In Goblet of Fire, Harry sends letters to Sirius with different owls. I'm sure it can be explained that owls are magical and there's no spell that can find another person without it being easily counter-charmed.

But if they where trying to find Sirius or any other wizard. Why not send an owl post and then follow the owl to the wizard you are trying to find?

It was a completely unnecessary part of Voldemort and Barty Jrs plan. The imposter Moody had earned Harry’s trust very early on. At any time during the school year he could’ve made a portkey and had Harry touch it. I love the tournament and whole GOF book, but it just didn’t seem necessary to make the portkey that difficult to reach. Am I missing something?

Imagine getting a job as a magician to perform at events and as you mean to say Abracadabra you sneeze and accidentally say avada kedavra…how would you try to rebound after the fallout?

I am reading the books on my own for the first time since childhood, and there are obviously so many things that the books illustrate better than the movies. But I just came across one moment that I believe the film got right - the moment Ron and Harry get to their first potions lesson in HBP, and in the movie they wrestle over the "newer" textbook. This scene always makes me laugh when I watch the movies, and I think it's a sweet nod to Harry and Ron's brotherly relationship.

What other moments do you all think the movies got right?

• Albus Dumbledore – Bryan Cranston
• Lord Voldemort – Harry Lloyd
• Severus Snape – Michael Fassbender
• Remus Lupin – David Wenham
• Bellatrix Lestrange – Eva Green
• Sirius Black – Aaron Paul
• Minerva McGonagall – Michelle Fairley
• Lucius Malfoy – Tom Hiddleston
• Molly Weasley – Alex Kingston or Catherine Tate
• Dolores Umbridge – Kathy Bates
• Kingsley Shacklebolt – Laurence Fishburne
• Nymphadora Tonks – Saorise Ronan
• Madame Maxime – Gwendoline Christie
• Narcissa Malfoy – Lena Headey
• Gilderoy Lockhart – Matt Smith
• Bartemius Crouch – Peter Capaldi
• Mundungus Fletcher – Matt Lucas
• Sybil Trelawney – Tilda Swinton
• Horace Slughorn – Stephen Fry
• Cornelius Fudge – Conleth Hill
• Aberforth Dumbledore – Bernard Hill
• Lily Potter – Karen Gillan
• Marvolo Gaunt – John Rhys-Davies
• Bertha Jorkins – Ingrid Oliver
• Hepzibah Smith – Camille Coduri
• Merope Gaunt – Laura Carmichael
• Amelia Bones – Jemma Redgrave
• Frank Bryce – Tom Baker
• Andromeda Tonks – Michelle Dockery
• Vernon Dursley – Gerard Horan

Isn't it fair to say that Dumbledore defeated Voldemort? I'm not saying Harry did nothing, but wherever he went, Dumbledore kind of paved the way.

You know from the get-go that Dumbledore is testing and training Harry - no one who is as clever and powerful as Dumbledore would have let Quirrell get away with masquerading as a teacher. This training culminates with Dumbledore teaching Harry to think like him in the 6th book, and pays off when Harry goes horcrux hunting in the 7th book. But this was always under Dumbledore's control, more or less.

In the 7th book there is a long period of time where the trio are wandering around, camping out and listlessly trying to think of what to do next. Not only is this by Dumbledore's design, but on his orders he ends the search (by means of his portrait) by ordering Snape to give the trio the sword of Gryffindor. This not only gives them a sense of direction, but empowers them to destroy horcruxes now, something the trio could not have done on their own. And when Harry went to die in the forest, Dumbledore knew Harry wouldn't have the strength to go on and gave him the time-gated resurrection stone.

My point is that even at the most chaotic and uncontrolled seeming part of the quest (when Ron leaves) this was something Dumbledore had accounted for and ultimately solved in advance. He knew roughly exactly what would happen and took time to be correct. At every step of the way Dumbledore prepared countermeasures so that when Voldemort finally faced off against Harry, as the prophecy said he must, things would go the way Dumbledore wanted.

Everyone knows Polyjuice Potion tastes like goblin piss. Could you chase Polyjuice Potion with juice or soda or whatever or would it somehow ruin the magical composition? It's pretty fast acting so I'm sure you could just take it, count to two, and then the chaser without any negative effects. Did I just answer my own question? Why do witches and wizards hate themselves and choose so often to live in discomfort?

