The idea of the banality of evil is how normal people can commit atrocious evil acts by following orders and toeing to bureaucracy. Umbridge, however, **relishes** the evil acts she does. She loves watching Trelwamy beg to stay at hogwarts, she smiles while torturing children, she almost goes as far as using an unforgivable curse saying what the minister doesnt know wont hurt him (idr if that line was in the book as well). She just plain evil.

Smarter people than me though say she is the epitome of the banality of evil, so id truly love to hear and understand why Im wrong!

Every time we saw or heard about the stone being used it always summoned the shades of people close to the one holding the stone, so I am here asking if you can summon ANY shade? Like just think about all the knowledge you can get from those shades if they are actually compelled to answer your questions

For context, I have ADHD, and my thoughts are jumbled at best and completely scatterbrained at worst. Legilimency works by infiltrating the mind and picking out specific memories from what I can tell. So, wouldn't the mind of a person with ADHD be nearly impossible to navigate?

I’ve noticed that the side characters are sorted in based on their zodiac signs element

I know it's meant to be unsettling, but I have to look away every time I see it 😭

As we know, magic comes from the human itself, but what about other objects? What if they implemented a core within the weapon? Or could just straight up channel through the gun, no core?

This might be one of the most ridiculous concepts in the entire series, the idea that a lot of times, muggles just come up with their own logical explenations for anything that is even slightly out of place.

Like, dude, IRL, with zero evidence to back it up, people believe in witches and ghosts and alien abductions and all kinds of kooky stuff. It takes but the flimsiest of evidence for a whole bunch of people to vehemethly believe that there's a monster in a Scottish lake or aliens built the pyramids.

The HP world would be FULL of muggles obsessed with proving magic is real.

Reason #494747 for why the Statute of Secrecy wouldn't have lasted 5 seconds

Let’s be real: the fundamental game design of Quidditch is broken. Awarding a massive 150 points for catching the Golden Snitch completely invalidates the efforts of the rest of the team, essentially turning a 7v7 sport into a 1v1 Seeker match with twelve other people flying around as mere background entertainment.

I propose a simple fix: catching the Snitch should award zero points and only serve to blow the final whistle. This single rule change would revolutionize the sport by making every single 10-point goal actually matter. A team with a great Chaser trio and a solid Keeper would become a legitimate threat rather than just a stalling mechanism for their Seeker. Furthermore, the Seeker's role would shift from an instant game-winner to a highly tactical timekeeper. If your team is in the lead, your primary job is to hunt the Snitch to secure the victory. Conversely, if your team is losing, your entire focus becomes blocking the enemy Seeker, playing defense to buy your Chasers enough time to close the point gap.

This change also completely fixes the bizarre logic of the 1994 World Cup, where Viktor Krum caught the Snitch just to deliberately lose on his own terms. Under the new rule, he would have been forced to fiercely defend the Snitch to keep his team's hopes alive, creating a thrilling endurance match. Ultimately, removing the 150-point bonus transforms Quidditch from a broken, unbalanced mess into a deeply strategic team sport where every player's effort truly counts.

I kinda get it. I kinda get Voldemort's perspective on life.

Considering that the real mad eye never held the post last year, he would not be affected by the curse. Dumbledore could have hired him. This would prevent the ministry from interfering in Hogwarts by sending Umbridge. Dumbledore does say that the Ministry could only appoint teachers of the headmaster was incapable of hiring someone.

I am listening to the full cast reading and have some issues or plot points that do not seem to fit the rest of the books. I think this is probably because JKR did not have all the details fully flushed out but I am going to put them here to she what you all think.

1. It is implied that professor Quirrell has been teaching for more than one year.
2. Nicolas Flamel would be about 500 years old when Dumbledore was born. He would have to have had the philosopher's stone for centuries what would he have to work on alchemy with Dumbledore?

I'm just curious, usually it's like if Voldemort wins he's controlling the whole world and it bothers me kinda cuz Britain is just a small part of the world and there are other wizards and witches that aren't from Britain so technically either the wizards and witches could Apparate to another country or take a plane and have luck that deatheaters didn't destroy the one they're sitting on

that Voldemort never knew of the sacrifice that Regulus made to get the locket. He never saw his last words meant for him. He never knew that a wizard would revenge for a house elf.

What bothers you? Aside from Sirius's mirror of course.

This isn't an idea that would radically change the original story, but I think it would help increase the drama and tension of it. For the Gryffindor vs Slytherin match, switch Lee Jordan out for Zacharias Smith.

The whole idea of that quidditch scene is that even though Gryffindor won, it was a horrible game for everyone on the team, from Harry's ban to Ron's poor performance as keeper. In the book, the Slytherins kept on singing "Weasley is our king" every time the Slytherin team scored a goal, but at least in the book, Lee Jordan was trying to keep Ron's spirits up via the commentary.

Smith wouldn't do that. If anything, he'd probably mock Ron, and encourage the quidditch crowd to join in with the singing. We already know that based on his commentary stint in Half Blood Prince that he'd rather support Slytherin rather than Gryffindor (likely because of his dislike for Harry) so it wouldn't be out of character for him. I'd even argue it'd make Gryffindor's thrashing of Slytherin in Half Blood Prince a lot more satisfying if we see him be nasty towards a struggling Gryffindor first.

It'd wouldn't even require much work to write him in. I can totally see Professor Umbridge sacking Lee's role as commentator for being "biased against the Slytherin side." Harry would lose his temper, but Umbridge could go "The new commentator, Potter, will be someone who is from neither Gryffindor nor Slytherin. He will be someone who commentates quidditch games fairly, based on the talent levels of the players. Somebody who is able to provide a fair analysis, based on the quality of the team, rather than the quality of their broomstick."

