Shouldn't Voldemort have checked on the remaining Horcruxes as soon as he found out that the diary was destroyed?

I never understood why he didn't. Finding out what had happened to the diary should have made him very nervous.

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"We're leaving soon, really soon. And then you'll be able to fly again." This one...hits different now.

Warning: this isn't a happy post, but I felt compelled to share it.

I recently lost my dog to Lymphoma, and it was completely unexpected. Just two or three weeks passed between him being perfectly healthy and completely gone. It still hurts to think about how quickly it all happened.

I was listening to the seventh audiobook and paused when I got to the line where Harry tells Hedwig, "We're leaving soon, really soon. And then you'll be able to fly again." I realized I'd said something similar to my dog right before I had to say goodbye to him, and I had to stop listening.

Sometimes the end is a killing curse. Sometimes, it's Lymphoma. Please hold your pets close. Hug them every day and treasure every moment. I truly thought I had so much more time with him.

Thank you for reading.

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Being a muggleborn can be an advantage to attend Hogwarts, for naturally gifted wizards.

Muggleborns are the only one to not be hindered by magical laws regarding children's use of magic. Their muggle parents, unknowgly caretaker of young wizards and witches can't be expected to retain their child's magic. Therefore, the muggleborns are totally free to explore and experiment their own magical capabilities, and even train them until the very moment of attending Hogwarts.

A very clear exemple is Tom Riddle. He was training his powers in every matters he could experiment for eleven years. Including dark arts. Upon others, and his environment. No one tried to stop him among the ministry employees, and no one could stop him among muggles.

Even though he was already a prodigy, because there is clearly genetic factors in the expression of magic within individuals, there is very certainly as well environmental factors. And training since early childhood is a very strong way to enhance magical capabilities.

Furthermore, Hermione could be herself a good exemple of this bias.

Of course it depends a lot of the natural abilities of the child in the first place. The more naturally powerful an infant is, the easiest it gets to train themselves with awarness. The contrary is also true.

If children where allowed, under supervision to train, the average wizard would be much more powerful. Imagine all the years wasted, to do nothing, but patiently (or impatiently) waiting for the right to express their talents at school. All the earliest years, the most important years of the child development wasted for all this time...
Though, if the average wizard was much more powerful and talented than what we saw in the book, imagine the threat for the muggleworld and the wizarding world at the same time.

Unhinged wizards would try to take power by force, terrorise the muggles, experiment dangerous magic, and be able to do difficult magic that could help them to break into houses, steal, obliviate people at will, manipulate behaviours and thoughts, do a lot of crimes, while bend the proofs and make them impossible to be proven right, etc.

It's very convenient for the minitry of magic to declare this control is for the sake of magic secret.

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How was Nicolas Flamel not in more books?

In The sorcerer's Stone chapter 12, when they're trying to find out who Nicholas flomel is, it lists a few books that he's not in. Looks like "great wizards of the 20th century", "notable magical names of our time", and "important modern magical discoveries".

How is it possible that an alchemist of his caliber isn't in any of these books? He basically invented the elixir of life, and he's not a notable name or great wizard of the 20th century?

Edit: I get that he's 600 years old and all that, but honestly he didn't even make the notable names book? Also did he really not do anything other than make the stone? He has to have had some more recent accomplishments right?

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"Promise me one thing, Dobby. Never try to save my life again."

I guess its been awhile since I watched Chamber because I don't remember that line hitting so hard. It went from a mildy amusing joke to a knife in the heart. :-(

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Is it realistic that Imposter Moody fooled everyone?

Barty Crouch Jr. was imprisoned at 19, and spent most of his life in Azkaban. Upon release, he was able to take down the real Moody, then put on such a performance that everyone was fooled. Is this realistic? I feel there were so many opportunities to slip up, especially around Dumbledore and other powerful wizards. I don’t know how he got away with this.

What do you think?

Edit: Someone rightfully pointed out that he didn’t spend most of his life in Azkaban, he was confined at his father’s home the majority of the time. But he still couldn’t practice magic, etc. so I’m confused how he (and Wormtail) could defeat an already paranoid Moody who was powerful and always looking over his shoulder

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Who would Harry have chosen to join him in the Department of Mysteries?

