#pigwidgeon

[basiatlu]

Ron Weasley

[iamnmbr3]

I wanna know where Ron told his family Pigwidgeon came from.

[kitgeometri]

magical birds!🪶

[tastaturean]

Reto 25: Lo que sea, pero relacionado con vuestro OTP Rateo: No sé ni cómo clasificar esto. Reviente: Libro 4 Cada sábado por la noche desde hacía un año, lo veía caminar a escondidas a la salida del comedor en dirección al lago. Después de que un par de chicas le rompieran el corazón, no había vuelto a ser él mismo. Hasta que empezó aquel extraño ritual. Los chicos normales se citaban en la torre de Astronomía o cerca de los invernaderos. O incluso dentro de los invernaderos, si conseguían la llave. No junto al lago, en lo más crudo del crudo invierno escocés. Tras decidir que no podía aguantar más la incertidumbre, siguió sus pasos cámara en mano con el más absoluto sigilo de reportero en busca de una primicia. Tres eran las posibilidades que siempre había barajado en la cabeza: una era desternillante, otra descorazonadora y la última, sencillamente descabellada. Cuando faltaba poco para llegar, preparó la cámara, contuvo la respiración y contó los pasos justos para otear sin ser descubierto. Lo que iba a encontrar le hizo frenar en seco, le cortó la respiración de raíz y por poco no le hace soltar la cámara. Dennis Creevey reposaba en el suelo, tumbado sobre su abrigo, acariciando un largo y gélido tentáculo en las sombras. - …Y McGonagall, ¿sabes? Dice que no podremos elegir el animago en que trasformarnos si acaso llegamos a alcanzar los conocimientos básicos para realizar semejante transformación. ¡No es justo! ¿No crees? Porque yo tendría muy claro en qué convertirme. Y diciendo esto, llenó el tentáculo más cercano a su rostro de besos de mariposa. Un ronroneo marino cercano le indicó que la cabeza del cefalópodo no andaba lejos de la de su hermano pequeño. Los tentáculos más cercanos al agua se agitaron de emoción y un chorro de tinta saltó en cascada al agua. - Yo también te quiero - dijo Dennis abrazándolo. Con tanto sigilo como estupefacción, Colin guardó la cámara y retrocedió sobre sus pasos.  No había sacado ninguna foto: no quería que le dieran luego tentaciones de enviarlas a su padre, a un psiquiatra, a la chica que Dennis rechazó para ir al baile ese año y que a él mismo le gustaba, o  al National Geographic.

 De camino al castillo, fue pensando en formas de plantearle la cuestión a Hermione para que le ayudara a buscar en la biblioteca una forma científica de catalogar la perversión de su hermano. ¿Y si era incurable? ¿Y si en el futuro pedía a su novia que se disfrazara de calamar en los momentos íntimos? ¿Y si se convertía en profesor de Hogwarts sólo para no separarse de su amado? Últimamente Dennis se planteaba muy en serio ser el sucesor de Hagrid en Cuidado de Criaturas Mágicas. Ahora entendía el porqué. Pero no estaba muy seguro de que a Dumbledore le hiciera gracia tener un profesor que se cepillara a los animales que cuidaba...¿Sería el calamar celoso? Ésta y otras preguntas se le congelaron en la sesera cuando se encontró, muy cerca de la entrada al castillo, pero oculto por el alibustre, a Draco Malfoy haciendo arrumacos a la microlechuza de Ronald Weasley.

- Anda, bonita, preciosa, llévale esta nota a tu amo, ¿quieres? - besito - Y no te entretengas mucho, que en la torre donde estaré esperando hace frío. ¡Y esquiva a Potter cueste lo que cueste! - doble besito - Que no debe enterarse de lo que ocurre por encima de su rayada cabezota - achuchón - ¡Anda, bonita, vuela ya!

