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[secretsofslytherin]

We do not intervene between a person and the consequences of their own behavior.

Secrets of Slytherin no.87

[myuffishthoughts-deactivated201]

In other words…we laugh our asses off at others’ misfortunes. 

[secretsofslytherin]

Not exactly. Sure that’s one way to take it, but not intervening or letting something happen doesn’t mean we take glee from it. Also, there’s nothing in the post that says the consequences are negative.

[rolltideandslytherinpride]

It’s caring enough about the person to let them learn from their own experiences because they’re too stubborn to do things the easy way. You know it’s the only way they will learn and grow from an experience because you’re the exact same way

[being-remodeled]

It might be caring, yes. But there is also the situation where someone comes to a Slytherin for advice and then chooses not to follow it, getting themselves into the exact situation that the Slytherin tried to protect them from. We aren’t heartless, but I think many of us (at least the Slytherins I know, myself included) realize that, if someone doesn’t take our advice, especially when it’s sound and based in logic, the kind of deserve to experience the bad consequences that they’ve brought upon themself.

I will gladly help my friends and family if they ask me to, and I will go above and beyond for them. But if they choose to make a poor decision after asking my advice that advised against it, well, they’re on their own. I gave you the reasons why it was a bad idea, laid it out plainly and obviously. If you’re determined to be an idiot, you can be an idiot on your own.

narcissa malfoy was probably the most powerful occlumens in hogwarts history and nobody knew

she literally stood up to lord voldemort and lied that harry potter was dead and i don’t know about you but if i were an evil ruler i would probably want to triple-check that my nemesis was, you know, actually deceased

voldemort had actual doubts about snape

narcissa swans on by without a whisper, without a second glance

[hippity-hoppity-brigade]

narcissa malfoy understood from a young age that she was meant to do only a few things: look pretty, say nothing, and marry well. 

narcissa malfoy understood those rules, and she layered her mind with them. 

look pretty. wear the most expensive robes. grandmother’s pearls. curl your hair every night. think only of clothes and dimples and the way your hair falls when you flutters you eyelashes at a boy. 

say nothing. don’t speak when mother and father are screaming at each other. demurely look down as another boy asks you to dance. retreat into the reading room when your family friends, known death eaters and criminals, pay your parents a visit and speak in hushed voices over tea. think of pretty things. 

marry well. marry into a family of your parents’ friends. bear children. wear pearls and look demure and think of nothing but pretty, pretty things, like the way your husband’s hair gleams in candlelight. 

masters must learn the rules before they can break them. narcissa learned the rules so well that they wrapped around her; sank into her skin and her mind. they protect her from enemies. they conceal the quick, strategic plots ticking her brain into gear every moment of every day. they hide the calculation of each smile, each movement. 

narcissa is so good, so perfect, that no one will ever know.  

#look like the flower but be the serpent underneath

[delilahmidnight]

# I actually have lots of thoughts about this # I think she got away with lying so easily because Voldemort would never have expected her to # I don’t think she even needed to use occlumency # because why would /some silly women/ # /Lucius’ wife/ # ever lie to /The Dark Lord/? # she wouldn’t be smart enough # she wouldn’t be brave enough # she wouldn’t be selfless enough # Voldemort is an absolute idiot when it comes to the things that really matter # ’Houselves children’s tales love loyalty innocence’

#voldy was shocked when he found out his mom was the witch #he assumed his father would be magical

and there you have it.

[hippity-hoppity-brigade]

rb again for that meta, damn

[exitpursuedbyasloth]

Not only was this one of the most badass moments of the books, but it was genuinely surprising without being some Random Shit Out Of Fucking Nowhere that some authors/scriptwriters think is all there is to being surprising/shocking.

Because it makes perfect sense.  Of course Narcissa would turn on Voldemort without a second thought to protect her son. Not only because she’s his mother, but because that’s how Voldemort was defeated the first time around, and Voldemort cannot change or learn. 1980′s Voldemort was defeated because of a mother’s love, Lily’s sacrifice for Harry. Lily was not considered important to Voldemort, only James and Harry were. Voldemort was even willing to spare her for Snape, if she didn’t put up a fight (which of course she did). To him, Lily was irrelevant, because she was a woman and Muggle-born. Voldemort underestimated her, and it cost him. So naturally he would do the same thing again in the 90′s, focusing on Harry and the prophecy, never considering the thing that defeated him before might do so again. He was wary of Lucius and Draco, but underestimated Narcissa and it lead directly to his defeat. And she KNEW he did, and used it to her advantage.

