#Snape should have died better

[honeydazez]

what if I just start letting people know about what I think? like what if when someone asks me what i’m thinking about I’m honest and like “how Snape never deserved the redemption arc and should have died miserable and with Harry spitting on his body while it’s still warm after he watched the light leave his eyes because that man deserves nothing he bullied children”

like what if I just told people that?

#harry potter #anti snape #hermione granger #ron weasley #that man bullied children #like do remember when Hermione teeth were growing #‘I don’t see a difference’ my ass #fuck him #he’s abusive #and creepy #hated a kid because of his dad #straight up was a blood purist for a while #he said wizard slurs #we can’t forget that #Snape should have died better #why not? #I hate snap #Snape haters unite

[ashboilol]

The Marauders: Bullies who sexually assaulted a person. Basically Draco Malfoy and his cronies who were shown the Light.

Fandom: Such feminists, I love them!

Draco: Human equivalent of garbage who bullied anyone with lower social status, and mocked an orphan. Also gladly joined the DE.

Fandom: So tragic! He had no choice, we love him! He deserved better.

Dursleys: Gross, shallow human beings who abused the orphan they were in charge of, and even starved that child (and only because Vernon's promotion was cancelled).

Fandom: They have a reasonable hatred, and Petunia is sympathetic!

Dudley Dursley: Actually apologizes for his behavior and abuse, unlike oh-so-great James Potter.

Fandom: Bad!

Ron Weasley: Brave kid who has commited countless selfless acts and protects his friends.

Fandom: Bad! Hermione deserved better! Wife beater! Predator! Hermione should have cheated on him with Harry!

Severus Snape: Also does brave, selfless acts, and is known by HIS ENEMY'S SON as the bravest man Harry ever knew. Proves he really loves Lily.

Fandom: Bad! He was obsessed with Lily and a creep and he stole Lily's patronus! He also bullied Neville!

Lavender Brown: Nice and caring, and gives Ron the affection he deserves. Also does countless brave acts, helps to round up Skrewts, and fights in the DA despite the danger.

Fandom: She should go, she is ruining our ships!1!1!1! (Side note: I do ship Romione, but this anti-Lavender bullshit should stop.)

Cho Chang: Cares about and loves her boyfriend, and simply wants to know how he died because she loves him. Also offers to take Harry to the Ravenclaw common room, and fights in the DA.

Fandom: So annoying, can't she stop crying about Cedric?

#pro snape #anti james potter #anti draco malfoy #pro ron weasley #anti marauders #anti snaters #Pro dudley dursley #Pro lavender brown #Pro cho chang

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

What if that night in Godric's hollow Lily chose to let Voldemort kill Harry and stepped aside when Voldemort asked her to?

Self-preservation kicked in! No one knows how they will react facing death. She should not be blamed for protecting herself.

Would she be honest and tell people what really happened or make up some believable story? What would happen to her after that night? Does she leave England? How would the Order/Sirius/Dumbledore react to the events? Would Severus go after Lily and tell her he is her hero? Would this be a better AU for Lily and the wizard world?

Woof.

Well.

It's not good.

Would She Be Honest and Tell People What Happened?

We don't really know much about Lily's character is the thing. I make a lot of things up for my own benefit, but that's my taking and running with the very little we see in canon.

We really don't know how she'd react.

The way I characterize her? Feeling guilty over her husband's death (who died for her and Harry) and the fact that she survived her son (who she perhaps could have protected) she'll confess to what happened. She wants people to blame and hate her so she can punish herself for this.

And judge and punish her they do as this is something the Order and the greater public just can't understand. I'm sure rumors of how and why Lily was spared also fly and soon Lily goes from the truth of simply stepping aside (and being spared because of Snape) to having slept with Voldemort to save her life to being his spy the entire time.

What Would Happen to Her After that Night?

The gossip against her is massive and I imagine the Order never quite trusts her again. They may not kick her out, though I'm sure some (certainly Sirius who is mad with grief over James's death) vote for it. Lily may leave of her own free will out of guilt and so as not to give the Order a black eye.

The Prophet may or may not run smear campaigns against her both to distract from the realities of the Ministry not managing anything against You-Know-Who and because this is such a shocking awful story.

Lily becomes persona non grata but is presumably left alone by the Death Eaters as Voldemort chose to spare her life and the order has been passed down through the ranks (and as Voldemort is alive he keeps Bella and the Lestranges and Barty in check in a way he didn't at this point in canon).

Lily lives a miserable life in which her husband and son are both dead, she's of no help to the cause, and she's trying to get on with it.

How Would the Order/Sirius/Dumbledore React?

See above but I imagine ostracization.

Sirius would never forgive Lily for James having died and Lily just selfishly allowing Harry to be killed. I imagine he'd blame her in his mind and believe that she had betrayed James personally by doing this. Not to mention what kind of a person/Gryffindor steps aside to let her baby be murdered?

The Order at large would likely have mixed opinions but the Weasleys for example would vocally condemn Lily and despise her for this.

Dumbledore would, I imagine, think much lesser of Lily and start saying things he says about Merope about how Lily just didn't love her son enough/wasn't a very strong woman. He wouldn't condemn her quite as much as Sirius or Molly but there'd be an undertone of "this happened because you are weak".

Would Severus Go After Lily and Tell Her He's Her Hero?

Severus is home free, you bet your ass he does.

Lily's probably out of the Order, James Potter his greatest enemy is dead, Sirius is out of the picture because of James's death, even the hellspawn Harry Potter is dead and out of the way.

They can now go back to exactly what they were and the Dark Lord did hold to his promise after all (and oh dear god Severus betrayed him behind his back, hope he doesn't find out about this).

I imagine Severus would try to reconnect and either:

lie about being a Death Eater entirely (probably won't work)

say he's realized the error of his ways, admit to giving the information to Dumbledore to save Lily's life, but he can't leave the Death Eaters because of the mark/he'll certainly be killed

Probably he goes with option 2 as he can't exactly pretend he never held his views or wasn't a Death Eater at all and he firmly believes that he took this huge risk, saved her life, and he's completely redeemed now.

Would This Be a Better AU for the Wizarding World and Lily?

Well.

Lily's son and husband died horribly, she's haunted by survivor's guilt forever, all her friends hate her and she's completely isolated, Snape is back on her doorstep believing she should be grateful to him for his actions and he deserves instant forgiveness, and the Dark Lord is still alive and well, has the future minister's son in his pocket, has infiltrated the government completely, and can take over any time he pleases with one out of two prophecy children dead (and Neville... probably doesn't last long after this).

So.

No.

It's better for 0 people.

It's actually much worse for everyone except Tom.

Tom is enjoying not being a wraith in Quirrel's head, thank you very much.

#harry potter #harry potter meta #harry potter headcanon #lily evans #severus snape #anti severus snape #sirius black #anti sirius black #albus dumbledore #anti albus dumbledore #the order of the phoenix #anti the order of the phoenix #meta #headcanon #opinion

[mxlfoydraco]

Hi!!! Do you know any fic where Draco join the Golden Trio in their Hocrux Hunting in 7th year? Thnx

Hello! I know some,

Horcrux Hunting

Temptation on the Warfront by Alizarincrimson (180k)

Draco Malfoy is forced into hiding with the Golden Trio and dragged into their search for horcruxes. What ensues is a journey of redemption, unexpected friendships and an unwanted, turbulent romance with Harry Potter. Warnings for swearing, sexual content, and dark themes.

Chronological Displacement by bookinit (89k)

In which Harry and Draco have a time-turner accident, and many things go wrong, but a lot of things also go right. Featuring: reptilian bonding night, canon-inaccurate animagus lessons, and a fuck-ton of pining.

aka the fic where Harry finds his family, and fights to keep them.

