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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post
“does chocolate helped fight of the symptom of dementors” harry says when remus hands him his sixth chocolate bar
“nah kid i’m just high as fuck”
dude dumbledore worked harder to get morfin fucking gaunt, known pureblood supremacist and attacker of muggles, out of azkaban than he did for sirius black what the math is this man thinking
Calming CAT!
oh my god it is calming
i think we could all use some calming cat right about now.
He’s back! Welcome back, calming cat. You are always welcome here.
Everyone should know of calming cat.
this is the thing that you have to tag because you’ll have to wait 8264589672 years to find it again
Belong.
The moment Sirius realized what ohana really was.
Inspiration here.
Warning: mentions of abuse
Enjoy.
His bag was slung over his shoulder
The feeling of it digging into his skin the only feeling throughout his entire body
Besides the stinging pain on the left half of his face
And the way the blood trickled down his neck under the collar of his shirt
It was hot and sticky at first
The rattling of his skull and the blurry vision from the blow all he could recall
But it had gone cold now
He had gone cold now
He could feel the wind rustling through his clothes
And it should have made the hair on the back of his neck rise
It should have made his skin prickle
But there was nothing
Nothing but the strap of his bag as he stared into the black pavement
An abyss before him that left him with nothing but his thoughts
He hadn’t wanted it to come to this
Hadn’t want to rely on anyone but himself
But with the final blow came the cursing
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What did Dumbledore do that makes him a bad person? It's been a while since I've read the series and I'm curious.
Dumbledore is literally the scum between my toes
LEAVES A 1YO CHILD ON A DOORSTEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LIKE ‘OH NVM THEYLL FIND HIM IN THE MORNING LOL’
knows good and well how the dursleys are abusing and neglecting harry and just LETS THE SITUATION CONTINUE even though we see in the fifth book that he has the power to stop it (the ‘remember my last letter’). he lets harry be LOCKED UP IN A CUPBOARD and abused for ten years both because of the ””protection”’ privet dr has for harry (don’t worry, it’s only at the cost of his emotional and mental wellbeing, it’s all good) and because he WANTS harry to fall in love with the wizarding world, like voldemort did, like snape did, because it will make him easier to manipulate
GROOMS HARRY TO BECOME A PERSON WHO WILL WILLINGLY DIE FOR ””’THE GREATER GOOD””
PURPOSEFULLY WITHOLDS INFORMATION FROM HARRY AND KEEPS HIM UNINFORMED SO HE’LL DO WHAT DUMBLEDORE WANTS WHEN DUMBLEDORE WANTS HIM TO DO IT
tells harry in ootp that he kept the truth from him because HE ACCIDENTALLY ENDED UP CARING ABOUT HARRY. LIKE OH HERE’S THE KID I’VE BEEN PLANNING TO KILL AND HAVE LET LIVE A MISERABLE LOVELESS LIFE IN ORDER TO RIGHT THE WRONG OF THE OTHER BOY I FEEL LIKE I LET DOWN AND I ACCIDENTALLY REALISED HE’S A HUMAN BEING WELL FUCK
told arabella figg she couldn’t be nice to harry when he went to her house? like what the FUCK?
after all his lectures and ”’wisdom”’ STILL GOES AFTER THE HALLOWS HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WANTS THE POWER
literally told harry the only reason he didn’t make him a prefect was because he didn’t want people to think he ””plays favourites”” like he didn’t last minute give gryffindor the house cup like four fuckin years in a row because of harry
KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE AND DIDN’T TELL/PREPARE HARRY FOR THE EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION OF LOSING ANOTHER/HIS LAST FATHER FIGURE AND EVEN MADE HARRY WATCH HIM DIE
locked sirius up AFTER HE HAD SPENT TWELVE YEARS IN PRISON in the house where he was ABUSED AS A CHILD AND MADE TO FEEL OUTCAST AND UNLOVED and pretty much exacerbated sirius’ arrested development and feeling of worthlessness because he’s dumbledore and dumbledore knows best
LET SNAPE TEACH AT HOGWARTS FOR 15+ YEARS DESPITE KNOWING FULL WELL HOW HE TREATED STUDENTS JUST BECAUSE HE WANTED TO KEEP HIM CLOSE
HE IS IN A POSITION OF POWER - ARGUABLY THE POSITION OF POWER - AND USES IT TO MANIPULATE AND EMOTIONALLY TRAUMATISE HARRY AND BATTER HIM INTO A WEAPON TO USE AGAINST VOLDEMORT AT THE COST OF HARRY’S FUCKING CHILDHOOD
and this is NEVER ADDRESSED in the books. Dumbledore is never seen as anything but a wise and noble father figure to Harry. HARRY NAMES HIS SON AFTER THIS MAN WHO MANIPULATED HIM AND LITERALLY WALKED HIM INTO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE. FUCK dumbledore.
