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joe-spookyy · 14 days

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Dude tell me your thoughts about Daniel Cain + any headcannons??

hi what greatest ask i’ve ever received because all i ever have are thoughts about daniel cain. sorry this is gonna be an essay. um.

tldr - dan cain is a super fascinating character (especially when you read him as queer) and his high empathy makes it difficult for him to make the hard but necessary choices found often in the medical field, but easy for him to be manipulated by those he thinks can help him do the most Good. also he is not immune to herbert west. full post under cut and it’s pretty good you should read it.

ok first off he is literally JUST like me for real. but second. i really think he’s a fascinating character no matter how you read him. his empathy is Soooo high and it affects literally everything he does - sometimes for the worse cause he’s a doctor and honestly cannot afford to be getting this upset every time he loses a patient. but it’s part of him, which i think makes him a super interesting counterpart to herbert. he’s so distinctly Human and he cares so much about the people around him, and he’s a horrible doormat/people pleaser. this is, obviously, not at all like herbert. narrative foils oooooh. when i met bruce abbott he told me he thinks dan is a “spineless worm”, which may be technically true, but i think the way dan is so easily convinced to go along with herbert is because of this heavy empathy. he wants to do everything within his power to make things better, and what could really be better than conquering death? how much pain could he stop just with that?

because of that, i think it makes SO much sense that it was so easy for herbert to initially manipulate him into working together. plus i also think later on in the films his feelings for herbert get in the way of his judgement to. an incredible extent. herbert just has to ask and dan will immediately be at his every beck and call. hes like a dog. he wants out but he can’t stop coming back to herbert. i struggle to find any other way to explain why he’d still be living with herbert after the first movie - after all, herbert kind of did kill everything dan ever loved (girlfriend, cat, legitimate medical career). and i think these things affected him on a really deep level (which. yeah. obviously) but the way he acts in bride is so indicative of what that kind of trauma does to a person and it’s fascinating to me. he projects so hard on to gloria because of how guilty he felt for not being able to save meg. he shuts down in a lot of the more serious situations. sure, he did have his little going into shock moment in the first film, but it’s a reoccurring thing in bride. he doesn’t seem to have such a strong moral code anymore, but that empathy is still there - even though what he’s doing with herbert and their little bride project isn’t quite morally Right, all he really has left is herbert and he is dying for a way to get back to the normalcy that herbert has pulled away from him. and yet, he’s never able to really Leave. he can’t move out, he can’t stop helping herbert, he can’t really get meg back as much as he tries. but he’s too far down the rabbit hole to really care at this point. he just cares about getting what he loves back.

and sure. did he abandon herbert at the end of the first movie for meg? yeah. did he abandon herbert at the end of the second movie for francesca? also yes. did he rat herbert out to the authorities? yes (but that’s a character choice i simply cannot get behind he would not do that shit after everything he still does obviously love and care about herbert if he was gonna be a narc he would have done it after the first movie herbert didn’t even do all that much wrong in the second movie like come on he was just getting creative. whatever. anyways.) now, his choice to save meg in the first movie makes a lot of sense, in my opinion. he assumed herbert was dead (which. not a bad assumption tbh) and meg was his girl - it makes a lot more sense to save her than someone he hasn’t known for nearly as long. but when he chooses to escape with francesca and leave herbert behind, it’s a little bit jarring. he’s obviously gotten close with herbert. they still live together, they bicker like a married couple, and if we’re being honest he kind of follows herbert’s every command. again. like a dog. and plus! they just created life together in a quite homoerotic fashion!!! why in the world would dan fumble this?? well, i think i can explain it. herbert represents a lack of societal normalcy. think like doctor praetorius in the bride of frankenstein. herbert’s heavily queercoded, he actively defies god, he kills and he disrespects the dead and he’s terrible socially and he shoots up drugs (sorta) and he is all about medical malpractice. this is the opposite of what someone like dan SHOULD want. dan’s straight passing (or straight if you want to read him that way which i don’t recommend cause otherwise this analysis doesn’t make as much sense), kind and friendly, and wants a good, normal career in the medical field. and he loves his perfect girlfriend. meg (and later francesca) represent these “good” and “normal” things that dan wants and is expected to want. herbert, again, represents the opposite. so for dan to choose herbert and save him over either meg or francesca, he would be choosing to step away from the life he is “supposed” to live, the socially acceptable life. people are already suspicious of him and west as we see in the novelization of the first movie, and to save his visibly queer strange little “roommate” over the woman he’s supposed to love would have certain implications that would draw dan away from this life of normalcy that he wants so badly. but most importantly. herbert always comes back. he’s a part of dan that can’t be escaped.

well. that was a lot. headcanons. umm. i think you probably got a lot from the novel i just wrote but here’s more.

- i loveeee the dan starts smoking after meg dies hc

- i don’t believe he ratted on herbert. i think they’re still working together making freaky shit to this day. even as old men.

- i know i just said queer the whole time i was talking but he’s bisexual and you aren’t allowed to disagree with me. herbert’s gay though. emphasizes the differences between them - dan CAN choose that “normal” life but herbert can’t.

- i think he ends up needing glasses as he gets older. he wears em to read in the first movie and i think his vision declines.

- also he goes grey earlier than herbert imo cause of all the stress. herbert makes fun of him for this but herbert’s hairline is. ummmn. less powerful. so dan has ammo to fight back.

- i don’t think he’d ever be able to get a cat again after rufus. or really any pet. i don’t think he trusts himself not to damage everything he touches

- i think he’s a huge talking heads stan. you could argue this as canon because of the stop making sense poster above his bed, but i think he’s a super fan. and maybe i’m projecting. so what.

- no matter how many times herbert does it or offers it to him, he refuses to take any of the reagent.

uhh. yeah. sorry that this post is so long i hope it is sufficient to what you were looking for. thank you sincerely so much for asking this was the most fun i’ve ever had. bless up.

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sendandburn · 4 months

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An Analysis of Percy Weasley

"Percy Weasley was the third of Arthur and Molly’s seven children.

He was not only the middle child but also the loneliest.

Bill and Charlie are two years apart. A unit.

Percy is closer in age to the Twins.

But the twins are a unit by themselves.

Ron and Ginny are the babies and a unit.

Poor Percy only had his rat.