Harry is in the Library and brands Ginny, Ron and Hermione with Runes, because they were paid by his accounts to keep tabs on him an betray him. It is a Light Side Bashong story and one of my Guilty Pleasure Reads. Unfortunately I forgot the Name and can‘t find it on fanfiction.net anymore. Can you help me find it?

So, Snape heard part of the prophecy and went and told voldemort way back when. This was still when he was on voldy's side. Voldy then hunted James and Lily and because Lily was killed this is why Snape was devastated and crushed and begged Dumbly for forgiveness and join on his side?

In OOTP, after Umbridge is taken away by the centaurs, Harry and the others fly to London by thestrals and enter the Ministry.

We know the train from London to Hogsmeade is like 8 hours long. Even if the thestrals are faster, it had to take 2-3 hours to get to London.

Dumbldore says Snape alerted the Order right after they failed to return from the forest and that the Order has ways to contact each other other than Umbidge’s fire. The Order can apparate to the Ministry, or at least to the entrance.

The Order should have actually beat Harry and the others to the Ministry while Harry was flying. Why didn’t take the Order like over three hours to arrive at the Ministry?

I don‘t know how I got to this point but now I can‘t stop thinking about it. I‘am sure they wouldn‘t use condoms or the pill afterwards because it is muggel technology. So how do they prevent teen pregnancies in Hogwarts. Or how does Voldemort not have a whole army of baby death eaters. He was around 70 when he died. He was described as charming, good looking and somebody who gets what he wants. And we know he had intercourse because he has a child with bellatrix. So it‘s not too far fetched to think that he also had other „love“ interests in his previous life, some of which must have gotten pregnant. And if they use like a in-utero version of avada kedavra, there must be a huge fight between pro abortionists and contra abortionists in the magical world.

Don‘t know if this question is too weird.

I caught the end of OoTP on TV, and I had a thought during Luna & Harry's conversation. Luna said that she was sorry about Siruis's death, and when discussing her lost clothes & shoes, Luna said that her mom always told her that things we lose always have a way of returning to us, even if it's not in the way we expect. Towards the end of DH, when Harry speaking with the ghosts in the dark forest, Sirius was one of the ghost there. In an unexpected way, Harry's godfather returned to him one last time.

Thats my thought of the day, that Lunas thought about everything returning to us, even in unexpected ways, came true about Sirius

Context:

The war has been over for two years and the last Death Eater has been sentenced. However, the scars of war are still fresh and many people are still angry over it. Kingsley Shacklebolt has retired suddenly and you have been made the Minister For Magic. As a form of deterrence, the Ministry has passed an incontrovertible law that all Death Eaters are to be senteneced to Azkaban, their sentences depending on their crimes.

However, a Rita Skeeter article pointed out that Draco Malfoy was a Death Eater and had the mark. Though the Death Eater trials are over, the public are calling for him to be sentenced to Azkaban. You have all knowledge of Draco's doings from the book (only the canon from book 1 to 7). The Trio, Order of the Phoenix and the DA have left the choice of Draco being punished up to you.

Considering his crimes, would you send him to Azkaban?

1. Harry Potter (18956 times) - duh
2. Ron Weasley (6464) - Being HP best friend and the one he spends the most time with, no surprise
3. Hermione Granger (5486) - About a 1000 less than Ron but being HP other best friend and the amount of time spend, no surprises there
4. Albus Dumbledore (2421) - Less than half of Hermione's mentions, being HP mentor pushes him up
5. Rubeus Hagrid (2024) - This one surprised me a bit but considering how close the Trio are with him, not that surprising after all
6. Severus Snape (1956) - Most mentioned Slytherin and second most mentioned professor (after Hagrid)
7. Voldemort (1797) - Tom really likes the number 7
8. Sirius Black (1471) - Most mentioned Marauder
9. Draco Malfoy (1198) - His presence in Book 6 really boosted his numbers
10. Fred Weasley (920) - Outside of Ron, most mentioned Weasley. Excuse me while I cry
11. Remus Lupin (864) - Best DADA professor and fav werewolf (arguably for both)
12. George Weasley (821) - Rounding out the next-door neighbours
13. Neville Longbottom (810) - Badass
14. Arthur Weasley (780) - Surprising to see him beat out Ginny and Molly but then most Ministry scenes would have him mentioned
15. Ginny Weasley (771) - A little surprising to see HP's love interest and future wife here but then again, Harry had other things on his mind like Voldemort
16. Minerva McGonagall (770) - The Trio's beloved professor. Would have more lines but she took 4 stunners to the chest and still came back. What a champ
17. Molly Weasley (722) - Harry's mother figure comes in the top 20 as she should
18. Dolores Umbridge (637) - Urgh, the less mentioned, the better
19. Alastor Moody (583) - Not sure if they also counted fake Moody
20. Vernon Dursley (530) - Seriously, this guy?!

