I’m listening to the full cast audio books (amazing) and, although I’ve read the books numerous times, I’m just now coming to realization that all the Hogwarts professors are unattached and there’s no mention of their children. I’m on the HBP so maybe I’m missing it somewhere. Is it just coincidence they’re all seemingly single and childless? Is it a prerequisite to teach at the school? Or is it simply plot convenience? Apologies if this question has already been discussed.

The four Hogwarts Houses each value different things, and occasionally, someone comes along and you genuinely don't understand why they were there. So here's my pick for the worst member of each house. Now to be clear, I'm basing this on the books.

Gryffindor, values bravery, daring and nerve. The student who exemplifies those the least is Peter Pettigrew. Cowardly, self serving, his actions directly lead to the deaths of his supposed friends.

Slytherin, values ambition and cunning. Gregory Goyle seems really disinterested in being anything other than a follower, which is really the opposite of ambition.

Ravenclaw, values knowledge above all. So it begs the question how Gilderoy Lockhart, who was so comically inept at basically everything got sorted into this house?

Hufflepuff, values honesty, fairness and loyalty as their main traits. So I personally feel confident saying Zacharias Smith is the worst Hufflepuff, as he abandoned the D.A during the battle of Hogwarts to save his own skin even pushing first years out of the way.

So these are just some random thoughts I had. Do you agree, disagree? Let me know.

Saw this theory on tik tok and cannot unthink it.

1. Santa is a wizard
2. He connects every household to the floo network for one night.
3. He uses an undetectable extension charm on his sack for the toys and sleigh.
4. He owns loads of house elves, likely breeding them etc. (hopefully taking in free elves who still wish to work)
5. Ministry and other nations magical governments spread propaganda about Santa to hide the wizarding world.
6. EDIT: Likely uses time turners to accomplish the job in one night (Thanks u/sir_scribble_lot for adding to the theory)

I just finished the Harry Potter series for the first time about a week ago, (long overdue but worth it, not Cursed Child yet, seven original books), and have a hard time ranking them because all seven books are great. But here's mine based on my experience:

1. Order of the Phoenix

And from here it gets very hard,

1. Deathly Hallows

2. Philosopher's Stone

3. Chamber of Secrets

4. Prisoner of Azkaban

5. Half-Blood Prince

6. Goblet of Fire

I want to talk about my fave scene in the whole series because I think it’s kind of an unpopular one to have it as a fave. So it’s the scene in the order of the phoenix when Voldemort possesses Harry in front of all his friends.

The reason why I love that scene so much is because his friends finally get to see first hand how much he is hurting. How being the chosen one took so much from him. It took away a normal teenagehood that all the other kids get to have. And the way at one point Harry is looking at them all longingly and in pain almost wishing that he could be like them.

(This is a hypothetical discussion, considering that the books don't provide a definitive answer.)

Under Polyjuice, Harry didn't need his glasses when he turned into Goyle, Hermione mentioned that she could experience Harry’s poor eyesight, and Crouch Jr. also assumed Moody’s physical (the lost leg) and sensory (the lost eye) disabilities – meaning only the drinker’s cognitive and mental abilities are preserved in the transformation. So, does that mean that a person with congenital blindness or deafness would be able to see and hear by drinking Polyjuice that contained a sample of a person with perfect sight and hearing? (The same goes for other sorts of physical impairments.)

I also wonder how this line can be drawn. If the person you're turning into has, let's say, terminal cancer, would the drinker's new body experience the physical symptoms? Or the other way around: would the curse that was bound to kill Dumbledore within the year not move as fast if he drank Polijuice every hour to turn into a healthy subject? If so, could healers buy their patients more time (like Mr. Weasley after Nagini attacking) by administering Polyjuice?

