the slytherin dormitory scene is honestly one of my favourite scenes in cursed child because every pairing does the scene so differently and they all devour in every interpretation!!!!
tom and adam’s is filled with so much tension it makes you want to scream into a pillow. scorpius goes to lengths of tickling and attacking albus on his bed although he’s not one for physical touch and keeps his distance. albus’ obvious jealousy towards polly fancying scorpius in the dark world with his side-eye and negative tone. the staring when scorpius sits on the bed with albus and reveals his truth and it feels like he’s about to confess deeper feelings. the evidence that they are both sensing a new feeling through their silence and stares, and scorpius breaks it, like he’s scared to tread into these new waters when albus is slowly diving in. the famous bed grab when scorpius stands up and albus evidently yearns for him to be by his side again as he stares at the bed and touches it with desperation.
ellis and harry’s holds more youthful innocence but a sense of realisation that something is simmering between them that they may have not realised was present before. as scorpius tells albus about the dark world and makes his confession, there’s so much disbelief that it’s even plausible that scorpius’ love for albus saved him?? their closeness as they sit side by side, fully in each other’s space and unwilling to move. albus’ disassociation when scorpius parts from him and he’s barely able to speak as it dawns on him what this might mean for these two fourteen-year-olds that have always been very close friends and would do anything for each other.
special mention to kelton and toby’s performance that made you think twice about what was really going on between them. where it felt like a normal conversation for them, the moment scorpius says “i said you.” they pause for a considerable 5-6 seconds while staring at each other with the biggest grins on their faces before albus can even say “did you?” and laughs in disbelief to himself.
these are just touching on the post-script change performances i’ve seen myself but each little delivery of this scene drives me a little bit insane no matter what. it’s a small moment that some audiences may brush over, but it’s very pivotal in the development of albus and scorpius’ relationship. especially when the stakes are considered of what has happened and what is to come.
slytherin dormitory scene, you will always be famous!
Don't mind me, I'm just thinking about the mirroring between Draco Malfoy knowing who Harry Potter was before they arrived at Hogwarts, and assuming that he would want to be friends with him because he's a Malfoy, and Scorpius Malfoy knowing who Albus Severus Potter was before they arrived at Hogwarts, but assuming that he wouldn't want to be friends with him because he's a Malfoy.
The stark difference between those two initial meetings is so, so important to me. And I will forever love Albus for seeing past the Malfoy name because, even though everyone was telling him that Scorpius was the "wrong sort", he went with his heart and found his soulmate.
it’s funny to think that albus’ best excuse for his and scorpius’ disappearance was that the two of them wanted to run away and start a new life together
hc that minerva mcgonagall’s biggest nightmare in hogwarts is not any of the potter kids, but harry potter himself. harry would make any excuse and pull any card in the book to go to hogwarts during the school year to check up on his babies because that man has a separation anxiety that rivals no other (except maybe ron’s, but he’s not head auror is he?). he will lodge fake complaints to visit that school for a ‘check in.’ he will write up fake reports of a extremely dangerous creature being spotted near the grounds to ‘investigate.’ he will say theres been talk of [insert dangerous object] stashed somewhere in the room of requirement. and all of these concerns are resolved within a day, and get more and more creative as the years go on. eventually minerva stops questioning how playing an hour long chess match with his daughter is investigating and lets that man run wild.
A Cursed Child Theory: Albus was sorted into Slytherin because Scorpius was.
HEAR ME OUT OKAY!!
The facts:
The sorting hat will take your wishes into account if you feel strongly enough
Albus felt very strongly about not wanting to be in Slytherin
The hat wasn't sure at first: "He puts his hat on ALBUS’s head – and this time he seems to take longer – almost like he too is confused."
So why was he sorted into Slytherin?
Because Scorpius was sorted into Slytherin, and Scorpius asked him if he wanted to be called Al or Albus.
We know our boy hates people calling him Al.
We know he feels an intense pressure to be who his family wants him to be.
Scorpius' first instinct was to ask him what he wanted to be called. In Albus' eyes, Scorpius was the first person in his life to put his wishes first. PLUS, we can only assume that after the scene cuts the two had the time of their little lives chatting on that train journey.
So when Scorpius was sorted into Slytherin, a little subconscious part of Albus' brain went "if he's in Slytherin, it's okay if I am too" and that's why the hat decided Slytherin.
In the first alternate universe (in the original script) he's in Gryffindor. Why? There's no Rose to force him to try and make a friend on the train, therefore no meeting with Scorpius, therefore he gets put in Gryffindor because Slytherin now has no redeeming qualities to him.
Scorpius' kind lil soul is the reason Albus Potter was put in Slytherin.
Every so often I think about how special it is that both Albus Severus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy are Slytherins.
Because it's the house that brought them together. And it's a house that has previously been so misunderstood in the past, and you have two boys that have been misunderstood their whole lives. And this misunderstood house brings them both together.
And that's not even taking into account the fact that Albus has green eyes and Scorpius has grey - they were literally born to be Slytherins, and they were literally born to be together.
They are the perfect soulmates: they contrast one another in such a uniquely beautiful way, but they were always going to be together.