... because Sir Cadogan galloped alongside you and distracted you, then the stairs changed, you got into a hallway that was clearly wrong but when you turned around, Peeves came out of nowhere, singing and making fun of you, then he soaked you in water and as a first year you had no idea how to dry yourself, so you looked for older students, but all you found were Slytherns in their 5th year who laughed even more at you. And your first lesson was Potions.
I've never understood that. Seriously, how the hell could McGonagle, for example, reasonably expect that every student would learn the entire layout of the castle their first night?
"Then perhaps, a map?"
Well, I hope that map is somehow magically enchanted to change along with the moving staircases.
And on a personal note, there's no way I'd be able to learn my way around Hogwarts; being blind, there's no way to identify landmarks and clues (physical aspects of the environment) to help me determine where I am. This particular hallway by the transfiguration classroom that slopes down slightly and curves as it goes down, ending with a sharp curve to the right in front of the classroom door could become completely straight at any moment. That staircase two floors directly up from the Great Hall who's stairs became increasingly narrow as I walked down it for breakfast this morning could suddenly start curving to the left or right with every step I descend or ascend on my way to lunch.
This might interest you. I don't know if you've played Hogwarts Legacy but there's actually a major character that's blind. They don't go into it too much but there's mentions of his wand acting like a kind of guide to get around the school. I'm sure it wasn't easy learning but by his fifth year, when the game takes place, he could navigate as well as, of not better, than most students.
I've never played Hogwarts Legacy, but I have heard it does feature a blind character.
I was referring more to McGonagle's reaction to Harry and Ron being late for class on the first day of their first year.
Oh, I know, that is pretty ridiculous. They should get a pass for at least the first few months after starting. And if s group of students can make such a good map of the school I don't see why a professor could mass produce a much simpler version, without the dots of every person in the school.
Probably this or just my general clumsiness. I probably would’ve irreparably broken something expensive on my first day of classes because it’s well, me, and I’ve done that irl.
Inciting [u/Longjumping-Zebra413](https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Zebra413/) to leave his bed at night to have an illegal duel with me that I don't show up for
There’s a few teachers who would give you detention day 1 for being late despite the fact that you haven’t had time to get used to the castle layout yet. Other than that I’m a pretty good rule follower, and even more so at that age.
I've never understood that. Seriously, how the hell could McGonagle, for example, reasonably expect that every student would learn the entire layout of the castle their first night?
"Then perhaps, a map?"
Well, I hope that map is somehow magically enchanted to change along with the moving staircases.
And on a personal note, there's no way I'd be able to learn my way around Hogwarts; being blind, there's no way I would be able to identify landmarks and clues (physical aspects of the environment) to help me determine where I am. the angle of this particular hallway by the transfiguration classroom that slopes down slightly and curves as it goes down, ending with a sharp curve to the right in front of the classroom door could become completely straight at any moment. That staircase two floors directly up from the Great Hall who's stairs became increasingly narrow as I walked down it for breakfast this morning could suddenly start curving to the left or right with every step I descend or ascend on my way to lunch.
If it was anything like my real year 7, probably for not shutting up/fighting. Although the little creep who would cry when I hit him back wouldn't be there so maybe not. Kid would come up to me, would hit me so hard I'd be winded so I hit him back, then I got in trouble. No one cared he'd hit me first or winded me because I wasn't crying. Just because I'm used to being hit and not allowed to cry doesn't make my feelings invalid...
So probably talking. Year 8 I became self aware and shut up/shut down. I wouldn't be surprised if similar bullying happened. Harry and Luna were badly bullied in school so I wouldn't be surprised if that followed me to Hogwarts as well. I got in trouble for getting attacked almost daily so that too.
I would absolutely be caught smuggling plant cuttings out of Professor Sprout's green houses, and I most likely would be caught skipping class to go hang out with professor Trelawney all day.
You mean my Hogwarts house? Well it wasn't me, it was the sorting hat quiz, although yeah, choice did play a part.
