Slytherin Pride

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[poseidcn]

slytherin, a story.

we know.

we know there’s so much deeper to a slytherin than just snarky remarks and a jab of an insult. we know there’s a million more walls to fight through before we reach the core, the shielded fire of a slytherin; their heart, burning in ferocity as they take pride in everything they do.

we know that slytherins hold their head up high, never letting their guard down because they don’t know what they’ll do if someone taunts them, letting them make a fool of themselves.

because slytherins are just as heartless as we are; doing anything for the ones they love. they play within the rules, never bending or breaking them because they promised themselves that they will do what’s right for themselves after being ridiculed, shamed and left hanging.

because being a slytherin means working your ass off to achieve what you want, the swell of pride in your stomach after seeing your plan move with perfection.

being a slytherin means to be sharp and fast on your feet, quick and speedy and ready to run, run, run. because all you ever do is hide from the monsters and pray that someone else will slay them for you. because you are still a normal human being.

but being a slytherin means bending or breaking one of your precious rules to help out a friend, to make them happy because you are loyal and you pick your friends wisely.

because being a slytherin means being a bitch and dropping the people who are toxic in your lives. because you know that you deserve better.

being a slytherin means that you are the person people go to when they’re in need of a fighter, a person who doesn’t back down from danger because you will protect them because you are fierce and you will not back down from a challenge if it’s for someone you care for.

being a slytherin means ending the relationship first or never starting it at all because you don’t want to feel weak, you don’t want to cry when everything finishes. because you’d rather feel nothing than lose everything.

because a slytherin is sharp clothing, tight jeans and a wicked smirk, but it is also a fierce longing for everyone you care for to be safe. an ambition to keep your rules straight and to abide them so your life isn’t messy and it’s organized and neat.

because being a slytherin means sacrificing your own feelings to watch your beloved be happy, careful to overstep because you don’t want to lose something you never had in the first place.

[murel]

ENOUGH AREADY! WE GET IT - YOU THINK YOU *KNOW* SLYTHERIN...

We get that you think Slytherin girls are ‘winged eyeliner sharp enough to kill a man’. We get that you think our aesthetic is blood-red lipstick, the clack of stilettos on marble floors, and nails filed to a sharp point.

We get it.

We get that you think Slytherin boys are ‘jaw lines sharp enough to kill a man’ (perhaps we have that in common with the girls, you think?). We get that you think our mood is bitter black coffee, Shakespearean insults, and the burn of vodka as it cascades down your throat.

We get it. So enough already.

You think you know Slytherin? You think our girls are ‘bad-ass bitches’ and our boys are ‘refined gentlemen with wicked sharp tongues’?

Well, let us tell you what it really means to embody power, pride, fraternity, cunning, and ambition.

We’d be lying if we said Slytherin wasn’t that warm feeling of sinking deeper into your seat on the bus after you watch someone miss their stop. But, for all that, Slytherin is also when you were a child sitting on your dad’s shoulders - that feeling of being literally on top of the world, made all the more proud for knowing not only that the people who love you will raise you up but will be there to catch you if you fall.

That’s Slytherin - it’s what you wanted to be when you grew up, it’s your imaginary friend, and it’s getting an A on a test you studied damn fucking hard for.

And, sure, Slytherin is also silently thanking yourself that you looked your best on the days you ran into an ex partner. But Slytherin is the courage to end a going-nowhere relationship in the first place. Slytherin means willing to do what no one else can or will, to put aside desire, fear, and comfort and to just shed what doesn’t serve them; that means being cruel to be kind and knowing, in fact, that cruelty and kindness are not black and white concepts.

That’s Slytherin - it’s your little black dress, it’s self-help books, and it’s drunken chats with strangers in nightclub bathrooms.

We are so much more complex than men in suits or women in doc martens. If all you can think of is conceit when you think of cunning and if all you can think of is dominance when you think of power…then you do not know us. And we will not ask you to try harder next time because we would rather speak for ourselves.

So, enough already; we want ‘us’ done right, so we will do it ourselves.

That’s Slytherin.

[serpensort1a]

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[lifeofshowgirly]

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[thefandomsinhogwarts]

Ravenclaw Girls and Slytherin boys be like...

