#post hp7

[ginnyw-potter-archive]

A funeral is not the time for a wicked rhyme

Harry watched as Hermione and Ron took off together to have a moment to themselves. He let out a big sigh, the days were long and exhausting. He felt like there was a weight off his shoulders and he felt so immensely glad the war was over, but all of that was overshadowed by grief.

Ginny paused in front of him, so close her shoulder almost brushed against his chest. “Well, they finally figured it out,” she muttered.

He followed her gaze towards his two best friends. “About time,” he agreed.

Her head turned towards him, her gaze shifting to him. Her brown eyes were warm and familiar as they locked with his. He had barely reached out to her when she already leaned against him. He put his arm comfortably around her waist. It happened wordlessly, muscle memory doing the work for them.

“This sucks,” she commented, her cheek leaning against his chest.

He nodded though she couldn’t see. “It does.”

Her head bowed a little. “It could’ve sucked a lot more.”

His hand squeezed her waist. “Yeah.”  

For a moment they remained like that, when they heard Mrs Weasley’s voice. “Ginny?”

Harry wondered if Ginny was going to pull away from him as her mother came into view, but she didn’t. Instead, her body remained tucked against his and she turned around to her mum. “Yes?”

“They’re asking if you can provide your speech for the funeral by lunch tomorrow,” Mrs Weasley said. She looked teary-eyed and tired, but she had not stopped—she carried on.

Ginny took a moment to reply. Then she nodded. “I’ll try to finish up tonight.”

“Thanks, dear.”

Mrs Weasley smiled in thanks without it reaching her eyes. Her gaze shifted up and met Harry’s. It rested there for a moment and then she turned around and walked back into the house.

“I’m sure whatever you will come up with, will be splendid. You’re good at that,” he told Ginny honestly.

“I don’t know. Not sure if rhymes are appropriate.” Her chin tilted up so she could look at him. A playful frown appeared on her face.

He held her gaze. “Fred would think so.”

“True.” She pursed her lips. “Got any rhymes?”

He thought about it for a moment. “Fred, I am disinclined to say you were one of a kind. I do know, you are the...” he trailed off. He didn’t really know where he was going with it but it had the desired effect.

She let out a shaky laugh. “That’s terrible.”

He shrugged. “Oh, I am sorry I’m not a rhyme prodigy like you are.”

Her smile reached her eyes. “Clearly.”

“We should go for a walk,” he suggested. He had things to tell her, apologies to make.

“Yeah, alright.” She looked towards the house. “Will you help me with my speech tonight?”

He nodded. “We can find a quiet spot after dinner. I promise no rhymes anymore from me.”

She pushed off him, her hand easily fitted into his and she pulled him along. “That’s probably a good thing.”

He followed her and let her choose the way, he did not have any particular destination in mind. “Can you believe those oblivious idiots kissed right in front of me?”

She looked up at him, shaking her head in amusement. “How dare they. Who would do such a thing?”

[isalisewrites]

Hello! I saw your posts about JKR's bad writing and my eyes were opened! How do you feel about JKR constantly repeating concepts? For eg. in book 4, she highlights the mudblood concept more than necessary. She has to spell out why the Malfoys don't like Hermione when it should be obvious by now. She has to say mudblood is an offensive slur when Draco calls Hermione that in the forest when this was literally done in book 2!

Yooooo, this is a GREAT question. This is such a good issue to look into and to watch out for as a writer, especially if you're trying to write original works. I think this is a great topic for the next post because this is something writers can easily do by mistake. I know FOR SURE I've likely done this for multiple concepts in my own work, especially Terrible, But Great since I've been writing it for over two years now. It's so easy to forget.

In the case of JKR, I suspect it's carelessness or forgetfulness. Chamber of Secrets was published in 1998 and Goblet of Fire was published in 2000... Hang on a minute... Pardon me for going on a tangent, but--

HP1 word count: 76k. Published June 1997

HP2 word count: 85k. Published July 1998

HP3 word count: 107k. Published July 1999

HP4 word count: 190k. Published July 2000

HP5 word count: 257k. Published June 2003

HP6 word count: 168k. Published July 2005

HP7 word count: 198k. Published July 2007

Oh, god. I just learned something today. Well, all right then, there's our reason. THIS is the reason why the writing isn't as strong as it could be in the Harry Potter series. It's because she was writing a book per year for the first four books. I remember her talking about getting stuck for HP5 and that was why it had the largest time difference.

