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This was probably asked a lot, but anyway: Was the magic car sent by Snape to save Harry and Ron in the forest? Snape being a secret Harry protector the whole time and Hagrid being a secret Death Eater trying to kill Harry, this question arises.

I mean seriously. You're Albus Dumbledore. On your weakest moment you can summon a sea of fire in a lake in the middle of nowhere. And when you find Mr Riddle you need to threaten him with the arrival of someone else?

It was foolish of you to come here tonight Tom. I was on my way.

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So I was listening to OoTP for the like sixth time and when dobby came up to harry in the middle of the night he has almost all of Hemione’s knitted elf clothes except for those he saved for winky and then dobby says that the other elves saw it as a insult that Hermione tried to free them, so then I thought if Hermione was really right to start S.P.E.W. So what do you think?

I did 3, but please, list however many you want. Like Rick Flag in The Suicide Squad(2021), any of these characters dying would have really tarnished a series that I otherwise absolutely love.

Number 1 with a bullet is Mr Arthur Weasley. He's good in the movies, but every scene in which he appears in the books are some of the most fun in the whole series. His excitement and curiosity about everything in the muggle world really endears him to the reader because they are so mundane things that all of us in the real world deal with all the time. He never get the credit he deserves, yet, he never backs down and he always shows great love and care for everybody in his life. I can't think of a more devastating loss than he would have been.

Number 2 is Neville Longbottom. This one is obvious. You feel bad for him because of how goofy he is, his backstory, and how bad he is at most magic. Yet, he turned out to be a great person and very loyal friend. The biggest loss for me would be missing out on his hero turn in the final battle. I love how the prophecy could have been about him, and even though it wasn't in the end, he was still instrumental in stopping the dark lord. Even if that would have still happened, then he was killed after, it would have ruined that whole arc for me.

Number 3 is Draco Malfoy. I can't say we got a satisfying conclusion to his story in the books. We did get a little something, though. I liked that he wouldn't give Potter away and that Potter saved his life at the end. I liked that he kind of realized that while he was an a-hole, he wasn't evil like his father. I definitely would like a little more, Maybe after book 7, but before its epilogue, that puts a better cap on the end of he and Harry's story. I wouldn't say no to a small adventure in a short story or novella. Killing him in the battle would have been a real disservice to where his character had gone in the 6th and 7th books. The only way that would have been satisfying is if he became truly evil in those books instead of what actually happened.

There are others of course, but I couldn't put, say, Hagrid. That is way too obvious, and would just be mean-spirited to have him killed as just one of the many in the battle. Also, I decided I would only pick one Weasley, and Arthur is by far my favorite.

They actually loved harry but the years with the horcrux put them in a bad mood that's why at the end we see Dudley loving harry

He born of this way or he became evil? He is a sociopath or psychopath?

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I seen posts about the HBO cast for the tv series for Snape I've seen posts for Dumbledore, I've seen posts for quite a few of the characters, but as the title says, I haven't seen any for Hagrid. We all know that Robbie Coltrane was perhaps the best actor in that entire movie series, pssh no I'm not bias at all, anyway so yeah he was the best Hagrid a Hagrid could be so, I want all of your thoughts on who you think should or could take up the mantle that this legend of a man left behind.

Tldr: Robbie Coltrane was amazing both as Hagrid and not but who do you think should be Hagrid for the Tv series.

I always found weird that any student can bring a cat at Hogwarts. Owls have their own dependencies where they can sleep and shit, whilst toads are small and almost no one bring them to the school.

However cats are not regulated at all. Imagine sharing your bedroom with four students, each of them with one cat. Imagine you are at your fifth year, studying for the most important test of your life, but can barely sleep at night because of the noise and the smell of shit of your roomates cats. They even can roam the common room, so your only option is the library, which closes at night.

I dont know what house has more tendency to accumulate the highest number of cats every year. We only see Harry's POV, so we dont know if other students are living under a pile of cats shit and hair.

The series makes a big deal of the killing curse and other deadly uses of magic, but wouldn’t the most effective way to deal with lawbreakers and dark wizards be to just sneak up on them, transfigure them into harmless creatures (which is the last thing they’d expect) and then in the moment they’re defenceless perform a memory charm on them?

Suddenly Lord Voldemort is just Tom The Bunny Rabbit, living in a hutch at the end of Dumbledore’s garden.

I was confused whether to read HP: Cursed Child before reading the main books (I have watched all the movies multiple times). But, after reading comments on my last post I have decided this. . I have read the first chapter, and I already love it. I was wondering how I should read it to enjoy it at it's fullest extent.

