#substitute Cedric

[mushroomsie224]

How do they know about Cedric? Is his bad reputation that widespread?

[kingcedricthegay]

Watching Sofia the First made me realize that we should all go back to shows for kids from time to time because they remind us of the main, ground rules and life advice that we may forget as we grow older, such as “be nice to others” or “trust your gut” or whatever.

Especially in Substitute Cedric, “The Sorcerer’s Secret” actually really hit me because I definitely gave up the fight and didn’t keep trying until I finally got it right multiple times.

[captain-amadeus]

I wonder if the knight academy has any rivals schools or have multiple academies around the world that are connected to one another

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[somewhere-at-the-burrow]

𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝐿𝐸𝒜𝒢𝒰𝐸 𝒞𝒰𝒫

⤹ 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 // 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐬 !

(( I finally made it to a professional quidditch game! ever since I got into shifting, I have been waiting for this moment and this post is inspired by what it was like and how absolutely immersive this experience was. I only stayed for one day, so this was the main event of my shift last night! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS FINALLY HAPPENED CAN YOU TELL IM EXCITED !! holding myself together all day until the moment i'm writing this has been unbearable and all I want to do is tell someone about this so let's begin!!))

★ it is pretty common for most professional League games to be held at a large pitch in Dartmoor. it is a permanent structure that can be visited by portkey / floo network (similar to the World Cup). for the final game in the League, many many people came to watch and the area was full of people camping out overnight to spend time at the fairgrounds !

★ I honestly did not expect the event to encompass that much space, but when we got there rows of tents and vendors lined the grassy fields and I was so grateful that my friends and I decided to come a couple hours earlier

★ in the fairgrounds, there were so many quidditch centered vendors selling a range of things from broom kits to the latest gloves to luxury brooms

★ the luxury brooms were absolutely breathtaking to look at! i am such a quidditch geek in this reality, so Cedric had to physically drag me away from this one display of a foreign racing broom that was so stunning and sleek IF I GET RICH IM COMING BACK FOR IT

★ the whole environment was more magical than I could've even imagined. the whole time we walked to the pitch, music and the sound of little trick charms surrounded us. there were tiny fireworks and whistles and bagpipes, too. it was overstimulating but in an enthralling way... I never wanted to leave, truly.

★ another thing that was completely fascinating to me was the giant pictures of the team players moving around and waving and doing all sorts of portrait shenanigans. these were on the side of the pitch!

★ ONE OF THE KESTRELS CHASERS OH MY LORD. his name was Conor Quinn and the whole time Ginny and I kept looking at each other every time we saw his poster because that man is so attractive. it came with scrutiny from the boys, but no regrets!!!

★ when the game was about to start, it was so exhilarating because it was a crowd effort. the crowd was involved in so many chants and hearing the rush of people screaming for their favorite players was so so cool (i was unashamedly chanting as well. looking back, I was kind of obnoxious but oh well! that is the experience!)

★ a chant I remember so vividly was a series of claps while people synchronized "HOLYHEAD .... HAR-PIES!". I swear the entire Harpies fanbase was there we CARRIED the chants

★ when I tell you this quidditch game was in my top five moments of life... I cried when the ball was released & I have no shame!!

★ the Harpies were behind by quite a bit in the first half of the game, and we genuinely thought they were going to lose. in this reality, the snitch is worth a different amount of points, so if Grace Belling (the Harpies seeker) would've caught it, they still would have lost

★ sometime around this point, one of the older beaters (Finn O'Cleary) got knocked off of his broom and when I say he was older I THOUGHT HE DIED. that poor guy just layed in the pitch for so long until the substitute came in and it was such a dramatic turn of events we didn't even know what to do in the stands

★ nonetheless, the Harpies caught up again and everything was so expertly planned it was AMAZING

★ the nose dives?? the sharp turns around the stands?? IT WAS SO EXPERTLY EXECUTED and Iris and I were on the edge of our seats trying to memorize the moves to use next year in quidditch

★ it's no surprise but the Harpies caught the snitch and they won!! they waited until their points were exactly 10 over before they went for the snitch, which was so risky last minute but it made for such a thrilling game!!

★ the crowd was absolutely WILD. especially since it was the seeker's first year on the professional team and she already won the League Cup. the players were flying over the chanting crowds and everything was ballistic

★ Ginny and I were throwing our hands up and I hit Harry really hard accidentally and I felt so bad and he just brushed it off saying I was having a good time. it ended up bonding us more though and we shopped around together in the final shop before we left!