She was rushing the drafting process. I bet she did very little self editing at this pace. You just can't if you're writing a book per year.

Fucking hell, no wonder.

Okay. Quick side tip to all my writing buddies. Yall, don't rush, okay? It's okay to push yourself to reach goals, but don't overdo it. The drafting process is important, but giving yourself the time and space to edit your work will always help you grow as a writer.

Anyway, OP, this was a great topic to bring up and I think I'll go into much further depth with it in the next post of the series. Thank you for this ask!

[confirmeddead]

Hello! Looking closer at the ‘Armand told the truth’ tattoo I was thinking that maybe…

In the process of turning Daniel, Armand literally scarred the words into Daniel’s arm. Making it a permanent tattoo, as Daniel’s skin after becoming a vampire will regenerate into the same state after he sleeps. Basically a slightly less disturbing and more petty version of Bellatrix carving ‘mudblood’ into Hermine Granger’s wrist in HP7? (hate terfs, but grew up loving the books). It would somewhat explain the words, I could possibly see Armand angrily and slightly unhinged after everything went down doing something like this. The writing does look very neat though, but nevertheless…

What do you think? Full disclosure I have posted this theory to another tumblr blog as well, but I’d really like to hear your opinion :) hope that’s ok?

Thanks for your question! Here are my thoughts on the tattoo-

I think the tattoo is merely an Easter egg for fans, a little nod to those arguing about Lestat and Armand.

What I think happened is Armand attacked Daniel that day in Dubai and let him fend for himself, which is fucked up in itself.

But back to the tattoo- I think it’s just a sign that no one is really gonna prosecute Armand for his actions. Louis left him and that’s the extent of it. Armand doesn’t die in the Vampire Chronicles (he’s already dead but you get what I mean).

Armand will be tortured mentally, definitely, but even the book readers are choosing sides like us, the audience.

But it’s funnier in theory that this could be happening in the show by Daniel’s book readers, too. Hell, his own documentary CREW is picking sides!

But really I think this was just a little joke by Rolin and I loved it.

[finnishfun]

Finnish 2023 - maaliskuu

(I actually forgot to make a post in February, but now I’m posting the one I’ve been meaning to make about March)

- Luen vielä HP7- kirjaa. Luin myös kirjat, jotka ostin Suomesta (Still reading HP and I read some books I bought in Finland)

- En lukenut Selkouutiset tässä kuussa, koska en ollut pajon kotona, jatkan huhtikuussa. (Didn’t have much time to read news, I’ll continue in April)

- Katson vielä Muumilaaksoo -sarjaa. Ystävän kanssa katsoimme “Helsinki Crimes” -sarjan Netflixissä. (Still watching Moomin, watched “Helsinki Crimes” on Netflix with my friend)

- Harjoittelin puhumista, kun olin kotona (noin 4 tuntia) (About 4 hrs of speaking practice)

- Puhuin suomeksi Suomessa! Minusta se oli hyvä puhumisharjoitus ja olin itsevarmampi. (Best practice is speaking Finnish in Finland)

Puhumisharjoitus - uusia sanoja:

huuhtelusäiliö - toilet tank hehkulamppu - lightbulb pettynyt - disappointed pyyhkiä pölyä - to dust putkimies - plumber videokeskustelu, videopuhelu - video chat, video call unikko - poppy, unikonsiemen - poppy seed (fun word, because it has “unI” - dream in it) pyöräkorjaamo - bike repair shop ritsa - slingshot

[nextgentexts]

Virtual Hogwarts, Ever After (VHEA) is a play-by-post, text-based Hogwarts roleplaying site. Here, you'll create a character and craft their story by collaborating with other members to write roleplays. Your character begins their journey in the year before they attend Hogwarts. You'll write their story as they advance through the years, from sorting day all the way up to seventh year and beyond. At Hogwarts, there are a variety of offerings, including lessons, house quidditch teams, the dueling chamber with an annual dueling tournament, student clubs, and more! VHEA is a continuation of our community's old forum, Virtual Hogwarts (VH). VH began in 2003 on the premise that Harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort in 1998, destroying Hogwarts in the process. Five years later, the school was rebuilt and reopened its doors to the young witches and wizards of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Since then, the Death Eaters have undergone various changes in leadership and at last it appears they've disbanded, with other conflicts of good and evil in the wizarding world just beginning to come to light. The community moved over to VHEA at the end of 2019, with a new timeline beginning immediately post-HP7 (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). However, since an "EA year" typically lasts about 21 weeks, time on VHEA moves faster than real time. It is the turn of the millennium now, but soon enough we'll start seeing Harry and his friends grow older.

