/𝗈𝗄ˈ𝗄𝗅𝗎.𝖽𝖾.𝗋𝖾/

+nini. xxiii. ANTI JKR.

[mxlfoydraco]

How famous do you think the members of the old pureblood families are in the Wizarding world?? Could they be consider like celebrities or at least low level influencers?? Like did people know who Sirius and James were when they were out on the streets?? I could imagine them being like BFF goals for everyone else 😂

I don’t think they’re famous per se, it’s a pretty isolated and small community and its the Sacred 28. It’s a group of people and functions more as class separation. They all marry within the community too, so they’re all familiar to each other in some capacity. Blacks marry Lestranges and Rosiers for example. Also, these families have feuds! Weasleys and Malfoys don’t like each other, Sacred 28 looks down on Potters for mingling with muggles, etc.

The general WW would know who the big pureblood families are and which hold more power/influence, but not the individuals if that makes sense? They have to run in the same circles unless they live more muggle. Remember that James didn’t know who Sirius was when they first met and they both come from big wizarding families. Like, points to Sirius, that’s a Black and his family is in this or that position. Which is more annoying to Sirius for sure.

[politicalmamaduck]

Writing about a child rapist did not make Vladimir Nabokov a child rapist.

Writing about an authoritarian theocracy did not make Margaret Atwood an authoritarian theocrat.

Writing about adultery did not make Leo Tolstoy an adulterer.

Writing about a ghost did not make Toni Morrison a ghost.

Writing about a murderer did not make Fyodor Dostoevsky a murderer.

Writing about a teenage addict did not make Isabel Allende a teenage addict.

Writing about dragons and ice zombies did not make George R.R. Martin either of those things.

Writing about rich heiresses, socially awkward bachelors, and cougar widows did not make Jane Austen any of those things.

Writing about people who can control earthquakes did not make N.K. Jemisin able to control earthquakes.

Writing about your favorite characters and/or ships in situations that you choose does not make you a bad person.

It’s a shame that in this day and age these things need to be said.

[nyarnamaitar]

Or, in short: the narrator =/ the author.

[oblakom-deactivated20200302]

You know what else is a shame? This nowadays tendency of putting on the author the responsibility of teaching their readers morality.

Authors are allowed to write morally ambiguous characters.

Authors are allowed to write downright despicable characters - and guess what they are even allowed to make despicable characters charismatic and likeble and the protagonists of their stories if they wish - because absolute monsters exist only under the bed.

It is not up to the author to spoonfeed the readers about morality and Yes I know this character did a bad thing and I am going going to show it in the story and make other characters call them out of it and– Bullshit.

The authors should be able to write what they want without having thousands of people jumping and their throats claiming to know them, their ideas and their morality based on what they write.

It’s not up to the author to teach you about what is right and what is wrong.

[theanishimori]

It’s not up to the author to teach you about what is right and what is wrong.

[octopuscato]

This here. You don’t have to study literature to understand that no, books aren’t there to teach you about right and wrong. That happens at your family, to some degree at school, and yes, parents and teachers might use literature to emphasise their messages. But that doesn’t mean all - or even most - books exist for that purpose.

[kbrick]

I wrote this a while back after reading the comments on this post. I was all fired up, but then common sense told me to sit on it. Because I don’t need to post anything that might piss people off, right? But after getting into a debate over this exact thing with someone yesterday, I decided I don’t care. I still feel this way, and it’s still important to me, so may I present my rant:

Sometimes I ignore these posts and then sometimes I’m so mad that I can’t. This was an instance of the latter. I read through the comments (why did I torture myself?), and I can’t tell you how many times I saw some form of: “You can write about X, but you must condemn this behavior in your story. You are not allowed to fetishize it.” This was said over and over, usually in connection with rape or child abuse.

And it sounds perfectly legit, right? Totally fair.

The problem is this: who gets to judge whether a story condemns or fetishizes the controversial topic at hand? Is this determined by a reader or a group of readers? Some unknown mod that AO3 hires to sort through fics with certain tags (lord, please let this never ever happen/I don’t think it ever would and I donate to AO3 for that very reason)? The government? Who decides? 

As someone who has read Lolita (which was brought up a lot in the comments), I am comfortable saying that, from my perspective, and the perspective of most literary critics, it does not fetishize sexual abuse of children. Dolores is ruined because of Humbert’s obsession with and abuse of her; it is awful and tragic. Nabokov himself explained that this was written as a sort of cautionary tale. Yet some of Nabokov’s contemporaries accused him of fetishization, and still, to this day, people use ‘Lolita’ as shorthand for a sexed-up, promiscuous underaged girl (inaccurately, I might add). 

