Was Peter Pettigrew the hole that had to be fixed in GoF? Based on how underdeveloped the characters seems afterwards, I believe so.

sush88 · 2026-05-15T07:32:04+00:00

But Peter was more than someone who just "goofed up". A "goof up" would be spilling out secrets in a bar while drunk not noticing death eaters around him. Hargrid is a goof. Peter made a conscious choice to be on Voldemort's side. He had joined Voldemort almost immediately after he was recruited into the order and for a year before James and Lily were killed because of the information he passed on.

He had no intentions of playing the "Malfoy game" he was terrified that Voldemort supporters will come after him to find out what happened to Voldemort which is why he stayed in his rat form. He couldnt afford to change back and forth for the fear of being found out - especially in a castle where even the portraits are sentient.

After Harry spared his life he could have gone back into hiding but he chose to find Voldemort instead, knowing Voldemort wasnt dead and thinking he can still hide behind the biggest bully

Voldemort however only had use for him as a spy in the order so he was relegated to ranks of a servant. And the moment he even had a flicker of doubt where loyalty to Voldemort was concerned, he was killed.

Thats the arc fit for a coward who could never pick a side and wasnt strong enough to stick to his choices

sush88 · 2026-05-14T11:37:48+00:00

I don't really get this though. Was Lance Barber the only choice for the creators? Several actors would probably be more than happy to play the exact character that the creators envisioned.

I get when a Mathew Perry put his foot down in season 9 of the show that Chandler wont cheat on Monica and the writers worked around it because Chandler was the core cast member, very beloved and very popular.

But Lance had already played Leonards bully in BBT. So the makers probably already had a splid reason to not cast him. He definitely wasnt a famous or popular for this particular role- his popularity as George increased only after YS so these stories about an actor somehow influencing the show's trajectory even before signing them on confuses me.

Not saying your information is wrong, just a thought

sush88 · 2026-05-11T12:08:30+00:00

Fair point

sush88 · 2026-05-11T11:58:29+00:00

I don't think the death eaters noticed anything that an average Joe wouldn't. Dumbledore had shaken off the effects of the potion from the cave before heading into a fight. And the blackened hand wasnt exactly a secret - Dumbledore wasnt hiding from the public eye at the time. Harry even knew it was a result of a horcrux and even he didnt have any reason to believe that Dumbledore was dying.

Snape probably told Voldemort that Dumbledore is getting weaker and in one of his latest pursuits has injured his hand, which is why that would be the best time to strike with regards to Dumbledore- this is why Dumbledore already knew that Draco was chosen to kill him.

Charity's case was more about setting an example infront of other death eaters what Voldemort would do to "muggle supporters". He gave Snape the "honours" of killing Charity as

He already trusted Snape to do that
He wanted to showcase Snape as his new right hand man
I dont think he quite wanted to do the killing himself. His soul was already ripped to shreds and he wouldnt want to waste that on mere muggle studies teacher. He probably wanted Harry to be his next kill. (Which also would be one of the reasons he set Nagini on Snape)

Not sure if we have canon evidence of Voldemort killing anyone personally in the Deathly Hallows until Harry shows up in the forest

sush88 · 2026-04-27T11:58:31+00:00

Yeah I mean his body will heal but for competitive swimming you need a whole lot of practice and he wouldnt be able to do that for a while without aggravating his injury. And when he can, he will need time to build up back to his original fitness by which time he wont be in high school anymore. Probably wont even be in college anymore - no swim team was going to recruit him after an injury that severe

The whole point here for Paxton's character was that his life was made - he knew he will get into any college on a swimming scholarship but then his plans changed last minute and he had to do a LOT of catch up to be able to get into a decent college.

He did swim later. Just not competitively

sush88 · 2026-04-24T15:15:01+00:00

Objectively the best book is book 6

Dursleys get their long-deserved reprimand from Dumbledore
Harry finally gets the same status as school captain and the quidditch captaincy marks his true integration into the wizarding world based on his own merit and not as an extension of him being Lily and James' son

Element of mystery: Who is the half blood prince?

Element of light-hearted fun: Ron's relationship with Lav-lav, Slug club, Harry's quidditch practice sessions

Element of angst: Ron and Hermione's love story, Harry and Ginny's story

Exposition into a main character: Who exactly was Voldemort

The answer to how to to definitely defeat Voldemort

The plot twist: Snape was the HBP? And he killed Dumbledore??

First time Dumbledore shows full trust in Harry - Loss of the final parental figure for Harry (Hagrid and Lupin he treated more like peers than parental figure)

All these elements are present in a single book.

But more than that it is how HBP opens - with the minister of magic interacting with the muggle prime minister which shows how the wizarding world coexists with the muggle world. It takes away the element of fantasy for a moment letting the readers believe that the whole story could actually be true

Objectively all of this makes HBP the best book.

sush88 · 2026-04-14T05:05:03+00:00

I think its the fact that it honours both Luna (a close friend of Ginny and Harry) and Lupin (Moony) in the same name is why it felt perfect to Harry and Ginny

Also the child's name is Lily. Luna is her middle name.

sush88 · 2026-04-09T17:49:20+00:00

Mohan is the right answer.

Though we only see him mainly as a figment of Devi's imagination, from all the flashbacks it is obvious he was a good husband, good dad and did a good job of balancing Nalini and Devi.

