#rue potter

[dragonsbone]

every time @prosemoireia​ and i talk about her oc, rue potter, i am once again reminded of how tragic of a character she is and it makes me absolutely emo

[azoraahai]

random gifts for friends ✨

these are for the sweetest person ever @moirei !!! thank you for being my friend, listening to my endless rants about absolutely anything, being supportive no matter what, and enjoying my classic memes ( especially the “good for her” meme i always send you ). you are a true friend and i am so thankful that you’re a part of my life, my fellow ravenclaw buddy. i love you lots, rei 🥺💕

[azoraahai]

🎄🎁 MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎁🎄

merry christmas and happy holidays, rei!! oh wow, we’ve come so far this year! like can you believe we hardly spoke in 2019 and now we can barely go a couple of hours without exchanging a little “hey”. you have been an incredible friend to me and i hope you know how much i appreciate you! you are so fucking creative, talented, and truly brilliant, like i admire you so much! thank you for being my friend and sticking with me throughout 2020. i love you sm! @moirei

[kazsbrecker]

Please ramble about Rue, I love her

I can rant about Rue all day long, I love her so damn much.

Her wand is Vine with a Phoenix feather core (but her feather comes from a completely different Phoenix than Harry’s). 

Fun facts about Vine wines: their owners seek a greater purpose and have a vision beyond the ordinary and who frequently astound those who think they know them best. They attracted by personalities with hidden depths. These wands sometimes emit magical effects upon the mere entrance into their room of a suitable owner.

Rue’s wand instantly made itself known when she entered Ollivander’s.

Growing up with the Dursleys cemented a strong bond between Rue and Harry. They always had to share the spare room. Rue is the more cautious of the twins and is extremely protective of Harry. 

When they find out about the whole Boy Who Lived fame, Rue is never jealous of Harry. She hates the fame because of the expectation and demands it puts on him. Rue never lets herself be pitted against Harry because she loves him too much. He’s her twin, her only family. 

So when it comes time for Hogwarts, the twins of course want to stick together—they’ve always been together so they just assumed they would be in the same house.

Wrong. Harry is sorted into Gryffindor first. Rue is nearly a Hat Stall because she argues with the Hat to put her in Gryffindor, but the Hat refuses and keeps trying to convince her she would do great in Slytherin. As a compromise, the Hat sorts her into Ravenclaw.

More under the cut because this got out of hand.

Rue struggles to make friends as a first year because most people just want to use her to get close to Harry and she isn’t kind to them in response so she’s a bit alienated. Harry and Rue try to spend time together and stay close, but he has a much more active life with the Golden Trio and with Quidditch. Because they’re in different houses, Rue misses out on all the adventures and usually only hears about them through gossip at breakfast.

Second year, Rue does a better job of socializing with some help. She meets Luna and becomes very protective of her. Rue grew up hearing herself be called freak more often than her own name, so she does not take kindly to anyone who would call Luna Looney.

Rue’s close friend group will expand to include Theodore Nott.

Rue is a really excellent student and has a deep love of magic. (Very inspired by Julia Wicker’s quote: do you love magic? Is it in your soul?). So from the start, she’s spending a lot of her time studying magic outside of school work and has a lot of mentors through the years who help her grow her power.

She is at the top of the class, a bit of a rival to Hermione, but that competition is one-sided on Hermione’s part in year one.  Rue respects Hermione a lot and Hermione comes to appreciate Rue’s studious nature, but Rue likes to experiment with magic and Hermione is very rigid in how she approaches magic. Undoubtedly, Rue’s best subjects are Transfiguration and Potions. 

Remus is Rue’s godfather and they become extremely close throughout third year. Rue attends the Patronus lessons with Harry, but Rue also spends a lot of time one on one with Remus to learn more about him and their parents. 

She figures out he is a werewolf pretty quickly and he soon reveals that the Marauders became Animagi in secret to help him during the full moon. 

Rue quickly decides to become an animagus herself, so she can help Remus. But since she is only 13, she goes through the process legally and asks McGonagall for help. 