So the thing is, readers don’t always get authorial intent right, even when it’s pretty fucking obvious. People who want to see fetishization are going to see it, even if it isn’t there. So no, I don’t think this is an acceptable line to draw in the sand because I am very uncomfortable letting anyone sort fiction into these arbitrary categories (condemnation v fetishization). I think there is a very good chance they’ll get it wrong, and also, sometimes it might not actually be one or the other. There is a lot of grayspace between those two polar extremes.

So, if we can’t depend on the ‘fetishization’ caveat, then what do we do? The choice then seems to be either banning certain subjects altogether or letting people write what they want. And I, for one, am not comfortable banning any subject, not even child abuse. 

People who police fic need to realize something. They are in the same damn boat as those groups of moms in the 80s who protested radio stations that played AC/DC or Black Sabbath. They’re standing shoulder to shoulder with the concerned parents and cops of the 90s who lobbied to criminalize gangster rap. They’re linking arms with the generations of pastors and offended citizens who burned books that mentioned masturbation or homosexuality or expressed a negative attitude towards Christianity. It is the same, and it is all a slippery slope.

BUT BUT BUT! I hear some people thinking. But child abuse is criminal! And it is unquestionably not okay!

Okay, look, you can say the same about murder. About robbery. About arson. About dealing drugs. Can we not write about those things, either?  And again, who gets to say what’s allowed and what’s not? Who makes the decision that it’s okay to write about murder and dismemberment but not incest? Or that armed robbery is okay but rape is not? You? Me? An invisible mod? The AO3 Board of Directors? Who?

There is no bright line. You may want there to be, but there’s not, at least not when it comes to fiction. There is no way to police this shit that doesn’t involve individual moral judgments, and people’s moral judgments are generally not going to be identical and they evolve with changing social norms. The things people find morally offensive today are not the same things people found morally offensive fifty years ago. 

Likewise, different people are going to interpret a single piece of fiction differently. Join a book club or take a literature course and you’ll see that right away. People don’t always have the same take on characters, motivations, narrators, even events. Fiction is HIGHLY subjective, which is part of what makes it so wonderful. We all come in with different expectations and experiences, and connect with stories in different ways.

Bottom line: don’t ban content. Don’t protest or campiagn against content either, because truly, what are you hoping to achieve? You’re literally trying to make people afraid to read it or write it, which amounts to the same fucking thing. You are book burners.

Really, just don’t read content you find problematic. It is truly that simple. I, for one, don’t particularly enjoy reading about adult characters in relationships with underaged characters, so guess what? I skip those. Done and done.

[exilley]

this post makes such a great and much-needed point. but it seems like some people dont fully comprehend what OP was trying to say, since lots of folks in the notes are misconstruing this to mean that this is rhetoric that defends bigotry and discriminatory sentiment in fictional meta.

OP did not say “writers should never be subject to scrutiny regarding their moral and ethical beliefs because fiction does not affect reality”. Instead, they were trying to get across the idea that policing the content of creative works according to arbitrary labels of good and bad serves no purpose but to restrict creative freedom and, in the most extreme cases, will evolve into a form of unjust censorship.

Writers can and should be held accountable for what they put into the world. But it’s not fair nor right for authors to be held responsible for the moral education of all society, and those are concepts than can coexist

[longdaytogo-deactivated20250203]

pre-snake surgery

[silence-between-seconds]

The existence of jegulus, drarry and scorbus is hilarious because three generations of potters fell in love with the gay,depressed,dark academia, pureblood, Slytherin nerd

[marauderstars]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but James Potter would have thought you were doing great and given you a hug if you needed it.

[not-rab]

give me a fanfic with:

21st century

muggle technology (phones bc i need texting gc)

magic (for the sole purpose of quidditch)

jegulus where regulus doesn’t seem to care abt james at the start (he does tho ;))

SLYTHERIN SKITTLES!!!!!!!!!!

extended skittles - emmeline, alice, sybil, benjy, etc..

black brother bonding

trans!regulus

him leaving before his parents know

him going to his favourite cousin (who also left bc she didn’t want to marry a man)

that favourite cousin *not* being andromeda

it being narcissa - she is a ✨ queen ✨ and lucius doesn’t deserve her

black *sister* bonding

nobleflower

rosier/black cousins - HELLO EVAN AND PANDORA ARE THE BLACK SISTERS COUSINS

them all joking abt their crap childhood

rosekiller please

rosier twins 😍

them getting disowned together

evan meeting barty crouch sr (PLS I WOULD DIE FOR THIS)

him & his bf giving crouch sr shit

pandalily bc they’re both scary, nerdy and hot 👏

idk sm more pls repost and add on

[greenie33]

pt1 (remus x sirius)

[popcornhee]

Good night

[moonyspride]

poor james…

[greenie33]

-> 💑

[industrations]

They are married.

