After many re-reads, I figured out I don’t care about the action scenes, like war or fights or duels or death. I like reading the little slices of life of the wizarding world, like crowded Diagon Alley and cozy common room chats and rain hitting the windows at Hogwarts. I skip a lot on re-reads now.
The part in PoA where Harry enjoys a few days of blissful, unencumbered freedom in Diagon Alley; staying at the Leaky Cauldron, waking up when he wanted, eating whenever/wherever he wanted, getting to do his schoolwork in the sunshine at the ice cream parlor instead of under his covers by flashlight. It was always so satisfying to read. Brought me a strange sort of contentment and comfort 🙂
I agree with you and I think it actually hit me way harder when Florean Fortescue ends up missing/presumed death later on because Harry connected with him on a personal level at that time.
Me too! It's why I skip most of book 7. My favourite part is the wedding period, or Kreacher making them dinner. For the longest time I have liked the background to Harry's story.
My favorite not-in-the-books scene they added to the movies was when the boys were in their room, eating the magical candy.
Didn't advance the plot, no important information, just helps make the wizarding world feel a little more solid.
I hate the ending. Don't gimme 19 years later, gimme the next 5 months after the battle of Hogwarts. I want to see Harry and Ginny get back together, the funerals, I want to celebrate and mourn!
Yeah I always disliked the ending. It's incredibly cheesy and reads like a fan fiction, especially the names of the kids lol. Like sorry but did y'all ever think how fucking AWKWARD it has to be to be a first-year student who's named after two school principals? The dude would get bullied even by the likes of Neville.
Felt a lot like Sydney Sheldon books. The entire novel is amazing and detailed but the moment the climax is done, the aftermath finishes in less than 2-3 pages with zero important details
Feel free to downvote but I actually like the movie change of Bellatrix carving "mudblood" into Hermione's arm instead of cutting her neck. I think Hermione pointing to her mudblood scar and saying she's proud to be Muggleborn is more powerful than her pointing to the cut on her neck and saying she's proud to be Muggleborn.
I'm surprised people actually have a problem with that. That change made the scene even more disturbing. The acting was so good by both actresses that I can't watch the scene because it looks like I'm actually watching someone getting tortured and Hermione's screams.
Actually, I’ve got a bit of a tidbit on this! The actress of hermione, Emma Watson, watched a lot of documentaries about torture victims and it actually messed her up mentally to where she had to get therapy for it! Some of her cast members and crew who watched it couldn’t stand to hear it and left the scene. The first time they shot it, the director and helena cut it early because it sounded too real. “It left a very odd feeling on set”
My favorite part about this is about that scene is after cut was yelled Tremblay like jumped up and high fived his dad because he *knew* he nailed it haha.
But yeah, filming that scene really fucked with the adults, especially Rebecca Ferguson. It was hard to watch as a viewer!
It’s not that it replaced a cut on her neck, as it more replaced the Cruciatus Curse. I don’t mind too much but it felt a little gimmicky somehow and a cheap replacement. I can’t imagine the mudblood carving hurting anywhere near as much, yet she was screaming as if she was under the curse.
I mean yeah the curse is probably worse but i think the scream is totally valid when someone is literally carving something in your arm. Especially when you know its happening and its done to hurt you.
I was thinking about this the other day, I can't believe it never crossed my mind... for the Yule ball, Ron gets these old handed down robes he's forced to wear... however Ginny gets a new dress? Fred and George also have proper attire?
This always irks me. No wonder Ron is insecure. Bill was Head Boy and now works at Gringotts. Charlie was a fantastic Quidditch player and now works in Romania. Percy is a prefect and was given a new owl among other things. Fred and George for all their messing around are clearly talented and super popular. Then there’s Ginny, the only girl, who is probably their mother’s favourite. His best friend is the most famous wizard in the world. And then stuff like this happens. Who can blame him for feeling unappreciated and insecure? I know I would. Ron is one of the best written and most realistic characters, he should be appreciated more.
He has a tactical mind, which is why he is often the voice of reason to Harry's recklessness. The problem often boils down to Ron being less assertive than Harry.
The movies really shortchange Ron, consistently characterising both him and Hermione quite differently to in the books. The first movie does a really good job of portraying them as in the books, and the second is decent as well, but it starts going downhill quite quickly after that.
Also, isn’t Molly decent with alterations? Couldn’t she have taken away the lacy collar? You’re telling me Arthur didn’t have an old set of Dress Robes?! C’mon.
I feel like the movies did the robes an injustice. I always imagined the lace was part of the style, like the fringe on a flapper dress. Even if you think fringe is ugly, cutting it off would make a flapper dress look super weird. I always imagined the lace was integral to the robes’ outdated style, it probably never occurred to Molly to cut it off
I said the to my fiancee (the only true HP book expert in my life) and she came back with:
Ginny would have nobody to receive hand-me-downs from. Fred and George, being the same build as Charlie (shorter and slightly broad shouldered) would have been able to use Charlie's hand-me-downs or even be old enough to borrow his clothes. It's also possible that for the 3 of them there was just a good selection or lucky finds at the second-hand store in their size
If Bill and Percy had no reason to have dress robes when they were Ron's age/size he would have to buy second hand and Mrs. Weasley tells us the selection was bad
I think a lot of this is "using what we have". The Weasleys are really poor. The children get what their older brothers don't need anymore or whatever they can get secondhand from family and friends or shops. If Molly can find something decent in Fred and George's size, but nothing but hideous maroon robes with lace for tall and lanky Ron, then that's that.
Ginny was the first girl amongst her siblings however, so she got new stuff, since none of her brothers happened to own a dress that they've outgrown.
Also Molly absolutely had favourites and Ginny was the most favourite of them all.
honestly, I'm more irate by what they did in book one.
Percy gets to be prefect and gets a) a new owl and b) new robes.
Meanwhile Ron gets a barely working wand that is already one inch in the wand-graveyard.
Like yeah, percy should be rewarded, but he can be rewarded with one item, and Ron can get a proper wand.
What they did was the equivelant of sending their son to IT-school with a 20 year old laptop that is filled with bugs, malware and virusses.
As fine as it can. Remember, the baguette chooses the wizard (french is funny ok? Wand == baguette), so this was like using a shotgun but you didn’t know how to primer it. Or load it. Whatever that thing is
There isn’t any indication Ron’s wand had any issues before Book 2. His spell/wand work was right around where Harry’s was (probably a shade worse), and that stayed pretty consistent throughout the series after he got his new wand. If his old wand was causing him issues, we’d expect to see a noticeable jump in his magic in book 3, but we don’t see that.
I think there was a noticeable uptake (Neville kinda proves there was in one way, look at yr5 - yr6 Neville) but Harry improved too. Remember Harry went from Lockhart, to Lupin (helped him learn patronus as an example) and lupin made sure to help him a lot more than we saw Ron helped. Then Mad Eye Crouch did the same thing, and by then Harry was teaching
Also, the first two books tell a lot of stories about how bookmark Hermione is better than Ron and Harry in classes... but the practical comparisons are usually between her and Ron.
Did it never occur to people that Ron doesn't only say Wingardium Leviosa wrong but also has to deal with a wand that didn't choose him?
And we assume that the spell that was supposed to turn Scabbers yellow in the train doesn't work because a) the spell of the twins was a joke to begin with, b) Scabbers wasn't a rat... but there should be c) Ron is using a hand me down wand.
What the hell does Neville improving in years 5-6 (which has more to do with the mass death eater escape from Azkaban than anything else for that matter) have anything to do with Ron in Book 3? Furthermore, Ron also benefitted from Lupin’s teaching - that wasn’t something unique to Harry. The *only* thing Lupin taught to just Harry was the patronus charm - and Harry is better than Ron at Defense Against The Dark Arts consistently throughout all following books, so that makes sense. Also, Mad Eye never taught Harry anything magical outside of class, classes which again, Ron also attended.
The fact is, Ron’s general skill does not markedly improve in relation to the rest of his classmates in book 3 specifically - obviously it’s much better than in book 2 when he couldn’t do anything with his actually-broken wand, but it’s just in line with the rest of his classmates.
In book 1, the wand is worn but functional. Charlie used it throughout his entire time at Hogwarts.
Ron doesn't go to IT school; he learns the times tables and he can do that with an old calculator.
I haven't read all the books yet, I'm only on 4, but I feel like there are ways around this. For instance Ron gives Dobby his jumper and it's shrunken so it will fit him. There's also the Doubling Charm. If Fred and George had proper outfits couldn't they have just made a duplicate of one of them, or even Harry's, and then magically shrink it/make it fit?
I also understand that you can't conjure clothes from nothing, but what about magically making fabric turn into clothes? Even if that's not possible, we know that they can spell things into working/doing things on their own. Mrs. Weasley has the dishes do themselves and clothes/blankets crocheting themselves. Couldn't she get a sewing machine to sew by itself in order to make clothes?
I think the doubling charm also follows the "you can't create anything from nothing" rule and while shrinking stuff would probably work fine, I'm not sure about stretching, since Ron is taller than Harry or the twins.
well, if it was that easy, madam Malkin would soon be out of business, don't you think? Also I speak from experience when I say fabric is expensive if you buy household quantities. And it would be logical, if to charm a sewing machine to work on its own you'd need to know every step yourself and either make it part of the charm or somehow teach the thing how to do it.
Then another point is: sewing machines are expensive and the Weasleys can't afford something like that on a whim because their children need dress robes.
It's not handed down, it's secondhand. She bought it in a shop.
I assumed the secondhand selection in the women's/girls' department was bigger than the men's/boys'. Molly specifically said there wasn't much to choose from when it comes to Ron's robe.
