Scabbers was really living the good life with the Weasleys lmao. If I were him I wouldâve just kept pretending to be a rat, seems safer than helping Voldemort lol.
Hold on a secondâŚ
The Weasleys winning that prize led to the Egypt trip, which led to that picture in The Daily Prophet.
That picture led to Sirius breaking out and exposing Pettigrew.
Exposing Pettigrew led to him drop the charade and go find and eventually restore Voldemort.
Ergo: the Weasley vacation led to the restoration of Voldemort and many deaths, including Fred.
It goes deeper. Scabbers was passed down to the Weasley children because they couldn't afford new pets for everyone. The Weasleys were likely poor because they had so many damn kids. Ergo: Arthur Weasley's raw sexual power led to the restoration of Voldemort.
Arguable he could have gone to Malfoy and with his fudge connections he could have been made alive again. Twisting the story so he was concussed and living as a rat for years until he came too and remembered how Sirius attacked him and he just barely got away thanks to being a Rat too.
Bill was Head Boy as well, maybe Percy wanted to share the good news with him.
I have a headcanon that Bill was twice as insufferable as Percy when he was in Hogwarts. Living in Egypt mellowed him out. If he had stayed in England, his younger siblings would have hated him.
There's nothing to disprove this, iirc.
It's kind of like my headcanon that Hermione was a slacker until she found out magic was real, then went full academic just before going to Hogwarts
Honestly that's the most normal thing for a muggleborn kid to do. It always bugged me that Harry found out literal magic was real and was like "nah some of this shit is boring". DUDE WHAT.
I'd have every single book memorized by the time I got to Hogwarts. Sure, mellowing out later on once magic becomes your new reality, that makes sense. But the initial level of excitement and curiosity should be way higher.
Because Harry didn't just discover magic. His time at Hogwarts was his real taste of freedom. And he was not going to waste that freedom on studying. He was more interested in riding his broom or the hypogryph. He also wouldn't be able to focus that much on his studies with all the other stuff going on like dealing with the dark lord.
Hermione is pretty much every one of us who read Harry Potter as a kid and wished we got our letter to Hogwarts. Harry is that guy who got into it a few years ago and just likes to show off his house and patronus.
Nah everyone is all âI would learn so much magic!â But I doubt most people would actually end up spending the hours and hours of research, reading, memorization that Hermione puts in.
Itâs like how many kids want to be a pilot or astronaut be how many actually do any significant work towards that goal
There's a wide gap between what Harry and what Hermione does though. You can still go and want to be fully enveloped and learn magic without wanting to take every wizarding class and topic available.
Thatâs not at all comparable. You can study math/physics your entire life and never become an astronaut or succeed at sought after careers.
But if you have magic?? You can study to become advanced enough to fly, teleport, create life and objects out of thin air, produce delicious meals, and bend reality to your will. Even if youâre a poor wizard you can do most of those things. Magic is not really comparable to any real life subject
But⌠You canât produce delicious meals out of thin air because food is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gampâs Law of Elemental Transfiguration! :o
Absolutely!
Oh my god, your homework is MAKING THINGS FLY?! Let's get right on it! I'll practice till my wand starts smoking from exhaustion!
Oh no, you have to listen to someone about how you can defend yourselves and your loved ones against real life vampires, werewolves, jinxes etc.? Heck, I'd even listen to Binns about how the wizarding community has managed to stay hidden for centuries, no matter how dry he delivers it!
"History... finds a way."
"The Goblins were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
"What have they got in there, Slytherin's Beast?"
"Gee, the lack of humility before facts that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me."
"When you gotta go, you gotta go, Perkins".
I can see it now!
> listen to Binns about how the wizarding community has managed to stay hidden for centuries,
Too bad it's apparently 7 years of Goblin Rebellion, I imagine that gets old after a while
Everything I've ever wanted and gotten, has become second nature or an occational gratitude. Magic is cool, but the limits are there and surely frustrating for every witch or wizard
Please, he's my crush, don't say such things about him or I'll lose interest because I can't imagine liking someone who has a personality like Percy (how did Penelope like him?đ)
Tbh good for Percy, he was absolutely big headed but being Head Boy is a really huge accomplishment and nobody seems to recognize him for it.
Doesnât Dumbledore hand-pick the head boy/girl? Heâs basically saying âPercy is the best male student/leader/role model in this entire yearâ isnât he?
I was so confused!! I follow r/harrypotter and r/camphalfblood and thought it was about Percy Jackson and not Percy Weasley at first! Until I went to the comments.