La lechuza salió volando en dirección clara a la torre de Gryffindor. Draco vio a Colin, petrificado cual estatua del jardín. Miró su cámara y luego lo miró a él, con una expresión entre desdeñosa y maligna, y habló con su más puro acento Slytherin finolis:

- Vaya, vaya, si aquí tenemos al reportero más dicharachero de todo Hogwarts. Más te vale no soltar ni una palabra de lo que acabas de presenciar, si no quieres que el romance zoofílico de tu hermano y el calamar gigante salga en la próxima portada del Corazón de Bruja. ¿Entendido?

Colin asintió lentamente y luego se esfumó. Draco se sonrió y luego echó un último vistazo hacia el lago, meneando la cabeza:

- Estos Gryffindors son todos unos pervertidos. Quizá por eso me dan tanto morbo.

Y se fue a la torre a esperar al suyo.

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Publicado originalmente en el Gremio HP de Livejournal en diciembre de 2004 aquí. Los retos del Gremio HP los voy recopilando en Wattpad aquí. También disponibles poco a poco en AO3.

[cecenyss]

Whenever I think of Ginny’s owl Pigwidgeon, I think of a furby and I dare any of you to look me in the eyes and tell me I am wrong.

[four2andnew]

May Prompt #22: Grief for @hinnymicrofic (This literally has nothing to do with the prompt, but I used the word so I'm counting it! Muggle AU. CW for language)

Harry loops Hedwig’s lead around a park bench and pours some water into her collapsible bowl he’s unclipped from her harness before working through some stretches for his post-run cool down when a yappy hairball rushes up to them, quite literally hopping with each yap. It would be funny if he didn’t think the fluffy thing could fit entirely in Hedwig’s mouth if she saw fit to bite the dumb dog yipping at her feet.

“Oi! Control your dog,” he calls out to no one in particular, unsure of where exactly this tiny dog came from.

A woman saunters up lazy like and scoops up the hairball. She’s wearing the tightest fucking t-shirt Harry’s ever seen, an electric blue scrap of fabric that proudly pronounces her to be a “Cereal Killer” in shiny silver vinyl letters straining across the most perfect pair of tits in the universe. Her jeans are clearly men’s and at least one size too big as they sag low over her hips, exposing nearly a hand’s width of taut belly absolutely covered in freckles and the tiniest sliver of the elastic of her neon green knickers. Knickers Harry has to physically shake himself from staring at when she tucks her dog into her jean pockets and the weight of it pulls her trousers down that much more. His eyes jerk to her face in an attempt to be less pervy, only for his brain to stutter to a complete stop at the sight of her flaming hair and doe-eyes.

“Sorry about that,” she says brightly, “I’m dog-sitting Pig here for my brother across the street there and this little shit used his tiny size against me to slip out the door just now.”

She pats her pocket with the dog in it fondly, clearly not too fussed at the “little shit�� who is fighting to push its head out. Harry is standing like an absolute imbecile with his right leg still bent up, heel to arse for a nice quad stretch, staring completely dumbfounded at this stunning beauty. Hedwig seems to understand that his brain is short-circuiting and nudges his hip with her nose, jerking him out of his stupor. He drops his foot to the ground and thrusts out his hand.

“No problem, I’m Harry.”

She laughs, a full bodied, head thrown back laugh, and shakes his hand, leaving his tingling in her wake.

“Ginny. I think you know my brother, Ron? At least, I’m assuming you're Harry with the wicked big dog that Ron always talks about,” she says with a pointed look at Hedwig, his Great Dane. The dog in question preens under her attention, sitting regally next to Harry to allow Ginny to scratch her ears. Harry feels an irrational pride at hearing Ginny coo over his dog, even though he knows Hedwig’s beauty has everything to do with her rare white coat speckled with black and nothing to do with him at all.

“Yeah, I know Ron. We usually wind up running together in the mornings. I didn’t know he had that furball though,” he says, pointing at the fluffy face that had finally succeeded in removing itself from Ginny’s pocket.

