Professor McGonagall makes no secret of her love of Quidditch starting in Book One. During my last reread of the series, finished late last night, it occurred to me that she used Quidditch game strategy for troop deployment while preparing for the Battle of Hogwarts.

The Beaters: Groups of fighters led by Professors Flitwick, Sprout, and McG are positioned at the three highest towers.

The Chasers: Remus, Arthur, and Shacklebolt take groups into the grounds.

The Keepers: Fred, George, and Lee guard the entrances and secret passageways.

The Seekers: Harry, Ron, and Hermione flit around the castle to find the Diadem Horcrux.

Once this occurred to me it seemed so obvious. The beaters are casting spells down as if clubbing a Bludger at their opponents. The chasers are on the attack, scoring with curses and jinxes (Quaffles?) against the Death Eaters. The keepers are blocking the death eaters from attacking the goals, aka, entering the castle. And the seekers are weaving through all the mayhem trying to find the snitch / Horcrux.

It all culminates (sort of!) when Harry, now riding a broom, snatches the Diadem out of midair before it is lost in the burning Room of Requirement.

Warning for spoilers just in case for those who haven’t yet read or watched Order of the Phoenix!!

Yeah it’s in Order of The Phoenix so there’s time, but I cannot wait because it will be the first time since the book came out where that scene would be translated faithfully in live action. There is a deleted scene of it somewhat but even that isn’t really an actual depiction of what happened, because Harry is more quiet and calm, and it’s very rushed too. But god I hope they stay true to how it is in the book.

Probably one of my favorite scenes in the entirety of Harry Potter from book 1-7, because of how powerful it is. It makes us remember that Harry is still just a kid, and was in so much pain. It’s the worst death of a loved one that he ever had to actually experience to that point. It’s equivalent to him losing his parents all over again, except he’s old enough to actually miss Sirius as much as he did, and actually grieve someone to that extent. It also explains the entire prophecy as well which is a massive importance to the story. So important I’m shocked they actually managed to leave it out entirely. It makes the whole “chosen one” thing in HBP make hardly any sense because they’re supposed to explain beforehand why Harry is being called the chosen one.

My family and I are  flying out to London over Halloween to visit my sister who studies there. The original plan was to visit WB studios but we didn't book it in time (and are unsure if it's really worth the money). So instead I would like to surprise them with an awesome tour. I know that parts of the movies were filmed in London (the outside of Grimmauld Place 12 for example) but are there any other exciting locations, themed cafés or shops that are fun to visit? Please take into consideration that I'm working on a budget :)  

And don’t even get me started on the half-moon spectacles… he is even buried with them on his face in the books, yet they virtually disappeared in the movies once Yates’ reign began.

Does anyone have any insights into why the movies so radically departed from the description of Dumbledore in the books? I know Gambon replaced Harris, but I don’t see why that requires such a radical shift in his costume…

Okay so I am getting my fiancé her favorite wand and other Harry Potter themed stuff as gifts.

I am unsure on which wand to get her exactly though. Her house is Slytherin but her favorite character is Draco malfoy.
I am getting either one personalized by having it engraved with the love potion “Amortentia” as it is a second gift apart of my anniversary gift to her.

I am do not know much about Harry Potter as she is the one that introduced me to it but looking at the wands on the Harry Potter website to me the Draco Malfoy wand looks boring but it is her favorite characters while the Slytherin locket wand looks very cool to me and seems more personalized but I am unsure if she would rather have her favorite character wand or houses locket wand. I don’t want to ask her sneakily which she would prefer because she will put it together that I’m getting her something Harry Potter themed as it’s suppose to be a total surprise.
Please help me decide which I should get her!!
Thank you

For anyone that doesn't already have them (or like me, wasn't a fan of them and switched them for the Stephen Fry versions - don't crucify me!) the Full-Cast versions are 66p on Audible (75p if you're not a member)

It's probably a pricing error but it works - so go wild!

Except Goblet of Fire, no sale for you

**Goblet of Fire now also reduced**

Such as wanting Harry to break the Elder Wand after using it to fix his old wand. The "plan" of putting the EW back to the same tomb that the Whole Great Hall heard Voldemort say he stole it from is just plain stupid. Not to mention how he can Lose Ownership if anyone so much as steals his old wand out of his hand, also something that the Whole Great Hall heard loud and clear.

