#Harry Potter salt

[winn-wynn]

Why is Percy the only who has to grovel at the rest of the Weasleys family feet? Why is he the only one who to apologize in a fight that wasn’t one sided.

Both sides made mistakes. Why in fics is Percy the only one begging for forgiveness? Why aren’t the rest of the family reevaluating their choices and wondering what made him want to go anyway?

Is it because that would be admitting they’re wrong? Because clearly Percy was wrong so why is the rest of the family wrong? We were on the right side of the war.

[greenmach1neworks]

only wholesome things in my DMs

[noperopesaredope]

I think that house-elves could have worked in a way, but the framing and execution made it confusing and off-putting. So I thought of 3 different ways (not all at once, instead just three different routes) that house-elves could have been written that wouldn’t have been as unsettling.

1) Actually depicted the slavery thing as bad.

Hermione was basically made fun of for advocating for house-elves’ freedom, and multiple house-elves (besides Dobby) actually WANTED to stay enslaved. This was pretty icky, and whether or not they are based off of the Transatlantic Slave Trade or not, it had bad historical connotations. Perhaps it should be actually portrayed as bad.

In this version, only rich purebloods tend to have house elves (Hogwarts would simply hire them), and other characters like Ron and Harry would agree with Hermione, she would simply be the most passionate about it.

That’s basically it for that. Just portray it correctly.

2) Connect them to their origin folklore.

House-elves are based off of Brownies, a creature in Scottish folklore, and they are actually pretty interesting. Apparently, Brownies aren’t really slaves, they are just really dedicated to their house. They have a connection to it, and are actually quite picky. They also might change houses if the home owner annoys them. Giving them clothes is basically evicting them.

Maybe just show it like that, but Dobby was cursed in some way, and can’t leave unless he gets kicked out like that. That way, his story line can still work and some characters will make more sense, like the house-elf in the Black’s house. He doesn’t give a crap about the people, he just cares about his house.

Also, get rid of the Hermione thing entirely.

3) House-elves intentionally (and magically) swear loyalty to people

So I made up some of my own lore that would keep most things in the books the same (even the Hermione thing), but make it much less gross whilst explaining certain things. Basically, in my version, house-elves aren’t exactly slaves. Instead, house-elves are simply very loyal, and have an intense desire to help others.

They often need a “master” or leader of some sort, basically a boss. So if they find a family that they deem worthy of their loyalty, they may ask to swear loyalty to said family. The will make some sort of magical oath type thing that will bind them to the family and they will follow that family’s orders. It really is more of a follower type thing then a slave thing, but the house-elves choose to be binded to a family. You know how Dobby was extremely dedicated to protecting Harry and basically wanted to serve him? It’s like that, but also using a spell that declares that house-elf a “servant” of that person or family.

Unfortunately, Dobby choose a bad family by mistake, thinking that they were trustworthy. But they abused that trust and his loyalty. He eventually wanted to leave, but his oath prevents him from doing so. The only way to break the oath is through the clothes thing.

So the theme of that would be more about loyalty and trust, how people can use it against you, and how sometimes doing the right thing can be most important.

Also, get rid of the Hermione thing in this version.

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So those are potential routes you could take house-elves.

Now, I would say that this is all just small suggestions and I think JKR is still a good writer (other than this and like, a lot of other stuff), but I kinda hate her, so actually this is made of hate and malice.

Anyways, hope you think this is interesting, and I’d love to hear other people’s ideas.

[daddiesdrarryy]

Draco: I’ve got everything I’ve ever wanted. I got a manor. I got a closet full of expensive robes. I got my parents who love me and my ginormous inheritance!

Pansy: Haven’t got Potter yet

Draco: I’m trying, Pansy!

[shakespearean-simp]

exboyfriend!mattheo watching f!reader clean up her new boyfriend instead of him

when mattheo beat him up after hearing him say to his friends that he was using her and that she was a slut

m: *why doesn't she look at me like that anymore? he doesn't deserve her. i love her. i love her? i love her. i miss her. please come back. i need her. yeah i need her. why does she look at him the way she used to look at me? she deserves someone better. like me. he should eat shit. he looks like shit too. good job mattheo.*

[accio-sriracha]

Sirius: Prongs, can you pass me the salt, please?

James: *Picks up Remus*

Everyone: ???

James: *Desperately* PLEASE JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY-

[fullcravings]

Salted Butterbeer Cookies with Butterscotch Frosting

[albi-bumblebee]

do the “slytherin skittles” fans even remember that dumbledore literally did not want fudge to have barty’s soul sucked out 😭

[blackbirdi]

Harry Potter Incorrect Quotes #9

Ginny: Pass the salt.

