#Barty Crouch Jr/Tom Riddle Jr

[changetheprophecy81]

"He didn't have a choice"🥺🥺 yes he did. But he made the wrong one. It might have been influenced by a number of external circumstances and internal turmoil, but it was still his choice. That's the point of the story

[oregano-stars]

My favourite thing about this fandom is that the canon story has so many characters that are just bad guys - no explanation, no questions, they’re just bad. But this fandom takes those characters and loves them and adds backstory and reasons why those characters mad those “bad” decisions because no one is born a “bad guy” right? Not Reggie, not Barty, not Bella, not even Tom :) And the idolized and well-renowned characters like Dumbledore? We take them down a notch, because no one is born perfect either. I love that. It makes it all feel so much more human and approachable and accepting.

Reblog if you feel the same! I feel like this aspect of the fandom needs some love :)

[hazelnut1]

A prank

[keksikart]

My name is Bella and my name means heavy

So with a heavy heart I'll guide this dagger

Into the heart of my enemy

My whole life, you were a teacher and friend to me

Please know my actions are not motivated only by envy

I too have a destiny

This death will be art

The people will speak of this day from near and afar

This event will be history

And I'll be great too

I don't want what you have

I wanna be you

Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black)

[slitheringghost]

Death Eater Recruitment Age During The First War

In this meta I'll talk about Voldemort's strategy in recruiting underage Death Eaters. Fandom often portrays teenage Death Eaters like Snape, Evan Rosier, etc as officially joining Voldemort after they graduate or, at best, their 7th year.

But the most logical conclusion is that Death Eaters recruited as teenagers would have been required to take the Mark at 16 and no later - at earliest Christmas break of 5th year and at latest the summer after 5th year. Regulus joining at 16 wasn't an exception or an anomaly - it was the expectation and the norm.

Additionally, younger Death Eaters’ age during the First War is cited as reasons they couldn’t have committed violent war crimes in the short time they were Death Eaters, but this too is contradicted by canon. I’ll go through the evidence for these points below.

1.0 Voldemort’s strategy

Firstly, I really don't know why people think Voldemort would have qualms about making 16 year olds murder and torture - given that Tom Riddle himself had murdered 4 people by the time he was 16 (killing the Riddles summer after his 4th year at 15 years old) as well as tortured students ("nasty incidents") with his gang.

Yes, many characters in HBP claim that there’s no way Draco was marked because he’s only 16 and still in school - but the whole point is that they’re wrong, that Draco WAS Marked at 16, that Voldemort thought Hogwarts was a good recruiting ground, that he was creating child soldiers. The whole point is to recruit them young - when they're most vulnerable and malleable.

On the other hand, it's unlikely that they were allowed to be Marked younger than 16 - Regulus was eager to join years before he was Marked, so if there was a way for him to be initiated sooner, he would've taken it. From Voldemort's POV, he'd want the Black heir under his control, so he would've Marked Regulus as early as was possible under Death Eater protocol. (Sirius also runs away at 16, so it’s a possibility that this had to do with Voldemort recruiting him at that age.)

So presumably, Voldemort chose an age where they're young enough to be easily manipulated, but old enough to be competent as Death Eaters.

(While Tom killed his family a year earlier, his proto-Death Eater gang was involved in their first murder together at the same age - Myrtle end of their 5th year; which imo was accidental but fits the tradition).

But once they reach that age - there's no stalling. Future teenage Death Eaters would be trained for maybe months, maybe years, before finally taking the Mark at 16.

Voldemort wants his army and he wants it now. You don't get to wait around to take the mark. Even marking a Death Eater at 17 vs. 16 is a whole entire year of the war wasted where Voldemort could have them under his control and doing useful things for him.

(It's possible the recruiting pace was a bit slower pre-war, but once the war started Voldemort needed as many Death Eaters as he could get.)

Certainly no important pureblood heir would be marked later than 16. Marking an heir means Voldemort has solidified his control over that family’s wealth and political/magical resources (at least in future).

