May We Meet Again

Jake + Zooey Quotes From This Weeks Episode of Welcome To Our Show With Special Guest Jake Johnson

The most hilarious thing about the fact Buckbeak had a trial and lost is that later on JKR resolves the issue by having Hagrid take him in again and renaming him Witherwings. That’s literally all it took. What if in POA, Hagrid simply said, “Sorry, Buckbeak flew away.” 

“There’s a hippogriff right there, Hagrid.”

“A different hipprogriff.”

“I’m… pretty sure that’s the same hipprogriff.”

“Prove it.” 

Harry Potter Unpopular Opinions

- jily > snily

- fleur delacour is amazing and deserves more appreciation

- regulus black is my favorite character

- romione is the best ship in the series

- dramione doesn’t make sense (they’re not really compatible)

- cho/harry/cedric is wonderful and is my top

- severus snape is a piece of trash (i can write a 30 page essay about it)

- james potter is wonderful

- linny > hinny (don’t get me wrong, i love hinny with all my heart, i just think that luna and ginny are more compatible)

- neville/luna/ginny is amazing and makes so much sense and needs more appreciation

- harmione doesn’t really make sense to me (feel free to give me reasons why you ship it, because i kinda want to get into it but i don’t really understand rn)

- cho chang is wonderful and deserves appreciation

- i literally never had any appeal in snape

- dumbledore wasn’t half as bad as the fandom makes him out to be (although i don’t like him, i think the fandom is a bit dramatic about him)

- james > snape any day

- narcissa definitely isn’t a good person, but she was a wonderful character and i would love to see what her school days were like

- if lily hadn’t died, snape would still be a death eater and would still be a piece of trash

- teddy lupin deserves more love and appreciation (not unpopular, but also to mentioned enough)

- i never really minded percy

- DRACO MALFOY DESERVED WAY MORE OF A REDEMPTION ARC THAN SNAPE THANKS

- RON WESLEY IS AMAZING AND DESERVES MORE LOVE AND APPRECIATION PLEASE JUST GIVE THIS BOY SOME LOVE I’M BEGGING YOU

- HARRY JAMES POTTER IS SO FCKING UNDERRATED OKAY 

Professor Lily Potter

Imagine if Lily Potter had become the Potions professor at Hogwarts. If Voldemort had killed James, but she and Harry had survived, both shielded by the power of her love. 

Imagine how Lily Potter would encourage the Weasley twins in the things they were good at, instead of scolding them like everyone else in their lives, because she remembers what it was like growing up with the Marauders. Imagine how seriously they would have taken their studies with just a little bit of praise for the things they were doing right, because they were clearly smart boys. Imagine how much smarter they could be if only somebody realized their intelligence and encouraged it—somebody like Lily Potter. 

Imagine how gently Lily Potter would correct little Neville Longbottom, whose face looked just like his mother’s and whose eyes were filled with fear. Imagine how many of her lessons she would try to relate back to Herbology to help him understand, how patient she would be if he was having trouble. Imagine how she would praise him and boost his confidence, how she would help him with his other studies as well because, after all, Alice and Frank were practically family. 

Imagine Lily Potter teaching Nymphadora Tonks. One powerful ex-auror teaching an outspoken, quirky, auror-to-be. Imagine how much respect those two women would have had for each other, especially when Lily heard Tonks’ aspirations and Tonks heard of Lily’s time in the Order. 

Imagine how Lily Potter would have protected Harry whenever he was in danger, like nobody else in the school could. Imagine her specifically forbidding Harry from going anywhere near the Philosopher’s Stone, but knowing that he won’t listen because he’s his father’s son. Imagine her finding out that Harry had gone missing in the middle of the night, and rushing past all of the spells to get to where he’s battling with Quirrel. Imagine the fury that would have erupted from her wand. Imagine how safe and loved Harry would have felt. 

Imagine how nurturing Lily Potter would have been to little Ginny, who she recognizes as a little lost and scared. Imagine her keeping a very close eye on the only Weasley girl and becoming rather concerned, deciding to send Molly and Arthur an owl. Imagine how quickly she would have found out about the diary, because little Ginny finally has someone to confide in other than the dark lord, and shutting it down completely in the name of keeping her honorary neice safe. 

Imagine how proud Lily Potter would have been of Hermione, another muggle-born girl facing prejudice, yet rising to the top of her class. Imagine her appreciating the disadvantage that Hermione had, having not come from a wizarding family, and admiring every answer the girl could provide. Imagine how encouraging she would have been of Hermione’s intelligence rather than dismissive, how often she would assure her that blood status had nothing to do with a person’s character. 