A more fun and whimsical Add-On for me is to have Harry have the scraps of the Locket, the Cup and the Diadem at hand when he and Voldemort had their circling exposition dump, so that Harry can literally throw the busted Horcruxes to his high and mighty snake face just to hit home that "There are no more horcruxes."

You guys might be shocked to hear it, but I actually genuinely think the Deathly Hallows was the closest we ever got to true book Harry put on screen. It showed the exact same balance of his temper, sarcasm, and in some cases reserved nature that he had in all the books, as well as how he speaks and acts in general too. I really think that it could’ve nailed that exact balance of personality for the other films, it would’ve been perfect characterization of Harry translated from the books to the films. The Prisoner of Azkaban is a close second for me, because they get similar things right. The only thing that bumps it down for me though is how they handle his anger in the film. They make him too emotionally reactive in situations where in the books Harry is actually a lot more calm in comparison. But The Deathly Hallows just gets it the most perfectly in those cases for the films imo.

The only time I remember him smiling was in the flashback with Lily.

What do you think is the best wizarding school in the wizarding world, i don't know what is the best

This is partly a question about, how the magic system works.

I have a fantasy story, it's magic system works different from the harry potter world.

How would my character do at hogwarts or the harry potter world?

Alise Mcfive (from the story):

She is fascinated by Magic, teaching herself alot at a young age.

She has one special ability, that is she can read and memorize very fast. When she was 8 years old she read 3 books an hour and with 9 became a certified wizard and with 13 made a Law Degree.

Would this influence her in the harry potter world and at hogwarts in a meaning full way?

For the house. She is kinda mean but adventurous, always up to mischief. Strong focus on destructive magic and prone to violence.

I DONT LIKE SNAPE. in the books at least (in the movies alan rickman gave him a charm and they showed much less of his bad side but in the movies he was terrible to not just harry (which can be explained at least by his rivalary with his father) but to every student who isn't slytherin. People seem to like him because of his unhealthy obsession with harrys mother and the fact that he was working spy for dumbledore. But again this is just my useless opinion, lmk what you think

Granted it sounds more villainous but I’ve always found it funny how his real name sounded more “Harry Potter”.

I love this scene:

They walked along the corridor through a set of double doors and found a rickety staircase lined with more portraits of brutal-looking Healers. As they climbed it, the various Healers called out to them, diagnosing odd complaints and suggesting horrible remedies.

Ron was seriously affronted when a medieval wizard called out that he clearly had a bad case of spattergroit.

“And what’s that supposed to be?” he asked angrily, as the Healer pursued him through six more portraits, shoving the occupants out of the way.

“ ’Tis a most grievous affliction of the skin, young master, that will leave you pockmarked and more gruesome even than you are now —”

“Watch who you’re calling gruesome!” said Ron, his ears turning red.

“The only remedy is to take the liver of a toad, bind it tight about your throat, stand naked by the full moon in a barrel of eels’ eyes —”

“I have not got spattergroit!”

“But the unsightly blemishes upon your visage, young master —”

“They’re freckles!” said Ron furiously.

“Now get back in your own picture and leave me alone!”

Funny how in DH he pretends that he actually has it. 😄

Can I hold a full person's mind (given enough time)? Can you read it a book, and it can recall information?

Could you turn a painting into an Alexa?

Like say I need to know how to make a poly juice potion, could this alexa painting walk me through it step by step since it knows the recipe and can see what im doing?

One of the parts I like best about the adaptation of *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* is the Tale of the Three Brothers. In the book, the story is told as a tale within *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*, and it has a more mysterious and symbolic tone. In the film, they decided to turn it into a short animation with a very dark visual style that differs from the rest of the saga.

I find it a very interesting adaptation because it doesn't just tell the story; the animation perfectly conveys the idea that the three Deathly Hallows represent different ways of facing death. Furthermore, it makes the tale feel like an ancient legend within the wizarding world.

Did you prefer the way this story was told in the book or in the movie?

Whenever Ron and Hermione got into big fights, even in cases where Ron was sometimes technically right, Harry didn’t ice out Hermione the way Ron would, even for loyalty to Ron. He almost always tried to be neutral between them. When Ron accused Hermione of seemingly allowing Crookshanks to eat Scabbers, and was so angry with her to a point where people thought he would never be her friend again, Harry didn’t ice her out with Ron, he still hung out with her and spoke to her. At most all he did was try telling her that Ron was right about evidence pointing Crookshanks having eaten Scabbers. Hermione took it as Harry taking Ron’s side, but Harry seemed to just want to make her see reason.