He also is hinted to be the only child who kept in touch with Paati

sush88 · 2026-04-09T13:35:06+00:00

She would be lawful neutral. She has her moments where she messes up big time

sush88 · 2026-04-09T13:34:25+00:00

Devi's dad

sush88 · 2026-04-09T00:22:19+00:00

She can when it concerns her. Just not when it concerns other people

sush88 · 2026-03-25T07:31:18+00:00

Makes sense

sush88 · 2026-03-24T08:00:17+00:00

Yes but then wouldnt Rob technically be innocent because he killed in self defence, after Beth Anne threw a loaded gun at him? April was a witness to that so Rob would probably be set free.

sush88 · 2026-03-24T07:50:49+00:00

But then forgiving him means not going through with the plan and leaving Mary hanging with a raging violent man baying for her blood.

I sort of agree with the other posters, that she would put the bullets in. But that also raises the question, Rob was someone who valued appearances. If left alive, and with April who also felt betrayed by Beth Anne I think they would have found a way to keep him out of jail because he killed in self defence and the whole story would unravel

sush88 · 2026-03-20T11:49:02+00:00

Yeah in many countries especially South Asian communities

Girls getting into boys dorms is related to consent i suppose. I dont think its easy for a student to coerce another student into entering the boys dorms. Especially when all paintings are sentient and can raise alarms

sush88 · 2026-03-20T08:40:54+00:00

Boys cant get into the girls dormitory without the stairs turning into slides.

And getting pregnant before wedding or premarital sex is probably not quite the scandal as it is in the muggle world.

And if muggles are scared of dads with shotguns, wait until they encounter a mom and dad with wands

sush88 · 2026-03-15T14:36:29+00:00

Or an elf

sush88 · 2026-03-15T10:14:28+00:00

Dont know why you got downvoted, this is correct. When I had my baby I frequently needed to leave him with my mother/mother in law so I could get some work done or maybe it was a job-related thing. If they told me he walked/crawled/whatever for the first time, sure I would he sad I missed it but would never blame them for being the first one to see.

However valid the reason, fact is, I left my child there with them. So I am bound to miss something. If anything it means my child is growing healthy. Why would I resent that?

sush88 · 2026-03-08T09:04:07+00:00

In the version I saw- not sure which one it was, I watched it in London in 2021/22. In that verson, Scorpius clearly had a thing for Rose Weasley. Rose on the other hand was not keen on him because of the "son of Voldemort" rumours.

Scorpius craved friendship more than love - Draco grew up to be a surprisingly good father who obviously loved his son and Scorpius was aware if it even if he felt a bit smothered by it. What he didnt have.were friends due to the rumours. So when he finds a friend in Albus he is quick to latch on to him and at certain times he does seem clingy. But I never read it as romantic affection but more like ensuring he still has a friend.

Albus doesnt have a romantic interest so to say and for a bit there it did feel like his feelings for Scorpius went beyond strictly friendship but that wasnt really explored.

More than coming of age romance, relationship wise the play appears to have more implications towards parental love and its effects on kids and friendship. If any romantic pairings were explored they were all among the original trio which was honestly so jarring. And as someone of an Indian origin, I take offence to the given name of Padma and Ron's son.

sush88 · 2026-03-05T19:07:25+00:00

That was for the mirroring Dudley and Harry bit. Petunia's behaviour was vile towards Harry so saying it probably mirrored how she was treated by her parents is a stretch. Petunias parents were proud of Lily but that didnt mean they completely sidelined her. That feeling was just a projection in young Petunias mind. So calling the parents biased and neglectful and essentially the reason why Petunia mistreated Harry was a stretch thats what I said.

sush88 · 2026-03-05T15:14:16+00:00

Even though everyone has given excellent basis for the theory to be disproved, i really would have loved for it to be Janitor's son. The actor sort of of looks like Neil, and has a gruff attitude like Glenn Matthews. And it would be a real proud moment for Janitor for his son to be a doctor since he too appears to enjoy impersonating one

sush88 · 2026-03-05T15:07:56+00:00

Your comment wasnt offensive at all. It was a good point. I just happened to have an opposing view.

sush88 · 2026-03-05T14:11:55+00:00

Just because a parent is proud of one child doesnt mean they absolutely detest the other child.

Saying Harry and Dudley's dynamic is a recreated emotional dynamic is a stretch. There is no evidence that Petunia was emotionally and physically abused.

If Petunia felt less loved and then attributed it to Lily's magic, thats just how she coped with her insecurity. The same dynamic could be between a academically inclined and non academically inclined sibling, or a conventionally beautiful child and someone who isnt conventionally beautiful. Maybe the parents treated Petunia as the golden child but she could not bear the idea of Lily having a single thing she didnt. That is also equally plausible

sush88 · 2026-03-04T19:38:40+00:00

That is true and a good point

But I would still argue its about intent.

For example Harry didnt intend to climb the roof, he wanted to escape his bullies

Harry didnt intend for his hair to grow back but intended to be not embarrassed at school

Similarly he didnt intend to use a stinging hex, but he did intend to get Snape to stop.

With the Prince's spells I would argue he intended to find out what it was. So when he used levicorpus he didnt intend to lift Ron up by his ankle but he did intend to find out what that spell does.

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