Potterhead Voices Their Frustration With Harry Potter Books After Reading the Series for the First Time as an Adult, Amusing Discussion Ensues

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Eleonora Bader
Apr 21, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

I love Harry Potter. I began reading the books when I was a kid, but I admit that the only reason I knew they existed was because of the movies. I only started getting into the books after I'd watched The Prisoner of Azkaban. I fell in love with the characters, the storyline, the magical wizarding world, and I dreamt of the day I would receive my Hogwarts letter. Of course, that day never came, but here I am, still wishing on a star.

One person described their experience reading the books after having watched the movies, and they were not happy. They took to r/harrypotter to voice their opinions, hoping someone would relate, but not many did. In fact, the thread unraveled in such a way that it became amusing. Scroll down to read the full post and comments, and then check out this critical hit of Dungeons and Dragons memes.

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  • 01
    Ok so I'm just now reading the books... I have many thoughts....
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    Ok firstly, I only watched the movies and wasn't able to watch them till I was like 19/20yo (don't judge me) because of my upbringing. But I am reading deathly hallows right now. So here's my mini rant. 1. SINCE WHEN DOES EVERYONE HAVE AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK. I THOUGHT the whole point of it was that there was only one?! Am I missing something???? 2. WHY WOULD THEY NOT PUT THW CENTAUR TEACHER IN THE MOVIE??!!
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    3. Harry realllllly bothers me sometimes. Like ok we get it you're hurting (i understand that he's got turmoil) but holy s can you not take it out on everyone else all time. 4. someone spoil it and tell me Harry and lupin make up.... Only spoil that for me please I'm beggggging 5. I have so many things I want to say to everyone who made these movies..... if Star Wars have a slton of movies wwwwhhhyyyy did they take only bits n pieces and jam it into the ones we got like [ ( I do love the movies
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    Let's drag on this unimportant scene and also have it be completely inaccurate to the book" Ugh I hate it hereeee. Am I the only one who is this frustrated. Ok well thanks for listening to me rant. No one else listens so hopefully someone here will understand hahaha Edit: ok so the invisibility cloak part maybe misunderstood. But through out the books I've heard multiple people having possession of one so idk I'm just very confused by it
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    Edit again: I most definitely misunderstood Imao Edit ...again…... I think a lot of you are assuming I just hate Harry lol I don't and aside from him being a wizard and me obviously not, I relate a lot to Harry and went through SIMILAR things. NOT THE SAME SIMILAR. I simply am saying that sometimes I find SOME of the outbursts to bother me. I'm not saying I don't understand. I'm saying the WRITING of his outburst bother me. Tbh I wasn't expecting so many people to
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    come at me for that one lol. Wish I had yall to defend me when I need back up and I know he has F. ) and he's seen dễ th and is being hunted and literally the entire plot... I now know I will never voice that again so many thing I want to say now but I won't because I don't want to make everyone more mad at me :/ tbh might delete this later
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    dreadit-runfromit . 10 hr. ago If you really want to know about Harry and Lupin. Yes, they make up. Though not in a "talk about our feelings" way, just a "we're good now" way. Not sure what you mean about the invisibility cloak? It's established in-universe that others do exist. Ron recognizes it in PS and says they're rare, but not that there's only one. That said, later on the book it does expand on Harry's cloak and its significance. A112 V Reply Share
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    Thealienwitch OP. 10 hr. ago OK SEE THATS WHERE I WAS LOST BECAUSE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT RON DOES SAY THEYRE RARE. YouTube videos must have got me confused idk thank you though A 9 ☐ Reply Share Доту Born_Pa 9 hr. ago Yeah most invisibly cloaks fade after a couple of years. Harry's has lasted for generations. I think moody makes a comment about his cloak being too worn out...but it was newer than Harry's A 48 Reply Share
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    Zaphoid 411 9 hr. ago edited 8 hr. ago I feel like I was comparably frustrated as the movies were coming out, it's just subsided over the years. The movies adding in a scene in OotP where the burrow burns down FOR NO GOOD REASON was the peak for me. Edit: this scene was in HBP A 61 Reply Share
