#but like istg ITS SUCH A PERCY LINE

[thewrongwarrior]

can't believe percy jackson is officially a disney princess

[insertcurrentintresthere]

Anyway, please enjoy an abridged list of the random thoughts I had while watching the PJO finale. Spoilers (duh)

I will not be fixing the spelling mistakes for a more authentic experience

LOOK AT HIM GO

This is making me way too happy

he said the word wrong (riposte) 😔

“whAt” -annabeth

GET HIS ASS

He’s on the ground :(

GET HIS ASS - YEAH!!! - FUCK YEAH - GET EM

he got stuck in a glue trap

Annabeth really clutched thyn pearls

That was sOoOoo cOoOOoL

Oh- he’s doing the doctor who thing

Ooo colors

Awww (where is he)

Okay, the helm is a helmet… Or like- an old scuba mask

Sashay away

GROVER<3333333

“Dude”

Sand… on his face

They love each other

She’s so scared for him

THE NECKLACE

SOBS SONS SOBS

WHAY IS THIS

ITS LIKE IN THOR

Luke is spreading propaganda

SPIDER PHOBIA MENTION

I want to go to there

I’m so excited to see Zeus

Why is he sitting like that tho

He’s impertinent or whatever

Where is poseidon :(

His eyes so big

BOY

YES HES HERE WOOOOO

He’s my father he just doesn’t know it yet (I’m a child of Hephaestus, I have no clue what I was talking abt)

What the flip was that

“Everybody”? Really just left out half of the olympians

He zipped away

“The sea does not like to be restrained” (I just really like this line for some reason)

ARES IS A MORON

NO, STOP

THROWING UP

IM GONNA CRY STOP IT

NOOO FUCK YOU

How did I just realize it’s person shaped

HUG HER BACK DUMBASS

THE FUREWORKS

IT WASNT GTIVER NOOOO

Stop it I’m gonna kill you rick

THR HURT IN HIS EYES

LUKE

MO

STOP

NO NO NO NO NO

I CANT FO THIS

WHERE TF IS GRIVER AND HUS SERVHERS LICENSE

LUKE NO

LUKE STOP

OMG STOP IT NO

HES SO SCARED

It looks like a pirate sword

I love how sympathetic they’re making him

This is great

“This isn’t you babe”

WHERE TF IS GRIVER

“I’m sorry”

ANNABETH!!!!!

HELL YEAB

PERIL

WHAT ABOUT GROVER?!

HIS LICENSE

“Kronis”

He’s impertinent

HEHE

I love Mr. D so much

She’s so pretty istg

THEY LOVE EACHOTJER

YES

GROVER

THE FLOWER

HES SO HAPPY

I LOVE HIM

SEASON 2 FORSHADOWING?!

I need to see him in the wedding dress

SHUT UP PERCY

oh no, not the ominous music

SALLY!!!!!!

YIPEEEEE

NO

STOP

SOBBING MY EYES OUT

WHAT STOP

BITCH GET AWAY

I’m so excited for season 2 PLEASE

why does he talk like that

The mom ever

Grandpa >:(

BLUE

Aw, they didn’t kill gabe :(

Haha… reddick

WAIT HE DIED

BOOM DEVORCS

He’s silly, Silly in the way I wanna punch him in the face

KILL HIM!!!!!

[neerisntsure]

People that hate annabeth chase's casting istg I get that you're racist with your "bad casting" and "she's supposed to be californian and have blonde hair" but are you seriously out here BULLYING a child??? She's been casted, it's been done, she's annabeth chase and there's nothing you can do about it

also another thing i keep seeing that pisses me off is people saying "annabeth is supposed to be a typical california girl"

do you think black girls cant be Californian??? are you so used to your white lense of what "stereotypical Californian girl" is that you cant imagine them as anything but white??? annabeth will still be Californian in the pjo show that literally hasnt changed

"grey eyes!" do you seriously care about eye colour??

percy's actors eyes arent green and people aren't that loud about that as they are annabeth's eyes