I have MULTIPLE issues with this part of HBP.

For starters why did Harry not just dive back out the door after Draco’s first spell missed him? Engaging in a duel with a death eater who is backed by Snape had zero positive outcome for Harry.

Harry could’ve let Draco use Crucio on him… not a pleasant idea in the slightest but it’s an unforgivable curse and Draco would’ve been arrested leading to the vanishing cabinet never getting finished.

Why did NO teacher ask Harry for his side of things?? Why did anyone just accept Snapes(THE well documented authority on Potter hating) telling of what happened? “Draco attempted to use crucio on me and that was the first thing that came out of my mouth even though I didn’t know what it did”. He would’ve gotten in trouble but I doubt it would’ve been at Snapes terms.

How is legilimency legal in the slightest? It’s highly intrusive and seems (temporarily) damaging to someone’s mental state (at least in Harry’s case imo).

Why is Hermione more pressed and SO PETTY about the half blood prince when Harry was almost tortured by Draco for just being in the same public school bathroom with him.

This has been my rant thank you for coming.

So in the maze, the spider was rushing towards Cedric, I just realized it could've been imperioed, like the little spider at the beginning of Crouch Jr. class.

Saying anything equivalent to that around kids approaching puberty is tantamount to asking for an ass-kicking or to be mocked relentlessly.

I mean,he has his invisibility cloak.He can just put it on and stays right behind him than pick the right time to sneak in.

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They’ve made ones with ron, draco, dobby and voldy. It’s so funny, they’re actually good.

Asking the important questions. If you don’t know the seven potters. They are Harry himself, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Fleur Delacour, and Mundungus Fletcher.

Hello all,

I really, really want to get a harry Potter themed tattoo. I don't want anything overdone like the deathly hallows symbol and I don't want something huge and elaborate. One of my favorite characters is Ron, so maybe something about him?
Any suggestions or opinions??

I just tested and I found out mine is a Granian Winged Horse! Previously it was a white stallion, but now it got wings :) what is your patronus and your house? I’m a Gryffindor I know there are many cool patronuses out there so I have been wondering about this!

Anything, what do you think of him or what was his significance. The twist in Book 7 was a wild one, it blew my mind.

Hi all,

I was going through Instagram and saw someone opening up Harry Potter booster box, they opened the quidditch one. I saw one on ebay for £200, is that overpriced?

Thanks

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This is how I would:

1 - 6th year (The Half-Blood Prince)

2 - 1st year (The Philosopher's Stone)

3 - 3rd year (The Prisoner of Azkaban)

4 - 2nd year (The Chamber of Secrets)

5 - 4th year (The Goblet of Fire)

6 - 5th year (The Order of the Phoenix)

In my opinion Harry's 6th year was the best for him because it seemed the most normal to him and the one where the least bad things happened to him

It makes no business sense to me why Warner is turning one of the most profitable franchises of all time and rebooting it into a TV show instead of expanding the already established universe.

Just because the Fantastic Beasts films flopped at the box office doesn’t mean they should kill the preestablished universe. They could do so much more with it.

Godzilla King of the Monsters for example underperformed but they stuck with the franchise and now they have the biggest opening of 2024 with GodzillaXKong.

If they reboot the franchise and it flops, then they’ll have burned bridges with the audience and the film fanbase wont return to theaters for whatever sequel they come up with next…

Finished watching the movies again for I don't even know how many times, but never read the books. So from the movie perspective, in the final battle Harry should technically have lost to Voldemort. Draco disarmed Dumbledore transferring the Elder Wand to Draco, then Harry disarmed Draco transferring it to Harry BUT Voldemort killed Harry (even temporarily) which means the Elder Wand's true owner became Voldemort and it being used by it's true owner should have made Voldemort unbeatable in 1v1 magical battle.

Thoughts?

Do people go to vote like in real life or is the minister chosen in other way?