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    Dixieland_Insanity . 9 hr. ago Ravenclaw I'm in the midst of my first read as well. I'm currently on book 5. I'm disappointed the movies didn't include Pigwidgeon and de-gnoming the garden. I think showing Ron and Hermione as prefects should have been included as well. A 54 Reply Share spiderknight616 · 8 hr. ago There is actually a promo shot with Ron and Pig A11 V Reply Share
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    selwyntarth . 8 hr. ago Ron recognised and called the cloak an invisibility cloak, remember? "They're incredibly rare" Harry displays signs of P D and honestly was shafted socially and personally. Harry and Remus make up gloriously A 19 V Reply Share
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    carrotcake 11. 7 hr. ago When OotP first came out I was 11 or 12 and found it so difficult to read because of Harry's angst and temper. When I reread it now as an adult I feel so much more empathy for him, he was just a kid dealing with seeing a friend d'e, and the return of an evil wizard who wants to him. Not only that but most of the wizarding world don't believe him, the government are trying to cover it up and there is a smear campaign against him in the press. Oh also there's also this mas
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    Completely_Bat Gryffindor 10 hr. ago 1. Not everyone has an invisibility cloak. Only two appear in the series, by my count. They're pretty rare; most are made from Demiguise hair or are normal cloaks with a Disillusionment charm cast on them. There's only one TRUE Cloak of Invisibility, though, which doesn't fade over time and is immune to magic affecting it specifically, and that Cloak is one of the Hallows. 2. He's not essential to the plot. Some stuff has to be cut for the sake of runtime, an
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    3. He's suffering from untreated P. D, and no one is taking him seriously. His friends overestimate him (in his opinion), his government is actively slandering him, and his mentor refuses to engage with him. He's lost and feels useless. It would only be surprising if he didn't lash out. 4. You mean after their argument in TDH? Yes. 5. Some things work better in books than they do on screen. They changed what they had to, for the most part, to make the story better suit the new medium. A 51 Reply
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    Unlucky-Class3062 - 8 hr. ago Gryffindor My biggest peeve about the movies (other than that they left Peeves out) is that Cho Chang took the bail for being the rat who exposed Dumbledor's Army!! It wasn't her!!!! She did no wrong in that narrative A11 V Reply Share Thealienwitch OP. 7 hr. ago Seriously! Also so mad peeves isn't in the movies. POTTYYY A+V Reply Share
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    Stenric 8 hr. ago 1. Invisibility cloaks are rare. Hence why there are only 4 in the story (two of Moody, Crouch' and Harry's). 2. Probably to save money and not have to cg a centaur into the castle. 3. Well, idk how you were as a teen, but don't forget that Harry is just a teenager. With all the inner turmoil and immaturity that comes with it. 4. They do.
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    5. Well that's the unfortunate reality of adapting something into a movie. Plot points and characters get cut to make sure it isn't too long. Even Lord of the Rings (often considered to be one of the best adaptations) isn't a perfect copy of the book. I'll admit that the Harry Potter movies are more cut down than they needed to be, but they suffered from a variety of directors and the movies were made before the books ended, so it wasn't always clear which plot points would be important to the s
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    DHUniverse 6 hr. ago I found the gbc and gba games to be better representations of the 3 books than the movies, fun games For your answers 1 invisibility cloaks are peculiar, there is a few, just rare and usually they are not perfect or they start fading after a while, but Harry's doesn't and it's been around since his dad, curious 2 Firence is such a Chad, but not a big character, not worth the money for the little things he do 3 yeah he is not perfect but he lived in a cupboard for 10 years, u
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    4 their relationship won't be the same at the end of the movies, but better than where you are, kind of 5 Harry was a wizard, Daniel Radcliffe was just human, by the time the 7-2 movie came out he was on his 20, dude looked 26 playing a 17YO, they were racing time, d Dumbledore, we h, I truly believe and we couldn't afford another d already had an IRL and a in world d animated series is the way to go, do each book in 3-4 40 minute episodes, that's a 21-28 episodes series, and im sure only the la
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