Potterheads Express Their Disappointment About Harry Potter Post Book Reveals in Amusing Wizarding World Discussion

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Eleonora Bader
May 21, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

A dusty box in the attic, forgotten under years of accumulated old treasures — that's where I found it. A dog-eared copy of 'Sorcerer's Stone', its cover faded and slightly wrinkled from watermarks. The moment I touched it, a wave of nostalgia hit me harder than a bludger in Quidditch. I was ten when the first book came out, a scrawny kid with a permanent library card glued to my hand. Harry Potter was my escape, a portal that landed me in the midst of a bustling Wizarding World that I came to love like nothing else. Now, it's been a while. Life after college got messy, filled with deadlines and responsibilities that felt as heavy as a stone troll.

But opening that book was like stepping back into Diagon Alley, the bustling energy and chaotic charm instantly familiar. I believe that Harry Potter grows with you. The childhood wonder of spells and potions transforms into a deeper appreciation for themes of friendship, courage, and the fight against injustice. You're never too old for a little bit of magic… this is a reminder that even in the attic of adulthood, a pinch of Hogwarts can still be found.

Also, check out the amusing thread below where Potterheads discuss their least favorite post book reveals. Finally, check out a Forbidden Forest full of Harry Potter memes here.

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    What is the worst post-book reveal we've gotten? Discussion Anything that came from Cursed Child doesn't count.
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    I've got a few off top: Harry no longer being a parselmouth due to the Horcrux being gone. This one makes complete sense, but I just remember when that came out (might have been before Pottermore was a thing) and just feeling so dissapointed. Like, I understand Rowling wanted to make Harry an everyman, but this felt like her stripping away any single thing that made Harry cool or stand out.
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    The animagus transformation process she came up with sucked. Like, this is supposed to be a crown jewel of transfiguration, something so complex that the marauders achieving it as fifth years was a shock. But in the end... its not really difficult at all, and it has nothing to do with transfiguration, its just a bunch of convoluted steps that take a while.
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    DnOnith 5 days ago Ravenclaw The Fact that the everyone in DA managed the Patronus relatively easy, when it is said that many adults struggle with it A 1.3k Reply Share SinesPi 5 days ago I also disliked turning patronuses into message couriers. It was clear she wanted Patronuses to be more important, but since their only practical use was for something VERY specific, she'd rarely get to show them off. Not on topic, but it still bugs me. 597 Reply Share
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    jacowab 4 days ago I'm ok with them being able to deliver messages I just wish she thought a bit harder, a single line from Remus in book three like "patronus have many uses but the one we will focus on is..." Would have given a lot more freedom to using and showing patronuses. A355 Reply Share a_bongos 4 days ago * Hufflepuff IIRC she says somewhere that Dumbledore invented the messenger patronus. I agree with you, but I do think she explains it away by saying "oh Dumbledore invented this cool
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    Pretend_Asparagus443 5 days ago Hufflepuff Harry and Ron never completing their 7th year at Hogwarts made me sad. Yeah I get that they probably didn't need it but them rejecting the chance to stay and study at Hogwarts for one last time with Hermione will always be a bummer for me. A 1.8k Reply Share
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    relberso98 5 days ago This honestly never made sense to me. What's the one thing Harry always craved? Normalcy. Finally Voldemort is gone and he has the opportunity to just be a normal 17/18 year old enjoying his last year of school with his girlfriend, I think he jumps at the opportunity to finish his last year at Hogwarts with Hermione Ron and especially Ginny. A 1.2k Reply Share ...
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    benji9t3 - 5 days ago Hufflepuff Plus Hogwarts was his first real 'home'. Perhaps it would be tarnished by the memory of the battle, but at the same time it's his only chance to enjoy a year at school without the threat of Voldemort looming over him. 548 Reply Share Vermouth1991 - 5 days ago Even if he doesn't need NEWTs classes at the castle, I'm sure McGonagall would allow him to simply live there for another school year.
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    veronica_deetz · 5 days ago My least favorite answer to a question no one asked: "Wizards sł. . where they stand and then vanish it" A 963 Reply Share SanityPlanet 5 days ago Hogwarts didn't always have bathrooms. Before adopting Muggle plumbing methods in the eighteenth century, witches and wizards simply. relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence. #National Trivia Day. What the, ck.
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    . Nicole_0818 5 days ago Hufflepuff JKR's post about how wizards just sl where they are standing. It makes no sense considering they were blended among the muggles for centuries and would have adopted some of their stuff. And probably made it better with magic. I can see them having chamber pots or the castle toilets along the wall and just vanishing the y ck instead of letting it sit there. I can also see the pure bloods throwing a fit when Hogwarts or even the ministry installed muggle toilets
