don't let the muggles get you down

concept: several years after graduation, harry gets a letter from dean thomas asking if he’ll be his best man for his wedding- he, seamus, lavender, and parvati are having a double wedding.  harry says yes, of course, he’s very flattered (though a bit surprised seamus won’t be best man, but he supposes they’ve got the double wedding thing going on).  he’s a little embarrassed, though, because he’s not actually sure if dean is with parvati or lavender, but he figures he’ll just not put names on the wedding gifts and work it out when he gets there.

fast forward to the practice for the ceremony.  harry shows up ready to best man the hell out of this, even though he still doesn’t know who the bride is.  but oddly enough, the girls’ dresses don’t really match the tuxes?  parvati is in traditional indian clothing with bright pinks and yellows, and lavender is wearing a light pink and white dress that complements it surprisingly well.  dean and seamus are wearing contrasting white and black suits, respectively.  harry comments on this oddity to dean, asking why they don’t match the brides.

ARTHUR WEASLEY IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED CHARACTERS IN THE SERIES AND CERTAINLY THE MOST UNDERRATED OF HARRY’S FATHER FIGURES ok this man:

is so passionate about his job and supporting muggle rights that he doesn’t give two shits abt his reputation as a blood traitor even tho it’s apparently the reason he never got promoted at the ministry

wrote the book on why u should not enchant muggle objects and literally has a shed full of flying vehicles and shit that he hopes his wife doesn’t find out about??? lmao what a rebel?? i love this guy

was concerned about harry before he even met him because ron was worried that he wasn’t responding to letters and when harry came to stay he totally could have been like ‘shit another mouth to feed’ but was really really happy that harry was there and safe??? ‘pls sit next to me at dinner, child, i need to ask you ten thousand questions about muggles’

like he was actually the first adult ever besides maybe hagrid to sit there and ask for harry’s opinions and recognize that he had knowledge and thoughts to offer im crying

fixed harry’s glasses for him after they broke in the floo ;-;

gave zero fucks about what everyone else thought should be done and told harry about sirius black bc he wanted this kid to be aware and safe as possible??

dragged the dursleys for not treating their nephew like a human being (and destroyed their living room what a great moment tbh)

gives advice that harry remembers years later bc he respects this kind ginger man so much ‘don’t trust something that can think for itself if u can’t see where it keeps its brain’

(lol remember that one time molly was upset about death eaters at the quidditch world cup and he made her some tea and then was like ‘i think this needs some whiskey too trust me i’m a doctor’)

agreed that harry should be told certain things about the resistance because he knew harry was competent and intelligent enough to handle it but like also kept in mind that harry was a kid in the middle of a war

took harry to work with him and made sure he got to his hearing on time and distracted him and ‘smiled at him encouragingly’ when he knew he was nervous im dying this was so sweet

was part of the group who threatened the dursleys to keep their hands and shitty attitudes away from harry and he was so ‘light’ and ‘pleasant’ abt it omg this dude was throwing so much shade

was ready to fight scrimgeour with remus when the minister wanted to get harry alone and harry had to be like ‘omfg stand down pls’

‘am i about to discover where you, ron, and hermione disappeared to while you were supposed to be in the back room of fred and george’s shop?’ … ‘how did you-?’ …  ‘harry, please. you’re talking to the man who raised fred and george’

never raised his voice except for that one time he told a fully trained auror to back the hell off and get out of his way so he could see his injured son and harry literally thought ‘holy shit’ it says so right there in the book u can check

fought in the battle of hogwarts and after fred and harry had been killed he went into full on rage mode and teamed up with percy to fuck up the minister for magic

owns chickens

bonus: 

remus. four. nearly five. boy. muddy jumper cuffs. the smell of his mother’s cooking. books piled on the threadbare sofa. hot chocolate. the cosy excitement of one more story before bedtime. the soft glow of a night light. falling into a sweet slumber.

remus. four. nearly five. boy. the screeching creak of old window panes. sharp moonlight. shattering glass. a looming hot shuddering presence. the growling glint of teeth. the heat. no - the burning pain. choked screaming. tangled sheets. blooming colour. a bursting door, bright lights, desperate voices and slipping into oblivion. 

remus. eight. isolated. boy. or so his mother insists. the isolation speaks otherwise. the guilt that physically weighs down on his father’s shoulders speaks otherwise. 

remus. ten. boy. monster he tells himself. wanting to scratch out of his skin. plastering on large smiles that ache almost as much as his bruises. his mother’s gentle hands brushing through his hair. his mother’s muffled sobs. 

remus. eleven. boy, boy, boy. midnight feasts. the smooth slide of silver cloth over his shoulders. the warmth of an arm slung over his shoulder. (a fear that he now has more people he could lose.)

remus. fourteen. almost murderer. pulling his bed curtains shut. a prison for a monster. an angry james. a shivering peter. an absent sirius. the weight of what he could have done heavy and twisting in his stomach, in his throat, in his very bones. the weight of what sirius saw him as. a monster, a weapon, not a friend.