[gaeilgelupin]

“Don’t you think we should have let the cat out first?”

[something-tragic-and-pretty]

You see, Regulus’ friend group had made their reputation and names known, almost the in the way his brother had.

Everyone knew Barty for his voice, whispers in the dark, careless shouts in corridors, wide smiles and seductive statements, the way he would jump into fights, the crack of his knuckles and dark intelligence.

Evan was quieter, slyer, at least in others company. He was known for his grace, the way he walked, the way he fought, because Barty might be the first into a fight but Evan was the first to jump to his side, for his black shirts and silver jewellery.  

Pandora was known for her smile, the glint in her eyes, the way her entire face lit up, kind words and gentle hand, hair the colour of her heart, a bright gold, clothes always in a disarray, covered in earth or scorched to almost ash.

Dorcas Meadowes was known for her anger, the sharp tone, sarcastic words, Dorcas would start the fights, ears ringing, her pencil smudged hands, paint covered arms, she always did her nails herself.

Regulus Black was known for his name. He had hordes of money in his pocket and looks to match, people knew his name before they met him, they knew the smudged eyeliner, the stare, the waistcoats and blazers, the skill on the quidditch pitch.

-Everybody Loves Me (current work in progress)

[ashlusterstars]

THEE remus lupin.

[hunterartemis]

Indian Magical School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Headcanon #1: The legends of it’s foundation

I love JKR and her magical world, but she completely ignored the South Asian region and a culture diverse as India, which could have been a great background for magical population. So I took the matters in my own hands and created some headcanons like I did previously with Mahoutokoro. Hope you will appreciate it.

The legend and the history of the school is so very overlapping that it is sometimes hard to distinguish between what is truth and what is myth. However the story goes something like this.

When the First Emperor of Aryavarta (Ancient India) Daksha was given the job to bring all earthly prosperity to the world, he was assisted by Seven Sages. These Seven Sages were the seven stars of the Great Dipper Constellations, who were called: Marichi, Atri, Angira, Pulascha, Pulaha, Kratu and Vashistha. To other Interpretation, these seven sages were called, Atri, Agasthya, Bharadvaja, Bhragu, Kashyapa, Jamdagni and Gautama. These Seven sages were wise and learned an knew many supernatural powers that governs the land of man without their common knowledge. Emperor Daksha wanted to control the seven sages and therefore made relations with them by marrying off his daughters with Bhragu, Kashyap and the sons of other sages: his demand was to have their power to his disposal only. The seven sages could do nothing, as in the Law of Dakshraj, harming or betraying the Kutumba (relatives and in-laws) were considered High Treason.

But the sages being the wise and kind men they were wanted to spread the greater knowledge of supernatural powers to the common man in order to help them understand their infinite potential. So they started to sought resources from the sages who were considered “outcasts“ in Daksha’s rule for learning about the end of things (because Daksha wanted his kingdom to be eternal, these concepts were forbidden). One sage, named Dadhichi came to help the Saptarshi (the seven sages) and instructed them to journey southwards to the door of the Yama (the God of death). It was shocking enough for the sages, but one of the sage: Agasthya or in some other texts Marichi agreed to journey southwards. He bid his colleagues farewell and told them not to look for him and return to the capital; if their calling is true there would be a day they would meet again.

when the sages returned, they found themselves in a chaotic position. Daksha had insulted his youngest daughter and her husband in the front of the Royal Court and to protect her honour the youngest has self-immolated. The Husband of his youngest daughter was Shiva, the God of Destruction who was not worshipped or even mentioned in Daksha’s kingdom as something “unholy”. Although the sages did not mention Shiva in Daksha’s presence, but they knew that the Creation cannot last forever and to exist, it must always be destroyed and transformed. Thus when the sages could not convince Daksha to ask forgiveness from Shiva, they publicly renounced their special status and that of their being the Princes Consort and left the palace forever. Later Daksha was slain by the God of destruction Shiva in the crime of Pride and pushing his own flesh and blood to kill herself.

