#patronuses

[siriusblack-the-third]

Okay, lets talk about Patronuses.

To my understanding, a person's Patronus is either a physical representation of their character, or takes a form that is the animal version of somebody who is dear to that person or someone who that person looks up to.

Harry's Patronus is Prongs, a stag— his dead father's animagus form. His dead father, who everyone says Harry looks like (except his eyes. He's got Lily's eyes), who Harry looks up to, who Harry idolizes throughout the series. I think it's interesting to note that Harry doesn't have an animal that corresponds to his personality— the dursleys were never a place where he could nurture or grow his own identity, and Hogwarts was always riddled with too many dangers for him to have time to figure himself out. Up until the end of the war, he had no aim, no direction, no idea what his own personality was like. And so, his Patronus took the form of a stag, a tangible representation of his parents' sacrifice, of his physical likeness to his father, of his love and admiration for people he couldn't remember.

Snape (barf) had a Doe Patronus. His obsession with Lily was so strong that it became his personality. His obsession was the only reason that prompted him to betray Tom Riddle, the only thing that prompted him to make an oath to Lily that he would protect her child (bang up job he did of that, btw- just superb), and the only reason he made an effort to stay alive. If it had been the Longbottom family that was under attack, Snape would have gone down in history as one of the cruelest and most loyal Death Eaters of Riddle's army who did terrible, horrible things in the name of his "love".

Now to the main point of this little rant: James Potter, Lily Evans, and Sirius Black.

The Terf Extraordinaire has declared in Extracanon that James' Patronus was a stag, and Lily's patronus was a doe. Imo, that is complete bullshit. James Potter and Lily Evans are famously known for having started off on the wrong foot— he's an arrogant, bullying bastard and she is a sanctimonious, hot-tempered bitch (bear with me, please, I love both of them).

I can't believe Lily's Patronus being a doe— she had too much love in her heart for it to be a representation of her own personality. Even if it was that, it is entirely too inaccurate. Does are considered delicate, weak, innocent creatures. Lily in canon has too fiery a temper and too sharp a wit for her Patronus to be something so mundane— she hurries to rescue Snape in SWM with such rage, unafraid to go against the worst pranksters in the school. And if the angle that Rowling wanted was for it to be an indicative of her love for James, that her Patronus was a doe instead of stag was because Lily was a female, then that's utterly, completely stupid. Lily hated— no, Lily loathed James with her whole being for the first six years of their school. They canonically began dating some time in their 7th year, and even if Patronuses were taught only in the 7th year, Lily wouldn't have fallen in love with him so fast; he had been an utter dick thé previous years, and Lily is canonically too smart to let herself fall for someone who had changed so very recently. She gave him a chance in seventh year, but i believe that she fell in love with him much, much later. All of this just points to the fact that Lily's Patronus being a doe right off the bat is just.. weird. And something I can't imagine happening. If I was to give her a Patronus before she fell in love with James, it would be either a big cat or a dragon. And hey maybe her Patronus changed became a doe to match James when she married him, but then I don't like the connotations of a wife having to submit herself fully to her husband. So no. No Doe Patronus for Lily.

James Potter having a representation of himself as a Patronus is much more believable; he is confident, smart and self assured— traits we don't often see in teenagers. The thing is, though: James loved Sirius. Whether canon or au, platonic or romantic, they are always described as "never see one without the other", as soulmates, as two people who had a legendary friendship. His love for Sirius did not become his entire personality, but it was an integral part of his growth as a character and his story arc. They were best friends who liked each other's company so much that they literally made magic mirrors to talk during detentions. You cannot tell me that James' Patronus was a stag; his patronus was more likely to be Padfoot. He wasn't obsessed with Sirius like Snape was with Lily, he just had more love for Sirius in his heart than he had arrogance in his mind.

Vice versa for Sirius, who had Prongs as his own Patronus, because James was the one that saved him. James became his friend, irrespective of his last name. James took him in when he ran away from home. James was there for him, always, every time, every day of his life since he was eleven. James was his first friend. Sirius' Patronus was Prongs, and you can't convince me otherwise.

#harry potter meta #patronus #patronus meta #harry potter #james potter #sirius black #lily evans #the marauders #marauders #meta #i have had this thought for such a long time #it felt good to write them down properly #james potter's patronus was padfoot #and sirius has prongs #lily definitely did NOT have a doe #fuck that shit fr #i refuse to believe it #thank you so much for reading #patronuses #the theory of patronuses #platonic prongsfoot #jily

[short666bread]

meme based on A Hop, a Skip and a Jump by @rockingrobin69 🐈🐇🦙✨

#which. I cannot stop thinking abt #go read it! #fic rec #drarry fic rec #harry potter #draco malfoy #drarry #draco x harry #harry x draco #:’-) #patronuses #scribble scribble

[sk1fanfiction]

real talk if Tom Riddle/Voldemort had a Patronus what would it be? And any kind of serpent is the cop-out answer btw.