Consequences of Redemption by bobbirose (120k)

When Draco makes an impromptu decision to rescue Harry Potter from Malfoy Manor, the two find themselves completely alone and facing the looming climax of the war against Voldemort. Harry must start from the beginning with Draco–and starting over has more consequences than either of them anticipated.

Finite Incantatum by Alysian_Fields (153k)

What should have happened after ‘Half Blood Prince’! It’s the autumn after Dumbledore’s death, the Death Eaters are steadily gaining power, and Harry and his friends are desperate to find the remaining Horcruxes. But then Draco Malfoy arrives at Grimmauld Place, traumatised, starved and drained of all his magical ability. It falls to Harry to show the Slytherin how to adapt to his new way of life, never guessing that Draco has a few things to teach him in return.

The Sum of Your Scars by Tessa Crowley (4k)

Draco will never forgive Harry for making him a better person, and will never forgive himself for falling in love with him.

Earthbound Spook by cest_what (57k)

Two months after Draco Malfoy was reported dead, Harry and Ron found him tangled in Strangler Ivy on the grounds of Hogwarts.

The Serenity of His Rage by Lomonaaeren (152k)

AU of HBP. Narcissa never made Snape swear an Unbreakable Vow, and in the end, Draco decides to accept Dumbledore’s offer of sanctuary. But when Narcissa dies and Dumbledore declares his intention to create a soul-bond between Harry and Draco mainly to get rid of the Horcrux in Harry, Draco becomes enraged. He’ll use the soul-bond and the sanctuary Dumbledore gave him. But not exactly in the ways that Dumbledore anticipated.

Vulnera Sanentur by Zzzara (51k)

When Harry Potter fires a deadly curse at his "arch-enemy", he has no idea what the curse does. He has no idea he will soon beg Draco Malfoy's forgiveness and try his best to atone. He has no idea that the ugly bathroom incident he would rather forget will tangle and bind their lives together with no chance of escape. Navigating a treacherous path between Dumbledore's lies and Voldemort's orders, Draco is trapped and considered to be dead by both sides of the Wizarding War. Against the Golden Trio's wishes, he joins them on the Horcrux hunt. Except that he has no idea what he is hunting for. This is a love-story, a fight-story, very much compliant to the 6th and 7th 'Harry Potter' books and yet, very, VERY different. Because this time - after the Sectumsempra incident - Harry visited Draco in the hospital wing and tried to apologise.

Men Who Love Dragons Too Much by @fencer-x (522k)

[Extensive re-telling of Deathly Hallows] ‘Kill Albus Dumbledore’ is less a challenging task and more a suicide mission, so when Draco Malfoy is presented with the option to either dispatch his Headmaster or suffer an excruciating and most ignominious death of his own, along with his parents, he reaches deep into his black little Slytherin heart and manages to scrape together enough courage to go with option C instead: Spend Sixth Year secretly studying Animagecraft in the hopes he’ll turn into something sufficiently imposing even the Dark Lord himself won’t be able to keep Draco under his thumb. But just his luck, his Animagus form turns out to be a dragon, and a rather randy juvenile at that, intent on finding its mate: one Harry James Potter.

Speak (and may the world come undone) by @shealwaysreads (26k)

The war is on in earnest, and the hunt for the Horcruxes has begun. Harry receives help from the least expected person, and must decide whether he can trust the enemy he knows best. A story of grey-tinged loyalty, the silver of trust in the darkness, the agony of courage, the unexpected richness of secrets, and the vast unknown of survival.

Walking the Line by SilentAuror (179k)

Sixth year is over and Draco Malfoy is on the run. The war is on and an unwanted assignment is forced upon him by the only people he trusts - and a one-time arch-enemy just may be out to kill him.

Bad Faith by jad (224k)

Four years after Dumbledore's death, Draco Malfoy shows up on the doorstep of number twelve, Grimmauld Place looking for Harry Potter. Torn between his own self-preservation and his family's pride, Draco finds himself alone on a battlefield and has nowhere else to turn; and Harry has to learn that sometimes you don't put up walls to keep other people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

The Eighth Tale by lettered (12k)

Draco Malfoy tries to fix the past, but instead mucks it up some more. For Harry, it all becomes quite clear.

The Hush of War by @lol-zeitgeistic (351k)

Voldemort has made a bargain with Harry to stop killing muggles and muggle-borns (when at all possible, of course) in exchange for Harry's cooperation. While Harry thinks he's using the time to find a way to defeat the Dark Lord, he will realize that Voldemort is always one step ahead, and so long as he isn't killing anyone...what's the big deal? He has bigger things to worry about now, anyway. Includes dementors, pureblood culture, the prophecy, what exactly happened with Lily's sacrifice, magical breakthroughs, children Death Eaters, and portraits of family. Final pairing: H/D. Sequel to Black, in the Smothering Dark.

Brave Though The Stars They Make Me by @dwell-the-brave (108k)

After the events at the end of his Sixth Year, Draco Malfoy has been kept all but prisoner in his childhood home, Malfoy Manor. Alone, terrified, and desperate for some way out, he begins to have strange dreams - dreams of Harry Potter. Are they a trick of his mind? Or are they a way to change his fate, and a chance at redemption?

A Slight Inclination by @jilliancares (48k)

When Harry Potter is ten years old he accidentally winds up in Knockturn Alley, where he runs into a man named Lucius Malfoy. Harry is thus thrust into the wizarding world and makes his first ever friend, Draco Malfoy. Years later, Harry is on the hunt for horcruxes with his most trusted friends, Draco, Ron, Blaise, Hermione, and Pansy. Still, being in love with his best friend is bound to make their mission a little bit more difficult, isn't it?

Paradox series by kerfuffling (84k + 34k)

Thanks to a clever bit of magic and the help of an old acquaintance, Draco is given the chance to relive his years at Hogwarts with the knowledge of what exactly is in store for the future. However, when things tumble out of Draco's grasp, he finds himself losing his memories of the life he's already led as everything takes a startling turn away from what he'd always assumed to be his destiny. - Just because Draco's somehow gotten himself involved in Potter's suicide mission to defeat the Dark Lord doesn't mean he has to go quietly and actually act like a Gryffindor fool. And sure, he and Potter have some sort of relationship going on, but Draco's still a Slytherin, and he's going to bring his own brand of cunning to this cockamamy fool camping trip Potter's gone and got himself stuck in trying to save the world from evil lockets, gingers, and badly cooked food.

Death Comes for Us All by @lumosatnight (5k)

Burying his face in Draco’s hair, he can smell the smoke from the cigarette, can taste the ashes lingering in his mouth. Harry finds it comforting, a reminder that Draco has seen his worst and still chooses to stay.

Secrets by Vorabiza (395k)

Beginning with Draco's unexpected arrival at the Dursleys, Harry's summer after sixth year becomes filled with activity and many secrets. As his summer progresses, Harry generates several unexpected allies as he finds himself actively becoming the leader of the Light side. H/D post-HBP ~~Complete~~

#drarry #drarry fic #drarry fic rec #drarry reclist #draco malfoy #drarry fic recs #my recs #fic recs #hpdm #harry potter #horcrux hunting

[cissyenthusiast010155]

Infinitely better than Lily~ Severus Snape xFem Reader

Angsty Snape around 7th battle, with lily and all that. Finally breaks and fucks reader once he recovers from nagini. Also, plot changes, deal with it.

Mommy…Master List

Severus Snape Master List

Warnings: NSFW, 18+!!!, sex, angst, plot changes, Snape being hot

Idk the length, medium maybe?

