventually the plan.
So instead he groomed little Ginny Weasley to willingly give up her life to him. And the worst part about it all, it almost worked. Ginny honestly wouldâve died if Harry hadnât of saved her.
Itâs amazing how well adjusted she grew to be during the later books, because that is some seriously horrible trauma. I can only hope that she eventually got some therapy.
What's Clementine's Barn?
Clementine's Barn is a place where all the chaotic writers of Harry Potter fanfiction can hang out, participate in activities, among other things. With no limit of ship or character interpretations, all of them are respected here.
Every fic that comes from our activities will be promoted here.
Why it is named Clementine's Barn?
Clementine is the name of Abe's goat in the fic How Far We've Come by the esteemed @jonriptide. It became an inside joke for us.
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Why "Right Where You Left Me" by Taylor Swift is the Perfect Song for Remus Lupin
On my second listen to Right Where You Left Me by Taylor Swift, a thought struck me: âThis song is about Remus Lupin!â Think about itâhe's the one left behind after all his friends are gone, and he never truly moves on, at least from what we see in canon. The emotional weight of his stagnation mirrors the heartbreak and frozen-in-time longing that Taylor sings about. The song captures his pain, his longing for a time when the Marauders were whole, and his struggle to reconcile with a present that feels empty without them. Itâs hauntingly fitting for him, isnât it?
This meta-analysis explores that connectionâhow Right Where You Left Me captures the essence of Remusâ pain, grief, and inability to move forward after the loss of the Marauders. So often, these aspects of his character are overlooked in both canon and fandom, but they are integral to understanding who he is and how he struggled so deeply in the years leading up to Prisoner of Azkaban. I also wrote a one-shot about Remus in the winter break during PoA that was inspired by this song and conveys its aspects.
Read on to see just how perfectly Taylor Swiftâs lyrics align with Remusâ storyâand why this song feels like it was written just for him.
Version 1:
Friends break up, friends get married (Peter's unofficial breakup with the Marauders when he betrays them as the Secret Keeper; James and Lilyâs marriage before their tragic deaths)
Strangers get born, strangers get buried (Harry and the other wizarding children born during the war represent new beginnings, while the many deaths from the First Wizarding War remind us of the cost of that era.)
Trends change, rumors fly through new skies
(Time passes after the war, and the wizarding world tries to move on.)
But I'm right where you left me (Remus is left behind and emotionally stuck in time after losing James, seeing Sirius imprisoned, and Peter disappearing. The weight of those events keeps him trapped in the past.)
Matches burn after the other (Life goes on for others, symbolized by matches burning, while Remus remains stagnant.)
Pages turn and stick to each other (Time may move forward, but for Remus, it feels messy and unresolved, like a story he can't finish.)
Wages earned and lessons learned (He spends years working odd jobs and learning hard lessons about survival, eventually landing the teaching position at Hogwarts.)
But I, I'm right where you left me (Even with the passage of time, Remus remains emotionally tied to the memories of his youth and the Maraudersâ era.)
Chorus:
Help, I'm still at the restaurantStill sitting in a corner I haunt (Remus is still mentally revisiting moments from when everything was okay, unable to move on.)
Cross-legged in the dim light (A quiet, sorrowful image of someone who feels out of place in the present but at home in their grief.)
They say, "What a sad sight"
(Those who know him pity him, seeing his pain but unable to truly understand the depth of it.)
I, I swear you could hear a hairpin drop Right when I felt the moment stop (This lyric perfectly reflects the moment Remus discovers Peter is alive. Itâs a shattering revelation that forces him to confront long-held beliefs.)
Glass shattered on the white cloth (This lyric reflects Remusâ mind being blown once he realizes Peterâs betrayal.)
Everybody moved on, I stayed there (While the wizarding world tries to rebuild and move forward, Remus remains anchored to the past, emotionally frozen.)
Dust collected on my pinned-up hair They expected me to find somewhere (Dumbledore, McGonagall, and even Snape expect him to move on and live his life, but Remus struggles to do so.)
Some perspective, but I sat and stared (Despite the advice and expectations of others, he remains emotionally stuck, reliving the past.)
