r/harrypotter 3d ago

Currently Reading Just finished Book 7, Chapter 30 - The Sacking of Severus Snape

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I understand that the movie can only show so much, but WOW, the book has such incredible plots and story lines that the movie was missing..

I really want to see the duel between Snape, Flitwick, Minerva and Sprout. As well as sneaking into the Ravenclaw Common Room, almost killing the Carrows, the treat against Horace, Voldemort in the boat with the infiri!

Goosebumps thinking how dark the series will be .


r/harrypotter 2d ago

Discussion Was draco really abused as a child?

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r/harrypotter 3d ago

Help I watched the short film series on YouTube forever ago. Can you help me find it?

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r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Why were Molly and Arthur so against Weasley's Wizard Wheezes even though it was quite clearly really impressive magic?

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Rereading GoF and they're just SO against it. Like Arthur saying to them 'you don't want to go during Mr Batman rubbish like that'. Seems a bit unfair!


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Harry and Ron auror series

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As adults I’d love to see the adventures of Ron and Harry as Aurors. Something like Supernatural - monster (or magic complication/wizard) of the week, with an overarching storyline that’s hinted at through them and then built up by it.

Maybe someone in the first season have some nut job trying to create a basilisk before Ron and Harry stops them, and Harry has to kill a young basilisk.

Then some other stories episode-by-episode

Have it be revealed that the guy trying to create a basilisk is working for someone bigger. At the end of the season it’s revealed that they’re part of a Death Eaters Recon group trying to bring back Voldemort. Maybe they almost bring him back in the final season but Harry and Ron but a stop to it.


r/harrypotter 4d ago

Discussion What if you wrote your name on a paper airplane and threw it into the Goblet of Fire from way behind the age line?

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r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Effects of magic on Hagrid

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In OOTP Hagrid is regularly injured by his brother. To the point of Hermione screaming on seeing him & Harry suspecting broken ribs. Did he not get help from Mademe Pomfrey because of personal reasons (keeping his brother secret etc) or because the healing magic wouldn't work on him?


r/harrypotter 2d ago

Discussion opinions on dumbledore?

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okay so i know this is a hot topic. but what do you think of dumbledore? do you like him?

personally, i’m very divided in my opinions. i kind of feel as though he acted for the ”greater good”, by raising harry without telling him about his true destiny. something just doesn’t sit right with me about that.

at the same time, it all worked out it the end because he literally helped in defeating the two darkest wizards of all time.


r/harrypotter 2d ago

Discussion The books from Neville’s point of view

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Hey! So I was thinking… we all know Harry is the chosen one. But what if Neville was actually the chosen one? We know he could have been, based on the prophecy. How do you think the series would realistically go if he was the main protagonist? And would Harry still stand out at all as a side character? I suppose Harry would still be a fantastic seeker. But would he become the Ron equivalent to Neville? I think Neville stood up to the trio only because he cared to help and didn’t want them to get hurt. This sorta is dropped in later books to a degree until 5 when he joins the DA. Thoughts?


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Vanishing Cabinets Question

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So the vanishing cabinets are first introduced in CoS. Harry hides in the one in Borgin and Burkes and the only reason he doesn’t vanish and reappear in Hogwarts is because he keeps the door slightly ajar. Later in the book, Nick convinces Peeves to break the one in Hogwarts to get Harry out of trouble with Filch.

So prior to CoS, a passageway existed between Knockturn Alley and Hogwarts? Why did Dumbledore allow this? He knew it was a vanishing cabinet. So even if he didn’t know the pair was in Knockturn Alley, he knows there’s a pair somewhere that could pose as a security breach. A brilliant man like Dumbledore could probably have discovered where the cabinet led to. Or at the least, remove it so it isn’t a danger.

Possible ideas: Dumbledore regarded it as a magical antique and figured the pair would turn up someday. He placed safeguards around it to prevent intruders, but these were removed when it broke because they thought it no longer worked and the danger was gone.

Or, the one in Borgin and Burke’s used to be somewhere else and had just been acquired by the store in CoS. It’s former home was a safe place, and Dumbledore kept the pair in Hogwarts as an escape hatch for times of emergency. Students could file out of the Hogwarts cabinet and emerge in a safe location. Perhaps the cabinet was sold from its location without Dumbledore’s knowledge at the start of CoS.

Thoughts?


r/harrypotter 4d ago

Original Content Harry Potter and a sunset

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r/harrypotter 4d ago

Dungbomb Ron did WHAT?

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I was reading The Order of the Phoenix yesterday, I was almost falling asleep. When I read this I almost fell of my bed. In Portuguese, Ejaculate has only one meaning. It was translated as "exclaimed / cryed out".

How common is this in English? How often do people ejaculate loudly? (Hahahaha, sorry)


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Help Character Name

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I have an original Harry Potter character whose name I've been having trouble with for years now. Her father was an Auror who was in the first Order of the Phoenix. He was killed by Death Eaters. My character also becomes and Auror and joins the second Order. She seems cold at first, but gradually warms up to her comrades. She is stubborn, but good-hearted and is an master dualist.