This short-sightedness is even reflected in his most ardent supporter Bellatrix, who was also killed by a furious mother protecting her child.

A mother’s love started the series, and a mother’s love ended it.

[geeky-galpal]

A mother’s love started the series, and a mother’s love ended it.

YES.

[abookblog]

Blessed are the mothers, whose love is constantly underestimated.  

[batcii-archive-deactivated20210]

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)

[saywhatjessie]

Not to mention it would be an ultimate Fuck You to Voldemort, who put a curse on the teaching position in the first place.

Like, Jo, I don’t want to tell you how to do your job, but COME ON

[timemachineyeah]

I already queued this but also, you do this, but still have Ginny become a famous Quidditch player. Imagine the first time Harry gets called “Ginny’s husband” before “the boy who lived” or “the chosen one.” Imagine how fucking pleased he’d be.

Imagine the first time a student comes up to him looking starry-eyed and Harry’s thinking “Oh no” because he doesn’t want to talk about Voldemort or the war but instead this little eleven year old is like “ARE YOU REALLY MARRIED TO WEASLEY FROM THE HOLLYHEAD HARPIES???!?? WHAT’S SHE LIKE?” and he’s like “oh thank god” because he could talk about Ginny all day. 

[optimysticals]

Yes. Good.

[jukeboxemcsa]

Actually, all three of them should have become professors. Hermione would have become Headmistress, of course–youngest Headmistress of Hogwarts ever, and the only one willing to turn the portraits of her predecessors to the wall if they gave her too much lip about her efforts to modernize the curriculum. (She probably started as Transfiguration professor after McGonagall became Headmistress, but it wouldn’t surprise me if McGonagall was grooming her for the Headmistress job all along.)

And Ron took over as flying instructor for Professor Hooch; everyone thinks he’s an easy A because he’s so mellow and silly and hands out candy for good performances and his brother and sister sometimes visit the class to show off some of their old Quidditch moves and give away Wizard Wheezes to the best fliers, and it’s not until they talk to someone else from a different school or era that they realize that flying is actually really difficult to learn and Ron just found ways to slip all the teaching in under the fun so that they didn’t even notice. Things that seemed like silly tricks or goofy jokes turned out to be mnemonics for complex maneuvers, and of course nobody ever wanted to skip a class under his tutelage.

[holmesianscholar]

thisTHIS

[greymantledlady]

Okay all other canon epilogues can go home, this is the best.

[zuzusexytiems]

duuuuude.

[secretsofslytherin]

Secrets of Slytherin no.85

Not all of us are confident. Some of us keep quiet, keep our heads down and do the work. Tell no one our plans, only take pride in results. Some of us fake it until we make it, convincing you we have it all together while silently pushing our limits. And some of us are bosses and we know it and we will make sure you do too.

[wildchildmalfoy]

and some of us are awkard and loud but ambitious none the less. we may get embarassed speaking publicly but best believe we will work our asses off to achieve our goals. were stubborn as hell and we procrastinate but we stick through the anxiety and procrastination because the goal is ten times worth all the horrible feelings.

[hogwartscastle]

When I heard that Ezra Miller will return as Credence Barebone in Fantastic Beast 2

[lina-kim-is-here]

The Houses Remember

Gryffindor:

The house from wild moor remembers that courage doesn’t always mean to stand up against the enemy. Sometimes it means to speak up and against a close friend. The lion remembers that sometimes the smallest cub can grow to be the strongest of the pride. The one who will let his roar echo through the eons of this earth. And the ones wearing red won’t forget that friendship sometimes comes disguised as rivalry.

Hufflepuff:

The house from valley broad remembers that it takes sacrifice to build a life worth living. That sometimes it isn’t enough to sit and hope, that sometimes you have to break the rules in order to find justice and fairness. The badger remembers that even the lovliest rose has its thornes which are needed in order to survive. And the ones with the yellow crown on their head will always ache with the knowledge the treason comes from the one you considered your friend.

