I’m rereading all the HP books and I just remembered how brilliantly snarky Harry is

iamnothedwig:

the-padfoots:

Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel–Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.

(upon Dudley offering to practice stuffing heads down toilets with Harry) “No thanks,” said Harry. “The poor toilet’s never had anything horrible as your head down it–it might be sick.”

One minute to go and he’d be eleven… Thirty seconds… twenty… ten… nine–maybe he’d wake Dudley up, just to annoy him.

“I was trying to find out how to curse Dudley.”

And that wasn’t even the first half of the book. Even after being raised by the Dursleys and being punished for literally everything, even things out of control, he still manages to talk back and be snarky. It’s a testament to his character, I suppose. After all, surviving ten years with the Dursleys with your sense of humor intact means you’re pretty damn resilient.

Also he’s a LEO