roachpatrol:

miraniel:

In all other cases except the Triwizard cup, portkeys only go one way at one specific time. Touching them again does not activate them to return to their place of origin. Also, when Harry grabs the cup a second time, it does not return him to the middle of the maze. It takes him to the entrance of the maze, in front of everyone.

Therefore, when Crouch Jr. (as Moody) bewitched the cup, he planned to have it take anyone who touched it first to the graveyard, then to the front of the maze.The cup was probably supposed to be a portkey to take the winner to the front of the maze anyway, so they wouldn’t have to try to fight their way out again.

Voldemort obviously planned to kill Harry. He had to. That was the whole point; to kill Harry in front of all his Death Eaters, all the ones who had deserted him and doubted his power to return.

There’s the possibility that he wanted to send Harry’s body back, either to divert suspicion somehow or to intentionally flout his victory in Dumbledore’s face. Except Voldemort had promised his precious Nagini several times she could eat Harry, and it seemed like a promise Voldemort was going to keep.

So who was meant to take that return trip?

Voldemort could use it as a ticket into Hogwarts for a surprise attack, but he’s freshly reborn, his Death Eaters are 13 years out of practice, and there’s a flock of powerful wizards there for the Triwizard. That would be an idiotic move.

Or what if Harry—or someone who looked like him—had returned to Hogwarts as if nothing had happened in that maze? As the victor of the Triwizard Tournament AND the Boy Who Lived, Harry would be able to go anywhere and do anything. Everyone trusts him.

Two words: POLYJUICE POTION.

There was one Death Eater already waiting at Hogwarts who had very carefully been spending a whole year getting to know Harry, watching his every movement: Barty Crouch Jr.

So here was Voldemort’s complete plan: Use Barty Crouch Jr. to infiltrate Hogwarts as Moody. He gets to know Harry and sets him up to be selected for and eventually to win the Triwizard Tournament. He makes sure Harry touches the cup first. Harry is then transported to the graveyard where Voldemort is waiting. Voldemort uses Harry to rise, calls his Death Eaters to him, and then humiliates and kills the Boy Who Lived in front of them.

Then Voldemort strips Harry’s body, takes his hair, and transforms into him (or else has one of his DE’s do this—but really, who would he pick? Lucius is an idiot, Bellatrix is still in jail, and he believes Snape has deserted him). He then takes the cup and goes to Hogwarts as Harry. Later that night, Moody disappears, and Crouch takes Voldemort’s place as Harry Potter. Then, when the moment is right, Voldemort-Harry or Crouch-Harry will assassinate Dumbledore (incidentally gaining the power of the Elder Wand, though he wouldn’t know it), stage a coup of Hogwarts, and take over the wizarding world.

Heck, he/they might not even drop their disguise as Harry. The wizarding world has faced Voldemort as an enemy before, but if their savior Harry Potter suddenly turned out to be just as powerful a Dark Lord as He Who Must Not Be Named? It would be a far scarier prospect than simply dealing with Voldemort’s return.

It solves the problem of why Voldemort went to such lengths to get Harry through the Triwizard, when there were far easier ways to capture him: Voldemort didn’t just need Harry’s blood; he needed Harry as the world’s hero.

And all that time in Hogwarts would give Voldemort time to search for a relic of Godric Gryffindor, the one founder he never made a horcrux from.

Of course, none of this could have worked because Voldemort could never in a million years fool Ron or Hermione or Dumbledore, not even for a minute. But there’s Voldemort’s greatest weakness again—he doesn’t understand love.

You’re welcome.

FINALLY THIS LUDICROUS PLAN MAKES SENSE

littleoptimistme:

– were street lamps invented in ww2????

– how much does an arm cost tho

– Everyone is nodded. All the heads are nodding in this conversation

– wait no it was raining wasn’t it *looks back ten pages* yeah okay why did i do that

– It’s still night right?

– It’s been night for like 30 years at this point

– what’s that guy’s name again? I should know this these are my babies

– I have no idea how you guys are going to get out of this alive so figure it out kids

– *googles* how to travel across Europe during the middle ages

– effects of the bubonic plague???

– shoot, comas don’t work like I want them to. I need a convenient coma

– Everyone has the ability to quirk one eyebrow why is this

– how smart are rats

– I think they’ve sighed like 30 times now

– how do i describe what its like to run a mile I’ve never done that in my life

– Im sure its just like super hard

– No one cares about the weather stop

– i just wrote twenty pages in two hours why cant i do this in school

– everyone smirks too much but what else do i say its not a smile its too sad for that

– and now everyone is just ‘smiling sadly’.

– chuckled sounds like santa clause but laugh is too much but snickered is evil but giggled is too bubbly…

– what is the purpose of a rubber duck

– no, don’t make references this is a serious piece of literature

– “now if I reverse the polarity of the neutron flow”

– okay i need tea and music and oh wow look at that someone liked my tumblr post…

jk-destroyed-our-best-gay-ships:

• each house has its own wifi that was magically expended to cover the entire castle
• there’s that ravenclaw muggleborn who knows everything about computers and can fix yours in five minutes ( she accepts sweets as a payment )
• group chat for different classes and houses
• a social network for students only where you can share everything you do
• special wizarding websites about spells and potions, but also magical cooking or just to post your beautiful moving pictures
• a muggleborn boy seeing all these pictures and commentating “gifs. you basically invented magical gifs.”
• the staf having troubles finding ways to introduce ekleticety – or whatever it’s called – in the castle so a group of students work together on a battery charging spell
• about spotify
• the ravenclaws are the one who use it the most. they put calming music or ASMR on when they work or read, listen to their favorite songs when they’re bored or looking for inspiration, making playlists about their favorite fictional characters… but also when ravenclaw girls are together alone in their dorm they WILL put on their favorite music and dance for hours ( hum hum, @tarranzeiguane and @unchatsurlestoits )
• the gryffindors are obviously throwing the best dance parties ever and everyone knows it. they also love a good all karaoke
• the slytherins love their headphones to isolate themselves when they are plotting against the world or to calm their nerves when they are feeling bad. also they will fight you on their musical tastes because everyone knows that the beatles were better than the stones kevin get over it
• the hufflepuffs love shared playlists for all occasions. to this day, the house spirit playlist has 236 songs. there is also a special one where every puff, as they leave hogwarts, leave their one favorite song. wonderwall by oasis was added 53 times.
• THE WIZARDING YOUTUBE
• DIY magical haircare, wizardrock covers, cute nifflers videos, you name it
• and obviously movies and tv shows
• the gryffindors discovering Brooklyn Nine Nine and loosing their shit
• a slytherin seeing a tarantino and working on the first wizarding movie
• typing homeworks and getting annoyed because how can the autocorrect not knows the word “theastral” ?
• making friends in wizarding schools all over the world
• basically a mixture of extreme confusion and a lot of fun
• because just
• wizarding technology

( feel free to add more )

janeandthehivequeen:

janeandthehivequeen:

Popular perception of Rowena Ravenclaw seems to be that she was very erudite and serious and like. I’m not saying that’s wrong. And she was def a smart and wise lady. However,

She chose the location and name of Hogwarts because she “had a dream that a warty hog” led her there

So like

Have we considered the posibility that Rowena Ravenclaw might have been weird af

I’m bringing this back because none of you cowards will consider it. Individualism and creativity are core tenants of the Ravenclaw house. That breeds weirdness. Look at Luna. Rowena Ravenclaw would get her.