McGonagall is hesitant at first, but Rue makes it clear that she’s going to become an Animagus no matter what. McGonagall recognizes the stubborn look in her eye and agrees just so she can keep an eye on Rue and make sure nothing goes wrong. 

By the end of summer before fourth year, Rue successfully transforms into an animagus.

Rue’s animagus form is a red-tailed hawk. Which is hilarious because Rue hates flying after a disastrous broom lesson first year and she has never liked Quidditch either. It takes her a few weeks to learn how to fly as a hawk.

I could really go on and on about Rue. If there is any specific questions, I will be happy to answer them.

[kazsbrecker]

Hi! I dig the copper trio, can you tell me more about their dynamic? And how'd they all become friends?

Hello! Yes! I would love to talk about this iconic trio (sorry for the late response!) The answer got really long so it’s under the cut!

The trio starts with a friendship between Rue and Julien. Julien is Rue’s first human friend at Hogwarts (Rue’s first friend is technically the Grey Lady because Rue alienates herself from her house by refusing to answer questions about Harry). 

As a Hufflepuff in the same year, Rue and Julien share classes, but they don’t really get to know each other until the first flying lesson. It’s a disaster for Rue. She can’t get the broom to do anything she says and when she finally tries to fly, she nearly falls. Julien, tho, is already an excellent flier and happens to be standing by her. He helps her through the lesson and keeps her from falling or getting hurt. He’s incredibly gracious and doesn’t mock or tease her for her lack of skills. But Rue is still embarrassed, defensive, and reserved, so it takes a couple more interactions for them to officially become friends. Julien starts sitting next to her in class and they partner together. He talks with her about magic, answers her questions about the wizarding world, and he never asks about Harry being the ‘Chosen One.’ Julien treats Rue and Harry like normal kids. Even after they start hanging out outside of class, it takes Rue a while to realize Julien is her friend and only really accepts it after Julien calls Rue his friend. So it’s a bit of a slow process over the first year, but Julien becomes one of few people Rue would do anything for and Julien just adores her. 

The trio doesn’t officially form until their second year. Tracey and Rue become friends much quicker than Rue and Julien now that Rue has some more confidence after a year of Julien’s friends (and admittedly Rue writes to diary Tom who gives her advice on making more friends and encourages her to make a Slytherin friend). Rue sneaks around the dungeons second year and Tracey notices and wants to know what’s up. Which leads to Tracey trying to find out and when she does, it cements their friendship. Tracey is looked down upon in Slytherin for being a half blood, so she understands what it’s like to be alienated from you own house. Tracey and Rue bond over being more studious and Rue is the first person Tracey ever tells her true ambitions. She wants to become the youngest Minister of Magic. Any friend of Rue’s is a friend of Julien’s, so Julien and Tracey easily become friends as well. Rue and Julien are determined to help Tracey reach her goals.

The best way I can describe their dynamic is Tracey is the mind (truly the strategist and schemer), Julien is the heart and soul who keeps them grounded, and Rue is the hands (the protector, the best spellcaster, and the one who executes Tracey’s plans). 

[kazsbrecker]

💡 for Rue?

Initially, the spark that led to Rue was a question of what are the side effects (intentional and not) of a Horcrux. Like how does a Horcrux really, deeply, impact a character—their thoughts, their magic, their soul?

I have saved the conversation with a friend that was the beginning of Rue. She started off as this concept: “Harry Potter sister because I’m all about that sis fic life. But she seems misplaced in the story, almost like a witness than an actual character. Has no scar or prophecy to guide her life. Isn’t some carbon copy of her parents, inherited blonde hair from her mother’s mother. Possible placed in Ravenclaw (definitely not Slytherin or Gryffindor, so maybe Hufflepuff). But what I’m fascinated by is the idea of side effects of being in proximity to a Horcrux, multiple Horcruxes. She finds tom’s dairy slipped into her things, opens the pages, and begins to write, desperately seeking some kind of connection, a true friend, who loves magic as much as she does, can share her secrets and doubts about Hogwarts, too observant, distrustful of to the way things are manipulated. But she couldn’t share these thoughts with Harry, an atlas of a boy already. But the diary, Tom, is her confidant, and she opens her soul to him. Not realizing how intertwined they have become. And when she finally realizes who he is everything becomes more complex. This memory of boy is the precursor to the monster who killed her parents, who marked her brother. “ And the rest is history, Rue became more fleshed out and I started plotting out more of what she could change and the intricacies of her dynamic with the diary!Tom.

