#teddy??? does this mean regulus would kill teddy?????

[enbysiriusblack]

had loustat!wolfstar and danmand!jegulus thoughts.

[atlasdoe]

Things that The Marauders fandom say that pisses me off

warning: i will not be holding back. if you are sensitive do not read. feel free to disagree or anything in the replies but don't be a dick

i'm only doing this cause i'm bored and have a lot of rage in me

also just to be clear if we're mutuals then i'm not on about you :)

"It's so sad that one of the only things we have in cannon is the prank"

or something along those lines. If knowing that the prank is cannon makes you upset then I have some great news for you. Nobody cared about the prank in cannon!!!! it's literally just another Tuesday for the Marauders and not once does anybody lose any friends or hold any grudges about it!! yay, now you can sleep at night!

"Dumbledore raised an army of children twice"

I've already spoken about this before but for anyone who wasn't here please know that this is a lie! Neither time did Dumbledore raise an army of children. You had to be an adult to join The Order and although the Marauders were young they were not children. As for everyone else, their ages are not confirmed. We are the ones who made Marlene and Dorcas the same age as them. For all we know The Marauder's could've been the youngest in the Order by far. As for the DA, Dumbledore literally had no part in that. It was Hermione, Harry and Ron who made the DA. All Dumbledore did was take the blame for it because they named themselves after him

"Dumbledore could've helped Regulus, Evan and Barty"

Firstly it amazes me how these three are the only Death Eaters yall have any sympathy for. I understand Regulus to a point considering we only really hear good things about him from Kreacher but with Evan and Barty genuinely what makes them so special?? Evan is in the exact same pool as Wilkes and y'all don't give a shit about them. Also Barty helped resurrect Voldemort and tortured Frank and Alice. Either way regardless on if you like them or not trust me when i say that if they would've gone to Dumbledore for help he would've helped them. When have we ever seen Dumbledore turn somebody down because they were a Slytherin. This man literally tried to help Draco as he was about to kill him and help the Death Eaters take over Hogwarts. Dumbledore doesn't know everything and he's never passed on the chance for a new spy.

"This fandom is misogynistic for making Lily/Tonks bad mothers/surrogates"

Fanfiction does not equal headcannons. Just because Lily or Tonks are bad mothers in a fanfiction does not mean that the author dislikes them or thinks that they're a bad person in cannon. Also reading about your favourite ship raise a child is a very common trope in fanfiction and as much as Harry and Teddy are Lily and Tonks children they are also James and Remus'. James and Remus are just as responsible for their children and I see nobody batting an eye when the roles are reversed. On top of all of this, Lily and Tonks were young mothers and it's very likely that they would make mistakes or in other universes not be as good as they were in cannon. That does not make them bad people nor does it make them unworthy of being liked. If you don't like it, don't read it cause i know that nobody is saying that Regulus and James raised Harry in cannon.

"Marlene/Dorcas/Mary/Evan is so underrated!"

No they're not. They're mentioned like once or twice. If anything they're incredibly overrated. Nothing wrong with that. Just facts

"Jily is dying out because people are scared to go against Jegulus"

Don't make me laugh. Jily is one of the only cannon ships we have they are literally the blueprint to the entire series. Jily is not dying out, you're just seeing more Jegulus posts because you keep interacting with them and fucking up your own algorithm in order to argue with people in comment sections

"[Insert ship here] need to stop hating on [Insert another ship here] (same with characters)"

I remember one time in the Riverdale fandom when a Bughead shipper did an interview with a magazine pretending to be Lili Reinheart and told this magazine that Bughead will be cannon just to piss the Barchie shippers off. Y'all would not survive "real" fandoms. Just because somebody doesn't like your ship does not make it hate and even if someone does say something like "Jily is trash and I hate it" so fucking what?? it's one person and trust me there is another room on the internet for the both of you. I don't even think I've seen anyone truly post hate about a ship since 2020 when i was in the instagram fandom and the Wolfstar and Blackinnon shippers had each other by the throat

"Jegulus came out of nowhere and I don't understand why people ship it"

Jegulus has been around for as long as i have (2018) and at least to me it's very obvious why people like it. It's the best friends brother, opposite sides of the war, secret relationship, forbidden romance tropes that people love. it's not that hard to understand. And as I said before we know just enough about Regulus to get some sense of what he was like but not all of the bad parts.

"Sirius was tall but Remus was TALL"

There's nothing necessarily wrong with this. I just hate it. Especially if you're commenting on somebody's post about how Sirius is canonically tall. Half the time, unless they say it themselves, they don't think that Remus is taller and don't care if you do

that's all i've got for now. i may do this again :)

[elisacaleisa]

People say I am a big brain. Idk about any of those things but to that I say: have one more again. This one is weaker but you get it, same thing as the ones before

Jax's Personality Swap AU (4)

Pipeline: Elliott > Morgan > Vega > Regulus > Caelum > Camelopardalis > Hush > Elliott

Elliott > Morgan

Hopeless Seer

- ok but childhood friend seer cooks

- Morgan is a deeply caring person

- Seer Obscura gets a nickname: Dreamer

- "dreamer... I've been calling you that for ten years. maybe more, heh."

- the softest boy ever, he is a walking teddy bear

- "I've realized... we will never reach the future, but we will always live in the present. it's the time, that changes. the time changes us"

- slow burn perhaps? But...

- "dreamer... i... I'm sorry, it's just... You're so warm and... i wish to hold you. please."

- he is alone in this world. it's just you, that keeps him alive. he doesn't have hope for this planet, but you are his world.

- he sleeps, eats, walks on the path, that was established for him since he was born. But you... You became his future...

- he craves you as a lover, but is afraid to lose you as a friend

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Morgan > Vega

Melancholic Demon

- sigh trademark

- "... what do you want, warden? Cant you see im grieving for my pet?"

- you ask many questions, but barely get any answers around of him

- he only talks to you out of everyone

- "why? heh. Dumb question, warden."

- you still ask anyway. he laughs. full of pain

- "did you kill my pet, warden?"

- what? What is he talking about? And why would you do that...

- vega turns his back to you. Until you confess, he says

- he has been in here for a long time. maybe it was someone from the past and he can't live in the present.

- he wants his pet back. he wants noone else but them. but you dont know who that was...

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Vega > Regulus

Raging Fallen Daemon

- he is pretty pissed i imagine

- "if i can't have you, no-one can."

- OH HE KIDNAPS YOU

- he is angry, upset, but never alone. Now that he found you.

- everyone is looking for you two

- "precious, don't leave"

- you try to resist, but he is in your head now

- and you dont. You listen. You are now his company. He never stops holding your hand.

(jax note: this specific swap might be edited or completely reworked later)

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Regulus > Caelum

Self-claimed Prince Daemon

- Was Polaris' greatest student, perhaps that got into his brain a bit,,

- this is a headcanon fun bit of what if Regulus wasnt fallen and was Leo constellation, so enjoy!

- he is all huffy and puffy at first

- "hey! Wake up! You do not sleep on Caelum like that!" owie! Did he just hit you by a pillow??

- "you are awake. Good. Now up! We have so much to do!" god what is this flying pipsqueak?

- "pipsqueak?! I beg your pardon?? I am Caelum, an empathy daemon and now, you are my charge! Simple to understand, now chop chop! Clean your face and ugh... Please, wear some clean clothes, looks like you didnt change for three days. We have to fix that! Coooomeeeee ooooonnnnn!!" okay he is pulling you from the bed. You cant win here freelancer

- he sounds like a spoiled brat and he maybe is, but slowly by time, you get to know him more and see that he is just a little guy with a job and heart on the right place. His methods can be dramatic, but he means well

- he says that you are ready for D.A.M.N., that the hidden talent in you is more than just your powers.

- "i think Gavin will help us here. He is a bit stupid, but he always gives me cookies!" blunt much, Caelum?

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Caelum > Cam

Bubbly Serenity Daemon

- always so curious about human culture, both old and modern

- he especially likes bubbles

- "wow, how fascinating... this is truly wonderful!" he loves colors too

- "e-ehm, pardon my, uh... excitement. My name is C-Cam-Cam-Camelopardalis and i am your today's... wait, no, that doesn't make sense... does it?"

- he is a very polite, kind guy. he tries to always help, he just had a problem put words to the correct order (me fr)

- he loves walking outside in the sun. He is like a cat - he likes sunbathing and is kinda afraid of water (hmmm)

- he is a very tall guy, always hits himself in the head, god bless,,,

- he just stands out by how pretty and tall he is

- he writes little notes about his clients, mostly positive ones with stars and hearts! Perhaps mostly about you

- the walls of his office are full of fun stuff, like globe, astrology maps of constellations, dreamcatchers, oil paintings, etc.

- "i... i cant believe i found a friend between humans... thank you."

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Cam > Hush

Soothing Entity

- you dont know who he is, what he is, but he is following you for days like a lost cat. Something about you is... attracting him. He wants to be near you.

