the hogwarts meme

[lancifolium]

𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒆

How to play
① Tag in
② Go to RNG and roll 1-10. That's your scenario!
③ Tag around!
④ Have fun. :)


Scenarios

① Transfiguration. Pay attention and maybe your teacup will turn into a whole rat instead of just a furry piece of nonsense! Ask someone for help.
② Potions. Watch out for Snape. How's that nastily complicated brew coming along, by the way? Looks like one of you screwed it up!
③ Charms. A relatively easy class ... when your friend isn't bugging you. The trouble is that you're both having too much fun together to concentrate.
④ History of Magic. ... IT'S JUST SO MUCH FUN. Spice up the lesson with your buddy's help!
⑤ Par-tay in the Common Room. Who the heck knows why it's going on, but you're not missing out on this for anything and neither is your friend! Who cares if they're not from the same House, right?
⑥ Quidditch. Training or playing an official inter-house match? Showing off or just trying to stay airborne? Good luck and don't fall off your broom!
⑦ Detention. Shelling out manky old exoskeletons bare-handed? Re-alphabetizing an entire section of the library all night long? Maybe you're unfortunate enough to have been grouped together in the Forbidden Forest.
⑧ The Astronomy Tower. Whether a late night class or a romantic evening together, the stars are beautiful.
⑨ Hogsmeade. You have a whole day here with your friends! Where will you go and what are you up to?
⑩ The Great Hall. Breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? A feast sure sounds nice, be it for Halloween or Christmas. Celebrate together!

Comments

[crumplehorn]

She shot him a look at the way he said move on; her expression wasn't quite warning, but there was the tilt of an eyebrow, a questioning glance. There were so many jokes caught behind her teeth, but she still couldn't bring herself to joke about it just yet. About wishing death on a professor, even if Binns' card had been punched long-ago. It still felt too difficult to broach in the wake of that war, even for these two, who had grown up with death's long shadow looming over them.

So. Instead, Luna watched the unicorn, and when it came to her, she folded a small slip of a note into it to carry back to Harry's desk. A quieter, slightly more discreet way of communicating:

if i pretend to faint do you think they'll let us go to the 'infirmary'

[coreofaphoenix]

He winced at that look from her and tilted his head in acknowledgment that it was a low blow considering what nearly all of them had gone through months prior. Harry's feelings regarding death and the afterlife were... complicated at best. There was a part of him that believed that if it was his time to move on, he was ready, and had truly accepted that. Which was something he was coming to terms with, albeit slowly. Very slowly, considering at the same time he was dealing with being a student.

Being a student again was something he had chosen for himself and he was glad for that. When most of his life consisted of decisions that weren't fully his to make. But this brought him back to Binn's. Did the ghost truly enjoy teaching that much that he wanted to continue teaching? If so, then honestly, Harry could respect that.

When the unicorn returned to his desk, Harry took the note from it and unrolled it. It was a more subtle way of communicating, something he appreciated. He scrawled back a quick response and watched as it returned it to Luna.

No doubt. They have given us more leeway this year. It's worth a try anyway.

[crumplehorn]

When Luna leaned over her desk and craned her head over her paper, long white-blonde hair spilling over her shoulders and her books, it looked very much like she was studiously scribbling lecture notes.

But of course she wasn't, and instead, another message went back across the gap between their small tables:

part of me thinks we ought to set a good example for the 7th years
but also
this class isn't teaching us anything that really matters

Fuelled by her parents' eccentricities, she had long-ago set aside any expectations of toeing society's expectations or traditional academia. She learned by doing; preferred the classes where she got to roll up her sleeves and get messy with Potions or dig her fingers into potting soil or be outside with the animals. Binns' by-the-books teaching did absolutely nothing for her.

[coreofaphoenix]

Harry tried not to be so obvious when he glanced over at Luna and watched as she so studiously scribbled a response back. He equally tried not being so distracted by the way her hair fell over her shoulder just so.

His mouth quirked up at the note from her and scrawled a quick response.

Part of me thinks we're setting a great example by still being in school.
The class allows many to catch up on other assignments or sleep.

Every once in a while it had its uses (other than a catch-up period) but more often than not, it wasn't teaching them anything they could benefit from. Not after the year they had.

I will do my absolute best to act shocked and concerned if you decide to take one for the team.

Once again the note was taken across and given to Luna as Harry once again attempted in some vein to pay attention to what Binn's was teaching about.

[crumplehorn]

Luna crumpled up the latest scrap of paper and stuffed it into her pockets, getting rid of the evidence. There was likely a limit to how often they could get away with passing this animated origami back and forth.

So. Taking one for the team!

She took a deep breath, and then exhaled it in a startled yelp, letting herself go boneless as she slid sideways and slumped out of her seat. "Oh, the heat!" she cried, like a fainting Victorian maiden, one hand flung over her forehead as she sprawled on the floor with her limbs outstretched.

There wasn't a panic, but there was a concerned murmuring from the rest of the room. Binns kept speaking at first, as if nothing had happened, but he finally had to grind to a halt once he realised that absolutely no one was paying attention anymore, instead abuzz over the collapsed Ravenclaw. "Miss Lovegood?" he asked, querulously. "Are you quite all right?"

She cracked one eye open in a slit, just enough to see Harry kneeling by her side, readying to 'help' her out of the classroom. "I think I need the infirmary," she said, one arm still over her face.

[coreofaphoenix]

Although theatrics was not his style, the moment Luna yelped and slumped out of her seat, Harry stood in surprise and moved toward her. "Luna," he said, kneeling down and did his best to suppress his smile. "Are you okay?"

He looked toward Binn. "I'll take her, Professor," he said, his tone taking on a concerned sound as he assisted Luna up from the floor. "Madame Pomfrey will know what to do." Harry shouldered his bag then grabbed Luna's.

"We really need to talk to the Headmistress about the cooling charms in here."

He could hear Binns tut and agree to him helping Miss Lovegood to the infirmary before returning to his lecture. It was taking everything he could to not laugh.

[crumplehorn]

Luna let herself lean into Harry while he propped her up, their shoulders against each other, his arm around her, as they shuffled out into the hallway and bit back their giggles until they were safely out of earshot from the classroom.

The moment they finally turned a corner and their escape was successfully in-progress, she dissolved into peals of laughter. It was— nice, indulging in an emergency which was actually something so cheerfully, utterly banal. Considering how they'd once helped classmates off the battlefield with hands slippery with each others' blood, this was gloriously low-stakes. When they reached the nearest staircase, she reluctantly disentangled herself from Harry (although she caught his hand and squeezed it affectionately), and then led the way, hopping onto a banister to smoothly slide down it.

"We're truant children," she said in a hushed voice, her voice turning mock-stern and severe on those last two words, reminiscent of a particular Transfiguration teacher. "Your head of house will never forgive us if she catches us."