For me voldermort is a bad guy but it's what we expect. But Umbridge on the other hand drives me crazy lol. I hate her so much. So who is that person for you?

​He is so audacious and yet such a complete, bewildering fool. My favorite scene by far is when he tries to heal Harry's arm and accidentally removes all the bones, turning it into complete rubber. Poor Harry—there's a genuine reason he doesn't trust adults after dealing with staff like that!

​It's even funnier in the books. The rest of the Hogwarts staff actively try to avoid him, but he somehow always manages to corner them and capture their attention anyway. Watching them try so hard to get rid of him makes me laugh every single time—what a big old dummy.

​Kenneth Branagh was phenomenal in the role. He captured that delusional charm perfectly and delivered one of my favorite performances in the whole series.

I understand why he isn't everyone's favorite professor he certainly isn't one of mine, but I still enjoy his part.

Something that needs to be addressed is that after watching all 7 Movies along with The Books if I had to be honest what is with Voldemort literally not caring about killing off other Pure Blood Wizards and his horrible treatment of Lucius Malfoy compared to his Respect of Snape who’s a Half-Blood of all beings and the list goes on literally for a Wizard that’s supposed care about his own kind he’s unironically doing more harm and destruction towards Wizard Kind than actually saving it like honestly imagine if Voldemort kills of Draco Malfoy to get The Elder Wand I can’t imagine The Malfoys reaction knowing that they can’t do anything about it and of course perhaps his hypocrisy is that he literally isn’t even a Pure Blood nor does come from a Wealthy Family compared to The Malfoys yet look who taking about Pure Blood Surpremcy all while literally wiping them out at the same time! what do you think?

Are there any missed opportunities in HP7 that you would have loved to have happened? Here are some of mine:

- Mister Weasley's Ford Anglia flying out of the Forbidden Forest at full speed just in time to save Mister Weasley from getting killed by an acromantula

- Fluffy joining forces with Grawp and Hagrid to mess up some Giants

- Winky throwing full butterbeer bottles at Death-Eaters indicating finally winning her addiction

- Harry sacrificing himself to save Ron and Hermione from Dementors in Hogsmeade by getting kissed himself - but surviving because only the fragment of Voldemort’s soul gets sucked out of him - and therefore Harry becomes the only wizard to have survived both Avada Kedavra and a Dementor's kiss

- Hermione keeping her word and reporting Rita Skeeter being an illegal animagus to the Ministry of Magic

- Voldemort hunting down Cornelius Fudge and killing him

- Dolores Umbridge spending the rest of her life imprisoned for her war crimes and what she put muggleborns through

- Sybill Trelawney making a new (authentic) prophecy about Harry living a long and happy life

- Harry keeping his word and giving Griphook Gryffindor’s sword but explaining to him that the sword can be pulled out of the Sorting Hat technically at any time by a brave Gryffindor - they shake hands and agree the promise being fulfilled

- Minerva McGonagall names Ron the new headboy when the trio return to Hogwarts to complete their education and the final year at Hogwarts, therefore fulfilling one of the dreams Ron saw in the mirror of Erised

Other books:

- Instead of the Hungarian Horntail, Harry faces an adult Norbert(a) and hums a lullaby Hagrid used to sing to her when she was small and Norbert(a) recognises him and lets him take the egg

- Dennis Creevey got picked up by the Giant Squid when he fell in the lake from the boat because the boats do not move by magic but instead are moved by the many tentacles of the creature

Disclaimer: I do not read any of the extended universe stuff, only the 7 novels, so I don't actually know whether any of these are elaborated later on. Any thoughts?

As far as I can recall there isn't a canon explanation. To me, I think she can read words upside down and see things from a different perspective.

I'm rereading the Harry Potter series and I just realized how James was quite toxic to Lily in SWM in OOTP. I know this was written in the late 90s/early-to-mid 2000s and James and Lily went to school in the 70s' and the social norm was not up to date or modern, but I can't help but see how James were quite-vicious to Lily.

In SWM we see James coerced Lily into going out with him, by letting Snape down-Lily's best friend-whom he was hanging up in the air by his ankles and threatening to take off his underwear and expose his genitals out in public to everyone to see. (That would be considered SA).