★ I got the COOLEST poster for my room. i've made it a goal in each of my DRs to collect as many knickknacks as possible for my room, so this moving poster of the updated team was perfect :)

★ anyway, the party was very much still going at the fairgrounds when we left around dusk... my god the irish really did "have their pride on!!"

note: i realized i wrote so so much (and i could still write more!) but here is what it was like for me! truly one of the best nights of my life.

we ended up going home and having dinner in the garden, which i might write about as well bc that is kind of a family tradition on big days!

much love if you've read this far!!

daphne (your local harpies fanatic)

[shychick-52]

So, something just occurred to me about how the fairies taught sorcery to the Royal Prep students in StF. In both 'Cedric's Apprentice' and 'Substitute Cedric', they introduced the lesson and didn't even allow the kids a full frigging minute to practice the spells before going "OK, that's enough. You can practice more later."

Not only did they not give the kids any time to practice, but they didn't even bother to help them when they were struggling- they didn't critique or correct how they held/waved their wands, or how they pronounced the magic words, or even offer any encouragement or tips!!

You know who did all those things in both eps? CEDRIC. The aloof, embittered sorcerer who couldn't stand kids! He was a FANTASTIC teacher/tutor, who didn't have a 'sink or swim' approach to teaching.

@moonypears-blog @fantadym

[sweetmariihs2]

If Cedric's experience at Hexley Hall was bad, why does he talks so fondly of it?

Watching the Hexley Hall episode recently, I noticed that Cedric seems proud of his old school and says a lot of good stuff about it to Sofia.

When they're arriving at Hexley Hall, Cedric sighs and says "Oh, Hexley Hall, my old sorcering grounds. I learned everything I know about magic behind these walls" with a huge smile in his face. He doesn't seem uncomfortable or anything, in fact, he seems quite happy for being there, walking proudly through the corridors.

When they enter the Hexley Hall, Sofia says "I've never seen a school like this. It's like Royal Prep, only..." and Cedric interrupts, saying "...Better. Much, much better."

In other episode, one that happened in the second season, "Substitute Cedric", Cedric also speaks fondly of his old school and the old tradition that they had, the prank day.

Which means: Cedric is really proud and nostalgic about Hexley Hall and the time he spent there.

But as we know, Cedric was constantly mistreated during his whole life, more specifically after the incident at Cordelia's birthday, where he was certainly less than 10 years old.

As we see Cedric growing up, during the "My Evil Dreams" song, we see that he was mistreated at his school too, and it seems like he grew different and an "outcast" based on his looks during his teenage years and adulthood, being constantly mocked by people.

At the song "The Sorcerer's Secret", he shows us that he was bad at magic when he was little (probably due to his lack of self confidence! because the spell he performed at Cordelia's birthday was said to be advanced for his age and he did it effortlessly). He needed a teacher's help to finally learn magic properly.

I don't need to describe it fully here, as you are already familiar with this story, but Cedric was mistreated (by parents, sister, the king (who was his childhood friend), the people in the castle, classmates, apparently other sorcerers at his sister's birthday), excluded, didn't have many friends, was lonely, bitter, and "looked weird" as it's implied. His reputation was terrible.

Still in the episode "Substitute Cedric", Hexley Hall students see him and say something like "at least you're not worse than that Cedric guy in Enchancia", and he says "I AM that Cedric guy in Enchancia!", which means that:

his reputation is bad around the whole EverRealm

his reputation is bad as an old student at Hexley Hall

both (the most realistic option)

If he's seen as a bungler EVEN in Hexley Hall, that means that people weren't so kind to him back then. It only reinforces the scenes that play durying the My Evil Dreams song.

The only characters we know that he knew during his time at Hexley Hall are Grimtrix and Greylock.

His experience with Grimtrix: He couldn't stand Grimtrix. He thought he was annoying, known for being too nice. In my opinion, it seems that Grimtrix gained people's attention for his false kindness, and Cedric was the opposite of that, despised and excluded, even before Grimtrix turned evil.

His experience with Greylock: He also found him annoying. Always getting his name wrong, and apparently they have class reunions from time to time, and Greylock annoys him about his hair, with jokes, getting his name wrong and everything. Cedric's memories of Greylock are also not good. Now they're friends, but I'm talking about back then.

