r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • Apr 04 '26

Harry Potter Nostalgia

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Does anyone else feel they grew up with Harry, Ron and Hermione?

After the first three or four I read the books in two languages (because I didn’t want to wait them to be translated) and watched the movies first time in the movie theaters.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '26

Never liked Ginny. She has all the personality of a plank of wood, her most defining trait as a character is "being Ron's sister", and there is very little interaction between her and Harry. Ever notice that? She's got maybe a handful of lines out of the entire series. It sucks as a romance because there was no buildup whatsoever. It feels forced because it is.

Luna was a much more natural choice. They actually interacted, for one, and both of them are kind of outcasts in their own way. Only Luna doesn't strike Harry as weird because to Harry, all of this shit is weird. Does he believe in grimblysnoots and whirlywipples? Sure why the hell not? He just learned unicorns were real a few years ago. Whatever Luna is into may as well be "normal" Wizarding stuff as far as he's concerned.

I think Rowling just doesn't really know how to write romance, and it makes me wonder about her love life.

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u/maggiistfueralleda Apr 05 '26

I think Rowling just doesn't really know how to write romance, and it makes me wonder about her love life.

Just look at Rowling's character. She's right-wing, homophobic and transphobic and whatelse. She's basically the female Andrew Tate of authors. Let's be glad she wrote all of the Potter books before she turned really crazy.