She waves dismissively, “Ron’s aways going on about birds of prey snatching little puppies off the street. If you ask me, he’s a little ashamed of falling in love with a purse pup instead of a hulking beast like your beauty here. But the heart wants what it wants and I give him enough grief as it is. It’s my duty as the youngest.”

She ends with a little shrug and shoves Pig’s head back down into her pocket, pulling her jeans down a little more and Harry gets enough of a glimpse of her knickers stretched over her hipbone to know her freckles are everywhere. He coughs, choking on his spit and flushing furiously, sure his face is as red as Ginny’s fire-kissed hair. She’s staring at him, a polite smile on her lips, waiting for him to respond like a normal human being, but all he can do is nod and gather Hedwig’s bowl and lead and run away like an absolute coward.

[whinlatter]

Pfft. Michael, schmichael. Is that owl being named or not?

😜

pretending i can't hear the growing chorus of complaints that we're ten chapters in and ginny's owl still remains nameless

(if it helps, hermione's outraged, too)

[tarotfurbyandchill]

he is fed jam

[basiatlu]

Ronald and Luna portrait sketches for later ✨

every one of these will have sparkles and nothing can stop me

[padfootswhiskers]

the knife that sirius gave harry melted. most of the two-way mirror shattered. the firebolt fell a thousand feet. i'm like half surprised pigwidgeon didn't get snuffed out by a giant arsecheek or something

[pato-roldnart]

Art claim!! my piece I did for @unleashed-fest

based on @crazybutgood prompt :3

Hogwarts Fourth Year: While Ron is grateful for Pigwidgeon, he sometimes finds himself wistfully remembering the times he spent with 'Scabbers' -- before the reveal in Third Year, anyway. One such night, he's startled and wary to find a rat scampering around, until Viktor appears, looking for his escaped pet. They eventually bond over pets, grief, comfort, Quidditch, and many other things as they start to develop feelings for each other.

I'm including two more sketches i didn't have the time to finish :3

And, thank you @orange-peony for making me like these two, now i ship them harder 🥺

[artemisia-black]

Sometimes I’ll be minding my own business (literally while in a meeting) and Sirius’s yelp review of Pigwidgeon will pop into my head and make me giggle.

“I have some doubt about his reliability, but he is the best I could find, and he did seem eager for the job.”

[moonlightdancer26]

A list of things more relevant than James Potter’s existence:

Ron Weasley’s freckles

Snape’s sneeze

Pigwidgeon

Harry’s flannel

Lucius Malfoy’s shampoo

Frolicsome Feline plates

The Slug Club

Snape’s grey nightshirt

Regulus Black’s letter to Voldemort

Nargles

Rita Skeeter’s three golden teeth

Fred and George’s aging potion

Aragog

Voldemort’s nose- oh wait

Snape’s billowing cloak

The Vanishing Cabinet

Remus Lupin’s cardigan collection

The “Explain Why Muggles Need Electricity” essay assigned to Third Years

The Bat-Bogey hex

[ashesandhackles]

Goblet of Fire Reread (Part 2)

Chapter 17,18,19, 20,21,22,23

"It struck him how very tall all of them were" Harry thinking this about the champions one moment and then being angry at being called "a little boy". Accurate teenage boy behavior.

Snape stepping in to stop Karkaroff and Maxime insulting Dumbledore by insulting Harry instead, "Don't go blaming Dumbledore for Potter's determination to break rules" XD

Fleur really cares about the honour of representing her school.

Hints of Barty Snr under Imperius: both in his behaviour + imagery (skull like appearance in the darkness)

Violet, the witch painting went up to Fat Lady to gossip. We shall hear of this friendship again in HBP.

I really really love Hermione's insight into Ron's feelings here, because the implication here is that she noticed that he doesn't talk about it. "He's always shunted to the side when people see you, and he puts up with it, never mentions it" and how she contextualises it with how he feels around his brothers. She has an understanding and kindness about this that is very sweet.

