He will return tonight… Tonight, he who betrayed his friends, whose heart rots with murder… shall break free. Innocent blood shall be spilt…and servant and master shall be reunited once… more!
He couldn’t know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: ‘To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!’
Professor Quirrell, quoting Lord Voldemort.
All’s fair in love and war, and this is a bit of both.
“i know that you are preparing to fight. your efforts are futile. you cannot fight me. i do not want to kill you. i have great respect for the teachers of hogwarts. i do not want to spill magical blood…. give me harry potter and none shall be harmed. give me harry potter, and i shall leave the school untouched. give me harry potter, and you will be rewarded. you have until midnight”
“You think the dead we loved truly ever leave us? You think that we don’t recall them more clearly in times of great trouble?”
Harry Potter A-Z Challenge | ozzzymandius vs ibuzoo ↳ W → Wizarding Britain
THE MAGIC BEGINS Favourite character, Ron Weasley
Hogwarts subjects | Defence Against the Dark Arts
Defence Against the Dark Arts is a core class and subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In this class students learn how to magically defend themselves against Dark Creatures, the Dark Arts, and other dark charms. Offensive magic is also taught in this class, such as how to duel, which requires the use of both offensive and defensive magic.
harry potter series + writing
I’M READY TO DIE.
ok i’ve been thinking and i just can’t imagine the dursley’s convincing an entire neighbourhood(and teachers iirc?) that an angelic little round-faced child was the root of all evil, and so came the headcanon that harry always had a sharpness to him, that made the stories sound more plausible. when lily and james’ old friends saw him the first time they all noticed the resemblance, but lily’s eyes had never seen that much and james, though mischievous, wasn’t prepared to do absolutely anything to survive. this was the boy dumbledore saw a savior in, who wasn’t pampered no matter what fucking snape imagined. and this child would become the man who defeated the dark lord, who despite his own hardships was ready to die to save others.
“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”
18 year old Regulus Black willingly drinks a torture potion and dies alone in a cave so that some day, someone will be able to defeat Voldemort.
Horace Slughorn (albeit reluctantly) shows Harry a part of his past he’s kept hidden for years, even from himself, which is a key part of defeating Voldemort.
Narcissa Malfoy looks Voldemort, a man who is not only notoriously evil but also has the ability to READ MINDS, right in the eye and lies to him for the chance to save her son.
Andromeda Tonks’ entire family is killed at the hand of her own sister and some other death eaters and she still finds the strength to go on and be a guardian to her orphaned grandchild.
But Severus Friendzone Snape, that’s the “brave Slytherin” Harry chooses to name his kid after. Ok, sure.