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Review of the new illustrated HBP
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People and things I wish we could have seen at the Battle of Hogwarts.
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The closest thing to an eagle Ravenclaw merch that there is (25th Anniversary set from Miniso)
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Did you know that Dolores Umbridge was sentenced to life in Azkaban after the Battle of Hogwarts?
After the Battle of Hogwarts and the end of the Second Wizarding War, Dolores Umbridge was put on trial in Courtroom Ten on charges of torture, imprisonment, and the death of individuals who perished in Azkaban under her Muggle-Born Registration Commission. She was found guilty on all charges and put in Azkaban, where she is confirmed to stay for the rest of her life. Unfortunately, Dementors were removed from Azkaban after the Second Wizarding War due to being proven untrustworthy during Voldemort's regime, sparing her from their presence.
Links:
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https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Dementor
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“Hide the book” was just one of the things they did
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New trivia game for anyone interested!
Hello, r/harrypotter! For over a month now , I’ve been working on making a new style of HP trivia game over on r/HarryPotterBooks, and I thought I would share it here for anyone that would like to test their knowledge.
The premise is you are giving 7 out of context sentences from the seven Harry Potter books. You get points for knowing which book it is from, as well as a bonus point for knowing the chapter itself from.
It has been very well received over there, and so I thought I’d share it with a larger audience. I have linked the most recent one, but there are 36 others now for a total of over 250 sentences!
Here is the link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterBooks/comments/1x1jba5/can_you_guess_the_sentence_and_chapter_37/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
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Harry vs Malfoy 1(book accurate)
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Why didn't Hagrid get a new wand after being cleared? Couldn't he also have a Kwikspell course?
Of course, maybe because he still had the remains of his old wand in his umbrella and it could be kept as a souvenir and also as an extra wand, but as he was wrongfully convicted of opening the Chamber of Secrets many years ago and he was ultimately cleared of that wrongful conviction, he should've been able to get himself a new wand.
And since that wrongful conviction is what got him expelled from Hogwarts in his third year and framed by Tom Riddle, it would've been a good thing that if he had a new wand, he would be able to do a Kwikpsell course and brush up on his magic skills.
And most other people except Hagrid's closest friends would never know about the remains of his old broken wand in his umbrella and that he was secretly doing small bits of magic for those 50 years.
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I want an entire book series from this perspective so bad!
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Why didn’t the other Ministries of Magic not help the British wizarding world?
There were two wizarding wars where Voldemort almost won and the British Ministry of Magic and the Order were struggling. Why didn’t the other Ministries of Magic help out? There was a high chance Voldemort would try to take over the rest of the wizarding population in other countries.
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Did Harry Potter quietly give anyone else unrealistic expectations growing up?
TL;DR: Being really into hp as a child unconsciously set impossibly high standards for loyalty in friendship and genuine care from teachers. Curious if anyone else has experienced this.
I got the first Harry Potter VHS (man I feel old) when I was around 5 yo. I became a die-hard fan to a (mostly healthy) obsessive degree, and that carried on for the entire run of both the books and the films. Now that I am a young adult, I’ve come to the realization that much of the frustration I felt in various aspects of my life is likely partly tied to the very high standards HP set for me during those formative years, particularly regarding friendships and teachers.
I read people have mixed opinions on these dynamics; some argue Harry wasn't the best friend, while others criticize Dumbledore for his coldly calculated plans. Honestly though, especially in the first half of the saga, I saw the trio and the general house bond as the peak of what friendship could be, rooted in genuine care for one another. At the same time, McGonagall, Lupin, and Dumbledore set an ideal for educators you felt completely safe with and could learn endlessly from.
I don't hold real people accountable for failing to match that level of integrity, obviously (even if I do feel that the vast majority of teachers I encountered cared far less about their students than they should have). Rather, I suspect that I unconsciously internalized those expectations from a very young age and facing a reality that fell short of that ended up creating sense of almost abandonment that I hate to admit shaped me more than a bit.
I haven't seen many discussions framing it this way, but I came to this conclusion after hearing someone I know express the exact same sentiment first. Did anyone else experience this kind of long-term disillusionment from the series, or is it just me?
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Thought they were sold out, but they had some in the back.
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I'll forever be mad at them for deleting this scene
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What’s one thing about this community you can’t stand.
The fact people justify snape.