No seriously, Percy had his siblings alright, but the dynamics where not the same, he was a little too young to be part of Bill and Charlie adventures, and soon they left for Hogwarts.

He could never be as close to Fred and George, who were soulmates, and liked to tease him a little too much.

Ginny and Ron were too young to play with him, then he was off to Hogwarts, himself.

It means that Percy was the closest to Molly.

Molly was more protective of Percy because she saw how all his siblings paired up and he was left alone.

In return, Percy listened and did everything Molly asked him too.

He was the Perfect Boy. The Prefect Boy and the HeadBoy.

He took it to heart and rigidly followed her advices.

He was extremely well behaved, he kept to the rules as if his life depended on it, worked himself to the extreme to get his 12 Newts.

What do we want to be Prefects for?’ said George, looking revolted at the very idea. ‘It’d take all the fun out of life.’ Ginny giggled. ‘You want to set a better example to your sister!’ snapped Mrs Weasley. ‘Ginny’s got other brothers to set her an example, Mother,’ said Percy loftily. ‘I’m going up to change for dinner …’ He disappeared and George heaved a sigh. ‘We tried to shut him in a pyramid,’ he told Harry. ‘But Mum spotted us.’ * Dinner

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3)

He forsook most of the fun and Quidditch and adventure his siblings had, especially, the twins.

He then got the most boring and safest job in the Ministry of Magic, like Molly wanted.

He stayed home, unlike his siblings, who couldn’t wait to go to adventure, one moving away to another continent.

None of the children stayed at the Borrow, apart from Percy.

So when his father and mother told him that he was wrong to do exactly what they taught him, “follow the rules Percy”, “be a good boy Percy”, “work hard and you will get rewarded Percy”.

Percy Weasley finally snapped.

I think Percy leaving the Burrow and cutting out his parents was hugely caused by the feelings of resentment and anger at his family, and mother in particular.

Percy was also hurt.

Percy needed that time apart to sort out his feelings and accept that while his mother’s advices where sound, sometimes, breaking the rules and being a bad boy is necessary, especially when Voldemort had taken over, he is the one dictating the rules.

So no Percy, was right to put some distance with his family, otherwise I believe things would have escalated worse. As their tempers exploded.

Thought, he was wrong for saying untrue and cruel things to his father and wrong to cut all ties with his mother.

And also wrong to believe anything Cornelius Fudge said, when he was so thoroughly inside Lucius Malfoy’s Pockets.

But when he did come to term with those feelings and accepted his wrongs, he was brave and devoted enough to come back and apologize and admitted how much of an idiot he was.

“I was a fool!' Percy roared, so loudly that Lupin nearly dropped his photograph 'I was an idiot, I was a pompous prat, I was a - a -' 'Ministry - loving, family - disowning, power - hungry moron,' said Fred. Percy swallowed. 'Yes I was!” J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) " (analysis Taken from Quora)

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ladyknight33 · 21 days

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Severus Snape, The Lost Lily, and A Certain Kind of Courage

Not enough credit is given for the type of courage that allows an insecure boy to stand in enemy territory and apologize. It is the same type of courage that has allowed him to behave as a spy in the most dangerous situations of the story. The books inform us that Severus has insulted Lily multiple times, perhaps indirectly, when in conversation because of his constant acquaintance with Slytherins who referred to her as a Mudblood. In order to maintain relations with his Housemates, he needed to use the same vocabulary otherwise they would ostracize him along side the rest of the school. The books also say that Lily forgave him frequently for these transgresses and even defended him to her friends. Because of these references, she might not have had the slur directed at her from Severus’s own mouth. Only in passing in referring to the Muggleborn population. This could explain her outrage at the callous behavior Severus gave her following the “Worst Memory” incident and why she never forgave him.

To better understand why Lily took the derogatory slur so harshly, one needs to understand why Severus would have lashed out in such a horrid manner. Many readers insist that there is no forgiveness for this behavior, but circumstances pushed him into a no win situation.

First of all, the Marauders attacked Severus unprovoked. (This isn’t say that Severus never attacked first, but in this instance he was the victim) James Potter’s attacks were less harmful in the physical sense, but emotionally they caused embarrassment and lasting mental damage to Severus from the inability to defend himself. Second, Lily attempted to call James’s off no less than six times (HP OotP, Ch. 28). Fueling Severus’s embarrassment to have a girl defend him yet again when James actually relented.

“There you go,” he said, as Snape struggled to his feet again, “you’re lucky Evans was here, Snivellus –“

“I don’t need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!”

Lily blinked. “Fine,” she said cooly. “I won’t bother in the future. And I’d wash your pants if I were you Snivellus.” (HP OotP Ch. 28)

There was a moment hesitation in Lily’s response that suggests surprise and shock, inferring that Severus had never referred to her directly as a Mudblood. Lily not one to be insulted returned in kind which no doubt destroyed Severus’s heart. His one friend and defender had abandoned him. This was likely the moment when Severus knew he had made the most grievous error of his life.

This error was fueled by years of influence by Slytherins such as Malfoy, Nott, and Mulciber. Severus had grown accustom to the slur’s constant use in casual reference and was expected to use the term without hesitation. By this point in his schooling years he was probably having to hide his interest in having Lily as a friend publicly in order to stay friends with his Housemates.

The stress and embarrassment of the situation in such a public manner likely did cause Severus’s vocabulary to slip out the insult. He needed to appear as the consummate Slytherin in the eyes of his racially bigoted friends and he had to appear self reliant in terms of the stereotypical male who does not seek protection from women. Most all cultures have this image of a strong male and seem to indicate that needing a female to fight his battles is considered weak. Given the home life of Severus Snape he likely learned this behavior from a strong willed Tobias Snape.

While no one is free from fault, circumstances, stress, embarrassment, shame and anger do cause people to say and do things they would otherwise not do. This combination of emotions does cause people to act irrationally. Teenagers are the best examples of people making irrational decisions. Everything from trying illegal drugs, drinking and driving, and defying a parent because of a simple misunderstanding are examples from real life. Granting another chance to people who do make horrible decisions while stressed is up to the victim of the attack. In this case, Lily decided that there could be no more chances.

