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While in Britain the “big three” are nearly the only wand cores seen, the american “big four” are more accurately the most powerful and often held in highest regard, but they are not even remotely the only cores used.

Horned Serpent Horn

An exceptionally powerful core, horned serpent wands are quite rare, and unheard of outside the american continents. Horned Serpents themselves are quite diverse, but may usually be grouped into either saltwater or freshwater serpents.

Horned serpent wands of any variety are very powerful in all areas of magic, they have a knack for magics to do with water and perform especially well in transfiguration and divination. 

Horned serpent wands are capable of warning their owners of danger by emitting a low musical tone. They are also unique in the behavior between twin cores, if two wands of horned serpent horns from the same serpent work together for a singular goal (often in combat) their power is increased exponentially.

Rather like the Ilvermorny house named after the creature, horned serpent wands prefer owners who are intelligent and quick-witted. However, their preferred owners are not bookish scholars who stay shut in a library all day, but rather creative and innovative individuals who enjoy exercising their mind and putting things they learn into practice. Absorbing information like a sponge, these wixes brilliant in subjects they find interesting and above average in those they don’t. They are constantly thinking. Wixes chosen by these wands are absolutely brilliant and fiercely independent.

The type of horned serpent has some bearing over what they look for in an owner as well. Horned Serpent horn wands from a salt-water horned serpent are playful in nature, and look for owners who share that lighthearted playfulness, these are extremely imaginative, spirited and outspoken wixes.

Fresh-water horns, on the other hand, seek owners who are pragmatic, secretive and a bit slow to trust. These wixes are often very cunning and patient.

Horned serpent wands are sensitive to Parseltongue and vibrate when it is being spoken. It is possible they favor owners capable of speaking in parseltongue.

“I like to keep a special eye on students who are chosen by these wands. I keep track, in a notepad in my desk drawer–right next to my paints and emergency bertie botts–of what individuals have wands from the same horned serpent, and watch patiently for the day when they discover the peculiar connection of their twin wands. Interestingly, if they do not already know each other, it seems they always naturally gravitate towards one another, becoming incredibly close and often becoming the best of friends or incredibly close partners.” - January Hawkins, Resident Wandmaker, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Thunderbird Tail Feather

One of the most powerful cores available, Thunderbird feather’s are somewhat rare, and make for mighty wands with power and range rivaling that of the british Phoenix feather wands.

Thunderbird feather core wands are incredibly powerful in most if not all areas of magic, and are especially good for transfiguration magics and any magic to do with weather, air and travel. Owners may have an exceptional talent for flying.

As powerful as these wands can be, Thunderbird feather wands are uniquely difficult to master, perhaps retaining the original creatures independent nature. However, once mastered they bond with their owner for life, and their allegiance is almost certain to never change.

Like  Thunderbirds themselves, these wands can sense danger and may preemptively cast curses to protect themselves and their owner, acting independently.

It is very rare to be chosen by a thunderbird wand, even most of those that match up to the cores preferences aren’t chosen, these wands wait for someone truly extraordinary, with the potential for greatness. Thunderbird feather wands seek owners with an adventurous spirit, as extraordinarily free and independent as the creature they came from. These wixes are natural travelers and loath having to stay put, always aching to explore the next horizon. Daring, adventurous and curious, they refuse to hold still or conform to any stifling rulesets. With the soul of a wanderer and the skills to seek the unknown, these individuals were born to run.

“When I say they’re picky, I mean it. I’ve gone 3 years in a row without a single thunderbird feather wand choosing a student, I’ve still got over half my original stalk! But when a student is chosen by one of these wands, I know they are destined for truly great things, those kids will see the world over and make a huge impact on it. I also know their restlessness is going to give the teachers hell.” - January Hawkins, Resident Wandmaker, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Wampus Cat Hair

Though a very powerful core, wampus hair wands are rather uncommon due to the incredible difficulty and danger of procuring the hairs. 

Wampus wands are quite powerful. They are renowned for their flexibility, becoming very strong in any forms of magic their owner favors. This core is also very good with magics to do with the mind, especially legilimency, and it can produce mind altering effects both dazzling and horrifying. 

Enchantments and charms created by wands with this core are known to be very long-lasting.

Wixese chosen by this core are often bold and always enigmatic. Possessing a somewhat nebulous view of good and evil, these individuals reject simple dichotomies of light and dark. However, this does not mean that they are evil or without conscience. Rather, they prefer a more complex morality that bases right and wrong on cause and effect rather than convention and idealism. Because of this they are more willing than others to use dark magic. They are also often fiercely protective of those they have accepted on their own, using any means necessary to defend what they hold dear.

Dripping charisma, these wixes have an intense presence, able to grip the attention of any room they enter. They have an air of unpredictability, as they fluctuate between decisions and emotions based on feedback from their environment. Constantly adapting to the current situation.

Wixes chosen by Wampus hair wands also tend to be incredibly resilient, able to survive more than most.  There is a trend of some level of magic-resistance in these wixes, It is unknown whether this is a pre-existing trait or one gained by bonding with a wand with this core.

“Just how a student chosen by a wampus hair wand will turn out is, ironically, black or white. While it is true that their complex and adaptable morality does not necessarily lead them down a dark path, I have seen many wixes chosen by a wampus hair wand become truly evil individuals. There are, however, a great many who have become heroes and healers, genuinely good people. One thing is absolutely certain, Owners of wands with a wampus hair core will always, ALWAYS go on to do great things, whether good or bad they will always be extraordinarily powerful, very likely passing into legend.” - January Hawkins, Resident Wandmaker, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Snallygaster Heartstring

A somewhat fickle wand core whose tendency towards change can make it difficult to master, Snallygaster Heartstrings are nonetheless the most powerful of the four major wand cores in North America, and have been highly prized in the american wizarding community. 

