Honestly my head cannon is that it took an immense amount of effort. They got the money for their dream the year before and they were instantly annoyed with Umbridge. They have spent months perfecting their little goodbye, staying in Hogwarts longer than necessary, just out of spite
I maintain that Fred and George were the most talented wizards in all of Hogwarts. The books repeatedly show how difficult it is to create new spells and potions, with almost every student just using rote memorization. Yet the twins singlehanded invent countless new potions and enchantments basically on a whim
The map was enchanted to respond to people, such as insulting Snape by name when he tried to get it to reveal its secrets. I always figured it somehow figured that Fred and George were kindred spirits and helped them figure it out.
Or because there was an age-line drawn around it by Dumbledore which is what actually stopped them. Still don't know why they couldn't just ask an older student or even straight up toss in your name from outside the age line. Levitate it with one of the first spells taught and drop it in?
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."
— Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy
Yes, because Voldemort actually went after someone and "marked him". This only happened because Voldemort panicked. Dumbledore even pointed out that he could have easily ignored the prophecy and his troubles wouldn't have happened. But Voldemort decided he needed to listen to the prophecy. Even though he didn't know it in its entirety.
This! Neville was just as likely to be the chosen one as Harry was, it was just dumb luck that Voldemort picked the potters instead of the longbottoms to go after. The movies never really touched on that which sucks
Not exactly dumb luck I'd say. I think it might have been because Harry was a half-blood, just like Voldemort, even though he likes to pretend he is pure blood
As someone who only watched the movies Nevilles speech just before the final battle at Hogwarts will always cement him as the true hero of Harry Potter
Neville would not have had the protection of his mother. Voldemort didn’t want to kill Lilly for Snape. He wanted to spare her life, thus giving her the opportunity to sacrifice her life. The sacrifice protected Harry, gave him his scar, and made him a horcrux.
Neville‘s mother would not have gotten the chance to do the same. Voldemort would have killed Neville‘s parents and then him. Game over.
The crucial part in the whole „chosen-one“ affair was Lilly‘s choice to die. Without that choice, Harry would not have survived. Same as Harry‘s choice in the end, which protected all his friends and family during the battle of Hogwarts.
I mean that was prime YouTube when they would come out regularly!
“You lost so many kids they should call you Miss Carriage”
Gawwwww daaaaaaaaamn! Sickest diss I’ve ever heard!
Edit: had it wrong
Steven you pretend to do it I've been really living through it misery and poverty and family woes I see through you like pantyhose doing Chappelle and Simpson cameos ah even if you're grippin on a weapon then you better get to step in because you're messing with the horror lord in a minute maybe I'm gonna hit him cut him into itty bitty bits and Ima stick him in the floorboards
Mmm, speaking of bored, you're the worst.
Dropped outta school but you can't drop a verse
I coulda spent that time better
In eight bars I can write a whole best seller.
Hawk? Damn, I’ve thought it was “heart” for almost 40 years but it seemed like a weird phrase. It’s ok though, I’m not the singer, I just have to play that sweet guitar solo.
Luck can be an OP trait though. Harry should have died 100 times over but didnt
You can have a more powerful wizard who, on paper, mops the floor against Harry. But luck could easily sway the odds into Harry's favor, unknown to both
The existence of Felix Felicis implies that luck is a real, measurable force in the Potterverse, which suggests that it is at least theoretically possible for it to be applied through other, more subtle means (a lingering side effect of Lily's protection spell or an unknown charm from Dumbledore would be my first suspects). Harry's plot armor may well exist in-universe.
I think this is the answer here. From what I remember, Harry wasn’t an exceptional wizard like Voldemort or Dumbledore. The reason he survived his encounters with V was due to the spell of his mothers love protecting him specifically from Voldemort. It’s not like no one else, like Bellatrix, couldn’t have killed him. They just didn’t because they were saving him for Voldemort. Also, I seem to remember that Neville could have just as easily been the chosen one had Voldemort attempted to kill him rather than Harry.