#personally i like the idea of a corvid #particularly a magpie #tom riddle #tom riddle jr #tom marvolo riddle #lord voldemort #patronuses

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was checking something on my blog when I saw this

#not a dream #biggest gaudiest patronuses #badjokesbyjeff #pukicho #writing prompts

[soloorganaas]

7 Up

tagged by @pinklume @anemicc-royalty and @msalexwp (this was indeed how I spent half my flight 😏) and also @tracingpatternswrites and @messrsage for a snippet game. ty for all the love 🥹💗💕

“Professor Black - did you know Professor Lupin’s patronus is a dog that looks just like you?”

Sirius’s chest clenched so hard he couldn’t breathe.

“I did not, no,” he choked out after a second.

The class was quiet, watching him oddly, except for one girl in the middle row who had a disconcertingly curious expression on her face. She nudged her friend and turned to whisper something in her ear.

“Dogs are quite common patronuses,” Sirius told the class, readjusting the papers on Remus’s desk.

“Professor Black?”

Sirius looked up to see the girl in the middle row now had her hand raised.

“Yes - Sienna, I think?”

“Mmhmm. Professor, are wolves common patronuses too?”

Her large, brown eyes fixed on Sirius’s with a knowing intensity that made him want to run from the room.

“Probably not,” he said eventually.

tagging @blitheringmcgonagall @tahtahfornow @kaymardsa @meli-mess

#wolfstar #sirius black #remus lupin #right back where we started from #otp: i’m mental about you #hp #everyone in the comments who was like oh the students definitely told them about each others patronuses #you are directly responsible for this

[dragonflavoredcake]

Gem: Reminder that I'm very sweet and endearing so be nice to me Joel: Or what? Gem: Or I'll punch your lights out :)

#source: biggest-gaudiest-patronuses #incorrect hermitcraft quotes #hermitcraft incorrect quotes #geminitay #geminislay #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #hermitcraft #hermitblr

[fanfictionroxs]

Lily failing to produce a patronus charm in 7th year because all her happiest memories are either with Tuney or Sev. Lily slowly healing with James by her side, but her tainted memories still not allowing her a patronus. Lily strolling through the forbidden forest and meeting a deer, finding unparalleled joy among the trees and with that sweet animal. Lily finally producing a patronus, her doe meeting James's eerily familiar deer.. her doe seeking out its twin near Sev only for him to leave.

#snily being platonic soulmates is my roman empire #my hc is that their patronuses were always the same #twin patronuses meant to walk the earth together #DAMN IT SNAPE WHY DIDJA HAVE TO BE A TERRORIST #also romantic jily my beloved #the romantic soulmatism of james and lily gahajsjjsjssj #yes theyre just kids yes theres a war and YES it's true love #lily my beloved #fanfictionroxs writes #lily evans #severus snape #james potter #harry potter #meta #character analysis #marauders #marauders era #lily evans potter #Petunia evans #petunia dursley

[hms-incorrect-quotes]

#submission #you prob know 2/3s of the urls but #in order: pukicho #* biggest-gaudiest-patronuses (is that how that’s spelled?) #and buckylovesnat #< submitter tags #chonny jash #cj heart #cj mind #cj soul #i love when they work together to bully soul #true meaning of being whole/j

[greenerteacups]

Do you think a patronus and an animagus need to be, or are likely to be, the same animal for a person?

Likely, yes; necessary, no. We know that patronuses can take forms it's not possible to become as an animagus, because Tonks's patronus becomes a werewolf after falling in love with Lupin. (I guess we don't rightly know you can't choose a werewolf as your animagus form, but the idea feels janky, like it's not reeeeeally what the magic system was conceived to do.)

My general philosophy of Patronuses gets explored a lot in an upcoming chapter, but the TLDR is I think they're a token of something that makes you happy. Harry's is a stag because his connection to his father brings him joy; Tonks, a representation of Remus; Snape, a representation of Lily; etc. That's also why patronuses can change when you seek joy/meaning from new places. Nowhere in the books do we see the kind of "spirit animal" reading that crops up in personality quizzes about it. Yeah, sometimes the animals happen to fit their characters, but why do McGonagall and Umbridge — two very different characters — have the same patronus? Wouldn't it make more sense if they were just two dames who like cats?