"the movies were bad because of the cast not looking like the characters either-" the movies were bad because it changed the whole storyline, aged up the characters and the scripts were changed so the actors weren't acting like the book characters

they wanted to sell some romantic tension between annabeth and percy from the beginning and aged them up so it wasnt weird and changed the whole plot and took away characters that were important to the story for a basic movie plot

the show is keeping to the original plot as much as it can. you're just racist.

rick riordan has been shitty when it comes to poc characters and writing harmful stereotypes and incorrectly writing about certain religions in his books (cough samirah al-abbas cough) so his books have given fans a single mindset that how he writes his characters is final in any adaptions. its not. he himself has been supportive and welcoming as leah being annabeth and if you even heard her saying lines in the trailer you'd know her personality is literally annabeth chase.

[jgracie]

OHMYFORK THE TRAVIS CAST ADFSDFGDF OMGOMGOMG

YES I AGREE THAT MATT AND CHRIS DONT MAKE SENSE CS THEYRE N O T T W I N S ! ! ! ! ! !! !! !

also i js started checking out bladesteezy on tiktok/instagram aND OMG THIS PERSON. LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE TRAVIS I CANNOT ACFDSGFZSDZ

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP THEY ARE LITERALLY SO ALIKE ISTG IM GONNA FOLLOW THEM IDC JS FOR THE TRAVIS EFFECT

(and yes ive made my mark *sigh* I FIND IT SO NICE THAT YOU THOUGHT OF ME LIKE OMG THATS SO AFWDASFS SUPER NICE OF YOU AHHH <333)

AND OMG?????? TRAVIS LISTENING TO DRAKE???????////// HELLP??????????????????? THATS SO ACCURATE OHMY

GASP HE WOULD LISTEN TO ARCTIC MONKEYS AND THE WEEKND TOO IDONTMAKETHERULESIDC-

(ALSO THERES A NEW DRAKE ALBUM COMING I FEAR??? IMAGINING TRAVIS DRAGGING READER TO A CONCERT JUST TO GET DISTRACTED BY HOW GOOD WE LOOK IN THE BAND'S MERCH OR SOMETHING SIMILAR IDK im so delulu help)

AND HELP PERCY LISTENING TO DRAKE AND TAYLOR IS SO REAL HELP

IM PRETTY SURE HED VIBE TO What Makes You Beautiful - 1D LIKE IMAGINE ANNABETH JS BURSTING IN CABIN 3 ONLY TO FIND HER BF BLASTING WMYB AT FULL VOLUME AHHH

ALSO ALSO (help this is already so long im sorry i should probably start writing actual letters to you atp 😭💗 ty for putting up with my shenanigans) THE LEO CAST??????/ I LOVE HOW WE ALL AGREE COLLECTIVELY AS A FANDOM THAT LEO VALDEZ I S BENOFTHEWEEK BECAUSE HOW CAN A MAN LOOK AND ACT THAT MUCH LIKE A FICTIONAL CHARACTER

LIKE IT LITERALLY RADIATES OFF OF HIM IM SORRY HES JS LEO IN MY HEAD ATP NO CAST CAN CHANGE MY MIND

-🦋anon <33 ( im so sorry for this huge letter 😭)

NEVER BE SORRY I LOVE RECIEVING ASKS LOL NO MATTER HOW LONG

and omg ur so right except for me its not even the twin thing i just Cant see it 😭 honestly tho i think its j cz theyre a little too mainstream for me to assign characters to yk .... IM SO GLAD U AGREE W MY FANCAST THO AAAA!!!!!

omg also i just wanna say my friend was texting me ab travis kelce (taylor swifts bf) except she just said travis and i immediately thought what does travis stoll have to do w this LOL 😭 it took me a second fr

AND HE SOOOOO WOULD !!! im listening to virginia beach ik he'd LOVE it ... that whole album tbh 🙏🏼 AND OMG THERE IS ???? rip travis stoll u wouldve loved this ... (AND UR SO RIGHT AB THE CONCERT THING LOLLLL HED DO A TRANSITION THING W THE "THE SPIDERMAN MEME IS ME LOOKING AT DRAKE" LINE FROM FIRST PERSON SHOOTER LMAOOO)

and omg ur so right percy would LOVE 1d (annabeth def introduced him to them too LOL)

