Garden of Screens

If Arthur was too continually Good to Merlin in the way he was at the end of many episodes, how could he have a full story arc per episode with the same cadence they maintained? and further than that, if his love and development was ACTUALLY continuous and adding up like it realistically would’ve been, they would’ve HAD to have made the show more explicitly queer for it to make sense, and I don’t think the writers were ready to dive into that in the late 2000s. instead they butchered the merlin/arthur relationship and individual development often enough to rebuild them with deniability

Zoey and Mira embracing the patterns look~ ✨✨✨

Surprisingly little, really. Draco already gets some feminizing framing, and JKR really does seem to *want* to keep the wizarding world world-building more-or-less gender blind.

Like... Draco (Draca?) would still be the Malfoy heir. I think Lucius might outright dote on a daughter slightly more - he gives me serious Girl Dad vibes - but he already kinda dotes on Draco, so. Anyway, the Daddy's Girl/Daddy's Little Princess of it all would be off the charts. Draco would still try to make friends with Harry, he'd still turn her down, and she'd throw a tantrum about it.

Fem!Draco would still have Crabbe and Goyle as goons, still be into Quidditch, still be Slytherin seeker, still be Snape's teacher's pet... for all I know, Pansy would still be kinda into her. I don't see Voldemort treating Lucius' daughter any different than he treats Lucius' son. Same with Dumbledore, Bellatrix. Who else does Draco have important relationships with?

The biggest difference would be how Harry relates to her, because right off the bat Draco reminds Harry of Dudley (and if she were a girl he would probably not make that connection.) And then, when he learns that Draco *isn't* actually all that much like Dudley, he still gets under Harry's skin... because I think on some level Harry's cast Draco as "wizard default," or even - this kid has the the life I would have had if my parents hadn't died, and he doesn't even deserve it.

So, weirdly I think Book 1 Harry would be *less* hyper-fixated on Draco if she was a girl. It's be more removed, the way he thinks about Pansy. Until Draco gets on the quidditch team anyway. Harry has kind of a *thing* for girls who play seeker, and look. There's something about people with a mean streak that he also finds very compelling.

So there might be a little less "Based on nothing, I think Draco Malfoy is behind it all." But it evens out, because I also think that a Female Draco would pick on Hermione like... way more. Because now Harry has chosen Hermione OVER her. And... Hermione's a muggleborn, and so annoying, and her hair sucks and her teeth suck and she's badly dressed etc. Draco (and pansy) are so happy to spread rumors about Hermione during Book 4, I really do think that with Fem!Draco Hermione would have to put up with like... so much more of that. Even if Harry has got some kind of attraction... until Fem!Draco can be start being decent to Hermione, I don't see it going anywhere. Also I think Fem!Draco would have the hugest crush on Cedric.

where is the lie. It would be 'won-won' status.

there would be a joke where Fem!Draco leaves getting a date too late (because she's delusionally holding out for Cedric) and has to go with Crabbe.

JENNA ORTEGA

If we disregard the idea that Rowling simply lost her marbles and decided to pair them up to «neatly» tie the story together, and instead base this question on Harry's character, the following answer suggests itself:

Harry grew up with the Dursleys, where he was humiliated, ignored, and made to feel like an outsider. He was considered abnormal both at his Muggle school and within the Dursley family itself. However, even after entering Hogwarts, nothing fundamentally changed. Harry turns out to be the «Chosen One», a celebrity; people look up to him and see the image of a savior, not Harry himself. So, in this environment too, he is not an ordinary boy.

Throughout all the books, he longs for two things: to be a normal, ordinary teenager and to have a family of his own. Ginny is the most obvious and expected choice. The sister of his best friend, whom he's known since childhood — «wow, how cute is that!»

So, Ginny gives him a sense of stability and inclusion into an already established, loving, and familiar family.

When Ron and Hermione became a couple, Harry might well have felt like a third wheel, as he wasn't part of their new family unit, no matter how much they loved him. Previously, he had always been part of the Golden Trio, so his friends' romantic relationship likely made him feel lonely and abandoned. Harry is deeply afraid of being left alone, and marrying Ginny automatically makes him part of the Weasley family and connects him by blood to his best friends.

Furthermore, Harry has an idealized image of a family in his head, based on the stories about James and Lily. He unconsciously replicates this template because he has no other frame of reference. Ginny is red-headed, spirited, and stubborn — in both appearance and character, she resembles Lily. But the problem is, Ginny is not Lily, and Harry himself is not James.

Harry likely doesn't know who he is outside of the fight against evil and the role of the «Chosen One». He never experienced a normal adolescent upbringing, never had the chance to figure out his own desires and interests, so he tends to move through life according to what is expected of him (by the way, I believe this is precisely why he became an Auror, but that's another story).

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What is your take on art entertainment in the wizarding world? Especially in Britain, but not limited? Like Theatre, Opera and the rest? Do you think they definitely or should exist? What would they be like if they did? What other forms of entertainment, besides print media, of course, exists? Especially the ones that could be enjoyed by the elite?

Hey, they're fun questions.... and worldbuilding might be my favorite thing to talk about, period.

In terms of Wizarding World entertainment - we know there's ballet (Draco mentions it.) There are concerts/musical performances, and sporting events. There are museums (Draco mentions those too) (although I'm thinking they're probably more similar to a 1700s 'private collection' 'cabinet of curiosities' kind of thing.)

Extrapolating out - Ludo Bagman strikes me as someone who would want to go some fancy *place* in order to gamble, so there are probably gambling parlors (likey run by the goblins.) There are are laws around dragon breeding/general magical-creature breeding, which makes me think that's also a thing. Which means there's probably a dog race/dog show culture around at least some types of magical creature. I would be shocked if falconry wasn't a thing, considering everyone's got an owl.

Opera would be a BIG DEAL. Culturally the Wizarding world split off in the late 1600s, so I tend to base my worldbuilding on the early 1700s... where opera was a really big deal. Also, with magic you could make absolutely stunning practical effects, sets, costumes. It would be mind blowing.

(we also know that "competitive dueling" is a thing, because of Flitwick, and I like to think it's less MMA and more WWE - less a martial art, and more half sport, half theater. In my head, wizarding operas have these absolutely stunning staged fights, and those stage-fighting skills eventually spun off into their own thing. Being a champion duelist means that you're able to do weird stuff like - cast spells with ventriloquism.)

Theater would also be a thing, there's no way it's not. And yet, no one really talks about it. So - the way I'd fix it is that in this world, the Serious Art pretty much all takes the form of opera, while *plays* ... have a bit more of their 1700s reputation. That is, they're still a little bit more raunchy and burlesque-adjacent then they are in the muggle word. Like, 1700s Restoration Comedy is a reaction to the tightly conservative society of Oliver Cromwell, and it is *bonkers.* I mean, make it wacky and whimsical too, because that's the vibe of the world. But... maybe not something that you take your kids to. There can still be family-friendly pantos and things like that.