We finally got some information on ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
The Cursed Child, Parts I & II, to debut on July 30 at London’s West End Palace Theatre, will be the continuation of the final book’s epilogue. It will focus on Harry Potter’s youngest son, 11-year-old Albus Severus, who is about to embark on his first year at Hogwarts. But don’t expect as much pyrotechnics as the movies.
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if you ever feel left out just remember that you weren’t the fifth gryffindor guy in the marauders’ dormitory
I don’t know if the timeline works even a little bit but my headcanon was always that that fifth dude was Kingsley Shacklebolt and that he immediately made a conscious decision to stay the hell away from whatever those four idiots were up to and everyone was like “Yeah, good kid, studies hard, probably gonna be Minister one day if he manages to last his entire school career without committing four murders”.
20 Reasons Parvati Patil is actually really awesome:
- She was the first person to stand up to Draco Malfoy at their first flying lesson. Notice that she stood up to Draco before Harry did. She instantly stood up to the school bully for making fun of Neville faster than “The chosen one” did. Oh, and did I mention she was only 11 at the time?
- Speaking of the flying lesson, she was the first one who came to Harry’s defense when Professor McGonagall was reprimanding him, before even his best friend Ron did. Parvati wasn’t afraid to stand up to an adult-and a teacher at that-at the mere age of eleven because she knows it is the right thing, which seems to suggest she has a strong sense of justice.
- She may be gullible, but she genuinely does seem to care for Harry’s safety when she warns him to “remember [his] tea leaves” during Hagrid’s 1st lesson.
- She stands up to Snape that time he’s their substitute teacher.
- She has great fashion sense; McGonagall was acting bonkers that time she told her to get rid of that cute butterfly plait she had in her.
- She’s right; Hagrid’s lessons really are not safe.
- She sticks by her beliefs when Harry blows up at her for it.
- She gets her sister a date for the Yule Ball, something which she didn’t have to do, but chose to anyway, which indicates that she is a good sister.
- Simultaneously, she managed to get Ron a date as well.
- When Harry continuously ignores her, she leaves him:He was acting like a jerk, and since she respects for and esteems herself, she will not tolerate it, and instead goes on to enjoy her night without letting Harry’s astuteness ruin it for her.
- She questions Umbridge in their first class.
- When she laughs at Ron’s imitation of Hermione in HBP, she does what we’ve seen very few characters ever do after teasing Hermione: She apologizes. (Note how Ron, the person actively making fun of her, does not apologize.)
- She may not be friends with Hermione, but she realizes that if she hurts someone else’s feelings the decent thing to do is apologize.
- She was a member of Dumbledore’s Army.
- She brought Professor Trelawney flowers when she was fired.
- She hugged Lavender when she was crying.
- Speaking of Lavender, Parvati’s a good friend all around.
- She convinced her parents to let her and Padma stay in school 6th year.
- She supports Lavender’s feelings for Ron, despite being somewhat embarrassed by their behavior, since she cares about her friend’s happiness.
- She fought in the Battle of Hogwarts when she was at most 18 years old against a full grown Death Eater.
In conclusion, Parvati Patil actually had the potential to be a really great character, and it’s a shame JKR did not expand on her characterization as more than some giggling gossipy girl in Harry’s class. She deserves very little of the hate she receives from fans, and is actually quite awesome. :)
Drawing this was emotionally taxing.
(Thanks you talking-bird-jessie for suggesting this scene from Order of the Phoenix!)
Man I wish this had been in the movies Dx
do you think after Ron and Hermione got out of the trapdoor and raised the alarm and were being patched up in the hospital wing
do you think they were given the most royal proud mama smackdown by McGonagall like “ how DARE you infiltrate a death maze you are ELEVEN and miss granger how on earth did you solve my chessboard i”
and hermione interjected like “oh professor it wasn’t me. i’m useless at chess. it was ron.”
and McGonagall turned to look at Ron Weasley in total amazement at this 11 yr old kid who had been pretty ordinary in all her classes but had apparently beaten her in death chess and he just shrugged like “rookie mistakes, professor. you made some rookie mistakes.”
“Godfather?” sputtered Uncle Vernon. “You haven’t got a godfather!”
“Yes, I have,” said Harry brightly. “He was my mum and dad’s best friend. He’s a convicted murderer, but he’s broken out of wizard prison and he’s on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though…keep up with my news…check if I’m happy…”
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Harry’s relatives have always advocated for muggle rights, his grandfather was called Fleamont and invented a potion for unruly hair that Hermione used for the Yule ball, and Harry was named after his great-grandfather and this just makes me so emotional.