Can you imagine what it must have been like growing up for George and Fred. Notice how I said George and Fred because we always call them ‘Fred and George’ as if they were one person – just like their mum. Their own family couldn’t tell them apart. They didn’t have perfect grades like Percy. They weren’t as cool as Bill or Charlie. They weren’t the youngest male like Ron and they obviously weren’t female like Ginny. So they created a niche for themselves – The Pranksters. Because if people weren’t even going to bother to tell them apart then they were going to make people pay attention by pranking people and acting out. Then some scruffy looking boy in their younger brother’s year (ickle Harrikins) can tell them apart.
There’s a reason George Weasley and Fred Weasley never pranked Harry Potter – because he’s the only one that bothered to try.
I SWEAR I WILL REBLOG THIS EVERY TIME BECAUSE OF THE TEARS WELLING UP IN MY SOUL
I like to thing that George and Fred thought of Harry as their little brother too way before Harry had any romantic interest in Ginny.
Harry was also the one who invested in their niche fully, rather than being annoyed by it, he celebrated them for it. That’s why they gave him the Marauders Map and then he gave them the Triwizard gold:
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‘Take it,’ he said, and he thrust the sack into George’s hands. ‘What?’ said Fred, looking flabbergasted. ‘Take it,’ Harry repeated firmly. ‘I don’t want it.’ ‘You’re mental,’ said George, trying to push it back at Harry. ‘No, I’m not,’ said Harry. ‘You take it, and get inventing. It’s for the joke-shop.’ ‘He is mental,’ Fred said, in an almost awed voice. … ‘Harry – thanks,’ George muttered, while Fred nodded fervently at his side’
It’s why they agreed to his request Ron get some new dress robes out of it. They’re clever not just funny ‘they always get really good marks’ but as OP says they’re not as good as Percy, Bill or Charlie. They helped Ron get him out of the Dursleys:
‘But you can’t magic me out either –’ ‘We don’t need to,’ said Ron, jerking his head towards the front seats and grinning. ‘You forget who I’ve got with me.’
They get him into Hogsmede , they (unknowingly) helped the trio break into Umbridge’s ministry office. They liked Harry for himself
‘This is all your fault,’ George said angrily to Wood. ’“Get the Snitch or die trying” – what a stupid thing to tell him!‘’
And cheered him up when things went wrong, such as Harry being accused of being the Heir of Slytherin
‘They went out of their way to march ahead of Harry down the corridors, shouting, ‘Make way for the heir of Slytherin, seriously evil wizard coming through …’ Percy was deeply disapproving of this behaviour. ‘It is not a laughing matter,’ he said coldly. ‘Oh, get out of the way, Percy,’ said Fred, ‘Harry’s in a hurry.’ ‘Yeah, he’s nipping off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant,’ said George, chortling
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Or when Ron and Hermione were made Prefects and Harry felt left out:
‘Yeah,’ said Fred slowly. ‘Yeah, you’ve caused too much trouble, mate. Well, at least one of you’s got their priorities right.’ He strode over to Harry and clapped him on the back while giving Ron a scathing look.
They tricked Dudley because they know how crappy Harry’s home is:
‘We didn’t give it to him because he was a Muggle!’ said Fred indignantly. ‘No, we gave it to him because he’s a great bullying git,’ said George
And of course:
‘Give her hell from us, Peeves.’ And Peeves, who Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang to a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.
Harry frequently heard students saying things like, ‘Honestly, some days I just feel like jumping on my broom and leaving this place,’ or else, ‘One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley.’
Harry’s relationships with George and Fred are some of my favourites
all might: uses dad language (i.e. young man, oh dear, oh my)
also all might:
one of my fav things is that all might “looks” like your traditional superman invincible superhero, but in reality is just a normal dude who swears and cracks jokes and doesn’t know what the hell is goin on with his life.
it’s really cool cause like, all might’s “persona” is something he upholds himself, this isn’t just something the show does for the sake of itself, it drives home the alter ego all might has to put up, the pressure he feels as “the symbol of peace”, he’s just an average guy but when he’s out in public he has to be superman, which is why the “shit” dialogue is only really ever to himself.
We’ve all seen that Gothel makes Rapunzel come to her for hugs, but today I realized it goes deeper than that. Gothel doesn’t want Rapunzel showing physical affection unless she has been given specific permission. Opening her arms is that unspoken permission.
For example, towards the beginning, when she’s reminding Gothel that it’s her birthday tomorrow, she grabs her arm in exuberance. Gothel is put out and then pries Rapunzel’s hands off her arm, all the while pretending she doesn’t remember (or care) that her birthday – something Rapunzel is extremely excited about – is fast approaching.
She also uses Rapunzel’s need for physical affection, deliberately taunting and “teaching” her with it by pretending to offer it, then taking it away immediately.
The first bazzilionty times I saw this movie, I always assumed Rapunzel was relieved to see Gothel towards the end of Mother Knows Best just because she was scared.
But now I realize it’s not only because she’s scared, but because Gothel is now giving Rapunzel permission to seek the creature comfort of physical contact that she so desperately needs after the gamut of fear she’s run.
Eugene, on the other hand, starts showing physical affection as soon as he starts feeling any affection for Rapunzel at all. He uses it as a comfort. Yet Rapunzel keeps her hands to herself.
It continues when he gives her the little flag, touching the small of her back in an affectionate way. But her hands (and attention) are full at this moment.
In fact, the first time she realizes she’s touching him, and he’s touching her, and there’s affection and enjoyment buzzing between them, she’s the first to pull away.