Right where you left me (This refrain encapsulates Remusâs grief and inability to move forward. Heâs forever stuck in the moment when his world fell apart.)
You left me no, oh, you left me no
You left me no choice but to stay here forever
(The betrayals, losses, and trauma in Remusâs life leave him feeling trapped. Moving on seems impossible given the enormity of what heâs endured.)
For the second verse/bridge, I modified it a bit to fit Remus' story more and I even changed a bit of the pre-chorus. Here are the changes:
Did you hear about the boy who got frozenTime went for everybody else he wonât know itHeâs still seventeen inside his fantasiesHow itâs supposed to beDid you hear about the boy who lives in delusionWakes up every day where timeâs an illusion,Heâs still seventeen inside his fantasy and youâre sitting in front of me
At the restaurant, still sitting in a corner I hauntHands folded just so tight , everything used to be rightI, I could feel my stomach dropWhen I saw those boys, like shadows they stoppedGlass shattered on the white clothEverybody moved on
I, I stayed there
Time weighed heavy on me, lifeâs cruel snare
Memories we shared, they hang in the air
Echoes of laughter, but Iâm unaware
Cause I'm right where
I cause no harm, mind my business
If our bond died young, I can't bear witness
And it's been so long
But if you ever think of whatâs been gone
I'm right where you left me
You left me no, oh, you left me no
You left me no choice but to stay here forever
Remus is a man stuck in time, and this song is the perfect soundtrack to his sorrow. đş#remus lupin
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Well, wonder no more because I wrote a one-shot about this scenario! Except to keep things more special; there's a cook off involved featuring Ron and his bestie and a couple of other characters as well.
Snippets from the fic:
And seeing that innocent smile on Harryâs faceâthe same smile he used when making jokes about being an orphan purposely to make everyone uncomfortableâRon knew straightway that this was no accident. It was a challenge.
Hermione hesitated, as traumatic flashbacks of the culinary war flickered across her mind. âIâm not sure thatâs a good idea. You have no idea how fiercely Harry and Ron compete over their cooking. Iâd rather you avoid getting caught in their crossfire.â Enough of her family and theirs had paid dearly already to the whims of those two men, indulging their contests.
Pansy glanced at Tilly, who was now contentedly nestled against her neck, and then back at Neville. For a moment, they shared a look that spoke of unspoken understanding, and Pansy found herself recounting her recent adventures.Â
After everything he'd been throughâgrowing up with the Dursleys, enduring a childhood as an orphan, and surviving all those years of Voldemort hunting him downâhe had finally reached a peaceful chapter in his life. He had faced danger, loss, and uncertainty, but all of that had led him to this point.
If this enticed you to read what happened during the reunion, here is the link to the fic: Class of 1998 Reunion: The Cook Off - mymindisverycomplicated - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]
Warning: Reading this might make you a bit hungry
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Beloved of my heart (Bakr)
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My House before...
Me.. while trying to recognize what has happened..
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thoughts on that? i remember you talking about tyson's down syndrome coding and the way there's a big chance of being portrayed in an ableist way
I already talked about my main thoughts on Tyson's casting [here] but in summary - yeah, no, confidence is not inspired right now. I had mentioned before that if they didn't cast an actor with down syndrome for Tyson I cannot see it going well no matter what, and given how s1 handled disability themes (aka erasing the majority of references to adhd/dyslexia and other disabilities, turning Sally into an autism speaks mom, etc) I doubt they're going to reference Tyson's down syndrome coding at all, which is disappointing on multiple levels.
