✨ Little Teamwork Moments ✨

Evidence that Harry James Potter is not unobservant like many people like to claim

stuckwith-harry:

eaglesforthecup:

Realized Hermione would not know about the troll because she was in the bathroom in PS

Keen enough eye to spot the winged key

Noticed Dobby’s eyes in the bush in CoS

Recognized that Lockhart was a fraud right off the bat at age 12 (Ron did too but Hermione, Miss Brightest Witch of Her Age, was distracted by the pretty and lots of other adults were fooled too)

Deduced that the girl who died in Tom Riddle’s memory was Myrtle

Recognized how tense/anxious Ginny looked and realized she knew something about the Chamber

Noticed the paper in Hermione’s hand when she was petrified

Recognized how weird it was that Fudge was being lenient on blowing up Aunt Marge and later connected it with them worrying about him and Sirius in PoA

Realized (before Hermione) that Dumbledore wanted them to save Buckbeak as well during their time turner shenanigans

Deduced that every champion besides Cedric would know about the dragons in GoF

Noticed Ron’s jealousy of Krum

Caught a reflection of light on the glass case of the Sword of Gryffindor and found the Pensieve

Connected the dots and realized the Pensieve showed memories because of his experience with Tom Riddle’s diary

Noticed that Dumbledore had been avoiding him in OotP

Picked up on Draco’s “dogging around” comment

Noticed that Daily Prophet article about Sturgis Podmore breaking into a secret in the Ministry and recalls that Podmore hadn’t shown up for guard duty

Recognized the difference between his actual dreams and the ‘visions’ which helped save Arthur Weasley’s life

Heard Kingsley whisper, felt something shoot past him, saw the blank expression in Marietta’s eyes and put two and two together, something Umbridge, Fudge and Dawlish couldn’t perceive

Noticed Draco giving his mother the slip in HBP

Deduced that Draco had become a Death Eater

Recognized that the ring on Dumbledore’s desk (and remembered Dumbledore was wearing this ring when they retrieved Slughorn) was the ring Marvolo showed Ogden

Realized that Tonks’ brief was probably heartbreak and figured out she was in love (even though he didn’t have enough context to realize it was Remus and not Sirius)

Noticed when Ginny didn’t seem enthusiastic about meeting up with Dean (this is very common when you have a crush, but still)

Noted how weird Slughorn’s tampered memory is with the dense fog

Noticed that Malfoy kept disappearing from the Marauder’s Map and eventually realized he was using the Room of Requirement

Put two and two together about Ron and the love potion

Caught Voldemort’s eyes flashing scarlet in Hokey’s memory

Deduced that Malfoy’s plan was coming into fruition based on the whooping and gave Hermione and Ron a warning plan before he and Dumbledore left

Noticed the blue eye in the mirror shard in DH

Realized Regulus was RAB

Perceptive enough to realize Ron had to be the one to destroy the locket

Also perceptive enough to realize he had to open it with Parseltongue

Recognized that his Invisibility Cloak matched the description of the cloak in the Deathly Hallows story

Noticed things about Luna’s room that made him realize Luna hadn’t been in her home in weeks, catching Xenophilius Lovegood’s lie

Connected the dots of The Grey Lady’s story from the “Albania” clue and realized Voldemort had found the diadem and had hidden it at Hogwarts when he tried to get the DADA job

Remembered he had seen the diadem in the Room of Requirement before

Realized that Draco had become the true master of the Elder Wand, not Snape, the night Dumbledore had died

Realized that this made him the true master of the Elder Wand after his skirmish with Draco at Malfoy Manor

There are probably other things I didn’t catch, but there you have it. Harry James Potter is a rather perceptive boy with a keen eye and a good mind for deductive reasoning

also, (because that appears to be the #1 example of harry oblivious potter)

WAS PERFECTLY AWARE RON AND HERMIONE WERE CRUSHING ON EACH OTHER.

really is a shame that the star wars fandom at large is so obnoxious about obi-wan because there is a really compelling character in there. insanely emotionally repressed constantly burying his head in the sand about everything and everyone around him tool of a corrupt government who is well-intentioned but nonetheless woefully unprepared to mentor the most powerful force user in the history of the universe. and everyone looks at all of that and goes ACTUALLY. what if he was boring instead.