Now with the emotional state of Severus Snape explained, it is time to talk about the courage it took to stand in front of the Gryffindor Common Room demanding to see Lily. He threatened to sleep there which meant he did not care about the rules or how the students of Slytherin would laugh at his decision. At that moment in his life Severus cared about nothing more than apologizing and seeking forgiveness for what he had done. Admitting fault is a difficult thing to do at the best of times, carrying with it the shame and humiliation all its own. Doing so publicly takes great courage. This is the courage of doing what must be done.

Severus Snape, who is not like by many people, influenced by hatred and bigotry, and faces ridicule for his choices, is able to swallow his pride and do what he knows is right. Argue that this is only because he does not want to loose Lily Evans and that would be correct. At this point in his life he has very little support in the social structure. He needs all the friends he can find. At this point in his life sexual interests have not been revealed. There is no evidence that he sought after Lily for anything other than a friend.

The courage it took to stand there and listen to Lily reject him while trying to apologize is breathtaking. This is the courage that allows him to stand before great evil and not waver. He has already felt the guilt of being unable to save what is lost. So he tries to salvage what he can. At this turning point in his life he is crying out for help but is unable to express himself. He wants to do right but his only outlet pulls him deeper into Voldemort’s grasp. With his last bridge of friendship with Lily burned, he likely had no more strength to resist the inclusion he felt with his Death Eater friends.

He still had the strength of mind to feel concern for Lily’s safety. Keep in mind that when the prophecy was first heard and reported no one knew who the child was. Severus had made the only choice he felt was left to him by becoming a Death Eater and in his mind getting even with Dumbledore by reporting the prophecy would have been high on his list of priorities. It was not until Voldemort chose his victim did anyone know who was in danger. Severus probably felt extreme guilt at passing the information, but he could not have known that Voldemort would choose the Potters as the most dangerous.

To his credit, Severus had the courage to ask the Dark Lord to spare Lily’s life. Many people, including Dumbledore, ask why ask for only the woman’s life. The reason is clear. Voldemort had chosen his victim and if Severus Snape had ask for the family to be spared then he would appear to be a traitor and destroyed. He could get away with asking for a woman he had loved since childhood. Voldemort knew of sexual desires and assumed Severus asked for a woman because he desired her. This is where the sexual definition of love started to develop. Severus never claimed it was true only that Voldemort made that assumption. Severus allowed the assumption to stand because it shielded him from suspicion.

When he begged Dumbledore for Lily’s life, Dumbledore accused him of only caring about her. Given the known history that would be a safe assumption. Of course Lily is Severus’s first thought. She was his first and only best friend. There would be some resentment over James Potter putting her in danger. But notice that it was not Dumbledore who insisted on protecting the family. Dumbledore asked “why did you not ask Voldemort to save the whole family?” which is a ridiculous thing to ask the man trying to kill said family. Severus was the one to volunteer the request to save the family. Yes, he wanted Lily safe and understood that to do so would require saving her family. He would not see James and Harry killed for the sake of one person.

Severus made a dangerous choice in seeking out Dumbledore. He is shown to be afraid during the confrontation, starting out by begging, “Don’t kill me!” Severus knew this meeting could easily end in his death or imprisonment and Lily was more important than either. His courage was fueled by fear at this point, but he still knew what had to be done and was willing to face the consequences.

During the Voldemort’s second rise to power, Severus hung between trust and traitor. He walked in two worlds where people refused to believe he was truly on their side. Constantly having to put up with the comments and insults. He bore this as best as his bitterness allowed him. But when faced with the task of killing Dumbledore, the courage needed to complete it was overwhelming. From Severus’s own memories it is known that he did not want to do as ordered. As shown with Draco Malfoy, killing is not so easy a task when one’s heart is not evil. This again is the courage of what must be done. Not because it is right, or because it is glamorous. But because it is the only option to reach the end goal.

Traditional heroes would have balked at killing a friend who would otherwise die a horrible death. Readers curse Severus for this action, one among many. If this horrible decision had not been made, then the ability to protect the students at Hogwarts and pass along vital information to Harry at the right time would never have come to be.

No matter how furious the Order of the Phoenix was at Severus’s actions, they needed him to do the dirty work of spying for them. With the information he brought them, they could then be the heroes everyone expects.

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rewritingcanon · 23 days

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#for my followers bruh #bcuz im thinking of assigning her songs to hp characters but that will take some effort cuz her discography is kinda big #i want it to be like a character/song analysis bcuz i cant casually assign masterpieces I NEED TO TALK ABT JT #but i loveeee her and dont have any ideas for this blog so #harry potter #hp #marauders #hp nextgen #hp next gen #hpcc #cursed child #hp golden era #rewriting

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enbydust · 9 months

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Something that can really elevate fiction is seeing your characters not as actors, but people living their story. Tell your story through your characters not the other way around.

Take Harry Potter for example. You could swap out HP himself for any orphan with a strong moral compass, sense of justice, and abusive family and the actual plot would remain largely the same. It just happened to be him, but any other character that fits his archetype could tell the same story (and has before). This is because his character is reactive, things happen to him, not because of him. He lacks the personality and depth that defines a person rather than a character because his choices don’t drive the plot. He’s just a bystander in a story that others write for him.

Compare that to something like Nimona(or Les Mis cause that’s my fav example of this but it’s not 2014 anymore)and you can see the other side of the coin. It’s a story about Nimona told through the conflict between Ambrosius and Ballister. Their relationship doesn’t just drive the plot, it IS the plot. Without the death of the queen and the fight between the two Nimona would never have met Bal and that means no story at all because none of the three are replaceable. It’s Bal’s love for Ambrosius that keeps him going after he’s been deemed a villain(before meeting Nimona) and it’s his trust him that drives Bal to get the recording of the Director and clear his name. And it’s Ambrosius’s love for Bal that both turns him against Bal and opens his eyes to the truth and saves the lives of everyone in the city. If these two weren’t exactly the way they are and made all the choices they did the story would be unrecognizable. Something I can’t say for the likes of HP. A story is only as unique as it’s characters.

#nimona #character analysis #harry potter #it’s ok to talk shit about HP right #because JKR is trash #ily queer and ND writers y’all are better at this than anyone

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ala-baguette · 3 months

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OK but now I really want your "whole meta" about how "Remus talks about Harry when Harry's not around" because, ow my heart!

