Markus Flint: biography and photo of the character

No doubt, everyone knows the legendary names: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger. Fans of the fictional universe, created by writer Joan Rowling and embodied in a large-scale epic about the Boy-Who-Lived, will surely be able to name not one dozen minor characters who have made their own invaluable contribution to the development of Harry's story.

It is noteworthy that some of the heroes have become famous not so much for story significance, as for the attractive appearance of actors who embodied famous images into life on the screen. And even more interesting is the fact that a number of characters Rowling had no special significance for novels and films, nor external beauty, and still these characters remained in the memory and in the hearts of passionate fans of the Potter. A clear example of this image is a student of Hogwarts called Marcus Flint.

First appearance

The tall, athletic physique of the sixth year is first mentioned in the book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." When Harry, having demonstrated his extraordinary possession of a broom when capturing the magical artifact of Neville Dolgopops, falls into the Quidditch team, his main rivals are the guys from the Slytherin faculty. The captain of the Slytherin team at the time is Marcus Flint. Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor team, is quietly at odds with his main opponent; The only manifestation of their mutual hatred are too strong handshakes before the next match (young Potter even seems that the guys are trying to break each other's fingers).

The second appearance

At the beginning of the next academic year, described in the book "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," the main character and his eternal foe, Draco Malfoy, enter the second course of Hogwarts. This means that Draco now has every right to play Quidditch for his faculty. However, instead of deserving a place in the team thanks to his worthy skills and talent, Malfoy Jr. takes the position of the catcher by cunning: Marcus Flint (photo) and all the other members of the team get the newest brooms of the Nimbus-2001 model from the former Death Eater, Draco's father. Having thus purchased the place of the trapper, Draco subsequently poses the main threat to Harry Potter on the Quidditch school grounds.

On the other players of the Slytherin team, almost nothing is known, but the book mentions that Marcus Flint was extremely pleased with the new broom. He himself could not afford such an expensive purchase, since his family did not have a particular wealth or influence.

In the second book of the fantasy epic, as in the second film, Flint participates in a skirmish between the Gryffindor team, the "golden trio" (Harry, Ron and Hermione), and Draco Malfoy. Hermione accuses Draco of indirectly giving bribes, which Malfoy, Jr. answers the first in the history of the characters an insult, emphasizing the separation of wizards into purebred and muggle-born. Afraid of hearing the "Mudblood" curse, thrown in the direction of a best friend, Ron Weasley tries to send a curse to Malfoy. The broken magic wand of the red guy sends a curse to himself, and Ron begins to cough up slugs right on the Quidditch field. Marcus Flint (actor Jamie Yates) at this time laughs at Gryffindor friends along with the other players from Slytherin.

The third (and last) appearance

Since in the first volume of the Potteries it was mentioned that Flint at that time was studying at the sixth year, none of the admirers of history expected to meet the Slytherin captain again in the third book, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Answering numerous questions about the discrepancy, Joan Rowling explained that the almost complete lack of intelligence of the guy showed up at the final exams, as a result of which Markus Flint received unsatisfactory marks in all subjects and stayed on the seventh year for the second year.

In the third book, he continues to play for the hunter and remains captain of the Slytherin national team. At one of Gryffindor's matches against Puffenduya Flint, along with Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, dresses up as dementors to scare Harry Potter and get him out of the game. The Boy-Who-Lived successfully reflects the assault, which in turn frightened the Slytherins with the magic Patronus.

Future

Presumably, after graduation, Markus Flint, like other graduates of the most sinister Hogwarts faculty, supported Voldemort and joined the Death Eaters. This conclusion can be drawn from an unattractive description of the character, whose teeth were of different lengths and reminded Harry of a mountain troll.

A few words about politics

If JK Rowling wanted to show in an obvious example how unpleasant and repulsive the students of the Slytherin faculty seem to be, then it has quite succeeded in relation to such characters as Pansy Parkinson, Gregory Goyle and Marcus Flint. From the "Harry Potter" throughout the plot, you can only get one impression of Slytherin: there are only impudent like Draco, silly like Crabbe and Goyle, or just manic-minded people - descendants of bloodthirsty Death Eaters. On the one hand, such a narrow vision of the characters has become an excellent basis for dividing people into friends and enemies: in Gryffindor, Kogtevraine, Puffendue - good students, in Slytherin - bad.

On the other hand, who did not think about the fact that unequivocally evil people simply do not happen? Rowling, for some reason, focuses on demonstrating fidelity to fanatical beliefs, defiling several generations at a time (including young children who have just entered the Slytherin department), selecting all the followers of the Dark Lord under one roof. Clear exceptions to the general rule are only Professor Severus Snape and traitor Peter Pettigrew.

Unjust labels

Is it possible to consider that every Slytherin is a potential cruel killer? Externally, Markus Flint serves as a vivid example of such a world view: he is like a troll, does not shine with intelligence and prefers physical violence to calm negotiations. Unfortunately, this is how almost all the adult supporters of Lord Voldemort are described. Perhaps the writer was just too lazy to give these characters characters and images of real people, and that's why she created them "under a carbon copy," so that the protagonist could fight with a clear conscience against an army of troll-like, stupid, cruel, bloodthirsty and interchangeable wizards.

Fanfics

Of course, many fans of the Potteriana at first sight attracted the mysterious captain of the Slytherin team Marcus Flint. Fanfics, where he became a central character, can be divided into the following thematic groups:

• Rivalry with Oliver Wood;
• Rivalry with Harry Potter;
• Romantic relationship with Hermione Granger;
• Participation in student life at the faculty of Slytherin;
• Neutral biographies.

In fanfiction, you can read about why Flint has such an unattractive appearance, why he loves Quidditch so much, what he has in common with Hermione, how his further destiny unfolds after the events of the book "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Of course, these are just assumptions. But those are interesting stories written by fans: in them even the most ordinary-looking characters acquire a new life.