A.) His entire character and the arcs relating to his character, particularly his relationship with Percy and Percy's character development in SoM are ALL surrounding Tyson having down syndrome and themes of grappling with ableism. SoM is supposed to be where we solidly establish Percy as a character who stands up for other marginalized kids, particularly other disabled kids, and if you remove Tyson's down syndrome then that entire aspect of the story goes up in smoke - which is a problem because disability themes are central and core to the entire series. You can't remove them without ruining the basis of the entire plot, because it's disability metaphors all the way down. If by some miracle they do try to keep his disability coding, the casting right now at all levels point to it turning out horribly - firstly they've cast an abled actor to play a disabled character - not cool! Especially given down syndrome is not usually an invisible disability - like I give leeway to adhd/dyslexic casting because it really doesn't affect anything at all. It'd be nice but ultimately nothing is different really - But something like this is significantly more important. Secondly, because we know from the casting call that they're keeping the "Tyson is 'actually' a little kid" (< actually part of his down syndrome coding - it's an outdated medical concept from the 2000s which is very ableist so already not looking great that they kept that) them casting a nearly 30 year old for a character who is supposed to be in Percy's grade (Percy being 13) just sounds like a horrible set-up for a very ableist portrayal.
B.) Based on how s1 went, recent books in the franchise, and this casting, the more likely route is they're going to erase Tyson's disability coding entirely and likely replace it with Tyson being a "himbo" character. I was talking with the TA server about this and apparently according to some of them Daniel Diemer in The Half Of It very much gave off the vibe that with his Tyson casting they're going to go the "himbo" route. Which would make sense given in like TOA, TSATS, and CoTG it seems like Rick learned what a "himbo" is and has been trying to shoehorn that character archetype into everything. Also in recent books Rick has just completely started erasing or ignoring disability themes, including applying ableist tropes to characters instead (Percy being a goofy lazy idiot who dislikes school, Nico being infantilized, Annabeth's disabilities basically being entirely erased, etc etc). Suffice to say it's not looking good I'm not happy about it! :T
Like, in all, I'm sure Daniel Diemer is a great actor. I'm not accusing him of being ableist or anything. (Now, Disney? maybe.) But I am really disappointed in this casting and there is literally no way Disney can justify it. Like, what, "he's tall and Tyson is supposed to be tall?" Character height has literally never been a factor for any other casting and it absolutely is not relevant at all for Tyson. The majority of casting so far has been blind casting (save for age for the most part) - why is it suddenly so important now for Tyson's height of all things? When there are SIGNIFICANTLY more important aspects of his character to be casting for? So far it seems the only casting they've actually paid attention to disability with is Hephaestus with Timothy Omundson, which is nice, but one out of A Lot is not great given this is the disability series! We really should not be getting this many abled actors playing disabled characters (and DEFINITELY not be getting this much erasure of disabled and disable-coded characters - Grover's muscular disease, lack of references to adhd/dyslexia, erasure of Percy's PTSD, etc. Chiron's disability being brought from coding to explicit is nice, but they couldn't be bothered to actually cast a disabled actor for it too? Honestly I wouldn't even mind some of the abled casting as much if they actually bothered to acknowledge the disability themes at all!). And this is a trend so far because Disney has also completely neglected casting plus-sized actors for plus-sized characters in the series (INCLUDING TYSON). It generally just reeks of Disney being afraid to cast anybody but able-bodied skinny actors as much as possible, or at the very least being completely unwilling to touch upon the disability themes of the series - which is stupid, given it's the entire basis of the series.
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So I was rereading Harry Potter, when I came across this and thought- what if instead of Cedric Diggory, Cassius Warrington had been chosen to compete in the Triwizard Tournament?
Imagine Dumbledore calling out the name of the Hogwarts champion and it isnât a Gryffindor, or a Ravenclaw, or even a Hufflepuff, but itâs a Slytherin. A student from a House most people hate.
Imagine Cassius Warrington getting up, and three out of four Houses are booing at him and shouting things like âNO!â or, âWe canât have a Slytherin champion!â or demanding a retry. But heâs a Slytherin- heâs been dealing with this shit since he got sorted, so he keeps his head high and joins the other champions.
Imagine Harry trying to catch Warrington alone because he doesnât really want to associate with Slytherins (plus Malfoy has this tendency of being around the guy ALL THE TIME since he got chosen), but at the same time heâs also fair enough not to want him to walk into the first task unprepared.
Imagine Warrington walking over to Harry a few months later, and Ron and Hermione both jump into a protective stance, wands out, but instead of attacking Harry he just tells him to stick the egg underwater. (Because Slytherins donât forget those who helped them out).
