Harry Potter Random Facts Fest!

Moderated by the incomparable [info]iulia_linnea, it's time for the Harry Potter Random Facts Fest!

I decided to do Scorpius. Let's face it, the poor kid needs some love. Half of fandom's already pegged him as a Slytherin bully who hates everything Potter. No, no, no!

Title: 20 Random Facts about Scorpius Malfoy
Author: [info]sansa1970
Rating: PG-13
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 595
Disclaimer: All characters from the Harry Potter universe are the property of J.K. Rowling and those to whom she has licensed her creations, including without limitation Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books, Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No copyright infringement is intended.
Author's Note(s): Written for the Harry Potter Random Facts Fest




20 Random Facts about Scorpius Malfoy.


1. His father's father, Lucius, dies before he's born. The name Lucius Malfoy is never spoken in his house. When he's five, Scorpius asks for a picture of his grandfather, but he's told they were all lost in the war.

2. Before he leaves for Hogwarts, his father warns him about Albus and James. "Beware the Potters," he says. "They steal everything you have and make it their own." His mother kisses him on the cheek and adds under her breath, "He doesn't mean your books and parchment, darling."

3. He has a secret love of old Muggle films – particularly mysteries. Puzzles intrigue him, and his deepest wish as a young boy was to grow up to be Sherlock Holmes.

4. His father tells him he belongs in Slytherin. His mother tells him he belongs in Gryffindor. Scorpius begs the Hat to put him in Ravenclaw, and the Hat agrees.

5. Hogwarts speaks to him. It tells him stories and secrets. Some of them are about his father, some are about Harry Potter. Sometimes it shows him things that happened a thousand years ago. He doesn't tell anyone that he talks to the castle – or that the castle talks back.

6. Quidditch cements his friendship with Albus Severus Potter. Scorpius is a better player than his father was. Albus lacks his father's natural talent. What they both want most is to be remembered for themselves instead of other people.

7. He doesn't need a magic map to know where people are in the castle. He can touch any stone of the ancient structure and just…know.

8. His parents love each other, but sometimes when they fight, Scorpius hears them yelling about Albus' father.

9. In his third year at Hogwarts, the castle tells him he's a Parselmouth and teaches him about the Chamber of Secrets. He goes there when he wants to be alone.

10. Some of the other kids call him a Dark wizard. It bothers his father more than it bothers him.

11. When he's thirteen, Albus shows him the Room of Requirement. When Scorpius wishes for the room to be filled with books instead of sweets, Albus calls him an idiot. Then he kisses him.

12. He's deadly allergic to pumpkin juice. A Slytherin prank almost kills him.

13. He loves books, hates brewing potions, tolerates Charms, and excels at Transfigurations. By the time he's fourteen, he's already an Animagus.

14. In his fourth year at Hogwarts, he jumps in front of a curse meant for James Potter. The Slytherin who casts it is expelled, and Scorpius spends two weeks in the hospital wing. Albus never leaves his side.

15. Sometimes he wishes he wasn't a Malfoy. He'd like to walk through the common room without everyone staring at him.

16. During the summer of his fourteenth year, his parents divorce. Upset and lonely, he owls Albus to share the news. Albus' return owl reads, "So did mine."

17. He scores five Outstandings on his O.W.L.s – one in Potions, of all things.

18. In his fifth year at Hogwarts, he realizes he's in love with his best friend. He wishes he could talk to someone about it, but there's nobody he trusts.

19. On Halloween night in his sixth year, he runs away. He makes it as far as the train station in Hogsmeade before James and Lily Potter track him down and convince him to return.

20. Impulsively, he confides in his grandmother about his feelings for Albus. Narcissa sighs and mumbles that some things never change.



Now...anyone wanna make some fic out of that?

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I love Scorpius. Thank you.
Oh. I got all choked up reading this. Such sensitive observations. I love thinking that Scorpius knows the castle so intimately that it shares its secrets with him. I already liked Scorpius, but you've made him such a fleshed out character in just these few lines.
I just love how you portrayed this child. I never imagined that fandom would turn him into a Draco clone. Draco himself was changed by the end of the war and I don't think he would raise his son the same way.

This would be an amazing fic. I wish I had the time...

Cyane Snape
I love this, it's so sweet. ^^
This is fantastic! OMG, so much yay! Thank you, m'dear. :D
Anyone? YOU! MUST. write an AS/S fic! Really. You know so much about them already :)

It was really lovely and interesting. Thank you!

One thing I don't understand is how Scorpius can be a Parselmouth. Harry had it from Voldemort who had it from Salazar through generations, no?
Numbers 11, 18, and 20 are my favorite! ;) Hee hee, actually I love the whole thing! Just like I love your Scorpius.
That's really lovely.
I love the depth you give him, there are so many nuances to him here just waiting to be explored, and to make him a spontaneous parselmouth, the way Salazar and Riddle were, presumably, was genius. ;)
Awww. I love it. :D
I'm so loving the next gen. stuff. It's time to introduce some new blood into the fandom. Your list is lovely and I might just have to jump on the AS/S bandwagon now!
Adorable. I think it's obvious the NG are their own people and not copies of their parents. Scorpius sounds like a really lovely boy. And thank you for making the parents (= Harry and Draco) to lose the excess baggage on the way. ;)
*giggles* I laughed so hard at number 20.

Nicely done!
I think I loved Scorpius even before I read your portrayal of him. And guess what? I imagine him just the way you do! And I ♥ Albus! So sweet! More random facts about him, I want more! :)
Now I'm dying to know who Scorpio's mother is.

You succeed in giving him his own personality, not making him a mere copy of his father. I'd really like to see more of this.

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I really liked that - thanks for sharing!
Hahaha. If Scorpius goes into Ravenclaw, and Albus goes into Slytherin. When Hugo shows up can we throw him into Hufflepuff just for added flavor XD
{Oops, must pay attention.}

I loved all of these so much.
So wonderful!!! I really don;t see Scorpius as being like his father, was Draco is just too different than Lucius. Esp after the war.
That was fantastic! I might try and write a story on one of these prompts if thats okay? A twenty-four hour flight needs some entertainment!
This is adorable. :) I thought I'd never be interested in the kids from the epilogue, but I really, really am. They are, as you've said, blank slates. I like what you've written on them so far.

Of course I imagined that Draco and Harry divorced their wives so they could, you KNOW, be together.

I do like this enough to maybe write something. I'll let you know if I do. :D
Forgive me for liking no. 16 the most. *G*

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I loved it !
I love all the possibilities writers have with these kids ,thank you for sharing =)
so good. i love the next generation even if i choose to ignore the fact that the epilogue ever happened.

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After not being able to read any fanfic after HP7 (there's usually a break between new canon and my being able to return to fanfic) I'm suddenly longing for some new generation fics particularly of Scorpious and Albus. Thanks for this!! I hope someone does take it up and make a fic! :)

(Anonymous)

omg ♥
I was really planning on hating the epilogue kids, but I loved this!
It was lovely and I loved all of the little details and how intimate it was.

To prove my love, I wrote something! I posted it in both of my journals, so you can find it here (http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/bubl/164564.html) & here (http://bubl.livejournal.com/9998.html).

Hope you like!

Bubl on GJ/LJ
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