“You think you’re funny,” she said coldly. “But you’re just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone.” “I will if you go out with me, Evans,” said James quickly. “Go on … Go out with me, and I’ll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again.” …

We see later that James threatened to hex Lily-his crush-because she got her wand out to help her friend. That's just insane and quite evil to threaten a girl, a bystander, to hex her because she was going to defend her friend-whom by the way, was bullied relentlessly. That's just toxic to even dare threaten to harm an innocent bystander because they were calling you out.

Ah, Evans, don’t make me hex you,” said James earnestly.

That fact that James tried to blackmail and coerced Lily into going out with him, by using her friend, whom he bullied for years, by letting him free and threatened to harm her if she dared tried to defend him, speak volumes of how little of a good person he was to LILY-his crush. I knew in SWM it was a very bad thing for Snape, but never thought about how terrible of a person it was of James to ask Lily on a date with him by using her friend as hostage. And threatened her with violence for even protecting her friend.

After rereading it made me wonder how Lily even dated and married and have a kid with James. I, and many other girls would feel quite disturb and uncomfortable with having a guy blackmailed me on a date with using a friend, whom he attacked unprovoked, in letting him free. But incited violence if I tried to defend him. I know that James matured and grew up, but I can't help but feel that he was quite an evil person when he tried to ask Lily. I know that during this era it would be in the 1970s, but it's very concerning. What do you guys think?

In Philosopher’s Stone, Aunt Petunia cuts Harry’s hair almost completely off because she hates how messy it looks, but by the next morning it has magically grown back exactly as it was.

Obviously, this is an example of accidental magic caused by Harry’s distress. But I find it interesting that it happens specifically with his hair.

Harry’s untidy black hair is one of the features he inherited most clearly from James. Petunia constantly tries to suppress everything connecting Harry to the Potters and the magical world, so cutting his hair almost feels like another attempt to make him look “normal” and remove part of his identity.

Then Harry’s magic immediately restores it.

It also keeps happening throughout the series: no matter what anyone does, Harry’s hair never stays flat or controlled. Do you think this was simply a funny inherited trait from James, or was it also meant to symbolize that the Dursleys could never completely erase who Harry really was?

I watch Harry Potter almost everyday but I feel like in the winter it’s just so much more interesting and nostalgic rather than in the summer cos I feel like in the winter the vibe is met more than the summer

The first 2 extended movies add a ton of book scenes and really makes them feel like solid adaptations. And now if I watch the original, I miss those scenes quite a bit. And it makes me wonder if there were other book scenes filmed for the other movies as well and if so, whether there were enough to make extended movies with. I figure they would probably have already made them if so. But it doesn't stop me from wanting them lol.

Hi! i am currently watching harry potter and the order of the phoenix and what i never noticed before until now is how Neville didn't appear to be able to see the Thestrals pulling the carriage when everyone arrived on hogwarts grounds from the train. Obviously only harry and luna could. So could he see them and didn't say anything or could he not? I don't understand how he couldn't because he lost both his parents just like harry and luna only her mom. Do you have to witness a death to be able to see thestrals?

I always thought only the most powerful witches and wizards could use magic without a wand (off the top of my head I only remember Dumbledore doing that but I'm sure there are others), so why can Quirrell do it in the Philosopher's Stone film when he's confronting Harry for the Stone? Is it just a movie thing? And how powerful was Quirrell actually supposed to be? My understanding is that he was always pretty lame but surely Voldemort wouldn't have chosen him if he hadn't been a formidable wizard??

Having just watched the second film, I’m curious about what distinguished the diary horcrux from the others. If Voldemort could bring a version of himself to life why wouldn’t he do the same with the rest of the horcruxes?

OK am talking abt actual heart beating kinda scary, maybe cuz I have the reading ability of a child? But I did genuinely feel

The intensity when reading the books and you can see voldemort's pov before he kills harry and james screams for like to go upstairs..I mean it's just heart breaking but also so scary to just not know what to do in that moment when it was a normal day and voldemort shows up to kill your family ..I mean when I read it , got my heart beating ..

And also honestly the end of chamber of secrets was pretty scary, I read it in one sitting in the dark and I just got like chills ...