Enjoy (;

He was dying and he knew it.

He could feel his soul or whatever it was leaving his body.

As he was closing his eyes for what he thought was his very last time, he saw a blurry figure come running towards him yelling what he could barely make out to be “Severus!”.

It was her.

Not Lily, but the newest divination processor after Umbridge had fired Trewlayney.

He loathed to admit it, but he liked you. Liked you, who was he kidding… he craved you.

He’d admit it didn’t start out that way, but it quickly delved down to it.

And there you were, running to him, picking him up with tears streaming down onto him; and that’s when Severus blacked out.

When he awoke, Severus was in the infirmary of Hogwarts, which had been somewhat damaged from the battle.

He looked around and saw a few students in their beds most likely also recovering from the battle, but none of them were you.

Madam Pomphrey then walked in and her face lit up in joy.

“Your awake!” She exclaimed to Severus, while he desperately grumbled as best he could,

“Is y/n alive?”

But his voice was too rough to be understood.

Eventually, Severus was released with no visit from her…

What If you had died? What if you didn’t care?

Severus thoughts invaded his brain. He shook them off and went to go down to his office.

All the students had been let off except the injured ones, and the summer break had been initiated an exception right after the battle, so there were no students to be found in the corridors.

There was also no you to be found anywhere. He sighed and decided he would just go to bed.

In the morning, he got up reluctantly and made his way to the mostly empty great hall for breakfast.

And there you were, Sitting next to Minerva…

He couldn’t keep his eyes off you for a minute there. You made eye contact with Severus, and your face lit up.

He made his way up to the staff table and before he could say anything, you started “Severus! I’m so glad your doing better!”

Severus wanted to thank you, to beg you, to have to but you never would want that he told himself, so he responded with his natural monotone deflection.

You played it off with a light smile, those which he loved the most besides your glorious laugh.

Merlin, he was falling for you… but you would never be with him…

He sighed and ate his breakfast. Once he finished his meal, Severus made his way back to his office, but he found that you made your way to quickly catch up to him.

You walked in silence together until he got to his classroom, where you finally said ��I wanted to apologize for not coming to see you in the Infirmary. I don’t know why I didn’t, but I should of.”

Was she kidding?

She didn’t have to at all.

I should be the one apologizing for having to have my life saved and having all those impure thoughts about you

Severus thought before he said “Not needed. What you do in your personal time is up to you, not me.”

She chuckled a bit but then said something which caught Severus completely off guard: “And what if I want to do you, Severus Snape?”

He was shook, to say the least.

He finally looked to you, and say the same craving and desperation in your eyes which he had carried as a burden for years.

“Why did you save me?” Severus blurted out, like the idiotic I am, why ask that?!

You pursed your lips and responded with a slight whimper and hesitant nature “I… I can’t really… I guess… I just can’t stop myself from feeling this intense need to… no that’s stupid” you blundered your way through trying to explain yourself.

Severus then decided to do something which he usually would never do but he couldn’t help himself at this point: he read your thoughts.

God, your messing everything up. Just tell him. Tell him why. Tell him you’ve fallen for him. Hard. No, you can’t tell him that!! He’d just slam the door in your face!

As he listened to your inner turmoil, his heart started to ache. He couldn’t stand it anymore.

So as you were trying and failing to answer his question, Severus crashed into your lips with desperation.

Startled but receptive, you quickly caught on with his pace of desperation. All the way until you are both out of breath and had to take a second.

“Fuck…” you stated, looking up to Severus’ eyes which were filled with craving, desperate lust.

Then you were quickly back on each other, sloppily kissing and removing all your clothing.

It was like the world was gonna end and you just couldn’t wait.

Both naked, Severus rotated to put you in between his desk and himself. He put you on his desk, asking “are you sure?” With a desperate tone, hoping to god you’d say yes.

You responded by lustfully kissing him again and grinding your wet pussy all over his thighs and cock. This made both of you moan synchronously.

Severus quickly lined himself up with your pussy, and thrusted in, barely giving you time to adjust. You moaned even louder at the pleasure with a pinch of pain.

“Fuuuck, Sev…!”

God your moans, would be the death of him.

He thrusted harder, not being able to contain himself. But you loved it. In fact, you begged him for more. Over and over.

His name and pleas flowed out with your moans. Both of you were on the edge ready to cum within minutes.

You came together, moaning each others names. After, the room was sticky with a bunch of panting of you both trying to catch your breaths.

Severus looked at you and his only thought was that you were infinitely better than any Lily he could have ever wanted.

#harry potter smut #harry potter fanfiction #severus snapexreader #severus snape #severus snape smut #snaddy #snape #snape smut #snape fandom #snape x reader #professor severus snape smut #professor snape #professor snape smut #professor severus snape #professor snape x reader

[sofoulandfairaday]

I actually do tend to put most of the Order we see in the photos around the same years, but my headcanon is that there were other older members but they all died by the time that photo was taken because they were trying to protect the younger kids. I like to imagine that Moody is the only surviving older Order member and he had to watch his peers die one by one and then had to watch as so many of those kids they died trying to protect were killed themselves

Soooo. I can see this working if well justified. There is a line that does justify it in canon, actually- "[...] look, I can’t promise no one’s going to get hurt, nobody can promise that, but we’re much better off than we were last time, you weren’t in the Order then, you don’t understand, last time we were outnumbered twenty to one by the Death Eaters and they were picking us off one by one...”

Voldemort would most likely send his Death Eaters after the best and strongest Order members first, even though they were more likely to take down many of his followers- it's not like he didn't have the numbers. BUT I'm afraid it's a little unrealistic. The weakest fighters in a fight to the death are those who get killed first even with protection.

Just for funsies, though, I'll give you my personal headcanon of the Order members' rough ages. I'm usually flexible if they're changed by a couple of years, but the generations should be kept.

This is the list of confirmed Order of the Phoenix members in the First Wizarding War:

Albus Dumbledore

Aberforth Dumbledore

Alastor Moody

Arabella Figg

Dedalus Diggle

Elphias Doge

Emmeline Vance

Mundungus Fletcher

Rubeus Hagrid

Sturgis Podmore

Severus Snape

Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

Peter Pettigrew (who turns spy for the Death Eaters in 1980)

All these people survive the war. Then we also have:

James Potter

Lily Evans Potter

Fabian Prewett

Gideon Prewett

Frank Longbottom

Alice Longbottom

Edgar Bones

Benji Fenwick

Caradoc Dearborn

Dorcas Meadowes

Marlene McKinnon

Now. The only girl confirmed to be one of Lily's classmates is Mary McDonald and she's not part of the Order (and I choose to believe that she wasn't; she sympathised, maybe, but I like the headcanon that she's so scarred by Mulciber and Avery's bullying - and that the event that Lily references to Severus is not the only time they use Dark Magic on her - that she wants nothing to do with the fight). I am maybe one of the two (2) people with a mild appreciation for BlackKinnon, and I don't mind Marlene as someone in the same age bracket as them (but I can also see her being older). She is murdered along her entire family, though, and it's unclear whether she was a mother, a sister, or a daughter. I will say that some of their Hogwarts years overlapped.

Dorcas I find way less likely. She was killed by Voldemort himself - the man wouldn't have bothered if she wasn't an Amelia Bones-level witch at least, which means she was mighty, which means she most likely wasn't twenty-one. I like to think that she was an Auror, or a Ministry high-ranking employee with sound principles that just would not bend to the infiltration of the DEs in the Ministry or to Barty Crouch Snr's ruthlessness.

