#harri's hot takes

[wolvesandshine]

Pettigrew is stronger than me cause if my animagus was a fucking rat while my friends were a stag, dog and wolf(kinda) respectively I would snap too especially if they called me wormtail

[sofiaherzen]

MEG RYAN and HUGH JACKMAN in KATE & LEOPOLD (2001) dir. james mangold

[andyxcds]

a lil controversial but i believe that this fandom is only a little bit racist. that's not to imply "off with the pocs" but rather, little omissions they like to make when writing characters. I'm all for fun and do what you want but these characters are supposed to be people outside their relationships and emotions.

exhibit A: POC James.

I only have a question for you. When you headcanon James, do you take his race into account? If you do, you're in the green light here.

To omit the fact that he is in fact a brown boy in a predominantly white institution is to admit the fact that you are ignorant.(/lh)

Unfortunately, the same can be made for Dorcas and Mary. These are BLACK women in a place where black people will STRUGGLE to exist; for example, hair, culture, language, identity. These are things that make up a Black woman's life. and it can get difficult to maintain this in a place that isn't necessarily looking out for these women.

But its not difficult to adress the homophobia of the 70s huh? in Britain even? alright man.

this is only one bit of the problem this fandom has; you want inclusivity but you won't make it work. you want poc james but you won't be realistic in the way you can be realistic about his queerness?

okay I've said too much. i see the pitchforks coming

[atlasdoe]

things that Remus Lupin didn't do:

Care about music

Smoke

Drink heavily

Call Sirius stupid or talk down to him

Physically fight anyone in his human form

Threaten anyone in his human form

Hold a grudge

Befriend a Death Eater

[fresiants]

Lmao, someone on Reddit wrote that they would probably simp for Severus if they were to enter the Harry Potter universe, and people in the comment section really went out of their way to disprove OP's attraction by listing his 'unattractive features.' Just wait till they see how thirsty Snape fans are on Tumblr.

[statementlou]

Tbh i am not surprised that a person who openly talked about having drinking problems since 1d days, because of how crazy 1d worked has been agressive. What surprises me is people being surprised (they never seriously saw drunk person?). But i am also confused about this whole book. Apparently Maya said that that book is not fully bout Liam but compilation about her exes and some of the worst parts are not about him. But recently she said that the book is “ofc about him” so what is true then? Or did she meant it that ofc some parts are about him or that whole book is about him?

Sorry, just confused

I also am not surprised- we've learned so much more about the real stories of things and about the guys' actual lives over the last years, and the story that has unfolded around Liam has been totally consistent throughout if you've been following it, and so the information Maya is telling us is shocking and upsetting but not difficult to believe. I got an anon yesterday saying they were worried about getting similar revelations about the other boys, like "if Liam could be doing this we just don't know, any of them could", and while in a way that's always true I guess, anyone could be doing anything in private like... that doesn't really concern me. Because none of these Liam revelations are coming out of nowhere, there have been many MANY steps along the way leading us here if you've been watching, and he has talked openly about both his mental health struggles and his addiction issues. So to answer that anon... to find out something similar about Louis would in contrast contradict everything we know about him and no I'm not worried about it. Is he probably very irritating, absolutely, but an abuser or a loose cannon, well that news would shock me. But anyway as for the book I don't find it strange that she was nervous when it came out and treading lightly and later decided, fuck it. In the absolutely on point tiktok she dropped today (YES👏GIRL👏FUCKING TELL THEM👏) she even mentions attempts to keep her from publishing the book, presumably by Liam's team, that I am riveted by and cannot WAIT to hear more details about actually- like I said I don't find it at all strange that she was nervous and downplayed it a bit then. But if she says now that it's just about Liam, well, I would say it's been clear from the beginning that the book is their story. Maya herself brought up the parallel of songs being written about stuff and I think it's the same thing; it's true (she was in an abusive relationship that involved certain kinds of events) but maybe not 100% literal (I'm sure details were changed to make the story work, it's not like a word for word timeline of their interactions or whatever).

