An Otter Animagus

[otteranimagus]

You know what I want?? A fic where Harry is Indian and obvs he knows nothing of his father's culture cause the Dursleys exist, but when he gets to Hogwarts and the Patil twins realise that, and they share things with him. Like, I don't really know much if anything about Indian culture, but can you imagine Parvati and Harry both dressed in proper Indian clothes at the Yule Ball? Oh, they would've been unstoppable

[otteranimagus]

A thought! What if in GoF, Cho and Cedric's characters were swapped? How much more heartbreaking would it be for Harry to slowly develop his crush on Cho and his rivalry with Cedric over that crush and them all being seekers, only to then lose his first crush at the hands of Voldemort. I just, I think that would have been so much better. Cho would have gotten a character arc worthy of her prowess and we would have gotten to see a female champion that wasn't immediately relegated to last place. Bc let's be honest, as badass as Fleur was, she was gonna lose from the beginning just because she was the only girl and girls are mostly relegated to the back in the HP series...

[byrdiamaa]

As flawed as Harry Potter is (for obvious reasons), it had some pretty intriguing ideas, and one I wish was given more focus in the books is that Harry is the chosen one not because he was chosen by the prophecy, but because he was chosen by Voldemort. Fate being less set in stone like that is super interesting to me.

[otteranimagus]

Seriously, what is up with the adults in Harry Potter?? Most of them don't seem to have any common sense at all?? And they for the most part forget that Harry is a child; an orphaned, muggle-raised, abused child. Jeez, re-reading the series now, in my 20s, it just makes me furious, the way they treat him.

[otteranimagus]

It breaks my heart the way Molly Weasley acts with the women sometimes. She is terrible to Fleur when she starts dating Bill, and she is also not very kind to Hermione during the whole scandal in GoF...

[otteranimagus]

You know what bothers me the most in the movies?? The casting of the marauders, like, I'm sorry, they were YOUNG! Heartbreakingly YOUNG and they went and cast actors in their 40s-50s, wtf cating directors??? Like, I get they are wonderful actors, but no man, you fucked up, you missed the opportunity to make people cry just at the thought of them

[otteranimagus]

Harry Potter AU where the day they confronted Pettigrew wasn't a full moon so they managed to exonerate Sirius and Harry got to live with him for a few years

[otteranimagus]

Also, just so we're clear, we don't like Snape in this house. He is a despicable human, and honestly, if you have read the dialogue in the Shrieking Shack in PoA and still excuse his behavior, idk, you might have read another book because that makes no sense

[otteranimagus]

I don't know of this is the same for PS and CoS because I don't have the books handy, but in PoA at least JKR abused the 'said + adverb' combo, like, every other tag on dialogue is that combination and it's getting on my nerves. 😵‍💫

[otteranimagus]

I just realised, after years and years, that we don't know the Fat Lady's name, she's just called that, the Fat Lady... And I think that's just horrible, not because they call her fat, but because no one remembers her name and in all those years of letting people in and out of Gryffindor tower no one bothered to ask her... And I'm sad cause I know 11yo me wouldn't have asked either, but I think 16yo me would, and I want to know her name now

The actress that plays her in PoA is called Dawn and I think the name suits her character and honestly I'm just gonna headcanon that as her name from now on cause why did no one freaking ask her about it???

[otteranimagus]

We all know and love the boggart scene in PoA, but re-reading it just now... What if Remus doesn't let Harry confront the boggart because he thinks it's going to turn into James and Lily's dead bodies?? What if the thought crossed his mind and he realised he couldn't see that?

[otteranimagus]

I'm reading PoA, and I just, where was Remus the night that James and Lily died?? Huh?? Where was he? Because it just makes no sense to me that Harry gets left in Privet Drive like that. That Sirius and Remus don't pull together?? And I just?? Aaaah

[otteranimagus]

There's so many lore, and fanon and headcanons and commentary on the HP universe that it gets a little overwhelming, mostly cause a lot of it breaks my heart and makes my chest go owie

[otteranimagus]

Some things I will never ever get over:

- Snape and Dumbledore being considered heroes

- the marauders deserved better

- the epilogue

- Malfoy's redemption arc's beginning being erased from the movies

- Harry deserved a lot better

- everyone becoming aurors

- FRED

- Voldemort's death in the movies ffs

- the marauders deserved way better, seriously

[otteranimagus]

Here's the thing, I have recently rekindled my obssession with HP and while I want no part of anything JKR has to say nowadays and I know that the books aren't exactly perfect, I have a lot of thoughts. So, I guess I'm here to shout into the internet void instead of in my head xD and if someone likes it, well then, great!