Questions tagged [harry-potter]
For questions about J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter or the related franchise, consisting of the original book series, expanded books, feature length films, plays, Pottermore, video games and more (including fan fiction). For questions about the Fantastic Beasts series also tag with [fantastic-beasts].
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Does the association between Gringotts and Barclays in fan-fiction originate with JK Rowling?
There is a "standard" in Harry Potter fan fiction, that very often, when Goblins of Gringotts need to act in a banking capacity in the Muggle world, they use Barclay's bank (if such a bank ...
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Who is the wealthiest wizard in the Harry Potter universe?
Economics in the Harry Potter world is weird, not least because there's a single bank controlling all the money.
But who has (or needs) the biggest chamber at Gringotts? Who is the richest wizard?
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Is there a resource compiling similarities of the *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child* to existing fanfics?
Most people I talk to who are fanfic experts tend to point out that a vast majority of plot elements of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child can be found in fanfiction.
Is there a resource that compiles ...
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Chasing the wrong man or chasing the wrong men?
According to this answer and the comments on it, there are two different versions of the sentence from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that the linked question is asking about:
Lord ...
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What happened when Horace Slughorn took Felix Felicis?
Horace Slughorn told his students that he took the potion Felix Felicis twice - once when he was twenty-four years old, and again when he was fifty-seven. Is there any source why he took the potion, ...
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How many versions of the Japanese-translated Harry Potter books are there?
I have on me a physical copy of the Japanese translation of the first Harry Potter book, translated by Yuko Matsuoka, first published 1999.
The Kindle version has the same translator but was ...
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Can Voldemort even master the Elder Wand?
J.K. Rowling stated that Thestral tail hair, which is the core of the Elder Wand, can be mastered only by a witch or wizard capable of facing death.
I decided that the core of the Elder Wand is the ...
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How did James Potter learn Levicorpus spell?
In HBP, we see that the Levicorpus spell was invented by Severus Snape.
Yet, in the bullying scene that Harry sees in Professor Snape's memories in OotP, we see James Potter attacking Snape with that ...
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Could You Portkey To Other Planets in the Potterverse?
As far as I can tell from my own research and from reading official sources, there are no physical or theoretical limits on the distance a portkey can take you, unlike brooms, which seem to have a ...
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Was JKR alluding to a specific song?
JKR wrote the following;
Accidents have occurred, however; two Muggle dog-walkers found
themselves accidentally transported to a Celestina Warbeck concert in
2003, because their dogs had run off with ...
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When did Lucius Malfoy come up with the plot of the diary?
There's an interesting discussion on reddit:
When Harry is in Borgin and Burkes Lucius tells Borgin he needs to hurry as he has important business elsewhere. The next thing we know he’s in Flourish ...
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Why are there two entrances to the Philosopher's Stone chamber?
I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but I was rewatching Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and really wondered why you can clearly see two passageways leading to the chamber with the ...
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Is Ariana Dumbledore's death different in the movies compared to the books?
I can't find any mention of this in 'Behind the scenes' in the HP fandom.
What I understand is:
In books: There was a 3-way duel (or 2v1 ?) and then Ariana was caught in the cross fire. More info ...
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Is a Patronus an accurate recreation of an animal as it lived, or a depiction of the summoner's conception of that animal?
According to this answer, it is possible to have an extinct animal Patronus. But, nobody has a completely accurate scientific understanding of the appearance, behavior, sounds, etc. of long-extinct ...
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In The Cursed Child, why didn't Harry's blood in Voldemort's body keep Harry alive?
In The Cursed Child, why didn't Harry's blood in Voldemort's body keep Harry alive in the alternate timeline in which Cedric kills Neville, which meant that Nagini stays alive, and Voldemort wins the ...
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I'm looking for a specific Harry Potter Fan-Fiction where the Trio are on the run or wanted
Here's what I remember from it:
Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all on the run in their 3rd or 5th year
They are innocent or something
They try to commit suicide by slitting their wrists in their ...
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In the Cursed Child, who was Minister for Magic in the alternate reality where Ron is married to Padma Patil?
In the first Act, Albus and Scorpius interfere in the First Task and because of that, they go to an alternate timeline where Ron is married to Padma Patil and Hermione isn't Minister for Magic, but ...