Im never sure on how to feel about Lupin, because on the surface he's likable, but under that-- where you been, dude? Would love to have you change my mind!

Noooo! Don't Tempt Me, Anon! No, really. I would love to, but maybe let's revisit that after I'm done with Knowing Where to Look. I could totally talk about Remus all day, but at this point it would just look like procrastination (which it definitely is). What I will offer you today: Remus is a character you have to love for his flaws. Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately?) clinically depressed blurbos completely lacking in self-worth are my peeps. To paraphrase my thoughts on this topic for now:

Remus's absence is not about his feelings for Harry; it's about his feelings for himself.

I'll leave it at that for now and perhaps one day we'll come back with a proper meta on the subject. In the meantime, however, I have several Remus-centric fics I can offer to showcase some of my views on Remus and his relationship with Harry. I somehow always come back to writing Remus and he is featured heavily in several of my Left Behind stories as well as one of my early long fics. I will link here in case you have not read them and are interested:

A Life Filled with Laughter and Ice Cream, Florean Fortescue's Left Behind installment. This one is probably the most relevant to his relationship with Harry (or lack there of). Set during PoA, Florean and Remus share an ice cream and a chat about their lives during and since the first war.

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Remus Lupin's Left Behind installment. Remus takes another stroll down memory lane (and the streets of Godric's Hollow) after his argument with Harry in DH.

To Crave a Dementor's Kiss, Nymphadora Tonks's Left Behind installment. The Remadora story from OotP through HBP. This one is less about Remus's relationship with Harry and more about his relationship with Tonks, but I do think it's a look at some of my feelings on his characterization. (One of these days I'd like to return to this one and rework it-- This was a very early Left Behind story and I was still finding my stride.)

A Lonely Path, my first long fic. An AU with a paternal Remus-Harry relationship. I add this to this list with some hesitancy as it is long, has less basis in canon, is quite old and my views and writing have changed, contains a fair amount of wish-fulfillment regarding Remus's ability to love, and I wrote it when I was 19, so it's rather an immature plot. However, I also don't feel like I can list my writing featuring Remus and not include it. If you chose to take the plunge into my 19 year-old mind, take it with a grain of salt, a little grace, and more as a way to see how my views on this character have evolved over the years.

Thanks for the Ask, Anon, and sorry to not answer you properly. Hope these fics can satiate you for the time being. Now I've got a final chapter of Knowing Where to Look to write!

#remus lupin #character analysis #harry potter fanfiction #hp fanfic #harry potter #fic rec #or maybe just a little shameless self-promotion

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fiendishfyre · 1 month

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I want to hear your thoughts on Regulus👀

Oh my gosh, I m literally so hyped for this ask!!

Hehehehehhee. Okay, I am not eloquent nor articulate so forgive me.

Okay, first off, I *abhor* the notion he was forced to become a DE, I am sorry but neither Walburga or Orion would force Regulus to clip out anything related to his Lord and Saviour, Voldemort. Look, they allowed Sirius to have his posters and yes he put a sticky charm on it but you're telling me that they couldn't actually get it down??? Like literally could hire someone.

What I am trying to say is, they had free will and chose what they wanted to have be up. (Fook it, Walburga could have added an illusion charm to make it appear differently. I could go. Walburga left Sirius' room as is for a reason. They were not dictator parents.)

So I am a Regulus was a willing and proud (for the most part) Death Eater. He was a blood supremacist. We don't need to have seen him say mudblood to know he'd likely have tossed that word around like it was nothing. He is a ***minor*** character so of course we shouldn't be getting that much info. And no I am not saying what we had was plenty in the sense that, he is Sirius' brother and it would have been interesting to see more on him. But unnecessary, in my opinion.

Now for his betrayal/'Redemption'.

To be frank, I don't think he had a change of heart. He could have easily turned because his house elf was almost killed and you can take it as he is doing it for the fact someone he cared for was used or that his *property* was used, I see both. He's a pureblood and a Black and you don't fuck with whats theirs kinda thing.

Also the horcrux, knowing Voldemort created one. Tore his soul apart for it. Which is the taboo even amongst Dark wixen. You can take out muggles, burn down blood traitor families but to tear ones soul could have been the limit for Regulus, fearful of what Voldemort was willing to actually do. And that it tears the mind too. Who wants to follow a crazy leader?

All of the above doesn't mean he had a change of heart, that he was betraying Voldy for a truly altruistic reason. He kinda traumatized Kreacher all over again. He let the poor elf stay in the cave.

And you'll find me hard pressed to make Regulus this 'woke', progressive, Slythertin. That such screams OC (Original Character) to me. I see him very much as a misogynistic, sexist, blood supermacist. He had his family crest over his bed! Agh! He was a proud Black!

He is a pathetic white boi. I love him for it. I don't wanna change him. XD

I love Regulus Black, but I love villains/dark/flawed/etc characters and I don't agree with the notion that you must change these characters to justify liking them. That speaks to the person on how they have a morality complex. (Or perhaps not morality complex but a lack of understanding what you like in fiction doesn't mean you support it in real life. This topic deserves its own post.)

There is more on Regulus that I could talk about but this is long enough already. Hahahaha.

#regulus black #character discussion #hp character discussion #fyre answers #fyreanswers #regulus black meta #hp meta #meta analysis

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soliloqueeer · 7 months

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13 Questions Every Harry Potter Fan Should Be Able To Answer

Question 1: Which house do you belong to?

Ravenclaw. I'm curious, creative and introverted. But I would also be happy in Hufflepuff since I am, at the end of the day, baby.

Question 2: Which Deathly Hallow would you choose?

If I'm being honest with myself probably the stone, to have one final conversation with my mother who recently, and very suddenly, passed away.

If that hadn't happened then I would've chosen the invisibility cloak because I love the idea of not being perceived.

Question 3: Which Character do you have a (not so) secret crush on?

Interesting question. I had to pick someone compliant with their characterization in the books then I'd probably say I'm most attracted to Tonks or Sirius, or the Weasley twins. But if you saw my AO3 history you'd think Tom Riddle.

Question 4: What are your Indepth and controversial thoughts on Severus Snape?

