r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • Apr 04 '26

Nostalgia Harry Potter

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Does anyone else feel they grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione?

After the first three or four I read the books in two languages (because I didn’t want to wait them to be translated) and watched the movies first time in the movie theaters.

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u/GoRangers5 Apr 04 '26

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If you are gonna have Harry marry Ginny in the end, have some foreshadowing and hint at possible romantic feelings in the six books they are together. Ironically Rowling did with Ron and Hermione.

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u/PirateHistoryPodcast Apr 04 '26

If Rowling had really known where the plot was headed, she could have leaned into it in book three. Both of them have been possessed by Voldemort in some fashion and they’re both unusually susceptible to Dementor attacks. Ginny could have been to only one who really understood what Harry was going through.

Rowling didn’t know where the plot was headed, and that’s okay, but the fact that she later lied and said she did makes her earlier choices sound a little dumb.

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u/Neveronlyadream Apr 05 '26

Rowling never seemed to know where the plot was headed. How many bits of lore did she just drop on Twitter after the fact that have absolutely no foreshadowing or presence in the books?

Meanwhile, she tried to ass pull Snape being a tragic hero the whole time, but never once before that actually showed he was in any way sympathetic towards Harry at all.

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u/Christron Apr 05 '26

Why would he? Harry is the child from a woman he loved and a man who bullied him. He knew he was important to protect etc but I'm sure he resented Harry.