#hp hedwig

[daily-lego-sets]

LEGO DOTS:

Hedwig Pencil Holder

Set: 41809

2023

Pieces: 518

[frie-ice]

This crossover collage is of Flapjack and Hedwig, two of my favourite birds who died to save Hunter and Harry from those who wish them harm.

[hpseeker99]

*Hermione receiving nudes from Ron* Hermione: These are high quality tf? Ain't no way you took these pictures, did you get a photoshoot done? Ron: Harry helped Hermione: Fuck you mean "Harry helped"?

[izharmilgram]

draw me after you by @toast-ranger-to-a-stranger, chapter 16.

"He's sipping at his tea, hair mussed, eyes tired. Perched on the back of his chair, a snowy owl sits, nipping at the messy strands curling around Harry's ear."

[demaparbat-hp]

Taking a walk with your familiar and she just won't stop making fun of people.

[basiatlu]

Harry and Hedwig wip ♡

[superfallingstars]

teeny tiny post-it pen drawings i did at work

[le0nids]

<3!

[unfriendlymollusk]

The Evans Boy Ch. 101 "Cakes"

The semester is over 😌

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51358966?view_full_work=true

[mireyaaaaaaaaa]

I was evil for spamming these first thing in the morning

@yeeteddemigod lolol sorry

Now I'm going to go spam pjo too>>

(Think about Sirius, Lupin, Lily, James, Mad eye moody, hedwig; to cry some more)

[horcrux-sketches]

You will not see me draw the good guys often. I don't know what it is about this story but I mostly enjoy the people who do or have done terrible things in it. They're just more... entertaining.

[drarrargh]

toast:)

[simping-4-voldemort]

Onion Headlines and Harry Potter Characters part 5/?

[gods-graveyard]

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!! (But its just wizards)

FINALLY- I have finished this christmas update for Slytherin Harry "Into the den of snakes" (link below) Also reposting the fanart that goes with it because im lowkey very proud of how it came out

For those of you who don't know about my fic

Slytherin Harry (featuring Cassius + Marcus)

"Silver Squad" of Harry, Blaise, Theo, and Daphne (Neville is there too)

Percy/Oliver/Marcus is the only canon ship rn (rest are spoiler or babies)

Ambigious Snape, Evil Dumbles +Moldy

Pureblood culture, politics, and a lot more emphasis on magical WORLD (I have researched so many cultures its not even funny-)

Future Marauders/Slytherin Skittles content

Lots of found family, friendships, and a fun dabble of mystery here and there

CHECK OUT WIZARD WILL SMITH + PINNED POST FOR MORE INFO

LINK- (WARNING, THIS FIC IS 80K RN)

[shiny-huntress]

I had hoped to get this done before the new chapter of The Truth Will Out by @asthmaticbee came out but never the less, I finished! In the discord we have jokingly been calling the team up of Hedwig, Crookshanks, and Roy the Pet Avengers.

I chose to lighten Roy’s coloring at little bit to fit more in with the Slytherin coloring and I am liking the brighter color.

[hollowed-theory-hall]

Do you think Hedwig is actually a familiar? Like she doesn't behave in the way Owls are supposed to.

And then there is the fact that while the books call her 'she', the plummage and size she displays are those associated with Male Snowy Owls.

Just ... Do you get the sense that she is frightfully intelligent?

All magical owls are portrayed as more intelligent than regular owls. Hedwig happens to be a smarter magical owl, but all of them are above the intelligence of regular owls.

Errol’s legs, took off the parcel, and then carried Errol to Hedwig’s cage. Errol opened one bleary eye, gave a feeble hoot of thanks, and began to gulp some water.

(PoA, 7)

Errol is also smart enough to give a "hoot of thanks". Which supports what I wrote above.

Other magical animals, like Crookshanks, are also incredibly intelligent:

The Whomping Willow was creaking and lashing out with its lower branches; they could see themselves darting here and there, trying to reach the trunk. And then the tree froze. “That was Crookshanks pressing the knot,” said Hermione. “And there we go . . . ,” Harry muttered. “We’re in.”

(PoA, 404)

Crookshanks could press the knot on the Whomping Willow and even help Sirius order a broom for Harry. that's insanely intelligent for a cat. But Hedwig and Errol are intelligent enough to do these things too.

Additionally, all magical owls can always find their owner and know where to deliver letters and packages... like, clearly they all have some built-in GPS magic.

Basically, all magical pets are frighteningly intelligent.

But I do think Harry and Hedwig have a very close bond between wizard and pet. I don't think I'd call it a familiar bond since there doesn't seem to be magic like this in the books. Like, the idea of a spirit familiar is never really mentioned or acknowledged to exist in the Wizarding World, which leads me to believe it doesn't. I just think wizards and pets can sometimes have closer bonds than others, just like people.

I do think Harry and Hedwig have a pretty good bond. The same goes for Sirius and Crookshanks, and Sirius and Buckbeek... (Sirius is apparently really good with intelligent magical animals)

As for the description being more fitting of a male snowy owl, I didn't find any specific description of her appearance besides being a snowy owl and very distinct (which all snowy owls are) up until HBP.

He was very surprised, therefore, to see the snowy white Hedwig circling amongst all the brown and gray owls.

(HBP, 220)

While female snowy owls have more grey in their plumage, creating a salt-and-pepper look, there are real female snowy owls that look more white, so, I don't think that's too odd. Like, they won't be pure white like the older male snowy owls, but they'd definitely stick out among grey and brown owls. Also, selective breeding could cause a difference in coloring.

I don't think her size was ever specified in the books (may be wrong on that one). That being said, without seeing a male snowy owl and a female snowy owl side by side, usually, it's hard to tell there is a size difference (from what I've read)

Both of these are female Snowy Owls:

So, there's definitely variation in coloring that'll allow room for her to be called "snowy white" if she's on the whiter end of female snowy owls.

TL;DR

I think Hedwig is a very magical and smart female Snowy Owl, but I don't think there is anything magical beyond that.

Obviously, you can headcanon and write in fic whatever you want, these are just my thoughts.