Cedric's experience in Hexley Hall:

Difficulty to make spells, being known as a bungler, stupid, or similar adjectives

Lack of self confidence

Being severely bullied by groups of other people/students

Growing up as an "outcast"

He had bad experiences with Greylock and Grimtrix (the only people he knew that were studying there at that time)

It seems like his experience in Hexley Hall and in his childhood/teenage years weren't good... but why does he feel proud and nostalgic about them? About his school?

Perhaps it's because of that teacher, because the teacher helped him and everything. But honestly, I studied in the same school since 1st grade to 9th grade (6 years to 14 years), was bullied by the whole class, only had one friend, I didn't felt part of the class and I felt unmotivated with my studies so I was the worst in the class, people spoke that way about me, I basically lived like Cedric for a long time 💀 I'm still the black sheep in the family. And recently, because of my artistic skills, the new principal of this school asked me to do something for her, and I had to walk all those hallways to her principal room. The memories were bad, I felt bad, I felt strange for a long time after I left. That period of my life literally shaped my personality today, and most of the teachers weren't mean with me, so how the hell does Cedric feels proud of Hexley Hall?!? I only speak badly of the period I studied at my old school and the school management's lack of concern in dealing with bullying. (Don't need to worry, I'm much better now and have already overcome much of it)

Maybe the writters didn't went through something like that, or idk, Cedric probably has his reasons

@mushroomsie224 @majoresca @shychick-52

[pepperonipenny2]

I have this theory that in Substitute Cedric, he was the one who started the whole prank day thing when he was younger in Hexley Hall

He was perceived as a troublemaker as a child so it would make sense. Also, when they were pranking him - he was actually feeling nostalgic instead of being annoyed

[moonypears-blog]

I've decided to make a list of parallels between Cedric and Sofia, some show how well they work as a pair, and some just random.

(Long-ish post I guess?)

Black sheep.

Cedric and Sofia are both the black sheep of their families/just in general. Cedric comes from a long line of brilliant sorcerers, the son of one of the greatest who ever lived, but he struggles to uphold that line. Always making mistakes, struggling, and looking to be incompetent, all because of his nervousness and insecurities.

Sofia is a village girl turned princess in a family of born royals. She goes to a school of even more. She's different from all of them, seeing things entirely differently, different life experiences, etc, and it can make things a struggle. Like in "Tea For Too Many" when she wanted to do a simple, picnic style tea party, but was pressured to do a big, fancy party instead.

Sister issues.

Though Sofia's issues with Amber are much, much more short lived than Cedric's issues with Cordelia, the parallel is still there.

Sofia, at first, was essentially bullied by her new stepsister, being encouraged to go on the magic swing, making her fly into the fountain, soaking her in water, Amber gossiping about her to her friends just for a mistake, Amber replacing her shoes with magic ones, making it so she couldn't learn the steps to the dance for her ball in time. There's likely more.

When Cedric and Cordelia were young and Cordelia had her sorceress ball, there was an incident causing Cordelia's hair to be ruined. Despite it not being his fault, Cordelia blamed Cedric for years and years, bullying him and underestimating his abilities.

Father issues.

I won't go into Sofia's relationship with Roland, though I do have my thoughts it's much more of an opinion rather than fact.

But, regardless, Sofia does have father issues. Her father died at sea when she was probably around five, it was just her and her mother for many years. She likely couldn't remember him very well and hardly had any time with him.

Cedric's father is the root of his insecurities. He constantly looks down on him, insults him, interrupting him during spells, never expecting anything from him and refusing to let him show his skill.

Colour scheme.

This one really isn't much, but both of them have a love for the colour purple. Cedric having accents of green and yellow, Sofia of pink and white.

Heirlooms.

Both of them have heirlooms that they need to be careful with and are very powerful. Cedric has the family wand, passed down from sorcerer father to sorcerer son. Sofia has the amulet of Avalor she promised not to take off.

Supportive teacher.

In "Substitute Cedric" it's shown that in school, Cedric had one teacher that always encouraged him, supporting him no matter how much he failed and told him he would succeed.

When Sofia first moved into the castle, Cedric similarly supported her, though it wasn't entirely genuine at first. "I know how hard it can be adjusting to Royal life, so if you need as any help, my door is always open." And, through out the rest of the show, Cedric continued to help and support Sofia, even if it went against his own goals.

@shychick-52 @mushroomsie224

[sofiaanddisney]

Substitute Cedric is the next episode I plan to watch, and it just occurred to me that MAYBE Grimtrix is behind Prank Day because he secretly detests royals.