AND YESSS BEN IS SO LEO EVEN HIS CONTENT GIVES MAJOR LEO 😭 literally leo of our universe

[nochiquinn]

legend of vox machina episode ten: Depths of Deceit OR Monocle Dragur is my steampunk folk metal band

[screams]

"didn't you already watch these twice" bold of you to assume I've stopped screaming from the first time

the barrel reflected in the eye!!

god percy's face when she cuts him. someone went in on that expression.

"she's unarmed!" huehuehue

"we're both engineers, percival" "stop trying to relate to me"

"you are legit fucked up"

I wonder if Pike's crush on Percy will get any play. I literally forgot about it until just now.

percy literally being burned up by orthax

once again, things I missed until I paused: orthax forming a literal hand to shove pike away

"your concerns are appreciated" reminded that "I'm Not Okay" by MCR was on taliesin's first percy playlist. the entire caption was "oh, keyleth."

love that "zippertwat" is going on the list of things they mispronounced and then never bothered to say correctly ever again

usually it's grog that causes those

down down to goblin town

"then trust me" cries

"you're at the bottom of my list" "I have no idea what that means so I will continue to look smug"

love the overhead shot of the people charging the castle

pike's face when scanlan starts hitting on cassandra

percy: [tenth doctor voice] stop it

"you're my best friend! except now you GLOW IN THE DARK" I missed grog

vex this is not the time for your I Told You Sos

catch me downloading these just to get the in-between frames of the way vax looked at his sister

like vex is very much "cool, she shot him down, brother's all mine again" and vax is "I am GRIEVING why are you LIKE THIS"

because he knows he was never going to give vex up or love her any less but she didn't and her anxiety manifested as jealousy and anger bc there are no therapists in exandria

and now that she feels like the danger's passed she's on cloud nine and he is. v much not reciprocating.

ripley just trying desperately to relate to percy on an intellectual level when percy is Not Available, please leave a message with the demon at the front desk

percy taking all cass' ribbing as their old relationship settling back in when she's just actually incredibly bitter

flametongue dagger!!

100% did not remember its name until vax used it as a torch

dragur

the fucking monocle, who gets buried in their monocle

"uncle nathaniel?!"

"which one of my ancestors did you just shame to death"

WAIT. WAIT. did grog do the goddamn people's elbow

he DID travis istg

"I'm not what you should be worried about" incorrect

pike: grog push this grog: :D vax: grog push this grog: fuck you pay me

vex you do not get to be pissy about vax's attitude, you caused this, deal with the consequences of your actions

(not like she caused keyleth's reaction but see above re: her disposition vs his)

"it's a drug factory!" torn between sad bc knowing what happens w/scanlan later and giggling bc dariax rubbing it on his gums in EXU

rogue go nyoom

"bit of a slow learner" he is correct there

the little flash of yellow in her eyes!!

I wasn't sold on cassandra's va before but now I get it

we got the acid trap AND Cassandra Is A Briarwood, ty jennifer muro

ripley flipping him off was extremely funny

"life is far more valuable to you than it is to us" is such a raw fucking line

"be a lamb, would you?" mercer pls I'm already gay

my hc is that vex might have been able to get through to vax more quickly if she hadn't been smug about keyleth.

this is NOT vex hate, do NOT come for me, this is INTERPERSONAL DRAMA and part of vex's arc

but also Oh No If It Isn't the Consequences of My Own Actions

the biggest thing I miss about the stream is being in the character's heads; I can say Vax Is Annoyed With Vex or Keyleth is Worred About Vax But It's Tied Up In Complicated Emotions until I turn blue but I don't have their external internal monologue to defend my positions with anymore. just source: dude trust me

(I also genuinely enjoy hearing them - mostly liam - go in on what they're feeling and why. they don't do it as much anymore but after 1000+ hours of watching them the lines are a little easier to read between)