I think that Severus is a very tragic character. He came from poverty, was abused and neglected by his parents. The only person to ever show him kindness was Lily. He was canonically ugly, weird, and had bad hygiene. He was bullied by two classist Gryffindors and craved power and vengence which led him down a dark path. He died a hero who was courageous and self-sacrificing but I don't think she-who-shall-not-be-named wrote a convincing enough redemption story, especially not one in which the hero would give one of his son's Severus's name. He was still a wholly miserable person who was stuck in the past and verbally abused the child of his former nemesis for six years.

My controversial thoughts surrounding Snape was that he was first and foremost a genius - a potions prodigy who literally crafted his own spells as a teenager.

There was an unequal power dynamic between Severus and the Marauders. He was a dirt poor half-blood and they were rich purebloods. There was never any equal footing between them and as much as he participated in the feud, it was always in retaliation to their cruelty. (I can say this without bashing Sirius and James as all people contain multitudes).

I also don't believe Severus was a bigot. I think there's a good chance he hated muggles, as a result of the abuse from his father, but I he was too smart to buy into the idea of blood supremacy when he, a half-blood, was smarter than most of his pureblood peers. And when Lily, a muggleborn, was at the top of their class.

One of the more controversial headcanons I have is that Severus was recruited into becoming a Deatheater, not because he believed in their agenda but because he was allured by the promise of power, influence and vengeance. I believe he probably moved up high in the ranks after graduating Hogwarts because he was cunning, ambitious, and committed to proving himself and gaining Voldemort's respect. I also believe during his time as a Deatheater he most likely had to commit horrible acts of violence and cruelty, and that while Severus does have a sadistic streak (one that gives him the allusion of power), he does not wish suffering upon innocent people. He probably dealt with these peforming these acts by compartmentalizing his responsibiltiies as a Deatheater and using occlumancy.

One final thing I want to add is that I don't think Severus was obsessed with Lily in a 4Chan, incel sort of way (in fact, he kind of gives off ace vibes). In my opinion, Lily was the only person to ever give him love, kindness and compassion, and while he was in love with her, he was above all else, completely wracked with guilt over being responsible for telling Voldemort about the prophecy. He agrees to protect Harry because he feels indebted to her until the day he dies.

Question 5: Who, In your Opinion, Is more evil: Voldemort or Dolores Umbridge.

What a funny question. The first thing that comes to mind for me is Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and the discourse in 2015-17 about which politician was worse. Voldemort (like Trump) is honest about who is is and what he stands for (self-interest and accumulating power). Alternatively Umbridge (like Clinton) tries to create the perception that she is good and righteous.

Umbridge represents the banaltiy of evil. She's sadistic and abusive, even towards children -all while wearing a polite smile on her face. She has the same vibe as a Catholic nun who abuses people in the name of god, and for Umbridge it was about the rule of law.

However, Voldemort's evil can't even be measured on the same scale. He's a meglomaniac eugenicst willing to purge the world of things he deems inferior to him. He was inspired by dictators like Hitler and Stalin.

It's far easier to hate Umbridge because she's not honest about who she is, and we've met a figure of authority who's exactly like her. Voldemort by all accounts and purposes, was far more powerful, influential and destructive, but too grandiose to relate to.

Question 6: Which death in the series is the most heartbreaking?

Sirius, Fred, Remus, but especially Fred. It was cruel to take him away from George. I think it would've been more satisfying if Percy, as a way to redeem himself to his family, sacrificed himself to save his brother during the Battle of Hogwarts.

Question 7: What Quidditch position would you play?

I wouldn't. I'd probably be in the stands or take advantage of the school being empty and fuck around in the empty castle all day.

Question 8: What Wizarding Career would you pursue?

Probably a teacher or academic/Unspeakable as I love research. That or someone who paints the magical portraits.

Question 9: Which book in the series is you favourite?

PoA was always my favourite as a kid because I really loved Lupin's character, and hearing about the Marauders. The time-turner plot gives me an eyeroll now but the climax is still one of the most thrilling to me. We also got a taste of Powerful Harry, which actually never came to fruition, but I really loved the idea that Harry was a very exceptional wizard who was coming into his powers and not just an every-man character.

Question 10: Who should have ended up together? Hermione/Ron or Hermione/Harry?

Hermione/Harry if it was developed earlier on. The author explained that Ron/Hermione was something she pigeonholed herself into in the first two books but later regretted it. I think canonically, Harry and Hermione are like siblings, but if their relationship was developed after PoA then it would've been really satisfying to see.

Question 11: Have you read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?

No. Never will.

Question 12: Was Dumbledore a Hero or a Villain?

A hero. His plan worked in the end, as convoluted it may have been. I don't see Dumbledore as an all-good Santa-Claus-Grandpa character like his die-hard fans do, but I also don't see him as a chess-player villian twirling his moustache from the shadows.

I used to really hate Dumbledore because of how secretive he was. It was absolutely insane for him to have put Harry on that wild goose chase with such little information and it was a miracle they won the war at all.

At the end of the day, I think he was a man that feared having too much power due to the mistakes he made in his youth when he was hungry for it. He influenced things from the sidelines because he knew he was imperfect. He made mistakes all the time, and owned up to them, and if he was all-powerful those mistakes would have much graver consequences.

He loved Harry, in the end, and did not want to see him in that mess, but had the pressure of saving the world on his shoulders.

Question 13: Who is the real Hero of the Story? Harry Potter or Neville Longbottom?

Seems like a redundant question to me, but perhaps there's discourse around it I'm not aware of.

Harry is. But he doesn't carry that tile alone.

#harry potter questions #hp headcanons #severus snape headcanons #dumbledore headcanons #harry potter characters #hp fandom #harry potter canon #character analysis #ravenclaw #snape was a tragic character #not bashing #dumbledore wasn't a villian #but he also wasn't perfect either #that was the point of his character

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What role in the manga is the undertaker meant to be? Is he an anti-hero, is he the end boss, is he the evil villain?

Undertaker's role?

Idk if I'd call him an anti-hero, simply because that's usually the role of a protagonist, like our earl and Sebastian.

I expect the (mostly emotional) end boss to be real Ciel, though he might be accompanied by Undertaker... at least at first. (This is a Mother3 parallel.)

Even Yana-san said at one point that Undertaker isn't a true villain. I expect the "evil" villain to be John Brown, or the queen under the influence/control of John Brown. (Another Mother3 parallel but even stronger as a Mother2 parallel.)