82 reasons harry’s ootp anger was totally justified
(because a 400 page thesis is not doable)(for
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1. he’d just come off a very stressful school year in which (surprise) someone had been actively trying to do him in
2. a sliver of the darkest soul of all time was stuck inside him :)))
3. darkest wizard of all time was actively messing w/ his brain
4. his literal worst nightmare had just come to life before his eyes
5. voldemort’s red eyes actively haunted him, waking and sleeping
6. he’d squared off against the man who murdered his parents (!)
7. and the man who’d betrayed his parents to their deaths
8. he’d been tied so tightly neck to ankle that he couldn’t even turn his head
9. he was stabbed
10. he’d just learned the blood protection that had previously kept him safe was worthless
11. he was jeered at and hexed at by a group of adults who wanted him dead
12. he’d been crucio’d for fun, taunted, and chased after
13. he’d just been psychologically tortured as well
14. his classmate and co-competitor died and he was powerless to stop it
15. he’d just seen the imprints of his dead parents
16. his dead classmate had to be pried from his grip
17. he blamed himself for cedric dying – survivor’s guilt
18. he was forced to relive his entire horrific experience just after it happened
19. he’d learned his teacher, whom he trusted, had actively been plotting against him
20. his godfather literally got to see him for an hour before leaving again
21. the minister of magic, who had always before been genial, called harry a liar to his face
22. he had to return in exile to the home of his abusers
23. while there, his cousin tormented him and the neglect of his aunt and uncle continued
24. he was cut off entirely from the wizarding world, desperate for information
25. he had no guarantee voldemort wouldn’t show up on privet drive at any moment
26. no one was properly communicating with him
27. and then he was attacked by two dementors (!)
28. and he saved his cousin, and was nearly kicked out onto the street for it
29. he spent the last month of the summer wondering if he’d be expelled from school
30. all his wizard friends had been conspiring for the entire summer and had told him nothing
31. he was suffering from chronic nightmares, i.e. not sleeping
32. his godfather, embroiled in his own trauma, remained distant and broody
33. he had to stay in a gloomy house which lbr would bother anyone
34. uh his friends were chosen as prefects which led to him feeling further ostracized from dumbledore and isolated from them
35. his mentor/grandfather type figure was actively ignoring him
36. he’s unable to write to sirius, which had previously been one of his favorite things and greatest sources of comfort
37. the government that was supposed to protect him sent an infiltrator to his school, violating his one safe space in the world
38. said infiltrator stripped away everything he held dear
39. said infiltrator also abused him repeatedly, forced his own body to abuse itself, and took great pleasure in watching it happen
40. no one believed him
41. even his dorm mate, who harry had previously considered a friend, disbelieved him
42. he was ostracized and ridiculed by the entirety of wizarding society
43. until he learned what threstrals were, he genuinely thought he was going mad
44. he couldn’t participate in quidditch, the one thing he was naturally super talented at and greatly enjoyed
45. even his broomstick—his favorite thing—was confiscated
46. he blamed himself for mr weasley’s attack
47. P T S D PTSD P T S DDDDDDDDDDDD
48. DADA, the only good thing he had going for him, was taken away
49. dumbledore, the only thing that made him feel truly safe, had to leave
50. he assumed guilt for dumbeldore having to leave
51. he knows shit is going down (the Order is protecting something) and he’s not able to help, and he’s not able to put it all together, and that drives him mad because he’s a person of action who’s been encouraged to follow those impulses for his entire hogwarts career
52. no one in this entire time sat him down and helped him work through any of this
53. and spent a few days wondering if he’d been possessed by Voldemort
54. he sort of dated the girl he liked but it turned into a mutually traumatic and horrific thing
55. even the newspaper led a smear campaign
56. every adult he trusts is failing him on (nearly) every level
57. spent two months worried about where on earth hagrid had been
58. spent seven months worried hagrid would be fired & what he was up to in the woods
59. hagrid left (again) and he had to deal with the stress of caring for a giant (??)
60. watched his favorite teacher be brutally ambushed and attacked
61. child worried about everything tbh and he was always taking the world on his shoulders
62. OH he had to watch ron suck @ quidditch and it was just terrible b/c he couldn’t fix it or make it better and sigh
63. he was actively worried about his godfather, who was clearly in a very bad place
64. he had to endure horrible lessons with the teacher who hated him
65. he knew voldemort actually had access to his mind, which is terrifying
66. however, the lessons only seemed to make it worse
67. he was a child
68. he’s been abused his entire life and has never been taught healthy coping mechanisms
69. so he sticks with the standby of repress until it explodes
70. which just does not work at all, but he doesn’t know any better
71. his stress level just walking around daily is 8/10, no wonder he can’t cope???
