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[sufferingremus]

i barely use this blog anymore but drarry is the realest and purest shit there is bye

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Hermione Granger’s Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by @waspabi

‘You’re a wizard, Harry’ is easier to hear from a half-giant when you’re eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you’re seventeen and late for work. 

i recently fell v v hard into this fanfic, and even tho i’ve otherwise never read a page of drarry in my life; it’s incredible & love it & i highly recommend it. anyway i wanted to try some illustrative screenshot things 

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how did jk manage to write ootp and not come to the conclusion that the only career w any true meaning for harry james potter was as a goddamn professor at hogwarts like how do u write the da scenes and say “nah he’d want to be a wizard cop”

[hugisak]

#just let him dress in warm sweaters and have tea with neville in the staff room and help first years #harry james potter as hogwarts longest serving defense against the dark arts teacher fucking fight me (@batcii)

[tattooedsiren]

#but it would be so perfect??? #bc it would help normalize his life so much #like there would just be this generation of kids who are like #‘ugh who cares that he killed the dark lord he gAVE US HOMEWORK OVER BREAK’ #like the beginning of every year there would be the new first years who would freak out a little #but then it would calm down #and most of the students would literally forget #until like clockwork the fifth years would have their history of magic class on the second war #and they’d all show up to DADA looking a little awestruck and everyone would be extra quiet #and harry would give this kind of annoyed sigh—except it’s fake bc he TOTALLY knew this was coming #bc binns is a bro and he totally gives him a heads up every year #and harry wouldn’t have any lesson plans for the day and instead he would just sit at the front of the room and answer everyone’s questions #but otherwise everyone would just be like ‘professor potter!! i can’t get my patronus to work! help me!’ #and like they’d go home at the end of the year or for break and their parents—who ARE still starstruck by harry james potter #would pester their kids with questions#and the kids would just be like ‘merlin i don’t know?? potter’s such a huge dork you should hear him talk about proper wand movements’ #but they would all love him #and he would feel safe and normal and utterly accepted #AND I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE (via @cinematicnomad)

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Pls discuss: Harry Potter growing out his hair and walking around with a bun - yes or no?

[tashaneva]

y e s

[atalienart]

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[lightsaber]

Hi my name is Delphie Icy Marvolo Riddle Serpent and I have short silvery bluenette hair (that’s how I got my name) and hot pink eyes that all prepz would flee from and a lot of people tell me I look like Bellatrix Lestrange (AN: if u don’t know who she is get da hell out of here!)

[mirdania]

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

All was well…or is it??!!1 Albus discovers a secret, and who is the beautiful girl with silver hair who calls herself Augury? Time travel AU don’t like don’t read!

Relationships: Scorpius/Rose, Albus/OC, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Ron/Padma Patil, Voldemort/Bellatrix, implied Voldemort/Astoria

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Like I think what I’m maddest about above all is Cedric?? Like not even the fact that the fate of the wizarding world hinged on Cedric’s death, it’s that the fate of the wizarding world hinged on Cedric becoming a death eater. LIKE…. HOW DARE U COME AT ME LIKE THIS JK LIKE H O  W    D   A R  E 

Cedric’s death is one of the most important events in the entire series. Tonally and emotionally for both the reader and Harry. It’s significant. When I was eight years old and reading Goblet of Fire I threw my copy of the book across the room when Cedric’s body hit the ground. It completely changed the Harry Potter books for me. It’s a turning point for the series and for Harry as a person.

THEN WE HAVE THIS FUCKING PLAY.

This mess not only trivialises Cedric’s death within the narrative, it destroys it as an emotional blow for the reader. Cedric’s death was significant because Cedric himself was not significant. He was seventeen year old kid, he was on the quidditch team, he had a girlfriend, he was normal, kind, happy. His death was important bc he’s the first real death we experience in the narrative and it’s just this normal kid; a casualty of a war he had nothing to do with. His death charges the events of the next book, and marks a change in Harry that drives his characterisation for the rest of the series. 