In Order of the Phoenix, as Harry, Ron and Hermione prepare to go to the Department of Mysteries they are joined by Ginny, Neville and Luna. Reluctantly they let them come with them but before that happens there is this passage:

“Har­ry's eyes met Ron's. He knew Ron was think­ing ex­act­ly what he was: if he could have cho­sen any mem­bers of the DA, in ad­di­tion to him­self, Ron and Hermione, to join him in the at­tempt to res­cue Sir­ius, he would not have picked Gin­ny, Neville or Lu­na.”

So who out of the DA would Harry have picked to go with him to the Department of Mysteries?

Scenario 1- Harry, Ron and Hermione are going and they can pick 3 other DA members to join them.

Scenario 2- Harry, Ron and Hermione are going and they can pick as many DA members to join them (whether that’s more or less than 3). But only choose the people you think the trio would genuinely want to take.

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Unpopular Opinion: Voldemort is the best Harry potter character

Voldemort has to be one of the most iconic villains in fiction. He's iconic for having no nose and basically pioneering not having a nose for villains.

Even his name is iconic. Voldemort means "flight/theft of death" in French. Whether it was deliberate or not, it's a very unique invention.

Voldemort feels like an interesting villain because he feels somewhat grounded compared to other villains like darth vader or sauron because he's someone pretending to be more than he actually is. Also him being unable to love because he was born under a love potion and struggling single mother witch and abandoned by dad? GENIUS backstory.

Harry is a less interesting character in my opinion. Cool, he's an orphaned boy who gets mentored by wise old man trope like every other character like luke skywalker.

You don't see Harry Potter influencing other characters, but Slenderman, Vecna, Lord Moldybutt, are all directly influenced by Voldemort.

I've always watched the movies rooting for voldemort over harry tbh.

Let the downvoting commence

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Anyone else feel like Ron and Hermione’s love story hit different in the books?

Every time I re-read the series, I’m reminded how much better Ron and Hermione’s relationship worked in the books compared to the movies. In the books, their connection builds slowly through arguments, awkward moments, jealousy, and genuine care. You feel it growing. Ron’s protective side, Hermione’s frustration, their loyalty during the worst moments it’s clumsy but real.
But in the movies, a lot of that subtle buildup is just... gone. Ron gets turned into comic relief most of the time, and the emotional weight behind his choices (like leaving and coming back in Deathly Hallows) doesn’t land the same. It’s like the films wanted to give Hermione and Harry more “hero energy,” but that kind of flattened Ron’s side of the story.I’m not saying the movie version was bad Rupert and Emma had great chemistry but it felt like the heart of their relationship was simplified into a few jealous looks and one big kiss at the end.

Am I the only one who wishes we got the book version of their love story on screen messy, slow, and so much more satisfying?

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The Potter kids' names.

I actually saw on one of those other forums, a fan that said Harry was a bit controlling. And he or she used the Kids' names as their supporting evidence.....

Nah. Ginny was not a pushover. Plus Ginny still had both her parents.

Whereas Harry never knew his. And both the sons were named after people that stood between him and harm's way.

Also when you hear in that brief finale, it does sound like James had a lot of his grandfather's traits from when he was a teenager. So to me it sounds as though the name (like the wand) picked the wizard😀

So I'm going to say nope. Harry wasn't controlling. And we've no way of telling of Ginny didn't suggest the names herself. Certainly I think the daughter's middle name would've been Ginny's choice.

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Half-bloods who are either wizard-raised or muggle-raised

This list is based on some canonical facts and some assumption.Let me know whom I missed and what you think of this list. 

Note: By Muggle-raised I meant raised in muggle world having muggle dominance in the household and not being clueless about muggle things.

Harry= Muggle-raised

Voldemort= Muggle-raised

Snape= Muggle-raised

Dumbledore siblings= Wizard-raised

Lupin= Wizard-raised

Tonks= Wizard-raised

Seamus= Muggle-raised

Dean= Muggle-raised

Mcgonagall= Wizard-raised

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Does anyone else get annoyed the Harry Potter Wiki takes everything as canon?

Most other wikis, like Star Wars, Marvel and DC recognise different continuities and that not everything is canon to each media but for some reason the Harry Potter wiki tries to tie in the books, films, games (even the mobile ones) and theatre all into one jumbled up canon. Is anyone on here in the know as to why they do this? It’s only going to get messier when the HBO series debuts. Surely it should be separated with book, film, theatre and games all getting separate character hub pages.

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Interesting What If: What if Cedric touched the portkey first?

So when Harry and Cedric get to the portkey at the end of the maze, they have a quick
Squabble about who should win (each saying the other), then go to the graveyard together.