Harry: *Sweetly* What's the magic word?

Ginny: *Pulling her wand out* Or else.

Harry: *Nervously passing her the salt* Here you go, love of my life.

[puuvillaa]

Happy birthday @squintclover!! 🌻🌻

Salt in Your Heart

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin

Teen

3435 words

first war, angst, established relationship, Sirius as Padfoot, fix-it, hopeful ending

Remus decides to take Sirius on a small holiday to fix their struggling relationship.

Read on ao3

[st-severus]

this is hardly a groundbreaking theory but hp wouldn’t be so annoying if it was just badly written if it was we could all just enjoy the bad campy fun of it all, but because there is stuff that is really, actually quite good, all the inconsistencies and blatant plots holes grate, and grate, and grate…

[crimsonlovebartylus]

the marauders & co: who would stan one direction -

James: BIGGEST STAN and loves zayn malik as if his life depended on it and cried when Zayn left.

Lily: likes them by affiliation but calls Niall a cutie and will punch anyone that talks shit about him

Sirius: A Fan, his favorite friendship was Niall & Harry so he had a Narry stan account

Remus: pretended he hated them, for him to be a HUGE fan with James, was an anti-larrie, favorite was Louis

Regulus: also pretended to not like them, to be a huge fan with Remus and James, have a one direction club and fights people on twitter about who's married to Harry Styles. (projection LMAO)

Barty: hates them, but learn the larry lore to annoyed his boyfriend because he knows Regulus is anti Larrie.

Peter: Likes them, dark larrie and also likes Liam, when his hair was long

Evan: downbad for the irish lad, hes a niall stan first and a directioner second. Also fights with James about why Zayn is his also.

Pandora: The fan that would make the "imagine if" collages and has a fan page for Zayn and Louis friendship with Dorcas

Dorcas: hated them at first, they grew on her and now she loves Zayn and Louis.

Marlene: Hates them. But goes with her girlfriend to their concerts wearing a shirt that says: my girlfriend in love with Zayn.

Mary: Loves all of them equally, immediately defends them on twitter during the directioner vs belieber fight.

[extremereader]

Whoever is editing the TV Tropes Fan Works pages needs to RAISE THEIR FUCKING STANDARDS:

Their pages are just a sea of:

Salt fics (Miraculous Ladybug)

Adam-is-the-hero fics (Hazbin Hotel)

Elsanna fics (Frozen) (WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE)

Dumbledore bashing (Harry Potter) (manipulation is one thing. Raping children is another thing entirely.)

Seriously, can we have some nice, normal fanfics on there?

Edit: fyi people tag shit just to whine all the time, especially you salters, just block me if you feel like whining back

[meliza-bee]

Every mood board/collage I’ve made of things I love!!! I wanted to post them with some stuff about me to try and meet some more mutuals!

So hi! I’m Mal!

I’m 24

I live on the east coast

I love stardew, unpacking, and Minecraft

I’m pansexual and happily with the love of my life

Never ask me mountain or ocean, I’ll never be able to pick

I’m a huge reader but a big fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery/horror books the most

Some of my most listened to artists at the moment are Chappell Roan, Hozier, Gracie Abrams, Lizzie McAlpine, and Noah Kahan

I love all animals but my fav household animal is a barn cat, my fav wild animal is an African Elephant, and my fav marine animal is a whale shark

My fav season is fall but my fav drink is tied between honey lemonade and hot cider

I’m a gardener both literally and figuratively; my top plant rn in a HUGE pot full of mint and my other top plant is anything fernway

So that’s me! Looking for some mutuals, some friends, heck I’d love penpal even 🫶🏻 thanks y’all

[adrianecarday]

[haveihitanerve]

okay as much as i love the fics where hermione or harry or ron are sorted into slytherin, or start to be friends with slytherins... it always pisses me off how that requires them somehow to paint the other two who arent as bad guys. Like no??? Harry and Ron and Hermione are best friends they have been through war and torture and like everything shit together, they understand grief, they all have a mutual respect for certain slytherins, especially the children they went to school with even if they were assholes as kids, they realize they were kids, like no hate to any writer who does that, but it just always annoys me that because suddenly hermione is friends with draco she hates ron as if they werent friends before they were bf/gf and has to yell at harry because he and draco are "enemies" like no they are not. not anymore. they settled all that please yall😭