He saved the day in the end but he is not a morally grey character he is not an anti hero or anything like that,
He was an evil man who faced the consequences of his own actions and did the right thing because he felt obligated to do it.
Remember he was a death eater not just that he was in Voldemort inner circle, not just that he was so high up that Voldemort personally listened to him and tried to spare Lilly, he gave her the chance to back away and save herself and she didn’t take it.
Voldemort only did it cause snape asked him to, he respected snape enough to do that.
Now how did snape become such a beloved member ? I say he did some evil things like killed people hence why he was so well liked.
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Moody Turning Malfoy Into. Ferret
When McGonagall approaches him she’s like “we never use transfiguration as a punishment. Surely Prof. Dumbledore told you that.” And he’s like “He might have mentioned it.”
It seems oddly specific that Dumbledore would have said that. Is that regularly something an Aura does so Dumbledore felt the need to tell Moody not to handle things that way?
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I really liked that they included the tale of three brothers in this kind of animation in dw1
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Fawkes
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First Hermione I have come across outside Harry Potter's books
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Would it be possible to record what is behind the Veil using camera on selfie stick?
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The Goblet of Fire has film some of my favourite scenes
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O.W.L and the interactions with a students future suck
It came to me the other night, when i reread book 6, how stupid the grading actually is. Students need a specific grade to continue taking classes, normaly they need an "E" to continue taking a course, which i already have a problem with. At least that is what you need for charms and transfiguration.
First and foremost, why is an "Acceptable" not enough to continue taking a class? The grade is literally called acceptable, but you cant continue taking a class after being acceptable? Dont like that, but whatever. Maybe they expect the students to go beyond what they are capable off.
The thing I REALLLLLYYYY hate is the fact that apparently Snape didnt allow people to continue potions if they didnt get an "O", which is the best possible grade! And we learn afterwards that Harry can continue taking potions because Slughorn only demands an "E" like many other teachers. But this implies that a teacher can just decide their threshold by whatever merrit they want.
And that is pretttyyyy bad. Imagine you really wanted to do a specific job, but you couldnt continue potions, since you only got an "E", just for a different teacher coming around 1-2 years later what now takes "E" students in.
In my opinion Hogwarts teachers shouldnt have the power to decide something like that. It is just bad buisness for the students future.
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Do you think the Weasleys' clock showed Ron in mortal peril in the first 2 years?
Do you think the Weasley's clock showed Ron in mortal peril when the trio went to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone? Or when Ron and Harry visit Aragog in CoS?
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These new German Edition covers are instantly my all time favorites.
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Random questions after rereading HP1
Hey everyone!
I’m rereading Harry Potter for the first time in years, and I have two questions that came to mind while reading the first book. They’re pretty specific, but I’d love to hear what you all think!
1. When Harry and Ron visit the Mirror of Erised, Ron realizes that Harry is becoming obsessed with what he sees and tells him to stop going back to it. Why do you think Ron, of all people, was the one who managed to pull himself away from the mirror?
2. Why is Hermione so bad at chess? This has been driving me crazy!
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Do wizard kids go to muggle primary schools ?
So what do they do before they turn 11 and go to hogwarts ?
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which character do u relate to most?
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I‘m the same age as Lily and James
This is realisation so Crazy for me.
I’ve been reading a fan fic when realisation hit me. In this story Sirius told Harry that, James and Lily send their wedding invitations at the end of their last school year.
This is when it hit me.
I am this age! My school experience ended a year and a half ago. They married around my age! I am 20 years old!! In one yeas time they would have died! Merlin Harry was already born! I am the same age as Lily and James!! And they already had a child!
I am a mess, I could never care for a child, I don’t even have a boyfriend to have a child with! I am single! And they already were married!
Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy?
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Do you like Horace Slughorn?
I haven’t read the books in a while, so can’t speak on that, but I know the movies well.
Do you like Slughorn?
I think there’s something amicably boring about him 👀😂
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"I hope nothing bad happens to Hedwig or Scabbers because I love them."
My daughter just finished reading Chamber of Secrets and hit me with that line. I made her take a video of her saying that for posterity reasons. She's on fall break so she's going to try to plow through the third book quickly and I'm sooooo excited to hear her thoughts...
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I'm ready to start reading Harry Potter in Portuguese and then in Spanish.
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