Character study of Fleur during the Weighing of the Wands in GoF
Fleur sighed, refusing to allow a stranger to ruin such a proud moment. Instead, she pointedly ignored the paunchy photographer whose eyes flitted between the curve of her waist and her face with a hunger that sent a crawling sensation across her skin.
The weight of Madame’s hand on her shoulder steadied her against the mild nausea and reminded her that she was here because of her wit, merit and intelligence, and the upcoming challenges would push them to the very limit.
A thrill of excitement and pride ran through her, which caused her to instinctively straighten her spine, chasing away the last of her disgust at the vile man. After all, she was used to it and had endured far worse behaviour than that of this photographer.
Fleur could pinpoint the moment it started. The instant when she changed from an innocent child to a commodity. The day her body alchemised from a child’s into a woman’s, leaving her mind and emotional world far behind.
She was 12 when her music teacher Monsieur Duchamp, who had often chastised her, told her what a beautiful woman she was becoming with a gaze that gleamed with a hunger that made Fleur burn with a humiliation she couldn’t quite understand. Yet she soon began to see a similar look on the faces of most of the men of her family’s acquaintance, as if they had all suddenly become possessed by the same phantom. A lascivious spirit that made them hold doors open for her and treat her with kindness which was jarring in its falsehood.
She was 12 and a half when a group of older local boys chased her through the village, each begging for a kiss while she ran like a frightened rabbit.
She was 13 when her Arithmancy teacher insisted that she almost seemed naked without her customary rose hair clip, and Fleur found herself pulling up her robes to cover every inch of her exposed flesh. She dropped the class the very next year.
She was 14 when boys her own age began to notice her, and her peers would either show her utter deference or utter and unyielding contempt. Each group did not see beyond her beauty and instead accused her of possessing traits and desires that she knew she did not possess—fostering a particular form of loneliness where she was seen but not for how she actually was.
She was 15 when she began to take pride in her appearance, spending hours admiring how beautiful her eyes were, how her skin was perfect alabaster and how her hair felt like spun silk—reclaiming her beauty for herself.
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scorpius malfoy headcanons under the cut because he is, in fact, my oc.
scorpius hyperion malfoy, 17-25, fc: tarjei sandvik moe. cis male / bisexual. son of draco malfoy and astoria greengrass.
grew up hearing about slytherin and had high hopes of being sorted into the house because he already knew most of the common room’s secrets thanks to his parents. ended up being sorted into hufflepuff and spent the first few days a little disappointed until he realized it gave him a chance to figure out his common room’s secrets by himself.
had sort of a reputation upon arriving at hogwarts, only because of his father. slytherins had heard stories about his father from their own families and wanted to befriend him. they quickly realized scorpius wasn’t interested in becoming popular or being perceived as cool.
favorite hogwarts subjects are: care of magical creatures, potions (has a natural talent for it) and astronomy (became invested because of his own name).
least favorite hogwarts subjects: flying (too clumsy for it at first, not into sports), transfiguration.
very family oriented, loves spending time with his family. has a good relationship with his grandmother but can’t stand his grandfather most of the time.
* while i don’t follow canon from the cursed child, i do like the idea of him and albus being best friends and eventually getting together. if that interest you i would love to explore it in depth!
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The real barbie is Y/n.
Y/n’s a doctor, a cop, a scientist, an agent, vet, hero, villain, astronaut, lawyer, spy, criminal, artist, chef, engineer, psychologist, architect, journalist, firefighter, event planner, mechanic, photographer, musician, actor, interior designer, bartender, fashion designer, barista, florist, forensic scientist, flight attendant, profiler, tour guide, translator, etc.
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the thing that sucks most about Joanne Rowling being a terf is that she is actively hurting real life trans people every day.
the second worst thing about joanne being a terf is that the Harry Potter intellectual property is So Much Larger than her. look at the credits for just one of the harry potter movies. every single one of those people put YEARS of time and effort and dare i say love into those films. think of all the people involved in theme park design and operation who put together the wizarding world park lands and detailed them so lovingly and fully
and yet even though the intellectual property of harry potter is so much larger than joanne, she's poisoned the whole well
i feel so. so immensely sorry for every person involved in the harry potter ip who isn't jkr. doubly sorry for every trans person involved. it's fucking sad
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Aside from Sirius, what other Harry Potter characters do you love?
Here is my top five list :D
Harry
McGonagall
Ron
Ginny
Kingsley.
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I haven't purchased a HP item in close to a decade - I use the books I already had as doorstops or to prop a laptop up for meetings nowadays.
There is NO "death of the author" with JK Rowling - she controls and continues to profit from her IP, and uses that money to fund hate groups.
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“but what about separating the art from the artist” buddy. listen to me. joanne kathleen rowling is relevant for one reason and one reason only—she wrote harry potter. that’s why she’s famous. that is the bedrock of her fucking platform. jk rowling is the harry potter lady and harry potter is the jk rowling guy. this is not the same thing as listening to a song on repeat even though the keyboardist was an asshole, or reading a novel by some dude who sucked ideological shit in the 1800s. jk rowling has a hate platform right now, today, and she sustains it off of harry potter bucks. u will forgive me if i am unwilling to advertise for her
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