Fleur flirting with Cedric while some creepy paunchy man watching her. Damn, what it must be like to be sexualised every moment of your life and what harmful ideas have you internalised?

Harry noting that Fleur was part Veela to tell Ron only to remember The Great Tragedy that Ron isn't speaking to him.

weighing of wands chapter to set up the priori Incantentem at end of book, to remind us of Harry's connection with Voldemort's wand.

Hermione trying to force Harry and Ron to talk to each other, poor thing. I can really feel her anxiety building over this and she is so impatient, "you miss him, he misses you". Hermione on Ronarry agenda. She even tries to sneakily make him meet Ron in Three Broomsticks and then Harry cottons on. And then her getting irritated, Harry having to resist the urge to poke Ron is peak trio content.

Harry getting cheered up by the fact that Cho wasn't wearing a support Cedric badge. Also, it's a nice shade to her character - she is nice. She recognises the badges for what it is and doesn't take part in it.

his face breaks into the first smile in days cos of Sirius and Sirius redirecting attention away from himself and focusing on Harry - "never mind me, how are you?" Harry is so vulnerable with him that he talks about Ron with him.

Sirius' respect for Moody is very interesting, he displays more of this in Padfoot Returns chapter where he talks about how Moody captured DEs and not killed them. I believe @leogichidaa and @artemisia-black have had a tumblr discussion on this.

Ron doesn't come up to bed after Harry lashes out at him for interrupting his conversation with Sirius. Poor bean - wondering how things got this bad between him and Harry.

BCJ is so chilling on reread- essentially admits that he is keeping track of real Moody via the Foe Glass. "I'm not really in trouble until I see the whites of their eyes. That's when I open my trunk."

BCJ talking about Maxime and Karkaroff but also himself - 'They want to win. They want to beat Dumbledore. They'd like to prove he's only human'. And he laughs.

Ron catches Harry's eyes, but Harry is too resentful to care. Ron trying, in his own awkward way, to let Harry know that he is on Harry's side again.

Harry not needing to hear Ron apologise to forgive him. Clearly Hermione feels the same as I do, because she burst into tears, hugs them both and goes off to cry alone LOL

I saw this tumblr post about how Fleur dealt with the dragon was the most compassionate one - trying to put it to sleep - that she and Charlie would get along cos of it. Cute hc.

Pigwidgeon falling 12 feet down before flying with the letter is so funny. Also how cute that Harry's letter to Sirius had a "blow by blow" account of how exactly he swerved, circled and dodged the Horntail. Sirius would have found that very endearing.

LOL at Dean drawing Cedric with his head on fire for party banners. (apart from drawings of Harry dodging Horntail)

Harry calling out Hermione for bending of rules is so cute. When she says, "he is supposed to work out the egg on his own" when Lee picks up the egg, and Harry reminds her in undertone that he was supposed to work out the dragon alone too, and she "grins guiltily"

I am very disappointed in Dobby, whose political consciousness that shone and drove the plot of CoS is done to "acceptable" levels of radicalism. He tried to save Harry, explicitly against harry's wishes, because of his idea that Harry is a symbol of hope to the "enslaved dregs of the magical society, who are treated as vermin" and that defeat of Voldemort ensured that his kind are treated better. (he is still endearing, but speaks to the message of the books - he can be radical but cannot question the existing institution too much)

Winky's loyalty to Crouch is treated as pitiable, while Hermione's overzealousness with some gentle ribbing because JKR seems to find it endearing. We will probably get into white saviorism later, because I have THOUGHTS.

Ron and Harry sword fighting with fake wands, which are tin parrot and rubber haddock respectively, is hilarious. (Ron's parrot got the haddock's head)

Cedric telling Hufflepuffs to leave Harry alone. Looks like he was so grateful for Harry's tip, he steps in on the bullying.