Frank and Alice Longbottom are the same, to me. They're older than the Marauders, I would make them (just like Dorcas) around Bellatrix's age, maybe even older. That makes them around 30yrs old in 1981. Which means they would have had a full decade or more to become the most respected Aurors in the Wizarding World, so well known that what happened to them sparked major outrage, the kind that led to a manhunt for their torturers, and the sentencing of a pleading nineteen-year-old boy. (Of course, Barty jr was guilty, but they didn't know that, didn't know just how loyal to Voldemort he truly was. The Lestranges sentencing - an old wizarding family, a Lestrange had even been Minister for Magic - was clearly one sparked by public outrage. People were crying out for their blood.)

The Prewetts were Molly's older brothers, so they were way older than the Marauders. They were also killed by a group of Death Eaters led by Antonin Dolohov after what appears to have been a truly brutal fight, so nope. They weren't the Fred and George types of the Marauders Era (also. the Marauders were that!)

Edgar Bones had a wife and children and was considered to be one of the best of the era, so I doubt he was as young as the Fantastic Four. We really don't know enough about Caradoc Dearborn or Benji Fenwick to say, but I somehow doubt it.

Of those who survived.

We know that Albus, Aberforth, Moody, Elphias Doge, Mundungus, and Arabella Figg are all way older than the Marauders, and I've always pictured Dedalus Diggle as a middle aged man (but we only know he's tiny and excitable, so it could go either way). Sturgis Podmore's description fits someone that could have been in the Marauder's year or maybe slightly older, but still one of their peers.

So, really, the green-faced youths that fought with the Order were: the four Marauders, Lily, maybe Marlene and Emmeline Vance (who isn't even listed as fighting with them in the First War, only the second), and maybe Sturgis Podmore. On the side of the Death Eaters: Avery, Mulciber, Barty Crouch jr (who was two/three years younger than the Marauders!!!), Regulus Black and of course Severus Snape.

And, no. Evan Rosier's age is never disclosed, and since he brutally maims fucking Alastor Moody - possibly the greatest Auror ever - I'm inclined to believe that he was at least Bellatrix's age (so 8-9 years older than the Marauders). In my personal headcanon he's even a tad older - but no less cuntier for it. My boy serves as much cunt at 27 as he did at 17 (<3).

#hp headcanons #hp meta #the marauders #james potter #sirius black #remus lupin #peter pettigrew #lily evans #marlene mckinnon #dorcas meadows #first wizarding war #evan rosier #death eaters #order of the phoenix #god there are so many people to tag i don't know if i can do it #severus snape #asks #answered

[crackishincorrecthp]

*When Harry "dies" he recieves a third option, which is go back in time and he does that. And when is time for old Voldy to return-* Harry: Cedric, I would love if you could win this shit, but I have to take this fucking thing alone or else you'll die. I'm not even kidding. Been there, done that and it wasn't fun for either of us. Cedric: Cedric: So, you used a Time Turner? Harry: Nah, I died at 17 and recieved 3 options; move on, go back to the moment I died or go back in time...I chose go back in time, sounded more fun and I could fix some shit up. Cedric: Cedric: Okay, I'll just send the red sparks for me then...Good luck, I guess? Harry: I'll need that. *In the graveyard, after Voldy has a body* Harry: *Stuns every Death Eater* Harry: It's just me and you now, Tommy. Voldemort: What the actual fuck? How did you break free?! Harry: That's something that should be between me and Merlin. Harry: And oh, btw? I know about the Horcruxes and I destroyed almost all of them. Harry, putting his own wand on his head: Avada Kedavra. Voldemort: Voldemort, to Harry: Potter? Voldemort, to his Death Eaters: What the fuck just happened? And why are you all useless bitches still stunned if he just committed suicide?! Harry: Because I'm not dead, motherkiller! Voldemort: What the fuck?! Harry: Now you can be killed, but for now I'm just gonna stun you and go back to Hogwarts with you and your little fucked up minions. We'll see from there. *Back to Hogwarts* Harry: I'm back with a few gifts, motherfuckers! The students: The professors: The parents: Fudge: Are those —? Harry, pointing to the DEs: Death Eaters, yes. Harry, pointing to Voldemort: And that's Tommy. Harry, pointing to Pettigrew: Oh and that's the traitor, the one who really got my parents murdered by Tommy, Peter Pettigrew. Fudge: Tommy? Harry: Yeah. Harry, seeing everyone's confusion: Oh, sorry, my bad! I forgot that not everyone knows Voldemort's real name... Harry, pointing to Voldemort: That's Voldemort. Everyone: *Screaming, panicking, fainting, throwing up* Harry: Oh, come on! He's fucking stunned and I could just kill him right now infront of everyone if that makes you all feel better! Fudge: Please, do that. I, as Minister of Magic, give Harry Potter a special permission to use a Unforgivable Curse to kill the one know as Lord V-Voldemort. Harry: Fine. Harry, pointing his wand to Voldemort: I guess it's bye forever now, Tommy. See you never. Avada Kedavra. Everyone: *Relief sighs* Moody/Crouch Jr: NOOOOOO! MY MASTER! Harry: Oh, forgot about you, honestly. That's not Alastor Moody, guys! That's actually Barty Crouch Jr on Polyjuice! Snape: And how do you know that? Harry: I just know. If you don't believe me you can wait until the effect of the potion is gone. Snape: Oh, we will. Harry: Okay, but can I please go to sleep then? I'm fucking tired. Dumbledore: Of course you can, my boy. Harry: Please, grandpa Dumbles, I'm not biologically yours, so don't call me that. Dumbledore: Snape: McGonagall: Flitwick: Sprout: Hermione: *facepalms* Hermione, grabbing Harry: Ron and I will take Harry away now, everyone! He's clearly exhausted... *Gryffindor common room, after Ron & Hermione dropped Harry into the boys dormitory* Ron: Hermione? Hermione: Uh? Ron: Did Harry really called Dumbledore 'Grandpa Dumbles' and got away with it? Hermione: Pretty much, yeah.

#harry potter incorrect quotes #incorrect harry potter quotes #incorrect hp quotes #incorrect quotes #harry potter #harry james potter #cedric diggory #death eaters #peter pettigrew #voldemort #lord voldemort #tom marvolo riddle #cornelius fudge #barty crouch jr #bartemius crouch junior #severus snape #albus dumbledore #albus percival wulfric brian dumbledore #minerva mcgonagall #filius flitwick #pomona sprout #hermione granger #hermione jean granger #ron weasley #ronald weasley #ronald bilius weasley

[hedgehog-troops]

Severus Snape (a complex character)

(a study into his character by yours truly)

severus snape who saw something in the girl across the street, who he though must be so lonely being so alone in a house full of muggles, having none like her around.

severus snape offering comfort to the same girl after her sister called her a freak. severus snape watching that girl, the first friend hes every had walk onto the train to hogwarts and become friends with everyone.

severus snape who watched this girl get sorted into the 'good' house while he was in the 'evil' house. severus snape, with whom suddenly one of the most popular guys at school had a problem with.

severus snape lurking in the shadows, trying to block out the voices that said that all slytherins are evil. severus snape trying to block out the whispers of his fellow house mates who kept on saying his bsf should die.

severus snape who saw the girl he loves so bad get asked out again and again by the one guy everyone loves, knowing hed never amount up to him.

severus snape who was so smart that with nothing to do he began to form curses.

severus snape who may lurk but never cower. secerus snape who gave as good as he got.

severus snape who watched his bsf slowly begin to befriend the people he's been feuding eith for years.

severus snape who knew somethign was off with that lanky boy, cornered the one oerson who might be considered closest to him to find the answer.

severus snape who almost died that night.

severus snape who hated that he owed his life to the one person he loathed the most.

severus snape who felt a burst of power as he noticed the way the marauders left him now alone solely because he held the most chrished secret of theirs.

severus snape who felt the same power when he developed the sectumsepra curse.

severus snape who slowly felt himself giving into the whispers of those who claimed that the muggleborns should not live.

somewhere along the way, severus snape who lost himself.

severus snape risked himself for the person he once thought he loved but was self aware enough to know, what he felt now was mere obsession. crazy obsession.

severus snape who was doing so much better, working on himself, until he saw the body of the one oerson he loathed the most with the soul of the only person he's loved.

severus snape who lost himself again in the power he felt making harrys life hell in a way he never could his father's

severus snape who couldve been so much had he not been where he was.

severus snape who couldve doen so much better if he was just a bit stronger.