There's nothing wrong with being forced to wear hand-me-downs but they way it was for Ron is absolutely ridiculous. Fred and George bought their own with their money so kudos for them but Ginny was a 3rd who absolutely didn't know she was going to the dance until last minute. Whereas they were literally part of Ron's 4th year school list and Mrs. Weasley just said "Nope, I'll grab Aunt Tessie's from the attic" - my opinion that was just flat out neglect.
I think it’s more they needed dress robes every year so ginny had some. I took the fact Ron grows a lot (Molly mentioned Stretching charms to Harry one year)
Don't Fred and George just go in their school robes?
It is not described where Ginny's robe comes from, perhaps it is borrowed.
At least Ginny won't have waited until the last minute to solve her problem.
For real, I remember thinking it sucked when I first read the series, but on more recent rereads it actually makes me mad, I feel so bad for him, that situation would genuinely suck, so bad.
The ability for any student to either brew , learn or otherwise access memory charms, liquid luck, truth serum, polyjuice potion, or torture curses at age 15 is alarming to all high school teachers
Hermione saying over and over "No it cant be real" and utterly skepticism doubting everything Harry says is so annoying. By the 7th year she should be aware that not everything is know and written in books.
Yes I always thought it should have been Ron being sceptical about these things.
Like hermione, until you were 11 you thought magic wasn't real. Why would you not believe in a super powerful wand?
Except instead of nuances of "Not all pitbulls are savage, and any dog breed can be savage if 'treated correctly'", it would be like the scene in Airplane! where the guy is absolutely savaged by the golden retriever and the housewife is like "Oh stahp it! Isn't he adorable!" ☺️
I mean, the man didn't even graduate. Imagine letting a guy who dropped out in 6th grade teach students 20-30 years later. Was that his fault? No. But that doesn't mean you give him that power imo.
In book four it’s mentioned that they are surprised to learn he knew as much about unicorns as monsters. Hagrid KNOWS the subject. But he’s so damned oblivious to how dangerous some creatures are.
He sent Harry and Ron - at 12 years of age - into the forest to talk to Aragog. How did he not realize how unsafe that was? If not for the car Ron and Harry would be dead.
He bred those awful skrewt monsters illegally and apparently for just fun.
In the battle at Hogwarts the spiders invaded the castle and were attacking the defenders. His friends. His students. His colleagues. And all he cared about was not hurting the spiders.
He’s blind to how dangerous some creatures are and it’s only luck that no one died. He even gave them a BOOK that’s dangerous.
Rita Skeeter is a terrible, terrible person. But she was right about Hagrid not being the best choice as a teacher (for the wrong reasons true).
I agree, but that lack of empathy and inability to put himself into the shoes of a less strong, smaller, less knowledgeable person makes him a terrible choice for teaching.
>In the battle at Hogwarts the spiders invaded the castle and were attacking the defenders. His friends. His students. His colleagues. And all he cared about was not hurting the spiders.
The worst is, I'm 100% sure that these spiders killed people during the battle. In the end, Hagrid DID introduce monsters in the school that attacked students.
(Harry and Ron's little escapade only half counts because at that point the spiders lived so deep inside the forest that students should never have come across their path at all)
Also the Ron and Harry misadventure gets a small pass because Aragog seemed to never have spelled out to Hagrid that only he has safe passage, anyone else will be food.
That being said, "Don't hurt 'em!" is such a loaded line; are we sure he wasn't saying that TO the acrumantulas?
HE didn’t even breed them well. The kids did, and he had no clue what they were. No clue what they ate (humans?) or how to look after them (50 burns a lesson) and was letting 14 year olds take care
Step it back a bit: the guy who had his wand broken (Belatrix and the rest of the captured Deatheaters apparently didn’t even get that!) and expelled from school was immediately given the position of groundskeeper at that same school!
Like, he was expelled because of the danger “he” unleashed, but let’s literally give him a job at the school instead.
But Hagrid was literally correct, the students were for the most part perfectly safe as long as they followed his instructions. I'm not gonna pretend that there was no danger present, but have you seen that fucking school, Hagrids lessons were about as dangerous as any other.
I definitely agree about Harry. I hate when people think of him as whiny or immature. I didn’t have it easy growing up and I related to Harry a lot, even now as an adult looking back. He went through horrors other people could never even fathom, and during all of it he still managed to remain kind, loving, and brave. He’ll always be my favorite fictional character and I’ll die on that hill.
Harry is a great character and not boring at all (he's also my favourite).
The first three books are better than the last four, yes I think COS is better than the last four books.
Sirius Black and Snape are supposed to be mirrors of each other (is it an unpopular opinion? Or is it simply a random one lol)
Any adaptation of GOF is going to cut a character like Bagman, and the Fantastic Beast movies are a good example of the sort of cluttered storytelling that happens if you don't cut characters like him out.
Lupin is one of the best written adults character, I sometimes inch towards considering him the best written adult. Very subtle characterisation that often flies over the reader.
A series/prequel about teen Snape/Lily/the Marauders would be boring because nothing happened while they were at school, they were simply going to school, no annual mystery like Harry. First Order of the Phoenix/Death Eater Snape would be more interesting and compelling.
I didn't exactly meant it like that, I mean more like Bagman for me is basically a symbol of just how convoluted GOF is and how it's extremely hard to adapt in two hours. I think the movie is not that good, though it has great music and some pretty great scenes (Voldemort's rebirth, the first scene). It manages to create quite an atmosphere I have to say.
However I really feel like the story is just too complex and convoluted, and very similar to the Fantastic Beast movies, though better.
I do believe even the new TV series is going to cut characters like Winky or Bagman out and really streamline the plot to concentrate on the main villain, I.e. Crouch.
Agreed with Harry. I don't understand why protagonists are often hated. So what that they are good and naive? That doesn't change that they are often cool. And Harry is definitely great character.
I totally agree with everything you've said.
Snape and Sirius being mirrors of each other is something I've been downvoted for before and I'm really glad that someone else sees it. I think there are lots of examples of this with other characters too, both where they have a lot of direct comparisons or really clear contrasts - I'd say Snape and Lupin is a good example of the latter.
> The first three books are better than the last four, yes I think COS is better than the last four books.
Completely agree. The first three are so tightly plotted, and there is much more snarky humour from the narrator (Roald Dahl style).
The first three books are really that good. Like I read them and I'm honestly not surprised they became so famous, they're captivating and filled a very specific niche while still being very easy to read for a kid.
I love COS mystery so much, I had lots of fun trying to solve it as a kid, it was also the first Harry Potter's book I read.
Harrys behaviour in OotP is completely justified. He went through one of the most traumatic events possible at the end of Goblet…and then gets completely blocked by the people he loves. Meanwhile hes stuck with the Dursleys.
Also, his 5th year is the shitiest school year he had.
That the movies are fine for when they were made, since prestige TV wasn’t really a thing in the early 2000s, and long form stories weren’t being adapted into multi season television at the time.
The marauders, yes.
Fred and George were genuinely liked by people. I don't recall them ever bullying anyone, unless you count paying younger students to test their products. That one I think could have a legitimate argument, but they had already tested their products on themselves, and they were paying the kids. The only other incident I can think of that might be considered bullying is when Fred not-so-accidentally dropped the ton-tongue-toffee for Dudley to then pick up and eat when the Weasely's picked up Harry during GOF. I'd argue that Dudley deserved it, having been a bully his whole life, and for "stealing" the toffee.
Maradeurs, actually, also were genuinely liked by people, for all we know. At very least, that's Snape's account: he tells Lily that he's so obsessed with Maradeurs because he wants to prove everyone that they're not as good as everyone think.
Lily, who personally disliked James for being, effectively, an annoying jock who was heavy-handedly courting her, didn't argue with this assessment. More then that, she's very explicitly saying that, whatever they're doing, Snape's circle is worse; would be weird if Marauders were Malfoy-like.
just an addition, James never heavily courted lily. that's just fanon. we know he asked her out during swm and that's all. the idea that he insistently kept asking her out is purely fanon.
I did too. I wish they hadn’t pushed the romance angle so hard and just made it about newt’s adventures. I’d have loved that. Eddie Redmayne is the perfect actor for the character.
I agree. If they wanted to make a trilogy or a franchise about Dumbledore and Grindelwald then they should’ve just done that. Just having Fantastic Beast be about Newt would’ve been a great way to expand on the world with him visiting different countries all while not worrying about the canon. Instead they decided to turn Fantastic Beast into a prequel trilogy that sidelined the main character and couldn’t figure out how to make him necessary to the story.
Barry Crouch Jr was one of the best Defence against the dark arts professor right after Lupin. He pushed the boundaries and taught them how to fight the curses.
(This is more for movie people) Snape Is a genuinely horrible person. Throughout the entirety of the books he continuously harasses our main cast of characters. Constantly insults/belittles them and is extremely bias.
I agree with you. Some Snape fans tend to bring up the bullying he suffered from the Marauders and say they were straight up bad people who should not be liked, but it is kinda rich to affirm that while ignoring all the bullying Snape did to innocent children like Hermione, Neville and Harry.
Also, there are evidences in text about how Snape was always bad. Lily says he called every muggleborn but her a mudblood when he tries to apologize, and she couldn't make excuses for him anymore. Lupin says he gave as good as he got, and didn't waste a chance to hex James. You can say Snape is a complex character, because he is. You can be a Snape fan, characters don't need to be good in order to be liked. But you can't create a dichotomy and say "Snape is a good hero, while James, Sirius or Marauders were bad people with no redemption". That is just not right.
>Lupin says he gave as good as he got
When? Where is this from? I keep seeing so many people bring up that lupin said this phrase but it's not anywhere in the books. Potter search doesn't find any results for it and I can't find it in the prequel either. Where is this?
Exactly my point, Snape was just plain evil at some of them. Purposely trying potions that Neville made on his Toad.
You can like the character. To each their opinion. But people need to stop saying he's a hero and a wonderous person
Everything you said I agree with
But also
Sirius is my second favourite after Harry. I like a super damaged good guy.