Cho's words about who she is going to the ball with echoing with each step Harry took. Peak teenage experience. End of the world your crush has been asked out by someone else.

so funny that Ron keeps trying to ask Hermione who she is going to the ball with at unexpected times to surprise her into answering

love that Hermione was simultaneously appalled by fake-Moody making Malfoy a ferret while also not above referencing that incident to get Malfoy off her back. ("twitchy little ferret, aren't you Malfoy")

Ron notices Hermione's teeth is no longer the same. And Hermione is all sly and mischievous about the fact that she let Madam Pomphrey carry on a bit.

ok this is such a cute description: Hermione sitting to watch Ron and Harry's chess match which had recklessly brave pawns and a violent bishop

Dobby gets socks as presents from both Ron and Harry (reminder Ron also puts socks over his dead body) and Ron's Christmas jumper.

Dumbledore referencing Room of requirement. (he makes a joke that makes Harry snort and Percy frown- I guess he thinks the joke isn't appropriate for international magical cooperation?)

Parvati goes off with a Beauxbaton boy because Harry wasn't paying attention to her. She also lead him while dancing -so much so he felt like a show dog. Love how alpha she is xD

Percy glances at Harry about "hitch with Goblet of Fire" : indication of his coming arc where he doesn't believe Harry. (Also, while Percy is socialising with Bagman, he chooses to sit with Harry and Ron, which is indicative of how awkward he feels i think)

Snape and Karkaroff's conversation will get referenced in Prince's Tale, where Dumbledore grants him -"i think we sort too soon".

the image of Maxime storming away with fairies parting bushes is a very striking.

Chapter 24, 25, 26,27,28

Hermione drops key family history for Harry without either of them realising it: she used Fleamont Potter's Sleakazy's. Also at the implication that Harry asked about her hair LMAO.

Ron and Hermione reaching an unspoken agreement about sidestepping the big fight which involved FEELINGS.

the unicorn preferring a girl's touch is tied around the myth of pure creatures comfortable with "pure souls". I am really not sure how to read the gender politics of this book using this aspect of mythology.

lol, at Parvati being very "cool" towards Harry since the ball. Her retort actually makes him reflect - "perhaps I should have paid her more attention" and then, "ah well, she had a good time anyway". Honestly, stan Parvati.

Harry's so suspicious of Bagman offering him help, and rightly so. I love him putting Bagman on backfoot with his questions.

really curious about goblins and their hierarchy in the wizarding world. they are the marginalised who "fight back".

Rosmerta looking at James Potter, "who used to make her laugh"'s son yelling at a reporter in the middle of her pub XD

Love that Gryffindors get food related passwords like "banana fritters" and poor Ravenclaws have to solve a riddle every time they need to get in.

Where is the fanart of Snape with long grey nightshirt? Where?

Snape shutting Filch up when (in his mind) Moody came in, BCJ using Moody's distrust to check his office. Excellent stuff. My favourite part of the scene is Snape angrily declares Dumbledore's trust in him, and BCJ reminds him of "spots that don't come off". And Snape clutches his Dark Mark (and immediately hates himself for doing it xD)

Okay, Snape conceding power to Moody in this scene is so interesting. When Snape tries to look for Harry, BCJ makes him back off by saying "meaning Dumbledore is very interested to know who's got it in for the boy!" and Snape answers in a forced calm.

the tension between Snape and fake Moody can be cut through with a knife. Love how menacing the scene makes Moody, with Rowling using visual pictures of Moody's scars in the darkness

Lmao, Neville sending Professor Flitwick flying across room in class. And the description of "Professor Flitwick went whizzing resignedly past them" when the trio are talking. The implication that Flitwick just let Neville do his thing… XD

Hermione answering Harry's grim dark joke seriously. Nerd XD so much so the next time she takes Harry's joke seriously, he had to tell her that he is joking lol.

