Some HP Musings

Various thoughts I and others (mostly others) have had on Harry and friends. Hinny Romione Jily etc.

[magicfolk]

If you could read the entire Harry Potter series again in another character’s POV, which character would you choose?

[yelenavasilisa]

GINNY FUCKING WEASLEY

[pleurocoelus]

Don’t let people shame you for liking only canon ships.

There’s no requirement in fandom for liking any of the extra-canonical ships. There’s no requirement for liking the canonical ones either.

There’s no mandatory minimum number of non-canon ships that you must like.  That number can be zero.

You don’t get your fandom card revoked for failure to ship.

To anyone who says otherwise:

[diarygirls]

i could literally make a giant chart of how every single event in harry potter books 5-7 parallels books 1-3 with book 4 (specifically, cedric’s death) as the turning point but i won’t do that but i could. 

[diarygirls]

turns out i did actually do that. 

please enjoy it’s 2am and this all came from my own fevered brain so apologies for the formatting and any mistakes 

[remusyoulittleshit]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban aka the movie where everyone’s hair was actually perfect but everything else got fucked up.

[remusyoulittleshit]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban aka the movie where everyone’s hair was actually perfect but everything else got fucked up.

[nuatthebeach]

brought to you by harry unconsciously watching ginny practice her patronus in the middle of DA when he’s supposed to be teaching

[somehpmusings]

I would love to see more of this type of fanart. Pose those figurines!

[sandersstudies]

I’m really curious what are y’all’s fanfiction and fiction squicks?

I know the word has fallen from super-popular use but I think we need to revitalize it as a term (for a deep-seated distaste or turn-off from certain tropes, writing forms, character types, etc.) What makes you put down a book or close a tab so fast?

[tlaquetzqui]

Elf babe. Like it’s fine to have a hot female elf but if she just exists as a love interest for the mayfly-lifespan stinking ape human protagonist, fuck that shit, I’m out.

Frankly the real reason elves should disdain naturally-born half-elves is “human lifespan is as much of a commitment for us as getting a dog is for them”. As Foreman in House says about Cameron’s marriage to a terminal patient, “You married a dying man. You thought six months, a year, it’ll be tough. But then I’ll recover and I’ll have the rest of my life. It’s like willy-nilly getting the flu or joining the Peace Corps. Short term. The sacrifices you made were huge. But they were at the height of your love for him. Commitment is only commitment because it has no expiration date. You stand next to someone and watch them floss for thirty years like my parents have, then ask for sacrifices. That’s how you know the real thing.” Only for an elf it’s three hundred years.

[halbdaemon-kite]

The "Ron the Death Eater" trope is the fanfic equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me. Especially when used for shipping purposes (it's usually used for shipping purposes).

[ear-th-worm]

Oh, yes. Bashing a character just because they sunk your ship is the height of squick for me. "I'm writing them OOC as a bad person and giving them other characters flaws, too." Grow up.

[welcometotheravenclawcommonroom]

Okay, but give me a Hermione Granger who cannot cook for the life of her. She’s done research, she’s taken classes, she’s tried everything and goddamit why can’t she make this work?!

Give me a Ron Weasley who watched his mother cook for years and somehow inherited her uncanny ability to just throw things in a pot and make it taste amazing. Give me a Ron Weasley who tries to teach his wife to cook because she asks him to and rubs her shoulders and fixes the light fixtures when she fails again. Give me a Ron Weasley who wears a “Kiss the cook” apron and makes all the meals for the family. Give me a Ron Weasley who fondly tells Hermione “for Merlin’s sake, you’re the bloody minister of magic, babe, you don’t have to be good at everything.” Give me a Ron Weasley who adores his wife and loves working part-time at the shop with Fred and George (there was a rumour going around that Fred died- this is poppycock. Please ignore it) and decides he loves being a househusband and defying gender roles but in a quieter way than his hurricane of a wife, who’s amazing and in-your-face and gods, he loves her. Give me a Ron who decides that he’s not so fond of the fame and glory that he gained in the war as he thought he would be, and who finally understands why Harry hated it so much in school. Give me a Ronald Weasley who learns to do laundry and mend clothes and keep house and makes lunch for his kids before they go off to muggle primary school and his wife before she goes to work and decides that being his family’s number one favourite person is more than enough. Give me a Ron who has a secret fondness for daytime soap operas when everyone’s out of the house and he’s not at the shop. Give me a Ron who is happy and healthy and realises that he’s so much more than just the sixth child or the leftover, that he’s loved, that he’s enough.