I think of Undertaker as a Severus Snape sort of character. Greatly flawed... but motivated by love to help take down the evil that destroyed the person he loved. Even if it means acting as a double agent... and as an adversary to someone he's sworn to protect. And he's both a foil and antagonist to Sebastian. (Some HP parallel tossed in for good measure.)

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #undertaker #literary roles #literary foil #adversary #double agent #antagonist #character analysis #minnesotamermaid71 #asks #i answer #answered asks #hp #harry potter #mother3 #mother2 #jul 16 2023 #i forgot what day it was

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fanfictionroxs · 3 months

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I headcanon Lily as more of a loner who honestly grows a bit afraid/vary of friendships after Snape and Petunia. She is popular and has acquaintances, but they are kept at arm's length because her trust has evaporated after being betrayed by people most close to her. I think she would genuinely let only muggleborns come close to her which is why I think her and Mary could have been somewhat good friends.

The fact that she gave James a chance to get close to her after he seemed to have cleaned up his act.. it seems like a miracle and a good step towards healing and moving on. Theirs might not have been the most perfect relationship at the start of their dating life, but he was what she sorely needed.. someone who would stick by her without any prejudices. James accepted all parts of her, muggle and witch, and he fought for all of it which I think was really helpful in showing her how much he valued her and her kind.

Another reason why I feel she's a loner is because she doesn't want anyone else. Petunia and Severus? They were it for her.

I always think that Snape was to Lily what Sirius was to James. Letting him go was difficult, but she did it, she had to. Add to the fact that she knew somewhere that she was losing Petunia too.. Snape was the last vestiges of her childhood. Losing him must have felt like she was losing everything that marked her childhood, her sister and her best friend. Accepting that must be so difficult, so hurtful, so lonely because it was so much more than a simple end to a friendship.. it was prejudice ruining another one of Lily's relationships. A magical freak to Petunia, a dirty product of muggles to Severus.

Lily wants the people she knows she can't have because the only way to have them is to betray her values, her dignity and herself. She will not turn her back to magic to appease her sister and she will not turn her back to muggles or muggleborns, her own kind, to appease her best friend.

So.. Lily stays alone. Better be alone than be scarred again. Tending those wounds is not easy when she is daily wounded on the battlefield. It's best to be alone like a bat in its cave than seek out new ways to hurt herself. James is a risk enough already and who knows when he too will turn against her and abandon her just like Petunia and Sev?

So.. Lily stays alone.

#lily evans #petunia dursley #severus snape #james potter #hp meta #character analysis #harry potter #mauraders #the marauders #jily #snily #muggleborn #harry potter and the deathly hallows #fanfictionroxs writes

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liketolaugh-writes · 1 year

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I've been thinking about Harry Potter as a character again, especially in the context of fanfiction.

I read Harry Potter fanfiction very rarely. And while I have a couple reasons for this, number one is that Harry has no consistent characterization. I've found individual authors whose Harry I liked, but that's it. Across the board, Harry is neither in nor out of character. He simply is.

And the thing is, going back to the source material, I can see why that is. Harry is, in many ways, an extremely nondescript character, and he doesn't really have the powerful defining traits that, for example, Percy Jackson or Aang do. This doesn't make him shallow; this makes him real. Harry Potter is an adolescent boy who's experienced a lot of abuse and neglect, and it reflects realistically on his personality. In books 1 through 4, you can see him trying to blend into the background, repressing a lot of his emotions to avoid making waves. In books 5 through 7, you can see those repressed emotions beginning to overflow and slip out of his control. He's struggling to find himself because his abuse has robbed him of his childhood and adolescence.

It's realistic, and having stepped back to look at it, I can appreciate that Harry's abuse is as fundamental to his character as Percy's is to his. Unlike Percy, though, Harry struggles to grow beyond those shackles. His personality is too muffled, and it makes him difficult to work with as a character. When you change his circumstances, when he's raised by someone else or has grown up well past his teenage years, he's very nearly a blank slate. What is Harry like, if he is not young and nondescript, or temperamental and erratic? We really don't know.

I'm going to think more about him, because despite everything I still often find myself wanting to write Harry Potter fanfiction. But this is the roadblock I always find. Who is Harry Potter?

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rabbits-of-negative-euphoria · 9 months

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ok I’m not caught up yet, but from the moment I first watched it, I have not stopped thinking about that scene in Hell’s Paradise where they arrive on the island and notice all the different flowers in the forest looking so beautiful together, but then observe that all of these flowers do not belong together in the same place, and suddenly what we first saw as beautiful is now unnerving and chaotic.

And then I recently saw Annihilation which has an insanely similar scene where they arrive in the Shimmer and notice all the different flowers looking so beautiful together, but then Natalie Portman observes these flowers do not belong together on the same vine, and same deal: now we’re a little scared of them.

Although in HP the flowers are there (I assume) because of Tan, and in Annihilation they are there because they’ve been cancer-fied, in both stories, the chaos that began with unnatural beauty continues to unravel reality into more chaos until everyone involved is certain they’re in hell.

and frankly, I keep noticing that unnatural beauty/plurality everywhere in our society today, multiplying chaos with no end in sight

#- HK #mobile #x #analysis #Hell’s Paradise #Annihilation #also very interesting that in HP one of the pluralities contributing to the chaos is features and entities from multiple eastern religions #and in Annihilation one plurality is the blending of humans with plants and animals. indifferentiation between them #and that Natalie Portman survives by fighting it where all the other characters either died by succumbing - running - giving in to chaos #like there’s of course a literal imager of cancer there but there’s also a metaphorical one as exemplified by her marriage

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I just realised Something about a portion of fandom I don't really engage with all that much. Because I don't want to, btw.

In all other shows, movies, books, etc, every single bad person is at least somewhat 'ugly' according to the narrative. The 'problematic' characters rarely get acknowledged because there are so many good looking characters who are good themselves (I remember Annabelle from the first book of Percy Jackson, I think, and there were more ofc).

However, Rowling's main idea about appearances was that it was an illusion. Every single good looking character is either reprehensible or ends up dying (Cedric) in the same book they were introduced*. The story wants to be relatable to how every teen feels, and no matter what, we all have insecurities.

