281. Okay but ravenclaws door knocker was the biggest gossip in school. I mean, the amount of shit it must’ve heard in all its years at Hogwarts. If you asked, the knocker would always tell, and probably ramble on for a good hour about other unrelated gossip, but it was always interesting for the ravenclaws to listen too.

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280. Not many people knew but the ravenclaw door knocker was actually amazing at giving advice. Ravenclaws would stand and vent, only for the knocker to reply back with wisdom and help.

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Mornings

FIVE IN THE MORNING IS NOT GOOD FOR RAVENCLAWS I SWEAR. I REPEAT FIVE IN THE MORNING IS NOT GOOD FOR RAVENCLAWS.

Love Looney Lou xxx

Ravenclaws that start research for a class and then get distracted reading about it and forget about the actual work that needs doing…

Ravenclaw: *spends 6 hours in the dead of night learning about particular subject for class*

-the next morning-

Slytherin: You completed that (insert thing) work for (insert thing)?

Ravenclaw: I DIDN’T ACTUALLY GET TO THAT PART I WAS DISTRACTED OKAY 

When it’s your besties birthday but you’re still a massive child.

(I didn’t forget you were coming, I swear, I just wanted the bath before everyone else)

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY JAY YOU OLD PENSIONER.

Love Looney Lou

Messy eaters

RAVENCLAWS are messy eaters. You’ll find them in the corner of the dining hall with book in one hand and fork in the other. And if youll look closer youll find that they have bits of their curry on their lap.

Looney Lou

( speaking from experience )

Ravenclaw Headcanon

Ravenclaws don’t like being the center of attention, but they still want their achievements to be recognized.

Ravenclaw Headcanon

Ravenclaws rotate between two modes when it comes to reading:

1. Reading at least three books at once. Going through an entire series in less than a month.

Or

2. Going 6 months without reading anything. Notherless they are still buying new books

Ravenclaw Headcanon

Ravenclaws are known for being good gift givers. They live for providing their friends with thoughtful and practical presents. But when the time arises they will spend money on the funniest joke gift just to see their friend laugh.

Ravenclaw Headcanon

Ravenclaws are the most likely to actually pay attention to the news, but the least likely to want to talk about it.

Ravenclaw: makes art that makes you think, weirdly chaotic process (ie. using a hair dryer on high blast to work on a painting faster at 2am with a paintbrush in their mouth), can have hour long arguments over whether or not modern art needs to be beautiful, takes way too long to make all of their measurements precise, most likely out of all of the houses to sketch their observations casually, don’t ever copy their work because they pride themselves on their artistic creativity and composition skills and they will tear you down if you do copy their work, all of their works have complex meanings and every part of it is intentional like their color choices or even different sizes of subjects, have a habit of analyzing the proportions of people’s faces, “you have a great nose”, most likely out of all the houses to want to go to an art museum and stare dreamily at all the pieces

Hufflepuff: makes art to make themselves happier (this can either mean using it as an outlet to speak out about their darker/sad emotions or just making art that makes them smile), Van Gogh obsessed, gets a bit frustrated about how thin the pigmentation of yellow paint is because they use it all the time in their works and are too broke to buy more, will gift their art to people because even though it’s hard to part with their work it’s giving a part of themselves to another person, has the cutest biggest smile when someone complements their work, they’re the messiest out of all the houses and will usually have paint/charcoal/marker/whether medium all over themselves and their clothes, will always doodle in class, best at taking criticism (maybe? I feel like they would take it in stride to be better artists. Feel free to disagree), will always complement other artists’s work because they know how amazing that feels

Gryffindor: big bold ideas and colors, I have a feeling most Gryffindors prefer to use paint, besides the ones who go for more “outside the box” materials and try to make installations or sculptures, tend to leave projects unfinished because they start them in a flurry of excitement but then get frustrated when it doesn’t look like how they wanted it to, probably couldn’t explain to you why they created something in a certain way, “so why did you choose to do that” “I just felt like it”, their emotions drive their work and their work ethic, that being said they work in sporadic flashes of enthusiasm before losing the want to create something, your criticism will go in one ear and out the other because they’re making their art for themselves not for others, determined to make their own artistic style

Slytherin: you should feel incredibly honored if they ask you to critique their art because it’s like them baring their soul to you (and because normally Slytherins suck at taking constructive criticism especially if it’s about something so personal), deep and dark topics (even in seemingly happy art), draws a lot of their inspiration from their emotions and past experiences, gets annoyingly competitive about art even though art shouldn’t be a competitive field, never gets paint on themselves, will definitely have a muse that they love to sketch because wow that person takes their breath away, will hide their art if you try to look over their shoulder, tends to hate their art because they have unrealistically high expectations for themselves

Hufflepuff: “I appreciate you.”