[souptastical]

"Harry Potter Fanfic Archive"

It's 90 GB, but you can pick which zips to download. Godsend to people like me, who try to help others find lost fics. The fact I'm waiting on a 90 GB torrent full of fanfic is wild to me though lmao

Torrent unpacked into zips, hosted by me. (keep in mind the 5 GB data cap)

[spryslytherin]

the fact that people hate Ronald Weasley genuinely hurts my heart,,, leave my child alone

[owlpostagain]

Why Ron/Hermione Argue

As some people might already know about me, I’ve never been one to shy away from a good debate. That’s a trait that I share with Hermione.

There are some people who don’t particularly like arguing or disagreeing. Some people genuinely do. Hermione falls into the second category, and since I do as well, I wanted to try to explain what’s up with all of the arguing between her and Ron.

I don’t think there are that many people who would say that she isn’t an argumentative person by nature. In addition to Ron/Harry, Hermione clashes with Lavender over her rabbit, Luna over her theories, Umbridge over Ministry rules, Snape over the lesson plans for Lupin’s DADA class, Professor Trelawney over Divination, Parvati over Divination, Draco over Hagrid/Buckbeak, etc. And she argues with everyone about house-elves. Hermione is argumentative, and that’s how she prefers it.

Hermione finds it intellectually stimulating to argue, and needs someone who’s going to argue right back.

Genuine Friendship

Hermione is not the sort of person who’s afraid of being the person reading the book while everyone else is having fun. When she fights with Harry/Ron in PA, she doesn’t buddy up with Lavender/Parvati or apologize to the boys just to have someone to sit with at lunch. She sits by herself in the common room and goes it alone. In other words, Hermione is not the kind of person who chooses a bad friend over no friend at all.

If she did not enjoy spending time with Ron, she would have no problem sitting on the other side of the common room reading a book while waiting for Harry to return. And yet, we constantly see her in Ron’s company, even when Harry’s not around.

In every book after CS, she arrives the Burrow/Leaky Cauldron/Number 12 before Harry does. Harry takes it for granted that Ron and Hermione will be sitting together when he shows up in the common room, but that’s not a small thing. In PA, the two of them return from Hogsmeade “looking as though they’ve had the time of their lives.”

Despite how much they fight, it’s very clear that Hermione genuinely enjoys spending time with Ron.

Comfort with Conflict

Harry was raised by the Dursleys, and sees arguing and conflict as associated with strife. He also doesn’t feel comfortable expressing his emotions, so he tends to bottle things up until they explode.

Hermione frequently nags Harry, which Harry does not particularly appreciate. He basically has three strategies when being nagged by Hermione. The first is avoiding/ignoring her, the second is lying to her, and the third is exploding at her. Examples of the first and second include occulmency, sneaking into Hogsmeade, his doubts over Dumbledore’s past, the egg clue, his homework, his feelings about Ron’s absence, Voldemort’s visions in DH, his grades, etc.

When he can’t lie/avoid/ignore, Harry will explode at Hermione. At which point the balance of power tilts sharply toward Harry. When Harry explodes, Hermione crumples. She will cry, shrink back, speak “in a small voice,” etc.

Nagging is simply Hermione’s style, and while she might learn to tone it down, it’s always going to be part of who she is.