#severus snape #james potter #marauders #marauders fandom #sirius black #marauders era #aidenyaps #pro severus #kinda #canon marauders #harry potter marauders #the marauders era #the marauders #character study #lily evans #lily evans potter #lily potter #remus lupin

[physalian]

A Case Against “Redemption = Death”

“Redemption = Death” is, in my opinion, one of the laziest “telling not showing” cop-outs you can write, and it happens over and over and over again. It’s manipulative, it’s cheap, it kneecaps the character’s development, it undermines the meaning of a true redemption, and it promotes a message that some people are so evil, the *only* redemption for them is the ultimate sacrifice.

**Taking an aside here to plainly ignore religious connotations and focus on the success or failure of a satisfying character arc**

I hate this trope. I have never seen a flawless execution of this trope in its basest form: Evil bad guy is evil for 99% of their story, and in the 11th hour has an out-of-character realization that they’ve done wrong and sacrifices themself for the heroes, whom they don’t actually care about, for ~drama~.

Today’s writing advice is pretty straightforward: Please stop doing this. It tends to happen in action movies like the superhero genre, but also in action-heavy sci-fi and fantasy where rich character development is sacrificed for spectacle and cool battles. I love action movies, even the stupid ones, and I firmly believe that they can do better.

1. It’s manipulative

A malignant evildoer who shows zero remorse for their entire story, commits heinous acts of violence and abuse, who murders, steals, beats, cheats, betrays, and uses other characters does not earn any shed tears over their ultimate sacrifice.

Time and time again, the big bad will do a 180 and leave the protagonist distraught over how to react to this, often with lines like “maybe he was a hero all along,” or “you know he really wasn’t that bad”. (a la Snape before we all woke up and realized he's a whiny Nice Guy)

Nope. He was actually that bad, and his final act of terror was convincing you to give a damn about him and regret not being able to save him (and it is always male characters. It’s always men. Find me a story where it’s a woman and I will gladly read it and complain about her, too).

This character has only themselves to blame for their Tragic Backstory. They were never a tragic hero, they didn’t fall from grace. There was never any hope or expectation that they could do better, the hero isn’t even trying to redeem them, it just happens in an attempt to engineer depth where there isn’t any.

2. It’s cheap

A hastily-written “redemption” tips the author’s hand, showing that they didn’t plan for or can’t conceptualize how to fix the mess they’ve made. Now, maybe the villain dies in the last chapter of the book and the story has no room for the aftermath anyway—that’s fine. It’s only a problem when the villain gets an unfounded “he wasn’t so bad” reflection by the survivors to scribble a deeper meaning and message for the story in the final lap.

If you’re planning from the start to have your villain be “not that bad,” provide any evidence other than them deciding maybe they don’t want the world to burn as the clock on the nuke counts down to zero.

This would be like if Gandalf told Pippin Denethor was actually a decent guy as the man flings himself off Gondor's tallest tower after nearly burning his son alive.

3. It kneecaps the character’s potential

Character deaths, whether they’re permanent or not, are generally treated by the other characters as permanent and final in the moment. There’s tears, there’s funerals, there’s grief and regret over what could have been, what might’ve been, what should have been.

And all of that development goes straight to the surviving characters, not the one that died.

Your dead evildoer can’t prove they’re trying to do better once they’re dead. They can’t show their remorse, they can’t show how they planned to fix all their mistakes, they can’t follow through with choosing the path of “good”. They’re dead.

You killed them to avoid the hard work of having to write them as a good guy.

4. It undermines the meaning of a true redemption

Self-sacrifice is a noble end, but self-sacrifice because a character can’t imagine actually committing to the long and bumpy road of fixing all their mistakes is cowardice. The people they hurt are still suffering, the wrongs they committed still need answering for, the damage they’ve done still needs rectifying and dying leaves all that work to those who survive them.

They’ve done nothing to prove they’re worthy of redemption except to stop digging their hole deeper and at that point they’re not “redeemed” they’re only marginally defined as a “tragic hero” by the skin of their teeth, depending on what catastrophe they prevent with their death.

5. It argues that some people aren’t worth redeeming

Ironically, “redemption = death” proves the exact opposite of the case you’re trying to make. They die because they’re convinced they must, because not a single other character could either talk them out of it, or cared enough to show them death wasn’t the only option.

“Redemption” is only for those who everyone thinks aren’t worth redeeming. But he’s irredeemable! Is he? Or do you just want to see him punished and have zero faith that he can’t at least try to right his wrongs?

This would be like if Zuko showed up at the Western Air Temple and instead of becoming Aang's fire bending teacher, he died fighting Combustion Man or Azula in a blaze of glory, all because Katara would not budge from her "he's evil and always will be" stance.

Or, if Zuko died in the last agni-kai, taking Azula down with him, as if the story said "yeahhhhh, we just gotta go clean slate here and expunge the whole Fire Family, but hey, Zuko did stop Azula in his blaze of glory".

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But what happens when “redemption = death” is actually satisfying? Aka, not a redeemed villain, just a tragic hero. So let’s look at a famous example: Darth Vader.

This is a character that checks two boxes: He has one pillar of light determined to save him, and he’s shown before his moment of sacrifice to have some remorse. It doesn’t come out of nowhere.

He’s not redeemed, though, because his one act of murder-suicide may end the war (ignoring the sequel trilogy) but doesn’t undo all the damage and lives lost and planets destroyed. He’s just a tragic hero.

Sometimes, however, this character knows the only way all the evil ends is with their death. They know they’re doomed because by their continued existence, evil persists, and they literally cannot live on to fix things because things will never be fixable so long as they’re still breathing. Or, they’re terminally ill and incurable through their own machinations with the Big Bad and will die no matter what they do, might as well go out swinging.

Greed, from Fullmetal Alchemist fits here. He spent more time as a reluctant good guy occasionally doing bad and selfish things because his essence is chained to a good guy, but he cannot survive the story, because by his very nature, he’s a piece of the main villain.

But even then, Greed’s redemption comes *before* he dies, we all already love his character, this is just the tragic icing on the cake. His realization that, in his final act, he becomes the most selfless character in the show—the antithesis of his entire being.

Your mid-redemption character redeems themselves as much as they can while they still breathe. They help the other heroes, they teach the team everything they know, they show their plans for a better future and have even built tools to help the survivors thrive. They’ve dreamed about being a part of this future that’s barred from them. They’ve fully understood and accepted the consequences of their actions. They understand that their final punishment is never living to see the paradise they nearly destroyed.

Even if they can’t change the world with their actions, they’ve done all the emotional and personal labor they can manage with those that they’ve hurt. They’ve made friends, allies, even romantic endeavors.

And when they die and the heroes mourn, they mourn the hero that this redeemed villain became, not who they imagined this villain could be if they tried, if they'd made different choices. At that point, redemption didn’t even equal death for them, redemption was the short road to recovery before the consequences of their actions finally caught up with them.

