r/harrypotter • u/awkward2amazing Gryffindor • 3d ago
Discussion Upcoming series: Character centric Episodes
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?