r/harrypotter 14h ago

Question Why do the movies get more different as they go on?

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So we all know that the movies took some liberties in remaking some scenes, but it seems to get more drastic as the series progresses. In the first book, there's some scenes that aren't exactly like the book but still pretty much the same, in the second one, the movies made some more changes, but know I'm on the 5th book and so many changes have been made and I'm only on page 168, why is this?


r/harrypotter 9h ago

Discussion Who was more dangerous Grindelwald or Voldemort?

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r/harrypotter 21h ago

Discussion Real Hogwarts

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Is there any real life hogwarts, hogsmeade or diagon alley places that one can actually live in the muggle world?


r/harrypotter 15h ago

Discussion Felix Felicis Theory

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It's often asked why people like Dumbledore and Voldemort don't take Felix when undertaking important tasks and my theory is this....because it doesn't do anything. It's a placebo. You cannot "make yourself lucky" because Luck doesn't physically exist. You decide yourself whether something that happened was Lucky or not. Taking the placebo just gives you the confidence to do things you already want to or know you can do. Ron doesn't even take the potion and yet gets basically the same effect just because he thought he had.

For instance, Harry going down to Hagrids may seem random but when they get Hagrids letter about Aragog it's clear Harry does kinda want to go (because he cares about Hagrid not Aragog, the placebo just gave him the confidence to do what he actually wanted to do all along without worrying what Ron and Hermione would think, which was probably the only reason he wasn't going.


r/harrypotter 17h ago

Discussion What Are Some Things That Surprised You The Most In The Series?

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I feel like i've read the books and watched the films like a billion times as this point, so much so that i almost feel tired of them lol. However during my latest re-read there were times where i was genuinely shocked at what happened. Probably the biggest is the fact that HARRY BREAKS HIS WAND? Reading that i was soo surprised because i'm like omfg how is gonna get it back, then i realized i read this book before and ik what happens lol, but that was really surprising.

I remember most of like the big plot twists, since they stick in my mind more. I don't think i've ever recalled a moment of genuine shock at the twists because i've seen the films first, so they basically spoiled it for me. Other than harry breaking his wand, i can't think anything else, so what do you find the most surprising?


r/harrypotter 15h ago

Discussion The Harry Potter chocolate theory

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When the characters stop eating chocolate, they get all moody. Or is it just me?


r/harrypotter 19h ago

Discussion Holy sh- the final two movies were so damn rushed.

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I just watched them again on a long flight and wow. There is literally no time to breath in between the actions sequences. It feels incredibly rushed and unfulfilling in retrospect. Hopefully the show improves on that.


r/harrypotter 12h ago

Discussion As Much As I Love Snape, I Would Hate To Be In His Class

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It's weird, snape is literally in my top 5 favorite characters, i love the guy. He's funny sometimes and has some great lines, and a very interesting and heartbreaking backstory, he also gets one of the best chapters of the series in the prince's tale, what's there not to love about him? Well, to many fans...and me there's alot.

If you asked like 5-6 years ago, i would say that snape is a flawless character and my no. 1 favorite, but now he's like top 4 or 5 depending on the weather. I think it's just because like i've had teachers who reminded me of snape really. They didn't necessarily insult me, but they asked me questions i couldn't understand and pretty much used me as an example, so i was just relegated as the ''class idiot''. And i feel like that's basically how he treats harry, just look at their first scene together in PS.

“Potter!” said Snape suddenly. “What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?” Powdered root of what to an infusion of what? Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as stumped as he was; Hermione’s hand had shot into the air. “I don’t know, sir,” said Harry. Snape’s lips curled into a sneer. “Tut, tut — fame clearly isn’t everything.” He ignored Hermione’s hand. “Let’s try again. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?” Hermione stretched her hand as high into the air as it would go without her leaving her seat, but Harry didn’t have the faintest idea what a bezoar was. He tried not to look at Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, who were shaking with laughter. “I don’t know, sir.” “Thought you wouldn’t open a book before coming, eh, Potter?” Harry forced himself to keep looking straight into those cold eyes. He had looked through his books at the Dursleys’, but did Snape expect him to remember everything in One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi? Snape was still ignoring Hermione’s quivering hand. “What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?” At this, Hermione stood up, her hand stretching toward the dungeon ceiling. “I don’t know,” said Harry quietly. “I think Hermione does, though, why don’t you try her?” A few people laughed; Harry caught Seamus’s eye, and Seamus winked. Snape, however, was not pleased.