The problem is that Hermione needs feedback. Because Harry doesn’t engage with Hermione’s nagging, it’s hard for her to know when she’s entering the danger zone.

Like Hermione, Ron is pretty comfortable with the idea of conflict. He was raised in a house where such behavior was acceptable. He knew that just because his mother shouts or his brothers tease doesn’t mean that they don’t love him. He might be insecure about his worth, but he never has to worry that his family will simply stop loving him if he crosses some kind of invisible line.

Both Hermione and Ron wear their emotions on their sleeves and give each other instant feedback. If Hermione is upset with the boys, she tells them exactly why. Ron is the same way. Even when Ron fights with Harry, he chooses to immediately engage with him that night rather than giving him the cold shoulder and forcing Harry to work it out on his own.

The conflicts over each other’s romantic partners (or potential romantic partners) are a good example as well. When Ron sees something developing with Hermione/Krum, he immediately reacts and Hermione reacts right back.

When Hermione sees that Ron has a crush on Fleur, she wastes no time talking about how Fleur “really thinks a lot of herself” and “scowls” when Fleur gives Ron attention. Hermione reacts to Ron kissing Lavender not by sulking but by sending a flock of birds flying at his head. Neither of them are great at hiding how they feel.

There is a brief period in HBP where Ron decides to give Hermione the cold shoulder after finding out that she kissed Krum. Hermione is quite visibly rattled and upset by this behavior, saying she “doesn’t know what she’s supposed to have done.” Because normally when Ron is upset at Hermione, he tells her why.

A lot of the problems in the later books regarding their romantic lives stem from the same thing. They’re unable to conceal their feelings, but for the first time, they’re also unable to be 100% upfront with one another. Which creates a comedy of misunderstandings and poor decision-making.

Arguing as Conversation

There’s not really anger between Ron/Hermione’s arguments. I know that sounds odd, but to them it’s a cross between a rational discussion and intellectual exercise. Ron presents an idea, Hermione counters, Ron counters, and so on and so forth. It’s basically just a way to pass the time and exchange perspectives.

The morning after Ron/Hermione’s heated argument about Krum after the Yule Ball, Harry notes that they were being “quite friendly to each other, though oddly formal.”

In other words, they’re bending over backwards to be polite to one another and it’s making things weird. It’s totally different from their normal behavior.

There are many times in canon where they will segue from an argument to a normal conversation with no visible ill-will.

Even with Scabbers and the Firebolt, when an argument is finished, it’s finished.

PA:

Hermione flung her arms around Ron’s neck and broke down completely.

Ron, looking quite terrified, patted her very awkwardly on the top of the head.

Finally, Hermione drew away.

“Ron, I’m really, really sorry about Scabbers…” she sobbed.

“Oh — well — he was old,” said Ron, looking thoroughly relieved that she had let go of him. “And he was a bit useless. You never know, Mum and Dad might get me an owl now.”

They’re perfectly capable of stopping in their tracks in order to focus on Harry or something else that’s just happened.

For another example, look at OP:

“I think Dumbledore’s probably got plenty of evidence, even if he doesn’t share it with you, Ron,” snapped Hermione.

“Oh, shut up, the pair of you,” said Harry heavily, as Ron opened his mouth to argue back.

Hermione and Ron both froze, looking angry and offended.

“Can’t you give it a rest?” said Harry. “You’re always having a go at each other, it’s driving me mad.” […] The vision of Ron and Hermione’s shocked faces afforded him a sense of deep satisfaction.

Ron/Hermione are shocked, offended, and angry at Harry’s remark, because they don’t see anything wrong with their behavior. This is just how they communicate.

Harry leaves the table and goes straight up to Divination, and Ron joins him a few minutes later:

“Hermione and me have stopped arguing,” [Ron] said, sitting down beside Harry.

“Good,” grunted Harry.

“But Hermione says she thinks it would be nice if you stopped taking out your temper on us,” said Ron.

