She didn’t mean James Potter.
She meant Severus Snape.
(first quote: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter Two: A Peck of Owls; second quote: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter Thirty-Three: The Prince’s Tale)
Holy crap. I didn’t even realize this. Brava for J.K. Rowling’s perfect continuity.
And all this time I was assuming ‘that awful boy’ was James. I owe him an apology.
OMFG! Brava! Bra-va!
Oh God she meant SNAPE. wow.
NEVER NOTICED THAT.
The meaning of all the deaths in HP:
James and Lily: To establish the story line as well as to show orphans of war.
Cedric Diggory: To show Voldemort's mercilessness.
Sirius Black: To show Harry's lack of guidance/parental figures.
Albus Dumbledore: To show the death of a great leader can't stop a war.
Hedwig: To show the end of Harry's childhood.
Mad Eye: To show the death of a soldier.
Dobby: To show even the smallest of creatures can die a Hero's death.
Fred Weasley: To show that some deaths you just can't get over. And that's okay.
Tonks and Remus Lupin: To reestablish orphans of war.
Colin Creevey: To show that the good die young, even when they aren't supposed to.
Severus Snape: To show that you can always change your ways. Always.
Forever a cockblock.
Third wheel in his own damn series.
Let’s not forget this scene
omg that third one
Dear people who question why girls go to the bathroom together
Hermione went alone and got attacked by a troll
Years ago, I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices. He seemed a student like any other. His name was Tom Riddle. Today, the world knows him by another name: Voldemort.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
I think it would be haunting if they took the first bit of the music we ever heard… and recycled it for the track “Harry’s Sacrifice.” But - slow it down to the point where it crawls over our skin. I took the liberty of trying it out, the whole slowing down process.
If you sit there, with both headphones in, and imagine Harry walking toward Voldemort for what he thinks is the last time, it really does fit beautifully.
UGH YES
OMG
DEAD
OH JESUS FUCK
I CAN’T. I’M DEAD I’VE DIED I’M DEAD.
I HAVE LOST ALL MY SHIT AND CANNOT HOPE TO FIND IT AGAIN.
VOLDYHORSE
LOL at those creative minds.
#i was in a diy shop the other day #and this kid was choosing a paint colour for his room #(i say kid but i actually have no concept of what i mean by that #i’m old enough now that i see a small person and i’m like you could be anywhere between 4 and 12 #because i have genuinely no concept of where in the spectrum you’d be #but i’m sensing that it’s an important distinction #either way the point is that this kid is a kid #i’d estimate he was anywhere between 6 and 14 #accuracy was never an option here) #and he’s arguing with his mum because he thinks the colour names are stupid #he goes ‘mum i do not want an azure blue or mint creme green room! #i want a cool colour! #i want fire red or a serious black-‘ #and then he shuts up for a second and he’s clearly processing #and you can see the penny dropt #he exact moment where he realizes what he’s just said #and he just shout ‘SIRIUS BLACK WAS AN ANIMAGUS AND HARRY POTTER’S RIGHTFUL GODFATHER’ #and this point his mum is just trying get some distance between them #at the same time as i’m edging towards this child and wondering if i could take him and anyone would notice #she backing away presumably wishing that somebody would #in the end this kid (of nondescript age) ends up sitting cross legged in the middle of the shop floor chanting ‘serious sirius black’ #more than anything i want to grab him by his midgety child body and shake and go ‘I KNOW THAT FEEL’ #but apparently that sort of thing is generally discouraged #i was only in the shop for a paintbrush anyway
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - BOOK
Dumbledore: This one time, Harry, your father saved Snape’s life.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - MOVIE
*no mention of such event*
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - BOOK
Sirius: Harry, I did this really douchey thing once, and I tried to have Remus kill Snape, but your father heard about it and rushed off to save his life.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - MOVIE
*no mention of such event*
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - BOOK
*Harry goes into Pensieve and sees James and Sirius picking on Snape very unfairly - Lily intervenes - Snape cuts James’s face open - James does a dick move - Lily gets pissed - Snape calls Lily a Mudblood for absolutely no reason whatsoever - Lily leaves them to it - James gears up for another dick move*
Snape:*interrupting*GTFO, BITCH!
Harry: HOLY SHIT MY FATHER WAS AN ASSHOLE! *warm and fuzzy illusions ruined*
Sirius and Remus: What up?
Harry: You guys. My Dad was an asshole.
Sirius and Remus: OMG NO! HARRY, SERIOUSLY! Look, James was an immature prat when he was a teenager and he did horrible things and WE’RE NOT DENYING IT and everyone regrets how they acted back then, but he grew up and became a better person and he was a great man, I swear. And it wasn’t like Snape was innocent because he was really mixed up in Dark Arts and James HATED Dark Arts so much.
Harry: But my Mum hated him omg.
Sirius and Remus: Dude don’t even worry about that it’s cool, she totally didn’t.
Harry: Okay.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - MOVIE
*Harry breaks into Snape’s memory in a way that isn’t really possible for somebody who can’t do Legilimency and sees James bullying the shit out of Snape and being the biggest dick in the world*
Harry: ….. my father was an asshole.
*nobody contradicts him*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - BOOK
*Harry looks into the Pensieve and sees how Snape was in love with Lily but drove her to abandoning their friendship after becoming heavily invested in the Dark Arts and planning to become a Death Eater, and then finally calling her a Mudblood even though Lily was his only friend, and this is a totally rational reason for Lily to break ties with him and we already know that James Potter was essentially a good guy so it makes so much sense that Lily would fall in love with and marry him*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - MOVIE
*Harry looks into the Pensieve and sees that SNAPE AND LILY WERE SOULMATES OMG BUT THAT BASTARD JAMES POTTER TURNED UP OUT OF NOWHERE AND RIPPED THEM FROM ONE ANOTHER OMG IT’S SO SAD THEIR LOVE WAS TRUE AND NOW SNAPE’S HOLDING HER CORPSE LIKE A FUCKING CREEP BUT OMG SO SAD, GUYS*
and now I have a one proper explanation with people who think Snape was a poor little puppy and James Potter just came there on a broomstick ruining Severus’ life. they didn’t read the books.
god the post is so accurate I can’t.
