eighthdoctor:

i see a lot of posts going “what if [minority character] got a bunch of friends and did [something that brought their community into view in hogwarts]” e.g. “what if anthony goldstein pressured the headmaster into putting a chanukiah up in the great hall”

and don’t get me wrong!!! i love those posts a lot!!

but they sound exhausting

i already fight for representation as a jew, as a bisexual, as a trans person

i would like my escapist lit to come fully prepped with people like me pls and thank

where are the headcanons about how godric fled antisemetic persecution and forced conversion in the holy roman empire and founded his school partially on the idea that you should be brave enough to stick to your identity, even when you’re alone

where are the headcanons about how hermione came from a liberal jewish family and met anthony on the train and anthony is orthodox and their first conversation is an argument over whether men and women can pray together

(and how all jewish students are sent to the same synagogue in edinburgh on holy days which means an orthodox synagogue and hermione about has a conniption)

where are the headcanons about how each dorm has three wings to begin with and how each is barred to members of the other genders

where are the headcanons about the very racy stories about dumbledore and grindlewald that aren’t ever openly talked about but everyone knows right you know they were—

where are the headcanons about healing charms that can alter the shape of your body

where are the headcanons about mcgonagall having to visit a muggleborn student’s home because their letter said “mary” but their parents insist they only have one child, “oliver”, and mcgonagall just being stunned that the parents are more upset over their child being trans than being a witch

where are the headcanons about first and second generation children with their spells from different cultures and their different approaches to magic and their different political memories

where are the headcanons about how the entire jewish wizarding population, pureblood or no, openly defied voldemort, because never forget

where are the headcanons that integrate minorities into the narrative from the beginning?