[merlincersei]

Merlin BBC UK TV Show - Opinion Piece Part 13 - Season 2 Soundtrack Review

Rob Lane and Rohan Stevenson continue to excel in the Season 2 soundtrack following the epic scores from Season 1.

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REVIEW

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Season 1’s soundtrack took a more conservative and gradual route to introduce the main theme whereas Season 2 starts off with a bang, jumping directly into “Main Titles”.

This string-and-trumpet-heavy theme is backed by the voices of the Philharmonia Chorus for an unforgettable, heroic beginning to the album.

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“Sigan’s Revenge” is a track of overall darkness and choral mayhem, driven forwards by an insistent trumpet ostinato.

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“Attraction of Evil” is a heavily percussion-laced cue, crescendoing to a massive buildup, with chant-like, guttural male chorus in the background.

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We are introduced to the love theme of Arthur and Guinevere in “ Gwen & Arthur''

The orchestration in this track and subsequent tracks featuring this theme is superb as it utilizes a solo violin.

This theme also brings to mind James Horner’s "Braveheart" and the two definitely share some of the same motivic elements.

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“Avalon” relies on harp and choir for a very mysterious and dark effect.

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“The Substitute Knight” is a light and playful, and very medieval-sounding score.

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“The Joust” is an adventurous score with a rhythmic percussion accompaniment.

The action quickly picks up as the actual joust in the show begins, and the epic choir and brass are used here to great effect.

To me it is very reminiscent of some of Howard Shore’s "The Lord of the Rings" soundtrack.

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“Myror the Assassin” is simply a slightly more action-packed “Avalon”-like track, but it does its job well on screen.

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“Lancelot Leaves” once again makes great use of solo violin for the score’s more tender moments.

The music builds with the entrance of a French horn section.

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“The Machinations of Cedric” is another typical mysterious cue, though at about halfway in it recalls a bit of the playfulness of “The Substitute Knight”. This then segues into “The Mark of the Raven”, which in my opinion should have simply been combined with “The Machinations of Cedric” into one track, as they come off as being so similar (and insignificant on their own).

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“Sigan’s Tomb” finally starts to change things up, with a more fast-paced beginning and a sense of overall creepiness utilizing different methods than the previous two tracks (i.e. percussion, celeste, etc.).

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“Settlement Attack” starts off with a bang, being ushered in with a drum roll and then moving onto a sixteenth-note string ostinato.

Synthesized brass is once again heavily relied upon (possibly with a mixture of live musicians, as well).

Everything seems to die away around halfway through the track, but then another drum roll and the string ostinato remind us that the track isn’t yet over.

Strings punctuated by bass trombone hits build up the creep factor of the track, before dying back down to a much softer driving string ostinato, sounding rather like some of Hans Zimmer’s music for "The Dark Knight". The ostinato falls apart gradually, while brass choir closes the track.

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“Gaius Arraigned” is the only song composed by James Gosling. making use of the show’s fondness for dark choral music.

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“Farewell to Gwen” is basically a string chorale, where once again a gorgeous solo violin pierces the texture. A solo horn alludes to the "Gwen & Arthur" theme, before the violin and a trumpet take the theme to fruition.

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“The Forged Seal” is another comedic track, with lots of limber string pizzicatos and crafty clarinets.

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“Lancelot’s Heroism” is truly epic, and the mix here of instruments and voices is very well done.

What sounds like a lone male voice underscores much of the melody in the strings and brass, while remaining loud enough to be heard and yet quiet enough to not sound like a solo.

People who like cymbals would love this track.

Absolutely beautiful strings close out the track, another high point of this album.

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"Morgana’s Nightmare” is not much different from the other choral tracks on the album, until close to the end, when fast strings move sinisterly underneath the melody.

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“Hiding Excalibur” is a rather curious track in regards to the fact the legendary sword doesn’t show up nor is even mentioned at all in Season 2!!!!!!

The last time we heard of/saw it was in Season 1’s finale.

However, a title doesn’t stop the track from succeeding musically, and it builds up to a fantastical climax that wouldn’t sound too out-of-place in Harry Gregson-Williams’ "The Chronicles of Narnia" soundscape.

This cue really hits home as sounding like the end of the album… but it’s not!

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“Finale” is by far the true gem of this album, and at almost 9 minutes in length, it’s almost no wonder why!

The track starts with "Gwen & Arthur" theme and is followed by an extensive battle segment which, you guessed it, is full of great choral writing.

