#Scrimgeour

[augureysfeather]

"Harry Potter and the Feather of the Augurey" - Chapter 1.35

Chapter 1.35

It’s the day of Regina Rowle’s tenth birthday and she gets the honor of being accompanied to her grandparents by three very prominent figures. But not everything goes as expected, Harry ends up having to save a life again and gets unexpected assistance from a particular beast...

[huariqueje]

Flotsam - Caryn Scrimgeour , 2017.

South African , b. 1970 -

Oil on linen , 150 x 150 cm.

[xxcrossroadsxx]

More magusposting because I love them.

[chaikajpeg]

a difficult situation

photo reference: extremely loud and incredibly close (2011)

also, here's the sketch that i drew... uh. jesus christ. one year ago

[just-yoru]

*Hands out low quality 'The ancient magus bride' profile pictures*

I have very few more but I have to put them in a separate post.

[saintsenara]

Harry x Rufus Scrimgeour? Maybe Harry's willing to engage in Ministry propaganda just a bit. If the price is right of course 👀👀

scrimgeour was clearly hitting on harry when he came to the burrow - all that yapping about how much he's wanted to meet him, all those hints about how dumbledore's too protective of him and he can do better, all those offers to give him an out-of-hours tour of the auror office - but his plan failed because harry james potter [a man whose response to seeing ginny half dead with a man who was sixteen in 1943 standing over her is "tom riddle, thank god you're here, picking up my wand for me like an absolute legend"] is about as capable of understanding subtext as the average piece of cardboard.

[rayy-dreamer]

college gang in a nutshell

[moonpie2405]

Sorcerers and Primogeniture in The World of Ancient Magus Bride

Primogeniture is essentially the firstborn child's right to inherit.

This post began with me thinking about how Rian's mother Jade is heavily implied to be pregnant in the recent chapters: Rian, an only child who has loudly and repeatedly declared his desire to not join the family business or inherit his place as its head, and is adamant about learning magecraft instead. It's not that far-fetched to believe that the new child is meant to replace Rian, though whether it is because of kindness or disappointment towards him is up to debate.

That's when I realised that pretty much every major firstborn character in the College arc, especially from the younger generations, is in a sense 'failing' at what is demanded of the position, in one way or the other.

Let's get started with the rest of them, shall we?

1. Violet St George

Outright calls Jasmine the heir instead of him. Him wearing women's clothing is not something that is approved by their house, nor is him remaining unbothered by their criticisms. The elders seem to be prioritising shaping Jasmine for the role as his replacement. He also isn't as bothered by the house's issues as much as Jasmine is, repeatedly proposing that they should run away and become magi instead (in a chapter called 'Better bend than break', too, like???). Though he acts like he is joking, we don't know how serious he is about this.

2. Seth Noel

He was born with no talent for sorcery or the family trade, and was kicked out of his home with nothing to his name. Hell, even his last name was changed, and he was asked to never reveal his ties to the Websters and bring shame to their name, like what? Lucy was literally born as his replacement (parallels to what's happening in the Scrimgeour house 🤨?)

3. Adam Sargant

Ran away from home. He literally chose to die rather than return to his position in the family regardless of how good he was at it, that's how miserable he was in that place (not that it is surprising, with Lizbeth Sargant as his mother). Along this line, we also have:

4. Philomela Sargant

Let's be honest. Philomela was always set up to fail in the Sargant house, and would have never been in a position to actually inherit the title of family head: in the beginning she was raised by her parents with love and kept far away from the world of sorcery, and later under her grandmother's "care", she was only ever a scapegoat and a begrudging obligation at first, and then a sacrificial pawn in Lizbeth's plans. Heir in name only, there was literally no place for her in that house.

5. Torrey Innis

Changed his name, and even continents, to avoid his role as the heir. Would literally move halfway across the world than inherit the family business, much to Narciss's frustration.

6. Mikhail Renfred*

Did not even want to become a sorcerer, whatever happened with his father is what forced him into this path. I don't know what the family's exact duties are, but given his drunk ramblings, Renfred himself does seem to feel inadequate in his capability as a sorcerer.

7. Adolf Stroud**

Failed to follow the family profession of becoming a doctor. He seems to have had poor grades as a child, and later on he left home altogether. This might not seem terribly important, but I think that this directly fed into him feeling like he has failed Lindel.

The law of primogeniture constantly being subverted in the manga is just one of the examples of how the current generation is creating ripples of change, both within the rigid structures of the sorcerers and the world of Ancient Magus Bride itself as a whole.

*Okay, I don't actually have any confirmation about Renfred being a firstborn, but c'mon. Just look at him, he's literally the most only child ever. Can you blame me for the assumption? Welcome to the list, Renfred.