- he is always sitting in your window, watching, but never daring to take a step inside

- "what are you doing?" he finally asks, after days of just watching you.

- "you're always here. And im always waiting" but for what? You ask

- "i dont know, doctor." and he goes to rest.

- you believe thats not true and you might be right. He seems to be hiding.

- there are demons around your place, around Dahlia. It drives you insane. You feel afraid. What are even those guys doing here? You did nothing wrong, right?

- and with hush, it got worse...

- "please, dont be afraid of me, doctor. I'm here for you. Please, doctor."

(jax note: this one might be changed too)

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Hush > Elliott

Unknown Dreamwalker

- you didnt have to do any of this. You could've just leave him there, you could've had a normal life. Normal in rubbish and loneliness, but...

- just look at him. He is not normal. He is a fucking... superhero?? Supervillain??

- "sunshine..." oh yeah and that dumb nickname. Better than a nightmare, but... why does he looks at you that way??

- "I'm grateful." yeah yeah

- apparently, those guys are from some department he escaped. He was always an orphan, somehow sneaked into a normal orphanage and got adopted, but a mess happened and now... You dont understand any of it

(jax note: i just didnt have more ideas but take it as Elliott being mysterious /j)

[angelicamerlinbarnes]

Albus Dumbledore being an awesome teacher and human being

Bubblegum Bitch - MARINA

(Imma be honest with y’all, it’s mostly just him being a crackhead.)

He tells stories about Grindelwald, about their marriage and their beliefs and their lives together. All of the stories have lessons - sure, a lot of those lessons are about how NOT to make pasta, but they’re still lessons!

He likes to matchmake students using seating charts and certain magical spell assignments. He’s very good at it. I mean, he’s shit at figuring out who likes each other, but he is great at meddling, so Mcgonogall tells him who to mess with and he does as he’s told. They make a great team (and are invited to a lot of weddings). Couples they’ve helped include but are not limited to: Dean and Seamus, Luna and Ginny, Hermione and Harry and Ron, Sirius and Remus, Peter and Maxwell Needles, Peter and Regulus (that was later), Lily and Severus and James, Fred and Lee plus George and Lee, Charlie and Newt (queerplatonic), Leta and Newt (queerplatonic), Harry and Luna (queerplatonic), and Sirius and James and Remus (queerplatonic). They’ve been very busy.

He and Mcgonogall have teatime almost every day. They talk about their students and work on their matchmaking plans. There’s a lot of sass and deadpanning involved. Sometimes they invite Remus, Sirius, and James. (Not Peter. He doesn’t need the same level of torturing that they do.) Bubbles of all shapes and sizes and colors float around the room the whole time. It’s fantastic.

He accepts gossip in exchange for extra credit. He’s a really good secret keeper too, so a lot of students go for it. (It hasn’t broken any friendships. There’s an understanding among the student population that Dumbledore is like Ms. Potts from that Muggle film Beauty and the Beast - well-meaning and trustworthy, but terribly, terribly bored.)

Everything in his classroom is pink. And glittery. And covered in sequins. Once a student asked him why and he just smirked for a solid minute before whispering, “Lemonade.” (As if that makes any fucking sense.)

He once taught class in a full-fledged glittery ballgown that faded from light pink to deep purple. He did not once acknowledge it or act like anything was out of the ordinary. One student raised their hand and asked timidly, “Professor? Why are you wearing a ballgown?” And his brow furrowed as he frowned, looked down at himself, and muttered, “Thought it was a bathrobe.” (Harry does not let him live this one down. His dad is not much help - Severus took many, many pictures.) (Not that it mattered. On Wednesdays Dumbledore wears pink (glittery ballgowns).)

He speaks to kids who have parents, friends, and relatives in prison, whether for being Death Eaters or otherwise. He chaperones visits to Azkaban for them so they can see their loved ones. He casts protective and invisibility charms on them so only the one they’re visiting can see or hear them, and he teaches them Patronuses (with Remus’ help, of course). He often spends these visits on the other side of Grindelwald’s bars, playing wizard’s chess against him. (Sometimes Grindelwald gives him flowers. It always makes Dumbledore smile. There may be no one left in the world who understands why they love each other, but they don’t need to understand it for it to be true.)

He stands at the front of the classroom and makes funny faces during tests and waits to see how long it takes for a student to look up. His latest record is seven minutes.

When he’s teaching Grindelwald’s history, he makes snarky comments about his husband. They range from “I mean really. Who the fuck thought wizards ruling Muggles was a good idea?” (Rest in peace that one student who thought it was a good idea to say, “You did, Professor.”) to “Honestly, that man has no concept of romance. I ask him for a nice night out and he takes me to a Muggle rally about witchcraft and tries to impress me by playing practical magical jokes on the speaker. A toddler could do that.” (He often gets mushy during those stories though, usually trailing off like “But that time he took me to my childhood home for my birthday was sweet… brought me flowers for Ariana’s grave and everything. Sure, he killed her, but… he has a sweet side…” and from there on out he’s basically a lost cause and you might as well go to your next class because he’s not going to stop humming that fucking Elvis song).

He “loses” his glasses all the time by casting an invisibility charm on them and forces his students to search the classroom for them when they’re on his face the whole time. He thinks it’s funny. Harry does not. (But Severus and Mcgonogall do, and that’s really what matters.) (Severus and Mcgonogall and Dumbledore are  a fantastic trio full of snark and sarcasm and shit, I have just decided.)

He makes little animals out of multi-colored magical dust and they fly around the classroom and perch on his favorite students’ heads. Once a dragon fell asleep on Newt’s head and wouldn’t leave even when class was over. Newt had to wait for the magic to wear off so it would disintegrate. (Of course, he had named it by that point and had a meltdown when it disappeared, so Dumbledore recreates the dragon (Robert) every class and just lets Newt coo at it, even during tests.)

He conjured and charmed two giant (I mean Egypt half-animal half-man guard statue size giant) fluffy pink teddy bears that are alive and stand on either side of him like bodyguards during class. A Slytherin student punched one in the stomach once and it vomited enough M&Ms over their head to completely bury them. The student’s partner, a Ravenclaw student, punched the other one in an ill-advised burst of illogical thought and received the same treatment, but in Skittles. (Luckily their Gryffindor aro-ace friend and nonbinary Hufflepuff friend stayed after class and ate until they could move again. Safe to say no one has dared punch the bears again.) (Though I hear they do give very good hugs. And they eat homework if you ask nicely enough!)

He has a bunch of cloaks that act as portals to realms like Merlin’s Celestiums (S.G.E., Soman Chainani). He gives one to each student for tests, and they are transported to their ideal test-taking environments, complete with whatever song they feel like listening to at any given minute playing all around them. Unsurprisingly, his students have the best grades in all of Hogwarts. (He also has a secret cloak that he uses for himself, to see Grindelwald. Grindelwald has his own matching one so he can always make it home for Thursday date night.) (They have been caught. Of course they have. But no one is going to challenge Dumbledore for his right to see his husband, even if he did marry a murderer.) (Sirius and Remus used to steal the cloak for their own dates. And later on James would steal it to take the two of them on friend-dates. Inspired by that, Dumbledore made a special cloak for Mcgonogall that he gifted her on her fiftieth birthday. The smile she gave him then is his favorite of all time.)

He bickers with Fawkes constantly. This often evolves into full-fledged screaming matches with spastic hand gestures, gratuitous spit, and angry hops on both sides. Once Dumbledore drew wand on his “useless babbling bastard of a bird”. No one has bothered to tell Dumbledore that Fawkes probably can’t understand a word of their arguments. (They do evacuate the classroom when these fights start though. The last time they stayed their hair was gone for a week, and when it grew back it was glittery and pink.) (Harry looked especially fantastic. Sirius thought he looked great. He laughed until he was in tears. Harry was not amused.) (Remus was.)

Sometimes he’s absent from class and Mcgonogall teaches them instead. When asked if he’s alright, Mcgonogall simply answers, “My partner is away on personal business for the day. Now, turn to page -” Soon enough people figured out that “personal business” meant “conjugal visit with Genocidal Maniac Husband™ in prison”. They stopped asking.

He gives all of his students the red button test (without knowing what it does, do you press the red button?). Those who pass get automatic A’s and a lollipop. Those who fail get a talking pet pygmy puff. The thing that usually trips people up is that Dumbledore considers the “correct” answer to be pressing the goddamn button. (Seamus is the only one who has ever passed (enthusiastically too!). Newt half-passed because Niffy the Niffler sat on it.) (Sirius and James would have passed too if they had not been the life partners of one Remus Lupin, whose creativity with threats and extensive curse-word vocabulary rivaled Mcgonogall’s even at the tender age of fifteen.)