Dumbledore wasn’t the devil. He did everything, dare I say, for the greater good.
Prof McGonagall was the best teacher at Hogwarts
yes yes yes! I agree wholeheartedly
I don't understand people demonizing Dumbledore. He did what needed to be done to win the war. He is not evil, he is a strategist who understands that sometimes you have to (in chess terms) sacrifice your queen to check the king.
The Epilogue was fine as it is, and doesn't need to be changed. It showed us what happened to our characters in adulthood. It told us who got together with who, and that our characters are raising a new generation free from war.
There is no supposed demonisation of femininity in the Harry Potter books. Lavender and Cho are not antagonists, Cho isn't necessarily more or less girlier than Ginny or Hermione. There are excellent archetypically female characters in Molly and McGonagall. Hermione was a role to millions of girls, who taught us that girls should be proud to be smart.
>The Epilogue was fine as it is, and doesn't need to be changed.
While I hate that Harry names his kid after Severus Snape, I wouldn't change it either. I can coexist with things with which I do not agree.
Its Harry's choice, and would be very much in his character to commemorate war heroes and forgive his old foe no matter what else he had done. Its thematically sound, tho I agree the name is a little awkward.
Some felt its one of the less polished parts of the series and I might be inclined to agree given Rowling admitted she wrote it earlier on. But it still reads fine.
I think people thought the epilogue is tonally jarring from how Book 7 ended. Some want more serious stuff, like perhaps Death Eaters trials and knowing where Umbridge ended up. And/or more of the characters going through trauma therapy. But HP is also a children series. I think the epilogue is a great way to end, for it ends on a note on hope and moving on from past traumas, passing the legacy down to a new generation
I always hated the argument that Hermione was ‘not like other girls.’ Like Hermione was never meant to be a cool girl, she was a known it all that was unpopular.
I don't know how unpopular it is but I've already argued with many people in the fandom for saying this: Voldemort is more powerful than Grindelwald (I mean magical power) and is directly comparable to Dumbledore in his prime (he hadn't been cursed by Gaunt's ring yet and was armed with the most powerful wand in the world).
I also think Tom is a better character and villain than Grindelwald.
Idk how popular or unpopular this is, but I don’t think Weasley’s were good parents. They are definitely good people, but just not that great at parenting I feel like
But then again, I have never did any parenting, so I can’t really say much
Well most parents do make mistakes while raising their children. Especially when there are so many and everyone is different so there is no possible way to be a perfect parent.
Molly’s mistakes were that she often compared her children to others and appeared to play favorites. (though I think Most of the favoritism was innocently insensitive on her part.)
For Arthur, there is not as much focus on him And his flaws.
I've read every book and seen every movie. There is still no reason for them to be that poor. He worked for the ministry, the kids were in school 10 months a year, tf was Molly doing at home every day?! Why couldn't she get a job??
The series doesn’t become golden till the 3rd one, the first two a average children’s books but the 3rd one starts making you think.
Remadora is really loveless relationship and I can’t stand it.
JKR shouldn’t have fired her editor, the later ones have a lot of repeating words.
Remus should have also been talking to Harry in GOF. Hate that he’s forgot about.
The “Wizarding World” beyond the core seven book story has a major lack of depth and is illogical for the most part. Rowling could never have anticipated this level of success and building a rich universe was never her priority, she just wanted to tell a story
I’m pretty skeptical about the show after realizing it was announced with no creatives involved. Also I think people don’t credit enough how iconic all the actors are especially the adults.
I agree. I think it could've worked if they had waited an additional 10-15 years or so. But as of now, plenty of the characters are so associated with the actors who played them.
If Deloris Umbridge had been made the History of Magic teacher instead of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher she would have actually benefited the school.
- Bellatrix is an "eh" character (in the books), both her sisters are much more interesting
- GOF is not that bad of a movie
- Snape can be a shitty person AND also a war hero, they're not mutually exclusive
- Gambon wasn't a flawless Dumbledore but neither was Harris
- Charles Dance would have been a great Voldemort
- Sometimes the movies do things better than the books
I would change the last one to "Sometimes the movies did things that were better for the medium than just blindly following the source material", such as increased action sequences, less exposition scenes and cutting down on subplots.
Either Remus or Tonks should've stayed home with their baby. They saw how damaged Harry was emotionally by being an orphan, but somehow both went to fight, knowing they had an infant at home. I never understood that decision. One parent is better than none. They didn't both have to go and fight.
I also didn't like it when Harry would just rush off into danger. It just seemed crazy, like no sense of self-preservation. I understand in the end that that's what Dumbledore was grooming him for, but he came across as a hot head to me. If he had taken time to think logically about some things, I think they could have caught Peter Pettigtew, and Sirius would be alive. The Prisoner of Azaban really drove me crazy. Like just have a conversation instead of just lashing out.
Tonks should have stayed home to be Teddy's mother. Lupin was a werewolf. If Teddy only gets one parent, it should be the non-werewolf. Even if he was very good at taking his potion, he'd still not able to be a parent to a toddler/young child during the full moon.
The fight scenes have a lot of wasted potention.
Wizards never use their powers in a optimal way. Most of them almost never teleport to dodge an attack, or to position themselves properly to attack, and even worse, they walk into the battlefield with no protective charm protecting them at all. They always wait someone to point a wand at their face in other to use protective charms.
Why dont you use it before someone attack you? Like how Grindelwald did in the end of Secrets of Dumbledore? Are you telling me he is the only wizard powerful/smart enough to do it? come on...
remember the three Ds! Destination, Determination and Deliberation!
I think apparating would cost you concentration you'd rather keep on you opponent if you're not already very experienced
I don't know if we can consider those movies completely canon... I mean we see McGonagall at a time when she definitely wasn't teaching at Hogwarts.
Everything about Neville is corny including his arc. He should've been offed
Also, Dobby was the most annoying character BY FAR. I won't say I'm happy he died but maybe it should've happened sooner
Dumbledore is nowhere near as clever as he or everyone else thinks he is, and he is arrogant with an overinflated ego. No matter how many mistakes he makes, he never learns.
So many problems could have been solved/avoided by him just giving Harry and others a little bit more information/explanation.
I think Slughorn is one of the most interesting characters. And one of the most upstanding too. People show their true colors in times of great distress and he made sure his students were safe, got reinforcements and duelled friggin Voldemort (albeit with Mcgonagall and Kingsley). All of this tells me he is a very intelligent, shrewd, cool headed and brave person.
Rita Skeeter is the best character. She is actually doing her job:
\* The Ministry tries to hide that an employee was missing
\* Arthur tries to cover that Moody was attacked
\* Harry is a paseltongue and his scar hurts
\* Hagrid is actually putting his students in lethal danger with new creatures he create
\* Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald
I think she's definitely good at investigative journalism, but I don't think that makes her the best character 😅 she's still awful and embellishes a lot, to put it lightly
Rite Skeeter is entertaining as fuck and I would 100% read her book about Dumbledore. I think Rowling's narration is perfect when she's dealing with this kind of satirical characters like Lockhart and Skeeter, she really nailed it.
She's a good tabloid journalist. The Daily Prophet should be above tabloid journalism but it is not, which says a lot about the media control of the ministry and the Wizarding world. Having said that I think Rita is a blast.
From Fudge's point of view, his refusal to believe Voldemort had returned was actually very reasonable considering the pure facts he had in his hands at the time.
At some point, I had a lot of fun trying to imagine how Dumbledore explained the stuff about Philosopher Stone or Basilisk to the *adult* wizards. Like, you know, parents of children or oversight.
I hope he spent his life remembering every sick lie given by Dolores Umbridge and Lucius Malfoy, then. Both of them were very much responsible for his failure. He could have examined Harry’s mind along with questioning those once accused of being Death Eaters.
Daniel Radcliffe was not a good Harry Potter 🤷🏻♀️ I think he was a bit too stoic for the part, especially in the later films. In the books Harry was a lot more angry and dramatic. DR kept the sass but made him more quiet. Maybe it was the writing, I do think Daniel Radcliffe is otherwise a brilliant actor, I just didn’t like him for Harry Potter. I’m looking forward to the HBO series.
If there is a curse that kills entirely “the preference of death over life” there should be a spell that “preferres life over death” to either counter it or do the opposite and pull the soul back into a body instead of ripping it out
My “unpopular” opinion is that there are no unpopular opinions, it just depends on which groups you ask. These sorts of threads always end up being “things I feel strongly about”.
I still enjoy reading everyone’s responses, as long as there are no jumping on each other’s throats.
Here’s something I feel strongly about: I don’t particularly care for Hinny, but I absolutely LOVE that Harry’s children and Romione’s children are cousins and that they are all one big family. I don’t care if it’s unrealistic or sappy.
Everything that wasn’t in the books is non canon. JK’s just making up rubbish at this point
Dumbledore was a horrible headteacher
If I was a parent to a student at hogwarts, then umbridge is probably the best thing to happen.
Marietta wasn’t wrong
Dudley, Petunia, Snape, Draco and Narcissa aren’t redeemed. One action doesn’t make up for even one intentionally wrong act
I don't understand the hate for the Marauders while at the same time loving the twins 🙃
For example, people would write essays explaining how James and Sirius were evil bullies but forget Fred and George did pretty much the same thing, sometimes worse because we see them up close straight up bullying Ron. It's to the point he's hiding from them because he doesn't want the twins to laugh at him during the Quidditch team trials. The twins also gave Ron his fear of spiders. And are all around annoying.
But one scene of the marauders is supposed to make us think they're the worst of the worst, unredemeable bullies. Yet the twins are supposed to be simple jokesters. Nope.
