Hey!

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but my sister is a HUGE Harry Potter fan and I am trying to find something special for her birthday in a few weeks.

She has all the usual collectible stuff, Lego sets etc.

Any ideas would be amazing!

Thanks

I got the idea for this post while I was scrolling through this subreddit. I came across this post called "The most unrealistic part about the Harry Potter series is that Harry, who comes from the muggle world, is introduced to freakin' magic and never takes the initiative to learn more and more spells and cool/useful stuff in 7 years. He's pretty much stuck with what, 3-4 spells he uses regularly?" by u/Alexczandr. Its basically about how if Harry had just taken the initiative to learn a few spells from Dumbledore or someone, he could have been so much more. So that got me thinking, what about Ron? Ron spent so much of his friendship with Harry being jealous of him, when in reality Ron could have easily bettered him. Lets start on Harry.

So the post I mentioned (and its comments) cover Harry in much more depth so if you want to read more about him then head over there. In general, Harry is an average student. Although I hate to admit it, Snape rightly said that Harry was mediocre, and just because he is famous, dosen't mean that he can neglect his studies (Sorry i cant remember the exact quote). He also has quite a big ego. He has no specific talents in any of his subjects except for DADA. In DADA (Defense Against the Dark Arts) nearly all of his skill is natural talent, which isn't that impressive. I mean, come on, who are you gonna be more impressed by, the guy who has it in his blood, or the guy who worked hard, stayed focused, and stayed strong, to push past others and get to the top? Yeah. Lets move on.

My poor guy Ron was battling with himself for so long and no one gave a damn or noticed. Like omg I'm literally dying because he was so under represented, like can we give him some love? From what Slytherins locket says, Ron thinks he is a disapointment as he was the last boy from a mother who "craved a daughter". It is likely that Ron was slightly neglected, as Bill was the oldest, Charlie was out on his own in a different country, Percy was the perfect one with amazing grades, Fred and George were trouble makers, and Ginny was the only girl. He feels like the outcast of the family as he probably gets little to no attention from his parents. As much as I love Molly, I have to say she made it look like she favoured Harry more than Ron. With Harry she was warm and loving, she always thought before she said anything, and she tried so hard to be the mother he didn't have. With Ron... she was snappy, always telling him what to do, comparing him to Harry... I just feel so bad for him. No one realizes his struggle, he has to deal with all this on his own. Obviously he is just a fictional character but I mean come on. I relate to him more that any other character in the series, even with me only having one sister. And the perfect best friend... yeah I know what that feels like. Moving on to Harry and Ron's dynamic.

Ron felt a lot of jealousy in his lifetime. At first, he admired his brothers and wanted to be like them. He looked up to them. When he reached Hogwarts however, I dunno something happened. Maybe he was again, comparing himself to Harry and Hermione with his grades, but he thought he couldn't be like his brothers, he thought he wasn't good enough. Thought is the key word here. He becomes jealous of his brothers. Now with Harry, there are loaaaaddddsss of stuff that he was jealous of and I'm gonna list em all. 1. Money. Molly and Arthur Weasley had 7 kids, and that's a lot of money. All the Weasleys (especially the younger ones) grew up in poverty. They weren't allowed to have fancy things, and got the bare minimum for their birthdays. They got things second-hand and they had to do a lot of things themselves. For example, Mrs Weasley could have easily ordered Weasley jumpers for everyone, but no, she has to knit them by hand. Draco Malfoy also bullied him for being poor, so maybe that fueled his jealousy of people with money. 2. Fame. Yeah I don't have to explain this one. One thing I will add though, is that Ron might have been jealous of Harry ability to get the girls. This doesn't have any proof though so yeah I might be wrong.

Right so I've ran out of reasons. If you guys notice any more feel free to comment them and yeah.

I am researching whether Harry used Dumbledore's pensieve to share his Voldemort visions with Dumbledore. The books do not make this clear. In Dumbledore's searches for horcruxes he would have needed every single clue where Voldemort travelled to make the horcruxes. This is Sherlock Holmes level sleuthing. Just as Dumbledore was searching for the horcruxes, Voldemort was looking for the Elder Wand. A race against the clock. Harry's visions would have contained vital clues Harry himself might have missed, but Dumbledore wouldn't.

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He got mad because 3 guys built a bridge over a deadly river and felt so insulted by that he wanted to scheme her way into killing them because of that.

I'm sorry but like Harry Potter in the final stages is just too hard to read. Harry gets a friend Dobby and he dies. And then we have Hedwig, and he also dies. And let's not forget about Dumbledore, Sirius, and James and Lily Potter. Everyone who cares for Harry just dies. Why just WHY does Rowling have to do this?

What moments in Harry Potter made want to say, “What did Harry do to deserve to such hardship and suffering?!”