Gryffindor: “I admire you.”

Ravenclaw: “You inspire me.”

Slytherin: “I’m proud of you.”

• Read a good book. It doesn’t have to be something studious. I suggest poetry or a good fairytale for times that you want to disconnect yourself from your worries. Just sit by a window, allow yourself to sink into a pile of pillows, and immerse yourself into the words on the page. 
• Go stargazing with someone who will let you point out all the constellations that you know in the sky to them. Engage in delightful conversation about your hopes and fears while making up new constellations that amuse you.
• Drink something iced, specifically in a glass cup with a straw so you can mix the drink and hear how the ice clinks against the sides of the glass. Try to notice how refreshed you feel after you take your first sip.
• Have a friendly, or not so friendly if you’re the confrontational type, debate with someone about a topic that you really care about. Afterwards feel impressed with yourself for your witty comebacks and surprisingly wide area of knowledge about the topic, because you’ve naturally picked up information by just living life without even noticing it.
• Try to create some form of art. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It doesn’t even have to be remotely beautiful to anyone else. Just allow the pencil or paintbrush or any artistic utensil to move you and create something that speaks to yourself and your emotions.
• Wear bronze toned jewelry (rings, necklaces, earrings, etc.) and feel powerful and unique. Bronze isn’t exactly the most popular color for jewelry but you stand out with it. It’s strong and stately and hearkens back to ancient ages.
• Spend an hour learning about a random topic that you’ve always been curious about. Learn for yourself, not a grade, or a teacher, or for any stressful tests in the future. Let yourself learn and soak in as much or as little as you like. 
• Sit in a public location, preferably with a nice drink and music pouring through headphones if you want to feel more secure instead of exposed to the elements, and people-watch. Notice the look in each person’s face as they walk by or how children still make sure to not step on cracks as their parents lead them by the hand. Feel connected to every other human being while feeling perfectly yourself at the same time. 
• Surround yourself with people you trust and be as weird or as goofy as you’d like to be. Say the jokes that come to your mind and act as true to yourself as you can. You don’t need to cover up your true personality. 

Hogwarts Houses as Van Gogh Quotes pt.2

Hufflepuff: “There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”

Gryffindor: “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

Ravenclaw: “Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”

Slytherin: “Art is to console those who are broken by life.”

Hogwarts Houses as Atticus Poems

Gryffindor: “She flirted with life, and life flirted right back with her, as if all the universe around, became more alive just for her, and everything felt her glow, an incandescence, in the dew, in the stars, in the colors of the sky, and it all shone for her, bright as it could, in the hopes to catch her eye.”

Hufflepuff: “Her love happened to me a hundred times at once, in a thousand different ways, in a million different colors.”

Ravenclaw: “I think it’s beautiful the way you sparkle when you talk about the things you love.”

Slytherin: “She was the most beautiful, complicated thing I’d ever seen. A tangled mess of silky string. And all I wanted of life, was to sit down cross-legged and untie her knots.”

Dear Ravenclaw,

You are so full of wonder for the world. Your eyes sparkle like the stars you admire. I want to thank you for being you. I want you to know it’s ok to not live up to people’s standards. You don’t have to be perfect. What if stars were designed to be in straight lines across the heavens? What would happen to all the intricate constellations? Don’t force yourself to fit into the lines that society tries to put you in. You and the stars will shine brilliantly wherever you are.

Sincerely, someone who knows you feel a lot of pressure

The Hogwarts Houses on Thanksgiving

Gryffindor: “Lets have a Friendsgiving guys!”

Slytherin and Ravenclaw: “No.”

Hufflepuff: “Aww I think a Friendsgiving would be fun…”

Slytherin: “So do you wanna make the pie?”

Ravenclaw: “Yeah I’m on it.”

