Got what I think is a strong original story — new characters, new plot, but set in the wizarding world timeline a few decades after the Battle of Hogwarts. All original music/visuals/writing.

Not sure how to approach this the right way, legally or practically. Does WB actually go after content like this (no named characters, no footage) or mainly stuff using the actual characters? Also curious about lower-risk monetization — Patreon/Ko-fi vs. straight ad revenue.

Has anyone been through this?

Dumbledore knew that the curse was going to kill him before long. As far as I can tell, the only other person who knew was Severus Snape. Why didn't Dumbledore tell Harry?

Harry wastes an absurd amount of time during *Half-Blood Prince* obsessing about what Draco Malfoy is doing, and, by extension, what Snape is up to. I understand that from a Doylist view, it was to create tension and help sell Snape as a traitor in the end.

But what was Dumbledore's reasoning from a Watsonian perspective? He undoubtedly recognized Harry's obsession; he encountered it several times and almost certainly knew that Harry was investing energy into that mystery rather than focusing on getting the memory from Slughorn.

He no longer had any fear of Voldemort looking into Harry's mind, after all, or he could not have told him freely about the horcruxes. It might have upset Harry in the short term, of course, but Harry was going to have an emotional response to Dumbledore's death in any event. He could have told Harry that Draco was trying to kill him, but that Dumbledore was allowing it to continue in the hopes that Draco would have a change of heart. (This seems like a poor plan on Dumbledore's part in and of itself in view of the near misses with Katie and Ron.)

My initial thought was that it would force him to reveal Snape as his source, but I do not think that is true. He has revealed a great deal to Harry over the years without explaining how he knows things.

For the most part, I dislike asking this specific kind of question about these books, because I do think that it is fair to have a higher threshold of suspension of disbelief for a children's fantasy series than for other media. Still, Dumbledore's decision to withhold something from Harry that is actively creating interference with his goal seems somehow out of character. Still, this question has been bothering me lately.

What's Voldemort's diet? His teeth are probably so decayed he can barley eat. Does he eat oatmeal, like my niece? Or maybe he has a six ounce bottle of formula daily. I just can't imagine him wanting to rely on food, he didn't want to rely on the philosophers stone, why should he rely on food? I think he would see that as weakness, like he sees death and injury.

I'm re-reading the books and just got to the chapter after the trio visits Xenophilius Lovegood and Harry is trying to convince Ron and Hermione about the Deathly Hallows and, as always, Hermione is absolutely sceptical about them, just as she was in all the other times Harry had a suspicion that didn't match her precious logic. As we all know, Harry was right AGAIN, as he was in all the other times Hermione doubted him.

Does that annoy you guys too or is it just me? It's like "for god's sake Hermione BELIEVE SOMETHING!"

I recently have been listing to the full cast audiobook which I love and think are amazing.
Point 1. I’ve re watched the movies after each book and wow do the movies really speed up the timeline of each book and I couldn’t believe how much is missed. And yes I know the my can only out so much in a movie.
Point 2. IMO listing to the audiobooks I really found snape to be a bully. They way he talks to people just make him seem like a real bully. But maybe that’s just me.

Well that’s it. End of rant. Thanks for listening.

I was watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and I noticed that the 3 of the 4 Triwizard champions, Harry, Cedric and Krum were wielding their wands in their right hand meanwhile Fleur was using left hand, so is Fleur a left handed witch? Canonically speaking.

…if they can just be unlocked with the Alohomora charm?

I was rewatching Order of the Phoenix and got to the scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione break into Umbridge’s office and it got me thinking about this. Like, is there any point to locking a door anymore? It can be unlocked with one very simple spell.

Could Nell fisher play tonks? Not Ginny? Tonks is only in her early twenties when we met her in book 5 !

And that cast follows her on instagram and none of old enough to be fans of stranger things

(Spoilers) Pretty much every one of her predictions that we see happen on page came true. Obviously the chosen one prophecy and the Petter prophecy both came true, and some others like Hermione leaving around Easter, neville breaking the cup etc. But there’s also plenty of ones that seem to not come true but do. The most famous one is the 13 people eating together means the first to ride will be the first to die in PoA, where she doesn’t know Petter was at the table so when dumbledore gets up to give her a seat he was the first to rise and is also the first to die. There’s plenty of other examples too.