[makesitprecious]

Headcanon: Hermione would often comfort a crying Harry after the post second wizarding world. His nightmares sometimes included Hermione dying and voldemort laughing/taunting him. Hermione would reassure him she is still alive and kiss his scar.

(Oh man, this just brings back the number of vids people would make back around HP5 while we were waiting for the six film of Hermione dying, but there wasn't footage (like her laying on the floor in HP7 after Bella tortures her) to suggest her tragic end, so editors would have to choose or mock up something for when she was hurt and it was interesting to see what movie they'd pull from 🤔 it was hard to use Harry's funeral scene at the end of 4 because she's right there leaning on his shoulder! 😅 Never understand the house we grew up in meme but it's the fact editors had to splice different fall angles. Bless their hard work ! All the angst!

I think the detail of her kissing his scar is so sweet and to wake up with someone he loves there to comfort him 💕

[hsvh-hp]

Do you reread each Harry Potter book while writing the Draco-centric companions?

I do! A full process has developed since I started writing the series a year and a half ago, which is almost embarrassing with how intricate and systematic it's become, lol. But I think for a project this size, especially a canon-compliant one where I'm doing my damndest not to just rehash canon, it was necessary.

I'll write out what the process has been so far on writing 4th year, since I think the first 3 years were where I honed it. I'll note here that I've read the HP books so many times that I'm pretty intimately familiar with them. It's the fine details and wrenching the narrative away from Harry that makes most of the work.

Reread the 3 previous works in my series and make note of what character/plot points will be either resolved or continued in the 4th part.

Reread Goblet of Fire and use post-it notes to mark Draco's stations of canon. Open a document in the 4th year Scrivener project to jot down general ideas of what could be going on in between those stations. Make note of things that happen in Goblet of Fire that I could use to start foreshadowing for the later years.

Reread Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows and make note of anything I want to prelude in the 4th part of my series.

Go over all the notes and see how they all jive together in a single narrative. Copy over the Character Information document from 3rd year and update it (this is things like birthdays, years of other students, character backstories/special notes, etc). I'll note here that I also have a Class Schedule doc for seven years worth of Slytherin lessons, because I'm extra like that. 🙃

Create Timeline and Outline documents. Canon events on the Timeline doc are in blue to give them special attention. Make note of Goblet of Fire word count and average chapter word count as something to aim for, for pacing purposes.

My inner gardener takes over here. I write the outline as I go. Outline chapter 1, write chapter 1. Update Timeline doc and mark which things from steps 1, 2, and 3 above have been incorporated. Expand on them for later, if applicable.

Finish first draft.

Do what I call a chronological reread. I'll read the fic alongside Goblet of Fire in chronological order of chapters to make sure I haven't missed any tiny details. For example, here's the chronological reread order of Philosopher's Stone/Boy Who Lived: HP1, HP2, DM1, HP3, HP4, HP5, DM2, DM3, HP6, DM4, HP7, DM5, HP8, DM6, DM7, DM8, HP9, DM9, HP10, DM10, HP11, DM11, DM12, HP12, DM13, DM14, HP13, DM15, HP14, DM16, HP15, DM17, HP16, HP17, DM18.

Edit, edit, edit. I cut mercilessly, since I tend to overwrite in first drafts. Will to Power, for example, had an initial word count of 137,000. Its final word count now sits under 114,000.

Start posting in weekly increments, and move on to the next one!

[shadowlineswriting]

Rowling

I feel bad, and also don’t, for J.K. Rowling. She fascinates me as a successful businesswoman and as a writer. It’s incredible to me that someone could go through the things she went through and be as well-known as she is now. I mentioned in my Harry Potter post that she’s the only writer to ever break a billion dollars in revenue (discounting the lady who is technically in first place but received her money from inheritances also...and I know Rowling denies that she’s a billionaire due to the fact that she gives so much to charity, but I think it still counts!), and when you think about a billion dollars, you can start to imagine the position she was in after the final Harry Potter book came out.

The series was done: all seven books were wildly popular. People clambered for more, but Rowling wanted to write something different as her next project (which she had every right to do). So she published The Casual Vacancy a few years after HP7 came out. It’s a realistic fiction novel about the inhabitants of a sleepy town and the politics that come with local government. 