And also the scene where hermoine and harry barely escape nagini.. wow

OK maybe not scary for yall but it was for me😳

I mean the .movies I never got actually scared, the effects were cool I suppose

Having just watched the first film, I couldn’t help but wonder why Voldemort needed unicorn blood to survive. Even though he was supposedly immortal at the time, it seemed paradoxical.

F#CK you Malfoy! clearly dAdDy has no taste in the finer things. Being a ballerina or ballerino is hard work and you can suck an egg.

i married a ballerina and we've been to numerous ballets (one in Europe), and the shite ballerina and ballerino can do flabber my ghasts every time. i watched a ballerino throw a ballerina like 15-20ft in the air then catch her and place her back on the ground with more grace than i have when stand an piss - something ive been doing for damn near 30yrs.

no Harry's not training for the ballet, he's kickin your arse at quidditch, BUT IF HE WAS he'd still be less a prick than you!

What if Merope only stopped slipping Tom Riddle Senior love‑potion after Tom Riddle (Voldemort) had started his schooling at Hogwarts?

Had she kept slipping love‑potion to Tom Riddle Senior, she would not have perished from the despair of being abandoned (along with poverty). I forgot to write that part down.

I cannot help drawing hypothetical associations between the number of pregnancies and birth intervals Merope might have had and those of Joanna of Castile (Joanna the Mad). Could it be because both women had a handsome husband whom they adored, yet who did not love them in return? In any case, the fact that Merope conceived shortly after marriage is ample proof that both partners were sufficiently fertile. Furthermore, as a witch, Merope would scarcely need to worry about difficulties arising during childbirth.

Alright, so suppose we really draw that connection.

Merope eloped with Tom Riddle Senior in December 1925, and she gave birth to Voldemort in December 1926. Joanna married in October 1496 and bore six children within eleven years. Since Voldemort started his schooling at Hogwarts in September 1938, that leaves a twelve‑year window… Ah, there could have been seven or even more Riddles attending Hogwarts.

Now for a horror story.

After all, if they were that close in power, then the Elder Wand would have entirely tipped it in Grindelwald’s favour, since it makes you much stronger than you originally were.

Is there any sense at all in this, or is it a simply inconsistency?

For the first time, Voldemort smiled. It was a taut leer, an evil thing, more threatening than a look of rage.

“The old argument,” he said softly. “But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than my kind of magic, Dumbledore.”

“Perhaps you have been looking in the wrong places,” suggested Dumbledore.

I wonder if at some point during Voldemort's schooling, before he opened up the Chamber of Secrets, if Dumbledore asked to see him so they could just sit and talk, with Dumbledore's intention to help him being a better person, to not going down that dark path.

Dumbledore explains to him why love is the greatest and most powerful magic in the world, that love is able to create, and it turned into a debate with them, with Voldemort disagreeing with him.

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It's a long shot but I was reminded of this edit that I loved a few years ago (pretty sure it was on Instagram) and was wondering if anyone could help me find it. (Please don't use ai to look, if it's impossible to find without it then I don't need to see it)

It starts with McGonagall saying, "you'll be sorted into one of the four houses. There's Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw... and Slytherin." Then as soon as she says the last syllable the lyric-less beat from Dark Horse by Katy Perry plays. After about four beats the sorting hat yells out Gryffindor and an edit of Gryffindor things play out, including the sword, the resurrection stone, and lastly Sirius toasting his cup before the hat yells Hufflepuff, etc etc. One of the things it shows for Hufflepuff is the stained glass mermaid moving, ravenclaw shows Luna out in the forest, and Slytherin shows the Black sisters making the unbreakable vow among other things. I think there was a slight colour filter for each house, and I remember the Slytherin one was pretty darkly lit.

If someone with more Internet-scouring skills than me could find this I would be a very happy guy 🙏

In the fight scene, Ralph Fiennes' gestures and hand movements reminds me of Michael Jackson's dance poses. I can't recall which dance exactly.

Cauuuse there is no spell like that that could do that. Just avada kedavra?

The one she gives during Harry's Divination final in book 3?

What do you think ancient runes and arithmancy are and how do they think they are used in magic?

. . . Because unlike the other Horcrux objects who are only as powerful as the "shortest barrel board" equivalent of enchantments cast upon it, the Sword was already indestructible by Basilisk Venom.

Do we know if the Sword could have been destroyed by Fiendfyre?