#my patronus

[noctemlibrary]

The Silver Fox by Martin Ross, 1898

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[rosekillerbf]

"Sirius' patronus is padfoot." no no you are wrong actually.

Sirius' patronus is a small, slender cat. It's fussy and pretends to scratch him every so often. The cat looks like it's partway between being a kitten and a fully grown cat. Sirius will never know that his patronus has a counterpart.

Regulus will know.

[reunitedinterlude]

#DanAndPhilGetACat (1, 2)

[kylominis]

A little wicked [♡]

[ollywander]

Picture day

[suffer-my-displeasure]

In a happier AU where Snape is Harriet's mentor figure

For my friend @chipartwork !

[uncannycerulean]

Day 21/31 of Inktober! Severus Snape for the prompt "Raven"

(This is based on a (non-hp) "draw this in your style" I found on IG, originally by peony_illustrations, and I based the composition for this on emoly_ttch's take.)

[transificationbeem]

[syaolaurant]

Some writers and artists headcanon Sebastian's patronus being a swallow is the sweetest thing ever.

So I did a little research...

Not only because swallow rhythms with his name, swallow bird also symbolize love and devotion.

In Ancient Greece, swallows were associated with Aphrodite - the goddess of love.

In Portuguese folklore, swallow associated with love, loyalty, hope and new beginnings.

In Africa, specifically among the Swazi people of Eswatini and the Zulu of South Africa, the swallow is embodied in proverbs and folk tales, often representing diligence, perseverance, and the ability to weather storms

And on Pottermore, it says:

The swallow is associated with love, happiness, protection, and curiously enough, with summer. Regardless of its small size, this Patronus is extremely powerful and will conquer a full battalion of Dementors. The swallow is the very sign of nobility and grace. Their loyalty is unwavering to the people they care about and are usually the ones to make the hard, but right, decisions. They are the ones who give advice, usually for relationships, whether romantic or family. They usually take a hit for someone because they know they can handle it the best, and they usually can.

Love is the theme of Sebastian quest line, love is his weakest point, his Achilles heel . He would do everything, literally EVERYTHING to protect the ones he loves. Even if it is self-destructive, even if it means throwing himself in darkness.

But at the end of the day, I (or we all) believe Sebastian will find redemption for himself. He will become a better man, he will try his best to do good, to find the cure for Anne without involving dark magic. He went so far and lost himself on the way but he will return and embrace his good self, again. Like the swallow full of hope, like a swallow that always returns to its nest in the spring.

I just love this boy too much....

[not-rab]

yes trans!regulus chose his first name to be a star, the heart of the lion, for sirius

but do u ever think that his second name, arcturus, guardian of the bear, wasn’t to do with pandora’s patronus being a bear?

[tharmony]

"Hermione, your Patronus..." Harry said quietly. "Is it...?" "A Doe..." Hermione said calmly, as if it was meant to be. "It's a Doe, Harry... Because of you."

[tinygxrilla]

otter and terrier

[billi-mausi]

What memory of yours do you think you would use to cast a Patronus?

I think about this a lot.

[foursaints]

The day we as a society start treating the deatheaters as a secret society for the strange and unusual losers made by the biggest strange and unusual loser orphan ever is the day i can rest

this is such a lovely way of putting it & exactly why i prefer them so strongly. i think a lot about jkr casually mentioning that no death eater can produce a patronus, the implication being that it's because none of them have any memories happy enough to use.

a secret teenager's club for strange & unusual losers, that must have started as quite a silly and comforting thing (though nobody would ever admit it), that spiraled into all of their deaths and imprisonments. if that exists why would i EVER care about the wizard cops with their organized team sports & flannels.....