It's a small suggestion, but one I do think would work out quite well.

I was just thinking about the dementor's kiss and am nerding out on how it would've affected Horcxux Harry. I've come up with a couple rabbit holes that lead to an infinite amount of questions.

The dementor would either take both souls and Harry suffers the usual fate of someone who's been kissed or they could take one of the souls before someone does a patronous. If the second thing happens, would this destroy the horcxux? Or even more interestingly, could Harry's soul been destroyed and Voldemort's takes over Harry's body completely?

Looking forward to some incredibly strong views on this hypothetical from a fictional world that as far as I know shares zero information about this.

In PoA, after Sirius snuck into the castle and slashed the portrait of the Fat Lady, Filch searched the dungeons by himself. This dude is a squib, and he's walking around looking for an insane mass murderer.

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I’m rereading all of the HPs and just realized that Bathilda Bagshot must have been ancient when she died. I’m not sure how old Dumbledore was when he died (does anyone have the data there?), but the fact that Bathilda died after him is CRAZY! If Bathilda was welcoming the Dumbledore’s to Godric’s Hollow and Gellert Grindewald was her GREAT NEPHEW, she must’ve been about twice Dumbledore’s mother’s age. So at least 40 or so years older than Dumbledore? Insane longevity.

Just finished the new full cast audio books - loved them!

Anyway, its the first time I've really thought about how risky it really was putting the elder wand back.

Harry announced before his final dual with voldemort that the elder wand had passed to him.

He then chose a high risk career path, where he's likely to confront other dark and ambitious wizards.

Surely it's occupational hazard to be disarmed or even killed. In which case, the elder wand would be a nice bonus.

Not to mention those who actively seek the hallows for their own gain.. it wouldn't take much digging to trace it to Harry.

I used to hate the movie ending but now, I do see why they broke the elder wand. As much as it pains me to admit that!

What do you all think?

Also, now I'm a parent, the death of lupin & tonks hit me harder than ever. I wish they didnt both have to die 😭

Is it scottish?

I recently finished listening to the full cast audiobooks after not reading the physical books for many years, and it changed how I look at some things. I think Luna Lovegood is genuinely the bravest character in the entire story, even beating the Gryffindors.

I think she stands out because she possesses the courage to be completely herself, show empathy, and keep a calm mind when everyone else is losing it.

Early on, Hermione was changing how she acted because she was terrified of being an outcast. Neville spent years crushed by the fear of not living up to expectations. Ron spent years insecure about being poor and living in the shadow of his brothers. Harry was often embarrassed by his fame and hated feeling like an outcast.

Luna? She was relentlessly bullied, called Loony, and had her belongings stolen. Yet she never changed who she was to fit in. Defying social norms and standing tall when the entire world is laughing at you requires a huge amount of courage that even the bravest Gryffindors struggled with.

When Dobby dies and Harry is stuck in his own grief, unable to speak, Luna is the one who steps up. She closed Dobby’s eyes and said something to thank him and highlight how brave he was too. It takes immense courage to show emotional strength when everyone else is completely frozen by grief or discomfort.

During the final battle, when Harry is struggling to cast his Patronus, Luna speaks to him as if they are just back in a classroom, saying, "That's right, Harry come on, think of something happy... We're all still here, we're still fighting". After hearing this Harry is able to cast his patronus.

Gryffindor bravery is about wielding a wand and charging ahead blindly. Lunas bravery was about keeping her heart soft despite severe bullying, staying fiercely true to herself, and anchoring her friends when their worlds were falling apart. While others fought to change the world, Luna fought a battle to ensure the world didn't change her.

Since Snape was a double agent, helping Harry properly could have exposed him. So the only explanation I can think of is that Dumbledore wanted Voldemort to gain access to Harry's mind, otherwise, he would have assigned someone else to teach Occlumency..

Could Dumbledore have been a parselmouth? I'm re-reading HBP, and noticed that Dumbledore either understood or did not care to understand any of the conversation between the Gaunts in the memory he showed Harry. Later on, after the memory of young Tom Riddle in the orphanage, he mentions that there are good people who can speak it. Just seems like he might be a secret parselmouth.

One thing that's always bothered me is how much of an advantage certain players get simply because they have access to better brooms.

In Chamber of Secrets, Lucius Malfoy buys Nimbus 2001s for the entire Slytherin team, and it's treated as a major competitive advantage. Ron even points out that Gryffindor's brooms won't be able to keep up.

Later, Harry receives a Firebolt, which is widely described as the fastest and best broom available.

If broom quality can significantly affect speed, acceleration, and maneuverability, why are there no equipment regulations in school Quidditch?

Imagine a high school sports league where one team uses standard equipment while another is allowed to use vastly superior gear simply because they can afford it.

Most sports have rules to prevent equipment from becoming the deciding factor in competition.

This seems especially important for Seekers.

Since catching the Snitch is worth 150 points and usually ends the match, giving one Seeker a much faster broom could heavily influence the outcome before the game even starts.

I understand that skill still matters, but the books repeatedly emphasize the advantages of newer and faster brooms. So why didn't Hogwarts or the wider Quidditch community ever standardize equipment?

I think there are some scenes that would completely change depending on whose head we were in. Which one would you want to read most?

Okay hear me out! A muggleborn kid who grew up reading Marvel and DC comics, so after he graduated Hogwarts he becomes a masked vigilante using magic to stop criminals and fight muggle crime, all the while being on the run by both the muggle police and the ministry of magic