[kazsbrecker]

I want to know everything for both Rue and Julien, and I know it will take you awhile so I apologize in advance, but all the HP questions for my bbs!

Rue 1.What is their blood status (pureblood, muggleborn, etc)? What are their thoughts on the concept of blood status? Half-blood who doesn’t believe in the concept of blood status. Rue thinks blood doesn’t have anything to do with magic. If she had to say where she thinks magic comes from, she thinks its more of a power that is connected to the soul or to one’s will. 2. What is their wand wood and core? Vine wood, phoenix feather core, ten inches, slightly yielding. 3. Do they bring a pet to Hogwarts with them? No. Harry and Rue picked out Hedwig together (since one owl was all that Hagrid could afford as a gift). While Rue is fond of the owl, Hedwig is certainly Harry’s familiar. But Rue discovers her own familiar after a young Niffler sneaks into her bag after a fourth year Care of Magical Creatures lesson and refuses to leave Rue. She names him Professor Puck and he’s a little menace and she loves him. 4. What Hogwarts house were they sorted into? Why did the hat put them in that house over the others? Was it a quick sorting or a hatstall? Are they happy with their sorting? What Hogwarts house would they least fit into? Ravenclaw because of Rue’s deep curiosity and love for magic, her respect for intellect, and her desire to create/invent. She was nearly a hatstall because the Hat wanted to place her in Slytherin for her ambition, self-preservation, and resourcefulness; however she fought with it and convinced him Ravenclaw would suit her better. Rue was pleased to have won the debate and was sorted into Ravenclaw. Initially she wanted to be sorted in Gryffindor just so she could stay with Harry, but that’s the house that suits her least. 5. What subject is their favorite at Hogwarts? Which is their least favorite? Is their favorite the same as their best subject? Transfiguration is Rue’s favorite subject (partially because she deeply respects McGonagall and also because she is really gifted at it). Her least favorite was Astronomy first year because she wasn’t fond of heights. Even though she never takes Divination, she does not like it at all. She doesn’t believe in fate and despises the concept of prophecy. She adores magic and views it as a force of will and chooses to believe more in the individual and in choice over ‘fate.’ Rue’s best subjects are Transfiguration and Potions because she had to study them closely to become an Animagus. Charms is up there as well since Professor Flitwick adores Rue. 6. What electives do they chose in third year? Care of Magical Creatures (because Julien asks her to take it with him and she can’t say no to him) and Study of Ancient Runes because she thinks it’s a fascinating class (and Tom recommends it) 7. Do they earn more house points or do they lose more? Earn because Rue does very well in her classes (McGonagall and Flitwick in particular reward her with a lot of points in class). Rue doesn’t loose points because she is breaks the rules, she only does it when she knows she won’t be caught.  8. How do they do on their OWLs? On their NEWTs? Rue does extremely well on both OWLs and NEWTS, making mostly O’s and an E, rivaling Hermione for the top spot.  9. Thoughts on Quidditch? Do they play? And if so what position do they play? Honestly Rue does not understand anything about Quidditch. She does not know what makes it so popular and appealing, and would rather be petrified then ever get on a broom again after first year. So she doesn’t play, but she does try her best to support Harry, Julien, and Ginny in Quidditch. She’ll come to the games and cheer when ever Tracey tells her something good has happened. 10. What Wizarding treat (bertie botts, chocolate frogs, etc.) is their favorite? Sugar Quills. She has a bit of a sweet tooth because growing up Dudley would always steal any candy away from Rue. She eats Sugar Quills during Charms a lot, but Flitwick never gets onto her. 11. What is their Patronus? What happy memory do the use to conjure it? Rue doesn’t have a patronus. None of her memories are strong enough to conjure one. Even ‘happy’ moments like seeing her parents in the Mirror of Erised holds a reminder of what she has lost. 12-15 have been answered here! 16. If they trained as an Animagus what form would they take? Rue becomes an Animagus between third and fourth year. Her form is a red-tailed hawk! 17. What do they do/want to do after Hogwarts? Rue will become Hogwarts’ transfiguration teacher and will also do a lot of spell creation and potion research as well. 18. Which Unforgivable Curse would they be most likely to use? What would be the reason for it? If Rue had to use one, it would be the Cruciatus Curse, because she has a quick temper and a ruthless side, so she would be more likely to want to cause pain (only if she believes they deserve it). But in all honesty, Rue can be quite creative when it comes to spells and knows ways to cause pain or death outside of the Unforgivables. 19. Which Unforgivable Curse would they hate to have used on them the most? The Imperius Curse, no question. The idea of someone controlling her, imposing their will on her disturbs Rue deeply. Pain she can handle; death she doesn’t fear. But being controlled? Someone turning herself against her? She couldn’t bare it. 20. Which Deathly Hallow (wand, stone, or cloak) would they want? Why? Eh this is a spoiler, but actually, Rue ends up earning the loyalty of the Elder Wand. She didn’t know it and didn’t actively want it, but it is the Deathly Hallow that suits her best (I have a whole symbolism idea of the Deathly Hallows correlating with Rue, Harry, and Tom).  