He has floating war maps just lying around. He plays battleship with his students on them. What he neglects to tell them is that their moves have actual consequences in the world, as the maps are magical and reflect real battles and places. When Harry finds out (he blew up Denmark, completely unawares) he shows up at Dumbledore’s door soaking wet at five-thirty in the morning with a newspaper, his fists clenched, his face red, and his chest heaving. He wouldn’t stop glaring for weeks. (Alas, Dumbledore’s glorious beard has great resistance to fire spells.) (Following an incident involving the original four Marauders in their third year. Shhh… we do not speak of that.)

He has a habit of walking into random classrooms, gesturing for a student to come with him with his finger, and then taking them to his office for teatime. He usually asks them inane questions about a specific theme (fish, pasta strainers, socks, throw pillows, mooses, etc.) for hours until finally dismissing them. It drives Mcgonogall crazy. (She’s yelled at him plenty for “kidnapping students to ask them questions you know you could easily find on that Muggle infer-het thing! They have exams, Albus -” but he just smiles at her while calmly sipping his tea and she always ends up collapsing in the chair across from him with a sigh, taking the tea from his hands and chugging it before wiping her mouth, slamming it down on the desk, and asking, “So. Fish. What’s up with them?” and Albus just beams.)

He spends half of his class lessons babbling on about how Merlin was gay for Arthur and Arthur was gay for Merlin, but not in long tangents. Just a bunch of random comments without context, warning, or explanation. (He mentions “poetry” a lot and waggles his eyebrows for some reason, so… what’s up with that? (Merlin BBC))

He overshares A LOT about his and Grindelwald’s lives. It’s a problem because 90% of the time it’s something sweet or innocent like “Oh, he brought me a tiger lily that bloomed open to show a gold and ruby ring nestled inside on our first anniversary. That’s how he proposed to me” and “He used to hum while he did the housework, you know? He’d stand in the middle of the house and close his eyes and just hum. Almost entire symphonies too, just waving his wand in the air like a conductor” to “This one time in bed he…” and there is NO warning. The amount of things these poor children’s ears have had to endure… (*shakes head in mock disappointment*)

He often cooks during class using wandless magic. The pots and pans heat themselves and float around in the air. Sometimes Dumbledore dances and then they start dancing too. He whistles and creates a base beat for the sizzling, popping, clanging, and other kitchen noises to follow. This usually happens during tests. Oh joy.

He leaves the windows open when it rains, but somehow nothing ever gets wet. Harry and Hermione have a theory that it’s protection charms. (Really it’s a spell Severus made up when he was drunk because he was angry that umbrellas don’t have enough room under them for three, and he’s always been the most self-sacrificial person in his marriage.)

He regularly makes bets with Mcgonogall about the students’ love lives. Not money, but little things the other doesn’t want to do or buy. Dumbledore usually has to handle the Marauders’ detentions or give up one of his teddy bear guards for Mcgonogall’s experimental enjoyments. Mcgonogall has to do something embarrassing or let him borrow one of her glittery hats. They should really stop making bets at this point; the stakes and the winners are dreadfully predictable. He always wins when the bet is on a student’s sexuality or gender and she always wins when the bet is on who a student will end up with. Nonetheless, the bets continue. So too does their grumbling amusement.

He figured out how to make a broom invisible when he and Grindelwald first fell in love, so they could be showy with each other at their Greater Good rallies. They later used it for dates, prison breaks, and daring escapes complete with kisses under the moon. Once Grindelwald went to Azkaban, Dumbledore used it to find some privacy where he could grieve. Now, he uses it to travel around his classroom and Hogwarts and trick everyone into thinking he can fly by sheer will. Only Mcgonogall knows his secret. (And Severus, but Dumbledore doesn’t know that because he told him when he was black out drunk. So.)

He lets pygmy puffs sleep in his beard. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

He once taught class while teetering on his feet because he had somehow gotten himself tangled in Christmas lights from shoulders to ankles and couldn’t move. (Sirius wandered in and saw this, cried he was laughing so hard, and then warbled his off-key way through as many Christmas carols as he could remember for the rest of class.) (Dumbledore tried to Silencio him but just fell over trying to make the wand movement. He broke his nose. Sirius almost had a panic attack because he couldn’t breathe from how hard he was laughing. By the end of this he had curled up in a fetal position on the floor, Remus was lying down next to him and muttering jokes to him, Mcgonogall was trying to fix Dumbledore’s face, and Severus had taken over the class. Not that they got much done - James was visiting that day. And him, Sirius, and Remus all laughing about the same thing rarely leads to a quiet and calm learning environment.) (They gave him a joint present of rainbow Christmas lights for his birthday - “Happy Gay Day, Professor!” - and he was not amused.) (Grindelwald was though. So was everyone else.)

He tends to mix up holidays in his head and often decorates for the wrong one. He goes all out too. He’s kind of a disaster, and so is his classroom. It became such a problem that the Marauders actually took pity on him and made him a very big calendar with all the holidays marked on it in glitter and fake jewels and flowers. It sits behind his desk and occasionally works.) (Occasionally.)

He’s queerplatonic partners with Mcgonogall. They held a friend-wedding and forced Severus to be the flowergirl. Harry officiated, Remus was Dumbledore’s best man, Sirius was Mcgonogall’s, James wasn’t given a job cause he was crying too much, Lily was in charge of taking care of James, and Peter was the ring bearer (he only lost them TWICE and they were ring pops anyway). Mcgonogall screeches at him a lot and Dumbledore can be depressive and neglectful because he misses Grindelwald but they love each other so it works. (And they’re the prime source of advice for James, Sirius, and Remus regarding their own queerplatonic relationship, for better or for worse.)

He puts his feet up on the desk even though it’s bad for his knees. Mcgonogall told him it’s bad for his knees and he has stubbornly put them up there every class since. (His knees are killing him but he will not give in to “a paranoid, batty old witch who doesn’t know shit about what’s good for me and wouldn’t if she was hit with an Imperio and I told her -” “I’M YOUR FUCKING PARTNER, YOU BLASPHEMOUS ARROGANT BRAT OF AN OLD FART!”)

Instead of walking around his classroom, he struts. (Yes, it worsens his knees.) He does strike poses, he does make obnoxious expressions, and he does look fabulous. WORK! (Yes, that was a Hamilton reference.)

He once taught class without a  face because Mcgonogall cursed him for “fucking up the alphabetical organization of my tea, you old twit. Honestly, Albus, it’s not that hard”. (How did he teach without a mouth, you ask? Easy, he used intermediate BSL (deaf students, plus Azkaban isn’t great on old men’s ears and he and Grindelwald are both gettin’ up there) and Sirius interpreted.) (Incredibly wrongly, crudely, and foul-mouth-ly, but nonetheless he interpreted.)

He has difficulty understanding the straight people in his class. He is fully accepting of everyone and wants the best for all of them, but when it comes to relationship advice, he’s shit.

Excerpt pulled from Pensieve of a conversation he had with a student who identified as female:

Dumbledore: “So your boyfriend is a dick, is what you’re saying?”

Student’s best friend: “Yes. Merlin, he’s such a dick. Would you believe he -”

Dumbledore: *looks at student and points to her best friend* “Why don’t you just date her?”

*cue red faces and sputtering*

(They did not take his advice.)

He wears bowties ALL THE TIME. If he’s not wearing a bowtie, there are bows in his hair and tying the ends of his beard together. Once he wore pigtails. It was great.

He has a habit of bursting into song randomly and performing full-blown Broadway musical numbers (yes, he can rap Guns and Ships at full speed). This usually involves all of the complex moves to be expected in a musical - dramatically climbing up the stairs while looking forlorn, leaping onto the desk and squatting as you launch into a whispered limerick, speedy costume changes - you know, the works. Sometimes Sirius and James back him up, if they’re there. Severus will take over teaching with a bored look on his face (“What are you looking at, Harry?” “Dad, there’s -” “I don’t see anything interesting happening, Harry.” *glares*) while Mcgonogall screeches at Dumbledore to “GET THE FUCK DOWN, YOU NARCISSISTIC HEATHEN!” It’s a problem.

When the Marauders challenge the dress code, Dumbledore is the first Professor to encourage it. While Sirius is perfectly confident in a skirt and Regulus isn’t far behind (neither is Severus, surprisingly), James and Remus are far more insecure. Dumbledore wears a tutu to class one day to show his support, and Remus wouldn’t stop smiling the rest of the day. (James just turned bright red and beamed when Sirius started laughing.) He also backed Lily up when she wore pants (along with Marlene, Dorcas, and Mary) by convincing Mcgonogall to wear pantsuits for a week. (Sirius, despite being a hardcore gay, was quite affected by this. Remus did not appreciate the water spit in his face and refused to kiss Sirius for a week.)

He plays Cecily Smith (Will Connolly) on the ukulele on late nights and stares out at the stars thinking of Grindelwald. Sometimes he forgets to turn off the Sonorus from earlier that day and ends up broadcasting his little song to the whole school. Sirius and Remus will dance to it in the common room while James watches his partners with a happy smile on his face (and Peter sleeps, because he’s tired and doesn’t force himself to stay up simply for the purpose of being cool or finishing that one assignment that isn’t due for another two weeks) (I’m sorry, do you feel called out?).