“I’m not -”

“I’m just passing on the message,” said Ron, talking over him. “But I reckon she’s right. It’s not our fault how Seamus and Snape treat you.”

So in a matter of minutes, Ron and Hermione resolved their argument and discussed the best way to handle Harry. Notice that Ron doesn’t actually apologize for arguing with Hermione, he just tells Harry they’ve stopped.

An Expression of Trust

When you get to know someone, you learn that there are certain things they’re sensitive about, and you try to steer away from those topics. This is no different with Hermione/Ron. They both know what’s safe and what’s off-limits.

Hermione can call Ron tactless numerous times and nag him to do his homework, but she’s not going to take a shot at his family’s finances. Ron will tell Hermione to stop nagging and call her a know-it-all, but he would never insult her appearance.

That’s how they operate. And Hermione knows that if she accidentally strays into the danger zone, Ron will let her know. And vice versa.

Keeping Things Balanced

The movies turn Hermione into this perfect superwoman and Ron into a cowardly idiot who’s the butt of the joke, but the truth is that both characters are flawed in their own way.

One of Hermione’s more abrasive qualities is her tendency to be a bit of a know-it-all.

To be clear, being a know-it-all is not the same as being smart. Being smart is knowing the answer. Being a know-it-all is being unable to resist telling everyone else the answer. Essentially the way that Hermione and Ron negotiate a balanced relationship is by Ron engaging her when she nags him or acts like a know-it-all.

Hermione cannot help telling Ron that he’s not pronouncing a spell correctly. Plenty of people are offended by that kind of behavior, even when the other person is right. But Ron, instead of ignoring her corrections or acting as though he’s been gravely insulted, just calls her a know-it-all to keep things even. This evens the scales between them and prevents their relationship from becoming Hermione bossing Ron around.

It’s important to understand that Ron does have a huge amount of respect for Hermione’s abilities. He’s not always the best about coming out and saying it, but he takes it for granted that she’s the cleverest person in the room.

PS:

“But we’re not six hundred years old,” Ron reminded her. “Anyway, what are you studying for, you already know it all.”

GoF:

“But Hogwarts is hidden,” said Hermione, in surprise. “Everyone knows that… well, everyone who’s read Hogwarts, A History, anyway.”

“Just you, then,” said Ron. “So go on - how d'you hide a place like Hogwarts?”

When the O.W.L.s arrive and Hermione looks slightly unhappy and says that she did “not bad,” Ron takes the paper and announces that she got 10 Outstandings and 1 Exceeds Expectations and then playfully makes fun of her for being disappointed given how impressive her scores are. When Ron and Hermione take their apparition tests, he tells Harry that Hermione was “perfect, obviously.” Even when he himself fails, he doesn’t seem to bear any ill-will toward Hermione.

Ron’s not threatened by Hermione’s intelligence, and he’s not too prideful to do exactly what Hermione’s told him to do. But his teasing and his unwillingness to automatically agree with Hermione is what creates a balanced relationship between the two.

And Hermione genuinely needs this in a partner. She needs someone who will volley right back when she argues with them. She needs someone who will understand that her tendency to be a know-it-all is an instristic part of her personality. She needs someone who finds it endearing rather than annoying.

[my-eyes-open]

[justarandomturtle]

we’re here to fuck shit up.

[sararye]

ron looks like he is ready to kill someone but very confused why

[sassenach-kiss]

I feel like the above statement is a very good summary of ronald weasley

[ghost-of-bambi]

Um, not it’s not a good summary and it really annoys me that anyone would say it is.

Not having Hermione’s ostentatious intelligence, Ron is often overlooked and singled out as the stupid one of the trio but I don’t see any evidence of this. People think it’s stupid because they compare him to Hermione rather than hold him to his own standard. Ron’s intelligence is about equal to many people’s, dare I say most of you even.