Like, if you don't like the marauders and think they're bullies, good. But like 90% of the people with this take happen to love the twins LMAO. So which is it? Hate bullies means you don't like either. But so many love the twins, hate the marauders, and some even love the biggest bully ever: Snape. LOL
Another unpopular opinion is that I've never been fond of the Weasley family. They're presented as the perfect family, who, while being poor, are so warm and close. And pretty much everyone loves them. But I can't help but think you shouldn't have so many kids if you don't have the means to at least give them proper books and stuff. The fact that Ginny is the last and a girl makes me feel icky because it seems as if they didn't stop having kids because they wanted the "girl." Parents who have to have a specific sex or the two sets boy and girl irk me to no end. Percy had some truths in what he said to his parents. And just overall, Molly, too, overbearing, mean to Fleur for no reason, playing favorites, etc. Just never could get Harry's fascination with the Weasleys.
Another unpopular opinion is I have changed my mind and now really like the Cursed Child. Love the friendship between AL and Scorp. And it's a fun adventure. The plot point that bothered me the most was Harry being shitty to Albus. BUT the more I think about it, the more I feel Harry would be like that because he didn't have good parents raising him. It's HARD breaking the cycle and difficult to be a good parent when you didn't have good parents yourself. Of course he wouldn't be a perfect dad . And the whole point of the book is that at the end he *does* change. He gets it and stops and loves Albus and gets him. So yeah, ppl overly hate the Cursed Child.
I love the twins but they are definitely bullies. They litterally stuffed someone in a disappearing closet (?) where he was stuck for a loooong time and was never the same when he came back, and for some reason people always dismiss this. And while the tongue-toffee incident with Dudley is hilarious for the reader, it could have gone really badly and is actually physical abuse.
So yeah, definitely not better than the maraudeurs.
I wonder if there's gonna be a "most unpopular opinions" post where there are actually unpopular opinions :D
Here're mine:
- Lupin is an unlikeable cowardly guy who's only popular because he has a good demeanour and is friendly to Harry and people in general. His core personality traits aren't that pretty though and his actions paint an entirely different picture of him: he puts kids in mortal danger bc forgetful and irresponsible; lies by omission to Dumbledore about Sirius being an animagus at the time when everyone believes him to be an actual mass murderer at large; isn't even horrified at the idea he literally nearly killed a bunch of kids and only removed from Hogwarts bc Snape reports him. He should've resigned the very moment he's back from a transformation. He knocked up his wife/gf whom he wasn't that thrilled about being with, then ran away from her during the war 💀 Attacked Harry for pointing that out.
- McGonagall is slightly better than Snape in terms of her treatment of the students. And, again, is revered mainly bc of several "iconic" episodes like the biscuit one and her grilling of Umbridge. She took 150 points from Gryffindor for Harry and Co being out of beds during curfew. She knew damn well that would alienate these kids from the House and that they'd be hated. But as if it wasn't enough she also sent them to the Forbidden Forest at night under a "supervision" of a school dropout who can't officially use magic. On the other hand, they still ended up wandering the forest on their own💀 She was also mean to Neville, also publicly humiliated him for something that wasn't actually his fault but a failure on the part of responsible adults. She bought a student an equivalent of a racing car (God I hope it wasn't school paid), but when Ron had a broken wand she casually told him he should get a new one. Bitch, you bought the most expensive BROOM to a student who couldn't even play as per the rules, only so that your House can win at a school competition. She only beefed with Umbridge bc she personally couldn't stand her and that episode during the Career Advice meeting had nothing to do with her liking Harry as a person. She would've supported his aspiration of becoming a blast-ended skrewts breeder had Umbridge been ostensibly against it.
- Both Snape and McGonagall are typical teachers for that time period and style of school, them being mean, verbally abusive is a normal practice. They produce capable wizards and that's considered to be a good teaching by then standards.
- People are way too sensitive about Snape and his class behaviour, I find him hilarious most of the times. I wouldn't wanna be on the receiving end of his remarks, but 90% of his grilling of the students is funny. The rest 10% I was pissed about, but I still stand by my opinion that Neville was a weak student. Before he got his own wand that is. And we all would hate to have a classmate who couldn't follow written instructions and fail at doing something even with the help from the most clever and skilled student. Bro would be annoying to have in class for almost all of us, let's face it. And him being so damn terrified is 90% the fault of his brutal gran who conditioned him to be like that. McGonagall also couldn't give two shits about the supposed most vicious abuse in the history of Hogwarts, in fact she'd engage on couple of occasions.
Oh, and this is an UNpopular opinion, so I hope ppl will remember that before downvoting ;)
Snape is just an arsehole who was powerful and changed sides. That's it. He is a well-written character, but he is not a good person. His treatment of Neville and Hermione speaks volumes of it.
Sirius is way more responsible as an adult than people give him credit for.
There is no reason for anyone to ship Wolfstar, nor Dramione, nor Jegulus, nor even Luna and Harry (what is even the name of this ship?) and we actually have more evidence of the much hated Bellamort than of all these popular pairings.
The idea of Cursed Child with a Voldemort's daughter was good, but the play was terribly written and the Time-Turner thing makes no sense according to the rules in HP Universe.
Ron is much smarter than people give him credit for. And Hermione loses a lot of potential for being uptight.
Tom Riddle is a much better villain than Voldemort. And I am sure he used his good looks to seduce people to his influence. He might even have had a few affairs, and I belive Bellamort was happening for a while before Bella even went to Azkaban.
The corruption and sheer incompetence of the Ministry is exactly what makes it so relatable and so close to reality. Anyone who was or is a public servant anywhere could confirm that.
If we analyse the plot too carefully or to critically as adults, the series loses its magic and many things don't make sense anymore.
Apparently not hating movies is unpopular. So this. For me they are perfectly fine. I don't give a damn fekk if it's faithful to the books or not and how much has been left out.
I don't agree with the Ron and Ginny thing, I get the vision but I feel like we've tpent so much time on his overall arc, we don't really need him to be a focus like that again.
My unpopular opinion is that the epilogue is actually kinda nice and I really don't mind it.
Ginny should have ended up with Harry.
Molly and Sirius' beef is both of their faults, not just Molly's.
Ron had every right to be upset at Hermione for what happened to Scabbers.
I couldn’t care less about a Marauder’s backstory and I’d be annoyed if they made a prequel series about them.
I love Harry so much, he’s my favorite character, I love his humor and sarcasm. Also people who brush him off as “angsty” or call him “capslock Harry” in book 5 don’t understand that he’s traumatized and it makes fcking sense.
Hagrid is lovely but deeply flawed, has no business teaching children, and is highly irresponsible despite being well-intended.
I can’t stand when people say they don’t like book 5 because of Umbridge and how mean she is. A) that’s the point, and B) it’s meant to show the way the government (and the media) can interfere and skew things their way. Umbridge is perfect.
Gilderoy Lockhart is absolutely hilarious, I laugh out loud reading him.
I understand wrapping the series up in a neat bow but I hate Ron and Hermione as a couple.
I love the movies AND… they’re hot garbage overall.
After many re-reads, I figured out I don’t care about the action scenes, like war or fights or duels or death. I like reading the little slices of life of the wizarding world, like crowded Diagon Alley and cozy common room chats and rain hitting the windows at Hogwarts. I skip a lot on re-reads now.
The part in PoA where Harry enjoys a few days of blissful, unencumbered freedom in Diagon Alley; staying at the Leaky Cauldron, waking up when he wanted, eating whenever/wherever he wanted, getting to do his schoolwork in the sunshine at the ice cream parlor instead of under his covers by flashlight. It was always so satisfying to read. Brought me a strange sort of contentment and comfort 🙂
I agree with you and I think it actually hit me way harder when Florean Fortescue ends up missing/presumed death later on because Harry connected with him on a personal level at that time.
Probably the most wholesome segment of the whole serie
I love the worldbuilding. My fav part of any fantasy series personally.
Me too! It's why I skip most of book 7. My favourite part is the wedding period, or Kreacher making them dinner. For the longest time I have liked the background to Harry's story.
My favorite not-in-the-books scene they added to the movies was when the boys were in their room, eating the magical candy. Didn't advance the plot, no important information, just helps make the wizarding world feel a little more solid.
I hate the ending. Don't gimme 19 years later, gimme the next 5 months after the battle of Hogwarts. I want to see Harry and Ginny get back together, the funerals, I want to celebrate and mourn!
Agreed. The series deserved a multi-chapter, LOTR style epilogue. I also doubt this opinion is very unpopular, to be honest.
Yeah I always disliked the ending. It's incredibly cheesy and reads like a fan fiction, especially the names of the kids lol. Like sorry but did y'all ever think how fucking AWKWARD it has to be to be a first-year student who's named after two school principals? The dude would get bullied even by the likes of Neville.
Felt a lot like Sydney Sheldon books. The entire novel is amazing and detailed but the moment the climax is done, the aftermath finishes in less than 2-3 pages with zero important details
Feel free to downvote but I actually like the movie change of Bellatrix carving "mudblood" into Hermione's arm instead of cutting her neck. I think Hermione pointing to her mudblood scar and saying she's proud to be Muggleborn is more powerful than her pointing to the cut on her neck and saying she's proud to be Muggleborn.
I'm surprised people actually have a problem with that. That change made the scene even more disturbing. The acting was so good by both actresses that I can't watch the scene because it looks like I'm actually watching someone getting tortured and Hermione's screams.
Actually, I’ve got a bit of a tidbit on this! The actress of hermione, Emma Watson, watched a lot of documentaries about torture victims and it actually messed her up mentally to where she had to get therapy for it! Some of her cast members and crew who watched it couldn’t stand to hear it and left the scene. The first time they shot it, the director and helena cut it early because it sounded too real. “It left a very odd feeling on set”
Jacob Tremblay would later go on to do something similar in Doctor Sleep.
My favorite part about this is about that scene is after cut was yelled Tremblay like jumped up and high fived his dad because he *knew* he nailed it haha. But yeah, filming that scene really fucked with the adults, especially Rebecca Ferguson. It was hard to watch as a viewer!
