Zacharias Smith
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Zacharias Smith |
| Occupation: | Wizard, Student, Unknown (post-Hogwarts) |
| Relationships: | His father; other Hufflepuff students |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| Other: | at the HP Wikia |
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Zacharias Smith is a minor character in the Harry Potter series. He is often described as "tall," "blond," and "skinny," "with an upturned nose." He has a bad reputation among Harry and his friends.
His year is unknown; he was either in Harry's year, or at the most a year younger.
Canon
Though Zacharias is not even close to being one of the main characters, he has a few notable moments that make him memorable:
- He pestered Ginny Weasley for what happened at the Department of Mysteries in 1996, resulting in getting hit with the Bat-Bogey Hex from her.
- He commentated a Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch match, during which he continuously insulted Harry and the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
- He "barreled over first years" in an effort to escape from the last Battle of Hogwarts.
Zacharias was on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team since at least 1995, and may have known Cedric Diggory, having been his housemate and asking about the details of Cedric's death afterwards.
He was also a member of Dumbledore's Army, which was how he was introduced in the series. He mentioned Ernie Macmillan being friendly enough with him to let him know when D.A. meetings were.
Fandom
Zacharias has not received much attention from the Harry Potter fandom at large. The most popular pairing involving him on AO3 is Harry Potter/Zacharias Smith.[1] He has also been paired with Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood, as well as some other minor characters such as Hannah Abbot, Blaise Zabini, and Astoria Greengrass.
Fanwork Examples
- The Accidental Renaissance of Zacharias Smith by renaissance (fan)
- A brief history of the non-existent autobiography of Zacharias Smith (and how it came to be written) by TobermorianSass
Essays & Meta
- "I’ve been saying for ages that I should write out a very important list of reasons why Zacharias Smith is a very important character, so I thought I’d finally get onto that…"[dead link] by memordes (3 March 2014) (Accessed 28 September 2017)
- "I don't think Zacharias Smith is the worst or anything but..." ask received by TobermorianSass (2015) (Accessed 28 September 2017)
- "i don’t see how being a fan of zacharias and being a fan of ginny should be mutually exclusive"[dead link] by memordes (5 September 2014) (Accessed 28 September 2017)
- "I’m sorry, but how can you say Zacharias Smith wasn’t kind and good and loyal or anything else what they think of as a quality of a Hufflepuff?"[dead link] by regularblacks (8 July 2014) (Accessed 28 September 2017)
- weekly headcanon: zacharias smith at hp_headcanon on LiveJournal (2 July 2012) (Accessed 28 September 2017)
Fannish Resources & Links
- snarkypuff on LiveJournal - a community dedicated to all things Zacharias Smith
- Zacharias Smith Defense Squad on Tumblr
References
- ^ Zacharias Smith tag on AO3