What closes out this album is an almost LOST-like (at the beginning of it, at least) string chorale, joined by soft choir in what is quite possibly the most emotionally rewarding moment of this score.

This theme made several appearances in Season 2, and at least one I can think of, in Season 3.

It is simply one of the best segments of music I’ve heard so far for this show.

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CONCLUSION

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My only criticism of the soundtrack would be they could had made more use of a live orchestra, but unfortunately may have run into budget constraints.

Still, we should be thankful that there are any real instruments used for this, as so many shows nowadays unfortunately are resorting entirely to synthesizers.

Overall for a TV show made in the 2000's by the BBC the soundtrack delivers some great music, as well as a few memories of what the first season had to offer.

[sofia-the-worst]

Do you have a favorite episode of the show? If so, what is it and why?

Aw thanks for the ask!

I gotta say, Substitute Cedric!

maybe it's lame but, but this ep got to me on a personal level. Vivian is pretty relatable. my anxiety has gotten much much better over the years, but it's still prominent in some areas. i still struggle with not giving up when i'm not immediately good at something. so it was like having cedric encourage me to keep trying lol. the song is great, I love it to bits. And it's just heartwarming seeing Cedric being such a good teacher when he still thinks of himself as the villain lol.

Also sofia is soooo sweet and then just straight up manipulates cedric into being substitute. worst is in there i see.

Honestly there are a lot of good episodes imo. i'm just going back over the episodes list rn and going "Oh yeah that one's good too." but Substitute Cedric wins favorite because of the personal significance.

I have to say tho... let the good times troll is my least favorite. like really feel like it's the one ep that is truly aimed solely at toddlers

[reasoningdaily]

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Contemporary policing reflects the turn from welfare to domestic warfare as the chief means of regulating the excluded and oppressed The historic uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd transformed the way we think about race and policing. Why did it achieve so little in the way of substantive reforms? After Black Lives Matter argues that the failure to leave an institutional residue was not simply due to the mercurial and reactive character of the protests. Rather, the core of the movement itself failed to locate the central racial injustice that underpins the crisis of policing: socio-economic inequality. For Johnson, the anti-capitalist and downwardly redistributive politics expressed by different Black Lives Matter elements has too often been drowned out in the flood of black wealth creation, fetishism of Jim Crow black entrepreneurship, corporate diversity initiatives, and a quixotic reparations demand. None of these political tendencies addresses the fundamental problem underlying mass incarceration. That is the turn from welfare to domestic warfare as the chief means of regulating the excluded and oppressed. Johnson sees the way forward in building popular democratic power to advance public works and public goods.  Rather than abolishing police, After Black Lives Matter argues for abolishing the conditions of alienation and exploitation contemporary policing exists to manage.

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About the Author

Cedric Johnson is professor of African American Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His book, Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics was named the 2008 W.E.B. DuBois Outstanding Book of the Year by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.  Johnson is the editor of The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism and the Remaking of New Orleans. His 2017 Catalyst essay, “The Panthers Can’t Save Us Now: Anti-policing Struggles and the Limits of Black Power,” was awarded the 2018 Daniel Singer Millenium Prize. Johnson’s writings have appeared in Nonsite, Jacobin, New Political Science, New Labor Forum, Perspectives on Politics, Historical Materialism, and Journal of Developing Societies. In 2008, Johnson was named the Jon Garlock Labor Educator of the Year by the Rochester Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. He previously served on the representative assembly for UIC United Faculty Local 6456.

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Given the sheer scale, magnitude and diversity of 2020’s resurgent Black Lives Matter protests, many pundits, scholars and activists celebrated the George Floyd rebellion as an historic watershed, one where the possibility of real reform came into view. For too  many, however, the euphoria of the moment suspended any criti- cal analysis of what it all meant. This is a deeper problem on the  US left—the tendency to read protests as always prefigurative rather than contingent, and as a manifestation of real power rather than a reflection of potential. Such wish-fulfillment think- ing, however, forgets that mass mobilization is not the same as  organized power, and that mass mobilization is much easier now with the endless opportunities for expressing discontent provided by social media, online petitions, memes and vlogging.

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[lolotheparagon]

What is your Top favorite, bland, worse Episodes each season of Sofia the first

Alright here we go!

