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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Why did Hagrid disguise his wand segments in a conspicuous bright pink umbrella?
We know that Hagrid had his wand snapped after being accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets.
We know that Hadrid's wand segments were contained within a bright pink umbrella.
We can assume he was ...
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What unspecified event will happen at night on Saturday?
Below are the lines from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010):
Voldemort: Come, we've saved you a seat. You bring news, I trust?
Snape: It will happen Saturday next, at nightfall.
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What does "Bleeding bow and all" mean?
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Harry questions Mundungus about a locket:
Harry: Who was she? The witch. Do you know?
A newspaper clipping catches Mundungus's attention:
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Are there any non-Western wizarding communities that widely adopted any Wand-like instrument the way Western wizards adopted the wand?
Reference these related questions:
What objects can be used as wand substitutes
Are there any other tools wizards can use as they would a wand?
Western civilization describes the development of human ...
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How did the Aurors Apparate directly into the Hogwarts grounds in The Crimes of Grindelwald?
The Aurors Apparated onto that bridge where Harry Potter would break the Elder Wand decades later in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald That's definitely within the Hogwarts grounds.
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Why does Luna Lovegood behave like that?
Luna Lovegood behaves like an innocent girl in whole Harry Potter series. She
thinks the dying Dobby is sleeping in Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1:
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Why does Harry think burying someone with magic is not proper? [duplicate]
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Harry insists that Hermoine and Ron bury Dobby without using magic:
Harry: I want to bury him. Properly. Without magic.
Why does Harry think ...
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Why does Voldemort hold his wand in this manner?
Is there any reason for the unusual way in which Lord Voldemort holds his wand?
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What are the differences between Horcruxes and phylactery?
Something has been bothering me quite a lot for a few weeks, and I can't find the answer.
In the Harry Potter saga, it is stated that one can prevent one's own death by making one or more Horcruxes. ...
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Why does Lucius look unhappy while offering his wand to his lord?
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), why does Lucius look unhappy while offering his wand to his lord?
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Why is Ron still wearing a bandage if Hermione's spell closed the open wound?
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Ron got injured after Apparating, so Hermione treated him with a spell.
Yet afterwards he is still shown wearing a bandage: why so?
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One hour for what exactly?
At side ways elevator from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Yaxley speaks to Reginald:
Yaxley: To interrogate your wife. Now, if my wife's blood status were
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Why can't the Dementors break through the elevator door?
In this scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), powerful Dementors are unable to break through an elevator door:
Why couldn't they break through it?
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How is Hogwarts able to hold feasts all the time? [duplicate]
How is Hogwarts able to hold feasts with a seemingly endless amount of food all the time? How is all the food grown and transported to Hogwarts, and who oversees it all?
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Can Muggles see or enter Hogwarts? [duplicate]
Are muggles able to see and/or enter Hogwarts?
Has anything been said or implied in any of the books or films or any of their supporting materials that would support or conflict with Muggles being ...
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How can Ron disapparate safely but not apparate? [closed]
Ron was injured a couple of times from apparation but was never injured by disappartion, which is the how he found Hermione and Ron at white forest in Harry Potter Deathly Hallows P1?
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Why did Ron tell Harry not to tell Hermione that Snatchers are ‘a bit dim’?
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), Ron gives Harry a wand and explains:
Took it off a Snatcher a couple of weeks ago. Don't tell Hermione this, but they're a bit dim, Snatchers.
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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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Why does Harry have no childhood trauma symptoms from his abusive adoptive parents?
I am currently taking a childhood trauma class for a social work degree, and my professor said this comment:
The most unbelievable aspect about Harry Potter isn't the magical world, it's that Harry ...
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Where did Harry hide the transfigured body?
(No spoilers. This is old enough I believe, but I still tried to avoid spoilers in the title.)
In Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Hermione dies. Harry seeks to revive her and as the first ...
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Was Rolf Scamander ever supposed to appear in the books?
J.K. Rowling has said in interviews that Luna married a character named "Rolf Scamander". No character of this name ever appears in the novels. Did Rowling just invent him for the interview?
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Did Hermione use Love Potion on Viktor Krum?
Rita Skeeter wrote in her Witch Weekly article (Goblet of Fire, Chapter 27):
Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Since ...
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Would becoming an animagus help keep a maledictus from becoming their animal forever?
An animagus can turn into an animal at will. There is no such thing as an accidental animagus because of the long process. Becoming a maledictus is strictly through genetics and is a blood curse where ...
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Why did Hermione say, "Oh shut up" in this scene?
On a bed scene from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Ron holding Hermione's hand.
Ginny: About time, don't you think?
Pomfrey lefts a cup of tea near the bed and left:
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Who was Head Boy/Head Girl while Snape was Headmaster?
Who became Head Boy/Head Girl when Snape was Headmaster of Hogwards? In a normal life, Harry and Hermione could have been but they were away hunting Horcruxes. Snape would have preferred someone from ...
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How can Hermione cast a spell without using her wand in this scene?