This man has weed brownies stashed away in his desk and he does eat them during class. He also offered one to Remus once, who is the only student that knows about the stash and tends to use marijuana for medical purposes (helping with anxiety and pain regarding the full moon, courtesy of my beautiful girlfriend who has never read nor seen Harry Potter but nonetheless insists to me that Remus Lupin is a stoner who wears red beanies). This prompted Sirius to ask for one, which Dumbledore refused, but then James joined in and they started a riot by standing on their desks and pumping their fists in the air and screaming, “BROWNIES FOR ALL!” while Remus giggled into his hand and was no help at all, so Dumbledore gave them each a brownie just to shut them up. (Sirius wouldn’t stop rambling about how pretty Remus’ eyes were, James was babbling on about unicorns, Severus was hissing at something no one else could see, Regulus was hissing at the same thing for some reason, Peter was crying because he couldn’t tell the difference between hamsters and gerbils and guinea pigs, and Lily was muttering pi under her breath until she fell asleep.) (Mcgonogall was unimpressed.) (No teatime for eight weeks. Damn.)

Dumbledore cares about all of his students, however little he shows it. He wants them to lead a better life than he did. And maybe fall in love with better people than he did.

[kasjophe]

Since I didn't see anyone do this and I'm currently trying to figure it out.

What if Voldemort died as a baby (or haven't been born at all?)

You get the drill. Might have turn it into headcanon thing at the end a little

Regulus Black would be alive

Harry's parents would be alive

Sirius wouldn't be falsely accused and send to Azkaban

Death Eaters wouldn't exist and so hundreds of people wouldn't have been murdered and tortured for example

As that's said Neville's parents would be able to take care of him

Philosopher's stone would probably still exist

Moaning Myrtle wouldn't get killed by basilisk and so would still be alive

Hagrid wouldn't be falsely accused by Tom Riddle = wouldn't get kicked out of Hogwarts which means his wand wouldn't be snapped and he would be able to get study and so he might have persuade different career than gatekeeper

No death eaters -> Lucius Malfoy could turn out to be more understanding and loving father which means Draco beliefs might have been different, also with that he wouldn't have to go through any trauma he experienced connected with his parents being Voldemort's followers. Obviously he wouldn't turn out to be a lovely soft boy, his family is a long line of spiteful purebloods and there are some expectations put towards him, he still kinda is boy with no choice but it's completely different kind many with strict parents can understand.

Cedric is alive, Harry doesn't participate in Triwizard Tournament

George would still have his ear

No Final Battle of Hogwarts: everyone who lost their life that night is still alive

And so Tonks and Remus and can raise Teddy

Lockhart wouldn't lose his memory = people still think of him as someone amazing and he keeps on scamming people

Harry's children would NOT be named as ridiculously as they were.

Of course marauders would tease Harry about getting sorted and when he was young joke about Slytherins (and one particular) a lot but Harry wouldn't be scared to be sorted to Slytherin and that being said -> possibly end up in Slytherin. (I can go on and write a whole story about how it could have been if everyone was alive)

Time Turners wouldn't get destroyed and so would still exist.

Ron, Harry and Neville would probably meet earlier when they were children

Whole Ron's and Hermione friendship might have not proggress as well as it did since most of the time Golden Trio bonded while saving Hogwarts and Wizarding World starting with fighting the troll in the dungeons.

There might have been no Hedwig at all since it was gift from Hagrid and in real where they're all alive Harry might've never actually befriended him and Potter's family had an owl anyway?

If Sirius didn't go to Azkaban, Remus and he probably would be together, so there would be no Tonks and Remus resulting no Teddy.

Harry having gay™ uncles would feel more comfortable with exploring his sexuality and we all know that boy had a thing for Cedric. And Oliver Wood. And Draco and-

No Howler from Weasleys about flying car since Dobby wouldn't try to stop Harry from going to Hogwarts

No iconic "Oculus Reparo" from Hermione?

Harry would have learned about animagus early in his life and so maybe try himself to become one

We can also assume Harry would meet Draco as a child too. Maybe they would become friends. And here's and interesting scenario that might have done (beside Slytherin Harry) this could've result in -> they're not friends and Harry isn't "the chosen one" Harry never know about Dobby and does not free him. Or if Potter and Malfoy are friends Draco treats Dobby better once Harry notices how badly Dobby's treated. He might try freeing him then and so it happens early.

The stigma around Slytherins isn't as heated as JKR made it and people feel more comfortable embracing their Slytherin side

Dementors don't chase after Harry

Hermione and Harry's friendship probably progressed because Hermione and Draco as originally were head to head with school grades and Harry was simply amused by cheering for Hermione, then also figured she might be great help with studies but saying that Draco would try to get better (aka impress Harry more) so who knows

I mean like I said rivalry in school between Hermione and Draco at some point might have turned into truce thanks to Harry so I guess study sessions together and bonding

No Scabbers so maybe Weasleys got some other animal

Harry trying his best to find marauder's map the first thing when he gets in Hogwarts ?

No ferret Malfoy 😔

No need for harry to sneak out to Hogsmeade

Harry isn't abused - He has no contact (probably) with Dursleys (I mean probably maybe Lily wanted to talk with Petunia at some point and boys played together)

Harry probably would have had different wand

That's it for now, probably will be more in future. Feel free to add more yourself

[weasleydream]

dreams are my reality - part 2

here is the second part! i only have two things to say: 1) i’m sorry there’s no plot and it seems like it’s a mess and 2) i know the book thief has been written after this period but let’s pretend it’s not the case. 

As usual, feel free to like, comment, reblog and enjoy!

Masterlist 

~ a wondrous world where I like to be ~ The night had been short to say the least. As soon as Harry had fallen asleep, James had convinced Lily to allow a bottle of champagne to celebrate appropriately the announcement. Somehow - and my brain was way too cloudy to figure out how - something had happened just after the bottle of champagne and I had been one of the first to fall after an undetermined number of firewhiskey bottles. I had opened my eyes after someone had called for me a few minutes ago to find myself in Harry’s room, lying on a mattress on the floor next to the chair that looked too uncomfortable, even for Lily’s frame. 

“By Merlin’s pants-” I gasped as soon as my eyes fell on the chaos downstairs. I took a few steps, barely avoiding stepping on Remus’ hand when he moved it. “So that’s the glorious marauders? And here they were thinking they were cool…” I muttered. 

Something suddenly grabbed my ankle and I jumped before realizing Sirius was holding it like a teddy bear, a content smile plastered on his face. 

“If only I had a camera!” exclaimed Lily not so discreetly, waking the four sleeping guys up in the process. “Definitely the funniest moment of the party,” she added with a smirk as James was looking for his glasses, still half sleeping and half drooling. 

The next one to make his entrance was Harry, and if Lily and I had a bit of consideration for the massive hangover that was hitting Sirius, James, Remus and Peter - mostly because we were being hit too - it wasn’t the case of the little boy, and he made it very clear that it was time for Remus to play with him. 

“Not now…” the latter moaned weakly, and Harry found comfort in his mother’s arms. 

“Guess it’s time for me to bring the coffee!” she said with a smile before disappearing in the kitchen. 

I took place on the couch, which for some reason wasn’t occupied, and Sirius dragged himself next to me. Burying his nose in my hair, he took a deep breath before moaning dramatically. 

“My head! I swear I’ll never drink again!”

“That’s already what you said last time, Pads.” objected Peter, who made a face when he found something that looked like a piece of cheese in his hair. “And the time before.”

“And even before if I’m not mistaken.” added James. 

“I thought you were on my side.” groaned Sirius, and I chuckled as he moaned again. 

Even the coffee didn’t help my poor fiancé’s headache, and he left us around noon to get some sleep in Harry’s room, claiming as loud as he dared he would get sick before joining our own home. Not very long after, Remus and Peter decided they would leave, Peter because he was exhausted and wanted to sleep until the end of the following week and Remus because no matter how hard his hangover was, he had to prepare a meeting at the ministry for the following day. After a last congratulation hug from the both of them, they thanked Lily and James for the party - “Almost as cool as the one we threw when Lily and I got engaged, I know!” - and disappeared.

After a moment of not knowing if any of us was brave enough to move from the couch, Lily eventually got to the kitchen to make something for Harry to eat and James took his courage with both hands to clean the mess we had left. I was ready to help him but he decided otherwise, waving his hand above his shoulder and telling me I should join Sirius and get some sleep too. 

“But nothing dirty in Harry’s room, you hear me?” he added with a smirk, and a roll of my eyes made him laugh. 

Harry’s bedroom was upstairs and down the hall; this way, even the noise of the regular parties we threw at the Potter’s couldn’t bother the boy when he was sleeping. I opened the door, careful not to wake Sirius up as I knew how grumpy he could be. There was no risk to disturb him in his sleep though for the simple reason that Sirius was wide awake. The room was still in the dark and he was sitting on the mattress on the floor, holding something I only recognized when I sat next to him. It was a little stuffed bunny, and even though I couldn’t see it properly I was pretty sure it was grey. 

