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My Marauders Headcanons Pt. 8 ~ Dorcas Adraina Meadowes
LOOOVES blackberries
Has the most beautiful hazel eyes
Her favorite color is green
Specifically olive green but she loves all shades
Her fav smell is wet earth
Would like to be a fashion designer
Seriously obsessed with shoes
They're her go to gift for any occasion
Because 'you can never have too many shoes'
Has a pair of Doc Martens and they're her pride and joy
Thinks everybody should have a pair so they're the first pair of shoes she gifts someone
Dorcas got Marlene a pair of Doc Martens for Christmas when they first started dating so they could match
They're Marlene's fav now
One of Slughorn's favorites
Loves mythology
Whether it's Roman, Greek, or any other kind she loves it
Dorcas snorts when she laughs
Is really fucking smart
Loves bats
Unapologetically fierce
RBF
Killer death stare
Can go from 0-100 real quick
Loves reptiles
She has a pet snake and she loves her more than life itself
She scares Evan with her all the time despite the fact he SWEARS he's not scared of snakes (he's terrified)
Speaking of Evan he's probably closest with Dorcas out of all the Skittles
Gets along with guys more often than girls so there's always some dating scandal surrounding Dorcas
She's actually a lesbian
She's always known that and hasn't ever had any interest in guys
Literally Disgust from Inside Out (iykyk)
Aesthetic is dark cottagecore
Also surprisingly close with Barty despite the fact that he annoys the living shit out of her
Will run her fingers through his hair while she reads
Barty always falls asleep
"oH, SnAPE wAs ThE OnLY GoOD SlyTHerIN" let's not forget that this man bullies his students on the daily, hits them, and refused to help Hermione when she was hexed by Draco. This greasy slimeball also attempted to murder Neville's toad, Trevor, and punished Neville because said toad didn't die. Besides, there are more honourable Slytherins like Narcissa, who straight looked Voldemort in the face and lied to him. Regulus, who willingly drank poison and drowned in hopes that someday Voldemort would die. The list could go on. I loved Alan Rickman as Snape but you cannot excuse bullying children with "Oh, he was bullied too." because Neville was also bullied. His entire experience at Hogwarts involved a lot of bullying from so many people, even Harry and Ron. But when he grew up and taught at Hogwarts, do you see him running around, hitting kids? Absolutely not.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is probably my least favorite book of the series. It may be because I read it within 72 hours while flying all across the country, or because I spent the majority of that time trying to figure out whether I should trust Snape or not, Harry’s ridiculous trust in the book that I kept thinking could be Voldemort all over again (seriously!?), and of course all the Hermione and Ron drama; but either way, I don’t look back on it fondly (and this was before I knew the ending).
Similar to the Fourth book, the opening of the Half-Blood Prince was entertaining and created a picture outside our normal understanding of Harry Potter. It was also interesting to see Dumbledore’s interaction with the Dursleys, Professor Slughorn who seemed to be a combination of Draco and Gilderoy Lockhart, and of course, seeing the twins great success and finally their mother’s approval.
Another thing I enjoyed in this story is how we slowly learn more about Voldemort along with Harry, seeing how he grew up and how Dumbledore slowly deciphered who he was and what he was up to. But overall, the story for me focuses on whether Harry is right about Draco and Snape, and for both, I feel the results are mixed. In the very end Snape was technically doing everything for Harry’s mother Lily and for Dumbledore, but at the same time he was a ‘double-agent’ and working with the Death Eaters even though his true intentions were very well hidden. Two things: I’d like to know how he convinced Voldemort he was still a true Death Eater as Voldemort seemed to hold him in high regard, and, how did Harry eventually explain all the true intentions of Snape to the others, did they believe him? They trusted in Snape as long as Dumbledore was alive but after that, they believed he had been fooled. With Draco, yes he was trying to do all these secret things to try and murder Dumbledore, but only because he had to, he really didn’t want to and while Harry had mostly matured this was something he couldn’t get past, he couldn’t see that while Draco was a prick, he also could be a victim.
What I do really appreciate about this year that was enjoyable, is the solidification of Harry’s friends, whether part of the Slug Club, Quidditch team or not, this year showed that those involved in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries were Harry’s true friends and he knew that: Neville, Luna and Ginny, along with his core friends Hermione and Ron. Regardless of whatever anyone else thought of him. This is seen even more so when Dumbledore tells Harry to only tell Ron and Hermione about the Horcruxes
Also, there was some fun magic in here: Felix Felices, the Unbreakable Bow, anything the twins created