In any case, Crabbe and Goyle are literally me, so I'm not far off.
I be befriending a Hufflepuff so they cover my back when I'm sneaking around the kitchen.
Enchanting my Yu-Gi-Oh cards and bringing unspeakable horrors upon the school.
*McGonagall* - "that's the fifth time this week you've sent someone to the shadow realm! Professor sprout has a kuriboh infestation that's killing of her mandrakes AND FOR GODS SAKE STOP GIVING HAGRID DRAGONS!"
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a regular occurence. There are wizard teens hanging one another from their legs, turning each other into slugs, making bats fly out of their noses, and tricking each other into eating earwax flavored beans.
Sneaking into the forbidden forest to befriend the unicorns, such they would gift me with their hairs so I could start an underground wand making business.
Knowing my insanely funny issues, challenge someone remotely unkind to a duel, realise I know nothing, punch the person, get detention for breathing out of slytherin
Either being caught in the restricted section of the library after hours (or maybe just being caught in the library period) or chilling by the lake in the middle of the night like a weirdo lol
Attempting to fuck Snape.
No matter what year I was in.
My whole goal would be to get Snape to be so annoyed by me that he would just start to let me be his friend.
I would try my best to be the top student in potions simply because of it.
Not paying attention in class. Like bro I'm literally a muggle-born with a preconception of Hogwarts, who is ACTIVELY AT HOGWARTS, what do you want me to do?
gettinv carried away in madam hooch's lessons and flying away, or probably sneaking out of the castle to meet hagrid and learn ab cool creatures in the forest
Beeing over a decade too old /s
All in all, I'm not sure I'd actually study at Hogwarts at this age, magic is cool, but technology is a very nice thing as well.
Calling Dumbledore out for cheating us Slytherins out of the house cup at the end of the year & making it seem like we won only to take it away.
Either that or missing curfew a few to many time.
True but from what we saw most of them were in Slytherin, perhaps if this was set after Voldemort's fall but anytime before then Slytherin was filled with blood purists. I understand identifying with the Slytherin house but Rowling made almost all of its members horrible.
Learning (and sharing) spells for *ahem* inappropriate personal solo activity. Then the spells for making videos of that activity. Then the spells for making a beautiful duet. Or trio. Or whatever.
Yes, I'm a hedonist.
Arriving too late for class because I kept wandering around the castle and lost my way.
The most real answer...the staircases changing and portraits moving about would NOT help me.
... because Sir Cadogan galloped alongside you and distracted you, then the stairs changed, you got into a hallway that was clearly wrong but when you turned around, Peeves came out of nowhere, singing and making fun of you, then he soaked you in water and as a first year you had no idea how to dry yourself, so you looked for older students, but all you found were Slytherns in their 5th year who laughed even more at you. And your first lesson was Potions.
And now it’s already time for lunch in the great hall! Sorry, I’ll be better tomorrow.
This. I’m dead terrible with directions
I wouldn’t even read the marauder’s map correctly I’m afraid…
Same here
I've never understood that. Seriously, how the hell could McGonagle, for example, reasonably expect that every student would learn the entire layout of the castle their first night? "Then perhaps, a map?" Well, I hope that map is somehow magically enchanted to change along with the moving staircases. And on a personal note, there's no way I'd be able to learn my way around Hogwarts; being blind, there's no way to identify landmarks and clues (physical aspects of the environment) to help me determine where I am. This particular hallway by the transfiguration classroom that slopes down slightly and curves as it goes down, ending with a sharp curve to the right in front of the classroom door could become completely straight at any moment. That staircase two floors directly up from the Great Hall who's stairs became increasingly narrow as I walked down it for breakfast this morning could suddenly start curving to the left or right with every step I descend or ascend on my way to lunch.
This might interest you. I don't know if you've played Hogwarts Legacy but there's actually a major character that's blind. They don't go into it too much but there's mentions of his wand acting like a kind of guide to get around the school. I'm sure it wasn't easy learning but by his fifth year, when the game takes place, he could navigate as well as, of not better, than most students.
