Hogwarts Too?

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[slyssnakes]

Joanne wakes up every morning going 'what group of people can I spit on today'

[the-forbidden-forest]

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[wisteria-lodge]

I don't understand this Draco hasn't done anything absolutely evil but why does Harry consider him as his archnemesis?

Also, the post about Snape, Marauders, and bullying

Does it mean that what Draco does isn't bullying if Harry and the others fight back?

I'd say the difference between a bully and an enemy is the power dynamic. Enemies have roughly the same amount of power, while a bully has significantly more power then the person they're messing with. Bullies also know that they have more power, and kind of relish throwing their weight around. You can still fight back if you have less power, it just probably isn't going to help much.

Draco actually seems pretty aware of the relative power levels of all the people around him. There is a brief window in Book 1 where he DOES have more power than Harry, just because Harry is SO clueless and so new to everything. For a second, Harry is actually intimidated by Draco.

“Oh, you’re going to fight us, are you?” Malfoy sneered. “Unless you get out now,” said Harry, more bravely than he felt, because Crabbe and Goyle were a lot bigger than him or Ron. “But we don’t feel like leaving, do we, boys? We’ve eaten all our food and you still seem to have some.”

(Draco talks like a baby mobster, I can't even....)

There are also bits like -

Harry didn’t have the faintest idea what a bezoar was. He tried not to look at Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, who were shaking with laughter.

Here, Draco is communicating that HE belongs in this world, and Harry does not (to a comical extent.) Which Harry IS worried about at the beginning of Book 1, so this time the teasing hits.

However... Draco very quickly loses whatever leverage he has. Harry figures out the world pretty fast, does well at Hogwarts, becomes the youngest Seeker in a century, has all this notoriety as "the Boy Who Lived." Draco *tries* to bully him and... fails.

[Malfoy] had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next. Then he’d realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed [with Harry]

Draco is trying to use his power to make Harry's life more difficult, only to realize that that he can't. He is flailing around, trying to to be intimidating, trying to tease Harry in a way that will actually upset him, and it's not working:

“I do feel so sorry,” said Draco Malfoy, one Potions class, “for all those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because they’re not wanted at home.” He was looking over at Harry as he spoke. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled.

Swing and a miss. Harry KNOWS the Dursleys don't want him back for Christmas, and is THRILLED about this.

Draco will sometimes tease Harry about his fame, which kind of works. (“'Everyone line up!' Malfoy roared to the crowd. 'Harry Potter’s giving out signed photos! 'No, I’m not,' said Harry angrily, his fists clenching.") BUT, Draco mostly pivots to going after Harry's friends, people with less societal/social power. People Draco CAN bully. So instead of going after Harry directly, we see him mess with Hagrid, Neville, Ron and Hermione. Very good way to get on Harry's bad side.

Harry does seem to have this continuous low-key obsession with Draco though. When nothing else is going on, he snaps back to What Suspicious Thing is Malfoy Doing Now (lets discuss). He goes undercover to spy on Draco during Book 2, in Book 3 he has all kinds of thoughts about what *Draco* might know about Sirius Black, and in Book 6 he gets Kreacher and Dobby to tail him, all while Harry stalking-Draco-via-Map. Ron & Hermione tell him to tone it down.

It's not hard at all to take this in a Drarry direction, but even if you don't... yeah, I can see why Draco specifically bothers Harry. Draco is a magical only child, with parents who adore and protect him, who are always writing him letters and sending him care packages. Draco is maybe the closest to what Harry's life would have looked like if James and Lily survived. That the one thing Harry wants more than anything, and Draco didn't do anything to earn all this love and good fortune! Draco sucks! I wouldn't be surprised if young Harry feels he's had to earn *everything.*

[blorger]

One of the reasons why Draco comes off as such an ineffective bully and consummate pigtail-puller is that Draco is 99.9% hot air. Not only (as @cluelessascanbe points out) is Harry favored by nearly every authority figure in the books, but jkr is pathologically incapable of portraying Harry as anything other than the victor every time the two clash: Harry wins at Quidditch, in physical fights and even in overall popularity. Whenever the Hogwarts student body turns on Harry (in Cos, Gof and OotP), it's never because of something Draco did or said; he contributes to the effort, yes, but he is never the driving force.

jkr's desire to portray Draco as pathetic is so strong that he becomes an unsuccessful foil; as readers we never doubt that Harry is going to come out on top so the only remarkable thing about Draco's actions is just how much attention Harry pays to them (and how persistent Draco remains even in the face of constant loss).

We see Draco as Harry's rival because Harry does; from the very beginning Draco seems to live rent-free in Harry's head and I don't think Draco ever truly realizes it.

As an aside, the books call Dudley a bully several times and even James and Vernon catch the occasional stray but from books 1-5 Draco is never described as such. The only instances of Draco being referred to as a bully come from book 6, where Draco is very much not bullying anyone.

Instance n.1 comes from Harry recounting what he witnessed Draco doing at Borgin and Burkes

I wouldn't call Draco's attempt at intimidation bullying but to each their own. Like, can anyone ever successfully bully their fellow men when the phrase "please don't tell my mommy" is their parting shot?

