In the darkness of night the young calf wandered forward on unsteady legs, wandering far further than it’s mother’s side Dewy eyes shine up at you, looking down into the beads of it’s sight Moooooo….
Another one of these? Wtf is this even meant to be-?
(I watch it as it approaches, cool eyes meeting dewy ones. I tower a little over the calf, and stand steady on sturdy legs. Despite my height, I mean no harm.
Moooo)
James Potter - Always An Angel Never A God
I'm imagining James Potter who always helped but got help.
I'm imagining James Potter who was always happy because he felt we wasn't allowed to be sad.
I'm imagining James Potter who'd get mad and people would be so confused and hurt that he just stopped expressing it.
I'm imagining James Potter who always comforted Sirius in the dead of night, letting Padfoot curl against him and sleep while James could never sleep properly.
I'm imagining James Potter who based so much of himself off of Lily Evans, that he didn't know what to do until he finally was allowed to love her.
I'm imagining James Potter who wanted so badly to have his own family and died before he was even 22 while thinking he was protecting his wife and child.
I'm imagining James Potter whose son never got to know the real him, only the version of him that was put up on a pedestal by others.
I'm imagining James Potter whose son never really even got to know the idolized version of his father because all of his father's friends were murdered due to one mans selfishness.
I'm imagining James Potter who was never really heard or seen, not even by himself.
this is so random but i am LIVING for attention-seeking(as in, 'im the main character everyone bow down bitch) James Potter.
or, alternately, attention whore sunkiller/darksun/jarty/jamesxbarty.
also if anyone knows where i can find darksun fics or attention-seeking james potter fics, that'd be lovely<3
The click of claws on a roof, dust falls down. The alpha wolf is coming, he’s here and he’s near.
Dust swirls, shining gold under the dim candle light. Something else shines, it shines amber in the window, standing out starkly against the inky sky.
Amber eyes. He’s watching you.
grrrrrr..
This was so serious until the 'grrrrrr...'
Honestly, wtf even is this? (i growl back, determined to prove i am not intimidated, for i am also an alpha)
I just went through your whole blog and liked and reblogged most stuff (sorry about that) but I really liked your character analysis of Regulus and Snape, I would love it if you would do one of Barty (you obviously don't have to but I saw you wanted suggestions of more)
Barty Crouch Jr - Character Analysis
I was SO excited when I got this so THANK YOU!!! The notifications aren't a problem and are actually appreciated. Okay, let's break down his character.
- Was born 1962-1963
- Sirius Black states in Goblet of Fire that Barty's father didn't pay any attention to Barty, implying neglect
- His mother dearly loved Barty
- We don't know much about his early/Hogwarts life, other than the fact that he achieved 12 O.W.L.s, causing some fans to think he was a Ravenclaw, although he is still popularly headcanoned as a Slytherin
- Joined the DE's in his later teens
- After Voldemort's first defeat, he, along with the Lestranges, went to Alice and Frank Longbottom's place of residence, supposedly torturing them to insanity
- All four were arrested, although at different times, and are brought to trial by Barty's father
- Barty insisted on his innocence, pleading to all in attendance to be cleared of all charges by claiming he didn't participate
- Barty's father (who was head of the law enforcement) sentenced him to life in Azkaban when Barty was around 19
- In 1982 (a year after Barty was put into Azkaban), Barty and his mother were ailing
- His mother convinced Crouch Snr to polyjuice her into Barty as she was dying so they could trade places and Barty could escape
- Barty was nursed back to healthy by his father and their house-elf, Winky
- Barty was then placed under Imperius and and hid him under an invisibility cloak for 12 years, only being given occasional rewards for 'good behavior'
- During the Quidditch World Cup, Barty was hidden and imperiused, taken only because Winky convinced his father
- During the attack, Barty escaped and cast Morsmordre, although he was found by his father and re-imperiused
- Barty was found by Voldemort and freed, then going on to act as Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody for Harry Potter's fourth year while keeping the real Moody in a trunk
- He killed his father
- At the end of the year he was exposed and given the Dementors Kiss on-sight
While we don't know much about Barty's early childhood, much of the fandom agrees that the signs point to a childhood of neglect, with only his mother and house-elves to care for him, and I'm inclined to agree. I believe that he was in Ravenclaw due to his excellent O.W.L scores and the fact that - going by his father's behavior and status - he most likely would have been disowned or snubbed as a Slytherin. He's never mentioned to have strong relations with anyone other than Voldemort, which leads me to believe that due to his fathers neglect, he heard about Voldemort, thought joining would greatly anger his father, and later found a mentor and father figure in Voldemort, with no one to stop him. I believe that this newfound attention lead to an intense loyalty and even love that we see very clearly in canon. I don't think he was insane before his conviction, but after Azkaban and 12 years of abuse (and yes, being imperiused and hidden for 12 years is abuse), he was certainly teetering the edge of sanity, most likely only being held together by his desire for revenge, his high intelligence, and loyalty to Voldemort.
