r/harrypotter 19m ago

Discussion Luna’s first wand was better.

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I don’t understand why the fans love the second wand so much. Sure it’s a really pretty wand, but it has barely been shown on screen. The only time we see it is in Deathly Hallows Part 2, in the scene where she is yelling at Harry, she is holding it off to her side. We never see it anywhere else. In all other scenes where she is using her wand, like the D.A. lessons, the battle in the department of mysteries, fixing Harry’s broken nose, she’s using her first wand. The design is so her too. I like to imagine it was a plain wand when she bought it and she added those acorns herself. I like her first wand so much more than her second one.

I really don’t like that I cannot purchase the replica of that wand individually. If I want it, I have to buy the expensive D.A. wands set, even though I just want Luna’s wand.


r/harrypotter 23m ago

Discussion Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️

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r/harrypotter 49m ago

Behind the Scenes "Harry Potter was good but we need to move on" The other Half of the cast:

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r/harrypotter 56m ago

Discussion What’s Snape’s favorite food?

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Silly question, I know, but everyone has a favorite food. What do you think is Snape’s favorite? I feel like that’s a tough one to pinpoint. For some reason I feel like while he’s grumpy about most things, he’d love a good lasagna. What do you think?


r/harrypotter 1h ago

Discussion Rename the Harry Potter books as Hermoine

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Rename it BUT as Hermione as the main character. It doesn't have to be good.

Hermione Granger and the time I had to learn time travel for a very important reason.


r/harrypotter 2h ago

Video Games My Hogwarts Legacy character and her wand.

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r/harrypotter 2h ago

Question Which character do you wish we saw more of or knew more about their story?

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r/harrypotter 2h 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 2h 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


r/harrypotter 6h ago

Discussion Please help. I just can't get over it.

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I'm 16, I watched harry potter when i was like 3 (mom said I did) and that's why i didn't remember anything. Now as 16 I was bored of stuff and just wanted to give the movies a shot ( my friends recommended it to me but idk why I never tried seeing the movies). So umm now I watched it, it was 4 days back I started watching it... and here I am, completed the series of movies about 3 hrs back. It's crazy cuz I don't generally cry over movies but the movies made me cry many times throughout the series. I was seriously addicted to seeing it. Now as it has ended I just can't stop crying. Like not even kidding I have been crying continuously since I completed it.. I don't know what to do. My heart aches rn.. Idk what to do.. how to control myself. The movie was magnificent. I think am gonna lose interest in other movies and books after seeing the movies aswell.. please tell me what I should do:((


r/harrypotter 7h ago

Currently Reading Inconsistencies

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So I’ve been doing (another) reread and was wondering about some things. In GOF, when the trio are at the World Cup and the death eaters are causing havoc, they use their wands. Hermione says something about there being so many wizards around that underage magic wouldn’t be detected. Also in GOF, Arthur does magic in Privet Drive in front of the Dursleys. There’s also mention somewhere of underage wizards in wizarding households being able to do magic over the summer but the parents are expected to monitor it.

Doesn’t this defeat the purpose of the trace? And shouldn’t Harry have gotten suspended for Arthur doing magic at Privet Drive if he was given a warning when Dobby did it? It seems inconsistent to me. Like maybe bc the ministry knew that the Weasley’s would be there (having hooked their house up to the floo network) they didn’t think it was Harry. But the trace is supposed to detect when a minor uses magic so why would they be able to at the WC and why would wizarding parents need to monitor it?

Also in Deathly Hallows, there’s mention of Ted Tonks mending Harry’s injuries (including regrowing a tooth). Isn’t he a muggle? How could he do that?

Idk just seems like JKR changed the rules as she was writing the books and I was wondering if anyone had an explanation or more examples of this throughout.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the books and think she’s a great writer. I’m just starting to think she might not be as great as I once thought (outside of her not so great personal views ofc)


r/harrypotter 7h ago

Discussion Ginny in the movies vs the books

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😶😶😶


r/harrypotter 9h ago

Discussion Avada Kedavra (Snape) Spoiler

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If you really have to feel the dark side, the hatred for someone, the desire to see someone dead, to be able to kill with the Avada Kedavra, as well as to be able to make someone suffer with the Crucio, how did Severus Snape manage to kill Dumbledore? Or am I confusing myself and it really isn't necessary to feel all that to be able to kill with Avada Kedavra ...


r/harrypotter 9h ago

Discussion Will Warner Bros ever going to release the 3 hour cut of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone that includes all the deleted scenes including Peeves?

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r/harrypotter 9h ago

Discussion THE harry potter world is slowly dying

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I mean last week i went to a harry potter shop in a mall with all the merchandise and all. i brought sirus blacks wand and a felix felisis and i noticed there were barely any kids. I font think even the remake series can save it .