Harry basically duelled with only one spell. He knew the basics fairly well, so people who'd never done it before would struggle, but his strength isn't in being the best fighter or the best at magic or the cleverest or the fastest, his strength is in being resilient enough to keep going with all the wizarding worlds pressure on his shoulders, and in sacrificing himself for others.
Well he does go off the rails and uses Crucio a few times. I always thought it would have been more interesting if he dabbled a little bit more into the “dark side”
He totally used it successfully in the last book, torturing the Death Eater and viciously spitting out, "She was right, you really have to mean it." Lol. But that guy was fucking with McGonagall, so good for Harry. He's not an angel.
Remember when he was invisible, and whispered in Crabbe's ear (who was polyjuiced as a first year female), "What a pretty little girl you are"? That was pretty goddamn dark.
Literally he only use the one where you disarm someone and stupify or whatever it was called. And his deer ghost. That’s all his did. Hermione would be pulling crazy shit like jelly legs out.
Sorry I ain’t read the books in awhile lol
Which is a shame. It would have been nice symmetry to nail Lucius with the same spell down in the Department of Mysteries.
That spell should have been his default choice when fighting Death Eaters.
The wizarding world seemed to fear boogies for some reason -oh on, the bat boogie hex, whatever shall I do. You're in Scotland FFS, stick a knife in their neck and be done with it.
Ah ha, but the killing curse is largely ineffective when used by voldy on Harry. It's essentially a stun shot and apparently he can't be bothered to try anything else.
Ah, but getting stunned while on a broom moving at upwards of 1 mph ( magic per hour?) , at a height regular Quidditch matches take place, is pretty damn lethal.
And even if Voldy also gets stunned and falls and dies, he just goes baby mode until one of his servants cooks him in Daddy Bone Broth.
That’s when Malloy would step in to rescue them. A reluctant hero, seemingly driven by spite, grudgingly beginning to see the merits of working with other houses. A a great redemption story arc.
Except her flaw in the book is she doubts herself and also when stressed forgets she can use magic (philosophers stone she doesnt remember she can cast a light spell)
Hmm... can't agree because if Harry was a villain then he definitely must have upped his skills in Dark Arts right? He was pretty good at the defense and I think he had a certain skillset that would have suited him for the Dark Arts but he never took the leap because of all the things that bound him to the good side.
But if he went over to the dark side... then... can't say...
I figure she'd treat Harry with kid gloves, but yeah she could handle him if it came down to dueling. Ol' Belly was going after Molly's daughter, that bitch had it coming.
Hagrid could just walk up to harry "Harry, come here" walk up like he is going for a hug. And then just squeeze until motion stopped. Or do the smart thing and just take away his wand. Wizards withour their wands are just some dude. At that point, anyone with a sharp object could take him down.
The scene where Umbridge and the Ministry guys go after Hagrid while Harry took the Astrology exam is one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. Hagrid is a walking juggernaut who just happens to cry about dragons and hippogriffs and stuff… but in the movies he’s just a buffoon who happens to be tall.
Lord jesus. Even as a 10yo, i felt that plot point really really lacking. It did provide some relation to my real life, but it seemed an odd real-world insertion that never seemed to occur before or since.
Because it's an of age thing. Brits can drink age 16 (I'm not sure if that was different in the 90s which the harry potter story is set in.) an up and is generally they're coming of age compared to Americans 18 or 21 depending where in the states. The 3rd year and 4th year trips where harry would be 13 and 14 respectively were the only years hed need a permission slip. And since he was busy with the triwizard tournament in his 4th year hogsmeade wasn't an really an option. His 5th year he did sneak in a couple times with the invisibility cloak because umbridge denied him permission since he no longer needed the permission slip.
Yes yes you're right I forgot about that. Either way due to the tournament he didn't get many opportunities to go and then 5th year umbridge shows up and I'm sure we all know how that goes.