Harry is plagued by nightmares of Cedric for months. Cedric’s ghost haunts his relationship with Cho, and both bolsters and hinders his ability to teach Dumbledore’s Army. His perspective of Cedric’s death defines the tragedy of Order of the Phoenix, and of the series as a whole:  “all that stuff was luck” Harry says of his achievements to the DA kids. It’s all luck. Throughout Harry Potter we keep coming back to luck. It was luck that saw Cedric in the graveyard that night and it was luck that saw Voldemort choose the Potters instead of the Longbottoms on Halloween in 1981. A prophecy that speaks with the surety of fate comes down to a chance between two different boys. The dichotomy between fate and chance and the fallacy of being “chosen” in Harry Potter is thematically critical to the series, and Cedric’s death is a part of that. 

He knew all the spells, he was one of the best wizards Hogwarts had to offer. The Goblet of Fire chose him. “He did know this stuff,” Harry says, “He was really good at it, or he could never have got to the middle of that maze…but if Voldemort really wants to kill you, you don’t stand a chance.” The absolute randomness of death and suffering is held in the grief that lies in Cedric’s wake, and it echoes through the next three books. Cedric, who was good, and kind, and normal, who died because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

And now?? You come at me like “oh don’t worry! Cedric’s death is a Good Thing because otherwise this normal kid who has never been presented as anything but kind and well intentioned would have become a death eater that went on to shape how the world falls to absolute evil!!”  LIKE??? WHAT KIND OF EMOTIONAL NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IS THIS. It strips the event of Cedric’s death of all pathos. It completely destroys its emotional significance. It’s so completely at odds with the thematic progression of the original series I’m actually astounded to see it set down in ink by the very woman who wrote it.

There’s a lot of crap I read in that synopsis that doesn’t fly but this is the sticking point for me, it’s so utterly jarring that despite an overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary, I’m still tempted to believe that this is all an elaborate hoax. 

[saltysalmonella]

Is that a threat, Draco

[marauders4evr]

Okay, hear me out.

Instead of shrugging it off, the Wizarding World freaks tf out when they hear that an eleven-year-old burned a man to death using his bare hands.

Harry is dragged to a Hearing at the Ministry before he’s even a teenager. It’s there that he meets Arthur Weasley, who recognizes him from Ron’s letters, and invites him to stay at the Burrow during the evenings. (The Hearing takes quite some time.) Ron and his siblings try to cheer him up. Hermione writes every day, talking about new legal measures that she’s read about. Mrs. Weasley dotes over Harry, assuring him that everything’s going to be fine. She never expected the Wizengamot to convict a twelve-year-old.

But they do.

Several days before he’s set to return to Hogwarts, Harry James Potter is convicted of the murder of Quirinus Quirrell.

Instead of stepping onto the Hogwarts Express, Harry is ushered into a boat that takes him across a choppy ocean. He feels the happiness slip away from him, replaced by the repeated mental images of the worst memories of his life.

The first night is terrible. Harry sits with his back against the wall of the damp cell, watching these strange cloaked creatures sweep down the corridor, sucking away any joy. He can hear the screams of the other prisoners, the pleas for their sanity, for their freedom.

It’s a quarter past midnight before Harry finally snaps, running to the bars, and shaking them.

“Let me out,” he cries, “Please; let me out!”

The other prisoners scream alongside him, though they’re only interested in their own release.

In fact, only one prisoner seems to pay him any mind.

The man in the cell across the corridor slowly stands up, his shaggy hair covering his face. He staggers over to his own bars, his whisper wafting across the corridor:

“Prongs?”

