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Remus Lupin fought alongside Frank and Alice Longbottom in the Order of the Phoenix. He probably knew their fate, how they were tortured into madness and forced to leave their son in the care of his grandmother. 

Lupin probably guessed that Neville’s biggest fear would be similar to what he guessed Harry’s would be- Lord Voldemort, or in Neville’s case the death eater who tortured his parents – and was planning on stepping in before Neville faced the boggart so a bunch of 13 year olds wouldn’t see Bellatrix Lestrange cackling and spitting curses in their classroom. 

But then Severus Snape insults Neville in front of his class, tries to shame a 13 year old boy in front of a new teacher, and Lupin is so angry. Because he had hoped that after 13 years, now they were adults, maybe Snape had gotten over himself a little and realized that he was a teacher and responsible for these kids, but apparently not. Apparently Snape was still the same petty, angry ,bitter child that he’d been in school, except now he’s bullying children half his age instead of yelling slurs at classmates. 

And so Lupin sees the terror in Neville’s face and realizes that, oh my god he fears his potions teacher more than the people responsible for his parents. And Lupin is so indignant and outraged that he KNOWS he has to give this kid some leverage, some way to stand up to his tormentor, and gives that to him. Lupin stands up and tells Neville EXACTLY how to conquer his fear and, moreover, how to do it in front of all his classmates who laughed at him for being scared.

Remus Lupin starting off the school year by letting his students confront their biggest fears, so nothing else they face that year will be as scary. If you can beat your biggest fear, how bad can a test be? Or a big quidditch match? Or being rejected by the girl you ask out? 

Remus Lupin truly, deeply, cared about his students. And Snape got him fired.

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do any of you guys remember that super long fanfic that got popular a few years ago that was an AU of what would have happened if sirius had been arrested and unable to raise harry, and dumbledore forced petunia to take him in instead ? it was a bit of a reach, and pretty angsty, but it was a good read, i guess

Oh, I think I read that one. Remus got together with a woman half his age, because the writer wanted to, like, make some kind of statement that he wasn’t gay? I mean, it was handled fairly well, but like ??? Why?

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Killer Asteroid (HP)

Hermione is the one who finds out first about the asteroid, she makes a point to keep up with Muggle news to track any wizard criminals through strange happenings and hears everyone freaking out about an asteroid going to hit Earth, soon. And no one can stop it.

She goes to tell Harry and Ron as soon as she gets the news, bursting into their dorm and waking them – and their dorm mates – early on that Saturday with a shrill, panicked, “UP! Get up NOW!”

Harry asks what’s going on as the other boys groan and complain, going silent as Hermione immediately bursts out in an explanation of an asteroid going to hit. Maybe not all of them understand how severe the threat is but Harry and Dean do and their reactions, along with Hermione’s panic, drive home that this is Bad News.

Harry takes over and tells Hermione to go wake up the girls, tell them to pack their trunks just in case and she bolts. He tells Ron to wake up the twins, tell them to wake the others and pack everything they need – tell everyone else – then come back an pack for the two of them.

Harry tells Neville to run to the kitchen and tell the house-elves to get food prepared – a lot and which can last a long time, maybe even a year. Dean he sends to tell Professor McGonagall, any professor he sees, while he leaves Sean to start packing for them.

Harry arms himself with the Map and heads first to the owlery, sends Hedwig to Hagrid with a note before checking the map and bolting for Professor Dumbledore.

Alright, so. I have no idea if this is going to take place in BK4 or BK5; on one hand I want the other schools around to add to the strain and for Voldemort to not have body, on the other hand I want there to be conflict in Umbridge and Voldemort on top of the asteroid disaster.

I decided to go for BK4, gof

Harry finds Dumbledore and tells him about the asteroid, he does believe Harry but has full faith in Hogwarts’ ability to protect everyone. Dumbledore does send off a patronus messages to warn others to take shelter in places with strong wards.