Imagine Warrington and Harry helping each other out in the labyrinth.
Imagine Harry being devastated when Peter kills Warrington- because Voldemort doesnât care what house theyâre form, a spare is a spare.
Imagine the uproar that causes among the Slytherins, because some of their parents really are Death Eaters and they know what really happened.
Imagine Slytherins fighting in the Battle of Hogwarts and shouting âThis is for Cassius!â
Imagine Harry returning with Warringtonâs body, and the crowd realizes whatâs happened, but Warringtonâs parents donât show up. Thereâs no one to mourn him, to cradle him in their arms and cry for their son. The Slytherins know why. His parents were Death Eaters, too.
Imagine Slytherins reaching out, asking for help from classmates from other houses. Theyâre terrified, truly terrified because the being their parents claimed would never hurt them because theyâre pureblood, they realize that he does not care.
Imagine Slytherins in the 5th book sneaking off to join Dumbledoreâs Army, to learn more about who Voldemort is without their parents acting as a filter.Â
Imagine the shock when theyâre told what heâs really done.
Imagine that a few talented Slytherins went with Harry and the others into the Ministry of Magic. The others are a bit wary but they prove themselves as friends.
Imagine them being confronted by Lucius Malfoy in the the Hall of Prophecy, and when the Death Eaters descend, they know that any one of them could be their parents.
Imagine the shocked gasp of a Death Eater as they realize their own child, a pureblood, is standing defiantly with Harry Potter. They choke back a cry. They canât let their child know that they were about to duel to the death.
Imagine a DA Slytherin facing off against their own Death Eater parent. That they make the decision to let their child defeat them, because in that moment, they realize that they love their child more than they fear Voldemort. They go down, mask unveiled, and the Slytherin kid has to be dragged from the fight before he gets killed.
Imagine Book 6 Slytherins getting more friendly and cooperative with the other houses. Two years of Voldemort terrorizing the muggle and Wizarding world, two years where their parents just up and leave some days, cringing from the pain in their arm, two years after the death of the first Slytherin pureblood, Cassius Warrington, killed by Voldemortâs right-hand man, and theyâre slowly hitting the breaking point.
Imagine Slytherin kids keeping tabs on their parents, sending the information to Harry, who shares it with the Order of the Phoenix, and hoping that their parents wonât be killed.
Imagine Book 7 Slytherins low-key rebelling against the new oppressive Hogwarts staff.
Imagine the final siege on Hogwarts, where Slytherins stand proudly by their fellow houses, knowing full-well they could be fighting their own parents. Some Slytherins know their parents were in the fighting. They hope to find them first and sneak them away. Their fellow students understand. Professor McGonagall allows 7th Year Slytherin, Pansy Parkinson, to duel a death eater in her stead; her father is under that veil. She knows it.
Imagine the aftermath of the battle; every house suffered loses. Slytherin students crying over the deaths of friends they made in every house.
Imagine a Cassius Warrington statue made in his honor, the first Slytherin to fight and die nobly with Harry Potter, the boy who lived, in the face of ultimate evil. He was a true Slytherin, and itâs in his name that Slytherin children and their families have cut all ties with the Death Eaters, denounced Voldemort, and are finally living in peace.
Imagine a story in which Harry wasnât in love with his fellow championâs girlfriend, but after her boyfriendâs death just hugs her so long, so hard, and says âhe wanted to win for you. You should knowâyou should know he won, he did it for youâ and gives her the best hug and shoulder he knows how to be because her parents arenât there either and she must know why.
