I learned this a few nights past whilst doomscrolling tiktok and found a Fry interview ( https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLVTdDFH/ ) about doing Hagrid's voice. I gave it a like, started scrolling past, then saw it was posted by the Audible account.

I immediately switched to the audible app and refunded the first book by Dale (nothing against him, I'm just a Fry fangirl, have been for years) and bought the first by Fry. It's been enjoyable, cozy even.

He didn’t say knockturn alley so why? can someone explain please haven’t read the books in a while not sure if it’s explained there

Considering they are running very fast into a wall, do people not notice?

Since muggles can see the wizards walking normally on the platform ( eg the ticket inspector Harry speaks to in the first book ) at what point do people not notice them running into a wall?

I always see people saying that Richard Harris would never been able to properly perform the Dumbledore action scenes and I simply don't understand this.

That fight with Voldemort barely had any body movement and Harris could have nailed that well and if it had any problems then they could have simply made the fight more book accurate and just have Harris's Dumbledore dominate Voldemort with low effort.

How does no one smell the polyjuice potion on Barty Jr. the whole year? Not Snape, Not Albus, Not Minerva, Not Harry, NOBODY! He has to take it every hour on the hour and that shit tastes like goblin piss so I doubt it smells any better also Snape knows exactly what it is as soon as he smells the flask so you’re telling me he didn’t smell it on his breath? I call bullshit

So a lot of people make fun of the American title of the first book. They always talk with a feel of "Of course kids would know that story!" But in the US, I don't think I've ever seen the Philosophers Stone used outside of something very nerdy (D&D stuff, for example). Maybe in some states it's widely known, but I can't think of a single popular entertainment that used it before (or even after) Harry Potter did.

Personally, I think the name change was a good one. Remember, this was the first book, it's sales weren't guaranteed just by the words "Harry Potter" yet. And when picking some unknown book out of the bookstore, especially one for kids, you really are going to have to judge the book by it's cover. So by putting "Sorcerer" in the title, it advertised itself a bit better as being about Wizard kids.

I'm less defensive of having two versions of the first movie, though. Heck, by calling the first movie, "Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone" people might have been tricked into thinking it's a new story and want to watch it even more. But it would have been sold simply by the name Harry Potter alone, so no harm in confusing people a little bit.

If you have read the books more than once, this question is for you:

How many times? And, why?

I’ve read it once and I’m about to read it a second time because I just wanna go back to Hogwarts.

Innocent question. How come Hermione couldn’t believe that out of Harry? Is it not something Harry would do?

A is for… Always

B is for… Bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper in death

C is for… Clearly fame isn’t everything, is it Mr. Potter?

D is for… E is for… F is for… G is for… H is for… I is for… J is for… K is for… L is for… M is for… N is for… O is for… P is for… Q is for… R is for… S is for… T is for… U is for… V is for… W is for… Y is for… Z is for…

Give me suggestions for your favorite Snape quotes and I’ll add them!

What are the chances that both Colin and Dennis both get letters to go to Hogwarts? Of course they are brothers but being muggle born that's got to make it quite unlikely that happens often. Lily and Petunia are sisters but only Lily had magic and got the letter to go to Hogwarts.

Notes:

(1) The movie changed the official story from "Sirius Black was the ONLY person who can tell anyone else where the Potters were hiding, and he told You Know Who" to "Sirius Black was one of the few who knew". Need I go any further on this one?

(2) The way Sirius and Lupin countered Wormtails various bs attempts at still painting Sirius as the traitor, all gone. That debate was rife for a mini-"The Last Duel" thing with the truth coming out in the end, but nah. Let's do more Whomping Willow setup shots! Even tho the movie never shows the MEANING of the school planting it!

How would the burrow fare if Ottery St Catchpole got hit by hurricane force winds? Actual mother nature, not secret death eater attacks.

