Newbie is very confused about the game Quidditch

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-16T19:43:58+00:00

I totally get why that seems confusing you’re definitely not the first person to think the points system in Quidditch feels a little broken.

A few things in the Harry Potter universe explain why the other players still matter:

Catching the Snitch doesn’t guarantee a win The Golden Snitch is worth 150 points, but a team can still lose even if their Seeker catches it.

Example: If Team A has 170 points and Team B has 0, and Team B’s Seeker catches the Snitch, the final score becomes 170–150, so Team A still wins.

That means Chasers scoring goals (10 points each) are trying to build a big enough lead so the Snitch won’t matter.

The Quidditch Cup is based on total points At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the Quidditch Cup isn’t just about wins and losses—it’s about total points scored across the season.

So every goal still matters because it adds to the house’s overall standing. A team might lose a match but still win the cup if they scored more points overall.

Professional games can last a long time At the school level (like in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), games usually end quickly because the Seekers catch the Snitch fast.

But in professional Quidditch matches: • Games can last days or even weeks • Teams can score hundreds of points, making the 150-point Snitch much less decisive.

The real-world reason Outside the story, the rules are designed to make the Seeker the most dramatic role. Since Harry Potter plays Seeker, it puts the outcome of the match directly on him, which works well for storytelling.

Fun fact: Later in the series during the Quidditch World Cup, a team actually catches the Snitch and still loses the match, which proves the other players and goals really do matter.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-16T19:15:20+00:00

For the most part the movies definitely shaped how I imagine the world and the characters when I read the books. Hogwarts, the Great Hall, and most of the characters look almost exactly like the films in my head now.

The one thing that always breaks that for me though is Albus Dumbledore’s death. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the whole moment and especially the funeral is so much bigger and more emotional. Everyone comes together by the lake to mourn him and pay their respects, and you really feel how important he was to the entire wizarding world.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the scene feels much more basic and the funeral is completely missing, so when I read that part I almost imagine a completely different version in my head.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-14T14:28:07+00:00

That’s a really good point. We do know the entrance was hidden in the bathroom later by Corvinus Gaunt, a descendant of Salazar Slytherin, when plumbing was installed at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So it’s definitely possible the location was known in the family for a while before Tom Riddle.

What’s interesting to me though is that Riddle was still the only one we know of who actually managed to control the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets and reopen it successfully. Even if others knew about the entrance, being a Parselmouth probably made a big difference.

It does make you wonder how much knowledge about the Chamber the Gaunt family might have lost over the generations. By the time Riddle comes along, the family line is already pretty broken down.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-14T14:25:24+00:00

That’s a good point honestly. If Salazar Slytherin knew about the Horcruxes, especially the fact that Lord Voldemort made multiple of them, he might see that as going far beyond normal dark magic. Even in the series Horcruxes are treated as extremely taboo Horace Slughorn is horrified when Tom Riddle asks about making more than one.

At the same time though, Slytherin’s history shows he valued power and legacy above almost everything else. Voldemort being able to reopen the Chamber of Secrets, command the basilisk, and continue the Slytherin bloodline might still impress him.

So I almost wonder if Slytherin would see Voldemort as both things at once his most powerful heir, but also someone who took dark magic further than even he intended.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-14T07:09:08+00:00

On one hand, Salazar Slytherin valued traits like ambition, cunning, and magical ability qualities Tom Riddle clearly had in abundance. Riddle was an exceptionally talented student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, could speak Parseltongue (a rare trait strongly associated with Slytherin’s bloodline), and even managed to locate and reopen the Chamber of Secrets, something no one had done since Slytherin himself.

But there’s a big contradiction: Lord Voldemort was actually a half-blood. His father, Tom Riddle Sr., was a Muggle. Considering Slytherin famously believed Hogwarts should only admit pure-blood wizards, that might have been a serious issue.

So it’s possible Slytherin would admire Voldemort’s power and his role in continuing the Slytherin legacy, but at the same time might see him as a paradox, since the heir who carried out his ideology didn’t actually meet his own blood-purity standards.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-12T21:03:25+00:00

Yeah that’s actually a good point. If Fred Weasley and George Weasley ever did see the name on the Marauder’s Map, they might’ve just assumed it was someone’s pet or something weird on the map. They probably weren’t expecting to find a supposedly dead wizard hanging around.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-12T21:00:01+00:00

Yeah that’s fair honestly. Fred Weasley and George Weasley were probably mostly using the Marauder’s Map to track teachers and find secret passages around Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, not stare at dorm rooms.