"vex?" "why are you looking at me?!" you are one of two designated adults and the other is Driving Under the Influence (of Demon)

percy machine broken

vex: we will never abandon you mala: says the person who two days ago was very much contemplating abandoning you

scanlan just starts playing through the fire and the flames on guitar hero

"we need to triangulate its location" ripley stop using big words to sound smart

grog hears "that's incredibly stupid and dangerous" and has no follow-up questions

afaik he doesn't have any acid immunities, just a federation-standard fuckton of hitpoints

now scanlan's cheating at guitar hero

(it's okay, I taped a penny to the green button too)

"since I helped, don't you think I earned my freedom" it's not "helping" if you were also in danger

"is captain winky still there?"

pike started saying "buddies", plural, at this point and I do not know why

"forgot my drawers"

THERE ARE TWO PATHS

now I get to actually listen to scanlan's desperation metal over the credits

[mismashedsocks]

 so riordan made a half assed lame excuse on his lazy/racist writing on piper yesterday and on top of that he made another one on samirah and i’m muslim so i am going to talk about it

damn i’m so sorry these people have been pushing you past your comfort zone about your wildly popular racist caricatures of minorities that have great impact on your young, impressionable target audience. while its fine that if he takes a break for his mental health he still needs to deal with these problems you can’t just take a break and hope they go away.

why does he think everyone is bullying him. if they talked in all caps, cussed at you, or didn’t stop bothering you, i’m sorry they’re just trying to get you to realize how racist your books are, which you keep refusing to believe. i can believe that a few of them were doing it for attention, but it couldn’t be the majority. and my god, god forbid people want you to write your books the way you preferred, without racist stereotypes. 🙈

you can set your boundaries but you keep ignoring the people, you don’t listen. like you put yourself out there as a writer you are open to criticism

why does he keep doing this to seem like the good guy. you give excuses and don’t do anything and just say that its up to you, you can think whatever you want 🥰🥰. like its such an obvious excuse not to take any action.

i’m sorry but no matter how many muslims you’ve interacted with you haven’t gotten the full experience and last time i checked teachers aren’t the kids best friends soo uhm. anyways the rest of it is just him telling his experience with muslimah students so its just there.

so uhm you just said your students ‘unwillingly’ become an ambassador to everyone she knew’. and then you went to talk to them about islam to make sure you were TEACHING THEM YOUR SOURCE MATERIAL CORRECTLY. i’m sorry imagine. these are kids not some scholars you go to consult. there are so many muslims all over the internet and youtube sharing their experiences for you to access on how to ‘represent their experience’ correctly. you’re the teacher here. picture this:as a muslilm, i teach at a public school and while teaching about Christianity in class, no i would double check or some dumb shit with the students. like educate yourself i’m sorry. anyways apparently he blames his mistakes on himself then goes on to deny he ever made any mistakes i can’t.

so this is a blatant lie. 99% of muslims i’ve met have never read all of sahih bukhari and sahih muslim. usually only scholars do that when they are studying islam for YEARS. and FIVE different interpretations of the quran on top of that. ok so sahih bukhari is 9 books that are over 300 pages each and sahih musilm is 7 volumes with also about 300+ pages each. and then the english versions of the quran are 600 pages. and he claims he read five of them. i’m so sorry but no he didn’t. he writes books so fast and he released mcga around the time toa was being released almost one book per year so he did not have a lot of spare time. the rest ig i can let slide. also and if he did do all of that why does he make so many mistakes in writing samirah. and even IF you accept his excuses reading ALL of this source material is great for teaching your class or whatever but not for writing a modern day muslim. you don’t need to lie to us rick ❤️

most of this is just describing what she’s like but his writing did also add in the model minority, smart kid trope. like no they don’t have to be a terrorist or a A+ student who is the best at everything. there is a middle ground to their personality. 