However, they're just teens, and on top of that, at least one or more of our main teens have done something terrible or badwrong (Hermione with skeeter and Marietta). So, they aren't exceptionally beautiful and neither are they exceptionally good. Even the side characters who are popular come across as jerks to some of their family members, making their sibling cry.

This creates a problem for the people who don't have a sense of self yet, or are so scarred they can only look at life through black & white lenses.

The Halo effect playing greatly onto the above, we're presented with another set of teens, two of whom are described as extremely sought after by the opposite sex, one of whom is popular, and the final one who has endeared himself by showing ugly Snivellus his place (via map and the Verbal Sparring). They all, by the end of this introduction, understand that Snivellus is badwrong and doesn't deserve anything good.

'It's clear he's the villain, and has been since forever, see, these people agree with me and they're the Protagonist's parents.' Whether this is believed because of the Halo effect or taking Harry's perspective to mean a God pov, I can't tell. The point being, they are even more convinced.

They want an escape from how difficult it is to sort out their feeling about these people the author keeps throwing at their face so why not attach to the characters who are dead or strongly attached to the protagonist (so they can never be badwrong in later books). A safety blanket of sorts, if you will. And in doing so, they completely ignore the nuances of the scenes presented in the last book. Because they are attached, they'd rather call badwrong Snivellus' love impure than explore what the montage of all his memories implied. That beauty is skin deep.

The thing about people who like such black and white scenarios and people is: they will always fall prey to the Halo Effect. And it's extremely painful to be disillusioned about your favourites. So they may never get disillusioned.

All this to say, sometimes I wonder why that part of the fandom is like 'that'. And it's just that this is the safety net in this series, or this is just how vanilla people outside of fandom coming in can take.

And that's fine (coz I'm crazy for the marauders era as well, just with a slightly wider taste pallet).

TL Dr: The antis are attracted to wholesome ships and since Rowling made it so difficult to find such ships until much later where you are emotionally connected with each character, the antis attached to a bunch of (mostly) dead people who, by association to the Hero of the story, being pretty, popular, and clear on their behaviour with the badwrong confusing character, are all good. They were desperately looking for the safety net in the books and found some. Also, since antis are the way they are, maybe they believe the fictional character being dead means people would not criticise their wholesome ship? Idk.

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*The only properly handsome man - Bill - barely gets mentioned, marries a beautiful woman, and imo the only reason he doesn't die is because he didn't revel in his handsomeness or popularity (him liking Snape in school is so cute + that disqualifies him from being popular with the antis since he likes the badwrong character). Also, he was literally scarred on his once handsome face to show that his wife actually loved him and didn't just choose him to have beautiful babies. Her being a veela and owning her Frenchness were already flaws (in the narrative's opinion) so all she needed was a scarred husband. Now, they both don't have to die 🤣.

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I love your Harry Potter metas! Could you please analyze Marcus Flint's character from the books? I know it's not alot but I'm curious!

Aww, thank you so much! This took me forever to answer, so I'm sorry for that! 🤦‍♀️

You're right that there's not a whole lot about Marcus in the books to go on, but there's enough to get a basic understanding of him as a person/character.

Marcus Flint

The Basics:

Marcus was a tall and burly Slytherin, who was a Chaser and the Captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team, and he frequently cheated during the game. He also had to repeat his 7th year at Hogwarts because he failed his exams (though JKR apparently changed her mind and amended his age in later editions of Book 1, but that's boring, so I'm going with the original comment). He was likely a pure-blood since the Flint family was part of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. It is possible that his family intermarried by then (so he could have been a half-blood), but I highly doubt it. Most of the Sacred Twenty-Eight families were still pure-bloods by the start of the books, and since Marcus was in Slytherin, it's even more likely that his family remained "untainted" because the stigma of being with a Muggle/Muggle-born was a powerful deterrent.

Book Evidence:

Marcus was large and imposing. Harry claimed that Marcus "looked as if he had some troll blood in him." We don't know exactly what he meant by that (or if he was just being rude, which is possible), but we can assume that it at least alluded to the fact that Marcus was a big guy. He was described as being "even larger than Wood" who was said to be "tall and burly" & in Book 3, it stated:

"And here come the Slytherin team, led by Captain Flint. He's Made some changes in the lineup and seems to be going for size rather than skill --" More boos from the Slytherin crowd. Harry, however, thought Lee had a point. Malfoy was easily the smallest person On the Slytherin team; the rest of them were enormous.

Marcus was a good Quidditch player. It's doubtful that he would have been named Captain if he wasn't, but we also have evidence of this:

"the Slytherins have taken the Quaffle, Slytherin Captain Marcus Flint gains the Quaffle and off he goes — Flint flying like an eagle up there"

"Flint in possession, Flint flying toward the Gryffindor goal posts, come on now, Wood, save --!" But Flint had scored; there was an eruption of cheers from the Slytherin end, and Lee swore so badly that Professor McGonagall tried to tug the magical megaphone away from him.

Marcus was very aggressive.

WHAM! A roar of rage echoed from the Gryffindors below — Marcus Flint had blocked Harry on purpose, and Harry’s broom spun off course, Harry holding on for dear life.

"Captains, shake hands!" said Madam Hooch. Flint and Wood approached each other and grasped each other's hand very tightly; it looked as though each was trying to break the other's fingers.

Angelina was nearly thrown from her broom as Marcus Flint went smashing into her.

He was a decent leader. As Captain of the Quidditch team, he led the Slytherins to victory in several games, and he also showed an understanding that his teammates were his responsibility:

Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant uproar at his words. Flint had to dive in front of Malfoy to stop Fred and George jumping on him, Alicia shrieked, “How dare you!” and Ron plunged his hand into his robes, pulled out his wand, yelling, “You’ll pay for that one, Malfoy!” and pointed it furiously under Flint’s arm at Malfoys face.

I highly doubt that Marcus actually liked or cared about Draco, but he protected him because that was his duty as the Captain.

He had many typical Slytherin traits, including...

Questionable Morals - He accepted a bribe for Draco to be on the Quidditch team, dressed up like a dementor (with Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle) to throw Harry off during a Quidditch game, and pretended that one of his teammates was not able to play when it was storming (so that the weather wouldn't hurt their chances of winning).