Ravenclaw:

The house from glen remembers that not even a peregrine is faster than a word spoken in anger. That a broken bone can mend and heal but a broken soul can not be fixed as easily. The eagle remebers that it is his decision whether he wants to fly with the wind of change or let his feathers be ruffled. And the ones waring the blue crest on their chest will always keep in mind that there are more important things in life than books and knowledge.

Slytherin:

The house from fen remembers that if you want to speak the truth you will need a fast horse, because the truth might be good but it is rarely gracious. The snake remembers that stars can only shine in darkness and that the night was made for healing. That sometimes it is the darkness and the cold that are the ones that soothe your mind. And the proud ones carrying the green banners have it carved into the dephts of their souls that sometimes heroes are those who have died in vain.

[wizcrdingheadcanons]

105. The different Hogwarts houses celebrate birthdays differently:

Hufflepuff: 

On their birthdays, the Hufflepuffs get woken up with cake in bed before breakfast

The night before the other students prepare the celebration and the cake, and they visit the kitchen for ingredients

The Hufflepuffs make sure to never forget any birthday, and it’s a priority to celebrate every birthday equally much, even for students who are not their closest friends

The students who have their birthday in summer or during the Christmas break gets celebrated when they come back in autumn, no one is forgotten

The student is presented with little surprises throughout the day, like all the portraits wishing them a happy birthday 

Gryffindor: 

The Gryffindor students have the loudest celebrations

The day starts with all the other students in their dormitory singing happy birthday

During the day the students will randomly burst into song, and they can be heard singing everywhere in the castle

The birthday girl/boy/person is sometimes given a crown or hat to wear during the day, and every time they see someone wearing one, they all start singing

Once, Fred and George Weasley enchanted the statues and suits of armour in the school to sing every time she/he/they walked by

The singing always drives the professors crazy, and all except Dumbledore, Lupin and Hagrid give out detentions to anyone who sings in their class 

“You’re SO OLD!!”

Slytherin: 

The Slytherins plan their birthday celebrations for a long time, with organised teams within the house for each part of the celebrations, like music, cake, decorations etc.

It’s important for the Slytherins to throw the perfect birthday celebrations, and the students pride themselves in having the best parties and surprises

Every student gets their own little party, sometimes with only their closest friends and sometimes with almost every student of the house

The parties are often supposed to be surprises

But the birthday girl/boy/person almost always figures it out beforehand

Every student gets a personalised verse of happy birthday or their own short song, prepared by the students in the “song group” 

Ravenclaw: 

Every birthday the birthday girl/boy/person has to complete a treasure hunt, and are given clues and riddles to find the treasure throughout the day

The clues are given written down on pieces of paper or in other magical ways

Each riddle leads to another clue and they eventually lead to the treasure that is hidden somewhere on the grounds or in the castle

The treasure varies for each student and is personalised for that specific person by their friends

The students of Ravenclaw always makes sure to prepare small but clever surprises for birthday girl/boy/person to discover throughout the day, all leading up to the big gift

[euphxmia-pxtter-blog]

I am 100% sure that McGonagall never wrote to Orion and Walburga when Sirius got in trouble with the other Marauders. No, she sent that letter directly to Fleamont and Euphemia Potter, saying, “Your boys have gotten in trouble again.”

[dameronalone]

if you come to me, on this day, the day of my birthday, and tell me that james potter did not enter his mate, sirius black, into a dog show competition, made it to the final round, and then was beaten by narcissa black’s poodle… i want you off my dash, and off my blog this instant

[cassandratongue]

I love those hc’s about the marauders’ animagi animals traits and behaviours coming out when they’re in their human form.