As the title says, is there a reason some random wizard use the killing curse on Voldemort instead? Is he somehow immune to it? For example he have his back turned along with the snake, couldn’t someone use the curse spell quietly without announcing to the whole world “AVADA KEDAVRAAA”?

So…we all know the killing curse is Avada Kedavra. A thought I had in the shower this morning is the “initials” are AK. One of the deadliest automatic rifles are “AKs”. So…coincidence?

Or maybe it was my brain going “it’s 4 am go to sleep”… 🤷‍♀️

A friend did a review of Hogwarts Legacy for my blog. Agree or disagree with his review?

https://www.latterdaysaintgeeks.com/2024/12/legacy.html

I'm currently listening to the audiobooks and currently, I'm at the fourth one. As I go through them and reflect on the book title, I’ve come to not like the majority of them. I just don't think they're good and I feel like they could be better. My main dislike is for the 2nd to 5th books.

I don't like them because I feel they don't reveal something to the reader at the end of the book, it is all information that is given relatively close to the beginning or start of the second act of the book. I feel like it should be something that draws the reader or listener in for the entire book or atleast the majority.

Here are my examples to change them:
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets to Harry Potter and the Heir of Slytherin:
I think they could have renamed this to be . It's a lot more ambiguous, you don't know if the book title is referring to Harry, Draco, Lucius or some unnamed character until you get to the final reveal that it is, Tom Riddle.

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban to Harry Potter and the Marauders of Hogwarts:
Who are they? Why are they “marauders''? Only to reveal that it's four people deeply involved in Harry's life. I really love this book and it really is about Harry’s Father and best friends, the book title should have encompassed them more.

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire to Harry Potter…?
I am struggling with this one as we know what the Goblet is and how it fits in the story. We don’t know who confounded it to put Harry’s name in the goblet.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to Harry Potter…?
This is another that I find kind of silly, the Order of the Phoenix is, to me, a really crappy name for an army of wizards whose goal is to fight Voldemort.

I wonder if you all have other ideas.

Who aggravates or boils your blood the most, make a top ten list please?

I am I the only person that thinks Bellatrix is like a Dark Luna?

Hear me out they both seem to just have a love for life and all things magic. They both have a carefree and childlike fascination with those around d them. They only real difference in one is surrounded with darkness and the other light, which given some thought makes me absolutely terrified of what Luna is capable of cuz we know she's bad@$$ in a fight.

Hey there r/harrypotter!

I've been looking around to see if I can find any help in compiling a list of spells that 12-13 year old characters would know.

I'll start running a HP themed roleplay using the "Kids on Brooms" system, and I wanted to know if anyone here would know, as there are a lot of spells (many even nameless) and it would help a lot!

Thank you very much!

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As the title says, will I damage the mug or not if I put hot water in it?

Does anyone else think that Cameron Monaghan would make either a great Lord Voldemort, or Barty Crouch Junior, in the new Harry Potter HBO series?

Monaghan has shown his ability to play complex, unhinged villains in his roles, such as Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska on the TV show Gotham.

I think his intense and unsettling performance style could translate really well to capturing the darkness and menace of either Voldemort or Crouch Jr.

What do you all think?

Is Monaghan a good fit for the Dark Lord, Crouch Junior, or do you have other actors in mind for the role(s)?

For Reference:

SPOILERS:

The Joker Reveal/Plot Twist Part 1

The Joker Reveal/ Plot Twist Part 2

Jerome Joker- All Scenes Compilation

I've seen so many fanfictions where Lily Bashing is Present. I've seen people portraiting her as an evil bitch and even compared to Umbridge in some....

What if Bellatrix Had a Daughter who was in Gryffindor?

It is possible that If she had a daughter she would be in Gryffindor because from what most HP fans say, Bellatrix herself is very brave.

-She voluntarily spent 15 years in Azkaban for her master rather than pretend she was under the Imperius curse.

-She frequently stood up to Snape, who was not only an extremely powerful wizard but also had Voldemort’s favour.

-She defied her master’s orders by going to visit Snape.

-She was the only high-ranking female Death Eater, frequently defending her place as Voldemort’s right-hand woman.

-She was keen on the prospect of killing Dumbledore, Voldemort’s only competition for Most Powerful Wizard Alive.

-She was willing to turn her back on her sister for what she thought was right (just like Percy).

-She mocked Molly right after she had lost one child and almost lost another - dumb, but brave.

Bellatrix is extremely brave; she's also probably the only major villain who isn't a coward. But I never see Bellatrix in lists of the bravest HP characters nor the possibility of Gryffindor Bellatrix being explored in fanfiction, despite this making much more sense than Gryffindor Draco or Slytherin Harry. So I think Her daughter (who might not be as deranged as Bella and more Innocent) can be in Gryffindor.