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What happens to the Muggle-born students from the area of Durmstrang Institute?
If Durmstrang Institute doesn't accept Muggle-born students, where are Muggle-born wizards/witches from the area supposed to study then? Do they don't go to school at all and don't learn magic?
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Had Voldemort used somebody else's blood, would he have been able to kill Harry in the final duel?
Was Lily's original protection not enough for Harry to survive Voldemort's Avada Kedavra in the forbidden forest? I know that the reason given is that Lily's protection is alive in Voldemort's blood, ...
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Did the Tri-Wizard Tournament organizers know Hagrid put in a blast ended skrewt in the maze?
There is this line in GoF before the third event of the TWT
"We seemply ’ave to get through the maze?” said Fleur.
“There will be obstacles,” said Bagman happily, bouncing on the balls
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Can Muggles learn to do some forms of divination as taught in Prof. Trelawney's class?
Profesor Trelawney's classes do not seem to involve magic spells or wands, at least in those classes shown to the readers. I don't remember her mentioning anywhere needing to know about spell or wand ...
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Why was Gellert Grindelwald only extensively investigated for his alleged crimes against the Muggle community, but not the magical community?
Why was Gellert Grindelwald only extensively investigated for his alleged crimes against the Muggle community, but not the magical community?
In Secrets of Dumbledore, in the winter of 1932, current ...
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Fanfic where Harry is born in the 1920s and is sent to Wool's orphanage
This is a Tomarry (Tom + Harry) fic where Harry is born in the 1920s and he's sent to Wool's orphanage but is selectively mute and clings to Tom.
He's possessive and controlling of Harry but Harry ...
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Where did Hagrid and Madame Maxime find the giants?
Hagrid, together with Madame Maxime, went on a quest to find giants and win them over.
"Ran inter a couple o’ mad trolls on the Polish border an’ I had a sligh’ disagreement with a vampire in a ...
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Looking for a Sci-fi Harry Potter fanfiction with Harry in the future
Harry is in the future and has magic, but doesn't have a wand. Voldemort is alive and was being experimented on. The magic population was wiped out by either the Muggles or Voldemort. The Muggles ...
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Harry Potter fan fiction where he reads fairy tales and fantasy to learn magic
I remember reading it ages ago, it wasn’t finished at the time and was still being added to.
As much as I can remember was that Harry discovered his magic early and in a search for answers starts ...
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Harry Potter fanfic where he never got his Hogwarts letter and lives on his own in an apartment
Harry didn’t live with the Dursleys. He lives by himself in an apartment with a snake.
The Order was trying to find Harry and ended up chasing him multiple times although they found it difficult to ...
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Ron/Hermione Fanfic where Hermione creates a potion to understand Ron’s mind
The plot was where Hermione Granger brewed an experimental potion to understand Ron Weasley's mind. But ends up with a side effect of amplifying every kind of spell they cast. Understanding the ...
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Harry Potter fanfiction where Harry is found guilty of the murder of Ginny Weasley and her lover
I read the story to while back, it was a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fan fiction. The story started with the death of Ginny Weasley and her lover (I believe it was a kind of brutal homicide). Harry ...
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Lost Harry Potter fanfic - Severus/Harry as spies
I'm looking for a Harry Potter fanfic that I last read probably five years ago.
Severus and Harry have an intimate relationship, but I'm not sure if the relationship starts as friends and builds ...
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Seeking Harry Potter fanfiction story
The story takes place after the Battle of Hogwarts. A young girl's father was killed and Harry and Ginny first take her in as foster parents then adopting her. The three Potter children are also ...
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Looking for an old fanfic in which Albus S. Potter bullied Scorpius Malfoy
The story was about Albus turning into a mischievous boy, who bullied Scorpius at school.
As he was Harry Potter's son, everyone doted on him and let him bully Scorpius for revenge.
Neville ...
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Looking for a Harry Potter fic with magically powerful, platonic Harry & Voldemort
I read it several years ago, though I can’t remember on which fanfic site it was. I think it was a trilogy and I remember it being complete.
It was 6th or 7th year, and Harry was some kind of semi-...
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Where did Wizards store their money before Gringotts?
Gringotts was founded in 1474, which raises the question of where wizards and witches stored their wealth before the bank was founded.