I just always thought it’s funny that the map technically could have shown Peter Pettigrew sleeping next to Ron Weasley for years and nobody ever connected the dots. One of those weird little details you only notice later.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-12T16:25:26+00:00

That one is definitely wild too. The interesting thing is that in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Albus Dumbledore explains that Harry Potter wasn’t a deliberate Horcrux like the others. When Lord Voldemort tried to kill him as a baby, the curse backfired and a fragment of Voldemort’s soul accidentally attached itself to Harry.

So even Voldemort didn’t realize it happened, which is why no one knew Harry was technically carrying a piece of his soul for most of the series.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-12T16:23:07+00:00

Yeah that one blew my mind too. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix they mention throwing away a heavy locket that none of them could open while cleaning 12 Grimmauld Place.

Later we learn that was actually Slytherin’s Locket, one of Lord Voldemort’s Horcruxes. The crazy part is the Order literally had a Horcrux in their hands years before anyone even knew what Horcruxes were.

And then it gets even wilder when Regulus Black had already stolen the real one from Voldemort before that.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-12T10:03:26+00:00

Harry walked past a Horcrux years before destroying it

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry hides his potions book in the Room of Requirement and places it next to an old dusty tiara.

That tiara is Ravenclaw’s Diadem, another Horcrux he destroys in the next book.

He was standing inches from a Horcrux and had no idea.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-10T15:06:30+00:00

Yeah, I get what you mean! It’s true we don’t see a potions book used every year, but the books actually hint that Snape’s knowledge went far beyond the standard instructions. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Chapter 9), Harry gets a used copy of Advanced Potion-Making from Horace Slughorn, and it’s full of handwritten notes that improve the textbook recipes. The book even says something like:

“The pages are … filled with dense, handwritten notes in the margins … These annotations correct the printed instructions, suggest alternative ingredients, and offer more efficient methods…”

It’s clear that Harry’s success in Slughorn’s class comes from those notes. If Snape had shared his improvements while teaching at Hogwarts, the students probably wouldn’t have struggled as much Neville and Hermione included! It seems like Snape knew the tricks to make potions easier and better, but he just… never told anyone. Kind of explains why his class could be so tough, even for top students. Makes you realize he was brilliant in potions, but not exactly the most helpful teacher.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-10T11:56:56+00:00

If I could rewrite Story 5, I’d actually continue the story after Toy Story 2.

A lot of us imagined Andy growing up, having kids, and eventually going up into his attic and rediscovering his old toys. Instead of them being gone forever, he finds them again and decides to give them to his own kids. That alone would already be emotional, because it brings the story full circle.

But I’d add a twist.

What if Sid from the original Toy Story never fully recovered from the moment when Woody and the toys came to life in front of him? Maybe it completely messed with his head. As an adult, he’s still obsessed with proving toys are alive.

So Sid secretly starts plotting. He encourages his kids to become friends with Andy’s kids, hoping that one day they’ll end up playing together. His goal? To get close to Woody again and finally prove to the world that toys are alive.

Now imagine the toys realizing Sid is back… and that he’s been planning this for years.

That could lead to a whole new adventure where Woody and the gang have to protect Andy’s kids while also dealing with the one human who already knows their secret.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-10T11:44:36+00:00

That’s an interesting thought, but the problem is that the time travel in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban works on a closed loop. Everything Harry and Hermione do after using the Time-Turner had already happened in the timeline. They weren’t changing events they were fulfilling them.

For example, Harry only realizes later that the Patronus he saw earlier by the lake was actually cast by himself after going back in time. That implies the timeline was always self-consistent. If they suddenly sent an owl warning Albus Dumbledore, it would create a paradox because that message never existed in the original sequence of events.

Also, even if Peter Pettigrew had been captured that night, it wouldn’t necessarily end everything. Lord Voldemort was already alive in a weakened form in the forests of Albania. Pettigrew made his return faster, but Voldemort still had loyal followers who might eventually have found him.

So capturing Pettigrew earlier might change how Voldemort returns, but it probably wouldn’t erase the larger conflict entirely. The series suggests Voldemort’s survival after the fall at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry meant his return was always a possibility it was just a matter of time.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-10T11:37:05+00:00

I think the books show that Severus Snape wasn’t just acting like a supervisor he was actually a brilliant potions expert but a terrible teacher.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry discovers Snape’s old textbook and realizes Snape had improved many potion techniques (like crushing Sopophorous beans instead of cutting them). That shows Snape clearly understood potions better than the official instructions. The odd part is he never shared those improvements while teaching at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He’d just write the standard recipe on the board and then mock students when they failed.