Ron was not confused. I’d like to see a concrete example of a time when Ron didn’t really know what was going on, or a time when he was the only one who didn’t know, because whenever Ron was a little behind in something Harry tended to be too. Ron could handle himself. He could fight. Harry trusted him to be capable. When they had to go to the department of mysteries Harry expressed reluctance to bring Ginny, Neville and Luna along, not Ron. I’m sick of all of this Ron-baiting. He wasn’t thick! He was of average intelligence. This means his intelligence was equal to MOST PEOPLE.

Ron was loyal, solid and dependable. He was a decent person. He was brave and trustworthy and entirely upfront about his thoughts and feelings. He wasn’t sly. These are all fantastic qualities in a person and they are so often overlooked because they’re not ‘showy’.

[accioromione]

THANK FUCKING GOD SOMEONE SAID THIS. I KEPT SEEING THIS ALL OVER MY DASH AND I JUST SHOOK MY HEAD AND UGH ITS SO FUCKING ANNOYING.

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK HE’S STUPID; LIKE IS THIS FOR FUCKING REAL.

HE ALWAYS KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. IF ANYONE KNEW ANYTHING IT WAS RON MOTHERFRICKING WEASLEY.

HE HAD THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WIZARDING WORLD BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE TRIO WHO GREW UP WITH IT

HERMIONE WAS MUGGLEBORN AND HARRY WAS RAISED BY MUGGLES.

IT WAS RON WHO GREW UP IN THE WIZARD WORLD AND KNEW ABOUT SOCIETY AND SHIT THAT EVEN HERMIONE DIDN’T KNOW AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

HERMIONE LEARNED ABOUT THE WIZARDING WORLD THROUGH READING.

RON LEARNED THROUGH LIVING

WHEN I WAS LEARNING ENGLISH I LEARNED IT USING TWO WAYS. THE FIRST WAY WAS BY READING ABOUT IT, LOOKING AT THE TRANSLATIONS AND TRYING TO MEMORIZE THE WORDS.

THE SECOND WAY WAS BY MOVING TO A COUNTRY THAT USED ENGLISH ON A DAILY BASIS.

AFTER FIVE YEARS OF READING ABOUT IT, I STILL ONLY KNEW LIKE 5 WORDS OF ENGLISH.

BUT WHEN I MOVED; I LEARNED ENGLISH IN LIKE 2 MONTHS BECAUSE I HAD TO USE IT IN MY DAY TO DAY LIFE. SO I JUST GOT ACCUSTOMED TO IT.

SO HERMIONE COULD HAVE READ THE WHOLE LIBRARY (WHICH SHE PROBABLY DID)

BUT RON LIVED IT. THAT’S WHY HE WAS THE ONE WHO WAS ABLE TO KEEP CALM IN SITUATIONS AND KNEW WHAT TO DO WHEN HERMIONE AND HARRY DIDN’T.

They are all smart in their own ways.

Harry was smart at defense and attack, dealing with dark things. He was smart at being the ‘hero.’

Hermione was smart with facts and logic. She was academically smart.

Ron was smart with strategy and survival. He was ‘street smart.’ He knew how to deal with situations that would keep them alive in the end.

Street smart is argued to be the most difficult and best smart to have.

Anyone can read a book, study it and try to memorize it.

Anyone can train hard and long enough and become a good fighter.

But not everyone can know about the world and keep their cool under dangerous situations.

Tumblr is always saying how being academically smart doesn’t mean you’re smart. It just means you’ve got a good memory. Everyone’s always saying how true smartness should be valued.

And yet here we are; with Ron Weasley, the perfect example of using the other smarts, and becoming successful because of it. And he’s portrayed as stupid?

Didn’t anyone ever think about how only Ron was able to keep calm in the devils snare. (Despite the movie which I’m still mad about.) When Hermione was panicking Ron told her to stay still and reminded her that she could stop it. “Are you a witch or not.”