She’s alarmed at first, then apologetic and sheepish. Sorry I was touching you, Eugene. And he politely takes a step back, tuned in to her discomfort and giving her a little more space.
But that is why the moment on the boat is so important, and why Rapunzel has the reaction she does.
In taking Rapunzel’s hand, out of the blue (as far as she can tell), it’s sending her a clear message that he feels the same about her that she does about him, and that physical affection is both alright and wanted. That he will seek out her attention in a way Gothel never has. And from this moment on, she touches him often, holding hands for the rest of the song, brushing his hair from his face as he lay dying, and never letting go of his head, even after he’d died in her arms. Not to mention kissing him when he lives again, holding hands on the balcony while they wait for her parents and end-of-movie smooching.
This show is the epitome of “I’m an asshole because I’m better than you” and so many people used it to justify their behavior, and it finally addressed the fact that that’s not the case but instead the reality is “I’m an asshole because I’m immature and can’t take care of myself mentally or emotionally” and of course assholes are gonna cry about it. Because, again, they are immature and can’t handle their emotions.
This monologue is a prime example of “Sometimes if someone’s advice pisses you off it’s because they’re right and you know that applies to you.”
Its great because I remember in some interview they talked about how they gave him a broken nose because they thought he was literally too attractive so they had to ‘normalize’ him in some way.
Like someone said, “our leading man is too hot, we need to tone him down”
he’s a sadistic sociopath who enjoys manipulating his victims; at least, that’s how he’s written and how that writing comes off to me.
he was nicer to the golden trio to gain harry’s trust,.
Barty Crouch Jr is honestly the most competent of all the Death Eaters. After escaping Azkaban – unnoticed, mind you, and he was actually the first person to do it – he captured and overpowered the famously bad ass former Head Auror. He then spent an entire year impersonating Mad Eye Moody, in front of not only kids but people who knew him well, including Dumbledore. He successfully abducted Harry right from under Dumbledore’s nose and had him delivered direct to Voldemort.
Like, if he hadn’t been such a ridiculous Voldemort fanboy and got all carried away when Harry returned from the graveyard he probably would’ve got away with it too. Serves him right for throwing his lot in with an incompetent psychopath, I guess.
tbh, I’m surprised there isn’t more Barty fic.
He was extremely smart. During Barty Sr’s ravings, he mentioned his son getting 12 OWLs. Hermione only got 11, because she passed on Divination. (Barty, too may have used a time turner to attend his classes when he was at school.)
He was a master impressionist. He even fooled Dumbledore for an entire year, convincing him that he was someone Dumbledore had known well for many years.
He was ballsy as fuck. His plan placed him at the heart of enemy territory for a year, and he played the part with relish, never losing his nerve.
*whispers* kaz, even after losing his brother horrifically, despite his efforts to not let anyone in, he still thinks of Jesper as a brother, and that scene in the hotel was so moving because you can see how terrified kaz is that Jesper is going to end up like Jordie because Jesper reminds kaz of him
n is for not giving ron the character depth he deserved in the films and writing him off as the comedic, selfish sidekick because y’all thought that that was all he was. in truth ron was loyal, brave, and intelligent. he was human and insecure and made bad choices sometimes because more than anything he was a child surrounded by intense situations.
neo yokio is a subversive work of modern art considering – that its animation style is based on early 2000′s anime w/ english voice overs (because the dub was usually out of sync with the animation) and its supposed to imitate abdridged anime + jayden smith’s near emotionless voiceover + a socially conservative bougie and really oblivious protagonist + an antagonistic force that the protagonist focuses on but seems to not be as important to the story then at first glance, makes it seem like a not-thought-out or terribly written show but behind all of those things are a solid story line with clear values that the show wants to promote and clear character motivations that makes the show work
listen i have no idea where this idea that harry james potter is unobservant comes from? like are we talking about the same kid who spent six years solving mysteries that had all the teachers baffled, who located 3 horcruxes with almost no clues to speak of, who was literally the only other person besides snape & dumbledore who picked up on draco being a death eater for the entirety of sixth year, who became an auror straight out of hogwarts because he was that good at solving mysteries. like harry is an incredibly observant person, he has a way of finding details & connections that other people miss, he has an intuitive understanding of ancient magic and how it works, and he’s adept at reading people & wheedling information from them (think: slughorn’s memory, the grey lady, even negotiating w/ vernon about his hogsmeade form). this boy is literally so observant and clever and cunning and it kind of amazes me how anyone can read all 7 books and think he’s just reckless and oblivious
I think a lot of people forget that Harry’s social skills were developed under constant abuse tbh, and so they group his trouble sharing emotions or reading social cues under “lol dumb boy” rather than “over a decade of trust issues.”
He got a note from dumbledore and didn’t recognise the handwriting despite having seen it before, on the most important paper he ever got. And didn’t figure out who the half blood prince was despite staring at snaps handwriting everyday for literal years. And thought Snape was trying to steal the stone when it was Quriell. And thought Malfoy was the heir of Slytherin. So his track record is pretty spotty at best.
harry’s hogwarts letter was literally written by mcgonagall, not dumbledore so try again bud
it’s entirely probable that snape’s handwriting changed between the ages of 16 and 35. also literally no-one had any suspicion that snape was the half-blood prince, including people who were actually at school with him when he invented the spells
“thought snape was trying to steal the stone when it was quriell” “thought malfoy was the heir of slytherin” i don’t even know where to start with this like wow sorry harry potter didn’t figure out the plot to every harry potter book before it was resolved…what an idiot for drawing logical conclusions when trying to solve a mystery…you really got em good there in fact. jk rowling is crying herself to sleep as we speak
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