Notice-Me-Not is just a fanon thing? Noooo :-O

[birdsofshore]

I was just searching for info on the Notice-Me-Not charm, and there isn't any, because it's a FANON INVENTION. NOOO! Really? The first webpage I found where someone was asking about it, had some smartarse saying "I think you'll find that's just a sad FAN FICTION thing, you poor deluded fool", I was smirking away: "heh, that's what you think, I have seen it in LOADS OF.....er.... loads of fics. Err. Ahem."

Did you all know this? Who made it up? What other fanon things have become so widespread that they can fool us like this? I know about Tempus, but can you tell me any others?

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[gamma-x-orionis.livejournal.com]

*Confused eyes* I'm not familiar with a Notice-Me-Not charm - I suppose it's never made its way over to my corners of the fandom.

Sex-related spells are very widespread of course, but I don't think anyone thinks stretching/lubeing/orgasm-inducing spells are canon ;P

Erm. And if the incantation is a literal Latin word (like one you can plug through Google translate and get the exact meaning of the spell), that's usually a good indication that it's made-up.

Certain characterization tropes are this way too, I suppose - I've run across plenty of people trying to make arguments that leatherpants!Draco in particular is canon :P

[birdsofshore]

:-O Are you telling me that Draco DOESN'T wear leather under his robes? Are you sure you read the same books as me? ;-)

I never thought the sex spells were real, but I honestly thought Notice-Me-Not was a thing. It has really amused me. It's interesting it's not something you've come across, either.