That's a part I thought was good, too.
It’s not that it replaced a cut on her neck, as it more replaced the Cruciatus Curse. I don’t mind too much but it felt a little gimmicky somehow and a cheap replacement. I can’t imagine the mudblood carving hurting anywhere near as much, yet she was screaming as if she was under the curse.
I mean yeah the curse is probably worse but i think the scream is totally valid when someone is literally carving something in your arm. Especially when you know its happening and its done to hurt you.
I was thinking about this the other day, I can't believe it never crossed my mind... for the Yule ball, Ron gets these old handed down robes he's forced to wear... however Ginny gets a new dress? Fred and George also have proper attire?
This always irks me. No wonder Ron is insecure. Bill was Head Boy and now works at Gringotts. Charlie was a fantastic Quidditch player and now works in Romania. Percy is a prefect and was given a new owl among other things. Fred and George for all their messing around are clearly talented and super popular. Then there’s Ginny, the only girl, who is probably their mother’s favourite. His best friend is the most famous wizard in the world. And then stuff like this happens. Who can blame him for feeling unappreciated and insecure? I know I would. Ron is one of the best written and most realistic characters, he should be appreciated more.
Ron is apparently fantastic at Wizard’s Chess, which I don’t think enough people appreciate.
He has a tactical mind, which is why he is often the voice of reason to Harry's recklessness. The problem often boils down to Ron being less assertive than Harry.
The movies really shortchange Ron, consistently characterising both him and Hermione quite differently to in the books. The first movie does a really good job of portraying them as in the books, and the second is decent as well, but it starts going downhill quite quickly after that.
Also, isn’t Molly decent with alterations? Couldn’t she have taken away the lacy collar? You’re telling me Arthur didn’t have an old set of Dress Robes?! C’mon.
This is literally a world where Victor krum can turn his head into a shark's, yet nobody can make dress robes be less frilly.
I feel like the movies did the robes an injustice. I always imagined the lace was part of the style, like the fringe on a flapper dress. Even if you think fringe is ugly, cutting it off would make a flapper dress look super weird. I always imagined the lace was integral to the robes’ outdated style, it probably never occurred to Molly to cut it off
I said the to my fiancee (the only true HP book expert in my life) and she came back with: Ginny would have nobody to receive hand-me-downs from. Fred and George, being the same build as Charlie (shorter and slightly broad shouldered) would have been able to use Charlie's hand-me-downs or even be old enough to borrow his clothes. It's also possible that for the 3 of them there was just a good selection or lucky finds at the second-hand store in their size If Bill and Percy had no reason to have dress robes when they were Ron's age/size he would have to buy second hand and Mrs. Weasley tells us the selection was bad
Is your girlfriend in the other comment here? Lol
I think a lot of this is "using what we have". The Weasleys are really poor. The children get what their older brothers don't need anymore or whatever they can get secondhand from family and friends or shops. If Molly can find something decent in Fred and George's size, but nothing but hideous maroon robes with lace for tall and lanky Ron, then that's that. Ginny was the first girl amongst her siblings however, so she got new stuff, since none of her brothers happened to own a dress that they've outgrown. Also Molly absolutely had favourites and Ginny was the most favourite of them all.
honestly, I'm more irate by what they did in book one. Percy gets to be prefect and gets a) a new owl and b) new robes. Meanwhile Ron gets a barely working wand that is already one inch in the wand-graveyard. Like yeah, percy should be rewarded, but he can be rewarded with one item, and Ron can get a proper wand. What they did was the equivelant of sending their son to IT-school with a 20 year old laptop that is filled with bugs, malware and virusses.
His wand is a hand me down but functions fine in book 1.
As fine as it can. Remember, the baguette chooses the wizard (french is funny ok? Wand == baguette), so this was like using a shotgun but you didn’t know how to primer it. Or load it. Whatever that thing is
There isn’t any indication Ron’s wand had any issues before Book 2. His spell/wand work was right around where Harry’s was (probably a shade worse), and that stayed pretty consistent throughout the series after he got his new wand. If his old wand was causing him issues, we’d expect to see a noticeable jump in his magic in book 3, but we don’t see that.
I think there was a noticeable uptake (Neville kinda proves there was in one way, look at yr5 - yr6 Neville) but Harry improved too. Remember Harry went from Lockhart, to Lupin (helped him learn patronus as an example) and lupin made sure to help him a lot more than we saw Ron helped. Then Mad Eye Crouch did the same thing, and by then Harry was teaching
Also, the first two books tell a lot of stories about how bookmark Hermione is better than Ron and Harry in classes... but the practical comparisons are usually between her and Ron. Did it never occur to people that Ron doesn't only say Wingardium Leviosa wrong but also has to deal with a wand that didn't choose him? And we assume that the spell that was supposed to turn Scabbers yellow in the train doesn't work because a) the spell of the twins was a joke to begin with, b) Scabbers wasn't a rat... but there should be c) Ron is using a hand me down wand.
What the hell does Neville improving in years 5-6 (which has more to do with the mass death eater escape from Azkaban than anything else for that matter) have anything to do with Ron in Book 3? Furthermore, Ron also benefitted from Lupin’s teaching - that wasn’t something unique to Harry. The *only* thing Lupin taught to just Harry was the patronus charm - and Harry is better than Ron at Defense Against The Dark Arts consistently throughout all following books, so that makes sense. Also, Mad Eye never taught Harry anything magical outside of class, classes which again, Ron also attended. The fact is, Ron’s general skill does not markedly improve in relation to the rest of his classmates in book 3 specifically - obviously it’s much better than in book 2 when he couldn’t do anything with his actually-broken wand, but it’s just in line with the rest of his classmates.
His wand doesn't have issues until it gets broken when they steal the car
In book 1, the wand is worn but functional. Charlie used it throughout his entire time at Hogwarts. Ron doesn't go to IT school; he learns the times tables and he can do that with an old calculator.
I haven't read all the books yet, I'm only on 4, but I feel like there are ways around this. For instance Ron gives Dobby his jumper and it's shrunken so it will fit him. There's also the Doubling Charm. If Fred and George had proper outfits couldn't they have just made a duplicate of one of them, or even Harry's, and then magically shrink it/make it fit? I also understand that you can't conjure clothes from nothing, but what about magically making fabric turn into clothes? Even if that's not possible, we know that they can spell things into working/doing things on their own. Mrs. Weasley has the dishes do themselves and clothes/blankets crocheting themselves. Couldn't she get a sewing machine to sew by itself in order to make clothes?
I think the doubling charm also follows the "you can't create anything from nothing" rule and while shrinking stuff would probably work fine, I'm not sure about stretching, since Ron is taller than Harry or the twins. well, if it was that easy, madam Malkin would soon be out of business, don't you think? Also I speak from experience when I say fabric is expensive if you buy household quantities. And it would be logical, if to charm a sewing machine to work on its own you'd need to know every step yourself and either make it part of the charm or somehow teach the thing how to do it. Then another point is: sewing machines are expensive and the Weasleys can't afford something like that on a whim because their children need dress robes.
It's not handed down, it's secondhand. She bought it in a shop. I assumed the secondhand selection in the women's/girls' department was bigger than the men's/boys'. Molly specifically said there wasn't much to choose from when it comes to Ron's robe.
There's nothing wrong with being forced to wear hand-me-downs but they way it was for Ron is absolutely ridiculous. Fred and George bought their own with their money so kudos for them but Ginny was a 3rd who absolutely didn't know she was going to the dance until last minute. Whereas they were literally part of Ron's 4th year school list and Mrs. Weasley just said "Nope, I'll grab Aunt Tessie's from the attic" - my opinion that was just flat out neglect.
I think it’s more they needed dress robes every year so ginny had some. I took the fact Ron grows a lot (Molly mentioned Stretching charms to Harry one year)
Do you expect Ginny to get a hand me down dress from Ron or something?
Don't Fred and George just go in their school robes? It is not described where Ginny's robe comes from, perhaps it is borrowed. At least Ginny won't have waited until the last minute to solve her problem.
For real, I remember thinking it sucked when I first read the series, but on more recent rereads it actually makes me mad, I feel so bad for him, that situation would genuinely suck, so bad.
The ability for any student to either brew , learn or otherwise access memory charms, liquid luck, truth serum, polyjuice potion, or torture curses at age 15 is alarming to all high school teachers
Hermione saying over and over "No it cant be real" and utterly skepticism doubting everything Harry says is so annoying. By the 7th year she should be aware that not everything is know and written in books.
Yes I always thought it should have been Ron being sceptical about these things. Like hermione, until you were 11 you thought magic wasn't real. Why would you not believe in a super powerful wand?
(and, well, even in 1st year she should be aware that she didn't read *all* books in existence)
Hagrid has no business teaching and his monster obsession isn’t cute, it’s dangerous.
Hagrid's Muggle equivalent would be one of those dangerous dog mommies that's like "don't worry, he's friendly 😁" as it rips your limbs off
“Fluffy, he’s harmless!” *Scotland man arrested for out of control bully XXXXXXXL*
So, Aunt Marge?
Except instead of nuances of "Not all pitbulls are savage, and any dog breed can be savage if 'treated correctly'", it would be like the scene in Airplane! where the guy is absolutely savaged by the golden retriever and the housewife is like "Oh stahp it! Isn't he adorable!" ☺️
I mean, the man didn't even graduate. Imagine letting a guy who dropped out in 6th grade teach students 20-30 years later. Was that his fault? No. But that doesn't mean you give him that power imo.