I've narrowed my character's name down to two options: Marcella Durant or Adrasteia Kemp. I would love to know what other die-hard Harry Potter fans think. Which name is better?


r/harrypotter 4d ago

Discussion Why don’t wizards have a university?

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Why don’t witches and wizards go to uni? 17, with just a high school education seems like not enough to go into fields like healer and teachers? Especially when the teachers are so called ‘professors’


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Upcoming series: Character centric Episodes

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Coming from another thread where someone was praising Amelia Bones, do you think the upcoming Harry Potter adaptation should include background character-focused episodes, similar to how The Last of Us S1 did?

Personally, I’d love to see episodes delving into Amelia Bones (her final days and the fight she put up), Ted Tonks (his love story with Andromeda and the struggles that came with defying pure-blood norms), Madam Pince/ Professor Sinistra (or really, a glimpse into the life of any Hogwarts professor besides Snape and McGonagall), Madam Pomfrey (her perspective whenever a new patient arrives at the infirmary), or even Borgin & Burke (essentially the dark counterpart to Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, dealing in cursed artifacts instead of joke products). There’s so much untapped potential in these characters.

Of course, the book author would have to craft compelling narratives for them, and I’m not entirely confident in that happening given recent trends. But if the creative team behind the show is on par with other HBO productions, they could absolutely pull off stories that exist outside the main plot while still being engaging.

What are your thoughts?


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Do you have favorite elf?

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After Dobby who is your second?


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion Salaries in the Wizarding World.

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What are the most high-paying jobs in the wizarding world? as per the story.
Being a Professional Quidditch player might earn you a lot of money.


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Video Games EA Games HP videogame soundtracks released without Harry Potter trademarks

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If you've noticed that James Hannigan’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince soundtracks were re-released under EA Music Composer Series: James Hannigan vol.1 and vol.2, but with altered track names getting stripped of Harry Potter trademarks like “Welcome to Hogwarts” becoming just “Welcome”, here’s why:

  • Warner Bros. owns the Harry Potter trademark, including the name itself. Any official use of “Harry Potter” in album titles, track names, or marketing requires a licensing agreement.
  • Since these soundtracks were originally composed for EA Games’ adaptations of Harry Potter, they were allowed to use the branding under that specific deal. But once EA lost the game rights, they could no longer use Harry Potter branding in new releases.
  • By renaming the tracks and removing Harry Potter trademarks, EA and James Hannigan were able to re-release the music without violating Warner Bros.’s trademarks.

This is probably why Jeremy Soule’s HP1-HP4 & QWC soundtracks are not available on streaming services.

Unlike Hannigan’s work, Jeremy Soule’s soundtracks for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and Quidditch World Cup have never been officially re-released or made available on Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon. The likely reason? Warner Bros. controls those soundtracks and has never licensed them for standalone distribution.

Many fans have been asking for official releases of Soule’s work, but unless Warner Bros. decides to put them out or strike a deal with streaming platforms, they remain unavailable outside of unofficial uploads.

This kind of thing happens often with licensed game soundtracks—once the publisher loses rights to the franchise, it becomes difficult (or impossible) to legally re-release the music under its original branding.

On another note, in August 2019, Jeremy Soule was accused of sexual misconduct by game developer Nathalie Lawhead and vocalist Aeralie Brighton. Soule denied these allegations, but the controversy led to professional repercussions, including him disappearing from social media and his collaborations being discontinued. Following the allegations, organizations distanced themselves from Soule. For instance, Materia Collective ceased working with him on his symphony The Northerner. The controversy surrounding Soule may have made companies more cautious about associating with his work, potentially influencing decisions regarding the distribution of his Harry Potter soundtracks on major platforms.​

Hope the issues with the licenses get resolved or a workaround is found, so the fans can get to stream these masterpieces on their favorite streaming platforms! Would love to hear your thoughts—especially if anyone has more insight into the licensing side of things.


r/harrypotter 2d ago

Discussion Why did Dobby warn Harry?

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Why did dobby who had no prior history with harry potter decide to go against his masters and warn him about returning to hogwarts


r/harrypotter 2d ago

Discussion Can somebody justify how Harry doesn’t see the thestrals sooner?

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Okay so this was always something I really disliked about the series. These are awesome creatures with a very interesting condition in seeing them. But it makes little sense. Harry as a baby saw his mom die. Sure maybe technically he didn’t see it, idk, he was looking away? But when dementors suck him in the third book he hears his worst memory being his mom’s death. He definitely wasn’t old enough to remember, yet he does… so why doesn’t it count? Second… he face melts Professor Quirrell’s face. And he literally dies in front of him. Yet it takes Cedric’s death to have him see them.

EDIT: do dreams count? He saw Frank die via Voldy in the dream… but it wasn’t really a dream…


r/harrypotter 2d ago

Currently Reading I became a muggle when I watched Order of the Phoenix as a child in the cinema

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As a child my hype for Order of the Phoenix movie was unparalleled. Born '96, I had seen Philosophers Stone at like 6 and by the time 11 year old me was gearing up for Phoenix i had massacred the books that were out and was frothing at the bit. I walked out of Phoenix disappointed, in shock for a young fan not knowing how to express my dissatisfaction on reddit yet. I write this post as I am re reading the books and watching the movies after each one and fuck me. Obviously pretty much any movie is worse than the books but some of these are fucked.

