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.

[oakstone730.livejournal.com]

Tempis isn't canon? That one I didn't know.

Snape being Draco's godfather is fanon, I believe. Or is it one of those post-publication reveals by JKR? Can't remember.

[vaysh]

Alas, Notice-me-not is not a canon spell. I still like it. It feels like it could be a canon spell as its magic fits right into Rowling's universe. There are stealth sensoring charms, so it doesn't seem a far stretch that there could be charms with the opposite effect. And there is the Disillusionment Spell and the spell to make things unplottable.

[birdsofshore]

Yes, I think you're right! Snape being his godfather is just a fanon thing, I don't think JKR has ever mentioned it.

[vaysh]

Snape being Draco's godfather is fanon, I believe.
Total fanon, I'm afraid. A Malfoy would never have a half-blood with no connections in the Muggle world be the godfather of his only son and heir.

[torino10154]

I think it's just the Disillusionment Charm but yeah, fanon-ified. I think Glamours the way fandom uses them is certainly not canon but then again I don't think anyone thinks they are.

[birdsofshore]

Yes, it fitted so well I was really convinced it was a JKR invention. The name is perfect, and as gamma points out upthread, the fact it's not a perfect latin translation makes it more believable.

Someone somewhere must remember themselves inventing it. How funny these things get lost in the mists of time.

[birdsofshore]

Sometimes people like a rock solid reason for things happening, I think. Snape seems to favour Draco and later acts to protect him = he must be his godfather. It's not a favourite fanon thing of mine (unlike Leatherpants!Draco, heh)

[birdsofshore]

Oh, Glamours! That's a really good topic. I don't know much about canon use of Glamours, but they certainly do pop up a lot in fic.

[vaysh]

We don't know what Draco was up to in the years between the end of book 7 and the Epilogue. He might as well have developed a penchant for leather pants when he goes out and hits the gay clubs of London. But obviously he wouldn't wear them when bringing his son to the Hogwarts' Express. ;)

[vaysh]

No Glamours in canon. Otherwise you would not need the Disillusionment Charm or Polyjuice.

[birdsofshore]

He MIGHT. *stubborn* In fact I distinctly remember it happening *mumbles* in a dream I had, OK?

[vaysh]

A thousand fanfics prove you right. :)

[capitu]

I can only think of that charm to correct someone's vision.

I think that's completely fanon and I always thought it was canon; that somewhere in the books someone said this was possible to correct Harry's? Or maybe someone else's eyesight with a spell, but discussing it back in a post I made about fun facts, turns out that's just made up.

[capitu]

LOL I read a fic like that, you know. ;)

[birdsofshore]

There should be MORE fic like this :D

[birdsofshore]

Oh yes! That's a great one. You would think there would be a spell like that, absolutely.

We don't know everything about how magic is developed through the years, really. I presume new spells are devised and that the wizarding world could discover a cure for shortsightedness, just as the Muggle world has done.

[capitu]

Yeah, in fact, that's one of the profession I think I'd love to have; developing new charms, not just variations of an existing Charm, but real new spells, you know?

[hollys_tree]

There's also the way people use "silencing charms" like Silencio and Muffliato in fic, for example to hide what the characters are doing behind the curtains of their beds. This doesn't work that way.

Silencio is used on someone to make them mute, and Muffliato creates a buzzing sound in someone's ear, so they can't eavesdrop. (personally I would be super suspicious if suddenly there was that sound in my ear... just saying)

I don't think a canon charm to sound-proof yourself against surroundings exist.

[isinuyasha.livejournal.com]

I think fandom has influenced me so much that I sometimes can't distinguish between the books and fanfiction anymore...but I'm not sad about that, I feel fandom has extended the Harry Potter world for me a lot :D

Isn't the Tracking Charm/Spell invented as well? I'm not sure...I know that there's the Trace but I read on HPwiki that Remus says it cannot be placed on an adult? Maybe I'm imagining that :D

And I've often read about the Stasis Charm (on food, potions, a person etc.) but can't remember reading it in the books...not sure :D

[mab.livejournal.com]

The only thing that is sort of iffy about that in canon, is when Hermione altered Ron's appearance in DH, so they could get into Gringott's with her posing as Bellatrix, as they were out of Polyjuice... Still I suppose that's more of a Transfiguration than a Charm... so couldn't be called a Glamour.

Interesting subject.

[talithan.livejournal.com]

Actually, in DH when they go to Gringotts, Hermione alters Ron's appearance with her wand (as they only have enough Polyjuice left for her, and Harry is under his cloak). That and the reference to changing eyebrow colors in Charms in HBP are enough to make me consider glamour charms pretty canon. Perhaps not quite the way they are used in fic, but not 100% fanon. It seems Polyjuice is just a lot more effective if you want to be completely unrecognizable.

[birdsofshore]

Ooh, yes, I need to reread that. I sort of like it when canon contradicts itself, because otherwise JKR's awesomeness would actually be too terrifying. Even with all her scary amounts of notes, I don't know how she kept track of even half the things she did across the series.

[birdsofshore]

You're right - I've used Muffliato like that (er, I mean in fic, I'm sadly not actually a wizard in RL) but I did look it up and remember that it made a buzzing noise. It would sort of alert you to the fact that someone was shagging 3 foot away, wouldn't it? Like a sex alarm going off, in fact :D