“Are you okay, love?”

Sirius stayed silent and didn’t move for a while, before eventually slowly moving his left arm to wrap it around my shoulders. I sighed in relief, only realizing at this moment that I had been holding my breath. I knew what it meant: Sirius wouldn’t close himself, it would probably take some time but eventually he would tell me what was wrong. My eyes fell on his hand, the one holding the bunny. If Sirius was usually a master at hiding his emotions, his closest friends knew how to read him, and knew that the only way he always betrayed how he felt was through his hands. They were stiff when he was trying not to kill someone, trembling when he was terrified - even though it was rare - and clenched when he was on the verge of being submerged by his sadness. At the moment, he was tightening the bunny so hard that his fingers were whitening. 

“I just… I just wish Regulus was here to celebrate with me. Not my parents, I know they would never accept but Regulus… If only things hadn’t turned out the way they did…”

I knew there was nothing I could say, and I knew Sirius wasn’t waiting for me to say anything. He just needed someone to listen to him, and I was that someone. That’s also what our future mariage meant: I would always be there to listen to him. We didn’t share any other words; instead we laid down on the mattress and closed our eyes, snuggled in each other’s arms. It’s only then that I realized something: Sirius once told me that he had bought something for Regulus’ third birthday when he was a child. He had bought him a grey stuffed bunny. I raised myself on an elbow and laid a gentle kiss on his forehead. Already asleep, Sirius smiled. 

_

If I hadn’t seen the last crime scenes in this muggle village by myself, I would have never believed something bad was happening here. It was the most calm looking place I had ever visited. The sun was shining through the trees that were bordering the paved streets. Definitely the kind of place I wanted to spend my life in, if only there wasn’t a bloodthirsty death eater hiding there. 

“This bastard could be everywhere.” muttered Remus through his clenched teeth. “For all we know, he could be watching us right now.” 

I was sitting with Remus at a table on the patio of the local pub with Sirius and Peter only a few tables away from ours. James and Lily were walking on the path around the church, and the six of us were looking for the death eater. Despite the distance separating ud, even I could see that Lily was agitated, as usual when she had to let Harry to the muggle babysitter that was so kind. To be fair, James didn’t seem very calm either. 

“They’re going to get us caught if they keep biting their nails like this.”

Sirius’ voice made me jump, and from the corner of the eye I caught a glimpse of Remus removing his hand from his wand. Sirius and Peter had grabbed two chairs and were sitting next to us, but the table was so small that my left knee was touching Sirius’. 

“You really want to get killed?” I hissed as quietly as possible. “Because that almost happened, you idiot!”

Not in the least impressed, Sirius shrugged. 

“If you want my opinion, something is wrong here.” he said with a quiet voice. 

“You mean except the death eater part?” asked Peter absent-mindedly as he was looking at a bird that was walking on the ground, pecking at whatever he found between the tables. 

“I mean it’s too calm, even for a muggle village. Like the calm before the storm, you know?”

It was never a good thing, but Sirius was right. 

_ 

“Y/N, love, let’s get married.” 

I looked up almost absent-mindedly from the book I was reading, wanting to know if, yes or no, Rudy would eventually make Liesel fall in love with him.

“You know you’ve already asked me that, right?”

“As a matter of fact, I do remember it.” Sirius appeared in front of me, grabbed the book I was holding and tossed it on the coffee table before sitting next to me on the couch. “What I meant is: let’s get married as soon as possible. Like, right now.”

“Sirius…” At the moment, I didn’t know if the idea seemed crazy or not. To be perfectly honest, I had thought about it too; life was too unsteady to let things drag on. “Give me some time to find a proper dress and then we get married whenever you want.”

“Wait- seriously?”

Sirius was so incredulous that he missed the occasion to do his signature pun. His eyes were almost shining, and in these irises I loved so much I could see that he wasn’t sure it was really true. 

“Of course. I know as well as you do that all of this-” I said waving at the peaceful house, “-isn’t guaranteed. Anything can happen, and if something has to happen, then I want to be your wife when it does.” 

Sirius was beaming. For a second, he stayed still, probably still processing that for once, I had agreed with one of his wacky ideas. As soon as the realization eventually sunk in, he jumped on his feet and grabbed my hand. 

“I’m calling James, he’ll marry us. Get ready love, in half an hour you’re my wife!”

“Sirius, wait!” I laughed and wrapped tightly my arms around his waist before resting my head against his back. “Didn’t you hear the ‘I have to find a dress’ part? Plus, Remus is working and you know he’ll kill you as surely as Lily if we get married without him being there.”

Sirius sighed and turned to me. 

“You know, this shirt makes you look wonderfully pretty! You could definitely wear it.”

“Are you sure you like the shirt and not the fact that it’s the only thing I’m wearing?” I smirked and Sirius shook his head resignedly. 

“You know, I’m a simple man. I see a pretty girl wearing only a shirt, I want to marry her.”

“So that’s why you want to marry me?” I gasped, falsely offended.

“That’s part of the reason, yes.”

His goofy grin still plastered on his face, Sirius wrapped tightly an arm around me and pulled me against his torso. We extended our legs and tangled them, and the position we ended up in was so comfortable I was sure my eyes closed for a longer time than intended. Sirius’ breath was deep and steady, the sound even more beautiful than the sweetest lullaby to my ears. 

“Mmm?” I muttered some time later, the eyes still half closed. 

When no one answered, I opened my eyes fully. Indeed, Sirius was still deeply asleep and we were obviously alone in the house, or so I hoped as it was the middle of the night. So where did that voice I had heard come from? I could have sworn someone had said my name, but it was clear that I needed sleep more than I thought. 

“ - happening?”

His eyes were still shut and his voice hoarse, but this time I was sure Sirius was awake. When I didn’t say anything, he straightened and his fingers brushed against the skin of my arm. 

“Is everything okay?”

“If you forget the fact that I feel like I’m going crazy and I hear voices calling for me then yes, I’m okay. What’s wrong with me?”

Not impressed by my sudden outburst, Sirius made his fingers run my arm and my shoulder before squeezing it gently. 

“That’s my heart calling for you, it needs you.” His chuckle tickled the skin of my neck. “I’m sorry though, I didn’t want to put pressure on your shoulders. We should wait before-”

“No! That’s not- I don’t want to wait. I’m sure about this Sirius, I want to marry you.”

How could I tell him it had been so long since it had begun - the voices in my head? I possibly couldn’t throw in his face that for a couple of years now it had become a recurrent occurrence that I felt like someone was calling for me, sometimes whispering my name and sometimes shouting it. He would say it didn’t matter before sending me straight to St-Mungo’s which would be useless as most of the time, I had the conviction I wasn’t crazy. At first, I had thought it was normal - I mean, it happens to everyone, right? But almost three years later, I wasn’t so sure anymore. 

“You’re not going crazy, Y/N, I swear. I know what insanity looks like - remember, it galops in my family - and I can tell you you’re not insane.”

Sirius laid a gentle kiss on my hair before getting up. 

“Let’s drink an unhealthy amount of coffee and then we’ll take a walk outside. Seems right to you?”

_ _ _ 

“He wanted you to get married in his shirt Y/N, so why are you being so picky with the dresses?”

“You’re adorable Lily, but it looks like you don’t remember the days I’ve spent following you in every wedding dress store of the country.” I replied, holding two very simple white dresses in front of me. 

The image sent back by the mirror didn’t please me and I threw the satin dress on the bed. 

“Maybe, but I was being picky with an actual wedding dress, not with every white dress my friends have! Why don’t you want to buy one like me?” she whined. 

“Because I want to get married as soon as possible, not in a year.” 

I threw the other dress next to the first and sighed deeply, seriously contemplating the idea of getting married in Sirius’ shirt. Lily handed me one of the dresses I had refused to try at the beginning, begging me to put it on. 

“You look tired,” she stated as she was helping me with the laces. “Sirius says you don’t sleep well. Do you want to talk about it?”

“No, everything’s alright Lils, don’t worry. Just… the anxiousness of the wedding?”

If she found it strange that my affirmation sounded more like a question, Lily didn’t say anything, too busy she was gushing over the dress. 

“It’s the one! I knew it would fit you perfectly Y/N! I knew it!”

“Are you sure?”

I was less enthusiast than her because of this little inch of scarred skin visible at my neckline. The vestige of this night, the one thing that would never leave me along with the nightmares, it was showing up just enough to remind me of what had happened. Lily wrapped her arms around my waist and rested her chin on my shoulder, a soft smile on her lips. 

“You know he doesn’t care about it, and you shouldn’t either. It’s-”

“-a part of me, I have to accept it, I know.” I finished. “It doesn’t bother me that much, really, it’s just that, I don’t know… I would have preferred not having it to remind us of what happened.”

