when i was in primary school the head teacher stood up in assembly and said ”who can tell me the hardest word to say” so i put my hand up and said “antidisestablishmentarianism” and the principal said ”no the correct answer is the word sorry“ and it was in that moment that i lost my trust in the entire education system
im not even a slytherin, im a ravenclaw, but i can’t tell you how much i hate house sterotypses
Don’t get me wrong, I love Harry Potter, but this is RIDICULOUS. No, you are not part of any of the houses. It is a work of FICTION. Next you’re gonna start saying yeah, I fought off a dementor last night. You effing weirdos.
THEY ARE NOT REAL!
we found the muggle guys
i’ll get the memory charm going
damnit, I thought we had a protection spell to keep them out.
the thing about the hogwarts houses is that most fans of this series literally grew up with it, and thus they were the first clues we had to establishing identities. associating yourself with a certain house made kids who were only just beginning to find their ways in the world feel like yes, they had a place they belonged, a place where the values they thought most important were cherished and upheld.
we’re all quite aware that harry potter is a work of fiction, and we’re more than aware that people cannot be boxed in to four separate houses. but now, the hogwarts houses are less a ‘oh harry potter is real here’s my wand’ and more a ‘these are my core values and how i perceive the world’. it’s a personality analysis, and it should take you years to figure out which house you identify with the most.
some people start out thinking they’re gryffindors or ravenclaws, and grow up and realize they’re actually slytherins and hufflepuffs. it prompts people to really look into their personalities and sense of self in order to figure out what is really important to them and how they look at reality. i thought i was a hufflepuff all through childhood, despite it never feeling right — now that i’m older, i’m much, much more comfortable with my identity as a ravenclaw.
it’s our way of keeping our love for the harry potter fandom strong while also developing a sense of community. all fandoms with factions do this: game of thrones, avatar: the last airbender, even homestuck to a certain extent.
as a last note: incidentally, when rowling developed the dementors as a plot device she used them as a physical manifestation of depression. that’s why chocolate works so well on them, and why it is quite possible for someone to have fought off a dementor last night.
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So I’ve seen a few people referring to Jasper and Lapis’s fusion as Malachite and I gotta say I totally agree! I can’t think of any other gemstone that has the same colour scheme.
However I haven’t seen anyone talking about the fact that malachite can be toxic! No, seriously, if you put raw and untumbled malachite in water it releases a toxic fume that has been known to result in death. The dust from it is deadly as well.
Further more Malachite is an incredibly brittle and delicate gemstone- it’s only a 3 1/2- 4 on the MOH scale (a scale used to measure the strength of gemstones which is a super cool thing to think about in the world of Steven Universe).
“if you put raw and untumbled malachite in water it releases a toxic fume that has been known to result in death“
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