#definitely one of my favorites too

Hi! Super random but you mentioned in one of your tags a piece of rots concept art of Padmé protecting the twins in a hospital from Vader, and I've looked all over but can't find it anywhere. Do you have a link for it?

by derek thompson! one of my favs. first appears in paul duncan's "the star wars archives" iirc, to quote his twitter: "Before the script was written, the design team was given the freedom to imagine possible scenarios. Here Derek Thompson has Vader find Padmé and their babies, and use the Force to dispatch the Jedi protecting them."

I am a WHORE for “the love is requited, they’re both just idiots”

Bro was 60 seconds from going down on one knee, change my mind

it was soo hard guys... my back hurts *cries*

but well, i did want to draw the cuosins together so..

pls look at reg and ev, lmaoo they didnt want to be there, andromeda looves lil dora, narcissa being the perfect miss, meanwhile bella and sirius won't stop moving

it was alphard's idea, he and ophelia wanted a picture of all the kids together<3

Just thinking about how

Ronald Weasley flew a magically enchanted car and ended up reaching his destination totally (ALMOST) safe AT THE AGE OF 12 ?????

Hermione Granger trapped the animagus of the stinky ass reporter who wrote shit about her and her best friend for like 6 months??? A year????

Harry Potter sass-ed out not only like half of the adults in his life but also the minister of magic!???????

How the three of them literally helped hagrid plan AND execute the escape of a legit very very illigal to keep baby dragon!????? AT THE AGE OF 11!?? AND THEY SUCCEEDED!???

STARTED A TEENAGE REBEL GROUP AT THE AGE OF 15!???

AT THE SAME TIME USED HAGRID'S HALF BRO TO LIKE PICK AND KICK UMBITCH OUT OF HOGWARTS!???? (THAT WAS AWESOME BTW)

BROKE INTO THE MINISTRY NOT ONCE BUT TWICE!???

BROKE INTO GRINGOTTS AND GOT OUT OF THERE ON A FUCKING DRAGON!???

ALMOST DIED (WELL HARRY ACTUALLY DID ) LIKE COUNTLESS OF TIMES AND STILL SURVIVED!????

WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THEIR CHAOTICNESS IN THIS FANDOM I SWEAR

Supporting his every step.

Do you think Harry would swear or has sworn? Such a niche question, but trying to realistic write him swearing is such a mixed basket. On the one hand, I don't really picture him doing it, even under extreme distress. But I can also imagine him letting out a light swear if he's having a bad day and has a minor inconvenience

I 100% believe Harry swears. This post ended up being a little longer since I kinda went off and detailed how a bunch of characters in HP swear, not just Harry.

Sometimes, characters are shown to "swear" on page:

“Blimey,” said Ron weakly. (CoS)

“Blimey, it is!” said Ron quietly (OotP)

“What in the name of Merlin are you doing?” said Ron (OotP)

“Why the hell,” panted Ron (DH)

“I’ll join you when hell freezes over,” said Neville. (DH)

“Merlin’s beard,” Moody [Barty] whispered (GoF)

“Merlin’s beard,” said Mr. Weasley wonderingly (OotP)

“Harry, what the hell’s going on?” asked Bill (DH)

“Blasted thing,” Snape was saying. (PS)

("Blimey" and "blasted" are here since they were considered mild swear words when they became part of the language like "gosh" and "darn". "Merlin's beard" is kinda like saying "Jesus Christ" which was also considered a mild swear, even if no one really considers most of the above swears by today's standards).

