#it's like harry potter for adults

[nightmare-creatures-art]

#drarry #harry potter #draco malfoy #draco x harry #auror harry #auror draco #hp fanart #hp fanfic #harry potter fanart #do you ever cycle through your old fandoms and suddenly remember why you've liked them so much? because same #i fucking love drarry fanfics in which they are adults with actual communication skills and stuff #and when they work together really competently oof

[enfinizatics]

just thinking about an insufferable brat with emotional trauma and a savior complex, and his mentally damaged git of a mentor.

#severitus #god i love these two so much #they are so mentally deranged #severus who doesn’t know how to be a father figure and fails miserably while trying to be one #harry who doesn’t trust any adults #much less the dungeon bat #but they’re trying their best!!!! #im like so obsessed with these two #snape mentors harry #severus snape #harry potter #harry james potter #pro snape #snape community #pro severus snape

[soup-of-the-daisies]

i’m rereading ootp (to my own horror) and like. knowing what happens in that one and the next two books makes that intense, bubbling frustration of being a teenager whose worries are disregarded so much worse.

like, surprise?? the kid whose childhood you’re trying to preserve lost that innate innocence years ago. you want him to be a normal 15 yr old boy but if you keep quiet about the dangers he might not live to see his 16th birthday. and congrats on keeping him safe, i guess—you’ve accidentally ruined the last piece able to tether him to his childhood, but i’m sure those months of torture were worth the farce of normality you craved for him. i don’t think you know that your apologies are like sticking band aids on a fracture. i don’t think you’re aware of how you’re ignoring the breaks, but i’m certain you’re expecting them to heal on their own.

oh, they didn’t? and now you’re treating him like he’s a bubble made of glass, waiting to shatter? but you’re the one to have turned him into that bubble, aren’t you? you’re the one who’s holding him, and it’s not his time yet. not for another two years. and shards of glass dulled with time cannot fell a monster, can they? so please be careful. you still need him. he never asked to be a martyr but he’ll do it because you expect him to; you just need to watch your step because your hands are slicked with guilt, and he’s heavy. he’s struggling. he’ll fall as well, if you let him go now.

#harry potter meta #hp meta #hp ootp #harry’s my boy. my baby. his anger is so satisfying yet so frustrating because it’s deserved yet it doesn’t help him #the ‘you’ is not just dumbles it’s damn near every adult and teen looking to harry to solve this war #yet being convinced at the same time that he deserves to be kept small #like just tell him. he faced voldy at age 11. faced a shadow of voldy and killed a basilisk at 12 #faced voldy AGAIN at 14. was forced to be complicit in his resurrection. saw his friend die. almost died himself #he can handle it. good grief #harry james potter

[lazylittledragon]

i don't think ANY franchise should be considered good or revolutionary enough to be able to put aside blatant antisemitism/racism/queerphobia/etc etc ETC but harry potter is absolutely NOT it

#ramble #wHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT #HP KINDA SUCKS #LIKE A LOT #IT'S NOT GOOD #AND AGAIN #YOUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ARE NOT WORTH PEOPLE'S LIVES #THINK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE FOR ONE BLOODY MINUTE #why are you setting aside basic moral decency for joanne's high school purity circlejerk #adults who are into harry potter are the same people who think marvel s the peak of cinema #not to sound like a snob but i promise there's better literature out there

[rata-novus]

“I’m PROUD to be an #ally!”*

*unless the marginalized group I’m an “ally” of politely requests I don’t stream a game based on works by a known transphobe who is also profiting off of said game

#the h files #hogwarts legacy #pspsps youre not an ally hope this helps :) #also the devs have already been paid get a new excuse babes #streamer twitter has been a festering pile of sewage the past few days #i mean more than usual lmao #can we start derogatorily talking about harry potter adults like disney adult now? #like..... disrespectfully..... grow up <3

[gryfferin-gaybies]

Backing the Wrong Horse

Harry came home with a split lip, bloody nose, cut on his brow, blood on his knuckles, and what were probably the tell-tale of signs of oncoming bruises. He tried to duck into the bathroom to clean himself up without being noticed, but failed.

He knew exactly what Draco would say before he even said it. "Harry! What were you thinking?" He caught his boyfriend in the hallway, exiting the bathroom just as Harry was about to enter.

"You don't even know what happened," Harry protested.

Draco held Harry's chin carefully to turn his head so he could get a better look at the damage done. "Clearly you got into a fight of some sort. I'm not an idiot."