Harry makes a beeline for Hermione as soon as he realized Dumbledore wasn’t going to do anything and asks her what should we prepare for? how long do we have?

“Before noon,” Hermione tells him then hesitates, “I don’t… I don’t know-…it depends on where it lands.” She went on more firmly. “If it’s too close then there’s nothing we can do but hope the wards will hold against the initial blasts. If it’s further away then we’re going to need to worry about the heat and debris – maybe even a tsunami.”

“So being outside is going to be a bad idea…” Harry concluded.

Hermione took it as a prompt, “Exceedingly. The heat is likely to cause fires and the tsunami…” She moved on, not needing to explain. “The castle is warded against floods though – something about an incident in the 70s that flooded the areas near the common rooms? – but the heat would be really bad, it’d probably be safer somewhere below ground where it’s cooler, like the dungeons.”

“Or the Chamber…” Harry muttered.

“And then there’s likely to be enough stuff in the air to block out the sun, between that and fires plants will start dying which will be a huge problem in the long-term.” Hermione went on, not hearing him. “So we’ll need to figure out if we can grow things where we decide to hide, just in case the wards aren’t capable of dealing with everything.”

“Okay.” Harry took a deep breath, nodded and looked at the Map. “Go to Neville, he’s down in the kitchen,” he says because he Dumbledore made it clear adults weren’t going to help. “Then go to Hagrid, he seems to be at his house still, and see if you guys can pack up plants – or seeds – that we can eat and maybe for potion ingredients for healing potions?”

“Right.” Hermione nods, seemingly relieved at having a plan to follow. “What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to go talk to the…other champions,” Harry made a face at the reminder that he was one also. “So they can get their classmates to pack up and come with – before you go can you tell Ginny to tell Luna so she can get Ravenclaw packing? – we’ll all meet at the entrance to the Chamber.”

“…what about Slytherin?” Hermione asked.

Harry made another face, “I’ll… I’ll go tell Draco. He’s in the Great Hall already.”

Will he believe me though, Harry wondered before putting the thought aside.

Now where’s Cedric?

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Killer Asteroid (HP bk5)

@prophecyflame let’s back track to when Hermione tells the boys what’s happening. (Takes place Jan 18)

Harry takes over, sends off everyone like he did early except he sends Seamus to tell Dumbledore, because Harry is not pleased about being ignored, about what’s going on while he stays and packs.

And Harry does, but he remembers the gift that Sirius gave him and that his godfather hinted would be able to contact him and pulls it out. That’s how he finds out about the mirror, and how he talks to Sirius.

“Harry! I didn’t think you were going to-” Sirius answers excitedly then cuts off abruptly after seeing Harry’s expression. “What’s wrong?”

“Hermione says there’s an asteroid about to hit Earth.” Harry tells him, worried and terrified but relieved at being able to talk to his godfather.

“.. asteroid..?” Sirius asks then says, “You mean those space rock things? Lily said they’re mostly harmless, why’re you worried?”

“My mom-” Harry wants to ask but focuses, “Small ones are fine, they don’t really hit since they burn up before hand. But Hermione said this one is huge – killed off the dinosaurs huge – which is… really bad.”

And maybe Sirius doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal, maybe he also has faith in the paranoia of his family and the wards they put up – it did survive the Bombing of London after all – but he does promise Harry that he’ll be careful and that he’ll tell the Order members to hunker down, tell Remus to get supplies and get the Weasleys over also because he sees how worried Harry is.

Then Harry is frantically stuffing anything that had been taken from their trunks back into them, even adding pillows and blankets just in case.

And then, Harry calls an urgent DA meeting.

The meeting is rushed, frantic because by the time they meet up everyone has heard about the asteroid and have been informed about how bad it can be.

“Dumbledore says the wards will hold, not to worry.” Seamus tells them, he may not be DA officially but nobody cared that Dean dragged him to the meeting.