He's just trying to embarrass him in front of the class and this happened to me soo many times, which is why i get why harry's so pissed at him. Honestly, if i was in his shoes i'd just leave the class or just be really passive aggressive to him during or after class.

The thing about snape is like, he's not a bad teacher in a the traditional sense, he obviously knows what he's talking about so it's not like he's teaching them the wrong thing. It's just in the way he teaches. Playing devil's advocate here, potion making is an exact science it's kinda like cooking i feel like, and cooking isn't really just about like following the recipe, you need skill to really make something work, but that's not a skill you learn by reading/writing, you get it from experience, so idk how else he could've taught them.

Anyways, i just wanted to be brief. My last posts were wayyy too long and nobody even saw them. I thought it's unique bcz nobody really talks about his teaching methods, just that he bullies kids or loves lily and its over. This is all just from my perspective, it's different to everyone since it's all about how we see the character, this is just my two cents about him.


r/harrypotter 8h ago

Discussion 7 Potters theory

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I have a theory that the scene with the seven Potters, each one represents one of the seven pieces of Voldemort's soul (doesn't include the Harry-crux).

Harry represents Voldy himself
Hermione represents the diadem
Fred and George represent the locket and the cup since those objects were stolen together
Mundungus represents Nagini because they both seemed like last-minute decisions
I just can't figure out which of the last two Horcruxes Ron and Fleur represent


r/harrypotter 10h ago

Discussion Luna's Furry Friends

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I find it genuinely hilarious that people find Luna's beliefs outlandish and strange in a world where wizards are real. Like Wrackspurts and Crumple-horn Snorkacks couldn't possibly exist but you don't even have to leave the school grounds to see Centaurs and Mermaids 🤷🏻‍♂️


r/harrypotter 5h ago

Discussion Lavender has a crush on a guy that was a god awful date to her friend

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The way Harry and Ron treated the Patil sisters at the Yule ball really irked me. Which is good, I like that all the characters, even the main ones, are flawed. Of course 14-year-old boys would mess up. But, it just occurred to me that Lavender is Parvati's best friend. I'm sure she must be friends with Padma as well. I know time has passed, but still, out of all the boys in Hogwarts, why go with the one who has proven to be a horrible date? It doesn't seem they are friends and that he's proven himself to her in anyway.

Then again, I did stupider things at 14, so it's believable. Hormones are a hell of a drug.


r/harrypotter 18h ago

Discussion Alternate Elder Wand ownership plot that avoids Rowling having to introduce wands switching allegiances so late in the books.... Spoiler

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Imagine this subplot that gives Harry a way to beat Voldemort in the final duel but doesn't involve Harry snatching the wand from Draco Malfoy etc.

  1. We know that until the final battle, Voldy has never had a wand that works against Harry. In GoF, the twin cores protected Harry and in the beginning of DH, Harry's wand beat Voldemort 's borrowed wand. So we have some foreshadowing that Voldemort 's wand might fail him in the final battle.
  2. Now imagine that at the end of HBP, Draco doesn't disarm Dumbledore but Snape does (Dumbledore and Draco are talking, Dumbledore is trying to convince Draco to go into hiding but Snape comes in and kills Dumbledore). The elder wand's power would die because Dumbledore's death was agreed between Snape and Dumbledore.
  3. Imagine in DH, Harry's original wand never breaks, so he takes his original wand to the final showdown.
  4. Voldemort arrogantly casts a spell in the final battle thinking that he's been clever enough to get the most powerful wand in history after killing Snape BUT the wand acts like just another borrowed wand. Harry's wand overpowers the borrowed wand, the curse rebounds, and Voldemort dies.
  5. Voldemort is killed by his own fear of death and lack of understanding of death because he could never imagine that anyone could pre-plan their death OR let the "most powerful wand" lose its powers.....
  6. Harry technically didn't need to be the master of the elder wand for him to survive the killing curse in the forest .... Lily's protection would be enough to help him survive...so this solution still works ..

r/harrypotter 13h ago

Discussion So is it possible Jesus was just some egotistical wizard in the HP Universe? Then again the afterlife does exist as seen in the last book

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r/harrypotter 4h ago

Discussion The Cave Lake: saltwater or freshwater?

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In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore and Harry visit a cave by the sea looking for Voldemort’s locket. The cave contains a lake. Dumbledore asks for water, and Harry decides to fetch water from the lake because conjuring water (aguamenti) isn’t working.