Overall, Barty is a highly-intelligent, calculative, possibly sadistic, yet traumatized and insanely loyal character. I believe he had a potential to be a good person. His father most likely wasn't around to teach Barty morals, and we know little about his mother, so the first person to gain Barty's loyalty taught him his morals, and that was Voldemort. I believe that Barty Crouch Jr is a bad person, but a misunderstood one, who was far more intelligent than he was ever given credit for. He was almost definitely a rebellious teen in order to gain attention, but was a mostly-blank slate due to never receiving it from really anyone, up until he met Voldemort. Outside of canon, I enjoy Barty's fanon personality a lot and think that's it's fairly accurate, although he was probably a little less insane and impulsive as the fandom makes him out to be. He also most likely wasn't friends with Regulus Black, Evan Rosier, Pandora Rosier, and Dorcas Meadowes, although I love the dynamics lol.
Credit to the Harry Potter Wiki for providing me with information. If I got anything wrong or missed anything then feel free to let me know! If anyone want's any more character analysis I am SO happy to give them! I have two other analysis' posted if anyone is interested! Stay safe, drink water, and don't give your undying loyalty to a genocidal maniac! :D
now look i don’t wanna ship that rarepair…
BUT THE PARASITES WANT ME TO SHIP THAT RAREPAIR
Me with sunkiller (james x barty crouch jr) fr
James Potter - The Sun
I love James Potter being portrayed as some chivalrous, fun-loving, brave teenager who is like the sun, but what if he wasn't just warm and magnetic?
What if he was the bad parts of the sun too? What if he was a little too intense? A little too fiery, to the point where sometimes he can hurt others with his intensity? What if he wasn't just attention-grabbing, but attention-seeking? What if his light not only blinded others to his faults, but blinded him to other's faults, so long as they were someone he cared for? What if he was a little too moral, to the point where anyone against him was immediately 'bad' while the people he considered his were 'good', no matter what? What if his warmth was so hot it burned? What if his positivity was toxic, filling him with the need to fix everything with an unrelenting passion? What if James wasn't just the warmth of the sun, but the fire and cancer that could come with it?
sirius sending remus an "i love you" text and getting an "i love you too?" back only to realise he'd accidentally texted regulus instead of remus bc their names are too close in his contact list and now he feels bad bc he hadn't meant to text regulus and regulus not only replied but said it back and goddamn it now he's crying
Character Analysis - Regulus Black
Regulus Black is one of the most popular marauders era characters, yet we know so little about him canonically. So today, I will be breaking down what little we know of his character.
