i have a headcanon that after the second wizarding war, muggle technology got sort of integrated into hogwarts to allow closer communication with muggle friends and family
so they have like phones and stuff to use to call home
little daisy dursley calls home on her first day of school
Daisy: “Daddy, I made it into Ravenclaw!”
Dudley: “Oh, Ravenclaw, the, um–” [covers receiver and turns to Harry] “What the hell does that mean?”
Harry: “Smart house.”
Dudley: [goes back to Daisy] “THE SMART HOUSE! Oh, I am so proud of you!”
Harry gets a letter from Albus after his first week of school. “Dad I’m changing my name to Rubeus McGonnagal Potter you asshole, why’d you name me after manipulative pricks instead of actually kind people who genuinely cared for your well being and not because your parents or the role you played in some prophecy.”
Harry responds “Touché.”
Rose: okay Albus we’re on the Hogwarts express. It’s time to pick our lifelong friends so let’s choose wisel-
Albus: (@scorpius) there he is
Rose: wait that’s not what I-
Albus: there he is
Voldemort was a real dick in a historical sense I mean he took Slytherin’s locket, Ravenclaw’s diadem and Hufflepuff’s cup and made them horcruxes, leading to them all being destroyed. We know that the diadem had magical properties, and that Gryffindor’s sword was a magically crafted weapon. Honestly I’d have a hard time believing Hufflepuff and Slytherin’s things didn’t have magical properties as well. The locket(before being made into a horcrux) probably only opened to true Slytherins and held their secrets for them. The cup must have supplied resources, or strengthened whatever drink that was put into it to benefit the drinker. Hufflepuff did something rad with that cup. We’ll never know tho exactly what because Voldemort had a huge ass ego and wanted to put his ugly soul in it.
Honestly Voldemort just sucked in every way possible. The only exception would be that he led to the possibility of someone being in possession of all the hallows. I’m also curious though as to how the resurrection stone was affected by being a horcrux. Was the horcrux the stone or the ring itself? Did Voldemort ever use the stone? Is there a chance that he had tracked down the invisibility cloak? Giving him extra motivation to kill the Potters? Honestly JK Rowling shouldn’t have made Pottermore she should have just written a giant ass encyclopedia explaining all these things.
The thing about Harry Potter as a character is that he is insanely observant when he actually cares enough to pay attention. Meaning 90% of the stuff he deems unimportant flies over his head, but he makes these huge leaps of logic and intuition when he bothers to focus. Like in the books when it comes to anything relating to Voldemort or Death Eaters or People Not To Be Trusted (Draco, Umbridge). Growing up, he had to be able to see when a situation was going south long before the frying pan or Dudley’s fists came his way. But he also had to be able to ignore and tune out the constant flow of shit and neglect he was treated to.
If you think about it, for all the better aspects of Hogwarts, it still followed this same basic pattern. He had to pay close attention to the things trying to kill him (even classes took a back seat to this), but find a way to ignore and not acknowledge all the rumors and staring and people thinking he’s a prat or the heir of slytherin or a liar. I think this is why the arguments that Harry is a mushroom and notices nothing, and the arguments that he is deductively brilliant can exist side by side. He’s both. It’s also why, in my opinion, he tends to be ridiculously observant of Ginny once he starts to notice her as something important. She barely exists in the early narrative other than Someone to Be Saved. It’s also why Ginny can sometimes feel like she ‘comes from nowhere’ in the narrative. As far as Harry is concerned, she did come from nowhere. The switch in Harry’s brain went from Doesn’t Matter–Ignore to Very Important–Pay Close Attention, and BAM, there she was. Everywhere.
one thing that doesn’t come up nearly enough in harry potter fanfic is that hermione granger is especially good at conjuring fire. it says so repeatedly in the books. the girl entered the wizarding world and they were like ‘you can do anything! you can turn teacups into mice! you can unlock doors! you can float shit!’ and she specialized in FIRE.
Bright blue flames shot from her wand onto the
hem of Snape’s robes.
“Oh, right!” said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it,
muttered something, and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had
used on Snape at the plant.
and book two:
Conjuring up portable, waterproof
fires was a speciality of Hermione’s.
book seven:
They spent most
of the day inside the tent, huddled for warmth around the useful
bright blue flames that Hermione was so adept at producing, and
which could be scooped up and carried around in a jar.
It was gloriously warm after the pool and the forest, the only
illumination the bluebell flames still shimmering in a bowl on the
floor.
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