Hi wish to do a HPWBST soon and i keep on reading that Golden Tour Bus is a nightmare for most. I plan to go to the 8am so we can do a half day with this tour but im afraid after reading all the bad comments that the contract with this bus has been terrible. But is it still good to use? Itll be our first time in London and i dont want to have the early morning stress to do public transpo. We plan to use the Golden Tours, Bulleid Way Departure Point (London, UK)

The Fantastic Beasts series shouldn't have been a "Fantastic Beasts" series.

Instead we should have had the first fantastic beasts movie, then a seperate movie (advertised as a stand alone entry) titled "Quidditch through the Ages". The story should have been essentially self contained - a fun sporting romp - but on the peripheries the Grindelwald and Dumbledore should have continued to unfold. Merlin's Beard - you could even set it during the Quidditch World Cup being held in Paris and keep the basic premise of the climax to "Crimes Of Grindlewald".

Then, follow that with a "Hogwarts: A History" movie with lots of nostalgia-bait, maybe crowbar a Marauders plot in there, or go wild with the timeline and have a back and forth Founders storyline, all the while hinting at the greater Grindelwald and Dumbledore storyline.

Then, follow that with a final movie where all the characters come together, Avengers style, to take down Grindelwald at the behest of Dumbledore.

I know it's pointless riffing like this, but I just needed to get this out of my imagination so I can move on!

Harry Potter is MASSIVE with many characters, good and bad, who saw a few lines and were barely mentioned. In fandom we see many theories, shipping and all kinds of background and origin stories. So, what character, good or bad, was your favorite and why?

As I am going back through all the movies for the hundredth time, I really noticed the difference of acting between Richard and Michael. Now while they both did a fantastic job, I can’t help but feel a warmness in Richard’s variant, almost how I would imagine someone of that age being. Compared to more of an edginess that Michael gives the character, he seems a little more energetic and youthful, even has a couple scenes where he moves around quite quickly.

Whenever I put one of the movies in to fall asleep to I always reached for Sorcerers or Chambers, which makes sense. With that being said my favorite is Prisoner, which was Michael’s start as Dumbledore.

So which is your favorite version? I think mine is Richard’s, as I like the comforting way he portraits the character.

I’m relistening to GoF (Jim Dale) and just noticed an odd thing. Harry is wondering who to write to re: his scar hurting. He wonders what Dumbledore would be doing on his holidays. Why doesn’t he just look at the Marauders Map? He’d know right away whether Dumbledore was at Hogwarts or not!

Today I've ended my journey in reading the harrypotter series and I have to say

For the majority I truly love the books now they were so entertaining of course there were moments were I need to cool off because these guys were pissing me off but still absolutely loved it and don't regret. However I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed in a few places mainly big reveals: snapes memories OR DEATHS: dobby, Sirius, Fred, even voldemort I started reading because I loved these scenes truly in the movies and wanted to see how they translated from the books and was suprised to find that weirdly for me after reading it the only really great things the movies did was these certain scenes. BUT it was certainly made up for with so many other things that I had no clue about and in the end I'm glad I did it and couldn't be more pleased with the journey. Any opinions or questions feel free I'd love to talk about these books

I'm rereading The Order of the Phoenix and while the gang is cleaning up Grimmauld Place they suspect there's a boggart in a writing desk. Molly Weasley asks Alaster Moody to check it bc his magic eye can see through walls and stuff. He looks through the desk and says yes, it's a boggart. But considering no one actually knows what a boggart looks like since they're shape shifters, does he see its true form?? Or does it still transform itself even through walls?

In the movies they show Harry to be a lot more socially awkward, having difficulty pulling girls. But in the books he was probably the biggest ladies man at Hogwarts, especially in HBP. But in the movies they only really show it in the HBP film with Romilda Vane. In the books they showed many girls having massive crushes on him. They literally had girls giggling, blushing, and flirting with him. Even Hermione admitted that he had become a lot more attractive. But not only that, the funniest part is that he was trying to legit dodge them all. He literally had to use the secret passages in Hogwarts just to avoid girls trying to trap him under mistletoes during around Christmas time. And it wasn’t only in HBP, but in the GOF many girls had asked him to the ball, even a fifth year girl. The only similarities the books and movies had with this was Harry’s social awkwardness around girls (accept they dialed it up a lot more in the movies I think).