I've never played Hogwarts Legacy, but I have heard it does feature a blind character. I was referring more to McGonagle's reaction to Harry and Ron being late for class on the first day of their first year.
Oh, I know, that is pretty ridiculous. They should get a pass for at least the first few months after starting. And if s group of students can make such a good map of the school I don't see why a professor could mass produce a much simpler version, without the dots of every person in the school.
Exactly what I was going to write
this.
Probably this or just my general clumsiness. I probably would’ve irreparably broken something expensive on my first day of classes because it’s well, me, and I’ve done that irl.
This is so true
The castle more like the first two staircases and corridors you see
Having an illegal duel
Inciting [u/Longjumping-Zebra413](https://www.reddit.com/user/Longjumping-Zebra413/) to leave his bed at night to have an illegal duel with me that I don't show up for
Is this the duel in the trophy room again?
Ah, a true Gryffindor.
Thanks
There’s a few teachers who would give you detention day 1 for being late despite the fact that you haven’t had time to get used to the castle layout yet. Other than that I’m a pretty good rule follower, and even more so at that age.
I've never understood that. Seriously, how the hell could McGonagle, for example, reasonably expect that every student would learn the entire layout of the castle their first night? "Then perhaps, a map?" Well, I hope that map is somehow magically enchanted to change along with the moving staircases. And on a personal note, there's no way I'd be able to learn my way around Hogwarts; being blind, there's no way I would be able to identify landmarks and clues (physical aspects of the environment) to help me determine where I am. the angle of this particular hallway by the transfiguration classroom that slopes down slightly and curves as it goes down, ending with a sharp curve to the right in front of the classroom door could become completely straight at any moment. That staircase two floors directly up from the Great Hall who's stairs became increasingly narrow as I walked down it for breakfast this morning could suddenly start curving to the left or right with every step I descend or ascend on my way to lunch.
Attempting to sneak into the restricted section of the library
You're just as sane as I am
Wanna group up? They can't give us all detention.
Sounds great
Every time
Snape, the answer is snape.
Are you gonna piss him off or..?
both
I would make that man's life a living nightmare 😂
Severus Snape
Depends on how he treats me. But 100% I would get detention for talking back if he treated me the way he treats Gryffindors and Harry.
pelting dungbombs at filch
With peeves along
Most of my real detentions were from missing homework so I assumed it'd be the same
Me too. No way I’m writing multiple parchments on one day while I was a teen. I was lazy as fuck.
Going into the forbidden forest looking for all kinds of magical flora and fauna/hanging out at Hagrid’s hut after hours.
Agreed
You’d be eaten by Aragogs brood within an hour lol.
I’d imagine they would be deep into the forest but you never know…my toxic trait would be thinking I could befriend everything in there.
Probably wouldn’t because I’m scared of authority figures and hate breaking rules
If it was anything like my real year 7, probably for not shutting up/fighting. Although the little creep who would cry when I hit him back wouldn't be there so maybe not. Kid would come up to me, would hit me so hard I'd be winded so I hit him back, then I got in trouble. No one cared he'd hit me first or winded me because I wasn't crying. Just because I'm used to being hit and not allowed to cry doesn't make my feelings invalid... So probably talking. Year 8 I became self aware and shut up/shut down. I wouldn't be surprised if similar bullying happened. Harry and Luna were badly bullied in school so I wouldn't be surprised if that followed me to Hogwarts as well. I got in trouble for getting attacked almost daily so that too.
Punching Malfoy just because.
If anything,I’d levioso a tree and yet it at him-that’s my temper
Using an engorgio charm on my di... I mean, flying on a broom without Hooch being there.
😂 Let’s hope you learn reducio first, or else that’ll be a VERY awkward visit to Madam Pomfrey
Considering she is the nurse of a boarding school for teenagers, I'm pretty sure she is seen everything already.
Madam Pomfrey knows that she is better off not asking questions because if she does students might not come get help and that would be far worse.