However, Snallygasters are not as plentiful a species as dragons, and the fact that taking this wand core requires killing one is causing a decline in their numbers, and as consequence a decline in snallygaster wands. There have been petitions to have this core banned in order to protect the species and many young wixes have taken a disliking to it.

Similar to Europe’s dragon heartstring wands, wands with this core create some of the most dazzling and powerful spells. They can be considered a jack of all trades, as they perform admirably in every area of magic. It also excels at combat magics, and offensive spells often pack quite a punch. This wand does seem to be easier to turn to the dark arts.

For some reason, the visuals of spells cast with wands with this core are heightened. Light’s are brighter, colors are more intense and flashes are more erratic. These wands are also often incredibly sturdy for the wood they use, and almost impossible to break, no matter their flexibility.

Owners of wands with this core should have a firm hand to temper the wands fickle nature. This wand’s preferred owners are driven, ambitious and often focused on uncovering hidden truths. With unbreakable resolve and a deep curiosity, these wixes are natural born investigators, almost unstoppable in their pursuit of truth. 

This core suffers no fools, and refuses to work for individuals it sees as dim, lazy or lacking in sufficient drive. Wixes it chooses are often wise and animated, but if something doesn’t effectively capture their attention they will grow bored quickly and become restless, wishing to be anywhere else but where they are. 

These wixes are superb spellcasters who take very little time to master new magics, but this gift is more often attributed to being a natural with magic than an excellent study. It can seem that they were born with a wand in their hands.

My part of art trade with @rompemaldiciones, 

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last in my hp floriography series - ravenclaw. this series illustrates flowers that represent characteristics from each hogwarts house.

slytherin!  this is the third in my hp floriography series - flowers that represent characteristics from each hogwarts house.

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Gellert’s jealousy and paranoia over Newt and Albus’ friendship and/or non-existent romantic relationship has been amusing, and we’ve all enjoyed a good laugh about it, but I think it points to something greater that we’ve been ignoring: How Gellert behaved when he was actually in a relationship with Albus and what that says about his personality.

I do not think Gellert is just a jealous ex. I think he was also a jealous romantic partner.

We know that they knew each other for a couple of months. We can maybe stretch it to almost three if we’re being generous. The end of June, perhaps, to maybe the middle or end of August. That’s an incredibly short time frame for our two manipulative little shits to completely fall for each other.

Jealous lovers often move relationships very fast because they easily become emotionally dependent on their romantic interests. They are quick to say “I love you” and they suddenly want to spend every waking moment with their partners. They are intense, possessive, and very needy. Underneath all of this possessiveness is emotional insecurity, which causes them to latch on to someone they have feelings for very quickly. They want constant reassurance that they are loved and wanted back.

It was Gellert who made their relationship move so fast. It was his idea to do the blood pact because the blood pact was proof that Albus loved him back and wouldn’t leave him. He was obsessive over Albus - he spent every moment he could with him that summer. He was quick to make his move, quick in saying he loved him, and wanted constant reassurance that Albus loved him back.

Many people who encounter someone who behaves like that are initially flattered. They think to themselves, wow, this person really, truly loves me. They even think this possessiveness and neediness is cute or sweet. But it can lead to bad things further down the road.

Teenage Albus liked Gellert’s possessiveness - he was flattered by it. He thought to himself, he really loves me. This made the both of them fall in love with each other very quickly. Albus was very alone at this point in his life. He was an orphan caring for his two younger siblings, and he was miserable and very much alone. This isolation made him gullible - he had no friends (that were physically there) or parents to see through what was going on with him and Gellert.

They both fell for each other very fast, and Gellert’s possessiveness and neediness was hitting the acceleration on their relationship.

But jealousy and love can be a good thing or a bad thing. A little bit of rational jealousy is healthy and normal in relationships. Irrational jealousy is not. And Gellert is irrationally jealous and possessive in relationships just as much as he is outside of one after it has ended. Jealous partners are ruled by the constant fear that their lover is going to leave them for someone else. They become demanding and controlling, which isn’t cute anymore.

And fourteen/fifteen-year-old Aberforth confronted his brother and said that he can’t go off with Grindelwald into the sunset. He told Albus that he had to stay and take care of Ariana. Aberforth essentially threatened the end of their relationship. He was telling Albus that he didn’t belong to Gellert. These two made a blood pact and completely devoted themselves to one another, they were going to change the world together and live in harmony as lovers for the rest of their lives, and then Aberforth was saying, I don’t think so.

And Gellert totally flipped out and Crucio-ed Aberforth because he saw him not as a rival lover but simply a rival of Albus’ time and commitment. Aberforth and Ariana became a threat to Gellert, and he flipped shit, which is the typical reaction of a jealous, emotionally insecure lover. Ironically, it was Gellert accidentally killing Ariana (whether he cast the curse that killed her or not is irrelevant because she wouldn’t have died had Gellert not attacked Aberforth, starting the fight) that sealed the final nail in the fallout between him and Albus.

Never forget that Johnny Depp said, “There’s a jealousy with Scamander. He sees Scamander as Dumbledore’s protégé — his boy, in a way. That in itself is enough for Grindelwald to want to take Scamander down in a way that is ferocious and eternal.”

Gellert Grindelwald: He accelerated his relationship with Albus as fast as it could go because he is emotionally insecure. He’s extremely needy and very jealous both as a romantic partner and an ex.