What if Cedric went alone though? I’ve put a good deal of thought into this.

This could happen a number of different ways. It could be due to harry shooting sparks in the golden mist, or Cedric agreeing with harry, or just being faster.

When Cedric arrives in the graveyard, he’s a goner. Zero chance they spare his life. No one can know about the plan. So Ced still dies. But then what? Voldemort would absolutely NOT use Cedric’s blood to return. The whole point of the plan was just to get Harry’s blood to make him “stronger” and able to overcome Lilly’s sacrificial love. So Voldemort would not return, at least not immediately.

But now the port key isn’t in the maze, and they have no way of getting harry to the graveyard.

Meanwhile Barry Croutch Jr. is still Moody and would see this happen with his magical eye. He KNOWS how important Harry’s blood is to Voldemort and that they now have no way to get it. So, I think Barty would actually enter the maze (not through the front as to draw suspicion; probably just blast a hole in the side) and hunt harry down. It should be easy for him with the eye.

Harry would undoubtedly be surprised to see moody in the maze with him and so I have no problem believing that Barty would be able to surprise attack him. With Harry stunned, I think Barty would cut Harry to get his blood, and book it into the forest to disapparate to the grave yard.

Then Voldemort could return (it would still be “blood of the enemy, forcibly taken”), and Barty wouldn’t even get the dementors kiss.
Eventually people would notice that the cup is gone and so is Cedric AND Moody, Krum would be obviously imperiused, and Harry would have been attacked. If Harry knew who attacked him, that would help put the pieces together. Not to mention when they search Moodys office they would find, well, Moody.

Would Dumbledore have enough evidence to get the full story? Probably not until Snape returned to Voldemort (he would still call his death eaters to the graveyard in this scenario) and then informed Dumbledore what happened.

Cornelius Fudge would have even LESS reason to believe the Voldemort was back, so I honestly that that the Order of the Phoenix would play out pretty similarly… EXCEPT….

Would Voldemort even be seeking out the prophecy this time?? The main reason he does it is because he in the way the story actually goes attacks Harry twice, once in the graveyard and once when he was a baby, both times he failed. This makes him think, “you know, maybe I should hear the entire prophecy before I attack him again.”

In this scenario, he never attacks Harry a second time. Maybe he would still want to hear the prophecy to know for sure before attacking again? But honestly, I don’t think he would. He is so arrogant that it took two failed attempts at killing Harry before he decided to hear the rest of the prophecy.

I still think that Umbridge would get assigned to the school next year, because Fugde would still think Dumbledore was out for his job and, importantly, Barty Crouch Jr. would still have his soul and be working for Voldemort.

What do you guys think?

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The Princes’ Tale doesn’t justify Snape, it makes him worse

It proved that the ONLY reason he is no longer a dark wizard is because of his stalkerish obsession from high school. That’s it. Not a desire to be a good person. Not actual remorse or regret. If Lily wasn’t going to be attacked, Snape would be the equivalent of Bellatrix.

He was never a good person. Harry too grew up in a bad household (arguably much worse) yet didn’t turn evil. He cared about the dark arts more than the person he “loved”

Whatever loyalty he showed to Dumbledore by the end was out of fear, not loyalty. He was Dumbledore’s Pettigrew: a coward who ran away.

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Do you think Moon dust or rocks have special alchemic properties? The idea of wizards on the Moon as always been very funny to me.



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If Rufus Scrimgeour had executed the Death Eaters caught in the Department of Mysteries?

How would the plot and the second wizarding war have changed if 11 of Voldemort's supporters had been killed? Would the Ministry have fallen a year later?

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What muggle degrees would the golden trio have, of they went to university?

Kind of curious to see everyone's thoughts. Doesn't have to relate to the cursed child, just things you think they would do or enjoy.

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Discussion: What Subjects Would You Have Liked To See At Hogwarts????

For me, it'd probably be art and music (maybe as a mandatory class, maybe not), and cooking/baking and first-aid/medical care for life skills (for third-years and up). It's just some things I think would be cool and I would definitely participate in. Comment your thoughts and suggestions below!

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Most useful spell

Mine would personally be alohomora but my colleague says accio is the most usefull. What is your favorite spell and which one of us should be fired

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So Voldemort cursed the DADA’s position and decided to come back for the first time in 11 years using a DADA’s professor?

Title says it all

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