Harry let Draco examine him. "Yeah, but you don't know that I started it." He stepped past Draco into the bathroom.

"So you didn't start it?" Draco asked, grabbing a wash cloth from the linen closet before following Harry into the bathroom.

Harry turned on the tap and scrubbed at his knuckles instead of answering.

That was answer enough for his boyfriend. "Harry!" Draco scolded. He wet the rag with warm water from the bathtub faucet, not making Harry share the small sink. "Sit down," he said with a sigh when Harry finished washing his hands.

Harry sat on the edge of the bathtub with his knees spread open. Draco stood between his boyfriend's legs and dabbed at the blood on his face. "He had it coming," Harry mumbled.

Draco sighed again. "Harry, you can't keep fighting everyone who speaks poorly of the Malfoys. We were Death Eaters who housed the Dark Lord. We were on the wrong side of a war that hurt thousands of people." Draco referenced the great evilness of his family's past as he used a featherlight gentleness to doctor his partner's injuries; the irony was not lost on Harry.

"You had no choice. Lucius made those decisions for your family, and he's still paying for those sins. Besides, the person they should be blaming is Voldemort, not you."

Draco tossed the bloodied cloth into a hamper, seemingly satisfied with his work. Then he pulled out his wand to heal Harry's cuts. "It doesn't matter. You're defending the wrong people, Harry—hold still." Once the skin had healed on his eyebrow and lip, Draco reset Harry's nose.

Harry's eyes watered. He moved his jaw and scrunched his nose a couple times. "Thank you." He took Draco's hands and pulled him in close. "You were a child. It's been more than a decade. You're a good person. You've done more than enough to make up for any mistakes you made back then. Between your charity work and job as a Healer, you're practically a saint. I'll always defend you."

Draco rested his hands on Harry's shoulders, looking down at him fondly. "I am far from a saint. You need to stop getting in fights over me. You're going to get in trouble or get seriously hurt."

"I'll stop getting in fights when people stop being assholes."

Draco snorted and rolled his eyes affectionately. It brought Harry relief to know that he wasn't angry with him. "That's never going to happen."

"Once people realize that I'd do anything for you, they'll stop. I've just got to punch enough people to get my point across." Harry stood up and wrapped his arms around Draco's waist, kissing him once on the mouth.

Draco let out a small chuckle. "You're a brute and an idiot."

"But I'm your brute," Harry said with a cheeky grin.

"And my idiot." Draco ruffled a hand through Harry's messy curls before pulling him in for another kiss.

#draco x harry #harry potter #drarry fanfic #drarry #adult drarry #fanfic #microfic #drarry microfic #drarry angst #Harry gets in fights #like a lot #healer draco

[notafagipromise]

sometimes i hate reading fan fic because after it's over i will never have anything from that universe anymore and i will never feel what it made me feel again

#especially if it's an orphan work or from a anonymous author #yes this is about the devils white knight from a anonymous author #IT'S SO GOOD #i just cant get enough of it im rereading it rn #the relationship of Regulus and Harry is so sweet i see so many jegulus raising harry fics but this is the only one where harry is an adult #it's so nice to see Regulus as a steadying comforting presence contrary to james being more straight forward and protective #i love it so #like fr the scene where harry is suffering from night terrors and reg just holds him and makes him tea MY HEART!!!! #this is a love letter #author if you are seeing this you have no idea how much i love that work #the marauders #harry potter #jegulus #jegulus raising harry #james potter #regulus black #fanfiction

[atlasdoe]

"I have been second to James my whole life in everything. And I will not be the person you settle for because you cannot have him"

only it's Barty speaking to Regulus

#i hc Barty and James to have grown up together (with Alice) #Bartys father always wished he had a well mannered son like James #who although was arrogant could charm adults easily #meanwhile barty was seen as difficult #the marauders #harry potter #the marauders era #jegulus #bartylus #james potter #barty crouch jr #regulus black

[sircarebearalot]

requited unrequited

so there was something going around a while ago when people where discussing 'requited unrequited' and how it's hilarious,

i didn't think too hard about it but like yes ITS SO FUNNY

the idea that both parties think the other has a crush on them and is too polite/embarrassed to shoot them down

and then their actual respective love interests are losing their mind

ITS GOLD ITS FUNNY WHAT DO YOU MEAN

and i deadass haven't seen a single fic like this, can someone drop a fic rec if they know anything and they belong to the following fandoms????