The above is done when the swears are (very) light and something that you could print in a children's book. But sometimes, characters swearing is censored in the books:

Dean swore loudly. (CoS)

Thankfully, Snape sneezed at almost exactly the moment Ron swore. (CoS)

Ron dropped several boxes, swore, and made a rude hand gesture at Fred that was unfortunately spotted by Mrs. Weasley, who had chosen that moment to appear. (HBP)

and Lee swore so badly that Professor McGonagall tried to tug the magical megaphone away from him (PoA)

The lift clattered into view and they hurried inside. Every time it stopped Mr. Weasley cursed furiously and pummelled the number nine button. (OotP)

When that happens, I assume the swears are ones JKR couldn't get away with in a children's/YA book series. Like: "fuck" or "shit".

(Molly calling Bellatrix "bitch" is the only harsher swear word not censored in the books)

When Harry swears, it's sometimes not censored:

“She doesn’t love me,” said Harry at once. “She doesn’t give a damn — ” (OotP)

“And he didn’t think my mother was worth a damn either,” said Harry (HBP)

“Why not?” asked Harry. “Let’s get rid of the damn thing, it’s been months — ” (DH)

“Where the hell have you been?” Harry shouted. (DH)

But often enough, Harry's cursing is censored:

Harry swore under his breath (OotP)

Harry swore and turned away. (OotP)

Harry swore at the top of his voice, spinning on the spot to see where Mundungus had gone. (HBP)

Harry swore. Someone screamed. (HBP)

So, to me, this suggests Harry says "fuck" or British stuff like "sod off". He 100% does use harsher swears, and it's in character for him to do so. He swears under his breath when shit goes badly or he finds himself in a situation he really doesn't want to be in. He swears loudly when Mandungus escapes him, so when he's really angry, he can go and shout a proper F-bomb. Let Harry say "fuck", his life sucks and he deserves it.

Ron also swears sometimes harsher swears than "hell" or "bloody hell" but he does so more rarely than Harry and when things are really bad. Usually, he goes for lighter stuff like: "Merlin", "hell", or "blimey".

Hermione doesn't swear except for the "Merlin's pants" comment in DH which was clearly meant to be "Merlin's balls" but JKR got censored by her editors and one time she says "damn" in DH. Hermione doesn't even use light swears like "Merlin", "damn" or "hell". She, just, doesn't swear until DH, and even then only twice. Like, her most extreme for the majority of the books is going: "oh my", "oh my god", or "oh my goodness". Hermione is the only member in the Golden Trio that doesn't swear:

“Oh, my — ” Hermione grabbed Harry’s arm. (PoA)

“Oh my goodness,” said Hermione suddenly (PoA)

“Oh gosh, I forgot!” said Hermione (OotP)

“Oh my ...” Harry heard Hermione squeal, terrified, beside him. (OotP)

“Today?” shrieked Hermione. “Today? But why didn’t you — oh my God — you should have said — ” (HBP)

“Oh my — !” shrieked Hermione, as she and Ron caught up with Harry (DH)

I went a bit off track, but theses are some characters and how they swear that I found while searching this:

Harry, Dean & Lee: swear in profanities that need to be censored ("fuck", "shit", "sodding hell") often and sprinkle lighter swears ("hell", "damn") in there. Harry uses "damn" relatively often.

Ron, the twins, Bill & Arthur: use mostly light swears ("hell", "bloody", "blasted") but use some harsher swears ("fuck", "shit") when needed (and Molly isn't looking).

(I assume Ginny is in this above category too, but I only found her saying "damn" once)

Neville, Dumbledore, Hagrid & Snape (at least, when we see him): use only light swears such as "hell", "blasted" or "Merlin" and its derivatives.

Molly: Doesn't really swear except that one time (calling Bellatrix a bitch).

Hermione & Luna: never use profanities unless really at their limit. Don't even use light swears or "Merlin" and its derivatives. Hermione says: "oh my god" or "oh my goodness", Luna says: "oh, no".

Lupin doesn't swear anywhere on-page either.

Surprisingly I couldn't find any mention of Sirius swearing, not even light stuff (like "Merlin's beard"). I guess he really was raised to have proper manners. Or maybe he's actively censoring himself in front of Harry to be a good rule model.