[hedwigge]

don't shoot the messenger but dumbledore was not the this all out evil guy that the fandom makes him out to be. is he frustrating sometimes; yes, but i feel like ppl forget he was literally a WAR general in the middle of a WAR. like of course the dude had to make some sacrifices, he was fighting a fascist dictator in order to save the entirety of the wizarding race 💀 you're not gonna come away from that death free and he needed to make some tough decisions

[saintsenara]

Not disputing you ofc but do you remember the exact line about ron looking like bill perchance? I would love it for referencing purposes

thank you very much for the ask, anon!

and i am afraid that you're getting a more long-winded answer than you may have been hoping for...

male weasleys are split down the middle into two camps, physically:

charlie, fred, and george are described as being short and stocky [although "short" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, since they're all taller than harry: fred and george shrink when they take polyjuice potion to transform into him in deathly hallows].

the implication - i think - is that charlie and the twins look like molly, who is described several times as short and plump in build. ginny is also described numerous times in the books as short and is said in chapter thirty-three of order of the phoenix to resemble fred and george facially, which, since's she's described in deathly hallows as having her mother's brown eyes - which probably triggered some sort of freudian shudder in harry - means i think we can conclude that this half of the family all look their mam.

[and also that molly is a hottie herself. she often gets turned by the fandom into a fairly sexless being - even though she didn't have those seven children immaculately, did she? - with a strict, prudish vibe. and - to do some discourse for a moment - we all know that the fact that she's described as fat is the direct cause of this. but several men are canonically ready to risk it all for ginny - and it's time we all acknowledged this is because she inherited her bonafide baddie powers straight from molly.]

percy and ron - on the other hand - are, like arthur, described as being tall, thin, and gangly. bill is never explicitly said to be slender, but he is described in the fifth chapter of goblet of fire as "tall" immediately after harry has stated that charlie is short[ish] and broad - which allows us to reasonably infer that he's on the arthur-weasley-skinny-legend side of the family.

and we can also assume - since ron is never said to resemble molly, nor [to harry's great relief] ginny, facially - that his features - his long nose and blue eyes - come from his father, who is also the source of percy's short-sightedness.

and, while harry [the narrative perspective] never says that he thinks arthur is hot - because why would he? - nor percy and ron [although i think it's worth noting that he doesn't consider it ridiculous that both of them manage to pull - and it's never suggested that penelope clearwater and lavender brown aren't cuties] it's actually possible to justify the idea that they are canonically fit using more than pure hot air...

[harry does - obviously - think bill's a babe. he sees fleur checking him out and immediately thinks... same.]

because a very striking narrative choice that the series makes is the idea that all pureblood nuclear family units look identical to each other - which serves as a visual metaphor for the importance of blood-status and lineage within the wizarding world. this is why narcissa malfoy is as pale and blonde as lucius and draco [even though bellatrix and andromeda are dark haired] and why molly is a redhead even though red hair and freckles are stated in the text to be weasley - rather than prewett - traits. harry's resemblance to his pureblood father eases his passage through wizarding society. voldemort's lack of resemblance to his pureblood mother does the opposite.

the weasleys and the malfoys are narrative mirrors within the series - with the fact that ron and draco are both so near-identical to arthur and lucius as to be immediately identifiable as each man's son by anyone who meets them part of this mirroring. it makes sense, then, that since the non-ron weasley children don't have a specific malfoy mirror, the same general principle applies, and the three weasley brothers who are built like arthur also strongly resemble him facially - and that bill also has a long nose [and a long something else, i'll wager!] and a cracking pair of baby blues.

or that if bill is hot, arthur is hot - and therefore if arthur is hot, ron is hot.

[where bill outpaces his brothers, i fear, is that he clearly has rizz - whereas ron's seduction skills are famously weak before he gets his hands on a copy of twelve fail-safe ways to charm witches - i.e. when he cockblocks harry spectacularly by beefing with cho unprovoked about the quidditch team she supports, which always sends me - and percy is... percy.]