#writing advice #writing resources #writing tips #writing tools #writing a book #writing #writeblr #character design #redemption arc #character arcs #last airbender #atla #zuko #fullmetal alchemist #greed fma

[honey-milk126]

being Harry Potter's sister. (Head canons/oneshot) pt. 1?

~kinda bad~

~Draco X Fem! Slytherin! Reader

~Sorry, I tried ~ :)

🌦-𝐹𝑙𝑢𝑓𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑡-

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(Not my gifs, kinda my idea? Not super original)

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. Being his sister means your most likely gonna be his Shadow.

. It also means being compared to him, a lot

. Ex: if he passed a class and you failed, you got told "try harder. " " Be more like Harry. " it got old pretty fast.

. He would also make you join his 'adventures' almost getting you expelled and killed.

. If you liked anyone, it would be horrible.

. Ex : "Hey y/n, do you like r/n? "... " maybe? " ...

"Well, I'm dating them. "

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(R/n - random name- or random person)

. It would get worse because your parents would just become "His parents" you were a month old when they died.

. If you got bullied, he had it "worse"

. Ex: "hey, r/n is bullying me.. "... " I'm the chosen one y/n, I get bullied to, you act like your the only person who gets bullied. "

. Even though you said something, what he had to say was more important.

Ex: "hey.".... - " hey, guys! "- " shut up y/n, harry is more important ".

. You are in Slytherin.

. He tries to be protective of you, but he fails.

. You hang out with Draco a lot.

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"Hey, Draco? " you said

"Yes? " he answered

"Can I have a hug?" You asked

the room stayed silent for a few seconds before you heard

"Yeah, come here. "

As you and draco cuddled for a little bit, you started feeling better, because you failed charms class, while Harry passed with no issue. It doesn't help that the teacher compared you to your brother. And when you had a question, harry suddenly had one to. You were always second to him, and you knew that. And it hurt.

"What's wrong? " he asked you while stroking your hair

"I failed my charms test. " you explained a bit

"How? " he asked

"No clue, I thought I got them all right, but I guess I didn't." You said

"Let me see the paper. " he said

"Okay" you said as you handed him the paper

As he looked over the paper he seen that all of your answers were right. As he had the same ones as you and he got a 99%, but you got a 9%.

"Your answers are right, I got the same ones and I passed. " he said

"No point in telling Dumbledore, he won't fix it. " you said.

"I'll talk to my father. " he said while holding you.

"Okay." You said

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As winter approached, harry wanted to know what you were doing for the break.

"Hey y/n? " you heard your brother say.

".... Yes? "

"What are you doing for winter break? " he asked already knowing you would go to draco's home for Christmas, as you always did.

"Going to draco's"

"Oh, that's lame, you should come with me, to the Weasley's home! " he said

"I'm good. " you said

As you walked away, you heard whispers

'She just rejected harry'

'She's the worst sister ever. '

'I would be a better sister. '

Is all you ever heard, and you were already failing pretty much every class, besides snape's class, which is a good thing you guessed. As you weren't failing but Harry was.

As you were walking back to your common room, Hermonie stopped you.

"What are you doing? " she asked

"Going to my common room." you said

"For what?" She asked

"To study. " you said calmly

"Why do you need to study? " she asked as if she were stupid.

"Because, all the teachers besides Snape hate me, and they fail me for no reason, then they compare me to Harry." You explained getting kinda mad.

"... Man, no need for the adittude" she said

"Im leaving, bye" you said as you walked away quickly trying to avoid the eyes, trying not to hear the whispers, trying to get to Draco.

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. After Christmas you and Draco got closer and people noticed it.

.He would help you pass your classes, after his father had a stern talk with Dumbledore.

. And the whispers still happened but you couldn't do much there.

. Harry, was still breaking the school rules, and wanted you to join in. (His adventures)

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"hey y/n? You heard

"Yes, harry? " you said

"Can you help me get into the Slytherin dorms? " he whispered

"No." You said

"Why, don't you wanna be a good sister? " he asked

You knew this 'trick' of his and knew it wouldn't work.

"Im saying no, because it is not your dorm. You are a gryffindor, not a Slytherin. " you stated.

"... " as he stayed quiet you left needing to get to charms.

As you left and made it to charms, you sat next to Draco.

"He stopped me. " you whispered

"Again? " he whispered

"He wants into the Slytherin common room. " you whispered

"That could get him in trouble" Draco explained quietly

"They would award him, Draco you know that. " you said still very quiet.

"True."

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#draco malfoy #draco lucius malfoy #harry potter #harry potter x reader #draco x reader #draco x y/n #draco x you #harry potter x you

[anotherpassiongirl]

Principal's Orders: Assignment in Snape's Office

Fandom: Criminal minds and Harry Potter

Takes place in an alternative universe (university)

Characters: Y/N (student), Aaron Hotchner (principal), Severus Snape (professor)

Part 1

This can be read as a one shot but is part of a multi part story (not posted yet).

I’ve always been close to Professor Snape, ever since I started taking class here while in high school. I have always love chemestry and he was the best teacher I ever had. When my parents died a four years ago, we grew closer; the first year, we crossed path in the lab at New Year’s eve and since, we spend hollidays in his office working side by side so we don’t fell alone.

It was friday and it was late but I wanted to finish my report and leave it on Snape’s desk before heading home. I was about to knock on the door when I heard smushing sounds. I tried to be carefull as I peeked through the slitly open door. He was with someone, an man, and they were close.

Are they kissing?

They were. I knew he was seeing someone, probably from the campus since he told me he couln’t tell me who excactly, but I had imagined it to be a student, not Principale Hotchner.

When I realised who it was, I froze. This was who he was seeing?

I must have made a sound because their head turned quicky to the door, to me. I souldn’t exactly hide anymore. So, I opened the door further to let myself in and a froning Principale Hotchner put a more professional space between Snape and him.

“I… I didn’t mean to interupt. I came to drop this.”

I handed Snape the file as a silence grew in the room.

“Miss Y/L, you should know better than earsdrop on your teachers.”

The principale’s voice was serious, even more than usual.

“I’m sorry, sir. It won’t happend again.”

I glance a quick but ashamed looked to Snape. I didn’t what the principale would do to me; I heard the rumors like everyone else.

“Y/N, it’s fine.”

“Fine?”

“Yes Hotch, in fact, we’re lucky it was her.”

“She’s the one you told me about?”

“Yes.”

“That’s who you have been seeing all this time?”

“Yes. You can understand why I prefered you think it was a student?”

“You could have told me anyway. It’s not like I would have told anyone. In fact you should have told me, instead of letting me talk about how- stuff for hours.”

I almost said it in front of him. I’m sure I was as red as a tomato by the time I realised what I did : **I was talking about my crush on principale Hotchner to Snape who is his boyfriend. It’s embarassing.

#criminal minds #aaron hotch x reader #aaron hotchner x reader #aaron hotchner x you #severus snape #professor snape x reader #severus snape x reader #harry potter #severus x reader #severus snape x y/n #hotch x snape x reader #snape x hotch x reader #Aaron Hotchner x Severus Snape

[pet-genius]

Dumbledore presenting the Snape/James relationship as a parallel to Draco and Harry but the other way around is just a fantastic bit of gaslighting, I absolutely stan. And then, I wonder how much truth is there to the idea that the worst thing James had done was to save Snape's life. And the thing is I don't think Dumbledore is lying. I think Snape sometimes wishes he had died then rather than lived to see James take the credit for his life, destroy Snape's credibility and win Lily over with this fake courage. Never mind that if he had died then he wouldn't have condemned her. Somewhere in his mind I wonder if he thinks they would have all been better off if Lupin had eaten him. Less bleakly, maybe he thinks James didn't save him at all, and then in two seconds he would have remembered how to handle a werewolf, and he would have come out victorious and heroic if Potter hadn't shown up.