In the path away from the Capital, the Sage Agasthya appeared before the rest. The sages knew that it was not real Agasthya, but his astral projection. He did not speak but pointed towards the south, towards the deep forest surrounding a mountain that no human can cross. The sages understood that Agasthya had given his life to seek it. The sages, after thinking day and night, could think no other plan to reach the place, let alone establish a school there, because it was not ordinary mountain, but a Volcano. After great thinking, Bhragu, the master of Astrology came up with a plan and decided to summon Seven Celestial Planets and pray them to guide there. The Planets summoned were: Surya (sun), Soma (moon), Budha (Mercury), Shukra (venus), Mangal (Mars), Brihaspati (Jupiter) and Shani (Saturn).

The sages prayed for 14 lunar days and the Seven Celestial Planets were pleased with their dedication and each one promised one reward to the sages. The sages told them everything about their wish to build an establishment to teach sons of man about the infinite power of the universe, but they didn’t know how to go to the place Agasthya had instructed them to go.

After hearing everything the Sun said “I shall rise from the east, pure white on the blood smeared sky and my light shall point the way to the hallowed place.”

Then came Mars said “I shall follow the path of the sun and destroy every obstruction that stands on the way to put the standard of victory on the hallowed land I won in the name of the Sun”,

After Mars, the Moon said, “I shall call upon the sky, ask it to rain on the Volcano so that the lava solidified and creates ground for the building”,

after Moon Mercury said “I shall bring about such designs with my mind that no human has ever seen, A house that shall be marvelous and impenetrable to any ill-wisher”.

After Mercury, Venus says, “I shall give that design a habitable form, strengthen and beautify it with the igneous stones from this volcano”.

Then Jupiter said “Like my illusive body, I shall expand it to 1000 times greater, and bless it so that no occupant in this house ever experiences obstruction in learning and nourishment. And as the Eldest of the Planets, I name this house Vishakhtantra , a house where high magic spreads out like branches of holy banyan tree”

when all of the planets were done doing their jobs, everyone looked at the dark figure that lurked at the background, with a smirk in his lips. The sages asked why the last one, Saturn did not come forward and requested him to contribute. Smiling he said “illusive planets and sages, you are all brilliant but you have done wrong.” It evoked fear amongst the sages because Saturn, the God of Justice and Time is elemental to any establishment and angering him could be catastrophic. Bhragu asked Saturn’s pardon and asked him to correct them. Saturn smiled and said, “The mistake, illusive sages, was committed when you called us. You have forgotten that we are Navagraha (Nine Celestial Planets), not Seven. You have chose to ignore two and I know why. You fear that the North and South Node might Eclipse the Sun and Moon and chose to ignore them. But you have forgotten, they too have purposes and are deserving of contribution.”

This statement angered Sun and the Moon. The great luminaries decided to withdraw if Rahu (North node) and Ketu (South Node) joined, but Jupiter mediated amongst Saturn, Moon and Sun. Jupiter, the Eldest planet vowed to keep the mischievous side planets in check and implored Saturn to return. Saturn then called upon Rahu and Ketu, and a great bodiless head appeared through a storm.

Jupiter came forward and addressed Rahu and said “This hallowed house shall be the home of instruction, of sacred knowledge. We the planets and sages have summoned you to contribute and correct the unjust. Are you willing to help us?” Rahu being the cunning demon that he is, said “yes, upon one condition. I want the highest place amongst all. I am a headless body and my wishes are infinite. It is the only way I would help you all.”

Saturn knew this would happen, he smiled and said “it shall happen” to everyone’s great dismay. It hurt Sun’s pride greatly but knowing Saturn, no one could protest. Jupiter and Saturn then turned to the great headless snake that coiled the entire mountain. When Jupiter addressed it, it said “Greetings my elders, I am glad that my other body, Rahu had his position acquired. But I am most perplexed because I could feel all the pains of creatures, demonic and divine who have been displaced for the creation of this place. Their souls will not leave the place in peace.”

Saturn came forward and asked him, “oh headless body, the giver of results of past life, lord of the isolated, reside as the Vastu Naga and the Bhitti (Foundation) of the hallowed place. Upon your great coil shall the institution stand and the lives lost shall receive the result for their sacrifice.”