- He was born in 1961, making him about two years younger than Sirius Black (b.1959)
- We don't know anything about his early life, although it's widely assumed that he was abused and isolated from anyone who was not part of the family
- He was sorted into Slytherin
- It's strongly implied in canon that he played seeker for his house team
- He appeared to idolize Voldemort from a young age, with newspaper clippings about Voldemort and the DE's hung up in his room, and Kreacher has said that Regulus used to talk of joining the DE's from a young age
- He joined Voldemort around age 16
- Voldemort took Kreacher to hide his horcrux in a cave
- Voldemort never intended for Kreacher to come back alive, leaving Kreacher for dead once security measures were set up around the cave
- Kreacher escaped and told Regulus, which is when Regulus found out that the locket was a horcrux
- He duplicated the locket and hid a note in the fake
- He asked Kreacher to take him to the cave
- Regulus drank a poison from the bowl the locket was in, ordering Kreacher to switch the lockets and replace the real one with the fake
- His last order to Kreacher was to escape with the real locket and destroy it
- Regulus drowned in the lake at age 17-18, depending on when he was born
Now, the fandom mainly portrays Regulus as a cold, closed off person. Regulus fans generally portray him as liking the arts, intelligent, too-scared to see past his family's abuse/brainwashing, and loves his family despite that. He is usually portrayed to be friends with Barty Crouch Jr, Evan Rosier, Pandora Lovegood, and Dorcas Meadowes. I can't speak for Regulus haters due to the fact that I actually like Regulus' fanon characters, but the few times I've consumed Regulus-hater media, he is generally likened to Snape: snobby, arrogant, cold, and bigoted. Of course, neither of these personalities/portrayals are true, simply due to the fact that we aren't given a canon personality.
So my conclusion is this: Regulus Black grew up in a household that - whether-or-not they abused him - most likely isolated him. He was surrounded by people who spouted DE propaganda his entire life. The only person who had even a chance of de-influencing him was his brother, who was also a child. He was probably monitored closely by those around him, even at Hogwarts. He most likely never got a chance to leave behind his prejudice even after Hogwarts, seeing as he immediately went into Voldemort's service and died 1-2 years after. Whether-or-not you see him as a willfully ignorant and spoiled bigot, or a victim who never got a chance to grow, he was in the end, a child who was forgotten in the tides of war. You can build up your own ideas of who Regulus Black truly was.
Credit to the HP fandom wiki for providing me this information. Please correct me if I'm wrong about anything or missed an important detail. If anyone wants to request another character analysis, I consider myself well-informed on Harry Potter, can probably do some PJO characters (Nico and Luke, for example), and can do a decent Attack On Titan analysis. Anything else might be a hit-or-miss. I've already done Severus Snape :)
Character Analysis - Severus Snape
No because I feel like people don't truly understand Severus Snape's character when they say that he's nothing but an asshole and Death Eater who bullies children and did horrible things.
Did he do horrible things? Yeah. And did he bully children? Yeah. Was he an asshole? Yeah. Did his death and guilt relieve him of blame and responsibility? No.
But he was more than just an asshole. He had his reasons, no matter how shitty they may be. And even though his reasons are shitty, I think he at least deserves some consideration. Why? He made most of his shitty decisions as a child. An abused, discriminated against child. Think of it like this:
- Meets Lily after ten years of abuse at the hands of his muggle father
- At 11, is separated from Lily and is put into a notoriously discriminated-against house
- Is (unfairly) antagonized by James Potter and the Marauders (while I do admit that yes, he probably gave back as good as he got, he couldn't have done that until at least his 2nd year because he was raised without magic. he also did nothing to cause the bullying in the first place [as far as I know, correct me if wrong] )
- Was bullied and abused up until 5th (?) year
- Is humiliated and sexually harassed (because yes, threatening to take off a peer's pants is sexual harassment in my opinion) and lashes out at Lily during this time of intense humiliation and is promptly abandoned by her
- Is almost murdered by Sirius Black who receives no consequences
- Goes on to join the Death Eaters at after years of being an abused outcast and stereotyped as nothing but a slimy Death Eater
- Is then forced to become the potions professor at Hogwarts
- 1-2 years later, he turns traitor against Voldemort (around 18-19)
- The only person he's ever had care for him in his entire life dies
He's only 19-20 when Voldemort is vanquished. I'd say that it's safe to assume that he never got help/support/closure surrounding anything he went through. As far as I'm aware, there's not a single person within the entire series who is shown to support Snape, which leads me to believe that no one ever told him to get help after the first war, and considering his life up until then, he most likely didn't know to get help. He spent the rest of his life doing a job he hated and was forced into, was a spy, and was split between two powerful and dangerous masters.