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    dreadit-runfromit . 5 days ago Agreed so hard on the animagus thing. I feel like stuff like that is better left to the imagination anyway. Honestly, I ignore most post-book reveals and don't consider them canon. They're either things I don't care for, or things I do think line up with canon (eg. Dumbledore's feelings for Grindelwald) but in that case I like them because they're already hinted at in canon. 422 Reply Share
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    finn4life 5 days ago Yeah when I follow a universe if something annoys me I just pretend it's not Canon Works great tbh enjoy it all a lot more A 109 Reply Share GlasgowGunner · 5 days ago If you didn't know about the internet you wouldn't know the concept of "canon" existed. To me the universe is the books and that's it. I don't care what she said later as it's not in the books.
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    TheDungen 5 days ago 2 Slytherin • Durmstrang is in Scandinavia. Its the dumbest thing I've ever heard. A 158 Reply Share Gohantrash OP. 5 days ago Oh yeah, the 11 wizarding schools, or however many there were, for the entire population of earth thing was extremely dumb. It was made even worse by the fact that no one was pressuring her to do this, she had time to actually sit down and consider it. A 162 V Reply Share ...
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    TheDungen 5 days ago Slytherin Yes. She could just have said "There are loads (roughly 50 in Europe nearly a thousand globally) Hogwarts Durmstrang (which should be in the carpathian mountains), and Beuxbatons are just the ones who decided to resurrect the triwizard tournament. A112 Reply Share Additional_Meeting_2.5 days ago I think homeschooling is probably more culturally common. Think of all the typical apprenticeships with wizards before the trend in wizard schools in media after Harry Pott
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    NMaze69 4 days ago Something that always annoyed me was in the last book, after the encounter with Nagini in Godric's Hollow where Harry was bit - Hermione was able to heal harry relatively quickly by applying dittany but when Mr Weasley was attacked by Nagini it took weeks and several professional healers to fix him up. The book even goes into detail on how everything that the healers had tried wasn't working. Yet Hermione can magically heal Harry within minutes? A 68 Reply Share oppositeofoppo
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    JakScott 5 days ago The fact that after all his problems with the ministry and the corruption therein that Harry still went on to become an auror and join them. I was certain he was going to end up being the first DADA teacher to last more than a year. A 585 ☑ Reply Share
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    DeloreanFanatic . 5 days ago Gryffindor In my headcanon I like to have Harry play quidditch professionally for a while and then teach DADA. Although we do have to remember that the Ministry would likely be making vast and significant changes to the way they operate after the war, and I could understand why he might have wanted to be involved in that. 253 Reply Share
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    rileyjw90 5 days ago He has considerable sway considering he ked Voldemort. He could have helped to install whomever he wanted and left them to it while still going off and doing his own thing. Putting his weight behind a minister for magic candidate was all he really needed to do. From there he could just contract on an as-needed basis rather than straight up work for them. A72V Reply Share
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    Snapesunusedshampoo 5 days ago Slytherin Ron no longer being an Auror and going to work with George in the joke shop. It should have been Percy. Percy quits the ministry right before Fred d'es, why wouldn't he want to spend as much time around his family who he threw under the bus for a few years? A 115 Reply Share isortoflikebravo. 5 days ago She just shouldn't have outlined their futures to this level of detail at all, it's so much more fun open ended.
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    Zubyna 5 days ago · edited 5 days ago JKR said that items summoned by accio come at light speed There litteraly isnt a single accio scene that doesnt contradict this There is also the "some wandwork is necessary for potions" answer because she couldnt admit she never thoughts of why muggles and squibs couldnt brew potions, even though within the first few lines of the first potion lesson, Snape explicitly says there will be no wand waving or incantation Also, that map that shows Europe has 3 mag
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    Naive_Violinist_4871 5 days ago Didn't Rowling say George was never again able to do a patronus? A 29 Reply Share No_Extension4005. 4 days ago And after his twin was ki ed, he was never truly happy again until the day he cd. The End Isn't that a lovely story, children? A 11 V Reply Share
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    isortoflikebravo. 5 days ago I'll count the epilogue, she should have left it more open. I hate how badly it clashes with picture of the wizarding world painted in the first chapter of the first book. A 27 Reply Share TigerDeaconChemist 4 days ago Yep. Harry's Kids' names were awful (with the possible exception of James Sirius). A 14 Reply Share
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