72. he learned his teenage dad was the kind of bully he’d been afraid of his entire life
73. AND HE LEARNED IT IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY
74. and that sent him into a spiral of depression wondering if everything snape had ever told him was correct
75. he spent weeks wondering if his mum and dad actually ever loved each other
76. his godfather and teacher only provided minor comfort; harry’s concerns weren’t really assuaged
77. normal student stresses like studying for the most stressful exams of school career
78. enduring a domineering hermione w/ the study schedules and whatnot during said exam times
79. he suffered frequent, brain-splitting headaches
80. mass breakout at azkaban is actually terrifying for him because he knows what those people are capable of
81. he was a very small child
82. people, he was only fifteen
Let's talk about Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Single-handedly killed Darth Maul at the age of 25
• Became a Jedi Knight at the age of 25
• Took on a padawan at the age of 25
• Was on the Jedi Council by the age of 37
• Fantastic pilot
• Absolutely hates flying
• Master of Sass and Sarcasm
• Incredibly attractive
• Most likely knew about Anakin and Padme’s marriage from the beginning, still never said anything about it
• Put up with all of Anakin’s crap for over 10 years
• Loved him like a brother
• Hated to fight him
• Leaving Anakin on Mustafar broke his spirit
• Carried that grief with him for twenty years
• Spent that time being Luke’s literal guardian angel
Ugh exactly!!
Minerva McGonagall purses her lips and shakes her head. The course work is laden with shield charms and hexes and poisons, so unlike the Hogwarts she attended years ago.
We are training children to be soldiers, she thinks, but she carries on anyway.
James Potter sits in front of her, telling her that he’s turned down Puddlemere United and will turn down the next three offers he’s sure to receive. Mr. Potter, we’ve worked on your Chaser prospects since your Fourth Year–
It’s okay, Professor. There’s more noble things for a Pureblood to pursue than the World Cup.
It’s with a heavy heart that she marks “No Prospects” on his career trajectory report. That is not how James Potter should be remembered.
Lily Evans asks for combat training and ways to apply Transfiguration to more practical offensive and defensive techniques. Yes of course, Miss Evans, but we’re here for career advice–
It’s okay, Professor. You don’t have to lie to me. No one will hire a Mudblood anymore and I don’t want to waste your time. But I really do need those techniques, if you don’t mind.
Minerva McGonagall purses her lips and wipes tears from her eyes as she marks Lily’s report.
We are training children to be soldiers, she thinks, and she is right.
The transition from stone corridors to burning muggle villages is too easy. Each trap that James and Sirius set for Filch was child’s play, mere practice for the traps they now set for Death Eaters and, at times, Voldemort himself. Remus and Peter were already accustomed to playing lookout– they do the same now, only the stakes are higher than detention.
Lily Evans is screaming, her hands keeping pressure to the spot on James Potter’s side that grows darker with red by the second. Sirius Black reaches them before she has the chance to and lifts James onto his shoulders, running out of the thick of battle with what she can only hope isn’t James’ corpse. The next curses that Lily Evans sends out her wand next are bright green, and her two targets don’t get up.
Minerva McGonagall wipes her brow, catching her breath behind a fallen wall before rushing towards the nearest Death Eater.
We have trained children to be soldiers, she knows, and she doesn’t think she can bare the truth much longer.
Remus Lupin accepts the rags he’s forced to wear underground now. Peter Pettigrew won’t stargaze like he used to for fear that he’ll be the first to spot a Dark Mark. Sirius Black is bored without James Potter, but James is hidden somewhere with Lily Potter and they haven’t been seen for months.
We have trained children to die, she thinks, and she prays that she is wrong.
It’s November 1, 1981 and Minerva McGonagall stares straight ahead, watching. Waiting. Everyone is celebrating and no one seems to realize that children have died.
She sees the baby for the first time and he is alive, scarred but alive, despite all odds. But no one else seems to realize that children have died. Children she taught and trained and fought beside have died and she feels complicit in their slaughter.
Minerva McGonagall remembers the children who have died. She remembers the students who didn’t return from summer break, the students who simply stop showing up to class, and the students who fall to the Dark Arts somewhere along the way. She remembers the students who graduate and forego the lives they deserve in order to prevent other children from dying. These are the children who are too young at eleven to be exposed to fear and are too young at twenty-one to be left for death, and these are the children whom she has helped raise.