Harry goes off food when he is stressed or upset: a hangover from Dursley days when punishment is "no food".

"Your Wheezy, sir, your wheezy - the thing Harry Potter sir will miss the most!" LOL. The way this book is designed for Ronarry feels.

Merpeople have pet Grindylows. (also the chief is a woman)

Harry actually tries to yank the spear away from merman when they refused to help him, and hits Krum when Krum failed to realise that his shark teeth would hurt Hermione. My little feral boy.

Percy, "who looked very white", splashing out to meet Ron <3

Poor Krum - he is trying to engage Hermione and she is too busy either asking Harry about his task or cheering him for his marks to listen.

I love how much Harry gets so cheered by Sirius' letters. And even as he is tense that Sirius would get caught, he enters Potions classroom happy XD

'Scarlet woman'. It speaks to the generation Molly comes from that she has these ideas, and that Ron has noticed and picked it up.

Hermione, being also aware that Ron's regard for her is less than platonic, "determinedly avoiding Ron's eyes" when she mentions Viktor did invite her. (Also funny that Hermione is trying to puzzle out how Rita heard her, and Ron is like, "nvm, what did you say about Viktor's invitation?" lol)

@urupotterwrote a nice meta about how Snape was deliberately provoking Harry (after harry moves tables) to read his mind. Right when Harry angrily looks up, Snape's eyes bore into him to check if he had broken into his office.

Sirius made them climb a mountain for half an hour lol. He believes in outdoorsy kids.

Sirius having a fuller face, and looking like he is taking care of himself when Harry met him at the fire - but now he is back in his prison robes, his hair is longer and he is thin again. When Sirius broke into the fire, he was clearly at a place where he could hide better and take care of himself. He is living off rats.

And he notices the anxiety on Harry;s face and explains why he is here (he is very good at reading harry's face and just answering his thoughts. He does it again later in the scene). He is worried about how fishy things look, and it is clear one of the reasons of his lack of care for himself is hyperfixating on Harry's safety and circumstances surrounding the tournament. (he also moves a lot when he is thinking - it's part of why he makes for such a strong scene presence. There is either note of how he takes space, or his eyes)

Sirius backs Hermione here about Barty Crouch Snr's treatment of Winky ("if you want to know what a man's like.."). This is important for Hermione's complicated feelings about him in the next book. He was the only adult on her side - even Hagrid, who she counted on, didn't agree with her.

Sirius projecting all his family issues over Barty Crouch Jnr.

Sirius' description of Azkaban is just extremely solitary and drenched in death, and suffering. He can see and hear things that are near his cell or out of the window (he could see Dementors burying who he thought was BCJ outside the fortress). Speaks to the immense violation Barty Crouch Snr has committed by sending him there without a trial. (There is also the fact that Azkaban is horrible, and no one deserves it)

Snuffles, enuff said. He also allows them each to pat them on his head before they leave. how cute.

"If he thought we are standing in way of his career"..ah, seeds of Percy arc of OOTP. Hermione believes in him while Ron doesnt lol.

I haven't mentioned in my notes because it would get too long - but Sirius' exposition about the First War, I think, is important for the atmosphere that leads to friends turning on each other.

also, I really love the note of Sirius, as always, admiring the morals of Mad Eye Moody for trying to bring Death Eaters alive, versus his condemnation of Barty Crouch Snr's methods. This shade of him - combined with the fact that he would have absolutely killed Peter after Jily death if he had the chance, or even the previous book. @artemisia-black wrote about her interpretation of it in this meta.

House elves should be "seen, not heard" philosophy, where they have internalised that anything showing discontent from where they are is undesirable.

Hermione pulling a Blinky episode here XD if the worldbuilding wasn't so shitty, I would actually enjoy a critique of Hermione's impatience here because it is very in line with steam of young activists finding roadblocks within the very people they want to help.

