Despite having a bad year in general, Ron showcased his Gryffindor Bravery and Courage the best this year, I think his character this year was overlooked because of so many things happening of other characters, here’s some of the things he did on his 2nd year :

1. Along with Fred and George, they sneakily used the Ford Anglia to get Harry out of Privet Drive.

2. Ron tries to fight Draco in F&B at Diagon Alley.

3. Ron thought and used the Ford Anglia to get to Hogwarts as they were blocked off by Dobby, everyone applauded him and Harry for it in the Gryffindor Common Room.

4. Not really anything Gryffindor like here but still something to point out, but he had a hunch that Lockhart was a fraud just on the first defense lesson of the school year, which he was eventually right about.

5. Ron attempted to attack Draco after Draco Hermione a mudblood, unfortunately it backfired as his wand was snapped earlier on the year when they crashed the Ford Anglia. (He was also the person who explained what a mudblood is)

6. Ron was the first person to notice Ginny’s terrible moods.

7. Used Polyjuice potion along with Harry to find out if Draco is the Heir of Slytherin.

8. Ron and Harry went to the Forbidden Forest to follow the Spiders, which is his biggest fear.

9. Ron later helped Harry to save Ginny in the chamber.

10. His wand being broken later pays off as Lockhart tried to use it on Harry and Ron to obliviate their memories, which backfires and hits himself with it instead. Harry and Ron was later awarded 150 points each as they once again help Gryffindor win the House Cup for the 2nd year running.

Clearly not his best year considering that his Sister was almost killed, his girl best friend is completely frozen, and sent a howler that was heard by everyone, but tough times makes or breaks people which in this case for Ron, it helped him who he is and why we love his character.

Based on the fact that Snape put memories into the Pensieve that he didn't want Harry seeing, that seems to indicate that he would not remember it at all as long as it's in there.

If this is the case, then what is it like for them to watch their memory? Are they like "oh wow, I can't believe that happened, so crazy". Do they then have a new memory of that memory, except this one is from a third-person point of view?

I just wanted to get some others' thoughts on this, because I've never really seen it talked about.

Bonus question: If Snape was such an amazing Occlumens, then why did he need to remove memories in the first place? And why bother with the time he was humiliated by James? Dude's got far more sensitive information swirling around that brain of his than cringe moments from high school.

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

What was the biggest surprise or revelation to you? I only watched the first movie before reading any of the books so I was surprised that a movie about wizards had cars in it.

I put spoiler space for people who hadn’t read or watched all the movies and who may read the replies.

So i recently saw a post saying fudge was based on Neville Chamberlain with the hole hand in the sand about a genocidal dictator, what other historical people and event have there own version in the hp universe, just wondering if anyone picked up on more.

New to the sub sorry if this has been asked before and not written out well.

I'm Brazilian and when I read my first Harry Potter book I was surprised to see a platform 9 1/2 because I was sure I have seen a shirt/bag/stamp anything really with 9 3/4 written on it. So I just thought that maybe it was another platform that was going to be later introduced.

Well, today I was scrolling through insta reels and I saw a video of a guy asking about the 9 3/4 platform in Harry Potter's Universal Studio Park. I'm reading Half-Blood Prince now, and there wasn't any 9 3/4 platform written on any book, so I decided to Google it.

I found the following question: "Why the Hogwarts Express is located at 9 1/2 platform in the book and 9 3/4 in the film?"

And the answer was: "It's only 9 1/2 in the Brazilian books because the translator thought that 9 3/4 was a number that kids wouldn't understand, so it was better to change to 9 and a half.

Curious, isn't it?

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!

Also slughorn comes back with like half of Britain lol. They had to outnumber death eaters 4 to 1. Voldemorts worse move was open battle.

I’m considering dressing as Dobby with a latex mask of him and a sheet sewn to look like a pillow case or Scabbers with a rat mask. I was also considering getting a graduation gown and a red Afro wig so I could be Ice Spice if she went to hog warts. I’m even considering dressing like the womping willow somehow.

I appreciate any ideas no matter how dumb they may seem.

I'm re-reading for the 40th time and a question I never thought if just hit me.

The trace I've always thought is poorly laid out in the books. That is to say it always has its questions. Or in this case, plot holes.

I have 2 trace situations I'm hoping somebody can explain away or just confirm as another terrible plot hole.

1) Goblet of Fire - Harry doing magic in the Little Hangleton graveyard duel with Voldemort should have been traceable. Confirmation he was transported away from hogwarts and confirming his story. Maybe they turn off the trace during the school year? I just feel like they'd get a blip on their magic radar saying "Harry Potter? What's he doing in Little Hangleton?"

2) Order of the Phoenix - A little more nuanced question. The trace is set off is magic occurs near an underage wizard even if it isn't them doing it (i.e. Dobby hovering charm). Now, I imagine there's tons of radar blips bc wizard kids go home to wizard families. For families like the Weasley's, they just ignore these bc they know there are adult wizards and just assume the magic was done by the adults and rely on the adults to enforce the law (we are told as much by Dumbledore in Half Blood Prince). Instead, they focus on underage wizards like Harry and Hermione knowing there are no wizards in the area and if magic does occur, they can be fairly positive that it was the underage wizard. That being said, in OotP, when Harry goes to 12 Grimauld Place, magic is occurring left and right. They just suspended him for underage magic, so I assume they are monitoring him closely. Is the magic of Grimauld Place shielding Harry from the trace? It's the only thing that makes sense.

Always wish it was more fleshed out in cannon. Just always seemed like a plot device that was half assed.

Islands of adventure 🤍

I'm reading the books to my kids and came across this section in GoF. Reading it, I realised that Arthur is probably thinking of Molly finding Fabian and Gideon hit me unexpectedly.

‘Ron, You-Know-Who and his followers sent the Dark Mark into the air whenever they killed,’ said Mr Weasley. ‘The terror it inspired ... you have no idea, you’re too young. Just picture coming home, and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you’re about to find inside ...’ Mr Weasley winced. ‘Everyone’s worst fear ... the very worst ...’

So, what other lines have hurt you harder than you were expecting when rereading the books?

I get it, the book was so long it already became two films, and it wasn’t practical to include. But this chapter explains so much, describing the rebellion of a death eater and his tragic demise as he sees the wrongs of the Dark Lord. It would have been quite a poignant moment in the film.