She attends the funeral and her only comfort is that there are only two coffins, not three. Peter Pettigrew is dead, but there is no body to bury. Sirius Black is in Azkaban but deserves to be dead. Remus Lupin is alive, but you’d never be able to tell that from the look in his eye.
We have trained children to be soldiers, she knows. We have trained children to die, she thinks, and she is right.
I am in so much pain
harry and hermione’s friendship is so good……. who are they dragging today, is it snape, is it cormac mclaggen, is it the state of the wizarding world, i dont know but whoever it is is about to get wrecked
I was on the bus thinking about Harry Potter tonight and I remembered the part where the Dementors all show up at the Quidditch game, and I remembered how they were all looking up at Harry, and I wondered why they would all be staring at him, and then I realized that it’s because he has two souls in him.
On this note, wouldn’t that also be a reason why Harry would have had a more negative reaction than his friends (even Ginny)? He was hearing his mother’s voice as she was protecting him, which in itself was his worst memory. but the Dementors were also forcing the piece of Voldemort to relive its worst memory as well… The memory of being ripped apart by the curse that backfired. No wonder Harry passed out so often.
I literally never thought about that.
HOLY
Oh FUCKING HELL, you just made me realize that it wasn’t Harry’s memory that was his father telling Lily to take Harry and run, and it wasn’t Harry’s memory of Lily screaming.
Here I was, just eating a cup of applesauce under the 14-year-long assumption that the reason a small infant was able to remember something was because this was a fictional world of magic, but no, now this entirely reasonable and somewhat less terrifying bubble has burst and I’m never going to recapture that innocence.
I’m going to fucking bed.
It does make sense - and the part in Deathly Hallows where Harry relives his parent’s murder through Voldemort’s perspective and memory doesn’t exactly discredit the theory either
THE GREEN!
THE GREEN THAT HARRY SAW!
I was always under the assumption that he was remembering seeing it as a one-year-old, even though as an Education Major I know that people usually can’t remember that far back but I was just like, hey, he’s magical and maybe Jo just stretched the suspension of disbelief
But now
What if the green that Harry always saw, especially when the Dementors were around, was the small part of Voldemort’s soul reliving that moment that, as someone else pointed out, is probably the worst moment of his life.
I MEAN GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY THIS EVEN DESCRIBES WHY HARRY’S SCAR HURTS WHENEVER HE THINKS ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE IT’S THE PIECE OF SOUL INSIDE OF HIM HURTING!
harry potter was so messed up guys
not the book series
the character
he was so messed up like he lived in a closet and was hungry and treated like crap and no one helped him escape that life for a decade and then he finally gets to know his heritage and his family and oops kiddo you’re kind of famous?? wizard jesus??? so deal with that without any kind of adult guidance whatsoever you’re eleven and grew up in a house without any kind of emotional support you’re mature enough to handle that and THEN he finds out that he’s actually got people in this world that want him and want to love him and he finds out that… this world… hates them??? like one’s a werewolf and the other is a “criminal” and this world that celebrates his life hates the people that want to genuinely love him and care for him??? and the family that also loves and protects him are treated like crap because they are poor?????? and aren’t racist???
then he grows up a bit more and then suddenly he’s got this fuckin’ genocidal war lord out for his head specifically and he’s killing people and shit and NO ONE BELIEVES HIM they literally look at him like YEAH RIGHT YOU ARE JUST THE LITTLE BABY THAT SURVIVED A BAD NIGHT YOU DON’T KNOW ANYTHING and Harry’s like WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
YOU KNOW WHAT NO FUCK YOU
and then he starts a club to teach kids… how to protect themselves? Because he’s been let down by adults all his damn life so fuck them fuck them all he doesn’t need them they won’t listen to him so he’ll do what he can to protect these kids because the adults won’t do it it’s all on him he’s gotta do it he’s gotta
and then people that love him and want to protect him just for the sake of protecting a friend start dying one by one
and then he fuckin learns that all his fuckin life he’s been raised to be killed and he just
walks into the forest calmly
and accepts it
WHAT THE FUCK
i love the term “partners” are we dating? are we robbing a bank? do we run a legal firm? are we the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies and are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit? who knows.
What books have taught me -
If he has messy black hair and a shitload of sass, he’s a keeper.
Take what you need and be on your way And stop crying your heart out
“Harry…I as good as killed them,” he croaked. “I persuaded Lily and James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use him as Secret-Keeper instead of me…I’m to blame, I know it…The night they died, I’d arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he’d gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn’t feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents’ house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies…I realized what Peter must’ve done…what I’d done…” His voice broke.