Lily nodded, showing me she was understanding perfectly what I was feeling. Suddenly, voices echoed in the Potter’s living-room; the boys were back from their shopping for the wedding. A glance at me convinced her I would be okay and Lily left the room to warn them not to get in. 

As for me, I wasn’t in front of the mirror anymore. I was lost in that muggle village, running away from danger, praying to see the sun again. 

_ _ _ 

Things had escalated too quickly for us to understand anything. One second the place was quiet, and then the fire was spreading. 

“I told you something was wrong!”

To be continued... 

[demifishblog]

Harry Potter Fic Recs

EDIT 6/16/18: Part the Second

So I heard a call a while back for good Harry Potter fic, which is...kind of murderously difficult to find due to the sheer volume involved.  I can't say I've made any significant dent in searching for the stuff, because it's fucking exhausting, but I do have some favorites that I cherish dearly. And being an extremely picky reader, hopefully this list will be helpful to others as well.

So. Fic recs.  Yes.

Anything, anything at all, by @copperbadge; he hasn’t been in the fandom for years, but his oldies are definitely goodies.  Stealing Harry is something of a fandom classic and really good for comfort reading, starting as it does on the happy ending and moving from there.  My personal favorite is Cartographer’s Craft, however, which is just full of wonderful things.

Anything, literally anything, by @lullabyknellart.  She has multiple long, chaptered fics in progress, and while it takes a while for her to update when she does it is glorious.  Personal favorites include face death in the hope (time-travel, Regulus Black, and emotional-disaster Harry), and into the arena with your head held high (Harry and genderfluid godkid Teddy time-travel from apocalyptic future to non-apocalyptic past and proceed to fuck shit up).

@deadcatwithaflamethrower, because she is the bomb, delightfully prolific, and produces moving, emotionally and intelluctually rich fic while making it look easy, what the fuck woman.  She also has a “I will take a hammer and fix the canon” approach to just about anything while managing to make it all jive with the original.  Current works in the fandom are Swung By Serafim (complete, gorgeous, with the book-length epilogue that we all deserved) and work-in-progress Of a Linear Circle, which is a beautiful romance and also chock full of interesting medieval facts and “hammer to canon” fixits.

@waspabi has two excellent fics (I have not read the third because it’s rpf, but go check it if that’s your thing) in the fandom: Hermione Granger’s Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run, which is exactly as amazing as it sounds (” 'You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work ”); and Stately Homes of Wiltshire, a post-canon fic where Harry is an Auror and, as anyone else could see coming, Hates His Job (but won’t admit it).  Also there are poltergeists.  Both are Drarry fics, but even if that’s not your thing I’d give it a go because @waspabi‘s Draco is unlike anyone else’s Draco, ever, and has rendered me nearly incapable of enjoying any other Draco because no one else’s can compare.

Aeturnum’s Leo Inter Serpentes series, which is just...so excellent.  Rewrite of the whole series with Harry being in Slytherin, because Draco is significantly less of a dick.  Narcissa is bomb-ass and divorces Lucius and Hermione is amazing and Snape adopts Harry and is a Good Dad, I cried okay, I cried.  Everyone is so in character and it’s so well done and just.  I inhaled the whole thing in two days, it was terrible.  Only other Drarry I will ever accept.

@ink-splotch (dirgewithoutmusic)’s boy with a scar series.  It’s a collection of stories, mostly au’s, including “Neville/Ron/Hermione are the Boy/Girl-who-lived”, Girl!Harry (once dfab, once trans), “what if Snape made up with Lily”, and many, many more.  All are absolute gems, seriously, beautiful fucking writing, will kill you with so many feels.  So. Many.  Read them all.  You will cry.  You will be happy about it.

esama is an excellent author and writes many, many things, not all of which are everyone’s cup of tea, but each fic is unique unto itself so keep that in mind when scrolling their work.  Just because you don’t like one doesn’t mean you won’t love another.  My personal favorites include D.S.S. Requirement (the Room of Requirement provides a spaceship.  No, really), Undone Wars (excellent crossover with Stargate Atlantis), and Mother May I, a Fantastic Beasts fic in which Newt recognizes Credence as an Obscurial on sight and basically adopts/kidnaps all the Barebone children immediately and forever.

And no Harry Potter fic rec from me would be complete without metisket’s side-splittingly funny There May Be Some Collateral Damage.  It’s a crossover with Bleach, but no knowledge of Bleach is required to thoroughly enjoy this ridiculous piece of perfection.  Seriously, I went into knowing that Bleach existed and what the main character looked like.  Basically, Voldemort is deemed a grim reaper’s problem, Harry Potter becomes designated bait, and chosen for his bodyguard is the most reasonable maniac you will ever meet.  Ichigo crashes through Hogwarts like a wrecking ball, everyone either hates or loves him (or in Harry’s case both), the twin’s perspective is entirely written in the plural and you will laugh every other sentence, I guarantee.  Hate prophecies? Hate Umbridge? Need cheering up?  Want to stab Voldemort with a dinner knife?  This is the fic for you.

[tathrin]

Albus Severus Potter: a defense of a well chosen name

(In conjunction with a truly excellent post by @waterbird13​, I wanted to share my additional thoughts...but without word-vomitting all over their post.)

The name “Albus Severus Potter” is about healing. About moving forward. About Harry reconciling with his past, even the nasty parts of it, and choosing not to hold on to his old grudges for the rest of his life. To live.

The same thing he chose when he walked away from King’s Cross Station.

Over the course of these seven books, Harry watched Sirius, Snape, and Dumbledore all bow, bend, and even break under the weight of their old sins and hatreds. He saw how much their refusal to let go of, to live with and move on from, the past damaged them. One could even argue that it killed them:

If Sirius and Snape had been able to learn to trust each other (not to like each other, not even to forgive each other, but just to move on and stop treating one another like the vile kids they had once been) would the whole Department of Mysteries debacle have happened as it did? If the two of them had been able to come to an understanding of one another as allies, would Harry have trusted Snape enough to believe he would pass along his message about “Padfoot” and “the place where it’s hidden”? If he’d even just trusted Snape enough to come back to the castle and check with him after they left Umbridge in the forest, he would have known that Sirius wasn’t actually in any danger...but Harry didn’t think he could rely on Snape, because of the vicious cycle of loathing between Snape and Sirius (and the memory of his dead father). Certainly their mutual hatred did nothing to make life easier for the two of them, nor for the Order as a whole, weighed-down by their old grudges; whether Sirius might have survived past the end of OotP if he and Snape had come to some kind of understand is, of course, something we’ll never know. But don’t tell me it’s not a question Harry asked himself; he even brought up the issue with Dumbledore in the immediate aftermath of Sirius’s death.

Dumbledore knew that ring was a Horcrux and he put it on anyway. He isn’t stupid, he had to have known that was a bad move -- but he was overcome by guilt and grief and he did it anyway, because he wasn’t thinking logically, he was too consumed with the need to see his sister again and, presumably, get some kind of closure that he had spent so many decades longing for. And yes, Snape cast the final spell that ended his life on the Astronomy Tower, sure -- but he was already dying, that was the whole point. If he hadn’t been doomed, would he and Snape have come up with some other plan to deal with Draco? I expect Dumbledore would have wanted to stick around longer, if for no other reason than to increase their odds of winning the war, if not for the ring that doomed him due to his fixation on the Resurrection Stone. There’s a reason why Harry was able to drop the stone in the forest and leave it behind, even though he had lost so many people he loved himself; part of that reason is that he thought he was marching to his own death, true, but the other part is that even then, he was thinking about the future. Harry didn’t die to absolve the sins of the past; he died so his friends would have a future.

That Snape was consumed and, ultimately, destroyed by the ghosts of his path should require no further illumination on my part, but if you’re not clear on it just go re-read Prince’s Tale for starters or really any of the seven books because Snape’s whole character arc was one long line of misery and an inability to forgive, move on, or let go. Always, remember?

In DH we see Harry actively reject following Dumbledore’s path when he chooses to let the D.A. help him find the Horcrux. If Dumbledore had been able to let go of the pain of his past, maybe reconcile with Aberforth, would he have needed to keep all his secrets so close to his vest? Again, maybe Dumbledore would have gone down the same path in the end...but it certainly didn’t make him happy, clinging to the sins of the past like that, and Harry knew that by the end, and he chose to step away from that.

And back to Sirius for a tangent: if he and Regulus had not been so estranged, don’t you think it likely that Regulus would have sought-out his brother (whom he knew was working against Voldemort, he had to have known, Sirius had made no secret of his allegiances for years) when he decided to turn traitor, and maybe at least shared some information with him? Maybe asked for help, even -- but at the least, he might have sent Kreacher with instructions to seek Sirius out if he couldn’t destroy the locket on his own; how different would things have been if Dumbledore had gotten his hands on one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes back then? Maybe Regulus would still have died, maybe he would have still insisted on going into that cave alone save for his elf...but other lives might have been saved, if the Black brothers had been on speaking terms...