Chekhov's gun: the eagle owl Harry observes flying over Hagrid's hut - the same owl we see in Harry's dream with Voldemort later.

Maxime is apparently trying to make up to Hagrid - she watches Hagrid's class and even tries to engage him in a conversation prior to this. Maybe she feels sorry about how the story about Hagrid's mother come out in the Prophet and wants to bond? What did Maxime face because of her parentage?

Ron being upset that the gold he paid Harry back with vanished, and how he hates being poor and how both Harry and Hermione don't know what to say: Hermione tries to cheer him up by saying she will get him a Niffler for Christmas, how cute.

harry regularly sending Sirius food and little notes with them. I CANT. they have my heart, they are everything.

love that Fleur and Cedric are apparently friendly enough that she keeps going on about underground tunnels to him, and how Fleur beams at Harry when he comes.

Harry and Cedric being jocks, and how they are less than happy with the state of the Quidditch pitch lol.

Dumbledore uses the Patronus to summon Hagrid. A known method of communication between the Order. ("a ghostly bird")

love the dynamic of Fred and George arguing: George seems to be the more cautious one of the two, saying putting something like that in writing is blackmail, while Fred is like, "You're not going to complain once we get the pay off, would you?" But the moment Ron asks what's up with them, George backs Fred and sends the letter himself.

I also really loved the moment of the trio confronting the twins. It was hilarious. it shows all their priorities - both Fred and Ron with confrontational and surprised, "what are you doing here?" and Harry and George on defensive, "sending letter?" and both Fred and Hermione with a suspicious, "What, at this time?"

Hermione still uncomfortable with the idea of breaking laws: "This isnt some silly school rule, it's the law". Given where they all end up in DH (honestly even OOTP), this is interesting. She even advises Ron to reach out to Percy to stop whatever the twins are doing, and Ron's like, "Are you mad? He would probably do a Crouch and turn them in!" XD

Harry being annoyed at Sirius being an Overbearing Dad XD "Who is he, to lecture me after all the stuff he did at school?"

Chekhov's gun: insect buzzing somewhere behind the curtain. Rita Skeeter.

Also seeing Crouch Snr struggle against the Imperius put on him by Voldemort tells us how incredible it is that Harry throws it off in the graveyard

Harry connecting the magic of Pensieve with the diary through means of his experience. Could be a cool worldbuilding detail if we want to think about how Tom preserved his "memory" in the diary, along with it being a container for his soul.

important to understand how Voldemort operates: he alone knows who works for him, and others get exposed to each other via shared jobs or connections. This adds to what Sirius says in Padfoot returns chapter.

Mulciber specialised in the Imperius, as per Karkaroff's testimony. Could he have done something in similar vein to Mary MacDonald? It could also be talked of as a "laugh" since students do find Moody's control of the spider in Unforgivables class darkly funny.

"He is no more a Death Eater than I am": Dumbledore's vouching of Snape is strong. I would love a fic that explores Snape and Dumbledore's equation in First War, and how Dumbledore sees bits of himself in a young man who also thinks he is brilliant, and wants power, but ends up hurting the person he loves in his blindness.

The trial essentially feels like a gladiator ring, with the accused chained to the chair. (Of course, Bagman doesnt get chained to the chair due to the relative popularity with the jury)

Ah, BCJ. His reaction here depends on how you read his involvement with Longbottoms - whether he actually did it, or whether he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Of course, the book, with Cruciatus scene with spider, heavily suggest that he was indeed guilty. So, it is interesting to see his terror here - he is genuinely terrified of going to Azkaban, but he is also using his genuine terror to appeal to his parents, to get out and be free. (He does similar things throughout the book - use his real dislike of Malfoys, Snape but misdirect you about his motivations). It's a nice manipulative streak.