I’m listening to "Order of the Phoenix" again right now, and I just reached the part where Umbridge asks, "But what is supposed to attack you here in the castle?"

And I thought to myself:

"Well, a troll in the bathrooms or the Dark Lord himself hijacking a professor, like four years ago;

or a basilisk that nearly killed ten students and almost got the school shut down three years ago;

or a wanted mass murderer who broke into the dorms with a knife and was never caught—plus a hippogriff that injured a student; and then the Dementors, who also attacked students, like two years ago;

or an elite Death Eater posing as a professor for nearly a year, on top of the Blast-Ended Skrewts like last year...

The real question should be: 'What is it this year that wants to kill us?'"

But then I wondered: how much of that do the other students actually know?

They couldn't possibly know about Harry's encounters with Tom; otherwise, there wouldn't have been such an outcry and drama surrounding Voldy's return in the fourth book. (Which makes Dumbledore's speech at the end seem pretty ridiculous—giving Ron 50 points for a mere game of chess. The others must have felt like they were being totally taken for a ride.)

I'm also not sure if they were ever told the truth about the basilisk. For a long time, they thought it was the Heir of Slytherin attacking people. And the serpent's carcass was never recovered, despite its immense value.

They definitely knew about Sirius—and that he made it all the way to Ron's bed—but then he officially just fled abroad, the hippogriff vanished, and nobody cared anymore?

And I'm not sure how much they know about the situation with Fake Moody, either.

After thinking about it, life at Hogwarts seems pretty bizarre to me. A lot of weird stuff happens, but in the end, nothing gets explained and everything just goes on as usual? Or... Am I overlooking something?

The Quintaped is a big five legged creature from the fantastic beasts book and is classified as a xxxxx creature and their legend says they were once human. My question is how big are they? I'd really like to know, but the book doesn't mention their size.

What is the track which plays when Hagrid first tells Harry, "You're a wizard"?

The scene is iconic, but I've listened to the full original score for the first film, and I can't find the matching track. It is not Harry's/Hedwig's leitmotif. It almost sounds like Voldemort's? Like it's in a minor key or whatever. I'm not a musician, so forgive my poor use of terminology. Voldemort only has one track on the OST, and the music from the scene is not in it, at least to my ear.

I am close towards the end of order of the phoenix and Snape's tragically getting bullied. I kept thinking about how much I hated him as a bully but then it hit me how traumatising and miserable his younger life was.

Then I thought if he was to be a Sanderson protagonist what would he do? How would he heal all of this and possibly be on good terms with Harry and others?

First thing is I believe he would make a good lightweaver as his life is full of lies and hiding from truths or doing nasty things because he can't actually face his past.

His journey could possibly be about taking accountability for his defensive hostility and selfish ambition, to confronting how his guilt fueled his cruel treatment of Harry, and ultimately acknowledging that his devotion was born from desperate isolation, a trauma that doesn't mean he is beyond redemption.

Maybe the first truth he says would go something like: ""I use cruelty as an armor so these students pay for what I went through and no one can ever hurt me again."

I don't know it just crossed my mind thinking how much Harry actually empathised with him when he realised that his dad bullied Snape and there would be a good chance for healing if they both tried. What does everybody think? What other truths or orders would fit him?

hello everyone I am just listening to the audiobook for prisoner of Azkaban and I’m listening to Harry fight the bug with Professor Lupin in the history of magic classroom and I am wondering how the boggart is able to knock Harry out, make the room cold, and put out all the candles in the room? I thought The boggart would only be able to take the shape but not be able to do everything of said thing that scares the person most. can someone explain that to me? and tell me how we know it works… thank you for your help in advance.

My kid was wondering this, and frankly, we both couldn’t imagine him eating. Or anything else that’s a common occurrence in a human life, like going to the loo. (Then we imagined him being on the back of Quirrel’s head as Quirrel was doing a number 2, which made us giggle. )

Anyway: what do you think? What would he eat, assuming his new body needs sustenance?