Is there a mention of this somewhere within the lore?
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Is Nurmengard Castle unprotected?
In Secrets of Dumbledore, we see that Yusuf Kama was able to enter Nurmengard Castle's exterior courtyard without having to bypass any protective enchantments like the Death Eaters do to Hogwarts ...
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Why did Expelliarmus not knock the prophecy out of Harry's hand?
Neville used the disarming charm on Harry in the Department of Mysteries.
Harry launched himself across the floor and grabbed the Death Eater around the knees, causing him to topple and his aim to go ...
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Harry Potter AU fanfic where Marauders live and OC is Sirius's daughter
A few months back I read a fanfic on Wattpad where the main character was Sirius's daughter that he didn't know about. In the story, she was raised by her psycho crazy mother who had love potioned ...
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Harry Potter fanfic where Death Eaters find the Dursley's house but take pity on Harry after seeing how he lives
I was reading this Tumblr post that said:
Once upon a time I read a fan fiction (and I lost it), in which, according to the plot, the Death Eaters found the Dursley's house. But as soon as they saw ...
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Are platform 9 3/4 and the Hogwart's Express tracks used for other trains besides the Hogwart's Express?
The Hogwarts Map included in the 20th anniversary edition of Philosophers Stone claims the Hogwarts Station is called "Hogsmeade Station".
Does that mean that other trains besides Hogwarts ...
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HP fanfic of an alternative world where Grindelwald wins his duel with Dumbledore
I need to find this fanfic where Grindelwald wins in his duel with Dumbledore.
The story is about a Muggle boy (from Earth isekai'ed) as old as Harry Potter. There is no plot common with the original ...
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What does JKR mean by Lily's protection adding some goodness to Voldemort?
Just read this on JKR's old website:
Having taken Harry’s blood into himself, Voldemort is keeping alive Lily’s protective power over Harry. So Voldemort himself acts almost like a Horcrux for Harry –...
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Harry Potter fanfic where he is abandoned during the search for Horcrux for Ron and Hermione
In the fanfic it is related how Ron was in conflict with Harry and Hermione just like in the movie and how he forced Hermione to choose him or Harry.
In the one where she follows Ron, this haunts ...
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Harry Potter fan-fiction with young Severus Snape potion accident
I'm looking for a young Severus Snape fanfic I read.
I remember that Snape was in potion class and someone added something to the potion; he tried to put up a shield to contain the explosion but the ...
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Harry Potter Fanfic - Harry is a Phoenix animagus, trained by Fawkes, Luna is an animagus too
I’m looking for a fanfic I must have read pre 2013, it’s a long one and is probably is part of a series. I’ll do my best to recall details, I think the vets I remember are likely split over two parts ...
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Looking for a specific Harry Potter fanfiction
What I can remember:
Harry lives with the Dursleys, he and Dudley go to the park. Harry plays with a girl while her mother watches.
The girl's mother eventually talks to Petunia on the park bench ...
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Hilarious Harry Potter fanfic: Snape disguises himself as a woman when taking baby Harry outside
Most likely read on FanFiction.net, Draco and Harry are both de-aged into babies and Professor Snape becomes the unwilling guardian of them where hilarity ensues; the storytelling of this fic wasn't ...
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Harry Potter fan fiction about everyone blaming Harry for the deaths in the war
I read it years ago and try as I might I can't find it.
It's based directly after the war. Harry blames himself for everyone's deaths and when he finally finds Ginny she blames him for Fred's death. ...
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Story Identification Looking for a Harry Potter fic, has demons and m/m. Not a supernatural crossover
I remember a bit about it.
Starts with a young Harry Potter.
He has a female friend
His friend commits suicide, I remember the scene was in a bathroom but not much more then that.
He goes to hell ...
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Did British Intelligence ever know about the existence of wizards and the Wizarding World?
I am curious to know if there was ever a time when British Intelligence (MI5) knew about the existence of wizards and the Wizarding World.
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Harry Potter fanfiction where Harry is given Excalibur by the Lady of the Lake
I am searching for a Harry Potter fanfiction with the following things in it.
Harry was imprisoned in Azkaban after being framed.
Voldemort tortures him.
Bellatrix removes one of Harry’s eyes.
Harry ...