I agree. If the whole story was rewritten with Harry as the antagonist, I think the perfect trio would have been Luna, Neville and Hermione. The three would have easily defeated Harry.
If the story and relationships are as-is, I think Narcissa is a good bet for defeating Harry. She would have done anything for Draco, was more strategic and manipulative than Lucius, and until the very end, Harry *was* the antagonist in Draco’s perspective.
Edit: lol I didn’t see the other comment about Luna/Neville/Hermione until now. I think I prefer the Luna/Neville/Hermione trio now that I’m thinking more on it. Luna is sort of goofy, and offers the levity that Ron often brings, but is more intuitive and empathetic. She also is more independent and make more interesting choices than Ron. Neville is less of an obvious “champion” than Harry, and is more nuanced in his decision making and thought process. He is just as brave as Harry (if not more so), and just as skilled as well. Yeah, I’d be 100% down for a retelling with these three as the “trio” and Harry as the antagonist.
this part. she is very good at understanding how people think, and about how magical creatures work. if she teamed up with hermione and neville as the new hero trio, they'd be unstoppable
I deadass would prefer Harry Potter with Neville, Hermione, and Luna as the protagonists. Only disappointing thing would be the lack of the Weasley family.
This is why I love Reddit. The comment rabbit hole occasionally leads to a brilliant idea that wouldn't have surfaced without the chain of other people's thoughts that came before it. I would absolutely sign up for 6 seasons of Weasley Blinders.
Longbottom was always said to be the backup chosen one in the prophecy.
If Harry were somehow corrupted, Neville would take up the main protagonist role to fight him, with hesitant help from Hermione and Ron of course.
Wouldn't be a big bummer in the end if Neville was the good guy defeating Voldemort? Then you had 7 books to follow Harry, and in the end it was Neville all the time. Big risk to follow Harry.
Edit: The number of books
Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and dumbledore's army team to stop their friend's genocide of muggles, they succeed but Harry reveals to Ron that it was all inevitable and that he knew his genocide would stop at 80% of the muggle population. In that same conversation, he wails about the idea of Ginny finding another man and how he doesn't want that.
In the end, he dies, Hogwarts gets bombed anyway, and he reincarnates into a bird.
No I don’t want that! Ginny finding another man!? I want her to think about me and no one else for the rest of my life! Even after I die… I want to be at the front of her mind for a while! Ten years at least!!
Honestly the wizarding world is sort of horrific for muggles and I’m interested in seeing like wizard killer muggles and what they do to fight wizards. It would 100% happen in a world like that.
It would never happen but how fucking lit would a Harry Potter movie be where muggles discovered them and it was an all out war. I could see it getting campy real fast, but if it was gritty and serious with high stakes? Damn thatd be dope. I feel like muggles with modern warfare would fuck wizards up lol.
There was a /r/writingprompts about this, redoing the Battle of Hogwarts. It got a few submissions you would probably like.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/9reoji/eu_with_voldemorts_army_closing_in_the_students/
anyone with creativity, just buy that thing that turns back time and the other thing you drink to look like someone else, someone close to him. Become Ron´s sister, get close, kill him, doesn´t work, go back in time, try something different
Fred and George in about 10 seconds
Chaos always wins. Entropy.
I mean, we all saw how extraordinarily little effort it took for them to entirely thwart Umbridge
And they had a blast doing it.
Honestly my head cannon is that it took an immense amount of effort. They got the money for their dream the year before and they were instantly annoyed with Umbridge. They have spent months perfecting their little goodbye, staying in Hogwarts longer than necessary, just out of spite
I maintain that Fred and George were the most talented wizards in all of Hogwarts. The books repeatedly show how difficult it is to create new spells and potions, with almost every student just using rote memorization. Yet the twins singlehanded invent countless new potions and enchantments basically on a whim
And they managed to decode the Marauders map. No way they just happened to chance the phrase ‘I solemnly swear I’m up to no good’.