But what we end up with on a naive reading is that Snape just couldn't stand being bested, owning his own recklessness or being forced to reckon with the goodness in someone he wanted to hate. None of these things are true of him, not really. I really want to know if he ever confronted Dumbledore about it.

ETA I know this was strictly speaking the fulfillment of a promise to never tell anyone why Snape was protecting Harry but I just... can't understand why that had to involve humiliating him even further, when the person who should be the most ashamed of that whole snafu was... Dumbledore.

#severus snape #snape #hp meta #snape meta #pro severus snape #harry potter #Dumbledore

[ashboilol]

Sirius actually did deserve Azkaban

Yeah he did. Don't drop a nuke at my house just because "pOoR sIrIuS dId nOtHiNg wRoNg!1!1!". He did something wrong. I'm not saying he actually killed Peter Pettigrew or any of those innocent Muggles. That was all Peter. However, if we analyse the childhood and teenage years of Sirius Black, then the Azkaban sentence is karma for Sirius's attempt on Snape's life.

Don't say "SnApE sHoUlD nOt hAvE fOlLowEd sIrIuS's aDvIcE!". Because firstly, Snape didn't really know Remus was a werewolf at that point, it was just a theory. Lily says she knows his THEORY, which reveals that before the incident, he didn't know for sure, and only theorised it. Sirius told Snape that WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW was down there in the Whomping Willow, and Snape wasn't completely sure, he just wanted to know. Remus also said that Sirius played a trick on Snape, meaning that it could have been purely Sirius, with Snape and Remus being the victims here. For the first option aswell, although Snape was SLIGHTLY at fault on the basis of 'Prevention is better than cure', Sirius tried to murder him. If it had been anything else, why the fuck did Sirius never feel remorse years after? Even after he knew Snape could've died? There is no other explanation for it, and anyone who thinks there is is either a Marauders stan or doesn't have reading comprehension.

Murder in the WW, as we know, leads to life in Azkaban. So, imo, due to the murder attempt on Snape, Sirius deserved the sentence in Azkaban.

#anti sirius black #pro snape #Looking at it through a logical perspective

[letstrythisout4]

Chapter 5: Blaise Zabini and the journey to the Hufflepuff common room

Series Masterlist

Blaise doesn’t frequently feel genuine hatred for people but there was no better way to describe 

how he felt towards Dumbledore when he heard him rumble, “Prefects, lead your Houses back to the dormitories immediately!” after learning that a troll was in the dungeons.

You know, where the Slytherin dorms are. 

Are you fucking kidding me?

Immediately all the Slytherins turned to their prefects, sixth years William Selwyn and Aliyah Fawley. “Where are we supposed to go?” cried Milicent Bulstrode from further down the table, as William tried to reach Professor Snape and Aliyah did her best to calm the terrified Slytherins. 

They settled on bringing everyone up to the seventh floor to hide in an abandoned classroom, which proved far more difficult than it should have been given the staircases moving at their own accord. By the time Blaise reached the fourth floor he was separated from the mass of Slytherins who didn’t notice his departure in their haste. The staircases then choose to avoid him, moving as far away from him as possible. Blaise rushed down a familiar corridor passing a stack of barrels and running to the portrait of fruit. He was suddenly dragged backwards by a hand pulling on his arm. Turning to see who on earth was holding him back from salvation in the kitchens, he met eyes with Isabella who continued to pull him back towards the barrels. She quickly tapped on the barrels which opened to reveal a winding staircase.

“Go go go go!” Isabella urged as she pushed him down the stairs following closely behind him. 

“Reyes, I’m 95 percent sure this is kidnapping.” Blaise said relaxing now that he was out in the open.

“Blaise shut up and keep walking before I drag you to the dungeons and feed you to the troll myself.” she threatened, keeping her hand firmly on his back, forcing him forward. 

After descending what Blaise could only describe as an ungodly amount of stairs, they reached a large wooden door which swung open as they approached. “Welcome to the Home of the Hufflepuffs.” Isabella sang with a smug tone as she saw Blaise’s eyes widen.

What lay before him was a large room, two stories with a high sloped ceiling. The walls were a light brown and had vines and plants naturally growing on them. Pillars from the first floor all the way to the second, wooden archways connecting them together are also overcome with vines. The second story was adorned with a balcony allowing for an outlook of the entire first floor. The balconies had plants dropping over their edges as well. The first floor had several black couches, armchairs, tables, and desks accompanied with many throw pillows and blankets ( some black others in varying shades of yellow). The second had several hallways which Blaise assumed led to the Hufflepuff dormitories and a vast window charmed similarly to the ceiling in the Great Hall. The center of the first floor had a fire pit with a gold fire that crackled gently providing plenty of warmth for the common room without endangering the plants surrounding the room. 

“The fire never dies, only decreasing and increasing as necessary.”, informed Isabella’s voice as she gently guided him into the common room and to a couch by his hand. “You can hide out here until we get word from the professors saying that it's safe.”

“Right.” is all Blaise could say as he realized he felt more comfortable in the seconds he’s been in the Hufflepuff common room than he’s ever felt in the Slytherin’s.

“I’m going to go let Noah know that you’re here, okay? Just hang out here and make yourself at home.”, with a soft smile she climbed the stairs and disappeared down a hallway. 

Now alone Blaise let himself sink into the couch and reached for a pastel yellow throw blanket, covering himself with it. 

If Malfoy saw me like this he’d make my life hell, Blaise thought to himself as his eyes drooped, falling into a deep sleep.

Blaise awoke to the sound of pages turning and Frank Sinatra's smooth voice declaring his love.

You are my way of life, the only way I know, you are my way of life

I’ll never let you go.

Opening his eyes he saw that he was now joined by Isabella who was reading The Tales of Beedle the Bard on the other side of the couch. “How long was I asleep?”

She looked over at a clock embedded into the wall, “Just over two hours. They found the troll by the way. Noah, that's our boy Prefect, told Professor Sprout about you. Professor Sprout let Snape know that you were here, she told me to make sure you knew you could stay for as long as you like.``

“That’s nice.” Blaise responded, settling back into the couch. 

“If you want you can stay and meet the others tomorrow morning.” 

“Yeah whatever you say Reyes.” he muttered as sleep consumed him again.

That’s how Blaise found himself here, in the kitchens at 6am (an hour before his scheduled wake up time) wearing the same clothes as the day before eating breakfast with some of the Hufflepuffs of his year. “How exactly do you all know the elves again?” Blaise asked as he blew on his porridge.

“Part of the induction into Hufflepuff is introducing yourself to the elves since we are so close to the kitchens.” clarified Wayne Hopkins, a quiet boy that Blaise had noticed was consistently overlooked in class.

“Everybody in Hufflepuff knows the elves.” Ernie Macmillan added unnecessarily, given that is just what Wayne said.

“Do you guys always wake up this early?” he questioned, rubbing his eyes.

“No,” Isabella said with conviction, staring intensely at her eggs with bacon “thankfully.” she added under her breath clearly offended by how early it was.

“Whenever we eat in the kitchens Megan likes to wake us up extra early so that we aren’t in the way of the elves.” Susan Bones explained.

Susan was a kind girl, the type of person to bring people into conversations whenever she felt they were being left out. Blaise could admire this trait… so long as she never attempted to do the same to him.