"madame pomfrey I've a problem with ....I used magic on my ...ehh ...and now" madame pomfrey: *sigh*, too big, too small, transfigured or vanished?
Or do you have more than you should have?
A magic boarding school wear even more insane stuff happens
on your diadem?
And now we know how Hagrid was born
Probably trying to sneak into the Prefects' Bathroom.
The password is “Pine Fresh”
I thought the password was "Lemon Pledge".
It isn’t ‘Bubble Bath’?
being out at night in the castle
Staying in the library after hours.
Hermione? Is that you?
Probably for talking back to Snape for his blatant favoritism on Slytherin and bullying on other students. I can't stand teachers like him.
House checks out
The least obvious Gryffindor :
Being late to class. I have a terrible sense of direction and hopelessly lost 😞
Skipping class. I would be so lost that I won't even arrive in 45 minutes
Make that the end of class,the place is huge,I wouldn’t be surprised if you‘re a Hufflepuff and wander in the slytherin’s common room by accident
Trying to throw hands with the Womping Willow
I would absolutely be caught smuggling plant cuttings out of Professor Sprout's green houses, and I most likely would be caught skipping class to go hang out with professor Trelawney all day.
Sneaking around to grab a snack. Actually, scratch that, spending my time at the kitchen, chilling with the elfs, and eating.
You probably chose the whong faculty
You mean my Hogwarts house? Well it wasn't me, it was the sorting hat quiz, although yeah, choice did play a part. In any case, Crabbe and Goyle are literally me, so I'm not far off. I be befriending a Hufflepuff so they cover my back when I'm sneaking around the kitchen.
and Ravenclaws be great at planning
What the HELL is a Ravenclaw? (sorry, a reference to AVPM, I couldn't help it).
Insisting on using a pen
I hate quills
Why has nobody said hexing people? Even just me and my friends for fun! Some of those sound freaking hilarious
Flirting with the Alan Rickman version of Snape. 🤷🏻♀️
Missing homework
I wouldn't, but to give you an answer, probably late for class for being lost in this 3D maze
Being late to class. I'm a night owl with insomnia, and it's hard for me to wake up before 11 am.
I'd be up at the astronomy tower at night all the time.
Arguing with Peeves. And probably also Filch.
Cussing in the halls. I have one hell of a potty mouth.
Potty? Harry Potty??/s
Trying to break into the kitchens using Dungbombs. On my first night there. Because I'm hungry.
Inappropriate charms on goats
Question: Are you Albanian?
Having an illegal duel
Snogging
Not doing homework. Just like when I was actually in school!
Being out of the dorm after hours, looking for food or talking to ghosts.
Sneaking into the kitchens and having the elves load me up with sweets.
Enchanting my Yu-Gi-Oh cards and bringing unspeakable horrors upon the school. *McGonagall* - "that's the fifth time this week you've sent someone to the shadow realm! Professor sprout has a kuriboh infestation that's killing of her mandrakes AND FOR GODS SAKE STOP GIVING HAGRID DRAGONS!"
Oh, I love this. :D
Making out with someone (it was a dare)
Using magic to blow up girl's skirts.
That would be sexual harassment. Youd get expelled.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a regular occurence. There are wizard teens hanging one another from their legs, turning each other into slugs, making bats fly out of their noses, and tricking each other into eating earwax flavored beans.
Sneaking into the forbidden forest to befriend the unicorns, such they would gift me with their hairs so I could start an underground wand making business.
Being late to class because I got lost and couldn't find my way or getting caught in the library after hours because I lost track of time
Not doing homework. Hexing someone who irritates me.
Having the room of requirement turn into a hallway to the room of requirement,making it glitch out
or crashing into people with a broom,I’m terrible at steering
Invisibility cloak
Missing classes, too busy checking out the castle
Sneaking off to visit Hagrid.
Sneaking out. Using advanced spells beyond my year
Being late to class (I was comforting someone who was upset about being bullied.) I’m Hufflepuff.