Julien 1.What is their blood status (pureblood, muggleborn, etc)? What are their thoughts on the concept of blood status? He is a pureblood and his family is part of the Sacred 28. While he grew up immersed in the culture of purebloods, he (and his family) doesn’t buy into blood status.  2. What is their wand wood and core? Redwood, dragon heartstring core, 12 and half inches, surprisingly swishy. 3. Do they bring a pet to Hogwarts with them? Yes. Julien has a pet lizard named Scamandar. 4. What Hogwarts house were they sorted into? Why did the hat put them in that house over the others? Was it a quick sorting or a hatstall? Are they happy with their sorting? What Hogwarts house would they least fit into? The Hat sorted Julien into Hufflepuff as soon as it was placed on his head. He is pleased with the sorting because his family has always had a strong affiliation with Hufflepuff. It was his father’s house and he’s always admired his dad. I would have to say Ravenclaw is the house that would least suit him. Julien isn’t really studious, analytical, or introspective. He is bold and daring (especially in Quidditch)  like a Gryffindor but is also is and determined to reach his goals like a Slytherin. 5. What subject is their favorite at Hogwarts? Which is their least favorite? Is their favorite the same as their best subject?  Flying Lessons first year because Julien has always been a natural talent at flying. Beyond that, Care of Magical Creatures because his favorite aunt is a magizoologist and it’s his best class since Julien actually studies for it and loves it. His least favorite is History of Magic because Binns puts him to sleep and also Potions because he just doesn’t vibe and Snape is a horrible teacher. 6. What electives do they chose in third year? Care of Magical Creatures (naturally) and Muggle Studies (because he is genuinely interested in learning more about the muggle world. While he’s shared a lot of pureblood customs with Rue, he has enjoyed learning more about what it was like to grow up among Muggles). 7. Do they earn more house points or do they lose more? Julien earns points for Hufflepuff in Quidditch, but then loses points because he loves all Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes products and has been caught with them many times. Especially in fifth year. 8. How do they do on their OWLs? On their NEWTs? Julien does alright. He doesn’t study hard and seems to pass with luck more than anything else. E’s and A’s, but with a Dreadful in History of Magic. Only gets an A in Potions and Herbology because of Rue and Tracey. 9. Thoughts on Quidditch? Do they play? And if so what position do they play? Quidditch is Julien’s greatest love. He nearly rivals Oliver Wood in his level of obsession. He’s always been a talented flyer, but he also works very hard, practicing on the field nearly every day. He is a Keeper, and becoming the Hufflepuff Captain sixth year is his greatest accomplishment. He’s known since he was young that he would be a professional Quidditch player and he has never doubted it or strayed from that goal. 10. What Wizarding treat (bertie botts, chocolate frogs, etc.) is their favorite? Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, because he thinks it’s entertaining to make bets on what flavour someone will get. He’s unusually lucky and gets sweet flavors more often then not, but he thinks it’s more fun to eat the weirder ones. 11. What is their Patronus? What happy memory do the use to conjure it? A stallion, and he uses memories from his best Quidditch game and the general memory of the freedom and pure joy of flying on a broom.  