With all this in mind, I'm unashamedly a Snape supporter (not an apologist, there's a difference). He was an ass who did horrible things but there's more to him then that. The students he taught didn't deserve his ire, and he did and watched horrible things be done, but he's so much more than a Death Eater, and his background and potential to be more than a spy is so interesting to look at and think about.
Edit: A reblogger has mentioned that in the books, James say's he'll remove Snape's pants. In England, 'pants' refers to underwear, and that we never actually find out if James did that. This definitely sexual harassment.
Okay so @just-a-slytherpuff corrected me on some things (thank you for that btw) so I'll be correcting them in this repost.
- Snape became a professor as part of the deal with Dumbledore
- Snape changed sides at 20, not 18-19
- Voldemort was vanquished when Snape was 21
- I also referred to what James did to Snape as sexual harassment, that was my mistake, it's sexual assault. This makes nothing better but clarification is important (ty @daddythanatos and @liv2post for correcting me on this)
If anyone wants to see other character analysis's or to talk abt debates within a fandom, I'm happy to do so :)
I'm the best well-informed on Harry Potter and Attack on Titan but I think I can manage a decent analysis on characters/dynamics from PJO.
And to anyone who saw my post on ship debates, that was taken down because it had many flaws that were pointed out and I don't wish to spread misinformation. I might revisit the topic later once I'm more well-informed :)
Character Analysis - Severus Snape
No because I feel like people don't truly understand Severus Snape's character when they say that he's nothing but an asshole and Death Eater who bullies children and did horrible things.
Did he do horrible things? Yeah. And did he bully children? Yeah. Was he an asshole? Yeah. Did his death and guilt relieve him of blame and responsibility? No.
But he was more than just an asshole. He had his reasons, no matter how shitty they may be. And even though his reasons are shitty, I think he at least deserves some consideration. Why? He made most of his shitty decisions as a child. An abused, discriminated against child. Think of it like this:
- Meets Lily after ten years of abuse at the hands of his muggle father
- At 11, is separated from Lily and is put into a notoriously discriminated-against house
- Is (unfairly) antagonized by James Potter and the Marauders (while I do admit that yes, he probably gave back as good as he got, he couldn't have done that until at least his 2nd year because he was raised without magic. he also did nothing to cause the bullying in the first place [as far as I know, correct me if wrong] )
- Was bullied and abused up until 5th (?) year
- Is humiliated and sexually harassed (because yes, threatening to take off a peer's pants is sexual harassment in my opinion) and lashes out at Lily during this time of intense humiliation and is promptly abandoned by her
- Is almost murdered by Sirius Black who receives no consequences
- Goes on to join the Death Eaters at after years of being an abused outcast and stereotyped as nothing but a slimy Death Eater
- Is then forced to become the potions professor at Hogwarts
- 1-2 years later, he turns traitor against Voldemort (around 18-19)
- The only person he's ever had care for him in his entire life dies
He's only 19-20 when Voldemort is vanquished. I'd say that it's safe to assume that he never got help/support/closure surrounding anything he went through. As far as I'm aware, there's not a single person within the entire series who is shown to support Snape, which leads me to believe that no one ever told him to get help after the first war, and considering his life up until then, he most likely didn't know to get help. He spent the rest of his life doing a job he hated and was forced into, was a spy, and was split between two powerful and dangerous masters.