"You're no son of mine!" "Take them away, and may they rot there." I need a Crouch family deep dive, because it is essentially a version of Walburga burning her son's name off after he ran away. which is: "I want to pretend you don't even exist."

a very astute reader pointed out on reddit how Moody is not present for the Longbottoms trial (and his eyes were intact on both trials before). So the hc is that Bellatrix took out Moody's eye and he was recovering in the hospital at the time.

[ashotofogdensoldfirewhiskey]

April 11: New

Have a @hinnymicrofic, day 11 for my 29th birthday <3

He’s waiting for her outside of Defense Against the Dark Arts, leaning casually against the craggy stone wall opposite the door, hair disheveled. 

He’s so fit, Ginny thinks, and then relishes in the realization that this isn’t a thought she has to quash anymore, it isn’t something she has to feel guilty for or hide. She can think it all she damn wants.

And, even better, she can act on it now.

He spots her in the crowd, and she extricates herself from her classmates, crossing the hall boldly and reaching up to kiss him as soon as she’s within distance. 

It occurs to her in the split second before her lips touch his that this is still all new, perhaps Harry doesn’t want to do this in public despite the way they’d got together, perhaps he’s more private, but then his hand is firm on her waist and his lips are soft on hers and the worry floats away. 

The kiss is quick, nothing scandalous, and yet Ginny’s heart flutters like Pigwidgeon’s wings all the same. 

“How was class?” he asks, hand still lingering on her waist, a smile painting his lips.

“It was fine. Snape is thrilled for us, by the way,” Ginny jokes. “I’d check the owl post for a congratulations card.”

“Does he know?” Harry scowls over Ginny’s shoulder in the general direction of Snape’s classroom. “About us, I mean?”

Ginny chuckles and pulls Harry away from the door by the hand, feeling silly for how happy it makes her to think there’s an ‘us’ to know about. “It’s not exactly a secret,” she points out, heading in the direction of lunch. “You walked me here.”

“Still,” Harry persists. “It’s not as though he’s monitoring who walks you to lessons.”

“Yes, but,” Ginny says helplessly, gesturing around to the various students gawking and gaping at their entwined hands. “We’re the topic of a lot of gossip, I think. People were talking about it in class, anyway, he told them off for it.”

Harry glances around with an air of some surprise. Ginny wonders if he truly hadn’t noticed it, or whether he’d grown so used to staring it hadn’t occurred to him that it was for a different reason, this time. “Oh. Right.” He pauses, and then adds in a warning voice, “Then you should watch out. Snape hates anything that makes me happy on principle. He’ll be nasty to you.”

“I will.” She lets this sink in for a few steps, then shoots him a sly glance. “So, I make you happy then, do I?”

Harry eyes snap down to look at her, cheeks slightly red. Ginny wonders for a moment whether he’ll deny it, but he doesn’t. Instead, he says, “Yeah,” in a tone that suggests this should have been obvious. 

Ginny’s grin broadens, a happy little fire burning cozily in the realm of her heart. She squeezes his hand, me too. “I can handle Snape. Besides, it’ll all die down. It’s only because it’s new, they’ll all be bored by tomorrow.”

Harry shrugs, seemingly unconcerned. He squeezes her hand back, and Ginny resents that Ron is waiting to meet them at lunch. She’d quite like a detour down an empty corridor. She reckons Harry would, too.

It’s new, Ginny thinks. That must be why it feels this way when it never had with Michael or Dean, like every touch is electric, every moment precious, like her heart might burst and her smile won’t fade.

It’s only because it’s new, she pretends. It’ll die down.

[four2andnew]

Because I loved this so much I squealed when I read it!

WIP - Hedwig is a Great Dane

Thanks for asking about my WIPs!!

So I don't actually have anything more written than what I've already shared for the @hinnymicrofic prompt, but the general idea to continue this is basically kind of like the very beginning of 101 Dalmatians where dog hijinks ensue to bring Harry and Ginny together in increasingly hilarious and uncomfortable situations until they're just, ya know, madly in love with each other.

It needs a real title though