harry potter

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neopetsilluminati:

sarah531:

neopetsilluminati:

how can rowling tweet these two things one after the other with complete seriousness and no self awareness lmfao

Because she’s reiterated over and over again in interviews that Snape is no hero, no role model and his only redeeming quality is his bravery, whilst Draco still generally gets a free pass from fandom despite being an odious racist?

oh ok right, no hero and no role model mmmmmh. ok ok kinda weird then how she had harry name his god damn son after some asshole then if thats what she really thought. and she wrote draco towards the end as if he was becoming a better person, he didnt rat out harry when asked by death eaters who were obviously a threat to his life, he didn’t raise his children with the same terrible beliefs as his parents.

why are we supposed to acknowledge snapes redemption arc, a grown ass man who joined a terrorist organization of his own free will and abused children AFTER he “”turned good”“  and not acknowledge dracos, a freaking CHILD who grew up in a terrible environment but obviously realized how terrible it was towards the end. dracos not a good person and im not excusing anything he did but people relating to someone who grew up in an abusive brainwashing environment and learned to grow out of it being demonized and then at the same time constantly praising an abuser for being ~brave~ doesnt make any god damn sense to me

I don’t want to defend either Snape or Draco – I hate both – but I do want to defend JKR, who’s still on record as saying “I don’t
really see him as a hero. He’s spiteful, he’s a bully, all these things
are still true of Snape at the end of this book’ and “he’s a deeply horrible person” and “You shouldn’t think [Snape is] too nice.” Plus from an slightly older interview, a similar line to the Draco tweet: “I hesitate to say that I love him. [Audience member: I do]. You do? This is a very worrying thing.”

Her valuing ‘bravery’ above apparently all else weirds me out, as does the Albus Severus thing*, but I don’t think it’s anywhere near as clear-cut as (the paraphrased fandom view) ‘she hates Draco but romanticises Snape (and by default his abusive behaviour)’. She is an abuse survivor herself, after all.

*I like to think it’s JKR’s (rather too late) attempt to ‘redeem’ Slytherin house in the text, but I don’t know.

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neopetsilluminati:

how can rowling tweet these two things one after the other with complete seriousness and no self awareness lmfao

Because she’s reiterated over and over again in interviews that Snape is no hero, no role model and his only redeeming quality is his bravery, whilst Draco still generally gets a free pass from fandom despite being an odious racist?

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professor-remus:

As much as I love Eddie Redmayne and think he is a wonderful actor- I’m fucking pissed about the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them casting. Unsurprised, maybe, but angry nonetheless. They cast a white actor into a role that was a perfect opportunity to cast an actor of color. No physical description of Newt Scamander exists in canon. It is incredibly important to break down the idea that white is the default. And they squandered the chance to change that in a big way. 

If you think you’re going to come into my askbox to tell me that “that’s the way hollywood works” and “they want to make sure people see it so it makes money” then I’ll tell you right now that that is bullshit. It’s a film in one of the most successful film franchises in history. People are going to see it no matter who’s in the lead. And I think it’s time we stop underestimating audiences- a film led by a PoC could do just as well as a white-led one but audiences aren’t given the option to see movies with PoC in the leads. Especially fantasy movies. 

What is it like to die?

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i-feel-mortality-surround-me:

When Ron asks him, eyes not meeting, as the sun sets on the second day, Harry stops.
He is thinking of crunching leaves and waving branches and vicious laughter and then silence.
“It’s like a punch in the stomach,” he says.

When Hermione asks him, with a soft voice and her head on his shoulder, Harry frowns.
His parents’ graves spring to mind: strong and proud under all that snow.
“It’s like a burial,” he tells her.

When George asks him, with too many tears in his desperate eyes, Harry holds his breath.
He is trying to remember how it feels to laugh.
“It’s like waiting for the punchline,” he lies.

When Neville asks him, with a trembling voice and a nervous smile, Harry sniffs.
He can smell wet grass and stale dirt and the sharp scrape of fresh blood and a little bit of fear.
“It’s like tripping over your own feet,” he offers.

When Luna asks him, with an expression that suggests she already know the answer, Harry sighs.
His head is starting to pound and his brain begins to buzz, bouncing around his skull.
“It’s like waking up in reverse,” he shrugs.

When Ginny asks him, with sweaty twisted fingers and a dying fire in her voice, Harry has to press his hands against his face.
He sees popping lights and remembers a lot of green, a lot of red, a lot of noise.
“I don’t know,” he confesses.

When Fleur asks him, sharp pointed syllables after too many glasses of wine, Harry almost laughs.
He feels something dripping at the corner of his mind, but doesn’t care to pursue it.
“It’s like the pause between two songs on the radio,” he answers.

When a reporter asks him for the twentieth time, shuffled paper and an enchanted microphone in hand, Harry hexes her.
He hears voices ringing in his ears, can imagine tomorrow’s headline.
“None of your fucking business,” he chokes.

When Teddy asks him all those years later, with a creased photograph that shows a tall man in grey robes and a woman with bubblegum hair, Harry closes his eyes.
He is back at the edge of the forest, staring at faded impressions of his family, wondering the same thing himself. His godfather’s words float through the air with a fragile sort of truth.
“It’s quicker and easier than falling asleep,” he whispers.

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morgan-leigh:

calling-all-jily:

Honestly, the whole “Snape was totally a meninist” or the “Snape’s whole backstory was that he was ‘friendzoned’” posts are REALLY starting to bother me.

I don’t love Snape. I think the way he treated Neville was absolutely inexcusable. I think he did a lot of horrible things. 

But:

  • Snape was in love with Lily Evans, but he never told her that
  • He never made a move on her
  • He never asked her out
  • He never tried to kiss her
  • He wasn’t “friendzoned.” Lily never knew how he felt.
  • He didn’t give Harry those memories so that Harry would feel sympathetic towards him. 
  • He gave Harry those memories so that Harry could 1) Understand why Dumbledore trusted Snape and 2) So that Harry would understand he needed to die in order to defeat Voldemort. 
  • Lily Evans was the only person (except for maybe Dumbledore) who ever actually cared about him
  • It’s strongly implied that Snape was abused or, at the very least, neglected, as a very young child.

I’m not defending all of his actions. But I do wish people would understand his motivation, and I really wish people would stop making posts like “Harry! Name your child after me! I was friendzoned by your mother!”

That’s not what happened. Snape was friends with Lily as a child. He fell in love with her. He didn’t tell her. He didn’t try to get her to date him. He loved her. He became a bad friend. He betrayed her. He regretted it. He tried to save her life. He failed. He tried to protect her child. He wanted to protect Harry for Lily’s sake. He wanted to at least partially make up for the way he treated Lily. That was his motivation, not “he was friendzoned.”

He isn’t a good person. He isn’t a bad person. He’s a person. A human being. That’s why Harry named his child Albus Severus– because the world is not divided into good people and Death Eaters. That’s something Harry didn’t learn for a long time. That’s what Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape taught him. Harry wanted his children to understand something he himself struggled with-: good and evil are not always easy to see. Bravery does not always equal kindness. Unkindness does not always equal cruelty. Look at J.K’s characters, like Draco, Dumbledore, Snape, Sirius, and Ron, and you will see that is a major theme. PEOPLE ARE NOT HEROES OR VILLAINS. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BOTH GOOD AND BAD QUALITIES. THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE ENTIRE SERIES. 

You don’t have to like or respect Snape as a person, but please understand him as a character.

I mean, the epilogue of that book should still be excised, but otherwise I agree with this deeply.

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