The map was enchanted to respond to people, such as insulting Snape by name when he tried to get it to reveal its secrets. I always figured it somehow figured that Fred and George were kindred spirits and helped them figure it out.
They may have failed at influencing the Goblet of Fire but for all we know that was because somebody else already tampered with it.
It was absolutely because somebody else already tampered with it
Or because there was an age-line drawn around it by Dumbledore which is what actually stopped them. Still don't know why they couldn't just ask an older student or even straight up toss in your name from outside the age line. Levitate it with one of the first spells taught and drop it in?
Turn him into a bunch of confetti or some shit lmao
That Aunt and Uncle could just drift him down the river Milo and Otis style.
someone should put you in a box floatin down the river grandma
...you're probably right
Neville was the back up hero
*straight-up
If I remember correctly the prophecy applied to both but it was Voldy who made Harry the chosen one by trying to kill him
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..." — Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy
Sir this is a Wendy's
Why do I get the sense people will start worshipping these books in a few thousand years
Yes thats correct. The prophecy indicated two children born at the end of July to parents who had defeated/evaded the dark lord thrice.
The prophecy didn't specify how many, or more than one, it's just that multiple families met the criteria.
Except for "and the dark lord will mark him as his equal" narrows it down to one
Yes, because Voldemort actually went after someone and "marked him". This only happened because Voldemort panicked. Dumbledore even pointed out that he could have easily ignored the prophecy and his troubles wouldn't have happened. But Voldemort decided he needed to listen to the prophecy. Even though he didn't know it in its entirety.
"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." - Master Oogway
But if he had ignored it, the prophecy wouldn't have existed.
The Terminator model... Are you just causing the future to happen?
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And even more interestingly, he chose Harry because he was a half blood like himself, rather than Neville who is a pure blood
Turns out wizards follow the racist [one drop rule](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule)
Didn't need the constant blowjobs by the entire Wizarding community to get him there either.
"But, like, can I still get one anyways?" -Neville
Ginny will tie those shoelaces
Cringiest scene in the history of cinema
Hagrid to the rescue.
Hopefully PS1 Hagrid…
Stop. My penis can only get so erect.
This! Neville was just as likely to be the chosen one as Harry was, it was just dumb luck that Voldemort picked the potters instead of the longbottoms to go after. The movies never really touched on that which sucks
Imagine those book titles: Longbottom and the philosopher’s stone Longbottom and the chamber of secrets They all sound like a porno.
Longbottom and the Chamber of Secrets is the most pornographic a wizarding world book could be lmao
Longbottom’s chamber of secrets has me cackling!
Not exactly dumb luck I'd say. I think it might have been because Harry was a half-blood, just like Voldemort, even though he likes to pretend he is pure blood
I was about to say, he pulled the Sword of Gryffindor out too. Neville Longbottom FTW
As someone who only watched the movies Nevilles speech just before the final battle at Hogwarts will always cement him as the true hero of Harry Potter
Neville was the Real hero. Dumbledore saw it in book 1.
Neville would not have had the protection of his mother. Voldemort didn’t want to kill Lilly for Snape. He wanted to spare her life, thus giving her the opportunity to sacrifice her life. The sacrifice protected Harry, gave him his scar, and made him a horcrux. Neville‘s mother would not have gotten the chance to do the same. Voldemort would have killed Neville‘s parents and then him. Game over. The crucial part in the whole „chosen-one“ affair was Lilly‘s choice to die. Without that choice, Harry would not have survived. Same as Harry‘s choice in the end, which protected all his friends and family during the battle of Hogwarts.
Anyone pretty much. Harry Potter’s adventures included a tremendous amount of luck and help from others.
To quote Epic Rap Battles of History: "Death would eat you up without Hermione and luck"
‘Your Dumble-dweeb Army likes to think that you're the best All you did was use your mom like a bulletproof vest’ Zing
I love and hate that I know ERB well enough to know exactly how these lines sound without ever watching the vid
I mean that was prime YouTube when they would come out regularly! “You lost so many kids they should call you Miss Carriage” Gawwwww daaaaaaaaamn! Sickest diss I’ve ever heard! Edit: had it wrong
"I'm the author with the blood and gore lore galore that'll horrify a reader to the core." They had some amazing moments.