Ambition and Determination - He was willing to do whatever it took to win Quidditch matches (see above), continued playing even when no one else was paying attention, and didn't stop even when he was injured.

Marcus Flint seized the Quaffle and scored five times without anyone noticing.

A moment later, Fred Weasley chucked his Beater's club at the back of Flint's head. Flint's nose smashed into the handle of his broom and began to bleed.

“Slytherin in possession — Flint with the Quaffle — passes Spinnet — passes Bell — hit hard in the face by a Bludger, hope it broke his nose-"

Harry turned the Firebolt sharply to watch Flint, still bleeding freely, fly forward to take the Slytherin penalty.

Arrogance and Smugness -

“Funny you should mention Draco’s father,” said Flint as the whole Slytherin team smiled still more broadly. “Let me show you the generous gift he’s made to the Slytherin team.” All seven of them held out their broomsticks. Seven highly polished, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words Nimbus Two Thousand and One gleamed under the Gryffindors’ noses in the early morning sun. “Very latest model. Only came out last month,” said Flint carelessly, flicking a speck of dust from the end of his own. “I believe it outstrips the old Two Thousand series by a considerable amount. As for the old Cleansweeps” — he smiled nastily at Fred and George, who were both clutching Cleansweep Fives —“ sweeps the board with them.”

A Mean/Cruel Sense of Humor -

Ron opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. Instead he gave an almighty belch and several slugs dribbled out of his mouth onto his lap. The Slytherin team were paralyzed with laughter. Flint was doubled up, hanging onto his new broomstick for support.

Other Unknowns/Possibilities...

He may have been clever - Harry described him as having a "look of trollish cunning on his face" when he stole the Quidditch field from Gryffindor for practice with a note from Snape saying that they needed to train their new Seeker. However, there's no indication that this was Marcus' idea, and given how bad the plan to dress up as dementors was (which Marcus went along with), I'm not sure I would consider him very clever. However, he did have at least some social intelligence, because he knew that he could only get away with some things under certain circumstances. For example, in Book 1, he smashed into Harry and didn't even attempt to seem remorseful, whereas in Book 3, he smashed into Angelina and said ""Sorry!" said Flint as the crowd below booed. "Sorry, didn't see her!"" He knew that smashing into a female player required a level of (at least pretend) regret that smashing into a male player did not.

He may have been sexist - It says in Book 2 that "There were no girls on the Slytherin team, who stood shoulder to shoulder," but this may have been because Slytherin families were misogynistic in general and didn't consider Quidditch an appropriate hobby for their daughters. In that case, Marcus didn't have much of a choice for the team, but he still could have been sexist due to being raised in that type of environment.

He may have believed in pure-blood supremacy - We really don't know Marcus' thoughts on blood purity. We do know that he was in Slytherin, and he certainly didn't speak out against Draco when he called Hermione a Mudblood, so it's likely that he had some prejudices. However, he never made any direct comments about blood status, and the Flints were one of the only Slytherin families not mentioned to be loyal to Voldemort during the war, so it's possible that they were more indifferent than most (i.e. they looked down on Muggles and Muggle-borns, but they weren't extreme enough to want to fight a war over it).

He may not have been from a very powerful family - Continuing with the thought above, it is interesting how the Flints are not mentioned as working with Voldemort or being traitors to his cause. Given that they were part of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, one would think that their allegiance would be important, but since it's never mentioned, it is possible that the Flints were one of the less powerful, less rich pure-blood families, and therefore, their loyalty wasn't really a big deal to either side.

My Inferences:

Marcus is an Aries (so he was born between March 21st and April 19th). Aries is a fire sign, and Flint is a stone used for lighting fires. Aries' archetype is The Warrior and it is ruled by Mars, and Marcus' name is derived from Mars, the Roman god of war. Aries tend to be passionate and bold, which we see from Marcus with Quidditch. Aries know what they want and aren't afraid to take it, which we see from Marcus in the way he disregards the rules and cheats. Aries can also be impatient, demanding, and stubborn, and they can have a bad temper (i.e. Marcus' aggression), especially when faced with incompetence (like when Draco lost the Quidditch match for Slytherin, and Marcus was seen “...yelling at Malfoy. Something about having the Snitch on top of his head and not noticing.”).

Marcus is the youngest child/baby of the family. He has a lot of qualities that youngest children have, such as being manipulative (dressing up like a dementor & stealing the Quidditch field from Gryffindor), outgoing (he certainly isn't shy), attention-seeking (goading Gryffindor & bragging about their new brooms), self-centered, and uncomplicated (he's not an overly complex character). He could be an only child, but he lacks some of their traits, such as being antisocial and sensitive. I have the headcanon that Marcus has two older brothers, but that's not based on any canon evidence.

Marcus has a learning disability. The fact that Marcus failed his exams and had to repeat his 7th (and final) year indicates that there was probably more going on than just laziness. I personally like this idea, because we don't see any learning disabilities in Hogwarts, which is quite unrealistic.

This was fun, so thanks for the ask! 😊

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Today is Halloween 2023. Do you remember where you were on this day in 2012?

Visualize it.

Now imagine your best friends were just murdered. You were betrayed and falsely imprisoned for their deaths.

You're still in prison and your name is Sirius Black.

Not until next summer do you finally escape, living off rats in a dilapidated house on your old school's property while hunting the man who framed you.

Freedom is snatched away a second time and you go back on the run, but at least you don't spend the summer in prison. Yet as the leaves bloom red and gold, you find yourself living in a cave, begging for scraps at a nearby village through frost and snow.

The following summer, you go back to the childhood home of your nightmares where you were physically and emotionally abused until you ran away for good. Or so you thought. You spend the next year locked inside, not allowed to leave. Visitors come and go, sometimes staying a few nights or even weeks. But the rest of the time you are alone with the literal screams of your mother's cursing and slurs echoing through the empty house.

Your last summer arrives, but you don't know it yet. You leave the house to save your godson and never return. You're 37 when you pass through the veil.

You were 33 when you escaped from prison.

And you were only 21 when your bright future was snuffed out.

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We forget how young Sirius was when he went to Azkaban. Or what 12 years really means until we look back on how young WE were 12 years ago. How much we've changed and the experiences that shaped us. That whole time, Sirius was trapped in a time capsule of his darkest depression. And after all that time, he barely lived at all.

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