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im prolly just being sensitive rn, but I'm suddenly so fucking tired of the word "git" 😭. reading 2 different drarry fics rn and the amount of "git" being used... im mentally screaming like oKAY we get it yall find eo annoying WELL now ur both being annoying, i said as i pulled on my hair in exasperation. end of vent, thank u ever so

Oh friend, the curse you have unleashed upon me, it incapacitated me so; I was just going to agree with you about the overuse of the term "git" in fic, maybe chalk it up to most fic writers being diagnosed with a bad case of the non-British before ultimately concluding 'tis but a harmless quirk... but then the meta demon got to me.

This is a rather long-winded way of saying that I went and looked at every single instance in which the word "git" was used in the books so enjoy the math extravaganza, I guess:

WHO SAYS "GIT"

The Word "git", it seems, is a Weasley family special; the overwhelming majority of instances where the term is used come from either the twins (4 times George and 3 times Fred) or Ron, our undisputed leader (12 times).

We are introduced to the term by Hagrid, who calls both Filch and Quirrel/Voldemort a git in book 1. (total gits=2)

In book 2 the word is a Ron exclusive and he only uses it to refer to Gilderoy Lockhart (twice). (partial gits=2; total gits=4)

Our first instance of Draco being referred to as a git comes in book 3 by way of George, who is quickly emulated by Ron. Book 3 is also our only instance of an inanimate object using the term when the Marauders Map insults Snape as he tries uncovering its secrets. (partial gits=3; total gits= 7)

In book 4 Ron uses "git" whilst referring to both the Malfoy family and his new owl, Pig, while the twins use it when talking about Dudley, Ron and Ludo Bagman (x2) (partial gits=6; total gits= 13)

Book 5 is when Harry first uses the word, in this legendary exchange with Draco:

I'd wager this is where the overuse of git in fics comes from, even though this is the only instance Harry uses the term to refer to Draco (Draco, for his part, is never shown saying it). As for our remaining book 5 gits, Fred uses it once when talking about Snape and the rest come by way of Ron, who says the word to refer to Snape, the twins, Percy and Viktor Krum. (partial gits=6; total gits= 19)

Book 6 is our most git-less book of them all, with only one git, courtesy of Ron, who uses it to refer to the twins (partial gits=1; total gits=20)

Lastly, in book 7 we find the only instances of Harry being called a git (once by Fred and once by Ron). Notably, this is where a very popular fic insult comes from; I'm referring, of course, to this:

Speccy (I don't think I've ever seen a fic spell it specky) and/or scrawny git are insults most commonly used by Draco towards Harry in fics (though I've also seen Harry refer to Draco as a scrawny git) but again, this never happens in canon. This one instance is the only time in all of the books where this particular combination of insults is used and it's also the only time when the words "specky" is used, just a fun fact for you.

Our remaining gits in book 7 come from Harry (who uses it to refer to Marvolo Gaunt) and Ron (who says it when talking about Griphook), which brings our book 7 git total to 4 and our cumulative git total to 24.

Was this necessary? Not even remotely, but it needed to come out of my brain so there you have it.

xoxo

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Sirius Girlies

If you want a fic that deals with the physical aftereffects of Azkaban:

His limbs are leaden and his chest is full of needles. Each breath is like being pricked with a pin. He wouldn’t be shocked to learn that little flecks of blood - scarlet sequins, iridescent on his growing pallor - pepper his torso.

Emotional aftereffects of Azkaban:

And all at once he is back in his cell, limbs frozen solid by the terror which flogged you raw on the North Sea wind, chilblains on his fingers and the skin of his feet so cracked that blood seeped from his heels. And he can see the line of prisoners being led past him, as he shudders, as he tries to claw the image of James’ dead body from his eyes, and there is a boy with flaxen hair who is screaming, and Rabastan who looks bored, and Roddy who looks nervous, and her, with her toothy grin - Tonks has inherited it; it used to light up a room - and her curtain of shining hair, and her breathy voice hissing cousin so softly that it might have been the sound of the waves.

A complicated relationship with Harry that is the fall out of emotional enmeshment and codependent intensity of Order of Phoenix book:

‘I’m not going to apologise for wanting to keep you safe.’ ‘I don’t need you to keep me safe! I’m a big boy, Harry. I’ve lived through shit you can’t even imagine and -’ ‘I know you have! That’s why I didn’t want you to have to live through it again. Or through worse! Let’s not act like Fudge wouldn’t have ordered the Kiss for you on sight. I would do literally anything to prevent that -’ ‘Except stop me from having to sit on my own every fucking night wondering why you never call?’

Harry’s eyes widen. ‘Oh. I didn’t -’ His face softens, his scowl morphing into something unbearably tender. ‘I didn’t realise -’

Read @saintsenara War of Roses

It's a Sirius/Severus fic set post OOTP (with unrequited prongsfoot). The latest chapter just made me fall to my knees so I am recommending this everywhere just so you all have the emotional journey I had.

The narrative voice for Sirius is vivid and obsessive - as if he hyperfixates on every detail and scatters. It's a fantastic narrative voice for a character that is always brimming with an intensity that keeps you hooked on his scenes in the series. You can tell that this is the man, even when gaunt and corpse-like in POA, has eyes that "burn into his face".

You can tell this is the man who takes comfort in Buckbeak (and animals), appreciates families that take runaway kids (there is a fantastic musing in there that parallels Arthur Weasley and Fleamont Potter) and more.

Bonus: the author actually takes Sirius' searing condemnation of his family "thinking of themselves as practically royal" as what it is...a condemnation.

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If the dynamic isn’t Harry “I’m nothing to you” Potter and Albus “You are everything to me” Dumbledore, then I just don’t want it rn

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reminder that albus dumble.dore is a mama's boy.

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i’m watching something that just hit me with the fact that …………… albus was on his own since before he was eighteen. and now i’m sad about it.

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harry had known there was no hope from the moment that the full body-bind curse dumbledore had placed upon him lifted, known that it could have happened only because   its caster was dead,  but there was still no preparation for seeing him here, spread-eagled, broken:   the greatest wizard harry had ever, or would ever, meet.

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can i just say, i sort-of hate how……..the books sort-of……..affirm albus’s unhealthy mindset?? i skjsdghjdgh i can’t word it rn but albus only helps the world when he closes himself off. his love does cloud his judgment, and it does get people hurt, and most often things only work out for the best when he’s playing chessmaster . .  . . 

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also can i just say i hate how fandom tends to make albus call EVERYONE my dear boy. it’s only used in specific contexts or, most importantly, with harry.

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anyway, albus p. w. b. dumble.dore loves, respects, and admires the hell out of harry j.ames p.otter with his whole emotionally repressed heart !

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my wonderful visionary of a friend told me tom and dumbledore should have the same dynamic as mymelo and kuromi in onegai my melody with tom's diary just being his grudgebook about dumbledore...

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first rule of being a rare pair shipper is find a freak or three who can be convinced to enjoy the rare pair as much as you do. second rule is feed each other's insanity

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I see the "Dumbledore was manipulative and used Snape for his own purposes" takes and to that I say. Sorry but in my head Snape and Dumbledore are literally best friends

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albus: loves his siblings very much, dedicates his life to the memory of one while taking to heart everything the other says, just wants to be close to them and do right by them.

albus, when actually with his siblings: can you just be better??

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My boy is 45

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Someone should get Albus pregnant. Not like in a sexual way, I just think it would force him to grapple with his family issues

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Who will love you now, Dumbledore? // requested by @clevercoffeelady