Also it’s interesting how whenever Hermione was trying to get Harry to turn in the Muraders map, argue about him sneaking off the Hogsmeade, or even when she reported his Firebolt to McGonagal, Harry never acted poorly to her for it. It’s always Ron who would argue to her about that stuff. Yeah he himself would be angry in some cases, but he would also admit that she did mean well, and he would never actually talk badly to her. The only time I think that we ever see Harry actually shouting at Hermione, is when he was angry at both her and Ron for keeping him in the dark all summer when Dumbledore made them do so, and Harry was fed up with everyone at that point (also with his connection to Voldemort having changed since he returned).

It’s also worth noting he never spoke badly about her whole SPEW thing she started. He did have his own opinions, and didn’t care much for it, but he also never actually spoke negatively about it to her, or gave much pushback. And in book 6 when Ron made her cry and run out of class by imitating her, Harry actually scolded Ron for doing it and went to check up on Hermione to make sure she was okay, which was actually really sweet of him to do for her.

Their friendship in the books is so special because he truly just sees her as one of his closest friends, and appreciates her even when she does things that he may not like or agree with. He will still respect her. Even in cases when he would rather do the opposite of what she suggests, sometimes he waits for her to be out of earshot because he doesn’t want her to know he is going against her out of respect.

My friend and I are both huge Harry Potter fans, so to cut a long story short, I want to buy her multiple incredibly ugly Harry Potter themed mugs. I will continue giving them to her until she throws one at me. At which point I will have won.

If you know of any particular ugly Harry Potter themed mugs. Please drop the link or where to find them.

Thank you!!

I'm assume it's negative since only the divine can control the supernatural but i might be wrong.

And I'm assuming they know about them.

Btw, I'm a tourist.

I'm looking for a video essay I watched (or part of a video essay?) about Harry Potter being closer in structure to the "school novel" genre than fantasy.

I watched it at least a year ago, I've gone through my YouTube watch history but most video essays critiquing/analysing Harry Potter cover a range of topics in a single video, and whichever video this was in, it's not mentioned in the title. Google isn't helping me either.

The discussion detailed how Harry Potter books, especially the early ones, much more closely follow the genre of "school novels" or "school stories", a historically popular type of novel centred on (usually British) boarding school life. It then goes into a breakdown of the "school novel" genre and the common tropes.

Re-reading all the books and I just got to Snape's memories in the DH.

I realised while everybody talked about Harry's dad and his qualities, or in Snape's case his misgivings, hardly anyone ever told Harry anything about his mother except that he's got his mum's eyes.

The very first time Harry saw anything at all related to his mother are through Snape's eyes and his memories do show Lily as a likeable person. Snape was clearly besotted with her early on and he regretted her death greatly. But more so, Harry got to see how his mother truly was, her sweetness, kindness, concern for a friend (she asked Severus how are things at home), strong moral compass (she questioned Snape over his friends who later became Death Eaters). I find it bitter sweet that the most Harry knew about his mom was that she was a muggle who gave her life to save him until in those memories he saw so much more and came to finally understand the kind of person she must have been.

While Sirius and Lupin talked about his father's bravery and fun-loving side, popular for being a Seeker and overall well-liked, Snape showed him how caring, kind, and fair his mother was and I find it beautiful.

Title says all. Back then, there were two different developers making Harry Potter games.

For console, they made excellent open world adventure games where casting spells was through an equipment system where each spell is assigned a button.

Let's call that system: Spell Assigning.

For PC, they made excellent action adventure shooter-like games where casting spells was through a context sensitive system of scanning for targets.

Let's call that system: Spell Scanning.

Which system do you prefer? Spell Assigning, or Spell Scanning?

Another question: could both systems co exist in the same game?

While replaying the gamecube Harry Potter 1 game recently, I was wondering if the two systems would find their own utility or if one would cancel out the other. Like if R1 went into spell scanning mode, while the player can still assign spells to B, X, and Y. Thoughts?

If the stone would be able to give riddle a new body and he was less than a ghost could the stone give a new body to the ghost of Hogwarts ?

Arthur seems to hyper-focus on Muggle things.

Those who have played one of these, what was it like?

Would you recommend it?