elvendork:

harry:

• harry’s scar is IN THE CENTER OF HIS FOREHEAD. it is not slightly to one side. it is not. it is in the middle of his forehead.
• i dont know about later but in first year at least his hair usually covers his scar. before hogwarts, petunia tried to keep the scar as hidden as possible.
• his glasses are round and “charcoal” colored. the first time they are mentioned to have been repaired is by arthur weasley at the beginning of the chamber of secrets, after harry has his floo mishap.
• he has bright green, almond shaped eyes.
• harry’s “i must not tell lies” scar is on the back of his right hand. if he makes a fist they show up white on his skin.
• HIS SCAR IS A SCAR. SCARS ARE NOT BRIGHT RED!!!  and IDK MAYBE A CURSE SCAR IS DIFFERENT FROM MUGGLE SCARS??? but harry’s scar is. a scar. it is not a cut, as the movie people would have u believe.
• he also has an oval shaped scar on his chest from the horcrux
• his hair is JET BLACK and UNTIDY, always. his hair sticks up at the back. in DH his hair grows out past his shoulders.
• in the book years his clothes are dudley or vernon hand-me-downs, or weasley sweaters, or hogwarts robes. or weird lumpy hats, scarves, and other knitted Creations made by hermione.

ron details:

• ron is tall and gangly with a long nose. it is not described as thin or pointed or anything, just long. 
• he has blue eyes and red hair and enough freckles to look like he has a skin condition. he has prominent ears.
• after ootp ron has scars on his arms from his brain attack at the ministry. 
• his clothes are almost all hand-me-downs from his elder brothers, and during his hogwarts years they are often several inches above his ankles. (hogwarts regulation robes are floor length)
• ron is missing part of his upper arm from splinching in DH. it is described in the book as: “a great chunk of flesh was missing, scooped cleanly away as though by a knife.” hermione is able to close the wound and it is never specified if he scars from it (hermione uses dittany right away and according to snape in HBP the use of dittany immediately can prevent scarring)

hermione facts!

• hermione has bushy brown hair and, until late in the fall of 1994 she has overlarge front teeth. 
• her eyes are brown!
• according to rons aunt muriel she has skinny ankles. 
• the only description of her parents is that they look anxious and are muggles. there is no actual physical description. the only time we “see” her parents they are anxious and at gringotts and holding some muggle money, and then later they are more anxious after mr weasley gets into a brawl with lucius malfoy at the book store.
• hermione does not suffer any visible injury from bellatrix torturing her in DH, contrary to the movie portrayal. she is threatened with a knife (by bellatrix) during the last moments at malfoy manor. she is also hit by the falling crystal chandelier, though she is unconscious at the time. 

all three of them suffer serious burns during their robbery of gringotts, and presumably multiple injuries during the battle of hogwarts. 

aromanticromanova:

10feettallandradiant:

“Malfoy was cleared!” said Fudge, visibly affronted. “A very old family – donations to excellent causes – ”

– Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

#all you need to know about the malfoys #come on Fudge tell us more about the ‘excellent causes’ #I’d like to know

wirelesspouter:

sinbadism:

bigbardafree:

the jewish student is named anthony goldstein like i guess i can’t say anything because my last name is horowitz but that’s like saying “hogwarts had one hispanic student: juan carlos”

if there weren’t already a black student i’d guess his name would be Leroy Freeman

you guys are forgetting she already had the token asian student be named “cho chang” this isn’t really something we need to come up with hypotheticals for

raptorific:

If I were Harry Potter I would have addressed Voldemort as “Tim Riddle.” He’d be like “IT’S TOM RIDDLE. ALSO, IT’S NOT TOM RIDDLE, IT’S VOLDEMORT.” Ahahaha classic Tim. 

fozzie:

#harry potter #antisemitism #racism #heteronormativity #media erasure #long post

i don’t think it’s a coincidence. my parents noticed that too. my mom was especially interested in a line from rita skeeter that insulted hermione’s hair with some specific phrase that my mom investigated and found to be a slur degrading jews’ stereotypically thick, curly hair. still, as far as i can remember (i’m not into harry potter so i don’t really know, sorry) there is no canonical reference to hermione being jewish.

thissss is one of the things that really irks me – hermione’s heritage didn’t have to be ambiguous. she could have been explicitly, canonically jewish or smth?? but even more than that, hermione didn’t have to be white. none of the characters did, but rowling makes a point of depicting hermione as a character against whom others are prejudiced, and black people (women, especially) get just as much, probably more, flak for having thick, curly hair than jewish people do. there’s just???? no excuse???? this is something i’ve been talking to my parents about a lot lately (specifically erasure in harry potter) because i was trying to explain to them that dumbledore’s unmentioned sexuality doesn’t contribute anything to the fight against heteronormativity. i kind of went on a pointless tangent there lmfao sorry but basically

• i don’t think it’s a coincidence
• i think she’s supposed to be at least ethnically jewish
• if rowling wanted to make a point about prejudice then she should have considered /not/ making hermione white
• even more than that she should have considered /not/ making other characters white, no matter what point she was or was not trying to make with them
• any of the significant protagonists could have been and imo should have been poc
• thanks 4 making dumbledore gay and never ever mentioning in canon anything except straightness
• would it rly have been too hard to just have /one/ canonically queer character? not even a main character, just a throwaway line to acknowledge that they exist?
• also: if rowling wanted to make a point about prejudice maybe she shouldn’t have depicted muggles as Lesser Beings lmfao
• even the wizards who are nice to muggles do so in a frankly condescending way??
• and the wizards could easily overpower the muggles if they were so inclined???? and they canonically have significant influence on muggle politics???????? that distribution of power makes me rly uncomfortable