Between classes

Lily Evans, circa 7th year of Hogwarts.

(James lent her his quidditch sweater)

another character portrait from my endless list of characters to draw!

“Lily Evans. One of the brightest I ever taught. Vivacious, you know. Charming girl.”

Harry Potter is authorless.

No. As an English major and a transgender person, no. We do not take this attitude.

Harry Potter is a culturally important work and JK Rowling wrote it.

So many culturally important works of literature were written by people with bad views by today’s and even their time’s standards. Shakespeare? Racist, sexist, islamophobic, xenophobic, anti-Semitic. But we don’t erase his name from those plays. Because if we try and claim that those plays were authorless it gives us an awfully convenient excuse to ignore all of the flaws within them and how we may or may not agree with those flaws on a subconscious level.

In the world of literary analysis these days the author is no longer dead. We don’t do that anymore. The author is a ghost hanging over your shoulder. You can interpret their work any way you want and they can have no say in it. But you as a reader must also acknowledge that their original intentions are there. Their personal history and the times they lived in are there.

JK Rowling wrote that series whether you like it or not. Whether that makes you comfortable or not. Harry Potter is one of the most culturally important book series of the last century and it was written by a transphobe. It was written by JK Rowling. Face up to it. Look it dead in the eye. Recognize its flaws and like it anyways if you still want to. But don’t. I repeat don’t. Do not claim that it is authorless. No work of literature is.

We're holding JKR accountable like mature adults and embracing the reality though it hurts us to admit something we love was written by someone who continues to dig her grave but we must

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I SAW THIS ON TIK TOK AND I HAD TO SHARE

„but it seems it belongs to Harry“ I CAN‘T I‘M SCREAMING-

DHDUBEBEA I SHOULD HAVE ADDED THIS QUOTE TO THE CAPTION I AM A FOOL. A FOOL.

In which Claire is Hermione Granger.

Jily ~

id be so fucked at hogwarts like i can barely climb normal stairs let alone that death trap

One day, you get a knock on your door. When you open it, you see the protagonist from your favorite book standing there, wide-eyed. “I know you won’t believe me,” they say, “but you’re the main character of my favorite book. I know how it ends and I’m here to change it.”

“Oh thank god, my life is really spiraling out of control lately” you say, relieved

Harry Potter pulls out a handgun “I think you misunderstand the point of this visit” 

harry potter is such an idiot for not getting a pet snake. u can TALK. to SNAKES. get a goddamn pet snake. idiot.

Papercraft commission of the Golden Trio and their patronuses, which was an absolute delight to work on! I’d never actually done the HP kids in paper before (save for a very tiny Hermione years ago), so it was a treat to finally make them. Plus I got to try out a new technique with the patronuses, which are made from several layers of transparent paper for a slightly ghostly effect. Delightful!!

who said Harry and Ginny were never invited for a Slughorn’s party again? photo taken by Hermione.

ATTENTION fake Harry Potter fans, the following works are NOT part of the Harry Potter canon: Harry Potter 1-7, Fantastic Beasts, The Cursed Child

The following works ARE part of the Harry Potter canon: A Very Potter Musical, A Very Potter Sequel, A Very Potter Senior Year, Potter Puppet Pals

My Immortal I’m so sorry my dumb bitch ass forgot to list you as canon oh my god

i can’t stop thinking about the fact that gilderoy lockhart was 28 years old in chamber of secrets

he was just an instagram influencer himbo.........no WONDER

gilderoy lockhart is the wizarding caroline calloway

saw this on instagram and felt like tumblr should see it too