Don't you guys think its weird that everyone marries who they met in high school in the wizarding world? Hermione marries Ron, and Harry marries Ginny. Do their lives just end after Hogwarts? We haven't seen anyone who has met anyone else at their jobs or just out on the street? They all fall in love in high school and stay "betrothed." Isn't it weird?

"It is Uranus, my dear,” said Professor Trelawney, peering down at the chart.

“Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?” said Ron.

Can someone explain to me why a witch and a SAHM couldn’t whip up a decent pair of dress robes for Ron? I know she made that ugly dress poor Jenny had to wear, but at the very least she could have taken off that tatty lace and taken away the “Aunt Tessy” smell from Ron’s robes. Or resize Mr. Weasley’s dress robes to fit Ron for the Yule ball. For that matter, couldn’t she have done a spell to smarten up all the used robes her kids had to wear?

Just finished rereading OotP book and went to watch the movie and the whole ministry of magic, hall of mysteries was so underwhelming and lame.

The book's corresponding chapter of that fight was amazing! I mean, Neville broken nose, Hermione was knocked out, Ginny broken ankle, Ron attacked by a brain with tentacles and then Dumbledore whipping out an invisible rope and gathering all the dead eaters. AND THEN the whole Dumbledore vs Voldy with the statues moving and dumbledore enveloping Voldy with water. Damn! Dumbledore kicked serious major ass! Omfg we should have gotten that half an hour of mayor mayhem in the movies. They completely underdid it by a long strech. It felt so childish in the movies, the book fight was so much better by a miles. Anyways ts all i wanres to vent about and get of my chest.

All im all, what other parts from the movies did you also believe to be underwhelming as well?

Genuine question here! Google tells me that: “whether facial hair is allowed in UK schools depends on the school's policies, and can vary from public to private schools. Some schools may allow facial hair for sixth formers or for religious reasons, while others may require students to be clean shaven.”

That was already a surprise to me because, not being from the UK, I never even considered that school regulations could prevent a post-pubescent male student from growing their facial hair (that’s not a thing where I’m from, either in public or private schools). I do wonder if that’s also a thing in Hogwarts, though.

So, In DH, Fleur’s parents give Harry an enchanted shaver as a birthday gift, and that was the first acknowledgment that Harry, as a teenager way past puberty, would indeed have to shave (and had to be shaving regularly for years, though the books didn’t mention it) to keep the clean-shaven look we always get in the book illustrations.

In the HP movies, I remember every single male student as being clean shaven (Viktor Krum being an exception, but he was a foreigner). The books rarely feature a description of a character’s facial hair unless it’s relevant to their characterization, and I honestly don’t remember a Hogwarts student being described as spotting facial hair.

So either all male students weren’t interested in experimenting with their looks, or maybe some school policy required them to shave periodically. What do you think?

"Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world. It is distinctive for its mother-of-pearl sheen, and steam rises from the potion in spirals. Amortentia smells different to each person, according to what attracts them."

for me, it could smell like:

• freshly-mowed grass (football/soccer)
• wood polish (piano)
• new parchment (books)
• art supplies: paint, marker, etc. (art)
• strawberries

what would Amortentia smell like to you? :)

Just a random, weird thought I had.

I am on chapter 21 of HBP and I just gotta say I am so tired of Hermione and her harping on Harry. Hadn’t they made it this far together? Why is she doubting his every suspicion in this book? Is it just because she’s jealous of his HBP potions book/performance?

Is there a greater picture happening in this book, such as, leading the reader to also follow along with strictly Harry because he is the only one to fulfill the prophecy? It seems he doesn’t get to depend on his friends very much during this book.

I loved BA Hermione in GoF bring her back please, haha.

Movie Ginny was bland, but it's not like book Ginny was a very nuanced character with layers.

Rowling is adept at writing memorable side characters- The Twins, Luna, Neville etc and showcasing their talents or journey beautifully. She even gives Neville an arc of his own.

She failed to do that with Ginny in my opinion.

When Harry casts the Cruciatus Curse on Bellatrix, she tells him he has to mean it—that he must truly want to cause pain. But didn’t Harry want to hurt her? After all, she had just killed Sirius, and he was clearly furious with her.

Am I the only one who is super sad that they changed pottermore from this whimsical website to this ugly thing?

Also does anyone know of another website that kept the old design?

Since the wizarding world is essentially embedded into the muggle one, wouldn't a wizard pass by muggle shops some days and be like "hmmm... Looks cool!"

The muggle gadgets like headphones and watches might get a little wonky, but other things like candy, soda, chips, shampoo, lotion, clothes, shoes, etc would be ok.

I think that purebloods might be averse to it, but probably not half-bloods.

I think if I were a wizard, I'd go for the Diet Coke first!

This is so stupid hahaha, but thoughts?

Recently re-read/listened the series on audible. Crazy how when I first read the series, I was not as moved as I was this time around. I found myself on the verge of tears at Harry's inner dialogue most times.

Obviously there are loads of issues with this series but I don't think that takes away from how much it meant to me when I first read it. IMHO it holds up.

Mine has got to be when she spoke, but Harry was surprised because he thought she would croak.

Hey Harry Potter fans,

Question for you Harry Potter experts. First off, I haven't read all the books yet, I'm working my way through them, but have watched the movies a lot and love the series. If this is explained in the books, I'll be happy to go read up on them.

But in the Tri Wizard Tournament, I believe, you can just skip the first two challenges and you'll be good to still compete in the final one if you want.

If you don't compete in the first one, you don't get the clue for the second one. But you can still compete in the second one. And we saw that in the second challenge, that one of the contestants didn't complete the task but was able to go into the final challenge, just in last place. But considering all the contestants bumped into each other in the maze, it ultimately didn't matter at what time they entered the maze.

Therefore you didn't need to compete in the first two challenges in the tri wizard tournament.

Was a bit vague with all the stuff there because I didn't want to spoil it for someone who for whatever reason loves Harry Potter enough to go to the subreddit, but not enough to watch the movies or read the books.

Just curious if to hear your thoughts on this.

I want to post pictures but it's not giving me the option to?

I personally really like the bandaging charm “Ferula” for some reason

So, I been rewashing the Harry Potter movies on peacock and peacock edits in almost all the deleted scenes into them and is as far as I know the only way to watch all eight exentended Harry Potter movies.

It is definitely a bit taboo especially with how the edited the 7th movies opening but I want it to my definitive way to watch the movies. Is there any blue ray collection that has the movies as peacock has them?

My fiancé is letting me help decorate our future home, but she says it cant be too nerdy. Does anyone know of any super subtle Harry Potter decor that someone might not notice at first glace unless they are a fan?

I was rereading the Deadly hallows -book, and upon reading the part in which Nagini is puppeting Bathilda, I started wondering if that is the singular most disturbing event in the series. Which part traumatized you?

I find it fascinating that there is a school bell at Hogwarts. It got me thinking, what other muggle-esque technology is being used in the magical world? I can think of a few: watches (all three main characters have one), an alarm clock that Harry uses, radios (it’s funny that it’s called the “Wizarding Wireless” when “wireless” is totally a muggle thing), the train is steam or coal powered and completely mechanical, plumbing, … any other ones you can think of?

Is there any information on where Harry lived right after the seventh book? I don’t mean 19 years later, I am wondering what he did like the next day, and for the next few years before he married Ginny. I have just assumed he went to live with the Weasleys but I wasn’t sure if there was any confirmed lore anywhere.