nerdiekatie:

nerdiekatie:

cancerously:

alright but what if every single one of the harry potter main characters eventually have a kid that they name “Fred” without knowing anyone else also did this (so now there’s fred potter, fred weasley, fred longbottom, etc) except they’re friends so all their kids are friends and as soon as one of them gets in trouble someone’s yelling “FRED” and 3-6 kids are turning around going “WHAT DID I DO” and I think that’s exactly the kind of chaotic legacy Fred would’ve liked to leave

i think you’ve underestimated the number of gen 2 freds we have here

first, let’s start with the six main characters (luna, neville, ginny, harry, hermione, ron). assuming canonical pairing, and one fred for each reproducing couple, that’s four freds. 

next, let’s look at the original weasley siblings. charlie never reproduced, ginny and ron have already been counted, leaving bill, percy, and george. this adds three freds. 

so now, we’re looking AT LEAST seven freds (or more, if anyone names a second kid fred or a fred-derivative) at extended friends and family gatherings and more freds at hogwarts, because there’s probably some other people who would love to name their kid after their dead friend war hero. 

tbh, mcgonagall considers it a great acheivement when she survives having eleven freds in the school at once, nine of which are in the same house, and five of which are in the same year. hogwarts has a literal, sanctioned fred club for ten years. 

i forgot to add- charlie doesn’t reproduce, but he definitely names a dragon fred. on one occasion, the dragon (accidentally) attends an extended friends and family gathering, adding to the confusion for more than one reason. 

ps. fred is totally norbert’s daughter