During Quidditch trials in the movie version of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Hermione casts Confundus to sabotage Cormac McLaggen and allow Ron to become keeper. She appears to do so ...
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In the second Deathly Hallows film, did Harry change clothes while Snape and McGonagall were fighting?
I've just finished watching a broadcast of the film and I'm wondering if my mind's playing tricks on me. I'm sure that I saw Harry wearing his normal clothes in the previous scene, only for him to ...
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How was the Horcrux in Nagini destroyed, when only a few specific things can destroy one; those being Basilisk venom, Fiendfyre and the Killing Curse?
There's no reason that the Horcrux in the snake should have been destroyed with just lopping off her head. If that were possible, then any other sort of spell would be able to destroy them. Instead ...
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Why didn't Cedric directly tell Harry how to figure out the golden egg?
When Harry tells Cedric about the first task:
"Dragons," said Harry ... "They've got four, one for each of us, and we've got to get past them."
It is very obvious that the task ...
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If magic leaves traces, then how can wards hide you from witches and wizards?
Dumbledore had an easy time detecting the leftover magic in the cave near the end of the sixth book. In the seventh, the trio cast a heck of a lot of charms in order to hide their presence. However, ...
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Are there any in-book clues that the T in "Voldemort" is silent, and why did the movies choose to pronounce the T?
J.K. Rowling has gone on record a few times that she pronounces Voldemort with a silent T, so like vol-de-more.
Are there any hints in the book that basically the entire English-speaking world is ...
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What does "order" refer to?
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), a flying female holding a weighing scale:
FEMALE VOICE: I will have order! I really hate children. I will have
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Why did Dumbledore ask McGonagall to bring Fang before questioning Crouch?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore asked Professor McGonagall to bring Hagrid's dog Fang to his office before questioning Crouch Jr. Why did he do this?
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Harry Potter Fanfic Where Harry Gets Adopted By Snape and Befriends Draco and Pansy
So before I had an AO3 account I was reading this fanfic where Dumbledore had told Harry (I think it was 3rd or 4th year) that if he left the Dursleys house that summer, it would endanger everyone he ...
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Which scenes in The Burrow are exclusive to the Half-Blood Prince film?
The Half-Blood Prince film mostly takes place in Hogwarts, but it has many scenes in and around The Burrow that I don't recall happening in the book. Which of these are exclusive to the film?
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Why is Narcissa in tears in this scene?
In the scene from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), where Snape makes an Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa to protect
Draco and fulfill his assignment if he fails:
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How was the Philosopher's Stone destroyed?
How was the Philosopher's Stone destroyed? Was it ever stated in the first book how the Stone was destroyed? Was the Stone destroyed when Harry dropped it?
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Do other Wizarding schools offer electives not taught at Hogwarts?
Hogwarts has a ton of electives offered after third year, but what about other wizarding schools? Do they offer different electives that aren't offered at Hogwarts?
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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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Why does Hermione claim that all wands are equal, save for the Elder Wand?
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Ollivander and Harry have this conversation:
‘Ah yes,’ said the man. ‘Yes, yes. I thought I’d be seeing you soon.
Harry Potter.’ It wasn’t a question. ‘...
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Harry stands up, but wasn't he already standing up?
'Well, we've got to try, haven't we?' said Harry. He stood up and pressed his own ear against the door.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Chapter 21
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Can there be nuances or uncertainties in the Unbreakable Vow?
Can there be nuances or uncertainties in the Unbreakable Vow?
Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to watch over Draco, protect Draco, and to kill Dumbledore in his place if he couldn't do so. However, it ...
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If an animagus dies in animal form, does he take human form upon death? [duplicate]
If an animagus dies in animal form, does he take human form upon death ?
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Why didn't Albus Dumbledore lift the Anti-Apparition wards like he did in the Great Hall? [duplicate]
If Dumbledore can lift the Anti-Apparition wards even temporarily, like in the Great Hall, why didn't he do it in the Astronomy Tower? Wouldn't that have allowed him to do more in the Battle of ...
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Where and how is there an electric light at Hogwarts?
The chapter illustration for Chapter Twelve of Chamber of Secrets shows Harry examining himself in a mirror after using the Polyjuice potion to transform into Goyle. Interestingly, the light above the ...
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Was Hagrid accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, and if so, where?
If Hagrid was accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where exactly was he accused? I have had this question on my mind, and I haven't been able to get ...
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What is the first work to base Hogwarts uniforms on modern school uniforms?
The text of the first Harry Potter book describe the school uniform as a black robe with a black cloak, a hat, and dragon hide gloves when hand protection is needed, and I think that's pretty cool. ...
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Where can I find Harry Potter game called "Pottermore"? [closed]
What is the Pottermore game and where can I play this?
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What did 'thrice defied' really mean? [duplicate]
The prophecy states:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...and the Dark Lord will mark him as ...
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If the General Counter-Spell exists, why are there specific counter-curses?
If a combined Finite could stop Grindelwald's extremely powerful Protego Diabolica, and various spells like the ones in the Duelling Club orchestrated by Severus Snape and Gilderoy Lockhart, why are ...
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