- Sirius will accidentally do puppy eyes. - Like he’ll want something and he’ll get this fucking heartbroken look on his face and he’ll stare longingly at what he wants with these big, soulful eyes and not even realise it until one of the others sighs loudly and gets it for him. - which is a bit difficult sometimes but James is surprisingly strong and even if Remus tends to kick when he’s startled, a few bruises ribs are worth it. - but it’s not just things he wants. - if there’s a strange noise coming from outside the dorm room then you can bet that you’ll find Sirius standing in the middle of the room, all tensed and focused on the sound that it takes saying his name at least three times to snap him out of it. - he needs to touch his friends ALL THE TIME as a way to mix scents and reiterate their pack bond. - it’s super subtle and casual but if you watch close enough you can notice it. - small shoulder touches and arm brushes. - leaning up against them when they’re standing around - hair ruffles and elbow jabs. - sitting so that their side’s are all pressed together. - but then there is the not so subtle touches. - leaping onto one of their backs for an impromptu ride. - squeezing himself into the space behind one of his friends and the back of the couch (this is totally a dog thing too) - throwing himself at them in excitement. - pressing his forehead against a chest and resting there for a moment in affection (another dog thing) - And the other doggy thing that make the other marauders laugh - getting excited when they go outside - chasing fast moving objects - his collection of large sticks that he’s taken from the forest and proudly keeps underneath his bed (I MIGHT NEED THEM PRONGS! BESIDES I FOUND THEM AND THEY’RE MINE AND DO you think Remus thinks they’re impressive? STOP LAUGHING.) - sometimes when he gets too hot he starts panting - James swears his hair bristles just a little when he’s angry or threatened. - I have a lot of feelings about doggy Sirius…

- James is most certainly the ‘king’ of his 'herd’ - arrogant git that he is 😂 - he carves his initials into every single desk that he sits at like a stag will mark trees - he turned vegetarian after becoming an animagus - You can fite me on this - he just can’t find it in himself to want to eat meat anymore, it feels wrong - stamping his feet in anger became a thing as well - it just feels so satisfying - sometimes he’ll startle at loud noises and feel this inate urge to just bolt away - which is unacceptable - once he was spooked so bad by an exploding cauldron in potions that he actually dashed out of the room in panic. - the others never let him forget it - they’ve also caught him scratching his back against trees with a blissful look on his face. - coming up behind him is a bad idea because he WILL kick you. - he’s also a touchy bastard as well - when he feels threatened in his 'place’ within the marauders he’ll get super uptight - he’ll glare with his head lowered slightly as if preparing to charge - he’ll scuff the carpet in the same place almost obsessively (I just NEED to do this okay? I just… fuck off.) - he’ll spike his hair up even more to make it look bigger - but he can also get very peaceful - he could stand in the same place for a very long time just thinking - just standing close with his herd makes him feel better if he has a shitty day - he likes the smell of green things and so buys a lot of plants that smell nice

- Peter, physically looks the most like his animagus after the change - but he also inherits a few traits as well - he will ALWAYS finish the good on his plate. In fact, wasting food is like kicking puppies in his book. It’s blasphemy. - he hates bright lights. They make him feel exposed and vulnerable. - sometimes his nose will twitch if he gets too excited or nervous. - if there is a large open space he’ll scurry across it very quickly, they make him nervous. - In fact he always seems to be nervous after the first change. - loud noises - too many people - not enough people - people he doesn’t know very well - people he DOES know very well - especially them - there’s also a new found sense of competitiveness in him - it’s not a need to win, it’s a need to survive, he needs to have the best food, the best spot on the couch with the best escape options, the best desk in class that is the most out I the teachers sight - he’ll run off and hide when he feels threatened - James put a firecracker in his bed one time and he hid himself in the closet for eight solid hours. The only reason he can back out was for the cookies. - also - side note - I fully believe that one of the reasons he betrays James is because of an innate selfishness and need to out his survival first that comes from his rat side - also hes a coward

[seblester]

[vampiresawakenedmyskeletonhats]

With Harry Potter, I truly feel like magic exists :’)

[annabellaprinx]

10 Things Potterheads will never get over:

1.- “Harry, DID YAH PUT YAR NAME IN DA GOBLET OF FIYAH?!” he asked calmly.

2.- Albus Severus Potter. The world’s weirdest name for your mini-me, Potter. 

3.- “Always”

4.- The ‘Severus Snape was a hero or a real douchebag’ debate.

5.- Not being able to go to Hogwarts every September 1st.

6.- Draco Malfoy is a kind but greatly misunderstood soul.

7.- Hedwig’s theme

8.- Not being able to summon that lost-something, no matter how many times you use Accio!.

9.- Being completely obsessed with reaching your House’s goals, and feeling so offended when people don’t recognize you Slytherin/Ravenclaw/Gryffindor/Hufflepuff value.

