PSA: Halloween is pretty much here and it only takes on second to send a sick child in the hospital a Spook-o-gram. The best part about this is that $1 gets donated to CHLA’s Helping Hand fund each time you send one out. So let’s help some kids have a spectacular Halloween by sending them spook-o-grams and helping cause!!
I do this every year! it’s fun and easy and free if people here wanna try it out!
…Sirius, James and Lily should have made Peter make an unbreakable vow before making him secret keeper….that way if he told anyone where The Potters were he’d die…
tbh I always thought unbreakable vows were way overpowered.
There’s been considerable discussion about the importance and implications of Harry going out of his way to give Ginny the Lockart books he received from Gilderoy Lockart at Florish her blotts. A close study of the events and conversations leading to that moment show that Harry’s gift to Ginny was by no means a random event. Briefly follow me as i trace the course of events that gives us more insight on Harry’s motivations for his action.
About a week after he got to the burrow, Harry and the Weasleys receive the Hogwarts school lists, heavy with the full list of Gilderoy Lockart’s expensive books. Harry then learns that Ginny was starting school that year and is witness to the following conversation between George and his mother:
“That lot won’t come cheap,” said George, with a quick look at his parents. “Lockhart’s books are really expensive… .”
“Well, we’ll manage,” said Mrs. Weasley, but she looked worried. “I expect we’ll be able to pick up a lot of Ginny’s things secondhand.”
Later on that day, George brings up his worries again to his brothers, a conversation to which Harry is party.
“Dunno how Mum and Dad are going to afford all our school stuff this year,” said George after a while.
“Five sets of Lockhart books! And Ginny needs robes and a wand and everything. . . .” Harry said nothing. He felt a bit awkward.
Again, it is brought to Harry’s attention that poor Ginny would be getting everything second for her first year at school. Although he doesn’t say anything about it, Harry worries about Ginny, feeling awkward and uncomfortable at the thought of all the money he had in his Gringotts account. Harry would have offered to help out, i’m sure, but even at that early age, he knew that his offers of help would be rebuffed.
When they do finally get to diagonally the next Wednesday, Harry’s feelings of guilt and unease are heightened when he gets a look at the Weasleys’ account at Gringotts
Harry enjoyed the breakneck journey down to the Weasleys’ vault, but felt dreadful, far worse than he had in Knockturn Alley, when it was opened. There was a very small pile of silver Sickles inside, and just one gold Galleon. Mrs. Weasley felt right into the corners before sweeping the whole lot into her bag. Harry felt even worse when they reached his vault.
Just after that, and right before he meets them again at Florish and Blotts, Harry notices Mrs. Weasley and Ginny going to a secondhand robe shop…. And now we come to the pivotal moment:
The crowd cheered and clapped and Harry found himself being presented with the entire works of Gilderoy Lockhart. Staggering slightly under their weight, he managed to make his way out of the limelight to the edge of the room, where Ginny was standing next to her new cauldron. “You have these,” Harry mumbled to her, tipping the books into the cauldron. “I’ll buy my own —”
And now we know that Harry giving the books to Ginny wasn’t just a random act. He knew of Ginny’s situation, had worried about her, been slowly eaten up by guilt about his inabiity to do anything to help her. So when he was finally given an opportunity to help her, without it looking like charity that the Weasleys would reject, he grabbed it! And check out how sleekly he did it too, with no one being the wiser! Doesn’t this just warm your heart?
also, since he got his stuffs second hand from Dudley for most of his life, he understands how awkward she must feel! it is not pity that motivates him but genuine empathy and understanding!
Fuck JKR 