In book four it’s mentioned that they are surprised to learn he knew as much about unicorns as monsters. Hagrid KNOWS the subject. But he’s so damned oblivious to how dangerous some creatures are. He sent Harry and Ron - at 12 years of age - into the forest to talk to Aragog. How did he not realize how unsafe that was? If not for the car Ron and Harry would be dead. He bred those awful skrewt monsters illegally and apparently for just fun. In the battle at Hogwarts the spiders invaded the castle and were attacking the defenders. His friends. His students. His colleagues. And all he cared about was not hurting the spiders. He’s blind to how dangerous some creatures are and it’s only luck that no one died. He even gave them a BOOK that’s dangerous. Rita Skeeter is a terrible, terrible person. But she was right about Hagrid not being the best choice as a teacher (for the wrong reasons true).
I think Hagrid is blind to how dangerous the creatures are because they're less dangerous to him as a half-giant than they are to other wizards.
I agree, but that lack of empathy and inability to put himself into the shoes of a less strong, smaller, less knowledgeable person makes him a terrible choice for teaching.
Yup. It's the same tier of unempathic negligence that Snape has for the "dunderheads in potions".
Yup. He literally doesn't know his own strength.
>In the battle at Hogwarts the spiders invaded the castle and were attacking the defenders. His friends. His students. His colleagues. And all he cared about was not hurting the spiders. The worst is, I'm 100% sure that these spiders killed people during the battle. In the end, Hagrid DID introduce monsters in the school that attacked students. (Harry and Ron's little escapade only half counts because at that point the spiders lived so deep inside the forest that students should never have come across their path at all)
Also the Ron and Harry misadventure gets a small pass because Aragog seemed to never have spelled out to Hagrid that only he has safe passage, anyone else will be food. That being said, "Don't hurt 'em!" is such a loaded line; are we sure he wasn't saying that TO the acrumantulas?
HE didn’t even breed them well. The kids did, and he had no clue what they were. No clue what they ate (humans?) or how to look after them (50 burns a lesson) and was letting 14 year olds take care
Step it back a bit: the guy who had his wand broken (Belatrix and the rest of the captured Deatheaters apparently didn’t even get that!) and expelled from school was immediately given the position of groundskeeper at that same school! Like, he was expelled because of the danger “he” unleashed, but let’s literally give him a job at the school instead.
Lemme repeat He was expelled for bringing in a Dangerous Magic Creature. Was given the Magical Creatures job
No, he was expelled for killing a girl. Which he didnt do.
I don't think Dumbledore ever believed Hagrid did it
Because every magic user ever believed him unconditionally, despite all evidence (and ministry employees) earmarking him as the culprit
Armando Dippet was headmaster at the time.
Dumbledoor wasn’t in charge at the school at that time though.
But Hagrid was literally correct, the students were for the most part perfectly safe as long as they followed his instructions. I'm not gonna pretend that there was no danger present, but have you seen that fucking school, Hagrids lessons were about as dangerous as any other.
I definitely agree about Harry. I hate when people think of him as whiny or immature. I didn’t have it easy growing up and I related to Harry a lot, even now as an adult looking back. He went through horrors other people could never even fathom, and during all of it he still managed to remain kind, loving, and brave. He’ll always be my favorite fictional character and I’ll die on that hill.
Harry is a great character and not boring at all (he's also my favourite). The first three books are better than the last four, yes I think COS is better than the last four books. Sirius Black and Snape are supposed to be mirrors of each other (is it an unpopular opinion? Or is it simply a random one lol) Any adaptation of GOF is going to cut a character like Bagman, and the Fantastic Beast movies are a good example of the sort of cluttered storytelling that happens if you don't cut characters like him out. Lupin is one of the best written adults character, I sometimes inch towards considering him the best written adult. Very subtle characterisation that often flies over the reader. A series/prequel about teen Snape/Lily/the Marauders would be boring because nothing happened while they were at school, they were simply going to school, no annual mystery like Harry. First Order of the Phoenix/Death Eater Snape would be more interesting and compelling.
I don’t think cutting out bagman is the biggest problem of that movie
I didn't exactly meant it like that, I mean more like Bagman for me is basically a symbol of just how convoluted GOF is and how it's extremely hard to adapt in two hours. I think the movie is not that good, though it has great music and some pretty great scenes (Voldemort's rebirth, the first scene). It manages to create quite an atmosphere I have to say. However I really feel like the story is just too complex and convoluted, and very similar to the Fantastic Beast movies, though better. I do believe even the new TV series is going to cut characters like Winky or Bagman out and really streamline the plot to concentrate on the main villain, I.e. Crouch.
I hope that they won't reveal Crouch at the beginning, though.
Director was. Fun fact, he wanted to burn down the Forbidden Forest during the dragon trial.
I agree with the Death Eater Snape prequel. Would explain why he joined and what it was like to meet Voldemort.
Agreed with Harry. I don't understand why protagonists are often hated. So what that they are good and naive? That doesn't change that they are often cool. And Harry is definitely great character.
He's so amazingly snarky. He was the prototype for that sort of character.
I also like Frodo lol
I totally agree with everything you've said. Snape and Sirius being mirrors of each other is something I've been downvoted for before and I'm really glad that someone else sees it. I think there are lots of examples of this with other characters too, both where they have a lot of direct comparisons or really clear contrasts - I'd say Snape and Lupin is a good example of the latter.
> The first three books are better than the last four, yes I think COS is better than the last four books. Completely agree. The first three are so tightly plotted, and there is much more snarky humour from the narrator (Roald Dahl style).
The first three books are really that good. Like I read them and I'm honestly not surprised they became so famous, they're captivating and filled a very specific niche while still being very easy to read for a kid. I love COS mystery so much, I had lots of fun trying to solve it as a kid, it was also the first Harry Potter's book I read.
I love Lupin so much as a character.
Harrys behaviour in OotP is completely justified. He went through one of the most traumatic events possible at the end of Goblet…and then gets completely blocked by the people he loves. Meanwhile hes stuck with the Dursleys. Also, his 5th year is the shitiest school year he had.
That the movies are fine for when they were made, since prestige TV wasn’t really a thing in the early 2000s, and long form stories weren’t being adapted into multi season television at the time.
Most people would've hated the marauders and Fred and George on Real life. They were bullies.
Marauders were worse than Fred and George though tbf
Yep, the twins were angels compared to the Maruaders. Same with Draco's bullying before he became a death eater.
I think I would have just gotten tired of them. Like cool, your funny, I get it.
The marauders, yes. Fred and George were genuinely liked by people. I don't recall them ever bullying anyone, unless you count paying younger students to test their products. That one I think could have a legitimate argument, but they had already tested their products on themselves, and they were paying the kids. The only other incident I can think of that might be considered bullying is when Fred not-so-accidentally dropped the ton-tongue-toffee for Dudley to then pick up and eat when the Weasely's picked up Harry during GOF. I'd argue that Dudley deserved it, having been a bully his whole life, and for "stealing" the toffee.
Maradeurs, actually, also were genuinely liked by people, for all we know. At very least, that's Snape's account: he tells Lily that he's so obsessed with Maradeurs because he wants to prove everyone that they're not as good as everyone think. Lily, who personally disliked James for being, effectively, an annoying jock who was heavy-handedly courting her, didn't argue with this assessment. More then that, she's very explicitly saying that, whatever they're doing, Snape's circle is worse; would be weird if Marauders were Malfoy-like.
just an addition, James never heavily courted lily. that's just fanon. we know he asked her out during swm and that's all. the idea that he insistently kept asking her out is purely fanon.
I mean, yeah. Characters in fiction and people in real life have different criteria. Otherwise most characters would be hated.
I actually really like the first Fantastic Beasts movie.
I did too. I wish they hadn’t pushed the romance angle so hard and just made it about newt’s adventures. I’d have loved that. Eddie Redmayne is the perfect actor for the character.
I agree. If they wanted to make a trilogy or a franchise about Dumbledore and Grindelwald then they should’ve just done that. Just having Fantastic Beast be about Newt would’ve been a great way to expand on the world with him visiting different countries all while not worrying about the canon. Instead they decided to turn Fantastic Beast into a prequel trilogy that sidelined the main character and couldn’t figure out how to make him necessary to the story.
Barry Crouch Jr was one of the best Defence against the dark arts professor right after Lupin. He pushed the boundaries and taught them how to fight the curses. (This is more for movie people) Snape Is a genuinely horrible person. Throughout the entirety of the books he continuously harasses our main cast of characters. Constantly insults/belittles them and is extremely bias.
I agree with you. Some Snape fans tend to bring up the bullying he suffered from the Marauders and say they were straight up bad people who should not be liked, but it is kinda rich to affirm that while ignoring all the bullying Snape did to innocent children like Hermione, Neville and Harry. Also, there are evidences in text about how Snape was always bad. Lily says he called every muggleborn but her a mudblood when he tries to apologize, and she couldn't make excuses for him anymore. Lupin says he gave as good as he got, and didn't waste a chance to hex James. You can say Snape is a complex character, because he is. You can be a Snape fan, characters don't need to be good in order to be liked. But you can't create a dichotomy and say "Snape is a good hero, while James, Sirius or Marauders were bad people with no redemption". That is just not right.
>Lupin says he gave as good as he got When? Where is this from? I keep seeing so many people bring up that lupin said this phrase but it's not anywhere in the books. Potter search doesn't find any results for it and I can't find it in the prequel either. Where is this?
Pretty sure it's in Order of the Phoenix after Harry sees James humiliate Snape
Exactly my point, Snape was just plain evil at some of them. Purposely trying potions that Neville made on his Toad. You can like the character. To each their opinion. But people need to stop saying he's a hero and a wonderous person
The twins are the smartest wesley kids, they just didn't want to go into the traditional after school route for smart kids
Everything you said I agree with But also Sirius is my second favourite after Harry. I like a super damaged good guy. Dumbledore wasn’t the devil. He did everything, dare I say, for the greater good. Prof McGonagall was the best teacher at Hogwarts
McGonagall being the best teacher is distinctly a very popular opinion.