Gryffindor: “Tom and Jerry”love- When I first met you I didn’t like you but somehow we grew from that. We play fight a lot and tease each other constantly, but I know we care for each other. We’ve become a solid friendship for troublemaking. When I realized I liked you, it hit me like a truck, and I knew I was screwed. It didn’t end well, I never told you because I didn’t think you’d feel the same way. Now I see you with her and I regret it. 

Hufflepuff: “Cherry blossom”love- Loving you was easy. You are the most caring person I know. Whenever you asked me how I was doing, cherry blossoms bloomed in my heart. I honestly have never felt more loved by anyone and I will forever appreciate you for that. You are still such an important person in my life but I guess we were always more familial than romantic. I’m still so happy you love in any way at all.

Ravenclaw: “Nostalgic” love- I’ve known you forever it seems. You calm my nervous fidgeting and make me feel safe. I remember rainy Tuesdays when you would play me new songs or even better, we’d sing them together. You smell like home to me and your arms feel even more like it. I’m constantly in that sleepy, euphoria, at-peace state when you explain how much I mean to you. I don’t ever want to ruin what we have now, so I’ll never tell you how much more you truly mean to me. 

Slytherin: “Starry Eyed” love- I see galaxies in your eyes but I know you’d never take time to stare into mine. You were my most painful unrequited love. We never stood on solid ground together in whatever relation we had. You always kept me guessing, but I loved you with my whole chest I always knew you’d go on to change the world and leave me behind. Loving you was an inevitable occurrence, just like how I always look at the stars when I’m outside at night. I just wish you were always around like the stars are.

Slytherin:

Waits for you- Slytherins always want to be first in whatever group they’re in when on the move, maybe its a pride issue but anyway they walk pretty fast. However if you’re someone they care about and they see you falling behind the group they’ll slow their pace down or even come to a full stop to let you catch up.

Confide in you- Yes this is technically something all people do when they trust a person but its a bit more serious in Slytherin’s case. Slytherins are all about self preservation and basically refusing to look weak. Showing insecure, sad, or unsure thoughts also comes with a lot of vulnerability. If a Slytherin opens up to you, you should really cherish that they trust you so never betray them. If you do betray them, there’s plenty of dirt they have accumulated on you, intentionally or not.

Keep your secrets- Kind of falling in line behind Slytherins confiding in you, if a Slytherin loves you, they will carry your secrets to the grave (unless you do something really bad to them, like betray them) Slytherins have a bad habit for gossip. Its not that they always seek secrets out, sometimes they overhear conversations or some people will just tell them everything, not realizing exactly the possible consequences. However if a Slytherin loves you they would never pass on your secrets to others for fun, advantages, other secrets, or the trust of those other people. Just don’t betray them, that’s one of the worst things you can do to a Slytherin.

Hufflepuff-

Surprises you- It doesn’t always have to be a big surprise like a party or something. Sometimes Hufflepuffs will just show up, drop a little gift in your lap (the majority of the time food) and give you a smile. They truly enjoy doing these things for you because Hufflepuffs know better than anyone that everyone needs a pick me up from time to time. It’s their way of checking on your stress levels as well.

They will defend you- Hear me out. Hufflepuff will always defend anyone who is being targeted unfairly, that’s just their nature. The thing is though, most Hufflepuffs (in my opinion) will do this with a relatively level head. They will seek out the root of the problem and try to solve whatever argument in before them. However when it comes to someone they love being targeted they can show a bit of the Hufflepuff temper that they usually have reigned in. If someone is just genuinely being rude to you and won’t back down, Hufflepuff’s loyal nature takes over and they aren’t afraid to join a yelling match to protect you. It most likely won’t end in anything physical because most people know Hufflepuffs are usually good natured and just the fact that they are angry may tip the instigator of the problem to back off, but Hufflepuffs aren’t afraid of a fist fight. Later they may feel bad about causing you trouble because of their anger, but that’s when the reassurance that they are a good person should kick in for you.

They will comfort you- Hufflepuffs are always low-key worrying about the people they love. So when you come to them late at night with a shaky voice and wavering eyes, they won’t hesitate to scoop you up, find a comfortable place to sit, and hold you while you tell them what the problem is. This house is particularly good at remembering all the little things that calm you down like trailing their nails lightly over your skin or playing with you hair. After you’ve calmed down and explained everything they will spend the time afterwards trying to cheer you up with maybe hot cocoa and a movie.

