#why i hate harry

[nonokoko13]

I don't know if it needs to be said but if you haven't figured it out yet I don't want any Trump supporters following or interacting with me. Stay the fuck away from me

[leighbaye]

[blorger]

yes, hello, please let the record show that when Harry and Draco meet at Madame Malkin's and Harry is reminded strongly of Dudley Draco hasn't done anything that is particularly vile, he's just

been blond (technically "pale", we can't yet make the Dudley to Draco connection via hair color)

talked about having two involved parents

I direct the jury to this exchange:

Draco is just behaving like a kid, even if he uses the world "bully" ( he's clearly using it hyperbolically) and drawls (the Malfoy Special, if you will). This is not exactly villain foreshadowing 101.

Something could be said for how Draco's words suggest a power dynamic wherein he's in control of his parents, like Harry views Dudley and the Dursleys's relationship, but also... Draco is a child making boastful remarks to another child, one would expect exaggeration as par for the course.

I fail to see any signs of Great Evil; Draco's phrasing may have triggered feelings of inadequacy and maybe also envy, (Harry wants a family most of all as per the mirror of erised) but also, Harry has presumably been going to school and has met plenty of parented children, this can't be a new situation.

What I'm saying is that jkr is doing a bit of a tell don't show, she is giving us the key with which we are to interpret every one of Draco and Harry's interactions from this moment on but kind of falls flat in the execution.

What I (and others beside me) read in their following interaction is just two people not understanding eachother. One boy feels confused, insecure and out of his depth and the other one doesn't know this is happening. Draco is trying to make a good impression on a schoolmate by saying any and all impressive things he can think of, not knowing that by repeating his father's greatest hits he's inadvertently alienating Harry.

In conclusion, your honor, I posit to you that upon their meeting Harry immediately feels strongly about Draco but, in his inexperience (and lack of emotional development see: cupboard), he is unable to identify the origin of said strong feelings and attributes them to dislike (the Dudley Connection). Thus a scene meant to highlight their incompatibility ends up foreshadowing Harry and Draco's unusual bond instead.

tldr: drarry is a great ship, jkr is an idiot savant who managed to write the greatest enemies to lovers storyline of all time without meaning to and also I know I'm reaching but I've decided this is the bible truth since truth is what you make of it.

[bawbawbridgie]

i lied. put your clothes back on. let’s talk about why cursed child is so overly hated and criticised but is actually one of the most beautiful, raw and complex pieces of work in the harry potter franchise.

[myokk]

quidditch champions seb

[corwnvus]

I was wondering if you could draw regulus wearing james winter hat and jacket while holding a little baby lamb? Please 🐑 with a pink bow 🎀

This was really cute bit I'm NEVER drawing a lamb again...

+ a lil polaroid ver cus my dad said it looked like one.

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

I got inspired to make this after spending more than 5 minutes on Facebook (I know better but I'm looking for a TV so I was checking marketplace but I'm easily distracted)

[harrysdimples]

The Making of Harry’s House - A Timeline (Fine Line Version)

[bitter-rayjay]

Bonus Jean Vicquemare:

[erinwantstowrite]

wait ur a hp fan??/pos

i have such a complicated relationship with the harry potter series because yes it did shape me as a person, yes it was my first book, yes it was my first fandom, yes i did start writing because of harry potter. but also i hate JKR and the message behind the series now that i'm an adult. harry didn't get the ending that he deserved, he didn't get a lesson worth living for

[raggedy-spaceman]

It's that time again

[handledwithgloves]

guys, guys, hear me out.

i dont think draco would care that harry was powerful.

think about it. draco knew full well harry destroyed voldy as a toddler and still bullied him. then he lived with one of the most powerful wizards of their time and was afraid yes but also incredibly unimpressed by voldy as a whole.

the only way he would care about harry being pwerful is that it would give him incentive to become just as powerful if not more. he wouldnt care to look at harry with starry eyes bc he would be like “psh, i could do that if i tried. obvs i just haven’t tried yet.”

ex. harry uses wandless magic, draco: i didnt know we could do that… bet i could do it better than you. how long did u practice for? i could probably do it half that.

like, did i cook, chat? do u get it?

[lilithofpenandbook]

Seriously how can M*r*uders stans like random Slytherins (who tf are Evan Rosier, Pandora (is that Luna's mum and why tf is she Evan Rosier's twin in half of these), and I don't even want to discuss Regulus) and make them Actually Misunderstood Good People Who Were Forced Down That Path when at least one of them *coughreguluscough* was obsessed with Voldemort

And then turn around and make Snape an awful person?

[abearinthewoods]

Randomly thinking about how jk Rowling coded it in to the HP universe that the stairs to the girls dorms had a spell to keep boys out but not the inverse. Even having a character explain to Ron that its because the founders viewed boys as less trustworthy.

In retrospect given that it really shouldn't have been a surprise when she harpooned on about "men in dresses trying to invade women's spaces". She clearly sees sexual deviancy as a distinctly male trait.

[soraya-snape]

Just realized that at my age Snape recently, had defected from Voldemort and was being a double agent for Dumbledore as well as a teacher at Hogwarts despite suffering the loss of the most important person in his life. In addition to that, he had already created multiple spells and improved potions, and was just in general a very gifted wizard. And here I am not even able to read an email, let alone write one because I'm too scared. He really is the bravest, strongest and most talented man I know.

[startanewdream]

Rewatched the HBP movie last night and, Sweet Lord, they've butchered my fave book.