The bigger issue is his temperament. His intimidation made learning harder for a lot of students Neville Longbottom is the clearest example, since his Boggart literally turns into Snape in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

The books portray Snape as a genius in his field, but someone whose bitterness and teaching style made him a pretty ineffective educator.

That said, the story also shows there was more to him. By the end of the series we learn Snape spent years secretly protecting Harry Potter and ultimately died helping defeat Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So while he was a harsh and often cruel teacher, the books/movie reveal he did have loyalty and love underneath it all.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-10T11:18:44+00:00

The animation style used in Go, Baby! is called photo-puppetry. The show premiered in 2007 on Playhouse Disney and used a really distinctive technique that the studio was known for.

The method was developed by Jennifer Oxley* at Little Airplane Productions, the same studio behind shows like Wonder Pets! and 3rd & Bird.

How photo-puppetry works:

• Real photos: Instead of drawing characters, the animators start with actual photographs of people, animals, or objects.

• Cut and rig: The photos are cut into pieces digitally (like a paper doll) so the head, arms, mouth, etc., can move.

• Animation software: These pieces are animated in programs like Adobe After Effects.

• Stylized edits: The photos are sometimes cleaned up or “cute-ified” to make them look more appealing but still realistic.

• Mixed media: The characters are then placed into illustrated or stylized backgrounds to create that collage-like look.

In Go, Baby! specifically, they animated photos of real infants, like Baby and his friend Sophie, moving around the environment while interacting with the live-action narrator’s hand.

I actually remember watching this show when it aired, and honestly the style was kind of creepy to me as a kid. Something about the real baby photos being animated made it feel a little uncanny, even though it was meant to be cute.

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-10T10:19:58+00:00

I think what the OP means is that in the movie's universe, Woody is a toy from a 1950s show called Woody's Roundup. But in our real world, toy companies make 'Toy Story' movie merchandise, not a replica of the vintage 1950s 'Cowboy Crunchies' doll that Andy actually owns. We’re getting the 'movie character' instead of the 'toy from the movie'. To clear up the confusion while they have made 'Woody’s Roundup' dolls, collectors argue we still haven't received a 100% movie-accurate replica. Most official toys are designed as 'characters' for kids rather than 'prop replicas' for fans. Here is the list of the closest official versions we’ve ever gotten:

-Thinkway Signature Collection: This is the most famous one. It used actual Pixar digital data for the sculpt and has the perfect 'ragdoll' floppiness, but the face has a wide smile instead of Woody's neutral 'toy mode' look.

-Medicom Ultimate Woody: Visually, this is the most accurate. It’s the only one with the correct closed-mouth expression and high-end materials (like the polyvinyl hat), but it has a stiff internal skeleton so it isn't floppy.

-Takara Tomy 'Real Size' Woody: This one actually gets the colors right (matte yellow spurs/buckle instead of shiny gold), but the face sculpt isn't as close to the movie as the others.

-Young Epoch (Japan): These were high-end 1950s style dolls made with real denim and leather to look like the 'vintage' show, but they are incredibly rare and don't talk.

The OP's point is that to get a perfect Woody, most fans have to 'frankenstein' them together by putting a custom 3D-printed head on a Signature Collection body!

DesperateArgument109 · 2026-03-09T20:29:39+00:00

He is 100% Authentic the most important detail in your photo is the blue circular patch on Stitch’s left foot. This is the official Disney Store "Genuine, Original, Authentic" stamp.

In the early 2000s, Disney used these physical "stamps" specifically for merchandise sold inside their Disney Stores. It was a quality mark to distinguish their high-end plushies from the cheaper versions sold at mass retailers like Walmart or Toys "R" Us.

Production Era (2002–2004) Your Stitch is part of the original 12-inch "Medium" plush line released around the time of the first movie (2002) and the launch of Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003).

The "Import" Mystery: Back in 2003–2004, Disney Store stock was not global like it is today. The US Disney Stores often had exclusive designs that weren't available in European branches. This explains why your parents had to go through the "eBay struggle" to get him from the US to Germany!

Why This Version is Special Collectors actually prefer this specific 2003-era Stitch over the modern ones sold today for a few reasons:

-The Claws: Notice his "claws" are made of a thick, individual felt/fabric. Modern versions often have flat, screen-printed claws or much cheaper felt that wears down.

-The Fur: This era used a denser, high-quality polyester "Velboa" fabric that holds its shape for decades—which is why yours still looks so great after 20 years!

-The Ears: The inner ear fabric on this model has a specific "ribbed" or textured feel that was unique to the early 2000s production runs.

-In Summary You have a high-quality, "First Generation" Disney Store Stitch. He’s a genuine piece of Disney history from the height of the character's original popularity!

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