With all this in mind, I'm unashamedly a Snape supporter (not an apologist, there's a difference). He was an ass who did horrible things but there's more to him then that. The students he taught didn't deserve his ire, and he did and watched horrible things be done, but he's so much more than a Death Eater, and his background and potential to be more than a spy is so interesting to look at and think about.
Edit: A reblogger has mentioned that in the books, James say's he'll remove Snape's pants. In England, 'pants' refers to underwear, and that we never actually find out if James did that. This definitely sexual harassment.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who was only 17 when he died.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who drowned alone in a cave.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who never had a chance to grow.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who never got over his prejudice because he never got the chance to.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who never got a childhood.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who never got to be anything but a brainwashed Death Eater with no support.
Just thinking of Regulus Black who never turned 18.
My dad and I once had a disagreement over him using the adage "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
I said, "That's just not true. Sometimes what doesn't kill you leaves you brittle and injured or traumatized."
He stopped and thought about that for a while. He came back later, and said, "It's like wood glue."
He pointed to my bookshelf, which he helped me salvage a while ago. He said, "Do you remember how I explained that, once we used the wood glue on them, the shelves would actually be stronger than they were before they broke?"
I did.
"But before we used the wood glue, those shelves were broken. They couldn't hold up shit. If you had put books on them, they would have collapsed. And that wood glue had to set awhile. If we put anything on them too early, they would have collapsed just the same as if we'd never fixed them at all. You've got to give these things time to set."
It sounded like a pretty good metaphor to me, but one thing I did pick up on was that whatever broke those shelves, that's not the thing that made them stronger. That just broke them. It was being fixed that made them stronger. It was the glue.
So my dad and I agreed, what doesn't kill you doesn't actually make you stronger, but healing does. And if you feel like healing hasn't made you stronger than you were before, you're probably not done healing. You've got to give these things time to set.
My dad and I once had a disagreement over him using the adage "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
I said, "That's just not true. Sometimes what doesn't kill you leaves you brittle and injured or traumatized."
He stopped and thought about that for a while. He came back later, and said, "It's like wood glue."
He pointed to my bookshelf, which he helped me salvage a while ago. He said, "Do you remember how I explained that, once we used the wood glue on them, the shelves would actually be stronger than they were before they broke?"
I did.
"But before we used the wood glue, those shelves were broken. They couldn't hold up shit. If you had put books on them, they would have collapsed. And that wood glue had to set awhile. If we put anything on them too early, they would have collapsed just the same as if we'd never fixed them at all. You've got to give these things time to set."
It sounded like a pretty good metaphor to me, but one thing I did pick up on was that whatever broke those shelves, that's not the thing that made them stronger. That just broke them. It was being fixed that made them stronger. It was the glue.
So my dad and I agreed, what doesn't kill you doesn't actually make you stronger, but healing does. And if you feel like healing hasn't made you stronger than you were before, you're probably not done healing. You've got to give these things time to set.
I just want to see one Harry Potter fanfic where Draco and Harry get into a fight and it goes like this: Draco: Your mother was a filthy mudblood! Harry[grabs Draco's collar]: Don't speak about my mother you- Snape[out of fucking nowhere]: 10 points from Griffindor. Harry: But sir-! Snape: But nothing Potter. Mr Malfoy head to cl- Harry[still holding onto Draco's collar with on hand while throwing the other arm up in anger]: He called my mother a filthy mudblood! Snape: *Blinks once. Twice. Three times.*
Snape[quietly]: 10 point to griffindor. 40 points from Slytherin for offensive language and detention Mr Malfoy. After dinner tonight. Snape: *Walks away without a word, leaving the boys in shock behind him*
I don't think people realize how badly I want to live in a van like this. I have other dreams and ambitions but I would honestly give them all up to live in a van with a cat and my partner and travel around the country with them. Just imagine waking up and looking outside the window to see a beach or a lake in a forest and having homemade pancakes for breakfast with your lover. I strive to be an author that travels the US with a van, a cat, and my lover<3