#like... for snape I shall use snip snap. bc that's the nickname I gave him. lol

[snitchsnatcher]

Helloooo friends, foes, and general populace! This is my HP sideblog! I thought I should make an intro post, and explain some things, just because I like to be clear where I stand when I engage in materials that I (for lack of a better way to say this) don't entirely feel comfortable engaging with.

Anyway I read hp and watched the movie when I was very young, and then stopped because I very strongly disagreed with jkr's bigoted views. Enough so that even engaging in discussion about it put me off bevause it saddened me so greatly to see an author, of a story I had thought was about love and acceptance, do the opposite of that. And she's alive and has a decent bit of political power, and so her racism and queerphobia/transphobia is quite frightening.

I debated even making this blog because recently I've been having Thoughts tm about the characters (partly because everyone around me keeps talking about them) which makes me want to put my own thoughts out into the void, but I also don't know if engaging with media like this is a good idea. Just because I worry that engaging with media may inadvertently encourage its consumption in a way that monetarily benefits the author's platform (or even just benefits it in less direct ways, such as by exposure). So I'll keep thinking about this, is what I guess I'm saying.

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and now.... onto some other things bc I kind of lurked in the hp tags for a month or so lol before I made this sideblog. and wow it is a bit scary out there LOL. So I thought I'd clarify my stance on certain things in terms of characters. (This is not a dni ! but I have noticed folks are quite heated on here abt their beloveds and beloatheds, so for the sake of potential people who may be deciding to follow/engage with me, here are some of my current opinions so you can avoid if these are things you dislike):

Harry is, and was always, my fave character in the series. I enjoy his character a lot!!

I don't enjoy seeing people bash him. I mean obviously. I didn't even know "bashing" was such a popular thing til I lurked in the hp tags and the ao3 tags. it's not for me I am afraid.

I really like the golden trio, flaws and all. hermione and ron were characters I really enjoyed <3

I don't like Snape, and he did a lot of things that bothered me. I'm not a fan of the personality type he displayed, and he reminds me of a couple terrifying childhood teachers I had (though I'll admit Snape wasn't quite as bad as them). HOWEVER. and I am gonna be so honest here. I love redemption arcs. so in fanworks where he's nicer, or learns to get along with Harry and co., I enjoy his character and may reblog things like that.

lowkey did not know the mauraders were such a big fandom lolol. I didn't think abt them much tbh (other than sirius and lupin as we see them as adults a lot more). so if I say things abt Snape I am not like... justifying anyone else's actions. or making claims on who was the instigator vs victim, or what have you.

I don't think Harry and Ginny's naming choices were that bad tbh 😭 (albus severus potter kind of slaps as a name, if taken on its own merit who said that)

what even is a robe?????? this last point isn't my opinion of anything I just genuinely have been puzzled abt this since I was a kid bc my sources are conflicting. maybe I should take the indigo girls' advice so I can finally live in peace bc this has bothered me for way too long.

okay I'll stop now. this is way too long. anyway I am simply here to chitter chatter and maybe post a couple fanwork things if I am feeling adventurous. feel free to say hi :)