‘Hagrid shouldn't be a teacher’: Potterheads Share Their Most Unpopular Opinions About the Wizarding World in an Enchanting Discussion

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Jul 2, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

No matter how much time passes since a beloved series first comes out, people will always have opinions, and strong ones, about it. When something is dear to your heart, you are ready to protect it, criticize it, and discuss it, as long as you have the opportunity to do so, and with stories like Harry Potter, I firmly believe there will always be an opportunity to talk about it.

The older the Harry Potter books (and movies) get, the more fans they accumulate, and the more opinions about different plot lines, characters, and elements there are. From extremely popular opinions to unthinkable unpopular opinions, Potterheads love to share every piece of mind they have, just like they do in this Reddit thread. 

Personally, I loved reading fans' unpopular Harry Potter opinions, and yes, I even argued with some extreme ones in the comments. Make sure to scroll down to read the most interesting unpopular opinions I have collected. Up next, and for more Harry Potter content, click here for a magical collection of Harry Potter memes.

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    What are some of your unpopular HP opinions?
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    The Prince's tale is an explanation not an excuse for Snape's behaviour as an adult.
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    Molly should've saved Ron not Ginny from Belatrix this is more a critique of the writing.
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    Harry is my favourite character and is a great protagonist.
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    randomhotdog1 · 11 hr. ago After many re-reads, I figured out I don't care about the action scenes, like war or fights or duels or d th. I like reading the little slices of life of the wizarding world, like crowded Diagon Alley and cozy common room chats and rain hitting the windows at Hogwarts. I skip a lot on re-reads now.
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    Anxious_Muscle_8130 · 14 hr. ago Ravenclaw Feel free to downvote but I actually like the movie change of Bellatrix carving "mudblood" into Hermione's arm instead of cutting her neck. I think Hermione pointing to her mudblood scar and saying
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    she's proud to be Muggleborn is more powerful than her pointing to the cut on her neck and saying she's proud to be Muggleborn.
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    Sirneko 13 hr. ago I was thinking about this the other day, I can't believe it never crossed my mind... for the Yule ball, Ron gets these old handed down robes he's forced to wear... however Ginny gets a new dress? Fred and George also have proper attire?
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    More-Cryptographer26 · 12 hr. ago Hufflepuff This always irks me. No wonder Ron is insecure. Bill was Head Boy and now works at Gringotts. Charlie was a fantastic Quidditch player and now works in Romania. Percy is a prefect and was given a new owl among other things. Fred and George for all their messing around are clearly talented and
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    super popular. Then there's Ginny, the only girl, who is probably their mother's favourite. His best friend is the most famous wizard in the world. And then stuff like this happens. Who can blame him for feeling unappreciated and insecure? I know I would. Ron is one of the best written and most realistic characters, he should be appreciated more.
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    armyprof 14 hr. ago Ravenclaw Hagrid has no business teaching and his monster obsession isn't cute, it's dangerous.
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    melodiousmu • 8 hr. ago The ability for any student to either brew, learn or otherwise access memory charms, liquid luck, truth serum, polyjuice potion, or torture curses at age 15 is alarming to all high school teachers
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    Skoofs 12 hr. ago Ravenclaw Hermione saying over and over "No it cant be real" and utterly skepticism doubting everything Harry says is so annoying. By the 7th year she should be aware that not everything is know and written in books.
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    Less-Feature6263 · 14 hr. ago Ravenclaw Harry is a great character and not boring at all (he's also my favourite). The first three books are better than the last four, yes I think COS is better than the last four books. Sirius Black and Snape are supposed to be mirrors of each other (is it an unpopular opinion? Or is it simply a random one lol)
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    Any adaptation of GOF is going to cut a character like Bagman, and the Fantastic Beast movies are a good example of the sort of cluttered storytelling that happens if you don't cut characters like him out. Lupin is one of the best written adults character, I sometimes inch towards considering him the best written adult. Very subtle characterisation that often flies over the reader.
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    A series/prequel about teen Snape/Lily/the Marauders would be boring because nothing happened while they were at school, they were simply going to school, no annual mystery like Harry. First Order of the Phoenix/D th Eater Snape would be more interesting and compelling.
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    • SadlyNotDanny DeVito 14 hr. ago Most people would've hated the marauders and Fred and George on Real life. They were bullies.
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    • Poyri35 12 hr. ago Idk how popular or unpopular this is, but I don't think Weasley's were good parents. They are definitely good people, but just not that great at parenting I feel like But then again, I have never did any parenting, so I can't really say much
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    Commercial_Search249 13 hr. ago • Barry Crouch Jr was one of the best Defence against the dark arts professor right after Lupin. He pushed the boundaries and taught them how to fight the curses.
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    (This is more for movie people) Snape Is a genuinely horrible person. Throughout the entirety of the books he continuously harasses our main cast of characters. Constantly insults/belittles them and is extremely bias.
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    ntbandana 10 hr. ago The "Wizarding World" beyond the core seven book story has a major lack of depth and is illogical for the most part. Rowling could never have anticipated this level of success and building a rich universe was never her priority, she just wanted to tell a story
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    AshamedOfMyTypos 11 hr. ago I actually really like the first Fantastic Beasts movie.
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    Xilizhra 12 hr. ago Slytherin • Neville is really overrated. He evolves from a kind of interesting character to an extremely generic hero.
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    Digess 6 hr. ago Slytherin The twins are the smartest wesley kids, they just didn't want to go into the traditional after school route for smart kids
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    HotCowPie 11 hr. ago Everything about Neville is corny including his arc. He should've been offed Also, Dobby was the most annoying character BY FAR. I won't say I'm happy he did but maybe it should've happened sooner
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    KitbogaBiggestFan - 8 hr. ago Luna Lovegood is the most emotionally mature person in the book, including adults
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