He can’t know that!” Hermione hisses, “Hogwarts is out of the way, so we don’t even know if it can stand against bombs! And this is something that cause a mass extinction before!”

“Then what are we supposed to do!?” Cho snaps back, nerves strained from terror and helplessness and looking after her distressed friend.

“Neville,” Harry cuts in before anyone can start fighting. “The House-elves are packing food, right? Tell them to store it down in the Chamber of Secrets.” A thought hit him then. “After, ask for Dobby and ask him if he knows where Hogwarts gets food – where are the animals we get meat from? where are the crops grown? – and if he can get some down in the Chamber in case we’re down there long enough to run out of packed food.”

“R-right!” Neville nodded, standing with the obvious intention to dart off.

“Then see if you can’t get Professor Sprout to help pack up some plants needed for potion ingredients – particularly used in healing potions – but if you can’t…just get what you can.” Harry hurried to add, “Remember! We’re going to meet at Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom! It’s the entrance!”

“Right!” Neville called before darting away.

“We’ll help him.” Ginny said firmly, taking Luna with her. “We’ll also owls Hogsmeade to warn people just in case!”

Cho’s friend darted to her feet, “I’ll owl my mum, she can tell her friends at the Ministry.” She said before hurrying away.

“Katie, Angelina.” Harry said, getting the two players’ attention. “Can you please get Gryffindor house packed and ready?”

“Sure thing.” Katie said, answering for the both of them.

“We’ll handle Hufflepuff.” Ernie said, tugging Justin to his feet.

“I’ll write my aunt then help them,” Susan said and the three, turned to four when Hannah followed, departed.

Cho went next, taking the other Ravenclaws with her and saying she’d tell the Slytherin prefects.

Harry was just glad it wasn’t him.

“I’ll start getting brooms!” Lee said, jumping to his feet. Adding at the looks, “We might want to an arial view!” He said defensively, “Besides, not everyone can Apparate and we may need transportation later.”

“Right.” Harry agreed, “… Seamus,” he decided, “Can you help him? I think we’ll need all the brooms.”

“George, Fred…” Harry thought, “Can you go to Hogsmeade, it might convince people more in person.”

Hermione bit her lip then blurted, “Can you tell my parents?”

George was the one who answered, “Sure, we’ve been before so we can Apparate there.”

“You do that,” Fred disagreed as the left, “I’ll go to Bill, he knows how to make a Portkey and can go get Charlie-..”

Harry looked at the few remaining members, “Who wants to raid the Hospital Wing?”

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Killer Asteroid (HP)

Hermione is the one who finds out first about the asteroid, she makes a point to keep up with Muggle news to track any wizard criminals through strange happenings and hears everyone freaking out about an asteroid going to hit Earth, soon. And no one can stop it.

She goes to tell Harry and Ron as soon as she gets the news, bursting into their dorm and waking them – and their dorm mates – early on that Saturday with a shrill, panicked, “UP! Get up NOW!”

Harry asks what’s going on as the other boys groan and complain, going silent as Hermione immediately bursts out in an explanation of an asteroid going to hit. Maybe not all of them understand how severe the threat is but Harry and Dean do and their reactions, along with Hermione’s panic, drive home that this is Bad News.

Harry takes over and tells Hermione to go wake up the girls, tell them to pack their trunks just in case and she bolts. He tells Ron to wake up the twins, tell them to wake the others and pack everything they need – tell everyone else – then come back an pack for the two of them.

Harry tells Neville to run to the kitchen and tell the house-elves to get food prepared – a lot and which can last a long time, maybe even a year. Dean he sends to tell Professor McGonagall, any professor he sees, while he leaves Sean to start packing for them.

Harry arms himself with the Map and heads first to the owlery, sends Hedwig to Hagrid with a note before checking the map and bolting for Professor Dumbledore.