People hated it.

I honestly cannot understand why. I don’t even normally read realistic fiction, but I’ve read this twice now and both times I thought it was fabulous. I honestly think the only reason the book didn’t get fantastic reviews is because people wanted more HP and they weren’t ready to let Rowling write anything else. Garbage, in my opinion, but people are crazy.

So, she came up with a compromise: she writes all of the HP universe fiction to give fans what they want and publishes her crime novels under a pen name. I feel bad for her that it came to that.

But also I don’t, because she’s possibly the most famous writer of our age, and she seems to handle everything pretty gracefully.

All told, though I haven’t read any of her crime novels, I’d read more of her realistic fiction if she did more along The Casual Vacancy lines. I disagree with her decision to expand the HP universe after the conclusion of the initial series, but that’s a personal thing. Can’t fault her for succeeding in business! 

[sannablackslytherin]

To Harry’s surprise, a solid third of sixth seventh year Slytherins stayed seated after McGonagall’s announcement.

“Aren’t you going to... you know, leave?” he addressed the remaining students.

A sixth year Slytherin rolled her eyes. “Nah,” she said simply, stumping Harry into silence.

“You know that if you stay, you’ll be forced to fight your families?” Hermione pushed carefully.

The Slytherin girl snorted. “You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to punch Great Auntie Gemima,” she said, running her fingers through her short spiky hair.

“Literally the only reason I came back to Hogwarts this year was because I was hoping you’d come here and give me a legitimate excuse to fistfight my cousins,” added a second Slytherin with a savage smile that sent shivers down Harry’s spine.

“If you want me gone, Potter, you’ll have to physically force me out,” added a third Slytherin, giving Harry a warning look. “I’ve been waiting for this for years.”

[brightflights]

9Y Celebration! ❥ Most Voted Female Characters #1 [4.51% votes] ➝ Hermione Granger from Harry Potter (2001-2011)

[rage-youdamnnerd]

Bakugou dragging Deku's ass back to UA:

[ginnyw-potter-archive]

Your hand in mine

Ginny's hand shifted down his forearm as she changed position and then both her hands wrapped around his. He turned his head to look at her.

She was looking off to the side, watching her parents decide what casket Fred should be buried in. Though she was not crying, her expression was telling.

He pressed his lips against her temple and lingered, inhaling the smell of her shampoo. He felt some of the tension leave her body. He sat up a little straighter again and followed her gaze towards George. Pale and unmoving, seated firmly between his father and Bill.

"Oh, are you two…?" Ron asked as he walked up to them, eyeing their clutched hands.

"Are we what?" Ginny asked as her head turned towards her youngest brother.

Hermione walked up behind him but said nothing.

"Well… you know?" he asked.

Harry raised an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't we be?"

"No reason," Ron told him. "It's just that last year you said you knew you didn't have a future with her."

"Things change," Harry retorted.

Ron turned to Hermione. "And he definitely looked as though Quidditch had been cancelled for life when he told us he knew she didn't expect to marry him." Ron almost smiled as he teased.

Harry moved to stand up and retort but Ginny's hands remained tightly around his so he did not manage to stand, and Ron continued on with Hermione in tow, who was shaking her head. By the time he thought of any retort, Ron had already gone into the other room.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, his gaze danced back to Ginny, whose eyes were softly focused on him. Her hand lifted and cupped his cheek and she kissed him, firmly planting her lips on his. She leaned away and kept looking at him, her gaze warm and comforting. Her hand returned on top of his, and both of them looked back at the people at the table.

"I am glad all of you were with him when he died," Ginny said softly. "I would have hated for him to die alone."

"He was laughing with Percy, did they tell you that?" he asked her, hoping it would bring her comfort.

She looked at him. "About the minister? Yeah, they said. I’m glad about that, I suppose.”

He put his other hand on top of hers.

“Are you coming to help open the Wheezes again?” Ginny asked him.

“George said he needed the laugh. That the people do.”

“I’d be happy to,” he replied, looking over at George, looking so lost without his twin.

Ginny scooted a bit closer to him and tucked her head against his shoulder. “Were you worried about not marrying me?”

“I never said such a thing,” he said far too quickly. Though she made no sound, he could tell she was laughing by the light shake of her shoulders. He tucked his head against hers. “You knew what you were doing when you kissed me like that.”

She hummed in reply. “Maybe I did.”

