#harry potter hot take

[confusedpsychic]

hot take but fanfic writers have got to learn that you can’t be in the slytherin common room at night and admire the glow of the lake, that’s not how that works, you need the sun to make the glow

[bobzillashiftwoods]

[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

[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.

[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

[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?

[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.

[sn4pe]

absolute WORST severus snape takes you've seen?

gonna organize these from Batshit Horrible to Mildly Irksome

- “James Potter wrote the notes in the HBP potions textbook and Snape stole it”. saw it in a youtube comment and. what

- “Snape is an incel” does he blame all women for his problems? does he hold misogynistic views? does he do misogynistic things? no. just because he had weird history with a woman doesn’t make him a fucking incel bye ppl r so weird for this take.

- Louis Garrel as a faceclaim. who coined this, i just wanna talk. don’t mind the gun in my hand. i just wanna talk i just wanna talk. no cuz this shit has done IRREPARABLE damage to my pinterest i can’t find good snape fcs without being bombarded with louis garrel images (i’m being so dramatic but i HATE HIM) HE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE SEVERUS SNAPE AT ALL

- That he and the marauders’ thing was a “rivalry”. A 4 against 1 is not a rivalry. Just admit your faves are bullies it is 1000% okay to like antagonists.

- that he “deserved” what happened in the SWM chapter. idc what awful shit he believed at the time, he was FIFTEEN. he was a CHILD and anyone who doesn’t understand that is likely a child themselves

- that he’s “greasy because of the potions fumes” no bc then everyone would be greasy after potions class and it would be mentioned. severus was a severely neglected child. he never got into the habit of properly bathing himself and that carried on into adulthood.

- when people snatch his entire character and personality and everything and push it onto regulus, then claim to hate snape but loveee regulus black. like bro you just gave him snape’s entire arc word for word but now suddenly bc it’s regulus it’s a good redemption arc? bffr

- every single time he’s ever been mentioned in that rlly popular fanfiction All The Young Dudes. actually every single take in All The Young Dudes is bad. and this isn’t snape specific or anything but i heard that some professor at a university made his students read ATYD for a project. and i’m. flabbergasted bc it’s the biggest piece of horseshit. like snape stuff aside its not a well written fanfiction. it just has all the shiny bells and whistles that the marauders fandom likes.

- relating to that point, the draco malfoyification of severus snape in marauders fanfics in order to make him the antagonist. like i get you want an antagonist but. ugh just irksome it’s not true to his character

- JKR’s drawing of snape w a beard. like who the hell is that

- when ppl hc him to have abs. why?? because he lifted a few cauldrons? bffr

I could probably think of a billion more since this fandom is a nightmare but. yes there u go <3 ily ty for asking i genuinely love answering these

[ivyblossom]

Me: I still think Harry Potter should have ended with Harry being a muggle. His magic came from Voldemort, and it explains why he could do some complicated magical things more easily than he should have been able to. Once that connection was gone, the magic should have been gone too. Woman: sir, this is a Wendy's.

[sakiyaki-sashimi]

Remember that it’s okay to like imperfect/flawed media or media that has a bad reputation. Read Harry Potter, watch DSMP, make MHA fanart, the only thing stopping you is second hand shame brought upon you by people who don’t like to have fun

[haunting-hufflepuffs-basement]

HP Hot Take for the day:

Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater were friends with benefits who eventually became each other's beards. Thank you and good night. Or good morning. Or afternoon. All ya'll are in different timezones. Whatever.

[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

[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.

[inkpotsprite]

I saw this YT video basically bashing people for liking characters such as Regulus Black, Barty Crouch, Severus Snape and Tom Riddle because (I'm paraphrasing here, but it's the gist of what they were saying) they did bad things.

And it's like, wow, some people really don't understand fiction at all.