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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What color are Ron's eyes?
We know the color of both Harry's and Hermione's eyes but what color are Ron's eyes? Was it ever stated in the books?
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Why does everyone in Harry Potter make a giant cauldron of potion?
Everyone takes Potions in Harry Potter . . . but why does everyone make a giant pot of potion each time? The final result is a small vial that is nowhere near the size of the cauldron. Besides the ...
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Could Voldemort have remorsed his soul back together in Deathly Hallows?
I am specifically talking about the moment before final battle with Harry, after Neville chops Nagini in half. In the beginning of Deathly Hallows, Hermione says that remorse can put the soul back ...
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What makes those three curses unforgivable?
NOTICE: The author of this question does not deem the use of those curses to be forgiveable under any but the most extreme circumstances.
What made the Unforgivable curses such? Is it due to ...
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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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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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Origin of the name Hogwarts? [duplicate]
On page 131 in the The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle, there is reference to a Latin play called 'The Hogwarts' by Marcus Plautus Molesworthus. Could J.K. Rowling have read ...
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Why was the stadium in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire underground?
It seems strange that the stadium of the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was underground. In the movie, we see tunnels to go to the stadium and then people have to go up ...
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Is it ever explained what this thing was in the cave?
There is a description of events inside the cave where Voldemort's fake locket horcrux is hidden, in the HBP.
Harry had not expected this, but cleared his throat and said loudly,
wand aloft, “Accio ...
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How do wizards creating potions determine the effects of their potion, and whether it will work or not?
My question derives from the medical and science field. All mixtures coming and going are tested to see if they are effective or not. Using this logic, the same applies to the potion being created in ...
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Significance of Harry Potter's glasses
I came across this "somewhere" (it's supposed to be an excerpt from a biography) -
Rowling's quality control has become legendary, as her obsession with accuracy. She's thrilled with ...
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Why don't Muggle-born wizards use Muggle technology to fight Death Eaters?
We know that wizards in the Harry Potter universe are subject to regular physical harm (e.g. witness injuries from being hit by Bludgers or just colliding with things when playing Quidditch).
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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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Who/what is the dying infant-like creature in the limbo King's Cross, around the end of Deathly Hallows?
When Harry has been hit with the killing curse, he ends up in an imaginary King's Cross, with Dumbledore, and an infant-like creature that can be heard crying.
What is this creature?
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Why wasn't Crouch Jr/Mad-Eye Moody sentenced to Azkaban for casting the Imperius Curse on students?
Barty Crouch Jr, impersonating Mad-Eye Moody during Goblet of Fire, demonstrated the three Unforgivable curses to the fourth years during Defence Against the Dark Arts. His reasoning behind this:
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Why did Voldemort want Harry to fight in Goblet of Fire, but was happy to just kill him without a fight in Deathly Hallows?
Voldemort could have easily killed him without a fight in Goblet of Fire but seemed too proud to do so. Then in Deathly Hallows Voldemort just lets Harry surrender himself and kills him.
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Is there anywhere in Harry Potter where we see his perspective on events many years later?
In Philosopher's Stone:
In years to come, Harry would never quite remember how he had managed to
get through his exams when he half expected Voldemort to come bursting
through the door at any moment.
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Do the books make any reference to Flitwick being a duelling champion?
Fan fics, even those as early as 2006, make reference to Professor Flitwick being a duelling champion. I don't recall seeing this anywhere in the original seven books. Is the original source in those ...
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Did Snape teach any of the potions techniques that he invented to any of his students?
Half-Blood Prince clearly shows that Snape's instructions regarding 6th year potions are superior to those given in the books, so much so that just blindly following them without even understanding ...
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When did Dumbledore destroy the Horcrux ring?
In book 6, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, in Chapter 4, when Dumbledore takes Harry to meet Slughorn, he is using Gaunt's ring to attract Slughorn:
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How could Harry be better at Potions than Snape?
In his sixth year Harry managed to generate a glowing reputation at Potions in the eyes of Slughorn by following Severus Snape's hints and tips as recorded in Snape's old Potions textbook.
For the ...
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How many of Trelawney's prophecies have come true?
Throughout the Harry Potter series, Professor Trelawney makes many different prophecies and predictions. Although most of them are implied to be nonsense, often enough they still get fulfilled. Which ...
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Why is twin core priori incantatum supposed to be so rare?
The twin-core priori incantatum that happened between Harry and Voldemort at the end of Goblet of Fire was supposed to be a rare phenomenon (I don't remember where exactly this fact was mentioned, it ...
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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 didn't Ollivander make the obvious choice of testing the twin core wand on Harry earlier?
In the first book, while Ollivander is trying to find a suitable wand for Harry, it seems it was a difficult process at first, as Ollivander does not seem to be happy with most of his first choices.
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What happened to the boa constrictor that Harry let loose in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry performs accidental magic and lets a boa constrictor out of it's cage in a zoo. What happened to it? The story seems to have just let it run out to ...
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If Boa Constrictors don’t have eyelids, how was the one at the zoo able to wink at Harry? [closed]
Apparently, there's a snake mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that's able to do this–
The snake suddenly opened its beady eyes. Slowly, very slowly, it raised
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Fiendfyre to destroy Horcrux
In the book, after the diadem is destroyed by Fiendfyre caused by Crabbe, Hermione mentioned that she had read that this fire could destroy Horcruxes. Still, it was difficult to control. In The Order ...