So in summation, we know that Harry saw, first hand, the kind of damage that clinging to the wounds of the past can do to people.

Now mind you, I’m not saying that some of these grievances were not legitimate things to be upset by. Because they were! And I’m not suggesting that anyone should be “required” to forgive people who’ve hurt them, because nope. Fuck that abusive nonsense. Goodness knows I am a spiteful bitch, and I’m not about to go spouting some “forgiveness is good for the soul” bullshit here! There are things that do not deserve to be forgiven, and anger is at least as powerful a motivator as any other emotion, and there is nothing unhealthy about anger in and of itself; anger can change the world.

However...there is a point where it gets in the way if you can’t learn to work with your anger, if you can’t learn to move on in spite of your grudges. Frankly I like to think that if I were in some kind of Order of the Phoenix situation, and one of my childhood enemies were part of the group too, I would be mature enough to be able to work with the slimy good-for-nothing bastard in a professional, civil manner; not forgiving, not forgetting, but also not focusing on my own wounded pettiness the way Sirius and Snape did. Not constantly re-affirming and reveling in the old slights and torments. There were more important things to focus on than their personal feelings -- but they couldn’t move on from the past; couldn’t live in the present instead. They refused to even try.

And Harry saw that. He saw what that kind of thing does to people, saw how toxic and indeed even fatal it could be; he saw first hand (both in the Pensieve and in the present) how the cycle of hatred between Snape and the Marauders just kept circling around, clawing away at all of them, damning and damaging them all. He watched the past poisoning them for seven years.

And then he looked at his life and, as he had with Dumbledore’s habit of secrecy, he made the conscious decision not to live like that.

That is what Albus Severus’s name represents: healing, closure, moving forward. It shows that all really is well, because Harry has healed. He isn’t a broken shell living in the evils of the past; he’s a whole, healthy human being (scarred, yes, they’re all going to be scarred, and I don’t mean foreheads and arms and backs of their hands) and he is getting on with his life. He’s not wallowing. He broke free from the cycle of hatred that defined the lives of so many of the dead he lost. He isn’t reliving the sins of the past. He’s living.

And the name Albus Severus Potter shows that all is well.

Honestly, it was that name more than the whole rest of the epilogue scene, that made me actually believe the closing line of the series, and I’m sick of people shitting on it because they can’t take two seconds and think it through.

Final Notes in Rebuttal:

Harry didn’t know he was going to have two sons when James was born, so of course the first boy got both names! If he had had twin sons, it probably would have been “James Albus” and “Sirius Severus” -- but nobody ever knows for sure how many kids they’re going to have, okay? So please stop talking about how he ought to have “spread out the names” blah blah blah. That isn’t how procreation works.

Orphaned Harry Potter, who named his kids James and Lily after his own dead parents, was not going to take the name “Remus” away from his own god-son you selfish pieces of trash. That name belongs to Teddy more than it does to him, and Harry would recognize that import because he named his kids after his dead parents, so of course he’s going to leave Teddy the option to do the same! (Besides, it might have been weird for Teddy to grow up with a younger quasi-sibling named after his dead dad or mum, don’t you think? I dunno seems weird to me.) And by the way, Edward Remus Lupin already is named after Moony, so Harry’s already got a son (or god-son, anyway, and don’t even pretend that Harry wasn’t a huge part of Teddy’s life) named after him! You think he’s going to turn around and say, “oh well now someone who matters is named after Remus, and not just you, Teddy” -- which is basically what is being suggested every time someone complains that Harry didn’t name any of his kids after Remus? I don’t bloody think so!

None of the other Weasleys would ever be callous enough to even go near the name “Fred” don’t be an ass. That name belongs to George and George alone and if he never wants to hear the name “Fred” again because it hurts too much then they won’t fucking speak it. And if he wants to name his son after his dead twin, then they will respect that. End of story.

Neither “Albus” nor “Severus” are weird names in wizarding culture. This is a world where Phineas, Arcturus, Rabastan, and Lucius are all quite ordinary names for boys. Albus, in particular, would be a name that was familiar to wizarding society, after Dumbledore’s long and (in)famous career. Do you think Harry’s second son was the first “Albus” to walk through the halls of Hogwarts after Dumbledore’s death? Come on! So no, nobody is going to tease Albus because “his name is weird” pay attention to some basic world building, please!

Frankly giving your kids the names of dead people whom you knew well seems a bit awkward to me; the fact that Harry didn’t know James or Lily, and the fact that he never called either Dumbledore or Snape by their first names, gives those names some remove from immediate usage. It would be like, if I wanted to name a kid after my dead grandmother, I wouldn’t call her “Dottie” which was the name we all used for grandma; I might call her Dorothy, because nobody ever called grandma that, so while the name is still hers it doesn’t trigger immediate associations to grandma in my head, and yet would be a definite gesture toward honoring her. Right? So when Harry shouts, “Albus, stop that!” he isn’t going to automatically feel like he’s talking to Dumbledore...so just, remember that there is some level of remove between the names “Albus” and “Severus” and the people who bore those names, for Harry. So yes, he named his son after a man he hated...but he used a name that was never really associated with that man in his head, and which furthermore was just the kid’s middle name, so...yeah. It was more of a gesture, a symbol, I think. If he’d called him “Snape” it would have been weird; he would have had a hard time shaking the associations of that name, I expect. But the name “Severus” meant as much to him as...well, as the first names of some of your teachers whom you only ever knew as “Mr Smith” or “Ms Jones” etc. And that’s also why Sirius works as a middle name much better than it would as a first name, just btw.

Ginny Weasley grew up with more family than she knew what to do with. Harry grew up with none (oh he had relatives, but the Dursleys weren’t family). Ginny spent her whole life having a family; Harry finally got to make a family of his own (to recreate what he’d lost on Oct 31, 1981) after they got married. Not a family that had welcomed him into its folds, but a family all of his own. That would have meant a lot to him, more than it meant to her; Ginny could take family for granted. You don’t think she understood how important having kids was to him? Yeah, she would have wanted kids too or she wouldn’t have had any -- but it would have been an expected, matter-of-fact thing to her. To Harry...it would have been the whole world. So yes, I expect she was perfectly content to let Harry have the emotional catharsis of suggesting their kids’ names, and going along with his preferences, because it would have meant so much more to him than it did her. Ginny had six brothers. Do you really think Molly and Arthur spent hours and hours picking out big, deep, meaningful names for each of them? Or do you think, more likely, they just picked some names they liked and didn’t make it into a great big deal? So I reckon Ginny looked at it much the same way: “I’ve got kids, does it matter what their names are so long as I can shout them real loud when they do something like blow-up half the house?” (Can you not see Ginny turning to Harry at some point in the middle of the night and saying, “Sirius would be a good middle name for a boy.” And Harry would be all, “Er...yeah, I guess so, but shouldn’t we pick a first name first?” and Ginny just laughing at him and saying, “Oh Harry, please, like I haven’t known what the names of our first son and daughter were going to be since I was first crushing on you when I was ten...” And Harry would blush, and mumble, and admit she was right.)

Naming your kid after a house-elf probably would be a good way to get them teased, however.

[theslytherinaghighlady]

Why Slytherin aren't that bad, an essay

Someone kind of asked why we like Slytherin and why we are proud of beeing one of them. I can't find the post but I really wanna talk about it. If anyone knows who asked it, please tell me so I can tag this person.

I will divide this post to be as clear as possible. First, I will talk about what we have about the Slytherin house as canon, just facts. Then I will talk about the Slytherins that I like. And then I will talk about the thinks we related with being a Slytherin. Obviously, it will be kind of an essay, so I will do a little "TL;DR".

As canon, first let's talk about the three words. "Proud, ambitious and cunning" (Pottermore), none of this word are bad words. You need to be ambitious to get anything. It doesn't need to be a bad thing, be ambitious does not means "I will have everything", you need to be ambitious when you think "oh, i will go to that college, i will go get that job". See, everyone need a little of ambition to go anywhere. About be proud, you can be proud of who you are - I know it sounds obvious, but you can actually like things and be ashemed for like it, and you should never be ashemed of who you are and what do you like. You can also be proud of  your achievements, how much you grow up. Now, about cunning, I have a problem with this word because it sounds like a bad word but as far as i'm concerned, it just means be clever and I really can't understand how it could be a bad thing. Now, let's talk about my favorite point "Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends" (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). Any means. This sounds like we are ready to kill a lot of people, right? Not necessarily. When you don't go to a party because you have to stay home and study, you're doing any means to achieve your ends (your future, your carrer). When you stop being in touch with people who makes you feel bad, you're doing any means to achive your ends (your mental health in this case). So, basically, it means you are ready to make sacrifices for you and your goals. See? You don't need to be ready to kill people. When you get sorted into Slytherin on Pottermore, you have this beautiful welcome message and I will quote a few parts here. First, "We play to win" this doesn't mean that we will do everything to win, it means that we will do our best to win. It means we will push ourselfs foward and foward until we get there. "But we’re not bad people. We’re like our emblem, the snake: sleek, powerful, and frequently misunderstood." I love this part, but i don't have anything to add here, it speaks for itself. And then we have this "we Slytherins look after our own" and I will talk a lot about it later. Now, we have this part "You know what Salazar Slytherin looked for in his chosen students? The seeds of greatness.You’ve been chosen by this house because you’ve got the potential to be great, in the true sense of the word." and let's be honest, everyone can be great, but not everyone will seek the greatness - we will, always. Well, let's talk about this quote from Hagrid "There's not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). We know that is totally not true, right? We can talk about Peter Pettigrew another time, but he is a good example. You just need to know that it’s just not true.