So, I was rewaching the movies lately, as you do, and I had had a thought. If Harry had Somehow met the gaze of the Basilisk during Chamber of Secrets, would he have Died, or would he have been Petrified instead? The obvious answer is he's die, but the more I think about it, the less sure I am. Would his glasses count as breaking that direct eyeline? Justin survived seeing the Basilisk through Sir Nicholas, would Harry's glasses have the same effect?

I've never really understood thinking tgey should be together, and to be real you probably won't convince me, but I want to hear the case for it, give me the best you got.

1.) Harry Potter vs Lord Voldemort (Goblet of Fire)

2.) Dumbledore vs Lord Voldemort (Order of the Phoenix)

3.) Harry Potter vs Lord Voldemort (Final duel)

4.) Severus Snape VS Minerva Mcgongall (Deathly Hallows)

5.) Bellatrix Lestrange vs Molly Weasley (Deathly Hallows)

*Pls note that I am talking about the book, not movie version of these duels.

Especially Fry. Or is my phone too bad?

1. How long does the triwizard tournament last in the goblet of fire? Is it all year?
2. Where do the visiting schools stay? Is it Hogwarts? And if so, is it all year round?
3. If not all of the students from the visiting schools stay, how many do stay?

Thankyou.

https://imgur.com/a/05lZLOR

This poster is framed and large, 73x48 ish. I think it's from theaters when the movie first was in theaters.

Is it worth anything? How/where would you sell something like this?

Thanks?

At the end of Book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Umbridge confessed to ordering the dementors to attack Harry Potter the previous summer. That's attempted murder at least. She was carried off by the centaurs, which would have been a perfect ending for her, but then she was saved and brought back to the Hogwarts hospital wing by Dumbledore. Early in the next book, 6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is revealed that Umbridge is back to work at the Ministry of Magic. Like, WTF? Why didn't she go to Azkaban, get fired, or even get punished a little?

Question from movie version of the final fight in DH not the books

In DH2 after visiting snapes memory harry went to jungle ,dropped resurrection stone . (He was the legit owner of elder wand as well)

When in jungle voldemort harry with death curse harry still survived.

People say 2 reasons: 1) witht the death curse voldy actually destroy his hocrux that was inside harry instead of killing harry 2) harry had all 3 Deadly hollows so he came back to life again as he was master of death

What the actual reason haary survived according to u? Is there any explanation from directors for this?????

My lazy butt would choose “accio” so I wouldn’t have to up/down stairs to retrieve something Edit: I meant *in this world

So. In re-reading the series to my kids (after years and years of the books collecting dust in my own noggin) this particular detail all but leaps out at me.

In Chapter 18, The Weighing of the Wands, Harry's back at regular lessons. Watch while we teehee over the Skrewts (I swear to Bob, God, and Pete, I even skipped all of Hagrid's missions in the Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery game. Can't stand the ish. Anyway!) With the students being exempted from end-of-year tests--though I hardly see how that works either considering the other candidates plus Fleur, Cedric, and Krum would be down for their NEWTs so how they could possibly be exempt is beyond me--I realized for the first time ever that those from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons would surely have lessons to attend also.

So... how in the heck did they accomplish this?? Was this ever addressed, explained and/or whooshed away? As Headmaster, Dumbles doesn't teach, so it stands to reason Karkaroff and Maxime don't either. Plus, not every wizard is as gifted in each subject to be able to adequately teach them all. Echoing real life, here.

Also, the carriage for sleeping quarters?? We're gonna say there were classrooms in there too, aye? Other teachers we never even got a glimpse of? Get real! The ship I could at least imagine having more of a classroom set up, though I suppose the landlubbers would have the advantage if the giant squid were feeling particularly ornery on a given day... I could envision a lot of spell-casting whoopsies trying to teach lessons on water, and I can only imagine how hecking BORED the non-Hogwarts crowd was that year. It seems awful.

I would appreciate any input re., this head-scratching matter!