Imagine how fond Lily Potter would have been of Luna. Luna may not look like much but she was a free spirit and a kind soul, the kind of person that a woman like Lily could appreciate in the dark ages they were living through. Imagine Lily giving Luna a fond smile every time their eyes met, and glaring down anyone who made fun of her differences. Imagine how protective she would have been of little Luna Lovegood, who had few friends and reminded her of herself before she had met Severus. 

Imagine how fond Lily Potter would be of the pranksters, but not too fond to keep them in check while they were in her class. 

Imagine the points Lily Potter would deduct from students she caught saying the word ‘mudblood.’ Imagine the detentions she would give, the long conversations she would have with the offended and offensive students, the letters she would send home to both parties’ parents. Imagine how proactive she would be in spreading tolerance throughout the younger students and stopping intolerance in the older ones. 

Imagine how much Lily Potter would have helped Ron Weasley, who was forever copying off of Hermione’s notes and essays. Imagine how thoroughly she would explain the things he wasn’t understsanding, how hard she would work to keep his attention on the lesson during class. 

Imagine how many different styles of teaching she would explore in an attempt to reach each and every one of her students, something Snape never attempted. Imagine how many great potions masters were just waiting for an opportunity to discover their talent and were provided that opportunity by Professor Lily Potter. 

“Sirius told me,” James said, letting himself be dragged down the eleventh-floor corridor, “that you’re going to blow me in McGonagall’s office”

Lily snorted, pulling on his hand. “McGonagall’s office does it for you?”

James took two strides to catch up with her, still holding her hand. “You do it for me,” he said into her neck, jumper pressing against the thin fabric of her top. 

She rolled her eyes, goosebumps where he’d touched her, and pushes his head away. “Not in McGonagall’s office I don’t”

She could hear the grin in his voice. “Spoilsport. If I’ve left my party so you can show me the stars or some shi-“

“I can’t believe you hate stars.”

“I don’t hate stars” they’d started up some stairs towards a door, Lily still dragging him,

“I wouldn’t have started going out with you if I knew you were anti-star.“

“What I’m anti is my girlfriend showing me the stars and passing it off as a birthday gift.”

Lily stopped dead in front of the door and wheeled around, standing a few steps above him, head cocked. “Wait, it’s your birthday?”

James flashed her a grin. “Yeah, you didn’t hear?”

She shook her head, mock disbelief palpable. “No! how old are you turning?”

“Twelve.” He shot back.

She smiled. “Wow, hope the second-year course load isn’t hitting you too hard.” She opened the door without turning away from him, slowly pulling him into the old astronomy tower.

“It’s the girls that are gonna get me actually,” James said, still joking but not quite, dropping back to shut the door.

“You think it’s bad now,” Lily stepped closer, backing him in, “just wait till you’re in seventh-year and they refuse to blow you in McGonagall’s office.”

“Hmm,” she was close enough to see the piling on the terrible jumper he was wearing, his face angled towards hers, “and forget my birthday.”

“Unforgivable.” She said, quietly.

“Have you actually brought me up here for the stars?” he looked a bit worried, “Cause, like, if you have I was totally kidding before.”

She laughed, stepping back. “No, relax. I’ve brought you up here to show you this.” She brandished her wand and gestured to the far corner of the room. “Lumos”

James starred at the corner, confused, taking a second to get it, only then it clicked. “is that-“

“All the Quidditch brooms of the Slytherin team, yes.”

James gaped at the brooms, then back at her, eyes wide. He swallowed. “Not stars then”

She smiled, “Not quite.” She inched closer, still not touching him, save her mouth almost on his, “Happy Birthday Potter.”

open heart, open container

James Potter to Sirius Black: you are uninvited from my wedding. mail back your invitation

Sirius Black: i cant afford to use the post

Sirius Black: also why

James Potter: just seen the shit u left in the sink last night

Sirius Black: take some responsibility u also thought we could skull vodka through a watermelon

James Potter to groomsmen + james who isn’t: this chat name feels weirdly like a call out

Remus Lupin: its cause we have another chat called groomsmen that ur not in

James Potter: wow rlly what goes on in there

Peter Pettigrew to groomsmen without james whose not: do we have to bring a plate

Sirius Black: what

Remus Lupin: are you asking if we have to bring a plate of food to james’ literal wedding

Peter Pettigrew: is that a no

Lily Evans to James Potter: for a lol im putting an eel on the gift registry

James Potter: specify electric

Lily Evans: ur right we dont want to cause confusion

Remus Lupin to Sirius Black: why is the vacuum out whats happened

Sirius Black: i vacuumed

Remus Lupin: don’t be stupid

Sirius Black: okay i vacuumed and then tipped the vacuum bag into the neighbours to get them back for the noise complaint

