The most unrealistic thing in the Harry Potter series isn’t the moving pictures or the flying it’s the fact that no one told Draco and Harry to “just kiss already” during their bickering.
when you remember you write for stuff other than kpop groups
Harry Potter
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Hermione Granger
“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” (Primo Levi)
Ron Weasley
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” (William Shakespeare)
Ginny Weasley
“There are no heroes…in life, the monsters win.” (George RR Martin)
Neville Longbottom
“Murderers are not monsters, they’re men. And that’s the most frightening thing about them.” (Alice Sebold)
Luna Lovegood
“Will looked horrified. ‘What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?’” (Cassandra Clare)
I think i’ll reread the Harry Potter books sometime this year
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
XuanYi
“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”
Bona
“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
Exy
“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
Soobin
“I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled. Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed.”
Luda
“I mean, it’s sort of exciting, isn’t it, breaking the rules?”
Dawon
“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
Eunseo
“Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
ChengXiao
“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.”
MeiQi
“I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. ‘Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with.’”
Yeoreum
“You’re a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant… but scary.”
Dayoung
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
Yeonjung
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
wjsn’s most recent comeback is soooo amazing and it’s even better that it happened on my birthday :)
Hey so JK Rowling went full mask off and is advertising an explicitly terf store now.. Also sure is weird how TERF talking points usually consistently leave trans men out of these conversations and usually always direct their hateful rhetoric toward trans women.
“Once again, it’s the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts so, as promised, I shall apologise for a death. This year: Remus Lupin.” - J.K Rowling on the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts
Lupin’s death hit me hard. He’d had an immensely tragic thing happen to him and he had grown to believe he wasn’t capable of living a human life and having friends or relationships. And then he was accepted by the Marauders and they didn’t scorn him for his “furry little problem.” He had friends who cared for him, who’d lay down their life for him, and then in an instance, two were killed and the other is sent to Azkaban for being responsible. Years later, he regains who he used to be and finds the thread of happiness; he has friends and has created his own little family, only for it to be ripped away.
Rowling has said that she needed Lupin to die to show the devastating impact of war and how it leaves behind orphans, so Teddy is the echo of Harry.
But the image of Remus, Sirius, James and Lily reunited in the forest with Harry offered a bit of comfort.
#qbdchallenge Day 1 (late): So I’ve decided to take part in the April #bookstagram challenge! Day 1 was your favourite series and like millions of other people it’s Harry Potter. It’s been 14 years since I first picked up a Harry Potter book and I’ve loved it ever since.
I think what people dont realize is that Snape is a complex well-written character, who has a 3 dimensional personality, the depth of which cannot be encompassed by a singular word like ‘good' or 'asshole’ , the latter of which is mostly used by tumblr to completely disregard everything else regarding his character
First of all, Snape WAS brave, you can try to deny that, you can argue with me over that but you cannot deny the fact that he had the guts to lie to Voldemort’s face, to go behind his back.You can also not deny the fact that the man played a pivotal role in Harry’s protection and in winning the war.He was a man who knew that he wasn’t going to make it out alive, but he came to terms with that and put himself in grave danger for the sake of the greater good
Secondly, people seem to confuse 'being a caring teacher’ with ’ being a good teacher’ ,and though Snape wasnt caring or loving, he was a good teacher. He taught his students properly, prepared them for their examinations and passed on his knowledge and he was fair. People seem to quote him taking away points from gryffindor for no reason, but at no point did he unjustly did so, I mean my teachers reprimand me from answering without being called on, doesn’t mean they are assholes.Also if I remember correctly he wasn’t the one who gave his fave house just enough points at the eleventh hour to make them conveniently win the house cup.
third, no matter what you say his dislike for Remus and Sirius was justified, they put his life in danger ffs, not to mention the continuous bullying they subjected him to even before he called lily a mudblood. i donot however agree with him revealing Remus’s secret but i will discuss that further down
Fourth, please stop using his actions as a student in your arguments against him, when you oh-so-readily wave of the mauraderer’s actions because they were 'kids’. Yes Snape was a little shit, but he was a child moreover he was a child who had not only never had the best family life but he was constantly being bullied by his peers *cough*jamesandsirius*cough*, not only that but his own house alienated him because of his friendliness towards lily, he didn’t belong anywhere, he didn’t fit in and he was scared and young, he made bad decisions but if you can forgive Draco you can give him the benefit of doubt.
with that being said, I dislike the man deeply but he wasn’t inherently bad just childish. His treatment of Harry was out of petty, his hatred for Neville was a product of him not being able to deal with his own loss and wanting to be able to blame someone else, and his treatment of Lupin and Sirius was a childhood grudge held which he held onto for too long because he had nothing else to grasp to.He was jealous of what others had around him, when he himself had noone to call his own, which is why i believe he held onto Lily till the very end because she was the only one who had been familiar to him
so yes, he might have been an asshole, he was definitely a bit (a lot) pathetic but at the same time he was so much more
Reader: How did you come up with [symbolism, allegory, theme, etc.]?
Normal Author: Lol I didn’t even realize I did that??? Haha that is so funny.
JKR: This was my plan from the beginning. I have been formulating symbols for 20 years. Before I even came up with my characters, I was contriving plot twists to be revealed online after, and only after, my work had been published and the story is finished. I knew from the beginning, in the 1990s, that this was a possibility and that I would be world-famous because I am a genius. Also, Hedwig is a reincarnation of Lily Potter.