[tom-riddle-diary]

Each house when: it's their last day at Hogwarts

Gryffindor: Does That Stupid But Awesome Thing they held back doing for 7 years like trying to ride the Giant Squid (and they succeed)

Hufflepuff: Throw the party of the year in the kitchens with all the other Puffs (Sprout even brings some homemade Butterbeer but shh *wink wonk*)

Ravenclaw: Brings a bouquet to Mrs Pince with an apology note for all the times they’ve been late to turn a book in. (They probably still have one in their trunk though).

Slytherin: Goes say a super awkward but genuinely respectful goodbye at McGonagall that makes her question her dislike for the house (Snape makes sure she remembers in september though)

[tom-riddle-diary]

Each house as: a kind of bird

Gryffindor: parrot – remarkable individuals, energetic, everyone wants to befriend them

Hufflepuff: pink flamingo – funny as hell, lives in group, a ton of worthy anecdotes about them

Ravenclaw: peacock – beautiful and original, an artistic inclination, iridescent changing colors

Slytherin: swan – something of a reputation, graceful on water but mean af when provoked, very picky in their faithfulness

[dizzybunny101]

PSA

Let Gryffindors be scared! Let Slytherins give up! Let Hufflepuffs put themselves first! Let Ravenclaws get a bad grade! We are not perfect! We are human! That is all.

[younggayanddoingokay]

I wonder if there was ever a year in Hogwarts history where Every. Single. First year was sorted into one house. Like, maybe they didn’t even all belong there. But after like, the tenth kid was sorted into Hufflepuff (for example) The would-be Gryffindors are like, “hah, this’ll be a great joke let’s all ask the hat to be puffs. And the would would be Slytherins are laughing cos going into Hufflepuff would means no one suspects their pranks and plans and how very devious. And the would-be ravens go along because it would be an interesting experiment to see how this changes the school dynamic. And Snape is just like, FUCK they’re all Hufflepuffs help me and sprout is just BEAMING and also more than a little confused and McGonagal and Dumbles figure it out right away because they see those kids who are wearing remarkably Marauder-esque faces laughing over their brilliant seven year joke and Flitwick is confused because everyone keeps figuring out the riddle and all the lil puffs study in the ravenclaw common room when they want peace and quiet. And Hufflepuff always wins the house cup because there’s so many of them now. And over seven years all these kids that would be divided figure out that they even each other out and kids who would have been in four different houses are all best friends.

[autumnferret3]

awwwwwwww

[tom-riddle-diary]

In regards to your college post: Try to stay strong. It can suck (I've been there), but you'll get through it...Wow, sounded like a Hufflepuff for a second with all that positivity. ;-) You got this though. Best wishes to you and good luck. :-)

Wait that's actually really, really nice. Thank you!

[tom-riddle-diary]

Whoops just got rejected from college again. Loving this process.

[fanonical]

are you the chill and plotting everyone’s murder type of slytherin or the trying to steal and copy everyone’s essays type of slytherin

[harrypotterhousequotes]

SLYTHERIN:

“I always thought I could be someone if I tried enough.”

-You Me at Six (When We Were Younger)

[chilledmilk]

yknow the more jk rowlings world falls apart in america (race relations, international history, population, etc) the more i like to think that america just straight up doesnt have the statute of secrecy. european countries are falling over themselves hiding magic but come to georgia and theres a drunk redneck wizard wingardium leviosa-ing the shit out of a tractor to the delight of his drunk redneck muggle buddies in a walmart parking lot.

wizard on muggle violence is prevented by virtue of there being like a 50/50 chance that muggle is packing heat. muggle on wizard violence is prevented by knowing that wizard can give you boils spelling LIL BITCH on your forehead if you try to start something.

america is the weird redheaded stepchild of the magic world.

[chilledmilk]

im not gonna stop reblogging this until this is the next Hot Fanon

[roachpatrol]

english muggles come back to england and suspicious wizards meet them at the airport. 

‘did you witness any strange or inexplicable acts while you were in america?’ they demand. 

the english muggles just laugh in their dumb fucking faces. mate, it’s america. 