i actually used to love his rep in sam. that’s how i got into the series. i saw a hijabi girl on his website. i got excited and read all of his books. i loved piper, leo, hazel, percy, annabeth, sadie, carter, nico, everyone. now that i look back i was younger and didn’t see anything wrong with it back then. its great that he tried to portray minorities but he did it so badly and now is just denying the faults that his now older readers are trying to tell him.

hey, uhm didn’t you read all of sahih bukhari and muslim? hmm i didn’t think so. anyways the way he dealt with it honestly wasn’t that bad. but the whole ‘whoops’. like why does he keep portraying himself as the innocent old white man just trying his best.

honestly how he wrote samirah as a hijabi was the dumbest thing i’ve ever read. its is totally fine if she wasn’t hijabi, many muslim girls aren’t, and that is their choice. but he decided to make her like a weird middle ground. it was so lazy and inconsistent. in the first book she says she wears it when she needs to, like in situations like going to the masjid. this was fine, since many muslim girls do that. then in the next books she wears it all the time except when she’s in valhalla for some reason. hijabi girls take of their scarves when they’re at home or with family, but making her claim the entirety of vallhalla as her family. that was just demeaning and stupid to me. it takes away its value. and i fucking hated that last sentence. for hijabis, their hijab is important and not a toy or weapon or a MAGIC ITEM. and then on top of that she would have to take it of to hide. he could’ve made it anything else. her hijab isn’t some token item istg.

i love how he admits that they are a big problem and abusive and usually engage with child marriages. i’m relatively he doesn’t understand what the people even meant by it. the practice is a problem that isn’t supposed to be seen in a nice light. the only possible way it could be slightly ok is that if ADULTS agree they 100% do not want to choose who they want to get married to and let their parents choose, and both sides agree. samirah was a child and he decided to make her wedding life decided since the age of 12. and it was ok because amir was conventionally attractive and she loved him. WHAT IF SHE DIDNT. this literally is a dangerous arranged marriage. and arranged marriages are not ok, and mostly perpetuated by victims of it who will end up passing it down their family lines. my parents got an arranged marriage and I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM DISPLAY ANY SIGNS OF AFFECTION. arranged marriages are not a trope that your can turn around to be a quirky personality trait for your characters.

i’m sorry that’s not how arranged marriages work. most likely if she said something her grandparents would have shut her done and continued with the marriage, as that is what you usually happens. do not portray the small amount of consented, ‘happy’ arranged marriages as the majority. it is a huge problem that many desi/middle eastern cultures are trying to erase. even on top of that he writes situations where she’s going to be in trouble for acting up and ‘jeopardizing the marriage agreement’ and that her grandparents think she’s ‘lucky that she could get the fadlan family to agree to marry their son to her’. these statements are often used in forced and dangerous marriages, so don’t try and justify your actions. if you wanted to show traditional customs in a positive light, there are so many richer parts of samirah’s culture you could’ve focused on and you chose arranged marriage. 😻 all you’ve done is given parents and authority figures a westernized resource to justify arranged and forced marriages, especially with the minimal explanation on how the marriage isn’t forced in the actual books. and yes, your books do condone child marriage samirah is clearly deemed into this marriage ever since the young age of 12. she lived her life knowing she would marry amir. no one has only one crush throughout their life. imagine how she would’ve grown up. sorry you only consider opinions that align with those in you mind.

i’m going to be honest i did like that one scene it was written nicely and accurately but the explanation he gives just ruins the entire thing. the way he just if this strikes you as islamophobic, or samirah as a hurtful, uhm no explanation i just disagree 😽. the way you wrote her is a hurtful stereotype sorry you can’t see it.

oops, you did. too bad you don’t want to do anything about it.

why do you think people are painting you in a negative light, so many of your characters are written on hurtful and negative stereotypes. people aren’t painting it that way, you need to calm down w your ego and listen. dang i’m sorry your best is giving half-assed excuses and not actually doing anything. i’m even more sorry people are mad that a highly privileged author that has a lot of influence is done talking about his racist depictions of minorities in his books. 

dang must be lucky to take a break from the social media, imagine what all the minorities you wrote about have to go with everyday weather they are on social media or not. people aren’t bullying you this is valid criticism you refuse to listen to.

fuck you

obviously these are my opinions do not judge every muslim based on what i’ve said come to me if you have a problem with it

anyways support jewish, muslim, black, brown, asian, hispanic, indigenous, lgbtq+, disabled, and other minority authors and creators.