10.- Flipping out whenever someone as mentions anything Harry Potter related, and being quick to correct them when they get their facts wrong.

Bonus: WE’RE GETTING A NEW MOVIE, A NEW PLAY AND GODDAMNIT OUR FANDOM WILL LIVE FOREVER.

Have any others? I can sure as hell think of a hundred more. Thanks, J.K. Rowling for filling our lives with magic.

[black-cherry28]

Sweet as sugar

“… hard as ice, hurt me once & I’ll kill you twice.” - Said every Slytherin ever.

[the-goblet-of-slytherin]

his smile was wicked; it won over her ambitions

[slythersthetic]

Slytherin Aesthetics:: Mischief

[it-started-over-drarry]

- Draco scrubs the skin on his arm viciously every time he showers. The skin is always red and marked by scratches. He tries so hard to get the mark off of him. He wants to feel clean again. - George can’t look in the mirror anymore. Not without remembering Fred. He smashes all mirrors in their home. He cuts his hair, he dyes it. - Neville sees Nagini in his dreams. But in his dreams it reaches Ron and Hermione before he does. - Harry has multiple wands all around his house hidden in places that only he knows. Beneath his pillow, beneath his bed, under the couch. Just in case. - Hermione’s boggart is no longer failure. - Draco and Blaise are afraid of fire. - Someone accidentally calls George “Fred” once. No one knows who starts crying first. - Headmistress Miverna Mcgonagall is fierce, powerful and kind. All first years are intimidated and amazed, she seems untouchable. However some nights she roams the school hallways and remembers every student she lost, every life that got taken away too soon, every soul that left them too early. - Harry suddenly can’t stay in very small rooms. He feels trapped, his throat starts convulsing and his eyes sting. - Hagrid still feels the weight of what he thought was Harry’s corpse in his hands. It haunts him. - Hermione, Ron and Harry had gotten so used to spending months having one small meal per day that sometimes they forget they’re supposed to eat. - Harry rolls in his sleep once and hits his forehead against the night stand on accident, when he wakes up with pain on his forehead his heart sinks and his whole body freezes. It isn’t until he sees the bruise that he’s able to calm down. Because Voldemort isn’t back. - Ron dreams that he’s back in their tent, traveling and hiding, he’s changing the radio stations and he hears Ginny’s names as one of the victims. - Molly always has “where’s Fred?” on the tip of her tongue, at all times. - Harry spends the year post-war discovering who he is, what he loves, other than the Boy-who-lived and the Savior-of-the-Wizarding-World. Because there are things he never had time to think about, never had time to experiment, never had time to experience. Sometimes he wonders if coming back had been the right choice, because it hurt so bad on some days that he couldn’t take it. - When Teddy is sad or scared and he’s crying, Harry tells him stories and shows him pictures of his parents, it’s then and only then that he calms down and his hair goes back to normal. - Harry pulls back to himself when the date of his death nears every year, his friends do everything in their power to bring him out of it. - Draco and Harry have talks about the war some nights, both saw what Voldemort was capable of, Harry in his dreams, Draco in his home. Both understand. - Luna is quirkier and weirder than ever before. She always does everything in her power to lighten up the mood in the room when the silence is bitter and mournful. It’s like she can’t stop shifting and smiling and nervously twitching and saying random facts about things no one has heard of before. Everyone knows it’s her way of coping, of staying positive. So no one minds. It’s comforting. - Harry gets the sudden desire to travel all over the world. Sometimes Ron and Hermione come with him, others he goes alone, once Neville joins him. Draco does too. - Draco starts writing, he writes thousands of words on some nights and none on others. He’s good at it, too. - Harry always, without fail, looks for Sirius’ constellation. He visits his grave too, tells him how things are going in his life, how he’s coping, how he isn’t. - Hermione getting a tattoo of blooming pastel flowers on top of her “mudblood” scar, because she’s alive, many her friends are alive and she wants to remember that.

And maybe not all is well, maybe they have scars time cannot erase, but they’re together, their hearts are still beating, so it’ll be okay. They’re going to be okay.

[all-things-slytherin]

Yes, I’m crying as well

[the-goblet-of-slytherin]

well shit, my eyes are sweating

[wildchildmalfoy]

Crap, I have something in my eye