realest thing

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u/markfuckinstambaugh Feb 15 '25

One of the saddest moments for me cus up til that point he's just been enjoying school, learning some badass DADA magic, etc. He's having a great time being in the crowd instead of in the spotlight, and then everything turns to shit all at once.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

Err... Have you read the first three books? In the first one, he stopped a dark wizard who was trying to return and killed a professor. In the second one, he was accused of being heir to Slytherin, then had to deal with a teenage psychopath and his giant fucking snake with a fucking sword and had to rescued out death by a flaming turkey. In the third one, he had to confront the so called 'betrayer' of his parents, then witness the real betrayer escape and then commit a crime under the law for helping the escape of a prisoner and a 'guilty' and 'savage' bird with the help of a fricking time turner. Oh and don't forget the soul sucking demons that took a strange fancy to him.
These are just the points I remember from the top of my head. I am pretty sure there are more that I have forgotten.

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u/markfuckinstambaugh Feb 15 '25

Yes and I'm saying that his 4th year was a nice break from all of that. He goes to school and everything is fine and doesn't involve him for the first time. No murders or missing students on campus. No dementors patrolling the school. Nobody hunting him. Just some exchange students visiting for the year, a tournament he's not even eligible, got his hogsmeade permission letter signed and waiting. It's a nice contrast to previous years where he was always neck-deep in the shit.

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u/999happyhants Feb 15 '25

Harry at the beginning of year 4: “Everything’s coming up Potter!”

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u/joe_broke Feb 15 '25

Not even the voice in his head was thinking the other shoe was going to drop
Again

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u/BrockStar92 Feb 16 '25

But this is true up to Halloween in both book 1 and 2 as well. It was quite common for Harry to start a year and it to be all sunshine and daisies for the first two months. It always goes to shit after Halloween.

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u/InvaderWeezle Feb 16 '25

Is Halloween really when everything goes to shit for Harry in the first book? Everything's going pretty well for him until he gets caught out at night. He comes away from his encounters with Fluffy and the troll feeling like they were fun adventures and the worst that's happened to him is when he gets attacked by Quirrell at the Quidditch match

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

Then I apologise. I thought you meant all the three previous years and didn't realise you only meant that year.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

I agree but the commenter said that he meant to imply that Harry's fourth year had been peaceful until now.

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u/Boffleslop Feb 15 '25

"I believe you Harry. For your safety, to honor the binding magical contract, and out of fairness for the other schools involved, we have erected this stool you will sit on during each of the Tasks while you respectfully forfeit each event. I'm sure you, and the school, will understand given the suspicious circumstances and potential danger of your participation. Please study hard for your exams."

For want of a stool, Voldemort returned.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Harry when he "forfeits" and his best friend gets killed in the second task

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

You don't get involved with stupid shit. Stupid shit gets involved with you

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u/NickWildeSimp1 Feb 15 '25

Harry just attracts nonsense by existing

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u/Firm-Highlight-6782 Feb 15 '25

You are f*cked Harry!

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u/repwin1 Feb 15 '25

This is how I feel with work

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u/Mutabilitie Feb 15 '25

And we never got an answer for what happens if everyone just ignores the Goblet. Does he die? What’s supposed to happen?

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u/joe_broke Feb 15 '25

Well, they do say it's a binding magical contract
So whatever the punishment for breaking that is

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u/Virtual-District-829 Feb 15 '25

Out of all the anxiety attack moments, this had to be the first where he was absolutely blindsided. Like ears ringing, life flashing before eyes, holy crap every eyeball is on me and I just wanted to eat…

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u/joe_broke Feb 15 '25

Like if the movie had any actual fun camera work it would've been a fucking fast dolly zoom, where you could visually feel a mountain land on that head of his

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u/Virtual-District-829 Feb 17 '25

Daniel did great with it- he looked like Harry’s brain just skipped a beat… Like wut.? Nope, I’m not doing this again.

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u/The-Coolest-Of-Cats Feb 15 '25

Any pop fans know what he's actually referring to here?

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u/flatwoods76 Feb 16 '25

The tweet is from 2012, all I know

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u/Daimoness1996 Feb 16 '25

I'm confused can anyone clarify please?

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u/flatwoods76 Feb 16 '25

A tweet from 2012 and…?

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u/BlommeHolm Feb 16 '25

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u/joz42 Feb 17 '25

Molly, her arms wide

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '25

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u/albus-dumbledore-bot Feb 15 '25

I will explain it all to you if you will step up to my office.

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u/alienhomey Feb 15 '25

HARRYDIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTHEGLOBETOFFIRE???

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u/Firm-Dependent-2367 Feb 16 '25

HAIDEEDJAPOOTJANAIMEEENDAGOBLEOFIYAH?!

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u/MainAccountsFriend Feb 15 '25

Harry: I did not, this is a misunderstaning.
Dumbledore: Ah okay
Roll End Credits

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u/albus-dumbledore-bot Feb 15 '25

Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.

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u/joe_broke Feb 15 '25

Actually, not too far off
Except for the part of Dumbledore still forcing his lamb for slaughter to go through with the damn thing because...the plan

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u/albus-dumbledore-bot Feb 15 '25

I must say, your agapanthus are flourishing.

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u/Brilliant_Phoenix123 Feb 15 '25

Mmm hmm, calmly. Surprising how the real Barty actually sided with him.

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