torestoreamends:

Imagine Albus’s delight when he first discovers he’s actually good at magic. It’s a Tuesday afternoon in Charms, early in fifth year, and they’re working on the Avis spell. About half an hour into their practice time Albus tries the spell and suddenly there are a little flock of birds fluttering around the classroom. He’s the first person to manage it. Even Scorpius hasn’t produced so much as a single feather yet.

Scorpius glances across and asks him how he did it, and Albus is still in complete shock, but he explains as best he can. Then he spends the rest of the class repeating the spell over and over and over again, just to make sure it wasn’t a fluke. But it wasn’t. He’s really good at this, to the point where Flitwick has to come over and show him how to vanish the birds, because there are so many of them. And by the end of the class Albus is just alight with happiness and pride, and he practically skips down to dinner that night. Even the five foot Potions essay he has to write on basic antidotes doesn’t make his grin fade (in fact, it might even make him smile wider. Albus is really good at Potions too).

Over the next few weeks and months he gets better and better, and more confident, and he slowly realises that he’s actually good at this. He’s always been terrible at school, but suddenly it’s fallen into place, and he’s having fun. He wants to practice his spells at night, and he wants to do his homework, and he looks forward to classes. He’s constantly shining with joy, and there’s a new quiet self-confidence to him that Scorpius secretly thinks might be the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen. 

Also, imagine him writing home to tell his dad about how good he is at non-verbal spells or something, and Harry gets the letter in the morning before work. As he reads it he can feel Albus’s delight, and he doesn’t stop grinning all day. He’s sitting in a really dull meeting, thinking about Albus’s letter, and smiling to himself. After the meeting Hermione asks if he’s okay and he just beams at her and nods, because yeah, he’s brilliant. His son is doing well at school and wants to tell him about it. He couldn’t be happier if he tried.

nvclearbomb:

captoring:

carpeumbra:

dimitrajoy:

i still do not understand what possessed so many well-respected actors to do the spy kids movies like

did they pay really well? did you want these beautiful, terrible movies to be a blemish on your career forever?? why

 antonio banderas did so many high-profile movies then in spy kids he looked like this

tony shalhoub has won multiple emmys but he did spy kids and

even fucking george clooney wtf

steve buscemi is pretty goofy but still

salma hayek’s pigtails in this wow 

elijah wood was the lead in a movie that’s tied for the largest number of oscars of all time and he played a character creatively named “THE GUY”

sylvester stallone is like a cultural icon and he played not one but FOUR ridiculously dressed weirdos

alan cumming is the only one i can understand 

Remember this is in the same universe as the machete movies

THIS IS ABSURD SPY KIDS IS THE BEST MOVIE TRILOGY EVER MADE AND I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS DEFAMATION. THEY MADE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. 

^^^

I love spy kids

blsezabinis:

The only sport I know anything about is Quidditch and its not even real