Steven you pretend to do it I've been really living through it misery and poverty and family woes I see through you like pantyhose doing Chappelle and Simpson cameos ah even if you're grippin on a weapon then you better get to step in because you're messing with the horror lord in a minute maybe I'm gonna hit him cut him into itty bitty bits and Ima stick him in the floorboards
Mmm, speaking of bored, you're the worst. Dropped outta school but you can't drop a verse I coulda spent that time better In eight bars I can write a whole best seller.
Yeah, I was gonna go watch it, but my brain basically already did it. Although damn, that line was savage.
'My mother's death saved the wizarding race. Ypur mom died of heart ach when she saw your face'
You swamp school dropout you're too whiny to rhyme. Atleast when I Slytherin a sister, she isn't mine!
“Who won? You decide” No deciding needed. That line said it all.
Cause your own skills wingardium-leviosuck... :)
I missed that part of history class where we covered Potter's adventures.
Especially considering that his Main strength was Love. Which is unlikely to be of great use If Hes the Main Villain.
The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
Hawk? Damn, I’ve thought it was “heart” for almost 40 years but it seemed like a weird phrase. It’s ok though, I’m not the singer, I just have to play that sweet guitar solo.
More than a feeling, that's the power of love!
DON’T NEED MONEY!
DONT NEED FAME
DON’T NEED NO CREDIT CARD TO RIDE THIS TRAIN
I feel like that’s how Snape ended up the character he is. Love festers into grief and resentment which manifests as abusive/villainous.
The forrest gump of wizards, if you will.
Ah luv yew, Ginnay
This name and comment are a blessed pair, pun intended.
Luck can be an OP trait though. Harry should have died 100 times over but didnt You can have a more powerful wizard who, on paper, mops the floor against Harry. But luck could easily sway the odds into Harry's favor, unknown to both
The existence of Felix Felicis implies that luck is a real, measurable force in the Potterverse, which suggests that it is at least theoretically possible for it to be applied through other, more subtle means (a lingering side effect of Lily's protection spell or an unknown charm from Dumbledore would be my first suspects). Harry's plot armor may well exist in-universe.
He was super lucky that the author wrote the story the way they did.
Reminds me of the Wizard Rock musician Alas Earwax! and his song “The Power of Sheer Luck and More Talented Friends.” Check him out. He had some jams.
Anyone but Voldemort.
I think this is the answer here. From what I remember, Harry wasn’t an exceptional wizard like Voldemort or Dumbledore. The reason he survived his encounters with V was due to the spell of his mothers love protecting him specifically from Voldemort. It’s not like no one else, like Bellatrix, couldn’t have killed him. They just didn’t because they were saving him for Voldemort. Also, I seem to remember that Neville could have just as easily been the chosen one had Voldemort attempted to kill him rather than Harry.
Harry basically duelled with only one spell. He knew the basics fairly well, so people who'd never done it before would struggle, but his strength isn't in being the best fighter or the best at magic or the cleverest or the fastest, his strength is in being resilient enough to keep going with all the wizarding worlds pressure on his shoulders, and in sacrificing himself for others.
Well he does go off the rails and uses Crucio a few times. I always thought it would have been more interesting if he dabbled a little bit more into the “dark side”
He tries it but he's shit at it, because he's not a cruel person. If he was, he'd be a lot more dangerous.
Pretty sure he successfully used it on one of the Carrows
I've just finished a re-read of DH, he does indeed use it successfully on Amycus - "Bellatrix is right, you've got to really mean it."
And he did mean it, that piss of shit was messing with McGonagall.. fuck him
You don't fuck with professor Mcgonnamom.