[jumpingjacktrash]

what’s the difference between a werewolf and an animagus?

english wizard: *two hour lecture on legal history*

american wizard: six beers

[sanerontheinside]

The coastal crowd is a bit more subtle, sure, but it’s not like anyone can tell tbh. Weirdness is just part of the deal.

How the fuck did we fit so many people in Jersey? They have room for farmland and cities and abandoned factories and train stations - fucking how? Nobody really knows how it’s even possible, but we’re kinda guessing there’s some funny expansion charm on the land.

New England? Puh-lease. Witching is so ingrained in the history nobody can tell the difference anyway. Maine is just outright weird. We’re still not sure how to class moose - magical beasts or otherwise - but everyone agrees on ‘fuck no’.

The highways out in the middle of nowhere look so much the same the miles fold in on each other. Long-distance travel is made up of empty, interspersed with liminal spaces. If it weren’t for the fact that they were there for the sake of our bladders, our gas tanks, and our sanity, we might actually stop to ask perfectly reasonable questions, like why do rest areas move and who the fuck decided that was a good idea?

And did you really think it was a coincidence the Devil went down specifically to Georgia? Nah. Nobody could even tell it was The Devil down South.

[mori-esque]

Have you ever been to Ohio? There’s got to be a misdirection hex or something on the whole damn state- you get in, but it takes at least three times the amount of time it should to get back out. And don’t even get me started on cryptids; the famous debacle with Loch Ness has got nothing on the US

[sacrificethemtothesquid]

The thing with the Pacific Northwest is that magic is just accepted. The white folks came from the East Coast with magic in their blood and named places like Portland and Salem - I mean, come on, SALEM, that’s not exactly subtle. The Native Americans had their own traditions, and in the last two hundred years, it’s all woven together warp and weft like a cozy Pendleton blanket. 

Herbalism’s a thing here. People have a connection to the land; whether it’s outright magical or just spiritual is never really questioned. Everyone has at least one of those North Face or Mountain Hardware jackets spelled to keep off the damp. Gert Boyle is probably the most famous weather witch, but she’ll never call herself that. 

Dragons? Not here. Sasquatch? Definitely. A douglas fir wand with a sasquatch hair at its core will make spells involving water almost effortless. Music is a thing, guitars spelled to keep perfect tune (or not), basements charmed to keep the neighbors from complaining about the noise. Some of the greatest potions-masters hail from here - ever heard of the Widmer Brothers? Sure, they’re famous for beer, but is that because they’re lacing it with their family-recipe Draught of Peace? Maybe. They’ll never tell. 

[tom-riddle-diary]

The 25 Days of Shit Slytherins Say: #1

Christmas is so close I can almost smell the mistletoe I'm not going to be kissed under.

[tom-riddle-diary]

High school seniors!

Anyone else a high school senior waiting on college decisions? Mine come out this Friday. If anyone wants to talk, feel free to message me!

[jiilys]

not sure if this has been pointed out before but ive always really hated it that harry cared more about his dad's actions in SWM than the fact that snape called his mother a mudblood, like he barely cared about that at all :/

Here’s the thing about Harry Potter: Snape could haveliterally killed someone in that memory and Harry wouldn’t have been surprised.He probably would have rushed to Dumbledore and said ‘I told you so’.

Because Harry hates Snape- this is all before Hallows- so Harry still thinks Snape’sworking for Voldemort, Harry already knows Snape hated James, and to top itoff, Snape doesn’t miss an opportunity to be a dick the whole series. Harryalready knows Snape is a bad guy because since day one they’ve disliked eachother, so it’s not that what Snape said wasn’t important, it’s just that Harry wasn’tsurprised by it. He expected Snape tobelieve in that bullshit, so it wasn’t worth dwelling on.

James however, is this mythical figure that he’s wonderedabout all his life. Look how excited he is when he first spots James in thememory:

Harry moved so quicklythat, had he been solid, he would have knocked desks flying… Excitement explodedin the pit of his stomach

 Harry’s only ever seen photographs from James, or heardabout him from Sirius or Remus or more of James’s friends. In all thosememories James comes off as some sort of God, smart and funny and brave andloyal, he is never described with faults in those recounts because they’re alltold by James’s friends, and because they’re being told to his son, andeveryone wants Harry to see James as the best version of himself because Harrywill never see any version of him at all.