Despite being Hogwarts students, teenage Death Eaters still have substantial windows of time when they could be committing crimes for Voldemort - 2 months of summer; 1 month combining Christmas/Easter breaks; Hogsmeade weekends; maybe ways of sneaking out other weekends. (Even many adult Death Eaters do have day jobs and keep up appearances of normal lives.)

They could also get a lot done at Hogwarts itself - spywork (i.e. out muggleborns hiding their status, similarly gather info on political enemies via other students), magical research (esp. given they have access to the Hogwarts library which Voldemort doesn’t - presumably, this is a library as coveted as pureblood libraries), invent things and experiment (i.e. Snape inventing Levicorpus which we know the Death Eaters used), and most notably, commit war crimes on campus.

Examples include Mulciber and Avery torturing Mary Macdonald with Dark Magic - which clearly wasn’t an isolated incident - and Snape having used Sectumsempra so often at Hogwarts it became known as his specialty. This is the kind of terror junior Death Eaters would be expected to perform on campus during the war.

Then there's the Dark Mark itself. The way the Death Eaters are bound to Voldemort parallels house-elf enslavement contract, and the Dark Mark is the main way of enforcing it - it’s a tracking device (per Karkaroff), a communication device, a means of control, a way to make sure you don't escape. So of course Voldemort would want to brand his followers as soon as he could. (see also: this meta on the Dark Mark by @artemisia-black)

2.0 Examples

Regulus (waiting to join years earlier) took the Mark at 16. Draco, Marked the summer after his 5th year, only a month or two after he turned 16. Barty Jr. was 19 in 1982 during the Longbottom trial, so it's a reasonable extrapolation that he too was Marked at 16, particularly since he was very dedicated and loyal to Voldemort and would've been desperate to join ASAP. As Lucius was clearly instrumental in recruiting Snape (and logically there have to be Death Eaters on campus recruiting), I assume he was Marked by the time the Marauders entered Hogwarts, so likely Marked at 16 too.

Then there's the fact that the Death Eaters is a multigenerational cult and that Voldemort expects the kids of his Death Eaters to join - examples are Mulciber, Avery, Rosier. These kids were essentially born into the cult and inherited being a Death Eater, they've known since childhood that they would be expected to take the Mark, and perhaps were trained for it very early, so there's no reason they wouldn't be Marked at 16.

Of course, not all Death Eaters are recruited underage, there are plenty recruited as adults - when you're recruited matters when Voldemort actually notices you, or when he needs you (i.e. Peter was recruited much later on, purely as a spy). Other exceptions to the “Marked at 16” rule would be if the Death Eater isn't politically useful enough (heirs from less powerful pureblood families etc) and if they weren't talented enough by 16 and would require more training.

Regarding Snape specifically, he became friends with Lucius Malfoy as soon as he entered Hogwarts, and stayed friends with the Malfoys long into his adult years. Lucius would've been the main one to bring him into Death Eater circles (particularly since Lucius would've graduated Snape's first or second year, and the rest of their contact had to be out of school, perhaps Lucius inviting him to events with Death Eaters, etc.)

His friendship with his gang - Mulciber, Avery, Rosier - would function likewise, especially because they're not just any junior Death Eaters, they're the children of Tom Riddle's original gang. So, Snape was pulled into the network of pretty high ranking Death Eaters from the very start.

Snape's talent was also apparent to everyone from the get go (i.e. Sirius’s statement that Snape was famous for the Dark Arts at school, and as a first year knew more curses than half the kids in 7th year). Therefore, he would’ve been on the Death Eaters’ radar long before SWM, and there’s no reason for them to wait until then to recruit and train him. Most likely he was training under Voldemort as his student his 5th year, perhaps even 4th year, and then took the Mark summer after 5th year. (In this fic, he's already taken it by SWM, because teen Death Eaters take the Mark their first school holiday after turning 16, which was 5th year Christmas break for Snape, which is an interesting and believable scenario).

And no, his status as a poor halfblood wouldn't be an issue - canonically Voldemort makes poor Death Eaters high ranking (Snape, Amycus, Alecto), as well as female Death Eaters.