Alright, so. I have no idea if this is going to take place in BK4 or BK5; on one hand I want the other schools around to add to the strain and for Voldemort to not have body, on the other hand I want there to be conflict in Umbridge and Voldemort on top of the asteroid disaster.

I decided to go for BK4, gof

Harry finds Dumbledore and tells him about the asteroid, he does believe Harry but has full faith in Hogwarts’ ability to protect everyone. Dumbledore does send off a patronus messages to warn others to take shelter in places with strong wards.

Harry makes a beeline for Hermione as soon as he realized Dumbledore wasn’t going to do anything and asks her what should we prepare for? how long do we have?

“Before noon,” Hermione tells him then hesitates, “I don’t… I don’t know-…it depends on where it lands.” She went on more firmly. “If it’s too close then there’s nothing we can do but hope the wards will hold against the initial blasts. If it’s further away then we’re going to need to worry about the heat and debris – maybe even a tsunami.”

“So being outside is going to be a bad idea…” Harry concluded.

Hermione took it as a prompt, “Exceedingly. The heat is likely to cause fires and the tsunami…” She moved on, not needing to explain. “The castle is warded against floods though – something about an incident in the 70s that flooded the areas near the common rooms? – but the heat would be really bad, it’d probably be safer somewhere below ground where it’s cooler, like the dungeons.”

“Or the Chamber…” Harry muttered.

“And then there’s likely to be enough stuff in the air to block out the sun, between that and fires plants will start dying which will be a huge problem in the long-term.” Hermione went on, not hearing him. “So we’ll need to figure out if we can grow things where we decide to hide, just in case the wards aren’t capable of dealing with everything.”

“Okay.” Harry took a deep breath, nodded and looked at the Map. “Go to Neville, he’s down in the kitchen,” he says because he Dumbledore made it clear adults weren’t going to help. “Then go to Hagrid, he seems to be at his house still, and see if you guys can pack up plants – or seeds – that we can eat and maybe for potion ingredients for healing potions?”

“Right.” Hermione nods, seemingly relieved at having a plan to follow. “What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to go talk to the…other champions,” Harry made a face at the reminder that he was one also. “So they can get their classmates to pack up and come with – before you go can you tell Ginny to tell Luna so she can get Ravenclaw packing? – we’ll all meet at the entrance to the Chamber.”

“…what about Slytherin?” Hermione asked.

Harry made another face, “I’ll… I’ll go tell Draco. He’s in the Great Hall already.”

Will he believe me though, Harry wondered before putting the thought aside.

Now where’s Cedric?

Telling Draco didn’t…go as well as it could.

That was an understatement, Draco laughed and mocked him for being scared of stupid muggle rock but Harry was certain that most of Slytherin would be in their dorms which should be alright since it was in the dungeons and focused on helping others.

Talking to Cedric went better, Harry didn’t think the Hufflepuff really believed him but seemed to think he was worried enough to humor him and get Hufflepuff going.

Most, Harry was certain, were only going to come to see the Chamber but he’d take what he could.

He wound up speaking to Beauxbatons’ Headmistress first, who didn’t seem to believe him, before resorting to sneaking in to speak to Fleur who was grateful enough about her sister still to do as he asked.

What was really weird, though, was that Viktor seemed to believe him immediately. Promising to get everyone he could to meet up – though Harry made a note to wait at the entrance for both groups since it seemed like they would get lost – with everything that might be needed.

Then, Harry went to the lake.

He wasn’t sure if any of the Merfolk listened, let alone believed him, but he couldn’t not warn them to at least try and find a place to hide.

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Killer Asteroid (HP bk5)

@prophecyflame let’s back track to when Hermione tells the boys what’s happening. (Takes place Jan 18)

Harry takes over, sends off everyone like he did early except he sends Seamus to tell Dumbledore, because Harry is not pleased about being ignored, about what’s going on while he stays and packs.

And Harry does, but he remembers the gift that Sirius gave him and that his godfather hinted would be able to contact him and pulls it out. That’s how he finds out about the mirror, and how he talks to Sirius.