I prefer the GOF movie to the book. I will say straight out, that I became a fan because of my parents making me watch the movies on a random weekend in eighth grade. Unlike a lot of people in the fandom, I will say I wholeheartedly love the movies. Even after reading the books, and all the differences, it doesn’t bother me. It’s enjoyable in both sets.

I read the books after watching the movies (my parents had always tried to get me interested in the books but I saw the lengths and backed off immediately.) So that definitely skews my point, but I really do like the books, even if they are all a bit wonky. Its a kid series, so I get it lol. The books give a lot more context that isn’t in the movies unfortunately, and expand the world beyond my own imagination. Its fun! I love Ron in the movies, but I love him even more in the books. Great dude.

However, I have only read GOF once and only once, and I immediately knew I liked the movie more. That book for me, even though OOTP was longer, had so much god damn filler I felt like seriously just quitting. I loved the length of OOTP and I never got bored. In GOF though, it felt like I was reading pages and pages of things that wasn’t needed at a time. SPEW was…odd? Like erm? That whole plot line had me scratching my head because the undertones were weird asf. The things that weren’t in the movie I felt like the directors did a good job on choosing what to cut out, because that book is a damn snooze fest at points. I am sorry but that is how I see it, and you’re more than welcome to disagree with me (I’d actually really like to hear everyone’s opinions! It fascinates me how big and how different the fandom is from all over)

Anyway I have seen on here that many think GOF was the absolutely worst film adaptation and while it’s not my favorite movie, I definitely like it more than the book. I saw someone say they left out the entire plot and it made me laugh. The movie did, but somehow for me it was still much more fun to experience than reading that book. I know a lot of people talk about the same “unpopular” opinions on here so I thought I would give my own that I know would actually have people disagreeing.

One of my favorite things about Harry is how he remembers everyone he meets and the context he met them in.

This definitely has something to do with the Dursleys and how little regard they gave him and he must have been shocked but also grateful when people started to express interest in him. And especially not as the "Chosen One" of course, but a genuine liking to him personally. But I also think it has a lot to do with his mother, whom Dumbledore said Harry inherited her "deepest nature".

And I'm not talking about his close friends or the Weasleys, but Florean Fortescue, who gave him free ice cream. Or Griphook he recalls in the seventh book, who he remembers showed him to his Gringott's vault for the first time. And especially Stan Shunpike, whom I don't think he liked too much but he was still very upset when he was wrongfully imprisoned and understood Stan well enough that he could never be a Death Eater.

Anyways I've been meaning to express this for a while now and I couldn't find anyone else talking about it, and I related to this a lot when I was Harry's age. Just so excited that people found me interesting when I was told I was weird or awkward so often.

My little cousin came to me distraught because his teacher took away his HP book (I gifted him the book). My sister told me that is was something about magic, the school is catholic and it looks like teacher is particularly quirky about some of the stuff she believes. My sister will talk to her to at least retrieve the book back, but im curious is anyone has heard of something like this happening? First I'm hearing of the books not allowed in schools

I’m reading it currently and I don’t know if I’ve forgotten something that explains why Hagrid says Hogwarts has been his home since he was 13-years-old and not 11-years-old? It’s when Professor McGonagall is asking the Heads of House (and Hagrid) if they think the school remaining open after Dumbledore’s death.

In Yr 1, we learn he has inherited a wand from Charlie. Obviously, Charlie just left school, got a job, and bought his own.

Are we thinking it's Fabian's? We know she kept his watch, after all. If it was, that must have hurt Molly a bit extra when she found out. If it wasn't, imagine Ron having broken a family heirloom or something haha.

Edit: could be that with three other kids at school by the time Ron started, Charlie knew of the financial difficulties Molly and Arthur were having, so offered up his own wand and bought another.

During the quidditch match Harry and gang thinks Snape tried to kill Harry. But later Quirrell reveals that it was Snape who saved harry by using a counter curse.

How does Voldemort still takes Snape to be loyal if that was the case.

Given Voldemort was literally on back of Quirrell’s head

I saw this in a meme and it really got me thinking how dumb I was as a kid, and what did directors(or JK if its in the books as well) smoke up when writing this scene!!!

This is the first time I think of this but I’m just starting a new reread and we know that in PS Harry goes with the Dursley’s to the Zoo cuz Mrs. Figg breaks her leg. Well, I know she’s a squib and can’t use magic to cure her own leg, but surely she can ask some of her wizard or witch friends or go to St. Mungo’s to fix her leg magically? Why would she suffer through a broken leg like a muggle? Unless.. she wasn’t written to be a squib at that point yet?