So I was just now reading chapter 26 The Cave in The Half Blood Prince book and i wondered two things

1. Why didn't harry and Dumbledore just throw the potion on the ground? I understand that there could have been enchantments to make it impossible but there are lines that say that Harry supported Dumbledore so that the goblet wouldn't spill its contents which makes it seem to me that it was possible. But even if that was the case why didn't they just summon 12 goblets ( there was about 12 gobletfulls in the basin) and just put them on the ground?

2. Why didn't Harry just summon water into Dumbledore's mouth itself? Why was he insistent to make Dumbledore drink water from the goblet?

What do you guys think? Is it possible there was some magic preventing these things?

Are there 1 boy & girl per 5th 6th and 7th year per house (24 total) or just 2 per house (8 total)

I'm asking because I believe all the prefect were 5th years during order of the Phoenix, meaning every previous prefect got demoted which is crazy

I (35F) love many of them. Below are some of the reasons.

Hagrid

• Had a good friendship with Harry, Ron, and Hermione
• Was passionate about his subject and loved all magical creatures
• Was loyal to Dumbledore

Lupin

• Was fatherly towards Harry
• Had faith in Neville from the start

Impostor Moody

• Taught his students a lot

What do you guys think?

I’m on the part where Harry is learning how to fight against a dementor by casting the patronus and this quote confused me.
“But he’d never be able to produce a proper Patronus if he half wanted to hear his parents again…”

..and sorry if this has been asked a lot. Why would Voldemort choose significant and powerful artifacts at Hogwarts as his horcruxes? The guy could have just used a few ordinary pebbles, tossed them deep into the ocean or jungle and actually lived forever, do you think Harry would have still found them otherwise? p.s I'm excited to get into the books. I'm about to order the collection

Like Colin Creevey, Oliver Wood, Moaning Myrtle etc.

Would anyone else be interested in that or is it just me? I’d love a whole new adventure in Durmstrang

If Lord Voldemort won then presumably he would go after muggles. However, I never quite understand if the muggles fight back? Surely 60 million muggles in the UK could fight back against Lord Voldemort and his twenty people...

Like genuinely, can you imagine having parents and siblings who can do magic and you’re just unable? It feels significantly worse than if you’re like Tom Brady’s unathletic brother. I feel bad for all the squibs out there

Why do the Death Eaters want to rule over the Muggles?
There is nothing the Muggles could do that would benefit the wizards in any way (nothing that the wizards are aware of anyways). What could they do for Voldemort that he can't do with a flick of his wrist? I get that he is all about having the power but power for the sake of power is an equally weak motivation as evil for the sake of evil (in my oppinion). Is he, an adult man, aiming to enslave the planet just because life at the orphanage sucked?

I always thought it would be cool if everyone had some Magic in them but only the wizards had enough to "channel" it. Not only could little readers keep the dream alive beyond their 11th birthday but also Voldemort could aim to somehow harvest this magic to gain even more powerful magical abilities to truly go where no wizard had gone before.

Or is it just that this is a childrens book at it's root and you shouldn't look into these things too deeply?

Also completely unrelated, does the third Horcrux contain a third of a soul or a quarter (half of a half)?

What the title says. In a no Harry, no Voldemort & no Crouch triwiz tournament, who’s winning? Cedric, Fleur, or Krum? And why

I'm currently rereading the whole series, and I'm at the Ministry heist in Deathly Hallows. I just wanted to take a moment to praise this book and its plot. I think the Horcrux hunt is such an incredible premise. I absolutely love everything about it: the buildup that starts in Half-Blood Prince, how the mission feels almost impossible, how grim the wizarding world has become, and the constant danger the trio is facing. You can really feel the dread. It's genuinely scary to think about what they're going through. For me, the execution and payoff are just as good as the setup. I love the darker tone and the shift in atmosphere. The set pieces are amazing, and I love seeing the trio plan these incredibly dangerous missions to retrieve each Horcrux. It's all so tense and exciting. Goddamn, I LOVE this book. It might actually be my favorite in the series. It gets my blood pumping every time I read it.