“Harry! I didn’t think you were going to-” Sirius answers excitedly then cuts off abruptly after seeing Harry’s expression. “What’s wrong?”

“Hermione says there’s an asteroid about to hit Earth.” Harry tells him, worried and terrified but relieved at being able to talk to his godfather.

“.. asteroid..?” Sirius asks then says, “You mean those space rock things? Lily said they’re mostly harmless, why’re you worried?”

“My mom-” Harry wants to ask but focuses, “Small ones are fine, they don’t really hit since they burn up before hand. But Hermione said this one is huge – killed off the dinosaurs huge – which is… really bad.”

And maybe Sirius doesn’t think it’s that big of a deal, maybe he also has faith in the paranoia of his family and the wards they put up – it did survive the Bombing of London after all – but he does promise Harry that he’ll be careful and that he’ll tell the Order members to hunker down, tell Remus to get supplies and get the Weasleys over also because he sees how worried Harry is.

Then Harry is frantically stuffing anything that had been taken from their trunks back into them, even adding pillows and blankets just in case.

And then, Harry calls an urgent DA meeting.

The meeting is rushed, frantic because by the time they meet up everyone has heard about the asteroid and have been informed about how bad it can be.

“Dumbledore says the wards will hold, not to worry.” Seamus tells them, he may not be DA officially but nobody cared that Dean dragged him to the meeting.

He can’t know that!” Hermione hisses, “Hogwarts is out of the way, so we don’t even know if it can stand against bombs! And this is something that cause a mass extinction before!”

“Then what are we supposed to do!?” Cho snaps back, nerves strained from terror and helplessness and looking after her distressed friend.

“Neville,” Harry cuts in before anyone can start fighting. “The House-elves are packing food, right? Tell them to store it down in the Chamber of Secrets.” A thought hit him then. “After, ask for Dobby and ask him if he knows where Hogwarts gets food – where are the animals we get meat from? where are the crops grown? – and if he can get some down in the Chamber in case we’re down there long enough to run out of packed food.”

“R-right!” Neville nodded, standing with the obvious intention to dart off.

“Then see if you can’t get Professor Sprout to help pack up some plants needed for potion ingredients – particularly used in healing potions – but if you can’t…just get what you can.” Harry hurried to add, “Remember! We’re going to meet at Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom! It’s the entrance!”

“Right!” Neville called before darting away.

“We’ll help him.” Ginny said firmly, taking Luna with her. “We’ll also owls Hogsmeade to warn people just in case!”

Cho’s friend darted to her feet, “I’ll owl my mum, she can tell her friends at the Ministry.” She said before hurrying away.

“Katie, Angelina.” Harry said, getting the two players’ attention. “Can you please get Gryffindor house packed and ready?”

“Sure thing.” Katie said, answering for the both of them.

“We’ll handle Hufflepuff.” Ernie said, tugging Justin to his feet.

“I’ll write my aunt then help them,” Susan said and the three, turned to four when Hannah followed, departed.

Cho went next, taking the other Ravenclaws with her and saying she’d tell the Slytherin prefects.

Harry was just glad it wasn’t him.

“I’ll start getting brooms!” Lee said, jumping to his feet. Adding at the looks, “We might want to an arial view!” He said defensively, “Besides, not everyone can Apparate and we may need transportation later.”

“Right.” Harry agreed, “… Seamus,” he decided, “Can you help him? I think we’ll need all the brooms.”

“George, Fred…” Harry thought, “Can you go to Hogsmeade, it might convince people more in person.”

Hermione bit her lip then blurted, “Can you tell my parents?”

George was the one who answered, “Sure, we’ve been before so we can Apparate there.”

“You do that,” Fred disagreed as the left, “I’ll go to Bill, he knows how to make a Portkey and can go get Charlie-..”

