the gryffindors do not really like aria, which is funny because none of them actually know her well enough to have a fully informed opinion. they just see the chaos and decide that’s plenty.
sirius hates her. obviously. violently. personally. spiritually. she is his sworn enemy and also somehow his worst mirror.
james thinks she’s funny, but he takes sirius’ side because that’s his brother in stupidity.
peter avoids her completely because he has survival instincts sometimes and aria looks like the sort of person who would make him worse on purpose.
remus avoids her too, but in a much more instinctive way. something about her feels wrong to him. sharp. smoky. too much like a predator pretending to be a girl.
lily fucking hates her because lily is a prefect, then head girl, and aria is aria. loud, reckless, constantly in trouble, somehow still getting good grades without trying, which only makes lily angrier.
mary is annoyed by her on principle.
marlene thinks aria is hilarious and enables her because marlene also enjoys watching situations get worse.
fabian and gideon don’t really care about her. she’s just another moving disaster in a castle full of them.
frank mostly ignores her, but he doesn’t like her much.
alice is the same, except with extra disappointment. not angry. not dramatic. just that very specific disappointed look that somehow feels worse.
and the thing is, none of them really know her.
they don’t know why she is the way she is. they don’t care enough to ask. to them, aria is just trouble with eyeliner and good grades.
which, to be fair, is not inaccurate.
it’s just not the whole story.
















