whimsicalbus

[whimsicalbus]

ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 a gentle reminder that at its core harry potter is a christian children’s book series :

i recently began to reread the chronicles of narnia and i was completely taken off guard by the amount of negativity aimed at aslan and in a way it reminded me so deeply of this fandom’s treatment of albus :(

˚₊‧꒰ა 𓂋 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

there are some parallels between the two series and characters that aren’t subtle in the slightest the most obvious being the two characters ‘deaths’ :

aslan is accompanied to his death place by susan and lucy, he allows them only to travel with him so far before walking the rest of the journey by himself, before his death he is mocked and degraded while the girls sob and wish to come to his rescue but remain frozen by fear hidden behind trees and shrubs :

᧔•᧓ "oh, children, children. here you must stop. and whatever happens, do not let yourselves be seen. farewell."

and both the girls cried bitterly (though they hardly knew why) and clung to the lion and kissed his mane and his nose and his paws and his great, sad eyes. then he turned from them and walked out on to the top of the hill. and lucy and susan, crouching in the bushes, looked after him, and this is what they saw.

᧔•᧓"why, he's only a great cat after all!" cried one.

"is that what we were afraid of?" said another.

and they surged round aslan, jeering at him, saying things like

"puss, puss! poor pussy," and "how many mice have you caught today, cat?" and "would you like a saucer of milk, pussums?"

"oh, how can they?" said lucy, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"the brutes, the brutes!" for now that the first shock was over the shorn face of aslan looked to her braver, and more beautiful, and more patient than ever.

this is very similar to albus’ death in harry potter where harry walks with albus to the astronomy tower only to be told to hide under his invisibility cloak and not to walk the rest of the journey with albus, albus is then mocked and degraded by the death eaters while harry wishes to save him unable to due to being immobilised :

᧔•᧓ "go and wake severus," said dumbledore faintly but clearly. "tell him what has happened and bring him to me. do nothing else, speak to nobody else, and do not remove your cloak. i shall wait here.”

“but—"

"you swore to obey me, harry — go!"

᧔•᧓ "pleased to see me, dumbledore?"

"no, i cannot say that i am."

greyback grinned, showing pointed teeth. Blood trickled down his chin

and he licked his lips slowly, obscenely.

"but you know how much i like kids, dumbledore."

ultimately both aslan and albus fall under the category of characters inspired by jesus, while aslan’s is more explicit, albus is deemed a godlike man in the wizarding world though he is mortal and therefore not omnipotent…

the biggest complaint against aslan is that he isn’t always there when he’s needed, he allowed the residents of narnia to live in terror for an extensive amount of time, while he eventually shows his face and ends the season of winter his original absence is often held against him by the fandom, albus is treated in a similar manner after all why does it matter what good he does when he also allowed bad things to happen ?

this is genuinely most people’s problem with religion, the idea that god allows bad things to happen, that god allows innocent people to suffer… while we may never know why it’s important to reflect on free will, it is believed that god provided us with the ability to make our own choices and that those choices are ours and ours alone, the idea of heaven is also important, all suffering on earth is for a mere moment though long in may seem when we are living it but heaven and peace are eternal.

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aslan allows his people to exercise their free will, he allows people to shut him out, he allows people to be cruel and callous but when he is needed, when he is truly needed he helps the individuals who love him and live by his rules of kindness and righteousness.

this idea is reflected in harry potter by albus’ line :

᧔•᧓ “help will always be given at hogwarts to those who ask for it”

my point is that harry potter is a christian book series and its characters reflect this, tom riddle wasn’t a victim of albus he reflects someone who shuts god out, albus reaches out to him at the orphanage by offering to take him to diagon alley but tom refuses this. he eats fruit from the garden of eden (he creates horcruxes) like queen jadis does in narnia, they both are rewarded with eternal life but whatever remains of their souls are destroyed, heaven may never be reached.

the route to heaven is through forgiveness, it is through remorse… gellert grindelwald is absolved of his sins because he has known love, he feels love and he feels shame, he rights his wrongs and so he is forgiven… tom is unable to do this and so he dies a sinner, he has shunned god, he is unable to feel sorry for what he has done.

death was a mercy for a soul who had forced himself to live a life of nothing but greed and cruelty

[whimsicalbus]

albus, elphias and minerva (if she had attended hogwarts in 1900) would be the golden trio of their time <3

[whimsicalbus]

and speaking of it... honoria seems very interesting to me, i wish there was more info about her. it is not confirmed but i feel like she's a paternal aunt, and although she has vibes of a strict woman, i also feel that she is the crazy aunt type (sorry if i seems rude) but i love that!

i get emotional when i see kendra or ariana fanarts (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) they are so precious to me <\3

[whimsicalbus]

i get emotional when i see kendra or ariana fanarts (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) they are so precious to me <\3

[whimsicalbus]

i can't stop thinking in grindeldore when i hear this song... "there's only twenty-four hours in a day and half of those, you lay awake with thoughts of murder and carnage" "there's only twenty-four hours and that's not enough, to lie like you lie or love like you love"