Harry looked at the few remaining members, “Who wants to raid the Hospital Wing?”

Harry feels kind of bad about the raid, not enough to put everything back because they might need it and no one knows if the castle will survive, but he doesn’t say anything as they go to the meeting point.

He’s not surprised to see Umbridge there, though it feels like a part of him wilts at her gleefully expression as she sees their gathered group with everything they got.

“Stealing school property – medical supplies even! – this calls for expulsion.” She says the word with relish.

The others halt, wary but still willing to follow his lead.

The bellowed “STUPIFY!” that hits her from behind is unexpected but not unwelcomed.

Ginny is there, wand still raised, with her group – now including Hagrid and Professor Sprout along with what seems the entirety of Hufflepuff – behind her, all carrying something or another. She shrugs at the semi-scolding look Sprout sends, “I really don’t think we have time for her…disruptions.”

“Be that as it may, Miss Weasley,” If Sprout is a surprise, then Professor Flitwick is doubly so. He also has what seems like his entire House with him, “I must take ten points for attacking a staff member….and grant twenty for a superbly casted Stunning Charm.”

Then the small professor turned to him, eyes shining, “Miss Chang informs me that you’re giving a tour of the Chamber of Secrets?”

“I-…” Harry notices that the Ravenclaws seemed to, unlike the Hufflepuffs, be carrying nothing save for a few clustered near Cho who shot him a look that seemed to say go along with it. “Yes. We’re going into the Chamber.”

Flitwick eyes his load, Harry doesn’t look away but he does flush slightly, but says nothing and Harry enters the bathroom.

He opens the Chamber, squished enough that he goes in with relief and with enough whispers to sound like a loud roar.

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imagine just being w ur friends n ur all chilling n everything is cool n then one of them is randomly like ‘hey guys who wants to help my lil bro smuggle a dragon out of this huge heavily guarded castle?’ n everyone is all ‘wtf charlie’ but u already know ur going. ur going to the fucking castle to pick up the fucking dragon bc charlie weasley’s little brother got himself in some shit. u just wanted a quiet friday night but no, now ur flying halfway across europe in the middle of the night to do something which is very likely illegal and most certainly a bad move, all bc u decided making friends w the timid-looking red headed weasley kid would be a good idea. wtf charlie. wtf.

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Just, putting this idea out here,

In an alternate history timeline that has no Voldemort, the families that were once Death Eaters form an alliance to take over. There is no great villain to stop, no chosen one to have end the war, only people with vastly different views on what is right and wrong.

And there is the most infamous moment in history, the Siege of Hogwarts.

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“Long ago, there was a castle full of magic – with ghosts and moving staircases, talking portraits and even a singing hat – and it was a safe place for people with magic. It was a place where young magicians, about your age dear one, could learn to wield their magic.”

“I want to learn magic!”

“Maybe you will, someday. For now, it is time for bed.”

“But-…what happened to the castle?”

“… nobody knows. Now, bed.”

— Far in the future, a reincarnated Molly Weasley tells a young Bill about Hogwarts

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Okay but like what if all the Weasley children went to school at the same time as Harry? Or what if Ron was the eldest Weasley child and one of the others were Harry’s age?

Ohhh you know what would have 100% changed everything?? If CHARLIE was in school with Harry.

Chamber of Secrets gets opened, and this mysterious fucking force is wandering around killing everything- and total magical creatures nerd Charlie Weasely pipes up “well it’s obviously a basilisk!” from day one.

And instead of Harry’s parseltongue talent being shunned, Charlie would have dragged Harry to some kind of lizard symposium to see how far his abilities reached. Geckos? Iguanas? Can you talk to Dragons Harry oh my god!?

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good yes and just bitty!Charlie yelling at people shunning his friend because so what if You-Know-Who could do it also Harry can TALK TO ANIMALS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE! HE CAN PROBABLY TALK TO SEA SERPANTS! HOW COOL IS THAT?!?