In contrast, your animagus form is said (extracanonically, so Doesn't Count, if you ask me, but whatever) to be involuntary and based on your personality. (This is part of the reason I don't think you can use animagus abilities to become a werewolf, because what would that even mean about the person doing it?) The animagus is supposed to function as a "spirit animal" type of thing, because it's technically still you.

So if your patronus and animagus form happened to match, I'd read it as a good indication that the things bringing you joy are closely related to things you like about yourself. It would be an indication of strong self-esteem and satisfaction. James Potter being one such character, and someone who's established in canon to think pretty highly of himself. Minerva McGonagall is a god damn delight and she knows it. Interestingly, Lupin's patronus is a wolf, but not a werewolf, which could mean any number of things — for one, the word "Lupin" being a cognate for wolf in Latin means that his patronus could reference his family or parents, or just his own identity as a person outside of his lycanthropy.

#greenteacup asks #lionheart spoilers #prognosticating #i put a lot of thought into why ron and hermione have the patronuses they do #like otter is such a left field choice! happy playful mischievous otters? for hermione 'cut a bitch' granger? #and a jack russell terrier? a faithful hunting animal for ron 'fuck camping' weasley? #not to say ron isn't loyal - he absolutely is! - but in theory it would make way more sense to switch them #unless... that... is the Point #and it is not in fact about Who they are but rather about What they prize most in themselves and others #which for hermione is fun and playfulness and delight. things she struggles with and come naturally to her friends #and for ron is duty and fidelity and enthusiasm and care. he craves undying love and affection #and harry? he wants his fucking dad back.

[hazelelel]

Relationship between Severus Snape and another character and they get along really unusually well and no one knows why but they don't want to question a miracle. Then one day the character is like, "Oh hey let me cast my Patronus" and it's a freaking magpie.

And everyone is like "ohhhhhh..."

#Your honor they're symbiotic #snapedom #pro snape #severus snape #symbiotic relationship #magpies #patronus #fuck twin patronuses to represent things I want to see weird fucking parasitic relationship metaphors #Give me characters with snake and mongoose patronuses having a horrible inevitable relationship #Give me a fish and a bird for two people who live in different worlds #Give me the most beautiful magical patronus to a character and their partner has a naked mole rat #do it i dare you

[myheadisemptyffonly]

Everyone were expecting that the patronus would be a stag, a stag that would match James Potter's. They were a fairly well-known couple in the castle after all, and when the sixth-year (now seventh) students cast the spell last year and Remus and Sirius got matching patronuses, it was almost like confirmation that Regulus and James would have it too.

But that was not what had happened, instead there was a dog running around among the students. A dog, like his brother's.

The whispers began, maybe James and Regulus didn't love each other that much as it was thought? Regulus didn't care though, they would never understand.

They wouldn't understand spending nights huddled together nursing the bruises on another's body, over nightmares in daylight, of stealing food and smuggling it into others room.

They wouldn't understand what his brother meant to him: a guardian, a protector. It was his brother but also his safe place. And sure James was too, with his strong arms and warm hugs. But that would never be on the same level as his brother holding him even as his own body trembled.

When the dog stopped in front of him again, Regulus felt his lips stretch into a smile. "Hey Pads, good to see you."

And if later in the day when Sirius saw his little brother's patronus he broke into soft tears, that's something only Regulus and Sirius would know.

The patronuses were a complex magic, it was not only a physical manifestation of the soul but also protection. The patronus as an enchantment had the objective of protecting, providing security and comfort. Thus there could be a patronus in the form of a rabbit, not necessarily an intimidating animal but one in which the caster might find relief.

For something the patronus required a moment of happiness to cast. Of course there were those who would find a fluke of fate, matching patronuses that reflected the trust that could exist between two people but it was not necessary for those two people to have a romantic love. There are so many forms of love, and the Patronus Charm was aware of that.

