HP rambles

My previous blog (hp-vents) was stolen and deleted, unfortunately, so I made a new one. I'm not sure who did it, but please don't do it again. This is simply a safe space for people to vent.

As I said last time, I allow everything. I believe everyone should have a safe space to express their thoughts without being targeted, so you are welcome to do that here!

However, please don't be overly aggressive, don't name-drop people, and do not send me misogynistic, racist, ableist, transphobic, homophobic or any other hateful slurs (even towards characters), threats, or any type of violent/hate speech. If you give me threats of suicide in the asks, I will block your anon. (This happened, yes) Thank you for understanding.

Why not make one of the guys fat too, like James or Regulus? or maybe even like Pandora (I think it'd fit her a lot actually, she'd be cute).

I get why ppl want Lily to be poc, she fits the real life experience better. Tbh both are white af and James is the whitest. But if I wanted 1 of them to be poc, I'll still choose James cuz I can't get over Lily's red hair and eyes lmao. I don't care if ppl portray her as poc, it's still interesting and makes sense regarding her storyline. But yeah, you can play with these characters however. It's a fanon playground anyway.

We know both of them are 100% white because if they weren't, it would have been mentioned, like how it's mentioned that Dumbledore's mother, Kendra, looks Native American, even though she's irrelevant and mentioned only once. I know why fans choose James to change, and I think it's stupid. I'm a poc myself, I know from firsthand experience that other poc can be bad, so I have no issue with that. It's more so for the reasons you've already stated, that being fans thinking it erases James' bad behavior and makes him more sympathetic. For a fandom that wants representation because it's lacking, they sure do love choosing the worst ones to represent them and others (don't even get me started on those who say Barty Crouch Jr. is for "the gays," as if he isn't a massive creep who groomed kids and tried to murder one).

But I prefer him white bc it fits his highly privileged and careless energy. Idk if poc are oppressed by wizards but James feels like a typical highschool white boy who does whatever he wants bc he has the arrogance and audacity that society accepts in white boys. But regardless, if ppl want Harry to be mixed then James fits more bc Lily already has canon skin color, plus has red hair and green eyes.

I get that privilege and "careless energy" are usually associated with white people of that time, but the wizarding world isn't exactly the same as the Muggle world. They don't deal with race the way Muggles do, they are more so all about blood, family, and class. I mean, wasn't it literally said that they had a Black woman as a minister, or in power or something, long ago before Muggle women even had rights or something like that? We already know that there are wealthy, pureblooded, Black/poc wizards. That includes the Shacklebolts, the Zabinis, and there's probably more.

So, I don't really think it's impossible or implausible for James to be a poc, but I hate the reasons for it, and I think it makes more sense for Lily, given her storyline and everything. Anyway, in a case like this, where they're both most definitely white in canon, canon doesn't really mean anything. And given that the author herself doesn't seem to mind these types of changes, it's a total freebie. And btw, a poc can also have red hair, green eyes, and pale skin. Most of my family has darker skin tones and hair, but there are a couple scattered around with lighter skin and reddish hair, though their eye colors vary. It's not impossible!! (tho probably rare-ish?)

We know 100% that Lily has pale skin. James can be poc cuz the text never says anything. And poc can be aggressive and act badly. Imo fans made him poc to sanitize him. "He's poc so he can't be violent that's racist!" It's their shield to always portray him as good. When I see white James in fics he retains a lot of his canon flaws but poc James fans turn him into a sunshine. But I prefer him white bc it fits his highly privileged and careless energy. Idk if poc are oppressed by wizards but James feels like a typical highschool white boy who does whatever he wants bc he has the arrogance and audacity that society accepts in white boys.

But regardless, if ppl want Harry to be mixed then James fits more bc Lily already has canon skin color, plus has red hair and green eyes.

I'll never understand why fans are so obsessed with making James, the aggressive weirdo guy that he is, a poc. If you for whatever reason want Harry to be mixed or whatever, then Lily is the better choice. James sucks.

The post these tags were left on:

From an adult perspective, Harry Potter just isn’t a strong protagonist: he’s largely reactive, repeatedly carried by luck, prophecy, or more competent characters, and rarely shows meaningful growth proportional to the scale of the conflict around him. As a kid, that passivity reads as relatability and wish-fulfillment; as an adult, it reads like narrative hand-holding and missed opportunities for agency, accountability, and self-reflection. That doesn’t erase what the series meant to me growing up, but nostalgia isn’t a substitute for critique. I’m not here to argue or defend this on a platform built for fandom, vibes and personal takes; if you don’t like what someone says on a fandom app, ignore it like everyone else. If you want to litigate theories and canon minutiae, that’s what Reddit is for. I’m an adult with a mortgage using Tumblr to hang out with I like fandoms, old & new; that was a one-off post, didn't think about it for a while but apparently it kept some off y'all up at night. Some of y’all need to let it go, grow emotionally into understanding the difference between supporting fandom & obsession—even Maggie Smith had to say it out loud, not to mention Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are actively trying distances themselves from Harry Potter because it was toxic and harmful to their careers after, if the actor/actress can move on, why can't you? BetterHelp - Get Started & Sign-Up Today Online therapy is the best mental health counseling service. Receive support from over 35,000 licensed therapists at BetterHelp via... betterhelp.com P.S. I stand by my OPINION, harry is a grade A use of plot armor writen by a anti-trans womans that ruined the whole franchise with one tweet. Was it apart of my childhood? Yes. Does that mean I own my loyalty to it? No. Does saying that your going to ☠️ me in my home, changes my opinion? No. Not all but some of you need legitimate help, your actions affect the entire fandom & death threats doesn’t look good for any fandom.

Betterhelp is a scam, "Scam Awareness" Person. Not sure if you knew that, but I can tell your mention of it wasn't to raise awareness that it is a scam but to "help" people not into stuff older than "The Mandalorian" and who have themselves been getting death threats from people like you.

And surly there are other things in your life besides the aforementioned "Mandalorian", "Encanto", and "KPop Demon Hunters", though I don't know what's so "surly" about those or any other fandoms.

I don't mean this to slander him! I just don't believe he'd be as progressive as fans like to make him out to be. Maybe not aggressively homophobic or anything, but sorta subtle? As in, he'd get squeamish at the thought of two men kissing and being together, and would think something like "I don't care what they do, I just don't ever really want to see it," or would say something like "I just don't understand how a man could be attracted to a man when there's women [Lily] out there." (would probably find women being attracted to women weird too, but be more tolerable with it because they're women)