#orv #joongdok #harry potter #drarry #merlin bbc #merthur #i'll add more when i think of them #like for orv it would be yoo sangah and kim dokja right #(im thinking it has to either be early high school or middle school #and that's final) #and like kdj would ask sangah out bc he has been convinced that he is leading her on adn he feels awful #and he figures if he asks her out and treats her well (as she deserves) then she would just naturally lose interest #and sangah well she knows that kdj isn't used to putting herself out there and he might take that rejection hard so she feigns enthusiasm #and in the background yoo joonghyuk is sulking and han sooyoun is regretting encourgaing kdj to ask sangah out #hehe #so for the hp fandom it would be harry potter and ginny no duh #(def in the hogwarts era or u kno acc i could totally see it like being as adults acc bc well-intentioned weasley pressure) #and that's acc really self explanatory #and luna and draco are both sulking together #like they are supportive but they're slightly salty about it and eveyrone is with who they belong with in the end #merlin bbc would obv be merlin and gwen like no doubt #except they both jump to their own conclusions all on their own (well okay morgana and arthur tease them but THEY DIDN'T MEAN IT) #anyways so they are just being silly and sweet and uncomfortable and merlin and morgana are losing their goddamn minds over it #and like i have a lot more fandoms but like #i can only think of these three rn

[radiohead-spiderman]

Hey guys when you’re ranting about a ship, which is well in your right! I do it too! Don’t tag THAT ship, that’s annoying, sure you might hate that ship but tagging it without “slander”/ “bashing”/ “anti” you’re just being a bit of a dick, you’re pushing your slander of said ship onto the shippers who just want to enjoy it; so cut that out.

On that note, STOP shaming ao3 authors and their works, they are NOT the same as published authors. On that note, slandering ATYD or Manacled is ten times more different than slandering something with 100-10,000 hits, hell it’s different when that other fic has 100,000! And that difference is that the former fics mentioned, have millions, MILLIONS of reads, ATYD has TWLEVE MILLION reads, Manacled has half of that, and even then, TAG THE SLANDER, if you’re talking about these either INSANELY POPULAR, OR INCREDIBLY HARMFUL fics, tag it, don’t just put it under the FIC’S NAME TAG.

Fandom etiquette and general fanfiction etiquette are important.

Unless it’s harming someone or endorsing something harmful, it’s not that big of a deal.

ALSO ALSO STOP TRYING TO CENSOR AO3 THAT’S DEFEATING THE POINT OF THE WHOLE SITE YOU DIPSHITS, AO3 IS NOT LIKE WATTPAD OR TUMBLR. IT IS AN ARCHIVE.

IN THE LITERAL MEANING IT IS AN INTERNET LIBRARY!

STOP IT

(Edit: Said something contradictory last time so I changed the tags a little bit, I’m very anti censorship there are no exceptions like I made it seem like I was saying, lmao sorry for the confusion)

#but if you just like hate jegulus and you’re ranting about it DON’T TAG IT AS JEGULUS!!! #fandom etiquette #I think #harry potter #marauders #screw jkr #tags #I hate dramione but I only ever tag it as “anti dramione’’ or “dramione slander’’ OR “dramione anti” #IT’S THAT EASY #ao3 #having to edit this because someone corrected my hypocrisy and I got a stomach ache #this is excluding people who enjoy minor x adult stuff on MY page I’d prefer if you’d get off my blog #not saying that it should be censored!! just that i’d prefer if people who liked certain things that I’m PERSONALLY not comfortable with #to be not on my blog #sorry if that sounds passive aggressive

[rewritingcanon]

hermione is everything and ron’s just ken

#hermione is so barbie coded when u think on it she’s literally the wizard president #this was one of my otps when i was like 10 and ive cracked the code now that al my very old otps followed this trope #where the girl would be super duper talented and important and her bf is just her number 1 supporter #dont want to contribute to the ‘ron contributes nothing’ trope #its funny to me how ron went through this whole arc where he was insecure about being useless to the trio and then when hes an adult hes- #-totally fine with being hermione trophy husband. in fact he wears that honour with pride LOLL I LOVE THEM #like thats him being secure that he doesnt have to keep proving himself to anybody i love thag for him #romione will continue to remain the best ship in hp objectively #hermione granger #ron weasley #romione #harry potter #hp #golden trio era #lightning era #rewriting

[cursedcrusaders]

She’s singing wonderwall

#harry potter hogwarts mystery #hphm #hogwats mystery #jacobs sibling #hphm mc #merula snyde #hphm merula #alex vega #we’ve got like a whole story for these two as adults lol #she’s singing at Ben and ismeldas wedding

[kvtnisseverdeen]

The ones who love us never really leave us, you can always find them in here.