Ravenclaw-

Will take your criticism- Ravenclaw don’t like to be told they’re wrong. Nothing annoys a Ravenclaw more than unwanted criticism, but if someone they love (*ahem* you) tries to help them learn from their mistakes, they know you truly want what’s best for them.

They let you calm them down- Ravenclaw tend to get anxious and stressed more easily than other houses, in my opinion (except maybe Hufflepuffs). If they go into panic attack mode, they tend to shut down or lash out on the people around them. Its a defensive mechanism that many Ravenclaw acquire because they never want anyone to see them not as their best. But when you comfort them they’re willing to lean into your arms and try to match their uneven breathing to your steady one.

Will ramble to you- Ravenclaws rambling about the things they love to the people to love is my aesthetic. They get a sparkle in their eye and a excited smile. They know you won’t judge them for being slightly nerdy about whatever they want to tell you. When they love you, they instill their trust in you that lets them feel comfortable enough to talk on and on, which can normally be difficult for some Ravenclaws as they can be people of few words. When they do ramble onto you, you’ll get to see one of their softest sides.

Gryffindors-

Will shower you in affection- This can be different for many types of Gryffindors. The stereotypical loud ones will usually become an affectionate fluff ball who tends to cling onto you like a koala. These are the types who will shout complements to hype you up and have absentminded soft smiles when they look at how beautiful you are. Quieter Gryffindors will show their affection in good morning and good night texts or giving you shy complements daily. Their eyes show how in love they are with you.

Looks for you in a crowd- Gryffindors tend to be social people or, even if they’re not, a fair amount of Gryffindor introverts get dragged to social things. You tend to be a touchstone for any type of Gryffindor. In a crowd of people their eyes are scanning for you and they will smile in relief when they find you. It really shows that you are the person they care most about.

They respect you so much- Now don’t get me wrong, all the houses respect their s/o’s but Gryffindor really takes the title for it. Chivalry isn’t dead (for either gender) and they will be the most polite endearing people by opening doors, carrying your things, and protecting you for mean people. They seriously respect you so much and will never take anything to far if you are uncomfortable in any way. Their admiration for you also falls under this category but they seriously admire everything that you do in general: your work ethic, they way you treat people, your beauty. They will never waste your time by showing up late to a date. They will never flirt with anyone else. Gryffindors love with their whole heart and the way they treat you honestly shows it.

“I am the laziest person ever.”

-At least ½ of the Ravenclaw House

Hufflepuff- Morning. When the sun peaks over the horizon and the sky is painted colorful pinks and yellows which fade into peaceful pastels. There’s a cool breeze and dew drops are hanging off of tree leaves and grass. There’s the faintest smell of rain from the night before and your skin feels smooth as you mindlessly kick off your covers to get up and start the day

Gryffindor- Afternoon. The sun beating down after twelve o’clock. Drinking cold beverages as a way to cool down outside. The blacktop parking lots and cement sidewalks are too hot to walk on barefoot so you opt for the grass. Getting tan lines from just playing around outside. Getting a little bit sweaty so you go back inside and sit in front of a fan and speaking into it so your voice is altered

Slytherin- Evening. When the sun is saying goodbye and leaves you with deep purples and reds. The air cools down but laughter and music don’t stop. People whisper their deepest secrets into your ear and sly smirks are exchanged as you sit on your driveway in a circle. The neighborhood cat makes its way out of the bushes to curl up next to you and flick its tail against your leg. You crack open a can of soda and wish that you would never have to leave

Ravenclaw- Night. Sometimes there are clear starry nights when you lay under the stars and pick out all the constellations you know. Sometimes there are thunderstorms with irregular flashes of lightning that draw your attention from the window. Everything is cool now and the only sounds heard are crickets or the occasional passing car. Thoughts of the past, present, and future run through your head as you wonder why you’re not asleep yet

Hogwarts Houses as Van Gogh Quotes

Hufflepuff: “How wonderful the color yellow is. It stands for the sun.”

Ravenclaw: “I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.”

Gryffindor: “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

Slytherin: “I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.”