[hughey-cat]

Headcannon #23

They’re in the bathroom of the boy’s dorm. All stripped down to their under garments, as after a year on the run and a battle for the welfare of wizard kind, there isn’t really room for modesty in checking over ones injuries. 

Hermione has the bottle of dittany out and is inspecting Ron from head to toe as Harry jumps in the shower after his own inspection. She stops when she notices a hairless section on his chest. It looks like a healed but well scarred burn right between his pectorals.

‘what is this?’ she asks him, concern fills her eyes and he gives her a questioning look. 

‘from the locket, of course. don’t you have one?’ he asks her. 

‘What? the locket did this? when?’ she asks him. having never seen such a mark on her own body, or Harry’s 2 minutes perviously. 

‘All the time.’ he tells her. ‘it was like a slow burning sensation, It was hot, like it was working really hard. Did you not feel it?’ 

‘No, Ron. I didn’t.’ she wraps her arms around his waist and kisses the scar. ‘it knew.’

‘Hermione...’ he says, blushing and trying to pull away from her in embarrassment. 

‘No, Ronald Weasley, look at me.’ he complies. ‘it knew that you would destroy it. It felt your strength. the strength that you brought to the three of us. It knew, and it worked hard to destroy that piece of you.’ 

‘well it did a good job’ 

‘no.’ she interrupts his self pity. ‘it did not. you came back. and you destroyed it. I don’t know what happened out there. You don’t have to tell me. Not now. Not ever if you don’t want to. But I know that even when it didn’t feel in imminent danger, it left you with scars. You still fought it, you killed it. And then you came back and you protected us, and you loved us, and you cared for us, and it did not destroy you.’

‘you.’ he whispers.

‘what?’ she asks him, suddenly confused.

‘not you and harry. you. i protected you, cared for you, love you.’ he tells her. she doesn’t know what to say. Just reaches up and presses her lips to his one more time. 

‘glad to know where i stand then, eh?’ says Harry, coming out of the shower having clearly heard Ron’s confession. 

'piss off, potter.’ Ron tells him jokingly, breaking the kiss, before diving right back down to the woman he loves.

Its not till several minutes later when they finally come back up for air, and Ron decides to get into the shower, to wash the dirt and grime and dried blood from his body, as well as to deal with a relatively new problem. 

‘by the way, i love you too.’ Hermione tells him. giving him a quick kiss on the lips, on the burn on his chest, and then smacking his backside as he walks to the shower, and she goes to climb into his bed. 

[finnishfun]

Finnish 2023

Hyvää uutta vuotta! Tänä vuonna haluan opiskella / harjoitella enemmän suomea ja olla aktiivisempi täällä. Joka kuukauden lopussa postaan, mitä tein.

Tammikuu:

- Jatkoin HP7 -kirjan lukemista, on vain pari lukua jäljellä. Postaan siitä, kun luin loppuun.

- Haluan lukea Selkouutiset taas, aloitan helmikuussa.

- Katson Muumilaakso -sarjaa uudelleen.

- Harjoittelen puhumista (teen äänityksiä ja kuuntelen ne takaisin joskus), mutta vain pari kertaa viikossa, koska nyt olen toimistossa enemmän, ja minulla on vähemmän aikaa.

- Luen Suomen Mestari -kirjoja taas ja teen harjoituksia, sitten haluan jatkaa oppikirjaa.

- Jatkan kirjoittamista suomalaisista kirjoista pian.

- Toivottavasti teen enemmän kirjoitusharjoituksia, kun minulla on aikaa.

Happy new year! This year I want to study and practice more Finnish and be more active here. I will post what I did at the end of each month.

January:

- Continued reading HP7, only a few chapters left, I will post about it when I finished.

- I want to read Selkouutiset again, I’ll start in February.

- I’m watching the Muumilaakso-series again.

- I’m practicing speaking (making recordings and listening to them sometimes), but now I have less time to do it because I work at the office more.

- Started the Suomen Mestari-books again, I will do some revision and then continue with the textbook (I think I was on book 4)

- I’ll also continue posting about Finnish books I read

- And maybe more writing practice, at least these posts

[the-fandoms-bitch]

Voldemort: *kills harry*

God: *yeets harry back to earth* fuck, i don’t want this, take it back

[ashleybenlove]

That scene in episode 4 of The Witcher where Yennefer buries the baby Princess with her hands despite you know, having magic has the same energy as when Harry Potter wanted to bury Dobby “Properly without magic.”