This, of course, conflicts with a certain narrative parts of fandom want to push about Snape being driven to the Death Eaters due to the Marauders’ bullying and Lily breaking off the friendship - because in any realistic scenario the Death Eaters would have recruited him long before this happened.

Regarding the level of violence teenage Death Eaters commit, it makes sense to me that you'd have to kill to be Marked - Voldemort is not going to have his Death Eaters hesitate before killing and mess up his missions (Additionally, once they’ve committed crimes for him he could use exposing them as a threat to keep them in line). I HC that you have to cast all three Unforgiveables on a victim to be Marked.

So, this means that all your faves like Regulus, Snape, Evan, Barty, that fandom often whitewashes, did in fact commit many violent war crimes while they were Death Eaters. Potentially Draco is the exception to this wrt actual murder (we know he's using the Imperius and Cruciatus 6th year), though it's always possible Voldemort made him murder someone off screen and we just didn't see it. (ETA: It’s also a misconception that Draco being Marked was only to punish Lucius - the punishment was that Draco was assigned a suicide mission that he couldn’t possibly succeed at in being ordered to kill Dumbledore. It’s likely he would’ve been Marked even without those circumstances.)

As more examples of this, even Crabbe and Goyle - who were not Marked or trained as official Death Eaters - are torturing first years with the Cruciatus their entire 7th year under the instruction of the Carrows, and presumably students in the years below them were also forced to do the same. (Crabbe also tries to cast an Avada Kedavra, so it's possible he murdered someone for the Death Eaters outside of campus.) This is further proof that Death Eaters have no issue making underage students commit violent war crimes.

3.0 Conclusion

We can extrapolate from the known numbers we have - Lucius Malfoy in his year, 3-5 Death Eaters in the Marauders' year (Mulciber, Avery, Snape, Rosier, Wilkes), Barty Jr. in the year below, Regulus in the year below that - that there were a few wannabe and/or actually Marked Death Eaters in every class year during the war.

So, Hogwarts during the first war wasn't just full of Wannabe Death Eaters - it was also full of actual Death Eaters who were already actively murdering and torturing others.

And this contextualizes the Marauders' actions in their Hogwarts years, and why they would've been pushed to that kind of violence to protect others on campus. (read more about that in this meta)

[bellamortedits]

All I see is red

[acourtofchaos]

𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘧𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴'

𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘖𝘧 𝘈𝘜𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

As a show of support to all the writers who have recently recieved hate for no reason over having the same aus as others, I've decided , with the encouragement and help from the amazing @obsessedwithceleste and @pizzaapeteer, to host a little au event where we can all celebrate each other and the writing that takes a common au and turns it into something unique, creative and wonderful! 🫶🫶

𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘖𝘯𝘦 ♡ 𝘔𝘢𝘺 1 - 8

☆ 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. firefighter, lifeguard, ballerina, rockstar, teacher, actor)

☆ 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. neighbours, roommates, bbf, social media, carnival, theme park, bar)

𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘛𝘸𝘰 ♡ 𝘔𝘢𝘺 9 - 16

☆ 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. coffee shop, tattoo shop, bookstore, library)

☆ 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. vampires, demons, ghosts, werewolves)

𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 ♡ 𝘔𝘢𝘺 17 - 23

☆ 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. mafia/mob, assassins, spies, bodyguard)

☆ 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. soulmates, guardian angel, arranged marriage, marks/bonds)

𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 ♡ 𝘔𝘢𝘺 24 - 31

☆ 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 & 𝘔𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. fairytale, royalty, magic, gods and goddesses, mythical beings, mermaid/siren, pirate, fae)

☆ 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 & 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘜 (e.g. time travel, historical, apocalyptic, outerspace)

𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴:

☆ you can still get involved even if you're not a writer, moodboards, fanart etc are more than welcome!!

☆ if you can't choose between the two au categories for whatever week feel free to merge them!

☆ all hp characters are allowed

☆ feel free to tag me in your posts so I don't miss any and can add them to the event masterlist

☆ please don't worry about the timeframes, they're not a set in stone deadline, if you post late that is absolutely fine, just have fun!!

