#hogwarts letter

[c3dricsluv]

I didn't get a hogwarts letter at 11,

I didn't get taken to camp halfblood at 12,

I didn't get my memory wiped and get thrown into a maze at 13,

I'm 14, so far my siblings haven't found a wardrobe that leads to narnia,

If that doesn't happen I have the chances of:

Being reaped into the hunger games at 15,

Choosing dauntless and discovering I'm Divergent at 16,

Meeting two beautiful vampire brothers at 17,

Becoming a vampire after giving birth to a daughter with my vampire husband at 18.

God, please make at least one of these come true, I'm not doing very well in this world.

[complaints-from-poland]

Can we please talk about the portrayal of domestic abuse in children's media?

Because it's fucked up.

Trigger Warning / Content Notion: I'm talking about my experience and trauma as a child abuse survivor, nothing graphic or drastic, no details about the abuse, but it is a bit bleak and might be upsetting, especially for people who have experienced abuse themselves and/or are very sensitive to other people's pain. There's some cursing.

A great example of this is Harry Potter (of course the TERF princess Jowling Kowling Rowling isn't the only one guilty of it, it's all over the place - which makes it even worse, because we're bombarded by this bullshit from everywhere, with almost no alternative).

The main character is abused by the family he's living with, socially isolated, bullied at school, has no support system, and the abuse is the only thing he knows. And then he goes to magical school, and BAM, he's making friends, he's assertive, confident, brave, sets boundaries, goes on to save the fucking world (yeah the surface-level understanding of oppression and bigotry in HP is a topic for another time).

I'll admit, relating to Harry when I was a kid did help me survive. But at the same time, it gave me very unrealistic expectations of what the trauma will do to me. I thought something is wrong with me, that I'm weak, because the abuse didn't make me stronger, it fucking destroyed me.

As you probably already know, and as I know now, that's what abuse does. It doesn't make you stronger, it doesn't build you up, it doesn't do anything good, it destroys you, sometimes forever. To grow as a person you need love, safety, support, good role models, space to learn and explore you interests.

I made myself strong. I'm cool, smart, interesting, kind, brave, caring, resilient and a good friend not because of the abuse, but despite it. I owe nothing to my abusive parents; every good thing I have in my life is there thanks to the people that helped me escape from them, protected me from them, made me feel safe and at ease, showed me love, compassion and understanding, gave me the space to be my hurt self, with all the good and bad, appreciated me, assured me that what I was put through was fucked up and nobody, especially a child, should ever be treated like this.

Yeah, I probably wouldn't be a very interesting action movie character, with my sleeping for days, crying, not leaving the house or showering for a week, not being able to make any friends, jumping at every sudden noise, not eating, nightmares, being barely conscious because I can't sleep and all the other fun stuff PTSD does to you. But maybe your hero doesn't have to go through abuse. Maybe losing your parents as a baby is tragic enough. Fuck, the Dursleys could even still try to isolate him from anything magical and oppose to Harry going to Hogwarts, not because of hatred, but because they would want to protect him from his parents' fate.

This narration is not just minimizing the impact, it's gloryfying abuse, trying to paint it as something with positive consequences. It doesn't have any. There's no "good damage". I could've been safe, happy and healthy for my whole life. Nothing good came out of my suffering. Maybe if I knew it, I would've asked for help earlier.

Children deserve to know the truth. Sometimes you need to simplify it a bit, but stories about heroes becoming good people because of their trauma are not simplification, they are lies, and they are further hurting people who are already hurt and vulnerable.

[wickedpotterpictures]

Tom Felton - Draco malfoy ll Behind The Scenes

[nidamae-approvedhpfanfics]

Dudley Dursley and The Mostly Ordinary Shopping Trip

Dudley had put a lot behind him when he grew up, most of it things he'd sworn to himself that he'd never bring up to anyone, no matter the circumstances.

Then the letter arrived.

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Dudley Dursley/Original Female Character(s), Dudley Dursley, Dudley Dursley's Wife, Dudley Dursley's Children, Neville Longbottom, Mentions of other characters - Freeform, Shopping, Worldbuilding, Post-Canon, Past Abuse

[thatslytherinqueen]

Hp shelf ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️❤️💚🐍💚❤️✨️

[ihsnamih]

[alltoounwellll]

it’s been 12 years since I was 11 but I’m still waiting for my hogwarts letter :(

[snoweylily]

headcanon that Hogwarts letters are addressed to your chosen name and not your dead name because ~ magic ~

[brightside-brigade]

It was a part of your childhood? Yea! Mine too! I remember staying up late at our grandmas house, watching the movies downstairs on an air mattress, eating junk food together, ect. Yes, those are very dear memories to me, it was a simpler time, but I've still let go, and if I can, so can you. Keep your memories, but move on and grow.

[mcflurryoreoo]

[look-the-girl-with-broken-smile]

First day, thanks to the 72 hours preview.

I'm so fucking excited, I already played for about 1 hour and I love how it's made, the beginning story and I think it will be so interesting going through this adventure.

Once a Potterhead (and a Ravenclaw), always a Potterhead.

[lesbiangummybearmafia]

All I could think was did he bring you, your Hogwarts letter. Because seriously I'd want him bring me one!

Barred owl encounter

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[fangirlforeversthings]

✒ Logbookentry number 6026

Day 5110

it has been 14 years now of sitting at the window and watching the skyes every day, waiting for my post owl to finally bring me my acceptance letter

so far: no sign

Wardrobe check:

Day 528: I've been investigating all wardrobes in my house, for the 86th time today but still no hidden buttons,switches, levers, or other mechanisms of the like. Hmmm maybe somewhere inbetween the different woodlayers? Gotta check that out tomorrow

Journey preparings

Still packing my journey bag aswell. Uff, what do you need on a adventorous journey through middle earth? Gonna make a new list, this ones shit luckily i got enough time left till my 50th birthday

Intergalactic interactions

Day 372929 of waiting for a jedi master to find me, tell me i'm force sensitive and take me with them to a galaxy far far away to become a jedi.

Force progress: stil can't lift a damn piece of paper but no master ever fell from the sky, patience and practise is the key!

*Edit also no sign of a world between worlds Portal, no star ship sightings nothing...simply nothing

Multiverse

Day 26181 Haven't found a Portal a crack or anything similar yet that indicates a passage through the multiverse into the mcu. Maybe extend the search radius?

Todays summary:

So many days and stil nothing. My possibilities of leaving this planet to enter one of the many different possible magical realms out there, are getting less and less with each progressless day that passes on. But each minute of looking out the window at this dangerous world out there makes me believe in my mission. No! i gotta leave, this world is a mess. i've seen to many Chaos in this lost world and come to far in my mission, my hope is stil too big, i gotta make it.

I will not give up

Ya'll had more sucess?

[piratebuttercup]

So glad Ahsoka got her Hogwarts letter 🥹

[jarriaart]

Inktober Day 1 - #Dream

[sofyreneko]

nothing can fill me with such anger than the “he got his hogwarts letter in his 11th birthday” NO ONE IN SEVEN BOOKS GETS HIS LETTER ON THEIR ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY. NOT EVEN HARRY. HE GETS IT A WHOLE WEEK BEFORE. they are sent out a around the end of july beginning of august a month before classes start. not. on. anyones. birthday.