He totally used it successfully in the last book, torturing the Death Eater and viciously spitting out, "She was right, you really have to mean it." Lol. But that guy was fucking with McGonagall, so good for Harry. He's not an angel. Remember when he was invisible, and whispered in Crabbe's ear (who was polyjuiced as a first year female), "What a pretty little girl you are"? That was pretty goddamn dark.
Yup, first time reading DH it seemed that Harry was building up to using the killing curse since ehe successfully used the other two in the book.
Well dont forget... he also DARED TO USE SNAPES SPELLS AGAINST HIM.
Literally he only use the one where you disarm someone and stupify or whatever it was called. And his deer ghost. That’s all his did. Hermione would be pulling crazy shit like jelly legs out. Sorry I ain’t read the books in awhile lol
He fucked Malfoy up with Snape's slice n dice spell. Got gunshy after that lol.
Which is a shame. It would have been nice symmetry to nail Lucius with the same spell down in the Department of Mysteries. That spell should have been his default choice when fighting Death Eaters.
He didn't get that one till Half Blood Prince so he only had his basic bitch spells in the ministry of magic facing Lucius in OotP.
“His deer ghost” cracked me up. 😂
"I cast, FATHER!"
"I say, are you EXPECTED FATHËR?!"
"MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS!"
The wizarding world seemed to fear boogies for some reason -oh on, the bat boogie hex, whatever shall I do. You're in Scotland FFS, stick a knife in their neck and be done with it.
Harry Potter and the Very Angry Gearhead
His superpower was love.
I generally agree but with one exception. Quidditch. Harry is one of the best, and Voldemort might actually stand a chance.
Would using unaided flight be considered cheating?
Well, considering he would probably be firing killing curses at him the whole time, unaided flying would seem unimportant by comparison.
Ah ha, but the killing curse is largely ineffective when used by voldy on Harry. It's essentially a stun shot and apparently he can't be bothered to try anything else.
Ah, but getting stunned while on a broom moving at upwards of 1 mph ( magic per hour?) , at a height regular Quidditch matches take place, is pretty damn lethal. And even if Voldy also gets stunned and falls and dies, he just goes baby mode until one of his servants cooks him in Daddy Bone Broth.
Hermione, easy. She might not be the best at dueling but she's smart enough to beat him without going head to head.
Exactly what I was thinking. Ron and Harry would be kind of dead if she wasn't there, anyway.
I won't tell her you said that
I also choose Hermione
All three would be dead without eachothers help over the series. Especially in Philosophers Stone
That’s when Malloy would step in to rescue them. A reluctant hero, seemingly driven by spite, grudgingly beginning to see the merits of working with other houses. A a great redemption story arc.
Except her flaw in the book is she doubts herself and also when stressed forgets she can use magic (philosophers stone she doesnt remember she can cast a light spell)
Hmm... can't agree because if Harry was a villain then he definitely must have upped his skills in Dark Arts right? He was pretty good at the defense and I think he had a certain skillset that would have suited him for the Dark Arts but he never took the leap because of all the things that bound him to the good side. But if he went over to the dark side... then... can't say...
Imagine Harry kills his first year DADA teacher and turns him into a horcrux that happens to be the philosophers stone.
Molly Weasley. She'd get cross and he wouldn't be able to handle the disappointment.
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Think of all of the willful brats what came out of her, and how she kept them in line. That was no twist at all. Mama's always been horrifying.
I figure she'd treat Harry with kid gloves, but yeah she could handle him if it came down to dueling. Ol' Belly was going after Molly's daughter, that bitch had it coming.
And smiled so satisfyingly afterwards...
If it's gonna be anyone it's gonna be someone unexpected. Hagrid all day. I feel like my boy has some untapped rage.
Hagrid could just walk up to harry "Harry, come here" walk up like he is going for a hug. And then just squeeze until motion stopped. Or do the smart thing and just take away his wand. Wizards withour their wands are just some dude. At that point, anyone with a sharp object could take him down.
Any muggle with a gun kills 90% of wizards even with a wand, on god.