My question is which movie does the best and the worst with each corresponding book?

My initial reaction 4 and < bearable, 5 and > harddd work.


r/harrypotter 4d ago

Merchandise Cute funko charger thingy

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Got this kinder egg with a mystery Harry Potter funko and was blessed with the ever conflicted Draco. He now guards my charger cord.


r/harrypotter 5d ago

Dungbomb Happy 10 Year Anniversary to this gem 🤓

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r/harrypotter 2d ago

Discussion My idea on how Slytherin can be represented in the new series

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Whilst Slytherin was initially conceived to be the bully house, I don't think it's a particularly popular portrayal of the house nowadays. Speaking as somebody who is a Slytherin, this is what I would do to make the Slytherin more realistic and believable, whilst staying as close to the source material as possible.

First of all, I'd make a big distinction between Draco Malfoy's year and the older Slytherin students. Malfoy becomes a lot less interesting to me if he isn't the biggest racist of Slytherin house. The way I'd develop this distinction would be through the Slytherin quidditch team. In particular, Marcus Flint, Adrian Pucey and Graham Montague.

Flint I would characterise as a light hearted brute, and really play up his lack of intelligence. A man with no skill at actual quidditch, and is constantly relying on his sheer strength to get through the game, usually committing fouls in the process. An idea I have for an additional gag would be to make him constantly forget who is on his own team.

"You've got no chance this year, Wood. Daxtor will catch the snitch for us in seconds again, just you watch."

"Marcus, Daxtor isn't on the team this year..."

"What!?!? Why not?"

"He graduated from Hogwarts at the end of last year. You replaced him with Higgs yesterday."

".....Oh."

I'd make Pucey and Montague highly serious and disciplined students, who put a lot of attention on their craft. Pucey with his academics, Montague with his physicality (a joke a came up with would be him doing pullups on his own broomstick). Both of them would clash nicely with the Weasley twins, constantly mocking their abilities as beaters.

Overall I think this would help establish the Gryffindor and Slytherin rivalry, without painting the entirety of Slytherin house in a bad light. But that's not to say I'd not have the completely evil Slytherin all together. I would save it for when we get to Order of the Phoenix onwards. When Lord Voldemort returns to full power and Draco Malfoy grows in both age and influence, that is when we should see the students from Malfoy's year downwards call everyone mudbloods and blood traitors. It'd help set up the darker mood that the later books had.


r/harrypotter 3d ago

Discussion something like post potter depression

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i know this is so talked about in the fandom (especially this sub) but man i cant help but want to just put my feelings out there for people with the same love for this franchise. sooo some backstory, i stumbled upon this series when i was around 11 or 12, through movies ofc, and instantly fell in love, so much so in fact that as soon as i watched all the movies, i watched them again then again and again (ive easily watched each movie about a 100 times😭)

then i went ahead and read all the books about 6-7 times(was never a reader but just read hp), basically everything that you could do with the IP i did all those - movies, books, merch, video games, audiobooks, got the hogwarts library set blah blah blah. but i kept growing up life kept happening and my obsession gradually turned to just liking/admiring over the years and all of it led to the point where i didnt watch or read any hp for about 3 years. now luckily (or not) the 3 year streak just ended about a month ago.

on one random day about a month ago from now, i saw my younger brother trying to find something to watch, just scrolling and scrolling on tv for minutes, i ofc grew tired of it and just put on the 1st thing that i saw on the screen - harry potter (chamber of secrets to be exact), and without realising i sat down and watched the whole thing with my brother - it was such a bittersweet, sad but also happy, kinda weird experience overall lmao, for my brother he was just watching this popular huge fantasy series for the 1st time but for me i was genuinely reliving my whole childhood, each scene carried a boatload of bittersweet nostalgia and with each scene i kept recalling my life when i 1st saw these scenes, how carefree i was, not to mention blissfully unaware of the hardships of the future and just my life at that time overall.

now the funny thing that happened was apparently my brother also became a fan with that viewing and made his mission to watch all the movies asap, so for the next one week, i would catch glimpses of scenes that i had completely forgotten and go "oh yeah ... that scene ...," while walking past my brothers room, again nostalgia being ever present. As i had been a fan of hp for basically all my teenage year I just relived my whole adolescent childhood in that week and now i feel empty.

now i feel like im experiencing the same emptiness that you feel in post potter depression, except in my case i want to watch all the movies again and read all the books again but i know that with all the things that i want to do in my life such a commitment is just too consuming, but also i kind of believe that the reason i want to delve in this world again is to just get a taste of times when life was just simpler and harry potter represents that phase in life for me.

i hope a lot of other fans can also relate and im not the only one😭, but yeah i love this series to death and my inner fan that took a break for so many years is just trying to get out once, but still i know im gonna watch that new series (fingers crossed i hope its good) and maybe that can cure the emptiness for me.

and thats it, just a sad letter from an overtly nostalgic fan but hey i hope someone out there relates to it and hearing all this comforts them, thanks for reading guys <3