Season 1

Best:

The Shy Princess

Cedric’s Apprentice

Butterfly Amber

Four’s a Crowd

Blandest:

A Royal Mess

Tea for Too Many

The Tri-Kingdom Picnic

Blue Ribbon Bunny

Worst:

Once Upon a Princess

The Floating Palace

Baileywick’s Day Off

The Buttercups

Season 2

Best:

Two Princesses and a Baby

Mom’s the Word

Sofia the Second

The Emerald Key

(Honorable mentions go to Substitute Cedric, Enchanted Feast and Curse of Princess Ivy cos they are bangers)

Blandest:

The Silent Knight

Scrambled Pets

In a Tizzy

Clover Time

Worst:

Sidekick Clio

When You Wish Upon a Well

The Princess Stays in the Picture

The Flying Crown

Season 3

Best:

Minimus is Missing

Sofia in Elvenmoor

The Princess Prodigy

The Princess Ballet

Blandest:

Minding the Manor

All the Sprite Moves

Best in Air Show

Royal Vacation

Worst:

Princess Adventure Club

This Fliegel Has Landed

Stormy Lani

The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle

Season 4 (oh boy)

Best:

Through the Looking Back Glass

The Crown of Blossoms

The Birthday Wish

A Royal Wedding

Blandest:

The Mystic Isles: The Falcon’s Eye

The Mystic Isles: A Hero for the Hoodwinks

The Mystic Isles: The Great Pretender

The Mystic Isles: The Princess and the Protector

Literally the entire Mystic Isles arc applies here

Worst:

Day of the Sorcerors

Ivy’s True Colours

The Royal School Fair

Pin the Blame on the Genie

[somewhere-at-the-burrow]

hi!! I have a question if that’s okay!

How is house rivalry at Hogwarts? Is there a lot of house pride/division between the houses?

Also during quidditch season, do people know the players of the teams (kinda like football)? (do people root for individual players?)

I’m so interested in how the vibes would be during quidditch season and if people get really intense into showing house/team/player pride bwjahshd

THANK U FOR SHARING ABOUT YOUR DR YOUR POSTS ARE ALWAYS SO LOVELY TO READ <333

yes of course! i love answering questions and they are always welcome!!

for house rivalry, it is very toned down during the average school day than what it is portrayed in the original series. now that I've gotten into advanced level classes, there are students from every house in my classes and it is very standard to have good friends from every house! the school also has lenient rules about sitting with other houses during meals, and we usually only have to sit with our assigned house during important meals (start of term feast, meals with speeches, etc).

however, when it comes to quidditch, everything gets so crazy. even with the teams in the League, every person usually has a team that they root for (sometimes from where they are born) and it is very common to see students wearing team merchandise or sporting a team pin on their school bag. it can start some great conversation and there are even mini-clubs and friend groups that are formed over the obsession of a certain League team!

quidditch at Hogwarts probably has the wildest division between the teams / houses, but only if your house is playing, usually. for example, the Gryffindor vs Slytherin game (which is the first in the season) is one of the most highly anticipated and conflict inducing games of the season, i'd say. the weeks leading up to this game are full of older students dragging the newer students to the practices to watch, and even those who swear they hate quidditch seem to make time for it. it really joins us all together, and I especially love how in my desired reality the winner sometimes throws a party and everyone is invited. I can't wait for the season to start again so I can experience it firsthand!!

also, there are definitely "quidditch celebrities" at Hogwarts. because the sport is so vital to student life at hogwarts, if you are on the team it is kind of an automatic popularity marker. even the substitute players who don't join in the actual game very often are so well known and the team really is like a family. one thing that is so similar to the franchise is how popular the seekers are. students band together to cheer for their favorite players, but i've noticed that the seekers / captains are the most anticipated members of the season. in my DR, gryffindor and ravenclaw are opening up the spot for new seekers this year and the speculation has been INSANE. people are so eager to see how this season plays out, as Cedric Diggory and Elsie Smithey (the slytherin seeker) have stolen the hearts of everyone in the castle and those two are pretty unbeatable.

(( i scripted that I would become the gryffindor seeker I AM STRESSING SO BAD))

as for house pride, everyone takes part in creating banners and creative posters, and dressing up for games is an absolute must. in addition, I also own some things for different houses, as it is so common to support the other teams if yours is not playing! it all depends on how the season works out in your team's favor, so some students change what team they cheer for each year IT IS SO FUNNY.

I hope this answered some of your wonderings!

thank you so so much for the ask <33

[shychick-52]

Cedric in 'Substitute Cedric': What the hell is wrong with you kids?? It's an easy spell, OMG!!

Also Cedric in 'Substitute Cedric': It's all right, I sucked at magic too when I was a young student. Keep trying, I know you'll get it!