☆ please tag your fics accordingly, nsfw, trigger warnings etc

☆ minors, do not interact with any 18+ content

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harry potter universe fic recs

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THE MARAUDERS

SLYTHERIN BOYS

HOGWARTS LEGACY

GOLDEN TRIO

[iamgonnagetyouback]

MASTERLIST౨ৎ.ᐟ

welcome, love. come in, come in—careful now, mind the step. soft hands, soft eyes, you’re looking for something, aren’t you? sweet thing, you’re in the right place. here, let me show you names that rest on pages, waiting for your touch. take your time, stay awhile. they’re all here, waiting.

― harry potter

― criminal minds

― dead poets society

― the amazing spider man

― gilmore girls

― miscellaneous

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀― events & celebrations

©iamgonnagetyouback౨ৎ please refrain from copying, translating, or reposting any of my work please do not copy, translate, or repost any of my work.

[keencroissantgardenflap]

THE HOLY UNION

Honestly more than half of them would just make Voldy worse (or at least accepted him the way he is), but anyway 😊

Tom Blyth is my fancast for Abraxas Malfoy (so don't ask why Coryo here) 🫶🫶

I put Sirius here all because of one of the most brilliant fantastic magnificent gorgeous amazing flabbergasted HP fanfictions I've ever read "It runs in the blood" by Metalomagnetic (she made me fall into this rabbit hole) 🥹🥹🥹

God I ship Voldemort with too much ppl, I'd die in the cruelest way if he'd ever known I'm whoring him around like this 😭😭. Not my fault that his fanfictions are all so good that it feels like a crime

[pearlynia]

"THEY'RE MAKING A MOVIE OF CRIMSON RIVERS" I screamed looking at the hunger game casting as they dragged me back to the asylum💔

[lenaswritingandstuff]

Dating Barty Crouch Jr ◼ HEADCANONS

Requested: No

Characters: Barty Crouch Jr. (+ y/n)

Warnings: NSFW mentions, English is not my first language

A/N: Oh my sweet Barty. I think I'll write a one-shot based on these headcanons one day. This will include also the pre-dating stage as well. SORRY FOR THE TYPOS. Comments and feedback are always appreciated. Enjoy! ^^

Tag list: @helendeath @im-jesus @wolfyychan @blocked-zombieartist

At first you guys were great friends, but you secretly had a crush on his best friend Evan, who you were also great friend with

And, unbeknownst to you, Barty had been in love with you for years

But after his best friend somehow broke your heart, Barty was there for you

He would discreetly hold you hand or have an affectionate gesture when Evan and his girlfriend would be there together, and also in public 

He would spent most of his time with you - as Evan has now become insufferable - doing homework, studying, reading or just talking

Every time he goes to Hogsmeade he brings back your favourite sweets or a gift

The more time you guys spend together, the closer you grow, and you realise Barty is even more awesome than you thought he was 

He truly is the kindest, and sweetest boy ever 

Little by little, you’re less affected by Evan’s relationship thanks to Barty’s presence and support

You know he has a difficult relationship with his father, so during holidays, you accept to spend half of the holidays at his house, and the rest at your house

And you constantly tell him that it’s not his fault that his father acts like that

He gets along so well with your parents, they adore him and basically ship you guys 

That’s when he stays at your house that you first share a bed, and sleep while holding each other

And, without you realising it, it happens every night after

You also start to cuddle in the morning, and after class 

He gives you nicknames, like “sweetheart” or “love” 

And sometimes put his arms around you

Once you’ve completely forgotten about Evan, you wonder why you didn’t realise that Barty was right here the whole time 

You realise one day that Barty is now the most important person in your life

One day, you get drunk at a party and kiss him, and, despite not wanting to take advantage of you, Barty can’t help but kiss you back

The day after, Barty thinks you don’t remember the kiss, but you do. You’re embarrassed about it, but you soon realise the kiss was an expression of your growing feelings for him

But the difference is, you loved an idea of Evan, while you love Barty for who he is