“It's only fair since we are asking them to cook for us separately from everyone else.” Megan Jones exclaimed indignantly. Everyone grew quiet at this, it seemed as though they had already had this discussion several times before.

“Where is Smith?” 

Zacharias Smith was the kind of person that Blaise didn’t like. Not to the degree of Malfoy but certainly getting there. He was obnoxious and the type of person to insert himself into situations he did not need to be in. 

“Oh, he didn’t want to come with us.” Justin Finch-Fletchley confessed with a mischievous smile that told Blaise he hadn’t tried very hard to convince Smith to join. Blaise quickly decided he didn’t mind Finch-Fletchley.

In fact, by the time they had finished eating Blaise decided he didn’t mind the group at all. He enjoyed seeing the group interact with each other, how the girls defended Wayne when Ernie kept repeating everything he said but louder, how Reyes would lightly make fun of them with no bite to her words and everyone seemed to understand that was just how she was. 

Maybe it wouldn’t have been the worst thing to be sorted into Hufflepuff, Blaise accepted as he dragged his feet back down to the dungeons and away from the welcoming Hufflepuffs.

Author's notes: this chapter is short as hell but I feel it is a good enough introduction to the Hufflepuffs and the common room. We are going to see a lot more of them so hopefully this was a good foundation. As always comment to share thoughts and like if you enjoy, thank you for reading. ALSO thank you for all the support, the comments, the likes and the reblogs are so encouraging so thank you.

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[yrluvjane]

To be disappointed

I just feel sad, so everyone has to feel sad. Warning: Angst

"JAMES! FLEAMONT! POTTER!" The boys' very angry girlfriend shouted as she stormed up the stairs, pushing a terrified Moony and Wormtail to the side.

She slammed the door open and there sat with Sirius both sporting a frightened expression. "I can explain!" James shouted with his hands up in surrender.

"You can?!" She shouted outraged.

"...Sirius can explain!" He shouted as the other shouted in reply, "Prongs!" He hit James's chest.

"It was an accident!" James said, as he and Sirius slowly backed away.

"Accident?!" She shouted outraged.

"Yes?" Sirius said weakly as James hit him on the back of his head.

"Let me get this straight, you accidentally set fire to the astronomy tower?" Y/n said angerly, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes! Total accident!" The two said. They watched as Peter and Remus watched from the door way with terrified expressions.

"And this had nothing to do with your stupid fued with the Slytherins?"

"Okay! That 'fued' isn-" Marlene began but stopped short when Y/n faced her with a look that could make Dumbledore step back and the faces of Sirius and James motioning 'No' with their mouth and hands.

"POTTER! BLACK!" Professor McGonagall shouted as she angerly made her way up. "OUT of my way, Miss McKinnon!" She said pushing Remus and Peter stumbling back.

"Professor!" Sirius said hopefully but stepped back when he saw her rage-filled face.

"Don't "Professor!" me, Black! What were you bloody thinking?!" She shouted as she stepped next to Y/n.

"According to them, it was an 'accident'." Y/n said, dangerously calm.

McGonagall head snapped to them, "Accident?! You call that ! An accident?!!"

Both boys mentally decided to stay quiet, knowing it was the safest options.

"Professor McGonagall, it was an accident. And since it was an accident they should personally and publicly apologise to all the Slytherins and Ravenclaws for both disrupting their class and endangering their life. And instead of detention, they can assist the Slytherins and Ravenclaws with any educational problem they have considering they were responsible for burning their notes." Y/n said as both the boys' face's contorted into disbelief, plead and shock.

Professor McGonagall stared at the girl in approval, "That is an excellent punishment, Miss L/n." Both boys stared at the Head of their House in shock and pleading face's.

"However-" Both boy's looked at her in hope. "I'd like to add a punishment of my own. 50 points. . .Each." McGonagall said watching Sirius and Jamss make a pained sound, before turning on her heel and leaving.

"Y/n..." James began but she only raised a finger and shut him up.

"Ah! I don't wanna hear a sound out of you. Either of you. Have you two gone insane?! There were people in that tower! Someone could've died! This Slytherin-Gryffindor fued needs to stop! We are graduating next year! There is an upcoming war! People are already dying. I know that wasn't an accident and I know that you were planning on setting Snape's hair on fire...I'm very disappointed in you. You promised me you'd end this! You promised..." She ranted angrly but at the end her voice fell and tears began to form, which made both boys look down in shame.

"..Y/n.." James began but she stepped back and wiped away any traces of tears. "You have a speech to write and it better be a good one." She said, she then faced Remus and Peter.

"I'm disappointed in you two, as well. I could've expected this from Sirius and James, maybe even Peter with peer pressure but not you Remus." Y/n said softly her face filled with disappointment as all four boys looked anywhere but her heart-breaking face.

"Anything you wanna say?" She asked the four as she sniffled. "No? Okay." She left.

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Should I make a pt.2?

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[fanfic-lover-girl]

How James Potter's character discourse could have been easily solved by JKR

Now, I love redemption arcs. While I would probably never get with a guy in real life who hurt me in the past, I love seeing how a guy can atone and build a loving relationship with a girl who was hurt by him in the past and how the girl came to forgive him. I love seeing male characters become better men. Bonus if the men had to grovel to prove themselves hah.

So in theory, I should like James Potter and Jily. However, I don't. I used to like James when I first got into HP but the fan discourse really soured me on him, especially the victim blaming and glorification of bullying. I also did not like how James' bad side was usually swept under the rug in the fics I read.

The main problem with James Potter is the show vs tell with his redemption. On screen/on page, we see his awful moments first-hand or see his problematic behaviour justified or downplayed by the narrative. However, we only hear about his good moments second-hand. That's why James discourse is circular and tiring.

To make it worse, we hear about his good moments in arguably not objective contexts. Of course, Remus and Sirius will big up their mate to his son when he expresses doubt. Of course, Minerva and Dumbledore will speak highly of someone from their own house who was a good athlete and headboy. Of course, people usually don't speak ill of the dead - especially loving parents who died as martyrs protecting their son. Of course Snape can't be trusted because he is a mean, nasty teacher. So when we hear these things about James, there's always that lingering doubt about whether the claims are completely true.

Moreover, Sirius and Remus never tell us how James redeemed himself. Just that he deflated his head...what the hell does that mean?? Did James apologize or express regret about hurting people? I need more details.

Another problem is that James died young so we never got to really see him as a mature adult. So to estimate his behaviour, we have to look at his friends (birds of a feather flock together) but Sirius and Remus are...questionable. Still love you Sirius! Best marauder hands down buddy! I love your family :)

So! How could JKR fix this if she wanted to? Simple. Have Sirius or Remus show Harry a pensive memory of James post SWM.

It always bothered me how little Harry seemed to care about his parents. Remus and Sirius were right there - why not ask about all the marauder adventures? Hagrid composed that album for him in book 1 from people who were supposedly friends with the Potters - why not reach out to them? Harry comes to you accusing James of tricking Lily into being with him...why not help him out by showing James as a good boyfriend and person? Why not show him a pensieve memory of how he proved himself to Lily? Or a memory of James being a just headboy? I would have loved to see some heartwarming James moments. It would not erase what he did to Snape but at least James would be better portrayed as a good person who just hated that nobody Slytherin out of immaturity.

Anyway, I think how James was written makes for a richer narrative but a lot could have been solved in fandom if JKR showed us some good James moments free of bias. James Potter is a character I am partially primed to like! I just needed to see how he changed. Being a good parent and husband is not enough. Evil characters can be good family men too so that means nothing. Jily is not good enough evidence that James was a changed man.

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