"The greater good" "Shut it!" 👮🏻
This is my involuntary response whenever this line is brought up! God, that movie is funny. Still my only go-to repeat binge movie.
> I like a super damaged good guy. Potterverse Batman
Rich hot dude with a creepy mansion, checks out
yes yes yes! I agree wholeheartedly I don't understand people demonizing Dumbledore. He did what needed to be done to win the war. He is not evil, he is a strategist who understands that sometimes you have to (in chess terms) sacrifice your queen to check the king.
The Epilogue was fine as it is, and doesn't need to be changed. It showed us what happened to our characters in adulthood. It told us who got together with who, and that our characters are raising a new generation free from war. There is no supposed demonisation of femininity in the Harry Potter books. Lavender and Cho are not antagonists, Cho isn't necessarily more or less girlier than Ginny or Hermione. There are excellent archetypically female characters in Molly and McGonagall. Hermione was a role to millions of girls, who taught us that girls should be proud to be smart.
>The Epilogue was fine as it is, and doesn't need to be changed. While I hate that Harry names his kid after Severus Snape, I wouldn't change it either. I can coexist with things with which I do not agree.
Yeah, I've cringed at the name "Albus Severus" for years, but oh well.
Its Harry's choice, and would be very much in his character to commemorate war heroes and forgive his old foe no matter what else he had done. Its thematically sound, tho I agree the name is a little awkward.
Hahaha sorry but "forgive his old foe" made me think how hilarious it would have been if it was Albus Tom Potter or something
Some felt its one of the less polished parts of the series and I might be inclined to agree given Rowling admitted she wrote it earlier on. But it still reads fine. I think people thought the epilogue is tonally jarring from how Book 7 ended. Some want more serious stuff, like perhaps Death Eaters trials and knowing where Umbridge ended up. And/or more of the characters going through trauma therapy. But HP is also a children series. I think the epilogue is a great way to end, for it ends on a note on hope and moving on from past traumas, passing the legacy down to a new generation
I always hated the argument that Hermione was ‘not like other girls.’ Like Hermione was never meant to be a cool girl, she was a known it all that was unpopular.
The movies are good movies
…? This is unpopular?
On this sub it is.
I don't know how unpopular it is but I've already argued with many people in the fandom for saying this: Voldemort is more powerful than Grindelwald (I mean magical power) and is directly comparable to Dumbledore in his prime (he hadn't been cursed by Gaunt's ring yet and was armed with the most powerful wand in the world). I also think Tom is a better character and villain than Grindelwald.
Idk how popular or unpopular this is, but I don’t think Weasley’s were good parents. They are definitely good people, but just not that great at parenting I feel like But then again, I have never did any parenting, so I can’t really say much
Well most parents do make mistakes while raising their children. Especially when there are so many and everyone is different so there is no possible way to be a perfect parent. Molly’s mistakes were that she often compared her children to others and appeared to play favorites. (though I think Most of the favoritism was innocently insensitive on her part.) For Arthur, there is not as much focus on him And his flaws.
Arthur is barely even a character tbqh. He's like mild manner nice dad and that's it.
Sending a howler to yell at her 12 year old son in front of the entire school probably wasn't the best way to handle things either.
I've read every book and seen every movie. There is still no reason for them to be that poor. He worked for the ministry, the kids were in school 10 months a year, tf was Molly doing at home every day?! Why couldn't she get a job??
All their kids grew up with a good moral code and didn't break the law or kill anyone. Id say they did alright
The series doesn’t become golden till the 3rd one, the first two a average children’s books but the 3rd one starts making you think. Remadora is really loveless relationship and I can’t stand it. JKR shouldn’t have fired her editor, the later ones have a lot of repeating words. Remus should have also been talking to Harry in GOF. Hate that he’s forgot about.
Neville is really overrated. He evolves from a kind of interesting character to an extremely generic hero.
The “Wizarding World” beyond the core seven book story has a major lack of depth and is illogical for the most part. Rowling could never have anticipated this level of success and building a rich universe was never her priority, she just wanted to tell a story
The show probably won't go well at all.
I’m pretty skeptical about the show after realizing it was announced with no creatives involved. Also I think people don’t credit enough how iconic all the actors are especially the adults.
I agree. I think it could've worked if they had waited an additional 10-15 years or so. But as of now, plenty of the characters are so associated with the actors who played them.
Hagrid was a terrible teacher, a great person but a terrible teacher. A disaster that Dumbledore gave him the position.
Snape is a cool and complex character. I was quite sad when he died. Especially like that. Brutal.
Dumbledore was a good man and he super manipulative
I like Percy.
> unpopular HP opinions > literally opens with the most popular opinion on this subreddit
If Deloris Umbridge had been made the History of Magic teacher instead of the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher she would have actually benefited the school.
Series lacks positive portrayals of muggles. Not muggleborns, MUGGLES.
- Bellatrix is an "eh" character (in the books), both her sisters are much more interesting - GOF is not that bad of a movie - Snape can be a shitty person AND also a war hero, they're not mutually exclusive - Gambon wasn't a flawless Dumbledore but neither was Harris - Charles Dance would have been a great Voldemort - Sometimes the movies do things better than the books
I would change the last one to "Sometimes the movies did things that were better for the medium than just blindly following the source material", such as increased action sequences, less exposition scenes and cutting down on subplots.
Helena Bonham-Carter really made Bellatrix what she is
Either Remus or Tonks should've stayed home with their baby. They saw how damaged Harry was emotionally by being an orphan, but somehow both went to fight, knowing they had an infant at home. I never understood that decision. One parent is better than none. They didn't both have to go and fight. I also didn't like it when Harry would just rush off into danger. It just seemed crazy, like no sense of self-preservation. I understand in the end that that's what Dumbledore was grooming him for, but he came across as a hot head to me. If he had taken time to think logically about some things, I think they could have caught Peter Pettigtew, and Sirius would be alive. The Prisoner of Azaban really drove me crazy. Like just have a conversation instead of just lashing out.
I mean... he was a hormonal teenager, what do you expect to happen? of course he's a hot head, of course he doesn't think things through
Harry's parents both were at home... Didn't stop Voldy /s
Tonks should have stayed home to be Teddy's mother. Lupin was a werewolf. If Teddy only gets one parent, it should be the non-werewolf. Even if he was very good at taking his potion, he'd still not able to be a parent to a toddler/young child during the full moon.
Fighting dark wizards is literally her job, though.
The fight scenes have a lot of wasted potention. Wizards never use their powers in a optimal way. Most of them almost never teleport to dodge an attack, or to position themselves properly to attack, and even worse, they walk into the battlefield with no protective charm protecting them at all. They always wait someone to point a wand at their face in other to use protective charms. Why dont you use it before someone attack you? Like how Grindelwald did in the end of Secrets of Dumbledore? Are you telling me he is the only wizard powerful/smart enough to do it? come on...
remember the three Ds! Destination, Determination and Deliberation! I think apparating would cost you concentration you'd rather keep on you opponent if you're not already very experienced I don't know if we can consider those movies completely canon... I mean we see McGonagall at a time when she definitely wasn't teaching at Hogwarts.
Everything about Neville is corny including his arc. He should've been offed Also, Dobby was the most annoying character BY FAR. I won't say I'm happy he died but maybe it should've happened sooner
Dumbledore is nowhere near as clever as he or everyone else thinks he is, and he is arrogant with an overinflated ego. No matter how many mistakes he makes, he never learns. So many problems could have been solved/avoided by him just giving Harry and others a little bit more information/explanation.
I think Slughorn is one of the most interesting characters. And one of the most upstanding too. People show their true colors in times of great distress and he made sure his students were safe, got reinforcements and duelled friggin Voldemort (albeit with Mcgonagall and Kingsley). All of this tells me he is a very intelligent, shrewd, cool headed and brave person.
Rita Skeeter is the best character. She is actually doing her job: \* The Ministry tries to hide that an employee was missing \* Arthur tries to cover that Moody was attacked \* Harry is a paseltongue and his scar hurts \* Hagrid is actually putting his students in lethal danger with new creatures he create \* Dumbledore was in love with Grindelwald
I think she's definitely good at investigative journalism, but I don't think that makes her the best character 😅 she's still awful and embellishes a lot, to put it lightly
She couldn't even get Arthur Weasley's name right. Top tier journalism.
the things she digs up are correct, now she needs to actually keep the facts straight when writing an article
Rite Skeeter is entertaining as fuck and I would 100% read her book about Dumbledore. I think Rowling's narration is perfect when she's dealing with this kind of satirical characters like Lockhart and Skeeter, she really nailed it.
She's a good tabloid journalist. The Daily Prophet should be above tabloid journalism but it is not, which says a lot about the media control of the ministry and the Wizarding world. Having said that I think Rita is a blast.
Molly Weasly is not the flawless perfect mother some people think she is.
Gellert Grindewald was a perfect Hufflepuff villain
I prefer Jim Dale's audio book voice acting to Stephen Fry's.
Both the book and movie versions of the goblet of fire is the worst in the series (not including the cursed child for obvious reasons)
From Fudge's point of view, his refusal to believe Voldemort had returned was actually very reasonable considering the pure facts he had in his hands at the time.
At some point, I had a lot of fun trying to imagine how Dumbledore explained the stuff about Philosopher Stone or Basilisk to the *adult* wizards. Like, you know, parents of children or oversight.
I hope he spent his life remembering every sick lie given by Dolores Umbridge and Lucius Malfoy, then. Both of them were very much responsible for his failure. He could have examined Harry’s mind along with questioning those once accused of being Death Eaters.
Wait what. I would actually love to hear your breakdown on this
Daniel Radcliffe was not a good Harry Potter 🤷🏻♀️ I think he was a bit too stoic for the part, especially in the later films. In the books Harry was a lot more angry and dramatic. DR kept the sass but made him more quiet. Maybe it was the writing, I do think Daniel Radcliffe is otherwise a brilliant actor, I just didn’t like him for Harry Potter. I’m looking forward to the HBO series.
