#malcolm baddock

Related to my earlier post today, here's a list of potentially non-evil Lightning Era Slytherins I've attached myself to, in rough order of appearance.

So it turns out I was wrong yesterday, and it’s not The Eagle's Nest but this one:

Learning to Breathe by Frumpologist - M, 5 Chapters - Immediately post-war, Hermione realizes that the wizarding world still thinks she’s less than. They may have defeated Voldemort, but his elitist beliefs still plague Britain. She’s returned to Hogwarts for her eighth year, but memories of the war still haunt her. So, when Draco Malfoy approaches her to apologize for the horrible things he’s done to her since first year, despite not believing his sincerity, Hermione accepts his apology. She never expected it to turn into something more.

(Attended Hogwarts from 1994 - 2001) Students born between 1 September 1982 and 31 August 1983

Malcolm Baddock - wizard who good friends with Graham Pritchard, who he shares a dormitory with. Has a collection of muggle comics.

Darius Berrow - A dhamphir of african descent. His mother is a Bastet-bloodline vampire and father a wizard. Supporter of Chelsea Football Club.

Sebastian Daley -Irish wizard of Japanese descent supporter of the Kenmare Kestrals quidditch team.

Mafalda Prewett - Half-blood witch, magical child of Squib father and Muggle mother. Second cousin of Order of the Phoenix members Molly Weasley (née Prewett), Fabian and Gideon Prewett.

Graham Pritchard - aspired to become a Curse Breaker. Friends with Malcolm Baddock.

I find it interesting that we don't see many Slytherins who are younger than Harry. In fact, I can only think of three. Two of them, Malcolm Baddock and Graham Pritchard, are newly-Sorted first-years in book 4, with the most notable thing about them being that Malcolm is hissed by sixteen-year-old Fred and George Weasley. The third is Garrett* Harper, Slytherin's reserve Seeker in book 6, who is in Ginny's year and unfortunately didn't qualify for my list of possible good/neutral Lightning-era Slytherins for deliberately trying to collide with Harry and calling Ginny a blood-traitor. For what it's worth, I headcanon him being the Colin Creevey to Draco's Harry. I also have a bit of a soft spot for him, if only because his name is just one letter off from the most adorable tuxedo kitteh ever, may he rest in peace and fish. =^_^=

From the Sorting Hat’s song

For Gryffindor, the bravest were

For Ravenclaw, the cleverest

For Hufflepuff, hard workers were

And power hungry Slytherin

All the other houses are described very nicely.

Then when the kids are sorted, who’s the first to go to Slytherin?

Malcolm Baddock

There’s literally BAD in his name. And Mal which means bad across a series of languages and is the prefix of exclusively negative words. (Malcontent, malice, malformed, maleficent, malign, malicious, maladaptive, malpractice, malediction, malfeasance, malevolent- those are just odd the top of my head)

I took Latin, and Joanne seems partial to it too- in that language Mal means “bad” or “evil.”

That’s the name you gave an 11 year old kid.

the lightning era // background slytherins ( ft. slytherin quidditch team ) pt. ii

malcolm baddock / natt wolf

graham pritchard / devon bostick

urquhart / bob morley

harper / john boyega

mafalda / naomi scott

Malcolm Baddock || Slytherin || Fourth Year || Half-blood

Malcolm Baddock has always seemed a little more clever than he does ambitious. That is simply because Malcolm understands that the best foundation on which to build one's ambitions is on that of a superior intellect -- and that does not come as naturally to Malcolm as it does to some. It's not that Malcolm is stupid, by any means; he's a very smart boy. But he is no genius, and school is something he has to put aside a great deal of study for if he wants to excel -- and he does.

His parents are simple shopkeeps, his older sister a conductor on the Knight Bus. They're all quite content with their ordinary, mediocre lives...but Malcolm wants more. He wants a future in politics, a bright one that will see him rising fast and far. Fortunately he has the right attitude for glad-handing: charismatic and outgoing. Unfortunately he's also a little bit outspoken, and he's not very good at tailoring his opinions to suit the circumstance. He knows this is a weakness of his, politically speaking (he's been in enough heated arguments because of it) so he's trying to do better. To cross fewer people, and watch his words more.

To that end, he knows he has to be sure to voice the sort of opinions that will mesh with those of the winning side without entirely alienating the losers. Malcolm doesn't like the Carrows, and doesn't hesitate to complain about them, but he never goes so far as to criticize the Ministry that sent them to Hogwarts. After all, he wants to be part of that Ministry some day; griping about the boss before he even gets hired seems like a bad idea. But Malcolm knows the value of a loyal friend, and always tries to be one, and he can't shake his concern about Orla. He just hopes that when everything gets straightened-out -- and it has to be eventually; the Ministry has gone to extremes before but it'll swing back to equilibrium soon -- she'll understand why he couldn't denounce the laws against her. Orla will have to forgive him for keeping his mouth shut on the subject of blood-status; she always has before...

Relationships:

Graham Pritchard -- friend

Orla Quirke -- friend

Ranks & Positions:

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