[if ron had simply played it cool he could have finessed going to the ball with fleur, and i'll die on that hill...]

[theflikchic]

Why tf is there a pro-ahh Regulus post in the Snape tag with the "cutesy" headcanon "Only James knew Regulus threatened Snape not to expose Lupin as a werewolf"? More specifically, why tf is this considered good or cute?

"Hey, you little thirteen year old, I know you literally almost fucking DIED to another student, but if you say anything about it, I'll actually murder you".

Excuuuuse me? Regulus was a blood-purist. Guy would absolutely jump at the chance to expose Lupin. Except he didn't because he likely never found out. You know, because it was Dumbledore who canonically covered up a student almost dying on campus grounds?

[stfulara]

guys with dimples will sweep you off your feet and make you commit felony and you'd happily do it

[g00pyjes]

people really throw a hissy fit when a politician reforms their beliefs at the introduction of new information as if that isn't what all of us should be doing

'didn't you see kamala convicted all these black men for weed then made a tweet about legalizing it' yeah believe it or not i would appreciate a president who is open to changing her mind if she realizes she was wrong

[wolvesandshine]

Okay okay listen we all know that regulus was the “good kid” - the one who never spoke up, the one who took punishment with no argument, the one who always kept his head down and did what he was told to survive in that house

But listen the thing about these good kids is that they have a limit. And when they finally finally reach it they fucking snap. You thought Sirius was bad? Oh Regulus is just getting started. He kills his dad. Poisons his mom and gifts her with a long slow and painful death. Figures the dark lords horcruxes and kills one of them - all while writing a fuck you letter to him to remind him he was bested by a 17 year old.

After all it’s always the silent ones you need to watch out for

[ingravinoveritas]

Forever imagining 20something Michael and David in a (gay, let's be honest) club in the late '90s and Michael spotting David dancing to "Spice Up Your Life" and being completely enraptured at the sight...

[andyxcds]

do you guys ever wonder why rosekiller hcs are so bland and solely revolves around the fact that they are freaky and messy and hard core vamps?

i think its because, unlike any other relationship, they have no history written about them ☺️.

exhibit A: Barty Crouch Jr

name five things about him outside Evan and Regulus and the fact he hates his dad. (you can't)

now this isn't because of the lack of fics but cmon get creative with their backstories. i live for that shit.

and yes, evan has no personality. not outside being related or connected to his friends. family is basically non-existent and he reminds me of those kids who never talk about their lives outside school.

[rewritingcanon]

started tweaking without ao3. anyways i made a uquiz for what marauders character you are because im planning to get around to every generation.

[eyeoftheb3h0ld3r]

Hi *drops my DSaF ship opinions*

Jack x DSaF 3 phones isn't slaves x owner. Jack tells them they can leave whenever they want, and actually treats them like fucking humans. I can understand not liking legacy/neutral route Jack x phones (even I myself hate it) but good ending Jack actually cares for them.

Reality davesport is toxic as fuck. Not sorry about this one. Dave literally STALKS jack. He has cameras IN HIS HOME. "It's just toxic love!" Except it's not. It's psychopath behavior. That's not something to romanticize. It's not romantic and cute, it's obsessive and mentally unstable. It's unhealthy, plain and simple.

Steven x Peter is less toxic than reality davesport. They never say anything outright hostile to each other in game (minus maybe a few times) and Steven APOLOGIZES to Peter about the factory. "But Steven ruined Peter's life!" If you think about it, Dave ruined Jack's life too.

henrysport, Dave x Henry, Jack x Peter, etc. is disgusting. This is probably one of the only one of these that's a popular opinion.

Steven x Matt, Peter x Matt, Harry x Steven, etc. are actually really cool rarepairs :]

please keep in mind these are my opinions and you don't have to agree. just don't harass me for them. this fandom has a really bad habit of harassing people for shipping things they don't like

(also if it wasn't clear I'm a multishipper. and btw I don't have anything against peterline they're cute too!!)