Imagine Harry staring over her head at everyone else until Hermione steps upâit doesnât take long, but it takes long enough that when she does all eyes are on her as a source of motionâand says âweâre never going to forget this. Theyâre not going to get away with itâ and the girlfriend just latches onto Hermione and everyone is in wands-out stance convinced sheâs about to attack the shit out of Hermione, and then the girlfriend stares into her eyes and says âdo you promise meâ and Hermione just gives her this super-firm nod and says âI promiseâ and the girlfriend just collapses on her, sobbing.Â
Imagine Dumbledore trying to give some flowery speech about inter-wizard solidarity while glossing over why, because Slytherins have always been a touchy subject, and Ron gets to his feet and says âProfessor, I need to say something importantâ and Dumbledore is so surprised he just cedes the floor, and Ronâafter that awkward moment when he realizes everyone is staring at himâsays he didnât know Warrington particularly, but he knows how Warrington and Harry played. That each was always cheering on the other. Both wanted to win, but neither was willing to undercut the other by underhanded means. He finishes up saying âI thinkâI think itâs important everyone should know he died being what a champion should be. Because he could have abandoned Harry and instead he stood up with him to play the game the honest way, and he died for it. Andâand Slytherin House should be proud, and we should all be proud, because Warrington was a good bloke.â He sits back down all flustered because he didnât actually stand up meaning to make a speech. And then Pansy Parkinson stands up before Dumbledore can take back control of the room and says âI want to tell Weasley thank you.â And all of Slytherin House raises a glassâto Warrington, to Weasley, to Potterâand the other houses follow suit. Many years later, Wizarding scholars will say that was the moment Voldemort truly lost.
Imagine later that summer. Harry gets several owls on his birthday, all unsigned. The birds are plump and pretentious and well-cared-for. He will never know which Slytherins sent him their treasures: parchments with hexes developed by the Death Eaters; a strange locket that will only open if he whispers a special spell but that always shows him the picture he most needs to see; a page torn from a potions book that, brewed properly, will allow him extra time to summon a Patronus by giving him a few crucial seconds not just of happiness but of bliss. It doesnât matter. Harry knows these gifts not as birthday gifts but for what they really are, and he treasures the locket and copies out the potion to send to Hermione and Mrs. Weasley, and when first summoned by the Order of the Phoenix he marches straight up to Dumbledore with the hexes and says âI canât tell you where I got these, Professor. But theyâre in use by the Death Eaters and I think you should have them.â Months later, Sirius will recognize the spell Bellatrix shoots at him, and will dive out of the way just in the nick of time.
The final battle. Everyone is there. Sirius somehow ends up herding a group of Slytherins. They all stare at him and he at them, across a centuries-old divide Voldemort has only succeeded in deepening. Then he remembers the hexes. Harryâs locket, now tucked under Siriusâ shirt because Harryâs friends are with him in this battle but most of Siriusâ are dead. The moment that happiness potion saved Remusâ life, his very soul. Snapeâs final words to Harry, finally seen not as mockery but real true advice. What Harry said Voldemort saidâhis first words in his new form. They are kids, and they are sharing the same kind of hurt he once wouldnât admit to, watching his mother burn his name off the family tree. âWhen we go in there, itâs going to be hell,â he tells the Slytherins. âSome of you are probably going to die. I might go down too, and if I do I want your best curser in the front. But I want you all to remember one thing. There are no spares.â Later retellings of the battle never fail to mention the moment a group of angry, screaming teens burst into the Great Hall, wearing their green and silver as the badge of honor it should be, shouting NO SPARES, NO SPARES at the tops of their voices in between hexes and curses and the occasional physical punch. When Hermione is present, she always interrupts the storyteller to be sure everyone knows about the moment Blaise Zabini shoved her to the floor, dropped on top of her, fired off three curses in rapid succession and said âstay alive, Granger, we need youâ before jumping back to his feet and vanishing into the meleeâhow, for all anyone knows, those may have been his last words, and she will not let his sacrifice go unnoted.Â
The aftermath. Malfoy holds out a hand to Sirius, badly injured on the floor. Sirius asks how Malfoy is willing to trust him. Malfoy nods at his chest. âYouâve got my godfatherâs locket,â he says, and when Sirius and Harry finally speak after the battle Harry gives his full agreement to the very first thing out of Siriusâ mouth. They give the locket to Malfoy. Sirius grits his teeth and closes his eyes and opens them and says âHe probably saved my life, giving Harry that.â He doesnât say thank you. Malfoy hears it anyway.
The school reopens under a single banner: the four Houses united. The House rivalry is reduced to just thatâa competition in funâwith those deep divides slowly healing to scars, and eventually away to nothing at all.