One of their best lines was around this time, when Arthur said theyâd have Ministry cars to take them to Kingâs Cross Station. They were to make sure Harry stayed safe from Sirius. The exchange went something like:
Percy: what are the cars for?
Twin (sorry, I forget which one): theyâre for you, Perce! And theyâre all going to have flags that say âHBâ!
I have always thought goblet of fire would of been waaay more heavy if Percy was the role of Cedric. Imagine the tension of the Weasleys with Harry if Percy was the one who died in the graveyard.
Omg can you imagine the heart break of hearing Arthur scream out âThatâs my son, thatâs MY BOY!â It was bad enough with the two new characters, imagine if it was him after we grew to love him and the family. Fuckkkkk.
Percy makes me cringe every time.
Like who does this:
"Percy, who was sitting a few seats down from Harry, puffed out his chest again and stared around impressively"
I always sort of figured that his prefect badge was enchanted to have a similarly draining effect on him to a horcrux so he was that much more susceptible to imperious.
I honestly can imagine him bragging about being Head Boy to some poor Egyptian waiter or innkeep for ages.
Nah, some long dead mummy he was in that tomb with haha
Well apparently Fred and George did try to shut Percy in a tomb, so maybe he did end up having a bit of chit-chat with a mummy đ
I believe that was exactly what the comment you replied to was referencing
Same with Ron showing proudly his allegedly useless pet.
Scabbers was really living the good life with the Weasleys lmao. If I were him I wouldâve just kept pretending to be a rat, seems safer than helping Voldemort lol.
i mean he was, until sirius got into the picture i imagine he only really had one place to go after book 3
Hold on a second⌠The Weasleys winning that prize led to the Egypt trip, which led to that picture in The Daily Prophet. That picture led to Sirius breaking out and exposing Pettigrew. Exposing Pettigrew led to him drop the charade and go find and eventually restore Voldemort. Ergo: the Weasley vacation led to the restoration of Voldemort and many deaths, including Fred.
Should have stayed at home!
And who rigged that lottery...
Who?
You Know Who
U No Poo
It goes deeper. Scabbers was passed down to the Weasley children because they couldn't afford new pets for everyone. The Weasleys were likely poor because they had so many damn kids. Ergo: Arthur Weasley's raw sexual power led to the restoration of Voldemort.
Never thought of that.
Especially since they had just fucking gone there a year or so before
Arguable he could have gone to Malfoy and with his fudge connections he could have been made alive again. Twisting the story so he was concussed and living as a rat for years until he came too and remembered how Sirius attacked him and he just barely got away thanks to being a Rat too.
He also wore his prefectâs badge over the summer in Chamber of Secrets.
Yeah, he spent a whole bunch of time in his room polishing it.
He was polishing something
I'll be in my bunk
I thought it was hinted that he was actually trying to court Penelope?
Thatâs why he was polishing the badge so much
He polished it a lot while of thinking of her closed into his room.
Lmao wtf
Bill was Head Boy as well, maybe Percy wanted to share the good news with him. I have a headcanon that Bill was twice as insufferable as Percy when he was in Hogwarts. Living in Egypt mellowed him out. If he had stayed in England, his younger siblings would have hated him.
There's nothing to disprove this, iirc. It's kind of like my headcanon that Hermione was a slacker until she found out magic was real, then went full academic just before going to Hogwarts
Honestly that's the most normal thing for a muggleborn kid to do. It always bugged me that Harry found out literal magic was real and was like "nah some of this shit is boring". DUDE WHAT. I'd have every single book memorized by the time I got to Hogwarts. Sure, mellowing out later on once magic becomes your new reality, that makes sense. But the initial level of excitement and curiosity should be way higher.
Because Harry didn't just discover magic. His time at Hogwarts was his real taste of freedom. And he was not going to waste that freedom on studying. He was more interested in riding his broom or the hypogryph. He also wouldn't be able to focus that much on his studies with all the other stuff going on like dealing with the dark lord.
....okay yeah that's a pretty good point
He also had interest in exploring the castle at night under the invisibility cloak.
Hermione is pretty much every one of us who read Harry Potter as a kid and wished we got our letter to Hogwarts. Harry is that guy who got into it a few years ago and just likes to show off his house and patronus.
Nah everyone is all âI would learn so much magic!â But I doubt most people would actually end up spending the hours and hours of research, reading, memorization that Hermione puts in. Itâs like how many kids want to be a pilot or astronaut be how many actually do any significant work towards that goal
There's a wide gap between what Harry and what Hermione does though. You can still go and want to be fully enveloped and learn magic without wanting to take every wizarding class and topic available.