Remus Lupin: dont lie

Sirius Black: alright I didnt vacumn first

Remus Lupin: knew it

Lily Evans to James Potter: what about instead of me taking ur name we swap names

Lily Evans: like u legally become lily evans and i legally become james potter

Lily Evans: im literally sitting next to u I KNOW ur getting these u bitch

Sirius Black to Lily Evans: its about a cheese toaste i know u know

Sirius Black: okay that was for james

Sirius Black: can u read it to him

Lily Evans: he says that ur forgetting about the economy

Lily Evans: what is happening

Remus Lupin to Sirius Black: lily tells me ur going to be the stripper at her hen party  

Sirius Black: news to me

Sirius Black: though obvsly I’ll do it

Sirius Black: ive already got those tearaway pants  

Remus Lupin: was quite literally joking but now this feels like a plan

James Potter to remus’ toothache is toothfake this has been a rap: rehearsal dinner starts at seven and the place charges by the hour so if ur late lil will skin u  

Sirius Black: what if lily herself is late

James Potter: she says if that happens then time is wrong

Sirius Black: the whole concept of time??

James Potter: apparently so  

James Potter to Lily Evans: does us getting married mean i have to divorce sirius on fb

Lily Evans: obvsly not aren’t you guys coming up on ur ten year anniversary  

James Potter: indeed we are

James Potter: also i love u like mad have i mentioned that

Sirius Black to Lily Evans can you tell peter honeymoon is spelt hoonymoon when he calls in a minute its important

Lily Evans: yeah sure

James Potter to Sirius Black: youve outdone urself

James Potter: lilys pissing herself its alive and everything

Sirius Black: im glad bc im def on at least 14 different watchlists now

Sirius Black: are u aware how hard it is to rent an electric eel legally

James Potter: im assuming difficult

Sirius Black: its actually impossible ive rented it illegally so im expecting u to post my bail when MI6 turns up

James Potter: seems fair  

Remus Lupin to u cant request songs during the ceremony: lilys mum is outside in a shocking hat no one comment on it

Sirius Black: ur too late moons

Peter Pettigrew: i really did think it was a pigeon i didnt mean to offend her!!!!!

James Potter to Lily Evans: want to get burger king rn

Lily Evans: gimme ten minutes to get married first and then im there

James Potter: brilliant

Lily Evans: unrelated but im really glad i get to marry you

James Potter: christ so am i

James Potter: prepare to b ravished in the burger king loos  

Lily Evans: god u know how to woo me

Sirius Black to Remus Lupin: does this pretcher not look just like justin timberlake

Remus Lupin: stop texting during the ceremony  

Sirius Black: james agrees hes fuckin humming sexyback under his breath

Remus Lupin to James Potter: just looked at snapmaps are you and lil rlly at burger king during ur literal wedding reception

James Potter: yeah you want anything

Remus Lupin: coke small fries

I’m right and I should say it

How to help Amazônia:

You can donate to SOS Amazônia which is one among the 100 NGOs selected as “The Largest NGOs in Brazil”.

> > > ( ENGLISH: //doe.sosamazonia.org.br/en ) < < <

And remember: - 1 USD is 4,04 reais. - 1 EUR is 4,47 reais. If you donate only $2,50 USD (10 reais) you’re helping a lot.

If you donate only $2,30 EUR (10 reais) you’re helping a lot. About people saying “the minimum value is $10”: Even if you’re not from Brazil you can donate in REAL instead of donating in USD or EUR via Paypal, so… YES, you can donate less than 10 dollars or euros. (Just don’t change the currency to USD or EUR, Paypal converts your dollars/euros to reais.)

Or you can help by signing the petitions too!

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/po/apocalipse_na_amazonia_40/?cdGYPob and https://www.change.org/p/impedir-o-desmatamento-e-explora%C3%A7%C3%A3o-da-amaz%C3%B4nia

It won’t take much of your time!

Translation:

Stop killing the Amazon!

To members of the Brazilian Congress, the government of Jair Bolsonaro and world leaders: As citizens around the world, we were horrified to see the rapid increase in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in recent months. The fate of humanity is directly connected with the fate of the Amazon, and we ask that you do everything you can to protect the forest, including passing laws to protect public forests and ending illegal deforestation, and even increasing international pressure to prevent further destruction of the Amazon.

Please. Boost if possible, this is REALLY important.

The Fandom Effect

The Fandom Effect: a piece of information about Harry Potter that everyone thinks it’s canon after tons of fanfictions/fanarts but when they read the books again it’s actually not.

What are the best examples?

Walburga: Sirius, Get this piece of trash out of the dining room!

Sirius: (to Bellatrix)

You heard her, move it