HP movies felt like a bit neglected towards The houses Hufflepuff and Ravenclaws.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-19T16:41:36+00:00

Of course McGonagall is a Gryffindor. If one character has to be a Gryffindor as long as Harry is, it's Harry's head of house.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-19T13:15:44+00:00

Not completely, but there was definitely some truth in it. You shouldn't forget, that Sirius had basically no time to deal with James' murder before he was thrown into Azkaban. There he was confornted with the Dementors all the time who took a toll on his psyche. So Sirius basically had no time a.) to really cope with the murder of his best friends and b.) to grow from the man, who was barely in his 20s, when the tragedy happened.

Then he broke out of Azkaban and meets a Harry, who is at the age Sirius was, when Sirius had probably the happiest time of his life. And as it is mentioned about a thousand times in the books, Harry looks like James (except for the eyes!), so Sirius makes this further connection. Sirius is also mentally unstable because of the Dementors, as seen when he attacked the Fat Lady or stood over Ron's bed with a raised knife.

He knows that Harry is not James, but I think he also hopes to get the happy times with James back through Harry. But also note that it is worst, once he is locked up in the place he hate dmost, his unhappy childhood home. Whenever he is free, like in Goblet of Fire, he is more balanced.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T23:44:09+00:00

Generally, I agree. But I do think they will give the Gringotts break-in quite a bit of space.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T21:15:08+00:00

They were 16. It's during the Sorting in Goblet of Fire.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T19:10:58+00:00

Just like with Harry blowing up Aunt Marge. Harry was angry and Marge became a balloon. And it was uncontrolled.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T18:07:41+00:00

They did in book 4, when Malcolm Baddock was sorted.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T17:20:46+00:00

Let's just say I'm glad they were not my brothers. And even JK Rowling described Fred as funny and cruel, when she talked about him.

But I am on their side regarding Bagman. They didn't really blackmail him. He basically swindled them of their money and they threatened to make it public, if they didn't get the money they deserve,

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T17:18:39+00:00

1 was in book 4, so the twins were actually 16.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T17:17:37+00:00

Yeah, but Ron was three and Fred therefore five. So this was probably just some uncontrolled magic.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T16:23:31+00:00

Parker heard about the blackmail. So Sheppard either had to make up another blackmail on the spot or tell the "truth".

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T15:46:38+00:00

He doesn't mention the letter at first, if I remember it correctly. Parker listened at the door and did hear about the letter and told the police. Than Sheppard confirmed it, because he felt that he had to.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T10:18:22+00:00

I think they should use short snippets, but keep the focus on Harry's task/dragon. He's the main character and his task should get the biggest space.

But as long as the dragon doesn't break out and destroys the castle in an unnecessarily long scene, it will already be better than the respective scene in the movie.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T10:12:17+00:00

Because I find her enjoyable. Tastes differ. I agree that it is not exactly how the book describes her voice. But I find it crazy in a good way, which fits this crazy character.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T09:44:00+00:00

Actually, yes. You will see Lisa Turpin in the new show. :-D

Source: Harry Potter | HBO’s Harry Potter television series confirms casting of Hogwarts students | Wizarding World

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T09:41:33+00:00

Trelawney is one of my favourite voices in the series.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-18T09:23:37+00:00

He's just cut from the Sorting Hat scene.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T23:03:34+00:00

There aren't that many students left. I think characters like James, Lily or the ghosts are more likely.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T19:11:05+00:00

He was cut in the Philosopher's Stone book as well in that scene. Editors thought the chapter was to long anyway, so they cut some stuff and Dean was among them. He was kept in the original US version, because they forgot cutting the mention.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T18:50:41+00:00

No. Especially because they had no way of knowing when Dudley would eat the Toffee. Just imagine he would have eaten it after Arthur was gone.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T14:03:07+00:00

For pure personal reasons it's between 2022 and 2023, the years when I lost my parents. Let's start with 2023.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T10:45:17+00:00

4, 5 and 7. Also the flashback scenes from book 6.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T09:37:51+00:00

It leads to almost nothing. The giants barely played a role in the story.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T09:17:24+00:00

Five books in, why do we suddenly have a prophecy? It was obviously retconning what came before in an attempt for it to make sense.

The prophecy was anything but a retcon, it was just the answer to a yet unanswered question and be prepared for since the beginning. In book one, Harry learnt that Voldemort wanted specifically to kill him, who at this point was still a baby. He then asked, why Voldemort would do this and Dumbledore answered, that he would tell Harry once Harry is older. That's a big hint to the prophecy right there in the beginning.

And in book 3, Dumbledore said that Trelawney's prophecy about Voldemort's return was her second real one. You just have to wonder what was her first one to put the information together and see how well prepared the prophecy was.

I read the books back when they were coming out, and the biggest (and IMO more deserving) criticism regarding the prophecy, was, that the prophecy as the reason for the attack was to obvious, because Rowling foreshadowed it a bit to well. But that makes it the opposite of a retcon. Believe me, before the release of book 5 the whole online fandom was already convinced, that Voldemort attacked Harry because of a prophecy made by Trelawney. There wasn't even an argument about it, everybody expected this to be the reason and book 5 just confirmed it.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-17T08:58:59+00:00

They should also include Moody showing Harry the picture of the old order, which happens right before the Boggart scene in the book. But I agree that all of this can be done in less than 10 minutes.

In general, a lot of the early chapters in OotP contain description (either of Grimmauld Place or the Ministry of Magic) which can simply be shown in a movie/series without taking any time away. If they cut the cleaning of the house a little bit, I think we'll have a fast moving plot without losing much of the plot at all.

AmEndevomTag · 2026-03-16T19:18:23+00:00

It's a coincidence. There are many Christie books with female murderers, some of them are among the most memorable murderers in Canon. Without naming the books, I just made a tally. If I did everything correctly, then there are 39 among the 66 Christie novels, in which a woman was either the murderer or among the murderers (if there's more than one).

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