*hacker voice* im in

things i am living for in the drunk history episode:

this episode was 20 minutes long but i think it changed me

the whole yule ball thing in goblet of fire was so dumb and heteronormative

ok but real talk i am in full support of harry just asking ron to the dance with him and being each others “date” and having that be an ok thing instead of asking and then ignoring the poor patil twins who deserved better than that also i would have killed to see a yule ball scene where hermione’s talking with krum and turns around and sees her two best friends trying to do the tango (ron has a rose in his mouth and everything) and fucking tearing up the dance floor

“So,” Harry says. “I need a date to the Yule Ball.”

“Like. A mandatory date?”

“A mandatory date.”

“That’s kinda messed up.”

“Yeah. Any ideas?”

Ron rubs his chin. “Cho didn’t work out, then.”

“Nope. She’s with Cedric.”

“Right, right.” He’s stroking an imaginary beard now. “And Hermione is going with some mystery guy.”

Both boys scowl in unison.

Then, slowly, they turn to look at each other.

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Harry asks.

“If you’re thinking we go to the ball together, then yes,” Ron affirms.

Harry has his game face on. So does Ron. “Let’s do this.” They shake on it.

Ron suddenly frowns.

“What?”

“My dress robes are hideous. You think…”

“I can buy—”

“What? No! I mean, isn’t Parvati Patil really good at clothing charms?”

“Oh yeah,” Harry realizes. “She wears those cool dresses on the weekends sometimes—uh, saris? Or something.”

“Yeah, yeah, but she and her sister make them. I heard Lavender talking to her about it. They make loads of their own clothes, think it’s fun or whatever.”

Harry makes a face. “Girls.” He’s mended enough of Dudley’s old clothes to know sewing is not fun. Girls are weird.

“Girls,” Ron agrees.

“…it’s a really good thing we’re going together.”

“Seconded.”

——and that’s how Harry and Ron befriend Lavender Brown and the Patil sisters. The three are actually pretty alright, for girls. (Hermione doesn’t count, clearly, as she’s their best friend.) It takes a while to fix Ron’s robes into something resembling modern fashion, but by then Dean Thomas has Had Enough of Their Dithering and makes the two of them wear three-piece muggle suits under their robes (which also took some creative charmwork, and the jackets were a total loss, but it came out better than the robes overall). Lavender is entirely taken with the idea and the two spend a good few hours discussing fashion.

Harry and Ron are Not Touching That.

Naturally, the two lord the anonymity of their dates over Hermione just like she’s taken to doing to the two of them, and it morphs into a great circle of fun, no hard feelings anywhere by the time the Ball comes around, and basically the whole of Gryffindor (plus Padma of Ravenclaw) is in on one side or the other.

Fred and George have decided it’s a great idea and have invited Lee Jordan to go with the two of them. Not to be outdone, Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet are bringing Katie Bell. Rumor has it that Oliver Wood is bringing quidditch gear. Which piece of gear he’s bringing, broom, quaffle, bludger, or goal hoop (don’t ask) is a hot topic of debate.

(He actually ends up bringing a whole host of underclassmen and spends the whole night giving out piggyback rides, dad-dances with them standing on his feet, and lessons about the magic used to decorate the hall, alongside Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater, because they gave him the puppy eyes and he is Weak to the puppy eyes.)

——and when Hermione sees Harry and Ron come into the antechamber for champions, she hits them both on the arm for laughing at her all this time. They exchange compliments, and the boys show off their suits and Ron’s modified robes. Then she asks the real question, namely:

“Which of you will be dancing which part?”

and the two just kind of go quiet and stare first at each other, because they hadn’t even thought of that, and then back at Hermione with big pleading eyes begging for help.

McGonagall, amused but on a tight schedule, chivvies the champions and their dates out before Hermione can say more than a joking, “This is what you get for keeping it a secret from me! Do, hahaha, do the tango or something!”

Harry and Ron exchange smirks and all Hermione can bring herself to do is smother giggles in Viktor’s shoulder and conjure them a few roses.

She should’ve known better than to think that the end of it. They drag her into no few ridiculous three-way dances before the night is up. It’s a good night, and they share the next bleary morning with the rest of the dorm, as a big, wild, Gryffindor family.

——and that is how Harry Potter and Ron Weasley made the front page of the Daily Prophet, in muggle suits (vests but no jackets, sleeves rolled up) with roses in their mouths, aggressively doing the tango. The photographer has captured Harry dipping the significantly-taller Ron and waggling his eyebrows suggestively before they both lose their balance and collapse in a tangle of adolescent limbs, laughing like loons.

BOYS IN LOVE? the headline asks.

——certain people are getting really, really sick of people commenting on Harry’s love life.

——"BEST FRIENDS FOREVER" Harry, Ron, and Hermione are quoted later in an exclusive interview with Rita Skeeter, massive grins on their photographed faces, and joy in their hearts.

if I remember the book correctly wasn’t harry awful at dancing? so like wouldn’t it make sense then since he can’t dance to have ron lead?

did anybody else find it ironic and annoying that the fanfic added to this post, this post complaining about heteronormativity, was full of “ew girls” comments

just me?

http://harleyismyhero.tumblr.com/  No- I’m annoyed about that as well. Instead of all the guys being ‘ew-girls are gross’, it could just everyone just having a good time dancing. (No disrespect to the fanfic author- it just isn’t my cup of tea)

(I do like the idea of Oliver Wood dad-dancing with several underclassmen, though- it’s very sweet)

fun new thing reblog this and put in the tags what kind of student you’d be at hogwarts !!!

- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Four, Scene Fifteen

19 years later has finally come :)

I feel like one of the most wonderful things about being in the Harry Potter fandom is knowing that tomorrow may be the end of the timeline as we know it–and an epic nineteen years later–but even after September 1st, 2017, this fandom will go right on creating and writing and editing and imagining, and I think that’s so, so beautiful that we’ve come this far and yet we continue to show our endless love for this world. 

i can’t believe friday, september 1, 2017, is nineteen years later. the last scene in the harry potter books.

this is it.

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#never understood krum hate #he’s like what everyone wanted draco to be #surrounded by dark magic and bad influences #treated like royalty #even without his famed seeker status he was pureblood elite #and yet he never treated anyone as lesser #he liked muggle born hermione for her mind AND physical beauty #thought harry was a great quidditch player #and never once compared harry to his own skills because he’s humble #was genuinely flattered that ron wanted his autograph #liked cedric and made a poin to tell harry so #also told harry he would be an ally in the fight against voldemort #the only time he did dark magic was under the imperius curse #to which he can’t be held responsible #three years later he talked to an in-disguise harry at bill and fleur’s wedding #just a regular person he didn’t know was harry #and investe himself in that conversation #he made such an effort to interact at hogwarts and i feel like most the fandom dislikes him for no reason #because he was the type of character who wanted to rise above the expectations others held of him #he knew durmstrang’s bad rep and actively wished to do better #i don’t know y'all i just think we should all appreciate viktor krum more (kneelb4todd)

read this guys, read.

Just appreciate him. If for no other reason then because he appreciated Hermione.

Stealing kisses as easily as cigarettes

he… winked…?

Some fanart :v

“I mean! How was I supposed to know he was more than a dark emo?”

gen fics don’t get as much credit as they deserve

Gen content is god tier content

Wtf Potter