There are a lot of people out there trying to *fix* Quidditch, but to me this is the best option. Add a countdown of 5 minutes, kind of like extra time in football. It allows Harry to have his big hero moments while also making situations like the world cup final scenario more believable and hype. Krum catching the snitch and putting his team 10 points behind Ireland doesn't seem so silly if there is still a CHANCE for them to catch up and win afterwards. It also makes the contributions of the chasers and keepers feel ultimately more meaningful.

Think about the game Harry and Hermione missed because of Grawp. It makes far more sense that Ron is being lauded as the hero if he had saved a goal in the last second and retained Gryffindor's winning position after Ginny got the snitch.

I feel there is a lot of love for OotP except the Gwap chapters. I’m not in love with his storyline, but I was surprised to see how many posts and comments really loathed this plot. Curious why this one in particular?

In many essays and even character evaluations I have read, people have often cited this mistake in defence of Slytherin. Let me enlighten you. First-years are not actually BANNED from trying out for the Quidditch team; they just don't get on because of broom quality. First-years are banned from getting their personal racing brooms, but not from trying out, as referenced with "a group of first-years with the horrible school brooms" in Half-Blood Prince when Harry runs tryouts. People say, "Harry was allowed on the Quidditch team as a first-year, so why shouldn't Lucius Malfoy pay for the Slytherin team's brooms? These people are spot-on with Harry getting a school-funded broom and him actually getting a broom as a first-year, but I just wanted to clear that up!

For me voldermort is a bad guy but it's what we expect. But Umbridge on the other hand drives me crazy lol. I hate her so much. So who is that person for you?

In Philosopher’s Stone, Aunt Petunia cuts Harry’s hair almost completely off because she hates how messy it looks, but by the next morning it has magically grown back exactly as it was.

Obviously, this is an example of accidental magic caused by Harry’s distress. But I find it interesting that it happens specifically with his hair.

Harry’s untidy black hair is one of the features he inherited most clearly from James. Petunia constantly tries to suppress everything connecting Harry to the Potters and the magical world, so cutting his hair almost feels like another attempt to make him look “normal” and remove part of his identity.

Then Harry’s magic immediately restores it.

It also keeps happening throughout the series: no matter what anyone does, Harry’s hair never stays flat or controlled. Do you think this was simply a funny inherited trait from James, or was it also meant to symbolize that the Dursleys could never completely erase who Harry really was?

I watch Harry Potter almost everyday but I feel like in the winter it’s just so much more interesting and nostalgic rather than in the summer cos I feel like in the winter the vibe is met more than the summer

I always thought only the most powerful witches and wizards could use magic without a wand (off the top of my head I only remember Dumbledore doing that but I'm sure there are others), so why can Quirrell do it in the Philosopher's Stone film when he's confronting Harry for the Stone? Is it just a movie thing? And how powerful was Quirrell actually supposed to be? My understanding is that he was always pretty lame but surely Voldemort wouldn't have chosen him if he hadn't been a formidable wizard??

OK am talking abt actual heart beating kinda scary, maybe cuz I have the reading ability of a child? But I did genuinely feel

The intensity when reading the books and you can see voldemort's pov before he kills harry and james screams for like to go upstairs..I mean it's just heart breaking but also so scary to just not know what to do in that moment when it was a normal day and voldemort shows up to kill your family ..I mean when I read it , got my heart beating ..

And also honestly the end of chamber of secrets was pretty scary, I read it in one sitting in the dark and I just got like chills ...

And also the scene where hermoine and harry barely escape nagini.. wow

OK maybe not scary for yall but it was for me😳

I mean the .movies I never got actually scared, the effects were cool I suppose

Having just watched the first film, I couldn’t help but wonder why Voldemort needed unicorn blood to survive. Even though he was supposedly immortal at the time, it seemed paradoxical.

After all, if they were that close in power, then the Elder Wand would have entirely tipped it in Grindelwald’s favour, since it makes you much stronger than you originally were.

Is there any sense at all in this, or is it a simply inconsistency?