With the Ketu entering underground, the head of Rahu had to choice but to reside exactly at the opposite side of his other body. Saturn grabbed Rahu by the hair and said “Sun the the highest light, Jupiter is the Highest Wisdom and none in the universe, not even me can exceed their position in the universe. So reside at your highest place, on the topmost towering peak of this place. I forcibly command you so that you can eclipse every form of mal-spirit and power from above.”

With that done, Saturn returned to the final place and said “and I, Lord of limitation, time and justice, mark the boundary of this place and veil it with the Tamas, so it could be hidden from the common eye.”

The sages were eclectic after the creation. The eldest, Atri said, “heavenly presences, you are the influences that govern the actions, fates and deeds of the world, would you be so kind to reside in this place as guiding principles so that we the Acharya (teachers) and the shishya (pupils) shall prosper in their ways.” Saturn called upon the sages: “so it shall be Illusive sages but do not disregard the shadow planets, Rahu and Ketu, who represent the base and the peak of the house also have the right to represent: I deliver the choice to you.”

“Very well“, said Bhragu, master of Astrology: “Since the shadow planets are unstable on their own, I assign them to the Two Intellectuals: The Head Rahu with Mercury, and the Tail Ketu with Jupiter.“

Thus formed the Seven Sacred Houses of Sapta Kula of Vishakhtantra.

Uttarashada (Sun), Anantasoumya (Moon), Punarvasu (Jupiter and Ketu), Bhadrapada (Saturn), Yajurmitra (Venus), Ksharagam (Mars) Rahavyasa (Mercury and Rahu)

[hunterartemis]

Vishakhatantra (Indian magical school) Headcanon #2: Saptakula (The Seven Noble Lineages)

Vishakhatantra was the name given by the Eldest Planet Jupiter, where Nine Astrological Planets contributed their principles to form seven houses: Each of them represent Seven Chakras of Human body, which is needed to activate the connection between the man and the Universe.

The Motto of Vishakhatantra is : “Dharma Artha Kama Moksha” (“Morals, Riches, Desires and Liberation”).

But in reality it means “a human exists by following the four steps: By finding the purpose of his life through morality, earning his livelihood by moral means, fulfilling his desires by moral means and by doing all liberates himself from the material life.” In this case, the motto symbolises that by using Magic or “Tantra” (also called High Philosophy) one can earn all those four objects.

Uttarashada (Undefeated)

Uttarashada (pronounced as utta-ra-sha-da) is the house of Sun. Together they signify Leadership, Order, Government. The First Head of the house was Sage Kashyap, also the Father of Sun.

The position of the House is : Ascendant (first house, representing freedom, vision,physical body, ideas, soul). The Cardinal Direction in Center, the Element is Light, the Standard colors are saffron and terracotta, Representing Chakra: Ajna (Third Eye) , Representing Weapon: Dhanurban (Bow and Arrow), Representing house animal is White Horse. Metal Copper, Gemstone Ruby. Representing flower: Kingshuk (Flame of the Forest) The students here tend to be Assertive, intuitive, visionary self-reliant, dominant, extroverted,.

The Power: To see through obstacles

This house specializes in Spirit Fire, Astronomy.

Anantasoumya (Eternal peacefulness)

Anantasoumya (pronounced as: Anan-ta-Soum-ya) is the house of Moon. This house signifies Mind, Emotions and the Nature. The First Head of the House was Anusuya, wife of Sage Atri and Mother of Moon.  

The Position of the House is : Second House (House of fixed wealth, values, community). The cardinal direction in the East, the Element is Water, the standard colours are light blue and lilac, Metal silver, Gemstone Pearl. Representing Chakra is : Svadhistana (Sacral), Representing Weapon: Gada (Mace), Representing animal is Stag. Representing Flower is Jasmine, The students of this Kula tends to nurturing, mild, community oriented, empathetic.

The Power: To Feel

This house specialises in Care of Magical Creatures, Occlumency and Legilimency

Rahavyasa (Conjuction of Rahu and Mercury)

Rahavyasa (pronounced as Ra-ha-vya-sa) is the House of Rahu and Mercury. Together they symbolise craftiness, swift intellect, speech and materialism. They tend to break social taboos about learning, skilled, innovative, curious, with many minds, manipulative, gifted with speech and argumentative. The First Head of this House was Sage Pulaha.