And then years down the road, and the whole Goblet of Fire incident happens…

And Harry finds out he has to fight a dragon and is like “okay I can do that hey Charlie how I get a dragon to chill out?”

And immediately gets slammed with 30 different books about dragon behavior and an hour long lecture.

(It totally works tho- Harry walks out and has a legit chat with a massive fucking dragon in full view of everyone. “I can talk to snakes why wouldn’t I be able to talk to dragons they’re reptiles too.” And Charlie, eternally the dork, is wearing All The Griffindor Merch and cheering from the stands.)

Also, as Charlie is a total dork and Hermione is a total dork, I think Harry would end up being the Mom Friend who has to drag them away from 3 am study sessions why are you Griffindors you two are total dorks.

Okay but imagine Harry’s first “mom” moment being having to convince Charlie to write his older brothers for help with Nobert(a) because we can’t keep a dragon here Charlie – Hagrid lives in a WOODEN HOUSE!

(Also Ron and Bill frantically comming together trying to figure out wtf they’re supposed to do with a DRAGON when they have nothing to do with dragons, how does their little brother get into this kind of trouble and is this what they can expect for the rest of Charlie’s years at Hogwarts HOW ARE THE TWINS THE GOOD ONES COMPARED TO CHARLIE?!?)

Plus the Gringotts break-in/out with Charlie who’s filled with righteous fury over the dragon’s treatment

The Gringots plan that gets changed halfway through because goddamit if we’re going to break some laws we’re going to break all of the laws- and the HP gang stealing the Gringotts dragon to the utter bafflement of the entire wizarding world.

I feel like Charlie and Hermione would be awesome friends, both fighting for the rights of various magical creatures/beings while Harry is just so DONE and resigned to being an acomplice

By the time of the Gringotts break-in, Harry doesn’t even TRY to argue when Charlie turns to him and say, “Harry, we have to save that dragon. Harry we gotta

“But Harry we gotta!” Turning into a phrase that still sends shivers down the spine of Hogwarts graduates a full decade later, because they can recall the Incidents that always followed them. Including, but not limited to:
That Time Hermione Granger Gave Every House Elf A Copy Of The Communist Manifesto
That Time Charlie Sucker-punched Draco Malfoy In The Great Hall For Insulting BuckBeak (Which Started A School Wide Fistfight)
That Time Charlie Refused To Write An Essay On How To Kill Werewolves And Spent A Week Protesting Outside Snape’s Office For Werewolf Rights
That Time The Gang Tried To Steal All Of Umbridge’s Cat Plates Because She Does Not Deserve Cats (How they got the password to the headmaster’s office is still a mystery- McGonagall still adamantly denies her participation despite being the only other person who knew it)
That Time Charlie Tried To Steal A Dragon From the TriWizard Tournament
The Incident That Shall Not Be Spoken Of

That Time Charlie Decided The Giant Squid Was Lonely and Tried to Smuggle a Kracken

That Time Hermione Introduced Charlie to The Hobbit and He Tried Hunting Teaching the Dragons at the Triwizard Tournament to Talk

That Time Charlie Tried to get Harry to Interview Every Snake at Hogwarts

That Time Charlie Tried to Befriend the Centaurs.

The Great Mandrake Debate

That Time They Learned That Hagrid Does Not Count As Suitable Adult Supervision

The Time Charlie Wasted An Entire Period And Lost Gryffindore 50 Points Because He Started A Fight With Snape About The Ethics of Certain Potion Ingredients.

The Owlrey Incident

THAT TIME CHARLIE BEAT QUERRILMORT OFF WITH A STICK BECAUSE HE WAS ATTACKING UNICORNS HOW DARE HE

That Time Charlie Accidentally Bonded With Filch

That Day Charlie Went Around With Mrs. Norris Riding On His Shoulder

That Time Charlie Defeated Fluffy With Bellyrubs

…i would be defeated in such a way

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