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Belonging: The Potions Master (Book 1, Chapter 8)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

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Hogwart's First Year

i love your definition of welcoming or kindness being a definition of belonging. But i also think vulnerability is part of belonging, ecause harry could say no, right? Harry could be like, sorry, this is my special with haggard. Or legitimately, like, your name wasn't on the invitation. He could give any number of excuses for ron not to come. And i feel like that risk also creates a sense of belonging. It's basically asking, like, i feel entitled that you belong to me, but do i belon to you? Ye, absolutely. Like an i think welcome itself is an act of vulnerability, right? You make yourself vulnerable by inviting somebody

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