#watching harry potter as an adult is so hard #like do y'all realize how young he is #and how much he's lost #and how much DEATH he had to see in a young age #harry potter #lord voldemort #mine* #gifs* #hpedit #harrypotteredit #voldemort #harry potter films #moviegifs #movieedit #magicfolk #dailywizardwheezes #dailywizardingworld #userfrodosam

[raven23anna]

Two days ago I remembered Krabat existed and now I remember how this book had me hooked as a teen in school. The story just sucks you in and I remember being amazed, enchanted and horrified at the same time. I'm amazed that a book like this exists. The analysis options are seemingly endless. There's so much symbolism to umpack. And Wikipedia said Otfried Preußler was processing his time in the Hitler Youth in Krabat and every word I'm thinking how and where? Like what does the magic stand for? What is Lyschko's role and meaning as a snitch ? What's with the war against sweden? Also it's only men in this story and I'm thinking about how that is also important somehow? It's almost like a fraternity kind of situation, with all the rituals involved and I never thought about this but working in manual labor kinda does this to you? Also the dualism between women only communities and men only communities and the dualism between christianity and black magic? Also thinking about work and work communities, the themes of fair work conditions, but also how working closely together can give you a sense of belonging...also the benefits and detriments of strict hierarchy in work communities/organizations. As a person who worked in a kitchen as an apprentice in the hundreds year old german apprenticeship system I appreciate the vague villinification of the boss and the weird emotional dynamics at play. Also how his trauma with the death of his friend resulted in pain and suffering for his apprentices? This book can be interpreted in a socialist way and in a non socialist way, it has so much to say about morals, culture, colonialism, society etc. It has so much to say about emotions, relationship and life, how to handle emotions as a man in a men only setting and how NOT to. It's just not brainy at all you just kinda get it? And it's literally just the german Harry Potter??? And I don't understand why just because of it's simple writing we only read it once in seventh grade and not later because the analysis options are fruitful and endless. I'm literally so impressed by the depth and sheer viceral quality of this book.

#i'm rambling #these are just my first unorganized thoughts #but reading krabat as an adult truly is eye opening #also krabat >>>>>> Harry Potter #I want to write a thesis on this book ? #And now I'm all hyped up wanting to reread faust #They had us read those books for a reason #Also the gay love story one could craft around Michal and Merten #i'm truly lost this ENDING??? #like the whole good ending was not because of Krabat's manly powers and his training arc but because of love ? #and a strong woman smelling his fear? #this typically unmanly emotion saved him? #fear and love saved him ??? #I'm sobbing #this is just my brand of horror #humans and human emotions can be way more horrifying than their supernatural abilities #krabat #otfried preußler #german literature

[kendodante]

If you think Scorpius it's the top, you're Immediately hot.

#cursed child #hpcc #harry potter and the cursed child #harry potter #scorpius malfoy #harry potter next generation #scorbus #albus severus potter #albus potter #scorpius hyperion malfoy #its scorbus not alscorp soooo #im just silly like that #I am not sexxaliz1ng minors btw #in the adult ver :3 #Scorpius top forever

[aflawedfashion]

I don't think some wot book fans understand that I just wouldn't be interested in the show if it did a lot of the things they want. No value judgement (everyone likes different things), but some book fans want to change how show fans perceive the show. They want us to perceive it exactly as they do, and that's just not how it would work for me. I either just wouldn't be watching the show or I'd be wishing it explored the aes sedai and their warders more because that's the kind of thing I'm interested in. You can't make everyone think the same way you do.

#I have no interest in teenage chosen ones #I'm a millennial who couldn't even make it through Harry Potter #it's just not something I'm interested in #and I just feel like some book readers don't understand that you can't make people interested in exactly what you are interested in #I've read books and thought the side characters were more interesting plenty of times #I've watched ya shows where I would have loved them much more if they were about the adults #you can change the show but it's not going to magically make everyone agree with you #it may change the fanbase to have more people who think like you #but that's not the same thing #there are some very judge mental posts out there about show only fans #and as one I feel that these posts have no idea what I actually think #they also kind of think we're all idiots #they put me off from wanting to read the books #(not all book readers obviously) #(some of you are great)