- The champions' family visit in Goblet of Fire gets more heartbreaking every time I read it
There's a scene before the third task that I used to think was just a lovely little Weasley moment. Now I think it's one of the most important things that happens to Harry in the entire book. When...
360 points23 comments6 d ago
- Moody's eye's ability to see through the invisibility cloak
not a groundbreaking theory, but I feel like the fact that moody can see through Harry's cloak really undermines the whole 'cloak like no other' 'peverell heirloom' 'one third of the healthy...
149 points112 comments5 d ago
- The HP series is spiritually a mystery series
A lot of the complaints people have about the books stems to this fact. While HP takes place in a fantasy setting the books all conceptually revolve around a mystery. The books straddle this weird...
148 points51 comments6 d ago
- On James Potter’s character
This is maybe a hot take, but one of the things I’ve never understood / agreed with is the heated dislike for James Potter. More specifically, people who say he’s a terrible person and deserves...
132 points178 comments2 d ago
- The Death Eaters being locked out of Hogwarts in the final battle was just embarrassing for them
Most of those Death Eaters literally spent some of her final hours struggling to get pass the defensive charms and break into their old high school while the entire D.A., every relevant member of...
67 points12 comments6 d ago
- Neville has a confirmed kill count of at least 1 in the books
been rereading deathly hallows and he did one thing that really caught me off guard. this MF threw mandrakes over the walls. its not specified wether this killed anyone or if these were fully...
64 points38 comments5 d ago
- Why did Professor Binns claim the chamber of secrets was ‘just a legend’ when Hagrid was expelled for opening it, and Tom riddle received an award for catching the culprit?
Doesn’t all of this imply the chamber of secrets’ realness? Also when Collin Creevey is found petrified and brought to the hospital wing, Dumbledore says “this means the chamber of the secrets is...
45 points58 comments6 d ago
- What's your favorite fun or light Dumbledore moment?
I just love when he's messing with the Christmas cracker hats.
40 points36 comments6 d ago
- Can you guess the book and chapter? #68
Good morning, Potterheads! 68 is ready for ya. As a reminder what this is and how it works: Below are 7 sentences from the 7 HP books. I use a random number generator to pick the book and chapter,...
34 points21 comments3 d ago
- Full-circle moments from Book 1 to Book 7
There are a lot of full-circle moments in HP and the Deathly Hallows that were first mentioned in the Philosopher’s Stone: 1) Hagrid delivers baby Harry to the Dursleys using Sirius’ flying...
32 points41 comments6 d ago