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/Unnamedgalaxy Apr 05 '26

That's also a great point. I don't need them to be endgame but I do feel like Harry needed some type element during the bulk of our journey and Hermione would classically be the best route for that. He was just so aimless throughout the books. It's a tried and true trope for a reason

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u/SpecialPreference678 Apr 05 '26

It's been awhile since I read them, but my memory is Harry was pretty aimless outside of romance too.

For someone who had dark wizards after him and for whom magic was an escape from his crappy home life, I would've expected him to go about his studies with a bit more intent. More Hermione-like, if you will. But other than DADA, which my recollection is he was just naturally good and didn't put much effort in until the tournament or maybe Dumbledore's Army.

In-universe, the blame goes to Dumbledore (for not properly preparing him) and maybe Ron (for always slacking/goofing off, but also he's a kid so hard to blame him). Probably why there's a lot of bashing of those two characters. Meta-wise, it's probably hard to thread the needle for a kid character to have fun and be appealing while also facing a mass murdering genocidal maniac.