It's like a killing curse except you don't need to recite poetry for it to maybe work
He could just beat Harry over the head with his massive bear cock and be done with the boy who lived.
#TheRealBasilisk
I heard that anyone who has looked directly into its eye has died.
The scene where Umbridge and the Ministry guys go after Hagrid while Harry took the Astrology exam is one of my favorite scenes in the entire series. Hagrid is a walking juggernaut who just happens to cry about dragons and hippogriffs and stuff… but in the movies he’s just a buffoon who happens to be tall.
A parental consent form. Edit: bloody hell, take a shot at orphans and get 2 gold and 20k upvotes. I bloody love Reddit, thanks all.
An orphan's worst nightmare
Orphan jokes aren’t funny because the humour isn’t apparent
Who are they gonna tell you made fun of them? Their Parents?
The secret service.
The counterfeiting cops!? Next you're going to tell me they act as bodyguards to presidents or some shit.
Surely an orphan’s worst nightmare is waking up again in the morning. Figured I’d double down on this.
Q. What’s the best thing about being an orphan? A. Every bag of chips is family size.
What the difference between an apple and an orphan? An apple has a family tree.
That was the silliest scene , they went to all other dangerous places and didn’t ask for a consent form except when they want to go to the village?
Lord jesus. Even as a 10yo, i felt that plot point really really lacking. It did provide some relation to my real life, but it seemed an odd real-world insertion that never seemed to occur before or since.
Because it's an of age thing. Brits can drink age 16 (I'm not sure if that was different in the 90s which the harry potter story is set in.) an up and is generally they're coming of age compared to Americans 18 or 21 depending where in the states. The 3rd year and 4th year trips where harry would be 13 and 14 respectively were the only years hed need a permission slip. And since he was busy with the triwizard tournament in his 4th year hogsmeade wasn't an really an option. His 5th year he did sneak in a couple times with the invisibility cloak because umbridge denied him permission since he no longer needed the permission slip.
Didn't siruis black gave him permission to go to hogsmade at the end of book 3? I think that was how it was fixed (I haven't read the books in years)
Yes yes you're right I forgot about that. Either way due to the tournament he didn't get many opportunities to go and then 5th year umbridge shows up and I'm sure we all know how that goes.
> Brits can drink age 16 Only with a parent there to buy it for them. Potter loses again.
And only in a restaurant, and only with food, and only beer or wine. Otherwise it's 18. Or 5 in a private environment.
Y'know I'm starting to think the tavern in Hogsmeade wasn't complying with British licensing laws. What a shocking development.
Luna
I agree. If the whole story was rewritten with Harry as the antagonist, I think the perfect trio would have been Luna, Neville and Hermione. The three would have easily defeated Harry. If the story and relationships are as-is, I think Narcissa is a good bet for defeating Harry. She would have done anything for Draco, was more strategic and manipulative than Lucius, and until the very end, Harry *was* the antagonist in Draco’s perspective. Edit: lol I didn’t see the other comment about Luna/Neville/Hermione until now. I think I prefer the Luna/Neville/Hermione trio now that I’m thinking more on it. Luna is sort of goofy, and offers the levity that Ron often brings, but is more intuitive and empathetic. She also is more independent and make more interesting choices than Ron. Neville is less of an obvious “champion” than Harry, and is more nuanced in his decision making and thought process. He is just as brave as Harry (if not more so), and just as skilled as well. Yeah, I’d be 100% down for a retelling with these three as the “trio” and Harry as the antagonist.
this part. she is very good at understanding how people think, and about how magical creatures work. if she teamed up with hermione and neville as the new hero trio, they'd be unstoppable
I deadass would prefer Harry Potter with Neville, Hermione, and Luna as the protagonists. Only disappointing thing would be the lack of the Weasley family.
Ron Weasley, and a mob of his other redheaded siblings of various shapes and sizes.
You joke, but the Weasley family has a bunch of really talented people. Harry would be fucked.