But after a while, when Evan breaks up with his girlfriend, he tries to get closer to you, but you put boundaries 

But while you know you love Barty, you can’t help but be scared he won’t return your feelings and you’ll end up hurt again

BUT when Evan confronts you and Barty about what’s going on between the two of you, an argument between them follows, and Barty ends up screaming that he loves you

Once Evan leaves, you tell Barty you love him too and he kisses you - telling you he’s been craving to kiss you again 

You guys naturally start dating afterwards, and the first night together is spent kissing, cuddling and enjoying each other’s embrace

Everyone is surprised to learn you two are a couple - Evan more than the others, and he’s actually pissed - but they’re happy for you

Barty is the cutest boyfriend ever, like a labrador 

Totally fine with PDA, will always hold your hand or have an arm around your shoulder 

Overprotective 

He’s always kissing your cheek

Tries to make you laugh during lessons - succeeds most times

Will go anywhere and do any activity with you

Sex with him is a bit rough but still very romantic 

He loves praising you ( “Fuck, baby, you feel so good. So, so good”) - and has a praising kink

He LOVES fingering you

Jealous sex doesn’t really exist, but he will keep you up all night if he gets jealous

His aftercare is cuddling, kissing your temple while praising you, and a bath most of the time

Sex means a lot to him, and he’s so thankful you trust him enough to let him share that with you

Loves to shower with you - and most of the time it doesn’t even end up with sex 

Can’t start/finish his day without kissing you and telling you he loves you

He absolutely loves to sleep in your arms, with his head on your chest or belly and his arms around you

He also loves to put his head on your lap 

Deep down he’s very insecure, and is afraid you will leave for someone better 

Gets depressed when you’re mad at him

Gives you the best gifts on your birthdays, anniversaries, or Christmas 

Since his father probably works on Christmas day, you invite him and his mother to your house to celebrate it, and it’s the best Christmas ever

He loves how you get along with her 

Won’t probably join the Death Eaters because he doesn’t want to disappoint you, and doesn’t want to put you in danger

But if he does, he’ll do everything he can to hide it from you - and screams your name while in prison

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[lumillsie]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ harry potter masterlist. ੈ✩‧₊˚

╰┈➤ godric gryffindor, salazar slytherin, rowena ravenclaw, helga hufflepuff, newt scamander, theseus scamander, tom marvolo riddle, abraxas malfoy, barty crouch jr, regulus black, severus snape, evan rosier, james potter, sirius black, remus lupin, peter pettigrew, lily evans, marlene mcckinnon, pandora lovegood, xenophilius lovegood, bill weasley, charlie weasley, fred weasley, george weasley, ron weasley, draco malfoy, theodore nott, blaise zabini, hermione granger, harry potter, oliver wood, cedric diggory

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ godric gryffindor. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ salazar slytherin. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ rowena ravenclaw. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ helga hufflepuff. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ newt scamander. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ theseus scamander. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ tom marvolo riddle. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ abraxas malfoy. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ barty crouch jr. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ regulus black. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ severus snape. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ evan rosier. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ james potter. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ sirius black. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ remus lupin. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ peter pettigrew. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ lily evans. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ marlene mckinnon. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ pandora lovegood. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ xenophilius lovegood. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ bill weasley. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ charlie weasley. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ fred weasley. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ george weasley. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ ron weasley. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ draco malfoy. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ theodore nott. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ blaise zabini. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ hermione granger. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ harry potter. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ oliver wood. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ cedric diggory. ੈ✩‧₊˚

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[amethyistheart]

What if the sorting hat suggested Slytherin for Harry just because he had a part of Riddle's soul(who was a Slytherin) coz I know for a fact that the boy does not have a sliver of self preservation in him

[bellamortedits]

The Gang

[babypizzaface]

Tom Riddle, Draco, Regulus, Snape, Barty Crouch Jr., Bellatrix commit countless crimes.

Hp Fandom: So? They are just misunderstood.

Ron makes a mistake and immidiately regrets it.

Hp Fandom: oh my GOD. he is worse than Peter.