**Another exception, seeing that Adolf does not come from a sorcerer family at all. But he has firmly rooted himself in their world (Lindel's words, not mine), so I'm counting him too.

(If you've managed to make it to the end of this, thank you for reading my ramblings!)

[matt-the-radar-techncian]

In season 2 it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the new characters the show introduces but I just really want to talk about how much I love these two guys

Rian and Isaac don’t seem to have any hidden agenda or grudges against anyone at the college and they just seem like nice guys who want to help out wherever they can. With all the new experiences and challenges Chise has to deal with with while she’s there, these two are just a breath of fresh air whenever they’re around

They’re also just fun to watch. Obviously Ivey is great too, but Rian and Isaac don’t seem to have gotten as much of a spotlight yet

We definitely haven’t learned everything about Rian yet, but so far it’s clear that he’s a good guy who’s capable and willing to help people out in dangerous situations

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

do you have heretical thoughts on Rufus Scrimgeour? feel like he got a bit of a bad rap. dumbledore kinda biased harry against him immediately and then he apparently died under torture to protect him. but id love 2 know what u think.

Well, I don't know what people think, so I can't promise how spicy it is.

As it is, I feel much the same way you describe.

He's a minister official who we just see doing his job, and while a bit curt in how pragmatic he is (making it clear to Harry that he should interview for the good of the morale of the nation) his reasoning isn't wrong nor are the consequences of not doing it. He tries his best and it's telling he's killed off because of it, he couldn't be left to his devices as Voldemort needed an incompetent patsy in charge and Scrimgeour wasn't it.

To me, Scrimgeour's the guy who's very by the law, an honest politician and cop, but also someone who's not afraid to be extremely unpopular to do what he believes must be done. And someone who's not afraid to die horribly in humiliation either for that matter.

Harry's antagonism towards him is not very surprising and I can't condemn him for it because a) he's seventeen b) he had a shit time with Fudge the previous year and now fucking Scrimgeour wants him to pretend to support the government "for the people" c) as you note he's completely biased against the man by Dumbledore earlier in the book and for Harry everything at that time is framed as "them vs. Dumbledore". This is a boy who proudly retorts "That's right, I am Dumbledore's man" and doesn't realize that's not something he should be proudly stating like that/that Scrimgeour's insult in that wasn't just about Harry being loyal to Dumbledore.

If Scrimgeour gets a bad rap by fandom, it's because Harry's pull as the narrator is so strong that it's extremely easy to fall into his point of view without question.

[percyposting]

I think a lot about the Ministry and how it works as such a psychological horror. To me at least. When I think about it through Percy’s eyes during the war, it’s definitely horror. With murderers running the departments, people going missing everyday, thousands of arrests being made in such a short amount of time. The fear of it hanging over his head, that one misstep might land him in Azkaban. Maybe people he worked closely with would go missing and he’d just have to move on.

I also think about what it’s like for him to be so close to the Ministers, specifically Scrimgeour and Thicknesse. I find those two very interesting as characters. Scrimgeour is a hypocrite, and he’s not even a very good Minister, but he does die for the good of the people, for Harry and for Dumbledore’s cause. I like to imagine what it was like for Percy to work for him. To know him, then one day he “disappears” and then the next day there’s a new man at the head, Pius, who Percy is just suddenly working for as well. I’ve always found it interesting that each Minister kept Percy on. I know both Fudge and Scrimgeour did it to spy on the Weasleys and possibly Dumbledore and Harry by connection, which was always so futile and silly and showed how desperate they both were because Percy wouldn’t even speak a word of for to his family. But they kept him for that purpose. But then he’s kept with Thicknesse as well. Is this to keep spying? Or is it not to raise suspicion about their silent coup? I don’t think it’s either of these because I firstly, the Death Eaters had different means of spying on the Weasleys. They would track their every move. They didn’t need him. So this is an obvious no to me. And in regard to keeping suspicions low, I feel there’s nothing suspicious about changing staff for a new head of government. It’s normal, even for wizards, I’m sure.

So then why was he kept on? I honestly don’t know. Maybe I’m bad at analyzing this, but some reasons I can think of would be a way to trap him without imprisoning him. They keep him stuck under an imperiused Minister and keep an eye on him. Maybe they’re waiting for him to slip up.

I don’t believe for a second the idea they keep him on because they see any actual value in him. Even if Percy denounced his family on every level, they would still see him as a blood traitor and a Weasley. I don’t think that he’d be the exception when it comes to their suspicion about the Weasleys. One of the biggest flaws the Death Eaters/blood purists have is that they assign a label to those they deem lesser then never view them as anything other than that label. Percy is a Weasley, and to be a Weasley is to be a blood traitor. No amount of personal denouncing will change that, in my opinion! So I don’t think they keep him on because they feel he’s chill, or something. I think it’s more of a, we keep you here, we keep an eye on you, kind of thing. They put him in the perfect position to be tracked and studied and they wait for him to slip up so they can imprison him as a traitor.