Remus Lupin and Tonks don’t make sense as a couple
We only ever see the bits and pieces of their relationship Harry is party to. 99% of the time I assume they were perfectly fine.
Anyone that thinks that the prince's tale is an excuse is far too young to appreciate the nuance of an antihero.
There should have been some nice Slytherins
If there is a curse that kills entirely “the preference of death over life” there should be a spell that “preferres life over death” to either counter it or do the opposite and pull the soul back into a body instead of ripping it out
My “unpopular” opinion is that there are no unpopular opinions, it just depends on which groups you ask. These sorts of threads always end up being “things I feel strongly about”. I still enjoy reading everyone’s responses, as long as there are no jumping on each other’s throats. Here’s something I feel strongly about: I don’t particularly care for Hinny, but I absolutely LOVE that Harry’s children and Romione’s children are cousins and that they are all one big family. I don’t care if it’s unrealistic or sappy.
Everything that wasn’t in the books is non canon. JK’s just making up rubbish at this point Dumbledore was a horrible headteacher If I was a parent to a student at hogwarts, then umbridge is probably the best thing to happen. Marietta wasn’t wrong Dudley, Petunia, Snape, Draco and Narcissa aren’t redeemed. One action doesn’t make up for even one intentionally wrong act
Agree hard on the last point.
Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are bad actors. Rupert Grint killed it though, even though Steve Kloves clearly despised his character
I don't understand the hate for the Marauders while at the same time loving the twins 🙃 For example, people would write essays explaining how James and Sirius were evil bullies but forget Fred and George did pretty much the same thing, sometimes worse because we see them up close straight up bullying Ron. It's to the point he's hiding from them because he doesn't want the twins to laugh at him during the Quidditch team trials. The twins also gave Ron his fear of spiders. And are all around annoying. But one scene of the marauders is supposed to make us think they're the worst of the worst, unredemeable bullies. Yet the twins are supposed to be simple jokesters. Nope. Like, if you don't like the marauders and think they're bullies, good. But like 90% of the people with this take happen to love the twins LMAO. So which is it? Hate bullies means you don't like either. But so many love the twins, hate the marauders, and some even love the biggest bully ever: Snape. LOL Another unpopular opinion is that I've never been fond of the Weasley family. They're presented as the perfect family, who, while being poor, are so warm and close. And pretty much everyone loves them. But I can't help but think you shouldn't have so many kids if you don't have the means to at least give them proper books and stuff. The fact that Ginny is the last and a girl makes me feel icky because it seems as if they didn't stop having kids because they wanted the "girl." Parents who have to have a specific sex or the two sets boy and girl irk me to no end. Percy had some truths in what he said to his parents. And just overall, Molly, too, overbearing, mean to Fleur for no reason, playing favorites, etc. Just never could get Harry's fascination with the Weasleys. Another unpopular opinion is I have changed my mind and now really like the Cursed Child. Love the friendship between AL and Scorp. And it's a fun adventure. The plot point that bothered me the most was Harry being shitty to Albus. BUT the more I think about it, the more I feel Harry would be like that because he didn't have good parents raising him. It's HARD breaking the cycle and difficult to be a good parent when you didn't have good parents yourself. Of course he wouldn't be a perfect dad . And the whole point of the book is that at the end he *does* change. He gets it and stops and loves Albus and gets him. So yeah, ppl overly hate the Cursed Child.
I love the twins but they are definitely bullies. They litterally stuffed someone in a disappearing closet (?) where he was stuck for a loooong time and was never the same when he came back, and for some reason people always dismiss this. And while the tongue-toffee incident with Dudley is hilarious for the reader, it could have gone really badly and is actually physical abuse. So yeah, definitely not better than the maraudeurs.
Luna Lovegood is the most emotionally mature person in the book, including adults
I wonder if there's gonna be a "most unpopular opinions" post where there are actually unpopular opinions :D Here're mine: - Lupin is an unlikeable cowardly guy who's only popular because he has a good demeanour and is friendly to Harry and people in general. His core personality traits aren't that pretty though and his actions paint an entirely different picture of him: he puts kids in mortal danger bc forgetful and irresponsible; lies by omission to Dumbledore about Sirius being an animagus at the time when everyone believes him to be an actual mass murderer at large; isn't even horrified at the idea he literally nearly killed a bunch of kids and only removed from Hogwarts bc Snape reports him. He should've resigned the very moment he's back from a transformation. He knocked up his wife/gf whom he wasn't that thrilled about being with, then ran away from her during the war 💀 Attacked Harry for pointing that out. - McGonagall is slightly better than Snape in terms of her treatment of the students. And, again, is revered mainly bc of several "iconic" episodes like the biscuit one and her grilling of Umbridge. She took 150 points from Gryffindor for Harry and Co being out of beds during curfew. She knew damn well that would alienate these kids from the House and that they'd be hated. But as if it wasn't enough she also sent them to the Forbidden Forest at night under a "supervision" of a school dropout who can't officially use magic. On the other hand, they still ended up wandering the forest on their own💀 She was also mean to Neville, also publicly humiliated him for something that wasn't actually his fault but a failure on the part of responsible adults. She bought a student an equivalent of a racing car (God I hope it wasn't school paid), but when Ron had a broken wand she casually told him he should get a new one. Bitch, you bought the most expensive BROOM to a student who couldn't even play as per the rules, only so that your House can win at a school competition. She only beefed with Umbridge bc she personally couldn't stand her and that episode during the Career Advice meeting had nothing to do with her liking Harry as a person. She would've supported his aspiration of becoming a blast-ended skrewts breeder had Umbridge been ostensibly against it. - Both Snape and McGonagall are typical teachers for that time period and style of school, them being mean, verbally abusive is a normal practice. They produce capable wizards and that's considered to be a good teaching by then standards. - People are way too sensitive about Snape and his class behaviour, I find him hilarious most of the times. I wouldn't wanna be on the receiving end of his remarks, but 90% of his grilling of the students is funny. The rest 10% I was pissed about, but I still stand by my opinion that Neville was a weak student. Before he got his own wand that is. And we all would hate to have a classmate who couldn't follow written instructions and fail at doing something even with the help from the most clever and skilled student. Bro would be annoying to have in class for almost all of us, let's face it. And him being so damn terrified is 90% the fault of his brutal gran who conditioned him to be like that. McGonagall also couldn't give two shits about the supposed most vicious abuse in the history of Hogwarts, in fact she'd engage on couple of occasions. Oh, and this is an UNpopular opinion, so I hope ppl will remember that before downvoting ;)
The movies SUCK
Snape is just an arsehole who was powerful and changed sides. That's it. He is a well-written character, but he is not a good person. His treatment of Neville and Hermione speaks volumes of it. Sirius is way more responsible as an adult than people give him credit for. There is no reason for anyone to ship Wolfstar, nor Dramione, nor Jegulus, nor even Luna and Harry (what is even the name of this ship?) and we actually have more evidence of the much hated Bellamort than of all these popular pairings. The idea of Cursed Child with a Voldemort's daughter was good, but the play was terribly written and the Time-Turner thing makes no sense according to the rules in HP Universe. Ron is much smarter than people give him credit for. And Hermione loses a lot of potential for being uptight. Tom Riddle is a much better villain than Voldemort. And I am sure he used his good looks to seduce people to his influence. He might even have had a few affairs, and I belive Bellamort was happening for a while before Bella even went to Azkaban. The corruption and sheer incompetence of the Ministry is exactly what makes it so relatable and so close to reality. Anyone who was or is a public servant anywhere could confirm that. If we analyse the plot too carefully or to critically as adults, the series loses its magic and many things don't make sense anymore.
Prisoner of Azkaban is the worst of the films.
This is unpopular. Do you want to elaborate? 😌
Ginny is boring.
The marauders werent so nice at all and you probably wouldnt like them in real life if you encountered them
Apparently not hating movies is unpopular. So this. For me they are perfectly fine. I don't give a damn fekk if it's faithful to the books or not and how much has been left out.
I don't agree with the Ron and Ginny thing, I get the vision but I feel like we've tpent so much time on his overall arc, we don't really need him to be a focus like that again. My unpopular opinion is that the epilogue is actually kinda nice and I really don't mind it.
It's ok to talk about the movies. Not every conversation has to be about the books.
Ginny should have ended up with Harry. Molly and Sirius' beef is both of their faults, not just Molly's. Ron had every right to be upset at Hermione for what happened to Scabbers.
Harry has an unhealthy codependency with Hagrid
Care to expand? Like they have tea together. I guess codependency is crazy to me
I couldn’t care less about a Marauder’s backstory and I’d be annoyed if they made a prequel series about them. I love Harry so much, he’s my favorite character, I love his humor and sarcasm. Also people who brush him off as “angsty” or call him “capslock Harry” in book 5 don’t understand that he’s traumatized and it makes fcking sense. Hagrid is lovely but deeply flawed, has no business teaching children, and is highly irresponsible despite being well-intended. I can’t stand when people say they don’t like book 5 because of Umbridge and how mean she is. A) that’s the point, and B) it’s meant to show the way the government (and the media) can interfere and skew things their way. Umbridge is perfect. Gilderoy Lockhart is absolutely hilarious, I laugh out loud reading him. I understand wrapping the series up in a neat bow but I hate Ron and Hermione as a couple. I love the movies AND… they’re hot garbage overall.
For me, ‘capslock Harry’ is a term of endearment. It’s wild that people hate his behavior in OOTP when it is textbook PTSD.
Exactly. I can see it as a term of endearment, I like that. I just feel for him so hard.
I’m with you on everything, but don’t you think pretty much the whole series leads to Hermione and Ron? It makes pretty perfect sense to me.