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[dragontamingweasley]

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Send “📂“ for a random yet completely useless headcanon I have

Charlie had a stuffed owl named Wobble he slept with as a toddler.

His favorite color is emerald green. 

He permanently smell slight musky that comes from skipping showers and frequently has dirt under his nails.

[masterofdeath]

Do you hc Harry as having any quirks from his mother outside of their shared G? I like to think they both dislike camomile tea. It's a pointless hc but I lke it.

i have a Lot of thoughts about this, if i’m being honest! simply because people tend to confuse what i perceive to be lily’s traits as james’ and vice / versa. but basically, i think while harry is very decidedly his own person ( i also have an Issue when people try to say every single thing he does it stemmed from his parents ), he tends to sway more towards having similar characteristics to lily than he does james. 

but strictly when it comes to little quirks ( because i could write a whole dissertation on their personalities ) i think: 

his handwriting is similar ( as mentioned )

they both have / had very dry senses of humor

honestly harry would really track more towards lily’s level of charisma’s more than james’ 

i love them both disliking chamomile tea!!!! 

a habit of tearing up tiny pieces of paper when he is anxious or studying 

similar laughs 

their cuticles are a mess from constantly gnawing on them 

both, at one point, went on a very long rant about pens vs quills ( owls really bring out the worst in people ) 

both end up keeping an odd collection at some point: harry collects mismatched socks, lily had a small collection of coins ( significance only known to her )

[ofravensandquills]

Um tumblr is calling out user @diredeor for Harry potter crack, I want you all to know

[thewrongsorts--archive]

📂📂 Manon

useless headcanons meme | still accepting from everyone except victoria

📂 she had all of the scars from when she was kidnapped as a kid removed/hidden but she would never touch any of the scars she’s accumulated as an auror.

📂 not very neat — which is to say, a terrible fucking slob. probably has something rotting at the back of her cabinet right now, she’d never know.

[calleo-bricriu]

“Forgive me sir, I seem to be turned around. Department of Aurors is near here, isn’t it?”

The quill he'd been writing with stopped long enough to point at the ceiling, "About three floors up unless it's Wednesday, then it's four. It used to only be two, but they wanted to move away from the Department of Mysteries, which is entirely understandable."

"Don't ask me if it's Wednesday though, because I haven't the foggiest."

Calleo abruptly stopped writing, primarily on account of nearly jumping out of his chair, "OH! You're a person! I--right, no, of course you are, supposed to look at those when they come down here, I'm told, and not just talk at whatever I'm working on."

"Something about being rude." He offered a lazy looking shrug, "How did you end up down here? Is the lift doing that thing again? They said they'd sorted it out a couple of days ago."

[masterofdeath]

Do you think the Dursley’s mistreatment of Harry had a racist factor to it? If we take what they say about James and see it through the lens of James being a man of colour it wouldn’t surprise me at all. (Sorry for all the meta and sorry if you’ve already answered this)

i think it absolutely had a factor to it. everything about the dursleys reek of racism and colonialism. their fear of otherness wouldn’t just begin and end with fear of magic, i think. they didn’t like james immediately based on the way that he looked, and they continued to make comments on it long after he died. as far as my canon extends “ he looks like james “ had many connotations, including the fact that he was relatively dark-skinned. his hair, another point of contention, was often chopped off in petunia’s frustration to tame it which is a prime example of ignorance. 

the color of his skin also played a major role in people’s willingness to overlook the obvious signs of abuse he exhibited. all too often cases are overlooked, and foster parents are praised for offering what turns out to be exceedingly inhumane conditions because the fact that they are willing to take on a ward at all is somehow commendable. harry is seen as dirty, accepted as troubled because he didn’t look like the general make-up of little whinging.

[masterofdeath]

What would be the biggest difference if Harry had been raised by his birth parents?

if lily and james had lived, harry would be a lot more emotionally articulate. having the correct vocabulary to express how he’s feeling as he feels it rather than considering it something to hide or be embarrassed by ( because harry equates emotions with fuss and fuss with punishment ) it would be a tool he could use to see through the same aversion to the bystander effect he has anyway. 

[thewrongsorts--archive]

@ofgreeneyes replied to your post “headcanon time ! fashion  [1 of 7: james ]  Not to be trusted. Boy...”

Harry can't take him out into public.

He really, really can’t. Shows up to things in like three jackets in three different plaids, each worse than the last. Thinks that “dress sweats” can be a thing. Peak embarrassing parent.

At least he was too young to remember when James was still learning how muggle clothing works at all, though.

@pvthoness​ replied to your post “headcanon time ! fashion  [1 of 7: james ]  Not to be trusted. Boy...”

This is why Lily picks their outfits.

She’s A Smart Girl. And James still doesn’t see what’s wrong with what he picks (It’s just a little colorful maybe, it’s fine. He likes these trainers!) but he will listen to her.