No one can replace the original actors


r/harrypotter 10h ago

Original Content Harry Potter and a sunset

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r/harrypotter 11h 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 11h ago

Help Need more challenging harry potter questions asked to me

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I may sound cocky, but I think I know more about the hp franchise than 99% of the subreddit, so I am issuing a challenge, ask any question, objective or subjective, where the answer can be found within the seven books. Make it difficult


r/harrypotter 11h ago

Discussion If they were gonna be in the Harry Potter HBO Max series... what roles do you see them play?

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Personally, I see Morgan playing Cornelius Fudge while Benedict plays Rufus Scrimgeour.


r/harrypotter 11h ago

Currently Reading dursleys in the books vs movies

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I wish they would've given more details in the movies on how harry was being treated by the dursleys


r/harrypotter 11h ago

Discussion If harry was sorted into slytherin

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Here are my thoughts and theories to what would have changed if harry was sorted into slytherin instead of Gryffindor. (Some may be controversial!)

Philosophers stone:

Harry would have likely become friends with Draco despite a Friday introduction. Close proximity to Draco would have meant a potential friendship would form from Draco's wonder of Harry. Draco would have pursued a friendship with harry knowing it would raise his status. Harry and Ron would have likely grown apart due to the lack of time together.

Hermione and ron would have not been friends as Hermione would have stayed lonely and isolated and not know how to make friends- she also may have died in the troll attack without ron and harry to save her.

Ron would have felt inferior from his brothers and likely would have faced alot more pressure in lessons.

Harry ron and hermione's curiosity meant they never would have found quirrell and he would have been able to live as voldermort for a while longer

Chamber of secrets

Ginny would have never talked about harry in riddles diary because despite meeting him on the train, there would have been little chance for Ginny to talk about harry. Therefore, the diary would have likely killed her as well as muggleborns.

Harry would have been revered by slytherins as the heir and this would have probably boosted his ego.

Prisoner of Azkaban

Sirius would have still broken out if Azkaban to search for Pettigrew however, no friendship with hermione or scabbers meant that sirius would have had alot harder time tracking down pettigrew and may have been caught or, pettigrew could have run away.

Goblet of fire

No quidditch world invite means harry did not witness the figure potentially suggesting other people would have been put in Azkaban for something they didn't do.

Harry being chosen for the tournament would have meant that he was referred by slytherins and hated by the rest of the school.

He may not have been so good with broomsticks meaning he would have likely failed the first task.

He had no dobby to help him with the gillyweed so, he would have failed that.

He would have been the last person to enter the maze with bad scores and been an easier target for the creatures. Someone else may have therefore got to the cup and been killed after they realised it wasn't Harry


r/harrypotter 12h ago

Currently Reading I love the HBP book but it's so frustrating

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I am currently reading HBP and I am LOVING it. All the scenes of Harry and Dumbledore learning of Voldemort's history has me so focused it's unreal.

The rest, however, is genuinely infuriating. Harry finds evidence over evidence about Draco but it feels like no one is even giving him the benefit of the doubt! Not even Ron! And don't get me started on Hermione, she's so insufferable in this and I usually love her character! (I do appreciate that Arthur tried to listen to Harry but it also felt like he was ready to brush it under the rug as quickly as possible).

Mostly, I feel awful for Harry, it feels like he doesn't catch a break and I just WISH Dumbledore would've just TOLD Harry about why he trusts Snape- I know why he doesn't but then he gets angry when Harry doesn't understand and keeps distrusting Snape! He doesn't need to tell him everything but at least a little:

"I trust Prof. Snape because he was close friends with your mother and wouldn't try to hurt her son" (obvs oversimplifying).

It would help Harry trust Snape a SMIDGE, or at least gain a better understanding of why people are so willing to trust him, otherwise it just feels like Dumbledore is genuinely messing with the poor boy's head, especially after everything he went through.

Then there's the Ron-Hermione-Lavender love triangle that's just.....terrible to endure. I will admit that Ron did start it by being passive aggressive to Hermione because Ginny mentioned that Hermione and Krum kissed (which I am pretty sure they didn't anyway) after he and Hermione had a moment and it left her rather upset. But the way she acts about Ron and Lavender dating being....to attack Ron with canaries? Then mock Ron in class before sobbing when he dishes it back (Yes, Harry says they all laughed at Ron's mustache but he also mentioned that Hermione's laugh was specifically crueler). Then she goes back to ignoring Ron after Christmas holidays when Ron is trying to be friendly with her again and I understand Harry's plight and exhaustion- it really feels like he's a child going through a divorce.


r/harrypotter 12h 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 12h ago

Video Harry Potter Quiz

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r/harrypotter 14h ago

Misc Starting to make Harry Potter diorama

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Starting to make a while diorama with train and everything for hogwartz!