There’s a reason he’s good at chess. Not everyone can be good at chess no matter how hard they try, because chess is about strategy. And you have to be smart to apply strategy. It shows just how cunning and strategic Ron is. And in the end it’s those qualities that get you somewhere in life.

Ron Weasley is a genius.

[weasleyismyking540]

I agree wholeheartedly with all of this.

[sunortap]

appreciate 👏🏼 ron 👏🏼 weasley’s 👏🏼 intelligence

[marilynhansonarchived-blog]

this means so much to me. so much

[notanearlyadopter]

Okay but like actually this is the most thoughtful gift IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

It might seem to make more sense to give Ron the precious family heirloom (remember that Molly’s brother Fabian died in the First Wizarding War; Molly has held onto his watch out of sentimentality since then). But Ron is the sixth son in his (canonically financially-struggling) family. He’s been forced into hand-me-downs his whole life. If he’d gotten the watch with a dent in the back, he wouldn’t have appreciated it; he’d only have seen the flaw. And if his mum bought Harry a new watch instead of getting Ron one, Ron would have resented that. A new watch was a worthwhile expense to get Ron a rare taste of the luxury and individual attention he has always craved.

Harry, though. Harry has money; Harry has new things. What Harry does not have is family. Harry is an orphan. Other than one photo album and the invisibility cloak, he doesn’t have anything that came with family history attached. What Molly does here is give him that; she makes him part of the family, symbolically, by giving him an emotionally significant if physically imperfect item. She gives him love in a tangible form.

[rsasai]

This is why I will fight anyone who insults the Weasleys.

Fucking fight me.

[tlpursuit]

So I scribbled it. 🤷

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #8989:

People disliking a character who is intentionally written to be an asshole =/= lack of media literacy, in fact, they’re engaging with the media exactly as the writers intended. Some characters are written to be disliked by the audience, so the audience isn’t stupid for disliking them or openly hating on them.

It’s only an issue when people say a character is “badly written” for no other reason than that character being an asshole (basically, when people think that a character having flaws is bad writing).

[pleurocoelus]

Let's face it, we see that a lot from stans of the asshole characters. They like and want to like that character for some reason. No problem. It's okay to like such characters.

The problem is that some of them think that all the nasty things their fave does are just bad writing and that those of us who dislike that character lack media literacy. Some of them also can't understand how you can like their fave as a character, but not as a person.

[ginnyw-potter]

Hi Kami, What’s your opinion on Harry breaking up with Ginny to protect her? I know a lot of anti-hinnyers use this as evidence that he didn’t really care about her and he wasn’t that heartbroken and blah blah blah, but I always felt that was the most tragic thing he had to do. He lost all of his loved ones, and he was terrified to lose her, so he was willing to give up the one person that made him the happiest he had ever been just so she could be safe. I thought it was the saddest thing in the world that the boy who lost everyone he ever loved was willing to let go of the girl he loved, who made him feel like he was living someone else’s life and was more than the chosen one, just so she wouldn’t be kidnapped, tortured, or killed. The kid did this at 16! Idk what people say, hjp is the most romantic noble git in the world and their love story is so obvious and sweet.

I pretty much agree with all you have mentioned.

Not only does it make perfect sense, it also shows incredible emotional maturity from both of them to have that conversation.

He cares so much about her that he can't risk her. All Harry knows is making sacrifices and so this one is logical to him. It's tragic, and it's the only thing he knows to do. He delays it even, but that moment he has to let her go. It's the moment he completely accepts he's the chosen one and he'll do what he needs to do

I think there are layers to this break up though. He wants to protect her (even if she was given Veritesarum, she would be able to say they were broken up) but also not keep her hopes up or waiting because he sincerely doesn't know if he will make it back.

Ginny also immediately understands it isn't about her, and she knows it's for a stupid noble reason. What she admires so much about him, is also the thing that hurts her the most. If it was up to her, she'd never make that choice, but she also understands why Harry needs to.