That leads me back to the whole psychological horror element. All of this feels like horror to me. Percy talks about trying to avoid imprisonment at the end of Deathly Hallows but I feel the truth is he was imprisoned. In the Ministry. I can’t imagine what it was like to serve under a Minister you must know is being controlled — I always liked and subscribed to the idea that Percy knew Thicknesse wasn’t himself. Does this make sense in terms of how he acts towards him at the end of Deathly Hallows? No! But I believe it anyway.

After all this thinking, it makes sense for one to come to the conclusion that Percy would never return to the Ministry again. There will always be something haunted about it to him. After Scrimgeour, especially. All it would be is a graveyard.

[augureysfeather]

"Harry Potter and the Werewolves' Den" - Chapter 2.1

Chapter 2.1

The ministry awakes after the holiday break and the first thing minister Shacklebolt gets confronted with is an angry Karen witch. And someone broke into a certain house at Spinner's End...

[potterwatchsblog]

People like to speculate on what the series might have been like if Neville was "The Chosen One" instead of Harry.

Well, he was.

Harry was chosen by Lord Voldemort for their own private war.

But by taking away his parents, Bellatrix and the other Death Eaters chose Neville to fight them.

While Harry was off fighting Lord Voldemort with no one to protect or think about except Ron and Hermione, Neville was battling for the soul of Hogwarts with the entire student body as potential collateral damage.

While Harry was alone in the forest, Neville was at Hogwarts fighting the Death Eaters with Dumbledore's Army, the Order of the Phoenix, and the remnants of their families to worry about.

Note:- Harry was chosen for a solo mission. Neville was chosen to lead an army. ❤️

Tag All The Harry Potter Fans ❤️

[xxcrossroadsxx]

(SAMPLE) The Ancient Magus' Bride Official Complete Book (2024)

[chameleonsd1sh]

once again in defense of auror!harry 

harry didn't see the system as in need of dismantling. he just thought the people in charge were at fault and must be replaced. he saw issues in the system not as systemic flaws, but as specific to the people in power 

his ambition to become an auror was not out of the blue, either. he started talking about it in goblet of fire. an adult he respected (fake moody) praised him (a rare occurence), and he took it to heart forever and ever. he seized on the idea of becoming an auror and never thought of anything else he'd like to do, later justifying it as the best way to survive. 

lack of passion and motivation is a symptom of his clinical depression. no wonder he seized on the first idea provided, never doing any more research, never hunting down jobs and exploring his options. being an auror was fine. it was a cool job. he'd take it. 

and no wonder he didn't consider doing something just for the sake of enjoyment, like a career in quidditch or teaching. would that even cross his mind? 

harry had intense survivor’s guilt, spent the first eleven years of his life being treated as subhuman, some thing whose wants and needs were irrelevant. then he went on to become a martyr, burdened by saving the wizarding world. of course everything harry did was about increasing his odds of survival. he was just trying to stay alive, make it through each day.

BUT. when the role of an auror was offered up to him on a silver platter by scrimgeour, he refused because he disagreed with what the ministry was doing. he didn't want to be used. and he had a new purpose at this point, no longer had the time or need to be trained as an auror to survive.

but after saving the wizarding world, when those in charge were replaced, he now got to be part of the system, and he didn't see this as a problem. harry was not the anti-government hero people like to think. he hated the government that tormented him, but just like with house elves, he didn't think this meant the system itself was unsustainable. he would not become an auror when the ministry was doing things he disapproved of. but when the incompetent or corrupt leaders were replaced by people he knew and respected? he absolutely would.

In fact, he likely saw it as his obligation to make sure they didn't do the same shit again. hermione said harry had a bit of a “saving-people thing”, and maybe he did… but i think especially after the war, he’d feel adrift. what could he do now? just sit around? enjoy himself? i’m not sure he’d really know how to do that, even if he wanted to. even if he’d had enough trouble for a lifetime. in the back of his mind he would always feel that it was down to him. it was his responsibility. he wouldn’t feel he could trust others to get things done, just leave it up to everyone else. he would need to be involved.

[tascha-schwarz]

Sometimes I open the folder with all my written shit and start randomly reading things I wrote like a year ago. Some are so well written, I can't even believe it was me who did it, and I fall for all those characters over again.

It seems to me, I won't be able to finish the tone of my wips or ever write something that good. For some reason, it got harder to find the right mood and energy, and it makes me sad.