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alright everyone

Just a little tiny gale headcanon as a treat.

I think a lot about counterspell in particular. Like, the idea of Gale standing across the battlefield and sensing a crackling shift in the weave as he’s surrounded by his own adversaries.

But as enemies close in on him he finds the source of the shift, the wild tangle of that magic coalescing into something with murderous intent.

He whips his head around and sees you first, careening toward an enemy with knives drawn. Then he looks up and sees a warlock forming an incantation on her lips, one heading straight for you.

And just as you’re about to be utterly eviscerated by a bolt of lightning, the electricity in the air simply comes to a sudden stop and evaporates into a cloud of sparkling, red mist.

You and Gale meet eyes for only a moment. Something desperate glinting in that gaze that you can’t quite place. But you can’t address it now, you’re surrounded and vastly outnumbered.

The moment passes as soon as it came as you lift your blades to stop the curving arc of a great axe.

Anyway that’s it. I just think the idea of gale choking a spell out before it can get cast is just… so incredibly tasty. Especially if hes utterly, devastatingly in love with you.

HL students’ Patronuses

Here are my personal Headcannons:

Amit Thakkar- Owl (nocturnal, wise, practical, likes to be “above it all” but not in a pretentious way)

Everett Clopton- Crow (highly intelligent, but likes to cause mayhem)

Lucan Brattleby- Mantis Shrimp (Tiny, easily underestimated, but WILL fuck you up)

Natsai Onai- Gazelle (My exact reasoning is minor spoilers but it’s also just such a good fit for her)

Poppy Sweeting- Great Pyrenees (I know she has a story connection to Hippogriphs, and that would also work, but since magical creature Patronuses are rare I wanted to give her something that was adorable but also bred to protect sheep from wolves)

Sebastian Sallow- Bull (this one feels so obvious to me. He’s got big taurus energy in his single-mindedness and his disregard for the destruction that single-mindedness causes. But he’s also practical, devoted, intelligent, funny, and I always think of Bulls as a sort of tragic animal in like, a bullfighting context)

Ominis Gaunt- Mongoose (He doesn’t think he can produce one at first because of his past and that no one in his family can. So imagine how sweet it would be when he realizes that not only can he do it, but it’s an animal famous for fighting snakes! I also imagine that since he’s blind someone would have to tell him what that is, so theres some free fanfic potential there for ya)

somebody HELP i cannot stop imagining HL characters in phantom of the opera

• sebastian as the phantom (for obvious reasons, sorry queen)

• f!MC as christine (sing for me, baby)

• not sure if i prefer ominis or garreth as raoul, i love ominis but i’m not certain i want to put that sweet boy through any more trauma

• IMAGINE natty as meg, and prof. onai as madam giry

i could probably go on but i won’t for now :)

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my favorite trope is when someone believes they’re hard to love and someone who loves them like it’s breathing.

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