The position of the House is: Third House (House of skills, communications, younger siblings, connectivity). The Element is: Sound, Cardinal Direction South West. standard colour is emerald green and sage, Metal representing is Pewter, gemstone emerald. Representing chakra: Vishuddha (Throat) , Representing weapon: Shankh (Holy Conch), Representing animal is Garuda, Representing flower: Champa (Plumeria).

The Power: to create and imitate

The speciality of this house is: Flying, Sacred Mathematics and Seal drawing.

Punarvasu (The Return of the Good)

Punarvasu is the house of Jupiter and Ketu. Together they signify Philosophy, Liberation, Truth, Higher Learning, Memory and Medicine. The First Head of the House was Sage Markandeya, the Immortal Sage.

The Position of the House is: Fourth House (House of domestic peace, emotions, generosity, spirituality). The Cardinal direction is the North East, the element is Sky or Space, the Standard colors are Bright Yellow and Gray, Metal- Gold, Gemstone: Chrysoberyl Cat’s eye. Representing Chakra: Sahasrara (Crown), Representing weapon: Japamala (Rosary), Representing Animal: Ahirbudhanya: the great snake of the deep (Indian Runespoor). Symbolic Flower: Pundarik (white lotus). The students in this house tend to be detached, humble, prudent, austere, healing, instructing, imposing, wise and diligent.

The Power: To connect and understand

This house Specialises in Applied Divination, Ayurveda and History of Magic

Yajurmitra (Patron of the Yajurveda/ Rituals)

Yajurmitra (pronounced as Ya-jur-mit-ra) is the House of Venus. It signifies arts, music beauty and everything that stands for aesthetic beauty. The First Head of the House was Devjani, Daughter of Venus.

The Position of the House is: Fifth House (House of creativity, children, written text, performance) The Element is Air, Representing Chakra is : Anahata (Heart), Representing weapon: Kal (water vessel), Representing animal is Swan, Cardinal direction: North, standard color is pink and Magenta, gemstone: pink diamond, metal platinum, representing flower: Madhumalati (Pink honeysuckle), the students here tend to be perfectionist about aesthetics, bold, artist-like, pleasure loving, well versed in politics.

The Power: To harmonize and beautify

The house specialises in : Charms and enchantments, Seal Drawing, alchemy.

Kshatragam (Arrival of the Warrior)

Kshatragam (pronounced as: shatra-gam) is the house of Mars. It signifies courage to go forward for a cause, battle, aggression, competitiveness, sports and Defence. The First head of this house was a Krittika (Warrior Goddess, wielding axe) called Shambhuti, one of the six foster mothers of Lord Kartikeya (personification of Mars).

The Position of the House is: Sixth House (House of Diseases, enemies, debts and hard work). Element is Fire, Standard color is maroon and red, Cardinal Direction is West. Metal is Bronze, Representing Chakra : Manipura (Solar Plexus) , Representing weapon: Bhal (Spear), Representing animal is Mountain Ram. Representing flower: Red Silk Cotton, The pupils of this house tend to be aggressive, competitive, conquering, great at crisis, risk taker, protective.

The Power: To initiate and pursue

The house specialises in : Defence Against the Dark Arts and Battle Magic

Bhadrapada (Blessed Step)

Bhadrapada (pronounced as: Bha-dra-pa-da) is the house of Saturn. It signifies service, hard work, discipline, law, justice and punishment. The Students here tend to be serious, submissive to the right order, cool tempered, hard working, realistic, justice loving, impartial and unforgiving. The First Head of the house was sage Kratu.

The Position of the House is: Seventh House (House of balance, other people, society and spouse). The Cardinal Direction is South, The Element is Earth, The standard colours are Navy Blue and Black, Metal Iron, gemstone blue sapphire. Representing animal is Buffalo, Representing Chakra: Muladhara (Root), Representing weapon: Kharga (Executioner’s scythe), Representing flower: Blue butterfly pea.

The Power: To Persevere

This house specializes in Transfiguration, Potions and Illusion magic.

[hunterartemis]

Vishakhatantra Headcanon #5: Society, Caste and Class system in Indian Wizarding World

This was requested in my profile, and since Caste system is a controversial topic in Indian Society, I was hesitating to write this. But I did this anyway.

Caste did not exist in Ancient India, but Class did. Class and Caste are different. Caste is discriminatory and hereditary but Class is based on wealth and job. The Classes in Indian Wizarding Society are misinterpreted as Caste in the Muggle world.

The Chatur Varna (Four Classes) The four classes denote occupation and social standing in Wizarding society. These differ greatly from Muggle system and are based on merit, wealth and job.

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