potionsmasters:

Book moments I wish had been in the movies: 1/?

“This is just as well, Potter,’ said Snape coldly,
‘because you are neither special nor important, and it’s not up
to you to find out what the Dark Lord is saying to his Death
Eaters.’
‘No – that’s your job, isn’t it?’ Harry shot
at him.
Harry had not meant to say it; it had burst out of him
in temper. For a long moment they stared at each other, Harry
convinced he had gone too far. But there was a curious, almost
satisfied expression on Snape’s face when he answered.
‘Yes,
Potter,’ he said, his eyes glinting, ‘That’s my job.”
– Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, chapter 26

the-padfoots:

Marauders Appreciation Week [5/7] – One Rivalry

The three Black daughters were inseparable as children, but the Wizarding War broke families apart without discrimination. Andromeda’s marriage to a Muggleborn cracked deep fractures in their sisterhood. Bellatrix, the eldest, went mad with the belief that pureblood supremacy must be imposed. Andromeda, the middle sister, tried to put as much distance as possible between herself and the bloodshed. All the while, Narcissa, the youngest, only wanted to keep her family together. As a trio, the Black sisters had intelligence, power, and cunning. Apart, the filthy war would ruin them all.