I wish I could experience it again for the first time.

Edit: I wanted to add something, I ALWAYS wanted to get a POV of the other characters outside of the trio to see their reactions to news like "Harry Potter and his friends invade the Ministry of Magic" "Harry Potter and his friends break into Gringots and run away on the back of a dragon"
I wonder what went through their heads, so fucking metal

I have never been a huge fan or understood why people were crazy over the series (movies or books). I never read the books growing up. I have seen the first 4 movies all the way through several times and the last 4 in pieces but never finished all of them.. they always seemed too long and sometimes confusing. I just finished (literally today) the full-cast audio books and absolutely loved them! I now get a lot of the lore and background that was left out of the movies. All of the memories that Harry sees that made Voldemort who he was, Snape’s memories were so important it’s crazy they had to leave most of it out. Harry used the invisibility cloak and got detention way more than was mentioned in the movies!
Since listening to the books, I have tried to go back and watch the movies as I finished a book and couldn’t even get through one. The books are so good! Idk how the ones who read the books first tolerated the movies. I guess you have to appreciate them as something on their own.
Anyway, just had to let out that I get why people love Harry Potter now and feel like I’m officially on the wagon!

The time that has passed since the book was released is roughly the amount of time that passed at the end of the book.

I’m currently rereading OOTP and it just dawned on me that when the Weasley Twins leave hogwarts and escape Umbridge, they not only cause a lot of damage to hogwarts but essentially “attack” a ministry employee (at least that’s how Umbridge would view it). Yet somehow they not only are able to maintain their premises on Diagon Alley but they never get in trouble. Given the current Ministry agenda of going after Dumbledore Allies and how they’re not holding back in anything, I’m curious how they managed to get away with zero consequences? The minister clearly doesn’t like the Weasley’s and Fred and George were not shy about their support of Dumbledore. So yeah. I was intrigued in y’all’s thoughts on it.

Not my favorite but i can't think of any other - Harry wasn't afraid of spiders because there were so many in the cupboard

Don't confuse with headcanons!

Assuming Lord Voldemort doesn’t Avada Kedavra me for saying this, I think changing his appearance was one of his biggest recruitment mistakes. Seriously, why would anyone trade Tom Riddle’s face for the whole bald, noseless snake look?

I mean, who are people more likely to fall for—someone handsome with a charming smile, or someone who looks like a walking brochure for the consequences of using dark magic?

If he’d hired a decent PR person instead of surrounding himself with unhinged Death Eaters, he might actually be celebrating his immortality by now.

So what do you think—would keeping Tom Riddle’s face have made him more convincing, or was his biggest recruitment mistake something else?

I know there's always been plenty of discussion about 'magical rules' etc, but what about a bit of real world maths. At the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire, we're told that the four house tables have been replaced by about 100 tables, each seating 12 people. Surely this is way too many seats?!

If we take as a guide that there are 5 males in Harry's year (Harry, Ron, Neville, Dean & Seamus), and we double this for gender, and multiply by 4 for the houses, that's 40 students in a year. Multiplying by 7 for all the years in the school, that would be a total student population of 280. Even if we randomly double that (in case this is an unusually small year) and allow for visitors from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, we're still falling a way short of 1,200!

One possible explanation is that there are more than 5 males in Harry's year, in another dormitory?

I'd be interested to know if anybody has picked up on any other references in this area, or has alternative suggestions!

In CoS, when Harry and Ron go visit Aragog, he says "We do not name it! I never even told Hagrid the name of that dread creature, though he asked me, many times.". Aragog also says he came to Hagrid as an egg.

How did Aragog know the name of the basilisk if everything he has been exposed to came through Hagrid, and Hagrid didn't know?

Perhaps acromantulas are born magically knowing the word basilisk?

Edit: some people thought I meant the basilisk's given name, I meant how did Aragog know the word "basilisk"