12. What is their Boggart? What happens to it when they cast Riddikulus? Julien is afraid of Dragon Pox after watching his grandfather die from it. His boggart is himself with Dragon Pox and when he casts Riddikulus, the Boggart becomes a little dragon because he thinks actual dragons are awesome. 13. What does Amortentia smell like to them? Treacle tart, the woody smell of a broomstick handle, and cinnamon. 14. What spell is their favorite? Which do they use the most? His favorite spell is the knitting spell Mrs. Weasley teaches him. He uses Episkey the most because he hurts his fingers a lot during intense Quidditch practices. 15. If they needed it, what form would the Room of Requirement take for them? A cozy room with a bed so he can take a nap.  16. If they trained as an Animagus what form would they take? Julien would be a flying squirrel. 17. What do they do/want to do after Hogwarts? Julien succeeds in becoming a professional Quidditch player, becoming the youngest Keeper of the England National Teem. When he retires after a fantastic career, he becomes a popular Quidditch commentator. 18. Which Unforgivable Curse would they be most likely to use? What would be the reason for it? Julien is my precious boy, who would rather dodge, use shield charms, or stupefy. But if he had to he would use the Killing Curse because while it causes death, it is a painless death. He couldn’t bring himself to torture someone or Imperio them. 19. Which Unforgivable Curse would they hate to have used on them the most? The Cruciatus Curse. It’s not really the pain he fears, because he’s used to breaking bones in Quidditch. Really he’s scared of being driven insane by the torture. His father was once best friends with Frank Longbottom, so Julien grew up knowing what happened to them. He once went with his dad to visit Frank and Alice at St. Mungos and Julien has never forgotten it.  20. Which Deathly Hallow (wand, stone, or cloak) would they want? Why? After fourth year, Julien would ant the resurrection stone in order to summon Cedric’s spirit in order to say goodbye. Cedric was like a big brother figure to Julien and his death deeply hurts him.

[kazsbrecker]

Can we hear more about Rue and Ginny’s relationship? I want to hear about all the good stuff between the future sisters-in-law!

Of course!

Rue thinks Ginny’s crush on Harry is adorable. First-year Ginny was very intimidated by Rue, who can be intense admittedly. 

Luna befriends Ginny first as they are in the same year. Luna reassures Ginny Rue is not as scary as she thinks. The first time Rue sees Ginny hex someone for calling Luna ‘Looney’ Rue on sight adopts Ginny as her new sister.

Rue shares with Ginny advice on how to hex and not get caught.

The way Rue casually talks about Harry (and some of the embarrassing stories she shares) helps Ginny get over her hero worship much quicker. 

Rue also helps cover for Ginny whenever Ginny wants to sneak out and practice Quidditch. 

Fourth year, Rue, Luna, Neville, and Ginny also basically go on a friend group date to the Yule Ball. Neville invites Ginny and Rue invites Luna. They all dance together and have a blast. 

In sixth year, Rue asks Ginny for dating advice, because romance is something Rue struggles with. 

Rue and Ginny are both part of the Slug Club and constantly talk shit after the meetings.