[sufferingremus]

what she says: I'm fine

what she means: Draco Malfoy was a deeply flawed human being who made countless mistakes and continuously hurt the people around him. However, he was raised in a world of people doing terrible things and never had the choice to opt out of life as a death eater. Yes, he made mistakes but he still deserved a redemption arc and at the very least the chance to apologize for the things he did, which he clearly regrets.

what she really means: drarry tho

[seekingwonders]

Aesthetic: Trash Boys, Chapter 11

how excited are we for tonight  not excited at all i’ve been in a state of denial all day constantly having to remind myself that it’s actually happening are you coming? yeah i’ll be there

[blvisezabini]

the golden trio + instagram 

{the silver trio}

[loupetoile]

Friends, gather round

I am going to share with you a story

of Remus Lupin, Professional Beard

It started when he was in uni and Marlene McKinnon was crying because she didn’t want to go home for Christmas and be interrogated about why she didn’t have a boyfriend

(spoiler: it’s because she is Very Very Gay)

Remus is a very sympathetic and attentive listener

Not to mention helpful

and maybe a little hard up for cash

so he just blurts out, “I’ll pretend to be your boyfriend for fifty quid and I’ll go home with you for Christmas and meet your parents and you have to feed me while I’m there.”

she stares at him for a solid ten seconds before bursting into tears again and hugging him

it’s a good thing they’re already best mates because there a hundred and one pictures of them together on each of their phones and various online places that they can use as evidence

“no mum he really is my boyfriend look at this picture where his lips are on my cheek”

remus nods seriously

“this was right before we started making out”

“his tongue was practically down my throat we’re seriously dating”

when they get back to school, Marlene pays him almost double what she promised because her parents are officially off her back and she is now free to go smooch cute girls whenever she wants to

(as an added perk, when she informs her parents a few months later that she and remus have had a very messy and painful break up, she’s able to use that excuse for years until she finally gets fed up and deliberately gets caught snogging her girlfriend of three years in her parents’ kitchen)

but anyways Remus is pleased with the money and Marls was very impressed by his acting abilities, so when her roommate Lily gripes that Potter the High King Arsehole keeps insisting that she’s single because she’s secretly waiting for him, Marlene recommends Remus

The fake relationship lasts longer, almost three months

Remus gets paid on a weekly basis

It’s lovely, Lily is a lovely person and they get along splendidly

Actually, it’s not just Potter that they manage to convince that they’re dating

eventually he gives up though, so Remus and Lily fake a mutual breakup

(it is an unending source of amusement for Remus that she ends up marrying James a few years later after all, and he never lets her hear the end of it)

but actually it’s a good thing that they did have that arrangement

because Lily was so impressed that she suggested he do this sort of thing more regularly

she sets him up a website, prints out business cards, works with him to figure out various rates for different services

date to a party, staged kissing/cuddling/hugging photos to show off to friends and family, going home on weekends or breaks to show off in person

He literally makes so much money that he only has to work part time after graduation

It makes having a relationship of his own a little difficult, but he survives and he has a ton of really close friends

then one day Lily, now his sort-of manager, says she has a special job

“family discount, you remember James’ friend Sirius? It’s for his cousin”

of course Remus remembers Sirius

Sirius Black is unforgettable and Remus hasn’t so much carried a torch for him as his has miserably dragged it around behind him

for years

thank God the man travels a lot

he met him in passing a few times in college

and then of course at the wedding

he showed up in a blindingly yellow coat to match Lily’s bridesmaids’ dresses (and Remus’ tie, but that was unintentional and all the groomsmen had yellow ties anyways so it wasn’t like Sirius matched him on purpose even if it did make his stomach squirm a little bit)

(just a bit)

but anyways, Nymphadora Tonks is really tired of her mother’s less than subtle hints that she needs to settle down, so she needs to give the appearance, for two weeks at least, that that is exactly what she’s doing

really she’s just aro as fuck and could care less but she knows her parents won’t understand

luckily, her second cousin’s best mate’s wife’s best mate exists and sirius said he’d foot half the bill

after all, he’ll be there for the two weeks, too

Remus is not informed

at least not until he’s in the car on the way there, working out a backstory with Nymphadora (”shut your fucking mouth, you call me Tonks or I’ll shove you out the window”)

and she says that they met through Sirius, James, and Lily

“Sirius knows, by the way, so don’t worry about him giving us away”

and???

what????