The only other instance of Draco being referred to as a bully comes form something he doesn't do:

The way this is phrased implies that this is something Draco does routinely, but the closest thing to Draco actually bullying younger students we ever see is this (in book 5):

In conclusion: I don't think Harry (or Ron and Hermione for that matter) ever see Draco as a bully, and isn't that the biggest indicator there is?

[wisteria-lodge]

... at WORST they might describe him as, idk, bullying Hagrid. But even then, Draco needs to pull in more powerful figures like his father and Rita Skeeter, because there isn't much he can do on his own. He even lays off Neville after Book 1, and Snape takes over as Neville's main "bully" in the eyes of the trio. Half the time Draco's attempts at messing with Harry backfire, and either result in something good for Harry, or in Draco getting in trouble.

#i cannot stress enough how much Draco is on Harry’s mind in PS#dreams about him on his first night at Hogwarts and the boy hasn’t even done more than offer his hand and get rejected#misses Draco over the summer in CoS#Draco’s reaction is one of the first things he notices whenever something happens at Hogwarts#etc etc etc

/facepalm/ Harry what are you even doing...

(great tags by @cluelessascanbe)

[gnome-risovan]

Yasss another HP fan art! ⚡️

Istg my latest digital artworks are just like my sketchbook! A bunch of small sketches on a canvas (tho I almost never colour the ones in my sketchbook)… and I’m more than okay with that lol

My favs are definitely the Ginny n George, Ginny n Harry and Auror Ginny ones.. I see no pattern here😳 I also really love Ron’s puzzled face

There are a few more sketches on the way and maybe even an animation with Voldy👀 I really wanna explore as many characters as possible while my hyper fixation is in full swing🤭 Feel free to suggest any characters, especially ships!

Closeups under the cut ⬇️

[amomorii]

Yule Ball, 1994

"Can we talk?"

[blorger]

Ron sounded so pissed. Like, emotionally as well as alcoholically. He also sounded just like he had as an eleven-year-old on summer hols, having one possession or another swiped by an older brother (or occasionally a younger sister), and that filled Harry with a warm feeling that he was pretty sure was nostalgia and not just mild indigestion brought on by an abundance of booze and crisps. Or mostly wasn’t booze and crisps. Some of it was definitely booze and crisps because he could taste both every time he quietly burped.

Ron couldn't have looked more gleeful if he’d simultaneously won the Triwizard and the House Cup and Witch Weekly’s Bachelor of the Year. “This one’s brand new, literally hours old. You’re going to spew when you hear it ‘Mione—” The apricot was trying to go down the wrong pipe and Harry coughed into his hand and said hoarsely, “Ron,” in a desperate sort of warning. “Last night we found out that Malfoy is super gay—” “Ron—” “—and has loads of gay porno, which is how we found out the gay thing—” “Ron!” “—and Harry went and got a prong on about it!” Harry was actually about to die of asphyxiation via apricot, after all he’d been through. Here lies Harry James Potter, Order of Merlin (First Class), beloved son, occasional saviour, choked on an apricot while his best friend told his other best friend about his boner. Rest in peace.

from Equally Cursed and Blessed by @moonflower-rose

[substellaris]

fem draco

[nowherelittlegirl]

'Cause he is just a teenage dirtbag, baby 😔🤟🎶

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[pocketlessdruid]

This was my contribution for the @hd-tarot fest, i had so much fun doing it and im looking forward to participate again in the next cycle🧚‍♀️🃏🪄

[ayeforscotland]

From Trump’s executive order — It basically declares everyone is now a woman.

All human embryos are female at conception…it takes around 6 weeks for fetal testes to produce androgen which counteracts the estrogen which produces male genitalia.

[bendurbaby]

harry james potter by me.

[gem1ny]

decided to have a lil fun and add another, humanity's strongest soldier.

same reference used

[slyssnakes]

It's a fitting punishment... To want something so much—to hold it in your arms—and know beyond a doubt you will never deserve it.

[thalthanmadanus]

Draco in Arcane style

(The second drawing is suposed to be a disheveled Draco from sixth year)

[cat-alvarez]

The two voices in Harry's head, at all times:

[lilbeanz]

I had to XD

[scarlettohairdye]

So I was thinking about epithets yesterday and how when they're used well they really add to the work and when they're used poorly it feels like the author has thrown a cinderblock in front of you while you're moving at a brisk walk, and then I got floostered (flu vaxx and covid booster) and managed to edit this ugly but hopefully helpful flowchart together through my flooster fever.

The question I always come back to is, "How would I, as the viewpoint character, think about this other character?" I think about my wife by her name or her relationship to me. I don't think of her as "the blue-haired woman," or "the taller woman."

This obviously doesn't cover every single permutation of epithet use out there in the would, but if I can help one person avoid writing, "Scarlett walked into the kitchen, hungry and annoyed about it. The redheaded woman found she had no snacks and grumbled," it'll be worth it.

(This is not a callout post for anyone in particular. It's just intended as general writing advice, because I had to figure out a lot of this shit for myself when I first started telling stories!)

[roseharpermaxwell]

🙌 Pronouns and names are hard to overdo!