The only stories Harry’s ever heard about James’s are goodones- with the exception of the ones from Snape which don’t count because Harrywould literally rather eat Hagrid than listen to anything Snape said- so to seeJames in this light is so jarring to him. Here is his father, a man who he’sbeen told he is like since he was eleven, being this awful.

Because James is awful in that memory. He hangs Snape upsidedown, fills his mouth with soap, taunts him, and does it all seemingly becauseSirius is bored. And there is Harry, horrified, watching the whole thing,thinking that maybe Snape was right all along: that maybe James was terrible.Maybe James really was a bad person.

Of course Harry thinks about that, turns it over in hishead, lets it worry him, because that’s his Dad who everyone said was great,being horrible. This man he’s been desperate to hear about since he was a childbeing a smug, arrogant shit head.

I think the worst part for Harry is that he misses hisparents. Not in the way you miss people when they go on holiday but in the wayyou do when you have never met someone that would have been important to you.Like you’re always imagining something to fill the empty space. He’s so jealousof everyone that knew James, it’s obvious every time someone talks about them,he hangs onto every word. He wants to know James like they do, and it is sounfair that he doesn’t.

And then there is James- his father- acting like that.Acting like, well, acting like Snape to Neville. There is such an awful parallelthere for Harry, and he can see it, and it shocks him. That’s why Harry caredso much, because what if Snape and James are similar? What if his father isexactly like this man he has hated since he was eleven? What then?

[straightfaxx]

If you haven’t read the books

You won’t know that the Elder Wand was also called the Deathstick

Ron was actually a Prefect

Harry, Fred and George got a “life-long ban” from Umbridge after they attacked Malfoy on the pitch

Dumbledore hired a centaur named Firenze to teach Divination

Neville Longbotton could’ve been “The Chosen One” but Voldemort chose Harry

Fenrir Greyback was the werewolf who bit Remus Lupin as a child

Harry attended Bill and Fleur’s wedding disguised as Barny Weasley, a red-headed Weasley cousin

Lily was actually a few months older than James

While still alive, the Bloody Baron, who became the ghost of Slytherin House, was sent by Rowena Ravenclaw to retrieve her daughter, Helena, whom he was in love with. When Helena, who became the ghost of Ravenclaw House, refused to go with him, he became angry and stabbed her. Then, distraught with having killed her, he killed himself

Harry mended his own wand with the Elder Wand before he got rid of it

Harry, Ron and Hermione met Neville in St Mungos, who was visiting his parents and his Gran told them what happened to Alice and Frank 

The Potters’ had a cat

Harry got  miniature broom from Sirius for his first Birthday

Bathilda Bagshot was a friend of the Potters’

[page264]

- Peeves the poltergeist

-Lockhart sent dwarves dressed as cupids all around the school giving valentines on the dreaded holiday. One of them tackled Harry when he ran away from it and shouted out his poem in the middle of a crowded corridor

-Hermione created S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare) when she was only thirteen years old. This followed her into her ministry work where she improved conditions for all kinds of magical minorities.

-During the Battle of Hogwarts, as the dementors swarmed the school, Harry tried to conjure a patronus and failed. He couldn’t manage a happy thought after witnessing so many innocent people, so many loved ones, die for him. But one by one, his friends conjured their own patronuses for him. Luna’s silver hare, Ernie’s boar, Seamus’ fox, beating back at the sea of cloaked monsters. And when Harry saw his friends, people he loved, still fighting, it gave him the strength to conjure one of his own. And with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, Harry’s silver stag chased the dementors away.

[straightfaxx]

Tonks was Sirius’ cousin

Ted Tonks was captured and killed

During Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the Order had their own Radio station that you needed the password to if you wanted to listen to it

Kreacher was so goddamn nice to Harry, Ron and Hermione after Harry gave him the duplicate of the Horcrux necklace that Regulus conjured

Ginny and Harry’s first kiss was actually in the Common Room after Gryffindor was celebrating after they won a Quidditch match that Harry wasn’t able to attend.