[the-potter-analyst]

Chapter 12 - The Mirror of Erised

One can never have enough socks!!

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text word of the day: (White) Privilege

When I learned that this was the word that the hosts would use for chapter 12, I was.... intrigued to say the least about how they would connect the concept. But once again, I was amazed on what they found! Basically the invisibility cloak was a symbol for both having privilege and not having privilege. The original word(s) of the day is “white privilege” but the idea can also work for privilege in general, which is why I have white in parentheses. Just to put it out there, I’m an asexual black woman which right off the bat puts me at a disadvantage for the top categories of privilege lol, so this topic is something very close to home and I will not sugar coat anything. istg if I get any defensive replies or asks

The invisibility cloak having a double meaning around privilege is so fascinating to me. It reveals how invisibility can be good or bad depending if a person is privileged or not. For example, if you’re white, you will largely be ignored on the things you do; you can get away with almost anything. This is the positive side of the invisibility cloak, as Harry can roam around the castle without being noticed, particularly at night, and not be caught. On the flip side, a white person will be seen as an individual, their actions defining themselves and not an entire group. Alternatively, this is the complete opposite of any minority. Any black person walking down the street will be noticed because they are black, my people literally can’t do anything without the cops being called on them. And a black person’s actions ends up being a collective definition of the entire race. Like... a white shooter will always be talked about as an individual and the event being an isolated case. If the shooter is black or Arab or whatever? The media will spin it like the entire minority is evil. But if a black person is successful, their efforts are ignored. Can you name any black inventors? Because technology wouldn’t have been the same without them, yet you never learn about them in history books.

Harry notes that the cloak doesn’t stop him from being solid, which made me think about how being invisible and ignored in a negative way doesn’t make a person any less of a human, no matter how they may be treated as such. Just food for thought I guess.

Something Sacred Text host, Vanessa, said really struck me. She talked about how she was literally side stepped by someone so they could tap her black friend on the shoulder and compliment her outfit. And Vanessa, connecting it with invisibility and visibility, commented how the person probably (unintentionally) gave the compliment because her friend looked nice, for being black. And... I’ve never thought about that stuff quite in this way. I just assumed (white) people just tried to go out of their way to be nice to a black person, but to be honest I never gave much thought about it or its meaning in the first place. I get compliments from complete strangers everywhere for articles of clothing to my hair. Like just yesterday this white man walked up to me at a restaurant to say he loved my hair, which was in an afro. I’ve always thought it was weird to compliment random strangers like that, not in the way that you’re standing in line or something and compliment a girl’s purse who’s right in front of you, but literally walking up to someone who’s just minding their own business to do it. And cause this happened after listening to the podcast, I kept thinking is he trying to be encouraging to people with natural hair? does he really think his opinion is going to boost my self esteem like that? (normally I’d just brush it off and think that person’s weird) I know that wasn’t his intentions, but this is what those actions imply when it comes from a white person who’s a stranger.

Dumbledore says something that really holds true about privilege: “Strange how nearsighted being invisible can make you.” When you have it, you aren’t always aware of what your privilege gives you or what others without it experience. Like for me, I admittedly don’t think about ADA regulations all the time because I have an abled body, so it’s not something that I personally have to worry about unless I get an injury. But someone in a wheelchair, someone with a cane, someone with an invisible disability has to think about these things, because that’s their life. They need an accessible doorway for example just to get in a building. As a female, I can’t go out alone at night or even the bathroom at a bar without worrying I might be assaulted, but this isn’t something that men have to think about. So next time you’re defensive about something that someone of a minority group says about your privilege, think about this quote. Think about how your privilege makes you nearsighted. And then fucking listen.

Another long post lol I can’t not rant about this topic The rest of the chapter will be analyzed under the cut.