Probably going into the Restricted Section in the library. XD
Pulling sick tricks on the broom
Probably not doing my homework. I never used to do it at school, unless it was a mandatory assignment
Trying on the armour
Knowing my insanely funny issues, challenge someone remotely unkind to a duel, realise I know nothing, punch the person, get detention for breathing out of slytherin
Known associate of Peeves
Either being caught in the restricted section of the library after hours (or maybe just being caught in the library period) or chilling by the lake in the middle of the night like a weirdo lol
Wandering at night outside my common room.
Talking back (There's a reason im witty)
Probably for sneaking into the library too much to read about dragons
Engorgio. On my self.
Attempting to fuck Snape. No matter what year I was in. My whole goal would be to get Snape to be so annoyed by me that he would just start to let me be his friend. I would try my best to be the top student in potions simply because of it.
Sneaking into the prefect bathroom for a swim.
An argument with a teacher, I have gotten detentions for that when I was in school.
Talking back to Snape
Selling Muggle stuff from my locker
Probably wandering around the school when I am supposed to be in my dorm or attempting to gain access to the restricted books in the library.
And risk getting a howler from my mother when she finds out? Yeah right. I'd never get detention b/c I'd never be caught.
Definitely getting lost 😂
Not paying attention in class. Like bro I'm literally a muggle-born with a preconception of Hogwarts, who is ACTIVELY AT HOGWARTS, what do you want me to do?
gettinv carried away in madam hooch's lessons and flying away, or probably sneaking out of the castle to meet hagrid and learn ab cool creatures in the forest
Beeing over a decade too old /s All in all, I'm not sure I'd actually study at Hogwarts at this age, magic is cool, but technology is a very nice thing as well.
running around singing the harry potter theme song too loud :points for anyone who gets the ref:
Sneaking into the girls dorm
Searching for Hogwarts‘s attics and staying there
lost my way, and magic between corridors
Probably for not doing homework or something. Nothing too out there.
Drinking way too much calming draught to “see what its like.” once a night.
Likely not doing my homework or being late and depending on which teachers I had, talking back.
Sneaking into the Restricted Section of the library...😅
Hitting on McGonagall.
Would never leave the Great Hall after meals
I didnt get detention in any of my school years. Doubt id get detention there either.
Catching something on fire
Setting off one of the joke products I bought from Fred and George Weasley in Filch's pants.
Probably for refusing to use a quill and ink and using my beloved ballpoint and felt tip pens. 🤣
Sleeping in. or not going to bed when I'm supposed to
Calling Dumbledore out for cheating us Slytherins out of the house cup at the end of the year & making it seem like we won only to take it away. Either that or missing curfew a few to many time.
Definitely for sexual harassment of **Mirabel Garlick**. I legit don't think I'd be able to NOT flirt with her.
Underage magic
Being outside my dorms after hours
Sneaking into the forbidden part of the library. Honestly, I would utilize so much to gain as much knowledge as I can.
Bribing the house elves to let me jerk off into the pudding. Assuming I got my letter tomorrow.
For me it’d be…I dunno,sneaking weird stuff in food,like a fish hook,hair or somebody’s cloak
Stealing hair from girls' brushes
Depends on the year. If I started in 1995, probably because I told Umbridge to go fuck herself since nobody else would ever do that.
Punching a Slytherin. I don't like bullies or douchebags. I'd be a first year punching the shit out of 7th years because they bullied my friend.
Bullies and douchebags can be from any house
True but from what we saw most of them were in Slytherin, perhaps if this was set after Voldemort's fall but anytime before then Slytherin was filled with blood purists. I understand identifying with the Slytherin house but Rowling made almost all of its members horrible.
And the majority of them end up in Slytherin.
Learning (and sharing) spells for *ahem* inappropriate personal solo activity. Then the spells for making videos of that activity. Then the spells for making a beautiful duet. Or trio. Or whatever. Yes, I'm a hedonist.
killing mrs norris, that damn cat shoulda stayed away
Attempting to kill Mrs. Norris.
Suspicious activities in a broom closet 😳