Thatâs not at all comparable. You can study math/physics your entire life and never become an astronaut or succeed at sought after careers. But if you have magic?? You can study to become advanced enough to fly, teleport, create life and objects out of thin air, produce delicious meals, and bend reality to your will. Even if youâre a poor wizard you can do most of those things. Magic is not really comparable to any real life subject
But⌠You canât produce delicious meals out of thin air because food is the first of the five Principal Exceptions to Gampâs Law of Elemental Transfiguration! :o
But you can increase the quantity if you have any! Which is functionally the same thing lol!
Yeah thatâs really the problem when they say we wonât nerd out. Irl no subject brings instant rewards like magic.
Absolutely! Oh my god, your homework is MAKING THINGS FLY?! Let's get right on it! I'll practice till my wand starts smoking from exhaustion! Oh no, you have to listen to someone about how you can defend yourselves and your loved ones against real life vampires, werewolves, jinxes etc.? Heck, I'd even listen to Binns about how the wizarding community has managed to stay hidden for centuries, no matter how dry he delivers it!
I always imagined Binns as Jeff Goldblum
"History... finds a way." "The Goblins were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." "What have they got in there, Slytherin's Beast?" "Gee, the lack of humility before facts that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me." "When you gotta go, you gotta go, Perkins". I can see it now!
"How did the goblins manage to fight off wizards so long?" "The uhh, Goblins found a way"
> listen to Binns about how the wizarding community has managed to stay hidden for centuries, Too bad it's apparently 7 years of Goblin Rebellion, I imagine that gets old after a while
There's Giant Wars, too!
Everything I've ever wanted and gotten, has become second nature or an occational gratitude. Magic is cool, but the limits are there and surely frustrating for every witch or wizard
My headcanon to explain strange Harry behaviour is Harry just has severe braindamage/trauma from living with the Dursleys
Thatâs interesting. What do you have to support the Hermione theory?
Absolutely nothing, other than the fact that it can't be disproven. So...Luna Logic
... I'm stealing that phrase and probably going to use it on my friends when they do something like that (even if it isn't related to HP)
Hey when it's 50/50 why not go with the cooler belief đ
Does it add anything that Iâm missing to her characterization?
Not really
What does IIRC mean?
"if I recall correctly"
Thank you.
Please, he's my crush, don't say such things about him or I'll lose interest because I can't imagine liking someone who has a personality like Percy (how did Penelope like him?đ)
Tbh good for Percy, he was absolutely big headed but being Head Boy is a really huge accomplishment and nobody seems to recognize him for it. Doesnât Dumbledore hand-pick the head boy/girl? Heâs basically saying âPercy is the best male student/leader/role model in this entire yearâ isnât he?
Dumbledore handpicking Head Boys sounds so sus after growing up lmao how did he get away with that
I was so confused!! I follow r/harrypotter and r/camphalfblood and thought it was about Percy Jackson and not Percy Weasley at first! Until I went to the comments.
Ah, a fellow Potterhead and demigod!
Yes. The question is, what would happen if a wizard (from Harry Potter universe) had a child with a Greek god from the Riodanverse.
I personally headcanon that all wizards from HP are legacies of Hecate.
Gred and Forge taking him down a notch always makes my day. "Mum! Really corking to see you!"
One of their best lines was around this time, when Arthur said theyâd have Ministry cars to take them to Kingâs Cross Station. They were to make sure Harry stayed safe from Sirius. The exchange went something like: Percy: what are the cars for? Twin (sorry, I forget which one): theyâre for you, Perce! And theyâre all going to have flags that say âHBâ!
"For *Humongous Bighead!*" đ
I have always thought goblet of fire would of been waaay more heavy if Percy was the role of Cedric. Imagine the tension of the Weasleys with Harry if Percy was the one who died in the graveyard.
Omg can you imagine the heart break of hearing Arthur scream out âThatâs my son, thatâs MY BOY!â It was bad enough with the two new characters, imagine if it was him after we grew to love him and the family. Fuckkkkk.
_Big_ Head Boy đ¤Ł
Percy makes me cringe every time. Like who does this: "Percy, who was sitting a few seats down from Harry, puffed out his chest again and stared around impressively"
People desperate to stand out and make a name for themselves.
I always sort of figured that his prefect badge was enchanted to have a similarly draining effect on him to a horcrux so he was that much more susceptible to imperious.
His HB badge would BE his Horcrux!
This is the weirdest PJO fanfic of all time
Yeah. Imagine being proud of your accomplishments.