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State of repaired object by Reparo spell [Repairing Charm]
Say I have a statue in my garden. It's very old and thus has moss growing on it and certain scratches and chips/pieces missing from over the years.
But now someone ran into it and it fell, completely ...
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Why were the Death Eaters so lenient during the fight at the Department of Mysteries?
This always struck me as odd. When Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna all go to the Department of Mysteries and are confronted by the Death Eaters, why are the Death Eaters so lenient with ...
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In Deathly Hallows, how did Dolores Umbridge manage to conjure a Patronus while wearing the locket when Harry wasn't able to? [duplicate]
Note: This is NOT a question asking why Umbridge can cast a Patronus
When Harry wears the locket he is unable to cast a Patronus, why can Umbridge cast a Patronus while wearing a Horcrux, when it was ...
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Why is Harry unable to crucio Bellatrix after she killed Sirius, but could crucio a Death Eater when he spat at McGonagall [duplicate]
I've always hated that Harry couldn't crucio Bellatrix after she killed Sirius, but could crucio a Death Eater after he spat at McGonagall. Is spitting at a teacher worse than some lady who just ...
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Harry Potter fanfiction where the main character is Sirius's daughter, but doesn't know who her father is
I'm looking for a Harry Potter fanfiction I read a little while ago.
In it, the main character is Sirius's daughter, but doesn't know who her father is and her mother is dead, so she lives with the ...
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Different effect of Harry's Cruciatus curse at Ministry Skirmish vs Battle of Hogwarts?
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry chased Bellatrix Lestrange after she murdered Sirius Black. He used the Cruciatus curse on her but it was not really effective.
As Bellatrix said:
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How would the Wizarding World respond if a Muggle's memory wasn't edited?
The Wizarding World removes Muggle memories when the Muggles see things they aren't "supposed to". This has kept the Wizarding and Muggle Worlds apart for hundreds of years.
For example, the ...
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Which tower did Harry go to in Goblet of Fire?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and Cho Chang talk for the first time in a tower.
Cho: Watch yourself on the steps. It's a bit icy on the top
Harry: Okay. Thanks
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Why Did Tom Riddle Want to Go After Mrs. Norris?
In the question How did Ginny Weasley set the Basilisk on Muggleborns without getting killed or petrified?, Tom Riddle mentions that he had Ginny set the Basilisk on Mrs. Norris, Filch's cat.
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Muggle alternate universe Sirius raises harry potter fanfic
I read a Muggle alternate universe Harry Potter fanfiction where Sirius gets out of prison and the Dursleys are abusive. Harry runs away to live with Sirius. Sirius hires Lucius Malfoy as his lawyer ...
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What exactly did Aberforth Dumbledore do to the goats?
I remember in the last HP, there was something to the effect that Aberforth had been arrested for doing something with goats. Something like "using inappropriate charms on a goat."
What could he do ...
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What's the deal with Gnarlak's fingers?
At one point in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander winds up having to make a deal with a goblin named Gnarlak, played by Ron Perlman. Below is an image of Gnarlak from that scene.
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What were J. K. Rowling's "theories" about book seven?
One of the news articles that J K Rowling wrote on her old website was about how she tried posting Book 7 theories on Mugglenet's chatroom.
Monday 15 March 2004
Mugglenet Chatroom Uninterested in JKR'...
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Why did the Order bother to guard the Prophecy?
(And please, nobody say "Cause Dumbedore asked them to")
We know one of the tasks of the Order after its re-creation was to keep safe a weapon Voldemort was after.
“What’s he after apart from ...
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Possibility to take away magic from a witch/wizard
I've seen Is it possible to lose or gain magic blood and Can a wizard or witch lose his magic but they don't seem to really take the question/answer in the direction I've been wondering.
Would it be ...
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What's the point of Voldemort having followers? [duplicate]
Voldemort seems obsessed with himself, wanting power and escaping death. He wants to be the most knowledgeable, most powerful, most immortal, wizard to ever be. He is also a psychopath. He does not ...
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Why does Harry think of his mother as “Lily” and not as “his mother”?
Rereading the sixth book I don't understand why Harry thinks of his mother by name:
Neville’s childhood had been blighted by Voldemort just as much as Harry’s had, but Neville had no idea how close ...
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Why didn't Molly Weasley remember the platform number?
In the first Harry Potter book, Molly is seen asking her children "what platform number is it again?"
Heart hammering, Harry pushed his trolley after them. They stopped and so did he, just near ...
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How do Basilisk eyes actually work?
I asked a question here, in which @Scanner pointed out that there was a fundamental part of the question that was missing.
How does a Basilisk kill with its eyes? Does it sever the soul, cause instant ...
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Harry Potter fanfic called "What Comes After", where Harry is abused and Snape and Malfoy help him
I’m looking for this fanfiction called "What Comes After", which was posted on Archive of Our Own. Sadly I don’t remember the author. It was some kind of storyline where Harry is/was abused. ...
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What is Grindelwald's blood status?
On Wikipedia, if you look at the profile of Gellert Grindelwald, then you can see that the blood status says 'half-blood or pure-blood'. Can anyone possibly give a more definite answer as to what ...
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Italian dust jacket with Harry without his glasses
This excerpt from an article which is a biography of JK Rowling says that there exists an Italian dust jacket featuring Harry without his glasses. Can anybody confirm its existence and show it here?
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