[sctumsempra]

going insane and i need to infodump about severus snape’s patronus being a doe for a second. i personally don’t think it changed, or lily necessarily influenced it- i think it’s always been a doe, casting the charm in dumbledore’s office was meant to show that he and lily were supposed to be viscerally aligned with each other and he knows he fucked it up and that’s why he’s spent almost two decades trying to atone for what he did. on a representative level, the doe symbolizes peace, protection, and innocence, and no three words could possibly represent severus snape more.

all he wants is peace: a peaceful life for himself, a peaceful world, a peaceful school. everything he’s ever done has been to create as much peace as possible. some of it can be considered misguided from a black and white moral standpoint, but it’s what created peace for himself. for example, aligning himself with the purist views of his housemates made him less of a target for bullying- he’s not a pure blood, and they’d know, and having powerful ambitious students on your side instead of alienating yourself from everyone means you have at least a semblance of protection from harm some of the time. he becomes a double agent for dumbledore to help bring about peace from voldemort’s reign. it might not have been peaceful for him per se, but it was still with the intention of peace in some form. he tries to give other people peace- he takes a vow with narcissa to protect her son because she’s crying and scared for him, and it gives her peace. he doesn’t throw draco under the bus to save his skin when voldemort accuses him of being the elder wands owner, giving draco and narcissa peace even if they weren’t aware. it’s either for himself, or for others.

he’s the most protective teacher at the school- would mcgonagall have thrown herself in front of three kids facing a wolfsbane-less werewolf? would flitwick take the burden of an unbreakable vow to protect draco malfoy from voldemort? would any of the DADA teachers have run towards the sound of a screaming woman? he consistently vows to protect everyone and everything he can. and, leading into his innocence, when he realizes he’s only been protecting harry for him to die, it breaks him.

he’s not necessarily innocent in that his hands are clean and he’s never done anything wrong in his life, but he’s innocent in that he’s naive. he trusted voldemort enough to be drawn into the death eaters, he trusted dumbledore enough to be manipulated into his bidding. it feels like he forgets that dumbledore screws him over constantly, dangles things in front of him and takes them away, makes crude assumptions, and has left him to fend for himself essentially their entire relationship. the times that dumbledore abandons him- physically, mentally, metaphorically- he gets very upset. like it’s new information to him that dumbledore treats him like shit. from an abuse perspective, he probably had to spend his childhood mentally erasing what his parents and home were like so he could feel safe and normal, so the constant ebb and flow/back and forth of his and dumbledore’s relationship is familiar to him. when dumbledore draws him back in with whatever method, he’s right back to behaving as dumbledore wants, doing what dumbledore wants, and believing what dumbledore believes. the times that he remembers that dumbledore doesn’t care that he let the guy who’s tried to kill him or assault go, or that dumbledore thinks he wants only lily saved because he desires her romantically or sexually, or that dumbledore has only been using harry and, by extension, him (as he’s been the one protecting harry) to play the long game of destroying voldemort are the times that he’s emotional in the books. he cries, he’s vulnerable, he raises his voice, he begs and he pleads and he defers. he doesn’t do that any other time, other than when he found harry watching his memories. he trusts and he forgives (or he forgets, or he feels safer pretending he doesn’t care what’s been done to him/how he’s been treated.) a doe is perfect for him. reducing it to something like tonk’s patronus being changed as soon as she’s in a relationship with lupin or that it’s only a doe because of lily evans completely erases his entire way of thinking and behaving and being.