Sirius cannot give away anything because isn’t he in Vietnam right now connecting with his roots????????????

WHAT DO YOU MEAN SIRIUS IS BACK TO VISIT YOUR MOTHER FOR CHRISTMAS

he has never bailed on a client before though so even if the thought of seeing Sirius every day for two weeks terrifies him he will stay 

at least until Tonks just casually mentions that the two of them will be sharing the guestroom 

“because mum has some misguided notion that you and i will shag if left alone for two minutes”

remus has never jumped out of a moving vehicle before but he is seriously considering it now

too late though they’ve pulled up to the house

and there is a disgustingly familiar bike in the driveway

this is the end of life as he knows it

but he is a professional so he will handle this gracefully

and professionally

and not blushing and stammering every time sirius fucking black walks in the room

or smiles

or looks at him

or walks in the room, looks around, sees Remus, and THEN smiles because he is just reading too much into this he absolutely is oh fuck no

he sneaks into Tonks’ room at night to moan loudly and bang her bed against the wall for her parent’s benefit

(their rooms are at opposite ends of the house so he’s not actually sure they can hear them pretending to have sex, but it gives him an opportunity to talk to her without being overheard)

and generally what they talk about is “your cousin is really fucking hot and i died three separate times today”

“tonks he handed me a plate and our fingers didn’t touch but they almost did and I nearly cried”

“he pretended to have rabies while brushing his teeth and then started laughing so hard at himself that he choked and I had to pound on his back until he spat the toothpaste back up it was the most precious thing i’ve ever seen in my life”

“do you even know how perfect his abs are they’re really perfect and I sort of want to lick them”

Tonks just nods and pats his head comfortingly while she gets ready for bed

two weeks go by and remus has nearly gone insane

he was tempted several times to call lily and ask her to fake an emergency for him so he could leave early

but also he really likes tonks and wants to help

and he maybe wants to spend some more time with Sirius

it’s Christmas, after all

maybe he’s a little desperately praying for someone to leave mistletoe around

maybe the thought of mistletoe being left around makes him throw up a little bit in his mouth

he’s a complex person

well fortunately for him no mistletoe was left carelessly hanging in strategic points throughout the house

unfortunately for him, Nymphadora Tonks has magician’s fingers

which is why he doesn’t even notice her tucking a sprig of mistletoe behind his left ear

he definitely does notice when Sirius pulls it out

raises his eyebrows

and kisses him

it’s just a little peck but remus is actually dead this time, no exaggeration, 100% no longer alive

he has transcended this plane of existence

he has become a being of light

he has seen heaven

he has been standing there for three and a half minutes saying and doing absolutely nothing until Tonks grabs his hands and drags him away

and says that she will come out to her parents once and for all if he’ll go back out there and tell Sirius how he feels

“by which i mean I’m coming out to my parents anyways because this was fun but way too much effort, but they’re gonna freak out so you need to distract them by making out with my mum’s cousin, capisce?”

well

it is for Tonks

and Remus is a very selfless person

he doesn’t want her family to be upset with her

thirty minutes later he and Sirius have hardly stopped making out and the Tonkses are all chatting happily about romantic and sexual orientations

Sirius decides that he’s connected with his roots enough and would like to examine the rest of the plant

tree or a bush

maybe flowers

he doesn’t fucking know Remus just did something with his tongue and he sort of lost the metaphor

but anyways it boils down to he’s gonna stick around for a while so he can date Remus and kiss him and hold his hand

punk rock shit like that

he’s gotta thank Tonks later

[bloodyhellharry]

Underrated Harry Potter Characters

Bow down bitches

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your stoner remus tag hasn't had anything in it for two months give me some trans stoner remus hc please? ;^;

omg i will amend this soon i promise you sweet child. hmmm ok.

