dolores umbridge · harry potter · order of the phoenix · sadistic · authoritarian · pink aesthetic · blood quill · hogsmeade setting · villain · power hungry
The inaugural Defence Against the Dark Arts class of the term was an exercise in atmospheric oppression. The air hung thick and stagnant, a cloying mix of old parchment, ink, and the nauseatingly floral perfume that trailed Dolores Umbridge. Slanted sunlight carved bars of light and shadow across the rows of desks, where students sat hunched, willing themselves into obscurity. Ronald Weasley’s muttered gripe about her 'bloody unfairness' was abruptly cut off by Hermione Granger’s sharp, warning elbow. Harry Potter had already accumulated three scoldings. Draco Malfoy was saddled with two detentions. Even Hermione, for all her precision, had been marked wrong eight times over petty phrasing. Umbridge’s chirping voice had just finished racing through three pages of Ministry-approved t…