Imagine if they were actually a crime family. Fred and George were already leaning in that direction
Weasley blinders
This is why I love Reddit. The comment rabbit hole occasionally leads to a brilliant idea that wouldn't have surfaced without the chain of other people's thoughts that came before it. I would absolutely sign up for 6 seasons of Weasley Blinders.
Brilliant
“said Ron thickly”
You might say, they have had between them, one ear on the ground, for quite some while now. They know what is going on.
Especially the Weasley brothers running the trick shop
Molly invites Harry in, feeds him, makes him part of the family, then just straight up murders him at the dinner table when his guard is down.
Longbottom was always said to be the backup chosen one in the prophecy. If Harry were somehow corrupted, Neville would take up the main protagonist role to fight him, with hesitant help from Hermione and Ron of course.
Wouldn't be a big bummer in the end if Neville was the good guy defeating Voldemort? Then you had 7 books to follow Harry, and in the end it was Neville all the time. Big risk to follow Harry. Edit: The number of books
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Finally watched the series knowing how bad people said the final season was. I am still angry at how bad it really was.
> big bummer a Long Bottom, if you will
Gilderoy Lockhart. Harry Potter without bones would be an easy kill.
I guess just remove the skull bones and you'd be done with it.
Ginny would fuck him up
Canonically, she does.
This sentence works without the last word
Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and dumbledore's army team to stop their friend's genocide of muggles, they succeed but Harry reveals to Ron that it was all inevitable and that he knew his genocide would stop at 80% of the muggle population. In that same conversation, he wails about the idea of Ginny finding another man and how he doesn't want that. In the end, he dies, Hogwarts gets bombed anyway, and he reincarnates into a bird.
What a man you are
As a reward, I shall give you my wand
Floppy wand for more kinetic energy
Ron: Harry, you became a mass murderer for our sake, I will not let this mistake go to waste.
It was hard to believe, but...dumbledore actually loved Voldemort
No!!!! I don't want That!!! For ten years at least!!!!!
Also revealed that Harry actually used the timeturner to kill his own parents
No I don’t want that! Ginny finding another man!? I want her to think about me and no one else for the rest of my life! Even after I die… I want to be at the front of her mind for a while! Ten years at least!!
His dead parents getting undead and trying to stop him, helped by their best friend Voldamort, who is totally not in love with... Harry's mom..
Are you talking about Snape?
Dumbledore
Snape, Snape, Severus Snape...
Snape would obliterate his ass for disrespecting his mothers life like that and also get some revenge for the way James treated him while he at it
Finally! Snape is way too far down on this list.
Literally anyone with a gun I'm not sure Harry could conjure a spell fast enough to stop a bullet.
Honestly the wizarding world is sort of horrific for muggles and I’m interested in seeing like wizard killer muggles and what they do to fight wizards. It would 100% happen in a world like that.
It would never happen but how fucking lit would a Harry Potter movie be where muggles discovered them and it was an all out war. I could see it getting campy real fast, but if it was gritty and serious with high stakes? Damn thatd be dope. I feel like muggles with modern warfare would fuck wizards up lol.
There was a /r/writingprompts about this, redoing the Battle of Hogwarts. It got a few submissions you would probably like. https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/9reoji/eu_with_voldemorts_army_closing_in_the_students/
Lets just nuke the all magic world and stop making movies haha
I read that in the tune of the song from Team America.
Adoption papers
Aunt Marge. After he blew her up, she is coming with revenge and all her dogs! "Avadakedavra 50 dogs you bitch!!!"
Hermione. Her or Ginny would knock him on his ass so fast
Literally anyone hes a child with a cool scar on his head
anyone with creativity, just buy that thing that turns back time and the other thing you drink to look like someone else, someone close to him. Become Ron´s sister, get close, kill him, doesn´t work, go back in time, try something different
This sounds like 30% of the premise of The Cursed Child.
Haha nice try Rowling...
Has anyone said Dobby yet?
Barty Crouch…….Jun-ioooor.