also, in a self indulgent addendum, it’s a very feminine animal, and severus is consistently aligned with femininity. hermione calls the half-blood prince’s writing feminine. he wears his mother’s clothes as a child, and lupin encourages neville to dress his boggart as his grandmother. he’s quiet and docile and tries to be non-violent unless he’s pushed to his breaking point, and even then it’s screaming or crying or getting animated. he’s emotional and frequently painted as hysterical. he gets the “woman character treatment”: to the average viewer who doesn’t think about him long enough to understand otherwise, he only desires lily. the consensus is that he chases her, he only thinks about her in the context of attraction. the line about looking at her greedily is constantly understood to be lust, and not a desire for love or a desire for a peaceful relationship for once in his life (and a relationship that only ever seems to be platonic at that). he even backs off and all but disappears from her life when he’s asked to, while james (the one with the stag patronus, the classic triumphant male character) harasses her and pursues her and behaves in a way that makes his son decades later wonder if he forced lily into a relationship. he’s behaviorally aligned with what femininity in the eyes of misogyny is supposed to be. he keeps to himself, he’s quiet, he sacrifices every bit of himself for students and coworkers and superiors and expects nothing in return, he pushes his students to be the best they can. (i’d say nurtures with my whole chest, but as the narrative comes from harry, we can’t really be sure. in my view, his house won the house cup for several years in a row which was only interrupted by dumbledore awarding a fuck ton of points to his gryffindor prize pony, his classes are seen as high performing and advanced by even dolores umbridge of all people, he only tries to punish students albeit a bit violently after several attempts of getting them to understand why what they did was wrong, which seems to be pretty nurturing in comparison to what other teachers allow and do). whether he’s trans, or had been influenced more by eileen, or he was intended to be deeply complex and contradictory and that meant that he had to have these traits, or any other of the multitude of reasons for snape being an inherently feminine character, it’s there. his patronus wouldn’t be a stag, he wouldn’t be anything overbearing and he wouldn’t be anything aggressive. it doesn’t make sense with his soul and his personality and his life. the peaceful protective innocent/naive doe, however, does.

[ravenquills]

My MC's student ID 🐇

Really wanted to introduce my MC but didn't know how to and then I saw @sparxyv's student ID for Mousey I knew I had to make one of my own!! This amazing template for the student ID is by @kiwiplaetzchen!!

Also wrote a silly little story to help grasp her personality... I wonder if anyone else is as obsessed with those little knights around the castle as I am. Counted 79 so far, but I couldn't get into the other house common rooms so, if you're in anything other than Ravenclaw, please tell me how many knights are in your house dorms!!! 🤭💙

“Sir Mistle! Would you please tell me exactly what it is that bothers you about Sir Medlar?!” Holliday scolded the set of armor standing outside the Trophy Room. In response, the enchanted metal simply slammed his mace against the floor. Such defiance from such a stubborn knight! Holliday huffed, lifting her chin in exasperation. But as soon as she shut her eyes, the sound of clanking metal echoed down the deserted hall. 

Her eyes flew open, and she jumped back just in time to see Sir Mistle swing his mace at Sir Medlar’s back, knocking him off his platform. The attack didn’t stop there—Sir Mistle slashed, stomped, even jumped on Sir Medlar until his victim lay in pieces on the floor. With one last kick to his fauld, Sir Mistle stepped back onto his platform and settled in place without a sound.

“Sir Mistle!!!” Holliday groaned, dropping to her knees to gather the scattered armor. “Poor Sir Medlar…” she muttered as she polished the breastplate. “I’m amazed you’re not dented yet.” Her narrowed gaze flicked to Sir Mistle, who now stood motionless, as if he hadn’t just violated his neighbor. Tsking, she adjusted Sir Medlar’s helmet, making sure it fit snugly.

Stepping back to admire her handiwork, she slowly turned to face Sir Mistle with a deadly glare. “Sir Mistle, I must inform you—I am quite adept at the Bombarda spell and I am not afraid to use it, should the need arise.” Her voice turned monotone as she threatened, her eyes wide and unmoving. “I do hope you cooperate next time.” She kept her gaze locked on the offending knight until she turned the corner, rolling her eyes with a sigh and a smile. Oh, how sweet it would be to watch that infuriating knight melt. Well worth the lifelong trip to Azkaban for destroying school property. Or would it be murder?... Either way, what bliss. Sweet, sweet Bombarda…

Minoo Holliday—the knight whisperer of Hogwarts.

Sir Medlar (left) and Sir Mistle (right)! #justiceforsirmedlar