#This was supposed to be an idea from my current fanfic #But the I couldn't find how to put it in #This idea also came from the fact that Harry and James' patronuses are the same. #Which for me can mean that for Harry his father meant security #marauders #harry potter #regulus black #james potter #sirius black #regulus deserved better #marauders headcanon #jegulus #james and regulus #the black brothers #jegulus fanfiction #wolfstar #remus lupin #regulus arcturus black #sirius and regulus #james x regulus #regulus x james #regulus and sirius #They are good brothers sir #I love the idea of James and Regulus having matching patronuses and being soul mates #But I also love the idea of Regulus finding in his brother security

[poll-nation]

#poll nation #poll #i love polls #polls #tumblr polls #cryptid #cryptids #cryptidcore #edited #mothman #chupacabra #bigfoot #sasquatch #jersey devil #loch ness monster #nessie #Gaud #biggest gaudiest patronuses

[rewritingcanon]

courtesy of @smr7k4 for the tas devil and hedgehog albus agenda

scorp version | james version | lily version

#my cousin used to be OBSESSED with mongooses lol #albus severus potter #harry potter #hp #hpcc #cursed child #harry potter and the cursed child #ccsquad #hpng #hp nextgen #hp next gen #rewriting #dont jump me for not adding any of his parents’ patronuses here….

[avenlovescoke]

Marauders Era Headcanons - The Marauders

Dude, i'm so tiered of all of the misogynist and ableist/grossophobic marauders posts on tumblr so imma try to get that fixed! Here we go for Some headcanons of the marauders

Remus John Lupin :

Sexuality : Bisexual

Gender : Transmasc (had a non binary era so he's alright with being called he/they) by the way one of my favs hcs about remus being transmasc is that his deadname is Venus Lupin and the whole "my name is Remus" started off as a joke cause he read the myth about Remus and romulus being raised by wolves but... well it wasnt a joke anymore by summer before hogwarts so he cut his hair short without his parents knowing the very night before hogwarts and had so much gender euphoria that he couldn't sleep. He started taking hormones so soon (by his 13) that no one knows he's trans except the marauders obviously, Lily, Mary and Reg ! (Marls still hasn't figured out)

Lover : Sirius Orion Black

Nationality : WELSH NO ONE COULD CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

Family : His father is a scientifist and a searcher lycantophobic that tries to find a potion against the phenomen that he calls "against universe's laws". He divorced Hope three years before hogwarts and Remus lives with his mother ! Hope lupin works at a bakery and she's such a Sally Jackson variant.

Patronus : Wolf

Animagus : Werewolf

Fancast : Matt Hitt

Sirius Orion Black :

Sexuality : Omni (Male pref)

Gender : Genderfluid (He/She/They)

Lover : Remus Lupin

Nationality : Born in France, moved in england at 5

Family : The Blacks

Patronus : Used to be a Dolphin but wasn't able to corporate it after James's death

Animagus : Black Shaggy German Sheperd

Fancast : Louis Seriot/Conan Gray

James Fleamont Potter :

Sexuality : Pansexual

Gender : Cis man

Lover : Regulus black

Nationality : English (Mexican Mom)

Family : Mia and Monty Potter :D

Patronus : Either a Nurse Shark or a golden retriver

Animagus : Stag

Fancast : Reiky devalk/Omar rudberg/xolo maridueña

Peter Oscar Jonah Pettigrew

Sexuality : Ace and demiromantic straight guy

Gender : Cis man

Lover : none

Nationality : English (Swedish mom)

Family : Raised by a single mom

Patronus : Hedgedog

Animagus : Rat

Fancast : Lewis Capaldi

#marauders #queen #wolfstar #sirius x remus #remus lupin #peter pettigrew #james potter #marauders era #sirius black #the black family #marauders patronuses #marauders animaguses #headcanon #my opinion

[hellsite-detective]

hey can you find me that one post about tony the tiger singing you're a mean one mister grinch and ends up with a nun having read a fanfic that @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses made about them. pretty plese. i need to read it for uh. scientific purposes.

i was bein' asked to find a specific post regardin' @biggest-gaudiest-patronuses's iconic Grony fanfiction bein' read by a nun. so, i went down to the Search Bar to ask Google for the phrase "nun fanfiction" comin' from gaud's blog specifically. they handed me the post i was lookin' for, but with some added bonuses. i filed the whole thing away.

here you are! i decided to throw in an extra bit where the fanfic was blessed by an actual priest! have a great day!

Post Case: Closed

#this ship is something im all too familiar #thanks to madame curator anyway #thank you sweetie!! #tony the tiger #the grinch #how the grinch stole christmas #kellogs frosted flakes #grony #the grinch x tony the tiger #biggest gaudiest patronuses #ask #hellsite detective #post case closed

[wizardnuke]

i have some lore on here but it consists of 2016-19 era marvel fandom drama that you could not begin to comprehend

#i was insane. as all chronically online teenagers are #i had to delete my blog. also i was mutuals with unclefather and fuck what's that blog that had the pink face icon and maybe a hp url #i can go further back and tell you stories about being 13 years old on band twt but like. fucking 21p twt #biggest gaudiest patronuses.