Now, about the Slytherins I like. The good ones. I wanna stat with Narcisa Black Malfoy. First, she was never a Death Eater. When Voldemort threatened her son, she went seek the one person she thought that could help him. She went to beg Snape to keep her son save. When Draco had his wand stoled by Harry, she gave her own wand to him. My favorite thing about the part she lied to Voldemort about Harry being dead isn't the fact that she lied, but why. It was all about her son. It was about her maternal pure love for him. Not about good and evil, but her son, her love. She and Lucius went to the castle looking for him and both was without their wands. This is beautiful, this is love. Going back in time, we have Andromeda Black Tonks. She married a muggle-born (Ted). She was disowned. She raised Nymphadora Tonks. She lost her husband, her daughter, her son-in-law. Then, she raised Teddy. I mean, she came from this prejudiced family, married a muggle-born, raised a amazing person and then she raised the son of her daughter and a werewolf. Then, we have Regulus Black. He was the first and probably the one before Dumbledore who figured out Voldemort's secret. Yes, he was a Death Eater, but he defected for his own free will. He sacrificed himself when he was eighteen to stop Voldemort for his own will. We can discuss why he become a Death Eater another day, I will be glad to do it. Well, I don't actually like The Cursed Child, but Scorpius Malfoy is one of the best people ever. We can also talk about Horace Slughorn, because yes, he did a pretty bad things, but he was never a bad person. We can talk about Sirius's uncle Alphard Black, who left him a large inheritance - let's be honest, it's obvious here that he cared more about his nephew than all the pure-blood supremacist ideology. And then, Merlin himself was one of us. We don't actually know exactly what he did, but he do have the Order of Merlin, you know. I'm sure I can find another examples, but I really don't wanna talk about every single one. Well, for last, I wanna explain something here. I will not talk about Severus Snape. I personally extremely dislike him, I don't think about him as a good guy. But I'm sure some people would be glad to talk about it, but personally, I just won't put him here.

Now, my favorite part. What we related with being a Slytherin. First, I personally like to say I wanna "reach the stars". For me, it means be financially stable and comfortable. It means do a really good job and be reconized for doing it. It means be mentally stable, it means leave my shit behind. It meant, for a really long time, be happy and not in a psychologically abusive home. This was what I desire most. This is ambition. This means I will cut ever single person from my life if I'm suffering because of this person. It means I will never apologize for being myself, for doing what is best to me and my mental health. As a friend, Slytherins will be the person who tell you to put your shit together. We will push you foward, push you until the line because we know that you can do it, you can handle it, even when you don't realise it. We can be a lot protective with our friends, because friends are family ("we Slytherins look after our own", remember?). We are that one person you can call at 3am just to cry on the phone - that's okay. We will tell you to drop toxic people from your life. We will tell you to drop your job because you can do better, you deserve better, because this one is driving you crazy. We will never let you to sacrifice your mental health, especially not because some stupid people who doesn't give a shit about you. We will say how you deserve better, that you can do better. We will talk about how important is to put yourself first. We will be that person who says “Stop crying, he’s not worth your tears”. There is nothing we wouldn't do for those who we call friends. We will always be that person. Sure, we do a lot of jokes that say we are terrible people, but we are not actually bad people. We can be like "looks like a cinnamon roll but could kill you" and "looks like could kill you but it's a cinnamon roll". Sure, we will say "I would kill" for it, for someone, that kind of thing. But it actually doesn't mean we would actually kill someone. About things that we related with our house, I wanna talk about leather couch and leather jackets. Cigarette and cigars. Red wine. Whiskey. Sarcasm. Motorbike. Fireplaces. Sleeping in a fucking cold room with a lot of blankets. Oh, obviously, we swear a lot. Marble. Fancy cars. Fancy clothes. Fancy anything, actually. Jewels. Exotic stones. We can be brave. We can be smart. We can be loyal. We are not the bad guys. We are differents people with differents stories and differents ways to deal with different things.

An last little quote from the Welcome message: "All right, you might see a couple of people hanging around the common room whom you might not think are destined for anything special. Well, keep that to yourself. If the Sorting Hat put them in here, there’s something great about them, and don’t you forget it."

TD;DR The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters neither into good people and Slytherins.

[enbysiriusblack]

"Mother says it's my turn", Regulus stood in the doorway of the parlour, frowning as Sirius continued to play the piano.

"Mother also says you're too old for teddy bears and yet I saw you playing with Emeric earlier."

Regulus didn't say anything else, instead he made his way to the sofa, sitting on it and staring at the back of Sirius.

Sirius contiued to play his own composition, ignoring Regulus' glare. But after five minutes, Sirius groaned, turning around on the stool and matching Regulus' glare.

"What?"

Regulus frowned again, "Are you going to tell mother about Emeric?"

Sirius sighed, letting his fingers fall from the keys, "No."

"Thank you, Sirius", Regulus smiled.

Sirius leaned against the piano, letting his arm drop onto the piano keys letting out a mixture of loud rings that made Regulus wince.

"Y'know Emeric, the guy you named your little bear after, killed people?"

Regulus folded his arms, "But he was powerful and furthered knowledge of the dark arts."

Sirius shrugged, "You're still idolising a violent killer."

"But I don't like violence."

"Yeah, I know", Sirius huffed, "So why do you name teddy bears after violent people? Or read and have posters of mass murderers, like Grindelwald?"

Regulus frowned uncomfortably, "Mother said they protect us from the muggles."

Sirius laughed, "She's stupid."

"You can't say that!" Regulus gasped, "I'll tell mother you called her that!"

Sirius turned back to the piano, "Then I'll tell her you didn't get rid of Emeric like she told you to", Sirius tutted, "Breaking her rules, Reggie? She's going to be very disappointed in you."

Regulus frowned before muttering, "I won't tell her."

Sirius grinned, "Y'know she is right about that though. You'll get made fun of for bringing a stuffed bear to Hogwarts."

"No one would dare make fun of a member of the Black family, we're the most noble family left."

Sirius stood up from the stool, heading to the door, "You should get out more, Reg."

Regulus scrambled after him, "Does that mean I can use the piano now?"

[furryproblem]

five times - argument ( for both teddy and marlene bc I want you to suffer )

five times & ? | @rosewristsYou’re cheating and you’re only getting one because lemme chill

ONE.The typical argument between Marlene and Remus usually consists of damn, that guy is hot, followed by what the fuck he’s definitely not. Maybe it’s a little weird to argue about how attractive the members of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team are, but really, they are Marlene and Remus, it’s not like they actually care. Besides, it’s all friendly and said in a playful tone, and even Peter beside them can’t help but grin.

TWO.He’s not really angry; more upset. It isn’t even disappointment, only the fact that it hurts to see Marlene so close to Sirius. And it hurts a little bit more when she asks what the hell is wrong with him and that, whatever it is that happened between them, it cannot possibly be that bad. And yes, maybe Remus lets out a sarcastic laugh and what would you know about that, McKinnon?, but he calms down, even as Marlene points out ─ angrily, but never screaming ─ that he should just tell her what’s wrong. And so he does, and it feels great.

THREE.Are you really sure about this, Remus? She doesn’t tell him no, she never says it’s a bad idea, and she happily listens to all his reasons that speak for a relationship with Regulus. She points out where it might go wrong, and she never ignores the fact that he will most likely become a Death Eater sooner or later. Remus argues that he’s still Regulus and really, that’s all that matters. And in the end, Marlene smiles and tells him to go for it, and he knows he really doesn’t deserve her.

FOUR.I can’t imagine he would do that. ── I know, Marlene, but remember how he almost got Snape killed? I just... it kinda does make sense. They argue about it a lot ( at least at those times when they aren’t crying ), and it’s even worse because none of them is that convinced Sirius would betray James, of all people, but the evidence is there, and he’s done horrible things before, and it just makes sense.

FIVE.We can’t just kidnap Harry. Remus says these words and he knows immediately that he doesn’t mean it. He still argues with Marlene about it, half-heartedly, because he’s made his decision already, and he is thankful that is anger is cold and controlled as they apparate straight into the living room of the Dursleys to take Harry away from them.