- he is the clumsiest individual in the world, like. hands down. he will fall over socks, cats, his own feet. sirius thinks it’s hilarious. 

- he also constantly loses things (esp his phone and keys) and will panic and turn the whole house upside down only for sirius to be like ‘it’s in your pocket’

- he cannot cook. at all. he lives out of a microwave and off takeaways, and sirius despairs of him for it so he always comes over and cooks awesome things. on that note, remus is also a vegetarian, but not a very good one.

- his tattoos are incredibly important to him, in that each one has meaning, but some of them are really stupid meanings. regardless, he loves each and every one.

- in summer his face is more freckle than clear skin.

[messrsmemoirs]

Shortly before Remus Lupin’s fifth birthday, as he slept peacefully in his bed, Fenrir Greyback forced open the boy’s window and attacked him.

Remus Lupin’s full bio, Pottermore.

This is a disturbing bit of information. A lot is said with so little, as is perhaps Jo’s hallmark, but imagine the implications here.

At this particular time, Remus is four years old. He is at the age where many children are sent to attend preschool, and he is able to finally play outside by himself, to eat his own food at the table without any help, and is highly intrigued by humor and makes “poo-poo” jokes just to be daring and self-confident–because he can, because he’s a big kid now. He’s at an age where he is less a toddler and more a true child. He’s more adventurous and daring, and begins to explore his own personality. Remus is a happy child who probably giggles a lot and jumps on the bed just because Daddy said no.

Many children do not remember things before their third or fourth birthday, but Remus is nearing five years old. Whether or not he would have remembered this event in it’s entirety, the event would have been lasting in his mind and Remus would be left with a glaring image that is neither complete truth nor total lie. For Remus, this event was almost surely the “beginning of his life.” In the strange way none of us remember anything before this breakaway point and “none of it happened,” Remus probably does not remember anything before this attack. This was both the literal and figurative birth of Remus Lupin, werewolf.

Moreover, the nature of the attack is clearly hinted at and the potential horror is astounding. Werewolves don’t force open windows. Paws cannot force open windows. This means that Fenrir Greyback had to have entered the Lupin household before moonrise, just prior to his transformation. He did it silently, because Remus fails to grasp at such a young age that the attack was purposeful. He wasn’t scared until the attack itself. But the noise level is irrelevant, because even if there was silence before once the moon rose it wouldn’t have mattered. Four-year-old Remus would be trapped in his  bedroom watching a man transform into a murderous beast right in front of him, and although he screams as loud as he can if Fenrir had time to pry open the window he probably had time to block the door. Lyall can’t get to his son in time, whatever happened. And that kind of trauma is lasting. Whenever Remus goes to sleep now, he is terrified of the memory. He is plagued with nightmares. He is so sick because he’s so small, and he can’t possibly understand why.

Until it happens. Until Remus becomes the thing that haunted his dreams for a month, and nothing can fix that. Much of our personality is formed in these tender years, and the psychological impact of the attack would actually continue to affect Remus for the rest of his life. Not just physically, but psychologically, as well. More than nightmares and new fears, Remus must deal with the new reality of his parents constantly looking tired, constantly worrying, constantly moving around, constantly lying. And Remus can’t help but think it’s his fault, because he’s the sick one. If he wasn’t sick, everything would be better.

That one sentence in the expanse of Remus’ bio is as descriptive as much of the remaining text. And there’s something to be said in the end that Remus’ boggart was not Fenrir. It was not fear of the event that tormented him in childhood, but of his own lack of control during his loss of control. Whatever else the event could have continued to do to him, it didn’t dominate him. Being a werewolf was Remus’ life, of course. Everything he did came through that filter. But he did not hate Fenrir for what he was. He says that he pitied the man who bit him at first, knowing how it felt to transform. But Remus never openly hates Fenrir. He hates that he himself is a werewolf more than he hates the man who made him so, and that’s a huge sign of internal character. That’s who Remus really is when we cut through layers of stigma and self hate. 

(via messrsmemoirs)