I kinda wonder if Hermione wasn’t in Harry’s friend group, if he and Ron would be as motivated to find out who Nicolas Flamel was. Obviously the constant searching in the library was her idea lol, because that’s her thing. When she doesn’t know something, she consults books AKA goes to the library. Though I think because Harry knew he read the name somewhere, he would have been searching in books as his curiosity had hit an all time high, but it would’ve probably been limited to his school books. Ron probably would’ve only joined occasionally to help Harry out, or done the same and look through his own books. I find it funny that the trio only looked through books about modern or recently famous wizards, which makes sense because you don’t exactly expect someone to live over 600 years lol.

Christmas morning of Harry’s first year always gives me so much joy to read (and watch). He gets so excited that he has presents!! Even the 50 pence that the Dursley’s sent he responds with that’s friendly lmao. I will also never get over the fact that Mrs. Weasley, after learning from Ron that Harry didn’t expect to get presents, made him a goddamn sweater and some fudge 😭 I also love how the Weasleys basically adopt Harry, and it’s not just Mrs. Weasley, it’s Fred and George too. Fred pulls wizard crackers with Harry during Christmas dinner.... they played in the snow until they were cold and wet.... not to mention the twins look after him in Quidditch.

The contrast between Christmas morning and Christmas evening is so interesting to me. Harry wakes up to presents from many people, eats all he wants for dinner, spends the day having fun with the Weasleys, and then after an adventure with his invisibility cloak, finds the Mirror of Erised. And this scene is so heartbreaking. I can just feel the empty silence as Harry longingly looks at his family, I can feel his ache for the people he never got to know. The hosts brought up how white/western culture is very individualistic, but at the expense of feeling disconnect with one’s own heritage. I also want to add how the same disconnect happens with a diaspora. This topic is a little interesting when considering that there’s a widespread headcanon that Harry is half Indian or just poc, so the feeling of disconnect might be even more powerful.

For what Ron sees, I’ve said previously that Ron’s insecurity is being the odd one out in his family, the one who doesn’t have a special thing because all his older brothers have already done it. So in the Mirror, he sees himself being the best of all of them combined. And he’s alone. He wants to stand out. So far I’ve seen a lot of signs that Ron takes his family for granted, which I get since he’s 11 and one of the youngest in a large and loving family: he’s embarrassed about their class status, he pushes away his mother when she tries to clean dirt off his face, he tells Harry he can see family any old time. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since Ron’s still fairly young though (he also didn’t resist being told to wear his Weasley sweater like Percy), but again and again we’ll see moments like this where it’s apparent that Ron and Harry’s desires are the complete opposite of each other. Ron is also less obsessive than Harry, which is why I think he had a bad feeling about the mirror  while Harry didn’t despite the two fighting over it while in the empty classroom. And he gets so worried about Harry! He tries to get him to eat, or play games, or even visit Hagrid, anything to get Harry out of his depressive state.

I wonder why the Mirror was moved to the empty classroom for anyone to stumble upon though. Maybe Dumbledore needed space to tamper with it? And the best time would be the holidays when most of the students were away? Why not do it in the Room of Requirement where is was probably kept before this? And was Dumbledore invisible every night while modifying the mirror? Or just to keep an eye on it? I can’t stop thinking about his comment on not needing a cloak to be invisible.

Small things

The Weasley twins bewitching snowballs to basically hit Voldemort ahaha

I will always laugh at the “Gred and Forge” joke xD

What time do they have Christmas dinner.... afterwards it says they spent a “happy afternoon” playing outside, which I don’t know if they would do at night when it’s cold and snowy lol. And being in Scotland, the sun will set pretty early. So was this actually a Christmas lunch? I’m so confused

ONE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH SOCKS CAN I GET AN AMEN

hjsdfhsjkdf but actually, as an adult that’s all I want for Christmas (even though I have no room for them anymore haha)

Scabbers why are you sleeping on Harry’s pillow you creep

Special shout out to all the Hogwarts house elves that make Christmas magical, as well as every other day at Hogwarts :)

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