Her daughter could be like a more disciplined Sirius Black. You know what I mean. She might have seen how her family, (Probably the Malfoy's who raised her) being mean to people and house elves. And she might want to be different and better than them.

What would Bellatrix's Reaction be if she found out her only Daughter (Let's name her Cassiopeia for now) is in Gryffindor? How would she take her daughter? I feel like she would somewhat be proud of her. Idk.

The girl could still be a little prejudiced, like she might be cool with Purebloods,Halfbloods and muggleborns but wouldn't take it too far with Blood traitors and Muggleborns.

And please, this is NOT Delphini or Voldemort's daughter. This is Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange's Only Daughter. Let's think the Cursed child doesn't exist for this post :)

My GF want to get a self Made repicla of Mr weaslys wand anybody know where i can find exact measurements? The replicas i found online dont seem to have the exact sizes with Other Wands so i wanted to ask If somewhere in the Books it is mentioned or somehow Else to find Out ?

I heard many people say that Trelawney is a bad teacher, but is she? It seems to me that she teaches pretty well, it's just the subject that is useless.

Full disclosure: I’ve only read the books a few times, and I am more than happy for you to poke holes in this theory until it’s no more than an old house-elf’s tea towel. This is a first draft, and I may repost more refined versions of this theory in the future. Sorry for the lack of a TLDR, I haven’t yet found a truly concise way to frame my thoughts. Also if this is not an original theory, please point me towards to original.

In DH, the Wizarding world’s understanding of rules of wand loyalty and ownership is inconsistent and changes haphazardly throughout the book. This is not an accident or a flaw in the premise of wand loyalty, but it does help us understand that wand loyalty is clearly a murky concept at best and is more of a currently-accepted-theory than proven fact. Even Ollivander himself (arguably the world’s foremost expert on wandlore at some parts of the series) admits that wand ownership is hazy and doesn’t follow hard and fast rules.

My theory is that wand allegiance is not the best explanation for the events that Voldemort, Harry, and friends chalk up to wand allegiance. The premise of wand allegiance is merely the first explanation that they received, and then they rationalised subsequent events to fit their bias towards the idea of wand loyalty.

The idea of wand loyalty also comes into play somewhat out of the blue, suddenly becoming a major plot point in DH. This is because Ollivander only brought it up to Voldemort after several rounds of torture and threats. Ollivander was grasping at straws, and mentioned a fringe theory that a wand will be more loyal is you obtain it via that wand’s preferred method (usually conquest). Voldemort seized on the idea because it appealed to his sensibilities and it became a major part of his plans. This lead to Harry and company also placing great stock in the previously fringe theory.

Let’s look at how different wands work better or worse for certain characters:
There is no doubt that wizards perform better or worse depending on the wand they have. Wands of different materials behave differently, and wizards perform better when a wand’s attributes match their own. This is why Ollivander is so good at his job: he is very good at finding/building a wand to suit his customers’ personalities. We see several examples of characters using other people’s wands to various degrees of success, and they could be explained by character attributes perhaps better than by wand loyalty. For example: Draco’s wand worked better for Harry than a random Snatcher’s wand because Harry has much more in common with Draco than with a common street thug. Bellatrix’s wand worked dreadfully for Hermoine because they are very different personalities.

Let’s look at Voldemort’s final curse backfiring:
Harry attributes the backfiring of Voldemort’s killing curse to the fact that he (Harry) was the true owner of both wands used in the duel, but a more likely explanation is that Voldemort was simply a victim of his own superstition. Voldemort’s superstitious nature was his second greatest weakness (next to his inability to love), which is a fact Dumbledore plainly acknowledged. It is because of his superstitions that Voldemort believed Trelawmey’s prophecy and forced it to come true. It is because of his superstition (that 7 is the most magically powerful number) that he began creating so many horcruxes and thus by force of habit unintentionally turned Harry into a horcrux, sealing their souls together in a way that gave Harry key insight into Voldemort’s plans. It is because of his superstitions that he chose magically significant artefacts and resting places for horcruxes (which enabled them to be discovered and destroyed).
The killing curse is one which takes enormous intent. When Harry told Voldemort that the horcruxes were all destroyed, that it was no accident Harry kept surviving and Voldemort kept failing to kill him, and that (through some fairly contrived logic) Harry was the owner of the Elder wand, the superstitious doubts that crept into Voldemort’s mind were what proved his undoing. He lacked the self confidence to adequately cast his curse. He rashly cast his curse anyway, which failed to fully deliver and backfired on himself. Harry’s pre-duel monologue didn’t just serve to justify to the reader that Harry would win the duel, it literally was the reason he won it.

Let me know what you think!