#if my blog looks like it's invaded by starmyu... that's bc it is

[vagarius]

uhhhhHHHhhhh i have been lurking since i re-watched (i.e. binged) mbav in may so uhhh here are some bethan hogwarts hcs

(primary/secondary stuff from sortinghatchats on tumblr)

hufflepuff ethan who was sorted based on his primary, i.e. his need to protect the world (or at least its innocents)

ethan with a ravenclaw secondary so shameless that it looks like a slytherin secondary, sometimes

slytherin benny sorted for his solid slytherin secondary

benny who is also a slytherin primary, but only has hufflepuff level feelings of loyalty to his "group" bc anything more intense and he'll end up like his dad, chasing someone who isn't willing to share that level of connection

ethan is the one exception bc he was there for it all

benny is actually a pureblood but grew up with muggles under the care of his grandma and his dad after his mom up and left

ethan is benny's muggleborn neighbor

benny and ethan try to find ways to tell each other they won't see each other much anymore when they get their letters bc they presume the other is non-magical

end up seeing each other at platform 9 and 3/4 and are overjoyed

when ethan realizes he can't call his parents from the school he spends almost all of his free time frantically researching and making modifications to his phone and manages to get cell service and a working cellphone in about a week and a half

doesn't tell anyone about it except benny who was sworn to secrecy

sarah and erica find out about it in ethan and benny's 4th year when ethan uses it to get the two girls out of a pinch

sarah: do you have any clue who could be tracking that?

ethan, after taking a deep breath: i've had this phone for over 3 years, i think i do have an idea of who could be tracking it. and the answer is no one with authority. no high-up wizard is willing to consider stuff like this.

everyone (but benny) thinks the phone was a gift or smth as opposed to ethan making it himself and ethan doesn't bother correcting anyone

everyone underestimates ethan (and to an extent benny) and ethan being ethan just makes it a part of his knowledge base and uses it to his advantage

benny and ethan seem horrendous at everything magical bc theyre both too curious for their own good

but they are actually both really smart

mcgonagall realizes this about ethan when he comes up to her after class with questions about things most students don't give a second thought about

ironically (or unironically) snape realizes this when he makes benny remake a potion during detention and although the boy won't stop talking he makes an excellent potion and at least 1/2 of his rambling is about modding different recipes or techniques to make potion-making more efficient

"if you are able to make a potion of this caliber, then why must you blow everything up while you are in class?" "because it's more fun that way, professor snape." snape isn't sure whether that was the most or least slytherin thing he has heard out of mr. weir's mouth

ethan is oddly good at divination

benny and ethan with top scores in arithmetic and close to failing literally every other subject

benny and ethan unironically failing muggle studies