Ginny is also very synonymous with happiness, brightness and the future in the later books. It stars slowly in the Order of the Phoenix and then it keeps increasing. He can't have her as long as he's the chosen one. This is more poetic than it is literal but Ginny is the opposite of all the bad things in his life. Thinking of her when he dies is absolutely not a coincidence.

[myhinnyarchive]

The people who think this weakens the case for Hinny are completely misunderstanding the narrative. Harry's need to protect Ginny shows the strength of his love for her.

Also, Harry's plot arc was structured so that Ginny was his rest. Harry couldn't "live while the other survived," meaning he couldn't freely live his life until Voldemort's ultimate defeat. Harry's dreams of Ginny, his sour thought of someone else marrying her, his staring at her name on the Marauders Map during the Camping Trip of Doom, his mad hope that she could sense him thinking about her... all of these foreshadow their eventual reunion and life together.

[thegirlwhowrites642]

Do you think Harry is the only one who calls Ginny with nickname "Gin" or do her brothers also call her with this ? Because I was very happy that in the curse child play, Harry calls her Gin. I think it was the first time , not even in the books I saw this nickname .

The only time the nickname "Gin" is used in any material that could be even vaguely considered canon is in TCC, and only Harry uses it (but TCC is not canon and I refuse to discuss this any further).

That said, "Gin" was very much not an invention of TCC. There are hinny fanfictions written in 2000/2001 where Ginny is called like that (to give you some perspective: GoF was published in 2000). Originally it was a nickname used by her brothers and friends, then as you progressively follow the evolution of hinny fanfictions, "Gin" becomes something exclusively used by Harry, a take that right now feels very much universally shared.

From a perspective of canon compliance, "Gin" being used by her brothers but not making it into the canon text doesn't really make any sense, while Harry being the only one using it works as most of their intimate scenes don't make it into the page for the sake of the poor innocent little readers (or he could've started using it after the war).

Personally, I'm a big fan of "Gin" if only used by Harry as I think he would enjoy having a name exclusively used by him to call her (possessive and sappy as he is) and I don't really see him going with something like "sweetheart" or "honey" if not used ironically. Also, while I'm on this topic, I will die on the hill that Harry and Ginny do not use "baby" or any variation of it (unless they are making fun of someone who does because for that they are always game).

[myhinnyarchive]

Yes. 1000x yes.

Especially on the "they don't say baby." Honestly, I think they'd make up nonsensical pet names before they'd call each other "Baby." I dislike that so much that it's almost an immersion breaker.

[floreatcastellumposts]

This may sound like a silly or specific question but your mention of Vic personalizing her uniform made me curious as to whether you have a headcanon for what the Hogwarts uniforms look like? I know some folks just go off how they look in the films, but I've seen other authors with different interpretations of what they may look like.

I have to admit I am heavily influenced by the films in this respect though I don't imagine them quite the same. I imagine them kind of like standard school uniforms but the robes over them are more similar to the gown I had to wear often at university:

I still have my gown though obviously I will never wear it again. At Hogwarts I imagine these magically became lined with the colour of their house and maybe a little crest on the front as Harry always seems to recognise which house random other students are in.

I know it doesn't correlate with the books but fuck it, I am not perfect.

[pleurocoelus]

Honestly, the uniforms in the movies (other than the film to film inconsistencies) are one of the few things I like among the things that they changed.

Potterverse Wizarding culture is soooooo incredibly British that I see no problem whatsoever with that aspect of Muggle school culture being in Wizard society too.

For example, fanon has a fascination with “wizard” names, yet Harry’s pureblood dormmates are named Ron and Neville, two names normal in the British Muggle world. There’s also Susan, Hannah, Daphne, Vincent, Gregory, Theodore, Pansy... all perfect normal names.

TL;DR Since pureblood families, even potentially bloodist ones, give their children normal/Muggle names, then Hogwarts can use Muggle-ish school uniforms.