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Caught in a rather good romance
It sounds like I’m playing a video game and someone is trying to sell me potions. :D
…that is exactly what it sounds like
so at first I was like, ‘wizard school in america is probably so much less mature than hogwarts. they’ve probably only been around less than 200 years. what a joke’
But I was wrong. Let me talk to you about potions class in America
In the mid-1700s wizards coming across the ocean would almost definitely have been ones who had relations to muggles- otherwise, why would they leave the safety of their british communities and things like Diagon Alley?
So these wizards would have been exposed to the advancements of science. Potions classes would be more like chemistry experiments (minus the annoyance of having to memorize molecules)
and can you imagine how cool it would be???
-Students using hot plates to heat potions in beakers. Nobody has to deal with an entire stinking cauldron all the time like wtf how inconvenient
-Students using thermometers so they know they’re potions are the right temperature. Even better, magical hot plates that don’t break all the flippin time and will heat something to a super precise temperature? imagine the market for that shit.
-Students having access to actual pipettes for those measurements that are small and almost impossible to get right otherwise
The accuracy, guys. How much easier it must be because these wizards weren’t holed up in the magical world their whole lives. I’m in love with the idea of wizard school in America that has the hundreds of years of technological and social advancements that so many British wizards are blind to
aries - charms
taurus - history of magic
gemini - study of ancient runes
cancer - potions
leo - defense against the dark arts
virgo - arithmancy
libra - astronomy
scorpio - herbology
sagittarius - transfiguration
capricorn - flying
aquarius - divination
pisces - care of magical creatures
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Chapter 8 The Potions Master
“Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. His eyes were black like Hagrid’s, but they had none of Hagrid’s warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels. “You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potionmaking,” he began. He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word – like Professor McGonagall Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort. “As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses…. I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death – if you aren’t as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach.”
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Oh HEY Snape. This one chapter has been my favorite thus far I hope everyone enjoys it!
a harry potter au where potions is taught by gordon ramsay
#OH GOSH THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT #the seventh years would be terrified but #imagine first year neville longbottom #messing up a potion and FROZEN in fear #and professor ramsay comes over and says ‘no’'it's alright; you stirred just a little too slow' #'it's a normal mistake' #'we can fix it' #and theN TALKS ABOUT HERBOLOGY TO HELP HIM UNDERSTAND POTIONS AND JUST #GOSH
*cries because these tags*
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when "‘I do feel sorry,’ said Draco Malfoy, one Potions class, ‘for all those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because they’re not wanted at home.’“
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when Lucius bribes Draco’s way into being chosen as the Slytherin Seeker (“Father says it’s a crime if I’m not picked to play for my house”) and buys him the most expensive and advanced broom on the market simply because his immature twelve-year-old son wants to get even with a classmate
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when Lucius gets the Minister of Magic involved in beheading the Hippogriff who gave his son a non-life-threatening injury
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when a thirteen-year-old Draco says “Of course, if it was me [and my parents had been murdered] I’d have done something before now. I wouldn’t be staying in school like a good boy, I’d be out there looking for [Black]… But if it was me, I’d want revenge. I’d hunt him down myself.”
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when “I’m going to make you pay for what you’ve done to my father… You can’t land my father in prison… Dad and the others’ll be out in no time…”
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when a sixteen-year-old Draco tries to force himself to murder a professor because he and his parents would most definitely be killed if he failed to kill Dumbledore
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father when Lucius abandons Voldemort and goes into the Battle of Hogwarts without a wand to find his son
You dare to tell me Draco’s boggart is his father
Thoughts?
I never understood in Harry Potter how Harry was so passive and fell asleep in class I mean sure maybe Ron cause he’s grown up with it but living 11 years of your life in muggle school and then getting to learn about THE HISTORY OF MAGIC AND MAKE POTIONS AND SPELLS AND HOW IS THAT POSSIBLY BORING HARRY YOU FRUSTuRATE ME
This explains Hermione.
Things that should exist:
~magic
~time travel
~fictional characters
~superpowers
~talking pets
~magic potions
Things that shouldn’t exist:
~supremacy
~rape
~murder
~sexism
~homophobia
~racism
It is inspiring to know that over 1,000 people believe in the same ideology.