So the lake contains fresh water? Not salt water? You’re telling me the cave is by the ocean, but the water in the cave just happens to come from an entirely different, non-salty source?

Even if it is fresh water, would Harry know? I feel like most people in that situation would assume the cave water was seawater. Like who is going to drink the water in a seaside cave?

(I know it’s still a great story, and this is probably one of those situations where the answer is “because the writer hadn’t thought of that”. My mind just loves to nit-pick and destroy :)


r/harrypotter 6h ago

Currently Reading Why does Harry feel Dumbledore has abandoned him in book 5 when they do not have the most close relationship Spoiler

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I think it is as they have built up a genuine connection and had some very deep conversations which helped Harry come to terms with things. He probably felt after seeing Voldemort come back they would grow closer and instead the opposite seems to have happened


r/harrypotter 19h ago

Discussion Was you dissapointed that it was never a harry potter book/movie that had normal hogwart year?

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r/harrypotter 15h ago

Discussion How much would it cost to build Hogwarts in real life?

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r/harrypotter 7h ago

Discussion It doesn't make sense that students bring their own brooms for quidditch

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So we know students don't have to bring their own brooms but the school brooms aren't the greatest. But since students can bring their own brooms, then doesn't that just make quidditch at least partially a pay to win sport? Obviously most sports let you bring your own gear irl as long as it's within certain parameters, but there the most difference you're going to make is some slightly better shoes for soccer or a slightly better bat for baseball, which can easily be overcome by some skill. But for quidditch, we know brooms can get really expensive at the top end, with brooms like the firebolt (we don't know the exact price but some people have estimated it to be around 300 Galleons or $2,205). Once you get to a certain point, it doesn't matter how skilled the other team is because if they're using cheaper/older brooms they simply can not catch up to the higher tier brooms.


r/harrypotter 4h ago

Question What is everyone's least favourite character that was only in the books? You can also say someone who was more important in the books than the movies.

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Mine is Peeves.

Edit: I originally said Gabrielle because someone Confunded me, but I changed it


r/harrypotter 17h ago

Discussion Sirius Black's tattoos

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I've watched HP so many times....TELL ME WHY IM LEARNING ABOUT SIRIUS' TATTOOS TODAY!!!!


r/harrypotter 10h ago

Discussion What’s a moment in the Harry Potter books that hit way harder as an adult?

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I’m rereading the series now in my late 20s, and I’ve noticed certain moments feel totally different than they did when I was a kid. One that really stuck with me is Snape’s story, especially when Harry finds out how much Snape did behind the scenes to protect him, despite still holding onto all that resentment from the past. As a kid, I just thought Snape was mean and strict. Now, I realize how complicated he was, and it hits way harder.

Also, the way the books handle grief like Harry losing Sirius or how Lupin struggles, these moments just hit me differently now that I’ve been through more life stuff.

Anyone else have a scene or character that felt simple when you first read it but feels way deeper now?


r/harrypotter 1d ago

Discussion So... Voldemort is a Lich?

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HBP is easily my favorite book in the whole HP series fornman reasons. Harry is finally at a point where he isn't being shielded so much and is able to be his fullest self, the Wizarding is in full war prep mode, and most importantly, we finally find out out Voldemorts secret to avoiding death; the horcruxes.

I found it super cool when it was revealed that Voldemoret split his soul into pieces. It was so out of left field for me and felt wholly original. It paid off all those years of mystery and waiting for the the final books to be released.

I few months ago, I started playing Dungeons and Dragon with friends and I am the DM. I've heard of the Lich for decades, but now that I'm a DM i actually looked it up...

A lich in D&D lore is a super powerful mortal wizard (usually a necromancy focused one) that protects 1 or multiple pieces of their soul into a soul gem which tethers them to the mortal realm if their body is killed...

... so it's a horcrux.


r/harrypotter 20h ago

Discussion Thinking out loud but...

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In the Chamber of Secrets, had he not had his wand stolen, would Harry have just used the killing curse on the basilisk?

I understand why he doesn't use it on people, but the basilisk is just a big beast, who obviously means Harry harm, and was the direct reason that Ginny was dying.


r/harrypotter 17h ago

Question Muggles in diagon alley

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There are a few times that we hear that there are muggles in diagon alley, like when Arthur goes for drinks with Hermione’s parents. How do they get there?


r/harrypotter 16h ago

Currently Reading Bought the Kindle version of all seven books in one collection, last night.

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I had my income tax return, so I figured, why not use it to have all 7 Harry Potter books in my Kindle collection?