raov:
snapslikethis:
snapslikethis:
like guys how big is even a cupboard under the stairs?
did harry even have a proper bed or was it like a camping cot?
and was he even able to fully stretch out when he slept?
did they still keep cleaning stuff in there?
like harry james potter i love you ok
And also:
Like at what age was he put into the broom cupboard?
And when did they put the lock on?
I don’t fucking understand.
Cupboard sounds all nice but, you know,
He lived in a fucking closet.
With a lock on it.
He wore clothes three sizes too big and held up his trousers with a string.
Everything he owns at age eleven, including his new school things and excluding Hedwig, fits neatly one trunk.
The only effort made specifically for his care (not leftover from Dudley) were his glasses, which were left is constant disrepair.
He was deliberately fed less than the rest of the family, and was quite “small for his age” (malnourished).
His birthday and Christmas ‘presents’ were worthless items like a clothes hanger or one used adult-sized sock, only given to him so the adults could tell themselves they were not cruel. (We gave him a present! We’ve done our job!)
At night he was locked in a tiny, bug infested space in a house that had four bedrooms and a sofa.
Harry Potter was a victim of child abuse. When people accuse him of being “emo” I’m like, “He’s probably clinically depressed, you dumbnuts!” Even without all the angst during the Hogwarts years, Harry could very well develop Complex-PTSD once you include that.
yes this is what i’ve been thinking about all morning.
live i’ve spoken about the dursley’s treatment of him before so i won’t reiterate all that but
the abuse against him was trifold..
he was neglected-a form of child abuse.
he was emotionally abused-a form of child abuse.
he was physically assaulted-a form of child abuse.
anyone who says a word against harry’s emotional state can kiss it b/c no. he endured more in eleven years that most people have to deal with in the entirety of their lives.
and this is before the really, truly horrifying things happen. or at least, other things happen to him that are so horrific that it makes his abusive, tormenting childhood seem like nothing, so his childhood gets little to no airplay.
but these are his formative years, when his personality is being developed, when he’s learning how to act and how to be. and he overcame it, yes but it was just one more thing in a VERY LONG LIST of things he had to overcome.
HARRY JAMES POTTER ppl.
baby.
Cheloneuniverse 